Lilly Kane:

Young, Fabulous and Dead

Part 3


Lilly had been in Klaus' house for two days and even if she had a daylight ring, she couldn't go out since everyone thought that she was dead. The witch did manage to disguise her so she could assist to her own funeral and it was heart breaking to watch Veronica and her close friends so sad. It also made her mad to see Aaron comforting her parents and act like a good friend when he was the one to have killed her.

Also she couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with her brother... he looked like a zombie at her funeral... Did her parents drug him or something?

"I overheard that Sheriff Mars thinks your father is guilty because he's hiding something... I found out that your father was at the Neptune Grand with Veronica's mother... I sent a copy of the surveillance tape at the Sheriff's station anonymously..." Klaus informed her two days later as they worked on her control.

"Thank you. I would't want Keith in trouble and my father would have had him fired to protect his secret." Lilly replied.

"I figured as much." Klaus nodded.

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Lilly was a natural at being a vampire. The previous night, they had chanced an outing and went to a club in a nearby town and Lilly managed to control her thirst, to feed on a human without killing him and even to compel him to forget.

As a human, Lilly had always felt that she was dead, always fighting to prove to herself that she was alive, to simply feel alive. Since she was a vampire, she finally felt truly alive. It took her dying to finally feel alive without having to work for it constantly. She was happy and would be forever grateful to Klaus for giving her this life. Even if they didn't work out, she would always be his friend. He was a much better man than most people thought.

Of course she wished she could go back to school and be with her friend Veronica but she couldn't do that since her death was a so public affair.

"I think we should go visit my old friend Marcel in New Orleans for a bit. It will help take your mind off all the trouble here." Klaus told her.

"I know but... My parents covered for my murder thinking Duncan did it in one of his crisis... Veronica's father will never be able to prove that Aaron killed me..." At that moment, something changed in Klaus' face and she asked "What? What's going on?"

"They tried to fire Keith Mars because he kept on thinking your parents had something to do with it..." Klaus admitted before he added "I found out today."

"Oh no! That's so unfair! And you can bet that the kids at school are going to put Veronica through hell for it! We have to do something before we leave! Didn't the tape you sent get to destination?"

"Of course it did. It's what kept him in office but I think that if he doesn't solve your murder soon, he'll definitely get fired. Leanne already left town a couple of nights ago." he informed her.

"I have to find Veronica and tell her everything... Please..."

"Of course. Her father got her a new dog. She called him Back-up. I noticed that she walks him every night. We'll intercept her tonight." Klaus suggesting, calming Lilly who nodded and started thinking hard about what she was going to tell her friend.

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That night, like they had planed, they found Veronica and cornered her in a deserted street. Lilly realised that Veronica had short hair now. She wondered when she had cut it...

"Lilly? Did I fall asleep or something?" Veronica asked.

"No, you didn't... Listen Veronica, I know it's going to be hard to believe but it's really me, I'm really here. It's part of the big secret I wanted to tell you. Please just come with us and listen to what I'm going to tell !" Lilly asked as she gently put her hand on her friend's arm to show her that she was really here.

"Sure..." Veronica replied, not sounding sure at all.

In the end, they went into a local ice cream shop and compelled the seller to forget they were here and not to let anyone else come in. Lilly started by introducing Klaus to Veronica and telling her what happened between them before she told her friend what Klaus was and what she now was. Then she told her about Aaron, the tapes and how he killed her.

"You want me to tip off my father and tell him that you might have hidden something in the air vent?" Veronica asked her friend.

"Yes please... I don't want him to loose his job, he's actually good at it!" Lilly said before she asked "So, when did you cut your hair?"

"Yesterday, after Shelley Pomroy's party..." Veronica replied as she looked down.

"There is more..." Klaus guessed.

"Maybe..." Veronica said.

"Please tell me Veronica... whatever it is seems important. I could just compel it out of you, you know. You know how I get when I want something!" Lilly reminded her best friend.

"I wasn't invited to the party... You were dead and Duncan had broken up with me... I wasn't welcome anymore but I wanted to show them that all their back stabbing wasn't touching me so I went anyway... I don't know who handed me that coke but it was laced with GHB... I don't know who it was... I woke up the next morning to find my car trashed... I went to the sheriff's station...my dad was out investigating something so Deputy Lamb received me..." Veronica was in tears by now and Klaus was sensing that Lilly would soon kill her first human.

He, too, wanted to avenge the young girl whose innocent was so cruelly stolen. She was important to Lilly and Lilly was important to him... That made Veronica important to hi too.

"What did that looser baboon do now?" Lilly asked, rolling her eyes.

