A Light in the Dark

The Transition

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of the vampire diaries, they all belong to their respectful owners, but I do own Emily and her family.


The chirping and tweeting of incessant early morning birds was what finally made the Original open his mixed coloured orbs. He gazed around the cluttered room he was sat in, the blood-orange beam of the sun was crawling in through the half-closed blinds and he could feel nothing but complete peace for those few moments before memories of the night before came rushing back.

He bolted upright. Mikael.

Horror struck through his chest as he looked around the room suddenly, he had flown Mystic Falls leaving his own sister behind to fend for herself, the hybrid kept telling himself that she would be fine, she was a big girl, but he would be lying if he didn't feel the sharp pinch of guilt in his stomach. He really shouldn't have done that, but it was too late now, he had already done it and he had other things to focus his attention on.

His eyes darted across to the little-raven-black haired girl who was still in the mist of unconsciousness on the couch, he frowned heavily before wandering around the little living room area, pulling the shutters fully open the sun blinded him for a moment before his eyes adjusted and he looked out over the field all the way back to the thick forest. He could be in there, that monster could be lurking, watching him.

Quickly he shook the thought from his mind, clenching his fists he decided it was time for him to have a shower, that would take his mind off of it. Glancing back over to Emily one more time he figured she would still be out for a little while longer so he would have enough time. Yanking his shirt over his head he wandered through the messy apartment towards the small shower room.

Pushing the door open he smirked at the clutter of it, the laundry basket was overflowing falling onto the tiled ground and there were empty bottles of lotions and body-washes along with ones that were close to being finished. Picking up a towel that was thrown over the radiator he held it close to his nose and inhaled, it smelt fresh.

Removing the rest of his clothes he draped the towel around his waist and wandered through the house to shove them into the washing machine putting them on a quick wash. As he stepped back into the shower room he began searching the sink before finding a new toothbrush in its packaging.

Ripping it open he began to brush his teeth before turning back around and twisted the stiff knobs of the shower watching as the water began to trickle from the shower head in a very unimpressive manner. Spitting the foam into the sink and washing it out he walked into the shower standing under the spray, the cold water running down his spine doing next to nothing.

He growled as he banged around the exposed pipes careful not damage them passed repair until the water shot out violently and at nearly boiling temperature, this only angered him more as it scolded his skin, he cursed under his breath before standing under the spray again letting the water run down his body actually getting used to the temperature.

Klaus began to wonder why she lived in a building like this, it was clear there was never any maintenance done on the place, but he assumed she got it for a good price because of all the work that needed to be done, that was all it boiled down to when people were unable to compel their ways out of money problems and Emily clearly wasn't made of money and whatever money she had went to bills and basic necessities.

Looking around at all the bottles of feminine body-lotions and body-washes he sniffed one getting a full whiff of lavender, he had never noticed before but the little wolf did have a light tinge of lavender built into her natural musk, picking up another one he smelt a sweet cinnamon, he groaned none of these were manly, or unisex, but he was really left no choice.

As he was emptied the large blob of light purple goo into his hand he decided that he would have to go out and get her some more replacements for everything that he had used, rubbing the body-wash into his entire body he was overwhelmed by the smell of Emily, he actually surprised himself smiling, but suppressed it quickly shaking his head.

After washing off and stepping out feeling new and refreshed he grabbed the slightly warmed towel tying it around his waist as he wandered through the tiny apartment back to the very tightly squeezed utility room seeing that his clothes were almost done, tapping his food against the floor he waited patiently for the ding.

Reaching down to open the door he realised it was stuck, another charming side-affect of this makeshift apartment. Pulling it with some added strength he was surprised when the door was pulled off its hinges, holding it in his hand. Klaus groaned as he dropped it to the ground carelessly and grabbed his clothes from the inside. Shoving them into the dryer he switched it on waiting for them to dry.


When the dryer finally let out a high-pitched ping noise and the door unlocked, Klaus reached inside grabbing his warm clothes and slipping them back on. He was surprised when his ears picked up a panicked gasp from within the apartment. It had to be Emily. Rushing through the halls he came to the little living room to find her sitting fully upright on the cough looking around puzzled. "Emily."

Her emerald-green orbs were on him in a moment as her head whipped around to see him there, her ebony locks swooshing over her shoulder with the move. "Wh-where am I? What the hell happened?" Her whisky-rough voice was gruffer than usual, probably from her newly found thirst for blood.

Wandering slowly around the uncomfortable looking love seat that Emily was laying across with ease he perched on the edge of her coffee table and informed her. "I killed you, Emily. Do you remember?" Suddenly the memories of the night before came rushing back to her in an instant, her hand instinctively went up to her neck as she nodded her head slowly, clearly in deep thought. Genuinely interested he questioned. "How are you feeling? What are you feeling?"

The petite girl thought for a moment before her finger tips rubbed her jaw softly. "I don't know, it feels like I've chewed on some razor-blades. Like, my gums are all cut up..." He nodded his head understanding that, her new fangs were forming underneath her gums ready to pop out when she drank the doppelgänger blood and completed the transition. "And my head... is pounding." She muttered softly. "Like I drank one too many shots of tequila."

This actually made Klaus chuckle as he answered. "That's a very colourful description." She threw him back a dirty playful look as she swung her legs over the edge of the couch placing her feet flat on the floor. "What else?"

"My body's sore." She muttered in a soft tone as he creased his eye brows. "Like I've just woken up from after a full moon." Her eyes scanned the room, she noticed a painful aching to them as she looked towards the light that was beaming in through the open blinds. "And my eyes..." She mused. "They're hurting, and that blinding light coming in through the window really isn't helping." She added thoughtfully as the hybrid glanced over to the window, the sun was actually hidden beneath the clouds now, the light was hardly blinding. "But more than anything, I'm so hungry."

The transitioning wolf had just noticed the growing need burning deep within her, without another moment of hesitation she stood up from the couch and headed into the kitchen, she headed straight over to the fridge hearing a pair of feet following her into the room, but stopping in the doorway.

