I woke up screaming, crying, and covered in sweat. It happened most nights, usually around the same time, but it was rarely the person I wanted to come and comfort me that came. Although, tonight it was. Klaus came into the room and sat down on the bed. I had known and loved Klaus my whole life, he was my dad. When my mother met Klaus, he was still human. They fell in love but the problem was she was already married. When her husband found out she was in love with someone else he plotted to kill her, not knowing that the woman he was going to murder, was in love with a new vampire and that she was pregnant. He stabbed her, and Klaus found her as she took her dying breathes. She told him to save the child, and to raise it. He birthed me and raised me as his own. I was turned when Kol, Klaus' brother, got mad at me for rejecting his romantic advancements. He stabbed me and made it look like one of the villager's had done it so that Klaus would kill them, the villager had wronged Kol one to many times. Anyways, Klaus fed me his blood and Kol snapped my neck. He didn't want me dead, he loved me, he wanted me to be around forever. That is why Kol was daggered. Klaus didn't want anyone to know that he had a weakness in me, so he kept me hidden away. He would sometimes bring me out as his "littlest sister," but everyone in the Mikaelson family knew the truth.
"Shh, hey, its ok." Klaus cooed, gently rocking me back and forth as I sobbed. I had had nightmares since I was turned, I had also been tortured a far amount. Only once had someone trying to use me as leverage for Klaus. That someone was Katerina Patrova, one of the Doppelgangers. It had been one of the worst times in my life. I was bleed dry, bathed in vervain, and more things that scary me just to think about. I had always been fragile, so when this happened it sort of sent me over the edge.
As I regained my composure, to some extent, I sat up and looked at Klaus. He only came to visit me these days when he was moving me. I had been in Canada for about two years know. I had gone to school and was graduating this week, that's what Klaus said he was here for, I didn't believe it for a second.
"Daddy, why are you really here?" I asked bluntly. It was the best way to get anything from him. "And don't say its for my grad again. I told you that Elijah was coming, and that has always been good enough in the past. Am I moving again?"
"Yes." He said, getting up and walking to the mini fridge in my room. He bent over and got me a blood-bag from inside. He poured the blood into the cup I kept on my bedside table.
"Where this time?" I sipped my drink. I really did need the extra boost.
"A little town called Mystic Falls. I have some business to do there, and I've missed you. I want you to come with me. We leave after the grad tomorrow, ok?" He got up and left without a response. Mystic Falls. I remembered my time there like it was yesterday. I was there in 1864, I got there before Katerina. I was actually the one that told Klaus she was there. I met her at the Founders Ball. Damon Salvatore, the man I had been courting before she came into town, introduced us. When Damon told me Kathrine Pierce was coming to Mystic Falls, I thought that it absolutely couldn't be the same person, but it was. I had met Katerina in England 1492.
England was one of the places that Klaus had brought me into society as his littlest sister. I met Katerina the same night he did, at his birthday. I was to follow Elijah at parties, Klaus didn't want me to get hurt, and since Elijah is the noblest of them all, I was intrusted to his care taking. I liked Katerina, and felt sorry for her. Klaus didn't know I knew his plan to become a hybrid till later, after she left. When Damon introduced us at the party, she choked on her food. I was the last person she expected to find in Mystic Falls.
"Isabella Mikaelson. I was not expecting to find an Original vampire in such a small town." I can still remember her standing proudly in front of me. I would learn later that somehow she had found out I wasn't an Original, and that I was Klaus' weakness.
I knew from the way Klaus had said 'Mystic Falls' he didn't remember that I had been there before and I wasn't about to remind him. I wanted to be with him, and if I reminded him of the horrid time I had there, he would not bring me with him for fear of my mental state getting worse. I fell back to sleep and dreamed of my time in Mystic Falls, the good memories, not the bad.
The graduation was just like every other one I had had. Although, it was great to have Klaus there, Elijah had come to every single one, and he visited the most. After the ceremony, I said goodbye to my friends, and Klaus and Elijah drove me home. I had packed most of my stuff this morning, it was just a matter of changing and grabbing my books and sketching stuff for the road.
