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❛ a book where the legacies characters have to swallow a hard pill when their expectations aren't exactly met. ❜NEVER MEET YOUR HEROES
/A TVDU Reaction Fic.
LANDON KIRBY had trouble trying to wrap his head around the shock he was given. The engine of the bus provided some comfort as it ran in a constant pattern making it easier for him to think.Against all that he has ever known, the supernatural was real. They were in the shadows, no, they were the shadows. A constant step behind all the regular folk as they blended in seamlessly.Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, and even a mix of all three to make some special unicorn. What else was there that these people neglected to mention to him due to his status as a human? If he even was one since he managed to stay completely aware.Despite his mind yearning for answers he knew that he wouldn't get them. Not when he had to play up the facade that he went along with the mind-whammy thing the vampire MG had performed on him. If these people were ready to shove him in some witch dungeon despite his obvious misgivings with being in such a confined space that means that they did not give a damn about him.Especially, when they were sending him back to the people who believed that Rafi was hosting a demon and went to exorcise him without their knowledge. All to keep their perfect pristine image of normality.If they found out that he was still aware who knows what they will do?Rafi was the only person that would be on his side but what was that compared to a whole school of supernatural and their mini-doomsday weapon? Nothing, that's what.He has to try and survive by himself, try and understand what kinds of monsters he could be, and one day maybe he could go back to find Rafi again.As Landon closes his eyes and puts his head toward the bus window, fiddling with the knife in Rafi's stolen hoodie, he doesn't notice the woman coming on board and sitting in the seat next to him.A raspy sigh coming from the right of him makes him open his eyes slightly to the person next to him, who was silently pointing toward the hoddie's pocket. And just as he is putting two and two together in his confusion the woman seems to have lost her patience.Attack, whispered coyly near his ear as the knife began to burn hot. And that is all Landom can do when the woman's face starts to glow a flaming orange near her neck and mouth and the next he is dodging an honest to god fire breathing woman by shoving her away."I am
so
sorry!" Landon yells as the bus erupts in chaos in response to the bulk of the flames spewing from her mouth. Her glowing orange eyes narrowed on him making him realize how much of a mistake that was.This is the part where you run Landon, he tells himself as he shoves himself through the emergency exit windows of the bus and books it to the surrounding woods. The heat from the pursuing woman was an afterthought when his world was swept away from the soles of his sneakers and he woke up in a room full of people he did not want to see.Besides Rafi of course, he was always welcome.
OR, IN WHICH:Do you know that trope where one character is so absorbed in what they are doing that they do not notice the chaos that is happening behind them?This is Landon Kirby and Rafael Waithe as they watch The Vampire Diaries and The Originals while the others are freaking out and having a crisis.
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In the seconds that it took Hope Mikaelson to spot Landon Kirby in the room, they all seemed to have been brought to she was almost across the room unnoticed. That is until the magic she had sent his way had the teen crashing into the wall."Tenebris anima vestra contundito mortem et conteret spiritum
(Darkness will crush your soul to death and crush your spirit)," Hope started chanting, keeping Landon stuck to the wall with the force of her magic.Behind her Josie let out a horrified gasp as she translated the Latin verses for what they were, she tried to step up to stop Hope but was stopped by Lizzie who looked pale herself. Like hell was she going to let her sister try and stop Hope when she was this hungover a betrayal from a boy she just met.Rafael Waithe did not wait a second later when he saw his brother, his
pack, in danger.Landon fell to the ground and tried to take in some of the breaths that were stolen from him due to the force of the magic. A dark tangy taste lingered in the back of his tongue and he shuddered as he spied the tips of his fingers turning black.
