A Light in the Dark
Our Town
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the chapters from the vampire diaries, they all belong to their respectful owners, but I do own Emily and her family.
It was relatively early dawn and the bright morning sun was beginning to raise up over the quint little town of Mystic Falls. The dainty hybrid pulled her messy raven tresses up into a high pony-tail to get the annoyance out of her eyes. Reaching over she pulled her loose fitting light-coloured sweater over her head and with that she plodded down the stairs a yawn escaping her lips.
As she reached foot of the stairs Emily caught the faint murmuring coming from the parlour room, creasing her thick eye brows she followed sounds until she was met with the dark wooden door, which had been left slightly ajar. Peaking through the gap she could just make out Niklaus and her mother stood inside opposite each other.
Regina crossed her arms stubbornly over her chest as she continued her sentence that the little hybrid was just catching the tail-end of. "... exiting my daughter's room the other night. What were the two of you speaking about?"
"Why is it that each time that we have a moment alone together the conversation turns to your daughter?" The Original quizzed as he poured himself a large glass of bourbon opposite her. "If I didn't know any better I would say that you were jealous..." The powerful witch narrowed her eyes. "Is that the case, Regina?"
The witch cackled out a blood-curdling laugh. "Oh, please! Don't make me laugh, Niklaus." She ran her fingers through her jet-black hair before adding. "What on Earth would I possible be jealous of her for?" The older hybrid gave her a pointed look. "I am a powerful witch and Emily is... she's nothing more than a stubborn child."
Emily couldn't help but feel yet another sting of pain her chest as her mother said the words, she thought she was long over what her mother said and felt about her, but it turned out she could still be hurt. Klaus shrugged his shoulders before adding in a softer voice. "Perhaps." He tapped his finger against the rim of his bourbon glass. "Perhaps not..."
This made the witch narrow her emerald-green orbs, the Original smirked for a moment before he told her. "Did you know that Emily remembers." This certainly caught Regina's attention as she watched him through wide eyes. "Da mihi." She paled hearing these words fall from his mouth.
It made a cold chill rush down Emily's spine too, she remembered this words all too well, the burned in the back of her mind, but seeing her mothers face turn stony and hard she knew that there had to be something more to them. "Did she tell you that? I'm sure there was some story to go along with it too, hmm." Regina's voice was nothing but a husk growl.
"What kind of mother are you?" He asked in a cold voice making the witch watching him through a deathly glare. "I'd say that you were the worst, but I think that my mother proudly owns that position... you are a close second though, Regina." The witch scoffed as she shook her head from side-to-side. "Tell me, what are the survival rates on a spell like that? No high I would imagine."
"You don't understand the entire situation. I was not... I would never..." She was struggling for words to explain to him what had happened all those years ago before she decided. "It is none of your business what happened between myself and Emily." With that she spun on her heels and headed for the door to exit the room.
Quickly the petite hybrid zipped across the room hidden in the shadows as she watched Regina leave the room her cheeks a delicate crimson from frustration as she stomped her way back upstairs muttering icy insults under her breath still sure that he would be able to hear them, but not caring.
Stepping out from her hiding spot and pulling her pony-tail to tighten it once again she then stepped towards the parlour room door, reaching out and tapping her knuckles against the door he glanced over his shoulder surprised to see her stood there so politely waiting to be invited in. "You don't need to ask, Emily." Klaus reminded her.
Then she entered the room tucking her hands into the tiny pockets of her jeans and telling him. "I, uh, I passed my mom on the stairs. She looked a little pissed off. Did something happen?" The smaller hybrid questioned acting clueless.
The Original was stood smart as he smirked gently telling her bluntly. "You're a terrible liar, love." Her cheeks flushed a bright pink as he added. "You'll need to work on that if you're going to successfully lie to me in the future, dear Emily." She threw him a playful glare as she sat down on the couch tucking her legs under her. "Tut. First you go through my personal belongings, then you eavesdrop on my private conversations... I wonder what you will do next." He mused.
Crossing her arms smoothly over her chest Emily replied vaguely. "I have no idea what you're talking about." Then she thought for a moment. "Perhaps my powerful hybrid hearing picked up on some of your conversation, but I would never spy on you..." She watched as the smirk on his face grew larger, then glee spreading to his eyes then.
After a moment of just staring each other down he spun on his heel and looked at the wallpaper which was half covering the walls. "I'm kinda surprised though." Klaus hummed in response for her to continue. "I figured I'd see a blonde walking around this morning." He stiffened slightly.
