Sorry for the wait. So much happened last week, with school and other things.
So here`s chapter 25. Enjoy!
I do not own The Vampire Diaries, only my OC
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The Brotherhood of the Five
I woke up before Klaus did the next morning. I knew that he needed some sleep but I wanted him to get some peace and quiet.
The night had been perfect. I knew that I couldn't stay mad at him for long. I loved him too much. I went into the bathroom and took a shower.
I was alone in the shower for just a few minutes before Klaus joined me. So much for his sleep.
I got dressed and put my jacket on.
"Where are you going?" Klaus asked me as he stepped in to the room only wearing a towel around his waist.
"Meeting your sister. She needs some girl time. In translation, me-time." I said with a sigh and gave him a kiss.
"Maybe that`s for the best. I have a lot to do today myself." I smiled and walked out of the bedroom and out of the house. I got into my car and drove over to Rebekah`s house.
"Hey!" I said as I walked through the door. Rebekah was sitting in the kitchen drinking blood from a bag. She sniffed through the air.
"Ugh! You had sex with my brother again, didn`t you?" She asked me. I couldn`t help but blush.
"You know I can`t stay mad at him." Rebekah huffed and rolled her eyes.
"So, what are we doing today?" I asked to get her of the track.
"We are going to buy Matt a new car. I feel so bad for what I did to him and I want to do him this favor." She actually looked a little sad. She really like Matt and I don`t blame her. He`s a good guy, too good for his own good.
"I hope that will make a difference for you. You deserve some happiness Bekah." I told her and gave her a hug. We went to the car dealership to find a car for Matt. He didn`t know we were doing this. He wouldn`t have allowed us to do it.
"I hope he likes it." Rebekah was nervous. It was nice seeing her like this. So humane and like a little schoolgirl.
"You`re adorable when you`re nervous and all because of a boy." I giggled at her.
"Well, you`re in love with a bi-polar, unstable and over possessive hybrid, so shut up will you?" She growled at me and that only made me laugh even more.
After a few hours, we drove Matt`s new car to the Grill. He was working the early shift.
"There he is." I said and pointed to Matt who was standing at the bar, cleaning some glasses.
"Here goes nothing." Rebekah took a deep breath and walked over to him, placing the car keys on the counter.
"What`s that?" He asked a little annoyed.
"That`s the keys for your new truck." Rebekah said and gave him a smile.
"It`s parked outside, it`s paid for, insured. Everything but a big red bow."
"If that`s your way of an apology, you should probably give it to Elena. She`s the one you killed." Matt said coldly and left her. I felt so bad for her. Then we saw Klaus sitting at the bar amused.
"You`re trying too hard." He said and looked at his sister.
"Last I heard you were leaving town. Forever."
"I was but then I thought to myself, how can I? When my dear sister clearly so desperate for love and affection is left here. Bribing the help." I stepped forward.
"Don`t be an ass to your sister." I told him. Klaus only smiled at me and put his arm around my waist, keeping me close to him.
"What do you want Nik? I thought I was dead to you?"
"Things change Rebekah. I`ve stumbled across something that might show some interest."
"I doubt that." She spat at her brother.
"No? What if I told you that The Brotherhood of the Five still existed?" The what? I thought.
Rebekah looked like she was in shock and disbelief. "What?" She almost whispered out.
"And like that, bygones. Come on love, we`ve got work to do." I wanted to wipe that smug smile of his face right now. He`s pushing her buttons. Idiot.
"We don`t have anything to do anymore. There is no we. I don`t care about the five and I don`t care about you." Rebekah was still hurting about everything that happened before.
"As you wish." Klaus simply said, gave me a kiss on the cheek and left us. I turned towards Rebekah.
"Are you ok?" I asked her.
"I know you love him and he`s my brother but right now, I hate him." Poor Rebekah had tears in her eyes. I gave her a hug and sat down with her, ordering drinks for the both of us.
