So I've been working on this idea for a LONG while now. I'm a perfectionist so I went back and edited this about 15 times before I was satisfied with it. I want you guys to tell me honestly what you think, and if I should continue it.
Basically this takes place right at the beginning of summer, but there is no New Orleans in this. Also, Kol is still alive. When Klaus left in TVD for NOLA just imagine he went to NY instead. And as much as I LOVE Klaroline, their relationship stopped at him getting her the prom dress. Klaus and the gang have made a truce, no more killing each other. Silas is non existent. Elijah is still with Katherine in that town. Tyler is back, but not dating Caroline. And I think thats about it.
Again, please review. I really do appreciate constructive criticism. And tell me if there is anything you'd like to see happen in the story, if you even want me to continue it. Enjoy!
When I first asked him why he did this he said, "You're a special girl Adelina…destined for great things, believe it or not... But don't worry love, I'll take care of you."
It was Saturday, I think, in June. My parents, who live in the apartment 2 floors below me, had just left with my sister, who lives with her fiancé, to go to my grandpa's house for the weekend. I hadn't gone with them because I had work the next day. My friend Sofia was supposed to be hanging out with me right about now, but the impending 'rain storm' scared her. It's not like it was even raining much. Its New York City, it wouldn't have been more than a few inches anyways.
It was 7:50 and I was home alone, with nothing to do. I had my hair and make up done already, thinking I was going out, and I was in shorts and a Henley waiting for my sushi to be delivered when my doorbell rang.
I opened the door thinking it was my sushi guy, who was this really nice old guy who smiled a lot and was always happy when he delivered to me, but all I saw was the new guy. He moved in about 2 months ago and we had become very close friends.
It was April when somebody moved into the apartment across the hall from me. I was never one to care for neighbors but I had heard a rumor that this guy was like, gorgeous, and right around my age too which is always a plus. A few days after he settled in I decided to say hello and welcome him to the building. I went across the hall and rang the doorbell. This really good-looking guy, probably in his late 20's, answered the door. He had curly blond hair, beautifully blue eyes and the reddest lips I've ever seen on a guy. I was speechless for a moment, drowning in those eyes of his.
"Um, hi. I'm Adelina. I live across the hall. I uhh, I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to the building." I was stumbling on my words, barely getting the sentences out.
"Hello sweetheart, I'm Nik." He said, with the sexiest accent I've ever heard and a smirk plastered on his lips. "Would you like to come in for some coffee? I just put some water boil." I smiled and nodded. I wouldn't normally walk into a stranger's home, but he seemed genuinely nice.
We got to talking, and apparently he was 26, born in Virginia but moved to London soon after, an artist, and had a big family. We hung out a lot after that. We were friends, and I hadn't had that in a long time. He told me about issues with his parents and I told him about my ex and my current status of 'Building Strumpet' as my elderly neighbor Mrs. Demler liked to put it.
Throughout the whole 2 months that I knew him, he was a really great friend.
I never really got to know any of my newer neighbors over the years, only the ones I've known since I was a child. You know, the ones your parents set up play-dates with; or the old people who tell me every time they see me that I've "grown so much" and that they remember when I was in diapers. But Nik was the exception.
"Hey."
"Hello love." He said, with that wonderful accent of his. "Did I catch you at a bad time?" he glanced down at my attire smirking.
"Actually, I had plans with Sofia, but she bailed. The rain scared her. I uh, order sushi a little while ago, if you wanna come in. We can share." I said, using my 'I'm lonely and want company' smile.
"Sure love. Who else would help you eat that sushi?" He smiled and walked in.
After answering the door when the sushi came, I bumped right into Nik when I turned around.
"Sorry, I didn't-" I looked up and saw Nik's face. His eyes were golden yellow and there were black veins under them. "N-Nik?" I stuttered, completely scared and confused.
"I need you to come with me Adelina." As he spoke I caught a glimpse of his teeth. There were 2 extra long teeth on either side that I KNOW were not there a few minutes ago.
"Go with you where?"
"The 'where' isn't important at this time, love. You'll find out everything you need to know eventually."
"What's going on Nik? You're scaring me." I was slowly backing away from him, but he matched my steps until I was backed against a wall. "Who are you and what do you want from me?" I yelled at him.