Bending down to look in the fridge she noticed that it was almost empty, expect for a couple of drinks inside, she frowned before saying. "I think I'm going to need to do a food run." Emily stood back up straight again grabbing a piece of scrap paper and a pen that she would use to write down a list of things she would need.

"Actually..." Klaus began from where he was stood in the doorway, she spun around to look at him, see that he was holding a vial of blood in his hands, she couldn't believe it when her mouth began to salivate as she watched the thick liquid swish around beneath the glass. Her gums began to arch worse than before as he continued to say. "I don't think that what you hunger for can we brought from any shop."

Horror struck through her instantly as she muttered softly. "Right. Yeah, I completely forgot." She leaned back towards the counter top with an almost torn look on her usually peaceful face. "So, out of curiosity, what happens if I don't drink that...?" She could see the questionable look in his mix-coloured orbs. "I'm just wondering."

He took a couple of steps into the room before answering. "Well, my blood will eventually work its way out of your system, you'll get weaker and weaker and then you'll die again." Her stomach clenched with fear and panic. "Only this time you won't wake up and you won't have the opportunity to become an all-powerful vampire-werewolf hybrid."

Then he moved further into the room, grabbing a clean glass from the draining board, popping open the vial and pouring the blood into the glass, he glanced up to see that her eyes were watching the thick crimson liquid with intent, he resisted the urge to smirk. "Now, you don't have to drink this of course." He held it in front of her face her emerald-green orbs burning with need. "But I have the feeling that you want to." His lips then curled up into a knowing smirk.

The transitioning wolf reached forward to take the glass but then stopped herself, a pang of fear set off in her as she questioned. "What if I don't make a good hybrid? What if I end up like Stefan and am not able to control myself? To control the need? What do I do then? How do I stop that?" She broke away from him beginning to pace the small room, obviously the blood in her system was heightening her emotions making her a little overly anxious. "And the pain... what about the pain? Tyler Lockwood was in pain."

Quickly he grabbed her shoulders forcing her to look up into his intense mix-coloured orbs. "You need to stop worrying, you're going to make a fine hybrid." The Original informed her as the nervousness in her eyes softened. "I'll make sure of that." Once again he held out the cure for her to take. "The pain is only going to be momentarily, but it will be nothing like the pain you have experienced when you transformed into a wolf every full moon." He paused for a moment. "The choice it's yours, Emily." Her name sounded strange in her mouth, he rarely used it. "But I suspect you'll make the right one."

Hesitantly she reached over once again slipping the glass from his hand watching the blood she could feel the hunger burning in her throat, overriding her sense of anxiousness. Bringing the glass up to her lips she locked eyes with the hybrid one more time, he gave her one final reassuring nod before she downed the drink, pounding it and trying not to think about it.

As the goo entered her mouth and ran down her throat she felt a wave of calm, sighing in pleasantness she set the glass down on the counter top closing her eyes for a moment. When she reopened them she saw that Klaus was still standing there in front of her, waiting for it to happen, but the seconds ticked away and there was still no feeling of change.

"Why isn't this working?" Her emerald-green eyes gazed up at him as he frowned gently. "This is meant to work. You said that it would work. I'm meant to be a hybrid." He understood why she was reacting this way, if this didn't work then she would end up six-feet under and that held means for panicking.

The Original remained calm as he replied. "It's going to work, Emily." He paused. "You just have to be patient, let the blood get into your system and-"

Suddenly her pupils dilated almost taking up her entire iris as the emerald-green darkened to a jade-like colour as they widened slightly. Her mouth popped open as she let out a stuttered breath before she clutched her chest and fell to the linoleum floor in agony, screaming her hands came up to grab her head, knotting her fingers in her hair as she whimpered and moaned in pain.

"Now that's more like it." Klaus muttered as he knelt down to watch her as she withered in pain on the ground it was different from seeing her in the agony of turning because this time he knew that she would come out stronger, she would be a hybrid.

Suddenly she spat blood from her mouth as she moaned out arching her back her fangs were showing, covered in her own blood from where they had pushed through the sensitive sore gums and as she reopened her eyes – looking up at the ceiling – he noticed that they were glowing with a new threatening amber glow.

Everything was heightened for Emily, her senses were bombarded with all these new things she had never noticed before. Glancing up everything was bright, the colours more vibrant, the dull lime green of the kitchen was now almost blinding to her, the sun shining in through the little window above the sink was bouncing off nearly every surface.

Her nose caught a scent in the air, her laundry detergent had recently been used, she could sniff it in the air, mixed with the light tinge of lavender, it made her mouth water slightly. "Did you use my lavender body-wash?" Her eyes then went to Klaus, he was positively glowing as he stood over her with a deepening smirk on his face.

The Original smirked. "I see your senses have heightened." He held his hand down for her to take and raise up off the ground. "Come, little hybrid." His voice was thicker this time, she heard it in his words, she could almost hear the emotion in them. "Raise up." He said and she reached up for his hand.

As their fingertips touched there was that same spark, only this time Emily gasped but it wasn't by the race of electricity. She could feel ever nerve in her finger spring to life at the simplest touch of his hand, it was like a million pleasurable needles stabbing her over and over, Klaus watched as an excited smile pulled up over her lips. He applied more pressure to help her stand upright and she closed her eyes standing up. "I feel there are some things I should explain to you..."


Soon the two hybrids moved their conversation into the small living room, Klaus pulled the blinds half-shut to remove anymore distractions from Emily's view. She still seemed to be taking everything in with her new heightened senses. As he spun back around he noticed she was rubbing her fingertips against the coarse fabric of the couch, feeling the heated burn against her sensitive skin, she gnawed on her bottom lip gently.

The Original wandered over to her, perching on the coffee table that was opposite the couch she was sitting in front of. "Emily, I'm going to need you to pay attention right now, alright?" Her fantastic emerald-green eyes were on him in a moment, they almost seemed brighter since she had turned. He suddenly got back to his line of thought. "Everything is heightened for you right now."

