Chapter Five
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"When do you think Klaus and his son will be here," asked Caroline as she sipped her soda at the grill. They had decided to meet up at the Grill instead of the Boarding House to avoid having to deal with Damon's poison.
"Who knows," said Bonnie as she checked her phone to see if her father had texted back. The Bennett witch still couldn't believe that her magicless father knew more about the magical community then she did. Bonnie couldn't help but wonder what her life would have been life if her family hadn't hidden her heritage from her after her mother left.
"I wonder what he'll be like?" Asked Elena as she looked out the window. Thoughts about the adopted son of the Original Hybrid had been plaguing the Doppelganger for the past few days.
"Who knows," said Caroline. "But considering how protective Klaus is we won't be able to get close to find out because he'll probably be surrounded by guards."
"Caroline's right if the was the kid was old enough to take care of himself, I'd bet Klaus wouldn't have even bothered with a contract," said Bonnie to Elena. "He's probably spoiled like Stefan said."
"But most little kids are spoiled by their parents, especially if they have parents who can give them whatever they want like Klaus," said Elena as she looked back at her friends. "God knows I was when I was a kid." Elena both loved and hated thinking about the past when her only concern was her grades, friends and her boyfriend. When her parents were there to take care of everything and the scariest thing in the world was to not have the perfect dress for the next Mystic Falls event.
"Come on you guys," said Caroline as she tried to change the subject. "All this speculating is just going to drive us crazy. We won't know what he's like until he gets here."
"Hey do you guys need anything else?" asked Matt as he walked past their table.
"No Matt we're good," said Elena.
"Hey Matt, have you talked to Rebekah recently?" asked Caroline before he could walk away.
"We texted a bit," said Matt uncomfortably.
"Come on Matt spill," said Elena. She could see that Matt really didn't want to say anything but Elena couldn't help herself.
"All I know is that they'll be here soon. Klaus went to the airport to pick them up himself so you'll probably meet them somewhere in town in a few days depending on how bad the jet lag is." As Matt spoke the door to the Grill opened and they could hear Klaus' British accent as he said, "While the company leaves much to be desired the burgers aren't terrible and the bar does have a decent selection of drinks."
"I think I'll avoid the alcohol until I get over the jet lag Nik. Although a burger sounds good to me. Even in first class airplane food is not the best. What about you Harry?"
"Sounds good to me I'm starving."
The four Mystic Falls teenagers turned around to look at the door to watch Klaus walk in with a beautiful woman with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She looked confident and walked with a grace that was innate, giving the impression that there was no situation she couldn't handle. But what really captured the teenagers' attention was the little boy with black hair and emerald green eyes smiling up at his father as he walked into the Grill.
The only thoughts running through Elena's mind was 'That was the child she and her friends nearly made an orphan for the second time'. Elena couldn't take her eyes off the three of them as they walked towards a table. They looked so normal no one would have thought that Klaus was anything but a dad happy to spend time with his son.
While Elena was focusing on Klaus and his son Caroline and Bonnie were more concerned with that woman with them. Caroline was slightly jealous even though she knew that she shouldn't feel that way because there was nothing between them other than some 'mild' attraction. But the blonde vampire couldn't deny that she was always flattered when Klaus would pay more attention to her than her friends. Bonnie on the other hand noticed something very interesting about Klaus' companions.
"Guys I think that they're both witches."
"What!" exclaimed Caroline and Elena as they turned around to look at their friend in shock.
"I sense magic coming from both of them, but it feels like a different type of magic than anything I've ever felt before," said Bonnie as she tried to focus on the two witches with Klaus.
"What do you mean Bonnie," asked Caroline. The vampire was already worried about Klaus and his son being in Mystic Falls, she did not believe that Damon would abide by the contract and would somehow get everyone else involved in his schemes. Finding out that the two newcomers to Mystic Falls had magic that was different than any witch that they've seen before would be just the excuse the elder Salvatore would need to do something stupid.
"I don't know," said Bonnie as she continued to use her magic to examine the two. "It's not dark or anything like that it just feels different than my magic."
