A Light in the Dark
The Birthday
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of the vampire diaries, they all belong to their respectful owners, but I do own Emily.
Tennessee
Staring up at the stained ceiling of the roach motel that they were all staying in Emily was going out of her mind from boredom. Niklaus had told her it was too dangerous for her to tag along on his and Stefan's wolf hunting so he had her locked away like Rapunzel. Walking over to the door she twisted the handle and groaned as it only jiggled. The crafty hybrid had locked it on his way out.
Moving back to sit over on the bed she grabbed the half empty bottle of vodka that was sitting there, unscrewing the cap and throwing it to the floor and taking a long swig. When the door opened again and Klaus walked in, hands bloody she had to admit she was actually nervous. Emily's eyes went wide when Stefan followed mouth covered in blood. She wasn't an idiot, she knew exactly what they were, her mother had drilled every mythological story into her brain since before she could walk.
As Stefan went straight to the small bathroom, closing the door behind him, Klaus took the bed on the seat adjacent to her snatching the bottle of vodka from her, grabbing the cap and tightening it again giving her a look. "No more drinking. You mother wouldn't approve." He informed her and she scoffed loudly shaking her head, her wavy raven-black locks swaying with the movements. "Something wrong?"
"I hate the way that you bring up my mother as if she is my keeper." Emily's voice was low as her crossed her arms over her chest, he just gave her an amused look waiting for her to continue. "I'm 22 years old, I left home a long time ago and I didn't look back." She never called it home, more like her prison. "I don't know if my mother is dead or alive and quite frankly I don't care either." She hissed out.
He nodded his head gently before leaning forward and telling her. "Honestly, little wolf, I don't care about the relationship between yourself and your mother." He told her and she glanced over at him. "I'm just looking forward to paying off my debt to her and sending you on your merry way." He told her as she rolled her eyes, he only frowned. "Get ready. We're leaving."
Standing up the emerald-green eyed girl huffed as she began to shove things in her duffel bag, she hadn't been traveling with Klaus for long but she didn't like it already. "So what's the deal with your buddy?" She questioned looking over at him as he creased his eye brows. "I mean, I get that he's a vampire and everything, but he seems like a bit of a blood addict."
"You think he's bad now, you should have seen him in his prime." Klaus chuckled as he leant casually against the wall. "To answer you question, yes. He does struggle with a kind blood addiction." The hybrid explained and she nodded her head, she actually felt bad for Stefan, being a vampire and not being able to resist blood, she never liked vampires but knew she shouldn't judge them all. "I wouldn't question him about it though, it's a rather... touchy subject."
Nodding her head she continued to pack. "So, if you're searching for a werewolf to turn into one of your hybrids then why drag me alone if you're not willing to turn me until you've made sure it's successful? Why not just leave me to my life at home?" She glanced over at him curiously, he growled leaning his head back.
"Your constant questioning is beginning to test my patience's, little wolf. I propose that you stop before you truly destroy my last nerve and I end up doing something I may, or may not, regret." The hybrid warned in a low tone, Emily knew that it mustn't take much to piss Klaus off and honestly she enjoyed doing it, as long as she didn't push him too far.
"Fine. Whatever." The tanned girl replied shortly as she zipped her bag up, the door behind them opened and out what Stefan looking perfectly clean, as if not 10 minutes ago he had been covered in blood. He just stalked out of the door before anyone. "I think you upset him." Emily muttered looking over at Klaus whom only glared back before following the Salvatore to the waiting jeep.
Sighing Emily grabbed her bag, throwing it over her shoulder and following them both not bothering to lock the door, it wasn't like they had left anything in there, and it wasn't as if they had actually paid for the room anyway, that was where Klaus' compulsion was actually coming in handy, not having to pay for things, as morally wrong as it was it was fairly useful.
Sitting in the back seat the raven-black haired girl looking at the Brit through the rear view mirror as he back out of the parking lot. "So, where are we heading next?" He gave her a sharp look and she nodded her head. "Right. No more questions." She added and he replied with a tight smile before beginning to speed down the roar at breakneck speed.