"Oh, I know." She chuckled softly as she looked around the room, but he clicked his fingers in front of her face snapping her back to attention. "Sorry." She muttered.

Klaus gave her a small smile before continuing to say. "It's not only your senses that are heightened, okay? Your emotions are, too." She tilted her head to the side. "Everything will feel as if it's just... more. Everything will be more intense." She asked how in a small voice. "When you're sad, you'll be devastated. When you're angry, you'll be filled with rage that doesn't seem to settle." The new hybrid was watching him through anxious looking eyes. "You're going to be dealing with this for years, probably decades."

Emily blinked a couple of times before saying. "But... but there has to be an upside to all of this, right? It can't be all bad." Her breathing was increasing now as she got more and more nervous, her emotions were most certainly heightened, her understandable anxiety was turning into panic. "It can't be worse than having my bones broken over and over every full moon, right?"

"Of course there are upsides!" He chuckled gently nodding his head, she could feel a huge weight lifting off her shoulders. "When you're happy, you're going to feel elated." She smiled softly. "And falling in love... well, that can be the greatest feeling in the world." Their eyes locked for a moment before he cleared his throat looking away. "There are things I'm going to need to reach you."

Licking her juicy lips softly she questioned. "Like... like what?"

"Well, for example, learning to suppress that new urge you can feel burning in your throat already." He answered in a knowing voice, she did feel it, a dry arching in the back of her throat, she was desperate for something she had never hungered for before. "So, you'll need to learn how to drink from a human until the point of death, then bring them back with your own blood." She nodded her head. "How to compel a human into forgetting you drank from them, or into getting what you want." Another nod. "Plus, training you to fight."

"Really? Fighting?"

Klaus' voice was sure as he answered. "Yes." She locked eyes with him again. "You'll need to learn how to protect yourself properly, in the even that someone isn't there to help you." Of course he was referring to either himself, or her mother and that made a burning hate grow in Emily's chest. "You can probably scrap fairly well, but I will teach you to be a warrior." Her lips turned up into a smile at the sound of that, she liked the feeling of being able to defend herself and not have to lean on anyone. "At the moment you're weaker than most vampires as you are newborn, but in time you will grow stronger and more agile. For now, however, I will teach you all that I can."

The newly turned hybrid eyed him up and down for a moment before saying. "You would really do all this for me?" Simply he nodded his head. "Thanks..." He nodded again before standing up. "Before we start, can I just go shower, or something?" He glanced down at her scanning his eyes over her face. "My new senses are picking up the disgusting stench of smell coming off me, and it's making me feel a little sick." She mused making the Original chuckle softly before nodding his head. "Great. I won't be long!"


Standing under the warm spray of the shower Emily was washing the deathly smell from her hair using as many products as she could find around the room. She could help but think about how much her life had changed over the small time-line, in so many ways. She had met so many new people, some of which could possible be the oldest and strongest in existence.

A small part of her was beginning to wonder just how dangerous this Mikael was, or even who he was. Niklaus had been pretty swift in departing the town after Damon name-dropped him. She began to wonder whether she should ask the hybrid who it was, but she feared angering him by bringing whomever this man was up again.

He had left Rebekah alone in Mystic Falls, her stomach felt a small clench of guilt. The vampire Damon Salvatore had told him about this Mikael person and Klaus had run leaving his little sister behind to fend for herself. She may be an Original, but if Klaus – an Original – feared him Emily began to wonder if the blonde did too.

Noticing that she had been in the shower too long she reached over and twisted the stiff knobs until the water shut off. Grabbing the towel that was waiting for her she climbed out again feeling the same ache in her throat, she wondered how long it would be before that died down to something a little more bearable. Wrapping the towel around herself she unlocked the door and opened it letting the thick warm steam pour from the room.

Padding through the narrow halls she went straight to her room closing the door again, she didn't want to have an awkward run in with the Original unclothed. She shook her head laughing a little at the thought before rummaging through the mess of her room to find some old clothes, he wanted to practice fighting, she was bound to ruin some clothes.

As she got re-clothed she let the air dry her hair naturally, her eyes were scanning around the room as she took note of how utterly messy the small bedroom was. She had always been messy and her mother had always scolded her for it, perhaps that was why her home was so cluttered, as a thought of rebellion against her mom. She quickly shook away that train of thought, thinking of Regina only made her mad and she knew that the anger would turn to rage in a moment.

Wandering down the hall she grabbed a pair of sneakers and hopped along as she pulled them onto her feet before meeting up with the Original in the living room once again, he glanced up to see her standing there in a casual pair of shorts and a thin t-shirt. "Ah, you're finally ready?" He asked as he stood up from the couch.

"Yes. Yeah. Totally." Emily replied nodding her head quickly, then feeling a dry ache in her throat, her small hand went up to touch the supple skin delicately before asking. "Is there any chance of catching a quick bite anytime soon?" She asked before catching the bad pun she had just made and shaking her head. "No pun intended. I swear."

The hybrid chuckled darkly as he sauntered across the room opening the door wide for them to exit through, then promising. "Soon." He then went on to say. "I feel as if we should work up an appetite first, Emily." He gestured to the door he was standing beside of before saying in a very gentleman like manner. "After you, love."


It felt as if she had been walking for miles as Emily followed the hybrid through the fantastic forest that met the back of her little run-down apartment. She took note that everything was so much more beautiful through her new eyes; the sky was so much brighter, even with the dull clouds overhead, and the forest-like smells were so much richer and rural smelling it made her smile. This must have been the happiest she had been in a very long time and it was over the simplest of things.

Klaus scanned the area around them as he came to a stop, a small clearing in the middle of the forest, seemed perfect. "Here should be just fine for us." Then he spun back to look at his new hybrid who stood opposite him with a sweet smile on her face waiting for him to continue, or to tell her what to do next with their training.

