~ It's been a month... oh no! Hopefully you won't mind too much.
~ I've been busy updating my more regular stories, for those of you that didn't know.
~ I was going to post this next week, but I got it done and I wanted to post it, just so I could say that I posted something.

~ There is a little bit of Kluna (if that's a good couple name for them) in this, friendly moments between Luna and Rebecca, and a bit of an emotional Luna.

chibichibi98: Despite what might happen, Luna will be a real friend to Rebecca. It won't be completely 100% at first, but Luna will get along better with Rebecca than anybody else. Klaus will be softening up a little bit more towards Luna, but it will take something big for Luna to forget (or at least forgive) the things that Klaus has done to her.

storylover3: I have spelt her name the same way in a couple of my stories... and it's just the same name, just a different spelling. Klaus won't become completely Damon like, because well... he is Klaus after all.

Lady Syndra: There will be some more teaming up against Klaus, just to annoy him.

ENJOY!

Luna's POV

I decided to go along with what Klaus wanted, just because I didn't want to have an argument. He compelled a few people to follow us to the warehouse so we could feed from then. It made me uncomfortable to feed from people, but I could tell the difference from human blood and animal blood. Human blood had a better taste and made me feel more powerful. I was so used to animal blood, that I didn't remember my first taste of human blood. If I was being honest with myself, human blood was one of the best things I had ever tasted. That didn't make anything better though. I was killing innocent people for their blood. It was the whole reason that I fed from animals after I transitioned. I didn't want to hurt anyone, but I guess I ended up doing that anyway.

I was sitting on a couch, across from Klaus. He tried to get me to sit next to him, but Rebecca stood up for me, making Klaus let me sit on my own couch. I was the last one to bite into a human. The blood flowed down my throat and it was good. I was now part vampire, so I had to drink blood, but that didn't mean I had to like drinking human blood. The main reasons I was drinking it was because there was really no animals I could drink from in the city and the way I see it, I was stuck with Klaus for a while. He owed me big time for the things I did, but if I was being honest with myself, I was only tagging along until I found a place of my own. I couldn't go back to my house, there would be too many memories, and I wasn't sure if I could handle everything.
"My girl's dead." I slowly lifted my head from the neck I was feeding from. "I'm bored."
"You can finish her." I said, gently pushing the girl towards her.
"I don't like seconds." Rebecca said and I held back rolling my eyes. 'I don't want to kill her' I thought as I looked at the woman. 'If I don't, then she'll suffer.' I couldn't help but let out a sigh before I looked back at her. I slowly and reluctantly bit back into the neck, drinking the rest of her blood.
"You weren't kidding about being hungry." Klaus said.
"Yeah. It's been a long day." Stefan said just as I raised my head again.
"Try being related to her." Klaus nodded his head towards his sister, which made Stefan let out a little laugh.
"She's not that bad." I said to Klaus as I glanced at Rebecca.
"You're being mean." Rebecca said to Klaus. "And why are you being mean? You used to love me." She said towards Stefan.
"It's been 90 years, Rebecca. Give him a minute." Klaus said as he looked at Stefan.
"Why are you taking his side?"
"Because, my dear sister, I feel pity for any man who doesn't give you what you want." I couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"Will you stop making me out to be a brat? I am not a brat!"
"A thousand years of life experience says otherwise." I rolled my eyes at Klaus.
"Well, you're no picnic, either." I looked at Stefan. "I mean, I've only spent one summer with you and I feel like I want to blow my head off."
"Imagine how I feel." I groaned as I looked from him to Klaus. Rebecca laughed, but Klaus had a look of irritation on his face, which made me smile.
"Fantastic." Rebecca said with a smile before Stefan got up.
"I need to go." Stefan said as he walked away."Where's he going?" Rebecca asked as I watched him walk away.
"To write a name on a wall. It's a long story." Klaus said as he watched Stefan leave before looking at me. I didn't want Klaus looking at me, so I got up.
"Where are you going?" Rebecca asked me.
"To the beach maybe." I said as I looked at her. "Somewhere that's not here."
"I'll come with you." Rebecca said as she slid off of the top of her coffin.
"You should stay here." Klaus said to her before getting up.
"I want to be alone anyway 'Becca." She slightly smiled at the nickname I gave her. I turned around and walked away before either one of them could say anything.

I held my flip-flops in my hand as I walked in the sand. It felt good to feel the sand between my toes. It's been at least five months since I was last at a beach, so it felt good. I stood for a minute, wiggling my toes in the sand just for the feel of it. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, soaking in the sun before I walked closer to the water. Despite it being Chicago, there wasn't many people at the beach. There was a few people attempting to surf, some people playing volleyball, two or three families swimming in the water, but otherwise it was pretty quiet.

