Chapter Eight:
A week has gone by and Rebekah and I have grown closer as friends. She even felt comfortable enough to tell me about her family's history and I felt sorry for her that she and her brothers Finn, Elijah, Klaus, and Kol were forced to be turned into vampires by their parents against their will a thousand years ago. I felt even sorrier for Klaus because of the way their father Mikael treated him all those years for not being his real son.
Tonight was homecoming and it was also technically my 18th birthday so I decided to wear a ¾ long sleeve red lace dress with a black belt going around my waist and a pair of red high heel shoes for the occasion.
Homecoming was supposed to be held in the gym but a couple of hours before it was time to arrive it flooded so Tyler took it upon himself to throw it at his mansion.
When Bonnie, Caroline, and I walked into Tyler's mansion we saw that it was packed.
"How did he plan a better party than me so fast?" Caroline asked us in disbelief.
I then heard what sounded like a band playing in the backyard.
"Is that a band outside?" I asked them.
Bonnie then looked around and realized that most of these people we didn't know.
"Who are all of these people?" Bonnie asked us confusedly.
"This is weird. Where is Tyler?" Caroline asked us looking around for him.
Caroline then walked away from us and Bonnie followed after her.
I then decided to get a drink and go out to the backyard to check out the band and by the time I made my way over to them I saw Klaus walk onto the stage.
"Good evening, everyone. I wanna thank you all for being here with me to celebrate. It's been a long time coming." Klaus said to everyone smiling.
I then watched as Klaus walked off of the stage and made his way towards Stefan while the band began playing again.
I then slowly made my way over to them and when I reached them Stefan walked away without noticing me.
"So all of this is your doing, I suppose?" I asked Klaus.
"Caitlin, what a lovely surprise. I didn't think you'd show up." Klaus said to me.
"And why wouldn't I show up to my own personal secret birthday party?" I asked Klaus smiling.
"Today's your birthday?" Klaus asked me.
"Mm-hmm. Only a small handful of people knew that it was today since I chose not to celebrate it on Elena's like every other year." I said to Klaus.
Klaus then looked at me confused so I explained the whole situation to him.
"Elena and I grew up thinking that we were twins so we always celebrated our birthdays on hers. When we found out that we weren't twins about nine months ago and that we were adopted by our aunt and uncle I decided that I wanted to celebrate my birthday on the day that I was actually born on." I said to Klaus.
"So you and Elena are…?" Klaus began to say to me before I interrupted him.
"Half-sisters. We have the same father, but different mothers. That's why I'm the only werewolf in the family because I got the gene from my birth mother." I said to Klaus.
"And where is your birth mother now?" Klaus asked me.
"Probably dead. All I know is that her first name was Elizabeth, that's it." I said to Klaus.
"And your father?" Klaus asked me.
"He died so that Elena would come back after the ritual. He wrote a letter to the both of us before he died explaining how he regretted not raising us as his own and that he was proud to have us as daughters." I said to Klaus.
I then tried to suppress the tears that threatened to come down and Klaus put his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm so sorry." Klaus said to me.
"It's not entirely your fault. He made his choice. He chose to sacrifice himself to save Elena like all good parents should. I'm just grateful that when he went, it was quick and painless. That's more than I could ever hope for." I said to Klaus.
I then let out a chuckle.
"I'm sorry. I must seem really ridiculous to you right now. Opening myself up to you like that." I said to Klaus.
"Not at all, love. Not at all." Klaus said to me.
I then cleared my throat.
"So, what is this all about? I know it's not some usual high school homecoming party. There's more behind it. What's going on?" I asked Klaus.
"Perceptive as always, love. It's a wake, actually, for my father. Your sister killed him for me. She didn't tell you?" Klaus asked me.
"No, she didn't. We usually tell each other everything, but lately it seems like she's been withholding something from me. It's not like her." I said to Klaus.
"You might want to figure out what that is, love, before it becomes a bigger problem." Klaus said to me.
"You're probably right." I said to Klaus.
Tyler then walked up to us.
"My mom would seriously freak if she saw all these people here." Tyler said to us.
"Yeah, she would. You better have one hell of a cleanup crew to clean this all up afterwards." I said to Tyler.
I then finished my drink and decided to get some more.
"I'm gonna go get another drink. I'll see you guys later." I said to them.
I then walked away from Klaus and Tyler and walked into Tyler's mansion to get another drink and as I was about to go back to the backyard when one of Klaus' hybrids grabbed me from behind and knocked me out.
When I came to I saw that the hybrid who had knocked me out was holding onto my arms with a tight grip and that I was gagged. I then noticed that we on the front porch of Tyler's mansion and Elena was being held captive by a female hybrid on the other side of the porch.