Relaxing once again the Original told her. "If you are referring to Rebekah then it seems I'm going to have to disappoint you." She wanted desperately to ask why and he could sense the question brooding. "Ugh..." He turned back around to face her. "I'm not ready for to come back yet. I'm not sure I wish to deal with her right now."
"Oh..." The raven haired girl responded creasing her eye brows. "That seems... like a good enough reason." He only narrowed his eyes back at her as he crossed the room to pour another drink. "Isn't it a little early for that? Not to judge, or anything." Klaus gazed up at her once again a bored expression on his face. "Sorry."
Standing up she turned around about to leave too when she heard. "Emily." Glancing over her shoulder he said. "There is a party tonight. Well, actually it is a council meeting and... and I'm aware I can look threatening." Her lips turned up into a laugh as she turned to face him completely. "But you... would you care to accompany me? I would pay for anything you will need."
"Will there be alcohol?" He nodded at her before she said. "Then that's the only payment I need." They both smiled at each other for a long couple of seconds before Emily announced. "I should probably go see if I have something to wear, huh."
Klaus nodded. "Absolutely." She spun and stepped from the room with almost a spring in her step, he watched as she walked away his lips turning up into a genuine smile before he snapped out of his daze and shook his head looking back down at his drink and creasing his eye brows.
Around mid-day Emily had got back from going to buy an outfit for the council meeting – after looking through her wardrobe she had decided that she had nothing to wear – entering the house she stopped when she saw Erica standing there with her arms crossed over her chest and that same mean look on her face. "I really don't want to deal with you right now, Erica."
The smaller hybrid went to step around her, but the blonde got in her way enabling her from access to the stairs. "Went shopping, huh? Buy anything nice?" There was a venomous tone to her voice. "I heard that Klaus invited you to that council meeting, what did you do to get that privilege?"
Emily glared back at her before replying. "Maybe because I wasn't a bitch..."
This made the blonde's lip tug up into a deathly smirk as she replied. "Or maybe because you slept your way into his good books?" This was what made Emily see red, how dare she assume that Klaus liked her in those circumstances, dropping her clothes bag to the floor with a dulcet thud and then she pounced without a moment of warning.
Both of the hybrids went crashing back into the wall leaving two large dents in the recently placed plaster. Fighting for dominance then both toppled to the ground tangled in each other limbs. Erica managed to get the upper-hand as she straddled her stomach and started to throw mean punches which the raven haired girl couldn't block.
Suddenly a blood-curdling scream erupted from the back of the blondes throat as she brought her trembling, bloody knuckled hands up to her temples. Thick stream of blood trickled from her nose dripping down onto Emily's shirt soaking in. The smaller girl was in complete shock as she pushed Erica off letting her fall on her side sobbing and screaming unrelentingly.
"What... what's happening?" Her voice trembled as she touched her shoulder only to cause another jolt of pain to rush through her. Backing away she looked up to see her mother stood at the foot of the stairs with her eyes almost glazed over. Rushing over to her she grabbed Regina by the shoulders and said. "Stop! You're killing her! Stop!"
The witch came back to consciousness as she shook her head letting out a soft breath as she got to see the situation she caused. Erica was curling up into a ball sobbing and bleeding unable to move due to the pain that was still rushing through ever nerve in her body. Gazing at her daughter then the hybrid spat out. "What is your problem?!"
Regina replied in a hushed tone. "I saw what she was doing to you... and I heard what she said, Emmy. I was only trying to protect you-"
The hybrid's eyes glazed over with tears as she told her. "Don't bother next time. Erica was a bitch, but she didn't deserve to be almost killed." Her cheeks were flaming red now from the anger that was washing through her.
Two hybrids rushed into the room to see the scene in front of them, they looked over to Emily and Regina with an almost look of fear in their eyes as they both helped the blonde to stand and then carry her from the room to clean her up. "I don't fit in here already. I really don't need my mom fighting my battles for me!"
"Emily, I'm-" "Don't. Just don't." Picking up her bag then she rushed upstairs slamming her bedroom door shut.
When the petite hybrid was finally over the embarrassment and anger of her mother almost killing her nemesis by coming to her rescue. She ventured downstairs once again hearing a set of voices coming from the parlour room once again, wandering over she stopped in the doorway watching both Stefan and Klaus.
The Original's eyes darted behind him to the girl who was stood in the doorway, before he returned his gaze to Stefan continuing his sentence. "... I am surprised to see you back in town. I gave you back your freedom, you could have gone anywhere." He mused.
Crossing his arms stubbornly over his chest the younger Salvatore brother answered in a hard voice. "I live here, remember? I have a life here..."
