The Sorceress | Klaus Mikaelson

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"Honey, I'm home," Arabella throws the door open to Alaric's apartment, striding in. She's in a fairly good mood today. Not only is it the weekend, but she actually had yesterday all to herself, without any annoyance from fellow Salvatores or cocky Originals.

Apparently, there was some sort of ghost issue in Mystic Falls, but it wasn't exactly her problem. She saw no one of interest, and as far as Arabella was concerned, Bonnie handled the situation perfectly.

However, apparently, Damon and Alaric found something of interest last night in the old Lockwood cellar that they needed her help with. So she agreed to meet them at Alaric's apartment that morning.

"Bella Boo!" Damon grins at her, standing across from an irritated Elena. "Please tell our doppelganger friend here she's a horrible fighter."

"Ric, what's up?" Arabella ignores him, coming by the history teacher. He stands over his desk, multiple photos and documents scattered across it. "Woah. What is this?"

"We found it in the cellars, but I don't think it's from the Lockwoods'," Alaric explains, handing her a few photos. Arabella takes them, setting her bag down and frowning.

"This is Runic," She observes, taking a seat in the spare chair. "This is, like, ancient."

"Yeah, from the Vikings," Alaric nods, pointing at them. "You fluent?"

"I know a bit from a class I took back in the 40's," Arabella shrugs, squinting at the photos. "Kol... Finn... Rebekah... Esther... wait. Is this the Original Family?"

"I think so, but that's not the surprising part," Alaric jabs his finger on the photos. "Keep reading," Arabella raises a brow up at him, but turns back to the photographs nonetheless.

"Niklaus... psh, that's a stupid name. More so than Klaus," Alaric chuckles at her words. "Elijah... holy shit," She stops suddenly, standing straight. "Mikael?!"

"Papa Original," Damon corrects, smirking.

"Mikael is their father," Alaric confirms, sliding a few more photos over. "These one's talk about a weapon. I think it may be the weapon he wields to kill them."

"Why would he want to kill them if he's their father?" Arabella frowns, looking up. "He really hated his kids that much?"

"Dads, am I right?" Damon pipes. Arabella rolls her eyes.

"So these scriptures... their the story of the Original Family?"

"Well, then, let's go straight to the source," Elena shoves Damon away from her and walks up to the desk. Arabella nods.

"You and Dame go do that-- I'll stay here with Alaric and continue deciphering this."

Damon and Elena go to complete their tasks, leaving Alaric and Arabella alone to try and understand. He hands her a textbook to help with the translations.

"That," Arabella jabs her finger on a circular shaped symbol. "I've seen that before. Where?" Alaric leans towards her, studying the photo and frowning.

"So have I..." He picks up the photograph. "But I could be wrong. Hold on, lemme go call Bonnie really quick," Arabella nods, turning back to the textbook.

Bonnie arrives later on, also revealing that the symbol is derived from the necklace Rebekah owned and got passed down to Elena, which means witch. After quite a bit of time, Arabella stands up to go call Damon, just to make sure he hasn't gotten himself into more trouble.