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Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 17:13:55 GMT -6
Stepping into a clearing in the middle of the forest, the only place where she knew she would be able to find absolute privacy, Davina began to unpack her supplies. Aloe, pepper, musk, vervain and saffron mixed together to create an interesting smelling incense. She then pulled out four white candles and lit them at the four poles of what would be her magic circle. As she called each of the corners, representing the elements of earth, fire, air, and water, she lit each candle with a simple wave of her hand. Siting in the middle of the circle, Davina began to speak the words that would bring Katerina Petrova to her:
" Spiritus regni custodes , exaudi orationem meam , et dirige .
Cum blanda horam annulos verus Katerina Petrova adducite mihi .
Quis audierit vocem meam, et non susceperint alias hic.
Ut ingrediatur, nisi is ut Katerina Petrova loci sacri. "
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 17:31:28 GMT -6
The wind picked up suddenly, the fire from the candles shooting up to flicker wildly in the wind. The area darkened as if a dark shadow hung over the circle that Davina had created. Hushed voices whispered through the wind, and then all at once it stopped. A calm settled, and the sound of twigs snapping replaced the whispers and wind.
Katherine tilted her head at the witch, licking her lips that were cracked as if she hadn't had a drop of water in weeks. Her movements were clumsy and jerky and she stopped right outside the magic circle.
"Well," she spoke, her voice hoarse. "Isn't this a surprise..."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 17:41:52 GMT -6
Davina looked at the woman who had been summoned to her. She could see that she had been quite a beauty, in her living days. Now, she was reduced to nothing more than a corpse. There was no more life in any aspect of her body, even though she was reanimated for Davina's purposes this night.
"Katherine Pierce, I presume. Your reputation precedes you, I must say. I am Davina and I am in need of your assistance. How would you like the chance to live once again?"
Davina wasn't sure if she should be even asking the woman to come back only to be chased, once again, by Klaus. Although, she certainly wasn't going to present her case to Katherine that way. She was offering the girl the chance to live once again. She had fought so hard to survive for 500 years, it would make sense that she would want to live once more.
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 17:51:54 GMT -6
Katherine moved around the edge of the circle, eyeing every inch of it. She was no stranger to magic, but she was surprised the spell had managed to reach her. Which meant that this witch was a powerful one. She was only half listening to her, trying to figure out why exactly she was here. The last part of Davina's question had her head snapping up.
"What?" She asked, her voice disbelieving and yet hopeful at the same time. Her expression turned suspicious after a moment. She crossed her arms over her chest. "And why...if my reputation precedes me do you need my help?"
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 18:03:53 GMT -6
Davina's lips pursed when Katherine asked her what the catch was. She closed her eyes tightly, not sure if Katherine would agree to come back once Davina had told her the reason. Of course, the last thing that she wanted to do was to create another enemy. Mikael was trying desperately to rid himself of Davina's control over him and Klaus was a man obsessed with shedding the blood of his enemies, growing more and more frustrated by the day. It was time to give him a new obsession, a new purpose, to focus on and Katherine Pierce would be perfect. Two originals obsessed with the same woman would provide the distraction that she needed so that she could find a way to break the sire-line and unleash Mikael.
"I..er..need two things from you. Your blood, first of all, so that it can be used to make my magic stronger. And second, I need you to provide a distraction for...well...Elijah."
Davina intentionally left Klaus' name out of the conversation. She hoped that the mention of Elijah would be enough to make Katherine jump at the chance to return to the land of the living.
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 18:28:48 GMT -6
Katherine rolled her eyes. Of course. Always about the doppelganger blood. Even in death she couldn't escape the curse of the doppelganger. Elijah's name had her pausing. She turned away, letting her arms fall to her side as she paced a little. Distracting Elijah meant that this witch was probably against Elijah, helping her meant going against Elijah.
But helping her also meant survival, and Katherine Pierce was always about survival. She turned back to face Davina, and nodded her head.