Then a man I am assuming to be Mikael stood on the porch as Klaus was standing in the doorway inside the mansion but couldn't see Elena or me.
"Hello Niklaus." Mikael said to Klaus.
"Hello, Mikael. Won't you come in? Oh, that's right. I forgot, you can't." Klaus said to Mikael.
"Or you can come outside if you want." Mikael said to Klaus.
"Or I could watch my hybrids tear you limb from limb." Klaus said to Mikael.
Then a bunch of Klaus' hybrids walked out onto the front lawn.
"They can't kill me." Mikael said to Klaus.
"True, but it'd make a hell of a party game. All I have to do is rub these two fingers together, and they'll pounce." Klaus said to Mikael holding up his thumb and index finger smiling.
"The big bad wolf. You haven't changed. Still hiding behind your playthings like a coward. Oh, and you forget. They may be sired to you, but they're still part vampire. And they can be compelled by me." Mikael said to Klaus.
Then the hybrid holding Elena captive walked out and handed her over to Mikael.
"Come out and face me, Niklaus… or she dies." Mikael said to Klaus.
"Go ahead. Kill her." Klaus said to Mikael.
"No. Klaus. He'll do it." Elena said to Klaus.
"If she dies… this lot will be the last of your abominations." Mikael said to Klaus.
"I don't need them. I just need to be rid of you." Klaus said to Mikael.
"To what end, Niklaus? So you can live forever… with no one at your side? Nobody cares about you anymore, boy! Who do you have… other than those whose loyalty you've forced? No one. No one." Mikael said to Klaus.
"I'm calling your bluff, Father. Kill her." Klaus said to Mikael.
"Come outside… and face me, you little coward, and I won't have to." Mikael said to Klaus.
"My whole life, you've underestimated me. If you kill her you lose your leverage. So go ahead. Go on, kill her. Come on, old man. Kill her. Kill her!" Klaus yelled at Mikael.
Mikael then started laughing.
"Ah… Your impulse, Niklaus. It has, and will forever be, the one thing… that keeps you from truly being great." Mikael said to Klaus.
Mikael then pulled out a knife from his jacket and stabbed Elena in the back.
Elena then gasped before falling onto the porch.
"Heh, heh. She wasn't my only leverage. I have another. One more important to you than her." Mikael said to Klaus smiling.
Then the hybrid holding me captive dragged me over to Mikael and handed me over to him.
"Come out now or I'll slit her throat." Mikael said to Klaus placing the knife to my throat.
I then looked at Klaus with tears in my eyes and I could see tears in his and I shook my head.
I then saw Damon use his vamp speed to run up behind Klaus and stab him in the back of the leg with some kind of stake.
Klaus then screamed as Damon threw him onto the floor and stabbed him in gut.
Then all of the sudden Elena stood up unharmed and I realized that she wasn't Elena but Katherine.
"Katherine." Mikael said to Katherine.
"Ka-boom." Katherine said pulling out two wolfbane grenades.
Katherine then tossed the grenades at the hybrids who were now running towards her and they exploded stopping them in their tracks.
Damon then went to stake Klaus in the heart but Stefan stopped him by tossing him off of Klaus.
"What are you doing?" Damon asked Stefan.
Klaus then picked up the stake and used his vamp speed to charge at Mikael and I and when he got to us he shoved me away from Mikael so that he could stab him in the heart with the stake.
Mikael then screamed as he fell to the ground in flames and then desiccated.
Klaus then walked over to me and helped me stand up after ungagging me.
"Are you all right, sweetheart?" Klaus asked me worriedly.
I then nodded my head.
"I am now. Thank you." I said to Klaus.
Klaus and I then walked back into Tyler's mansion and saw Damon and Stefan arguing
"What the hell did you do?" Damon asked Stefan angrily.
"He's earned his freedom." Klaus said to Damon.
At the mention of his freedom from Klaus' compulsion Stefan slowly walked over to him and he put his hands on his shoulders.
"Thank you, my friend. You no longer have to do as I say. You're free." Klaus said to Stefan compelling him.
Damon then used his vamp speed to run away and soon after Stefan left too.
"So, I should go. I've had enough excitement for one night." I said to Klaus.
"I'm sorry my father ruined your birthday." Klaus said to me.
"It's okay. Your dad was a dick. He got what was coming to him in the end. There's no need to apologize." I said to Klaus.
I then began to walk out the front door of Tyler's mansion and then stopped.
"You know, your father was wrong about one thing. You don't have no one. You have me." I said to Klaus.
I then continued walking out of Tyler's mansion with Klaus staring intently behind me.