Chapter Ten: Forever After

Elijah was driving like he was an extra on Fast and Furious, but he honestly did not care. He just needed to get to his daughter and kill whatever idiot she was currently with. His car practically made a small screech sound as it came to a complete stop as it stopped in the direction where Lucy and her apparent date were residing.

There were dozens of cars parked in the driveway and Elijah scowled. Great, it was a walking Mono infection waiting to happen. Since there were dozens of cars, he really was in no mood to be going through each one and instead used his vampire hearing to hopefully hear his rebellious daughter.

It took less than five seconds to recognize Lucy's giggle, ironically she and Katherine seemed to have the same annoying, yet seductive little giggle. Elijah recognize that the sound was coming from the jeep that was parked against one of the bushes and Elijah practically hurled himself toward it.

He opened the door of the jeep that seemed small enough to hold one person, let alone two. He immediately recognizes the strap of Lucy's icy blue gown that Katherine and she had shopped for and some idiot's side view hat.

"Everyone out," he hissed at them.

"Dad!" Lucy snapped clearly embarrassed as she pulled up the strap of her dress. It clearly did not take a genius to realize what they had been doing.

"Yo, gramps!" Bryce squawked. "What the hell is your problem?"

Elijah threw him a deadly glare. "Young man, I suggest that you do not talk to me in that tone, since I'm the father of the girl you currently had in the back of your car a few seconds ago."

"Christ," Bryce blubbered. "Lucy, you said your dad was dead."

"Well, he is technically- "Lucy finished fixing up her dress. "Dad, what are you doing here?"

"What am I? What are you doing here?" he snapped. "You're supposed to be at a school dance, not in the back of someone's car."

Lucy ignored his accusations. "What I do in my free time, is none of your business. I was perfectly happy doing what I was supposed to be doing until you suddenly decided to barge in- "

"Watch your tone, young lady." Elijah scolded her. Lucy looked like she wanted to argue back at him. When she stopped, her eyes widened a she gripped her chest as if she couldn't breathe. "Oh, no Lucy you do not get to- "

"Dad," she said struggling to breath. "Dad, I can't breathe. This is the same feeling that I get before I go into. . . deep sleep. It's too soon, I still need more time."

"Lucy!" Elijah managed to catch her before she fell to the ground. He tried to shake her awake, but it was clearly not working. He let out a series of curses, but it was no use she wasn't waking up.

"Katerina, Katerina," Elijah raced in the house carrying Lucy who was still sleeping. Katherine had been in the living room having a very tense tea with her "family" as they waited for Lucy's return.

"Elijah," Katherine demanded. "What happened? Is she- "

"The sleeping curse," Elijah managed to choke out. "She said that she was sure that, that was it."

Rebekah shook her head. "That's not possible, her birthday isn't until a few months later."

"Mother," Kol said disgustingly. "It has to be."

"Lucy," Katherine started giving Lucy's face little slaps. "Lucy, darling wake up. What if she doesn't wake up in 30 years. What is she takes longer? Or what is she doesn't wake up? We need to find a witch."

"No witch will be of help, I offer a different solution," Klaus said as he stood between them. "Kill her." Katherine and Elijah lunged towards him. "Not like that fools, make her into a vampire. What did Esther hate the most? Vampires and she knew that Elijah who is so in love with humanity wouldn't dare turn his only daughter into one."

"What makes you so sure that Esther is behind this?" Rebekah demanded. "What if Lucy dies- "

"Let's do it," Katherine interrupted her. "Lucy wanted to live and her spending the rest of her life sleeping is not living. I know that being a vampire is not a normal life, but it's better than nothing. We have to try, Elijah. Please."

Elijah didn't speak for a moment, he looked exhausted. "All right," he finally spoke. "I'll use my blood and end her quickly."

"How long has it been?" Katherine asked tiredly as she started twisting a curl in her hand. She was sure that she would end ripping it from the head. Did vampire transformations always take this long? It seemed like it was impossible. Not to mention that there was still the slight possibility that Lucy was truly dead. Tears sprang to her eyes. No, her daughter couldn't be dead. She just couldn't.

"Katerina," Elijah squeezed her hand. "Calm down, it's only been thirty minutes."

Katherine glared at him. "Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down? My daughter may be dead and- "she trailed off as she slumped in her seat. She had kicked Rebekah, Klaus, and Kol out of the room for the very same reason. They were making her nervous.

Elijah squeezed her shoulder. "It will be ok, Katerina," he purred as he looked at the bed where Lucy was still laying down. "I give you my word."

"Your word better mean something this time." Katherine shot back. She sighed. "Thank you, Elijah for being here at least."

They heard the sounds of a loud gasp and they turned around slightly, Lucy was awake. She had sat up and was looking at them with a slight, confused look on her face. "What happened?" she asked as she looked around. "I feel funny; why do I feel funny?"

Katherine rushed towards her and hugged her tightly. "Thank God," she scrunched up her nose. "Well I never thought I would say that."

"Dad?" Lucy looked up at him. "What happened exactly?" Elijah didn't say anything. "Tell me."

"You're a vampire," Elijah blurted out. "It was the only way to stop the sleeping curse from affecting you entirely. We had to kill you. I'm sorry Lucy, darling I wished that there had been another way."

Lucy didn't speak for a moment, but when she did there was a tiny smile on her face. "Well, then I guess that means that we're stuck with each other."

Five Years Later. . .

"The blood on this one is too bitter," Lucy spat as she dropped the body on the floor. "I hate it when they get drunk."

Katherine pulled back, her face was still covered with blood as she threw the body towards Lucy. "Here take this one, she's more sweet."

Lucy grabbed the body from her mother and sank her fangs inside. "Hmm, you're right."

"Ladies," Elijah said annoyed from where he was standing a few feet away. "Shall we get going. We don't want to make a commotion."

Katherine rolled her eyes. "Really, Elijah? Do you have to be so safe and boring all the time?"

Elijah smiled. "Boring is safe, my dear? Lucy?"

Lucy dumped the body behind one of the trashcans and gave a quick nod towards her mother. "Fine, let's go." She pushed back her dark hair and turned back to her parents. "Let's go to Paris, I want to see Aunt Rebekah and her new boyfriend Marcel."

"No," Katherine whined. "I wanted to go to Rome."

"Paris," Elijah decided as he rested his hand against Katherine's hip. "We'll go to Rome for our anniversary. It's coming up." Katherine rolled her eyes, but didn't argue.

Lucy smiled at Elijah as the three of them continued walking in the opposite direction, away from the bodies. They had bigger things to worry about.

The End

Well, we've reached the end! I hope you enjoyed this little story, there wasn't much plot or point in this, just fluff! Thank you for reading and reviewing!