Chapter 12

NPOV

"No way." Rosalie says.

"Oh, come on. Please." I plead.

"If I said no once what makes you think I'm gonna change my mind the second time round?" She says.

"But after what Damon did to me, I'm dying to see him get his ass handed to him." I said.

"Language!"

"Sorry, but you can see where I'm coming from right?"

"Yes, I can. But it's too dangerous. I don't want you anywhere near Damon Salvatore. Even if he is doped to his eyeballs with vervain." Rosalie says being firm about it.

I really wanted to be present when Damon was forced into that tomb with Katherine. It was payback well deserved. Yeah, Stefan would be pissed with me and Elena too. But who cares at this point? Damon was way out of control and needed to be taught a lesson.

"Rose, you don't have to worry. Nik and I will be with her the entire time. We won't let her out of our sights." Rebekah assures my Aunt.

I smile at this. "See, you don't have anything to worry about. I have not one but three bad ass Originals looking out for me. I'll be completely safe." I said hoping she would let up now.

I notice Rebekah and Klaus smirk when I said that they were 'bad ass'. Rosalie then sighs and folds her arms across her chest.

"Fine, you can go." She says.

"Yes!" I cheer throwing my arms up in the air.

"If… You promise to be careful. And keep on your guard at all times." Rosalie adds giving me strict orders.

In return I give her a playful salute. "Aye Aye Captain." I said making them all chuckle.

I quickly race upstairs to freshen up and change out of my pyjamas. I put my hair into a side braid and throw on a black and red checkered shirt with blue skinny jeans and my red retro cowgirl boots. I then go over to my chest of drawers and grab the bracelet Davina had given me and slid it on my wrist. Once I was ready, I made my way back downstairs where Rebekah and Klaus were waiting for me.

"I didn't know we were going to a rodeo." Rebekah comments, grinning as she takes in my outfit.

I giggle. "We're going to a rodeo alright. And Damon's the one getting tamed." I said.

Rebekah wrinkles her nose. "Oh, please don't say that again. I just got an awful feeling in my stomach." She says looking disgusted.

"Well I think you look beautiful Love." Klaus says, smiling at me.

I blush at this. "Thanks." I said smiling back at him.

"Your Uncle Jasper would be proud." Rosalie says grinning.

Oh yeah that's right, Uncle Jasper used to be a cowboy back before he was turned into a vampire.

"Ah yes, Major Whitlock." Klaus says.

"You know my Uncle?" I ask him.

He nods.

"We met just the once back in 1939 when he was still part of Maria's newborn army. I came close to killing him until I caught him eliminating one of his comrades who had tried to sink their teeth into a child. I knew then that he was different than the rest, and so I offered him a deal. His freedom for Maria's location. He bargained by asking me to spare his friends who wanted to leave the army as well. We came to an accord and he left with his friends while I stayed behind and dealt with Maria." Klaus explained.

I stood there amazed. Just when I thought that Klaus couldn't possibly surprise me anymore than he had, I was wrong.

"Jasper never told us about you." Rosalie says.

"That's because I compelled him to forget me. It was just a precaution with Mikael still being on the loose back then. I couldn't afford anyone giving away my location to my bastard Father." Klaus says seething at the word 'Father'.

"You saved my Uncle?" I ask him.

"I suppose s…"

Just then I cut him off as I launched myself into his arms wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Thank you so much!" I said beaming into his shoulder. "Without you he probably would never have escaped Maria and met the rest of my family. Thank you."

"I have a feeling he would have escaped somehow. But your welcome Love." Klaus says hugging me back.

I then pull back to peck him on the cheek resulting in him beaming down at me. That's when we hear Rebekah clear her throat.

"We better be off. Don't want to keep Elijah waiting." She says smirking at us.

I blush sticking my tongue out at her playfully making her and Klaus chuckle. I peck my Aunt on the cheek and follow the two siblings out the house. As we walked down the path, we approached a new car that I assumed belonged to Klaus. It was a beautiful black jaguar.

"Nice car." I said admiring it.

Klaus smiles at me. "Why thank you Love." He says.

Just then from over his shoulder I spot Bonnie and Jeremy staring over at us from across the street.

"Oh great, what do they want?" I mutter.