When I got to the water, I dipped my toes in it. The water actually felt good. It wasn't too cold and it wasn't too warm. I sat down, with only my feet getting wet by the water. When I sat there, I just looked out at the water. I placed my flip-flops on the sand next to me so I could let my hands support me as I leaned back. I closed my eyes as I let the sun soak in. For a minute I thought I thought I was on the beach in Florida, where my dad took me for my 16th birthday. We stayed there for a whole week. That was two weeks before I broke the werewolf curse and about a year before Klaus turned me. There was a light breeze, which felt good against my skin. If I had a towel, I would completely lay down, but I didn't want to get sand in my hair.

"You're blocking my sun." I said when a shadow appeared over me. The person sat down next to me, brushing some sand over my hand. "That meant leave."
"Don't be so mean love." Klaus said to me, but I didn't bother to open my eyes. After a minute I decided to get up and go a little farther into the water. 'I'm glad I decided to get shorts' I thought as I walked into the water. 'Hopefully he won't follow me' I thought when I remembered he was wearing a pair of jeans. After a few minutes, I realized that the water was getting colder. My body didn't register as cold to me, but I could tell that the water was. I walked back up onto the sand and picked up my flip-flops before walking away from Klaus. I only got a few feet away from Klaus before he started to follow me. "Where are you going?"
"Why are you following me Klaus?"
"Please," He put his hand on my shoulder and made me turn towards him ", call me Nik."
"I'd rather not." I said before taking his hand off of my shoulder before walking away. I rolled my eyes when I could tell that he was still following me.
"I can't be that bad." I ignored him as I walked along the beach. "Rebecca was actually the one to get me to come out here. She said she didn't think you should be alone."
"Well I do." I didn't even look towards him. After a minute I stopped and turned towards him. "Maybe I shouldn't be alone, but I can't be in the same room as you all the time."
"Why not?" He asked me curiously.
"Because every time I hear your voice or see your face I think of everything that you've done to me." I took a deep breath, knowing where I was going with it. "I think of everyone in the pack that you killed, I think of my dad who you killed without a second thought." I could feel tears in my eyes. "I think of my mom, who left me after what you did to me. I can't deal with that all the time." Tears started to fall from my eyes as the sadness I felt came back. I had held it away, ignoring since that night in Tennessee, but I couldn't hold it in any longer. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out so I just turned around and walked away.

He didn't follow me, which I was glad for. When I got to sidewalk again I tossed my flip-flops onto the ground and wiped my tears from my face. As I slipped my flip-flops back on, I saw a hot dog stand. I walked towards it, thinking about getting a hot dog for me and for Rebecca.

I was carrying a semi-cold hot dog and a pretty cold slushie. I thought that they were things that Rebecca might like. The door to the warehouse was closed, to I kicked it open.
"Rebecca." I semi-yelled. "I brought you something."
"There you are." She said as I closed the door. "What's in your hands?"
"On the way back I was hungry so I bought a hot dog, but got one for you." I said as I handed her the hot dog. "I also got you this slushie."
"Thanks." She said with a small smile as she unwrapped the hot dog.
"I wasn't completely sure if you've had either one." I said as she took a bite of the hot dog. "And I couldn't pass the slushie stand place without getting one." I said with a small smile as she swallowed the bite.
"This is actually good." She said as she started to push the it down her throat.
"If you weren't a vampire, you could choke on that." We heard a noise just as she was finishing up the hot dog. I handed her the slushie, so she could wash it down as I walked towards the noise.

