~ This chapter is longer than the last one, but it's better. If I do say so myself :)
~ I tried to get this done before I start my homework that due for school. But if how fast I am able to type for these stories are any indication, I can finish what I need to get done within an hour :)
~ Some of this went a little different than planned, but it might be for the best.

Psycho17: Klaus finds out about the dream in the next chapter. I'm thinking that Damon might find out about it within the next two chapters... maybe. Damon might be distracted by her when she shows up. Possibly the same way he was in the episode when Elena showed up. There will possibly be a surprise Chelsea/Klaus scene at the end of the chapter ;)

ENJOY!

Chelsea's POV

I walked up to the mansion wearing the dress that Klaus had given me. There was no use letting a good dress go to waste. I took a deep breath as the door in front of me opened. I walked in, looking at all the people inside. Everybody was dressed in fancy, expensive looking clothing. It still took me by slight surprise of how big it looked inside.

"I thought you told Damon you weren't coming." I turned to see Stefan walking up next to me.
"I lied." I said to him. "I couldn't let this dress go to waste." I said, giving Stefan a small smile.
"Damon's not going to be happy when he finds out you're here." Stefan said to me.
"I can take care of myself." I said before turning my head towards the people inside. I spotted Damon staring at me. He was just staring at me with wide eyes. I let out a breath before walking towards him.

"I knew you couldn't stay away from me." Damon said with a smirk as I stepped up towards him.
"So, you're not surprised that I'm here?" I asked him.
"I thought that you might not listen." I gave him a small smirk.
"Not when I have a chance to wear a dress like this."
"You look stunning by the way." Damon said with a smile.
"Same to you." I said before someone walked up to us.
"You must be Chelsea." I turned to face the person. "I'm Kol Mikaealson." Kol took my hand and kissed the back of it.
"Klaus's brother." He gave a nod.
"And you're the one that he can't stop talking about." Kol gave a smirk.
"Damon Salvatore." Damon said, interruption me and Kol. He held out his hand. "Have we met?"
"I've met a lot of people." Kol said, looking at Damon. "And you don't particularly stand out." He looked back towards me. "Would you like to be my first dance partner?"
"I'm already dancing with her." Damon said. I tuned my head to him.
"You never asked." I said before turning back to Kol. "Sure." Kol gave a smile before walking behind me, towards the stairs. I faced Damon, who was almost giving me a glare. "He asked first." I said to Damon as Stefan walked up next to us.

"If everyone could please gather please." I turned to see Elijah standing on the stairs with a glass of champagne. I could see Klaus standing to Elijah's left. Next to him was Kol.
"Welcome, thank you for joining us. You know, whenever my mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance."
"Do you see who I see?" I heard Damon ask out loud as a woman walked down a few stairs.
"Oh, yeah." Stefan said to him. 'Esther.' I thought. It had to be. We locked eyes and I felt that it was her. 'I have to talk to her.' I thought.
"Tonight's pick is a centuries-old waltz," Elijah continued ", so if all of you could please find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom."
"Chelsea," I turned to Stefan ", want to be my partner?" Stefan asked me.
"Sorry Stefan." I said to him. "I already have one." I turned around and started walking towards the stairs.

"What's this about you already having a dance partner?" Klaus asked me.
"You were eavesdropping." I said to him before Kol stepped up to us.
"Hello brother." He said with a smirk to Klaus. "Ready love?" Kol asked as he held out his arm to me. I gave him a smile as I took his arm. Klaus looked at me with a slight flash of jealousy in his eyes before I walked off with Kol.

Kol and I walked into a huge room with other couples.
"I'm not that good at the waltz." I whispered to Kol.
"Just follow my lead." He said to me. I let him take control. Before I noticed we were in the middle of the room with all the other couples. We were dancing in sync with them.
"I can see why he can't stop talking about you." I looked at Kol. "You look stunning." He gave me a smile.
"It helps with the dress." I told him.
"I wonder.." Kol slightly leaned in ", how would you look out of the dress?" Kol looked at me with a smirk on his face. I rolled my eyes.
"You won't know." I said to him and he faked a frown. Kol spun me around and my hand was grabbed by someone else.

"Klaus." I said as he put a hand on my shoulder.
"Hello love." He said with a smile. "You look stunning," I looked at Klaus ", if it isn't obvious."
"You're the one that gave me the dress." I said to him. "Besides, it's not like I had any other dresses fit for a ball."
"What about the bracelet?" I looked at it for a minute before looking at Klaus.
"I couldn't have it gathering dust." He smirked a little.
"I'm glad you came."
"It's like I said to Stefan and Damon, I couldn't let such a good dress go to waste." I gave Klaus a smirk.
"You know," He said after a moment ", you're quite the dancer."
"It helps to be dancing with a thousand-year old hybrid, and your brother isn't that bad of a dancer himself."
"I hope Kol behaved himself." Klaus said with slight concern in his voice.
"Besides implying that he already wants to see me without the dress on, pretty good." Klaus spun me and my hand was grabbed by yet another person.

