X : Words are dead

This story made absolutely no sense to me.

I honestly could not act as if nothing had happened when I was currently watching my twin pack his bags. He was totally unaware of Damon's compulsion and it had the gift of exasperating me to the highest degree. I had to literally contain my rage to not give way to Milana.

I shook my head one last time on the back of Jeremy before hiding from his sight against the wall of our corridor. I clenched my fists at my side, checking my jaw in irritation before suddenly lowering my eyes to the approach step. I was not long in crossing the sympathetic look of Alaric allowing me to recover in anticipation.

"Jeremy packing his bag's?" Ric asked in hesitation at the sight of my previous position.

I mimed a sarcastic grin before pushing myself out of the wall with the intention of cutting off this discussion. "What else could he do? He can't stop talking about his new high school."

"Mila-"

"Don't !" I interrupted him without losing a second before leaving a long sigh as I passed him."I need air. "

I could perfectly feel the professor's contrite glance on my back as I hurried down the stairs before skipping the last step. I went straight to the coat rack to retrieve my leather jacket before slamming the front door. I slipped my jacket down the porches before unlocking the doors of my SUV. I hurried out of our driveway with one last look at Jer's bedroom window before just shaking my head as I focused on a new destination.

I drove straight to the witches' house before taking the time to park in the undergrowth to avoid attracting attention. I slammed the door behind me, watching the area concisely, before pocketing my car keys in my jacket pocket on the way.

I was not slow to cross the pace of the mansion leaving me once again to hold my breath in anticipation. Although I knew that the witches had nothing against Milana and myself, I was still somewhat anxious. Or maybe it was more Milana's anxiety. Anyway, I could not really stop myself from releasing a relieved breath once I realized that no pain was being inflicted on me.

I crossed the entire mansion until I finally heard long whispers in a foreign language. I immediately frowned as I could easily recognize the energy coming from these words.

A spell.

I let Milana's energy and power slip along my limbs as a precaution before finally slipping slowly down the last step.

However, it was until I heard the growl followed by the swearing of some familiar witch. I left my guard as I decided to make myself known before crossing my arms on my chest by leaning against the crack in the basement.

A raised eyebrow raised my expression as I watched the witch hit the coffin apparently sealed with frustration. "You will open damn it!"

"I doubt that shouting at it is the solution." I interjected with a smirk on my lips as I saw the witch turn abruptly to her feet in surprise.

"Mila?" Bonnie exclaimed with wide eyes as she resumed quickly from her fright before gauging me suspiciously. "What you're doing here ?"

"Steffy didn't tell you ?" I questioned confidently before pushing myself out of the crack, watching the coffins with envy. "I'm part of the team now."

"I thought he didn't want to get involved with you and Elena."

I forced myself to unfasten my eyes from the coffins before giving a glance at the witch for her lack of discernment."Please, did you seriously think he could keep me out?"

"Right." Bonnie agreed before giving me a hesitant look. "Do you think that ... I mean, Milana might be able to help us?"

"Yeah, I'm trying to stay free of magic right now so..."

Bonnie nodded visibly understanding before returning to work on the sealed coffin. Meanwhile, I tried to control my frustration mixed with Milana's desire. She wanted to be able to approach these coffins perhaps as much as me to keep Jer in town. And yet, I already knew that this last wish was out of reach now.

I had absolutely no desire to be here. Especially after what happened yesterday in the house of witches. Klaus had sent a hybrid spy. Luckily Damon and Stefan killed him before he could snitch about Bonnie and me. So the reason I did not want to be here again. Even less in the presence of Elena. Not after what she had done to Jeremy. Honestly, we were lucky she was not a vampire yet. Because I sincerely feared what she could do if she was truly one. It seemed so easy for her to wipe us off as if nothing had ever really happened. And yet, I found myself stuck here in the company of my abominable sister, Bonnie and Matt in front of the Forbes house. I did not even have the support of Felix to make this moment a little more pleasant.

Caroline was really lucky that I liked her otherwise I would not be here. Besides, I was not even sure whether it was a good idea to remind an immortal that she will never grow old again. After all, Stefan hated to celebrate his birthdays and Damon ... well, I was not sure that thinking about the two brothers was such a good distraction eventually. I honestly did it for Caroline and Caroline only. The blonde had apparently avoided any attempt to celebrate her birthday by Elena and Bonnie.

"C'mon, Mila. You could at least smile." Elena prompted me for a glare, before coldly avoiding her touch.

