Hello, another update because I had some inspiration from the premiere of other the Originals and The Vampire Diaries!
We are, blown away by the response of this fic and we would just like to answer to some of the detailed reviews because I love you all for all the love!
Firstly, we love Rebekah and Caroline but its not all going to be rainbows and sunshines, for the time being, they have a common enemy, Hayley.
SushiLovesWitlock: Its not wrong, even I'm still waiting for the gun to be triggered in my face with the flag 'Bang' on it as well, but let's hope for the best here!
Onceuponatimeships: We'll all have to see now won't we?
AvalonTheLadyKiller: I love your review and we're looking forward for more, I love Kennett even though there has been no sort of relationship with them in the series, it would have helped us all to learn more of Kol's background, We all have to remember that even though Elijah breathes to see his brother happy, Rebekah loved him the most out of all and regardless of what he's done to her, she genuinely wants to see him happy. As regards to information about the child, we have a surprise for you all for that.
Midnightshadowofdarkness: Katherine I believe genuinely loves Elijah, but she's only knows how to survive, she's been doing so since she was banished from her home town and exiled to England, she doesn't know yet how to stop running but we'll be seeing more of Kalijah in this chapter.
Naalinaali: Your imagination is dark, I like it but unfortunately no, you'll see what Kol meant in this chapter.
Dhh: All will be revealed with time, have patience, she may be having his child, she may not, who knows...oh wait...us :)
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On with the chapter :)
Chapter 3
Klaus lay back on his bed, his eyes were closed and his entire upper body was exposed. He wore is a pair of jeans and shoes and his hands were spread on each side of the bed as he lay in the middle. His thoughts were on her all the time now, as if his thoughts were telling him something, and it kept repeating that night over and over again, it was quite the torture, to taste something so sweet only to wake and realize that you may never taste something as sweet as that ever again, all because he had to use her of all the women on the planet, of all of Mystic Falls, regardless of how small the town was, he had to pick the woman that Caroline disliked, she'd only hate him more when she found out that the she-wolf was pregnant with his child.
Now he felt like he had taken one step forward to winning her affections only to be pushed two steps back.
He could no longer ask her to join him in New Orleans for many reasons…
One reason, was his agreement with the witches to take Marcel down. Klaus didn't want Caroline to get caught in the crossfire in this silent war and he would do everything in his power to make sure that the girl he loved was not known as "collateral damage". Klaus knew the consequences if Marcel caught him in the act. He would take Caroline and kill her right in front of him and he was not going to let that happen. Even the witches were a danger to Caroline. Sophie Devereaux was a witch, and a powerful one at that. The Original Hybrid knew that Sophie would cast some voodoo spell on Caroline and he didn't want that. Especially, since she was in such a delicate state. Caroline was human which meant that she was defenseless against the Supernatural creatures that prowled the Earth.
Then there was Hayley.
He could spit out her name and it would describe just the reason why he didn't want Caroline anywhere near her.
He knew he couldn't blame Hayley for the predicament they pulled themselves in, she had given him a choice, she offered, he took it rather than turning it down and now he was paying the consequences, out of impulse, his decision has put him in a position where he could no longer expect Caroline's affections nor did he deserve them. Klaus should've been smart. He shouldn't have slept with the she-wolf… Klaus was angry because he submitted to Hayley in his moment of weakness, but truthfully he was just thinking about his blonde angel that brought out the soft side in him.
All he had of Caroline was that one night, where no one mentioned what he had done, where they had just enjoyed each other's company, laughed, shared stories, even gotten to know more about each other, then there was the kiss, the first one was his doing, he had caught her by surprise but was more surprised she didn't pull away, it did cause her to ask him to leave, in a subtle way of course, which then led to the kiss, the kiss that led from one thing to another, he didn't stop her, as much as his head near begged him too, she didn't stop him which his hands were grateful for. They were just enjoying one another and when that night was over, Klaus knew that he would never forget. Even as a weak human, Caroline was his greatest lover. Klaus has had many different women throughout the centuries: from princess's to noblewomen to commoners. Klaus had them all, human, vampire, werewolf, and what ever else prowled the Earth at that time and yet Caroline was his greatest lover. She had a certain innocence to her even though she was quite experienced. Klaus hated knowing that other men have touched his Caroline… Hopefully, his touch would spoil the other men's touches that would be in her future.
