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It was close to midnight and everything was quiet in Mystic Falls.

There was no one around really even though the night was quite warm at this time of the year. The small town was silent and peaceful and no one would have suspected supernatural creatures living among humans. The forest close to the town held everything hidden. The darkness hid the creatures of the night well.

There was a campfire shining through the dense leaves of the trees and bushes in the forest. An owl howled through the night and it was as if a thousand tiny feet scurried to find shelter in the brushwood. The campfire was big and its flames crackled wildly and flickered loudly.

There was a strange chanting flowing through the air. The campfire was surrounded by dark figures holding hands. A woman stood out from the crowd because she was very tall and rather beautiful. She stood in the light of the fire blaze while the others stood back in the shadows. You couldn't recognize any faces. They were nameless creatures of the night. They would overthrow vampire domination and change the current order.

The wolf was the older creature and it was time to get revenge and be looked at in awe. They had stood still long enough but their time had come now.

The fire sizzled and whispered to all the nameless invisible creatures roaming the night. No birds were heard and the night sky was pitch black without any visible clouds.

The voices muttered and mumbled but the wolves couldn't understand anything. They tried to detect if it was angry or not but they simply couldn't. It was eerie and some retreated into the safe shadows of the forest.

The outer world didn't know what was going on in the little dark forest of no name. No one suspected that there was something to come that would threat their loved ones. They were sleeping soundly in their beds, held securely by those who wouldn't harm them.

The plan was set but it needed time to brew and steep.

"What is she doing there?" Someone asked.

"Why does it take so long?" Said another one.

"Do you really believe it was a clever idea?" Doubts filled the air, but the witch kept going.

The howls of another pack soared through the air. Their kind called out to the wolf men in the middle of the night to seek their company, but the animals were aware of the magical creature that was chanting something they didn't like. They kept their distance instead of coming near the camp like they usually did to seek protection.

"There is a new pack in town." Stefan announced as he entered the living room. Damon barely looked up from the book he was reading. "So?"

"I just thought you'd like to know."

"Why?"

"In case they cause trouble."

Damon shut the book and looked at his brother curiously. "Stefan, the believer in a peaceful together suspects some puppies to cause trouble. Well, that's new."

"Don't forget that Klaus has angered some of them quite a bit, lately."

Damon groaned and pulled an annoyed face. "That moron is really getting on my nerves! What's he still doing here? Elena has turned, Katherine is gone. What has he got left? Control over Mystic Falls? As if that would be enough since he already has a town of his own!"

Stefan frowned. "New Orleans!" Damon shouted. "That dumbass built it. Can you believe it!?" He shook his head. Stefan suppressed a grin as he figured that Damon was just jealous. "And I am not bigheaded enough to believe that he just stays here because he had nothing better to do than to keep annoying us!"

Stefan put a hand to his chin and wandered through the room. "Well, there is still one thing he didn't achieve yet…" Damon looked at his brother questioningly. What was he talking about?

Klaus had gotten everything and lost it all again. But suddenly a simple thought knocked at the door inside his mind. "Caroline!?" He asked incredulously. "Really? He is still after her?"

Damon picked the book up again. "Now he becomes really pathetic, don't you think?"

Stefan shrugged. "Is it pathetic, brother?"

"Yes! He is about to make a joke out of himself if he just stays around because he wants to land a hit with her and then leave after a one night stand." Damon groaned.

"Or it has something to do with the wolves…"

Damon raised his eyebrows and peeked over the pages. "Now he is in coo hoods with them?"

"Think about it! Another pack after the failure of his hybrids, him still being around…"

"Don't brood so much, brother it doesn't do you any good!"

"He is always a step ahead of everyone though."

"Stefan, seriously, stop being paranoid! Go and shape your hair or something! Geez!"

Meanwhile Caroline, Elena and Bonnie had decided to spend some girl quality time. They had driven to the neighbour town to go shopping. Caroline happily put her ten bags down and slumped into the seat of the diner. "Oh my god, I didn't know how much I missed this!"

Her two best friends agreed eagerly. "That is so true!"

"Drinks are on me!" Elena announced cheerily.

"Thanks!" Caroline smiled. Her glance focused in the distance on a handsome waiter. Bonnie turned around to look at the source of Caroline's distraction. "Haven't you heard anything about Tyler lately?" Her face fell for a second but she quickly recovered. "No, I haven't."

Elena glanced at Bonnie who just shrugged. "Don't worry!" Caroline smiled. "I am fine! It's not tragic or anything."

"But…"

Caroline sighed annoyed. "I know what you are going to say! Yes, it was Klaus' fault, but Tyler cheated on me with Hayley."

