Author's Note: An explanation for Aria/Sophie's name. When Aria/Sophie was younger and in the 15th century they(Rose &Trevor) called her Aria, but when she moved to Mystic Falls they started to call her Sophie/Sophia to protect her from their, Kat, and Klaus's enemies. Now only Klaus and Katherine call her Aria. Sorry if that was confusing.

Chapter IV: Meeting my parents

Sophia sat down listening to Ric/Klaus explain that his whole life story while torturing Katherine, who interrupted at certain points. She had apparently found out that Elijah was currently on some type of mission-something Klaus wanted him to do while he had Kathrine. Klaus smiled a little when he saw Aria fiddling with a ring, but she didn't seem to notice as she listened to Katherine.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to see you again." Ric/Klaus stated when he finished his tale.

Again?

"What do you mean again? And you really have no idea how weird it sounds coming from my history teacher." Sophia said. Before the whole time travel trip,she had never seen his face

Kathrine glared at Ric/Klaus, "You compelled her!?"

Ric/Klaus smirked, "She's the one who gave me permission, sweetheart."

"Umm when was that?" Sophie said waiting for some type of response. She was frustrated that she had no clue about her meeting with Klaus.

"When you were five. Take off the necklace laced with vervain, and I'll release the compulsion." Ric/Klaus smiled at her, almost happy in a weird way.

"And I should trust you because..."

"Because I'm your father. Second because I nor anyone can compel you without your permission."

"He's right. What? I didn't spending five hundred years only running and hiding you know. I found out information about you, Aria. You can walk in the sun without a daylight ring, can't be compelled against your will, stopped aging at age seventeen oh and your almost as strong as Klaus considering that you have the blood of a hybrid and doppelganger." Kathrine whispered and Ric/Klaus grinned at her, "You will not speak unless spoken to." He compelled.

Sophia sighed, "Fine." She took her necklace off and place it on the table and looked at Ric/Klaus stared into her eyes. Everything that was on Sophia's mind turned blank.

As her mind went blank she found herself looking back to when she was five years old. Rose had taken her to the local market to get her new dresses.

~Flashback

"Come on Aria. We have to buy you new dresses seeing that you've outgrown the others."

Rose called, but Aria's eyes was fixed on the stage were people had gather to watch a perform. Little did Aria know her biological father and his family was there to watching the man expose vampires in front of humans.

"Ma. Is that man going to be okay?"

Rose looked at the child, not wanting to lie.

"He was caught in bad trouble, my dear child."

Aria thought about and nodded in agreement. She followed Rose to a lady who Rose tried to bargain with. She became bored of watching them trying to strike a deal, she pulled on Rose's lower part of the dress.

"Can I go walk? Please ma?"

Rose make a mistake of looking into her eyes.

"Fine but be weary of your surroundings."

With that she turned back to the lady, hoping to use compulsion while Aria walked around. Meanwhile Aria had suddenly found herself back to where the man was burned in the sunlight.

"Where is your parents, little one?"

She turned to face, a man with long blond man and blue eyes with amused look. A vampire-he had a daylight ring. Aria knew better than to talk to strangers but somehow she had a feeling telling her to trust and talk to him.

"My ma is trading with a lady for fabrics, sir."

Aria replied in her politest tone.

"What is the name of your mother, child?"

"Rose."

She automatically said without thinking. The expression on the man's face had changed from amusement to pure shock and hurt. She had seen her mother walking faster to her with a panicked look on her face.

"Aria, how many times have I told you-"

She abruptly stopped in front of the man.

"Klaus."

Rose immediately pulled a confused Aria closer to herself, but Klaus was still in shock that she was even alive and that he hadn't killed her.

"Rose. I did not remember that you had a child. Whose child is it?"

"Katherine's and Niklaus."

"You won't say anything until I say otherwise."

He blinked in shock, he had used compulsion and she showed no signs of lying. Then he looked towards the confused child, his eyes soften. He had a child. A child. Something that was impossible for a vampire to have but yet it happened, she was standing in front of him, scared. Her eyes was filled of terror. His own child was afraid of him. He bent down to her level as she hid behind Rose.

"Who are you, sir?"

Aria stated, looking scared at this unknown man.

"My name is Klaus."

"K-kl-au-s."

Klaus had to chuckle at the child's cuteness. She looked at exactly like Katherina only with his jaw structure. She had even inherited Katherina's doe like eyes. Katherina was the only woman Klaus had grown to love but in the end she had betrayed and hurt him in the end, like his first love. Expect this time not only did she betray him but she had taken away something that Klaus secretly wanted more than anything else a family, someone that would love him unconditionally.

"If that is hard to say, love call me Nik."

"I prefer Nik, my name is Aria."

The child grinned stepping away from Rose who was watching quietly. She had taking a liking in the man before her and was interested to know more about him. Klaus, on the other hand wanted to know everything about the daughter that was taken from him.

"Niklaus."

"Elijah."

"Who is the child?"

His eyebrow rose in confusion while looking at Aria.

"This is Aria. Aria this is my brother Elijah."

"Hello."

She said shyly.

"Yes but why are you-"

"Elijah I think Rebekah was looking for you."

