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But Klaus just swiftly turned around and pulled the dagger out of his brother's chest.
"All the more reason for me to return to my reality as soon as possible."
Rebekah didn't move.
Maybe he was telling her the truth.
The dagger fell to the floor with a loud thud. Louder than Rebekah would have expected. She looked at Klaus, but he avoided looking at her. She saw that he was hurt and she suddenly felt guilty even though she had no reason to do so. Her brother had been an ass to her. He had been out of control and he had to be stopped. She and Kol had made a plan, but failed.
She looked at her shoes.
If he was really telling the truth then she was somewhere leading the life that she was currently dreaming of. Well, a version of her was living that life or something like that. She was still pondering if the idea was too complex for Nik to make up, but who knew.
"How, did you plan to kill me?"
Here we go, maybe that was his ulterior motive.
Rebekah shrugged. "You stopped us, doesn't that suffice?"
He squinted at her. "Rebekah…" He walked closer to her. "Don't try to screw me over!" His tone implied a severe warning, but Rebekah grinned.
"Finally, there is the brother I know and loathe."
"Yeah, well I am still the person who daggered you in the 20s. Do not underestimate me, sister." He hissed and was only inches away from her face that simply shut down. She felt the danger emanating from him, but there was also an air of playfulness which again she didn't recognise.
Who was he?
Suddenly he was gone and a loud thud told her that he had hit the floor pretty hard.
Kol was standing on top of him and growled.
He looked lethal and crushed his big brother's air pipes. There was a large pool of blood leaking onto the floor from the backside of Klaus' head.
"Well, wasn't that a dumb idea, Nik? Seems like we get a second chance, Bekah!"
Klaus tried to pull Kol off his feet while his eyes looked at his sister. For a second he was actually afraid that she would betray him and side with Kol again against him.
It had been a risk from the beginning on, but it was the only way to solve the situation. He needed Rebekah on his side to persuade Kol, but what if this had always been her plan from the beginning on?
Had he underestimated her? He who had taught her not to underestimate anyone?
Had he ironically went against his better judgement?
After all this was not the Rebekah he had left.
Their eyes met and he saw a rawness that had never been there before. He sucked in a breath and struggled against Kol's foot on his arm and his hand around his throat. The throbbing on the back of Klaus' head ebbed away slowly.
Kol threw killing looks at him. Klaus had never seen so much loathing in him and he started to question his plan.
"Kol!" Rebekah's voice echoed through the cellar.
Kol stopped fighting Klaus but kept him on the ground.
Both original vampire looked expectantly at their sister.
Klaus held his breath when Rebekah opened her mouth to speak:
"Stop! Let him go."
Klaus' muscles immediately slackened in relief.
"What? Bekah, are you mad? This is the best shot we have!" Kol argued with his hand still around Klaus' throat.
She shook her head. "No, Kol, it isn't, because he is not the one who daggered us."
Kol was looking at her as if she had just told him that vampires were able to turn themselves into bats now.
"Rebekah, what did he promise you? Don't believe his lies! How often did he lie to you?"
Rebekah shook her head again. "It's different this time, Kol. Let him go. He has to tell you something."
Kol glared at Klaus who was laying beneath him in a relaxing pose which was odd for him. Too odd!
Klaus never backed down from a fight. And what was that strange look on his face about?
"A story, I believe I myself would like to hear as well." A voice said accompanied by footsteps that were coming downstairs.
Rebekah grinned and rushed forward. "Elijah!" She flew into his arms and Elijah hugged her back.
"Hello sister."
Kol watched the exchange but was still holding Klaus down. He didn't know what to do.
He had waited years for this opportunity! And now he should let him escape!? Just like that!?
Never!
Elijah looked at Kol. "It is good to see you, brother."
Kol nodded curtly.
Elijah looked at Klaus with a suspicious look in his eyes and Klaus almost grinned. He knew that look too well.
The oldest sibling let go of Rebekah and knelt down to be closer to Klaus. "From what I have heard from Rebekah last night I am eager to hear your story in your own words."
Klaus nodded. "I will tell you everything I know."