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 18:48:28 GMT -6
Davina smiled when Katherine agreed to be resurrected. Suspecting that she would do as much, Davina had come prepared. She reached into her bag and pulled out a tupperware bowl which contained the heart of a mountain lion in a pool of blood. She walked to where the spirit of Katherine Pierce stood and laid the heart at her feet. Looking at her watch, Davina waited until the hands showed her that it was midnight. Timing was of utmost importance when doing magic, especially blood magic. Davina picked up the bowl, which contained the animal blood and poured it in a circle where Katherine stood while she spoke the words that would begin the spell:
"maiores custos portæ , magister omnis fortuna ,audite me!"
Dipping a finger into the small amount of blood that remained in the bowl, Davina used it to draw a line in the middle of her forehead and on each cheek. She could feel the wind picking up, blowing her hair about her, and saw a sudden flash of lightning. The spirits were listening to her and were working their dark magic to aid her in her task.
"Suscipe munera, scio Deus meus. dimiserunt transire. Sit Katerina Pierce transire. nexosque et dimittam ei!"
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 19:11:51 GMT -6
Katherine raised a brow as Davina began to lay out more ingredients around her. She would be human when she returned to the land of the living, weak and frail. Weak and frail and with enemies from one side of the world to the other. She glanced up as the wind began to pick up, but her body was left untouched by the raging winds.
She stood, tapping her foot as the girl continued to chant. She was an impatient woman, and standing here watching her made her even more impatient. She opened her mouth to say something, and then stopped. A lock of her hair blew in front of her face, and a moment later she let out a gasp. She doubled over, her hand grasping her throat as pain spread through her body. Her skin became healthy and glowing, and the clumps of her hair that had fallen out regrew. She fell to her knees as every nerve in her body seemed to come alive at once.
Katherine relaxed after what seemed eternity, letting out a harsh breath. She straightened finally, raising her eyes to meet Davina's. She swallowed, digging her fingers through the dirt and leaves below her. She pushed herself up, standing to her feet. Her eyes flicked to one of the candles, and she moved to stick her hand over the open flame. She let out a hiss of pain jerking her hand back.
Katherine stared at her palm, and then started laughing. She turned around to face Davina, smirking.
"You held up your end of the deal...so what do you need me to do?"
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 19:34:03 GMT -6
Davina smiled, satisfaction written all over her face, as Katherine fell to the ground in pain. Pain was a good thing, especially in this case. It meant that she was indeed alive.
As the spell completed itself and the weather calmed Davina watched as Katherine tested her body and finding, with glee, that she had indeed been resurrected from the dead. Davina smirked as Katherine hissed from the pain of being burned and came back up laughing. It spoke volumes about Katherine's resilience and will to live.
"What I want from you is exactly what I told you I need. Your blood, as I understand you are the only human doppelganger in existence now, and for you to appear to Elijah. Appeal to his love for you but, be careful, he is living in a compound with Klaus and, as I understand, he has an unhealthy interest in you."
Davina wasn't sure how Katherine would take the news that Klaus was in the area as well as Elijah, although the two were usually a package deal. Davina crossed her arms over her chest and studied Katherine carefully, watching for any sign of anger or fear at the mention of Klaus' name.
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 19:56:44 GMT -6
Katherine was rubbing at her palm to quell the sting of the fire against her skin. First thing she was going to do was get clothing, and a bath. She sighed heavily, nodding her head. She could give her blood, that was no issue as long she didn't expect her to bleed out. She whirled around to look at Davina when the woman spoke about Klaus.
"You could have mentioned that first," she hissed. Elijah she could deal with, but Klaus? That was an entirely different. She let out a breath, running her hands through her hair. She narrowed her eyes, then turned back to Davina.
"I need you to do something for me then. I'm human...I can't protect myself unless you teach me how. I'm similar to a witch, it's called a traveler...I can do spells but I don't know how. Teach me how to do something to protect myself from Klaus...and I'd more than happy to help."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 20:15:57 GMT -6
Davina rolled her eyes as Katherine chided her for not having mentioned Klaus' name. Did she think that his presence would have made a difference? That she would choose to remain dead?
