From another World, meeting you

Nightowl?

Ella POV:

It was already after 10 o'clock in the evening, but I had no intention of going up again,instead I sat here at the kitchen table, in the niche and held a fennel tea in my hands, although I was wearing warm jogging pants, a hoodie and warm socks, was still cold to me. As if someone was running over my grave, I was feeling so cold.

Luckily Klaus had stopped interigating me to explain why I didn't want to get to know his brother better, he had only threatened to send his brother after me.

I didn't know why it was so important for Klaus that I was near his brother Elijah, I couldn't just leave the compound. Strictly speaking, I could, but I wasn't life-weary and honestly I was too cowardly, I knew exactly what dangers were lurking out there, after seeing the soul-eater, I'd have to be forced outside. Voluntarily, I wouldn't even leave the room.

When I remembered the stories where it seemed so easy to let someone approach them, maybe I was still secretly linking touches with pain, because that had been a big part of my youth, pain.

But that still didn't explain how it was possible that I was his companion. I, of all people, someone who really had nothing in common with, with the partners he had, of whom I knew from the series. And yet he seemed interested in me, what kind of interest did I not know and quite honestly? I didn't want to find out, the idea that someone might be interested in me was so absurd.

So many times I had heard that I wasn't interesting, useless and stupid, that I found it hard to believe someone was different.

Perhaps it was only the fascination that I came from a world other than his well-known that resulted in his interest. I didn't know at that time that I was more than just terribly wrong.

Why did I think about why Elijah Mikaelson did something? He was a mystery and I was his companion. Would it end in a classic way that I would end up falling in love? Something I had only experienced once in my life and the guy absolutely hadn't been able to suffer. What kind of funny person was I actually that I had fallen in love with a guy Ihadn't been able to suffer from abso lut?

One advantage was that I no longer had to speak to customers who had questions for me that I couldn't answer. How should I know how an energy bill was calculated? I wasn't a math genius at all, but that went beyond my understanding.

When I thought about working as an introverted person, at a customer service because I hadn't been accepted anywhere else, others would laugh.

It was frustrating to hear again and again that you were not suitable for a job because you had a "German" accent. I hardly had an accent when I spoke Dutch, only if I spoke the Dutch word for school, then you could hear it. But as soon as someone heard that dass I had been born in Germany,I suddenly had a strong German accent.

It was frustrating and had cost me a lot of nerves, but now I didn't have that worry anymore, I wasn't in my world anymore. Here I would have to look for a job at somepoint, but I didn't know what and when, as long as the soul-eater was behind me, I wouldn't be able dass to put a foot out of the house without Elijah or his siblings being near wusste me. Most likely Elijah anyway, because he was the only reason that the soul-eater had not yet been able to kill me.

It should frighten me how frivolous the words formed, how recklessly I thought about the end of my life, but because the witches had already brought me to the brink of death several times, the thought was no longer shocking or scared me.

Apart from that, according to Kol, I couldn't really die any more and wouldn't age any more, at least externally not. I'd forever look like I looked at 28, which had to feel similarly weird for Elijah whenever he was transformed.

Has this ever been mentioned in the series? As far as I didn't remember, but it didn't matter, I wouldn't ask him because it would evoke memories and it would torment him. Something I didn't want to do. I didn't want to torment anyone, whether that was intentional or unconsciously.

The hand of the watch was already approaching the 11 o'clock mark and I had to slowly but surely try to sleep, even if I doubtedto find a lot of sleep.

Just as I was leaving the kitchen, Kol was walking down the aisle, "Did anyone have a long night?" he tried to lure me out of the reserve. "What exactly do you want to say?" I told him, I already knew what he was going to do,but I didn't even have an attacking surface in front of him.

"Even a blind person can see how strong the connection between my brother and you is, that's not just what happens," he told me, what exactly did he mean by a strong connection?

"Even though I suspect it's because you don't come from ourworld," he added, leaving open why he had brought up the strong connection.

Kol went into the kitchen and left me alone, so he could see the connection between his brother and me? When I arrived in my room, Elijah was already waiting for me.

I had completely forgotten that I should not spend the nights alone, because the soul-eater could then kill me more easily.

"I can't remember you telling you you're a night owl," he greeted me, "I'm not," I replied, leaving him in my room. I moved around in the bathroom, and when I looked in the mirror, I was startled by the circles of my eyes that had formed under my eyes. I looked like a ghost, my face was pale, explaining why Elijah had asked me if I was a night owl, I looked like I hadn't slept for days.

Back in the room Elijah was still there, no wonder he wouldn't give up so easily, even though I was still trying to keep him at bay. What worked damn badly, because I could feel exactly that the tape was pulling me close again and again, as if invisible forces kept pushing me in his direction, for him it was probably the same, why else would he spend two weeks "finding a human being" ? Although the danger that I could have been dangerous to his family had most likely played the biggest role, both Klaus and Kol claimed otherwise. And the two had to know, after all, they spent most of their time with Elijah.

Even if the thought that Elijah might have an honest interest, scared me, no one had ever come so close to me, let alone anyone had ever drunk my blood. It was romanticized but it was still a surreal experience for me.

Elijah POV:

The next morning the first thing I felt was Ella, she was lying next to me, after the nightmare last night I had taken her in my arm and she had fallen asleep in my arms. I felt so useless because I couldn't help her because I couldn't take away her nightmares, more than being there for her, waiting until she was ready to trust me, I couldn't do it. One thing was clear, I wouldn't let her down, because of me she had gone through hell, she had to seal the Companion Ribbon with me, otherwise we would both be no longer alive and I couldn't do anything against the soul-eater, except to make sure that she wasn't alone at night, so that he wouldn't eat her soul.

At the moment, her head was on my shoulder, this was the first time in my life that I allowed someone so close to whom I had no romantic relationship, but I had never believed in the Companions Legend, but here she was.

One thing I knew for sure by now, she hadn't had a partner in her world, her behavior matched that, she hadn't had a firm partner, male or female. Which I was able to attribute partly to her gift and partly to her past. Since I had freed her from the hands of the witches, she had withdrawn, Niklaus had already told me that she was paying attention to what she was saying and she shrugged at unconscious movements.

Ella must have left a big impression on Niklaus, as he had stopped calling her my angel. Er called her by her name, even though she didn't use her full name, I still found that he best suited her, but I respected her decision, even though I didn't know the reasons.

It became clear to me that I would do everything i could to protect her against the soul-eater, just as Rebekah had already aptly remarked that the bond that connected me to her was strong and it awakened the protective instinct in me. Ella moved in her sleep and turned around, the loss of her body heat made me realize how natural her closeness was for me.

Soon I would learn more about her and explain a lot of things that I had no explanation for now.

A/N: It can be that his thoughts, his adjustment to the situation with Ella and being this close with her, can be described as ooc. I think since the bond is pulling both to each other, it makes sense for them to be comfortable with each other. We haven't read Ella's experience yet, but stay tuned 😊