"He might have!" Bonnie interjected. "You only heard what Klaus said."

"It doesn't matter! I am angry at both of them so can we please change the subject!?"

Elena took a deep breath as well. She didn't believe that Caroline wouldn't react to Tyler at all when she saw him again…if she saw him again! She corrected herself silently.

Caroline wasn't indifferent to him, no, she was in denial. And then there was still Klaus about whom she had liked to hear more. No one knew exactly what was going on between them. He fancied her and she denied him, but then he was still around.

"So about the red dress. What do you think about the red scarf I have? And then I have these white pearls, the necklace and the earrings. Do you think that's appropriate for the ball?"

Bonnie pursed her lips. "It does look dashing. Are you planning to put your hair up?"

"Oh definitely! What do you think Elena?" Elena stared at a man at the neighbouring table. Caroline quickly snapped her fingers in front of her face. "Elena!" She jerked and looked at her friends confused as if she had been in a kind of trance. "Snap out of it! You have to keep control!"

Elena closed her eyes briefly and nodded. "I can hear his heartbeat like I was standing next to a drum!" She whispered horror-stricken.

"You are doing better anyway!" Bonnie assured her friend and put a hand on her shoulder. "A few weeks before you would have showed your fangs and jumped at him right here." Elena nodded and rubbed her temple. "I know, but it's still hard. Caroline never had any big problems!" Caroline shrugged: "I did have problems!"

"But you are more natural with it. I don't know."

Caroline looked at her and started to grin. "Thanks! I know it's weird but sometimes I think I was born to be a vampire." Bonnie leaned away from her: "Oh, yeah, that sounds definitely weird, if not outright crazy!" Caroline's smile faded again. They didn't understand it, she comforted herself. That's all. No one understood it really.

"Oh my god I forgot to tell you that Kristin Anderson and Mike Dawson are engaged!" Bonnie blurted out.

"What!?" Elena and Caroline burst out at the same time.

"How did that happen?" Caroline asked and Elena went on: "Since when!?"

They were two kids they knew from school and the first couple out of their year to become married and then again Mike had always been a very popular person while Kristin personified the nerd of the year.

"He asked her last week. I met his grandmother at the supermarket and you know how she always brags about her grandson and she told everyone so the whole town must know it by now. It's probably going to be a huge event! But I have no idea how they got together or when. I mean we have had other things on our mind lately."

Elena shook her head. "I tend to forget that there is a whole normal world out there, without any of this supernatural crap!" Caroline agreed. "I know! These are the tiny things that always remind me that the world is still spinning around."

"Exactly!" Elena said. "People just live, become married, have children, die…" She pondered, but Caroline quickly interrupted. "Oh no, don't even go there! Not today! We are having fun today! So, do you think she'll wear a dress?"

Bonnie slapped her playfully. "Don't be mean! She has got a really pretty face!"

"Yes, but her taste is still awful!" Elena grinned. "Do you remember the home coming dance about two years ago?" Caroline started laughing really hard. "Oh that was hilarious!"

"You guys are so mean!" Bonnie said but she had to grin as well.

The girls laughed and giggled.

"Can you still marry as a vampire?" Elena thought out loud. Caroline laughed: "Technically I think so, if you don't believe in eternal hellfire, but who would you want to spend eternity with?"

"That is a long period isn't it?" She wondered.

Bonnie shrugged: "There's still divorce." Elena laughed, and Caroline added: "However you do need to find someone who would want to spend eternity with you!"

"Caroline!" Bonnie exclaimed.

"Oh come on, you know what I mean! I wasn't talking about Elena personally! I mean every vampire girl out there. What kind of guy would bind himself to a woman for eternity!?"

Elena nodded. "She has a point there, even though we like to believe in the opposite."

"What about Stefan and Damon?" Bonnie asked.

There was a brief pause. "Stefan is pretty loyal." Caroline pondered. "Are you with Damon now actually?"

"Well, not really exclusively…"Elena mumbled.

Bonnie rolled her eyes.

Klaus had heard of the new pack that had settled down up the hills the second they had set foot in the area. He had already sent his spies over there, only to find out that they had a witch with them which disturbed him deeply. What did they need with a witch for?

It seemed to be a powerful one as well.

However, he wondered about it, but wasn't that keen on going after them. He'd find out if they were plotting against him or not. Meanwhile he would occupy himself with his move to New Orleans. He was sick of Mystic Falls and wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

Of course there was a reason he was still around, but what was a baby vampire compared to a whole kingdom to defend? Someday he would have his way with Caroline, but for now he shouldn't bother too much and move on. There were greater things to tend to, right?