Elijah nodded. "Kol, let him go."
"What!? You are all mad!"
"Kol!" Elijah said in a commanding fatherly tone. "I promise you that I will try to help you kill our brother when he tries to cheat us once again."
Kol raised his eyebrows. "We both know that you would never kill your favourite brother!"
Elijah came face to face with him and held out his hand. "Have I ever broken a promise?"
They stared at each other for a moment before Kol took the hand. "Fine."
"Well, fair enough, I'd say." Klaus said and smiled at his brothers who stared suspiciously back at him.
Kol stood up but not without giving Klaus another violent kick right into his stomach.
The four of them sat down in the kitchen upstairs and Klaus prepared to tell them what he had told Rebekah the day before. He was glad that she had called Elijah. He had suspected as much to be honest. Elijah, the voice of reason who always brought a dangerous situation under control. The brother who had never lost faith in finding his salvation.
The thought somehow made him smile.
"Well, where do I start?" He asked rhetorically before he told them that he was not from this reality.
"How do you know that this is not your 'reality', how you call it? What makes you wanting to go back? Don't you have everything you ever wanted?" Elijah wondered and it didn't surprise Klaus that he was asking the vital question.
He hesitated to answer, because it was easy to tell Rebekah, a girl, but to admit his feelings to his brothers was still a difficult matter. They had witnessed his change originally, they had witnessed his relationship blossom and he never had to say it out loud to them, so now, this was a difficult matter.
In his hesitation Rebekah suddenly smirked. "Nik has a girl."
Kol frowned and shrugged and Rebekah rolled her eyes at him.
"He is in love Kol!" She snapped.
Kol raised his eyebrows first before he started to laugh. "Yeah of course darling! Nik in love?"
He looked at Klaus who remained silent with a serious expression on his face.
Kol stopped laughing.
"Nik!?"
Elijah was watching every bat of an eyelid that Klaus did. He looked at his brother and the seconds became minutes and dragged on until eternity.
"Two days ago, you asked me where Caroline was."
Klaus nodded. "I did."
"You sounded…disrupted."
"I was. I had woken up to an empty house I wasn't familiar with anymore."
Elijah acknowledged his words.
If Niklaus was lying then he had put a lot of effort into his lies. A lot more effort than would be needed. He had risked his life by bringing them all together here, only to play games?
Elijah was almost certain that he was telling the truth, but he kept his distance.
Kol shook his head. "Nik, doesn't even know how to spell love!"
"One more reason to believe me, I think." Klaus countered. Slowly but surely Kol was starting to get on his nerves. He had always been the one to get to him the fastest.
"Or only one more reason to not believe you!" He bellowed back.
Rebekah got something out of her trousers. She cleared her throat. "I snatched this out of his room earlier."
Klaus watched how she handed Elijah a piece of paper.
"Rebekah!"
She smirked at him. "Don't be such an egoist, Nik!"
Klaus rolled his eyes while Elijah studied the drawing that he had made of Caroline last night. There was a frown on his face which probably meant that he was trying to figure out if he ever saw her before.
Kol snatched the paper out of his hands.
His licked his lips. "Looks like a tasty little thing."
In a blur Klaus had wooshed out of his chair and threw Kol against the wall. "Don't make me want to dagger you again!"
"Niklaus!" Elijah said.
Klaus growled at Kol who was glaring at him with a mix of confusion on his face.
Was this really his brother? He usually never got defensive about anyone but himself.
Klaus sat down again.
"Niklaus, what is your plan?"
Klaus looked at Kol. "I need a witch and I hope that Kol is still…or yet again or whatever in contact with them."
Kol frowned. "Who?"
"The SinLuna twins."
Kol let out a laugh but froze. "Are you serious? How do you know them? You have never met them before!"
Klaus sighed. "I told you that this is not the past that I lived. I have met them and I know that they are ironically enough the only ones I would want to pull into this."
"You know they are very powerful black witches!?"
"Yes, and they look exactly alike. Kol, I am not stupid, I know what I am doing, but I need your help!"