"How rude of me. I never properly introduced myself. My name is Klaus. And I'm here to take you. You're very important to me Adelina." My heart fell to my stomach. Who was this man standing before me? "Don't be frightened sweetheart. No harm will come to you if you do as I say." I had tears in my eyes.
"Why do you want me?" I whispered.
"You're important to me for a reason you do not know of yet, love. Come now, I think it's time we left." He went to grab my arm but I pulled it back and ran. I ended up in the bathroom on 2nd floor loft, cellphone in hand, trying to call somebody, anybody that could help me. I tried both my parents and my sister but nobody answered. Why wasn't anybody answering?
"I know your parents and that pretty older sister of yours are indisposed for the time being love. They won't answer no matter how many times you call them. Just be a good girl and open the door sweetheart. Come now, I won't hurt you." I was crying silent tears at this point. I'm trapped. There was literally no way out of here besides the door that Nik, or Klaus or whoever the hell he is, was blocking. I raised my phone one more time dialing 911, but before I could the bathroom door was kicked in.
"Why are you making this harder for yourself Adelina?" He grabbed my arm forcefully and pulled me out of the bathroom. "All I wanted was for you to come with me. Was that too much to ask?" He was quite literally dragging me out of the apartment.
"I TRUSTED YOU!" I yelled. "I invited you into my home." He stopped at the door of his car.
"You should be careful of who you invite into your home then."
He shoved me inside of a car. He was in the driver's seat not even a second later. I reached for the handle but the door wouldn't open.
"I put the child lock on. I figured you'd try to escape at least once while in the car." I huffed and turned away from him and started to cry.
"Please don't cry sweetheart-" I cut him off.
"Don't cry? You just ripped me away from my family Klaus! I have no idea who you are or what the hell you want from me. Our whole friendship has been a lie and you have the audacity to tell me not to cry!" He smirked.
"Audacity! I'll give you points for your use of the word, but your form could've been better, don't you think so?" He asked smirking.
"Go to hell!"
I was quiet for a while after that. I didn't miss his glances at me though. God, I wish I could've been wearing something else. Why did I have to be kidnapped wearing shorts of all things? He did at least grab my converse before dragging me out of my house, which was nice. NICE? How am I using the word NICE in a sentence referring to the man that just kidnapped me? I just want to go home, and I'm starving.
"Considering your growling stomach, I take it you're hungry?" He asked, looking at me. I turned to face him. "And cold by the looks of it." He said smirking, looking at my chest.
"Pervert." I said turning away from him again.
"Fine, I guess you'll have to wait until we get there to eat."
"Where exactly is 'there'?" I asked.
"Virginia. It's a long drive too. If you were a little nicer I might've stopped to get you some food, but seeing that you have a little attitude problem at the moment, you'll have to wait another… 6 and ½ hours." He said, and then stayed quiet for a while.
All I could think about was my family and the situation I was currently in. My mom still thinks I'm hanging out with Sofia; I never told her she canceled on me. She'll never suspect anything bad happened and by the time she does, I'll be in Virginia of all places. And what could Nik, or Klaus, possibly want from me? I'm just a normal girl, nothing special.
"You're handling this rather well, considering I've been lying to you for about 2 months now." He said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, well I've learnt to keep my expectations of people at a minimum." But it's killing me on the inside. He nodded at that, understanding the reference to my ex. "And I sort of had practice." I said bitterly and he looked at me signaling me to continue.
"A few years ago, when I was on the train coming home from school, this guy grabbed me. I don't remember much from it."
"You never told me that. What did he want with you?" He asked, honestly curious.
"He kept saying I was special to him, I don't know. The cops never found him. They suspected that he was just crazy, But aren't they all?" I said glaring at him.
"How long did he have you for?" He asked.
"What, trying to figure out how long you have 'til you get busted?" He smirked.
"Love, nobody is going to be looking for you." I sighed.
"And how do you know that?" I asked, humoring him.
"I took care of it." He said simply. My face fell. "Not so confident now, are we?" My heart stopped and I was left speechless.
"What did you do?" I asked in a whisper.
"I took care of them."
"What did you do?" I screamed in between sobs and started hitting him. He easily pulled the car over and a second later I was being held up against the outside of the car door. How did we get out so fast?
