A.N: So I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter! I'm still working out the kinks in later chapters, like who is Charlotte really going to end up with? I want it to be a Klaus/ Oc story but then she has a little thing going on with Stefan. Messed up love triangle? Well we already have enough of those cough, cough. I might just make it a Klaus/Oc story and let the original triangle of the Salvatore's and Elena go on…gah so many decisions, anyways here's to the second chapter I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 2: Ding-Dong the Witches Are Dead

My morning wasn't the most pleasant one; I woke up to Caroline kicking me in her sleep and the sun

was shining obnoxiously in my face. I looked around the parlor room and groaned at the kink in my neck,

I shoved Caroline off me gently and got up from the couch to stretch, Caroline groaned behind me as

she was slowly waking up, I turned to face her and she got up from the couch with a sad smile on her face.

"Last night was something else" I said jokingly.

Caroline rolled her eyes at me and let out a growl of annoyance as she took in the pig sty left behind by

the partiers last night. I looked around with a frown on my face as I thought how I wasn't looking

forward to cleaning this up.

"Why am I always left with clean up?" Caroline grumbled as she headed out of the parlor room.

I followed her out into the living room and headed up the stairs to find a bathroom, I heard Stefan

having a conversation on the phone he didn't sound very enthused as he talked to someone named

Damon, he wasn't very happy because apparently Damon and Elena ran off to New York, I paused so I

could hear both sides to the conversation.

"Relax, man. This little joyride is actually a cure hunt. That vampire that Katherine sent after Hayley was a friend of mine. He lived in the city. Will got vampires fake identities, and I'm sure that Katherine was one of his clients" I heard Damon say on the other line.

"And Elena's okay with this little field trip? Just yesterday she was living the vampire high life. She doesn't want the cure" Stefan argued in annoyance.

"That's why I didn't tell her" Damon responded in exasperation.

Stefan sighed, "Damon, if she finds out you're still looking for it, she'll bolt"

"I'm aware of that, Stefan. What I'm hoping is that she's gonna be so wasted on booze and blood that she won't even think about it" Damon explained.

"Don't underestimate her" Stefan warned gently.

"If I can handle you when you flipped your switch, I can handle her. Trust me" Damon shot back.

"Listen to me. She's ruthless without her humanity. The cure is the fastest way to get it back" Stefan pressed.

I let out a sigh of my own and walked past Stefan's room quietly continuing my search for the bathroom,

I finally found one; I walked in and slammed the door behind me in anger. I didn't know why I was upset

maybe the fact that I kind of let jealousy sneak in at the thought of Stefan still pining over Elena, I

shouldn't have been upset, we barely knew each other and just because we almost kissed didn't mean

anything I just needed to accept that it was always going to be Elena for him and I didn't want to get

pulled into that messed up love triangle.

I walked to the mirror and moaned in frustration at the sight of my hair and makeup, I turned on the

sink and quickly washed the makeup off my face then I pulled my fingers through my hair trying to tame

the gnarly curls. After a few minutes of trying to look decent again I just gave up and headed back

towards the living room downstairs.

"Charlotte?" I heard Stefan call.

I paused at the first step and looked back at him; I forced a bright smile on my face.

"Good morning Stefan how was your night" I asked politely.

"Look I know you're upset with me about stopping you last night when Elena attacked your mom. I know it doesn't make sense but I just didn't want either of you getting hurt" He explained quickly.

I cut him off with a cold laugh, "You mean you didn't want Elena getting hurt? You barely know me Stefan you don't owe me any explanations. You were protecting the girl you love"

Stefan looked down at the ground, "I do still love Elena, but I care about you, I want us to be friends Charlotte and I don't want you to be upset with me" He said.

"You want us to be friends?" I asked my heart squeezing a bit.

Stefan looked back at me and nodded, "Yeah I would like to be your friend"

I shrugged, "Cool I could use more of those I guess. Umm I'm going to go help Caroline downstairs, I'm glad we worked this out" I said tightly, I continued down to the living room ignoring the stares Stefan was shooting at me.

I walked into the living room to see Caroline with a plastic bag in hand cleaning up cups and trash. She

was drinking the alcohol out of the cups before she dumped them into the trash bag, I wrinkled my nose

in distaste, before I could voice my thought of sanitation and all of that someone already started

speaking.

"Desperate times, I take it?" A guy with a British accent asked.