"Maybe it is different than your magic Bonnie after all there's a lot about magic you never got to learn since your Grams died," said Elena. "You should ask your dad if there's more than one type of witch. Maybe he can give you some info or know someone who can."
"Guys I've got to go," said Matt as he finished texting Rebekah to ask if she knew that her nephew was already in town. "Please don't tell Damon or Stefan that they're here. I do not want to deal with trying to stop Damon from picking a fight."
"Don't worry Matt we won't," said Bonnie with a small smile.
"Yeah the last thing we need is for Damon to come in and piss Klaus off for no reason," said Caroline as she went back to spying on the threesome across the room.
"Damon signed the contract the same as all of us, he has to keep to the truce. Starting a fight with Klaus when his son is around is like asking to be killed in the most gruesome manner possible. Klaus' dangerous enough when his family is in trouble, I don't even want to think about how much worse he would be if it's his son," said Elena as she cringed at the very thought. She just wanted some time when she could just pretend to be normal. That her life wasn't constantly in danger, when the most stressful thing in her life is college applications and planning her senior year. Elena wanted to believe that Damon wouldn't start something but experience with his impulsiveness told her otherwise.
Bonnie, Caroline and Matt all looked at Elena with pity in their eyes. No matter how much they wished otherwise everyone knew that Damon would never stop until he or the Originals were dead and then he would find something else to fixate on.
"Look you guys no matter how curious we are I think the best thing would be to just stay out of their way. You know that if any of us, especially you Elena, talked to them Damon would hound whoever was unlucky enough to do so to try and find a weakness," said Matt as he started to move towards the bar with the dishes.
"Hey Matt, do mind taking that table I'm swamped?" said Sarah as she took the dishes from him.
Matt closed his eyes and groaned to himself thinking 'Why me?' before turning around and saying, "Sure Sarah I don't mind," with a fake smile as he started walking towards Klaus' table.
"Hi, welcome to the Grill. I'm Matt and I'll be your server today," said Matt with a big fake smile. "Can I start you off with some drinks?"
"I'll just have a glass of water," said Angelina as she looked up from her menu.
"The same," said Klaus with a smirk, he could easily see how uncomfortable the quarterback was around him.
"Can I have some soda please," said Harry with a smile.
"Sure, what type?"
"I'll have a coke please."
"No problem and are you ready to order or do you need a minute?"
"We'll just have 3 of the house burgers well done for the lad, medium for the lady and rare for me."
"Alright I'll be back with your drinks in a minute," said Matt as he walked away.
"Well now, he seemed like he was in a hurry," said Angelina as she watched the teenager fast walk away. "Anything you want to say Nik?" she asked with a smile.
"He's one of the doppelganger's little friends."
"So he's well aware of who and what we really are," asked Angie as she looked back at the Original while raising one of her eyebrows.
"He's a muggle whose sister was turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore and she was killed by Stefan to save the doppelganger and her brother," said Klaus as he looked around, "And if you look towards your right, you'll see the doppelganger and her vampire and witch friend staring at us."
"Not very stealthy are they," said Angie with a smirk as she turned to wave at the trio staring at her in shock.
Caroline couldn't help herself as she raised her hand to wiggle her fingers back at Angie as she smiled awkwardly.
"Caroline," hissed Bonnie as she looked back at her friend.
"What?" asked Caroline in response. "It would be even more awkward if no one did anything."
"She seems kind of nice," said Elena as she took a sip of her drink wishing that she had asked Matt to add something alcoholic to it. "What were they saying Caroline?"
"Klaus just pointed us out to her after ordering their food. It looks like the kid's distracted by the free fries," said Caroline with a laugh. "Wait," said the vampire in shock, "I can't hear anything anymore."
"What?" asked Elena as she looked back at Caroline.
"Guys she must have cast a spell," said Bonnie. "I saw her move her hands right before Caroline said that she couldn't hear them anymore."
