Chapter Four

You Are What I Am


Alex spent the rest of the night awake. She thought over everything Klaus had said. She wasn't a hybrid. She wasn't to blame for the fact her brother was missing. No. But the longer Alex thought about it the more it made sense.

She had the same eyes as Klaus when her human façade fell. She was stronger than vampires older than her and that time she was bit by a werewolf now made sense. Alex had convinced herself that she wasn't bit but clawed. But if she was half-vampire and half-werewolf then werewolf venom would have no effect on her, or at least it would not kill her.

As the night passed Alex started to believe that Klaus' words were true, but she still doubted them. There was only one way to test it. If she was a hybrid then the sunlight would not harm her but if she wasn't it would.

Alex had been tortured by sunlight after she was turned and that was the reason why she never wanted to feel that pain again. She had fled from those demons and she never wanted to think of them again. But this was the only way to test what she was. Technically there were probably other ways to figure it out but since the sun was already in the sky this was the quickest option.

Alex slowly opened the basement door to find a dark, empty kitchen. She slowly stepped into the kitchen before making her way through the dark house towards the front door, which faced east. Alex suddenly opened the door but remained in the shadows while the sunlight poured into the dark house.

Alex pressed her back harder against the small piece of wall beside the now open door. Alex was really frightened that this would hurt because it did the last time she was forced into the sunlight. Alex swallowed hard and slowly outstretched her hand towards the sunlight.

"Alex," Jason said as he stood on the stairs watching her. "What are you doing?" he demanded.

"I need to know," Alex whispered.

"It'll burn," Jason replied. "Please stop," he pleaded as he continued down the stairs.

"Stay right there," Alex ordered as Jason froze at the bottom of the stairs.

Jason stared and watched as Alex continued to move her hand from the shadows into the direct sunlight of the morning sun. If Alex's heart still beat it would have beaten out of her chest before she even reached the sunlight.


Klaus watched Alex leave without another word. That could have gone a whole lot better. Maybe mentioning her long lost brother was a bad move but if Klaus was correct about Alex being a hybrid then her brother could have been taken because of what she is. Klaus turned back to the fireplace and finished burning the last of his drawings of Caroline before retiring to his bedroom. Although finding out what happened to the second white oak tree was very important, Klaus was in no mood to do all the hard work himself. So he left it to Rebekah to look into it while he tried to find sleep, although technically he didn't need it.

The last thing he wanted was to be awake all night thinking about Alex or his family or even Caroline. Eventually he managed to find sleep which was good. Falling asleep allowed his mind to skip through time until the following morning.

He suddenly woke when someone jumped onto his bed. Klaus sat up and turned to find the last person he expected to find. He expected to find Rebekah with news about the second white oak tree, but instead of Rebekah Klaus found Alex relaxing on his bed as if she owned it.

"Your bedroom is…" she paused. "Depressing," she added.

Honestly his bedroom was a little more depressing than all of the other bedrooms in this mansion. That was only because of the artworks that sat on easels and against the walls. They were all dark and that did make his bedroom depressing.

"I thought you hated me," Klaus said.

"I don't hate you, but if you mention my brother again like you did I will be forced to do so," Alex replied. "I just wasn't expecting what you said," she added.

"And what changed your mind so quickly?"

"The fact I didn't burn, or die in direct sunlight," Alex replied.

"So you just walked into direct sunlight," Klaus asked a little surprised she would do something that dangerous so suddenly, although he knew it wouldn't do any harm.

"Pretty much," Alex replied.

It quickly fell silent after that until Alex got bored of lying there waiting for Klaus to say something. She suddenly stood up, on his bed and walked towards the end of his bed where she stood on the solid wooden end of his bed almost as if she was a gymnast balancing.

"Get up," she ordered. "We have vampires to kill," Alex said. "I'm thinking Damon or Stefan Salvatore," she added.

"You're not killing anyone," Klaus replied. "Not while I'm trying to get them to stop killing me," he added.

Although it would have been easier to just let Alex kill Damon and Stefan Klaus knew they had numerous friends and losing his newest and by far his strangest friend to Damon and Stefan Salvatore wasn't something he wanted to see, at least not until he figured out why Alex of all people was a hybrid.

"Aw," Alex sighed. "Can I at least hurt Damon a little?" Alex asked. "He insulted your mother so he deserves some sort of punishment, right?" she asked.