I immediately looked away in irritation for her poor attempt to act normally before avoiding the tense eyes of Bonnie and Matt on our duet.

Bonnie seemed more persistent as she leaned toward me in the question. " You're okay ?"

"I don't know, how do you feel about knowing that Elena has compelled my twin to leave the city?" I snickered before quickly swiveling on my heels to Matt. "What about you, Matt? You had become friends with my brother, right? What do you think about it ? Better, are not you afraid of being next?"

"Mila!" Hailed Elena faking an offended cry making me shake my head on the trio before passing them on the way to the Forbes porch.

I used the emergency keys hidden under the entrance mat before unlocking the lock with the trio on my steps. I took a moment to look at the Forbes' modest house before moving into the living room as Elena tried to call me again.

Unfortunately, it only lasted a while as she finally set her sights on the deco at the request of Bonnie. I hastened to give a simple nod on the witch as a thank you before I put myself to install the balloons and decorations. At least, it was until we heard the familiar sound of the blonde's Prius.

Elena intimidated us to hide quickly letting me lean against the entrance to the living room before monitoring the rise of Caroline outside.

"SURPRISE!" I shouted with the rest of the group as Caroline entered through her front door before stopping visibly shocked at our sight. "Happy birthday!"

"What are you guys doing here?"

Elena laughed while passing the crown on her head to the queen of the party. "Well you blew off school and miss our work of birthday art, so ..."

"Change into warmer clothes, we're going to the falls. Smores, camp fire. Cake, like when we were little."Bonnie continued in the enthusiast before giving me a side look with a smile."With one more person. "

"And the tequila." Matt added as he showed the bottle of alcohol he had probably stolen from the Grill.

The simple sight was enough to make me think of Felix and I had to fight again this feeling of anger and frustration. Everything seemed to make me angry lately and I did not know how long I could keep up. At this rate, I was going to leave the reins to Milana before the end of the semester.

"Thanks, guys. Really, I'm just not feeling my birthday this year." Caroline winked softly, letting my lips curl in a sense of arrogance.

I already knew she would react like that.

Only the rest of the group still seemed ignorant as Bonnie let a confused breath. "I'm sorry, what? You've already got your birthday as everyone's favorite day of the year. "

"Yeah, and now, it's just reminder that technically, I'm dead. Look, I'm not even like 17. It's a filler year, I'm stuck in a year filler."Caroline said sadly letting me remove this horrible childish crown from my head before giving Caroline a look with sympathy.

However, it only lasted for a moment, as Milana's more than pronounced feelings on the subject were soon interfering with mine. To be honest, birthdays for her was not really as important as for us. For someone who lived in a time when the thirties were the maximum age, birthdays were overrated. Not to mention that she did not really see the point of feeling sorry for herself when Caroline was probably a better person as a vampire. It was based solely on my memories, of course.

"You're not stuck Caroline." Elena objected in a false sense of understanding.

However, Caroline immediately shook her head in determination. "Yeah, I am, but it's okay. You know, it's all good. I will be fine. But I just need some time to wallow it."

I gauged Caroline for a moment in an internal debate before leaving a long sigh calling the whole group as I clapped my hands before rolling my eyes at the sight of Bonnie and Elena's looks at the mention of my parasite. "Fine! According to Milana, birthdays are overrated anyway. Don't look at me like that."

Caroline let a breath of laughter. "You must admit that it sounds like a kind of TDI."

"It's my burden to wear." I replied, shrugging my shoulders before giving Caroline a look in impatience. "Anyway, I intend to stay now that I'm here so either we do something or we can stay here to mope. It's your day. I mean it's your reminder of your death."

"Exactly." Elena suddenly puffed, seeming to have the idea of the century before turning to Caroline impatiently. "Go get changed. I have another idea and you coming with us Caroline."

That's how I ended up driving our little group across the Virginia roads to the boarding house. However, Elena made me take a new path at the last moment. Once we were far enough off the road, Elena asked me to stop before telling us to get off. If I thought my sister had completely lost her mind it was even worse now. I could not believe that I found myself blindly following my sister in the forest at night. And if that was not enough, we were surrounded by hundreds of graves.

"There it is. This is where we're going to celebrate ..."Elena suddenly announced as she took her head inside a tomb letting me give a look of incredulity to the back of the brunette's head.

Bonnie seemed to share my opinion as she hastened to give me a skeptical look. "This is creepy. Even for us. "

"Looking back, I saw worse." I said distractedly as I took my head completely ignorant of the alarmed looks of the quartet on my back.