Hearing me say this Klaus and Rebekah follow my gaze and see my friends… Well who used to be my friends scowling directly at me.

"Just say the word Ren and I'll tear them both to pieces." Rebekah says sneering at them.

I shake my head.

"They're not worth it." I said.

"Let me guess… The Bennet Witch and the Gilbert boy." Klaus says.

"Yeah, they're my friends. Or rather were my friends until they decided to TURN THEIR BACKS ON ME!" I yell over at them.

"Just ignore it. We'll deal with her later. Elena needs us right now."

I hear Bonnie whisper to Jeremy. And all I could think was 'what the hell is that supposed to mean?'. They would deal with me later. What are they high? Was nearly killing me once not enough?

Not uh! This stops right now!

"Hey! Traitors! If you have anything to say, then I suggest you say it to my face!" I shout marching right over to them.

"We have nothing to say to you." Bonnie sneers at me.

"Oh well that's good news for me because I have plenty to say to you." I snarl at them in response. "First of all, I lied to you. Yes! I admit that. But I did for reasons you cannot possibly begin to understand. And yes, maybe I should have confided in you like you did me. But I couldn't and not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't want to put you or anyone else in danger. And for that I'm not sorry. Second, what you guys did last night hurt me in ways you will never understand. You think it's easy for me to make friends? It is fucking hard. I've been on the run my whole fucking life. I've never had a normal childhood like you guys or gone to school and mixed with other kids.

Since the very day I was born I was cut off from the world and forced to hide in the shadows. And why? Because I was marked for death by insane creatures that thought me to be something that I wasn't. A killer. Now I may not be completely human but I'm no killer. I would never hurt anyone unless they meant me harm in return. And yes, my Aunt Rose is no human either. But what Damon saw last night was not what it seemed. My Aunt was simply defending herself against a werewolf. We never held any ill will against you guys. You were my friends. I cared about you and loved you like family and thought you guys felt the same about me. Well forget it, you guys are the worst friends in the world. I just hope your precious Elena is worth it, because when she lets you down, and she will… Do not come crying to me. Because I am done being your friend!" I hiss at them.

I then turn my away from them and walk back over to Klaus who was waiting for me with a huge smile on his face as he holds the passenger door open for me.

"That's my girl." He says, softly.

I smile through my now watery eyes and get in the car as he shuts the door behind me and goes back round to the driver's side.

"Have I told you how proud I am of you lately?" Rebekah says smiling at me from the back seat.

I giggle as she then offers me tissue to dry my eyes with. Klaus then starts the car and heads for the woods.

"Is it wrong that I don't feel bad about what I just said?" I ask them.

"Absolutely not. If anything, they got off lightly. What I would have done to them would have been a whole lot worse." Rebekah says.

"Rest assured Sister that they will get what they deserve. It's exactly three weeks until the next full moon, that's enough time for us to have some fun." Klaus says with a wicked grin.

"About that, what do you plan to do after you break your curse? I mean are you going to stick around or leave town?" I ask feeling my heart constrict at the thought of him leaving.

"Well my original plan was to leave town straight after the ritual, but that was before things changed. Now that I've found my mate, I've made arrangements to set up a home here for my family and I so that I can remain close to you until you're ready to join me." Klaus says glancing at me softly.

I blush as it suddenly occurs to me what he meant by join him.

"You want me to move in with you?" I ask him, bashfully.

He nods.

"Just say the word and I'll arrange for your things to be moved in whenever you're ready." Klaus says.

"It just seems so surreal. It doesn't seem that long ago since I first met you in those caves. I didn't know your name back then but in those few short minutes we had I already felt so attached to you. And since then each time I thought of you I felt completely lost and cold inside. I have never needed anyone like I need you Klaus. I never thought I would see you again. But here you are, and here I am." I said smiling at him in pure admiration, still trying to wrap my head round the fact that he was here.

"Here I am." Klaus repeats, smiling back.

"You found me." I said.

"Yes, I did. And rest assured Love that I will never let you go again."

I blush feeling my heart flutter at his words. I suddenly felt like I was in a fairy tale. This man, Klaus Mikaelson who I had met by an impossible chance had come all this way to find me despite having to wait a thousand years for me to be born. Now that was true love, that showed how wonderful a man he really was.

