Phone A Friend

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Warnings: Cami bashing, Spoilers for The Originals Season 1 episode 16

Info You Might Need To Know: Cami's trapped in the cemetery with them

Word Count: 3.3K

Requested: By no one

Summary: During Rebekah's 'trial', she decides to phone a friend. Perhaps the only one who could calm her brother down enough to listen to her side of the story.

Today's Special

Every man needs that one woman that calms the beast in them...

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Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah are still in the cemetery, arguing. Well all Hayley and Marcel can do outside is watch, as Rebekah's life hangs in the balance. Even Cami, who was trapped inside with them, can do nothing but watch. Klaus is perched on top of a tomb in order to pretend to be a judge.

Klaus looked down at his siblings who were standing together, "Let it begin. The trial of Rebekah Mikaelson."

"What a relief. His ego is in check." Rebekah mutters to Elijah

"Just speak your truth. I'll make sure he behaves himself." Elijah treasures his sister. Rebekah knows her brother would protect her with his life. But even she wasn't sure that he could save her from Klaus. In fact, the only person who could was in a college in a whole other state.

Klaus narrowed his eyes, "You stand accused of betraying your own blood. How do you plead?"

"I plead you to shut up and listen." Rebekah answered.

"You summoned our father." Klaus growled. "You brought him to our home. What possible defense could you have?"

Rebekah looked down. She wasn't proud of what she had done. But she hoped he could understand. "I knew he was the only thing that you feared, and I wanted you to run."

A flash of hurt appeared on Klaus's face, "Because you hated me."

"Because you were hateful." Rebekah corrected him. "You denied me the freedom to love."

Klaus' eyes turned amber as his anger rose. "Oh, so that's your defense. You called Mikael- the destroyer, the hunter of vampires- because I detained you from pursuing some dull suitors."

"You were cruel and controlling and manipulative." Rebekah shouted, startling the blond human who was standing in a corner. Hoping he'd hear her over his anger.

"I was trying to protect you!" Klaus countered, just as loudly. "From imbeciles, and leeches. Not to mention your own poor judgment."

"And what about the one that you loved enough to call friend?" Rebekah cried. "Why did you forbid me to love Marcel?"

Klaus' eyes darted quickly to the man standing outside of the borderline, "Do not mention his name." he growled.

"What has happened to you?" Rebekah asked sadly. "I remember the sweet boy who made me laugh and gave me gifts, who loved art and music. I wanted to be just like you. How could you have fallen so far?"

At her words, Klaus's features softened a bit, and Elijah took this opportunity to fire, "You say you despise Rebekah for her betrayal and yet no one has stood by your side for so long, not even I myself. Perhaps it's you that's forgotten. I remember the day that father caught you whittling little chess pieces with his hunting knife. He beat you so mercilessly and for so long, I actually feared for your life."

Klaus regained his composure, "So, you would paint her as a loyal sister, but she betrayed me out of lust for Marcel. Perhaps that was why you did it- for love. Perhaps I might temper my rage if Rebekah will admit she was a victim of her own idiocy, that her great love, Marcel, used her to oust this family and to take my city."

Rebekah could see from the corner of her eye, Marcel silently beginning for her to give into Klaus. But she couldn't. Not again. "Marcel did not manipulate me."

Klaus shook his head. "You defend him, and yet you can't help but wonder, what if I'm right?"

"We loved each other." Rebekah told him. "It was your refusal to respect that that led to your ruin."

Klaus' anger returned in full force, "Then why didn't he chase after you when you fled New Orleans? Oh, yes! That's right. He was here stealing what I built!"

"You want me to renounce Marcel, to beg for your forgiveness? I won't. Marcel is not at fault. I called Mikael." Rebekah shook her head.

"Rebekah, you must–" Elijah tried to plead with his sister, but the girl wasn't having it.

"I was the one who brought him to New Orleans because of your wickedness!" Rebekah screamed. "I wanted love and happiness, and you denied me the freedom to have either. Yes, I hated and I was afraid of our father, but he was a lesser evil than you. My bastard brother who loomed over me, threatening me as you are now. I wanted rid of you, and given the choice, I'd do it again!"

Klaus, furious, lunges at Rebekah and pushes her against a tomb, and is just about to stake her in the heart when Elijah tackles him. When they get back up to their feet, Elijah now has both Papa Tunde's blade and the white oak stake.

Elijah turned to the blond vampire, "Sister leave us."

Rebekah shook her head, "I'm not going–"

Elijah cuts her off, "I said, leave us, please. "

Rebekah shook her head once again. Elijah may have both weapons. But Nik was still the hybrid. They couldn't win against him. They needed to calm him down. "No, if he won't listen to us. We'll just have to call someone he'd listen to." She turns to Klaus, "You want to treat this as a trial so bad. Fine. Let me choose my defendant."

Klaus stopped struggling against Elijah. "Fine. I doubt anyone could get you out of the grave you've dug for yourself."