"I did what needed to be done Adelina. They would have just gotten in the way. Now you can either get in the car and shut up, or I kill you right now." I freed my hand and punched him in the face. His head turned to the side, but he looked unaffected by it.
"I'd rather die than stay in that car with you for another second."
He was in my face in flash. He gave me this look of anger mixed with annoyance.
"You are incredibly lucky I still need you. I've killed people for a lot less than a punch in the face."
"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked in a whisper, looking up at him through my eyelashes.
He sighed. "You're a special girl Adelina…destined for great things, believe it or not... But don't worry love, I'll take care of you." I had tears running down my face again as I opened the car door and got in. It's not like I had anywhere else to go. The rest of the ride was quiet for the most part, until he asked me again about the previous kidnapping.
"You never answered my question." He said, staring straight at the road ahead. I sighed. "Don't give me that 'silent treatment' rubbish, sweetheart. Come now, just answer the question."
"What question?" I said, emotionless and not looking at him.
"How long did that other man have you for?" He was looking at me now. We were at a red light.
"For 53 hours and 27 minutes. Why?" I asked harshly. He put his hands up in surrender.
"Just wanted to know love. I'm surprised really, that someone else came looking for you so soon." My eyebrows scrunched together in confusion.
"What do you mean so soon?" He looked back at the road when the light changed to green.
"Like I said, you're special." An hour later he pulled up to a gas station.
"Is there anything in particular that you'd like to eat?" I looked straight ahead and ignored him.
"Alright then. Just, try not to escape. You know I'll find you in the end." With that he shut the car door and walked into the gas station store.
I was left to think about everything that had transpired in the last few hours. Firstly, Nik had been lying to me the whole time. What did he think he would accomplish? That I'd willingly go with him because I knew him? Honestly I would've gone had his face not changed. He could've went about this in a completely different way. And what was up with the whole 'violence' thing? For almost 2 months he puts on this act, this façade that he's this 'tortured artist' and the saddest thing was that I actually fell for it. I fell for his act and got to know him. And it wasn't because I thought I could help him or change him. It was because I was lonely, even though Sofia was around. I think at that point I would've made friends with a murderer just to stop feeling so empty. What I hate the most right now, other than not knowing what happened to my family, is not that he literally kidnapped me, but that he lied to me when I trusted him and opened up to him.
5 minutes passed before I got out of the car, through the drivers side, and stretched my legs. I felt like I was in that car for days. It was surprisingly warmer here, wherever that may be, as opposed to the city.
"Now what's a pretty girl like you doin all by yourself at this hour?" I turned around to see some guy, early 30's, walking towards me.
"Actually, I'm not by myself. My friend just went inside to get some food, he should be out very soon." I said, trying to get him to go away. Yes, I was being kidnapped, but I'd rather be stuck with Klaus than some creepy looking guy who probably has very bad intentions while talking to me.
"Well, he should know better than to leave his girl alone and defenseless at night." He said, stepping closer.
"Like I said, he'll be out soon." I said bitterly. In seconds he had me against the car with one hand on my shoulder and the other on my hip, gripping it tightly. Yep, bad intentions.
"I guess I can have my fun with you until he comes back then." He leaned in to try to kiss me, but I put my hands on his shoulders and kneed him in the groin as hard as I could. He stumbled backwards and I took the open opportunity. I kicked him in the stomach, sending him to the ground.
"I'm not as defenseless as you think." I said to the guy. I looked up and Klaus was there, with a little shopping bag in his hand.
"Get in the car" was all he said before tossing the bag to me and lifting the guy off the ground with one hand. His voice was muffled but I was still able to hear him.
"That's no way to treat a lady, mate. Now, I want you to go home and slam your head against a wall, as hard as you can, for every time you've disrespected a lady. Understood?" The guy nodded and walked off. Did he really think that man was going to do what he said?
"Where was that when I was kidnapping you?" He asked with a smirk once we were on the road again.
"Well, I didn't really think some moves I learned would work against a guy who was able to bust through the metal door to my bathroom. Plus, this guy stunk of alcohol. He wasn't that hard to fight off." He nodded in understanding. I looked in the bag and saw a water bottle, a turkey sandwich and some chocolate teddy grahams. I started eating right away.
"Not the fanciest of meals, but I know you prefer simple ones. And you have an obsession with chocolate." He said with a smile, knowing he was right. After I was done eating he spoke again. "So where did you learn that? Most girls your age play the damsel in distress, rather than the ass kicker."