I looked to my left to see a very attractive man standing in the door way of the living room; he had short

curly dark blonde hair, a handsome face and pretty blue/green eyes. His outfit was dark and casual but

he pulled it off flawlessly, I was curious as to who this stranger was, I stood back as Caroline glared at

the ground not looking at him.

"What are you doing here?" She asked her voice dripping in disinterest.

"Not judging you, for starters, although if you are determined to get drunk, then perhaps I might recommend something a little more sanitary?" The stranger suggested.

Maintaining eye contact, Caroline drained another cup and threw it defiantly into the trash bag she was carrying.

The stranger smirked in amusement causing dimples to pop up on his face, "Well, then. You showed me"

Caroline ignored his jab and continued to clean up the trash, "Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler to the ends of the earth? Or are there still some hopes and dreams you want to crush around here?" Caroline asked in annoyance.

Realization hit me as soon as she said that, this was THE Klaus Mikaelson, the one Original Hybrid that

had terrorized Caroline and her friends for months, even killed a couple of them. He was the enemy and

here I was thinking of all the reasons why he was attractive, I felt a little ashamed.

"Depends. Do you happen to know where the young Brutus is?" Klaus asked.

Caroline sighed sadly, "I know where he's not- with me. And he gave Matt the deed to the house, so he's gone for good"

Klaus nodded and took a step towards her, entering the living room, "Tyler made it his life's mission to kill me. You can't hate me for driving him away."

Caroline glared up at him with anger I'd never seen from her before, "Oh I can, and I do. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to spiraling, so go away" She hissed.

Stefan walked past me on the stairs and entered the other doorway leading to the living room,

"Actually, I asked him to be here. We need his help. I think Silas is in Mystic Falls"

I frowned and appeared at Stefan's side, "Who the hell is Silas?" I asked.

Klaus looked between me and Caroline in surprise, "You have a doppelganger?" He asked shocked.

Caroline rolled her eyes, "No I have a twin. You know, a sister?" Caroline asked sarcastically.

I walked past Stefan and stood next to Caroline, I looked at Klaus curiously.

"So this is the big bad wolf you guys were all on edge about?" I asked in amusement.

Klaus shot me a look and Caroline nodded warily.

"And how do you know I'm a hybrid?" He asked.

I raised an eyebrow, "I'm half vampire. My name is Charlotte" I responded flippantly.

I looked back to Stefan, "So again who is this Silas guy?"

"I believe Stefan here was just about to explain that to us Ms. Hybrid" Klaus answered with a chuckle.

I shot a dark look at him but otherwise ignored him.

"All the blood at the Mystic Falls hospital has disappeared, I think Silas did it" Stefan explained.

Klaus walked over to the small bar and poured himself a drink, "So some blood went missing from a few hospitals. What about Elena? Don't vampires with their humanity off tend to overindulge in human blood, or were you the exception?" Klaus asked looking at Stefan.

I knew Klaus was referring to something I had no idea about so I just shot Caroline a questioning look, she just shook her head at me and I shrugged.

"It's not Elena" Stefan argued.

"Well, let's say for a moment that it was Silas. I'm struggling to see how this affects me" Klaus smirked.

Stefan sighed, "Look. Silas wants to die and be reunited with his one true love, but he's supernatural, so if he takes the cure and dies, he gets stuck on the Other Side"

"How Shakespearian" I mused sarcastically.

"If he destroys the Other Side altogether, he can take the cure, die, and pass on. But in destroying it, every dead supernatural being will return to our side" Stefan continued to explain.

Caroline shot Klaus a dirty look and gave him a fake smile, "That means every werewolf, every witch, and every vampire. I wonder how many of those you personally killed. Care yet?"

Klaus smiled at her; "My interest is piqued" He turned to Stefan, "How do we stop him" He added.

"Bonnie said Silas needs to complete 3 massacres to do this spell. Before Professor Shane died, he convinced the pastor to blow up the council. Next, he had you kill your hybrids, and now he only needs one more massacre, so if he's here, that's what he's doing. We need to find him"

"What about the cure don't we need that?" I asked.

Stefan nodded, "Damon is working on it" He answered vaguely.

"Well before we start this awesome adventure of ours I need to go home for a couple hours, don't wait up for me" I announced flashing out the door before anyone could object.

I sat in the passenger seat of my car and let out the breath I had been holding, the more information I got about the situation the more anxiety I felt.

