The Döppelganger Witch

🏵️Two🏵️

" Ella , come and eat your breakfast !", Stefan called .

" Coming !", Damon who sat in the living room heard the little girl's voice .

He'd been there for four  days since arriving and had kept his true nature to hurt people at bay for the greater purpose of winning Ella's affection.

She'd at first not talked much to him . That frustrated him alot . Yesterday she did talk to him a little when Stefan went to bunny feed and Zach was nowhere to be seen .

She'd come down stairs looking for Stefan and he had been sitting where he was sitting now .

" He went to scare bunnies ", he'd told her when she'd entered the living room .

It looked like she didn't like his tone or his words ,but she crossed the distance between them and came to a halt a meter away from him.

" Why're you drinking ?", she asked and glared at his glass of Bourbon .

" Keeps me calm ", he'd lied .

She'd frowned and took one more step until she stood against his knees .

It had felt strange to have the kid's warmth warming up his knees .

" Alcohol is bad ", she'd said  and without warning she'd climbed on his lap and looked at him with those brown Katherine eyes of  hers .

He'd sat there  frozen and had glared at her . He'd wanted to shoo her away ,but her light weight on his lap didn't actually bother him . The child was so trusting . Why were she so trusting ?.

" I had a teacher at my old school who'd drank alcoholic drinks when nobody was looking ", she spoke  again ," they kicked him out of school when they found out ".

" Are you going to kick me out of my own house?", he'd asked trying to sound his old joking self .

She'd shaken her head . " No, but Uncle Stefan might , but don't worry he isn't a bad guy , once I misplaced a bracelet and had to tell him . He was only mad for a few seconds before he told me he'd get me a new one . He didn't have to . I found it in one of my socks . Don't know how it got there ."

Smiling by himself as his mind wanders further into that memory he hears Ella running down the stairs .

" Ella, how many times did I tell you not to run down the stairs !", he hears Stefan scold .

" You called me and the stairs are too long I wanted to get here quickly ".

" Ella ,Ella , what am I ever going to do  with you ", he hears Stefan sigh.

" You love me ", he hears her answer .

" Yeah, and you like taking it for granted ", Stefan grumbles under his breath.

Damon shakes his head and gets to his feet .

He'll go see to it that Stefan don't strangle the poor kid .

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Ella glared at her bowl of oatmeal .

Why'd Stefan have to make such a fuss about her running down the stairs?.

He'd been downright unfriendly ever since Damon had appeared ,
scolding her around every corner.

What was it about Damon that angered him?.

Was it Damon's nature of drinking human's blood ?.

She'd been down to the cellar and had seen the bags in the freezer.

She'd almost gagged at seeing it .

" Ella , stop glaring at your food as if there's something awful in it and eat !", Stefan barks causing her to jump slightly .