Chapter 1 : This is Vermont
Bonnie held her 5 year old tiny hand as they giggled and ran in the tiny droplets of rain. Bonnie hugged Fleur tightly and drowned her in kisses before letting her run into her school's front door. She stared as the other 5 year olds leave their parents for their first day at school.
"You know...she'll be alright. Lady Mayflower is a lovely teacher. I'm actually surprised you let her out the house" a voice said behind her. Bonnie turned around and laughed "I think the socialisation might be good for her. You're back from France. I'm glad...I may have a situation at home"
Klaus looked at his wife puzzled. The Unknown Town is quite peculiar. It is a town filled with different Supernatural beings. No humans allowed. Well no humans knows of its existence. Bonnie Bennett is a Voodoo practitioner originally from New Orleans. She isn't the first girl to be choosen by the Gods for this task and she definitely won't be the last. The powers can be a blessing and a curse. The blessing is the immortality and the ability to see and communicate with the Gods but the curse was the dirty looks and whispers she gets from Salem witches especially from house mistress Veronica in this town. The Salem witches are supreme compare to the other witches. They followed rules and frankly quite Elitist. They considered Bonnie's work blood magic and filth.
Klaus Mikaelson on the other hand was a misfit in this town of rules and regulations. In this town everyone belonged to their own tribe, sector or coven. Salem witches have their own acres of land, werewolves had their own and vampires had theirs. Klaus was once a part of the Vampire sector but when he activated a dormant werewolf gene his whole life changed. Secrets about who he was revealed to him. There wasn't a place in the vampire sector anymore. They had no idea what to call him. The entire town was like a high school with their own cliques.
Klaus leaned against the wall of Bonnie's herbs and potion. He was staring at the body of lifeless blonde woman.
"Don't even look at her like that" Bonnie said in a jealous tone. Klaus laughed "I'm not...I mean I have to look at her if you want to help. Did you kill her?"
"This is the God's latest project for me. Meet Camille o Connell, a therapist from New York who's currently in transition"
"Transition? Into what? And please don't tell me what I'm thinking? Please don't tell me you brought a Fresher into our house" Klaus said out loud.
"Okay calm down. I couldn't just leave her in the streets of New York. Besides what's weird is that she's been like this for 3 days"
"3 DAYS! THAT'S FUCKING MENTAL" Klaus said examining the body "Are you sure she isn't dead?"
"Yeah ...I think so...I even had Hayley come by and she said she's in there"
"What a strange creature. Maybe leave her here for now but don't let Fleur come in here" Klaus said.
3 DAYS BEFORE
"Good Morning Miss O' Connell" the receptionist at the front desk of Manhattan Mental Institute said to the bubbly blonde who was signing in for the day.
"Another work day Christina, see you at lunch" she smiled grabbing her clip board. Camille was a psychiatrist at the mental institute, she is described by her fellow workmates as calm, easy-going and often friendly to her patients. She was checking the patient list while organising which patient need their specified dose of medication. She felt a tapping on her shoulder "Oh hi Margery what's up?"
"Santeria Mary is asking for you" Margery said mocking the patient. Camille slapped her arm playfully "Meant, I'll check her out"
Camille approached the patient who kept telling her to be quiet and close the door, she did as she wished the last thing she needed today was a patient having a psychotic episode on her birthday. She sat next to the patient smiling the patient expressed concerns of Camille's safety, she warned her that evil was approaching her and she needed to get out of town before it gets to her. The patient presented a death tarot card to her and Camille smile faded away she was officially spooked. Attempting to leave, the patient grabbed her wrist and warned her over and over, Camille snatched her wrist away from her and walked out the room in frustration. She found the nearest exit of the hospital and she walked briskly down the hospital's walkway breathing heavily. The only evil she had ever encountered was the day her adoptive parents told her about her parent that died in a horrific unexplained fire when she was a child in Wichita Kansas. Growing up with rich adoptive parents she always knew she was different from the peculiar people that surround her, she always felt that her friends only associated with her because of her dad who was a Wall Street Mogul.
"The job can be rough" One of the doctors said handing her a cup of coffee. She looked at him trying to resist a conversation. Dr. Mitchell was persistently annoying, he took an interest in her but she made it pretty clear she was happy in a 5 year engagement to her stockbroker boyfriend David Baldry. "Thanks" Camille said dryly accepting his coffee and nodding at his small talk. She had enough on her mind the last thing she needed was love sick Mitchel flirty conversation "Happy Birthday! What's the plans for the evening?" He asked.