Kol suddenly smirked feeling powerful. Klaus had waited for this moment to come.
"So, you need my help? What is in it for me?"
"Your dagger and a better future." Klaus quipped.
The siblings had retreated to talk in private about Klaus' fate while he paced the hall. This was ridiculous! Why the hell had he brought his family into this?
Family always proofed to be more trouble than it was worth it.
He was sure that they wouldn't have to wait too long for the witches to arrive once Kol called them.
Elijah was still watching Klaus and he felt claustrophobic. He wanted to get out of here.
He wanted his familiarity back.
He scoffed at himself. Apparently living for more than 20 years under one roof with people you had learned to trust and respect made you want to return to them as quickly as possible. He would have never thought that he would ever crave such a thing. Familiarity, family, love, all those warm and cosy feelings that were ridiculous and made people do strange and stupid things. But here he was.
"You seem to be nervous." Elijah stated and Klaus huffed.
"You could stop staring for a minute, Elijah. I won't drop my attitude so stop looking for a sign of it!"
Elijah raised his eyebrows.
"Excuse me, brother, but the situation is most unusual."
"You can't understand why I would want to go back." Klaus stated.
And Elijah nodded. "When you seized the city, when you brought everything under your control and were on top of everything, you seemed to be very…contented."
"Because happy is what happens, when your dreams come true, isn't it, Elijah? Well," Klaus put his fingertips together. "Suffice to say that a lot of things changed over the last 20 plus years."
Elijah widened his eyes in surprise. "20 years?"
"You don't want to tell us that we live under the same roof for more than 20 years, do you?" Kol asked incredulous. He wanted to simply kill his brother right now, after only what? A few hours?
"More or less." Klaus answered and Kol laughed.
"Yeah, sure."
Rebekah crossed her arms and bit her lip.
She was conflicted, because she wanted desperately to believe her brother. It sounded heavenly to her, but she couldn't believe him. He was Nik the hybrid. Murderous, resentful, short tempered…but then again he hadn't always been like that…not from the beginning on. Could he have really found that person again?
Or, well, could that girl…Caroline, really have managed to find that person again?
Rebekah chewed on her bottom lip. "What is she like?" She suddenly blurted out and everyone looked at her surprised. "Caroline, I mean."
A small smile settled on Klaus' lips while his eyes looked sad and Rebekah was mesmerized by that look on his face. He closed his eyes briefly.
"Well, she is beautiful, strong and full of light." He repeated what he had told her a very long time ago. "She is also a control freak, a perfectionist, stubborn and quite a handful to be honest." He chuckled. "She is a good person. Very human."
Kol laughed. "And there we go. Okay, Nik you can stop now, you just blew your cover. Now you can tell us why we are really here and what you want from the witches. Some master plan to strike against Marcel? Mh?"
Klaus glared at him, but Kol kept on laughing and taunting him.
"Seriously, are you listening to yourself, brother? There is no way such a girl would ever fall for you unless you compelled her which I believe even you are too honourable to do. So, why do you think we would ever believe you?"
"Believe what you want!" Klaus snorted and was about to leave the room when Elijah chimed in.
"He does have a point, Niklaus. It just doesn't seem to fit."
Klaus turned around. "You know what? I don't care what you think! It is the truth, but if you don't believe me, fine! I do not have to justify myself in front of you!"
He turned around, but the air suddenly changed around them and he froze.
"They are here." He mumbled and the light began to flicker at the same time that a heavy whirlwind broke loose in the study.
"What's happening?" Rebekah asked with a slight edge in her voice.
"The weather is odd today, isn't it?"
Rebekah squeaked and flashed away to the other side of the room.
"Didn't mean to scare you, little rabbit!" The woman sitting on the arm of the chair she had been sitting on earlier said eagerly.
The wind died down and the witch tried to fix her hair that wasn't able to be fixed, because it was as much out of place as Bellatrix Lestrange's hairstyle.
She grinned. "Uh, that was nice, don't you think!?"
Klaus crossed his arms in front of his chest and straightened his back.
"Rona SinLuna." He stated and his family frowned at him including Rona who tilted her head.