Klaus had already been here before. He had renovated a house for his whole family. Now Kol and Finn were dead, Rebekah is already there, and Elijah is with us. Klaus spent most of the trip telling me about the room he had made just for me. He had furnished it in all my favorite colors, had bought me all new art stuff, and lots of new books. He had always blamed himself for everything that hurt me, even if it was me being an idiot and falling in love with the wrong person, which had happened more times than I would like to admit. He liked to buy me things, he thought it made up for all the things he had done to hurt me, even if it wasn't his fault. He also told me that there was someone special he wanted me to meet. I could tell by the way he talked about her that he probably loved her.
We got to the house, and he showed me to my room. Klaus was a master artist, and had painted the walls so that it looked like the ocean, my favorite place. The bed, a four poster with lace curtains, had pink bedding, with beautiful black and white flowers. The art supplies was set up by a turret window that looked out over the forest.
"Oh, dad. It's beautiful." I sighed. It was the most beautiful room I had ever seen, and it was mine!
"Well, I am glad you liked it. Now, we are meeting Aunt Rebekah for dinner, so get changed, freshen up, what ever you girls do, and meet me down stairs in half an hour." He closed the door and left me in the room. I changed and came down stairs, Klaus was sitting in the living room off the entry hall with a drink in his hand.
"Ready dad." I said grabbing my purse. Klaus put the drink down and opened the door with a flourish.
"After you." The drive to the restaurant was nice, I hadn't spent much time with him alone in a while so to just drive was fun. When we got to the restaurant we sat down and ordered. Someone came in, and Klaus excused himself to talk with them. I turned to see and it was a blond girl, I expected her to be this mystery woman he loved. They walked out of the building, Klaus motioning that he'd only be a minute. When I turned around, I was shocked to see Damon standing there staring at me with his jaw hanging open.
"Isabella?" he asked walking slowly over to me. "Is that really you?"
"Well, who else would it be." I said, getting up and giving him a hug. "It's nice to see you again. Although, I never thought I would. Kathrine?" I asked, motioning for him to sit down.
"Yea, what about you?" He asked taking the seat.
"Oh no! I am a lot older than you'd think." Just then Klaus came up behind me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"What are you doing talking to this, sweetheart?" He asked. Before I could answer, Damon butted in.
"Well, she was obviously talking to a handsome young man."
"Come on, Isabella. Rebekah can't come." Klaus grabbed me by the arm and led me out the door around a corner and down some stairs. When he let go, he looked mad. "Care to tell me why you were talking with Damon Salvatore?"
"Because he is a friend." I said leaning up against the wall. Klaus slapped me so hard, I lost my balance and fell over.
"You are not friends with him! Do you understand!" he yelled. I got up, and ran. It was not what he was expecting, and thanks to my super vampire speed, I was gone before he could do anything. I didn't stop till I had no idea where I was. I sat down against a tree and cried. When I was out of tears, I grabbed my phone and hit the second speed-dial.
"Hello?" Elijah said.
"Elijah? Its Bella. Can you come get me?" I asked standing up and walking in the direction I had come, I had seen a road not far off.
"Get you? Where are you? I thought you and Klaus had gone to meet Rebekah for dinner?"
"We did. But when he went out to talk with his lady friend. Damon Salvatore came in. I know him from my first time here back in 1864. We were close. I was just talking with him when he came in, all high and mighty and took me out. He then got mad and when I told him we were friends he... he..."
"He hit you?" Elijah whispered. He knew Klaus best of all, and knew what he did when he lost his temper.
"Yea. I ran and now am at the edge of the woods, along the road." I had reached the road know, and started walking down it. "I am walking towards town."
"Could I just call your dad?" he asked, he did sound kinda busy.
"Nah, I'm not ready to deal with him. I'm going to go back and get a drink."
"Ok, but be careful, remember what happened last time you had to much to drink."
"I know, I know. I killed someone, and it was horrible. I'll talk to you later." I hung up the phone and kept walking.
Damon was still in the Grill when I got there, although he was at the bar this time. He had a drink in his hand and was talking to a girl that looked a lot like someone I knew. When I got close enough, I could have recognized that person anywhere.
"K-k-katerina?" I stammered. Both Damon and Katerina turned around.