As they arrived drove towards the border of Tennessee on highway 41 they arrived in a small, ghost like town. The entire town was barren, barely any people walking in the streets and only cars passing through. Emily glanced out the window looking at all the stores and reading the signs when Klaus pulled into another parking lot outside of a shady looking bar named 'Southern Comfort'.
"How original." The wolf muttered rolling her eyes as Klaus cut off the engine, both him and the vampire climbed out shutting the doors behind them, the raven-black haired girl waited for the hybrid to open the door for her, he was showing how he didn't trust her by putting child locks the doors on making it harder for her to escape. "Thanks." She growled as she stretched a little. "We drove all this way for a trashy bar?"
"I figured with your tolerance for alcohol you'd love it, little wolf." Klaus answered back as she glared up at him. "Here are the rules. Whilst we are in there you don't talk, you don't move, you do exactly what I say when I say it. Do you understand?" She didn't say anything he zipped towards her, grabbing her cheeks looking her look at him. "I said: do you understand?"
"Yes, yes. I understand." She shrugged away from him rubbing her cheeks that were turning red from embarrassment because she was being treated as if she was a child when in reality she was 22 and she could most certainly handle herself. "Jeez, you don't have to be such a jerk about it. I can look after myself." Emily growled as she barged past Klaus who grabbed her wrist making her walk behind him.
As they walked into the bar they saw it was practically empty, a couple of men placed up at the bar nodding their heads to the old country music that was playing on the beat juke box in the corner, several people placed around the bar itself sat at tables and one bartender cleaning a glass thoroughly as he tapped his foot rhythmically.
Everyone turned their heads as they walked into the bar, it felt awkward to have all eyes on them, but to Klaus it felt empowering. Turning to the Salvatore he commanded. "Compel everyone to mind their own business. Quick, before he gets here." And that was it, Stefan was off compelling people to not react to anything that was going to happen. "It doesn't look like this place is going to get much busier." He announced as he led her towards the bar pointing to an old-looking stool. "Sit. Don't move."
She hated the way he ordered her around as if she was actually a dog, but she didn't think it was worth a fight, if she was going to be stuck with him she figured it would be easier to do it as painlessly as possible. Huffing to take a seat up on the bar stood whilst she watched the hybrid compel the bartender. "Free drinks, also." He added at the end of his speech. "That should keep you occupied." He glanced over at the raven-black haired girl before taking a seat across the room.
It seemed like hours before Ray finally turned up in the bar, Emily knew it was him from the moment he walked in. He stunk of wet mutt, she glanced over at him as he made his way over to the bar, before looking over her other shoulder at Klaus who visibly tensed before standing up and making his way over to the bar.
He was exactly how she expected him to look, all wolves have that same shaggy look about them. Tanned coarse rough-looking skin, the way his shoulders would slant slightly as he walked. A dark shifty look in his green eyes that made him seem mysterious and rugged. He was fairly handsome taken away the martyr look on his face, shaggy long hair slick back off his face with dazzling hazel green eyes.
As he approached the bar, resting his hand on the counter-top she noticed something that most people would probably miss like the fact that his ring finger was slightly longer than his middle finger, a small give away that he suffered from the curse of lycanthropy not most people would notice.
"What's up Ray?" The man behind the bar greeted him with a welcoming nod, obviously this was a local for the wolf. The female wolf felt a sudden rush of guilt swish around her stomach making her frown even more as she looked at the man, whoever this man was he didn't deserve whatever Klaus was going to do to him.
Emily was about to speak up and talk to him but she felt a hand on her shoulder, glancing up she saw Niklaus standing there glaring down at her, a hard look in his eyes. Gulping she just looked back down at her hands on her lap. "Ray. Ray Sutton?" He questioned, the raven-black haired wolf didn't even bother looking up.
"Who wants to know?"