"Well I'm sure I told you how my uncle's a cop." He nodded. "He taught me and my sis…ter" I stopped. I tried to hold back the tears, but a sob broke through and the tears started streaming down my face. I had no idea what Klaus did to my family. Who knows if I will ever see my sister again, or my parents for that matter? I just want my older sister here to protect me and tell me everything is going to be okay.
"Adelina, love, what's wrong?" He looked at me with concern and confusion written all over his face.
"I'll never see them again, will I?" I asked, crying. He shook his head.
"It's for the best Adelina. I know you don't understand now, but it needs to be this way."
"Of course I don't understand! You haven't told me anything other than 'I'm special' to you. So what am I supposed to think when you say that you took care of my family? For all I know, they could be dead in a ditch somewhere! What did you do to them?" I screamed, and a second later all the windows of the car shattered. I looked down to prevent any glass from hitting my face. When I looked up, I saw that Klaus had pulled the car over, and we were surrounded by broken glass. "How did that happen?" I asked a very shocked Klaus.
"Like I said, you're special." He looked me in the eyes.
"Are you saying I did this?" I asked in disbelief. He nodded. "Ok, you are absolutely insane. I'm stuck in a car with a psychopath. That's great."
"I prefer the term 'sociopath' love. And listen, I'll explain everything in a bit. Lets just get out of this car first." He was opening my door before I could even register what he was saying. "Careful, love. Don't want you to get cut." He helped me out of the car and excused himself to make a call. He was back a few minutes later.
"Alright. My brother will be here in a few hours with a usable car." I let out a fake laugh.
"Wow. You actually have a brother. And here I was thinking you were a compulsive liar."
"I only lied about the specifics sweetheart. Most of it was the truth." I scoffed.
"How noble of you." He rolled his eyes at this.
"I guess I'll tell you everything you need to know while we wait."
I sat down on the hood of the car waiting for him to continue. "Very impatient I see." He sat down next to me and began.
"Well, I'll cut right to the chase. You're a siren." I opened my mouth to protest but he cut me off. "It's a form of necromancy. It's not quite like that myths say though. Like the myths, there is an attraction towards you that not many can resist. But what the myths don't mention, is your witchy tendencies… You see, you have a special type of power. Whatever you want to do, all you have to do is think it and it happens. You can also mess with human minds. Make them see what you want them to see. That's how the mythical sirens were able to seduce their captives. They blurred the lines between reality and fantasy in the minds of their captives. And before you ask, no, sirens do not have bird feet or wings and you are not a mermaid. That notion was started in order to make your kind seem more mythical rather than realistic."
"I'm a siren? How is that possible?"
"How is anything possible? You're a very lucky girl Adelina. You have the beauty of a siren and the power of a witch, with no boundaries. Your kind only pops up once every other century."
"So I'm a siren on steroids then?" I let out a shaky laugh. "How do you know all of this anyways?"
"Lets just say I've been around for a while." He said with a smirk.
"What are you?" I was honestly worried about the answer I would get. If I was a siren, I can't even imagine what he is.
"Me? I'm a different kind of monster. I've got some vampire. I've got some wolf. A hybrid, I'm both." I was speechless. "Great. Now you're in shock." He raised his eyebrows and rolled his eyes. After about 20 minutes I finally spoke.
"Tell me more. About your kind, my kind, and any other kind out there. I don't want to be in the dark about anything." He turned to look at me and smirked.
"I knew you'd come around eventually."
By the time he was done telling me everything about him and this town he was taking me to, a good 2 and ½ hours passed.
"So this town that you're taking me to, its full of vampires?" I asked, not really expecting an answer from him.
"Don't forget the witch and the hybrid failure." He said jokingly.
"Why are you still there though? I mean, they've tried to kill you on multiple occasions. Even after they knew that killing you would kill them too. And why do they think they can actually beat you? You're like, 1000 years old!"
"I'm glad you agree with me. They're stuck in a circle. They try to harm my siblings and I, I retaliate, they get mad, and they retaliate. They never do learn. Everyone in that town is so quick to judge me, when they have all killed people." I saw a glimpse of vulnerability but it was quickly masked with an emotionless stare.
