"I always knew I had the classic ability to arrive somewhere at the worst possible time. I just didn't know how much it'd change my life this time." As the newest werewolf in Mystic Falls, she captured the attention of everyone around her… including Klaus Mikaelson. With her gray eyes and secret smile; everyone is itching to figure one thing out…. Who is Annabelle Davis?
Chapter One: Howl
"Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers
Starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters
Hunters, hunters, hunters…"
I would never grow tired of watching her every day, every night, for all of eternity. Her soft brown curls spilled over the pillow, turning an off white color in the pale moonlight. Her skin had all the luminescence of a pearl and her pale pink lips bowed perfectly in a smile as she slept besides me.
She shifted in her sleep, murmuring softly.
"Klaus…"
I felt my body react to the sound of my name on her lips. I watched her eye lids flutter open slowly, revealing their gentle gray color, like the clouds. She blinked at me, realizing I was staring at her, and she smiled.
"Hey there," she whispered.
"Hello, love," I murmured in response. I reached up and traced her cheek and lips with my fingers, marveling at the softness of her skin.
"Have you been watching me this whole time?" I looked up into her stormy eyes and saw them sparkling with laughter.
"One cannot resist staring at an angel's serene beauty," I said softly. Her eyes darkened with emotion, sliding closer and closer to a deep slate color. She leaned forward to brush her lips over mine. I drew her in closer, so she was cradled against my chest. I felt her soft breaths and her heartbeat, which were the only sounds in the room.
She drifted off back to sleep and I laid there holding her… Lost in my separate thoughts.
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I woke up alone.
Then again, I've been waking up alone for quite some time now.
I rubbed my fingers over my eyes and sighed deeply.
These dreams have been haunting me ever since I found out Elena Gilbert became a newborn vampire.
The reason why… I was still working on that.
The woman in these visions was not familiar, and believe me when I say if I had ever seen a woman that beautiful, I would not have forgotten her.
I got out of bed, tossing aside the crimson colored sheets, to walk towards the window that overlooked the forests.
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"Hello, love."
I gasped as my eyes snapped open.
I sat up from the pile of leaves I had fallen asleep on top of, scanning my surroundings. There was nothing but the chattering of squirrels and birds.
I glanced down at my rumbled clothes, which were streaked with mud and smelled. I wrinkled my nose. I really needed to steal something new… or at least something that didn't smell like forest and body odor. But this was the life of being, literally, a lone wolf. Well, werewolf.
Sighing, I wrapped my arms around my knees and gazed up at the morning sky. I could see the wind brush through the tree tops, making the air cool. I savored the feeling of it washing over my skin before I stood. Brushing myself off, I walked to the nearest stream. Stripping down to my skin, I waded into the cold water.
I dipped my head back to wet my hair, turning it black. It was a little too long for my taste, waving its way down to the middle of my back. But what can I girl do when she couldn't even buy herself food or new clothes?
Maybe if you actually settled down in one place and got a job you could, a little voice in my head nagged.
I sank lower into the water and scowled. "As if," I muttered. Then I completely submerged. Opening my eyes, I watched fish swim quickly by, and the glimmer of sunlight filtering through the water.
I broke through the surface, taking a deep breath.
"Aren't mermaids supposed to be in the ocean, not a river?"
I whirled at the deep, accented voice. I spotted a tall blonde man standing under an even taller redwood tree.
"Mermaids are just a myth," I retorted. I saw his gaze drift slowly over me, a hint of a smile on his lips.
"That may be so, but you are still nude, sweetheart."
Gasping, I wrapped my arms over my chest and sank into the water again, hoping to somewhat distort my naked body.
"Have you been watching me?" I snapped. How did I not hear him?
"Perhaps," he said easily. My lips curled.
"Watch this, asshole," I hissed. Lunging from the water, I let my body shift from a woman to a slender, but still large, brown wolf. I darted quickly, snagging my clothes in my mouth, ignoring their strange taste. Snarling at the man, I took off into the woods at supernatural speeds.
After sprinting a few miles away, I reached a small hilltop surrounded in thick trees. Shifting back, I tugged on my clothes quickly. With my sharp ears, I hear the sounds of paws running towards me. My eyes changed colors, from human gray to wolf gold, and I emitted a loud snarl of warning. A huge gray wolf with eyes as gold as mine walked out of the trees, baring its teeth.
The wolf changed, morphing back into a man. The blonde man. I gasped when I saw up close who it was.
"It's….it's you," I breathed. The man seemed equally as shocked.
"You," he whispered.
This was the man who has been in my dreams for the past couple of weeks. The man I woke up next to in bed. The one who called me "love".
The man who I didn't even know.
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I don't know what drew me to the river running towards the falls. I flashed out there and found myself sitting up high in some trees, brooding alone in my thoughts.
That was before I caught the smell of something, someone, unfamiliar. Glancing down, I saw a lone woman walking towards the water's edge. My brow lifted when I saw her strip off her rather filthy clothing before taking to the water. Moving closer, I saw she was slim, far too slim. She dove under the water and I could still make out the ridges in her spine and the faint outline of her ribs and hipbones.
"Well, that's something you don't see every day," I muttered to myself. And that was something I rarely said anymore.
Deciding to figure out this mystery, I moved down to the water's edge and waited for the woman to reemerge for air.
When she broke the surface, I couldn't help but notice her simple beauty. Her hair, dark and thick, spilled down her narrow back, making me think of mermaids and sirens.
But when she leaped from the water, changing from a young woman to a young wolf, then snarling at me, for the second time in one day I thought, That's something you don't see every day.