Matt's shift at the Grill was about to start and he was in the back changing his clothes. It had been a lame day that he had spent in front of the X-Box. Jeremy had been over for a couple of hours and they had played together. The two of them had become friends after everything that had happened last year. He sighed. His life had started being so weird and he wondered who he actually was.

Just Matt Donovan the quarterback? Matt Donovan the human?

Now that he knew what was out there and with all his friends being some kind of supernatural creatures life was suddenly pretty stressing out. He was happy to be human, of course he was, but something was always in the way of leading a normal life. He doubted that he ever would be able to.

Matt sighed and knotted the apron behind his back. Then he walked behind the counter.

"Hey Tracey."

"Oh, hi Matt. How are you?"

"I am hanging in there." He smiled and took a look around the bar to figure out how busy this night was going to be. There weren't many people around and no one who he knew so he hoped for a normal working evening without any disturbances. But something inside him told him that he was probably hoping in vain.

The door opened and a fresh breeze soared into the bar. The hairs on his arms stood up and Matt turned around to face the door.

"Trace, who is that?" He frowned at the man in the doorway. The man looked around as if he was looking for someone.

"He is new in town I think. Marc said he is here with a bunch of other guys camping in the forest." Tracy explained.

There was something savage about him. His hair was rather long and dishevelled and his clothes were dirty and looked torn. Camping in the forest?

Matt wiped the table close to the bar secretly scrutinizing the guy. There was something about him and as he watched him for another while, after the guy had sat down at a table in a corner, he wondered. A wolf?

There was something supernatural about him but he didn't move as elegant and arrogant as a vampire. He was sloppy and heavy with a wild look in his eyes.

Five minutes passed before the door opened again and other men stepped into the bar. They looked similar to the first one. Five men and two women. The group was perceived by the other guests as creepy and wild. Everyone moved out of their way instinctively.

Matt put some empty glasses into a plastic box and took them behind the counter. From there on he made his way over to the back of the building and pulled out his phone. It was only Stefan's mailbox that he reached: "Hey Stefan, it's Matt. I thought you might want to know that there is a pack at the Grill. I have heard the rumours and I thought I might let you know."

Matt decided to keep an eye on those wolves. He tried to stay as close to them as he possibly could all evening and tried to eavesdrop as much as possible.

"…she is telling the truth…"

"…all the vampires…"

"…need Klaus…"

"…how…"

"…wolves will overthrow everyone…"

"…the key to him is…"

At the end of his shift he had definitely heard enough to know that weren't here for a peace offer.

His heart was pounding like hell but he was sure that they hadn't suspected anything. He went to the changing room to get his things and then get the hell out of there. And this kind of thing was exactly what he had thought about earlier. He couldn't lead a normal life even if he wanted to.

The door creaked.

The nights became colder now as the season was about to change from summer to autumn. His senses were alerted as he made his way through the dark parking lot over to his car.

"Did you hear everything you needed?" A rough voice said behind him. Matt spun around and the man who had first entered the bar looked angrily at him.

Matt frowned. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me!" He came closer. "Did you think we wouldn't notice that you have been eavesdropping?"

"Eavesdropping? Man, what the hell are you talking about?"

He was close in front of Matt and a bit taller than him. He wrinkled his nose. "Don't play dumb bartender!"

"Seriously, I didn't do anything!"

"Got a problem here?" Stefan's voice suddenly asked and both men turned around to face him. Matt didn't show it, but he was relieved to see him. Stefan stepped slowly closer and the wolf took a step back. Stefan looked at Matt who nodded at him to show him that everything was okay.

"You are new in town, aren't you?" Stefan asked politely. "I don't think we have met. Stefan Salvatore." Gallantly he held out his hand but the man just looked at the outstretched hand as if it was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen. He took another step backwards and left into the darkness.

Matt tousled his hair. "Creepy."

Stefan turned to him. "Come on." The two of them left to go to the old boarding house.

They had gathered everyone around in the big living room. The girls were back from shopping and there was Damon present and even Rebekah. Stefan had asked her to come over and she had. There had been a debate first if they should really ask her to come:

"Oh come on you don't really want to involve Barbie Klaus!" Damon had said.

"Why not? We are not at war terms with her and she said that she wants to stay. She is an original and has a rather good relationship with Klaus. All reason why we should ask her!"

"But…" Damon didn't want her there.

"I am with Stefan!" Elena suddenly interrupted and Damon stared at her. "What?"

