Your reviews make me giddy and happy, thanks! Alright here it is, chapter number 4! Okay so real quick, the inquisitor is a high ranking member or the clave. They can use the mortal sword to tell if other shadowhunters are lying and they issue punishment. Okay now go read!
"What do you mean he just told you that our father was his master? Are you telling me he was so taken with your beauty that he gave in? I find that very doubtful love." Klaus yelled at Caroline and Rebekah as they sat in chairs while just about the whole institute interrogated them. Caroline tried hard not to smirk at his comment and she lowered her eyes.
"We're telling you the truth and if you're choosing not to believe your own sister well then I'm afraid I don't really care." Rebekah exasperated completely annoyed with the 21 questions. Caroline turned her head and smiled at her new partner in crime it would appear.
"It's not that Bekah it's just that well you have to admit that it's a tad bit far-fetched don't you think?" Stefan tried to reason with a tale he didn't really believe himself. Klaus narrowed his eyes at the other Shadowhunters and raised an eyebrow.
"The lot of you are awfully quiet for once. What's the matter, nothing to say?" He questioned curiously not choosing to believe that they actually bought this story.
"We have all the trust in the world in Caroline. If that's what she said happened well then that's what happened." Katherine witted out quickly knowing very well that this story wasn't true. She eyed the other blonde suspiciously wondering if she would be able to keep her trap shut for long.
"Don't you think figuring out why your psycho father is still alive is more important? If anything you should be thanking us for figuring this out. I think we can all imagine that it had it been either one of you we'd still be clueless." Caroline gritted out, having had enough of the questions and the stares.
"I wouldn't be so quick to doubt us." Klaus answered quickly not caring how beautiful she was. He'd already let what he thought of her slip once and he wasn't planning on doing it again.
"Alright that's not important either, what we should be figuring out is what we're going to do about it!" Matt interrupted the heated gaze to admit. "I already called mom and she's on her way to Idris as we speak. They're calling a Clave meeting and her along with Jenna and Alaric are already on their way there." He continued to reveal. Caroline nodded in relief of the news that her mom was informed and safe.
"Yes I too am almost ready to depart for the Clave meeting. Elijah I trust that you will keep things running smoothly here?" Esther added carefully as she walked into the library with a few bags.
"You have no need to worry mother, everything will remain as well ordered." He agreed truthfully. It wasn't long till Henrik ran up to his mother with bags of his own.
"Henrik will be coming with me to Idris so that you don't need to preoccupy yourselves with him. I will be taking Greta with me as well so that she can watch over him while I'm in council. The Bennett witch is more than capable of assisting you all here, have no fear. Are you ready to go young man?" Esther concluded as she placed a hand on her youngest son's shoulder.
"Yup I can't wait! It was nice meeting you all I hope you help my brothers and sister catch the bad guy!" He admitted naively as he walked towards Klaus and hugged his waist.
"You be good for mother alright? Don't give her a hard time with all you're running around. You've never been to Idris so be careful." Klaus ordered softly as he hugged his brother in return. "Do you promise?" He asked quietly.
"I promise." He answered as he pulled away and smiled before hugging the rest of his siblings. Klaus looked up and saw Caroline staring at him with a warm smile on her face. He couldn't help but smirk in return because he didn't think it were possible for her to get more radiant. He had yet to see her smile and now that he had, it was arguably one of the prettiest one's he'd ever seen. As if he spoke to soon her smile faltered and she looked towards his sister instead. She'd been embarrassed that he'd caught her staring but she couldn't help it. The scene before her could have melted even the coldest hearts. She watched as they gathered their bags and walked through the portal taking them to their home country.
"I believe the question here is what do we do know?" Stefan asked the group curiously as they stood in silence once the portal closed.
"Unfortunately I don't think there's anything we can do. Until the Clave decides what is to be done I can only assume that we are to remain here and wait." Elijah observed.
"Figures, Henrik gets to have all the fun while we're all stuck here." Kol teased as the rest laughed. "Come on we should all probably change, I can only assume that dinner will be ready soon." He continued as he walked the familiar path to his room. Caroline looked towards her siblings and shot them a look that said she'd explain everything when she could. With everything happening so fast she didn't get the chance to unpack her clothes, not that there was much to unpack. Truth be told she didn't anticipate them staying here for so long. As she opened the door to her room she reached for her bag that she'd haphazardly thrown to the floor in anger earlier that day. Selecting gray sweat pants and a white tank top she made her way graciously towards the shower that was in her room. Letting the hot water wash away her thoughts she closed her eyes in relaxation as she ran her fingers through her hair. After a few minutes of much needed cleansing she shut the water off and dried herself off and got dressed. Her attention snapped towards the door as a soft knocking filled her eardrums. She cursed to herself hoping that it wasn't Klaus or any of his brothers. Opening the door she was relieved to see a female Mikaelson instead. Rebekah shot her a warm smile and waved.
"Oh good you're done, I was afraid I'd be interrupting your shower." She admitted as Caroline opened her door and let her in.
