This fanfiction is based off of my Vampire Diaries forum: forum/The-Vampire-Diaries-My-Version/127310/

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, but I am the main moderator/creator of the forum.

Notes: Some things have been edited and changed from the original story on the forum.

Warning: My computer has gotten a virus, so it may stop working. If the story is not updated for a long time, my computer locked up. I did not abandon you.

7:

Limited Success

Klaus zoomed around a few places in search of Veruca before ending up back at his place and going in. He sighed heavily. "I love how you just invited yourself in," he commented sarcastically, seeing Veruca pouring herself a drink.

Veruca put down her drink and made him one. "I was waiting for you." She turned to him with a smile. "I missed you. Is that a crime?" She held out the tumbler with his drink. "Drink? What's with my brother giving me the 20 Questions?"

Klaus took the drink but set it down, turning back to her. He walked closer to her and tilted his head to the side. "Veruca." he started, ignoring her question. "Do you want to know what I want from you?"

Veruca smirked. "Hot Hybrid sex? Anytime."

Klaus paused at her wording as it reminded him of something. "I'll take a rain check." Klaus couldn't help joking. He shook his head. "No, what I want is for you to be like all my other hybrids. Loyal, no comments like that, no romantic feelings involved. Do you understand?" She had a habit of getting to him for some reason and he wanted it to stop now.

Veruca looked hurt for a moment before putting it aside. "Do you remember how much fun you had in the 1900s? New Orleans?" She smiled. "You were a king then. Everyone listened to you, even your enemies. You could draw a crowd better than the prophets of the old times. Silas himself would have been jealous." She paused. "I always wanted to dance with you in the 20s." She shook her head. "You can't make my feelings for you go away. The sire bond was the result, not the cause." She nodded. "But I'll be loyal. I'll protect you with my life, and that is not the sire bond talking." She looked him in the eyes. "Caroline could never love you like I do. And deep down, you know that."

Klaus shook his head, having a thought but not truly letting it into his head. But what he did know was she was saying things that he'd longed to hear from someone for so long, he'd convinced himself he didn't need to hear it, while also hoping he could convince Caroline to actually have feelings for him. "Stop. I don't want love from you…. I never did."

Veruca shook her head, not believing him. She'd seen him want someone to care so often while watching him, in those moments when he believed no one saw. "You know, I've been alive over 2000 years and there's nearly nothing I can't do, and I would still gladly switch places with Caroline in a heartbeat," Veruca replied. "Your hybrids are sire bonded to you because you free them from turning. But my brother and I never had to worry about that being Original Werewolves. He's sire bonded to you because you gave him power, but I never cared about that. Why do you think I'm sire bonded to you?" She knew how he'd felt all those centuries cause she'd felt it too: the loneliness, the longing to be loved. The difference was that she hadn't wanted to be loved by just anyone, only by him, because something about him had always just… called to her. "You don't want to hear this anymore? Then kill me. You can easily. But you can tear my heart from my chest and I still wouldn't stop loving you."

Elijah suddenly zoomed into Klaus's mansion, carrying Elena, and frowned at Veruca. "Don't I know you?" he asked her.

Veruca smiled at Klaus. "Told you I've been checking up on you. He must have glimpsed me." Actually, the truth was much harsher. She had met Elijah briefly and it was his fault that she hadn't met Klaus sooner. She hated him, and hated him all the more for not remembering what he'd done to her.

Elijah looked at Klaus after he seemed to somewhat remember her. "Niklaus, please. She needs your blood. Tyler bit her."

"Took him long enough," Veruca said under her breath, causing Elijah to snap a look at her. She just gave Elijah a smug look. If he hadn't been worried about Elena, she knew he'd have attacked her, not that she cared.

Klaus rolled his eyes and bit into his wrist, holding it out to Elena. "Last time I saved someone, I regretted it." He looked pointedly at Veruca.