I scanned the tomb distractedly in interest before turning to the group as Elena hastened to place the cake on the nearest grave on her side. "No, it's not if you think of it, Caroline was right. Technically, she's dead and has been for a while now. Sorry if that's harsh. But when I heard Mila talk about the day recalling her burial, I realized it. You don't need a birthday, you need a funeral. You need to say goodbye to your old life so that you can move on with your new one. Accept that Caroline Forbes the human is dead and then embrace Caroline Forbes the vampire."

"Not bad. Have you ever thought of a career in funeral homes?" I sarcastically received a roll of Elena's brown eyes.

Caroline let out a laugh at my comment before removing the crown from her head as she nodded in the termination. "So here lies Caroline Forbes ..."

"Cheerleader, Miss Mystic Falls, third grade champion hopscotch." Elena continued as I walked over to her to take the candles from her hands before planting them one by one into the cake.

"Friend, daughter, overachiever." Bonnie added in turn soon followed by Matt.

"Mean girl, sometimes, no offense."

"Ah, none taken."

"She was 17, and she had a really good life. So, rest in peace, so that she can move forward and embrace being the kick ass vampire that we all know and love. That's what you really need. Bonnie? "I finished, carefully carrying the cake to the blonde before giving a glance at the witch by my side to light the candles. "Nice. Okay, Forbes, make a wish. "

Moments later Caroline blew out the candles and the birthday party / funeral / wake start. Although I was not particularly inclined to participate in this little improvised party, I had to admit that it was good. A moment when we could forget everything and just act like teenagers seemed almost unreal in our current lifestyle. I just could not deny that it made me crazy.

Not to mention that I had been able to confirm some of my many questions related to my cohabitation with Milana. It seems like I'm not immune to alcohol like most creatures in Mystic Falls. Which meant that I could fully enjoy my mind a little number with every sip of tequila.
Unfortunately, it seems that I could not really forget everything because a certain absence was not slow to be felt. It was enough that I watched the quartet of best friends to remind me that the only real person who counted so much for me was not present.

From there, I simply could not ignore the tons of thoughts accompanying Felix's name. As I had foreseen, the moment of peace lasted only a moment.

Especially when Matt tried to take the bottle just to be stolen by Elena in the second following. "Ah-ah. I need it more than you do, trust me. "

I just could not stop the roll of my eyes as I hoisted myself out of the little marble step by taking my phone out of my pocket with the intention of doing something stupid.

Unfortunately, the sudden question about the guest of honor made me realize that she was currently in the same guilty position as me. I immediately lifted my head from my phone, unconsciously hiding my phone behind my back just to see Caroline justify herself poorly.

"What? Nothing."

"Ok, you're a bad sober liar, you're an even worse drunk liar."

"I might have texted Tyler…" Caroline said and I let my eyes go back for a moment on my screen as I could see Felix's name tempting me.

However, Elena's sighing agreement followed by the tinkling of the bottle against the floor again called out to me. "It was just delicacy."

I rolled my eyes at the vampire's poor excuse again before casting a dark glare visibly in agreement with Bonnie's reproach. "Oh, that's fine! You can't control what we do all the time."

"What? "

"You went a little hard." Matt commented as he visibly rose to my sister's side again.

However, I hastened to intervene in my turn when the witch almost immediately tried to apologize. "No, no, no, Bonnie. Don't apologize. I think its time for someone else to finally intervene."

"Mila ..."

"She's right, Caroline." Supported Bonnie again making me look at the vampire confidently before turning to Elena as Bonnie expressed her point of view. "I know it's Caroline's birthday-her funeral or whatever you want. But I think it was really wrong to do that to Jeremy for him to leave."

"If I did it, it was only to protect him. I wanted him to be lucky to live as normally as possible." She defended making scoff with disdain.

An action that immediately challenged the witch as she pointed to me as an argument. "And to ignore the opinion of his twin sister, it was also to protect him? Better, ignore his own opinion. Jeremy should be able to choose how he wants to live his life. But you stole that choice. Not only to Jeremy but also to Mila."

"You can't tell him anything. Promise me! "

"Why ?" I interjected this time as I walked into the conversation center, taking off Elena's agitated look. "Give me one good reason not to tell him that our dear sister has compelled him to send him away from his family. His friends. His life."

"Pay attention Mila, she could also ask Damon to compel you." Bonnie commented making me retreat to the harshness of her words as Elena frowned visibly choc.