"I can't wait to spend the rest of forever with you." I confess as Klaus beams at this.

"Me either, Love." He says.

Just then I giggle as a thought sprung to mind.

"I wouldn't let Rosalie hear about you making plans for us to move in together yet. She may just kill you." I said to him.

"Well, I could always just cut out the middleman and sweep you off to one of my castles in Spain, or Rome or wherever you wished to go." Klaus says flashing a side smirk.

I gap in sheer surprise. "You own a castle?!" I shriek.

"Fifteen to be exact." He says.

Holy shit!

"And let me guess, you liked to pretend your King in your castles." I said teasing him.

"I don't pretend to be King Love, I am King." Klaus says as if he was offended by my words.

I giggle and roll my eyes. "Oh well pardon me your Lordship, I did not mean to affront you." I said putting on a European accent.

Rebekah chuckles. "That was actually really good." She says.

"Thanks," I said chuckling. "So, if your King does that mean I'm your Princess?" I ask looking at Klaus, coyly.

He scoffs.

"Princess? Sweetheart being the mate of the Original Hybrid makes you Queen."

"And essentially makes you family. Not that you weren't already like a Sister to me before, but this just makes it official." Rebekah says smiling at me in the rear-view mirror.

I respond by smiling back at her. The idea of being part of their family warmed my heart. But then I remembered what had happened to my own family and suddenly the smile slips from my face as the guilt took over.

"Ren? What is it? What's wrong?" Rebekah asks me.

"Nothing… I just…" I trail off looking down at my hands that were in my lap. "I can't help but think of my family. All they went through, and everything they sacrificed so that I could live. They should be here now."

I feel Rebekah place a hand on my shoulder in attempt to comfort me.

"They'll always be with you, Love. Your family live on through you. I'm sure that if your Father were here right now, he would tell you that you are his greatest legacy and that he loves you more than anything." Klaus says.

"You think so?" I ask feeling a single tear leak from the corner of my eye.

He looks at me and smiles. "I know so."

I beam as he throws me a wink which sends butterflies to my stomach. I prayed that he was right about my family, because now more than ever I wanted to do them proud. I would prove that their sacrifice was not in vain. No matter what happened I would not give up, I would do whatever I had to do to continue and fight in their honor. My family may have lost the battle, but my war was far from over.

Jane's POV

"You'll never get away with this! Once Aro gets inside your head you will face a fate worse than death!" Sulpicia yells.

I just chuckle at her attempts to scare me. Did she honestly think that I would have come this far if I didn't have a plan?

"Aro can try, but I guarantee that Italian piece of shit won't see a thing. I'm too smart for that you see." I said watching her fight against her prison.

While she was out hunting one afternoon Alec and I had ambushed Sulpicia and taken her to the underground catacombs in Paris, where we imprisoned her behind a hidden barrier. I had conjured up a forcefield spell that wouldn't allow her to leave unless I willed it so. It was entertaining as hell watching her hit and scratch at her invisible prison knowing she would never breakthrough.

The plan was to expose her affair with Demetri that had been going on for years behind Aro's back and the pair were exceptionally good at hiding their thoughts, until now that is. I intended to place a spell on her that would make her do what I command of her. Once it was known that Aro's Wife and faithful tracker had betrayed him the pair were as good as dead.

As for my Brother he was at this very moment helping Athenodora escape Caius. Truth of the matter was that she had never loved him, Caius just simply wanted a pet to amuse him and forced the poor woman into marriage.

Why you ask were we doing this? Well before Alec and I became part of the walking dead we were simply children relishing life until the people of our village came for us after somehow finding out what we were. A Witch and a Warlock. We had no idea how they had found out considering that we were always so careful back then. But then the truth came out that Aro was the one who had told the villagers about us for the sake of gaining our trust when he 'saved' us. He knew how powerful Alec and I could be and used that fact to manipulate us. Without us he was vulnerable to attacks.

"You'll be surprised what my Husband is capable of you little bitch!" Sulpicia hisses at me.

"Your exactly right. I do know what he is capable of, which is why I will ensure that Aro's saved for last so that I can watch him burn. Seems only fitting seeing as my Brother and I nearly suffered the same fate at his hands." I said feeling myself become enraged at the memory I tried extremely hard to suppress.

