A/N: Still the same chapter as before, I'm working on a rewrite, Sorry...

Eliza Dushku as Jessica Evans
Maggie Grace as Bethany "Beth" Evans

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Chapter title's song reference: Tom Jones - Burning Down the House

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Chapter Eight – Burning Down the House

24 Oct 2010

Jessica was staring at Klaus, wondering if he gone totally insane. She didn't want to sit down to eat with this lunatic; all she wanted was to get Beth and herself far away from this town and these damn vampires. But, since she was Klaus's only viable option to create his nasty hybrids, he was never going to just let them leave.

"Fine, let's talk but you better don't have any of your hybrids present, or this will be a short and messy meal."

Klaus just gave her his usual smirk, and leaded the way to the dining room, pulls out a chair for Jessica, then for Beth next to her and then sat himself down next to Beth, giving her a warning eye, to remain silent.

"Wow, you hold out the chair and everything; how gentlemanly of you. I seriously hope you don't think I buy any of it. A question though, where is dear Katherine? Have you killed her, or are you going to let me have that pleasure?"

"Jessica, let's not make Katerina ruin this lovely evening, but you can rest assured that she will stay in her room."

Jessica was staring daggers at Klaus, as two young women, probably compelled, were bringing in plates with food. Jessica couldn't recognize what was on the plate, but at least there was some kind of rice, which was a good thing. She started to poke around, in hope to find any familiar vegetable.

"What's the matter? Something wrong with your lamb or is it the saffron rice? This is one of my favorite dishes, and I was sincerely hoping that you both would like it.

"When it comes to food, I'm not much for "fine cuisine"; I'm more like "Today's Special" kind of girl. Beth here is the one interested in food and cooking."

"Well then, let's get to know each other: what are you interested in, Jessica?"

"No, I'm not going to tell you, so please change the subject."

"Answer the question, or your sister pays the price. You will learn that I set the rules, and you will follow them if you want your sister breathing." Klaus said with a calm voice. Jessica was getting more and more angry, but she wanted to buy some time so she tried to calm down, and focus.

"Fine, but keep your dirty hands off my sister." Jessica growled at Klaus. "I like to listen to music, watch TV and Movies, read books, and my favorite thing of the day is to rid the earth of filthy creatures like you."

Klaus chuckled at Jessica, and they continued eating in silence. When they all finished the main course, the young women from before came in with some sort of chocolate cake with whipped cream.

"Let's talk about a deal for your blood, Jessica. I offer you and your sister to live here under my roof, in your very own rooms that you can decorate in any way you like, anything you'd like, your own closet full of the finest of clothes. Come and go as you please, just as long that one or two of my people come with you, to keep you and your sister alive and safe."

"What about Katherine? You know we want her dead."

"For now I have use for her, but as soon as that changes, you can kill her. All that, as long as you don't harm or kill anyone in my family, or any hybrids, and of course as much of your blood that I need to make my hybrids."

"Oh yeah that's all, nothing else? Not a kidney or two, or my first born? No, never going to happen, not for anything or everything in the whole wide world."

Klaus' face turned from calm to angry in a second, then speeded up behind Beth, bites his wrist, and presses it to her lips and forces the blood down her throat.

"Now my blood is in your precious sister, so agree to my terms or I turn her into a vampire, the very thing you hate the most. What's it going to be?"

Jessica looked desperately toward her sister, a thousand thoughts running through her head. But no matter how, there was no way out. Jessica let out a sigh and gave up.

"Fine, you'll have your deal, on one condition. There is a spell, called an oath spell that binds two people together on the things they promise each other. If one of them breaks it, both will know it, as they will both feel a sharp, temporary pain. It's pretty well known; you can ask your 'slave-witches' if you'd like."

"No need, I trust you, at least for now. To show that, I'm going to give you something you thought you'd lost. Brad, you can come in now." Klaus said, and a male hybrid speeds into the room, carrying several bags, Jessica and Beth's bags from the car.

Beth just stood there, dumbfounded, and stared at Klaus, trying to figure out how he managed to get the bags out of the car.

"Okay, let's do the spell. Klaus give me your hand, Beth; grab the Knotweed, Vervain and Bluebell." Klaus pull back his hand as he heard vervain. "Don't worry; the Vervain isn't to harm you. The Knotweed is for Binding; Vervain is for Peace and Bluebell is for Truth. Beth, remember not to use too much water, and use the white rope." Beth rolled her eyes, having done all the things her sister told her already.

Jessica showed Klaus to hold her right wrist with his right hand and she did the same and Beth wrapped the herb-soaked ropes around their hands, and then held her hands above and under ropes, chanted quietly. The ropes started to glow, and the flame on the candle on table became much bigger and second later the flame just died, and the ropes color was back to normal; the spell was cast. Beth removed the ropes from Klaus and Jessica, and put the ropes and the herbs back in the bags.

"I think we should leave the sisters alone for a moment or two, and I'll see you two later."

At the very second the sisters were alone, Jessica ran to Beth and gave her a big hug, not wanting to let go.

"Why, Jessica?" Beth said in anger as she let go of her sister. "How could you let that bastard win? You know I'm not afraid of dying for our cause, not even turn into a vampire. Now, with that oath, we're stuck in this place."

"I've lost almost my entire family to vampires; I'm not going to lost you too. I gave my word to Grant to keep you safe, and I'll do anything to keep that promise. We'll just have to take one step at the time, and see how this turns out. Maybe we can turn this into something good and help people somehow."

