The room was smaller than Percy expected. It contained a small circular step in the middle and had a large mirror in the corner. There were double doors right next to it and when the short woman opened them, she discovered that it was a deep closet full of dresses. When she disappeared inside of it, Percy quickly and quietly opened the door, finding her way back into the large hallway. She clung to the walls as she tried to contemplate how she was to get out of here. Nothing was making sense to her. Percy heard music in the distance and the farther she went, the louder it got. Now that she was at the very end of the hall, she heard a large group of people all conversing. She stuck her head out and saw that there was a circular foyer area, which had three arches. One leading to a rather large ballroom full of people dressed in old clothing that seemed to match the style of the castle. The other was the arch for the hallway that she was currently hiding in and the other arch seemed to be a continuation of that same hallway. She would have to make her way across to keep moving forward. Percy took a deep breath and shook her hands slightly before sprinting across as fast as she could. When she made it to the other side, she released the breath she had been holding and walked backwards to see if anyone had seen her and decided to follow. After about a minute, Percy finally decided she was safe again and turned around, almost bumping into someone.


"Having fun, brother?" Elijah looked at his brother and the two females surrounding him.

"Quite the opposite, older brother." Kol smirked before taking a large gulp from his wine goblet. He un-linked his other arm from one of the girl's grasp and compelled both of them to bother Klaus.

"I think this is the first time I've seen you without a mistress at a ball." Elijah added with a quizzical look on his face.

"I've gotten bored of the modern lady. They're all so simple minded and such easy game."

"Is my youngest brother beginning to mature?" Elijah raised an eyebrow towards him.

"Highly unlikely, but perhaps more than Klaus." Elijah chuckled at Kol's comment.

"Perhaps you should focus your attention on more educated ladies instead of the strumpets that you so often go for." Elijah took Kol's goblet and finished the wine before handing it back to him. Kol looked down at his empty goblet and back to Elijah with a furrowed brow. Elijah shrugged with a small smile before turning around and rejoining the ball.

"Perhaps." Kol mumbled to himself. He looked towards the open ballroom doors. For the first time, Kol contemplated on retiring early this evening, but before that, he decided on grabbing another goblet of wine. Right before he began to, he saw a girl wearing pants sprint across into the left wing. An eyebrow rose in surprise. That was not something he was expecting to see. He quickly sped into the hallway to get a better look at her. She was walking backwards, but the sudden change from the bright ballroom lights to the dim hallway made it hard for Kol to make her out. She was just about to bump into him, but right at that moment she turned around, only inches from his chest.


KOL POV

She released a loud gasp, taken aback as she jumped.

"What are you doing?" I leaned forward. She looked me up and down with a strange expression, leaning back herself.

"What are you doing?" She asked. I was taken aback by her tone of voice and accent.

"You are addressing a Lord. I advise you to watch your tongue." I smirked at her.

"A lord?" She chuckled under her breath. "Okay.." She let the last word drag out.. Okay? What language was she speaking? I decided not to question her on that matter.

"Your accent-" She interrupted me.

"What about it?" She asked. I abruptly stepped towards her.

"How dare you interrupt me. I'm-" I was spoken over once again.

"A lord? Yes, you've already told me that." She looked at me again before taking a step back. I closed the distance she tried to create between us.

"What is your name?" I took a step closer.

"What is your name?" She stepped further back.

"I asked first." Again, I closed the distance.

"I don't care." I heard her heartbeat raising. She stepped back once again.

"Another few steps and everyone in that ballroom will see you. And my guess is that that is the exact opposite of what you desire as I noticed you sprinting across only just moments ago." I raised my eyebrow at her, waiting to see what her next move was. What happened next was something I would never expect from a lady. The mysterious girl had used her fists to knock me aside before sprinting as fast as she was able to down the long corridor.


AN: Alright, I left this chapter short because I wanted you guy's opinion on the story so far with Percy and Kol interactions. Does it seems strange? I sort of have the main idea for this story planned out, but mostly I'm just writing as I go along, so let me know, and hope you're enjoying!