The door to his room opened roughly and he heard the sound of heels enter his room, he would think it was Rebekah, because she was the only person that could do that and still live to see the next pair of heels they would wear but he was hoping for a chance to at least attempt to take the little lost wolf's life out of anger and not have Elijah completely blame him for it.
"You better be blonde and bratty or leave before I rip the very limbs that aid in your wish to tempt me into killing you" he said, calmly, not even bothering to open his eyes to see who it was, because he knew he would just be angrier if it was her there.
"I'm doing to the doctors to get checked out, Sophie's orders and I need vampire leverage" Hayley stated, her arms folded across her chest, waiting patiently for him to even flinch.
"Find someone else to go with you, go yourself, I don't care…" he trailed off purposely "Maybe Marcel might find you and kill you himself and I won't have to get my hands dirty of your blood" he smirked, which was the first movement that he has shown ever since the annoying she-wolf barged into his bedroom.
"If you think having some miracle baby inside me is fun, guess what, its not, I don't want this but these witches aren't giving me a choice and you aren't helping the situation either" Hayley sneered.
Klaus opened his eyes then and sat up, he stood and walked across to her only to be face to face with the current bane of his existence
"If you like, I can end your misery" Klaus whispered lowly.
"You will do no such thing" said the firm voice behind them. Hayley turned around while Klaus sighed heavily and looked up.
"Pity, it'd do us both a favour" he turned around and walked back over to his bed "Now both of you leave my room and close the door behind you"
They both looked as he went back to the exact same position he was in before his threat. They then turned to each other before Elijah put out his hand and Hayley gratefully took it before they both left the room, Elijah closed the door behind him.
Elijah had compelled the nurse to hold off on any paper work and never to remember their presence there before he stood outside in the waiting room to his own thoughts on a 500 year old doppelganger he was missing.
He would never say this out loud but to give up his one chance at true happiness clawed him from the inside out. Klaus wasn't grateful to him. The impeccably dressed Original wanted his brother to be happy. He wanted to make it up to him for what he didn't do all those years ago.
He could still here Klaus' cry in his ears:
"Help me" he said when Mikael was chaining him onto the wood.
Elijah loved his brother with a fierce passion. His mind told him to leave the Hybrid be but his heart told him the opposite. He knew that his brother had a chance. A chance at redemption and he wasn't about to take that chance away from him.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard his phone ring He pulled it out of his jacket and answered it immediately.
"Rebekah, what news of Miss Forbes do you have for me?" he asked, not bothering with the pleasantries.
"Elijah, unlike you, I'm not that old so please call me Caroline" that was not Rebekah.
His facial expression was of a stunned expression at the blatant jest at his age from her but he shouldn't have expected less, his brother did know how to pick his women.
"Apologies, I assume my sister does not know of this conversation?"
"She knows but she's preparing herself to meet some Marcel guy, something like that"
Elijah sighed and dropped his head, the man his sister chose at times were of unique qualities, a hunter, a Salvatore, Marcel…
"I'm calling to tell you that we're here and Rebekah keeps telling me to be vague, something about eyes and ears everywhere"
"She speaks the truth, I assume Rebekah told you about the …" what was that word he was looking for.
"You mean the werewolf slut that Klaus slept with out of anger towards me and she's now carry another one of his magical miracle babies, Rebekah thought I'd go crazy on a plane so we had a road trip" she spoke in fake excitement which amused him to no end.
"I wouldn't put it in so many words but yes, you've met her?" he asked.
"Another conversation for another time, right now, she thinks its best we travel at night in a place crawling with vampires rather than during the day and just to be clear, I want my own room" with that she hung up, leaving an amused Elijah to remove the phone from his ear, already excited for the night's events. He made move to place the phone back in his jacket when it rang again, he looked at the caller ID and sighed heavily.
He pressed the answer button and placed the phone by his ear.
"Katerina" he stated.
"Elijah" she mocked and Elijah sighed, he wasn't in the mood for her jests.
"What is your reason for calling Katarina?" his tone held no room for any pleasantries or niceties.
But she wasn't being cooperative "Who put you in a grumpy mood?"