"Some college girlfriends are taking me for drinks nothing fancy" she said. He chuckled while sipping his coffee. She was trying to get rid of him, she looked at her phone and placed it back in her pocket.
"Well thank you. Guess I'll see you later" she said walking back inside.
Bonnie and Aiden were sitting by the window opposite the Clover Club at 9pm in a seafood restaurant. Aiden was showing signs of impatience as he tapped his fingers on his cold sweating fourth glass of Whiskey l. He took out his phone and took a bunch of selfie and giggled at his phone. Bonnie rolled her eyes "Do you ever put that thing down?"
"You should get on the app..the entire town is on the Slush. Its like Instagram for the supernatural. Everyone is obsessed with Madeline lives" Aiden ranted
"She's a 16 year old brat that gossips. Yeah Caroline showed me. Don't expect better...she is Madame Purity's daughter" Bonnie tossed a shrimp in her mouth.
"Yeah yeah yeah you hate the Salem witches. She said most vampires in town thinks that Hayley is the hottest chic in town. Everyone wants to date"
Bonnie laughed "Those losers don't stand a chance"
The Clover Bar was the hotspot for all the elites in the city and tonight Camille's friends invited her for drinks, she obviously hated the idea she preferred pizza and wine over Johnny Depp movies with David as her company but she decided she didn't want to disappoint her friends once again. She was an hour and half late mostly because she spent 30 minutes deciding whether or not to cancel. Camille approached the bar and stood outside contemplating if she leave now she can have a quiet evening alone. She fixed her ponytail and entered the bar with a soft unsettled smile. She had her mind wrapped around warnings of her patient. "Camille! Finally you're here, we started to think you were bailing on us" Monica said. She walked over to the table with Monica to her other friend, Chloe. Camille greeted her and sat with them.
"Let's order drinks, get this party started" Chloe said clapping her hands in excitement. Camille smiled and ordered a Long Island Ice Tea. The girls laughed at Camille "Gosh the regular boring drink, come on its your birthday" Monica said. Camille rolled her eyes.
Bonnie went to the bathroom while Aiden was supposedly on the watch for Camille, little did Bonnie know Aiden was too busy flirt with the bartender. Back at the Clover Club Bar Camille didn't want to dance with her obviously drunk friends, she decided to sit and watch. She laughed at how crazy their personalities were, she suddenly noticed Chloe's phone buzzing and she picked it up to give her but then she noticed her boyfriend David pop up on the screen she quickly pressed the answer button to his voice saying "Hey babe". In shock Camille hung up and searched through Chloe's messages and found hundreds of messages between him and her, tears began to build up. She dropped the phone and ran out of the bar.
Bonnie came out the bathroom to Aiden getting a number from some blonde guy. She noticed Camille was gone " God damn, Aiden!" she muttered under breath. She grabbed the werewolf and pulled him out the restaurant "If I lose her tonight it's your head on a stick". Aiden kept apologising as they walked briskly down the street.
Camille hurriedly walked down the alley she was mad, frustrated and sad. Her eyes were puffy and blurry. She stumbled a little, her friend Chloe was awful, David was even more awful. What a jerk! She felt someone following her, she stopped and turned around but no one was there. She kept going but didn't know where but she needed to walk. She wanted to disappear. Suddenly someone grabbed her waist and pulled her back. She was terrified. She felt cold skin rubbed against her neck that sent chills down her spine. The cold fingers brushed her hair back and suddenly a sharp touch gripped her neck, teeth grinding in her flesh. She screamed and cried. Her body was lifeless on the cold streets of New York.
[Present Day]
Bonnie was making tacos and margarita while Klaus was in the living room smoking and reading a book from his collection of Crime & Mystery. Bonnie came into the living room with a glass of Raspberry Margarita "Hey babe the girls are coming over later for taco and margarita night. Try this"
Klaus held the glass and took a sip "Wow that's alot tequila but I like the Raspberry. Where's Fleur?" He asked checking his watch.
"Caroline picked her up. She wanted to hang out with her. They should be here soon." Fleur burst through the door with Caroline behind. She ran into her dad's arms when she saw he was back from her trip. Klaus squeezed his daughter tightly and kissed her all over her face "How was your first day of school?"
"Not too scary" she said laying her head on his shoulder. Bonnie giggled.