Crossing his arms over his chest he scanned her up and down taking her small stature into account. Of course right now she wouldn't be able to hurt him, but what he was more worried about was hurting her. He hadn't had much experience in training and wasn't particularly sure how to go about it. "Hmm." He mused. "Perhaps we should learn to run before we start any fighting."

This made her pretty face scrunch up slightly. "Oh my..." She hissed shaking her head before looking up at him suddenly. "Seriously?" This only made him chuckle. "I saw the way you just sized me up, okay." He smirked, she was on to him. "Don't go easy on me just because I'm a girl. If I get hurt, I heal, right? That's the deal of being a hybrid." She reminded him trying to resist the pout that was trying to pull across her pale pink lips.

Suddenly a whispering whoosh sound filled the clearing and the hybrid in front of her was just a flash of clothes before he vanished all together. Her mouth popped open in surprise, she hadn't expected that for sure. Her supernatural hearing picked up the rustling of leaves in the tree above her, but as she looked up she saw absolutely nothing.

Just then she felt a light tap on her shoulder which made her jolt and spin around surprised to see Klaus standing there with a cocky grin on his face, she took him all in at the moment before asking. "How did you...?" The questioned died in her mouth as she saw him begin to chuckle softly.

"Perhaps how you will listen to me when it comes to your training." He implored crossing his arms over his chest. "I assure you it will all be a lot swifter this way." Emily pursed her lips before nodding her head in agreement, finally she had given in and was letting him take charge. "Very well." This made his lips pull up into a knowing smile. "Now, I want you to prepare yourself as if you were about to run a race."

She nodded a little, straightening herself up a little as she leaned forward on her foot about to take off. "Okay, like this?" She questioned, but knew it was wrong when she felt a pair of hands on her hips, it was almost a shock at first feeling his warm hands on her clothed body, but she didn't say a word.

"No, no." He reached his hand forward and tapped her right leg. "Move this leg forward more." She complied and moved her leg forward. "And loosen up a little." She let out a breath to ease the tension her form so she was a little more loose than before. "That's better." He mused before continuing to say. "Now push-off with every ounce of strength that you have." Klaus implored stepping back to watch her.

Letting out one final breath she pushed off from her back leg into an all out sprint, as she travelled through the forest everything seemed to go by in a slow-motion, or so she thought. Grabbing onto the nearest tree she held onto it making her come to a stop, skidding her feet into the ground leaving a track behind her.

Glancing over her shoulder she expected to see the Original see in her eye-sight, but he was no where to be seen and only the thick wall of forest was placed there instead. She let out a surprised laugh shaking her head, she must have covered some distance in such a short amount of time.

Without a second thought she took off again taking in all of the forest, parts she had never explored before, until finally she returned to the small clearing to see that the hybrid was standing there waiting for her. She smiled at him innocently before saying. "That was amazing." She had never experienced a rush like that before.

"I thought you might enjoy that." Klaus answered with a knowing smirk on his lips, as usual he was right. Then he took a couple of steps towards her closing the distance between them looking down into her emerald-green orbs that were shinning. "Shall we go for a run?" Without even getting a chance to answer a whoosh of air was sent towards her blowing her raven-black locks over her shoulders.

The older hybrid rushed through the beautiful forest knowing that she was following close behind until he came to a halt beside a glorious flowing river, watching the water run for a couple of moments he backed up from where he was stood and launched himself across the width with a giant bound landing safety on the other side watching as she approached timidly. "You'll make it." He promised. "Just push-off the ground."

Emily took a couple of nervous steps back like he had done and then ran towards the edge jumping off just in time, she didn't quite land a smoothly as he did, but he helped her straighten up with a chuckle. "That was good. Could be better, I suppose, but on the bright side at least you didn't land in the water." He informed her as she brushed her jeans down softly.

As a simple reply she just threw him back a playful look which made him smirk, she pushed her loose raven-black locks from her face before she asked. "So, what are we gonna do next, boss?" She smirked up at him before her legs were suddenly swept out from under her making her hit the ground hard on her side, her head whipped up to look at him in surprise. "What the hell was that for?!" The newly turned hybrid demanded in a rough voice as she pushed herself to her feet at lightening speed.

"Now, now, Emily." Klaus tutted teasingly his mixed coloured orbs growing wide as he watched her in amusement, that just made her more angry. "Is that anyway to speak to the great immortal hybrid whom just turned you into one of his own kind?" He questioned giving her a challenging look.

"Hmm, let me think." She tapped her index finger against her chin feigning a thoughtful look for a moment before she spat out. "Uh, yes! Especially when he's acting like a dick and attacks me without even giving me any warning!" Emily almost wanted to bear her teeth in an animalistic way at the older hybrid but resisted, pursing her mouth and breathing hard through her nose.

Klaus clenched his jaw, she could see he was getting angry, especially when he responded in a deeply sarcastic tone. "Oh, I apologise!" He rested his hand on his chest as if he was acting sincere. "And are your enemies going to give you any kind of warning before attacking you?" He quizzed giving her a hard look, but she just remained silent. "No, I didn't think so."

Then he turned around to face the rushing river once more, taking in a deep breath before spotting something that made his anger wash away, smirking he said. "Emily, will you go get that stone for me?" He pointed to a small stone that was quite close tot he edge of the bank of the stream, creasing her thin eye brows she asked him why. "The reason is not required. I ask you to do something you follow orders. Understand?"

She grit her teeth as she stepped around him towards the stream, she was cautious as she stepped closer to the bank, don't want to fall in there, she thought it was too cold to be submerged in icy water like that. Her train of though was cut off when she heard his voice from behind. "Lesson number two." He zipped towards her in a rush and pushed her with very little strength into the deep water. "Never turn your back on an enemy."

The little hybrid let out a deafening scream as she was dunked beneath the water line, soon she came up for air gasping as she did. The cold water made her chest tighten and clench uncomfortably as she kicked her legs to stay above water. Without a second though she swam over to the bank holding her trembling hand up him to take to help her out of the water.