I started the car and drove back home, the house was empty when I walked inside, my mother was at

work and Caroline was still with Stefan and Klaus. I walked upstairs and straight to the bathroom for a

much needed shower, I was in the shower for a good hour before my skin started to prune. I turned off

the water and wrapped myself in a big fluffy towel. My phone was vibrating on the counter non- stop, I

picked it up to see I had 7 missed calls, all from Caroline, I hit re-dial and pressed the phone to my ear

the phone rang a few times before the line picked up.

"Charlotte! I've been trying to get a hold of you forever now!" Caroline ranted.

I cut her off mid-rant, "You know I have a life Caroline this is a little too clingy. I was in the shower, what's up?" I asked teasingly.

"We're looking for clues and we could use some help" Caroline said hopefully.

I rolled my eyes, "Text me the address I need to get dressed"

"Okay, hurry!" Caroline coaxed.

"Nope!" I said pleasantly before hanging up.

I walked to my suitcases and pulled out the first items of clothing I saw, I quickly pulled on my clothes

and a pair of shoes, I walked to my vanity and did simple makeup, I smiled at my reflection before

grabbing a jacket, car keys and my phone.

Caroline texted me her where about so I flashed back to the car and used my G.P.S to find the address

Caroline had texted to me. I pulled up to a sketchy building towards the outskirts of town, I texted

Caroline telling her I was outside, she texted me back giving me the number of the room they were in. I

got out of the car and headed inside, it didn't take long before I found them in a creepy looking office

searching through stuff.

"What are we even looking for?" Caroline asked as I walked in.

"Well, if Shane really was working with Silas, chances are he was helping him plan his next move" Stefan answered.

"Where? on his evil villain to-do list?'Steal blood, perform 3 massacres, pick up dry cleaning'?" I joked, standing next to Caroline.

"Actually, not to nit-pick, but we evil villains usually use minions to pick up our dry cleaning, that sort of thing" Klaus informed looking up from the files he was searching through, giving me a smirk.

Caroline looked at Stefan in frustration, "Why is he necessary again?"

"Well, we don't know what Silas can do, so if we do have to go head to head with him, an Original hybrid who can't die might come in handy" Stefan answered.

"Besides, Stefan and I work well together, or at least we did in the twenties" Klaus added mischievously.

"Well, granted my emotions were off" Stefan argued.

"And that's why you were more fun, just as Damon is probably relishing in Elena's emotionless company in New York" Klaus said trying to take a jab at Stefan.

Stefan paused, "My brother knows what he's doing."

"Does he? Don't underestimate the allure of darkness, Stefan. Even the purest hearts are drawn to it" Klaus mused smoothly.

Caroline froze at his words; I shot them a suspicious look. What was going on there? I glared at Klaus,

"Can you stop trying to get a rise out of people and actually start doing something productive?" I scolded.

Klaus raised his hands in surrender and I shot him another dirty look.

"I- I think I found something!" Caroline announced, carrying a large book over to the desk Klaus was

standing by, "'Symbolic Figures in the Dark Arts.' Didn't Bonnie talk about Expression Triangles? Here"

Caroline points at a large, intricate drawing of a triangle. Stefan read from the page opposite of the

cover.

"In some schools of magic such as Expression, human sacrifice can be used as a focus for power. It is

rumored that the addition of two supernatural sacrifices compounds the mystical energy, creating an

Expression Triangle." Stefan read aloud.

Caroline pointed at a symbol in the drawing, "Humans- that was the council fire. Demons, Klaus' hybrid

failure" Caroline scoffed pointing at the other symbol.

"Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a failure. What's the third?" Klaus asked curiously.

Caroline studied the last symbol and brought her clasped hands to her mouth, "Oh no" she said looking

at us in shock.

"What is it?" I asked worried.

"Witches, the third sacrifice is witches" Caroline breathed.

"What? But I thought Bonnie was working with Silas that means she would have to—"I trailed off realizing why Caroline was in shock.

My eyes widened in disbelief, "No, I've known Bonnie since the first grade she wouldn't just kill 12 people, especially not witches. I mean isn't that against some sort of witchy code?" I asked quickly.

Caroline didn't answer she just looked at Stefan her expression lost, Stefan excused himself and walked out of the room.

I shook off the feeling of shock and walked over to the map and picked up a ruler and pen, Caroline

stood next to me, watching me curiously, I start drawing line on the map.

"There have been two massacres, right?" I asked Caroline.