"Katerina…" he warned.
"Fine grumpy, Silas is looking for Klaus"
"He has not been taken care of?" Elijah asked, shocked by the fact that this person still walks among the living.
"He somehow broke the spell, I don't know look all I know is that he's looking for Klaus and he cornered me for answers" she explained.
He was silent, thinking about her words and coming to the conclusion that she must have told him where his brother was.
"I didn't tell him you idiot" she scoffed "Must you always think the worst of me" it was a rhetorical question but still he felt the need to answer.
"Because you care for no one but yourself, Katerina" Elijah simply replied, finally taking a seat but he was curious "Why didn't you tell him where Niklaus was, you would rid the world of him and finally be free"
"I do want Klaus dead but not at your expense" she paused, the shock was evident on his face "I meant what I said to you when I handed you the cure Elijah, I fear for your life, not Klaus's" she then hangs up, leaving a happy Original, much more happier.
"Kol!" she calls, wandering around his mansion, searching every room but not able to find him, she's been searching everywhere, Elena's, The Salvatore's, Lockwood Mansion, even at Caroline's but he seems nowhere to be found so she headed to the one place he could be, the Mikaelson mansion.
"Looking for me darling" his voice was behind her and she spun to see a smirking Kol in front of her.
"Kol…" he cut her off.
"You've been saying my name all day and let me just say, it sounds amazing coming from your beautiful lips" his last words coming out in a whisper.
She ignored his obvious flirt "You told me you knew where I can get enough power to bring us back to life, what is it?"
"Such fiery green eyes…" he trailed off in a whisper "You'd make one hell of a vampire"
"Kol…" Bonnie warned, losing her patience with him.
"A little phoenix" he whispered, glancing at her from head to toe, from the curve of her body to the beauty of her face and soul "I like my women sexy and feisty"
She unconsciously blushes, not having been called sexy before and to have those words said to her with such a voice leaves her slightly swooning.
She was knocked into reality when she saw the doors opened and in came Stefan, but it didn't feel like him.
Kol got the same feeling she had about him as well.
"You got that feeling too?" Kol asked as he stared at Stefan as he looks around the room.
"It looks like Stefan but…" she trails off, watching him intently as he ransack the place looking for something.
Kol walked towards Stefan, placing a hand on him only to retract it as if he had burn him, Kol backed away from him, standing next to Bonnie.
"That's Silas" Kol's hoarse voice croaked.
"That's impossible…." she froze when she remembered something, something that had completely slipped her mind.
"Oh my god, when I died, the magic that kept him captive wore off"
"The worst part, I don't think he's hiding his face anymore" Kol said wondering what Silas could be looking for.
"You mean Silas is Stefan?" Bonnie asked as if the thought alone was ridiculous.
"No, its much worse, they're doppelgangers" Kol said with finality as he followed Silas into the ballroom area, wondering what he was looking for.
"That letter has to be here somewhere, I have to know where they are" Silas said to himself and Kol and Bonnie were both confused, but then Kol remembered seeing an abandon letter for Klaus addressed from Katherine about some witches conspiring against him in New Orleans.
His eyes widen in realisation at what he was looking for.
"He's looking for Klaus" Kol flashed into the parlour room and saw the letter folded and untouched by anyone, he stared at it, not hard just enough to start a tiny flame, the minute the fire appeared on it, Silas entered the room, Kol strengthened the fire on the letter, causing it to burn the letter to a crumped crisp waste by the time Silas got near it and he sighed in relief.
Silas growled at no one, just lost his chance at finding Klaus, he kicked the table the letter once lay upon, causing it to tumble to the floor. Bonnie stood there shocked at what Kol did, he made the letter burst into flames, with his eyes, he had magic, her magic wouldn't even work among the living and he managed to set a paper on fire.
"Kol, how in the hell did you do that?" Bonnie near shrieked at him, causing her to clamp her hands over her mouth in a fail attempt being heard, which she now realizes is ridiculous seeing that she's dead and on the other side.
"No one can hear us darling" he smirked and turned around to reveal that smirk on his face "Here, on the other side, I have the magic that was taken from me when I turned into a vampire a thousand years ago"
Bonnie was confused, what did he mean it was taken from him, unless…
"Wait, you were a witch when you were human?" he asked but his smirk only grew in size at her words.
