Title: Every King needs a Queen

Summary: "Tyler Lockwood you better have a very good reason to make me look for you at this dismal place". "Blair… what the hell are you doing here?". "Looks like I'm the only one who cares about the traditions in this family. Hurry up, we are going to the Hamptons".

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. Vampire Diaries belongs to a lot of people in CW and Gossip Girl belongs to Cecily von Ziegesar; and again, a lot of people in CW.

Warnings: I'm sorry if I made grammatical mistakes, English is not my native language. (I'm looking for a Beta… Someone?)

Author's Note: So, I was watching Gossip Girl, and the scene in which Blair meets Louis brought to my mind this and I just could not get it out of my head. Every King needs a Queen…

The idea run with Carol and Eleanor being sisters, so Tyler and Blair are cousins.

So, more or less all adolescents in Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl are the same age, so I guess time will not change much, but I will explain it later.

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Prologue

Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1999.

Klaus Mikaelson had never liked children at museums: they were too noisy and unable to appreciate the beauty and history in front of them, so when a pretty little brunette asked his father about his painting, saying he was curious was an understatement.

"I've seen this before…" she said tilting her head to see better his painting.

"Quite so… I'm sure you remember where, my dear". He asked smiling at her daughter. The man would have to be between forty and the girl near to 7 years old. Both dressed so perfectly that screamed old money wherever them were looked and were Americans, judging by their accent.

"Musee d'Orsay" The pretty girl replied in perfect French. "Is impressionism then..."

"It is?" The father asked again watching the girl while her eyes filled with the painting.

"The dates do not match... the painting was done before the impressionist period..."

"That doesn't mean it does not belong to the movement..." he said smiling proudly at his girl.

"Do you think Manet saw this painting before starting to paint Daddy?" the sound of excitement in her voice just made her more interesting. What an intriguing creature was the intuitive little girl.

"It may be" granted the man, smiling before moving to another painting.

The girl stayed engrossed watching his paint. In all his years, none child had been really watching his paint... even the adults... only very few people...

He must to be staring her, because she looked away from the paint and meet his eyes. And what an eyes she had... There was something in her chocolate eyes that just made him more curious if that were possible. He smiled at her and she looked at him a long time before to smile back and return her gaze to the painting. Before he could approach and talk to the girl, her father called her ruining any chance. "Blair-bear, we need to go. Your mother must be waiting".

Blair came to his father and took his proffered hand before starting to walk. Before leaving the exhibition she looked over her shoulder giving him another smile. He nodded to her and returns his gaze to the paintings. Perhaps children in museums were not so bad after all.