Beth knew that Jessica's intentions were good, but her gut said that this would turn bad, fast!

After their conversation Brad showed them their rooms. Both rooms consisted of a big bedroom and a walk-in-closet. All rooms were painted in a boring yellow tone that made Jessica a little bit nauseous, but at least she liked the floors that were in a light green color.

Jessica couldn't help but feeling sorry for herself, stuck there in the home of her worst enemy, surrounded by the very things she hated most, but not allowed to harm or kill them. She started to feel frustrated and trapped; she couldn't leave her sister, but she didn't want to help Klaus make more hybrids either.

Jessica let out a sigh as she sat down on the king-sized bed, which was the only thing, except the floor, to sit on. The room was pretty much empty of furniture; except the bed there was an empty bookcase, a flat-screen TV and some paintings. Brad had offered to take them out shopping for things for their rooms and clothes. The worst torture Jessica could imagine was to be stuck, hour after hour, trying on shoes and clothes. Jessica started laughing, thinking about Klaus in a warehouse, picking out sofas and chairs. She couldn't even imagine herself picking out furniture, but that was something maybe Beth could help her with.

Jessica stopped whining and decided to look around a bit more than last time. According to Brad, this was called the West Wing (although there was no more wings in the building) and it had two levels; first floor had an entrance hall, a dining room, a kitchen, a family room, three Master Bedrooms, a bathroom, two bedrooms for the hybrids and one storage room. Second floor had three Master bedrooms, three guest rooms, a balcony, two bathrooms, an empty room that Klaus had promised them to change into a gym, two storage rooms,and Klaus's studio. Beth's room was on level one, along with Kol's bedroom and Rebekah's bedroom. Jessica's room was on the second floor, along with Klaus's bedroom and Elijah's bedroom.

As Jessica was snooping around the guestrooms, knowing that Katherine should be in one of them, she felt a weak energy coming for one of them, but she couldn't identify it. But as she was about to open the door, Klaus grabbed her from behind and pressed her up the wall, looking very angry. In an instant, Beth, using super-speed, knocked Klaus away from Jessica. Klaus growled, and threw Beth across the corridor.

"Stop it, Klaus. What's wrong with you? Is this your version of 'keeping us safe'?" Jessica yelled at Klaus as she helped Beth getting up from the floor.

"That room is off-limits unless I say so. If you try to open that door again I will hurt you." Klaus hadn't even finished the treat, before both he and Jessica felt a sharp pain in their entire bodies, gone only seconds later.

"You broke the oath, Klaus. But you're lucky; the spell is still holding, until a witch breaks it. But if you continue breaking the oath, we will break the spell and kill anything in our way getting out of here." Beth yelled at Klaus, struggling to stand up.

"There is no point in fighting, and it's getting late so we should stop arguing and get to bed." Jessica was standing in between Beth and Klaus, trying not to collapse to the floor from the aftereffects from the spell that only humans could feel, as they were weaker than vampires.

Klaus growled at the sisters, making them both flinch making Klaus to make a half smile.

"Fine, as long as you stay away from that room. I will wish you a good night's sleep." Klaus said as he walked into his bedroom and slammed the door.

25 Oct 2010

The next day Beth and Jessica sat in the dining room having breakfast with the hybrid twins, Kendra and Sandra, when Kol and Klaus joined them.

"Hello there, firecracker, watch where you're going with that hair of yours, so you don't burn down the house." Kol said to Jessica about her hair with a big smirk.

"Well hello to you, Tom Jones; or come to thinking of it, I think you are that girl from 'The Cardigans', Nina." Jessica answered Kol's bad hair joke with a big laugh.

"What does a sweater have to do with your hair?" Kol looked toward Klaus for an explanation.

"Never heard the song 'Burning down the House' with Tom Jones and 'The Cardigans'? I thought you were British. Don't you even know who Tom Jones is?" Kol shook his head, making Jessica and Beth burst out in a major laughing marathon. Kol started making angry faces toward the sisters, but then just walked away, throwing things around.

"Nice work girls, now he will be obnoxious the entire day," Klaus sighed. "So which ones are you two planning on taking to the ball on Friday?"

Jessica and Beth just stopped laughing, staring in confusion at Klaus.

"What are you talking about, what ball?"

"Oh, I thought that dear Kendra and Sandra here have told you, Jessica. We are throwing a ball on Friday to celebrate you two moving in here; we'll come up with some cover story about why you'll be living here. Since today is Monday, you only have little over four days to get all the clothes you are planning on wearing, get a date, get you hair done... And while you're at it, why don't you get more clothes at the same time, since you'll going to need it to all the events you'll attend."

"We barely even know anyone here, and besides, I don't wear dresses unless I really have to, and those times I borrow something of Beth's, and another thing, I can't dance, and I can't learn to dance in only four days. I'd rather go hunt vampires or something, anything but dancing with vampires."

"You're not going to make a fool out of me, Jessica. You are going to the ball, dancing, and if you can't get a date, either Kol or one of my hybrids will escort you, end of discussion. I will personally teach you how to dance, starting the moment you two come home today." Klaus told Jessica in an angry tone.

Jessica realized that the battle was lost and that she had to follow Klaus' orders, but she got a weird, sickening feeling thinking about herself in a gown, dancing with Kol. That must be the definition of hell.

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