Veruca smiled at him affectionately. "You'll come around," she reiterated. "And you're still hot when you're being mean, by the way."

Elena took his wrist and drank before pulling back as her wound healed. She frowned at Klaus. "Thank you," she said softly.

"Did Caroline see you get bit?" Veruca asked her hopefully.

Elena frowned at her. "What? Yes..." Veruca smiled at that and Elena narrowed her eyes at her.

Elijah looked at Klaus angrily. "Who is that?"

"New Hybrid," Veruca answered before Klaus could. "I'm in love with him and had Tyler bite your girlfriend to send a message to Caroline. Klaus says he hates it, but I noticed he hasn't killed me yet."

Elijah actually laughed at that. "You're in love with Niklaus? Killing you would be a mercy. I'm surprised he even likes Caroline. You have no chance. Thank you, Niklaus. I'll leave... whatever this is… to you. I need to get Elena home." He zoomed off with Elena.

"I don't like your brother, Klaus," Veruca commented, glaring after Elijah.

Klaus zoomed at her and shoved her against a wall roughly, making her wince a little, though she obviously liked it. "And I do not like you," he returned, slowly pressing his hand in the spot over her heart and grabbing it. He squeezed her heart threateningly before pulling his hand out. He stepped back and licked some of her blood off of his fingers, walking away from her and grabbing the drink she had offered earlier. That would definitely kill her feelings for him. He was surprised at her reaction though.

Veruca gasped in pain before sliding down the wall, chuckling. "I was actually enjoying having you that close. And if you wanted my blood all you had to do was ask." She stood up once she was able to and went over to his drawings of Caroline, picking them up. "Why don't you try drinking Caroline's blood? But that's right. Your bite would kill her." She smiled. "Well, everyone wins then. Except Caroline, but whatever. I still don't understand why you like her. All she does is push you away. And even if she does learn to love you, she'd just try and change you, and she'd never understand you. You're a Hybrid, Klaus, meaning half-werewolf, do you honestly think you can be happy with a vampire for long?"

Klaus shrugged, downing the drink. "Long and I, don't mix well." It was never about staying with Caroline anyway, but proving something to himself he had never been able to admit… which was why every rejection of hers and murder attempt hurt worse than the last.

Veruca looked at him. "I've noticed. I've watched you, remember? The longest relationship I noticed was with Katerina, which lasted less than a month, and she betrayed you. You're a thousand years old, Klaus. You have to be tired of always being alone by now." She knew that she was, and she'd been alone twice as long as him. "Besides, Caroline's done nothing but use you, and from what I hear, has watched you nearly die and done nothing to stop it." Yet another reason why she despised Caroline. The bitch needed to stop taking the high road when she was just as bad, if not worse. "I would've, even if I'd have died in the process."

Klaus tried not to listen to her, but he remembered all the times Caroline had distracted and betrayed him, remembered the times she'd stood by and even helped when he was nearly killed. It wasn't real. It was never just the ones sired that had to put up with a lie. "Because you have to.." Klaus replied. Her feelings couldn't be real. It shouldn't even matter if they were.

Veruca rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. "You keep saying that. I've been protecting you long before you sired me. Who do you think always diverted your stepfather? Do you really think he was that bad at finding you? I told him where to find Elena, and gave Bonnie's mother the spell to desiccate him. I told Rose and Slater where to find Elena. And I told them to call you. Unfortunately, they were too scared and called Elijah instead. I also told Greta and Maddox where to find you to help you break the curse. Then I spent all this time trying to get that hunter off my brother's trail, because if he dies, you die. Then I lured my brother here, came myself, and orchestrated everything so you'd sire me. Like I said, the sire bond was the result, not the cause. I love you, Klaus. And it has nothing to do with my sire bond to you."

Klaus turned to look at her at her words. "Why?" he asked bitterly, curiosity hidden in his tone as she actually started to convince him. "I don't return your feelings and you know my track record with relationships…. So why?"