"It's simple." He looked at me, confused. "They're idiots. Any smart person would realize that they couldn't beat you and give up. They have this imaginary flicker of hope and they think they're invincible. Not to egg you on or anything, but you should've just killed them." He looked at me, baffled by what I said. I found myself accidentally falling into our old ways, when Nik, or Klaus, was just my friend from across the hall. He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it when a car pulled up.
"That would be my brother. Word of warning, he can be quite the flirt." He said while standing up from the hood of the car. He held a hand out for me, and I took it.
"I think I'll be able to handle him." I said with a smirk.
"Brother." I turned to face Klaus's brother, who was now approaching us. "You failed to mention how beautiful your little friend is." He was in front of me a second later with a smirk on his face. "You must be Adelina. Beautiful name for a beautiful girl." I went to reply but Klaus cut me off.
"Kol." Klaus growled. Kol put his hands up in surrender. I laughed.
"What?" Kol asked him with a look of innocence.
"Lets just get in the car, shall we?" Klaus led me to the car, opening the door for me. Kol was in the passenger seat and Klaus was driving. I looked at the time and saw it was well past midnight and decided to sleep for a little while. I woke up and I was being carried up a flight of stairs. I snuggled closer to whoever was carrying me, still half asleep.
"Shhh. Go back to sleep sweetheart." He whispered softly. I obliged and the next time I woke up, I was in a bed.
I sat up and looked around. I glanced at the clock next to me. It was already 2:45. How did I sleep that long?
I was in a massive king size bed that had dark sheets. I looked around the room and there were tons of frames hanging on the wall above the bed. It looked like they held letters of some sort. I got out of the bed and walked around the room a little bit, taking everything in. The room had a very dark theme to it, but the furniture was beautiful nonetheless. I walked over to a mirror and saw my reflection. I was in the same clothes as last night, my hair looked fine, but my makeup was a little smudged. I looked around the room for a door to a bathroom, hoping I could clean up a little before I left the room. I didn't want to look like a mess, even if I was being held against my will. There it is. I noticed a door that was left ajar off to the side of the room. Inside was an enormous shower to the right. It had 2 big round showerheads hanging from the ceiling and was all marble and glass. There were shelves built into the wall and like, a million nobs. The his and her sink was pretty big as well. I noticed a toothbrush that was still in the packaging and a bag with my makeup. Still no clothes to change into but it was a start. After brushing my teeth, washing my face, and redoing my makeup, I left the room to go find Klaus.
I walked down a set of stairs that led to the foyer. I heard noise coming from a room to the right, which I assumed was the living room, and followed it. I saw Klaus sitting on a couch holding a sketchpad.
"I see you're awake." He said without looking up. I walked into the room a little more.
"Yeah. You wouldn't happen to have some clothes I could change into, would you?" He looked up this time, taking in my appearance, and put his sketchpad down on the coffee table.
"Actually, I've set up one of the guest bedrooms for you. I had someone pick up all of your clothes from your apartment, along with a few other things. But first I wanted to ask you a few things I didn't get the chance to ask last night." I nodded and sat down on the sofa across from him. "Um, I actually wanted to try something. I've yet to try to compel a siren. I just want to see if it'll work or not. You know, just to be sure." He said, looking down.
"You want to compel me? That's the mind control thing right?" He smiled at my question. His smile was really cute. WHAT? Did I really just say that?
"Yes, but I won't make you do anything terrible."
"If I let you do this, can you tell me exactly why you took me? You know, the whole destined for greatness thing was pretty vague." He laughed at my comment; even his laugh was cute. How can someone, who does terrible things, be this attractive?
"Are you negotiating with me?" He asked with a smirk clear on his face.
"Yes. I am. If I'm going to be stuck, here for God knows how long, I would like to know the reason why. Is that too much to ask?"
"Not at all. Now, for the compulsion…"
"Right, how do you do it?" I asked him.
"Well, first I look you in the eyes." He said, doing just that. His stare made me feel a little self-conscious. "And then whatever I tell you to do or think, you do it. There will be a feeling inside of you. You'll want to do it. You'll need to do it. You won't be satisfied until you do." He paused for a moment, still holding the eye contact, before he continued. "Kiss me." He said simply. In that moment I felt like I wanted to, but there was something inside of me fighting it. I felt myself lean forward a tiny bit. Maybe it was because of what I was, but I didn't feel the need to kiss him, like he explained I would have. The desire to was there, but it was getting weaker and weaker. Then it was gone. I didn't want to kiss him. His compulsion didn't work.