"Do you?" Klaus scrunched his face in a patronising way which only made the anger inside of Stefan grow. "But if you really want to play that game, mate, then I lived here first... and I'm building a life here, so..." Then he took a long swig from his glass of bourbon as the vampire just watched him.
Changing the subject swiftly Stefan went on to say. "I've noticed you've got yourself quite a lot of hybrids now..." The Original nodded his head proudly as he continued. "I don't like them. They're everywhere. Kinda like flies. I want them gone." There was no hesitation or fear in his voice, it was very clear what he wanted and he wasn't going to stop until he got it.
Klaus smirked softly as he replied. "I actually quite like their company. They are all very entertaining to me..." He paused for a short couple of seconds before adding. "You know I am a little hurt, Stefan. I thought our friendship would last past the binds of your freedom being taken from you. I suppose I was wrong."
"Friends." The younger Salvatore scoff. "What kind of friend takes away another friends freedom? I'd say was more like your personal plaything. Just like the rest of these hybrids are."
"Perhaps your right..." He mused softly. "Maybe I did go a little too far with taking away your freewill, but you were testing me, resisting me. I had to make you see how amazing things could have been for you." The anger continued to bubble just below the surface. "I suppose you could compare it to what happened with my siblings. Huh, speaking of which, isn't it time you gave them back to me?"
Stefan wasn't ready to speak about his family, so he reiterated. "Klaus, I need you to listen to me. Get your hybrids out of Mystic Falls, or I will remove them myself." He threatened lowly.
The hybrid held back a growl as he answered. "You continue to make this same mistake. Threaten me. Do you remember what happened the last time you and your friends tried to go up against me? It didn't end so well, did it..." His lip turned up into an evil smirk.
The younger Salvatore said. "You know what? Do whatever you want, I really couldn't care less. Or maybe I do care. Yeah, maybe I do care so much that I'll drop your beloved brother Elijah in the Arctic." He said in a promising voice as Klaus stared him down.
"Well, maybe I'll be willing to lose one of my brothers, if it means killing yours in return." Klaus played it cool, but he was still scared about losing Elijah. He just couldn't let Stefan know he could win this fight. "Try me, let's find out." Stefan dared in a lowered voice as they stared each other down.
Emily watched as one of Klaus' hybrids entered from the opposite end of the room, she had a concerned look on her face as she asked. "Is everything alright?" She was sure that she noticed her as Mindy, she worked so hard for Klaus to make herself known and was beginning to get that way.
Klaus looked back over at her with a pointed look saying. "Everything is fine, Mindy. Stefan was just about to leave, after failing to make his point."
This was the final straw for the younger Salvatore, something clicked inside of him and he rushed over without a second thought and ripped the head off of the hybrid woman's shoulders in one swift movement. Emily gasped as she watched the limp – headless – body fall to the ground and her head soon followed.
"Well, I already took care of the first one... you might want to get the other to leave town before this gets a little out of hand." Then he headed for the door to the room spotting Emily on his way out, he smiled threatening at her before saying. "It's good to see you again, maybe we'll see each other soon."
He stepped passed her then exiting the house, the little hybrid couldn't help but feel a cold shudder rush down her spine before she looked over to Niklaus whom stood there with a deathly look on his face.
After that entire scene was over the raven haired hybrid gave him some time to calm down and re-thing his plan before she went to see what he was doing. Entering the room she peaked around the door frame to see him sat there with a solemn look and a large glass of bourbon. Mindy's decapitated body was still lying on the floor.
"Hey..." She stated simply as she stepped a little further into the room watching him with careful emerald orbs. He took a tentative sip from his bourbon before telling her in a thick voice. "If you still want to accompany me to the council meeting I suggest you go get ready. I'll be leaving soon and I won't wait for you."
She knew that he was being so abrupt and short because he was frustrated at losing another hybrid to the people of Mystic Falls. "Are you... are you going to be okay?" He lifted his gaze to look at her through emotionless eyes. "I saw what went down between you and Stefan-"
"He's getting reckless and unpredictable. I can't judge what he'll do next, but I do know one thing, I can't let him win." Klaus growled out as he brought his glass back up to his lips and took a long swig. "Go get ready, we have a meeting to attend." His lips curled up into a knowing grin then.
Emily's eyes drifted up and down his boy for a second before she turned on her heels walked from the room. Standing up Klaus called in his new right-hand man Daniel, telling him to dispose of Mindy's dead body by any means necessary. He couldn't let anymore of his hybrids get hurt, so he had to take defensive action.