After some time at the Grill, I decided to go back to the mansion. Rebekah wanted to spend time with April Young, Pastor Yong`s daughter. On my way inside, Stefan caught up with me.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked him.
"I`m going to talk to your boyfriend and it`s a good thing you`re here. Maybe he won`t be a pain in the ass." Stefan sighed.
"Well, I can`t promise anything." I said truthfully, as I walked inside. We walked into the living room and in the next room connecting with the living room, we saw the hunter cuffed up on some kind of board.
"Looks like I have to beef up the hybrid security around here." Klaus said without turning around.
"I was going to take him but I figured you went through some much trouble with your red room of pain." Stefan said mockingly. Wait. Did he just use some kind of reference from 50 shades of grey? Haha! Go Stefan!
"It`s from the inquisition. I thought it was a nice touch." Klaus looked smug again.
"What did you get out of him?"
"Not enough. He`s not saying anything about the greater evil that we`re supposed to be afraid of. What brings you snooping?"
"I can`t tell you in front of him. As you may have figured out. This one can`t be compelled." Stefan said matter of fact.
Klaus looked back at the hunter. "You`re full of mysteries aren`t you?"
"I told you, I don`t know anything." The hunter choked out.
"Thankfully, I know plenty. Shall we?" Klaus said leaving the room. Oh goody! Story time!
He closed the door and turned to Stefan. "So, what`s with the home invasion?"
"Damon told me you knew something about this guy. I knew you were up to something when you healed Elena from the werewolf venom without asking for anything in return." Stefan told him. So Elena had venom in her system and no one told me about it?
"I felt like doing something good." Klaus told him and I knew he was lying.
"You never do anything good like that. Who is this guy? Who`s the five?"
"So many questions."
"It`s a good thing that I don`t have anything to do today." Stefan said and took a seat on the couch. I sat down on the other couch.
"Me neither! Rebekah`s still hounding over Matt and that got boring real fast." I grinned.
"Fine. You might be useful in persuading my sister to cooperate." Klaus said and sat down next to me.
"The brotherhood of the five was a group of highly skilled vampire hunters. We crossed paths with them in the 12th century, Italy.
My siblings and I had followed the Normans as they concurred the south. Eating, turning people as we went.
Italy, 1114
Klaus and Elijah walked along the street fairs and noticing many peoples gathered around a stage with four staked vampires.
"These beasts live among you passing as humans."
"But with the bloodshed came exposure."
"So witness with your own eyes!" The vampire hunter known as Alexander opened a huge box containing a vampire. The vampire started to burn in the sunlight, screaming in pain.
"He`s putting on quite a show." Elijah told Klaus.
"He`s nothing. I could eat him for sport." Klaus said smug.
"Still. You should heed the warning. With you here and Kol in the east, you haven`t been discreet. The stories of the Original vampires is spreading." Elijah said.
"I welcome such infamy. But perhaps if you`re worried about discretion, perhaps you should talk to our sister." Klaus looked over at Rebekah and the hunter Alexander. They were affectionate towards each other.
Present time.
"So these hunters have been around for 900 years?" Stefan asked Klaus. I was completely captivated by the story.
"Apparently." Klaus said with a sigh. "Though our friend in the other room is the first I`ve seen since then. Kind of makes you wonder what they`ve been up too all these years."
I broke my silence.
"So Rebekah had a thing for one of them?" I asked with curiosity.
"Oh, she didn`t just have a thing, Little wolf. She fell in love with him. He told her all his secrets. Which I will gladly share with you. Provided you do one thing for me."
"And what is that?" Stefan and I said at the same time.
"Get Rebekah over here. She`s being stubborn and hateful. I need to make peace with her. I want her to give me important information about the hunter which she won`t do unless she believe we`ve made up."
Stefan got up from the couch. "And what`s in it for me?"
Klaus wasn`t giving anything away.
"Just get her here and I`ll tell you. Oh, and Stefan let me just say; that hunter in there holds the answer to all your prayers."
I was too into this story. I didn`t notice Stefan leaving in the first place. I looked up at Klaus.
