Chapter Eleven

Life carried along its normal track for so very many years. The eighteen hundreds soon ended, followed by the ninteen hundreds. When the millennium came around, I sat with Niklaus on top of a building in New York in his arms, watching the firework displays expload above us in the clear star littered night sky.

"A thousand years..." Klaus mused in my ear, and I understood- he had been born in the 11th Century after all.

"Think you can manage another?" I teased him now, making him chuckle and kiss my cheek. "Who knows? I'm feeling lucky about this century."

"That was you thinking, don't hurt yourself already!"

"Cheeky." he smirked, kissing my cheek once more as a green rocket exploaded over us.

"This reminds me of the Moon Landing." I smiled now, thinking back on all the moments in history I had shared with him. Both World Wars had been long, bloody... and delicious. There had been a neverending supply of food.

And not a speck of mercy from neither me nor my monster.

"To a better millenium?" I asked him now, grabbing my glass of blood and raising it. He laughed a little, then did the same, touching it to mine and draining it.

He did have his odd moments of sweetness.

-FORSAKEN-

Klauses prediction on this century... this entire millennium, being better than the last seemed to true when 2011 rolled around.

There had been talk of a doppleganger in a place in Virginia. Mystic Falls.

When I told Klaus, he laughed and thought it ironic- it was the birthplace of the doppleganger. Yes, quite ironic I agreed.

"Do you want me to take a look?" I asked him, doing up his coat and taking one of his hands. Klaus now cocked his head a little, then raised his free one to my cheek.

"That would be excellent my Sweetheart."

I kissed him for a moment now, then said. "I'll call you when I get there."

"I'll miss you." he told me with another kiss, then reached into his pocket for a set of car keys and placed them in my hand. "Have fun, and let's hope, yes?"

I nodded, then turned away to the sleek black Ferrari. He had always called me high maintanance, so what else would I make him get me for my first car? Although, my licence ran out about eighty or something years ago. Any cops that pulled me over would soon find themselves missing a heart or head.

Maybe I should have stuck to a less conspicious car though?

Oh well...

The ride to Mystic Falls was quiet and uneventful. Klaus rang a few times, giving me instructions that I already knew from experience.

He was so overprotective at times.

When I arrived in the area of the place, I switched of the music and slowed down a tad, rolling through the sleepy town. It was nearing ten at night.

I still needed a place to stay.

As I rolled outside a house that had been reprocessed, I looked around, then got out and yanked the chains clear of the wrought iron gate and drove in, parking my car before the house.

Place to stay, sorted.

-FORSAKEN-

I walked around town now, wondering just why I was doing it, but ended up at a place called The Mystic Grill. At least this place did Mojitos.

"Thank you." I said to the barman, paying with money for once- the last thing I needed was attention when I was here on such an important mission.

It was when the door opened once more that made me turn for some reason. But my eyes widened a little now- it was her. Not Katerina, but a human. The doppleganger.

She walked in laughing, a young man behind her that I stiffened at- vampire. I was very good at spotting them. Klaus had taught me everything he knew.

And now I pulled out my phone and texted two words to Klaus. "Shes here."

His reply was instant.

"Hang around. I'll be there soon. Find out as much as you can about them."

Great (!) He wanted me to be a damn spy again now...

"How soon?"

"I'm not too sure, but within the month. I'll call you tomorrow."

Well, it was definitely the doppleganger then. His tone and short curt messages were unlike him.

God he was getting on my nerves lately... I couldn't even remember the last time we had slept together. He was always out somewhere sorting out business.

There was only so much business an Original could have right?

Obviously not...

"Hey there Sweetheart."

My first thought was that it was Klaus, seeing as he always called me that. But now I turned to see a young man sat next to me, a glass of Scotch before him and a grin that came off as more of a smirk upon his face. His hair was midnight, eyes a deep sky blue. He had that sense of being... I didn't know.

But I did know he was a vampire. And he was hitting on me.

"Yes?" I asked, raising an eyebrow and taking a sip of my drink.

"What is a beautiful young woman like you doing sat on her own? It's a crime." he said, raising his own glass to his lips.

I scoffed now, getting up. "You are either drunk or plain dumb. And I am opting for both of them."

He grinned now. "Ouch. Your words are as hot as your hair."

"My hair is blonde you dumbass." I snarled, folding my arms and glaring.

The man shrugged. "It had a red tint to it I think."

"No it doesn't."

The smirk grew, then he said. "Damon."

I nodded. "Claudia."

Damon grinned once more. "What a lovely name for a lovely woman."

This was unbelieveable. Sure, this vampire, Damon, was incredibly good looking, but he was getting in my way. I had business. But... you could mix business with pleasure right?

Later on maybe.