Klaus fell silent as she considered her suggestion. Although Klaus didn't particularly like his mother Damon did insult him and Klaus was on a thin line when it came to Damon. Damon was the one to try and kill him after he brought Mikael to town and although Klaus killed Mikael he had yet to punish Damon for all the trouble he had caused him.

"A little," Klaus said giving in to Alex's suggestion.

"Yes," Alex said.

"You're such a child," Klaus said as he stood.

"Yes," Alex agreed. "I'm a half-vampire, half-werewolf child that loves to kill and torture people, vampires and werewolves, oh and witches," Alex said as she remembered she had hurt witches in the past as well.

Klaus shook his head.

"Hey," Alex replied to his gesture. "It's not like I have much of a choice. I didn't have a childhood and I got married when I was nineteen. So I have officially decided to make every day of my immortal life childish and therefore fun," Alex explained.

"Okay," Klaus replied.

Although he wanted to know more about his newest friend he decided not to push it. Alex had made it clear that if he ever mentioned her brother with ill intentions again that she would be forced to hate him. So Klaus decided that her family was off limits for now.


Alex left the Mikaelson mansion behind without running into Rebekah which was good since they were yet to meet. Alex enjoyed the secret of it all. No one knew who she was, not yet. But Damon would know how dangerous she was in a few moments and finding Damon was easier than finding blood in a blood bank.

Although originally Alex thought she would find Damon at The Grill in the end she found him leaving the local police station. Although Alex could be considered very childish she wasn't stupid. She had survived for longer than a century so she was anything but stupid. Alex stood across the street just staring at Damon waiting for him to notice her. As a vampire it wasn't hard to tell when someone was staring at you.

So it only took Damon until he reached the bottom of the stairs to realise she was staring at him. He looked up at her and she continued to stare back at him. During the day the town square was crowded with people so attacking or hurting Damon now was not wise, especially in this town.

Alex grinned at Damon before casually turning and walking away from the centre of town. She heard Damon follow her and she smiled. She knew that would work. She casually continued to walk until Damon took the open opportunity to attack first, like planned. One moment Alex was walking down the street alone and the next she was being held against the side of an empty house.

"I don't know you, but whoever you are…" Damon said.

"Clearly," Alex replied. "Are you slow or just stupid?" Alex asked.

"Don't…" Damon started.

"Don't what?" Alex asked. "Don't call you stupid," she asked with a grin. "You can't tell me what to do," she added before she escaped from his grip. "You can't even keep a hold of me."

Damon growled at her and Alex decided to return the favour but instead of growling Alex let her human façade fall to reveal her golden hybrid eyes. Damon's eyes went wide at the sight of her hybrid eyes.

"You shouldn't be here," Damon said.

"How about you try and make me leave," Alex said as she gestured for Damon to come at her.

Damon instantly lunged forward towards her but Alex quickly sidestepped his attack and when he turned to face her again Alex quickly punched and shattered his collar bone before quickly punching again smashing several ribs. Damon clutched his chest for a moment and in the moment Alex uppercut him causing him to fall to the ground.

"Consider that a warning," Alex said as she walked past Damon as he lied on his back. "Don't mess with me, or Klaus," she added knowing Damon probably already thought she was one of Klaus' hybrids and keeping the truth hidden felt like a smart decision at this moment in time.

After beating Damon up Alex wandered the town until nightfall, once night fell she returned to Susanna's house in search of Jason. Alex had decided that she wanted to stay a little longer in this town and if that was the plan she couldn't keep Jason around. He wasn't just her tattoo guy, he used to drive during the day and he arranged hotel rooms and etc. Now that she was a hybrid, or rather now she knew she was a hybrid, she sort of didn't need Jason. She would just keep count on the amount of people she killed until they met again.

Alex entered Susanna's house to find Jason sitting on the lounge watching TV. It was clear from his facial expression that he was bored. Alex sat down next him and waited a few moments before asking Jason the question she came to ask.

"Jason," Alex started. "Do you like staying in this town?" Alex asked as she faced him.

"Not really," Jason sighed as he turned the TV off. "It's really boring, but if you want to stay I will," Jason said as he turned to face her.

Alex slowly nodded before she decided to let Jason decide his own future. Alex leaned forward and stared into his eyes.

"If you wish to leave you are allowed to but if you leave you will forget ever meeting me. As soon as you leave town you will forget who I am," Alex compelled.

Jason slowly nodded in agreement. Alex blinked and allowed her compulsion to fade and take place in Jason's mind. A minute later Jason rose to his feet and started to make his way towards the front door.