Not surprisingly, Matt the peacemaker was quick to intervene leaving me to raise a hand in a sign of abandonment before recovering my jacket with Caroline. I still wished her a happy burial before ignoring my sister's calls as I was leaving.

I ran down our stairs four to four at the microwave timer ringing repeatedly before crossing the hallway to the kitchen. I opened the appliance door to clear the steam from the inside before heading to the nearest closet to pull out a container. I put it on the counter before recovering the bag of popcorn from the microwave to pour it into the container. I was careful not to burn myself in the process before I started to pour the popcorn.

However, it was before the sudden ringing of our doorbell rang throughout the house. I frowned slightly in the interrogation before rubbing my sweaty hands together as I made my way to the front door.

Unfortunately, I should not have opened this door.

"Oh, that's not true." I gasped as I strained to stay on the right side at the sight of the original hybrid before giving him a flat look. "What you're doing here, Niklaus? "

I could see a slight twitch in his jaw at his name before he took a step back as a false sense of trust. "Still with my full name."

"Well, it's your name right?" I answered intelligently.

It had the gift of bringing a totally different smile to Niklaus as he lowered his eyes, shaking his head before leaning nonchalantly against the opening of our front door. "I killed people for less than that."

"Quite sure that Milana has also killed." I replied boldly as I began to copy his position despite myself. "You can give up the act. I'm not afraid of you."

"Really ?" He doubted with a real, amused smile before motioning for me to move on. "In this case, you will have no trouble joining me."

I immediately gave a flat look at the original before shaking my head in the objection."Yeah, I think I'll stay where I am. I have nothing to do on this side."

"Are you sure ?" He replied confidently as he pushed himself from the crack before turning to me, leaning his head mischievously. "I mean, you don't even feel a single bit of curiosity about me? You said you saw the memories of Milana, right? You should at least have some questions to ask me."

I gave him a look clearly tired of his little game before leaving a long sigh between my lips as I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration. "Honestly, if it's your strategy to find out where your family is, you're obviously far from Milana's description."

To my surprise, Klaus let out a laugh again, making me gauge him in disbelief. I took a moment to question his sanity before remembering that he was probably the most questionable person I had ever met.

"So you don't know." He declared suddenly, with that famous, unsettling smirk.

I could feel Milana's suspicion and anticipation waking up inside me as she seemed to be able to read him as some kind of open book. He was acting confident and malicious but something seemed to definitely upset him. And if I thought Milana, it had to do with his family detained in Stefan's hand. Or perhaps even the fact that he was so openly challenged. I immediately wrinkled my lips in realization before shaking my head to force me to stop worrying about the infamous hybrid.

Instead, I sat up, narrowing my eyes irritably at the hybrid. "What did you do now?"

"Me ? Absolutely nothing." He asked, pointing his chest with a falsely innocent look before displaying a mysterious smile. "On the other hand, it might be that a beautiful vampire sadly tragic destiny met her prince with sharp fangs. "

"Caroline." I gasped instantly with a wide look before I lost any sense of reason as I threw myself on the hybrid.

I grabbed the edges of his white shirt open on his chest to bring him closer to my face before supporting his blue steel eyes with a mad rage. "What did you do to her? Niklaus, what did you do?"

The vampire immediately looked strangely happy as he grabbed my wrists in turn to get me closer to his face. I was so close that I could feel his so recognizable scent of musk and ebony. Unlike Damon who had a more worked, more artificial smell, Niklaus had a distinct smell. It was purely wild and almost animal.

However, I was quick to let my rage into panic as I realized our position more than compromising. I released the edges of his shirt just like the hybrid tightened his grip on my wrists. Not enough to hurt me but enough to keep me from taking my eyes off his metallic blue irises.

"You shouldn't be so impulsive, Mila." He said in a lower octave, sending strange chills all the way down my back before petrifying me as he suddenly leaned against the shell of my ear."You could end up biting you too."

It had the gift of getting me out of my weird trance as I shouted in realization before fighting his grip. The hybrid gave a small throaty laugh to my futile struggle before letting me go. I immediately took a step back to put as much distance between us as possible before rubbing my wrists under his amused eyes.

I swallowed sadly as Caroline's fate re-emerged in my mind. "She's going to die. "

"Now, why so much pessimism." Klaus whispered, miming a pout before displaying a carnivorous smile. "You know that my blood is the cure."

I immediately narrowed my eyes to the hybrid realizing the reason for Milana's mistrust before crossing my arms over my chest as I jerked my chin audaciously. "You would never give your blood without consideration."