Smirking the hybrid replied. "I've been looking everywhere for you. We started in Florida, Pensacola. I met a young chap there who you used to work with before you moved to Memphis, now he directed me to two lovely young women. And they led me here, to you." Emily glanced up at Ray to see the slightly fearful look on his face which he was trying to hide.
"I think I'll be going." Ray told them both getting up from his seat and about to walk away as casually as he could when suddenly Klaus' lean body was there in front of him with an inpatient look on his face.
"Not so fast, mate. You only just got here, now your type are very hard to come by." He informed him before his eyes shot over to Emily who just continued to look down, a smirk pulled over his face at least she wasn't interfering anymore, although he would have to talk to her about that.
Turning the wolf went to walk away but Stefan was suddenly standing there arms crossed over his chest. "I wouldn't do that." He warned before giving him a small push back towards Klaus, the tanned girl looked back up to see the wolf trapped between both of them, she gulped gnawing on her bottom lip.
"My friend here is a vampire, he compelled everybody in the bar so don't look to them for help." The hybrid announced as Ray began to look around the small bar to see all the locals just continue drinking their drinks as if nothing was wrong. "I however, I'm something else, a different kind of monster, I've got some vampire, I've got some wolf." He shrugged.
"You what?" This had been the first Ray had heard of a half vampire half werewolf man, gulping he took a step back but knew that Stefan was there and wasn't going to be able to escape that way either.
"A hybrid, Ray, I'm both." Klaus answered a smirk on his lips making the wolf look at him with almost disgust in his eyes, never before had he heard of that. "You see, I want to create more of me, now you being the first werewolf that I've come across in many a moon, pun intended Ray. I need you to direct me to your pack. So, where can I find them, Ray?"
"Wait. Wait. What about her?" Ray's eyes shot over to where the raven-black haired wolf was still sitting next to the bar, she frowned heavily, rolling her eyes as she looking down at her lap once more. "She's a wolf too, I can smell it on her. Why don't you use her, she's younger than I am, she'd be on much more use to you."
Smirking the hybrid replied. "Well, Ray, if you knew her mother you would know that it is best not to cross her, considering how dangerous she is." The confused wolf in front of him creased his eye brows looking back at him before he glanced over at the girl once again, searching her face trying to figure something out. "This should be interesting, it has come to my attention that your mother made an impression on the wolf world. Perhaps you know her, this here is Emily-"
"Charme." Ray finished looking down at her. "I... I don't know your full story, but I know that her mother was a powerful witch." He concluded in a soft voice looking over to the tanned girl who continued to keep her head down, his head quickly whipped up to looking at Niklaus. "If you're thinking of using this girl against me, or her mother then you can try, but I'm not scared."
Klaus was bored of Ray's tough guy façade, rolling his light blue orbs he glanced over to his vampire companion who nodded his head approaching the vampire at the bar as he pulled a small vial out of his back pocket placing it on the table. "Can you bring out the darts please?" He questioned politely. "Tell you what, Ray, we're gonna play a little drinking game, something I like to call truth or wolfsbane."
The vampire reached into his pocket and pulled out a small pouch that was making Emily's nose sting and twitch, she backed away from it a little as Stefan reached into and pulled out the purple herb crushing it between his fingers. "Oh, this is gonna be fun, Ray." Niklaus announced from behind him.
A little while later Emily watched in horror as the vampire tortured the poor wolf, he was chained to a wall with darts picking out of his body, howling in pain as Stefan lined up his next shot, dipping the tip into the watery wolfsbane solution before throwing them at him at such a speed the raven-black haired wolf struggled to follow it with her eyes.
The younger Salvatore stalked slowly towards the bleeding wolf. "Ray, you can end this right now. Just tell me where your pack gathers for the full moon." He negotiated fairly.
The shaggy haired man huffed back out. "I can't."
"I know, I know." Stefan growled rolling his eyes, damn wolves were so loyal to their packs. "You live by a code and all that, but see he's not gonna let me stop until you tell me." His eyes glanced over to Klaus who was sitting with a very queasy looking Emily, every so often she would look up to see another dart sticking out of the wolves broad chest.