He nodded, taking his brother's signal and took his leave. He took one more look into Aria and decided that she had to know about him.

"I am your father."

"Pardon me?"

Shock had spread across the young girl's face. Klaus turned around to look to see if anyone was listening to their conversation. When he was confident enough that everyone was busy, he dropped his voice into a whisper.

"If you trust me. Follow me."

If Aria was his child, there was still hope for him, to a have family that he always dreamed to have. He watched the child hesitant, looking up at Rose who nodded. Then looked back at Klaus with a slow nod. He then stood back to his normal height and offered his hand to his daughter, who took it. Klaus also compelled Rose to follow silently as they made their way into a small hunt.

"I do not understand. How are you my father?"

She questioned so innocently with her hazel brown eye widening. Klaus was so hesitant that he thought about compelling them to forget that they ever met them.

"You look so much like your mother."

Klaus began to tell her of his life as a thousand year old vampire. Aria did not making any screamish noises nor looked scared of him. After Klaus was finished telling his daughter the part about his life with his family, he watched her expression grow into anger...for reasons that were unknown to him.

"Your father beat you! How could he do that to you?"

Klaus knitted his eyebrows, he had never heard anyone question him this before. Out of the whole story it seemed like she had a hard time processing that his father, well stepfather had beaten his children. Before he could say anything Aria launched herself at his legs. At first Klaus wasn't sure of her actions, then he noticed that she was hugging him, something he had not share for a long time. He bent down to sit and then placed Aria on his lap.

"Love, I wasn't the only that was beaten, my siblings also got beaten by my stepfather as well."

"You did not deserve it."

She cuddled more into Klaus' chest. He gently stroke her hair. Rose seemed like she want to speak, but Klaus glared at her then turned to his daughter, who was gladly enjoying time with her father. He was not letting anything stop him from spending time with his only child.

"How did you meet my mother?"

Klaus thought for a while, then he started to explain to the child about the curse that was upon him when he was turned. Later on he told her about Katherina and how was a doppelganger of Tatia and that he had fallen in love with her.

Klaus mentally cursed himself has poured out his emotions about Katherina he had kept buried inside of him to a young child. When he finished explaining he looked back at Aria who listened quietly.

"You were to kill Katherina?"

Aria looked up from him lap terrified. Klaus had not told her that Katherina was her mother and yet the child seem to care for her. Only if Katherina told him that she was with his child, he would have come up with a different plan. He only nodded.

"You loved her? Did you not?"

He did. He had loved her and could not bring himself to sacrifice her for the ritual. She was so full of light and he enjoyed every moment with her just as much as his brother, Elijah did.

The jealously of seeing Elijah and Katherina drove him into planning the ritual. He did not want to, but it was going to be another war between him and his brother if he did not get rid of her.

"She left before I could tell her."

Aria sighed in relief, Klaus silently laughed at her expression.

"Not only did she escape, she took you with her."

The expression on Aria's face was unreadable to Klaus.

"What about Rose and Trevor? They claim to be my mother and father."

Klaus laughed disgusted by the fact that she called that anything but lovesick horse boy her father. As for Rose, she was pushed by Trevor to raise Aria as her own.

"They helped your mother escape."

Aria opened her mouth then closed it. Klaus knew it was a lot for the young child to take, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring-that he was to give Rebekah as a gift but decided to get her another. The scarlet gem was something he had found along his trip in the Americas it was a beauty the way it was encrusted.

"What do you think of this ring?"

He gave her the ring to look. Her eyes widen as she looked at it.

"It is beautiful."

She gasps. It was the same reaction Katherina had when Klaus had invited her to stay with him.

"I want for you to have it."

"I can not it is too beautiful to have in my care."

" And I can not trust anyone else with this beauty unless it is you."

He gave her reassuring smile as she place it upon her ring finger.

"It fits."

She smiled.

"Klaus, Alexander has invited us to his home for a chance to know of us."

Elijah interrupted. Klaus then looked towards Aria was look tired, he had many enemies as much as Katherina and if anything happen to Aria, he would never would have forgiven himself. Klaus knew that he would sometime regret compelling Elijah and Rose but it was only for Aria's well being.

"Aria, you will not remember me nor this meeting. You will remember that this ring was given to you by a person that loves you very much."

~End of flashback

Sophia stepped back in shock. Ric/Klaus smirked a she took off the ring.

"This was given by you." She said, more like a statement than question.

rRic/Klaus nodded then turned to Katherina, "You may talk now love."

She shot him a look before looking towards Sophia, "I know that you must really hate us but you need to understand Aria that Klaus and I had the same goal which was to protect you from danger and possibly enemies. You may not have seen us during these years but we always have checked up on you all time."

Sophia looked at both of them and decided that she really need to sleep on it, "I'm going to sleep." With that she headed towards the room she had got up from.

"Well that went better than I thought." Ric/Klaus sighed.

A/N: I appreciate all the favs and follows guys, Thank you! AND A BIG MASSIVE THANK YOU for reviewing:')

So I know that some of my readers want a bit Kat/Klaus action going on. I will guarantee that, klathrine{my ship name for them} will happen sometime in future chapters. But thought that you'd all like some father/ daughter bonding...

-Jenny