"You're getting friendly with the enemy." Damon said to me as we started dancing.
"You sound jealous Damon." I said to him. He gave me a smirk.
"Just worried." We looked into each other's eyes as we danced. "I'm surprised that you aren't getting more attention because of how gorgeous you look in that dress."
"Thanks." I let out a breath.
"You're welcome." Damon said with a smile as the song ended. He took my hand and gently kissed it on the back before looking into my eyes.
"Hello Damon." We heard from behind me. Klaus walked up to my side and grabbed my hand. "I hope you don't mind if I steal Chelsea from you." It sounded like he meant more than just for tonight.
"Sure, no problem." Damon said after a moment, before looking at me. He reluctantly gave a small smile before walking away.
"I would like to show you something." Klaus said to me as he held out his arm. I looked at him for a moment before I linked my arm with his.

I walked with Klaus to a room that was far away. We couldn't hear the music anymore.
"So what did you want to show me?" I asked him as we stepped to the middle of the room.
"One of my passions." Klaus gestured towards a landscape, hanging on the wall.
"Impressive." I turned my head to him. "I take it the curators at the Louve aren't on vervain." I finished to him. He chuckled.
"Yeah, well that's their mistake." He turned his head towards me.
"Did you steal this?" I asked, pushing my wrist towards him.
"Well, that's a long story. But rest assured it was worn by a princess almost as beautiful as you." Klaus looked into my eyes. They shifted, like Damon's did this morning. I looked away from him, towards the table. Different sketches were lying on top of each other.
"Did you do these?" I asked, looking at the drawings.
"Yeah, um... actually one of my landscapes is hanging at the Hermitage, not that anyone would notice. Have you been?"
"I've never been away from the states."
"I'll take you." I looked at him. "Wherever you want Rome. Paris. Tokyo?
"Before I was a vampire, I always wanted to go to Japan." I honestly said to Klaus as we looked at each other. "They started my favorite cartoon."
"I'll take you."
"I'll think about it." I said after a minute of thinking. Klaus let a smile appear before looking behind me. I turned to see Stefan, standing at the doorway.
"Chelsea, mind if we talk for a minute?" Stefan asked me.
"Sure." I turned to Klaus. "I'll be back." I said before walking off with Stefan.

When Stefan and I were out of Klaus's earshot we stopped walking.
"What's up?" I asked Stefan.
"I need help distracting Damon." Stefan said as he looked at me. "Elena needs to speak with Esther…"
"And Damon won't let her." I finished for him. He gave me a nod.
"Will you help?" I gave Stefan a nod.

I stood, looking out the window.
"I got your text." I turned to see Damon walking into the room. "What are we doing here?"
"We need to talk." I said to him.
"What's wrong?" He asked as he stepped up next to me.
"Nothing." Damon looked at me skeptically. "It's just… I wanted to see you in the tux again." I said before I looked into his eyes. Damon gave me a small smile.
"You just can't stay away, can you?" He asked before he gently cupped my cheek in his hand.
"Are you sure it's not you that can't stay away from me?" I asked him in a whisper. Damon started to lean in, with his eyes on my lips. Our lips almost touching. I let out a breath as his lips touched mine. Damon's hands gently rested against my neck as we kissed. He slowly pulled away and brought his hands down to mine. I stared into his eyes before Stefan flashed behind him and snapped his neck. Damon's body fell to the ground.
"I'll take care of him." Stefan said before I looked up at him. "You just get back to Klaus." I gave Stefan a nod before walking towards the hall. "Chelsea." I turned back to face Stefan. "Be careful." I looked at Stefan before turning back to leave the room.

I was walking down the hall, towards the stairs.
"Chelsea." I heard from behind me. "Esther wants to talk to you."
"Why?" I asked her.
"She didn't say." I gave her a nod before taking a step to where she came from.
"By the way," I said, turning back towards Elena ", Damon won't be happy when he finds out that you talked to Esther."
"That's just something he's going to have to deal with." She said with a deep breath before turning towards the stairs. I turned around and continued walking.

