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"...you know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace."
A singing Skylar, running a hand through her dishevelled, let out a yawn as she stepped out of the bathroom. She had just finished brushing her teeth and was going to get dressed for the day. Her bare feet tapping against the wooden ground as she made her way back to her bedroom was the only sound she could hear.
The Salvatore sister had slept a long while since she'd exhausted herself the day before.
She had checked her neck over and over in the mirror while she'd been in the bathroom, just in case the blood hadn't done it's job.
Skylar, who was just about to turn into her room, heard the sound of someone yelling in one of the studies. She frowned in confusion and slowly made her way over to it, realising it to be Stefan's study.
"I told you to stay away from her!"Damon shouted as he pushed at his brother."You are no good."
Stefan chuckled harshly as he dodged Damon's hit, this time being the one to push his elder brother backwards, almost knocking Elena over. Elena stood silently, arms crossed over her chest as she watched them, almost smiling. Skylar could tell it was Elena by the necklace she wore, the vervain one.
"And I told you that you're no good for her!"
Skylar shook her head, eyes wide as Stefan punched Damon.
"Stop it!"
The brothers ignored their sister, focused on each other.
Hate replaced the love they used to share, and their bond was completely severed.
Skylar moved to stop them, but as soon as she took a step, the two moved further away, making her confused.
"Damon? Stefan?"
Again, she got no response.
Damon kicked Stefan in the chest, sending him staggering.
"Stop it!"Skylar screamed at the top of her lungs as Damon punched Stefan across the face, pushing him backwards."Stop fighting!"
Her brothers ignored her or didn't seem to hear her as they attacked one another again, tumbling down to the floor. Skylar watched with a horrified expression as Stefan backhanded Damon, reaching for a piece of broken wood only to be kicked off of his brother.
She watched for what seemed like hours and no matter how much she tried to get them to stop; they just carried on.
"You look like you could use some company, love."
Skylar let out a surprised gasp and turned around to see Klaus leaning against the wall behind her, his usual smirk on his lips.
"It seems as though they've forgotten about you."Klaus sighed as he moved from the wall."Their world revolves around her, just like it did back then with Katerina."
"I know what it's like, love," Klaus glanced over at where Damon and Stefan were still fighting, Elena watching with an amused expression on her face." to play second fiddle to someone who hasn't given them anything you've given them. Family, while with it's quarrels and issues, should be loyal to their blood...not to someone who won't give them what you can. The promise of always and forever."
Skylar nodded, unable to hide her tears.
She did something that nobody outside her family saw her do, something she hadn't done in a long time.
She let her tears flow freely.
Skylar's lower lip wobbled, and she cupped a hand over her mouth to silence her sobs.
Klaus stared at her with a blank expression, but he stepped closer to the Salvatore sister.
"Oh, love, don't cry."Klaus whispered, hand coming up and cupping Skylar's face, thumb wiping away the tears."You're far too precious to cry."
Skylar looked up as Klaus' thumb moved over her bottom lip and she blinked a few times, her eyes no longer wet as Klaus' soothing touches calmed her down.
Her heart began to race as she stared into his eyes.
Skylar swallowed the lump in her throat before she whispered."I don't want to be alone anymore."
The Original hybrid simply nodded, taking a step closer to the female vampire and, as he did that, she stepped back, finding herself hitting the wall behind her.
"You don't have to be."
Skylar's gaze fell to Klaus' lips as he leant in, his intentions clear.
The female vampire shut her eyes, tilting her head in order to mee-
"SKY!"
A pair of ocean blue eyes snapped open, complete and utter disturbance in them as the female vampire laying in the bed processed what she had been dreaming about. The Salvatore sister lay frozen in her bed as she stared up at the ceiling, the dream replaying in her mind even though she tried to place it in the trash can inside of her brain, trying to work it like a computer.
Skylar flipped around onto her stomach, burying her face in her pillow, screwing her eyes shut but that didn't help.
She lay there for a long while, kicking her feet into her mattress until Damon's voice could be heard again.
"SKY!"
She turned her head, cheek resting on her pillow."What?"