"Aunt Caroline took me for ice-cream"
Bonnie fold her arms and looked at Caroline.
"That was suppose to be our secret little one" Caroline said touching the tip of her nose.
"No desert before dinner" Bonnie said. Klaus lift Fleur up "Well we are off to paint while mummy have her girl's night"
"Have fun guys, I'll bring dinner back there" Bonnie yelled. Caroline elbowed her "See...she survived her first day"
Caroline Forbes wasn't like the others. She wasn't a vampire, werewolf nor a witch. Back in the day she was known as the assassinator.
In 1964 Caroline Forbes was a vibrant 24 year old of Orange County, California. She was your typical 60s housewife with quite an ambitious husband. Jon Walsh was the Mayor. But Jon wanted more he wanted to be the next President. One night at one of their lavish parties, Caroline walked in on him lip locked with a tall blonde. She stood by the door in shock and tears. When things ended Caroline lived a quiet life in her Oakland apartment. One Friday night she stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few items. She noticed a tall Caucasian man dressed in black glancing at her but she ignore him and cashed her items. She began her journey back to her apartment. She noticed a couple of boys across the street looking at her and muttering. She walked quickly. Before she could reach her apartment one of the men grabbed her and pulled her body into a forested area. She could hear the other men laughing and taunting her. She kicked and screamed, she was losing the fight. She was crying, scared and confused, she didn't know why they were doing this. They raped her one after the other over and over until she was half dead. They left her to struggle her way back to humanity. Caroline was scoped off the road after she collapsed, her lifeless body was picked up by a mysterious man in a black vehicle. Her eyes were too weak and she could barely see who rescued her.
She felt her body numb as her eyes blinked open, she was bed rested in a white room. She could move her head but her body was frozen, she was empty, she tried to move but she was secured by a glass cover. She turned her head and saw four men looking down at her in white coats and clipboards as if they were studying her. She struggled to look down at her semi naked body and saw large stitches from her chest all the way down her body. She began to panic when as gas like substance hit her nostrils which made her unconscious. Four weeks after her wounds healed she began walking around the creepy building "Where am I?" She asked the nurse. She was ignored and led into an office surrounded by glass looking over California "The doctor who worked on you shall answer your questions" the nurse said leaving her alone in an empty room.
"Where am I?" She asked the doctor.
"You will be working with the Phantoms. We are genetically engineered group of assassins. We are sort of super heroes. We're human but not so human. You are scientifically altered. You have the ability to combat anything" he simply explained. Caroline laughed "You experimented on me"
The man looked at her surprised "We saved your life, you would've been dead if wasn't for science. We are going to help you through this process and train you for the job." She sat down horrified.
[ Say So by Doja Cat]
Bonnie brought another round of margaritas to her friends who were sitting on the back porch taking pictures and giggling.
"Thank you, Bon. This is really delicious. I needed this after my day" Keelin said taking a sip of Bonnie's Peach Margarita. Keelin was a doctor at the hospital in the city amongst the humans. Hayley was finishing off her Raspberry Margarita while flipping through her phone and rolling her eyes "Madeline is playing a dangerous game on that stupid app. Every supernatural person watches her shit and not just in our town. She's going to get someone killed" she yelled.
"Yeah, her lives are a bit too much plus she's got some pervs on there. Here mama should be monitoring her" Keelin said.
"But you were voted as the hottest in town and I'm at number 5" Caroline teased.
"It's uncomfortable" Hayley said. Hayley Marshall was a Green Witch. Her magic came from herbs, flowers and anything that grows out the ground.
"Maybe you should use this opportunity to get you a boo" Keelin laughed.
"I'm okay in my cottage minding my business. Half of the guys in this town just want to fuck and go. I'm marriage material" Hayley said.
Camille gasped for breath as she jumped out of her death frantically. She looked around at the vintage décor in the room in confusion as to where she was and how she got here. She pushed her body up against the bed and hugged her knees as her bulging eyes roamed around the room. She got up and gazed at the circles around her eyes and noticed another reflection standing by the doorway she jumped back facing Klaus smiling face.
"Who the hell are you? And where the hell am I?" Camille asked loudly. Klaus walked to her slowly and calmly "Before I tell you everything, you should know that strange feeling you're having it's you transforming into a vampire. I know that maybe hard to believe but you have to feed or you'll die painfully" he said pulling a bag of blood from behind his back. Camille looked at his blue eyes confused "Are you nuts? Did you kidnap me?"
