𝟐𝟐' 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮

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WANDA SAT at the edge of the lake staring off into the water, the witch felt like a teenager again. Scared, and alone. Her entire childhood summed up into two words.

She was scared, scared of herself, scared of the harm she could inflict onto her loved ones. And there it was, the feeling that never truly seemed to leave her, loneliness. The fear of being alone creeped into her mind once again, she hated it. They way her mind could have such control over her.

Wanda stifled a sob, she was so tired. Tired of the same voices plaguing her mind, tired of the same fate she could never seem to escape, tired of being controlled by her emotions.

Why? Why did she have to carry a burden she didn't want? The Scarlet Witch, a powerful sorceress. A power she didn't even want.

She just wanted peace, a happy life. A life where she could just live with her fiance and children. No prophecy, no magic, no fate.

But when did she ever get anything she wanted?

Why was life so cruel to a girl who merely wanted to live?

No matter how many times she tried to correct her mistakes they just seemed to be getting bigger. She's no hero.

Kol panted as he finally spotted his red head. Frowning as he watched the witch stare off into the distance. The empty look in her eyes said everything. She was far from okay.

"Wanda" the vampire breathlessly muttered.

She didn't even turn towards him, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry- I'm so so sorry. I had no right to lash out the way I did-" he began to ramble before talking a closer step towards her, the witch stood abruptly and held a hand out.

"Don't come near me, please. I-I don't want to hurt you." her voice croaked.

Kol felt his heart tear in two, his beautiful soulmate, his other half, his happiness. She had never looked so overwhelmed as she did right now.

"You could never hurt me." he repeated the words he once said to her. He watched her lower lip tremble as she shook her head, "I could kill you, Kol, please leave! I can't bare the thought of inflicting any more pain on you."

Kol slowly took a step towards her, and she took one back. "Please, let me in Wanda. Let me help you, I want to help you."

Wanda met the eyes she loved so dearly, "You can't,"

"I know it all seems scary right now my love, but please don't shut me out. I can't let you tear yourself down."

"It's going to happen sooner or later! That's what you don't understand, even if I gain control it won't be long until I spiral out again-"

"You can't think like that-"

"Why not?! It's my fate! I am destined to be a magical being controlled by her own magic. No matter what I try and do to change that it won't do anything." Wanda felt a tear run down her cheek.

"My sweet Wanda..."

The witch bit her lip, "You saw me Kol. I was a monster, I killed my own daughter in cold blood. I keep hurting people I love and I don't know how to stop, I don't know how to make the pain stop." she began to breath heavily.

"We find another way then,"

Wanda clenched her fists, "You're not listening to me! There is no way out of this! At the end of the day, I am still a killer."

Kol firmly shook his head, "You are anything but a killer. You've saved so many lives, Wanda. You care and protect your family-"

"I'm the one who destroys us! Me! I watch you die in front of me, Nik gets murdered and all I did was watch, I could have saved Hayley but I was too late, Elijah took a hit for me, Freya sacrificed herself so that I could live, and I stabbed Rebekah in the heart while ripping out Adira's. I killed them all! How can you say that I've protected them?"

Kol looked down at the grass beneath them.

"Two years ago a voice rang in my head, muttering and mumbling about how I would bring the downfall of the Mikaelson family. It was right. I did this. Me."

"The future can still change-"

"And I will still be the reason everything goes to hell. Maybe I'm just not meant to live a happy life. Maybe pain is all I'll ever know." her voice came out in a soft tone.

Kol glanced up at her, "So what are you going to do then? Just wallow away in this madness? We have to try, Wanda! You were the one who said giving up is for cowards."

Wanda let out a soft sigh, "I guess I've become a coward."

"Please don't do this. I need you. Our kids, need you. They need their mother."

The witch felt more tears fall, "Maybe their better off without me."

Kol's lips slightly parted, "No one is better off without their parent. You can't abandon us, please." he was desperate at this point.

Wanda sharply inhaled, "I love you with every beat of my heart. You are my happiness, Kol Mikaelson. You brought me two amazing children and made me feel more loved than I have ever felt. I can't let myself destroy that."