She was trying to kill him, he snapped his head up as an enraged snarl filled the room,
and Rafael was trying to fight her."Rafi, stop! She'll kill you too!" But Rafael did not give a damn, he didn't care if she was easily holding up to attacks. He was not going down even if it was going to kill him.Kaleb felt wary as he watched the showdown, there was no way he was going to get between the two werewolves. However, at this rate, they will destroy the room and in turn any clues that could tell them where they currently are. "Jed, you have to stop them. Little Miss Mikaelson is our best bet at getting out of here and it cannot work if she is fighting."Jed let out a sigh that showed that he very much did not care but was willing to entertain him anyway. "You need to get up Theif Boy. You are the only one that he will listen to, I'll deal with Hope." Landon scrambled to his feet and slowly followed the other boy.They were lucky with their timing because it seemed that Hope had enough of tousling with the other wolf and was ready to add some magic to the mix. Landon looked on in wonder as Jed's eyes turned gold and he commanded the girl's attention to him. "Hope."Almost lazily her own eyes swiveled toward him from where she had Rafael in a hold that was not going to last if it wasn't for Landon's presence calming him slightly. Noticing the other boy Hope's eyes narrowed in an obvious show of threat before Jed blocked her view of him with his body."You need to calm your tits, Princess. We have better things to do than to watch you crash out and kill the newbie." Hope purposely tightened her hold on the wolf unwilling to let go of Rafael and follow Jed's command. But the other boy rolled his eyes and just stomped ahead and dragged her back to where they were by her elbow."Thank you," Landon said as he lifted Rafael from the ground. Hope scoffed and walked off out of the room and Kaleb followed her from a safe distance.MG popped up from where he was hidden behind the seats and with a single glance towards the twins' direction had him powerwalking after the two due to Lizzie's scathing glare. It was obvious that she wanted him nowhere near her and Josie after what he had done with You-Know-Who.Jed eyes him a bit before giving him a condescending smile. "Don't thank me, if it wasn't for the fact that we were all brought here me and the rest would have gladly let her kill you." Rafael's metaphorical hackles (seeing as it isn't the full moon) arose at the indirect threat to Landon's safety before he turned away and dragged his brother with him.
They sat in the corner most seats in the room and Rafael looked him over before asking him the question that was one most of their minds. "Landon, what the hell is up with the whole knife business?"The boy flinched and dug his hands into the hoodie's pocket to take out the knife. "I don't know one second I was nearly touching the knife and everything that happened after is all a blur until I got on the bus. Rafi, you gotta believe me. I know that it's crazy but—"Rafael took the hand that he was holding the knife in with his. "I believe you Landon, but you have to understand this isn't Harry Potter where Ginny Weasley got off scot-free after the whole diary Horcrux business. They are willing to kill you."I know, he says in his mind. "There's also something I have to tell you, on the bus, there was this lady. She—"The door to the room opened and the trio returned looking more haggard than when they first left. "It's impossible! We tried everything we could, even Hope's spells wouldn't break the door off." MG huffed as he sat down in the first seat available, gingerly inspecting his curls to make sure that they weren't singed off due to Hope's fire spell."I guess that powers of the almighty Tribrid are all a moot point when she's all hung up over her little boy toy." Lizzie mused from where she was picking on her nails. She let out a hiss when Josie hit her shoulder at her audacity.Now in a much calmer state of mind as Hope looked over to where Landon and Rafael were huddled up the former looked deeply uncomfortable to be the subject of her gaze. A deep satisfaction filled her at bringing some fear into him after what he had done, but a small part of her felt a bit sick at seeing someone she once cared about being scared of her.Over a stupid mysterious knife too.She shook her head and turned away, stupid knife or not he still was a threat to the safety of the school and she was not going to let him get away with it.Penelope Park cleared her throat, reminding the room of her presence as she smirked. In her hands were a set of DVD cases spread out evenly to act like an open dan. "While you guys were busy doing your own thing, look what I found. They seem to be about the past." Her eyes went to Hope as she unapologetically added, "As in the Salvatore brothers, Elena Gilbert, and the Originals kind of past."