Sitting in front of the large dresser mirror pulling the pencil on her black liquid eye-liner across her upper eye-lid before cleaning it up so it was neat. Reaching over and pulling on her white sweater she finally stood up and grabbed her boots sliding them on her feet before she heard a soft knock at her door. "Come in." She called.
The door opened and in stepped Regina with a sullen look on her face before she caught of his sophisticated and proper her daughter looked. "Oh..." There was a small hint of surprise to her voice. "Are you going somewhere nice, dear?"
Giving her a hard look through the mirror she replied. "I'm just going to a council meeting... nothing to make a big deal out of." With that she went to walk from the room, but her mother blocked her exit.
"With Niklaus?" Another nod came from the younger woman. "You're going to a council meeting with Klaus?" She summarised before pursing her lips her emerald orbs narrowing to thin slits. "No you are not, Emily." She told her in a firm tone. "I don't want you involved in anything that man is a part of, okay? You'll end up hurt, or worse..."
Letting out a frustrated sigh Emily budged her mother out-of-the-way and swung the door open, turning back to face her the little hybrid said. "You can't tell me what to do. Nothing is going to happen to me. I'm not in any danger and I'm not going to cause trouble. We're going to do the opposite of that." Then she spun back around heading for the stairs.
Regina followed her saying. "When will you listen to me, Emily? Everything that man does involves death and disaster. Trust me. Soon enough you'll see this." Emily just ignored her walking down the stairs one step at a time. "I'm only trying to protect you. That's all I've ever done your whole life. You just can't see it..."
Suddenly Klaus appeared at the foot of the stairs looking straight past the little hybrid who had already reached the bottom towards the witch who was glaring back at him. "Have a nice night, Regina." With that he said. "Come now, Emily. Let us take our leave." She stepped straight past him towards the door, Klaus nodded once more at Regina in smug way before leaving also.
A short car ride and the two of them arrived at the Lockwood manor, as both of them wandered up the stairs he held his elbow out for her to take. "Just so you know, love, we are the only hybrids attending tonight."
"What do you mean?" Emily quizzed giving him a questionable look. "You didn't think I would come here without any back up, did you? Especially after what Stefan did this afternoon. I can't risk anyone else getting hurt... so we'll have to be our usual charming selves, understand?"
The raven haired girl grinned. "When are we not charming?" He couldn't help but chuckle as they both entered the room. "So whose in charge around here?" He pointed around the room telling her the key figures in authority from around Mystic Falls – or at least the ones he had figured out by now.
As they both arrived at the drinks table he passed her one and she took it gazing around the room before asking. "So, why are we here? To kill, or-"
Klaus let out a booming laugh before replying. "Not this time, Emily." She was clearly so used to him playing offensively that she expected it now, but he was going a different way with all this. "We are here to offer our undying protection to the town of Mystic Falls and in return for my hybrids being left alone."
"Why not just ask for your family back?" She quizzed giving him a puzzled look.
The Original answered. "Because Carol Lockwood – the mayor – has no control over what Stefan Salvatore does, but she does have control over whom he kills if he wants to say alive in her town. Carol can't make him do anything, but she can make him see sense, perhaps." He cleared his throat before saying. "We should go introduce ourselves."
"Right." Emily nodded her head before following him over to the Mayor who was speaking with a couple of other people, as she spotted the Original moving through the crowd she quickly excused herself from the conversation she was taking part in.
Crossing her arms over her chest she said. "What are you doing here, Klaus? You were not invited." She reminded him in a firm tone.
"Please Carol, I am not here to cause any trouble. Neither of us are." He placed his hand on the raven haired hybrids lower back offering the human in front of them a kind smile calming her nerves. "We are here to speak about your lovely little town and of course donate some money towards the rebuilding of that bridge... hmm?"
Narrowing her eyes she said. "What if we don't want your money?"
Feeling the anger begin to bubble Emily was quick to speak then. "What if he was to offer to match every pledge made?" This seemed to catch the older woman's attention as she smile largely. "As well as making substantially donation himself." He glanced down at her not questioning it.
"Well... then perhaps we can talk negotiations." She crossed her arms over her chest raising an eye brow.
It didn't take long for the three of them to get more comfortable around each other – of course with the help of alcohol too – they were making jokes and laughing just as loud. It caught the attention of an icy eyed vampire who approached them with a hard look on his face. "Well, I never thought I would see you here..."
Klaus' laugh faded off as he smiled at the older Salvatore and said. "It is good to see you too, Damon. You remember Emily." He gestured to the smaller girl beside him whom wiggled her fingers at him in a greeting. "We were actually just discussing who our other big benefactor should be, perhaps you?"