"You're already destroying it by tearing us apart. I can't live without Wanda, I barely survived the first time." Kol took a few more steps towards her and surprisingly the witch didn't move back.

"I'm trying to do what's right Kol, please don't make this any harder than it has to be. I beg of you." Wanda now had tears streaming down her face. Kol walked towards her and cupped her face with his hands, holding her as if he had the whole universe in his palms.

"There's a reason we were fated for each other. I'm not sure why exactly but there's a reason. I just got you back and I'll be damned if I let some prophecy take you away from me. I am completely and deeply in love with you. Body and soul. I would fight the gods themselves if it meant you would stay by my side."

Wanda grasped the males shirt to pull him closer, "I can't bare to watch you die before me. Not again."

The two lovers stared into each others eyes before leaning in. Wanda felt her knees grow weak at the feel of his lips on hers. A feeling that no matter how many times they kissed, it never went away.

Slipping her arms around his neck as she licked his bottom lip, in need to feel more of his warmth. The vampire parted his lips, allowing her tongue to slip in. Kol groaned at the feeling and slid one hand down to the curve of her hip. The original pressed the witch's body firmly against his.

Wanda hummed in pleasure as she played with his hair. Kol detached his lips from hers and left a trail of open kisses along her jawline before meeting the curve of her neck, also known as her sweet spot.

The witch groaned as he began to suck and nip at her skin. She trailed her hands down and went up his shirt, lightly tracing the form of his abs with her fingertips. Kol shivered at the touch as he made his way up to her lips again. 

Wanda pulled back panting as she rested her forehead upon his.

"I love the sparks that erupt when we touch." Kol whispered as his hand delicately trailed up her arm making the red head shiver.

"I don't want this moment to end."

"The don't let it."

"You know it's not that easy." Wanda looked up into his hazel eyes.

"You can rewrite reality, Wanda. How is it not that easy?" Kol breathlessly spoke as Wanda pulled away from him. "You don't get it."

"What? What don't I get, Wanda?"

"No matter how many times I change reality, the outcome will stay the same. Agatha Harkness did us the courtesy of showing us that."

"That witch was playing mind games on you, she was trying to get a reaction."

"It was the truth. I know it was." Wanda felt her chest tighten.

"You can't know that for sure. Every timeline works out differently-"

"For other people! Not for me. I get the same fucking outcome every single time. I end up alone."

"But you're not alone. You have people who care about you, Wanda. I will always be here to help you." Kol tried to speak, tried to get through that barrier she had up.

Wanda frowned, "That's just the thing. You won't be here, not if you stay by my side."

"Don't say that. Please, do not say that." Kol shut his eyes tightly.

"Why? Because you know it's the truth? I have tried to avoid what has to be done for too long Kol. I can't risk you, or Wiccan, or Adira, or our family, just because of something I want. Hope needs her parents. I won't have myself take them away from her." She pursed her lips.

"And what of our twins? They grow up without a mother? I won't have my children raised that way."

"It's better than me being the source of their pain. I leave Wiccan all alone, to fend for himself. He saw me with Adira's heart in my hand. The horror in his eyes, Kol-" but the witch couldn't continue. A sob escaped her as she collapsed on her knees.

The vampire crouched down before her and wrapped his arms around the red head. Wanda buried her face in chest as more tears fell from her eyes.

"This isn't fair." Kol croaked.

"Life never is, my love." the witch sniffled.

Kol tightened his grip on her, scared she would slip away from him at any moment. "I didn't know what it was like to live before you. I always waited for the day where it would end."

The vampire closed his eyes, finding comfort in her warmth. "And then you walked into that wretched house that night and it was like I could finally see the light again. You cracked a smile and it was like something clicked in me. I was dead for ages, Wanda Maximoff and only then did I feel alive again."

Wanda shuffled and wrapped her arms around his neck, engulfing the male in a hug. "I love you." she softly whispered near his ear.

"And I love you."

Wanda bit her bottom lip to keep more tears from falling. She opened the palm of her hand, "I'm so sorry."

Before Kol could realize what she meant he suddenly felt her body disappear from his arms.

The vampire whipped his head around in hopes of seeing her but nothing.

She was gone.

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a/n:

i think this might be my favorite

chapter so far