"Have we met, pretty birdy? Mona, have we met this one before? I am sure I should remember, if we had."
"Mh…I don't recall him!" Mona answered in her typical bored tone.
She had simply appeared next to Klaus within a blink of an eye, but he had expected as much, so he simply turned his head towards her.
"Hello Mona."
Mona frowned. She turned to him and squeezed her eyes shut and suddenly Klaus found himself pressed against the wall.
Kol chuckled and grinned. "Now, this gets interesting."
Rona jumped towards him. "I have missed you toad!"
"Yeah, I have been kind of incapacitated." He said and threw a dirty look at Klaus who was still pressed up against the wall while Mona was staring at him as if she was staring at a portrait in a gallery.
"Awww, rats!" Rona sang and ran a finger along Kol's jaw. "So, is there a reason you called us? I don't believe that you did it without purpose." She walked over to Elijah and totally checked him out from head to toe. She ran her hand from one shoulder over his back to the other shoulder while she rounded him. "Wouldn't be nice of you to do it, toady." She was still smiling but everyone heard the implied threat.
Mona suddenly turned around and shook her head. "Nope, I have never seen this one before." She simply said as if they were still talking about it.
Rona pouted and stomped her foot. "Rats, I was so sure I had seen him before." She walked over to the wall where Klaus was pinned to, to study him herself.
Mona meanwhile strode over to where Kol and Elijah were standing, but close in front of them she turned and walked over to Rebekah who screwed up her face looking at the witch coming closer.
Mona sighed. "The rabbit is scared, Rona." She didn't sound sad or surprised, she sounded indifferent and Rebekah had to pull herself together in order not to take a step back while Mona came closer and closer.
Kol cleared his throat. "Actually, as to why you are here…"
"I need your help." Klaus interrupted while Rona had come face to face with him. She looked him directly into his eyes and frowned. She scrunched up her nose.
"Mh." She made and turned around again.
Mona snipped her fingers and Klaus fell onto the floor.
Rona jumped onto a table while her sister regarded her nails turning to Klaus. "Why?" She asked sounding bored.
Rebekah let out a relieved breath and secretly walked over to Elijah, because she had to admit, these witches were creepy. Insane and creepy.
Klaus stood up and dusted his trousers off before he straightened. "You see, a few days ago, I woke up, but wasn't in my own home anymore. This is my home but not as I remember it. There have been made changes, big changes. People I knew don't exist anymore, people I have been friends with are my enemies and I have an army I didn't raise."
Rona gasped. "Like in a parallel universe! Fascinating!" She supported her chin with her fist and her eyes gleamed with excitement as if she was watching a thrilling movie.
"Interesting." Her sister said still watching her nails and looking far from being interested.
Klaus smirked. He was glad that the witches were still the same persons he remembered them to be. They could have been totally different, but they weren't. So far they were the only ones familiar to him.
"Yes, now, what I want is to go back to my universe, if you want to put it like that."
Mona raised her eyebrows. "The birdy wants our help, Rona."
Rona leaned back onto her hands. "Mh, he is a pretty birdy, and it does sound like he fell down the rabbit hole, doesn't it? I love it when these things happen!" She gushed excitedly but Rebekah just wrinkled her nose at her.
What the hell was she talking about? She didn't get it.
Totally gaga!
"And I might add that we have met before, that's how I know of you." Klaus added and looked from one witch to the other.
"Really?" Mona asked. "Are you sure about that?"
Klaus laughed and nodded. "Oh I am sure. We have definitely met!" He threw an intense look at Rona who suddenly straightened tilting her head.
She mumbled something under her breath and jumped off the table walking towards the hybrid.
"I think…" She came very close and stepped right into Klaus' personal space. "I think I would like to test that if you don't mind."
Before Klaus could say anything Rona had already put both of her hands at both sides of his neck and pulled him towards her. She pressed her lips to his and Klaus felt the same feeling rushing through him that he had felt when she had kissed him for the first time.