"Nope I uhm just finished actually. I assume you're here to collect the truth?" She answered gently as she leaned into her bed and began to brush her blonde locks out.
"You've just met me and already, you know me so well." She teased as she climbed onto her bed and sat right next to her. "Spill." She ordered gently and leaned back onto the headrest. Caroline smirked and nodded at the straight forwardness.
"The truth is that my dad really was the inquisitor but he was secretly working with your dad actually. Which I failed to mention before but its cause I didn't really piece it together till now. When my dad realized the fault in what he'd done he used the mortal instruments and raised the angel Raziel for a tool that will undo his wrongs. At the time my mother was pregnant with me and so he bestowed the gift on their unborn child and ta-da!" She muttered quietly. "I can make runes work on downworlders which has come into really good use over the past years I'll admit. I can make them do whatever I want, even temporarily turn them good. My mom is afraid that if the wrong person finds out I'll get taken to Idris and eventually they'll figure out that the only way to rid me of a gift I shouldn't have is to strip me of my heritage. My dad only had enough time to tell my mom what he'd done before your dad sent someone to kill him. The Clave doesn't even know what he did, all the more reason for less people to find out and uhm now you know." She admitted truthfully. "As an extra reward I got this rune on my lower back." She revealed and lifted the back of her shirt to show a medium sized rune in the lower center of her back.
"Are you afraid that if my brother's find out they'll be the one dragging you to the Clave?" Rebekah asked worriedly. Caroline lowered her eyes and nodded truthfully.
"It was a big risk even traveling to another institute. Plus you brothers haven't exactly been welcoming so yes, afraid would just about cover it." She answered carefully not wanting to offend her family.
"Well don't you worry, you're secret is completely safe with me. Truth is that my brothers are quite hostile and chances are that sending you to Idris is exactly what they would do. Especially Niklaus and Kol, Elijah and Stefan would probably give you the benefit of the doubt seeing as you hardly had any part in it." She responded as she fully confided in the other blonde. It wasn't as if she'd given her a reason not to yet. Caroline smiled as she put her hair into a messy bun.
"Thank you, for trusting me and for being a kick-ass partner out there. I'd say team Barbie kicked some serious demon ass and we're one hell of a team." Caroline admitted truthfully as she quite enjoyed teaming up with her. "Your brothers are such over reactors." She continued quickly.
"Don't I know it." Rebekah muttered before she uncrossed her legs and stood up. "Come on, I'm sure dinner is ready and if we don't want someone to come fetch us we'd better head down there." She offered and held her hand out for the other girl to grab.
As the two blondes walked in to the grand hall of the institute there giggling and conversation fell short when they noticed the dead silence. Caroline's siblings were sitting on one side of the table and Rebekah's on the other, a seat left open for each of them to take a seat. They frowned and awkwardly walked to their respective sign and sat down.
"Pretty sure I could hear a pin drop with the riveting conversation going on in here." Caroline spoke, breaking the awkward silence. Rebekah laughed as she poured water for herself and Caroline.
"Well it would appear that we don't all make friends as quickly as Rebekah over here." Klaus insulted rudely causing Rebekah to stop cutting her meat halfway through to glare at her brother.
"Why don't you put a sock in it Nik." She gritted out in annoyance. "Always something to say it would seem." She continued.
"Rebekah how did you enjoy your first patrol without us?" Stefan asked curiously and genuinely as took a sip of his water. Rebekah smiled in gratitude and she nodded.
"Quite eventful actually, Caroline and I took on 10 Rowan Demons and it was very rewarding." She revealed in glee. Her smile quickly faltered as Klaus and Kol grunted in amusement.
"Are you sure Caroline here didn't do all the work dear sister?" Kol asked to annoy, only to be answered by Klaus.
"I'm not sure either of them did anything, could be a tale for all we know." He countered still weary of their tale.
"So your telling me the slashes they had came from where? Did they do it to themselves, what are you blind?" Damon spoke finally. Klaus growled and tightened his grip on his steak knife.
"Blondie's taken on twice that many by herself, it's not a tale. Trust me." Damon said confidently.
"Well you see that's the thing, I don't really trust any of you." Klaus pushed. Caroline scoffed and threw her fork on her plate.
"Well then how about I show you." She offered in complete honesty as she glared right into his eyes. Klaus raised an eyebrow and leaned forward in his seat.
"Is that a challenge, love?" He questioned genuinely invested in finding out.
"Oh you bet it is. Meet me tomorrow in your training room and we'll see who's lying." She offered in anticipation of his answer.
"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into sweetheart." He answered in excitement. Caroline laughed and leaned forward.
"Oh believe me I do. An egotistic jerk who has no clue what's coming for him but believe me when I say, you're gonna find out." She responded in a challenging manner.
"Guess we'll find out tomorrow." He agreed in preparation.
"You bet we will." She finished in triumph.
Alright so expect the next chapter to be filled with Klaroline goodness! They have a pretty heated and intense training session coming in chapter 5 and I've already started it! Review, Follow, Share etc. ;) If you don't already, follow Klarolinedrabbles on tumblr. Until next time lovelies!