To kill a monster (Elijah Mikaelson)

Chapter 4

Sasha hopped down the stairs once she had woken up again. She felt ecstatic that she actually had stairs to jump down.

"Marcel" she smiled as she laid eyes on the dark skinned man next to Elijah and a blonde girl who's hair was in a side plait

"So this is the secret witch huh?" The blonde walked up and examined Sasha who looked a bit scared "she looks nice, I'm Rebekah Mikaelson: original vampire"

"So you're related to Elijah then?" Sasha asked. Rebekah nodded

"Elijah and our bastard brother, speaking of Niklaus, where on earth is he?" She looked around the room

"He's traveled to mystic falls, reasons are unknown but I'm sure you can take a guess why" Elijah smirked

"Great, I come back to be with my family and my bloody brother is in a different state for a god damn booty call" Rebekah groaned

As they were conferring between them all, Sasha felt drawn to the gates. She hadn't been out properly in a long time and she just wanted feel the warmth of the sun soak into her skin.

She found herself under the archway, only steps away from the outdoors. "Sasha" she was stopped by Elijah's arm as she went to step out.

He had noticed her move slightly towards the exit as he was engaging in a conversation with Rebekah. He didn't think she was quite ready just yet.

"It's not what it looks like" she looked around and tried to make an excuse up. Finally she bent down and lifted a scrunched up, black flyer "I wanted to look at this"

She unfolded the black flyer that now had white lines where it had been scrunched.

"Casket girls parade" she read out loud

"Ah yes" Rebekah said, jumping into the conversation "tomorrow isn't it? Me and Marcel are going together, it's only necessary as without me their wouldn't be any casket girls"

"Can I go?" She asked hopefully, looking to Marcel first. He scrunched his face up a little

"Sasha I don't think you're ready to go out yet, never mind to a parade" he said, Sasha understood that Marcel wouldn't want her third wheeling with him and Rebekah. Which was perfectly understandable.

"If you're worried about me ruining our date it doesn't matter, Elijah could take me" she looked up at him with wide eyes and all he did was shrug his shoulders, like he didn't know what to say and he didn't know how to say no.

"Oh" she said when she realised, she looked down at her shoes to hide her disappointed expression. Though Elijah knew by the way she said 'oh' and the way she rolled her lips. Just like Tara did. He felt awful but he didn't feel she could cope with that many people. Plus he was planning on asking Hayley.

"It's alright, it's fine I was just asking" she shrugged, tearing the corners of the flyer just to keep herself busy. "There are plenty more parades I guess" she fake smiled "I'll leave you all to it then"

The way she turned around and left kind of made Elijah's heart break for her. He remembered the times he would comfort Tara in the little one roomed house in the woods when she felt upset and ignored. He just wanted to comfort her, he wanted to give Sasha what she wanted. No. He would give Sasha what she wanted.

"I think she could be ready" Elijah blurted out "no time like the present"

"I'm not sure" Marcel replied,

"She'll be with me" he began to explain "if she's scared we can always go back to the compound, I'll never take my eyes of her"

"Oh go on Marcel, that girl has practically been in captivity for 5 years, that's a long time for a human" Rebekah interrupted

"Alright but don't take your eyes off her" he said "and make sure if she's scared you come back here"

"Marcel do I look like a child?" Elijah sighed, having enough of Marcel's Instructions

"When you tell her the good news, add that I'll take her out to get a dress"'Rebekah called to him as he walked up the stairs.

When he had disappeared Rebekah turned to Marcel "he's fond of her"

"How do you know?" Marcel asked, amused

"She reminds me of a witch we used to know, Elijah had a soft spot for her" Rebekah said vaguely, not wanting to go through the story "I mean Elijah wouldn't usually babysit a witch"

"I did find that quite weird" Marcel acknowledged

"That girl broke his heart" Rebekah said "let's hope this one doesn't do the same"

Elijah knocked on the door of Sasha's room. He heard footsteps halt when his fist met the door.

The door then unlatched and Sasha revealed herself. She looked disheartened.

"You should really get ready if you're going dress shopping with Rebekah" Elijah said.

"Dress shopping for what?" She asked

"Well you can't go to a casket girl parade without being a casket girl" he revealed.

She raised her eyebrows "are you serious? We're going?"

"I decided that you're the only one that can decide when you're ready to leave, and if you feel like you can then I'll accompany you" he said

Sasha quickly jumped up and hugged him. "Thank you so much: it really does mean a lot to me"