Amelie

Summary:"You have loved and you have lost, all while I have succumbed to: the darkness, the light, to my wildest dreams and deepest fears. I have loved you while you have lived your life to its fullest, now I must live mine." Klaus kept his last love a secret for a lifetime but now it's time to reintroduce her to the world.

Chapter Eighteen

It had been almost a week since his brother's death and since he was placed six feet under the surface, Alexander visited the final resting place every day, replacing the flowers that he had brought religiously. But, this time when he visited, there was already a fresh set waiting for him from an unknown source. It made him curious, but his curiosity was going to be short lived because whoever left them was still lurking the graveyard.

"Hello Alexander, it's been a while."

He looked over his shoulder at the figure of a man that he hoped he would never have to see again, but with his brother's death it had undone the spell Jon had placed on Jacques.

"I knew the vultures would start circling, I just thought you would've had the respect for death to give me my space." Alexander said closely as he looked away from Jacques.

"Did you really think that once Jon had passed away that I wouldn't come looking for you to finish what I started?" he moved from behind him and took the place beside him, keeping his eyes locked on his enemy.

"You're going to want to keep me alive. You have a sister."

Jacques cocked his head to the side and folded his arms across his chest. "Hmph, I never thought that my parents would take the risk of having a child of the moon. Your little revelation has shocked me to my core." His voice was monotone and cold, it had always been; Jacques didn't have a good life and nothing could thaw his heart of ice.

"If you kill me, you'll never know her." Alexander's eyes rolled onto the tall, slim man with distaste on his face.

"Who says I wish to know her?"

"Because if you didn't, I would be dead by now."

Jacques circled Alexander as if he was his prey, his cold blue eyes moved away from the face of the man he despised and looked up to the grey sky. "True, but my mother always used to complain that I played with my food."

"Kill me then, I have nothing to lose." He placed his hands on his hips and raised a brow. "But I predict that you'll ask for my help to reconnect with family lost."

"You still have pieces of the chest board to give up; that pretty little thing that dotes over you is something that I could easily wipe away would only take away some of your debts to me."

"I owe you nothing."

"You owe me the life you and your brother took away from me. Trapping me in a cave for almost a century and extracting my venom was not how I envisioned my life. I wanted to grow old, not stay frozen in time to end up in this god forsaken era."

"Then what do you want? Hurting Margot is not an option." Alexander warned with a hard and harsh look.

Jacques squared up to the man he loathed and raised a coy brow. "Is it worth my time seeing my sister, is she an old and degenerating woman or is she still young and cursed just as I am?"

"She's young but not by our doing. And as for cursed, she triggered hers not that long ago. Looks like you have at least one thing in common with her."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"Amelie isn't like you, she had the nurturing of a mother; she's soft and kind, most of the time. She will not take to you."

"Amelie," he whispered, "such a beautiful name. She's my blood, of course she will take to me. And if she's so kind and soft as you claim she is, then having her older brother in her life is something that she would want." He leaned in to Alexander's space and scowled with a snare of his teeth. "Tell me where she is."

"She's here in New Orleans, find the Mikaelsons and you'll find her. There's no point keeping everything a mystery, I have my own life to rebuild and I don't need you lurking over me like the reaper."

"She's with the Original family? I do like a challenge." He mumbled to himself before stepping away from Alexander and the tombstone. "I'll spare you this time, but make no mistake; if you cross me once more, you can join your brother underground."

The warm water that trickled from the shower head onto her body felt like bliss and the small kisses that Klaus planted on her shoulders felt like heaven. She leaned into his body as he ran his fingertips down her small frame and rested her head back on the front of his shoulder. The two had been inseparable since she came back to life and she didn't want to have it any other way. He was the only person that mattered to her and she was going to spend as much time with him as she could.

"I like this new side to you," he whispered in her ear, the words lingering in her mind, "I've never had someone that loves me enough to spend every waking moment with me, bonding with my daughter and my family."

