New Order (AHS: Apocalypse)

Ch. 14 - Oceans of Time

Melanie seemed to oversleep that next morning. It was a Saturday, and she looked over at the clock to see it was 10:30AM. She got up from her bed, uncovered and still in the same clothing from the night before, taking them off and running a shower. As she washed, she thought of everything she and Elijah shared the night before, even how his lips touched hers in a sweet, chaste manner before increasing with passion the second time. She got out, and put on a new outfit consisting of an A-line style black dress with a sweetheart neckline that hung off the shoulders with just straps holding it up. On the ends of the long sleeves were pleated lace inserts over wide slits. She accessorized with a black lace choker with a faceted crystal dangling down, and on her ears, she put simple diamond earrings. She dried the ends of her golden waves and put on hose that went just above the knee before sliding on her designer loafers.

As she walked out of her and Misty's shared room, she heard a crisp, theatrical male voice singing from downstairs. She followed it, using transmutation to get herself to the landing of the grand staircase fast enough. As she walked down the stairs, she heard it coming from the ancestry room, an antiquated verse from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I:

"All the night my sleeps are full of dreams,

My eyes are full of streams.

My heart takes no delight

To see the fruits and joys that some do find

And mark the storms are me assign'd..."

He sings beautifully, Melanie thought as she leaned against the archway of the ancestry room, seeing Elijah in all black, but in a dark gray buttoned vest over a black dress shirt and pants. His shoes were leather, and across the vest he wore his double-chained brooches like he did the night before. Present were Coco, Mallory, Zoe, Misty and Cordelia, along with John Henry, Ariel, Baldwin and Behold. The projection of his voice was impeccable, perfect delivery as he began to sing the next verse, looking over at Melanie as though he were serenading her:

"Out alas, my faith is ever true,

Yet will she never rue

Nor yield me any grace,

Her eyes of fire, her heart of flint is made,

Whom tears nor truth may once invade..."

He used transmutation suddenly to go closer to Melanie, taking her by the hands and spinning her, holding her hands out as though he were behind her, repeating the last two lines of the verse:

Her eyes of fire, her heart of flint is made,

Whom tears nor truth may once invade..."

Then, Elijah took her arm in his and smiled, singing the last verse of the song softly but crisply. Coco and Mallory smiled at the scene, while Zoe and Cordelia could sense their chemistry. Misty on the other hand, was enchanted by the romantic gesture Elijah was offering to her new friend:

"Gentle Love, draw forth thy wounding dart,

Thou canst not pierce her heart,

For I, that do approve

By sighs and tears more hot than are thy shafts

Did tempt while she for triumph laughs..."

The witches and warlocks present all clapped loudly for Elijah's little performance. Ariel rose from his seat and approached his Alpha with enough praises for an entire cast of thespians.