"No." I said. He looked at me with perplexity written all over his face.
"Now that is interesting. You feel no desire to kiss me? At all?" He asked. "Be honest, please."
"At first, a little." I said, blushing, and he smiled. "The want was there, but it was faint. I didn't feel like I needed to though. Then slowly, the want disappeared. And I thought you said you wouldn't make me do anything terrible!" I said, a little angry.
"Is kissing me really that horrible?" He asked, looking hurt.
I sighed and looked at him and apparently that was all I needed to do for him to understand. I didn't mean to insult him, but he did just kidnapped me a few hours ago. If he though I would be getting Stockholm syndrome at all, he's delusional.
"Well, seeing as the compulsion was a failure, would you like to work on your abilities today?" He asked.
"What do you mean? Like, practice magic?"
"That, the mind control, or the seduction. Whichever you want to tackle first." He said with a smirk.
"How would you help me, exactly?"
"I've been around for a thousand years. I've come across a few of your kind. I know the rudiments of your abilities and the rest comes with practice."
"So how come you didn't know that compulsion didn't work?" He let out a little laugh at this.
"The other girls were a lot easier to persuade than you are. They willingly let me do whatever it was that I wanted. I never had to resort to compulsion." I shook my head at his response. Of course the other girls would let him do whatever he wanted. I mean, look at him.
"Can you tell me why you came to me now?" He smirked.
"Well, a siren is, for lack of a better word, normal, for the first 21 years of their life. After that, they stop aging and their powers start to develop."
"Why 21 though?"
"Now that is an interesting story. There was this widowed witch, in the early 8th century, who was obsessed with beauty. She was a beautiful woman herself, so I'm told, but her daughter, was not. When her daughter was about 18 years old the witch casted a spell on her, making her extraordinarily beautiful. Along with the beauty, she was very… alluring. Men worshiped the ground she walked on and many begged to even be considered as a suitor. This wasn't enough for the witch though. She wanted her daughter to be able to control the men that pursued her. The witch casted another spell, an irreversible one, that granted her daughter power with no boundaries, eternal beauty, and the ability to control the minds of the men, so to say. You can imagine how much that angered the spirits. When the spirits retaliated, the witch became powerless, and her daughter fled. However, before the witch lost her powers, she casted yet another spell, insuring that the siren be reborn every other century. As punishment, the spirits were able to contain all the sirens' powers if they were wedded to a man before reaching age 21. After that, the powers would slowly reveal themselves and the sirens were given a task to complete, giving them an actual purpose in the world. And the witch was made hideous, as punishment for her vain ways."
"How did you know I was a siren though?" I asked.
"Like I said, the siren has a purpose in their eternal life. The witch has the ability to choose someone, a protector, making them aware of the sirens appearance when she becomes 18, which gives them 3 years to find the siren before her powers begin to take form. However, the spirits were able to let a group of select few know about the siren. Then it is the protector's job to help her carry out her destiny. Lets just say I've been chosen a few times before. And I've been quite successful." He says smirking.
"So who are these 'select few' who know about me?" I asked.
"They're a group of supernatural hunters who are chosen based on their abilities. Their job is to find you and kill you. Whereas my job, as your protector, is to find you, and protect you from them."
"So I have a group of hunters after me? How do I know that you're not lying to me? That you're not one of them? That you're not going to kill me? You've threatened me already."
"If I were one of the hunters, I would've killed you 2 months ago when we met." I was quiet for a moment, thinking.
"Is that why you befriended me? Because you'd have to eventually kidnap me?" He sighed and looked down. "You could've told me, you know." His head shot up.
"As if you would have believed me."
"Well I believe you now don't I?" I said, raising my voice a little.
"Barely. If I came to you, as a stranger, and told you that you were a siren with a purpose, can you honestly say you would have believed me and willingly left your family?"
"Ugh! You are so aggravating Nik! You could've handled this 27 million times BETTER if you had just told me! But NO! GOD FORBID you're honest with me! I feel so stupid for trusting you." I said, with tears threatening to fall. But I would not cry in front of him. I would not give him the satisfaction of knowing he hurt me. "You're just like him." I said in a whisper, not knowing he heard me.