"I guess we shouldn't be surprised," said Elena as she glanced at the trio at the table. Matt had just brought over their food and the little boy was adorably eating and talking at the same time, acting like any other elementary school kid. Elena didn't know how to feel as she watched Klaus grab a napkin to wipe his son's face and hands from hamburger juice. "They look like a normal family. Not like a …"
"A murderous hybrid, his witch nanny and adopted son," said Caroline bluntly as always. Like Elena the vampire could not take her eyes off of Klaus being a doting father. She could remember her own dad doing the same for her when she was younger and cringing away from him like Hadrian was doing now, insisting that she didn't need any help, and just giving her dad a look just asking saying 'I'm a big kid I don't need to be babied'.
"Yeah," said Elena uncomfortably looked around the bar, not meeting anyone's eyes, like she couldn't believe what was going to come out of her mouth next. "They're just look so... so..."
"Cute," said Bonnie as she looked at her best friend sympathetically. She completely agreed with the doppelganger which blew the witch's mind.
"Yes," cried Caroline as she waved her hands in the air as dramatic as always.
"Trust me Elena the only person in the entire would that will disagree with you is Damon and that's just because he likes to be contrary."
As the vampire turned to glance at the threesome again, she couldn't help but say, "That is one the most adorable little kids in the history of ever," she looked back at her friends nodding their heads in agreement. "If it wasn't for the fact that I know Klaus would rip my head off or his witch might curse me I would totally go over there and introduce myself just so that I can bask in that little kid's cuteness and maybe give him a hug."
"Caroline, I don't think any little kid will just let you hug them," said Elena with a laugh. "Get to know him a bit before you strangle him to death with one of your Care-bear hugs."
"Hey I don't strangle people," protested Caroline as her friends started to laugh and tease.
"Oh really," said Bonnie with a grin. "If I recall correctly the last time you gave me one of your Care-bear hugs because you were so excited that Michael asked you out on a date Elena had to pry you off with a crowbar. And this was before you got super strength."
"Hmh," said Caroline as she turned up her nose and turned away towards the door as she pretended to be insulted. She was just glad that her friends were laughing again. It always depressed Caroline when she thought of how long it's been since they haven't felt like the weight of the world, or at least the fate of the town, was on their shoulders.
As she faced the door Caroline could unfortunately hear a very familiar car engine pulling up to the Grill parking lot. "Oh no," she said as she turned back to face her friends. "We have a problem."
"What is it Caroline," asked Elena though the doppelganger could already guess what was wrong. There was only one person in the town who could and would cause a problem right now.
"Damon's car just pulled up to the parking lot," said the vampire apologetically.
"God can't we have one day without Damon making a mess of things?" asked Bonnie as she facepalmed. The witch wished more than anything else that she had just set the vampire on fire years ago. It would have solved so many problems but for some reason both Stefan and Elena loved him so the witch abstained.
"Is there any way we can keep him from coming in?" asked Elena as she looked around frantically. She just knew that this would end badly.
"No both he and Stefan are at the door," said Caroline as she watched the Salvatore brothers enter the Grill. Of course, the first thing they saw was Elena, as always. When the brothers first came to Mystic Falls Caroline thought that their relationship with Elena was romantic – with her looking like their first love. Now she thinks it's just creepy how obsessive both brothers are even though Stefan's feelings are somewhat healthier than Damon's.
"What do you think our chances are of them not noticing?" asked Elena somewhat hopefully.
"Slim to none," deadpanned the witch as she took her face out of her hands and stared at her best friend. Optimism is one thing but blind stupidity is another thing entirely thought the witch to herself.
It was like a train wreck that they couldn't stop themselves from watching. The brothers started walking towards the girls when they caught a glimpse of Klaus and his companions from their booth. Even though she couldn't hear them Elena could guess what they were saying. Damon looked like he was going to go to Klaus' booth but Stefan was dragging him to their table.
"Ladies," said Stefan as he came up to their table keeping a hand on Damon's shoulder.
"Hey Stefan," said Caroline with a smile. "Damon," she said with a glare.