"Don't speak of your past trespasses, I'm a dangerous woman Klaus. I'll get very jealous." She joked with a smirk.

"And what would happen if your jealous reared its ugly head?"

"Something very, very bad." She turned in his embrace and pushed him against the shower wall. "I'd just have to show you that you were foolish to keep me in that box."

"I realise now that I should've let you out of your box to play a long time ago; you shouldn't have been there in the first place." He rested his forehead on hers and closed his eyes as the water poured down onto his face.

"We're here now and that's all that matters. I just want to make you happy for as long as I live; which is now for an eternity."

He smiled to himself and turned the water off without looking, feeling around for the taps. "I'm happy if you're happy, but you know what would complete this perfect picture?"

"What is it? I'll do anything."

"I want you to fit into this family, Hope would benefit from a better bond with you. It's all well and good spending all of your time with me, but we should be able to spend time with her too."

"I will spend more time with Hope, starting now. Whatever you want is yours." She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself.

Klaus let out a laugh and shook his head. "I didn't mean right this minute, don't go anywhere, I'm not finished with you."

She stayed in her spot, watching him with a smirk. "Then I'll stay right here."

He stepped out of the shower and grabbed his own towel, fastening it around his waist. "Why are you acting so strange?"

"I'm not acting strange." She tilted her head and bit her lip playfully.

He observed her for a moment and shook his head, perhaps it was just his imagination or maybe it was the first time they had spent time together where drama hadn't occupied their lives. "Then it's all in my head. Let's get dried off, I wish to take Hope out for the day and I would love for you to come with me."

"Then I'll go get ready." She slinked out of the bathroom, lingering for a moment to catch a final look of Klaus in his towel before tip toeing back to their room.

It was a crisp morning and Klaus' darling daughter was wrapped up as warm as she could be. A day in the park was the perfect opportunity for Klaus to teach her how to ride her brand-new bike. Amelie accompanied them, Klaus had wanted her to and along with Hayley, they watched Klaus teach her, a little bit at a time.

With a cigarette between her middle and index finger, Amelie watched on in adoration as Hayley and Klaus picked their daughter up after her first fall. She was envious, she couldn't help it but she had Klaus' attention and she couldn't fault him; she wasn't able to. A dark shadow moved over her as she took a drag from her cigarette and she turned to see a tall man, smoking a thick cigar. She looked away from him and felt a chill move down her spine.

"She's a little darling, is she yours?"

"Uhm, no she's technically my step daughter." Amelie glanced at the man and noticed the colour of his eyes that stood out compared to the jet-black hair he had. His eyes were very pale, almost like the colour of ice on a lake.

"Well she looks like a little princess." He threw his cigar down on the ground and used his foot to bury it into the foliage. "What's your name?"

"I'm Amelie and you?"

He smirked a little and decided to hide his true identity. He wasn't going to reveal to her that he was her brother like this. "Jack Delcroix, you could say that I'm new to town."

She got the feeling that he was hiding something but when Klaus called out her name, she obeyed and walked over to the small family. She couldn't help but look over her shoulder at him again to get a proper look at him. Jacques waved at her with a cocky smirk and placed a pair of leather gloves over his hands before turning around and leaving the park.

"Who was that Ama?" Hope asked as she looked up at her with her big brown eyes. She kept her hand wrapped tightly around her father's while his other hand was occupied by Amelie's.

"I have no idea, he was just a stranger making pleasantries."

"He looked like he fancied you, do I sense another love triangle?" Hayley teased Klaus, knowing that it would get under his skin.

Klaus clenched his jaw but let out a noise that sounded like a laugh. "Maybe he did fancy a chance at Amelie, but I know that there's no chance of another love triangle."

"He didn't fancy me, he was asking me about Hope… He saw how I was regarding you on your flashy new bike and just assumed." Amelie glanced at Hayley over her shoulder as she wheeled the bike and noticed that she didn't look too pleased. "That was all."

"Dad, I'm hungry! Can we go somewhere, please?" Hope interrupted with a wail. She was making a fuss and he turned to Hayley for help.

