Chapter 2: Change of Plans

"That's not going to work Nik," she said rolling her eyes as she heard that stupid Greta trying to convince Nik that possessing Alaric Saltzman and doing things by force would work. Honestly if Greta wasn't so blinded by her love for Nik she might have realized that she had misinterpreted the spell binding the curse.

Nik's followers looked at her in shock thinking that their master would tear her heart out for daring to question him. Until now they had all just believed she was a mute witch traveling with Nik, because she refused to talk to the idiots and only spoke to Nik when they were alone. However she wasn't going to allow this stupid witch to mislead her best friend, even if it was by accident/stupidness, and cause him even more heartbreak. So it was worth losing her invisibility to the others and revealing that she was the person whose opinion Nik valued more then anyone else's, other then his siblings, if it meant protecting Nik.

Greta turned towards her glaring, "how dare you speak so casually to Klaus!"

"Greta seize," Nik said bored with cold looking eyes as he turned his attention back to Alexinia. "Why do you think that won't work Xinia?" There was no warmth in his voice, but for someone like Alexinia is was easy to see the affection he had for her in his eyes. Something he was careful to hide because he didn't wish for his enemies to attack her all the time.

"The Salvatore brothers will fight like crazy to protect the doppelganger, and I'm not saying we can't take them, however there is a much more peaceful way to do everything. Why not convince them to help us find a way to allow the doppelganger to live, and swear we won't hurt them or anyone they love if they work with us."

"Why would I wish to allow the doppelganger to live? Would that not keep the curse from breaking?"

"No Nik. Actually if your witches were brighter and knew more about solving riddles they would have realized that you need the doppelgangers blood to sire more hybrids. That will only work if she still lives, but you still need to drain her of her blood to break the curse. Working with them and the Bennett witch to find a way for her to live, and making a deal where they allow us blood when needed is much more beneficial for all of us."

"You are certain?"

"Of course, otherwise I would have never said anything."

"Hmm. Would you mind being the one to negotiate, you have the best rate of success, but if they refuse then we won't be lenient on the family even if we need to find a way for the doppelganger to live."

"Of course Nik." In any other circumstance she would have hugged him or shown some sort of affection, but right now she couldn't dare let any of his followers know how close they were. For now they could just believe her mysterious powers were the reason Nik accepted her council so easily. She didn't want them to know how much she meant to Nik, or his enemies would constantly be targeting her ruining the progress she had made with Nik in the last few years. Honestly however unless if someone knew him well on a personal level they would have never realized that Nik had softened over the last fourteen years.

The words he had tacked on to giving her the job was so that no one would realize why he had accepted so easily. Most probably expected her to fail considering his words. She couldn't wait to prove them wrong because only idiots would turn down this rare opportunity of Nik making a deal instead of just getting what he wanted the easy way for him.

It took a while longer for the meeting to end, Greta glaring at her the entire time. Alexinia just ignored the witch as she paid attention to what the plan was. Luckily enough she had convinced Nik to use criminals as the sacrifices needed, instead of turning someone innocent and then killing them. Explaining that if he sacrificed a pure soul instead of a darkened one the witches spirits might find a way to attack him or some part of the curse might stay activated, the best sacrificial magic was when those sacrificed were dark. It was probably why the vampires had so little control over their blood lust since innocent souls had been sacrificed by the Original Witch.

Xinia waited until everyone left before she followed Nik to their quarters. Nik was so protective of her that he always had his room designed in front of hers, and made it so someone had to go through his room to enter hers. Of course it led to a few times where she walked in on him changing, or doing other activities alone, in the last three years since she had lived with him. Considering his hearing she figured he liked teasing her, since she shouldn't be able to walk in on him so many times, that or he was trying to make her admit that he affected her in a sexual manner. Neither of them had ever talked about the lust that obviously boiled between them, Alexinia because she was too afraid of losing their friendship, although she never figured out why Nik didn't bring it up. Instead it was like he was trying to force her to admit it by letting her see him in various stages of dress or rather undress. All she really knew was Nik never allowed any female in his room, other then her obviously, since she had lived with him. That didn't mean that he didn't sleep with someone elsewhere, but she had never personally caught him with a woman which could mean that he hadn't been with anyone in a while.

"Thank you Xinia," Nik breathed out hugging her tightly to him once the door was shut. She knew he was thanking her for doing everything she could to help him break the curse without repercussions, and for making sure he could sire his own hybrids once the curse was broken.

"I would do anything to make you happy Nik you know that," she told him gently.

Nik's eyes looked into hers and for a moment she thought he wanted to argue with her about it, like he doubted her. She didn't understand why he would doubt that she would do anything other then make him happy, however she didn't dare ask him because of the look in his eyes. A part of her was very afraid of what he might say caused his doubts. The part of her that she didn't lock away. He had to understand that she couldn't lose him. She would never do anything that could risk his happiness, and if they ever tried to cross the line that could very well happen. No matter what she couldn't lose Nik! He meant more to her then anyone else in her life! After all he was her first friend. A little voice inside of her said she was lying to herself, but she pushed it back down, he was her first friend and she loved him as a friend. That was all it would ever could ever be.

"Of course I know that Xinia. I do the same for you love."

"So when should I go to Mystic Falls to extend our offer?"

"Tomorrow. Tonight I believe we are supposed to have our monthly movie night," he said a teasing twinkle in his eyes much to her relief, since it chased away the doubt and other emotions from his eyes.

Ever since she had lived with him they had one day a month where they both agreed to spend the night together watching a movie. It was to make sure they could keep their friendship stable, and to make sure Nik had a way to unwind. Of course they would do other activities randomly over the month, but this had been the one constant the both of them had for three years. Neither of them had ever cancelled their movie night, and she was glad that he cared more about it then her starting her mission right away.

"Of course Nik. You make the popcorn I'll choose the movie," she told him with a teasing smirk.

Every month that she was able to pick the movies she either choose cheesy romances trying to drive him crazy, or stupid supernatural movies that they would poke fun of. Of course when it was his turn to pick he tended to pick gory horror movies hoping to scare her, but it never worked. After having been through a war, not to mention being Nik's best friend, there wasn't a lot that scared her. She wondered if Nik knew that one of the few things that did scare her was the worry that Mikeal would find him and kill him in front of her. It was crazy that his death was her biggest fear now, and she knew if she came across a boggart it would be his broken body that she would see.

Alexinia enjoyed the cheesy romance movies she had chosen for their movie night, much to Nik's chagrin as he teased her over her horrible tastes. By the third movie she ended up getting tired until eventually her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep.

AN: Hope you guys enjoy the second chapter. Please review and tell me what you think of the plot line.