You see, it's not that Penelope Park liked to hurt people. It's more like she doesn't care about who gets hurt in the process of her goals. Such goals that just so coincidentally hurt people.Her smirk widened as the familiar magic of a fire spell came her way only for the DVD cases to be left unscathed. "Now that wasn't nice, Hope. My hair could have caught on fire again, I can rock a bob but I don't know about a pixie cut." Penelope's eyes slightly went to Josie who looked worried about the fact that her ex confirmed that she knew that it was her who set her on fire.Penelope's smirk faltered when Landon appeared out of nowhere to take one of the DVD cases. "Elena Gilbert? Are you telling me that Dr. Gilbert was involved with the supernatural?" She snatched the DVD case back and answered him, "Yes, they were but learning about it in history compared to now being able to watch the whole thing on DVD is different. And I'm curious."Landon didn't seem to be able to read the tension in the room coming from Hope as he opened a cabinet (the only one unlocked) and pulled out some cables and a dusty DVD player from it. "Rafi come and help me set this up. I'm curious too and want to watch."Hope was quick to disapprove of the idea. "There's no need to watch anything we have better things to do than to sit around and watch nonsense. Hello, we need to get home." Rafael didn't spare her a glance as he helped Landon set up everything, "So what have you found so far besides failing to open a door."MG responded as he watched a bit of anger flash through Hope's eyes, the last thing everyone would want would be another fight between the two to happen. "Well there were nine rooms for everyone, I know creepy. They even have the whole house stocked with food and drinks, there are even blood bags man!" Kaleb wrinkled his nose at the reminder of having to survive on blood bags but it was either that or the only human in the room and he was not looking toward getting bitten with werewolf venom."I mean you guys can go on ahead and find out how to get out yourself, I mean I can't help you since I am just a human. And Rafi has already decided to stay with me due to a lack of experience in the supernatural." Landon shrugged uncaringly, he didn't know or care about the people in the room besides Rafi.He likes Hope, he really does, but she tried to kill him and he really can't get past that. Not when he saw how gleeful she was to kill him. Maybe if he had time to process that and talk with her to understand and share their perspectives he could come to forgive her.Landon pressed the button to open the DVD holder and Penelope opened the case for
The Vampire Diaries Season One
to put the first DVD inside. Only, nothing seemed to be happening as the TV screen was still blank. "See nothing is interesting with these DVDs. The stupid TV won't even turn on."Hope looked smug and turned to walk away with the last word, "I bet they don't even have anything to do with us being here, it's just decoration." The universe seemed to be gunning against Hope when the TV suddenly turned on to a loading screen and the pictures of Stefan Salvatore, Elena Gilbert, and Damon Salvatore looked off into the distance on the pixal screen. The options available were tabs to play the first seven episodes."You do not have to tell me anything to see this as a sign. I want to see all of the things Mom and Dad have done to hold over their head." Lizzie giddily dragged Josie with her to sit closer to the front, but the other twin didn't mind she seemed even more interested than her sister. "That's just one thing, Lizzie, we are seeing supernatural history happen before our eyes. The knowledge that some of these people hold was either lost because they died or they refused to tell the whole thing."Jed was already sitting and simply just turned toward the screen. Kaleb and MG who had stepped out had come back at the same time with a boatload of snacks in their hands. The smell of nicely buttery salted popcorn even made Hope buckle in her resolve to not watch the DVDs.As everyone haggled over what they wanted and even went as far as sprinting toward the kitchen to get more snacks that kept replenishing Penelope turned to look at Hope who was the odd one out, just like she usually was back at school. Both by her own hands and the opinions of others."You gonna stand there like an idiot or are you going to sit down and eat something?" Hope wavered even more in her resolve and sat down in the farthest seat she could be in while also being near all the snacks. Yes, her pride at being the leader was hurt but soon they will see that she was right and that having a marathon would not solve their current problem."Just start the damn thing Voldemort." Penelope smirked at the nickname that circulated in the school after her breakup with Josie and pressed the tap for the first episode. This was going to be good, she just knew it.
MEME BREAK /
Hope is not having a good time...