I woke up to the sound of my phone going off. I groaned and grabbed my phone from the side table. I looked at my clock and it read 5:00 AM, who would send me a text at five in the morning? The text message was from Stefan.
You and Damon need to get over here, it's important.
-Stefan
I sent him a reply telling him we'd be right there, I put my phone back and went to get up but I felt an arm wrap around my waist and pull me back into the bed.
"Where do you think you're going?" I heard Damon asked as he pulled me into his bare chest and placed a kiss on my neck.
"Your brother wants to talk to us about something, he said it's important." I noted turning around in his arms and placing my hands against his chest.
"Stefan can wait." Damon pressed his lips against mine in a passionate kiss. I reluctantly pulled away causing Damon to let out a groan in protest.
"Come on get dressed." I gave him a quick kiss then I slipped out of his arms.
"Tease," I heard Damon mutter under his breath, I let out a chuckle telling him I heard what he said.
A knock sounded in the Salvatore boarding house, I answered the door and Elena stood there.
"Hey Allye, is Stefan here? I got his call." Elena asked smiling.
"Yep, come on in." I said opening the door wider and Elena stepped into the house.
"Hey," Stefan greeted Elena as he walked over to her.
"What's this about?" Elena asked looking confused. Stefan said nothing but side stepped away to show Rose standing behind him with Damon beside her.
"You." Elena looked at Rose in shock then looked at Stefan for an answer.
"Might want to sit down, this will take a while." I advised nudging my head towards the living room.
"Alright you have to understand, I only know things I've picked up over the years. I don't know what's true or what's not, that's the problem with all this Vampire crap, but Klaus I know is real." Rose started off pacing along the rug explaining it to Elena who sat on the couch.
"Who is he?" Elena asked.
"He's one of the Originals. He's a legend." Damon answered looking at Elena.
"He's from the first line of Vampires." Stefan added.
"Like Elijah?" Elena questioned.
"No, Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He was a foot soldier, Klaus is the real deal." Rose noted.
"From what I got Klaus is said to be the oldest." I spoke up from my spot leaning against the couch's arm with my arms crossed.
"So what you're telling me is that the oldest Vampire in history of time is coming after me?" Elena asked
"No/Yes," Stefan and Rose answered at the same time.
"What they're saying, I mean if what she says is true." Damon started walked over to Rose.
"Which it is." Rose added.
"And you're not just saying this so we won't kill you."
"Which I'm not."
"We're looking at a solid…maybe." Damon answered truthfully looking at Elena.
"Look Elijah is dead so no even knows you exist." Stefan comforted and sat down next to Elena.
"Not that you know of." Rose added, I frowned over at her.
"Thank you Rose for making that SO much better." I said sarcastically which caused Rose to send me a look and Damon smirked at my direction.
"Look we don't know that, the story is centuries old and probably got caught up in a world of fiction. He could just be a bed time story." Stefan tried to counter back.
"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus then you're an idiot." Rose warned us.
Elena nodded taking in a nervous breath but then standing up and walking away.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked.
"School, I'm going to be late." Elena stated.
"Let me get my stuff and I'll take you there." Stefan said getting up and walking to Elena.
"No it's okay. I know where it is." I felt hurt and worry emotions coming from Stefan but despite that he let her go.
"She's in denial." Damon muttered to Rose.
"Shut up Damon." Stefan snapped at his brother.
"Hey Stefan could you please stop worrying over there. I can practically feel it over here and it's driving me nuts." I asked causing Rose to look at me.
"Werewolves can feel emotions?" Rose asked with an 'awe' struck face.
"Our senses are heightened and our sense of feeling is escalated to the point where we feel emotion radiating off of someone. And speaking of which, there are too many emotions running around through here and it's giving me a headache, so I'm gonna go." I spoke up walking around the couch.
"I'll show you out." I heard Damon say as I headed towards the front door. I stopped at the front door and turned around to see Damon walking up to me.
"Call me if you find anything else out." I told him in a soft voice.
"I will and same goes for you." I nodded and Damon lifted my chin up with his finger and gave me a quick kiss.
I gave him a smile as we pulled apart and I opened the door, "I'll see you later, Damon." I stated and walked out the door. I felt Damon's gaze on my back as I walked to my car and got in, I turned on the engine then drove off.
Once I got far away enough from the boarding house I took out my cell phone and pinned in a number. After the third ring I heard someone on the other line pick up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mind it's Allye, I need a favor." I spoke into the phone.