"Blondie."
"What are you guys doing here?" said Elena.
"Felt like leaving the house, wanted some atmosphere, maybe catch a meal," said Damon with a smirk. He knew how uncomfortable it made everyone when he even implied feeding on people. He still couldn't understand why the baby vampire refused to feed from the vein. It wasn't like she was a ripper like Stefan and couldn't control herself. Damon expected that in a few years she'd change her mind and move onto the good stuff instead of just feeding on animals or blood bags.
"Damon, please don't start something," said Elena not even trying to be subtle. "We signed a treaty in blood that we wouldn't cause trouble for each other."
"I wasn't going to cause trouble," said Damon with a smirk to the disbelief of everyone around him. Even Matt who was passing by with a tray of food looked back, raised his eyebrow, shook his head and went back to work praying that there wouldn't be any explosions during his shift. "I was just going to introduce myself to a beautiful young woman."
"Damon do you honestly think that your usually tricks will work on someone that close to Klaus?" asked Caroline as she rolled her eyes.
"You're one to talk Blondie since you're well aware of how effective my moves are," said Damon as he turned his back on Caroline to stare at Klaus completely ignoring her glare as she reached for the knife.
"Caroline's right Damon," said Stefan as he put his hand on Caroline's stopping her from stabbing him with the knife like she wanted. "And if you can take a moment to contemplate the fact that we can't hear them means that she's a witch, I rather doubt she's open to being seduced. The Originals always leave the most important things to their most devoted servants and considering the fact that she's watching over his son I'm guessing that she's one of his most loyal followers."
"I didn't think Klaus trusted anyone," said Bonnie. The witch wondered how much Stefan truly knew about Klaus and the Originals.
"No one can go through life without trusting someone Bonnie not even him," said Stefan as he turned back around to look at the girls. "Klaus may not trust anyone 100% percent, not even his family, but he does have some I suppose you can call them subordinates that he trusts because he owns them mind body and soul. It's easier to trust someone when you know that there's no chance of betrayal from someone beneath you."
"What do you mean beneath you?" asked Elena.
"It's hard to explain," said Stefan as he crossed his arms and wondered how he was going to explain something so old world to 3 modern day girls. "You have to understand that the Originals are old so that means that even though they've adapted with the times at their core they still act the way they have most of their lives, like old school nobility."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Everything. The Originals have ruled for over a thousand years, there are entire families devoted to weighting on them hand and foot and for their protection. They're old Elena and bored – there's not much out there that's new, they've seen and done everything at least twice. That's why they haven't killed us – no one else is stupid enough to try to kill them so that makes us interesting."
"Oh, please brother you give them too much credit."
Sometimes Stefan wondered what it would be like to live in Damon's head, maybe if he did then he would be able to understand his brother. "Damon with all the witches they collected over the years not to mention the vampires they created and all the other magical creatures out there do you honestly think they don't have witches who can cast spells from afar to kill us?"
"What do you mean magical creatures Stefan," asked Bonnie as she started paying attention to what Stefan was saying instead of the throbbing headache caused by Damon's arrogance and stupidity.
"You didn't really think that there's just witches, werewolves, vampires and goblins out there did," said Stefan with a small smirk-like smile.
"Ah if I recall correctly you were just as surprised as us when we found out that werewolves were real," said Caroline in shock.
"That was before I got my memories back. Klaus and Rebekah took me around to introduce me to the magical communities and gave me a basic etiquette lesson and how to get around classes. You know the things Katherine should have taught us as our sire and didn't."
"So, what else is out there?" asked Elena. Just thinking about it relit that old spark of curiosity that she thought had been killed by all the blood and death in her life. When she first learned about vampires and witches Elena had hoped that the nicer things from her childhood fairytales were real as well but she never heard about any of them from the brothers so she thought that they were just stories.
"Well most myths and legends are based on reality..."
"What Stefan are you going to tell us that unicorns, mermaid and dragons are real," said Caroline as a joke.
Stefan just smiled not saying anything.
