Sam's POV

Welcome back everyone, so it's been about a few weeks or so since the Homecoming/Stefan debacle. And things seem to have actually kind of gotten back to normal. Or as close to normal as things could get seeing as no one has heard or seen from Stefan since homecoming, and luckily for us there hadn't really been any Klaus sightings since then as well. So for now everyone's just going about their lives as best as they possibly can.

I mean Damon's been constantly day drinking now, Alaric's back to doing his teaching thing, while Elena has been going about her day as routine as possible. Though she tends to have rare little moments of Stefan withdrawals every now and again, and then there's Jeremy whose doing God knows what. Out of everyone though, Bonnie seems to actually be doing the best out of all of us. As for Caroline and Tyler, I still don't have anything to do with those two so I have no idea what's been going on in their world. I mean as side from Damon telling me that Tyler's sired to Klaus. But as for me, I've been keeping myself pretty busy. You know between having Sherriff Forbes dig into my mother's past, training with Alaric and Elena, and working with Bonnie from time to time in hopes of finding a way around my mother's sealing spell. Which seems more and more impossible by the day? So as you can see I've been busy, busy, busy, busy.

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Niklaus's POV

Shortly after enlisting the help of Damon Salvatore and the most recent Petrova doppelganger in my quest to find Stefan & get back what was stolen from me. Both I and my right hand Tony, took our leave of the quaint small town pub.

"So what now, I mean I doubt we can actually trust those two to help us." stated the overly zealous hybrid as his need to please me, his sire, was the driving force behind his over eagerness.

Pleased by just how much my hybrids wished to serve me, I couldn't help but allow the corners of my mouth to curve upwards as a diabolical grin now made its way on to my face. "Well Tony seeing as how disinterested both Damon and Elena were in helping me to retrieve back coffins from that backstabbing Stefan. I think it's gonna take a little a bit of motivating on our part to help those two start to see things from my perspective. So what I want for you to do is go pay our little friend Tyler a visit, he's already been giving specific instructions on how to proceed from here. Then after that, should Elena and Damon still need a bit of convincing. I'll give the order and you'll make sure that the little Gilbert boy has a tragic accident." I declared with a twinkle in my eye and a large amount of self satisfaction.

"Consider it down." replied Tony before then vamp speeding off to go meet up with Tyler.

Though I was quite happy with my current plan, I still didn't feel like leaving anything to chance. Besides the only person the Gilbert boy would truly motivate was Elena, but that wouldn't be enough. I still needed Damon if I was going to stand any kind of a chance in finding both Stefan and my coffins. So with that I decided that in order to truly light a fire underneath both Salvatore's I needed an ace in the hole. And luckily for me I had the perfect little ace in mind.

Now as I continued to strut down the sidewalk, I quickly pulled out my phone and called yet another of my obedient hybrids. Following a few rings Daniel finally answered the other line.

"Ahh Daniel, mate, I have a job for you." I stated with a mischievous smile.

0~o~0

Sam's POV

Dressed, armed, and ready to go, I was just heading out the door when I suddenly got a text from Alaric telling me that he was going to have to bail on our training session today. On account of the intervention both he and Elena were throwing for Jeremy.

As I expelled a semi annoyed sigh, I quickly replied back to Alaric's text telling him that it was ok that he was a no show. But that I was still going to head over our training spot out there in the woods. Instantly after sending that text I turned off my phone, placed it in my left breast jacket pocket, grabbed my bike helmet, adjusted the straps on my backpack, and then took off for the woods.

I was now an hour or so into my training and man was I doing damage. Not to sound like a bitch or nothing but I hated having to train with Elena. Mainly because she would always slow us down, you know based on the fact that she wasn't a seasoned veteran like me and Alaric. And normally that's ok with me but as of lately I've just been wanting to cut loose and go all out. Which is what I was doing now and man did it feel good. The only drawback was that without Alaric I no longer had any one to actually spare with, so a huge chunk of my training was centered around a punching dummy. And as we all know a punching dummy can't fight back so hopefully you see my dilemma.