"Allye Hale, it's been way too long girly. Whatcha need this time?" I could see Mindy saying this with a smirk on her face.
"You have info on the Original Vampires? Especially a certain one named Klaus."
"First Werewolf problems and now Vampire problems, what have you been up to these past three years?"
"The usual, do you have the information or not?"
"Unfortunately I don't know much about that subject of the Originals, but I know someone who does. Normally I don't give out his information but for you Allye, I'll make an exception. His name is Slater and he lives in Richmond, he owns a little shop over there. But he knows a lot, I'll let him know you're coming."
"Thanks Mind, I can always count on you."
"Anytime Al, you should come visit Chicago sometime and we can play catch up. Drinks would be on me."
"I'll stop by if I ever drive through Chicago."
"Well call me if you need anything else, Al."
"Will do, Mind." I hung up and my phone started to ring I looked at the caller ID and chuckled.
"I was just about to call you." I spoke into the phone.
"Miss me already?" I heard Damon's cocky voice on the other end.
"Well aren't you cocky, but no. I just got some information from a valuable source about Klaus. Well more like they know someone who does, it's some guy named Slater in Richmond."
"That's ironic." I heard Damon scoff on the other end.
"What do you mean?"
"He's a friend of mine and we were about to head over there." I heard Rose say on the phone, guess I was on speaker.
"Then I guess I'll meet you guys there."
"See you then." They hung up and I turned my car to get onto the freeway to head to Richmond.
I leaned against the doorway to the shop in the back entrance, waiting for Rose and Damon.
"We didn't keep you long did we?" I turned my head to see Rose and Damon walking towards me.
"Eh don't worry about it. I'm kinda anxious to see what this Slater guy knows." I said opening the door. I let Rose go ahead of me and Damon walked up to me and grabbed my hand and pulled me along with him.
It was a small coffee like shop with huge windows where the sunlight shown through. Rose took her jacket off and walked into the sunlight which shocked me.
"Whoa, what about the sunlight?" Damon asked.
"Double tainted and tempered glass, UV-rays can't penetrate. See the appeal now?" Rose said setting her jacket on the chair.
"That and the free Wi-Fi." A guy came up to Rose and hugged her, guess this was Slater.
"I got your call, what are you doing here?" Slater asked.
"It's a long story but I wanted you to meet-"
"Damon Salvatore," Damon tilted his head in confusion at Slater, "Turned in 1864 in Mystic Falls via Katherine Pierce AKA Katerina Petrova." Wow no wonder Mindy was friends with this guy, he's good.
"And you must be the famous Allye Hale I've heard so much about from Mindy. Born into a Werewolf bloodline family and first turned in 1999." I raised my eyebrows in surprise at Slater.
"How much did Mindy tell you about me?" I asked.
"Only the basics," Slater turned from me to Rose, "So was I right about the tomb under the church?" He asked excitedly, I saw Damon send a look towards Slater. I bet he was wondering how he knew that.
"Yes you were, thanks for the tip." Rose answered smiling.
"Well it's nice to meet you." Slater said smiling and held out his hand towards me. I returned the smile and shook his hand and he did the same thing to Damon but he was more hesitant.
"Maybe," Slater added looking at Damon, "What's going on Rose, where's Trevor?" Damon and I looked away feeling the awkwardness while Rose had a sad look on her face.
I dried off my hands in the girls room inside Slater's coffee shop, I pulled out my phone and scrolled down my contacts and pressed on Elena's name. It rang for five times then it went to voicemail.
"You've reached Elena Gilbert. I can't answer the phone right now so leave a message after the beep." I heard Elena's voice then a beep sounded.
"Hey Elena, its Allye. Just thought I'd tell you I'm currently working on getting some information on Klaus. Call me after you get this." I hung up and stuffed my phone back in my pocket and walked out of the restroom.
"Hey what I miss?" I asked taking my seat next to Damon.
"Nothing much, just how to get in contact with Klaus." Damon stated as he pulled my chair closer to his and put his arm over my shoulders.
"Really, how?" I asked looking at Slater.
"Craigslist," I looked at him shocked.
"Seriously?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Very," Slater said nodding.
"What I don't get it is if the Originals know about the day light rings then why does Klaus want to break the curse?" Damon asked.
"He doesn't want the Werewolves to break the curse." Slater answered, "It says if a Vampire breaks the curse then the Werewolves are stuck with their curse and vise versa." I'm glad I'm the species that's not affect by that curse.
"I always thought that Werewolves were extinct." I cleared my throat and Rose sent me an apologetic look.
