A/N: Hey all. I really love all of your supportive reviews! Really, you all flatter me. So, in one review written by dark soul 1313, a question popped up. They wanted to know what ever happened to Ashe. So, read this chapter and you'll find out. Also. You. All of you. Go out and buy a bloody cupcake and soda because this story has just reached double-digits! –Dances- Any who, read, enjoy, and comment! Whoo-hoo y'all!
Karen lay still, her breathing slow and peaceful. Klaus sat on the edge of the bed. Klaus sat on the edge of the bed, not moving, he was so lost in his memories.
"No! Get away from me!" the girl screamed.
Klaus wrapped his hand around her throat.
"No! Please don't!" The girl choked.
A thud. The girl whimpered. He couldn't see or hear anything but he could tell by the vibrations. How he longed to see this girl's face. But the witch, the witch had his head!
"Kill the whore! Go on, do it." The witch instructed.
Morally, he couldn't do it. Yet his hands went to his side and withdrew his axe. His free hand harshly pulled on the girl's hair, pulling her head back and exposing her bare neck. He didn't want to do this to her. The girl was crying. All the wrong vibrations in the air were telling him so. He swung his arm back, and then a final thud.
Klaus wiped his eyes but he continued his torture.
"Ashe! Oh Ashe come back! Oh Ashe come back to me!" A woman yelled in the distance, still the girl kept on running, her dress ruined and tattered.
She had to tell him. She had to find him. Little did she know; he was already on the hunt for her? The night air seemed to be filled with rhythmical music. Her heart was racing, her footsteps hit the ground hard, and the then joined the sound of hoof beats.
The girl stopped and turned around wide-eyed as the massive black horse of Hell approached her. He halted to a stop and dismounted. The girl took a step back, but was calm.
"I've finally found you! I don't care what people say! They're wrong. You're just misunderstood!" The girl yelled.
"Hessian, kill her. She's in my way. Kill her and I'll give you your head back sooner." The strange woman said.
"I don't care what you do. I love you, and I won't hate you for what you'll do to me." The girl said sadly.
Klaus heard the voice. He heard it in his heart. It was the most beautiful thing he'd ever heard. But still, his hand went to his side he grabbed the girl by the hair and pulled her head back. A woman ran onto the scene.
"Oh my God! Ashe! No!" The woman said.
"Do it. Do it out of love." Ashe said.
He swung his arm back, and then the woman screamed.
"I know, I'll always love you." And those were Ashe's final words.
There was one last beat to the music of this night, Ashe falling to the ground. And there was one last note that was sung, by Ashe's mother.
"Don't worry about this one. I'll handle it." The witch said.
"Lady Van Tassel. You'll pay for this. I swear to you!" the woman shook her fist at the woman.
"How can you make me pay when you're dead Nanny." And with that Lady Van Tassel plunged her dagger into the woman's heart.
Klaus snapped out of it and looked up to see a girl.
"Hello Hessian." She said softly.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"My name is Ashe. Your lover and child will face a terrible fate, but do not worry. Have faith and all will be well. Keep a close eye on the small child. She has been taken over. I'm always watching over you." Ashe called out as she faded away.
Karen stirred out of her sleep. She groggily looked at Klaus and then lazily rolled over to her side to face him. He lied down next to her and swept her bangs out of her eyes. He smiled and kissed her forehead but worry ate at his heart.
"You know I had the funniest dream about our child." She said softly.
"And what would be so funny?" He asked as he pulled her against him.
"I dreamt she had beautiful long brown hair and beautiful blue eyes that plucked my soul out of me and took me into heaven itself." She said as she nuzzled his chest.
"Oh really now?" Klaus smiled as he kissed her head.
"Mmm-hmm. Yes really." Karen yawned.
"And, your point is?" Klaus asked.
"This child is no monster at all." Karen said flatly.
Karen fell asleep in his arms and dreamt again and again, and with each dream she wanted the child more and more. Klaus was able to tap into her dreams and he saw everything. He too, wanted this child more and more.
And then, something strange happened. Klaus's heart took a beat. It wasn't anything big but his heart took a beat, and with each dream it took another, and for the first time Klaus slept and he had his own dreams about their child. So while he slept, every human bit of his body shook off the dust and started to work again.
