Part 8
When they got home in the beginning of the afternoon, Klaus asked Veronica not to go to her new bedroom yet because the paint wasn't dry and she agreed. She unleashed Back-up, letting him run happily in the house to play with Kol while she went with her father to make her officially a Mickealson and sign her in High school.
Things were done quicker than she thought it would. Her father handled all the official paperwork and the bank in the span of 3 hours and then they went to the school were things were done even quicker with the help of well placed compulsion. She was now enrolled as a senior in Mystic Fall's high, scheduled to graduate in a couple of months.
"Do you think I'll be able to compel people too?" Veronica asked him as they drove back home in the middle of the afternoon.
"Probably. I don't see why not." He replied.
"Do you think I'll be fine? In this school I mean… Do you think I'll fit in?"She asked him nervously.
"Veronica, Sweetheart, I know you'll fit in. But keep in mind that Rebekah doesn't matter in this. If you decide that you don't want to go to high school any more, then you'll be home schooled. I only care about your well being Veronica. It's all your choice." He replied, stopping the car on the side of the road so he'd be able to watch her as he spoke.
"I have to at least try. I mean, who else is going to convince this Caroline Forbes girl that you're the one for her?" Veronica asked him with a smile, which he returned.
"I'm happy I found you Honey." Klaus said before he started the car again and drove them back home.
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When they got home, Veronica was finally allowed in her new bedroom and was amazed at how well it fitted her. It was simply perfect and she was at a loss of words. There was even a little space for Back-up, who was apparently allowed upstairs.
She saw 3 doors beside the one she had just used. There was the door to her own personal bathroom of course, the door to her dressing room, which was bigger than the one Lilly used to have and finally a third door.
Wondering what it was, she opened it to see that it linked her bedroom with the dark room her father had made for her. Everything wasn't in place already because most of it had been ordered the previous day, but it was already set up and she could have sworn that this door hadn't existed when she first saw the bedroom.
"You don't mind the new door? I thought it would make things easier for you." Klaus said as he stood in the doorway of her bedroom.
"Not at all. It's great. Thank you." She smiled as she turned back to him.
"So, anything missing in your bedroom?" He asked her.
"Not that I can see. I love it. It's perfect. Thanks again." She replied and, acting on impulse even though it was new to her, she went to hug him.
It was awkward at first, Klaus didn't seem to have been expecting it but he hugged her back and even kissed her hair.
"I'm glad you like it. I want you to be happy here." He said as he kept on hugging her.
"I already am." Veronica said with a smile before Klaus let her go.
"Okay, you sort your things here and call us if you need help or anything. I'll prepare tonight's meeting with Elijah. We need to decide what to tell them and what not to tell them." He smiled at her before leaving her bedroom.
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A few hours later, Veronica went downstairs to see that her father, her aunt and her uncles were tensed and looked very serious. There were some drinks and snacks on the table and enough chairs for everybody.
When the doorbell rang, Elijah went to open it and Klaus placed himself in front of his daughter, wanting to protect her from possible enemies. One by one, the guest entered the living room, each of them sending Veronica a curious look.
"Now that everyone is here, why don't we make introductions. This is my niece, Klaus' daughter Veronica. I want it clear in all of your heads that whoever hurts her will end up going through a slow, painful death. Veronica, this is Jeremy and his sister Elena Gilbert." Elijah started.
"The doppelganger, right?" Veronica asked and Rebekah nodded with a frown.
"Yes, this is Carole Lockwood, I believe you met her this morning with Rebekah. This is her son Tyler." Elijah added.
"The first one of dad's hybrids." Veronica nodded, showing she had learned her lessons.
"This is Matt Donovan." Elijah added.
"Rebekah's crush." Kol chuckled.
"Shut it!" The original sister snapped at her brother while Veronica smiled, amused.
"Anyway, this are Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Next to them you have Liz Forbes, the sheriff of this town." Elijah declared.
"You'll find that she's much smarter and much more effective that the one you left in Neptune." Klaus informed his daughter, whom he kept close to him.
"That's not hard to do." Rebekah added.
"It's nice to meet you." Veronica nodded at the sheriff who noted the name of the town in her head to try and find out more about this girl they claimed was one of them.
"Now this is Bonnie Bennett." Elijah continued with his introductions.
"The witch." Veronica nodded.
"Yes, and finally Caroline Forbes." Elijah ended.
"Keeping the best for last." Klaus said with a flirty smile.
"I've heard a lot of good things about you Caroline. It's nice to meet all of you." Veronica said softly.
"I'm sorry but how is she your daughter? How is it even possible?" Damon asked.
"I'm the hybrid, apparently it creates lots of loopholes." Klaus replied.
"And why didn't we know earlier?" Elena asked.
"Maybe because I only found out recently myself. Now, why don't we concentrate on handling the situation at hand?" Klaus said, getting the attention away from his daughter and back to the main problem.