"Klaus may not even be overly interested in you Katherine. He's obsessed with a group of werewolves that steal his strength each full moon. He wants me to break the spell but, something keeps preventing me from doing it. Not to worry though, I have plans to rid New Orleans of him for good."
Davina wasn't about to tell Katherine what her plan was exactly but she had to make the woman feel at least a little bit better about his presence in the city.
Davina's brow rose slightly as Katherine revealed that she was a traveler. She had heard the name before, when she was still a member of the New Orleans coven but she didn't know much about them.
"Of course, I can teach you some simple protection spells. After all, it wouldn't help me if you end up dead before I'm ready to go through with my plans. First though, you will need a safe place to stay and some new clothes. No offense but those ones smell really bad. Elijah and Klaus would refuse to come within a hundred feet of you if you showed up at the compound like that."
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 20:21:27 GMT -6
Katherine gave her an annoyed look. She glanced down at herself, and then raised a brow at her. Her lips tilted into a small smirk and she walked over to Davina. She didn't trust the witch, but then again she didn't really trust anyone.
"Surprisingly I actually agree with you. These clothes are making my skin crawl." She stopped in front of the young girl, and then held her hand out to her.
"And it seems, Davina...you're the only friend I have right now."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 20:30:25 GMT -6
Davina watched as Katherine turned on her charm and held her hand out to her. She knew that Katherine didn't trust her but Davina had also learned the value of mistrust. She, after all, had been betrayed by everyone that she had put her trust in over her life. Her parents who so willingly handed her over to be killed in The Harvest, her own coven who had killed her and then cast her aside after she had been resurrected, Klaus who would offer a truce and then go back on his word at the first chance that he got, and even Marcel who had used her as his own personal weapon for months. Davina took Katherine's hand in her own and led her out of the forest. She would bring her to the church for the time being. At least there she could clean up and find something more appropriate to wear.
"Well I wouldn't exactly say friends. I'm just the best chance that you have at getting out of all this alive right now."
Davina smiled to herself as she walked with Katherine. Her plans were going even better than she had hoped.
Post by Katherine Pierce on Oct 5, 2014 20:42:35 GMT -6
"Which is a friend in my book," Katherine spoke, smiling at Davina. She only had friends when they could help her in some way. Right now, Davina was right, she was her best chance of survival. Eventually they made it to a church. She looked up at it, and then turned to face her.
"So this is where I'm to stay? I've stayed in worse. I'll give you my blood whenever you need it, but...I'm not your personal blood bag, got it?"
She turned around to face the church entrance. "I'm going to take a bath...we can go shopping tomorrow?"
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 5, 2014 21:03:32 GMT -6
Davina smiled at Katherine's words, gad that they both understood the nature of their relationship. Davina glanced over at the newly resurrected woman when she said that she had stayed in worse places before. "The pastor of the church is dead so the room in which he stayed in is empty. It'll do for a night or two." Davina knew that Katherine wouldn't find Mikael simply because she had enchanted the door so that they couldn't get into the attic. Only she was allowed entrance to that particular room.
Davina laughed at the thought of using Katherine as a blood bag. "Don't worry. I didn't use that much energy to bring you back only to try and kill you again by draining your blood. I have power enough for most spells but, there is one in particular that I'll need extra power. I won't need much, I promise."
Walking into the church, Davina left Katherine in the room that Father Kiernan had once used and went upstairs to find something for Katherine to change into. She ignored Mikael, who was growing even more impatient by the minute, and rummaged through a dresser before pulling out a tee shirt and shorts. She double checked the barrier, not wanting to afford Mikael the chance to escape, before heading back down the stairs.
"You can change into these. It's probably not your style but it's better than what you've got now. We'll go shopping tomorrow. For now, get some rest. You're going to need it."