"Little wolf, you look a tad green around the edges." Klaus leaned over whispering in her ear, she shuddered away from him crossing her arms over her chest trying to keep her cool as he chuckled sipping his bourbon once more as she tried to regain her composer.
Clearing her throat the wolf answered. "Well, torturing a wolf isn't exactly my favourite pass time." She answered coldly only making him chuckle again as a lovely woman long-legged, deep brown-haired with loose curls sauntered her way over to him smiling a charming grin as she leaned over whispering into his ear, Emily watched listening to the conversation.
"Hello, Mr. Klaus." Even her voice was low and mysterious sounding, it made Emily instantly feel insecure compared to her. "You told me to tell you if I saw anything. Well, I saw that guys brother, Damon, at the farm-house." This was when the raven-black haired girl saw the vampire tense visibly glancing over at the hybrid.
"Well, thank you, Claudine. You just tell your friends to keep up the good work with the neighbour-hood watch, huh?" He smirked at her as he brushed his thumb over her face sending her on her way, turning around and walking away from him her hips swaying from side to side.
Emily creased her thin eye brows. "Who... Who is Damon?"
Before Klaus even had a chance to answer Stefan was standing there in front of him. "My brother is still on our trail?" He questioned in a low voice, the wolf leaned forward to listen closer, feeling bad about getting involved in their conversation but it wasn't exactly private if she was going to be there with them 24/7.
A hard look crossed the Originals face. "He's getting closer, I'm gonna have to deal with that." Emily knew what that meant, he was going to kill this Damon person, or he was going to get someone to do it for him. She watched as a fearful look crossed the vampires face briefly as he caught onto the hybrids wrist turning him to him.
"No, no, no. Let me handle it."
"Why should I let you leave?" Klaus replied harshly looking at the vampire with a look on his face, Emily knew that Stefan must have been treading on very thin ice around the hybrid and one wrong move and he was going to be punished severely.
Stefan was obviously racking his brain for an excuse to make the Original trust him. "Cause, you know I'll come back." He offered looking directly at him, there was so sense of dishonesty in his eyes as he gave a reason.
"Do I?"
Emily leaned forward in her chair and raised her hand slightly as if looking for approval to talk. "How... How about I go with him? I could keep an eye on him." She shrugged her shoulders before the hybrid scoffed loudly giving her a toothy grin. "I'll... I'll take that as a no." She put her head down, if there was anyone in the world that Klaus trusted lease that Stefan it was obviously Emily.
Stefan took this as his chance to speak again. "You saved my brother's life; I'm at your service." He told him loyally making the small wolf from beside him crease her eye brows, what had Klaus done to this family to make Stefan have to stay with him and save the life of his brother.
"Ah, you sound so tedious and indentured, aren't you even having the least bit of fun?" He nodded a large grin on his face. towards Ray who was still chained to the wall, painful wolfsbane darts sticking out of his chest.
A hard look crossed over the Salvatore's face, of course he didn't like torturing some innocent wolf, but he had no option he wanted to go home but he wouldn't risk his families lives like that. "I'll make sure that my brother doesn't bother us anymore." Without another word from either of them the vampire took off across the room out of the bar.
Emily was facing that bar swirling around her gin in the glass when she felt a presence behind her, a firm chest of pressed to her back, all she wanted to do was elbow him straight in the kidney but when two arms were either side of her locking her in place she huffed out continuing to look down at her drink, a set of full lips were at her ear as she heard the British voice purr. "If you think that I'm going to be letting you out of my sight for a second, then you're sadly mistaken." His voice was rugged and low as her heart-rate increased dramatically, thudding loud against her rib cage. "I make you nervous."
"No. No, you don't." She answered back in a hushed tone, he chuckled against her ear before pulling away and sauntering back across the room holding a glass of bourbon as he approached the chained up wolf. She let out a stuttered breath as she lifted her glass to her mouth finishing off her drink quickly hearing a soft chuckle from across the room.