"Are you kidding? They're real?"
"No, they're not," said Damon, "He's just messing with you Blondie."
"Unlike you Damon, I don't mess with people by lying to them for my own amusement. Yes, Caroline they're all real," said Stefan as he smiled at everyone's shock.
"How in the world can that be?" asked Bonnie. "People can be oblivious but they'd notice a fire breathing dragon at least."
"There's entire teams of witches and wizards whose job is to keep people from finding out about magic. In other word, lots of memory spells and illusions to make people forget what they saw. There are a few wild dragons around the world in the natural areas but most live on reservations – it's just safer for everyone. The last thing we need is some idiot thinking he's a modern-day knight and has to slay whichever magical creature is close by."
"If all this is real then how come I don't know about it?"
"Because Damon you've spent the past century obsessed with Katherine and that stupid tomb instead of finding out about the magical community. Not to mention the fact that you have a tendency to piss off everyone you meet so no one's going to take their time to explain everything to you," deadpanned Stefan as he rolled his eyes and the girls giggled.
"Whatever baby bro I'll believe it when I see it. Now if you lot will excuse me there's a beautiful woman, I need to introduce myself to," said Damon as he waved and walked away.
"Wait a second Damon," said Elena as she got up from her seat. "I thought we all agreed that we were going to leave them alone and not start something." Elena started to follow Damon and as she did the others followed her.
"No, you agreed I never said anything and unless you want to make scene, Elena I would suggest not trying to stop me," said Damon not even pretending that what Elena wanted mattered to him.
"Damon this is too dangerous – you do not try to attack a Papa wolf while he's around his cub. They're even more dangerous than normal," hissed Caroline as she followed after Elena and Damon with Bonnie looking like she's going through a list of spells in her head just in case and Stefan loosening up all of his muscle just in case a fight breaks out. As they passed by Matt he just looked at the ceiling and asked himself again why he lets himself get involved in all of this as he started to move towards the customers close to Klaus' booth just in case he has to break up a fight.
As they walked past the booth next to the family the sound got turned back on and they could hear Klaus say, "And now it seems I'll have to introduce you to the Salvatore's, doppelganger and their little gang," not even bothering to turn around and look at them.
As Elena came up to the booth, she could see that it was like some part of him that had always been tight had been loosened. As if some part of him that had always been tense and tightly coiled was released. The Original Hybrid looked happy and not in an 'I'm enjoying your pain and laughing at you' kind of way but in a 'I'm with people I really care about way'. Everyone knows the Originals love each other but they've hurt each other so much and so often over the years that there's always some tension between them. But with these two that tension is gone and he finally seems at peace.
"I suppose introductions are in order. From right to left: Caroline Forbes – baby vampire and tentative voice of reason, Bonnie Bennett – judgmental wiccan witch, Elena Gilbert – doppelganger who doesn't know what she wants, Stefan Salvatore – ripper who hates me but still cares in his own way, Damon Salvatore - obsessive vampire idiot I'm still surprised made it past his first century and Matt Donovan – token human who somehow manages to get drawn into things that don't concern him. The only one missing is Jeremy Gilbert – the doppelganger's brother/cousin who usually ends up getting hurt because she's so concerned with protecting him that she won't let him protect himself and doesn't know enough to protect himself."
Everyone just stood there in shock, insult and anger based on their intros. "Scooby gang this is Angelina my nanny/bodyguard and my son Hadrian," said Klaus as his voice softened from arrogant asshole to proud papa and back. "If any of you idiots know what's good for you then I would suggest you take my advice and follow the contract and leave us alone. You won't like the penalties of attempting to break it."
"Wait a minute what penalties?" asked Caroline. She did not like the way he smirked when he said that.
"They were written quite clearly in the contract," said Klaus with a rather nasty smirk, "It's not my fault you didn't bother to read it."
"OK I think that's enough talking for today," said Elena as she got in front of Damon and tried to push him away without letting him open his mouth.