Klaus smirked a little as he knelt down, she looked like a drown rat and he felt a little bad, so he decided to help her out. As soon as she felt his warm, dry hand within her own she yanked as hard as she could and heard another splash just beside her as he fell into the icy depths too. He resurfaced and she looked back to see the thunderous look on his face.

"L-lesson three." Emily shuddered hard, her voice barely a whisper. "Don't expect me to not fight back." Then she clawed her way up onto dry land with all the strength she had left, laying there for a moment trying to warm herself up before the little hybrid pushed up off the ground and wrapped her arms around herself.

Glancing down at him he was still in the water looking up at her with a bemused smile on his face, he mood had certainly changed. Holding his hand up for her he asked teasingly. "A hand, love?"

"N-not in this lifetime." She hissed back through her teeth as a cold breeze swept through the air, she was sure that her hair was going to freeze into icicles and all she wanted to do now was go back indoors and warm herself up. Emily watched as he pulled himself – much more gracefully – out of the water to be standing on the riverbank equally as sopping as her. "M-maybe we can call it a d-day on combat training?" She whispered shaking hard. "I think I'm g-gonna freeze to death."

Klaus chuckled. "That won't happen." He informed her but she only threw him another glare.


Despite wanting to continue her basic training the Original decided it would be for the best if she didn't get pneumonia from staying out in the bitter weather. They took a slow stroll back to her apartment barely saying a word to each other, both decided they were mad at each other on the way, but there was nothing more to be said between them.

Emily didn't fail to notice the beautiful car parked outside of the complex, she creased her thin eye brows clearly confused by the expensive vehicle, she knew the kind of income her neighbours earned – mostly because she earned about the same, perhaps even a little less than some as she lived on her own – and she knew that none of them would be able to afford a car like that.

The older hybrid didn't seem to notice, or at least didn't seem to think that anything was out of the ordinary just waited for her to open up the door to the complex, slotting her key in the whole she turned the lock stepping into the small foyer and both of them walked inside towards the elevator waiting for the doors to ding open.

Finally after the short elevator ride to her floor they both stepped out and wandered down the narrow hallway lined with doors until they reached hers, number 13. She was about to put her key in the lock when she realised it was open a crack, she looked over her shoulder Klaus who took her shoulder softly and moved her to be standing behind him.

"No, wait." She whispered as she took his wrist softly, he didn't expect the sudden contact, looking down at her he waited for her to continue. "What... what if it's Mikael?" His face twisted as his eyes flickered towards the elevator, he so easily leave before whoever in that room noticed that he was ever there but something about him was forcing him to stay.

He just shook his head. "No. If Mikael was here we would know by now." Klaus could even hear the level of uncertainty to his voice as he turned back around making sure his hybrid was behind him as he pushed the door open, when he saw who it was sitting there casually on the couch drinking a cup of tea he growled. "It's only you."

Emily peaked around him seeing that he had visibly relaxed by now, she creased her eye brows when she saw the woman sat with her legs crossed on her couch nursing a cup of tea in her hands as she pulled the white cup up to her crimson red lips and slurped it watching them as they both entered the room closing the door behind them. "Sorry. Did I scare you?" Regina's lips pulled up into a smirk. "I just wanted to check in on you Emmy. Make sure everything was going okay."

Suddenly the hybrid snarled back. "My name is not Emmy." She despised that childish nickname her mother would use on her from time-to-time, it made her feel like she was five again.

The older woman rolled her eyes gently as she leaned forward and placed her cup down on a coaster. "Oh, you'll always be my little Emmy." She was pushing her, trying to make her act out but the hybrid took a breath calming herself. "So, what happened to you too? Why are you both so wet?" She looked up at Klaus who ran his hands through his damp hair.

Shaking her head Emily muttered. "I'm going to find some fresh clothes, I'll see if I can find you anything." She looked up at Klaus who nodded appreciatively, suddenly she noticed something and it made her stop dead looking around her living room, it was clean, not just clean but spotless. "What have you done?"

Regina glanced over at her daughter who was clearly pissed off about something before she realised what she was talking about. "Hmm? Oh, this place was filthy, how anyone could have lived like this I'll never know." She smirked directly at Emily who had pursed her lips closed. "I didn't raise you like that, Em." She bit her cheek before she stalked from the room towards her bathroom. "Don't track mud everywhere!"


As Regina spun back around on the heel of her pumps she saw Klaus standing there still as a statue with a stoic look pulled across his face. "I am rather surprised to see that you're still here, Niklaus. I thought the deal was that you turn her hybrid and that was it." His eyes darted over to her, but still he didn't say a word. "I suppose you'll be off trying to find another pack of wolves to turn soon?" He nodded once. "I thought as much."

Then she turned and bent over beginning to rifle through her designer handbag, Klaus couldn't help but drag his eyes up and down her fine, taut body before he shook his head and looked at a spot on the wall away from her rounded behind covered in a skin tight knee-length pencil skirt. "Here." She turned back to him with a knowing smirk on her face holding out a piece of paper for him to take. "I took the liberty of making some calls and finding some spots where wolves like to gather on full moons."

Still he stood there with his arms crossed over his chest not saying a word. "I'm not leading you into a trap. These are real locations, I promise you." She nodded her head laying the piece of paper on the table, he eyed her up and down before picking up the piece of paper reading the locations one-by-one. "Consider it a parting gift."

"You want me to leave?" He creased his eye brows. "I'm teaching Emily to be able to look after herself. I haven't even taught her to feed yet." He noted as she woman smirked a little crossing her arms over her chest. "I promised I would teach her-"

Regina shrugged. "And it really is a shame that you're going to have to break the promise to her. Maybe next time don't make promises you can't keep." She smiled at him as she stepped around the coffee table to be standing opposite him. "I am more than capable of continuing Emily's training and making her stronger than you ever could." He only scoffed as he scrunched up the piece of paper he had given her dropping it to the floor. "Well, that wasn't very nice, was it?"