"What do you say, Damon?" Carol looked over at him with a warm smile on her lips. "Klaus has made a very generous offer and we really want to be able to get this renovation complete. We do so need it and people just aren't willing to cough up the money." She shrugged her shoulders before sipping from her champagne glass.
Narrowing his eyes the vampire told her coldly. "No offence, Carol, but you do realise you're being manipulated by a 1000 year old immortal hybrid who ruined your son's life, right?" He shot Klaus a hard look as the three of them laughed again, only lighter this time.
"I wouldn't say that I ruined his life, mate. More saved him from a life of have agonising pain each full moon. Just ask Emily." Once again his eyes set on the little raven haired hybrid who nodded her head with a serious look on her face as Carol frowned in her direction. "I'm very sympathetic to the wolf kind."
Giving Damon a pointed look the Mayor said. "Klaus has promised to protect Tyler, Damon. And our town." He was quick to remind her that it was his hybrid that were the ones that were making the town a dangerous place to live in, this only made her roll her eyes gently. "Yes, he has explained that to me too."
The Original said. "As I have explained that if your brother would kindly return my family to me – the one good thing in my life – then I would happily leave this town in peace, but he in the one starting a war."
"Well, that's not gonna happen, so you can keep dreaming..."
"I thought you might say that, Damon. I've come to realise just how stubborn and short-sighted you are, so I have come here tonight to make an agreement with the lovely Mayor here." Carol smiled at him a blush flaming on her cheeks. "Your town get protect from me, my hybrid get left alone and everyone will be happy and safe. Now all you have to do is get Stefan to stop decapitating my friends..."
"Please, Damon... Just get your brother under control, or the council will have no choice but to take action against him. You know that the supernatural are on a zero violence policy..." She gave him a look as he just stared back at her completely taken back, she was on Klaus side, she was taking his side through all of this.
He growled out angrily. "C'mon!"
Klaus gave him a sickly smile as he told him. "This is what we all want, mate. We just want a little peace for a change."
Emily had left the two to sort out details of their agreement and found herself sitting at one of the tables watching a few of the couples dance happily, she smiled as she tilted her head to the side. Hearing a throat clear beside her she glanced up surprised to see Klaus stood there with a charming grin on his face. "Care for a dance, love?"
Not being able to fight her smile she stood up and headed onto the dance floor with him, he spun petite form once before taking her in his arms and swaying them both. "You did very well today, even if I am down quite a bit of money..." She giggled shaking her head. "I knew that bringing you here was a good choice."
"Who would have guessed I would be the one with the most people skills, huh." She threw him a playful look as they both chuckled. "I think peace will be nice for a little while... even though I know it won't last long." He nodded his head in agreement. "I don't want to see anyone else killed."
His intense orbs scanned over her face for a moment before he muttered out. "Neither do I." With another spin she giggled as she came back around to face him. "You're quite good at this, you know." He informed her kindly as she felt a blush creeping up her neck. "I'm sure you would have had many men asking for you hand back at many of the ballroom dances I used to attend."
Emily couldn't help but smile feeling her blush growling deeper, just then the song came to a delicate finish and the people applauded the small orchestra on stage. "Well, uh, thanks for a dance... I'm sure you're really busy, it's kinda why I gave you and Carol some space." She shrugged her shoulders.
"Yes, I should probably go finish my business with her." Carefully he took her hand and brushed his lips against her knuckles before he turned around and wandered back across the room not looking back at her, but she watched him walk away feeling her heart beating in her ears.
She needed to splash her face with some water to calm down the deep burning that was firing up, heading upstairs she heard some voices coming from a room. Stepping over to the door she pushed down the handle and opened it quickly peaking through to see Stefan and Damon Salvatore stood on the other side arguing, Daniel was on the ground holding his stomach.
"Protecting Elena is your problem now, Damon. You can worry about all of that. I'm not compelled by Klaus to do it anymore." Stefan growled at his brother angrily.
Scoffing loudly the older brother told him. "Oh, please. Don't give me that emotionless, no-humanity crap. You can't just flip your switch, Stef. You don't have a switch anymore. You want to take Klaus? You want to beat the villain? You gotta be smarter, man. You got to hit him where it hurts." He told him.
"No, you're wrong." Stefan smirked shaking his head. "To beat the villain, Damon. You have to be the better villain." He was heading towards the door that Emily was standing at, she froze for a couple of seconds before taking a couple of steps back before tripping on the heel of her boot and falling to the ground.