After a few more punches and kicks, I finally decided it was time to call it quits. So after getting my last strike in I started heading over to where all my belongings were laid out. As soon as I got to my items the first thing I grabbed was my family's precious heirloom, which I've placed on a chain and now wear like almost all the time. The second item was a bottle of cold refreshing water. Which, oh my god felt so good going down my throat.

Now as I took a little break from my water bottle, I suddenly heard the sound of twigs breaking. Quickly turning around from sheer fright, I peered off into the direction from which the sound came from. And much to my surprise there was no one there, but the moment I turned back to my starting position I instantly came face to face with a pair of cold brown eyes.

"Boo." smiled the man.

Without even thinking I immediately let out a scream which was accompanied by me accidentally over squeezing the water bottle which in turned caused water to spray out of the bottle and on to the stranger's face. The second the water made contact with the stranger's face he wound up letting out a loud agonizing scream. As the water burned and peeled the flesh from off his face.

Immediately realizing that the man was reacting to the vervain that was endowed in the water, I continued to squirt him with all the water I had left. While simultaneously attempting to bend down and reach for one of my modified berettas. However much to my surprise this guy seemed too had been healing a lot faster from the vervain burns than what was usual expected for a vampire. And so with that he super sped towards me which caught me completely off guard, and then just within seconds everything suddenly went black.

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Niklaus's POV

I had just gotten done explaining to Tyler how human life was nothing more than a means to our end when Daniel suddenly strolls through the door with an unconscious Samantha thrown over his right shoulder.

With a now highly concerned look plastered across his face Tyler then turns to me. "Who's that?"

And much to my inconvenience before I could try and get Tyler out the door Daniel walks by us and the young mystic fall's hybrid sees the face and instantly realizes that the unconscious girl is none other than Samantha Salvatore.

"Wait a second is that Sam?" asked much fearful Tyler. "Klaus what the hell's that all about!? You said we were going to use Jeremy to get the message across so why do you have Sam!?"

"Tyler, mate, like I said before this all just a means to end. Now Stefan has my family, and so for me this just a little poetic justice. You know an eye for an eye and all that. Plus Damon tends to act reckless and stands in my way when it comes to me getting what I want, so I decided to take out a little insurance policy to ensure that our friend Damon behaves himself."

"Is this all just some kind of a sick game to you? Samantha's my friend Klaus; I won't let you hurt her." Insisted Tyler.

"I assure you young Tyler that I have no intentions of hurting a hair on the girl's head. J as long as everyone mined their manners and I get my coffins back." I smirked.

"Klaus." Started Tyler yet again, but seeing as I personally had far more productive things to do with my time than debate over the life of a single human girl with one of my sired hybrids. I quickly interrupted the young hybrid and decided it best to just enact the sire-bond that I was so supernaturally fortunate to have with all my hybrids. Cause during times like these it certainly made life a lot easier.

"Tyler listen this is nothing you need concern yourself with. So how about you go on and just spend the rest of the day with that pretty little girlfriend of yours, Caroline I believe her name was right?" I asked with a coy smile.

"Klau…"

"That's an order Tyler." I quickly got out before the young hybrid once again started his plea for the youngest Salvatore. Immediately after ordering Tyler to leave and the spend day with his little girl friend. The young hybrid slowly began making his to the front door, much to his dismay of course.

But just before Tyler was out of view I yelled out. "Oh, and mate one last thing. I'd greatly prefer it if you didn't tell anyone that I'm holding the Salvatore girl hostage. After all what's the point of having an ace up your sleeve if everyone knows about it." I grinned as I then watched as Tyler took his leave with his head held low.

With Tyler now gone I decided to go over and check up on my new insurance policy.

"Why is there dry blood on her face?" I asked instantly upon seeing the state in which the young Salvatore was brought to me.

"I kind of slammed her face into a tree trunk." answered Daniel in amusement. But upon seeing the unhappy glare I was giving him he immediately changed his tone. "Hey to be fair she was going to shoot me. Besides she's fine I gave her some of my blood, no harm no fool right?"