"We're going for a drink at the Grill."
Skylar frowned, confused.
"What?"
"Did I stutter?"Damon shouted back up, and she could almost hear the smirk in his voice."We're leaving in twenty...get ready and meet me in the car."
Skylar heard the front door shut and she turned onto her back, still confused until it dawned on her a second later.
He was trying to make it up to her in his own Damon way.
Skylar couldn't stop the smile that crawled onto her face.
A smile that soon fell as a flash appeared in her mind.
Skylar's gaze fell to Klaus' lips as he leant in, his intentions clear.
Her eyes widened in horror as she felt butterflies in her stomach.
EW! Bad thoughts of the bad hybrid that ruined Steffie's life and tried to kill Damon! She mentally screamed at herself, hands covering her face. Bad, bad Sky!
"EW!"Skylar hissed as she got out of her bed, bouncing around in one spot, waving her hands around as if that was going to rid of the memory of her dream."A big bag of ew!"
Skylar quickly flashed towards her bathroom.
She needed to scrub her skin until it was raw.
The Grill
"What can I get ya?"
"I'll have a whisky, please, uh,"Damon leant over across the bar, elbows on the wood as he red the nametag on the blonde's uniform."Ma-ri-e.. Beautiful name, by the way."
"Thank you."
Damon tilted his head, smirking again."My pleasure."
The blonde, as the Salvatore brother expected, blushed at Damon's compliment and gave him an innocent yet flirty smile. Skylar, who had seen that look a thousand times before, rolled her eyes but smiled fondly as she sat on the stool next to her elder brother.
The blonde smiled at Damon again before speaking.
"Anything else?"
"I'd love something from you, Marie."He winked before he looked into her eyes, compelling her without much effort."My sister and I would love a glass of your blood, is that all right?"
The blonde nodded, eager to obey.
"Thank you. You know what to do, don't you?"Damon smirked again when she nodded, turned and went to do what he asked.
Damon turned to his sister who was smiling.
"Your ego gets bigger every day."
Damon chuckled before he sing songed."I just love that they love me."
Skylar let out a giggle, accepting the glass as the blonde woman came back with them, her wrist bandaged.
Damon smiled charmingly at the young woman."Thank you, Marie."
She nodded then left.
Skylar watched her brother as she took a long sip.
This was what she missed, having fun with her brother. The only thing missing in that moment was her younger brother, her little Steffie. Damon would brag about his charm, Stefan would complain and Skylar would watch as her brothers bickered lovingly.
Time flew by for her as they drank and chatted.
Her brother joked and laughed, something he hadn't done in a long time.
"...no, the worst was his nineties grunge hair!"
A giggle slipped from Skylar's lips as she nodded."He grew it out, didn't he? It went past his shoulders and do you remember when he got the gum stuck in it?"
Damon gulped down his whisky before he let out a loud laugh, clearly disturbing the people around him. Skylar didn't notice as her jaw was hurting from all the smiling she'd done in the hours that had passed.
She and Damon spoke about their memories through the years and, while they Salvatore's had their issues, they'd had times where they had forgotten about the brothers' past with Katherine and would have fun.
They would be a family.
"He had to cut it out but wouldn't do the other side."Damon poured them another drink as he added."It was uneven for months."
Skylar released a breathy laugh, taking a long sip from the glass.
"What about the time he went through the Danny Zuko hair phase?"
"He had the comb with him all the time, didn't he?"Damon tried to suppress a laugh as he ran his fingers through his hair, trying to mimic Stefan."He tried to do the walk, too, do you remember that?"
"I think I've still got the pictures."
"We're fishing them out later."Damon tapped the bar, straightening, calling over to the barmaid."We need another bottle, Marie."
Skylar smiled fondly at her smiling brother.
"What about when-"
The sound of Damon's phone, which was on the bar, ringing cut her off.
And when her eyes saw Elena calling flashing on the screen, her smile fell, and the happiness drained from her face.
Damon's smiling expression fell, and he looked at the screen.
Skylar saw a change in her brother.
Once again, she saw him turn into a teenager grovelling for affection.