Caroline had been kept hostage and Rona had helped him free her, but a kiss had been her request for her help. Not that she had asked for it, she had taken what she had wanted and freed Caroline who she had also kissed before she could complain.
Klaus' body froze and he wasn't able to move anymore while Rona kissed him deeply and passionately.
Suddenly there were pictures filling his mind. Colourful, swirling, mind numbing pictures that made him dizzy. But they weren't just pictures. They were his memories.
"Or you could ask me for help?"
"Oh, and I am sure that you will want something for that in return, won't you love?" He spit.
"Not that much actually." She smiled and before Klaus could say something else she put her hand around his neck and pulled him close.
The blonde vampire, Caroline, didn't believe her eyes and her mouth dropped open. "Excuse me!? HEY!" She yelled and pounded as strongly against the invisible wall that held her prisoner.
Rona crashed her lips to Klaus and held him hostage in a sensual kiss.
Klaus' eyes widened but he couldn't move, as if he was under her spell, quite literally though.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Caroline was hitting hard on the barrier.
Rona smiled into the kiss then she put her hand against the frozen doorway. She sucked his bottom lip into her mouth and suddenly took a step back so Caroline wouldn't fall on top of her.
The wall had mysteriously disappeared from one second to the other and Caroline tumbled right through it when she was about to hit it again.
"What the hell!?"
Klaus could suddenly move again and his arm shot immediately out to steady her.
A shock wave hit both of their bodies the second they touched and Caroline drew in a sharp breath and took a step back. "What the hell?" She repeated but quieter this time.
"A mating bond? Bloody Baboon, you didn't mention that!?" Rona stepped uncomfortably close to Caroline to examine her and Klaus wondered if she was just curious or jealous.
"Yes, we are mated and who the hell are you?" Caroline snapped bravely and took a step back. Klaus grinned proud of her.
"A secret admirer." Rona retorted.
Caroline got defensive. "Look for your own mate!" She snarled wryly and Klaus felt his cheeks burn with pride and joy over her possessiveness. His girl was simply amazing and he had her back.
Elijah had opened his mouth to warn her about Rona's abilities but he closed it again when he saw the mischief back in her eyes and he knew that it was too late. Klaus saw it too and he was about to throw himself between the two of them, because he would never have a black witch lay a hand on Caroline, but his eyes widened with fear when he noticed that he couldn't move yet again.
Rona reached forward.
Klaus' heart pounded wildly, but Caroline didn't notice that Rona could be dangerous, she just stared defiantly back at the black witch whose hand reached out.
And suddenly she pressed her lips against Caroline's.
Everyone watched in surprise and shock.
Caroline couldn't breathe and when Rona pulled back Caroline was too stunt to reply anything. Her lips tingled strangely though.
Rona smiled and licked her lips. "This has been fun! Call me if anyone of you ever ends up alone again."
Rona pulled back and stared wide eyed at Klaus who had to catch his breath. He was out of breath while Rona wasn't affected at all. She just stared at him as if she had just seen an alien.
"Rats!" She whispered finally.
Rebekah, Elijah and Kol looked at each other totally speechless.
Rona caressed Klaus cheek. Her hand was ice cold. "Holy mackerel, Mona did you see that!?"
Mona was staring at them instead of her nails and for the first time she looked honestly fascinated.
Klaus looked from one to the other. "Saw…you were in my head…" He muttered more to himself than to them. "You saw everything…"
Mona stepped closer.
"Okay, what is happening? Would someone tell us what is going on?" Rebekah snapped becoming very impatient.
Mona turned towards her. "I guess, the birdy is sleeping, don't you think Rona?"
"A beautiful spell!" Rona added, patting Klaus' cheek who would have loved to grab her hand violently, but he knew that that would be a fatal mistake. "Though the one who cast it, probably doesn't like you…or your mate…or your family…you toads have enough enemies." Rona grinned brightly.
"Spell? So he is indeed spelled? Everything he told us is true!?" Rebekah asked.
"She is doubting her own litter." Rona whined exaggerated. "Bunny!" she shook her head.
"What do you mean, I am sleeping?" Klaus interrupted them.
