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Layla was sleeping in her bed when she was awoken by a loud noise coming from her window so she got out of bed and opened her curtains wincing at the sudden brightness but what she saw stunned her. An unconscious Elijah was leaning against her window covered in blood and burns.

(What a way to start her Sunday)

"Jesus Christ!" Layla opened her window and pulled Elijah into her room. She placed him on her bed. "why the hell are you burning?" Layla asked herself.

She noticed that Elijah's daylight ring was missing and quickly closed her curtains to prevent further damage.

"Layla!" shouted Susan, Layla's mom.

"Shit!"

Layla went over and met her mom before she barged into Layla's room and saw the unconscious original.

"What's up mom?" said Layla trying to act normal. She was a terrible liar.

"I'm heading to work, there's money on the counter for a pizza tonight, I wont be home until late. Invite your friends if you want"

"Okay thanks mom"

"Have fun, no boys, love you"

'Right no boys' thought Layla who had already broken her moms rule. Technically Elijah wasn't a boy so no rule broken, Right?

Layla closed her door and turned around only to be met with the face of Elijah with his fangs and eyes showing. 

"Elijah?" asked Layla slightly scared.

He looked like he was about to talk before he collapsed again. She let out a sigh of relief and lifted him back onto the bed. She went downstairs and down into the basement which was outfitted as Layla's music studio. She kept a small fridge with blood inside for when Caroline came round like she always did. She took a blood bag up stairs and into the kitchen, she took a glass from the cupboard and poured the blood. She took the glass upstairs and set it on the night stand, then she realised she was still in her pj's so she went to her closet and took out some clothes and changed in her bathroom.

She brushed her hair and her teeth. She left her bathroom and saw Elijah still unconscious.

 Layla picked up her car keys and walked to leave her room, Layla left her house and drove to Elijah's home, she figured if his ring was anywhere it was there.

When she arrived she rolled her eyes and sighed, Damon was sitting on the porch. She got out of her car and walked up the steps.

"What are you doing here?" he asked

"None of you business Salvatore" retorted Layla and was about to enter the house but was stopped by Damon lifting her up against the wall by her throat.

"I'll repeat, what are you doing here?"

"None ...of your...business" 

Damon let her go and she coughed and rubbed her neck.

She backed up through the doorway so Damon couldn't hurt her again. She walked into the beautiful house and realised she had a lot of rooms to search so she started with the sitting room. After searching all rooms she realised there was one she left out, the Kitchen.

When she walked into the kitchen she was met with a dead body with a hole in its chest and the heart on the floor beside it, she knew this was Elijah, this is how he killed when he was angry. there was blood smears everywhere and even a wooden stake embedded in the wall. Layla almost threw up and the sight of it all, but she came here for a reason to find Elijah's daylight ring. Layla searched and searched but she couldn't find it. Whoever attacked Elijah must have taken it, which meant Elijah was going nowhere until he had it back.

Layla was about to leave the house when she remembered Damon was probably waiting outside for her. She opened the door but saw no Damon so she left the house and got into her car and drove to the mystic grill to pick up a coffee then drove home.

She entered her house and looked at herself in the mirror, she saw bruises forming on her neck in the shape of Damon's hands. Layla sighed and went to check on Elijah, she entered her room and saw that he hadn't moved an inch.

Layla went down stairs and put her coffee on the counter and then took a knife and walked upstairs, she walked into her room and was immediately pushed up against her door, again.

Elijah looked at her in the eyes with hunger. Layla looked at him with no fear in her eyes and he picked up on it. 

"Its okay" said Layla as she moved her blonde hair away from her neck. 

Elijah wasted no time, he bit into her neck and drank her blood.

After a few seconds he pulled away, Layla put her hand over her wound and went to her bathroom and took her towel and put onto onto her wound.

"You did not have to do that"

"Yeah well when an unconscious vampire turns up at my window in the middle of the day without a daylight ring and covered in werewolf blood, I Kinda didn't have a choice"

Layla left the room and walked into the kitchen, Elijah followed her.

"So what happened? I saw the state of your kitchen" "I went to your place looking for your ring but I couldn't find it, sorry"

"Its quite alright, I will look for it tonight. I was attacked by werewolves"

Layla took a sip of her coffee but immediately spit it out in the sink.

"Is something wrong?" asked Elijah worriedly

"Bloody sheriff makes the staff at the Grill put vervain in the coffee, tastes disgusting"

"Yes I've noticed"

"Anyway, I could make you a new ring, if you like?" offered Layla

"Your not a witch"

"Not a typical one, no, I'm a rare kind of witch, I wasn't born with magic but with the ability to siphon it from things, places and people"

"I have not met a siphon witch in over 2 decades"

"So new ring, yes or no?"

"My ring was given to me by my mother, I wish to have it back"

"Okay"

"What happened to your neck?" asked Elijah noticing the bruise on Layla's neck next to the two holes that he made.

"Damon...He was at you place earlier and tried to 'ask' why I was there"

"Did he say why he was there?"

"I didn't get a chance to ask"

KNOCK KNOCK

"Excuse me" Layla went to answer the door but immediately went to close the door after she saw who was there but he put his foot in the doorway.

"What do you want Damon?"

"Why were you at Elijah's place today?"

"You gonna strangle me again?"

"Depends if your lying or not"

"I was looking for him"

"Why?"

"That is none of you business, now leave!"

"After you tell me" 

Layla stepped out of the house and put her hand on Damon's chest and siphoned him, He fell to his knees.

"I can siphon you until desecration and I will if you do not leave me alone, do you understand me?"