"Please, Regina." He smirked darkly shaking his head. "You and I both know that this isn't you." She pursed her lips. "The loving mother, no. More like the wayward mother." Her anger was rising in her chest. "I don't know what your game is, but you don't fool me. I'm not going anywhere and I'm not leaving you with Emily."

Suddenly he felt a trembling of pain racking through his bones before he dropped to his knees and called out in immense pain holding his head breathing hard. "You should really watch your tongue around me, boy." She spat out at him as he took a couple of steps towards the man with a dark look in her eyes. "Why are you trying to protect my little Emmy so much, hmm?" Klaus called out again feeling blood trickle from his nose.

He didn't say a word only tried to focus on pushing the pain away, Regina placed her manicured finger under his stubbled chin bringing his face up to look at him, she smiled a wide pearly white grin. "But you really are so handsome." She trailed her thumb along his lower lip as he growled up at her. "So feral and dark. The bad boy." She purred bringing her face close to his.

"What is going on in here-" Emily's voice came from the door way, both stopped and Regina's powers faded allowing the hybrid a moment of peace and ability to regain his strength before he looked across the room as his newly turned woman who stood there with an almost torn look on her face. "Can you not control yourself for five minutes?" She spat at her mother walking further into the room. "Everything was fine before you came." Her voice broke.

"Emily, I am trying to protect you. This man... this man is a monster and will only end up destroying you."

The younger girl blinked a couple of times before she hissed back. "Well it's too late for that, because I've already been destroyed, by my own mother." Regina looked down for a moment taking a deep breath before looking back up. "You're never trying to help me, you're never trying to protect me. You just show up when you feel like it and claim that you're helping."

Her mother blinked a couple of times. "I'm sorry you feel that way." She glanced down at Klaus who just glared back up at her, then she crossed to room to be standing in front of her daughter. "But despite what you think, I do what I do to try and protect you." She blinked a couple of times before she turned and walked from the apartment closing the door behind her firmly.

Emily looked over at the hybrid asking. "Are you okay?" He nodded as she wandered timidly over to him, picking up a napkin from the table, taking his face gently in her hands, cupping his cheek and drying the blood away from his nose. "I'm sorry. I knew she was going to cause trouble. I'm sorry."


As Klaus stepped out of the shower and pulled his clothes back on he wandered from the bathroom down the hall to the living room announcing. "You must be getting rather peckish by now." She was sat on the couch with her legs drawn up into her chest in complete silence. "Emily?" She looked up at him as if snapping out a trance. "Are you hungry?"

The little hybrid shrugged. "Yeah, I could eat..."

He let out a breath before saying. "Perfect. Let's get out of here and find us something kept at a perfect 98.6." He winked as she stood up pulling her boots on and grabbing her keys from the bowl in the middle of the table and both of them exited the apartment she tried to lock the door but where the lock had been forced by her mother it wasn't working anymore. "No one is going to break in. Come on."

The hybrid sighed as she crossed her arms over her chest and followed him down the hall, he pressed the button for the elevator and both of them waited for it to ding open, his eyes darted down to her, but she was just looking down at her shoes not paying attention to anything around her. "You'll feel better once you get some blood in you." He said and she just nodded.

The elevator dinged opened and they both stepped inside. "Emily, I say this in fear that you'll try and rip my head off, but I believe that some of what your mother says is true. About her wanting to help you." She looked up at him suddenly. "Perhaps she is trying to make up for what she didn't do in your childhood. Perhaps she has seen the error of her ways."

She blinked a couple of times before replying. "I know you're old, but you do remember that she tried to kill you, right?" Tears were lining her eyes as her lower lip shook softly. "I know my mom better than you do, okay? I know what I went through. I know what she put me through. You don't get to come in here and try and protect her." A tear trickled down her face.

Timidly he reached over and took her chin between his thumb and index finger using his other thumb to wipe away the tear softly, she just stared up at him as he scanned his eyes over her face. "I might not know a lot of things about you or your mother, but I know she isn't worth your tears." She gulped but neither of them moved.

The doors opened pulling them back to reality, Klaus was the first to let go, straightening himself up and turning away from her closing himself off once again. Emily stood there in complete silence trying to put whatever had just happened, or was about to happen out of her mind as they wandered from the small metal box. "Let's go eat." He said finally.


He lead her towards the small town she lived on the outskirts of, he kept sizing the places up and then walking away she was getting more and more aggravated by the moment. When he finally picked a place he opened the door allowing her to step in first.

It was a small diner that wasn't busy at all, a couple in a both talking and sharing a delicious looking milkshake, an older gentleman sat up at the counter eating a slice of blueberry pie, an aged waitress by the till leaning against it and smacking her pink bubble gum loudly and a chef in the back flipping some eggs half-heartedly.

When she felt a hand on her back she glanced up to see Klaus standing there leading her towards a booth, he slid in first and she went in after they both looked around as he smirked eyeing up the menu. "Not really a great deal with choose from, but they should all get the job done." He muttered as she nodded her head. "Which do you like?"

Her eyes scanned around the room again before she noticed a woman with thick rimmed glasses and fair golden hair pulled back into a sensible pony-tail staring down at her laptop tapping her fingers against the keyboard a deep level of concentration on her face. "Her." Emily finally said and he smirked leaning forward on his elbows muttering that it was a good choice. "What do I do?"

"Just wander over to her and sit down opposite her, she will probably be a little uncomfortable but compel her." Emily creased her eye brows, she didn't know how to do that. "You look at her, directly in the eyes and you have to believe what you're saying. Really want her to do what you want her to do. Start with something simple, ask her name, age, anything." She nodded. "Then once that works you tell her to meet you around the back in the alley and come straight back over to me, okay?"

Licking her lips she could feel her heart racing in her chest before she nodded her head and slid out of the booth before she noticed the waitress wandering over to their table, quickly she moved to be sitting with Klaus once again. "What can I get you both?" She quizzed smacking her gum as she tapped her pencil against the notepad she was using.