I composed myself and after a few minutes I spoke again. "Was that guy that took me a hunter?"
"How old were you?" He asked, looking at the floor.
"Almost 19 I think. Why?" He let out a heavy breath.
"The hunters are informed about you the same time I am. So yes. He was one of them."
"And how does the eternal life thing work with a siren?"
"Well, that part you might not like. You have to draw energy from someone."
"What do you mean 'draw energy'?"
"Basically, you have to suck the life out of somebody. It doesn't have to be fatal, and you won't even have to do it too often."
"WHAT?!" I yelled. He didn't tell me about this part yesterday. "When were you planning on telling me this?"
"When I thought you needed to know. Speaking of that, when was your 21st birthday?" He asked me.
"You don't remember my birthday?" I asked with a small voice, very hurt by the fact that he doesn't remember. I let out a small laugh. "Typical" I murmured. "May 17th."
"Have you been feeling weak lately? Or unusually tired?" I put my head in my hands trying to think.
"Yeah actually. I was just complaining about it to my mom the other day. The mom I'll never be seeing again thanks to you." He rolled his eyes clearly annoyed by me.
"Well you'll have to feed soon then."
"Feed?"
"Yes feed. You need energy to survive and that begins after your 21st birthday. So you'll have to do that."
"How do I feed? How do I suck the energy out of somebody? Is it painful for them?" I started walking around the living room, beginning to feel restless.
"Well it involves an intimate physical connection." My jaw dropped.
"How intimate? I don't have to have sex with them do I?" I was literally praying to God that I didn't have to do that. I didn't want to be a whore as well as a siren. Even though Mrs. Demler thought I was, I really wasn't.
"Well, no. But that would work too. You have to at least be kissing them. It can't be something as simple as holding hands and that sort of thing."
"And you said this doesn't have to kill them?"
"Correct, although, not killing your victims takes practice. But luckily you can draw energy from a vampire and it wouldn't harm them, too much." I let out a laugh at this while I sat back down on the couch. Of course. Could this get any worse? Deciding I've heard enough about the energy sucking, I changed to subject.
"So did these spirits happen to tell you what I'm destined for? Or did they leave that part out when they called you?" He chuckled and shook his head.
"Your destiny is not for me to know. You'll figure it out eventually though. I have faith in you. Oh, and you'll receive a few dreams here and there to inform you of your path."
"So how are you supposed to help me then?"
"As your protector, I'm supposed to train you and help you develop and strengthen you powers." I was quiet for a few minutes. He got up, walked to where I was sitting, and crouched down to my level. He held my face in his hands, forcing me to look him in the eyes. "Listen, I know this is a lot to take in, but don't worry, love. I'm here to protect you. You'll be safe." I felt comfort course through me when he said that. And to be honest, I felt protected. Like nothing bad could possible happen to me.
"Adelina! So lovely to see you again darling." Klaus dropped his hands and I broke the eye contact to see Kol standing in the archway to the living room. "OH, I'm sorry. Am I interrupting something?" He asked with a smirk. Klaus stood up and replied.
"Not at all brother." Klaus said, with a bit of an attitude.
"Kol, it's nice to see you again." I stood up and smiled at him. I turned to Klaus. "Can you show me to my room? I'd like to get out of these clothes." He nodded.
"I can certainly help you with that darling." Kol said with a smirk. I laughed. "Do I amuse you?" He asked me.
"It's funny that you think I'd actually fall for that." I walked up to him and whispered in his ear. "You'll need to try a little harder than that," referring to his line, "to win me over." I left the living room and walked to the staircase to wait for Klaus.
"I like her." I heard Kol say. Klaus chuckled and walked towards me.
"Shall we?" He asked, extending his hand for me to take. I took it and he led me up the stairs and down the same hallway his room was in.
"This one's my room." He pointed to his door, and then stopped at the next door, which was on the same side as his. "And this one's yours." He opened the door, letting me go through first. It was enormous. There was a king size bed against the wall in the middle of the room. The walls were painted the same color as my room at home and I realized the furniture was all mine as well. There were a lot of sconces hanging on the walls, and a lot of candles too. There was a vanity table, that wasn't mine, with those big bright light bulbs to the right of the room. Also on that side were 2 glass doors. I walked towards it and saw that it was a walk-in closet that was far bigger than my bedroom at home. There were a lot more clothes in there than I had at home, too.