While the Liz and Stefan explained what had happened lately and how the Hunter was becoming a real problem, Veronica felt eyes on her and when she turned her head to see who was staring at her, she saw Damon Salvatore looking quite intrigued.
"He's got the hots for you." Lilly's voice said, making Veronica jump and bringing her hand to her heart.
"Gee Lilly! Can't you knock or something before you appear out of nowhere?" Veronica exclaimed while Klaus glared suddenly at Damon, having heard Lilly's declaration.
Rebekah, Elijah and Kol smirked. They had heard Lilly as well and were wondering how it would end. Would Klaus kill the elder Salvatore before he could get close to his daughter as he had done so many times for Rebekah's lovers or will she convince him to let it go?
"Your grandmother says Hi!" Lilly added to Veronica who smiled and nodded.
"You can see her?" Jeremy asked.
"What? How do you even know that she's here?" Veronica asked him.
"Jeremy Gilbert has the ability to see ghosts. It happened after he was brought back to life by Miss Bennett." Elijah informed Veronica who nodded.
"Good. He's cute." Lilly said.
"Who isn't in your eyes? Admit it Lilly, you have a boy problem." Veronica rolled her eyes.
"I see no problem in that." Lilly replied smugly.
"How… Can you see ghosts as well?" Jeremy asked Veronica while Elijah explained the situation to the others.
"No, only Lilly. She's my best friend. She was murdered earlier in the year and I could see her ever since… Dad, Uncle Elijah, Uncle Kol and aunt Rebekah can see her too because I gave them some of my blood." Veronica explained.
"So, which one is single here?" Lilly asked Jeremy.
"Damon and Matt." The human Gilbert replied, making Lilly smile.
"What about me?" Damon and Matt asked in the same voice.
"The blond one's the best looking." Lilly declared.
"I don't know… I think I disagree." Veronica replied with a soft blush on her face.
"Lilly, her dead best friend asked who was single. I answered. Lilly think Matt is the hottest and Veronica doesn't agree with her." Jeremy replied with a smirk on his face.
"Why don't we go back to the subject at hand here? We need to find a way to deal with this hunter before he tries to hurt someone else, especially if he tries to hurt my daughter. I won't have that." Klaus declared in a strong voice as he kept his eyes on Damon, whose eyes were still on Veronica.
"I'll look for him and spy on him a bit." Lilly said before she was gone.
"Lilly went to spy on him." Jeremy explained to the ones who couldn't see her.
"So, the hunter… What do you know about him and why is Jeremy the only one to see his tattoo?" Elena asked in a demanding tone that Veronica definitely didn't like.
"The hunter is one of several we met a while back. They're called the order of the five and if your brother can see his mark, then it means that he's a potential. If he kills a vampire, he'll activate his mark and become one of the five." Klaus declared.
Elena seemed to look hopeful for a while so Elijah decided to give her a small reality check.
"It's not a good thing. Once the mark is activated and he becomes a hunter, his conscience will disappear. The only thing that will matter to him will be to kill a vampire, no matter how close he is to him or her and without caring about the consequences of his actions or who gets killed in the process." Elijah added.
"So he can't activate it then…" Elena realized.
"It would be better if he didn't, yes." Elijah replied.
"But why is he here? Why do they exist?" Stefan asked.
"They exist to kill supernatural creatures, mainly vampires. In doing so they complete their mark, which guides them to the prison of Silas, a very powerful and evil witch turned into a vampire and held prisoner somewhere in punishment for betraying a woman. Their role is to find this prison and kill Silas but they can't kill him without waking him up first. It's best for everyone if he stays where he is, you can trust me on that." Kol explained.
"But this hunter needs to go. You told Carole we couldn't kill him. Why?" Damon asked.
"Because when you do, you fall prey to a terrible curse. You end up haunted by the hunter, who appears to you in very surprising shapes and convinces you to kill yourself." Klaus replied.
"How do you know?" Damon asked him.
"Because I was under this curse for over 62 years after I killed the previous order of the five. It's the only moment when I actually felt time and wished I could die. Trust me, you don't want to be under this curse, especially since we don't know how to end it." Klaus replied and everyone was silently looking at him while Veronica squeezed his hand softly in silent support.
"So what do we do then?" Tyler asked.
"We need to find evidence of his involvement with the council's death so that I can arrest him." Liz declared.
"Or we can try to find a human way to kill him." Veronica suggested.
Everyone was looking at her now.
"What do you mean Sweetheart?" Klaus asked her.
"Well, this curse thing has to be a defense mechanism against vampires and other supernatural. It probably won't touch a human… or we can inject him with some sort of deadly virus or make him have a car accident, have the alterations done by a human to be safe…" Veronica explained and Damon was more intrigued by her every time she opened her mouth to speak.
"Well, I think it's not a bad idea… It might work…" Elijah said and Klaus added:
"I don't want you involved in this Veronica. You're still supernatural, even if it's not effective until your 18th birthday. I won't risk you getting this curse cast on you." Klaus ordered and his daughter nodded, glad to know he cared.
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