The door swung open to reveal him stood there with a conniving smirk plastered across his face, slowly he shut the door behind him before stepping over to her grabbing her by her wrist and pulling her to be standing. "It's good to see you again, Emily. You really do have impeccable timing." With that he reached out and snapped her neck as she fell limply into his arms.
It felt like hours before Emily finally awoke once again, her head was thumping over and over, as a matter-of-fact everything was hurting. As she opened her eyes she was met with darkness so she allowed herself a moment to adjust to her new surroundings. She was laying down, that she could work out.
And it was bumpy, whatever she was laying on was bumpy and moving. Quickly she worked out that she was inside of a car, in the trunk of a car. Her heart began to beat erratically as she slammed her fists against the trunk door trying to open it. Opening her mouth she went to scream for help but felt a burning pain.
There was a rag around her head covering her mouth, bringing her chained hands up to tear it off her fingers were singed. Wolfsbane. She was only growing angrier as she slammed her fists hard against anything she could get close to. "Oh, you hear that Elena? I think our hybrid friend is awake." That was Stefan.
She remembered then getting her neck snapped by Stefan at the party, he was going to kill her she was sure of it. If this was his way of making a statement, of 'being the better villain' and this was how he was going to do it. "Stefan, why are you doing this?" Elena's fearful voice came out.
Emily heard the buzzing of a phone from the front of the car. "Hello, Elena's phone..." He said answering it. "Hey, Damon... no she can't talk right now. She's a little busy. No, I'm just making my next move. I've been thinking, what do you think Klaus will do if he can't make anymore hybrids?"
"No! Stefan, please." She begged him, the hybrid could really hear the fear in her voice now and this made her slam her fists harder against the seats trying to punch her way through into the car she was locked away in. "Why are you doing this? Stefan, just let me go. Do you hear me? Let me out of the car!"
Klaus' eyes were scanning the room as he glanced down at his phone to check if he had any miss calls, nothing, or nothing at least from the person he was expecting to get a call from. He was interrupted by the older Salvatore telling him that they needed to speak. "Make it quick, Damon. I seem to have lost something."
The icy eyed vampire told him. "Yeah and you're about to lose something else too. Stefan just grabbed Elena." The Original creased his eye brows. "He's gonna try to use her against you. You have to do what he says and get rid of your hybrids."
"You clearly don't know your brother very well, Damon. This is clearly an empty threat. He would never hurt, Elena. Crazy or not, that kind of love never dies." It was almost as if he was taunting him as the sickening smirk pulled up across his lips in a challenging manner. "He's trying to call my bluff."
"Maybe he is, but maybe he isn't... if you don't want to believe him then believe me. I know my brother better than anyone and even now I can't tell what he's going to do. He's reckless and power-hungry and if he says blink, then you'd better blink." Damon growled at him with a hard protective glare in his eyes.
The doppelgänger was gripping her long nails so hard into the upholstery of Stefan's passenger seat that it was leaving crescent-shaped imprints in the leather. He was flooring it down the empty road heading straight for Wickery Bridge. Elena could hear desperate muffled screams coming from the trunk and tried to drown them out as she said. "What's the big idea, Stefan? What's your next move against Klaus?"
Her eyes were filling with tears that she wouldn't allow to fall as the tempered look on his face changed to a more vindictive one, but he still wouldn't look at her. "I took Klaus' family from him to make a point, to make him suffer. Now he's trying to make a new life without them. Well, I won't let him. No real family, no hybrid family; no nothing." He stated.
Elena sniffled as she asked. "And how are you going to stop him from making more hybrids, as long as I'm alive..." Her sentence died in her mouth as she finally put all of the pieces together, the desperate look in her chocolate eyes turned into sheer fear. "Stefan, stop the car." She commanded. "Stop the car right now. We can talk about this-"
She was cut off by his phone buzzing in his pocket, digging it out he hit answer and put it on speaker resting it on his lap. Stefan didn't hesitate to get to the point as he told the Original hybrid. "Tell your hybrids to get out-of-town, Klaus. Or you'll end up losing another, and I'm sure Regina won't be pleased about this one."
"Another... Regina..." Klaus muttered before he figured out what he meant. "You have Emily too." Now he could hear Emily's screams, they were muffled like she had been gagged, this made an anger growl inside of him, he had promised himself that he wouldn't let another of them get hurt and now it was Emily in the line of fire. "Give me back my family."
"That is not gonna happen, Klaus. You chose the wrong choice, looks like both Elena and Emily are heading straight over Wickery Bridge." The younger Salvatore paused for a moment letting that sink in before he added. "Now I know the water won't actually kill Emily, but me removing her heart after the pain of drowning will."