He slowly turned his head to her, looking utterly torn between the girl he loved and his beloved sister.
"Sky..."
She shook her head, staring at him."Don't do it, Damon."
His gaze lingered on the phone for a long moment before his gaze returned to his sister."She can be attacked by that hybrid dick at any moment. She could be in trouble."
His hand itched toward the phone, but Skylar's hand grabbed his hand, squeezing it."She has her brother, Alaric and many other people. You don't have to be at her beck and call all the time."
"It isn't like that."Damon hissed as if he wanted to prove that he wasn't weak."She needs to be protected; she feels alone."
"And I don't?"Skylar hissed back at her brother."She has your attention all the time, as well as Stefan's. I just want to have fun with my brother, like we used to. Stefan's not the same; you're distracted wit her...i'm alone, Damon."
Damon looked remorseful, he truly did.
"Sky..."
His gaze landed on the phone again.
She grabbed his chin with his fingers and forced him to look at her.
"Damon, don't do it."
He didn't listen.
Damon turned and grabbed the phone, pressing the green button and bringing the device to his ear.
"Elena, what's wrong?"
As Elena responded, he turned to offer his sister an apology drink, but she was gone.
Mikaelson Mansion
"...bloody Kol."
Klaus let out an annoyed sigh as he stepped over a dead body laying on the ground of the kitchen only to almost trip over a half-dead woman. She was choking for air, long brown hair matted with blood, her white dress also coated with crimson.
Another one of Kol's.
She gazed up at him, holding her wounded neck."He-Help me...please."
Klaus stared down at her, releasing a long sigh as he noticed the pool of blood."Of course, love."
Thinking that he was going to call for help, she smiled up at him, a smile that remained when he moved quickly, snapping her neck. Klaus didn't give her a second glanced as he stepped over her body, making his way down the hallway, smirking at his staff as they passed him.
The front door opened and in walked his hybrid carrying bags of clothes, suits, heels and other stuff that was needed.
"Place them in their rooms, mate and take care of the bodies for me."Klaus ordered his hybrid, patting his shoulder when the hybrid nodded."Good man."
Klaus walked away, a small smile on his lips.
His family was back.
He had undaggered his family, and the bruises, stab wounds and scratches that were healing on his body showed that they were in the process of forgiving him. They wanted to be a family. The destroyed furniture that was being replaced by his 'staff' proved that they still cared. Rebekah had left to salvage what was left of her reputation at the high school while Kol was in his bedroom picking out clothes that had been brought by the hybrids, and his Finn was being taken care of by Elijah who was helping his brother get used to the modern time.
His family was whole again.
He knew it would take time for them to forgive him but he had eternity.
The Original hybrid was about to turn into his study but stopped when he heard a noise from inside of it.
The hybrid rolled his eyes.
He loved his youngest brother, not that he would ever tell him, but he was annoying.
"Kol?!"
Kol responded but not from inside of the study.
"What is it, Nik?"Kol shouted from upstairs, irritation evident in his tone."I'm getting acquainted with this beautiful lady."
Klaus frowned, puzzled.
"You're upstairs?"
He could hear Kol roll his eyes before he spoke.
"Where else would I be?"
The hybrid let out a growl, taking in the fact that nobody but his hybrids, Kol and himself were in the mansion. He felt whenever his hybrid were about because of the sire bond so none of them were in the mansion.
Klaus let a smirk crawl onto his face.
Violence...just what he needed.
Whoever dared to come into his home uninvited by a Mikaelson was going to regret it.
Klaus, in the mood for a fight, flashed into his study, rushing for the heartbeat.
He grabbed whoever was in his study by the neck and pinned them against the wall. A gasp of shock hit his ears, and Klaus knew he had taken them by surprise. Klaus tightened his fingers around the throat of the intruder and kept them pinned to the wall as a growl ripped from his throat.
"You're going to be sorry, mate."
The person he had against the wall let out a giggle.
Klaus' eyes flashed amber as he looked down to meet a pair of blue eyes.
Eyes filled with pain and not the physical kind.
"Skylar?"
She gave him a forced smile.
"Fancy some company? I really need it."
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