Klaus glanced up at her before answering. "We're still looking, actually. Will you give us a couple more minutes?" The woman nodded before she turned around and wandered back to where she had been sitting grabbing her magazine and flipping it open once more. "Go on, love." He told the ebony haired beauty sat beside him.

Nervously she moved out of the booth again keeping her head down as she began to stalk across the room towards the blonde when she heard a surprised tone. "Emily?" Her head shot up as a pang of fear clenched her stomach, spinning around she saw her good friend Helen standing there with a surprised grin on her face. "Oh, my god!"

The auburn woman tumbled over and caught her in a deep embrace hugging her so tight. "We were all so worried about you. Where the hell have you been?" She pulled back to look at her friends taken back face. "One day you were saying goodbye after your shift and the next you just vanished! We would have called the police, but your landlord said you spoke with him and told him to tell us you were fine." She paused for a moment. "Where were you, Em?"

Emily gulped as she answered. "I... uh... Helen... This..." She was struggling for words as she pulled away from her friends, she could feel the panic rising in her chest as she tried to find an answer for her.

"That's my fault, actually." A voice came from beside them, Klaus was stood there with a charming grin on his face as he moved to be standing beside her with his arm around her waist, her emerald-green orbs flickered up to his face. "Isn't that right, sweetheart?" He winked at her before she looked forward at Helen's face to see the shocked, yet excited look on her face. "I suggested that we go on a little road-trip and to my surprise she said yes – which was lucky for me because I wouldn't have wanted to share the experience with anyone else."

Her friend giggled clearly finding herself smitten with the hybrid. "Emily!" She gushed as she bit her bottom lip. "You never mentioned that you had a boyfriend." Then she leaned forward to whisper in her friends ear. "A smoking hot British boyfriend!" She squealed before pulling back giving Klaus a kind smile. "Emily was always a little quiet about men and relationships, you'll have to excuse me for my surprise."

The hybrid chuckled as he squeezed her hip trying to get her to speak. "Emily can be a little shy sometimes." He agreed as the newly turned supernatural laughed nervously. "We were just leaving actually, got a film to watch at home. Maybe you two can catch up another time." Both the women agreed before he tugged her from the diner. "Okay, that was a unfortunate occurrence." He paused for a moment. "Go home." He told her as she looked up at him suddenly. "I'll find a human, bring them home. You just go."

"Klaus-" He just gave her a stern look before she turned around and hesitantly stalked down the street on her own.


Regina was drunkly sat up on the stool at a quiet little bar just outside of town, bringing her martini to her lips and taking a long swig before she got back to her story. "So, my daughter... she's much more luckier than I was when I was younger." The bartender nodded clearly entranced by her beauty. "I mean, my mother was barely there trying to support us at work all the time and my father..." She scoffed. "Asshole wasn't around."

"That really sucks." Brandon – the bartender – answered.

The woman nodded. "It does." She slurred. "It does suck, Brandon." She agreed. "I didn't get to have a normal childhood. I had to grow up quick. I never got to play with dollies and wish for ponies." She shook her head. "Then when I was a teenager... my mom threw me out like I was nothing. Said I was 'too much'. Whatever the hell that means."

Brandon nodded. "Parents are jerks."

"Yeah." She nodded. "So I was living on the streets for months until I found this guy... the sweet kind guy who took me in, gave me a home, looked after me and let me tell you he was a looker." She whistled low. "Surprise, surprise I got pregnant." She took another sip of her drink before realising it was gone. "Another." She demanded as he poured another into her glass and she took a large gulp. "And then nine months later my little Emmy was born."

"That's sweet." He nodded.

"She was perfect." The ebony haired woman smiled at the memory. "I'll never forget her big green eyes looking up at me. I was so scared I was going to break her, or hurt her, or drop her." She laughed shaking her head. "She is the spitting image of me, let me tell you. Looks nothing like her father, just me." She pointed to herself.

Regina let out a soft sigh. "I should have been around more. I just... I lost my childhood, you know? I wanted to have fun and go out with my friends and do what I wanted to do." She shook her head. "Emily she is nothing like me." She scoffed. "Nothing at all. She's sweet and humble and... and she would have been an amazing mother." She pinched the bridge of her nose. "I was just trying to help her. I see the... the way he looks at her." She growled out.

Brandon creased his eye brows. "Who?"

"The hybrid." The emerald-green eyed woman hissed back. "I knew one day this was going to happen, you know? I remember when men used to look at me that way. When... when Emmy's father used to look at me that way, before he ran off with that bimbo with her pretty blonde hair and blue eyes and tight body."

"Guys are jerks. You are smoking, he doesn't know what he walked away from." He informed her looking her up and down, for an older woman she was very beautiful.

Regina nodded downing her drink. "Yeah, they are."


Emily was pacing up and down in her living room waiting for the hybrid to come back. She began to panic, stopping and placing her hand on her stomach as her eyes widened, what if he doesn't come back, she thought when suddenly the door was tapped twice, rushing over she opened it to reveal Klaus standing there.

First he pushed in the blonde from the diner, stepping in behind her and closing the door. "She was who you wanted, yes?" He questioned and she nodded her head. The hybrid had gone out of his way to get her to exact woman she had spotted, it actually surprised her that he had listened and gone to that much work. He looked at her face and saw the panic. "What's wrong?"

"I thought you weren't coming back." Then she realised how stupid she sounded and shook her head turning away. "Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just... a little paranoid. I think I'm just hungry." Her throat was scratchy as she licked her lips, the older hybrid nodded at her as he placed the very calm looking blonde on the couch. "What do I do?" She whimpered.

Holding out his hand for her he answered. "Come here." Without thinking she slipped her hand into his, that same spark of electricity shot through their finger tips as their skin slid against one another's. He pulled her to be sitting down between him and the blonde who sat there staring straight forward. "Focus here." He pressed his finger to her neck. "You can see the vein throbbing."