"Can you please tell me more?" I asked him.
"I`m sorry love. You have to wait like everyone else.
"Please! I want to know more about your past with this kind of asshole in there." I pointed at the door as I stood up.
"All in good time love." He said kissing me. He was not getting away from this just my kissing me.
"No, no. No lovin` until you tell me the rest of the story." I said firmly. Klaus looked like a boy who`s favorite toy had just been taken away.
"Oh yeah. Two can play this game." I told him and walked out of the living room giggling.
Just two hours later, I heard a car pulling up outside. Stefan was back. With Rebekah, I hope.
I ran downstairs.
"Feeling alright mate?" I heard Klaus say to Connor the hunter.
"Welcome home sister!" Rebekah was standing by the door.
"Is this a trick? How to you know he`s one of the five? Where is his bloody tattoo?"
Tattoo? What tattoo? I thought to myself.
"The tattoo isn`t visible on this one. Now let`s eat." Klaus said, walking out of the room. Eat? Now? I wanted answers! We sat down in the dining room and it was all kinds of food. I was rather hungry so it was a good thing we were going to eat.
Some girl poured vine to everyone.
"Thank you my lovely." Klaus said to one of them. Making me a little jealous.
"I could kiss the council for burning up all the vervain in this town. It made my life so much easier. Rebekah love, eat your vegetables." I kicked him under the table for being a jerk but I ended up with pain in my own foot.
"I`m not eating until you apologize." Rebekah acted like a stubborn child.
"For which indiscretion? There have been a lot."
"You broke my neck."
"Only because you threw away Elena`s blood so that I can`t make any more hybrids!"
"Because you took me for granted."
"That`s what big brothers do, sweetheart."
I face palmed myself at the same time Stefan said;
"Let me just name the million other people I would rather have dinner with right now." I could not help myself. I started laughing. I felt the same way right now. I couldn`t stop giggling.
"Alright fine. Fine! I`m sorry. I often forget how delicate you are. Forgive me."
Rebekah looked at him. "I`ll take it under consideration."
"Good. Now why don`t you tell me about Rebekah`s hunter." Stefan turned his attention towards Klaus and so did I.
"Right! Alexander. Nice chap with obvious issues. He was looking for creatures of the night. Which is why we felt quite safe around him wearing our daylight rings."
Italy 1114
"I am not used to this kind of luxury." Alexander said with a smile.
"That`s the least we can do after opening our eyes to the truth." Elijah told him.
"We`re curious to know more about your order. The crusade."
"We`re about five men. Bound by fire and the last breath of a dying witch to a single cause. The destruction of all vampires."
"And how do you hope to achieve that?" Klaus asked curiously.
"We have the ultimate weapon. That no vampires can survive."
Present time.
"So all this about a weapon?" Stefan asked.
"Not just any weapon." Rebekah stated.
"Rebekah, love. Don`t get ahead in the story."
"How is a weapon an answer to all my prayers?" No one said anything.
"Ok. Why don`t we just cut the crap and get right to the point?"
"Not yet. You see, to find the weapon, we need to solve the puzzle. Which seems to have disappeared."
"What puzzle?" Stefan started thinking. "The tattoo." I said.
"What is it?" Stefan asked.
"A map. Leading us to its treasure."
"What would that do us any good, when we can`t see the bloody tattoo?" Rebekah said irritated.
"We can`t but someone else can." Klaus turned around to one of the girl behind us.
"Why don`t you tell the hybrid to bring him in, Love."
No! I knew who it was and when Jeremy appeared, I got afraid and pissed off.
"You see. The hunter was so eager when he found out someone else could see the tattoo that he told me that it was one other person who could see it."
Stefan got up from his seat.
"I wouldn`t do that mate." Klaus said to him.
"Lucky for us, young Jeremy here is quite an artist." Klaus looked at me once before turning to Stefan.
"I`m not helping you with anything." Jeremy told Klaus angrily.
He then took Jeremy`s ring.