"Isabella, this isn't Kathrine." Damon said standing up and taking a step between us. He obviously saw the rage in my eyes. "This is Elena." Elena offered a small hello.
"Oh. Sorry." I walked up to them and offered my hand. "I'm Isabella Mikaelson." she took it and shook it.
"Elena Gilbert. Did you say Mikaelson?" she said, sitting down again. I sat down next to Damon and ordered a drink.
"May I see your ID?" the bar tender asked. I leaned in and compelled him to forget the ID.
"Wait, are you a vampire? Are you an Original?" Elena asked, leaning in.
"Me-oh-my. So many questions." I said taking a sip. "I did say Mikaelson, I am a vampire, and am sort of an Original."
"Speaking of Originals." Damon said. I turned around to see Rebekah standing there.
"Izzy!" she squealed and came running, human speed, over to me. She gave me a huge hug. I hadn't seen Rebekah in over 90 years.
"I've missed you Aun-Rebekah" I quickly covered up forgetting that no one is suppose to know that I am Klaus' daughter.
"I've missed you too." She said, giving me another squeeze. She shot evil glares at both Damon and Elena, and led me over to an empty table. "So, where is Nik?" she asked after we sat down.
"I have no idea." I said, placing my drink down. "We had an argument, about him" I said nodding my head towards the vampire at the bar.
"Yea, Nik doesn't like him much." Rebekah grabbed my hand, "I've missed you so much!" Rebekah and I had an awesome dinner. We laughed and caught up, I did most of the talking as Rebekah had been locked in a coffin for 90 years. Elijah showed up just as we were finishing to drive me home.
"I'll talk to you later." I said giving Rebekah a hug. Elijah led me out to the car and opened the door for me. The drive home was quiet, I wasn't really up for talking. When we got to the house, I went in first. Klaus was waiting in the living room off the foyer, when the door opened he got up and came over.
"Izzy, I-" he started.
"Not now, dad." I said walking past him and starting up the stairs, part way up I turned around to face Elijah. "Thanks for the ride Elijah." I said, and went up to my room, vamp speed. I went into my bathroom and got into the shower. I mainly just stood under the hot water letting it wash away the bad day. It had been nice to see Aunt Rebekah. I had missed her, and never quite forgiven Klaus for putting her in that coffin. I got out of the shower and wrapped myself in a towel, I opened the door to my room to find Klaus on the bed, a glass of blood in his hand.
"Is that suppose to be a peace offering?" I asked as I walked across the room to my dresser. I grabbed some PJ's.
"Yes." Klaus said with a small smile, recognizing how I knew his peace offerings, God knows he has had a lot of them over the centuries. "I am so sorry. I over reacted and-"
"No duh!" I yelled spinning around, "I know Damon! I've known him for 150 odd years! Over reacted, you more than over reacted dad!" I went into the bathroom and slammed the door. I changed and when I came out, Klaus hadn't moved.
"I know." He said calmly, trying to keep his temper in check. He didn't like being yelled at. "Damon Salvatore and I just aren't on good terms, and I don't want to see you get hurt." I dropped down on the bed next to him and took the glass and downed it.
"Yea, yea, yea, I know the speech. It's just, I thought he was dead, and we were really, really close when I was here." I said with a smile.
"Ok, yuck! Still your dad!" Klaus said, making me laugh.
"Sorry. What I'm saying is, it was nice to see an old friend again, and you ruined it." I said with a sigh.
"I'm sorry. Forgive me?" He asked giving me a puppy dog face.
"Sure. Now can I go to bed?" I asked crawling back to the head of the bed.
"Yea, night sweetheart." Klaus gave me a kiss on the forehead.
"Dad?" I asked as he turned off the light and opened the door.
"Mmhmm?" he said turning around.
"Why don't you let people know that you aren't the evil demon they think you are?" I asked sitting up.
"Because only you make me become an angel." He said with a grin.
"Ok, it's just I would like to be able to be in public and call you dad, not Klaus." I said lying back down again. "Maybe if you tried being nice to people..."
"Even if I did a full flip, I still have to many enemy's to risk you getting hurt. Remember Katerina?" He said closing the door.
"How could I forget." I said to myself.