She watched as the part of her neck moved, she was sure she would have been able to see that if she was just a human, but she could see it moving up and down, pumping blood. Then her mouth began to water and she felt a strange pushing feeling in her gums, she let out a breath as she brought her fingers up to feel sharp new teeth that had pushed through; her fangs.

"Good." Klaus smirked before he leaned down to her ear and said. "Bite her." Without a second through she lunged forward and bit down on the girls throat, the woman let out a whimper as she began to suckle at the gaping wound she had made, hungrily slurping and lapping the blood that was spilling. "Listen to her heart, hear it start to slow, you'll know when to stop." He urged her.

"That's it, Em." He was moving her hair back from her face pinning it to the side of her head with his hand to stop her from getting blood in it, she listened and when she heard the humans heart begin to slow tremendously she pulled away gasping and licking her lips in ecstasy. "Good girl." He muttered before taking her hand. "Heal her. Bite into your own wrist and feed her your blood."

The younger hybrid bit into her wrist and pushed it against the woman's lips, she then began to suckle the blood from her veins making Emily let out a little passion filled breath. The Original watched her with intensity. "That's enough." He told her and she pulled her hand away watching herself heal in amazement. "You did very, very well." She grinned up at him blood covering her lips.

Chuckling Klaus brought his thumb up to dry her bottom lip, they were close again, just inches from each other and this time she closed the distance; testing the waters she pecked his lips for a few short seconds, he let out a breath before bringing his lips down on her again, reconnecting them for a second time.

Suddenly then she yanked herself away from him letting out a gasp and saying over and over. "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I..." She stood up holding up her hands as if to not touch him, he was in a state of shock. "I'm really-" She cut herself off before zipping through the house and locking herself in her bedroom sliding down the door letting out a breath shaking her head feeling a deep state of mortifying embarrassment take over her.


It wasn't until hours later after Klaus had taken his fill from the blonde and then got rid of her that the lock to the bedroom finally opened and out stepped a very timid looking ebony haired girl, he had his feet thrown up on the coffee table as he flicked carelessly through the channels she owed.

"I swear TV has got worse and worse, I can hardly stand anything anymore." He stated casually, she hated that he was trying to act as if nothing had happened when something very real had happened, it made her want to scream at him, but she didn't. "Literature, too. Just some truly terrible stuff out there."

She moved around the couch and sat down on the arm with her legs on the seat looking at him as he spoke. "Twilight." He scoffed. "What an awful interpretation of the vampire species. Sparkling in the sun-light." He scoffed heavily flicking through more channels before his eyes darted up to her. "Do you wish to talk about it?"

"What? Twilight?" Emily asked when really she knew what he was talking about, he just threw her back a look. "No. I don't, but we have to." She answered as she wrapped her arms around herself. "It... maybe it's just the heightened emotions, like you said. Or... or heat of the moment? I don't know..." She breathed shaking her head.

Klaus glanced up at her. "Is that what you want this to be?" She was already turning a deep shade of pink just talking about it, she was so embarrassed. "Emily?"

"Yes." She wasn't sure why the word left her mouth, she wasn't sure that was how she truly felt, but for now that was how it had to be. This was Klaus, she didn't know barely anything about it, but she had watched him torture and murder several people over the course of a summer and she wasn't sure how she felt about. But there was something, something she wasn't sure about, something that would keep her up at night.

Clearing his throat he answered. "Then that's what it was. We shall never speak of this again." He nodded before looking straight back at the TV, she was surprised that it was decided that quickly, that he was able to just brush it off as nothing. She wanted to scream at it that it had to mean something, but resisted only nodding her head. "It's late and it's been a long day for you. Perhaps you should get some rest. We shall continue our training tomorrow."


A/N

Hello friends! Here's another chapter, this one is all original and was a lot of fun to write. I really like writing Emily and Klaus stuff because they are still trying to find out what each other want, plus I love throwing Regina into the mix to see how they both react (plus Emily seems a little protective of Klaus when Regina tried to kill him)

Oh, I wanna clarify something, I know the last chapter I said I would be taking Klemily slow and I am! I promise. I don't wanna rush everything, the kiss did mean something, but mostly we can chalk it up to heightened emotions on Em's behalf, but there are underlining feelings there.

I know Regina doesn't seem like an overly bad person and we got to look into a little of her back story, she didn't have a dad, her mum wasn't around, she got pregnant with Emily young so it's pretty safe to assume she came to find that she was a witch on her own.

There will be more on Emily's back story in the next chapter, it's Klaus' turn to ask the questions this time and she's gonna answer them. Klaus and Emily are a lot more alike that people see, both had rough childhoods (Klaus' was probably more so) both wanted to fit in but found that difficult, both have crazy mothers.

Thank you everyone for the reviews, you're all so lovely and patient, they really make my day so thank you! I love you all!

If you left a review in the last chapter then check below for answers and responses:


canttakeabreathe: I'm glad that you think I got him just right, I do try to stay as close to the characters as possible, but it's difficult when you throw an OC into the mix because different people bring out different emotions in people. But thank you very much, hope you enjoy.

Blueberrytoast: Thank youuu

whitedwarf: I'm so glad that you liked it and yeah I figured he has made promises he needs to make sure that he keeps them, especially with someone like Emily.

xxxRena: Totally, I'm glad she went with him too. I hope you like hybrid Emily.

helios101: Yay! I'm glad you though it was awesome and I'm so glad you picked up on the fact she didn't just bow down to the Mystic Falls gang because they are kids, she has to look out for herself and yeah she's gonna feel some guilt because she's Emily, but you're right she's known then for a couple hours. Yeah I knew I had to keep Klaus and Emily together to keep on growing their relationship.

totalRandum: I'm so glad you liked it! Thank youuu

the-mad-girl-with-a-book: I made them kiss, I hope you're happy, haha.

Bronzelove: No problem, glad you enjoyed it.

Ghostwriter: Thank you. I feel bad for Stefan and Elena, too, but we knew it was coming.


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