The wolf had lost track of the time that they had been in there so she was counting in drinks instead, she was five gins in and still feeling like crap. When she felt the space beside her being taken up she glanced over to see Klaus sitting there holding a bottle of bourbon pouring it into his empty glass, obviously he had decided to give Ray a little break from the torture.
Looking up from her drink she questioned. "So... What's Stefan's story?" Emily glanced over to the Original to see a smirk pull over his lips as he stared straight forward over the bar sipping at his drink. "You, uh, you saved his brother? How?" She asked, clearly she was very curious to his story as he watched at out of the corner of his eye.
"Here you go again with the incessant questions." He smirked a little before turning his entire body on the stool to be facing her. "If you must know then I saved his brother from a rather nasty werewolf bite." He explained as she creased her eye brows. "As you must already know the venom from a wolf would kill a vampire in a mere couple of hours. Stefan gave himself over in exchange for my blood. The cure."
"Your blood is the cure to a werewolf bite?" Emily questioned her voice higher than she realised that it would be. "I bet you have vampires lining up at your door to do you favours in exchange for you blood." She nodded her head glancing over at him as he smirked into his drink that was the only answer that she needed.
"If you haven't noticed, little wolf, I'm not exactly a Samaritan." Klaus answered as she subconsciously glanced over to the wolf who was weakly hanging against the wall, his chin touching his chest, too weak to even raise his head. "I try not to let it get out that my blood would be the solution to many of the vampires problems because that would tarnish my reputation."
The raven-black haired girl rolled her emerald-green orbs a small sigh falling from her lips as she brought her glass up to her lips taking a long sip before placing it back down on the coaster running her finger tip over the rim again and again. "Once... Once you have you the information from Ray what are you going to do with him?"
"I haven't decided yet." He answered vaguely as she glanced over at him. "And to be honest, Emily, you shouldn't be concerning yourself with the outcome of Ray, the wolves don't care about you, so you shouldn't care about them. End of." He informed her in a harsh voice looking over at her. "Tell me, how does it feel to be left out of a faction that you're supposed to fit into like a second family?"
This was the first time he had heard a growl fall from her lips, obviously talking about families and fitting in hit a raw nerve with the small wolf. Licking her lips she told him in a low voice. "Don't. Don't even go there." Her voice was raspy which a rough whisky edge. "I really don't want to talk about it and I most certainly don't want to talk about it with you." She hissed venomously, a short growl left his lips before he stood up and walked back over to the other wolf grabbing him from the dart board, laying him flat on the pool table.
The young wolf watched horrified as the hybrid tortured him for information, it had been hours, so long that the moon was finally showing it pale, grieving face hiding the suns fantastic glow. Emily looked out of the window at the crescent devil in the sky, oh how she hated that thing greatly, as a child she loved it, but it wasn't until her wolfing days burst into place that she despised the thing.
"Ok, it's a three-step process, Ray. This is step on. I want you to drink from my wrist." Klaus announced looking down at the wolf who was now chained to the pool table looking up at him, blood pouring down his face, bruised and beaten.
Defeatedly the wolf answered. "I already told you where to find my pack. What more do you want from me?" He hissed out, Emily frowned from where she sat, she wished that she could make it right and let Ray go but he would only warn his pack and that would only annoy Klaus more, putting the shaggy haired mans life in danger once more.
Scoffing the hybrid looked down at him with an impatient look on his face. "Have you not been listening to a word I've been saying, Ray? I have great plans for you." He announced as he cut into his wrist force-feeding the wolf his blood, the emerald-green eyed girl watched from where she was sat, this was what was going to happen to her, she shuddered, she never wanted to be a wolf and she certain doesn't want to be a hybrid, but at least she wouldn't have to turn on full moons. "You'll thank me for it later, huh. There we go, atta boy." He praised.