Rebekah instantly pulled her phone out and began scrolling through her contacts. She was thankful that she never deleted that number after coming to New Orleans. She guessed a part of her has always known, deep down. That if something like this ever happened, the only one who could save them, and save her brother from himself.

Was Caroline.

They'd almost forgotten that Cami was inside with them, and not outside standing with Hayley and Marcel, until the blond human decides to speak up. "Klaus, I need you to listen to me." She began, only for Klaus' to let out a growl.

But that growl was nothing compared to the roar his inner beat was letting out. Who did this human think she was. She wasn't blood. She wasn't an honorary member of their pack. And she sure as hell wasn't the hybrid's mate.

Klaus stalked up to the human, Elijah, seeing that none of the calls Rebekah was trying to make were going through, decided to let him. If nothing else than to buy his sister some more time. Because if he had to choose between the two women. He'd easily give up Cami, for his sister. Marcel tried to call out to him, banging on the barrier, but was completely ignored by the hybrid.

"Now you listen here." Klaus growled, his eyes flashing amber. "You are nothing. Nothing but a little human in the big, cruel dark world of the supernatural. You are nothing in the big picture, and are definitely nothing to me. So if you want to survive. I suggest you keep those textbook classifications and those 'I think I know you' thoughts to yourself; and especially that troublesome mouth shut. "

Cami's eyes filled with tears and her lower lip wobbled, "I thought you cared about me. I mean I saw the signs."

Klaus scoffed, "The only reason I even noticed you was because of Marcel. And the only reason I paid you even the slightest bit of attention was because of your appearance and the fact that you reminded me of someone." Klaus then gave her a once over. "But looking at you now. I'm disgusted with myself. How could I even think about deluding myself. You're nothing like her. She's full of light. You're nothing but an annoyance. She is a queen. You are a nuisance."

Cami desperately tried to reach out to him, but the original pulled back, scowling, he decided he was done. "Another little fact, as much as I despise him right now. I truly believe I raised Marcel to have much higher standards. So I'm willing to bet good money that the only reason you even caught his eye was because you, too, reminded him of Rebekah."

Hearing this, the blond turned to meet Marcel's eyes, but he wasn't looking at her. His gaze was focused on Rebekah who was desperately trying to contact her last hope. She could see his concern, and realised. Klaus was right.

Klaus, done with the human, turned to his sister. He smirked, "What's wrong. Your little defendant is not picking up."

Rebekah scowled but clicked on the call button once again. Klaus rolled his eyes. "Whoever you're calling. Do you honestly think that they can pull you out of your grave. Yeah I don't thi-"

Klaus was cut off as Rebekah's call was finally picked up and an irritated voice snapped, "What do you want?"

Klaus paused his heart skipping a beat as he recognized that fiery temper from anywhere. Instantly Rebekah's tense shoulders relaxed. "Thank god."

"What do you want Rebekah?" Caroline asked again. "I was in the middle of class. A class that you just got me kicked out of. This better be good."

"It's a matter of life and death." Rebekah instantly told her. "Nik's trying to kill me."

Instantly all irritation flew out from Caroline's body, concern taking its place. "What? What happened?"

"Yes dear sister. Why don't you tell her about how you summoned Mikael and are the reason we were forced to flee the only place we were truly happy years ago." Klaus growled, though everyone could see that he was instantly a lot calmer once he heard the blond speak. And was only continuing to grow calmer. His shoulders were relaxed, and his tone was borderline playful. Something Rebekah had a feeling was for the blonde baby vampire's sake.

Caroline nodded, "You do have the right to be angry." She said, surprising everyone.

"Caroline!" Rebekah snapped.

"Hey, let me finish." Caroline said. "But that was years ago. Rebekah hated him just as much, so I truly believed she had a legitimate reason for doing what she did. But why did you do it?" She asked Rebekah.

"Love, that dosen-"

"Zip it Klaus." Caroline ordered. And to everyone's surprise, the hybrid actually did keep his protests to himself. "If I'm going to talk you out of this. I need to know exactly why I'm doing it, and if I even should."

Klaus growled underneath his breath. He knew the blond. The second she heard her sister's sob story, she'd try to help.

Rebekah took a deep breath, and began her story. "It was 1919, and I was in love with Marcel. Klaus' protegee." Caroline took a deep breath on the other side, she had a feeling this was going to be messy. "I knew he wouldn't approve of our love and let me be with him. So I asked one of my friends to bring Mikael to New Orleans… to kill Klaus." Rebekah hesitated. She knew the other blond loved her brother. Would she even help her, after finding out what she did. Seeing that Caroline had stayed quiet, Rebekah continued. "I felt terrible after the ritual was complete. But nothing happened. So I moved on, completely forgetting about it. But it had worked. But he did come. We were at the Opera house… when it happened. He attacked Elijah. Then, he tried to kill Klaus. In the end, Klaus and I fled. Well Elijah decided to stay and deal with Mikael."