"I only thought they were rumors but now that I'm seeing a living breathing Werewolf in front of me, I'm thinking otherwise. Are there more Werewolves than just you?" Slater asked as he leaned against the table.
"There's two different species of Werewolf and yes there's a lot more of us out there. We've gotten pretty good at pretending to be human to keep ourselves safe." I answered.
"Two different species? How do you run into them?" Slater asked interested.
"If you ever want to see my species, Beacon Hills is crawling with Werewolves. The other species though that would be Mystic Falls, another Werewolf family lives there. If you do happen to meet their kind just a piece of advice, their bite is worse than their bark." I advised Slater.
"Note taken, I'll have to visit those places sometime. They sound awesome." Slater said grinning.
"Awesome doesn't even begin to describe them." I answered smirking.
"Is there a way to stop him from breaking the curse?" Damon asked.
"How would you do that?" Slater asked.
"Well render the Moonstone useless then the curse can't be broken." Damon stated like it was obvious.
"Well yeah but why would you want to do that?" Slater asked.
"Tell me how to do it." Damon said putting his mouth into a firm line.
"Why would I help you piss off an Original and ruin my chances from walking in the sun?" Slater asked.
"You want to walk in the sun? Well I can help you with that if you help us." That's when the glass windows in front of us broke and shards of glass spread everywhere. I heard people screaming and I saw Slater and Rose being burned by the sun. I grunted in pain and saw a large shard of glass sticking out from my abdomen.
"Allye!" Damon yelled and tried to get to me but I stopped him.
"Get Rose out of here, now!" I yelled at him.
He hesitated but took Rose's jacket and covered her from the sun and took her out of the shop. I gritted my teeth as I pulled out the glass and threw it across the shop. I felt my skin begin to knit itself back together at a fast paste and the pain was gone. I stood up and looked out the broken window to see who could have done that, but I saw no one. I got out of the shop and walked towards where Damon and Rose were and Rose was sobbing.
"Is she alright?" I asked getting near Damon as he shut Rose's car door.
"It mainly scared her, but what about you? I smelled your blood and I saw that shard of glass stuck in you." Damon cupped my face with his hands and looked at me with concern.
"I'm fine. It healed right after I pulled it out." Damon let out a sigh in relief and pulled me into his chest and hugged me tightly.
I returned the hug and rested my head against his shoulder. I felt him kiss the top of my head and placed his nose on my hair and breathing in my scent.
"You better go and take Rose home. I'll meet you back at the boarding house." I said leaning back to look at him in the eyes.
"Be careful." I nodded and Damon put a longing kiss on my forehead then he let go of me and I walked towards my car and got into the driver's seat.
I walked downstairs of the boarding house and walked to the living room where Damon was staring at the fire.
"Rose is in one of the guest rooms asleep. " I spoke up softly.
Damon slightly turned his head at me then stared back into the fire.
"Hey what happened today wasn't yours, Rose's or Slater's fault, it was Klaus." I draped my arms over his shoulders and leaned my head against his shoulder.
"I know." He answered simply and took a swig of his bourbon in his hand.
"Well I'm gonna head home." I said sighing and went to stand up but Damon caught my hand, forcing me to stay in my position.
"Can't you stay here tonight?" He asked rubbing the pad of his thumb over the top of my hand.
"Do you want me to?" I asked, he set down his bourbon and turned around so he was facing me.
"You got hurt today Allye, I don't want to risk you being by yourself. I want you to stay here where I know I can protect you." Damon said looking at me with utmost concern.
"Alright but I don't have any sleep wear, you don't mind if I use one of your shirts do you?" I asked in a fake innocent tone, I knew what his answer would be.
A smirk appeared on Damon's face, "I wouldn't mind at all." He said huskily.
He crushed his lips onto mine and I returned it. I felt him pick me up and the wind rush past me and I felt my back slam against his bedroom door. He broke off the kiss and rested his forehead against mine and stroke my cheek with his hand.
"I love you." He said softly and I could feel that same emotion coming off him.
"I love you too." I replied with the same softness and that same smile I saw last night appeared on his face and he captured me in a loving kiss and he quickly placed me on the bed.
Well that concludes that. Allye finds out about another Original Vampire that is said to be the oldest and strongest: Klaus. Apparently Klaus wants to break The Sun and Moon Curse placed on Werewolves and Vampires. And apparently Klaus needs Elena as well to do that along with the Moonstone. Stay tune for chapter 9. :D