To Love a Phoenix (Elijah Mikaelson story)

Giudice

"To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive

to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person

who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection."

-Wayne Dyer-

Elizabeth stood there on her porch, greatly disturbed by Alaric's appearance. She wasn't sure what to do, but she eventually decided on calling Elijah. As she heard the ringing of the phone, she bit the side of her mouth from anxiety, as she waited for him to pick up his phone.

It took a slight moment before he picked up with a, "Hello?"

Elizabeth took in a hesitant breath as she said, "Elijah, there is a slight problem."

On the other side of the phone call, Elijah immediately straightened his posture, which did not go unnoticed by Finn Mikaelson, as he listened in as well, as Elijah asked seriously,

"What is it?"

Elizabeth seriously responded back with a, "Alaric is now an Original vampire and he's out. I just saw him at my house."

Elijah immediately stood up from the couch, telling her, "I'll be there shortly. Do not leave your house."

With that, he ended the phone call quickly before looking over to his brother, who looked at him with a grim look, as Elijah stated,

"I'll be back. Warn the others."

Finn nodded, seeing his brother running out of the Mikaelson Mansion. By the time Elijah arrived at Elizabeth's home, she was waiting at her porch, playing with her knife, sitting down. Elijah paused to study her, noticing how she appeared to be deep in thought. He could see that by the way that Elizabeth was twirling the knife in her hands, she was nervous about Alaric's sudden appearance.

After looking at Elizabeth for a minute, he walked over to her, as he asked her,

"Are you alright?"

Elizabeth looked up to Elijah, looking grim as she answered with,

"I'm fine, but he provided a warning."

Elijah helped her stand up from her porch, as she retold the encounter.

Once there, she was walking up her porch before tensing, sensing something was wrong. As she swiped her knife up at the intruder, she was horrified to have forgotten how Alaric would come back that very night. And as she stuck the knife in the now, Original hunter, the man screamed, unable to heal back from the wound. She quickly took it back out and swiped it across his right eye, blinding him momentarily before jumping into her home.

She warily watched as the man yelled out in pain, screaming curses at her, and promising death as he said,

"Do you think you deserve to live? After falling in love with an Original vampire?"

Atalanta sneered at the man, as she said, "If I have to face judgement for that, I will, but I won't be judged by a vampire on that manner."

Dark-Alaric hissed at that, his vampiric features dominant, as he said,

"Your Original won't be there to save you."

And before Atalanta could retaliate against that, the man sped off into the night. Atalanta looked down at the stake in her jacket pocket, and sighed, as she determinedly said,

"He won't have to."

Elijah tensed at the threat the former human had made, before stating,