"I prefer the term, warlock" he grinned, revelling in her shocked expression, he loved having his magic back, he felt complete with it, he was thinking of stay on the other side with it and taunting his enemies with it but after hearing about Caroline's pregnancy, he really wanted to be there to greet the newest member of the family more than having his magic.
Katherine smirked as Damon rounded the corner to enter his parlour room only to spot her drinking his 'Salvatore Special' and watching him with a smirk on her face. She always loved the element of surprise and being a vampire gave her that, she was extremely glad Caroline had pushed her out of the way, because if she hadn't she would have been weak and pathetic as she is right now, she hasn't seen her in a while now that she's been thinking about it but she has more important matters to discuss.
"Its been a long summer Damon" the look on his face as priceless, as if he had seen a ghost, she hoped he really didn't think she would just up and leave as soon as possible, did he?
"What are you doing here Katherine?" he asked with a signature Damon smirk on his face as he entered the room, heading straight for the tumbler to pour himself a drink.
"I'm leaving" she stated "But I thought I'd come by to give you a heads up on Silas" at the name, Damon paused, the liquid that was on its way from the glass into his mouth rushed back down into the glass as he removed it from his lips.
"Silas has been taken care of by Bonnie…"he was cut off.
"Funny you should mention her, and where is she during these happy times?" Katherine asked smugly.
"She's travelling the world with her mother…" he was cut off, again.
"Funny you should mention that as well, I saw Mother Bennett a few days ago, she knows nothing of Bonnie's whereabouts"
"Bitch" Bonnie spat, standing next to Damon, staring at Katherine with utter disgust.
"Someone's lying, either Bonnie, or her mother" Damon spoke.
"I don't care, it's none of my business, all I know is that the man you claim to be your brother throughout the summer is actually Silas and guess what, it's his real face, he claims that Stefan is his doppelganger, a shadow self that just so happened to run into me and was turned" his face was of pure shock and confusion but she continued "He's looking for Klaus and I am warning you Damon, tell him nothing because if you do, you will have a family of Originals to answer to" she put her glass down before moving to exit the room but she stopped next to him and turned her face to look at the side of his face as he stared forward "And I will help them, so word of advice, do not think about it nor say it and you're golden" and with that she left, leaving a confused Salvatore in her wake.
Liz looks up and shows a small smile to a welcomed face she hasn't seen all summer and a dear friend of Caroline's.
"Hey, look who's back" she says.
Stefan smiled "Look who's ah, eating her feelings" he replies, motioning the food in front of her.
She looks down sadly "Yea, just dropped the girls off at Whitmore".
"Ah" was Stefan's response.
"Join me as I drown my sorrow in comfort food" she says in a flat tone as she gestured to the seat in front of her.
He takes a seat and grab her empty styrofoam cup before sitting and pulling the lid off. He takes out a knife out of his pocket and grabs Liz's hand who's now alarmed and a little shocked at Stefan's actions.
"What are you doing?" she asks in an alarmed tone, her heartbeat picking up slightly.
"I'm outing myself as Not-Stefan" he cuts her wrist "Obviously, don't be afraid, don't move"
Liz thoughts alarmed her to alarm anyone but suddenly, she felt the need to obey, somewhere in the back of her mind, she was screaming at herself to alarm someone but the more dominating part said to obey, obey with every fibre of your body and she did and she didn't have to look into his eyes, and she knew she was on vervain yet he was able to compel her regardless, at least she remembers being compelled now.
"What's happening?" she asked anyways.
He ignored her question "We've met before, actually. When I was appearing as your daughter, and I bashed your head in? Does that ring any bells?" he asked, leaning forward and looking right at her.
"Silas" she stated, there was no shock, no surprise on her face, maybe it was the compulsion or maybe she wasn't that much afraid of him as she thought she would have been.
"Indeed. I am a two thousand year old immortal that Caroline and her friends thought they got rid of" he smiled.
"Are you… appearing to me as Stefan?" she asks and she's genuinely shocked at herself for not ready to run like hell at this point.
"Well… yes and no. This is my true form and Stefan is my doppelganger" he looked at her now and looked straight into her mind, noting that she was confused "You're confused. I know that because I can read your thoughts. Its understandable, I mean, I've been a little cryptic lately" he stated, in pure sarcasm.