I eventually found the room where Esther was in.
"Hello Chelsea." She said after I stepped into the room. My eyes went to the table behind her.
"This must be important if you're burning sage." I said when I noticed it burning.
"Please sit," She gestured towards the couch ", so I can explain." I walked around the couch and sat down. Esther walked around and sat on the other side of the couch. "I understand Rebekah told you the story of my family." I gave her a nod. "I upset the balance of nature by turning my family into vampires. This is why I have to talk to you."
"Because you upset the balance." She gave me a nod.
"I'm sure you are aware that one cannot be witch and a vampire." I gave her a nod. "I allowed you to keep you're power in hopes that one day I would come back and be able to undo what I did a thousand years ago."
"How were you able to let me keep my magic when I turned? Why not just pick someone else?"
"Because of your ties the witch Ayanna and the Bennetts. Your bloodline intertwines with theirs. I'm channeling all living and dead decedents of the Bennett blood line."
"But not the living dead."
"Exactly. You're witch side, by being a servant of nature, made complications for you."
"What type of complications are you talking about?" I asked.
"How many times have you turned off your emotions and never was able to keep them buried? Being a witch won't allow you to completely turn off your emotions."
"Is that why everyone is saying that I seem different? Because my emotions are off?"
"I'm surprised you are first noticing this." Esther looked at me curiously. "Yes, they are off. Trust me when I say it would be harder to deal with losing your powers with your emotions. Now you are simply just a vampire with no magical powers."
"Mother." A voice came from the doors as it opened. "It's time."
"Thank you Finn." He gave a nod before walking back out the room. "Our conversation has reached its end Chelsea." Esther stood up from the couch. "You should join the rest of the guests downstairs." I stood up and looked at her for a minute.
"Thank you for telling me." I said before walking out the room and joining the rest of the guests.

I walked down the stairs, to where everyone was gathering.
"Hello love." I heard Klaus say as I reached the bottom of the stairs. "What did my mother want?"
"Just witch stuff." I lied to Klaus before he took my arm and we walked onto the floor. A waiter stopped by us with champagne glasses on a tray. Klaus grabbed two and handed me one.
"Good Evening, Ladies and Gentleman." I turned to see Esther stand at the top of the stairs, facing everyone. "Waiters are coming around with champagne. I invite you all to join me in raising a glass. It provides me with no greater joy then to see my family back together as one. I'd like to thank you all for being part of this spectacular evening. Cheers!" Klaus turned to me.
"Cheers." He said as he raised his glass.
"Cheers." I said before clinking our glasses together.

"So I heard you and Elena both talked with Esther." I heard Damon say from behind me. I turned to see him walking up next to me.
"Yes, we did." I said to him.
"You can tell me on the ride home. We're leaving." Damon grabbed my arm.
"So, you are still trying to be the boss of me?" I couldn't help but ask.
"Why would you ask that?" He asked me with a slightly hurt expression. "I love you."
"Maybe that's the problem." His eyes widened before looking down. "Damon,"
"No, I got it, Chelsea. I care too much. I'm a liability. How ironic is that?" Damon said, looking into his eyes. I knew what he was feeling, but I didn't feel bad about it.
"Have you guys seen Matt?" Caroline said as she stepped up to us.
"Last I saw he was with Rebekah." I said to Caroline before walking away from them.

I decided to walk back into the room where Klaus had brought me to earlier. My eyes went to a piece of paper that looked new. I stepped up to the table and saw that it was a drawing of me.
"So," I turned my head to see Klaus walking in ", this is where you're hiding."
"When did you draw this?" I asked him as I held up the drawing.
"Earlier, when you left with Stefan." I faked a small smile, knowing it would please him.
"Do you always do your best work so quickly?" Klaus let out a chuckle.
"It helps when you can't get the person out of your mind." His eyes went to the drawing. "You can keep that." Klaus looked up at me. "You can put it with your other one."
"Thanks."
"No problem. How about I make sure you get home okay?" I looked up at Klaus for a moment.
"Sure." I said before our arms intertwined and he led me out.

I let Klaus follow me up to my room. The picture went right next to the other one on my dresser. Klaus's reflection appeared in the mirror hanging above my dresser.
"You'll have to hang those up." He said before I turned around towards him. Klaus looked me in the eyes as I stepped up to him. His eyes drifted to my lips before I sped behind him, closed the door, and laid my lips onto his. The next thing I know, we were on my bed, his hands in my hair. His hands quickly tore off my dress before I took off his tux.

~ Hopefully I answered some questions you were having and hopefully created some new ones.
~ I wanted Chelsea to see when Damon is punching Kol, but I decided to leave that out. Also, originally, Elijah was going to talk with Chelsea before she talked with Esther.
~ Please let me know any of your thoughts about the story. I love seeing all of your reviews.
~ The next chapter will hopefully be up before 'Heart of Darkness' airs on Thursday.

*Spoiler Alert*
Klaus is going to leave something in Chelsea's bedroom.

R&R 'till the next update