"A Moment In Time"
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Fandom(s): Vampire Diaries & Supernatural
Character(s): Klaus Mikaelson and Castiel
Pairing: none
Rating: T
Words: ~1,085 words
Requested By: Enx2103
Challenge/Summary: Write an interaction between Klaus and Castiel. Bonus points if you mention his beads/rosery necklace thingy.
Inspiration: The challenge itself was inspiration in itself.
Spoiler(s): everything up to SPN's season 5 / VD's season 4.
Time Frame: sometime after Lucifer had been set free (SPN's season 5) and Klaus has already completed the ritual that makes him a hybrid yet Elena is still human (VD's season 3).
A/N: Additional comments at the end to avoid spoilers.
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"The Necklace"
In a small town bar, Klaus Mikaelson was taking a break from werewolf-hunting (which was no fun now that he had Stefan assigned to protect Elena in Mystic Falls) when he felt a superior presence behind him.
He groaned into his glass. "I'm not in the mood tonight." His accent was prominent as his words slightly slurred together. He wasn't that drunk yet he did have to keep up appearances in the human bar…he had been drinking there for a few hours now.
The superior figure moved to the empty bar-stool beside Klaus. "Well I haven't been in the mood for a very long time Niklaus." The figure deadpanned as he eyed the vampire/werewolf hybrid and his glass tumbler. "And quite frankly, I'm starting to get annoyed."
Klaus chuckled as he turned to face his unsuspected guest. He was in a different vessel this time (this one was kind of scrawny in size as he wore a worn-out suit, a tan trenchcoat and a backwards tie) and yet he could tell it was the same entity that he met long ago.
"Now you're annoyed? Well I guess you do have the better patience than me Castiel." The hybrid quipped before he took another sip of his drink.
Castiel blinked; he was simply unimpressed. "Are you done?"
Klaus shrugged, "It depends, what brings you to my neck of the woods?" For some reason he found it amusing to annoy the uptight entity.
Castiel stared at the hybrid as he wondered if this was the attitude he was doomed to deal with during this visit. He couldn't really tell if this was better or worse than Dean on his drunken stupors. He shook his head as he got back on track, "You have something I need."
Klaus scoffed. "And what might that be?" He still couldn't believe that Castiel was dropping in on him. After all these years, why now?
Instead of answering, Castiel stared at Klaus' neck, more specifically at the beaded chain around his neck.
Klaus followed Castiel's gaze, only to have his free hand grip at his beaded necklace that had a wooden cross dangling at the end of it (the cross was currently hidden under his shirt). It may seem odd that a vampire would wear wooden jewellery yet Klaus didn't care since only one type of wood could truly kill him. There was just something about the necklace that had Klaus keep it with him all these years.
The hybrid fingered the necklace before he looked up, "What makes you so sure that I'd give it to you?" He challenged even though he knew deep down that he shouldn't. Then again, it wasn't often that Klaus met an entity that was more powerful than him; he was used to being the alpha in a confrontation.
Castiel turned to scan the bar (taking in all the human occupants that were present), yet when he spoke, his voice was firm. "You know very well that I could kill you right now if I need to Niklaus."
"Yet you haven't. I mean why would an angel want an abomination like me to continue living?" Klaus challenged as he took another sip of his drink, "It certainly doesn't make any sense."
The angel turned his attention back to the hybrid. "I've told you before, you have a great potential in you and yet your time as a vampire has clouded that potential. I'm just waiting for you to find your way again." He wasn't going to mention how a certain blonde vampire may be the key to the hybrid reaching his potential.
Klaus gave Castiel a disbelieving look. "By risking many human lives as I terrorize city after city?" In the past, there have been massacres that Klaus had orchestrated just to see if the angel would intervene and prove just how mighty he was…yet the angel never had. Instead he always stated that Klaus had a greater destiny.
"It's not ideal but you'll make up for the damage once you realize what you could truly offer the world." Castiel repeated yet his patience was waning thin. He needed the necklace now. He needed to begin his search as soon as possible.
Klaus shook his head, "I don't buy that."
"Then you risk spending eternity alone because your actions will drive everyone away." Castiel tilted his head to the side as another option popped into his head, "Otherwise I kill you, which means you end up in Purgatory…with every supernatural being you've ever killed over the centuries coming after you."
Klaus froze as Castiel's true meaning settled into his hazy mind. Purgatory never reached Klaus' mind since he thought on the off-chance that he was killed that he'd end up on the Other Side where he'd be doomed to roam the earth as an invisible entity...yet Purgatory sounded more unpleasant. Maybe he's theories of the afterlife had been wrong.
"Now the necklace," Castiel pushed yet when Klaus made no move to remove the necklace, Castiel's eyes narrowed, "Need I remind you that I handled your father-figure problem for you."
Klaus cringed when he was reminded of Mikael. In order to get rid of Mikael, Castiel had gotten another angel to take control of Mikael's body. It was a convenient opportunity since no other angel would think to find one of their own residing in a vampire's body. And since Balthazar was powerful as an angel, if he ever left Mikael's body then the vampire would be reduced to a vegetable (much like how an archangel's vessel would be reduced to a drooling hospitalized mess). Mikael wouldn't be a threat to Klaus anymore.
So with that reminder floating around in his head, Klaus put down his glass tumbler and took his necklace off. He placed it into the angel's waiting hands.
Once the wood touched Castiel's palm, his fingers gripped it tightly. "I'll return it once I'm done with it."
Before Klaus could provide a comeback, a breeze filled the bar, indicating that the angel had vanished.
The hybrid shook his head as he picked up his glass again. "Take your time." He finished off his drink before he signaled the bartender for a refill, "It's not like I'm going anywhere." He muttered to himself.
All Klaus planned to do for the rest of the night was get drunk, find a willing companion for the evening before he returned to his werewolf hunt in the morning.
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Outside the bar, Castiel stared through the window as he watched a woman approach the hybrid inside. He knew there was a huge chance that the woman wouldn't survive to see the next day but he couldn't worry about that. He had bigger problems to deal with.
His focus turned to the beaded necklace in his hand before he used his other hand to retrieve another necklace from his trenchcoat's pocket. He placed the second necklace, the one he got from Dean, beside it. Both necklaces looked very different yet together they served a purpose. The angel just hoped that the two necklaces could help him find God.
After all, if there is ever a time to find God, it's when Lucifer is roaming the earth and unleashing the Apocalypse on everyone.
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A/N #1: Happy 4th of July for my American readers! Happy belated Canada Day for my Canadian readers! I know it's been a while but I just had this need to finish this challenge (I had the dialogue figured out when I first got the challenge but I filled in everything else after my summer course today). So I hope you enjoyed the interesting encounter…in my head, Castiel needed more than Dean's amulet to find God…hence his visit to Klaus. I hope you share your thoughts with me in a review!
A/N #2: Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge on Vampire Diaries, it means the world to me! A special thanks to HassanaR, Ghostwriter and Enx2103 for leaving me a review for my previous snippet. Once again, thank you for always leaving your thoughts for me to read and respond to. THANK YOU!
A/N #3: I just wanted to announce (once again) that I have three SPN/VD crossover stories posted ("More Than A Petrova", "More Than A Petrova 2: Legacies" and "One Drop and You're Done") which I hope you check out in your spare time. These three aren't connection to this oneshot.
Coming Up Next: TBA
Originally Published: July 4,2013