Klaus growled back. "If you do rip out her heart then I won't be the one you have to deal with. Regina will make sure you have a miserable end too..." Then he paused for a small moment before saying. "You won't hurt Elena. I know you won't." He wasn't sure what Stefan was thinking at the moment, but he knew how he felt for the doppelgänger.
Biting into the soft skin on his wrist with his sharp fangs he moved his hand over Elena's mouth forcing her to induce his blood. She spluttered on the coppery ooze, Klaus was quick to ask what was happening as the younger Salvatore answered simply. "I just fed Elena my blood. No more hybrids if she dies and becomes a vampire..."
Elena's face was filled with complete fear as she saw the water from the stream in the distance. "You won't do it." He challenged in a low tone.
"Really?" Stefan smirked as he pressed his foot harder to the pedal speeding up the car considerably as they went blazing towards the bridge – the same bridge that Elena's parents had been killed on. "Try me, because Emily is the next to go and then... then your coffins are gonna be gone too. Say goodbye to your family, Klaus." He taunted him as the doppelgänger pushed back in her chair.
Her eyes were growing wide as they grew closer. "Stefan! Stop! Slow down! Stop!" She screamed as time ticked away the imminent doom grew closer.
Finally the Original broke as he told him in a quick voice. "Stop the car, Stefan! I'll send them away! Stop the car." Quick the hazel eyed vampire stomped his foot on the break and pulled the car to a furious halt. "I'm coming to get Emily, you had better be gone by the time, Stefan..." He growled angrily before hanging up his phone.
Fearfully Elena stumbled from the car bringing her trembling hand up over her mouth as tears trickled down her cheeks. "Elena, get back in the car. We need to get out of here before Klaus comes." She was in no state to go anywhere as she looked over the edge into the deep sparkling water from where all the twinkling stars were hitting it just right.
"St-stay away from me." She ordered in a low voice gripping her hands onto the wooden fence of the bridge. "How could you do this to me?! My-my parents died going over this bridge! I almost died going over this bridge! You know that... you were the one who saved me, remember, Stefan?" She spat out venomously.
He refused to look at her in the eyes as he said softly. "I did what he needed to hear. I did what needed to be done. I would have never... I just needed you to believe that I would, it was your fear that sold it. And it did. Klaus believed it! He backed down and showed he had weakness!" Stefan hollered. "I can destroy him now. I can do that..."
Her heart shattered into a thousand tiny pieces as Elena whimpered out. "After all of this that's all that matters? Destroy Klaus?" Her voice broke as he turned around running his fingers through his hair telling her that was all he had left, quickly she reminded him. "You had me!" Still he wouldn't make eye contact with her as he wandered over to the trunk. "And what are you going to do with her?"
"Send a message." Opening up the trunk he saw the little hybrid laying inside with her hands and legs tied up, and tears streaming down her cheeks, she winced as the new light entered the dark box that she was laying in. Reaching inside and picking her up he walked over to the barrier of the bridge said. "Sorry." Before he launched her over the side letting her sink into the deep, dark, depths.
"What did you have to do that?" Elena whimpered drying the tears from her eyes as he turned around and walked back over to his car slamming the trunk shut and then climbing inside taking off down the road at breakneck speed.
Elena wasn't stood there long until she saw a set of headlights in the distance, two cars pulled up alongside each other before stopping at the start of the bridge and then two dark figures climbed out. As they approached she recognised them both Damon and Klaus, the older Salvatore was by her side in a moment checking her over and the Original was searching for someone else.
"Stefan... Stefan threw her over the side." The doppelgänger was quick to tell him as he rushed over bracing his arms against the wooden bannister looking over. "I'm sorry... I couldn't stop him. I..."
Damon took her arm carefully before saying. "C'mon, Elena." He could see that Klaus was in no mood for talking or apologise especially after he had been screwed over by his little brother. "Let's go." He pulled her back towards his car and the two of them took off quickly down the road without looking back.
Buttoning his blazer he let it drop to the floor before kicking off his boats and then diving over the bannister without hesitation. As he reached the water he could feel out icy and dark the water was. Diving down under water he couldn't see anything through the darkness before he saw a shining of white.
Her sweater, pushing down deeper he grabbed it pulling her unconscious form up to him. He held her as he came back up to surface taking in a deep breath of air and pulling her out onto the river bank. Holding her in his arms he took her to the bridge laying her down on the ground and removing the binds around her mouth, wrists and legs.
When she didn't wake up immediately he began to get worried, pressing his hands to her chest he began to press down over and over to get the water from out of her chest. Pushing her onto her side he saw the water drain from her nose and mouth and just watched for a couple of moments. "C'mon, Emily. Wake up."