Shifting myself, I gave chase, following her damp scent easily. When I approached her, her eyes were still glowing as she growled at me in warning. Ignoring her threat, I changed back. I looked up in amusement, but when our eyes met as we looked at each other clearly and close up for the first time, I froze. Her quiet gasp echoed through the clearing.
I stared into those gray eyes, the same gray eyes that had been haunting me in my sleep.
This was the angel that followed me in my dreams.
"It's…it's you," she gaped.
"You," I repeated quietly.
For an impossibly long moment, we simply stared at each other.
"Who are you?" she finally asked.
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This was impossible.
"Who are you?" I asked. He stared at me with those intense, dark blue eyes, and I held back a shiver.
"I think you know the answer to that, sweetheart," he murmured.
"Yes, but how?" I snapped, stepping towards him, flashing my wolf eyes in impatience. "If this is some trick, or some witch spell," I snarled, "You better tell me right now, Niklaus."
Suddenly I found myself pinned to the tree behind me, staring into Klaus's burning eyes that flared with anger and a terrifying sense of great restraint.
His lips were pressed to my ear and he spoke softly, "I do not know who you are, but no one calls me Niklaus, darling. I intend on finding out why exactly you have been showing up in my dreams but from now on I suggest you watch your mouth before I rip out your tongue."
This time I couldn't suppress the shiver. It was part from his threat but the other part was the electrical heat his touch was sending through my body, a feeling I had never experienced before.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. He turned his head so his eyes met mine again. Our breaths mingled and I felt a tremor go down my spine.
"Just don't do it again." He released me and stepped back, crossing his arms over his chest. He studied me yet again, but this time his gaze was impassive.
"W-what should I call you?" I crossed my own arms, now feeling a little cold thanks to the wet clothes and the wind. My body wasn't generating enough body heat to keep me as warm as usual. Probably thanks to the fact that I was literally bone thin.
"Klaus. Now come with me, you're going to freeze in those…clothes and you're much too thin to keep yourself warm, little wolf," he said, motioning me to follow him.
"Gee thanks," I replied sarcastically. "You can call me Annabelle by the way. Or Anna if you want." I followed him quietly.
He looked over his shoulder, eyes full of amusement. "Not Belle?"
I wrinkled my nose but shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat, I guess." I sensed his quiet laughter and smothered a smile of my own.
"So Klaus," I started, walking faster so I could walk besides him, "How long have you been a werewolf?"
He paused and looked down at me, a strange smile creeping over his lips. "I've been a werewolf for just a short time, actually."
I frowned. "But?" I prompted.
"I've been a vampire for over a thousand years," he replied easily. As I watched, the white in his eyes went red and blackish veins spread from underneath them and his eyeteeth elongated into long fangs. Then the next moment passed and his face was back to normal.
My eyes widened and I stepped back cautiously. "You're a… a Hybrid?"
"That's correct, sweetheart."
I eyed him, feeling my inner wolf bristle and growl at the man. "Well… you're a special supernatural, aren't you?" I looked up at him with a wary smile.
He breathed a laugh through his nose and smiled in return. "I like to think so."
"Oh, I'm sure you do. You're not only a scary vampire but you get to be the Big Bad Wolf," I said, continuing to walk, "Who wouldn't want to be the most feared creature in the world?" I glanced at him over my shoulder. He watched me with dark eyes, so serious, so calculating.
"I don't frighten you, Annabelle?" he asked quietly.
I stopped and turned to face him. His hands were in his pockets as he regarded me with a guarded expression.
"Do you want me to say yes?" I asked.
"Only if you're honest," he answered.
"No, I'm not afraid of you, Klaus." His gaze darkened further and then he flashed so he was in my face again.
"You should be," he murmured. I looked up into those blue, blue eyes of his.
"Well, I'm not. If you don't believe me, listen to my heartbeat." I gently took one of his hands and placed it against the side of my neck, against my pulse. Ignoring the feelings his touch sparked under my skin, I repeated myself slowly, precisely.
"I, Annabelle, am not afraid of you, Klaus." My heart beat stayed steady and true to my words.
His fingers spread out to cup my neck softly and I trembled. After a long moment of silence, he sighed.
"Not yet," he warned softly.
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I followed Nik back to his massive house in the woods. I openly gawked at its size and the way it screamed 'I'm worth more money than God!'. I hesitated at the edge of the clearing leading up to it, biting my lip.
Nik looked over his should curiously, raising a brow at me. "Something bothering you, sweetheart?"
I shifted uncomfortably and couldn't stop myself from glancing down at my dirty, ill fitting clothes. "I just… Why are you helping me? I'm nobody," I said bluntly. I stepped back towards the woods, towards the life I was familiar with. I heard him sigh briefly before he suddenly appeared in front of me.
"Nobody is home, if that soothes your worries." I shook my head at him.
"No, no. Why are you helping me?" I repeated. He looked at me for a long time.
"I don't know," he said, his voice quiet but honest.
I huffed, knowing that was the best answer I was going to get for a while. I glanced up at him. "All right, just don't get mad at me if I track in mud all over your polished floors."
Klaus laughed at me, shaking his head. He took my arm gently and lead me the rest of the way to the house.
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Author's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first fanfic, so please tell me what you think of it so far! I know some of you might be disappointed that I decided against Klaus ending up with Caroline (since they need to have sexytime on the show and get it over with), but something drew me to make my own character for the Original! Tell me your thoughts so far and I shall continue the story and will go deeper into who Annabelle is and how she showed up in Mystic Falls!