"Not if I stop you." Sulpicia threatens.

I scoff at this. "And explain to me how your gonna do that from behind there." I said taping my finger against the forcefield.

She opened her mouth to say something, but it seemed like the cat got her tongue. I smirk having outwitted the bitch Queen who was now nothing without her King to protect her.

"Let's get this over with, shall we." I said raising my hand as I began chanting the spell feeling my magic whirl around me.

Third Person's POV

Damon had just awoken in a daze not having a clue where he was or what was going on. The last thing he remembered was leaving the boarding house after having an argument with Stefan before his world blacked out. After his failed attempt to take out the Cullen girl his Brother had all but ripped his head off for his actions.

Flashback

"Are you nuts?! What the hell were you thinking?!" Stefan yells at his Brother.

"Clearly, I wasn't thinking Steff. I was more interested in killing that little bitch, who by the way attacked me." Damon says throwing his arms out in frustration.

Stefan scoffs.

"You get the jump on Renesmee and don't expect her to fight back? What are you high? I told you last night not to do anything stupid until we knew exactly what we were dealing with. But again, you didn't listen and now we're in serious trouble all because of your self-inflating ego." He argues.

"Oh, what are you talking about Stefan? If your referring to that little bitch and the blonde Barbie doll, then that is easily fixed. In fact, why don't I just go round there right now and snap both their necks. Job done." Damon says having had enough of hearing his Brother jabber on at him when he should be thanking him for trying to keep Elena safe.

"You really don't get it, do you?" Stefan says dry laughing.

He watches Damon walk over to the mini bar to poor himself a glass of Bourbon as usual.

"Get what?"

"Elijah is friends with Renesmee and her Aunt. You really think after your little stunt last night that he won't be out for revenge." Stefan tells him.

"Unless you've forgotten Steff, we have the white oak dagger." Damon says rolling his eyes.

"Which you can't use remember? Because if you do it will kill you."

"Fine! Then we get Alaric to do it, then once Elijah's out of the way we deal with those two bitches and be done with it. Your welcome."

Stefan shakes his head watching as Damon sips his Bourbon while wondering if his Brother had finally lost his mind.

"It's just so simple to you, isn't it? You do what you want whenever you want and to hell with the consequences. Renesmee did nothing to you…"

"SHE HAD ME TORTURED!" Damon yells cutting his Brother off.

"What?" Stefan says, frowning in confusion.

"Last night when I was supposed to be on babysitting duty your chummy little pal had some blonde bitch rain down on me. She chained me up in the Lockwood Cellar and tortured me to near death." Damon seethes upon having flashbacks of what had happened to him yesterday.

"How do you know it was Renesmee that did it?" Stefan asks.

He couldn't understand why Renesmee would do that to his Brother. Well, he could but why would she go as far as to have someone torture him?

"Because I heard her say it. Yesterday at the Grill when I saw this chick at the bar, I heard Renesmee spout about her plan to do away with me. And if you don't believe me you can go ahead and ask Bon Bon and Jeremy because they were in on it as well." Damon informs him.

Stefan was gobsmacked. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He never would have thought that Renesmee of all people would be capable of such inhuman acts of terror. But clearly, he was wrong. Once he got the chance to get Renesmee on her own Stefan would take matters into his own hands. No one hurt his Brother and got away with it.

"Wait so if you heard what she was planning to do then how did this chick manage to get one over on you?" He asks, frowning.

"Because baby Brother… I was compelled." Damon says pressing his lips together in a line.

Stefan's eyes widen in shock.

"W-what do you mean you were compelled?" He stutters.

Damon rolls his eyes.

"I mean that the bitch compelled me Stefan, which makes her another goddamn Original." He says spitting out the word 'Original'.

"Oh shit," Stefan mutters stumbling back as he begins to pace back and forth.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Damon utters into his glass, sarcastically.

"Did she give her name? Did she say anything?" Stefan asks him.

"She said her name was Rebekah, didn't bother to give a last name. And that was all I managed to get out of her before she began afflicting pain on me." Damon seethes.

'Rebekah?' Stefan thought to himself in question as to why that name rang a bell to him.

"That's it? She didn't say anything else at all?"

"Besides the fact that she was getting off on making me suffer, no. Nothing at all." Damon says smiling sarcastically at his Brother.