Deciding it would just be best to ignore Daniel rather than snapping his neck I decided to change the subject. "Mindy love, get me a wet rag would you." I called out to the female hybrid. "That'll be all Daniel."

It took Mindy a few minutes to get me a wet rag, but after she did I instantly began cleaning off all the dry blood that now stained the young Salvatore's face. Now as I had just gotten done cleaning off Samantha's face, I suddenly took notice of the ring that hung from her neck. Taking the jewelry in to my hand I began examining it as I remembered coming across a ring closely identical to this one during me and my siblings' time in Italy. To which it was worn by a very powerful witch who as memory served said that it was one of two heirlooms passed down exclusively throughout the Matriarchs of this particularly unique and elitist bloodline of witches. And though the ring that I now held in my hand was an almost identical match for the ring I remembered. There was still one thing that the witch's ring had that this one did not, but then almost as though signaled to appear I suddenly spotted the inscription written on the inside of the band that read Προς τα Δήμητρας matriarchs.

Which now solidified the notion that the ring dangling off of Samantha's chain was in fact the same ring worn by the Demeter witch I had a came across during my time in Italy. And so now based upon this sudden and most unexpected revelation, the corners of my lips quickly curved upwards to form the sinister smile that I'd become so well known for. As I now relished in the thought of finally obtaining one of the infamous, and highly sought after Demeter witches of old.

"So you're a descendent of the great all and powerful Gabriella Guillory. Well little Salvatore, aren't you just full of surprises."

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Sam's POV

After reliving a very candid and vivid experience from my childhood, I finally awake. And I as do the first thing I notice is the overwhelming smell of saw dust that fills the air. From there I slowly began massaging my temple with my left hand as I was experiencing a pretty massive headache. Figuring out that I was laid out on a work table, I slowly began lifting myself up off the table.

Now off the table and still a bit disoriented, I grab a hold of the table using my right hand as to provide support. Looking around I quickly realized that I was in a house that one wasn't done being renovated yet, and that two I've never seen before.

"Where in the hell am I?" I asked just seconds before taking my right hand from off the table and bringing it to rest in the middle of my chest. Immediately after my hand made contact with my chest I quickly looked down, only to see that I wasn't going crazy. And that my family's ring was actually missing from off my chain.

"Oh my god this can't happening!" I said to myself with a great deal of worry present in my tone. Now normally you'd think that I'd be more worried about the fact that I just awoke in strange house unarmed and completely unaware of who captured me and why, but seeing as I'm anything but normal that actually wound up being the last thing on my mind. As I frantically began looking around the floor in search of my family's missing heirloom. Now seeing as I was solely focused on finding that damn ring I ended up not noticing that while I was looking around the floor for my ring that I had entered into another room of the house. And that I wasn't alone in said room, at least until a very familiar and much hated voice rang from behind.

"Ahh so you're finally awake, good. I was growing rather impatient sitting around waiting for you to get up." said the familiar voice.

Taken by complete surprise I immediately pop my head up from looking down at the ground, before then quickly turning in the direction from where I heard the voice originate from. As I know faced in Klaus's general direction I watched as the murderous Original over his way over to me with the man who attacked me earlier not too far behind. Figures the bastard that attacked me was a hybrid, this definitely explains why he was able to heal so rapidly against the vervain.

"So tell me love, are you hungry? Whatever you're in a hankering for I'll see to it that Daniel gets It." stated Klaus just seconds before both he and Daniel stopped just a few feet short of me.

"I'm not hungry so how about we cut the pleasantries and you tell me what I'm doing here. And where it is I can find my ring, because I know for a fact that I had it on me when your mutt over there attacked me.

With a threatening growl, Daniel made it pretty clear that he wasn't very fond of me referring to him as a mutt.