"Oh, I think you do."
That was when I got up. I was mad now.
"Give me that!" I told my boyfriend and took the ring, placing it back on Jeremy`s finger.
"If you want Jeremy to help you, let me talk to him and don`t threaten to kill him all the time." Klaus didn`t even look at me. I swear sometimes it is like talking to and discipline a child!
"Fine. You talk to him."
I took Jeremy`s hand and walked into the next room.
"Your boyfriend`s an ass!" Jeremy said to me.
"I know he is." I sighed.
"I know you don`t want to help him but by helping him, you`re helping me." I told him and looked at him. I could see Jeremy caving.
"I won`t let him hurt you but either way he will get it out of you. Please just do it for me. I`ll make sure he behaves himself." Jeremy sighed.
"Fine. I`ll do it for you. No one else." I gave my brother a hug.
"Thank you."
I walked with Jeremy back to the dining room with three vampires waiting for us.
"He`ll do it but all of you stays away from him and let him work." I said and opened the door to reveal Connor.
"That includes you!" I pointed at Klaus before shutting the door behind me and turning towards my brother.
"Now get to work. I`ll make sure my bi-polar boyfriend doesn`t come in here to disturb."
I watched Jeremy drawing and despite everything going on, it felt nice to sit and watching him draw. It felt just like when we were younger and we were sitting by the fireplace at the cabin. Just him and me. So peaceful.
Connor`s voice brought me back.
"You set me up at the hospital. Led me into a trap. Why?" Jeremy focused on his drawing.
"Because you tried to hurt people that are important to me."
"Important to you? That vampire just tried to kill you. I can`t understand how you can see the tattoo and be sympathizing."
"And what exactly do you understand?" My brother`s getting tougher.
"Because a couple of days ago, you seemed to have all the answers and now you know jack. Where is this tattoo coming from? Why am I the only one who can see it?"
"Years ago I met someone with the mark. Claimed he had this intense desire to kill vampires. Like it was branded in his DNA. He told me the same thing I told you. If I could see the mark, I would be a potential." Connor told him.
"Who was he?" I asked intrigued.
"A man I served in Iraq with. I lost track of him and then one day, the tattoo just showed up on me. It started on my hand and the more vampires I killed, the more it spread. Like it was trying to tell me something. I just don`t know what."
Both Jeremy and I looked at him and then each other. This was all so absurd.
I got up and left Jeremy to tell the others how it went. Just as I got out, Stefan started with his questions again.
"So tell me more about this tattoo." Now I was in story mode again sitting next to Klaus.
"My sister`s soother was unwilling to tell us anything but Rebekah was more than willing to investigate."
Italy 1114
Rebekah was straddling Alexander in bed, kissing him. She looked at him and touched his tattoo.
"How do you read these symbols?" She said seductively.
"The map took years for me and my brothers to translate. The sword is the key to reading it." Alexander took the sword and laid it down on the small table by the bed.
"Have you considered my offer? To come with me when I follow the map." Alexander asked.
"I have, and I would like that very much." She told him and kissed him again.
She then looked at the table and noticed something.
"What`s that?" She pointed at a dagger.
"That is a very special weapon, to a very special vampire." He said and dipped it in ash.
"When my brotherhood has achieved our destiny, these monsters will seize to exist. Until then, we have the dagger."
"Do you really believe they`re all so evil that they have to be put down?" Alexander didn`t want to answer that question.
"Let`s not talk about such evil. Let us do this." Alexander kiss Rebekah.
"And this." He said and plunged the dagger into her heart. Rebekah gasped for air and turned pale and grey.
"My sister`s boyfriend threw a slumber party that night. He and his brothers put us all down in our sleep. Elijah, Kol, Finn and me."
"How was I supposed to know" Rebekah said.
"Cheers to my sister and her ability to choose men."
"The dagger doesn`t work on you because of your werewolf side." I stated.
"They don`t."
Rebekah wakes up gasping. Klaus was standing beside her bed, covered in blood.