Klaus laughed "My wife did. I think she might be better at explaining this. Follow me"
Camille frowned, fold her arms and refused. She could explain the head pounding she was feeling and the fact she was hearing voices that weren't near her.
"Camille? You want your answers? This is not a joke" Klaus said. Camille swallowed the lump in her throat and walked behind him carefully.
"BONNIE SHE'S AWAKE!" Klaus yelled as he stood in the living room. Camille awkwardly stood around. Bonnie rushed into the room "Oh God. You're ...awake"
"What the hell is going on? Am I having a psychotic episode? Maybe I had too much to drink? Or I hit my head" Camille ranted.
"Yeah No... Camille, you died. You were bitten by a vampire. I had these visions about you. The Gods led me to you. I'm not sure why. I think I have to help you through this. You have to drink the blood" Bonnie said. Camille frowned. She remembered everything; she did die but remembered she was running away from her friends after she found out Chloe was sleeping with her future husband. Camille's eyes were shifting and she was sweating with memories. The one that hit her the most was the one where she remembered what Santeria Mary said about evil coming for her, she looked up at Bonnie "And who are you?"
"I'm Bonnie Bennett I'm a voodoo practitioner. The religion of my ancestors. This is Klaus...he's vampwolf..we haven't found a name yet and my friends at the back are Keelin, Hayley and Caroline" Bonnie smiled. Camille nodded. She walked to the window and looked outside "Where is this place exactly?" she asked looking around.
"Welcome to the Unknown town, Vermont where supernatural creatures reside. Where we can be ourselves without human judgement and where we get to be normal to some extent" Bonnie smiled.
The kitchen of Bonnie Bennett was filled with Creole spices and jazz music from another era, she sang while cooking her famous gumbo and beignets. Camille walked around the house and examined the décor; the rooms and she noticed the voodoo altar which freaked her out. She walked briskly into the library; she was startled by Klaus's voice "Never been to New Orleans I take it?" she slowly walked over to him and sat opposite him "You look awful, love you should take the blood. Death is painful". Camille rolled her eyes "I'm not drinking blood, that is disgusting" she gritted her teeth, she felt a sharp pain in her head and her eyes were shifting once more. Klaus looked at her in pity.
Bonnie was adding the final touches to the gumbo "Wash those hands" she said to Klaus who was trying to sneak a beignet before dinner. Camille dragged her body upstairs fumbling a bit, her resistance to blood was getting harder to handle. She managed to get to her room but everything was blurry she went to the bathroom and gazed into the mirror; all her memories were hitting her like a hurricane. She fumbled to the window and looked down. She found herself with her legs hanging out of the window, she took one breath and jumped she surprisingly landed on her feet and begun to run in a drunken manner she had no idea where she was going.
Bonnie was taking out the gumbo and placing it in separate dishes "Finally I thought you were going to starve us" Klaus said chewing a beignet "You know...no desert before dinner" she said placing the bowl of gumbo infront of him and Fleur. Fleur stuck her fingers inside of the stew and picked out the smoked sausages. Bonnie looked around "Where's Camille?"
"Somewhere slowly dying. She refuses the blood" Klaus shrugged. Bonnie walked upstairs and checked all the rooms and she was nowhere to be found, she ran downstairs frantically screaming "SHE'S GONE"
"I'M GOING TO FIND HER" she yelled grabbing the car keys and running out the door. She drove like she was breaking the law, the last time she needed was a newbie vampire running around town but even worst going into the city with the humans. She passed the lake and noticed Camille fumbling on the bridge confused and leaning over. She stopped and ran out of the car screaming at her.
"Don't you dare stop me okay. Thank you for saving or whatever but I'm not living on blood for the rest of my life" Camille screamed.
Bonnie stood and looked at her "I know becoming a vampire isn't the best thing but it's a chance for you to live. A second chance. Look at Klaus he's fine he isn't entirely miserable"
Camille cuddled herself and cried "You don't get it before I died, I found out the only people in my life betrayed me, let me die!"
Bonnie held her hands "You can start over. I have lost so much too. I've been through so much but I survived. Please drink this blood, don't do this" Bonnie begged taking the vile of blood and handing it to Camille. She took a deep breath she took it from Bonnie and looked at her before drinking it. Camille coughed a little, her eyes bugled and she felt her fangs her body felt different.