"What's with the knife? Most vampires go straight for the neck" she asked and he scoffed in disgust.
"Ugh, please Liz" he said in a know-it-all tone "I came first" he said with pride "Vampires are nothing more than a disgusting perversion of me. I'm unkillable, I'm immortal and I'm psychic, and to function I need human blood" his voice turned into a different tone, one of command and force "but don't ever call me a vampire" he ended with a smile before he then removes her wrist from over the cup "Cheers" he drinks from the cup, "Ahh" he smiles, then looks at Liz, scans her thoughts, nothing of Klaus's whereabouts and a confusing mess about his own daughter's location, as if she knows but has been compelled to forget and obviously not think about it, which meant that whoever had compelled her, knew of him.
"Where's Klaus?" he asked.
"I don't know, he just left and never came back" she replied, still surprised at herself, but maybe it was the compulsion.
"Oh come on, no one knows where he is, he wouldn't just up and leave with the rest of his siblings, surely Caroline would know, Klaus is in love with her, he would have extended an invitation to her…" he trailed off as the thought of asking her outright instead of reading the mess that is her mind.
"Liz, where's Caroline?" he asked so sweetly, for a moment she had almost forget he was silent, almost, he's moves to clean off her wound ever so gently.
"I don't know" she replied firmly, the compulsion taking over.
"I know you believe that you don't know but really you do and was compelled to forget" he corrected her and attempts to scan her thoughts again but the compulsion placed on her was done obviously by a strong vampire, someone almost equally as strong as him. He's finished and dropped the cotton to the table before looking up.
"Unfortunately I can see that whoever compelled you was almost as strong as me which then tells me that it was one of the Originals and I can't break through the compulsion so you can't help me find what I'm looking for. So, all you need to remember, Liz is that Stefan stopped by to say 'hello'" he then looked into his eyes, allowing the compulsion to take over.
He put the lid back on the cup as his words take effect on Liz.
"She smiled a small smile "Call your friends Stefan, Let' em know you're okay?" she asks and doesn't know why she said that to begin with.
"Will do, Sherriff" he saluted, before getting up and walking away.
He needed to find Klaus and to find him, it seems he needed to find Caroline, which also seemed to have vanished from Mystic Falls. He was also particularly curious as to the giant secret she was compelled to either forget or not mention or think about, it seemed that whatever it was, made her decide to leave altogether.
He decided that he'll go to the one person that might at least know what Caroline is, so he'll know where Caroline is.
Elena smiles at her mother and father's tombstone, allowing one tiny tear to trickle down her cheek and a sad smile to grace her lips. She then walks over to Alaric's grave, Jenna's grave, John's grave and even Isobel's grave, the woman was never much of a mother to her but in the end, she was a good person.
"Hey" she heard a familiar voice behind her and she turns, a smile tugs at the corner of her lips as she sees Stefan smiling at her. She approaches him slowly and hugs him, one he gladly returns, as he searches her mind for any useful information and found none, which was odd considering at least she would know where Caroline was, if not Klaus, or even Rebekah, the Originals couldn't have possibly just up and leave without saying anything to anyone. He needed to find Klaus, and by extension, the werewolf.
"You've lost so many people" he said softly, smiling at her. She returns it.
"I have" she agrees and turns to look at their graves from a distance "Two mothers, two fathers, an aunt, a guardian, a friend, all because of the doppelganger" her voice broke a little at the word and he couldn't help but picture the irony of the situation.
"Hey" he rests a hand on her shoulder "It's not your fault" she smiles sadly at his words and turns back to face him.
"When did you get back?" she asked, shrugging off all the sadness.
"This morning, actually, I went to look for Caroline but Liz says she's not in town, you happen to know where she is?" he asked.
"She left a note stating she was leaving town for a while to visit some friends and will be back when she can, she never said exactly where she was going though" she replied, as if wondering herself.
He smiled at her but in his head, he was getting much more impatient than ever.
Tyler had finally found some alone time, it was like a gift from whatever god was up there, between gathering all the wolves he can, training them on how to bare the pain of the transformation and making sure Klaus had kept his word to Caroline and not hunting him down, he had very little time to himself and now that he had some sort of time to make a small phone call, one he's been planning to make for months now and has only found the time to do it now.
