Klaus could have sworn he heard some scratching. He looked down to see Caroline's head peacefully resting on his chest. The air was still and silent. Then what was it that woke him?
It came again. Scratching against a wall. Klaus didn't want to get off the bed as he didn't want to wake Caroline, but he needed to know if they were still safe. He was still contemplating when a crash crushed the silence of the room and awoke Caroline.
"Wh-what?" She stood up, confused and scared.
"Nothing, love. I'll check it out. Go back to sleep." Klaus got off the bed and began wearing his shoes.
"I'm coming with you."
"Okay, love. But stay behind me." They followed hand in hand the noise. It was coming from the wall under the window of the opposite corridor and Caroline thought it best to peek down from there and see than actually go downstairs. She feared the werewolf they had secured in the cell in the basement might have escaped. They were yet to question him.
Klaus quietly peeked down. There he saw the silhouette of a petite, dark haired girl scattered on the ground near the bushes. "Caroline, prepare the bed in the last room." He dashed down the stairs leaving Caroline baffled. Nonetheless, she did as she were told.
She seated herself on the freshly made bed and awaited Klaus' return. He suddenly entered, carrying a limp figure.
"Who—Bonnie!" Caroline screeched. Klaus motioned her out of the room and after laying Bonnie down on the bed, promptly followed. Caroline was full of questions and doubts and excitement, but Klaus convinced her to sleep on it.
It was 12 noon when everyone was up and sitting in the living room. Bonnie said she felt good now, and hence was allowed to join them.
"Um, Bon?"
"Yeah, Elena?"
"Um, what happened, exactly?" Elena had been the first of her, Damon and Matt to see her.
"Bonnie, dear, we really need some answers now." They had been sitting quietly in the room trying to get Bonnie to speak for hours now and Damon had had enough. "You've hidden, you've vanished, you've tried hard to ruin the tapestry underneath my beautiful wall windows, and you've been forgiven. I think its only fair you start blabbing." Damon sighed.
Bonnie gave him a partial death stare, and began. "Care?"
"Yeah?" Caroline couldn't look at Bonnie. It was just something she couldn't explain. So she stared awkwardly at the spoons and forks, making them look unabashedly entertaining, and secretly clutching Klaus' hand in hers.
"I—I hid the papers there because it seemed like the only option."
"Which papers? Start at the beginning, witch." Klaus spat.
"Okay. The original grimoire, rumored to be written by hand by the original witch, was called Cariminibus Et Veneficiis. It contained spells and incantations to all the original sorcery, including doing and undoing your bloodline." Bonnie stared pointedly at Klaus. "These, these people, they wanted me to help them redo the spell that made you who you are."
"A vampire?"
"No. An Original Vampire."
"Um, point to be noted. The original vampires are called original vampires, because they in fact were, original." Damon chuckled but stopped as Elena elbowed him in the ribs.
"They wanted me to perform the spell on whoever they wanted."
"What made them think you could do it? I mean, how would you have the strength or the spells?"
"Um, well, you see, I'd kind of stolen a few sheets from it."
"What?!"
"Grams gave it to me to read a long time ago, and I just flipped through it. Even before I knew the true meaning of the spells, I took some that seemed interesting." Bonnie was about shivering now. "They caught up with me. Ordered me around a while, and finally wanted the spells back. I refused, and they started following me. A few weeks ago, I was walking when I saw them approaching. I panicked and ran to your house, Caroline. You weren't there and I had no option but to hide them."
"Was that when they c-caught you?"
"Yes. That's how they knew you and where you lived and what you did, etc. I'm sorry Caroline. I put you in real danger." Caroline continued to stare at the cutlery.
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They made their way to the basement. Klaus and Damon had wolfsbane in their jackets and daggers in their hands. They needed answers. Who were these people? They didn't just want to finish Klaus. They wanted to finish off the bloodline. What if they meant on killing all Originals and hence all the vampires? But then what was it about undoing the bloodline? Klaus realized he wasn't done with the witch. He'd have to speak to her alone.
"I see you're back." The man was strapped onto a chair in the middle of the room.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
"Think I'm gonna tell you this soon?"
"Ah, so you are going to tell us." Klaus kept calm. He walked towards the figure and could see him shiver. "You're scared."
"Fear is not a word in my dictionary."
"Perhaps. But it is in your eyes." Klaus was circling him now. Damon was leaning against the cellar wall and watching them through careful eyes. "What is your name?" He sat there in silence. "Say it!" Klaus growled. Damon had to admit, he flinched and it was a little intimidating. Only because I was taken by surprise, pshht.
Klaus bore his dagger into the man's thighs and as blood trickled out, words flew out of his mouth.
"Y-Yaxley."
"What is it you want?" With that, a bottle filled to the rim with wolfsbane was poured into his mouth. He screamed in agony.
"I'll tell ya!"
"Go on."
"I'm the newest, that's why they sent me. We took the witch because we needed her to do some spells. They never told me what the spells were. It was to do with an old ancestor of some Isobel."
"Katherine?!" Damon spluttered.
"No, can't be. Bonnie said the spell was for turning to vampire slash original and for doing new bloodlines. Katherine was turned in 1492." Klaus whispered.
"It was a human ancestor." Yaxley stammered as he tried to overcome the pain in the throat and all over his body.
"Oh, no."
"What is it?" Damon asked. They kept their voices low.
"Tatia."
I took a little too long, I'm sorry. Now, what I want to know is, do you guys want Klaus&Caroline stuff or more of this mystery stuff? Please review and comment!
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