Stand Up Straight - with Harry Styles. (Under construction.)

Traitors.

October 7, 1849. Time: 5:49pm.

The carriage ride back to the plantation was a short one. The funeral was momentary forgotten by Jade as Harry filled up her ears with old memories that made her laugh at the thoughts. When they all stepped into the house it was quiet, then, screams. They all tensed up. Harry stood in front of Jade, Nik stood in front of Harry and Elijah in front of Nik. The ladies of the house walked in at that moment, from their day of shopping, as well. The vampires hushed their giggles at once. "What's happening?" Rebekah asked in a whisper. They didn't have to answer her, the shirks came again as Caroline cowered behind Niklaus. Elijah walked forward slowly, he could hear someone coming their way. Whoever it was, they were rushing. Running. Elijah planted his feet firmly on the ground, a slight sneer under his breath as he got ready to bare fangs to whomever was to greet them in 3...2...1. "Ahh!" Jenna yelled out. "Goodness, Jenna, what's the matter with you? and why are you running like that?" Rebekah asked as she let a breath she didn't know she was holding in. Elijah helped Jenna pick up the towels she dropped when he petrified her with his vampire face. "What's the matter with me?! What's the matter with you all, coming in like Armageddon was upon us?!" she asked as she held a hand to her chest. "We heard screams, what's going on?" Nik asked. "You heard Anna." she told them once her heartbeat steadied. "I'm going to need those towels Jenna!" Stefan called from upstairs. "What's happening?" Jade asked in her small voice. "She's having the baby." Elijah figured out. They all entered Anna's room to find Stefan at her bed side doubled over in pain from Anna squeezing his hand too tight. "You all can jump in at anytime now!" Stefan told them. When realizing that the men weren't moving, Jenna turned to them. "I've been alive for thousand and thousand of years....and I've never delivered a baby." Elijah told her. She sighed and turned to the women. "Ladies, please." was she said and all the girls jumped into action. While Caroline and Jade held Anna's hand and her hair back, Rebekah and Lexi went to get her ice. Rose got the rest of the towels, while Jenna went below to see how far alone the baby was. Harry noticed something then. ".....where Selena?" he asked. "I don't know, I sent her get towels and she never came back." Jenna answered. "I wouldn't either." Nik asked under his breath, traumatized by what he was seeing. "I'll be back." Harry said and off he went. - Zayn took Selena to a beautiful big structure that was far from the house, but still on the plantation. Selena stopped walking, just to take in how striking it was on the outside. Zayn walked on to open the gigantic doors. "What is this?" she asked him. He peeked inside and turned to her to say "Come look." before disappearing inside. Her mind was telling her to go back to the house, that she was engaged and she shouldn't be alone with another man, but her heart made her feet move forward. She followed Zayn's footprint in the wheat grass and as soon as she stepped in, she realized what this amazing structure was. "Oh, they're beautiful." she gasped. It was a horse stable. The sun setting behind the structure gave the entire room a warm feeling. Cozy. And it was even bigger on the inside than it looked on the out. 12 horses lined the right side on the stable, and 12 lined the left for a total of 24 stunning steeds. Zayn was standing on the left side near the end. She walked to him and seen the horse he was petting now. "This is Charlie. I've had him since as i was little. Louis just shows up home with him one day, he was going to be put down because he was so undisciplined and rowdy. My brothers decided to keep it if i could control him. I tamed him. And he became my best friend." Zayn told her. Selena turned to the beast. Charlie was a large Shire horse. His whole coat was pure black, except his feet, which were as white as snow. She thought of something then. "...You said you got him when you were little, which should have been well over 500 years ago.." she said. "Yes." Zayn said smiling. She raised both of her eyebrows. "Yo-you mean he's...he's-" he chuckled. "Yes, Selena, Charlie's dead." he told her. Eyebrows still raised, she turned back to the horse, who in return just grunted at her. "Wha...how is that possibly?" she asked him. "The same as I am possibly, I guess. Charlie was shot down trying to help me flee from a village when some villagers found out what we were. Selfishly, I couldn't find myself to part with him so I gave him some of my blood and..well, you know the rest." he explained. She was astonished, she couldn't believe it. A real "vampire" horse. She reached out to pet him, he questioned her presence at first, but then gave in to her soft touch. "How do you take care of him?" she said. "Like one would a normal horse, just instead of water, we give him blood. Animal blood." he told her. She felt a smile appear on her face, this creature in front of her was something magical, something beautiful and magical. But Zayn was the one who showed this to her, this was a intimate moment between them and she didn't know how to feel about that part. "Why did you tell me that? Why show me this?" she asked him. Stroking the horse's nose, he turned to face her. "I don't know, I guess I kind of hoped that if I shared something personal, you'll do the same with me." he said. ".....what do you want to know?" she asked quietly, but she already knew what he wanted to know. "I want to know...how you feel..."