I peeked my head around the corner and saw Stefan.
"It's only you." I said, which made him stop what he was doing. He looked at me as Rebecca walked up behind me.
"Finally." She said as she stepped up towards him. "Nik went to check on the witch." I held back rolling my eyes at the mention of his name. "Dreary, isn't it?" She asked as she looked at the coffin that was by Stefan. "The family cargo."
"Why don't you take the dagger out of them?" I asked.
"Because he would hunt me down and kill me." I let out a sigh as Rebecca looked towards Stefan. "He's a vindictive little bastard, my brother." She took a sip of the slushie. "This is cold." She said to me.
"And that's why it's good." I said with a small smile.
"But you still care about him." Stefan said to Rebecca, referring to Klaus. "Why?"
"Well, I hated him for a long time." Rebecca said as she sat on top of the coffin. "It was exhausting." When Stefan sat down next to her, I decided to lay on the couch that was off to the side.
"You know, when I met you two, you were both on the run." Stefan said to her.
"Also exhausting." Rebecca pointed out as I laid my head against the arm and closed my eyes.
"Who were you running from?" Stefan asked her. Even though I was trying to rest, that didn't mean that I couldn't eavesdrop on their conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"Last night I saw you, there was a man looking for you." Stefan said to Rebecca. "You both seemed afraid. I just... I wouldn't think Klaus would be afraid of anybody."
"No one in this world is truly fearless, Stefan. Not even Niklaus." 'That's his real name?' I thought.
"Who was that man?" There was a pause before I could tell that Rebecca got up.
"I can't. Please." She let out a sigh. "If Nik knew we were talking about this, he would..."
"No, no, no, I'm sorry." I heard Stefan get up and started to wish I was alone so I could sleep a little. "Just forget I asked. Ok?"
"He told me about the girl you loved." Rebecca said in soft tone. "The one that died. He also told me that you're only with him because he saved your brother."
"It's true." He said, which made me wonder a little.
"I think he secretly admires that about you. You'd sacrifice anything for family." I let out a sigh. 'The only family I have left is my mom' I thought. "Don't tell him I told you that."
"Your secret... Is safe with me." I hear something hit the ground. I peeked my eye open and saw the slushie on the ground.
"I'm not picking that up." I said, but then I noticed that Rebecca and Stefan were kissing. I let out a sigh before closing my eyes again, hoping that I could ignore them.
"Do you think you'll ever love anyone like you loved that girl?" Rebecca asked Stefan.
"One day, maybe." He said.
"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." 'Oh oh.' I thought. 'Pretend you're asleep.' I told myself.
"What? I'm not..."
"Don't bother." Rebecca interrupted Stefan. "Your kiss already gave you away." After a couple of seconds, I could tell that he walked in.
"Gloria's gone." Klaus said to all of us, even though I was barely listening to him. "She's cleared out. We need to find a new witch immediately. What's going on?" I knew he wasn't asking me, because as far as he knew, I was asleep.
"Something's wrong." Rebecca said, which made me listen just a little bit more. "He was asking about Mikael. He's not with us, Nik. I can sense it."
"She's wrong. Klaus..." Stefan said before I heard something snap. I figured it was Stefan's neck when I heard something hit the ground.
"I know you're awake." Klaus said, but I kept my eyes closed. He stepped closer to me, so I just opened my eyes, knowing that he wouldn't stop. "Would you be a sweetheart and help me with Stefan."
"No." I said as I sat up.
"Then at least come along with me when I take Stefan to the truck." I rolled my eyes and stood up.
"Not like I have a choice, do I?" I asked before walking past him, towards Rebecca.
"Thanks for the food." She said with a small smile before walking away.
"Yeah, leave me with him why don't you?" I asked as she walked away.

I sat on the floor, next to the coffin Klaus was sitting on. I had headphones on, playing some music so he wouldn't talk to me. There was a time earlier that I was okay with being around him, but I let my emotions get to me. Even before he turned me, I had some issues with my emotions. I know that burying them helped, but they still came bubbling to the surface. I was brought out of my thoughts when I saw Klaus kick Stefan, making him come back awake.

When Stefan's eyes opened, I started to put my Ipod away. I was glad that it was in my pocket that whole night in Tennessee and that it wasn't broken. Stefan shuffled against the wall of the truck and looked up at Klaus.
"Just give me a chance to explain myself, ok?" Stefan said to Klaus.

"No need." Klaus said. "I'm not mad," 'Could have fooled me' I thought "I'm just curious. Rebecca seems to think you're holding onto something. A piece of your old life. The thing is, she's got flawless instincts, borderline supernatural." Klaus leaned closer to Stefan. "So I thought I would check it out. See for myself what it is you've been hiding." As Klaus got up and walked to the end of the truck, I looked at Stefan with a slightly confused look on my face. Stefan slowly stood up and faced Klaus as he opened the truck. "Welcome back to Mystic Falls, Stefan." I got up, only in curiosity. Stefan stepped closer to the back and looked out it, the same that I did. 'If Stefan lived here, then would Damon be here to?' I asked myself. 'What other things would I find out here?' I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, letting the fresh air enter my lungs.

~ So, despite Klaus taking an interest in Luna, she won't completely return the feelings... at least not yet anyway. Luna and Rebecca are starting off on a good step. She get's along better with Rebecca than Klaus, for more than one reason.
~ I can say that there will be an action in a future chapter that Klaus will do something for Luna and it might surprise you what he does.

~ When I get deeper into the story, I have some ideas for a Damon/Luna friendship. Maybe Luna being kinda friends with everyone else. For Kluna, it take awhile for them to be a couple, but I will try to get them together before I get to season 4 (if the story gets that far).

~ The next episode for the story 'The Reckoning'. I don't know if that will be one or two chapters, but I do have it planned out. Without spoiling it, there will be Kluna scenes... but who's to say if they're bad or good?. What do you think/what do you want to happen in 'The Reckoning'?

~ I will try to get the next chapter up within the next month, but it all depends on reviews and if I don't focus more on my other stories.

R&R 'till the next update