"Exact. "Assured the hybrid, pointing quickly at me before he arrogantly shrugs his shoulders arrogantly. "So ... what can you offer me for your friend's life?"

This time it was my turn to gauge him, shocked as I pointed at him in surprise. "Me ? What could I have that you want?"

"Well, find the butcher for start." Klaus declared bitterly, making me understand the reason for his controversial mood before he continued his claims. "Then my family would be the icing on the cake."

I could feel Milana's inner conflict as I clenched my fists by my side visibly wedged between two chairs. I could not betray Stefan but on the other hand, Caroline was about to die and probably in excruciating pain. I looked away at the mere thought before taking a deep breath as I could feel the calm and strangely patient presence of the hybrid in front of me.

I ended up resting my attention on him by biting the inside of my cheek in the hustle and bustle. "There must be something else. "

"Well, your friend is going to die."

I took a break as I gauged the hybrid squeezing my fists by my side. Even when Milana's emotions resurfaced, my hatred for the man before my eyes was far too strong. And yet, I could not really deny that I had almost come to some sort of understanding with him. I had almost come to admit that he was perhaps not just the horrible monster that his actions demonstrated.

"Are you really going to let her die at Tyler's hands?" I puffed, focusing my eyes on the floor to avoid looking at that abject being."All that to mark a point? To avenge you?" I tried to lift my eyes to support his steel blue eyes with hatred. "Nothing matters more than your thirst for power for you!"

My mind still too confused perceived almost an ounce of remorse in his eyes only I was too angry to even let me believe for a moment that he was able to be salvaged.

"I can see the disappointment in your eyes." He suddenly declared, taking me completely off guard as I swallowed expectantly. "Milana had absolutely the same way of looking at me."

Unfortunately, it just had the gift of exasperating me more as I took a deep breath. "I'm not Milana! "

"Indeed." He agreed patiently making me look up at him before trying to hide my surprise with anger. Conversely, the hybrid seemed to meet a kind of internal conflict as he gauged me with a slight frown. "And yet, I can't help but want your approval."

This time I just rolled my eyes in impertinence. "Bullshit. The only thing you want is to be able to build your little hybrid army. You're desperately alone, Niklaus. "

I could see that my words had once again reached him as he suddenly took a step back as he straightened up. He took a deep breath in a last instinct of control before returning his intense eyes to me.

"You think you know me because Milana has made you see pieces of my past. But believe me, you don't know anything about what I'm really capable of, Mila." He was even leaning against the edge of our front door to be able to stand face to face with me. "You don't know anything about me."

However, I was not ready to let myself be intimidated despite the fear running through my veins as I took a step in his direction by straightening my chin in impulsiveness. "Your threats have no weight on me."

Unfortunately, he soon disconcerted me again as the hybrid let a slight smile bend his pink lips before standing up shaking his head visibly entertained by our little verbal challenge.

"I have no reason to help Caroline. To tell the truth, she's a collateral damage. But the fact that you think you can probe me bother me a lot, love. Just for that, I'll show you that you're wrong about me again. "

"Do what you want. It will not change anything for me." I supported placidly despite an ounce of hope emerging along my chest. "In my eyes, you will be forever the one who murdered my aunt and sister at the foot of the altar."

The hybrid narrowed his lips, swallowing my uncompromising accusation before straightening up proudly as he gauged me intently. "You think you know how you feel. But you will not always be able to hide behind Milana. And when you have decided to face this part of yourself- "

"Let me guess, will you be there waiting for me?" I interrupted him clearly too confused by his statement before giving him a murderous look. "You're cheeky after what you just told me. Do you seriously think that I would even speak to you if you let Caroline die? "

"You must know that I don't respond well to blackmail." He warns me in a whistle, showing his impatience.

I nibbled my tongue to keep from annoying him further before crossing my arms around my chest to control the buzzing energy along my fingers. "For that, I should already have something to haggle and everyone knows you don't care about anything. "

The hybrid surprised me once again as he let a cold, seemingly forced laugh before shaking his head, straightening his leather jacket."Only one thing counts for me. You will end up seeing it with time. In the meantime, I have to save a life."

I frowned at once, visibly taken aback by his enigmatic response, before surprising me with a quick step outside as he suddenly disappeared from our porch. I tightened my jacket around me still in shock of his statement before tightening my jaw.

I could only hope that the hybrid had not only brewed with his frivolous statements and that he had gone to save Caroline.