She nodded and pointed them out, "Yeah at Pastor Young's farm here, and the old Lockwood cellar, where Klaus spitefully slaughtered 12 of his own hybrids, there"

I drew a line connecting the two locations, "Well according to the book, the Expression Triangle is equilateral, putting it here" I explained drawing another two lines, forming a triangle on the map.

Klaus smiles at me, "Somebody's been skipping their geometry classes" He teased.

Caroline and I frowned as Klaus takes the ruler and pen.

"There are actually two places where the third massacre could be" He adds, He draws two more lines, forming another triangle opposite of mine.

I smiled up at him, "Well, you didn't let me finish" I argue lightly.

We continue to look at each other across the desk when the door opens and Stefan enters. I broke me

and Klaus's stare off and we faced Stefan.

"Hey. What's going on? Did you find Bonnie?" Caroline asked quickly.

Stefan shook his head, "No, but I talked to her dad. I think I found Silas"

I looked at Caroline letting fear run through me briefly; I looked back at Stefan and let out a slow breath

trying to calm my erratic heart. I didn't dare look back at Klaus but for some reason I could feel him

burning a hole in the back of my head.

"Well I guess we should split up? Um I'll go with Stefan and Charlotte you can go with Klaus" Caroline said.

I looked at her alarmed, "What! Why do I have to go with Klaus?" I demanded.

"Oh thanks for that darling, you don't even know me. I promise I don't bite…much" Klaus teased.

I shot him a glare; "I know enough about you" I trailed off.

Caroline shot me a pleading look, I growled "You owe me big time" I hissed.

I turned to Klaus angrily and grabbed the map, "Come on Mikaelson" I muttered walking out of the

room. Klaus trailed after me, whistling a jaunty tune.

I whirled around, "Okay! Ground rules before we venture off into the dark forest, there will be no more whistling, no pet names, no cutesy smiles with dimples, and don't you dare try anything! Just because I look like my sister and you have the hot's for her doesn't mean you can transfer your weird obsession and flirting to me Okay?" I demanded.

Klaus smirked at me and raised his eyebrows, "Cutesy smiles with dimples?" He asked amused.

I made a noise of disgust, "Is that really all you got out of that? You're unbelievable"

"I know" He sighed with a smile on his face.

I rolled my eyes and spun around, "Ugh!" I exclaimed.

The car ride to the Lock wood Cellar was surprisingly quiet much to my relief, Klaus just sat in the

passenger seat staring out the window. I pulled up to the edge of the forest and grabbed the map, I

turned to him, "I guess we're walking from here" I informed.

We got out of the forest ventured in to the thick trees with the full moon as our only source of light.

Halfway to our location Klaus grabbed the map from me claiming that he would have a better chance at

knowing where to go.

"I just want to see where we are" I demanded 20 minutes later.

"You know, when we split up you did have the option of going with Stefan, you could have just told Caroline no" Klaus interjected.

"Yeah? And leave Caroline and Bonnie's life in your hands? Fat chance. Do you even know how to read a map?" I asked annoyed.

"Yes, and do you know who taught me? My friend, Magellan" Klaus responded.

"Wow! You had a friend. Was he drawn to your darkness, too?" I asked sarcastically.

"Actually, I was referring to Damon and Elena when I said that, but clearly it struck a chord with you, interesting" Klaus chuckled.

I rolled my eyes, "You didn't strike a chord with me; I know you were messing with my sister. And you know what, it's not true anyways, there is no allure to darkness" I argued heatedly.

Klaus stopped and turned to face me, he did it so abruptly I almost ran into him.

"Really? So you've never felt the attraction that comes when someone who's capable of doing terrible things for some reason cares only about you?" Klaus asked darkly.

We were inches away from each other as he said this; I cleared my throat and backed away from him

before answering, "I did once, when I thought he was worth it, but it turns out some people can't be

fixed. People who do terrible things are just terrible people" I answered thinking back to the night I was turned.

Klaus merely looked at me his face blank, "We're here, although judging by the lack of witches, here is not the correct location"

We flash through the forest using our vampire speed to the last location; I saw Stefan and Caroline in

the trees looking out to a clearing full of witches surrounding Bonnie, all chanting.

We joined them and I saw a witch raising a dagger getting ready to plunge it into Bonnie's chest, I

moved forward but Stefan pulled me back, "They're linked. Bonnie's gonna kill them" Stefan gasped.

"Not if the witches kill her first" Klaus stated coldly, he slams Stefan against a tree.

"What are you doing?" I shout at Klaus.