Suddenly her eyes opened and water coughed from her lungs unable to stop coughing and gasping for breath, helping her to sit upright he rubbed her back soothingly to get up the excess water that was residing inside of her. "It's okay, Emily. You're okay. You're okay..." She began to let out quiet sobs.
As she quietened down she was shivering hard against him. "C'mon, love. Let's get you home." Grabbing his blazer he wrapped it around her shoulders as he helped her to stand and then both went over to his car. "I'm sorry, he will pay for what he's done." She didn't look at him only stared out the window.
As both of the hybrid arrived back at the mansion Emily climbed from the Jeep tucking her damp hair up into a messy bun not caring what it looked like. He was quick to follow opening the door for her and she entered still not saying a word. He couldn't help but feel awful for her, she looked broken.
Klaus couldn't help but sigh softly when he saw Regina waiting for them with a glass of wine in hand. "What the hell happened to you?" She got over to her daughter looking her over, usually bright eyes were darkened and her skin was paled completely. "What did you do to her?" She didn't hesitate to turn on the Original.
"I didn't do anything... I saved her life, if you must know." Emily didn't stop to chat, only continued to walk up the stairs expressionless. "The hybrids have to leave town. I don't have a choice anymore." Regina stared at him through confused eyes. "Stefan got he better of me. He's the one who did that to Emily."
"Then I'll kill him myself-"
Klaus growled back. "No." She gave him a look. "We have to be patient and bide our time. I need to get back my family-"
A scoff fell from Regina's lips as she shook her head. "I knew when it came down to it you were only going to care about your real family. Never mind my daughter up there beaten and bruised because of you and the enemies you've made. It was a mistake for letting her be here so long."
"I never wanted her to get hurt..." Klaus was struggling to find the words he wanted to say as Regina reached the top of the stairs and entered her daughter's room slamming the door shut behind her. He had to figure out a way to make this right again, losing a witch that was on his side would be a bad choice, but he didn't want to lose the hybrid too.
Regina had actually been able to convince Emily to leave town with her, after a short discussion about them getting a small little house long away from Mystic Falls they had both packed their bags, as they reached the bottom of the stairs the house was almost empty, expect for one person.
"One moment..." Emily told her mother before heading to the parlour room, the Original was stood there with his a bottle of bourbon in hand and just looking down at a book. "Klaus..."
He looked up at the sound of her voice, glancing over his shoulder she said. "Thank you... for saving my life, again." She let out a breathless laugh. "I would've hated to be drowning down there for... god knows how long before someone came along and found me." He nodded at her carefully.
"Have you figured out where you'll go yet?" She shook her head softly. "This is only temporary. I want all of my hybrids to return to Mystic Falls when I have figured out something more permanent. Okay?"
The raven haired girl smiled before saying. "So... I should say goodbye then?" Gently he shook his head from side-to-side. "Are you gonna be okay in this big house all on your own?"
Klaus chuckled gently. "I won't have to hear anymore fights for a little while. I'll be more than fine." He wasn't sure that he even believed that, but when she threw him a soothingly smile it seemed to give him assurance that everything would be fine. "You should probably go before you have another run in with Stefan."
"Or worse Erica." They both laughed again before she picked up her bag and turned around, he watched her as she left not sure when the next time that he would see her. Something was telling him to call her back and tell her to stay, but he could be the one to put her in that kind of danger.
Regina glared at him from where she stood at the open door letting her daughter walk through first before she spat out vindictively. "Goodbye, Niklaus."
A/N
Hello there my lovely readers,
Here's another chapter for this story, I'm really enjoying it so far, with the slow build to their relationship, the mystery of Emily's past and how Regina has something to do with it. I hope that you're enjoying too and that I'm surprising you on occasions. It might be more exciting for me because I know all the secrets, but I hope it won't disappoint.
So, we are gonna have a chapter with Emily and Regina out of town next chapter, we might have some Niklaus phone conversation's some place, but I'm not sure yet. Is there anything you would like to see the mother and daughter do? I'm always interested to hear your ideas.
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xxxRena: I'm so glad that you loved the chapter, I'm glad that you're getting that vibe from the two of them, I like to give of that two characters have a lot of sexual tension between them, it means that I can choose to go one of two ways with things depending on how things go with the story.
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Guest: I am currently thinking of ways of how to get around the killing of Kol, I think that maybe Regina will be able to find a way around it. That's why I like having a witch in the mix, there is always going to be a spell for something, especially with someone as powerful as her.
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