Klaus was just done putting everything in his cabin when he took out his phone and called his witch.
"What am I doing here? Not that I mind spending some time in a boat full of people ready to feed me but I'd like to know what's so important for me to be wasting 3 weeks of my life here! You promised me answers as soon as I was settled!" He demanded.
"There is someone on the boat that you're really going to want to meet… Someone very important to you…" She told him cryptically.
"Who is it?" he asked.
"I don't know… I don't see her face or her name… Only that once you see her, she'll be in your every thought… I don't know why… I just know you'll be happy you went…"
"If you're wrong I'll rip your heart out and serve it as lunch to your cat, you know!" he growled into his phone.
"Oh, I know!" She said confidently.
"So, am I supposed to feed on the other passengers here?" Klaus asked her before she hung up.
"I've arranged for some blood bags to be stashed in the fridge in your cabin. You'll have enough to last you the whole cruise!" She said before she hung up, leaving him alone in his cabin.
He looked around his very luxurious cabin for a while before he left it and decided to start his cruise by searching for this mysterious person that was supposed to be so important to him. Who could it be?
Maybe the next doppelganger was there, waiting for him to grab her and break his curse…
He walked around a while, watching pretty single women he would be able to have fun with later until he found himself smelling a very attractive smell.
For a moment, it brought a faint memory back into the front of his mind…
Flashback
He was 15 and running in the woods after a girl… His best friend… They were playing together, enjoying their free time together before they had to go back to doing work at home…
"Come on Niklaus, try and catch me!" She sang after him.
"Be careful not to fall down Matilda! Look where you're going!" He smiled back at her.
"You're just trying to scare me into slowing down!" She chuckled happily as he caught up with her, wrapped his strong arms around her waist and kissed her cheeks.
Back to present
He followed the scent that brought back a memory he had tried so hard to forget, looking around until he found the source of it.
It was a young woman, that much he could tell and the smell wasn't attractive in a way that pushed him to want to drain her dry but in a totally different way. She smelled good in a way that had him wanting to meet her, to know more, to talk to her…
Weird.
His eyes finally landed on a pale young woman, no older than 17. She had long brown hair, with natural red highlights in them and was peacefully reading a Jane Austen novel. She seemed totally impervious to everything that was going on around her. He watched as the sun touched her pale skin and couldn't help but feel the need to touch her.
She was simply the most beautiful woman he had even set his eyes on, and that was saying something.
What?
Why was he feeling like this?
Shaking his head, he decided to try and talk to her.
He sat right next to her and said:
"It's nice to see someone so young enjoying the classics."
She turned her head his way and lifted her sunglasses with one hand to look at him in the eyes. She had to admit that he was good looking and a soft blush crept on her cheek.
"It's one of my favourites!" She said simply.
"I'm Klaus by the way." He said, showing her his hand.
"I'm Bella… well, Isabella really but I go by Bella…" She replied, shaking his hand and wondering why he was making her so nervous.
"Bella… How fitting… My real name is Niklaus, but I go by Klaus…" he said, not really knowing why he was being so open and honest with her.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Klaus." She said.
He really was enjoying the time he was spending with her.
Her eyes were like two familiar deep pool of chocolate and the blush on her face was simply delightful.
"Would it be impolite of me to ask you your age?" Klaus asked curiously.
"It wouldn't… I'll turn 17 on September 13th." She replied.
"And you're here all alone?" his tone didn't hide his surprise.
"No, not really… My mother is in the honeymoon suite with her new husband… It was either going with them or spending the summer with my father in the rainiest town in the United States… The choice was rather easy!" She smiled.
Why was she so comfortable with this stranger?
"What town would that be?" He asked curiously, willing to store any possible information he could find on this amazing girl.
"Forks, Washington." She replied.
"Never heard of it… I'll make sure to check it out some time."
"What about you, how old are you?" Bella asked, surprised at how easy it was for her to speak with him.
"I'm about 22." He replied.
It wasn't a lie was it? Why did he feel the need to tell her that he really was over a thousand years old?
"Summer break from college?" She asked him.
"Yeah… I study arts…and history…" he said, not willing to expend on this subject.
He didn't like lying to her… Why was that?
"Good!" she replied before bringing her eyes back to her book.
"Am I boring you?" He asked her, amused.
"No, not really… I just don't want to monopolise your attention… You must have much more interesting thinks to do than talk with a boring high school girl… I'm sure the girls by the pool will keep you much busier!" She blushed even deeper.
"You're much more intriguing than you seem to think… You don't see yourself very clearly!" he said with a soft smile.
Deciding to try something, he looked her in the eyes and said:
"You should have a little bit more self confidence!"
"I don't think that's possible!" Bella chuckled.
Klaus held a breath inside… She couldn't be compelled…
"How about we try to work on that then?" he challenged her.
"If you really want to waste your vacations this way you can try, but I don't think you'll go very far with this…" she chuckled.
"I've always loved a challenge!" He said.
So, what do you think?
I'm planing on this story being very long...
After the cruise we will catch up with TWILIGHT, then Mystic Falls,...
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Lorelei Candice Black
