There Was No World For Her, If There Was No Damon

Elijah's Demise

Elijah's POV:

"Argh!" Another innocent oak tree was suddenly splintered by my fist and crashed to the ground among the many others that lay destroyed by my irritable temper. I swung my fist out again and another tree lost it's right to stand and provide the oxygen those pesky humans couldn't live without; an ability I hadn't needed for over a thousand years.

It was bad enough my Tatia had pushed me away and replaced me with my younger half brother, but now that Elena didn't return my affections, I felt unwanted in the world, like nobody would ever want me. "God, why?! Why put me through this unbearable hell?!"

CRACK!! Once again, a tree had perished by my hand followed by three others, crashing to the ground one after another. CRACK!! CRACK!! CRACK!! With every blow, my knuckles became bloodied but healed up within seconds, taking away the pain I wanted to be feeling, causing me to take out tree after bloody tree until I had made a tiny clearing in the middle of the forest.

My brain was turning twice the normal speed as thoughts and memories whirled through my mind at a quite alarming rate. My whole life had been a never-ending hell beginning with the hatred my father had toward Niklaus, the murder of my youngest brother Henrick, being forced to become a blood-thirsty demon of the night alongside my remaining siblings, being turned down and pushed away by the first woman I had ever loved, Tatia, because she had loved my brother, being toyed with by the charming Katerina who also had feelings toward my brother which now seem to be long gone, being betrayed by my brother and having a dagger shoved through my heart, finding that Niklaus murdered my best and only friend I had ever truly had, and finally having affections for Elena which she didn't return.

Destroying trees seemed to temporarily satisfy the hunger for physical pain, pain I hoped would mask the physical suffering and disappointment I was feeling in my heart. I had only longed for one simple thing, one beautifully perfect person to spend the rest of eternity with, but she was already spoken for by another. CRACK!!

I raised my fist to bring down another unfortunate tree, but for some odd reason I didn't strike it. Instead, my fist fell against the rough bark of the massive oak where my eyes fell upon my cherished daylight ring that was just a simple silver band.

I closed my eyes and could barely hear the whisper of my mother's voice in the sudden wind that had picked up, gently blowing through my tousled dark brown hair. "Elijah, my son, do not feel like this. She isn't worth the pain you're feeling and she does not deserve to have someone as noble as you. Forget about her, Elijah. Go home. Go home to your brothers. They need your wisdom and guidance. You are the eldest and it is your job to protect them. Return home to your family, Elijah. Return to Niklaus. Remember, my son, family is everything."

My eyes shot open and I knew what I had to do. Leaving the splintered destroyed trees, I blurred away through the forest heading directly for the one place I had been avoiding since the night Rebekah returned from the Other Side. I was there within minutes, the white mansion looming eerily in the distance.

I proceeded up the gravel drive toward the house that held many secrets and knew of every twisted deed done inside its walls. My fist, not showing the results of my disastrous outburst from earlier, paused above the smooth white wood when I asked myself why I was knocking when technically it was my house.

I turned the doorknob to find it unlocked and I pushed the door open to be welcomed by a strange and uneasy silence. I leaned in a bit to get a better look inside before calling myself a coward and stepping through the door only to be pinned to the wall just a few mere seconds later. "Well, look who dared to show their face around here again," Niklaus grinned at me, his wolflike eyes feasting on my second long fear. "To what do I owe this unpleasant surprise?"