He nodded

"Good, now go home" Layla used the magic she siphoned from him and sent him flying into his car. She returned to her house and closed the door.

"Nicely done" 

Layla turned around to see Elijah standing there.

"Thank you, Its dark out if you want to go looking for you ring"

"Thank you for everything Layla"

"No problem and If you don't find your ring your welcome to stay here tomorrow while I'm at school"

"I appreciate that"

"I'll leave my window open, in case"

Elijah left the house. Layla spent the rest of the night watching movies and eating pizza and ice-cream.

Next day at school

Layla walked up to her locker at get her books but was ambushed by her friends.

"Hey Layla"

"Hey guys"

"What happened to your neck? I've been meaning to ask you all day" asked Elena talking about the bruises not the bite which they hadn't noticed yet.

"Damon, who'd you think?"

"He is such an ass" said Caroline

"Yeah well I got my own back, you should see his car" laughed Layla.

RING

"Come on we got class"

"Thank god its the last class of the day"

After School Layla was walking to her car when she was hit from behind.

When she woke up, her hands were tied above her in handcuffs. 

She blinked a few times to let her eyes adjust, when they did she saw another figure a few inches in front of her hanging the same way. 

"Elijah?" asked Layla. He looked like he had been beaten to a pulp.

He stirred but he was not fully conscious.

"Elijah!" shouted Layla

He woke up and looked at Layla with a squint, there was blood in he left eye.

"Layla?"

"Are you okay?" she asked

"I'm fine what are you doing here?"

"Last thing I remember I was walking to my car after school, then I woke up here" "you look like crap" "How'd they get the jump on you?"

"I was weak after yesterday"

"Yes you are weak, it was easy taking you" said the women

"Really do you have no honour? Attacking a man not a full strength"

"Shut it I will not listen to an abomination like you" said the women who was holding Layla's chin forcing her to look at the women. "Pathetic" The women pushed Layla away and left.

 "Can you use your magic?"

"I'm out I need to siphon something"

"Can you siphon people?"

"If they are magical, yeah but I've never tried it"

"Siphon me"

"I can't It has to be skin to skin to work" "Wait..." Layla leaned forward and kissed Elijah while siphoning him. He was shocked to say the least but there was something else, did he enjoy it? How he barely knew her and he was enjoying kissing her?

After a few seconds she pulled away. "Sorry" Layla used her magic to open the handcuffs and she fell to the floor.

"Go"

"I'm not leaving you here"

"I'm sorry" Elijah looked her in the eyes and compelled her to leave.

When she had left, she snapped out of her compulsion. She was mad at Elijah but she knew why he had done it. She pulled out her phone and called Elena.

"Layla? What's up?"

"I need you to get Stefan, Caroline, Bonnie and Damon to meet me at the cemetery"

"Is something wrong?"

"Elena just do it please and tell them to hurry"

About 10 minutes later the four arrived

"Layla are you okay?" asked Caroline who gave a vile of her blood to Layla.

"Yeah I'm fine but Elijah's not, some werewolves got him, they're torturing him" she said as she downed the vile of Caroline's blood

"Good" said Damon

"You want to repeat last night asshole?" threatened Layla

"where is he?" asked Bonnie

"The Kinley crypt"

"Come on" Said Stefan

"Are you serious?" asked Damon

"Yes jackass"

They walked into the Cemetery and were faced with roughly 7 werewolves. 

"Bonnie, Layla get to Elijah, we got the mutts" said Caroline 

Bonnie and Layla navigated through the fighting and walked into the crypt.

Elijah looked worse than before.

"Well well, you've returned"

"Let him go"

"I have an original in my grasp, why would I give that up?"

"Cause you don't have a choice"

The women laughed

"And I didn't come back alone" Bonnie lifted the glamour spell over the both of them. The women was actually talking to Bonnie whilst Layla appeared from behind her supporting Elijah.

"Hi bitch" Layla used her magic to push the wolf through the door, which let in the sunlight. "Shit!" Layla dropped Elijah and stood in front of him blocking the sunlight from hurting him.

His daylight ring rolled out from the women's pocket, she had been the one to take it from him. Layla put it on his finger and lifted him up and draped his arm over her shoulder whilst Bonnie did the same with his other arm. They left the crypt to see the last of the werewolves neck get snapped.

"Now can we leave" whined Damon as he and Stefan took Elijah from the girls.

"Yeah take him to my place" Layla got a feeling like they missed something, suddenly she was attacked from behind and her neck was snapped. She had died with Caroline's blood in her system.

The next day Layla woke up in her bed feeling like something had changed. She left her bed and walked downstairs to see Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline and Damon in the kitchen. 

"Who invited you in?" Layla asked Damon

"Your dear mother did"

"Get out, I rescind your invitation"

Damon couldn't stand to be in the house a second more, he sped out and Layla slammed the door in his face. Then she realised as she walked back into the kitchen, she had died.

"I died, didn't I?"

"Yes" answered Caroline "With my blood in your system"

"I'm a..."

"Yes"

"My magic, I still have it"

"No you don't" said Bonnie

Layla lit a candle with her magic.

"I do"

"How? Its impossible" Exclaimed Bonnie

"What happened to Elijah?"

"He's fine, He had to take care of somethings, he'll be here later"

"Layla you need to drink this" Said Stefan as he slid a glass of blood towards her.

"And If I don't"

"You will die by days end" he replied 

"I should probably go, I'll call you later okay?"

"Okay and thank you Bonnie"

"Anytime"

Bonnie left and Layla drank the blood and such began her life as a witch-Vampire. 

(Not sure if I'll do a second part If you want me to I will)

:)