Stefan rolls his eyes at this.

"Alright so what happened after that?" He asks.

"Well after I passed out from having a dangerous amount of vervain pumped into my system, I came to and saw Elijah and Ms Crazy having a stand-off." Damon explains.

"And? What happened then?" Stefan presses on.

Damon shrugs.

"I couldn't make out what they were saying but after whatever was said Crazy ran off and Elijah freed me. Gave me a blood bag and vamoosed out of there." He says wishing he hadn't been so out of it at the time so he could have heard the full conversation.

"And that's when you found Rosalie." Stefan says.

Damon nods.

"Yeah, taring that dog to shreds with her bare hands." He says.

Stefan then sighs as he leans his hands on the back of the couch in defeat.

"Ok, I don't like it. There's clearly more to them than they made out to be. So, I say we deal with this now." He says surprising his Brother.

"Well alright let's do it." Damon says feeling relieved that Stefan was agreeing with him.

"Aright but if we do this, we do it my way." Stefan tells him.

"So, what's the plan?"

End of Flashback

'This had better work Stefan, or I swear if I die, I'm coming back to plague your ass.' Damon thought to himself.

As he began to come to, he feels himself being thrown down like a sack of potatoes causing a groan to escape him.

"I see your awake."

He hears an all too familiar voice pipe up.

"You know if you wanted to see me you didn't have to go this far." Damon mutters as he rolls onto his back. It was then that he became aware he was next to the tomb, which immediately put him on edge.

"I believe you know what this is, Damon." Elijah says dismissing the eldest Salvatore's sarcastic nature.

"Let me guess, this is about a certain auburn-haired brat that you saved last night." Damon says rolling his eyes. "What is it with you two anyway? Are you secretly dating or just fucking?"

Within seconds Elijah had blurred over and booted Damon in the face, breaking his nose.

"If you ever speak of Renesmee in that manner again, I will happily tare your heart out and shove it down your throat. The only reason you are not dead Damon is because that pleasure would be too kind for you. Your suffering will drag out for as long as I will it so, or unless you choose to kill yourself." Elijah says in a cold yet calm manner.

It was right then that Damon realized what Elijah intended to do, and he could only hope that his Brother's plan paid off, and quick. The last thing he wanted was to be Katherine's cellmate for all eternity. He would sooner rather drive a stake through his heart.

"A little dramatic, don't you think?" Damon says using the sleeve of his jacket to wipe the blood from his nose.

"Not at all, in fact I think it would be quite the adjustment for you. If you wish to behave like an insufferable tyrant, then you shall join one." Elijah says going to open the tomb door.

Damon then gets to his knees. "You see, there's a slight flaw in that plan." He says getting the Original's attention.

"And what is that?"

But just as Damon went to open his mouth he was suddenly interrupted by the chime of Elijah's phone. The Original whips the device from his pocket to see it was his Sister calling and puts the phone to his ear.

"Rebekah, this isn't a good t…"

"Elijah!"

"Rebekah? What is it? What's wrong?" He asks, abruptly on edge from hearing the alarm in his Sister's voice.

"Something's happened. We were on our way to you but someone or something just struck the car and knocked us off the road." Rebekah informs him in a state of fury and fear.

"What? Who did? Are you alright?" Elijah asks, concerned for his Sister's safety.

"We're not sure, but whoever it was knew that Renesmee was in the car."

That was when Elijah felt a wave of panic wash over him. Renesmee had been in the car! What if she was seriously hurt?!

"How is she? Is she alright?" He asks her. There was pregnant pause before his Sister replied.

"She's gone Elijah. Whoever did this has taken her. Niklaus is after them as we speak."

Elijah's eyesight immediately fell to Damon who at that moment had a sly smirk on his face.

"Elijah?"

"Rebekah meet me at the Fell's Church as quickly as possible. I have an idea as to whom is behind this." Elijah says gritting his teeth as he glared daggers at Damon. And with that he hung up the phone.

"You know I have a sneaky suspicion that your gonna want to negotiate at this point." Damon grins. "If you want itty bitty Cullen back unharmed then we're gonna talk."

Author's Note: Uh oh, Damon may have just made the biggest mistake in his life. Will Klaus make it to Renesmee in time? Find out next time.

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