Veruca smiled at him. "Because… despite your bad traits, you can be protective. And you never let anyone or anything stand in your way, which is a trait I've always admired about you. And you have a sense of honor and you do have a soft side, as rare as it is that you show it." She smirked. "But it's not just your good traits I like. You're fun. Stefan in his Ripper days was nothing compared to you. You like causing bloodshed; you revel in it, which is rare. That means I don't have to be someone I'm not with you, and you shouldn't have to change or be someone you're not because of Caroline's self-righteousness." She shrugged. "And I don't need you to return my feelings, not that I wouldn't love it if you did. I'd still love you." She shook her head. "Love isn't rational. That's what makes it interesting."

Klaus walked over to her, frowning. "I'd say you're pathetic… but I'm doing nearly the same thing…. Tip for the wise… most things like me, aren't good."

Good," Veruca said, smiling. "Good guys are dreadfully boring."

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Just out of curiosity, did you really think stopping by for a little chat would stop me from turning your brother into a hybrid if I wanted him to be one? You had to have known it was a waste of time."

Veruca scoffed at that. "That was a ruse. Between you and Marcus? He was going to be a Hybrid." She shrugged. "I figured if you saw us, you'd want to turn all of us. But I also knew that you may want to see what happened if you didn't let one of us finish the transition. So I informed Marcus of your 'death', full air quotes added, by Saltzman so he'd come here. He may have been afraid of being a Hybrid, but I knew he wouldn't be able to resist the power he'd get in the end. And then I made sure my other brother came with me to 'save' Marcus. This way you'd have two alternatives and I wouldn't turn out a guinea pig…. Which I did anyway, but whatever. It still worked out." She looked him over. "You really must have been a warrior when you were human, if the muscles are any indication."

Klaus shrugged, amused by her subject change. "I got myself into a handful of fights…. I still do, though they're easier to win." He chuckled, flashing his fangs a moment before returning them to their original size.

Veruca smiled at him loosening up. "I bet they were back then too." She thought about something suddenly and needed to tell him. "Oh, by the way, you can't turn or kill my brother Ethan unfortunately. If he dies, you die, him being the last Original Werewolf, and all werewolves descended from him, including you."

Klaus huffed. "I hate restrictions… but I have no reason to do anything to him. Yet." He looked at her. "Does he have any weaknesses? Soft spots?"

Veruca thought about that. "Magic doesn't affect him at all as he's a warlock as well as an Original Werewolf. Breaking his neck would just piss him off. Wolfsbane will weaken him, but it would act as vervain does to you, which is most likely just an annoyance. Decapitation and heart extraction will kill him. Soft spots? I don't know. We're not that close." She looked at him. "Now I just told you how to hurt and kill my brother. Do you believe I really love you now?"

Klaus stayed quiet as he just realized she was right before reluctantly shrugging. "It doesn't mean anything to me…." But even to him it sounded like a lie.

Veruca raised an eyebrow. "Then why haven't you killed me? I did you piss you off, not that I meant to. You've killed others for less."

Klaus turned away from her. "Who would pass up having two Original Werewolves, turned Hybrid, sired to you?" he replied finally, pouring himself another drink.

Veruca went over to him. "Come with me somewhere. You used to have a lot more fun before coming to this town. You need to remember that…. And get a real drink." She took his hand to lift the glass to her lips, drinking from it. "Please? It won't kill you. Might kill someone else though." She smirked.

Klaus looked at her a moment, feeling something before pushing it out of his mind and rolling his eyes, setting his drink down. He walked outside without saying anything to her.

Veruca followed him. "Oh, come on. You know you're interested. You've been bored in this town. I can tell."

Klaus stopped and turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "I didn't say no."

Veruca grinned at that. "You didn't say yes, either. No cars though. Let's run. I haven't gotten the chance to transform yet since becoming a Hybrid."

Klaus nodded, already liking this idea. "Ladies first…."