"I had someone paint the room last night and bring all your things while you were sleeping. The clothes in there are all of yours, along with a few others I picked out." He said.
"You picked these out?" He nodded and pointed to 2 French doors near the vanity that I hadn't noticed before.
"That leads out to a balcony." I walked over and opened the door. The view was just amazing.
"It's beautiful." I whispered.
"I'm glad you like it. Your bathroom is through that door." He pointed to a door that was located on the opposite side of the room. "It's connected to mine." I raised an eyebrow at him.
"In this huge house, you couldn't find any room to give yourself a private bathroom?" He shrugged and smiled.
"I won't be too bad, sharing a bathroom with you."
"That's why there were 2 sinks and 2 showers?" I asked.
"2 sinks, yes. But 1 shower, with 2 showerheads." He smirked. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "I'll give you some time to shower and change. Meet me down in the kitchen." He left before I could ask him where the kitchen even was.
I was a little hesitant to use the shower knowing that Klaus's room was just on the other side of that door, but I got over it. I highly doubt he would just barge in here, through a locked door, when he can hear the water running. I took a while to get used to all the nobs, but I got the hang of it eventually. The hot water felt so good against my skin.
After the shower I wrapped myself in a towel and walked to my closet. What to wear? Considering it wasn't too cold when I was out on the balcony, I settled with some light jeans and a t-shirt. I never wore shoes in the house but I saw Klaus and Kol both wearing them so I went and put my converse on. I walked out of my closet to fix my hair a bit. It was curly and light brown. I decided to leave it down, naturally curly.
Now that I was done, I left the bedroom and went on my search for the kitchen. It was surprisingly easy to find it, considering the amazing aroma coming from it. I walked in to see Klaus cooking.
"You can cook? How come I never knew that?" I loved it when I guy could cook. He chuckled.
"When you've been around as long as I have, you pick up a few things. Cooking being one of them. And I guess you aren't as observant as you thought." I walked closer, falling in love with the smell of it.
"What are you making? It smells delicious." I closed my eyes and inhaled.
"Just some pasta. It'll be done in a minute." He grabbed 2 plates and set them on the island, along with forks, knives, and 2 glasses of wine. The next time I spoke we were already sitting down, eating.
"What did you do to them?" He looked up, confused by my question.
"Who?" He asked.
"My family. Did you kill them?" He sighed and looked down for a moment.
"No." I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. "But they won't remember you." My jaw dropped, as well as my fork.
"You compelled them to forget me? Why?" I asked, with tears in my eyes.
"It's safer for them that way."
"How?" I screamed at him and our wine glasses broke. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. He's clearly not used to being yelled at.
"Those hunters, the ones who are trying to KILL YOU," He raised his voice a bit. "They will stop at nothing to find you. Even if that means killing your family. Now when they go asking around about you, no one will know whom they are talking about. So instead of getting your family killed, I compelled them to forget you ever existed. I did you a favor." I snapped and slapped him across the face. Not even a second later I was up against a wall with my hands being held above my head.
"I warned you about doing that Adelina. I was trying to be nice to you, to do something nice for you, but I guess it was a waste of my time. I may not be able to kill you, but I sure as hell can make your stay here miserable. I can assure you, Adelina, you'll regret it the next time you so much as think about doing something like that again." He said, his words full of venom.
With that he dropped my hands and left the kitchen, leaving me alone. I dropped to the floor crying. In all of this craziness, at least he didn't kill them. I have no one to go back to. Nobody who even knows I exist, except Klaus and the hunters. I'm living with a sociopathic hybrid and his family of original vampires in a town full of other vampires, witches, and werewolves. And to top it all off, I'm a freaking siren with a purpose to fulfill, while hunters are trying to kill me. UGH!
So that was the 1st chapter. I really hope you liked it. Again, please tell me what you think. I have the next one already written, but knowing me, I'll go back and edit it again. And if you maybe get the sense that Adelina is being too 'accepting' of what's going on, just remember that she did know Klaus before hand and they were really close. And even though she is VERY pissed off that he lied, she does still believe that he will help her through this. I don't know when or if I'll post the next chapter, but if I do, I think it'll be in few days, or maybe in a week. Thank you for reading!