"I must be leaving." I said, swiftly making my excuse, getting up and walking past the doppleganger, "accidently" bumping into her that made me trip over onto the floor with her.

"Oh I am so very sorry!" I exclaimed, helping her to her feet. "Hell, I didn't look where I was going. This slimeball was chatting me up and I just had to get out."

The doppleganger smiled now. "It's fine." then her eyes travelled to Damon. "Was it him?"

I glanced around and nodded. "Yeah, that's the creep."

The young man next to the girl sighed. "Damon..." Now I laughed and shook my head. "He's just harmless."

He nodded, then said. "Well, I apologize for my brothers actions if they have offended you."

He was apologizing for his brother? Damon was quite the little shit then in my opinion.

"I'm Stefan." he introduced, then the doppleganger. "Elena."

I smiled. "Hello Elena. I apologize for tripping you over."

She laughed and smiled a little. "It's fine. Really. Say- we were getting a drink if you would like one now that the bar creep's left you alone?"

Just like that? God, this was too damn easy!

"That would be lovely thank you very much." I smiled, walking over with them.

We settled at a table where I fabricated a story.

"I'm staying for a little while to study the myths and legends of the town."

Elena smiled. "That sounds interesting! What kind of angle?"

"Oh, the vampires of course. I hear strange things happen around here."

Her smile faltered in a way only a vampire with a trained eye for liars could pick up- oh, she knew about the vampires alright. And that Stefan and Damon were ones.

But couldn't they tell I was a four hundred year old vampire too? Amatuers.

To my annoyance, Damon came over and smiled. "We meet again Claudia. I couldn't help but overhearing-" but he stopped dead. Only a person with exceptional hearing would have heard from the other side of the room.

"Wow, very good hearing you have." I smiled regidly, thinking Go away! Get lost you dick!

Oh, he just sat down next to me and said. "So! Vampire legends hmm? Which ones are you focusing on mainly?"

"Oh, the local ones."

"Well... I could give you a tour if you wanted?" he offered, and I could almost imagine him with his fangs out, looking at me as if I was some delicious human.

Quite the shock he'd have when he found his dinner to have fangs too.

The pair didn't seen older than me. Maybe a hundred and fifty odd from my trained and proffesional eyes. I could easily overpower the pair.

"I must be heading back now." I sighed, getting up and thanking Elena and Stefan for the drink ignoring Damon. That little creep that would make Klaus want to rip his head off for the way he grinned at me.

But I had a plan forming in my mind... and it required me revealing my vamparic side.

-FORSAKEN-

The next morning, I went out looking for something to eat. Quite literally.

A pair of campers were a lovely start to the day. Only three more for my five-a-day (!)

I hung around, sitting up in the tree above the massacre, waiting for who was the one clearing up. It made me laugh internally when Damon turned up and looked utterly suprised. It was like he was wondering something that eluded him.

But now he looked up as a branch snapped under me, but I was already gone, rooting through the boot of his car. Quite the collection of stakes he had.

Lovely.

I saw from the shiny blue paintwork him behind me, then I smirked and turned, slamming the stake into his chest, pushing him against the tree and smirked.

"Hello again." I smiled sweetly, turning the stake in his chest, making him hiss in pain.

"Who the hell are you?" he now asked, trying to push me away, but I let him go and he sank to the floor, pulling the stake out of his chest, swearing as he did so.

"You know my name already."

"Why are you here then?"

"I'm on the run."

"Oh? Insane ex? You vampire."

I turned and smiled. "When did you realize?"

He scoffed, getting up with a glare. "Just now."

I chucked the bloodied stake into the boot and turned to him, going. "Look- I have no reason to harm you. I'm on-"

"The run. I heard you the first time."

Now I sighed and said. "We got off to a bad start didn't we?"

Damon raised an eyebrow, then rubbed his chest where I had stabbed him. "Yeah, you ruined my good shirt."

"Whoops (!)"

"Who are you running from?"

"You wouldn't know him."

"Try me."

"A crazy vampire called Klaus."

Now his eyes widened, then he added. "The Original?"

I nodded. "Yes. He tried to control me all my life... but I escaped."

Klaus was going to raise an eyebrow at that when he heard.

"How long have you been running?"

"Too long... I don't remember... I- I don't have anything left. I have no- nowhere to stay..."

Damon had obviously heard about Klaus, for he stood there in silence, probably wondering just what I knew about Klaus that could "help them."

"Look- you tell us everything you know about Klaus, you can have a room at the Boarding house."

"Where you live? No chance."

"That or go and look on your own."

I faked a weary sigh and nodded.

"Fine. Deal."

Damon obviously didn't trust me. I didn't trust him neither. But sometimes you had to work with people, vampires... to acheive your ends. This was too perfect an oppertunity to pass up.

If only he knew what he had let himself in for.

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