Hearing the heavy wooden door open across the room, both the hybrid and the female wolf looked over to see if it was a new customer coming in, but instead they saw the younger Salvatore standing there, a slight distant look in his eyes as he carelessly walked across the room leaning against a beam.
"What are you going to do now?" Ray questioned breaking the silence, all eyes were on them as Klaus smirked down at him watching his wrist heal for a moment.
"It's time for step two, Ray." Emily watched curious and she wished that she hadn't, hearing the loud snap of his neck made her stomach churn as the older wolves body went lifeless on the table. "You're back." Klaus announced as he walked towards Stefan shoving his hands in his pockets.
"Did you doubt me?"
"Not for a second." Klaus replied honestly, the raven-black haired girl creased her eye brows he trusted him but not her. "I know you'd pass the test. You still care for your brother, for your old life." He was taunting him, waving a nice juicy steak in front of him expecting him to take it or crack but Stefan stayed composed.
"Nah, I don't care about anything anymore." The vampire replied, Emily knew that look all too well, it was a lot easier to pretend not to care than it was to show emotions, especially to someone like Niklaus.
"You put on a good show, Stefan. I almost believe you. Lets hope, for your brother's sake, he does. You never stop caring about family, do you. But, every time you feed, the blood makes it easier to let go." He announced before turning around leaving Emily looking over at him with a sad look on her face, the Salvatore only turned around and sat up at the bar.
Sitting up at the bar Stefan had a deeply pensive look on his face, Emily glanced over her shoulder to see that their hybrid master was very busy arranging Ray and making calls to be paying attention to them. The vampires eyes were glassy which made the younger girl beside him really feel for him, something was going on.
Leaning over grabbing a stray pen from behind the bar she took a napkin and began to scribble down some words on it quickly, messy and almost unintelligible. The hazel eyed vampire watched curious. She unzipped her bag and reached inside grabbing a cell phone, he didn't know that she had that, Klaus didn't allow them to use them. She put it on the napkin and sliding it across to him sneakily.
Reading the napkin he felt his lips turn up a little. It read: I know that look, go outside and make a call. I'll keep Klaus busy. She gave him a soft smile before he took the phone sliding it into his pocket and walking outside into the muggy night air. A throat was cleared behind the short girl and she turned in her chair to see Klaus staring down at her, standing uncomfortably close again. "Stefan going somewhere?"
Reaching behind her she grabbed the napkin slipping it under herself so that he wouldn't see what was going on, in her mind what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him. "Uh, no. He's just... He's just getting some air. I think today has been tough for him, you know?" She shrugged a little before suddenly he grabbed her face making him look into her eyes, wish he could compel her, damn wolves. "I'm telling the truth, Niklaus."
"You better be." He hissed so close to her face that she could taste his whisky ridden breath on her tongue, she let out a stuttered breath before he stepped back and walked back over to Ray who was still passed out on the pool table. "You're taking your time waking up, Ray." He muttered tapping his fingers against the dark mahogany of the table.
Scrunching up the napkin she reached over the bar again stuffing it into a glass once more and hiding it, when she felt she was safe she wandered over to Klaus who was pacing slightly. "He's going to wake up, right?" She questioned glancing over at him as he nodded swiftly not fully answering her question. "So where are we heading next?" She quizzed frowning a little, she wanted to head home.
Smirking Klaus answered. "Smoky Mountains, little wolf. We're going hiking."
A/N
So here we are, another chapter, I apologise that it took so long to get back, but I was planning Emily's history :) Emily has a little back story with her mother being a powerful witch and Klaus has a past with her as you learnt from the chapter before. Also wolves know her story, well at least some of them do :)
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ash88: Aww, yeah :') Finally I'm doing a Klaus/OC, I'm glad that you're curious to know the promise to Emily's mother and her back story :) it will be coming into play soon, I just like to tease a little bit :D
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xxxRena: Aww, that's really sweet of you :') Poor Emily has a had a hard life and we're going to be exploring that some more a little later on, but you know wolves with their secrecy ;)
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