"Yeah I don't think so," said Damon as he used his speed to knock Elena into Caroline's arms. "Hi I'm …"
"Not interested," said Angelina as she pointed her finger at Damon's mouth silently casting a silencing spell.
"Please teach me that spell," said Bonnie in awe. The Bennett witch didn't care if the new witch was one of Klaus' lackey's - the ability to silence Damon Salvatore more than made up for it.
"It's a fairly common spell – it should be in your grimoire," said Angelina with a smile and laugh. "And it's fairly simple to learn so you should master it in no time."
"You are now my new favorite person," said Caroline with a big smile, enjoying Damon's rage at not being able to talk. That was a wonderful way to get rid of all the tension in the room. "I'm Caroline."
"Angie and that's Harry," said Angelina as she shook the young vampire's hand. She could tell that Caroline hadn't been a vampire for very long and decided to keep an eye on her because baby vampires are notorious for their control issues. Though according to Nik all the vampires in this town have control issues.
"Nice to meet you Angie and you too Harry," said Elena with a smile hoping to salvage something from the day.
"Hi," said Harry as he looked up from his food, the 10-year-old more concerned with his burger than the people around him. He already knew that his father didn't want him to be around them. Klaus had told him that they were both young and unstable which made them doubly dangerous because, 'the young have a bad habit of not considering the consequences until it's too late to do anything about it'.
Before the conversation could continue Damon slammed his hand on the table and pointed to his mouth.
"Don't worry the spell will only last for an hour or so," said Angelina as she went back to her meal.
"Can you undo the spell now instead of letting it fade away," asked Stefan as he glanced at his brother already guessing Damon's reaction.
"Yes, but I won't - there's no point since it'll wear off soon and I've only spent 2 minutes with him and he already annoys me."
Unfortunately, Damon is not the type of person who takes being told no well and tried to reach for Angie. Luckily for him Stefan had anticipated his brother's impulse and snapped his neck.
"Sorry about him," said Elena as Stefan started to carry his brother out. "And the interruption, we'll be going now. I hope that you enjoy your summer in Mystic Falls."
"Thanks," said Angie and Harry awkwardly while glancing at each other and then looking at Klaus and seeing his amusement. They watched Elena back out of the grill to join her friends on their way to the Boarding House.
"Wow Nik, you were not exaggerating when you said that they're young and unstable," said Angie as she shook her head in wonder. "I mean who doesn't read a magical contract front to back before signing it?"
"Well unfortunately those children have bad habit of believing the rules don't apply to them and that they're held at different standards than everyone else."
"Boy they'll be in for a rude awakening if MACUSA gets their hands on them if they go too far."
"True enough - I'm mildly intrigued to see their faces if they find out it exists."
As Angelina and Klaus discussed the Scooby gang Harry just went back to eating his burger and fries. If he was with anyone else Harry would be paying attention to everything just to keep himself informed. But right now, he's in the one place he knows that no matter what he'll be safe, right next to his dad.
Hadrian James Potter Mikaelson was well aware of how dangerous the world was. He'd gotten kidnapped a few times because he wasn't paying attention or had trusted the wrong person and later found out that they were just using him. His father had trained him against Angie's wishes to be a warrior and independent enough that under normal circumstances he'd be able to rescue himself – which happened a few times so no one can say the training didn't work. Klaus had told him once, 'I don't want you to lose your wonder of the world but the best way to keep you safe from my enemies and your own is to train you so that you can protect yourself. It's not to say that I won't come rescue you because I will even if you're 250 but I won't be able to be there every time no matter how much I want to so you need to be able to get yourself out of dangerous situations.'
Angelina was not happy about Harry starting to understand that the world was a dangerous place and that no matter how hard any parent tried they wouldn't be able to protect their child from everything. But she understood the need considering Harry's wizarding heritage and Klaus' many enemies.
Notes: I'm so sorry it took so long for me to update. The plan was to finish up the chapter months ago but unfortunately life has a way of getting in the way of plans. I started a new job, got writer's block because I'm not sure what direction I want to take this story in and my computer died.
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