The two witches turned back to him. "It means that you fell through the rabbit hole and cannot wake up yet."
"So I am not actually here, but sleeping somewhere? Which means that this is not real!?"
"Oh, it is very real, birdy!" Rona nodded.
Klaus sighed, he didn't even want to ask, he just wanted to know one thing. "So, how do I wake up?"
"Humph." Mona said. "He is smart. Good question."
"Does that mean you don't know?" He yelled balling his hands into fists.
With one swift move he was thrown against the wall again.
"I cannot think when he's chirping so loudly." Mona said. "Why would we help you again?" She asked.
"I would help him, Mona." Rona grinned at her sister. "I like this one…and his mate!" Her eyes glowed.
Rona sighed. "You always say that!"
Caroline has never left Klaus bed for much time. Mostly she just sits there and stares at him. He looks so peaceful, as if he was really just sleeping and waking up every moment. And she wished so much that he would wake up.
She even wished he would wake up yelling at her for anything. She didn't care! If he only woke up!
Suddenly Kol entered the room. "How is our Sleeping Beauty? Has he moved?"
Caroline shook her head. "No news."
Kol walked around the bed and bent over to examine his brother. He frowned very seriously as if he knew exactly what was going on and then nodded. "Mh…Have you tried kissing him?" He asked.
Caroline's features contorted. "Very funny Kol!" She answered wryly, since this was anything but funny. However, leave it to Kol to brighten up the mood!
While Kol made his way back towards the door he held up his hands defensively. "Hey, I've just recently heard that nothing is as powerful as a true love's kiss."
"Stay away from the rom-coms!" She called.
Caroline sighed and refocused her attention to Klaus.
She frowned and started wondering.
Well, of course life was no fairy-tale, but then again vampires existed, right?
So, what if…
What if…
And she bowed her head towards Klaus. Her face moved closer and closer and she fixated his eyes and lips the whole time. Then she felt his soft lips under hers.
There was nothing sensual about the kiss. It was sweet.
Simple and sweet.
And Caroline poured all the feelings and emotions into the kiss she felt for her lover right now.
She withdrew and stared holding her breath.
"Gotcha!" Kol cried and laughed out loud.
Caroline spun around grabbed a book off the nightstand and threw it at Kol. "Get out you idiot!"
Of course Kol was faster and the book missed its aim.
Elijah suddenly stood in the door frame. "Ignore him."
"I am trying." She said.
"Are you okay?" He asked and drew closer.
Caroline nodded. "Yes."
But she hung her shoulders exhaustedly. Elijah put his hands onto her shoulders and rubbed them comfortingly. And suddenly he bent forward and kissed her forehead.
Caroline froze.
All of a sudden there was weirdness inside the room, as if a great pink elephant was grinning at them from out of a corner.
Caroline quickly cleared her throat. "Uhm, I am going to get myself some blood."
And she simply slipped out of the room without looking back.
She had shared many moments with Elijah, but this had suddenly felt awkward.
She entered the kitchen where Rebekah and Stefan were lounging about.
Without a word she got herself some blood.
She ripped a blood bag open, poured some into a mug and leaned against the counter deep in thought.
Rebekah and Stefan both watch her curiously.
"Is it weird that Elijah kissed my forehead?"
Rebekah smirked but kept her focus on a marshmallow she was picking at. "Well, there have been cases where two brothers fell for the same girl…" Acting startled, as if she had just realised what she had said she gasped. "Oh, how tactless of me, sorry!"
Stefan and Caroline just rolled their eyes annoyed, but Rebekah kept enjoying her joke.
"Well, since Nick is not your true love this is your chance to try out the other brother." Kol smirked as he entered the kitchen.
"We are mated you idiot!" Caroline replied.
"Doesn't mean you to cannot stray from one another. He might be a fix point of your life you always come back to and feel safe and loved, but there is polygamy isn't there?"
"Why is Klaus not her true love?" Stefan asked confused.
"Because Snow White did not wake from the Princess' kiss!" Koll grinned.
"Oh shut up!" Caroline said feeling a little bit mortified.