He dialled her number and waited for her to answer, the fear of not being able to do what he was about to do creeped in, thinking that he won't be able to when he hears that voice, the cheer in the tone, the smile he can imagine on her lips and then and there he would not have been able to do what needs to be done.
Thankfully he got her voicemail and decided that at least this way she can't attempt to kill him because he might actually allow her to.
"Hey, Caroline. I've put a lot of thought into this, and decided to defer school for now. This werewolf pack I'm helping... they need me. I know it's lame to do this over the phone, but I figure this way it's harder for you to kill me. I'm really, really sorry, Care... but this is important" and he hung up, allowing the message to send and a sigh left his lips, because after the crime he had done, he knew it would be only a matter of time before she found out and she deserved better than a scumbag like him at this point.
"Tyler" he spun around and clutched the phone in his hand as he faced with one of the women in the pack, May "Can you show us how to properly stake a vampire again, they think I'm doing it wrong and you know what happens when I get into an argument" she sighed in a way that even the gods knew what happens when she gets into an argument and he shook his head but the smile was there and he stretched his hand forward, urging her to go on and he'll follow.
"Tell me again why we're so far from the French Quarter where we are suppose to be going again?" Caroline asked, tired of just sitting or lying on a bed all day. She needed to get out, get some fresh air, see some people, eat some food and not a freaking apple for christ sakes, she hated this room, being here with no one to talk to because Rebekah had to make sure that no one knew they were here all day. Whatever mess Klaus pulled himself in, she knew it was serious.
"The French Quarter is occupied by vampires, Caroline, lots of them, they can be free here, be what they are, jump from buildings, feed, mostly on each other, party, its been going on for years now, trust me, when they see fresh meat, they'll try to kill you regardless of whether you're pregnant or not and if they see you with me, they'll start asking questions, none that neither I, Elijah or Nik is looking forward to answering" Rebekah explained as she gathered what clothing they had unpacked into a small bag to be ready to head to the mansion.
"Which is why we're travelling at night, because vampires won't attack at night when they're free from burden that is the sun"
Rebekah rolled her eyes at her obvious sarcasm "Don't get cocky after that slip of tongue with Elijah this morning" she could feel the smile on Caroline as if she was recalling everything in her head "I will admit, it was funny"
Caroline smiled and fell back into the bed as she sighed heavily and asked because any sane person would ask this question "Why are you being nice to me and helping me?"
That causes Rebekah to freeze in her position and remind herself that she had actually asked her that question, the question she's been asking herself for a while now, why was she helping this girl, she means nothing to her.
But the child does.
And maybe Caroline isn't completely horrible to be around at times, maybe.
"Believe it or not, you're not horrible company" Rebekah said after her inner monologue and she had an 'are you kidding me' tone of voice to her words.
"And as much as I hate my brother right now, I also love him with equal measure and I will aid in hand to see him happy so that he doesn't rub his misery on everyone else, mainly me" she continued and turned around as a smirk played on her lips "Nik despises Hayley and makes attempt on her life as much as he can, not that I blame him, someone like her, you tend to lose your temper at times…" she trailed off purposely "They will not give him what you and your child can"
"Don't worry dear, I may be waving the white flag now but when the child is born I can assure you that the bitch will be back" her smile held some playful qualities, some sarcasm and maybe a bit of sincerity.
"Ditto" was Caroline's response with a smile of her own "So we'll be heading to the mansion tonight then?"
"Yup" she replied, popping the 'p' "Oh how I dread returning to The French Quarter" he sighed dramatically.
For this Caroline was confused but she was absolutely sure Rebekah would be glad to see her brother regardless of their actions, so what or who was she avoiding?
Elijah entered his brother's room rather boldly and in a very chipper mood, knowing that at anytime, he will actually see what kind of effect this woman had on his brother was something to look forward to, of that he was certain.
Then there was Katherine's words, they left him a bit stunned and dare he saw slightly happy, he had thought of calling her but decided against it, he couldn't believe her words just yet, they were reassuring but he swore to himself that night she handed him the cure that he would not put himself in such a position again.
