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I've decided to place Rebekah in Hufflepuff. I thought it'd be much more interesting that Slytherin.

Enjoy!

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"Oh, Merlin."

Caroline looked up from her Transfiguration textbook, giving Rebekah a confused look. Her housemate, however, was not looking at her, but something beyond her shoulder, her features pinched in irritation. "What?" She asked, following her gaze. Two boys were standing before one another, wands at the ready. A girl stood behind the taller boy, tugging at his arm, obviously try to assuage the situation. Caroline squinted at the girl, cocking her head to the side. "Is that Tatia?"

Rebekah slammed her textbook closed, tossing it on the ground and standing before marching toward the trio, hands balled into fists at her side. "Rebekah!" Caroline called after her, but she was clearly focused on the figures in the distance and ignored her. Caroline sighed and got up from her sitting position under the huge oak tree, chasing after her friend.

"What is it?" Caroline asked when she caught up to Rebekah. Her nostrils were flared, mouth pulled back into a sneer.

"Those fools," she muttered to herself. "'Family above everything.' That's a laugh…"

"Oh," Caroline breathed, looking ahead to the two figures again. As they got closer, the figures of Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson, Rebekah's older brothers, were easy to make out. Both were frowning at each other, but Klaus's look was the slightest bit more murderous. As they approached, Tatia looked away from the brothers, eyes falling on the two Hufflepuff's. Relief for the help flooded her features, giving the two a small, grateful smile. Rebekah scowled at her, however, before getting in between Klaus and Elijah. Caroline stood hesitantly away from the group, eyes nervously flicking between the drawn wands that Rebekah now stood bravely in between.

"Cut it out, both of you," she snapped, gaze flicking between her siblings. Both held their stances, however.

"Rebekah, love," Klaus began, tone straining to be pleasant. "Do get out of the way. As you can see, Elijah and I were just having a discussion."

Elijah remained silent, eyes trained on Klaus and mouth pressed into a hard line. Tatia gave his arm another tug. "Elijah, please…" she whined. He ignored her, holding his solitary stance.

"Shut up, Nik," Rebekah bit out. "I thought you two were past this," she said, tilting her head toward Tatia, who frowned, offended.

"Niklaus has yet to move on, it would appear." Elijah finally spoke, voice flat with the hint of frustration.

"Oh, but I was not the one who drew their wand first, was I, Elijah?" Klaus countered, shifting his weight and tightening the grip on his wand, knuckles turning white. "Rebekah, I highly advise you move."

"Rebekah…" Caroline said quietly, giving her a look of desperation. She wouldn't put it past Klaus to curse his own sister.

"Stay out of this, Caroline," Rebekah snapped at her, eyes still locked in a glare with Klaus. Caroline sighed, rolling her eyes. "Well what brought this on, then?" She demanded, looking to Klaus for the answer.

"Just a bit of fun that Elijah, obviously, disapproves of," Klaus answered, smirking. His brother's brow narrowed, fixing Klaus with a full glare now that was incredibly intimidating. Klaus appeared unaffected, however.

"Oh, cut the crap," Rebekah snapped. "What happened?"

"Niklaus thought he'd take advantage of Tatia without my knowing," Elijah said, tone growing more and more dangerous.

"Take advantage of her?" Klaus laughed, cocking his head to the side and giving Elijah a pitying look. "Is that what she told you, brother?" He smiled widely, eyes flicking to Tatia. "Manipulative little thing, aren't you?" The girl glared at him, frowning. Uselessly, she tugged at Elijah's sleeve again.

Elijah seemed unfazed by Klaus's words, never faltering from his threatening stance. Rebekah glanced between the two of them, seemingly at a loss. Caroline fidgeted, looking around the grounds to see if anyone else was watching the scene. When she looked back, she noticed Klaus's eyes on her for a moment, and as her brow creased in confusion, he looked away just as quickly.

"This is getting old," Klaus sighed, rotating his shoulder that was growing stiff. "Either make a move, brother, or drop it."

Elijah pursed his lips, looking thoughtful. Tatia placed a hand on his wand arm, pushing it down. "Let's just go, Elijah," she suggested. Finally, he relented, pocketing his wand and turning on his heel, away from his siblings. Tatia hung back a moment longer to give Klaus another withering look before pursuing him.

"Really, Nik?" Rebekah sighed, turning fully toward him now with her arms crossed. Klaus pocketed his wand, a grin on his face.

"What is it, Rebekah?" He asked, exasperated.

"I just find it a bit hypocritical, don't you, Caroline?" Rebekah turned to her friend for back up. She gave a small shrug, wondering at Rebekah's previous warning to stay out of it.

"Whatever do you mean, love?" Klaus asked, mirroring her pose and crossing his arms over his chest, head cocked to the side and a look of feigned confusion on his face.

Rebekah glared at him, annoyed. "Just that you're the one always carrying on about family loyalty, yet you'd let a girl get in between you and Elijah."

"I don't know why you're lecturing me," Klaus snapped. "I've already said that Elijah's the one who started this little standoff."

"And I don't know why you continue to get in between him and Tatia," Rebekah snapped back.

"Really, Rebekah, it's only a bit of fun," Klaus sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Elijah doesn't think so," Rebekah countered.

The two continued to glare at each other for a moment until Klaus shook his head and turned, picking up his discarded bag.

"Well, it's been nice to chat, sister, but I'm late for Potions," he said, walking away from Rebekah, who still stood with her arms crossed and brow narrowed. As he passed Caroline, he gave her a nod and a smile. "Lovely to see you again, Caroline." She gave him a stiff nod and he chuckled to himself as he walked away.

Rebekah rolled her eyes at his retreating figure. "Idiot," she scoffed.

"Your family's rather…" Caroline hesitated, looking for the right work. "Complicated."

Rebekah then turned her glare on Caroline. "Mind your own business," she snapped before marching past her and back to their abandoned textbooks.

Caroline stood stunned for a moment, mouth agape. She sighed, shaking her head back and forth, before following Rebekah, wondering if all Mikaelson's were as capricious as Rebekah and her brother's proved to be.

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I imagine Rebekah and Caroline have a bit of a frenemy relationship. Being in the same house, I believe they would befriended one another, but I think they both are always in constant competition with each other to be the best Hufflepuff.

Anyway, I have no idea how people usually represent Tatia, so I'm going to be very careful when writing her character. If anyone has any suggestions on her character, please share!

Also, if anyone is curious, I imagine this scene takes place when Caroline, Rebekah, and Tatia are all in their fourth or fifth year, so Klaus is either in his fifth or sixth, and Elijah is either in his sixth or seventh. I promise this story line will have a vague timeline to it, just haven't sorted it all out yet. Heh.

Hope you liked!

-Reels