"Klaus, we need to save her" Caroline protested.

"How? The only way to stop the witches is to kill them, and then Silas gets what he wants" Klaus growled.

I looked out at the clearing in defeat, I hated admitting that Klaus was right but he was. I slid to the

ground and pulled my knees to my chest as tears filled my eyes, Caroline regarded me incredulously.

The witch stopped raising the knife and looked to the night sky, "Spirits, take her soul. Free her from darkness" She called.

Bonnie screams in pain as the witch gets ready to bring the dagger down, Suddenly Caroline vamp-runs

into the circle and pulls the dagger into the witch's chest, killing her.

I gasp in shock as Klaus roars in anger, I watch as the witches forming the circle begin to drop dead and

the torches' flames burn out. Caroline looked around, shocked by what she did. I couldn't look away

from the scene in front of me; I was frozen in my spot not believing my eyes. Caroline broke out of her

shock and approached Bonnie who was tied to the ground.

"Bonnie, Bonnie?" Caroline calls out in concern.

I watch as Bonnie smiles eerily and say's "The triangle is complete"

I finally manage to break out of my trance, I walk to the edge of the clearing; I look at the dead witches

and swallow hard feeling like I was going to puke at any moment now. Stefan walks past me to Bonnie

and Caroline, I look back at Klaus who is absolutely seething, he looks back at me and see's my

expression, his face softens slightly and he moves to stand beside me.

"What are we going to do?" I asked slowly.

"Bury them" Klaus answered simply.

Stefan took Bonnie home while Klaus retrieved a shovel and started digging 12 holes for the witches. I

sat as far away from Caroline as I could while we watched Klaus bury them. It was early morning by the

time he covered the hole.

"There. Twelve graves for twelve witches. Like it never happened. Only it did happen, and now Silas has everything he needs to open the gates to hell on earth" Klaus said rolling down his sleeves.

Caroline scowled at him, "You two were just gonna let Bonnie die!" She exclaimed.

Klaus advances towards her, "I know arithmetic isn't your strong point, but one is still less than twelve" He growled.

"Yeah, but that one is my best friend!" Caroline yelled, standing up angrily.

I stood up from my spot and started walking past them, Caroline looked at me angrily.

"Where are you going? Are you actually going to do something now" Caroline snapped.

I turned to her feeling hollow, "Twelve people are dead Caroline. The ritual is complete which means everything is fucked, I mean I just watched you kill people, my own sister so I just want to go home and forget this while I can" I answered shakily.

"Ugh! They were going to kill Bonnie, Charlotte and you just sat there. How could you be so heartless as to just sit and watch your best friend die?" Caroline demanded in frustration.

I felt rage wash through me as Caroline finished talking; I let my face slip in to a cold mask as I looked at her. "I'm heartless? I didn't kill 12 innocent people! Bonnie let herself get pulled into this dark magic bullshit because she didn't want to follow the rules right? You don't just walk away from things like that Care, she'll never be the same" I yelled.

Caroline shot me a cold look, "Oh, you would know all about making those kinds of mistakes wouldn't you? The ex druggy who got left for dead by her own boyfriend" Caroline spat back fiercely.

I reeled back like she's just hit me, Klaus looked between us, "Caroline…"He chastised softly.

Caroline looked back at him before realizing what she'd just said, she looked beyond guilty as she looked back at me, "I'm sorr—" She started.

I cut her off, "Fuck you and your sorry Caroline. You know what? I love Bonnie but Silas has a hold on her and she's not our Bonnie anymore. We don't even know if we'll ever get her back and chances are she's going to die anyway and yeah this sounds heartless but she would have been at peace knowing she didn't have a hand killing 12 of her OWN people, but now she has to live with this and so do you, you selfish girl!" I yelled angrily.

Caroline stared at me in shock and Klaus had a grave look on his face as he stared at the ground but I

was far from done.

"People die every day, it doesn't make sense and it's not fair but its life. We can't just fuck with things because we're vampires, we're already cheating death and helping others cheat death when we turn them. But the people we haven't been able to save deserve to be left alone. Jeremy isn't coming back, no one is, not if I have anything to do about it" I said before I flashed away from them back to my car.

I leaned against my car tears pouring down my face as my emotions became too much to hold back, it

was like a dam breaking as I slid to the ground and sobbed my eyes out. I was right, nothing in this world

was fair and the only thing I could do was cry about it, cry for the dead and cry for everything else that

was going to shit.