"Damon, Stefan is right! If there is a complot going on I don't think it is a bad idea to have an original vampire on our side."

"She? On our side? Since when? Did hell finally freeze over?"

"Damon, she is on our side when it's against all of us."

"Oh is she?"

"I am with Damon on this." Caroline announced.

Stefan rolled his eyes. "Don't you roll your eyes at me! There's only trouble with that family of creepy ancient immortal freaks!"

Damon grinned at her surprised: "Bravo! Is Klaus not giving you anymore presents?"

"Shut up!" She told him sternly.

However the discussion had ended with a vote that resulted in favour for Rebekah.

Surprisingly she was willing to come and didn't need more than ten minutes to get to the boarding house. She wrinkled her nose at Damon and Caroline who kept their distance towards her and returned her disrespectful looks. "So, what's the meaning of this? Sounded kind of important."

"It's the new pack…" Stefan started and filled Rebekah in on everything that had happened so far. She listened carefully without any interruption. Her face was a considerate mask of calculation.

"So, we figured…"

"You figured!" Damon interrupted his brother who didn't respond to the remark. "…that you should know and if this is something against all of us it is better to work together than against each other."

"What makes you think that I would work together with you?" She said condescendingly and Caroline snorted. "This is ridiculous."

"Because you don't want to die and you would never want your brother to be threatened."

Rebekah pursed her lips. She hated it when someone played that card but it was her own fault. She had played her cards wrong and let everyone who was interested enough in her to care see it. Everyone knew how much she loved Klaus and that her family was her greatest weakness. There was nothing she could do to deny it. The original stepped over to a window.

She turned around on her heels. "What if I decide to help you and even convince Niklaus to have a look at it if he doesn't already know everything about them which is highly likeable!"

"Well, your highness how gracious of you, we will worship you forever if you do so!" Damon mocked and poured himself a glass of Bourbon. Rebekah's figure flashed and the next thing was a loud thud as Damon fell onto the floor. "You should rather watch your mouth!"

"Looks like I hit a nerve." Damon went on but before Rebekah could snap his neck Stefan was in front of her. "Please Rebekah just consider helping us. Talk to Klaus and think about it. It could be dangerous and all of us together are stronger than alone. Besides we are talking about wolves here and Klaus is the only one immune to their venom."

Damon sniggered. "Goody, I guess we are all going to die under these circumstances."

Caroline snorted and Rebekah threw a killing glance into her direction.

"Nik!" Rebekah yelled as soon as she was home.

She was surprised to find both of her oldest brothers in the study looking rather gloomy. "What's going on?"

"Where have you been?" Klaus asked in a rather harsh tone. Rebekah felt like retorting a defiant remark but she bit her tongue in the last second. Niklaus already did treat her like a child and she didn't want to give him any reason to do so rightly. Besides Elijah looked at her with concerned eyes which made her question Nik's motives behind the harsh question.

"I was at the boarding house." Klaus raised his eyebrows while Elijah just stood there without moving except for the glass in his hand that he twirled around. "Stefan asked me to come and…"

Klaus chuckled. "Stefan asks, you come. Tell me dear sister does he still have a hold on you?"

"Oh shut up Nik! People in glasshouses should not throw stones!" He shot daggers at her and before he could give her the, in his eyes appropriate answer Elijah raised his voice. "What did he want, Bekah?" Both siblings glanced at him angrily before their eyes moved back to each other. They locked eyes and icily stared at one other. "They have news on the pack." The youngest answered never breaking Klaus' eye contact. "What did they tell you?" Elijah went on with his usual calm soothing voice. Rebekah faced him finally and retold everything that was going on.

Klaus' features were hard as if his face was carved out of marble.

When Rebekah had finished her speech Elijah just nodded and looked at Klaus. "Niklaus, there is more to it than you thought. We should consider working together."

He let out a wry laugh. "Working together with a bunch of amateurs?"

"Niklaus."

"Well, better them than us I believe. Don't you think brother?"

Rebekah crossed her arms and scowled at Klaus.

"There is another thing." Elijah started. "We might want to warn Kol."

Klaus scowled at his older brother. "Kol is hot headed and unpredictable!"

"This concerns him as well. Besides, wouldn't you feel less worried if you had another experienced vampire at your side besides all the amateurs as you just called them."

Rebekah watched Klaus gnaw his teeth. Oh no he didn't like this!

She smirked as she said: "I agree with Elijah. I will call our dear brother if you don't mind." She flashed out of the room before anyone could say something else. It would be fun to watch Klaus struggle with Kol.

Thanks so much for reading

and I really hope I didn't miss too many mistakes!