Chapter Two: Klaus

3x11 – Our Town.

The stories that her Aunt Cassie had told her as she grew up had stayed with Calista the older she got. There were more details being added to the tale that would not have been appropriate for her too hear when she was young, but she never learnt the name of the servant girl, the beast, his siblings nor the girl who would have been his queen. When asked about this, Cassie had merely said that the story wasn't completed yet, that the beast had yet to meet and fall in love with his queen and upon the stories completion would she tell it again, with everyone's name added.

Calista Moore had moved to Mystic Falls following an incident where she was almost killed, figuring that a small town in Virginia would be a good place for her to try and get her life back together. What she hadn't expected was that the town she had moved too to be filled with supernatural beings and that she would have ended up getting caught up in their supernatural dramas.

….

"Thank you for coming tonight Calista" Carol Lockwood thanked the brunette as she entered the Lockwood Manor, camera in hand.

"It's no problem. What did you want photos of in particular?" Calista asked as she looked around the mansion.

"Just the guests, mainly from the founding families, and the models for the restoration. Oh, and anyone who makes an exceptionally generous pledge."

"Of course, Mayor Lockwood"

Moving around the party, she took multiple photographs of the guests while making mind numbing small talk with the donors. This was something that she become used too, whenever there was a fundraiser, dance, carnival or festival being held Calista became the go-to photographer. It meant that along with her bartending job at the Mystic Grill, her life had completely been immersed by all the vampire issues in the town.

As she came to the model for the restored bridge, she started to photograph it. Adjusting the settings on the camera before reshooting and repeating the process until she got an image that was up to her standards.

"It's a charming bridge" an English accent said.

Hearing the person talking to her the photographer sighed and straightened her posture to face the man who had spoken to her, a 'professional' smile on her face as she did. "I suppose it is. Are you new to Mystic Falls?"

"Accent give it away, love?"

"Just a little bit, plus it's a small town."

"I suppose it is. I'm Klaus"

"Calista." Taking a step back, she held her camera up to her face and took a photo of the man in front of her, upon seeing the questioning look on his face her professional smile was starting to become more genuine. "I'm here to take photos of the guests."

"Well then I suppose I should see how I look, can't have any unflattering photographs of myself on display now can I?"

"I guess not"

"So …" Klaus said as he stood next to girl before she even registered that he moved, holding up the camera so that he could see the image that she had just taken. "May I?" as she handed the camera to him, he looked through the photos that she had taken.

"Okay, I need that back"

"You have a skill."

"Thank you. It was nice meeting, but I have to return back to work." As she took her camera back and started to walk to another room, only stopping to take the photo of Dr. Meredith Fell. As Calista walked away from him, Klaus went to complete the reason that he came to the fundraiser.

"Ah, Mayor Lockwood" he called out, catching the woman's attention and went to introduce himself to her.

…

Needing to get some fresh air after having a 'conversation' with one of the drunker men at the party, and by conversation she meant he insinuated that he assumed because she was working that she would be willing to let him pay for sex with her.

"What are you doing here?" Damon asked Calista when he saw that that she was at this event, normally she wasn't able to send to

"Planning world domination" she said blankly as she looked him in the eyes and seeing the irritation written on his face decided that her humour was not the best course of action with him. "The mayor needed a photographer and here I am. Smile please"

"This is revenge for me telling you too smile more, isn't it?"

"Obviously"

"Smile for Callie" Alaric told Damon as he squeezed his hand on the vampire's shoulder. "Try not to make her job any harder than it needs to be"

"Thanks Alaric. Now smile boys" Calista told them, raising the camera and taking a photo of the hunter and the vampire. "There you go. That wasn't so painful was it?"

"Don't be cute Calista. I'm really not in the mood to deal that." Damon said as he downed the rest of his drink, heading back inside muttering something about hybrids and Stefan.

"What's eating him?"

"Everything to do with vampires and hybrids." Alaric tried to explain Damon's attitude, even though Calista was aware of the everything that had happened with the hybrids and Stefan's humanity being turned off, she remained on the outside with what was happening to Elena and the Salvatore Brothers supernatural drama. "How much longer are you going to be here?"

"I've photographed everyone here and the model for the bridge, so I'll be getting out of here soon."

"So, you aren't hanging around here for longer than you have to?"

"I don't feel like being propositioned again, so I'm getting out of here as soon as I can."

In the end Alaric left Calista when he saw Dr. Fell getting into an argument with a man, which left the photographer the opportunity to get away from the party.

….

"Everything alright?" Calista asked as she saw Klaus standing outside the manor looking like he wanted to punch someone, as she headed back to her car.

"Just some unforeseen issues with business" he responded, "What about you? You're leaving awfully early in the evening"

"I've finished up my work, so getting out of here is high on my list of priorities"

"Then I look forward to seeing you around Calista" Klaus bid farewell, lifting the brunette's hand up to his lips in order to kiss the back of it. "I'm sure that we'll meet again love."

Authors Notes:

I really want to thank everyone who commented, followed and favourited this story, I'm glad you are all interested in it so far. I'm going to try and update at least once a week, it just depends on how busy I am with work and the goings on in my life.

There is a link to the Polyvore collection for A Beast's Queen on my profile, if anyone wants to look at the outfits that Calista wears. This chapter is the first one in the collection.

To Speedy-Skye: This is starting in episode 3 x 11, Our Town and will progress from there. The relationship with Elena will be explored in later chapters.