But in my defense I really wasn't in the mood, especially seeing as one of these homicidal idiots obviously stole my ring. And I'm sorry but that's just rude, I mean its bad enough that my face was slammed into a tree and that I was being held hostage. Or at least I hope I'm being held hostage and not that I was brought here to be killed. But I digress; the point is that I've been put through hell. So why steal from me? It doesn't make sense, and chances are after that whole mutt comment I'm probably a dead girl walking anyways but it's the principles of the matter. You don't bash someone's head in, kidnap them and then steal from them. You just don't do it.

With a sly grin on his face, Klaus then goes about dismissing Daniel before then turning his attention back to me.

"Has anyone ever told you that it's easier to catch flies with honey than vinegar?" asked Klaus with grin as he still seemed to be somewhat amused by my forwardness towards his hybrid.

"I might have heard it here and there, but I'll tell you what I told them. I'm not interested in catching flies, now how about you answer my previous questions." I stated.

Now to be honest I know that there's no way I can take on Klaus, even with my weapons. But I'll be damned if I allowed him to see me falter. He's already caused me and my friends enough suffering, which is why I have no intentions of letting him see me squirm.

"No small chat, well I'll just get to the point shall I? Originally I had you brought here to be used as leverage against Stefan so that he'd give me back my coffins, and as an incentive for Damon to mind his manners as he helps track down Stefan." Answered Klaus. Now Klaus was just about to continue on his spheil before I so very rudely interrupted him.

"Wait a second time out; you're trying to use me to barter for coffins?" I asked feeling quite insulted by this now stated fact.

"Well little Salvatore these aren't just regular coffins. You see these coffins contain my siblings, who over the years I've daggered and carted around with me as I moved from place to place. And now after pinching the bloody lock, my family is now being held hostage by your uncle Stefan as revenge for me taking away his free will." explained Klaus in a not so happy tone.

"You know that story would have actually been sad if you weren't such a dick, and if you weren't lugging around boxes of dead family members that you've personally killed. I mean that's just my opinion." I baited as I was took a bit of pleasure in seeing just how much Stefan having his coffins annoyed the Original.

"Yes, well I'm trying to give Stefan some time to come to his senses before I go about slaughtering everyone he's ever loved." Bragged the psychotic Hybrid as his smug grin suddenly reappeared.

"So that's it then, I'm to be the first casualty in your fight against Stefan?" I asked.

"Originally that was the general ideal, but then I saw this." Said Klaus as he then displayed my family's ring held stationary between his thumb and index finger.

"My ring, give it here!" I instinctually let out as I quickly closed the space between both me and the original.

Upon me reaching for the ring Klaus immediately pulls away from my reach before then closing it in his fist around my family's ring.

"Not so fast love, you see I knew one of the witches that wore this ring. And to her and her family this ring was one of two very precious heirlooms. So how exactly did you come by it?" asked Klaus with a devious look in his eyes.

"What do you mean I how did I come by...?" I started to ask before then catching on to what Klaus was implying. "I didn't steal it if that's what you're getting at." I shot back.

"Well then congratulation. You just became worth more to me alive than dead." smiled Klaus before then tossing me my ring and heading for exit.

"Hey wait a second you can't keep me here!?" I yelled out to the original

"I think you'll see that I can love." said Klaus before then exiting the house.

Rushing to one of the windows I looked outside and spotted Klaus talking to a few of his hybrids before then vampire speeding away.

Shortly after Klaus vanished from out of view I suddenly heard a voice address me from behind. "Hey girl."

Spinning around I was instantly met by what I was sure was a female hybrid.

"Klaus will be back and until then you are to stay in the house. No one gets in and no one gets out. If you need something you'll tell one of us and we'll get it for you. If at any point you try to escape we have the right to break your legs and tie you up by your ankles do understand?" asked the woman with an extremely serious tone.

Realizing that these Hybrids meant business I just shook my head yes in answer of the hybrid's question. As I knew I'd be stupid to try anything seeing as these monsters outnumbered me six to one. So for now I was Klaus's prisoner, I just pray and hope that Damon realizes what's happened to me before it's too late.