"Elijah, did you want something or do you usually come here to flee to your thoughts?" Klaus asked sarcastically as he lay on his bed sketching in his sketch book.
Elijah just shook his head with a smile on his face as he moved from the doorway to sit on his bed and just stare at Klaus with that smile on his face that has Klaus currently distracted from sketching another one of his portraits of Caroline.
"You have something to discuss with me?" Klaus asked, slightly annoyed.
"No" he simply replied, he looked around, taking a deep breath and letting it out before facing his brother who is awaiting a reason for a visit.
"I received an interesting phone call today, it seems that Silas still runs loose and is searching for you"
"Why would he be looking for me?" Klaus asked "Well why isn't he here then?"
"Katerina told me…" he was cut off.
"Ah, another one of Katarina's attempt to win her freedom, but brother, maybe you should think of the fact that she must have told him where we are already" Klaus's smirk was deadly.
"She didn't tell him and I'm not exactly sure why" Elijah spoke "I also received an interesting phone call today"
Klaus had little patience for his brother's dramatic pauses and sentences "Out with it"
"Well at first I assumed it was Rebekah, it was her phone that called me, but imagine my surprise when I hear Caroline Forbes calling for you"
At the sound of her name, Klaus's head shot up from his sketch pad and his eyes were wide, sparkling and above all, hopeful "Caroline called you?"
Elijah raised his eyebrow but before he could continued, his phone vibrated from his pants pocket, he pulled it out and saw a message, he opened it and smiled widely at it before looking up "We have guests, Niklaus"
Elijah had flashed out of the room at once, Klaus was extremely confused, his brother was smiling, much more brighter than the time he was talking to him about the child.
He shakes his head and stands from his bed, shirtless again and goes for a drink from the tumbler standing opposite his bed.
He opens the door to reveal his impatient sister and smiling Caroline, the girl was beautiful, there was no doubt about that, but he was skeptical about his brother's feelings for her, for one, she seems to be a sweet girl, a huge change from the women he would normally surround himself with, he knew she was a vampire but does not feed from others and she constantly gets herself captured, but he suppose there's more than meets the eyes with this girl. He listened and sure enough, the tiny but fast pounding of a little heartbeat masked behind her heartbeat and he smiled, it sounded strong and healthy.
"Are you going to stand there and stare at her for the remainder of the night or are you going to allow us in?" Rebekah snapped at him, causing him to peel his eyes away from her to give his sister a 'are you kidding me' look, in which she raised an eyebrow at him. He opened the doors wider to allow them both to enter and he watched as the girl's eyes grew big from admiring the interior.
"This is much better than the mansion back in Mystic Falls" she said in awe, taking in everything, it was a bit dull compared to her vampire senses but it was beautiful nonetheless.
"Niklaus had the house built a long time ago when we first moved here, it was recently renovated to suit the timeline" Elijah stated.
"It's beautiful" he breathed.
"Where's Nik?" Rebekah asked, and the guy they were waiting for entered the room, a glass in his hand, shirtless and shocked, as Elijah and Rebekah watched him intently, relishing in his reaction, the glass he had in his hand seemed to move in slow motion, it slipped out of his hand and crashed on the floor, Elijah's mouth hung open slightly and his eyebrow raised in a questioning manner, now questioning his brother's actual affections for this girl, the glass had broke on the floor, spilling his drink, but he didn't care, she was here.
In New Orleans
In The French Quarter
In his mansion
With him.
"Caroline?"
Bonnie is standing in the town square, admiring the peace that comforts Mystic Falls and the smiles and laughter around her, she remembered when Mystic Falls once felt like this to her, a small town filled with happy people, like one big happy family, until vampires came along, but she supposed if Stefan and Damon hadn't shown up, then Klaus and the Originals would have and most of them who are alive right now would probably be dead.
She smiles proudly as her father gets up on stage and addresses the town from the stage as she stands among them, invisible to everyone around her, stuck on the other side, with an annoying and now powerful Original.
"I hope everyone enjoyed the party?" he asked through the microphone, the crowd cheers in reply and he smiles sadly.
