Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Freya

New Orleans, a place known for a vibrant culture of art, music, food and much more, unfortunately, none of these brought me to the beautiful city. Instead, I had been invited by Elijah to attend a family party hosted by Klaus. It had been centuries since I had freed my siblings from their imprisonment by Klaus, and I had not seen him since. In those centuries, my wealth and political power had improved significantly, to the point that I basically ruled over several European countries, by proxy, of course. The number of vampires I had sired also increased, bringing the number of heretics up to twenty exactly, including the individuals that in the show had been led by Lily Salvatore. The ones in particular were Valerie Tulle, Mary Louise, Nora Hildegard, Beau, Malcolm, and Oscar. I had found each of them after they were exiled from the Gemini Coven and since then, built a great amount of friendship with them. Although they were not currently with me, I had left them in Greece to work on a project with the rest of the heretics. Instead, Rebekah and I brought with us our usual retinue of vampires, that being Katherine, Aroura and Rose, we also had brought with us four members of the strix after Aya had recommended we take some protection. Only two of the strix we brought were of any real interest to me, though the first was Shen Min, an almost seven-hundred-year-old vampire, who was the former torturer for Genghis Khan. I remember him from the show being very impressive, able to beat Hayley and Marcel with ease while suffering from a werewolf bite, then going on to resist compulsion from Elijah, push the original off of him, before killing himself via sunlight without showing any sign of pain. Certainly impressive, but the second one was just as interesting, not being in the show, his name being simply Vlad the Third, former ruler of Wallachia, known better as Vlad the Impaler. While I did not know if he existed in the show, I did know that in my old world, he was the inspiration for Count Dracula himself and basically the founder of all tales involving vampires. I was quite glad that Aya sent the four members of the Strix with us, it just proved that her loyalty still remained after centuries.

We arrived at the Mikaelson compound early before the party started, all of my other siblings already being there, including Klaus, whom I had hoped not to see for at least another century. Walking towards them, I greeted Elijah, the one who had invited us all. I was glad to see him well, having not seen him in decades. "It has been too long, Asmund", he said, warmth filling his voice. "It definitely has, brother, I see you have built quite the kingdom here", I responded, a smile on my face. "Kol, Finn, good to see you made it here", I continued. They had made their own way here, insistent on travelling around before meeting us

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](http://here.It) was about an hour later that the party started, guests from the local government, vampires from the area, witches from the New Orleans covens and even werewolves from the local packs all stood under the same roof in peace. I walked around the room introducing myself to notable figures from the area. After socialising for a while, a young blonde witch drew my attention. I was not entirely sure she would be here, as in the show, she came with Kol, but he had another date here. Walking over to her, I watched as she turned to face me, "We have not met, I am Asmund Mikaelson, it's nice to meet you", I said, a smile on my face. "Freya, nice to meet you, Asmund," I responded, matching my smile. Drawing her hand up, I pressed a kiss to her knuckles, "Good to meet you, Freya, if I may say a great name sounds almost familiar", I continued. She blushed at my actions before starting to speak again. "You have organised a very nice party Asmund". "Well, thank you, Freya, but I can not take credit. Unfortunately, I have been away for a long time and had no input in all this", I responded to her. Before I could continue I was called over by Elijah for a picture. "Well, Freya, I would love to continue this conversation, but unfortunately, duty calls. We will continue this later, though, you have my word" I finished before joining my family, who had all lined up on the stairs. For the first time in centuries, my siblings and I stood as one, for a picture, but it was still something.

Not long after the picture was taken, the party started winding down, and all the guests began to leave. I said my goodbyes to Elijah and Klaus before leaving with my party in tow. "Why don't you four call it a night"? I said to the members of the Strix, "My lord, we have orders to protect you,", came the voice of Shen Min. "That is greatly appreciated, but we both know that there are very few things that could threaten the originals. If we do not return to where we are staying by tomorrow, then you can come looking for us", I said to him. "Fine, keep yourselves safe, if you do not return, though we will come and find you, goodnight", he said before leaving with the other three members of the Strix.

"What now, then, brother? What did you send them away for?" came Rebekah's voice. "We are going to find a witch," I said, looking over at Rebekah before starting to walk the way I thought I saw her heading. We walked through the quiet New Orleans streets for a good ten minutes before I saw the familiar blonde-headed witch. Before any of us could get closer, an agonising pain filled our heads, an aneurysm spell. Fighting through the pain, I managed to shout out to the witch. "Freya stop, we mean you no harm". "Then why are you, a group of vampires, following me?" she said coldly, still not letting up on the spell. "I told you I wanted to continue our conversation, are you going to kill me for that?" I said, a smile etched on my face. "Fine", she responded while letting down the spell, "be warned though if you try anything, I will not stop the next time. What do you wish to speak about?" she continued. "Family, I suppose, would be a good start, love them or hate them" As I said that, I could see the look on her face start to soften slightly. "Who is she Asmund"? Questioned Katherine. "Ahh, yes, introductions, Rebekah, Aroura, Rose, Katherine, I would like you to meet Freya, Freya Mikaelson. As the last words left my mouth, I saw the faces of all those present change rapidly to one of confusion." How did you know?" Freya spoke first. "We have much to talk about, dear sister, but first, we should get somewhere more private", I said before leading the way to a local bar owned by me, bought for this exact reason.

Sitting around a table in the dusty bar, the room filled with silence before Rebekah spoke, "How, it can't be she died of plague before we were born?". "Do you really believe that Bex, do you really think out mother one of the most powerful witches to ever exist could not cure the plague, do you really think she would allow her own child to die so easily" I spoke grasping her hand "trust me on this, please let her speak" I continued. "Okay i will Asmund for you" she responded before nodding to Freya. "What he said was true, I did not catch the plague nor did I die from it, instead mother gave me to out aunt as payment for a spell. I have been held prisoner by her since then only just escaping last century". "If your aunt is so powerful how have you stayed free for a century"? Rose asked. "I can answer that, a form of the immortality spell, you are both bound sharing power and giving you an extended life under the condition that you may only be awake one year every century. The rest of the time you have to spend asleep, right" I stated more than asked. "Yes how did you, doesn't matter, the point is our aunt is extremely dangerous, powerful and will come to look for me". "Do not worry about that, you can travel with us for the rest of the year you spend awake, then once you have to sleep we will keep you body safe spelled so no one will find it. Then, during the time you sleep, I shall find ways to break the binding spell and kill our aunt. Then when you wake next century we shall strike as a family against her, then kill her" I said voice with complete confidence. Looking around I could see the looks on there faces, only Freya still looking worried. "But let's leave talking about that for the future, instead let's catch up".

After hours of talking, it was settled that Freya would travel with us back to Greece, where heretics would keep her hidden for the next century. But for an entire year, we would be able to get to know Freya. We had also decided that it was probably best not to tell our other siblings about Freya for now, mainly because I knew that they would be doubtful of her. I also figured it would be easier to keep her hidden from Daliah if fewer people knew I was protecting her.