Caroline nodded, "So you called Mikael, because you didn't want Klaus to kill the man you loved."

The baby vampire sighed, "Damn, that's messy. But I can understand where you're coming from. In her defense, Klaus. You don't exactly have the best track record when it comes to her love life."

Klaus growled, "He wasn't worthy of her."

"So what?" Caroline snapped. "You have no right to decide who falls in love with who. What's done is done. Mikael is gone Klaus. Rebekah did what she did, because she felt that it was the only way to keep the man she loved safe. But Klaus, that was years ago. Hasn't she already proved that she's loyal to you. Even after you daggered her. Taking away years of her life. She still chooses to stand beside you."

Klaus scoffed, "You're asking me to forgive and forget."

"No! Not at all." Caroline says at once. "I am not asking you to forget. You can't change the past. What's done is done. What I am asking you to do is forgive her. You don't have to forget. You just need to forgive. Forgive your sister. She was hurt! Imagine if I put the power of our relationship in Rebekah's hands. What if she told us to stop seeing each other. You'd feel hurt, betrayed, angry. The need for revenge."

Klaus stilled. If his siblings had tried to hurt Caroline… the mere thought of it sent his beast into a frenzy. Hearing his silence Caroline knew she was getting through to him, and continued. "That's what she felt. Just hers wasn't hypothetical. She lashed out. So what. You'd done that too. But she's moved on, past that. Past the bodies of the countless lovers you've killed. And you need to as well, instead of trying to drag her into the past, try moving forward with her."

Forgive her… for calling Mikael. Could he do that? "If you truly do love me as much as you say you do. Then you'd understand what she's feeling. And if you can't, then you don't really love me. And definitely not as much as Rebekah loves Marcel."

That was the final push he needed to make his decision. Everyone waited, holding their breaths in anticipation on what he would do.

Rebekah most of all. This was her last hope. If Caroline couldn't get through to her brother. Then she truly was as good as dead.

Klaus sighed, taking a deep breath. He turned and walked away. Rebekah let out a sigh of relief as she saw his retreating back.

Caroline wasn't there, but she could have guessed what had happened. "He loves you. You're his sister. And nothing's ever going to change that. He's just angry. The crime may be old, but the injury is fresh. It's going to take some time to heal. He'll come to you when he's ready."

"Thank you." Rebekah told her, truly meaning it.

Caroline sighed from the other side of the line. "Well I didn't do it for you."

Elijah's eyebrow rose, "Then who did you do it for." He had a hunch, but he wanted the woman to confirm it herself.

"I did it for Klaus. If he killed her in blind anger. He would never have forgiven himself. He needs his family. And form what I hear. He needs it now more than ever. If you truly believe in the promise you all made all those years ago. Then stand by him."

With that, Caroline hung up the call. Caroline leaned against a wall, resting her head on it. The baby vampire made up her mind. She intended to grab the first flight to New Orleans. She should have known Klaus would try to keep her away from the dark parts in their nightly calls. It's true he needed his family. But at night now, he clearly needed her just as much.

In New Orleans, a confused Marcel was left staring at where the originals were used to be. He wondered who exactly was the woman who could defuse such a tense, high risk situation. From what he heard, it sounded like she may have been a baby vampire. A baby vampire with the heart of the original hybrid. Yeah, that easily made her one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Marcel may have wanted his kingdom back. But he wasn't an idiot. But in the end, she had saved Rebekah, and as much as he hated to admit it. That meant he owed her one.

Well Hayley was praying that Klaus never discovered that she had snapped Caroline's neck. Though Caroline may have helped Klaus look past what Rebekah had done, she had no doubt that Klaus wouldn't look past what she had done.

Still haven't watched the originals, so it most likely isn't according to the show. (I've seen clips of the scene. But do not know the details of it, or the spell that trapped them.)

I mostly found a script online, and got most of the top scene from that. I could have skipped it, and just gone into the phone call. But I also wanted to paint the picture for those of us (Including me), who still haven't watched the show. So they can know what's going on.

I know Cami wasn't in there with them. But I haven't really gotten a chance to write some Cami bashing. So I decided to add her into this. If nothing else then to show what the fraud is, compared to the original blond love of Klaus' life.

Because Cami may try to make excuses about how he's like this because of his past, and try to go all physiatrist on him.

And I think that Caroline actually accepts him for how he is. She honestly never asked him to change - not like Cami (So I hear). She only asked him to show her that she can trust him. She sees the good in him. But wasn't blind to all the terrible things he's done - probably one of the reasons she tried to push her feelings off for so long in TVD. (I know it seems I'm way harder on Cami than Caroline, well, what can I say. I'm a shipper. I am definitely biased towards my ship.)

That's just my belief for why Caroline is way better for Klaus then Cami. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. This is just mine.

But because it is my opinion, there will be a lot of Cami bashing in many chapters. Just an advance warning.

P.s. I also basically only had Marcel and Hayley there for the last two little bits.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways,

KLAROLINE FOR LIFE!