"It is- it is truly great to have an end-of-summer tradition. My daughter has her own end-of-summer tradition of over-indulging in the cotton candy" the crowd erupted in laughter as well as Bonnie who's eyes were already glistening with tears at the bittersweet moment of it all "Now she's off travelling the world and sending her old man postcards from all her great adventures. Family is one of our core values in Mystic Falls. It's what this block party celebrates. Family as community-" he stopped mid-sentence when he spotted Stefan on the stage "Stefan?"
"Do you mind if I say a few words?" he asked, pointing to the mike.
"Maybe, when we're done here" Rudy replies calmly but Silas was now getting impatient with the man.
"I'll take it from here, Mayor" Silas said firmly, staring into his eyes, allowing his mind control to affect him. He stepped back and allowed Silas to step forward to the mike as Bonnie watched the entire scene in front of her, fearful for her father's life.
"Oh my god" she says.
"You're probably wondering how I did that. Well, it's pretty basic mind control. But, until now, it's been fairly limited to one person at a time" he paused for the dramatic effect "But this summer, I have consumed an immeasurable amount of blood, and I've felt myself getting stronger and stronger every day. And I started to wonder, what are the limits to my powers? How many people can I influence? Two? Ten? An entire town square?" he was suddenly annoyed at the fact that they were too busy being shocked to let him speak "Everyone stop talking"
Suddenly, as they are now under his control, they all fall silent in heed to his words.
"Well that worked" he smirked to himself before continuing "Now let's try this: No one make a sound or move a muscle"
The entire square fell even more quiet and now no one was moving at all.
Silas walks over to the mayor onstage, pulls out his knife and slits his throat, Bonnie screams in agony, unheard by everyone, she had just witnessed her father being murdered in front of her eyes, not even able to fight for his own life as it leaves his eyes. She runs to the stage and crouches over his body, sobbing as she watches him die, right in front of her eyes, she screams louder in agony and sadness, she had just lost her father, by an immortal two thousand year old vampire and she can't do anything about it because she's dead. Kol took that moment to appear, after hearing her cries, he knows that nothing can hurt her here but that cannot be said for her loved ones, as he neared the stage where she sat, balling her eyes out, there lay a man, a man he recognizes as her father, his throat was slit and Silas stood on the stage with the weapon used in his hand.
"Bonnie, I know you can hear me, I may not be able to see you but I know you're there, you destroyed my one chance to find what I'm looking for, don't make me kill unnecessarily, if you stay out of my business, I'll stay away from your friends, let this be a warning" Silas spoke, to no one in particular before addressing the stage once more "You won't remember what just happened or this conversation, he just dropped dead with no explanation on his wound, you may move and speak when I leave" with that, he flashed away, leaving everyone confused, as someone screamed, pointing at Rudy on the stage, Bonnie was forced to move as the town tended to her now dead father.
"It's my fault he's dead" Kol finally spoke, it held sincerity, pain, sympathy and no form of humor whatsoever, which was a questionable change.
"It doesn't matter, he's still dead" she spat, wiping the tears from her eyes viciously but the heart clenching feeling in her stomach made her spill more tears from her eyes. Kol noticed that her eyes turned from a bright green to a dark one, watered with tears. This woman had lost her father unintentionally, just like he had lost his life, and yet he can't bring himself to feel like fair is fair because it's not, her father was an innocent man, he most certainly is not, that man died because he was protecting his brother and the blame was placed on her and not him, what remainder of his family alive. For some reason, he felt like he should have been here with her, maybe he would have been able to stop it from happening, stop him from doing this, but he was late and he hated that but mostly, he hated the fact that he hated that.
"I'm sorry about your loss" he said and Bonnie was surprised at the sincerity in his words, as if was actually sorry about it.
"I have to find a way to get back, I have to bring myself back to life, he has to pay for what he did" she spoke, her voice held no more tears, no more sorrow, just a darkness, one that he was very familiar with.
Revenge. She wanted revenge, she wanted to avenge her father.
"She turned around to face him in all of her grieve stricken glory, eyes watering with fresh tears, old tears staining her flushed cheeks, lips trembling slightly, her entire form looked grieve stricken and worn out, far from the fierce little phoenix he saw earlier. He wanted to see that fire in her again, if helping her return to the land of the living was going to do that, then he will.
"Okay" was all he said, as he pulled her into his arms and she allowed him to keep her there, not trusting herself to deal with this kind of pain alone.
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