"He said I was just like that and that he didn't believe me. That he wasn't going to go and arrest the sons of the richest families in town because I lost my place with them. He told me to go see the wizzard and ask for some backbone..."

"...and you did... That's what the new haircut and the clothes are all about right?" Lilly asked her friend.

"Yes..."

"I will find out who did this to you Ronny and I will make them pay! Now, here, it's a silver necklace with vervain in it. It will prevent vampires from being able to compel you." Lilly said as she handed her friend a necklace she and Klaus had prepared earlier just for her.

"Thank you... I miss you Lilly..."

"I know.. I wish I could stay... But here is my new phone number and email address. We'll be able to talk everyday and you'll be able to see me after you graduate... When you're in college, you'll be able to leave Neptune behind and we'll spend time together." Lilly comforted her firend as they hugged.

Back-up was sitting next to Klaus the entire time, licking the ice cream the vampire had given him.

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The next day, Lilly started her investigation by compelling the 09ers and quickly found out that Cassidy 'Beaver' Casablancas was the one who had raped Veronica.

Lilly didn't feel any guilt when she drained him dry and left him dead in his back yard.

When she compelled her ex-friends, Lilly realised that the reason they all hated Veronica was because after her death, Logan had gone out of his way to make Veronica's life hell and when, later, he asked for her forgiveness, Veronica had refused. So now they were accusing Veronica of turning her back on her friends when she really did the opposite. They also didn't forgive Veronica for sticking by her father's side when he was accusing Jake Kane... Even if now Keith was proven right... It was easier to forgive someone for being wrong than it it for being right... Lilly remembered reading this in Harry Potter and decided it had never been more true.

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Lilly and Klaus went to New Orleans and between parties and fun, Lilly followed her own murder investigation from afar. Veronica had tipped off her father and told him to look into the air vent and her parents had been prosecuted for tempering with evidence while Aaron Echolls was accused of her murder.

When she wasn't busy worrying about Veronica, Lilly was enjoying her new life. She felt more alive than ever and the constant partying that was in the French Quarters was just right for her.

As soon as they arrived, it became evident that Marcel was some sort of King now and he soon made it clear that he was just keeping the place warm for Klaus. Immediately, Lilly was accepted like Klaus' mate and everyone treated her like she had royal blood or something. She loved it.

She also loved that Klaus made her so important. She wasn't an idiot, she knew that one word from him and she would have been treated just like everybody else. Even if the words hadn't been exchanged, it was clear to anyone with eyes to see that they were in Love.

Lilly also loved spending time with Marcel. He quickly became the brother she had wished a long time Duncan to be. The best part of this friendship was that Klaus wasn't jealous of Marcel. He was one of the rare guy she could spend time with. Even if it didn't happen in front of her, the young blond vampire knew that a few necks had been snapped when they first got in town.

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Time passed by and after a year in the French quarter, Klaus saw that Lilly was getting bored so he decided it was time for them to travel a bit. He let Marcel take back the throne and took Lilly on a tour of Europe.

Lilly kept in touch with Veronica and they talked to each other every week and the young PI always told them about the cases she was working on.

Lilly was touched when her best friend asked her if she could date Logan so of course she agreed, saying that she knew that Logan had been waiting for this a long time. Of course eventually, Logan broke Veronica's heart and acted like the jack-ass he was. Lilly had her doubts when Veronica started dating Duncan again but she didn't say anything...

When her brother got in trouble with the Mannings, Lilly decided to head back to town and solve things with a few compulsions but unfortunately, she arrived too late and Veronica had already helped him leave the country with the baby. Lilly was disappointed but figured it would be best for her brother to have a new start far away from Neptune's poisoned air and their parents.

The two best friends hadn't been able to see each other much since Lilly died but they did managed to sneak around a few times to meet up and spend some time together out of Neptune. Sometimes, Klaus would join them, sometimes he would stay away. All he really wanted was to make Lilly happy. Over the visits however, he did grow to like Veronica and he considered the young human one of his friends too.

Just like Lilly, he liked the new, bad-ass, version of her much better.

At some point, as they were in Venice, Klaus and Lilly did exchange the word they had been so afraid to say, in fear of being hurt. They had been walking on a bridge, under the clear night sky and the full moon after a very romantic dinner. Klaus had started to take her in his arms and to kiss her softly before he pulled away, Lilly still in his arms. He stroke her cheek lovingly and said:

"I hope you know how much I love you my Lilly..."

Lilly had smiled brightly at him and replied with a nod:

"And I hope you know how much I love you."

Klaus had simply kissed Lilly with more intensity than before and suggested they went to feed together, on the same miscreant since it turned Lilly on to do it.

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So, what do you think of this?

I know I don't go into details but I might do it later, right now I just don't feel like it.

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