"Uncle Elijah's making you something at home but I'm sure one little cheese burger wont ruin your dinner." Hayley reached her hand out and took Hope with her, leaving Klaus and Amelie with the bike. "I'll meet you two at home?"

"Don't get into any trouble." Klaus' words lingered in Hayley's mind like it was a backhanded comment.

"I could say the same to you two." She replied as she took her daughter in the opposite direction.

"Did you enjoy our trip to the park?" Klaus glanced down at Amelie as she fixed the scarf around her neck.

"Of course, I did. I got to spend time with you and Hope. That's what you wanted, wasn't it?" she looked at him as if she was worried, worried that she did something that her sire didn't want her to do. It was at that moment that Klaus realised that their bond was a lot stronger than he originally thought.

"Yes, it was, don't fret my love." He placed a kiss on the top of her head and draped his arm around her. "Today was lovely, thank you."

"No, thank you Klaus. Everything you've done for me has made me so grateful."

The smile that he once had seemed to fade, but not because she was blowing smoke up his ass but because he saw Alexander approaching them with a determined look on his face. He looked like death, his once well kempt stubble now an unruly beard. His hair that he usually kept tucked neatly behind his ears was dishevelled and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Amelie, I was hoping that I would run into you at some point."

"Listen, Alexander I don't want to fight with you about your brother. What happened was out of my control. He wouldn't listen." She tried to explain, but Klaus stepped in front of her defensively.

"Walk on before you're unable to do so." Klaus stared down at him with wide eyes and a tight but protective grip on his love's arm.

Alexander shook his head and waved his hands. "I know you couldn't do anything about Jon, I'm not blind to the person that he was; but we do need to talk, there's a problem."

"A mutual problem, or a problem for you and you alone?" Klaus asked with a raised brow.

Alexander's face dropped as he caught a glimpse of something or someone in the distance, but when Amelie looked in the direction he was gawking at, there was nothing.

"Listen, I can't stay and chat. When you wake up and smell the roses, come find me. We have much to discuss." He turned on his heel and make a hasty exit, watch the shadows and glancing down alleys for the mystery that changed his mood so suddenly.

"What was all that about?" Amelie commented as she moved from behind Klaus and shoved her hand into his.

He glanced behind him and thought back to the bizarre man at the park that seemed to be interested in Amelie and shook his head. "I've no idea love, but let's not stick around to find out. Let Alexander get out of this mess by himself."

Alexander ducked and dived through the streets as the ever-looming presence of Jacques Delcroix creeped closer to him like a careless whisper lingering through the streets. There had always been a sense of darkness surrounding that man, now that he was back and badder than ever, Alexander wasn't safe in the city and neither was Margot.

He thought he was safe in the French Quarter, guarded by Margot's witches but as he feared, Jacques found him and made the witches ascend into the sky with the flick of his wrist. His eyes flashed amber at Alexander as he showcased his werewolf side.

"Did you not head my warning Alexander St Martine or are you just foolish? Perhaps you wish to be reunited with your brother? I hear caskets are a lot comfier these days."

"I haven't crossed you, I told you about Amelie so that made us square." He backed up and kept his eyes fixated on his enemy, waiting for his next move.

"So why speak to her?"

"She's a friend."

"That's a lie." Jacques said bluntly but with a grin. "She killed your brother."

"How did you find that out?"

"I have my sources," he ran his finger across the top of a small stone wall as he followed the scrambling Alexander, "stay away from my sister."

"I was trying to help reunite the two of you." He was a terrible liar but Jacques seemed to believe it.

"I don't need your help, I don't need you at all. You're alive by my good mercy and if you wish to stay that way then I suggest you stay well clear of me and my little sis. Got it?"

"Loud and clear." He sighed and shook his head. "I'll stay away, I promise."

A:N What do you think of Jacques, is he going to be a thorn in Amelie's side or is he going to be a good older brother to her? Perhaps having family in a world where she only knows a few people will be good for her.