"What happened?" Klaus looked almost like he was in a state of shock or he just didn`t care.
"Ask him." He moved out of the way and Rebekah saw Alexander up against the wall with his own sword pierced through his chest.
"Only he cannot answer because I ripped out his tongue. Along with the rest of them."
"Nik, I had no idea." Rebekah was in tears.
"But you should have. Your only family was nearly wiped out because of your stupidity. What did he promise you?"
"Nothing." She cried out.
"He would not have made a move unless he knew you were vulnerable. You trusted him. Over me!" Klaus was both heartbroken and furious.
"Tell me what he promised you." Rebekah shook her head and kept repeating the same thing. Klaus got even angrier and grabbed her.
"Tell me Rebekah!"
Present time.
"Go on Rebekah. Tell them what he promised you. Tell them what the tattoo leads too. What`s this great weapon to end all vampires." Klaus was annoyed but amused.
I was nearly falling off my chair in excitement.
"A cure. He said it was a cure." That literally made me fall off the chair. A cure for vampirism?
Klaus got up and walked to get a drink.
"There`s no cure for vampirism." Stefan told Klaus.
"I`m telling the truth, Stefan." Rebekah followed them.
"Then why haven`t you searched for it, found it?"
"Because Stefan, that night when they took their last breath, the tattoo disappeared. The map was gone and the brotherhood extinct. For 900 years there wasn`t even a whisper about the hunters until our friend in there showed up."
I walked back in to Jeremy. I didn`t want to listen to the fighting and bickering anymore.
"Hey, how is it coming along?" Jeremy looked at me.
"I`m nearly finished now." He told me giving me a smile.
"That`s good. Thank you for doing this." I said squeezing his shoulders.
"There`s nothing I wouldn`t do for you big sister."
Then Klaus came in and looked at the drawing. "Nice lines. Now if you could hurry up a bit." I rolled my eyes at his behavior.
"I`m done." Jeremy said, giving the drawing to him.
"What`s this?" He asked.
"That`s the tattoo." I could see Klaus` anger changing and I stepped in front of my brother.
"I`ve seen the tattoo. It`s more to it."
I looked over at Connor. "He told us that the tattoo spread the more vampires he killed. Maybe he hasn`t killed enough yet."
Klaus looked at Connor and then me.
"Nate! Make sure Jeremy gets home and keep this alive at all costs."
"I will take Jeremy home. You go do whatever you need to do." I told him before grabbing my brother by the arm and walked out of the room.
We were silent all the way home. When I parked in the driveway, Jeremy turned to me.
"Your boyfriend is completely insane. How can you be with someone like that?" I sighed.
"Half of the time, I don`t know. But there`s something in him that he only shows to me. Something no one else gets to see. Not even his siblings. I`m not defending everything he`s done but he listens to me and I`m hoping that with time, I`ll make him a better person."
Jeremy looked at me with sad eyes.
"I know this isn`t easy for you and I promise as long as he makes you happy and treat you good, I`ll give him a little benefit of doubt. Just don`t tell anyone."
I hugged my brother. "Thank you. It means so much to hear you say that." Jeremy kissed my forehead.
"I`ll talk to you tomorrow. Love you big sister."
"Love you too little brother."
Then I drove back to the mansion and got to bed unknowing what was going on with Klaus, Rebekah and Stefan at the boarding house.
Finally! A new chapter! It took some time but here it is:)
I hope you liked it.
Until next time!
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*Sleiwd: Thank you so much! Haha! I hope she will kick her ass too. About Amy getting pregnant, I really don`t know. I`ve been thinking about it. I just have to figure out how I`ll be writing it.
*Guest: I just discovered it by "accident" and I hope they don`t put down this site!
*natazwe: I`m not completely sure how to write it but I want more interaction between Hayley and Amy. I just don`t know if they`re going to be sisters.
*sunmuenst: Ah, Klaus`baby mama. I like the sound of that. Keep giving me pointers. I`ll take it into consideration :D