"Where are you going?" Alex asked in case she needed to find him later.

"I'm sick of this town," Jason honestly said. "There's nothing to do, so I'm going to leave."

"Where to," Alex asked.

"Probably New York, or something," Jason said. "I've been meaning to return there."

"Okay," Alex said as she stood. "Take my car," Alex said as she tossed Jason her car keys.

Alex honestly didn't like her SUV. She only liked it because it was useful. With the UV protected and reinforced windows it was perfect for trapping vampires or werewolves and the hidden weapon stash was handy. Although Alex would have preferred to keep the weapons she didn't care because she had larger weapon stashes elsewhere.

Jason caught the car keys and left without another word. Alex was left standing there as the sound of a car pulling out of the driveway entered her ears. Once the engine of her SUV faded from her ears Alex turned to face Susanna who was cooking. Although Alex liked this house it was a little boring and if she was going to stay in Mystic Falls staying in someone else's house wasn't the best plan, since the locals would eventually notice something was different. Then again Alex's plan to move in with Klaus could prove to be a worse plan.

Alex entered the kitchen and quickly compelled Susanna to clean the entire house, pack Alex's bags and remove everything that would remind her of Alex. Once that was done Alex collected her bags, which consisted of two duffel bags and nothing more. Alex compelled Susanna to forget she ever knew Alex. Alex allowed Susanna to believe that she had stayed in her home the short time Alex had been living in her house. Therefore no one would question this since she hadn't left the house.

Once finished with Susanna Alex made her way back to Klaus' mansion where she entered as if she owned the place. Klaus wouldn't hurt her because she was, as he called it, one in a million, plus he needed her, in some way or another. So Alex could basically do whatever she wanted without having to worry about it, although attempting to kill Klaus was probably pushing it, not that Alex would do that, anytime soon.

Alex stepped inside the Mikaelson mansion as her mobile dinged alerting her that she had received a text message. Alex pulled her mobile phone out of her pocket and noticed the message was from a random number she did not recognise but considering the fact Alex had yet to save Klaus' number into her phone she wasn't worried.

She opened the text message to reveal Klaus' little message to her.

Went to find Finn, play nice with Rebekah, the message said.

Alex shook her head and nodded although no one would ever know she had nodded. Alex pushed her phone back into her pocket and started to climb the grand staircase. Alex only managed to reach the halfway point up the grand staircase when Rebekah found her.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

Alex stopped and turned to face the only female Original. Alex smiled and remained on the stairs as she spoke with Rebekah.

"I could be whoever you want me to be," Alex replied. "I could be your best friend, or your greatest enemy, it all depends on you," Alex added.

"That isn't very helpful," Rebekah replied.

"That was the point," Alex said. "My name is Alex," Alex introduced.

"Of course," Rebekah sighed. "Nik mentioned you."

It took Alex a few moments to realise that Nik was Klaus. The only way Alex figured that out was because Elijah had used Klaus' full name when she first saw him. Although Niklaus was Klaus' full name Alex decided to keep calling him Klaus so she didn't give him a reason to call her Alexandra. Only the only person Alex liked using her full name was her brother.

"And where do you think you're going with all that?" Rebekah asked gesturing to Alex's bags.

"I'm officially moving in," Alex replied.

"Of course you are," Rebekah sighed before she left leaving Alex to move in.

Alex smiled and continued up the stairs. She easily found Klaus' bedroom before finding what she guessed was Rebekah's bedroom. After finding Rebekah's bedroom she found a number of unused bedrooms but Alex decided to search all of the rooms so she could keep her options open.

She quickly found two other bedrooms that had been used recently but not touched within the last day. One of the final bedrooms she found belonged to Elijah. How she knew this she couldn't say, she just knew. It was like how she knew his voice but didn't know where from.

Alex stood inside the bedroom that had belonged to Elijah for a brief moment in time. Whether or not it would belong to him again she didn't know. Alex glanced around the room and instantly noticed how neat and tidy it was, unlike Klaus' bedroom which was scattered with art supplies. In comparison Elijah's bedroom almost looked like it belonged to someone that didn't sleep, or use the room.

Alex shook her head and left Elijah's bedroom. The last thing Alex wanted was to get caught there especially since she hadn't met Elijah face to face yet. Alex quickly choose one of the unused bedrooms and decided to make one of them her room during her time here. The room she chose overlooked the backyard and garden which Alex loved.