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Senior prank night was supposed to be fun. I just wanted this school year to be great. I wanted everyone to be happy, even with all the crazy, unhappy bits. Everything started off with a bang... but then, it all went to shit.
Klaus was back in town.
I've never actually seen him before myself, but he's the big bad guy everyone is afraid of... and for good reason too.
He is one of the oldest vampires to ever exist from the original family. The progenitors of all immortal vampire bloodlines.
I know what you're thinking. How did you become a vampire, Caroline? First off, call me Care. All my friends do. I'd like to consider the fact that you've run across this memoir of sorts makes us friends.
So, back to the subject at hand.
I was smothered to death with a pillow in the hospital by Katherine Pierce and brought back to life with Damon Salvatore's blood. I guess that I should be thankful to the both of them. Where before I was an insecure, self-centered human with a sprinkle of neurosis, those qualities translated differently when I transitioned into the undead badass I am now.
Anyway, back to Klaus. The reason he came to Mystic Falls, Virginia in the first place was to break a curse placed on him by his own mother, the original witch.
Pretty dark huh.
When he, and the rest of his family, were turned into vampires, it came out that he was actually a werewolf already. That made him the only vampire-werewolf hybrid in existence at that time. It also made it very clear who his father wasn't. Anyway, after his mom enacted said curse, he couldn't access the wolf side of himself. He spent five hundred years trying to break it, while murdering his way into the ruthless reputation we now know him by.
And between you and me, he was even going to sacrifice me and my boyfriend, Tyler Lockwood, to break his curse. Fortunately we were saved but, Klaus still managed to achieve what he had always wanted.
I know you're probably wondering why I'm giving you a history lesson. It's pretty simple, really. Klaus has just apparently fed Tyler his blood before snapping his neck and I wasn't even in the room. Don't tell, but I'm glad I wasn't there when it all went down. The original hybrid might have killed me too for fuck's sake.
Now, back to how everything is going to shit. Every wolf that Klaus has turned, dies. You can see my dilemma here, yes? And now Rebekah, one of the originals, is here taunting Tyler and I about how we have no time left to find a solution before he dies! We had twenty minutes and now that time was just gone.
"Well, the verdict's in. The original witch says the doppelgänger should be dead," a man with a British accent said as he strolled proudly into the room. Damn, gotta love that accent. I always find myself lured by English characters in movies and tv shows, I guess you could say it's a weakness of mine.
I looked up to see the most handsome man I have ever seen in my entire life. Oh no, I did not just think that. He's the reason we're all in this mess, he is evil!
He held a vial in his hands that contained blood from one of my best friend's, Elena Gilbert. She is the doppelgänger everyone wants after all. After giving it to Tyler, he began screaming and rolling around in pain.
It was hard to watch and I tried to get to him, comfort him... but Rebekah, ever the dutiful sister, held me back. The transition was complete when blood filled the veins below Tyler's black and gold eyes.
He already had a rough time when he first triggered his werewolf gene, I'm not sure he's ready to be a vampire too. But here we are now, walking the school halls and holding hands as if everything is A OK.
"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked.
"I'm great, Caroline. I mean, like, phenomenal. It's a rush," he said. "I wish I could explain it. Everything is just... better."
I laughed as he picked me up and swung me around before kissing me.
"This is going to be an amazing year," he said.
I was still a little worried. He seemed alright at this moment so I'll let it go, for now. I just really hope the other shoe doesn't drop.
Time had passed since the whole hybrid transformation incident. In reality, it was just over six weeks actually. Anyway, let me update you on the happenings of this little crazy town.
Stefan Salvatore, Damon's little brother, turned off his humanity, ghosts from the other side with unfinished business came back to wreak havoc on everybody, Tyler planned a huge party all for Klaus which turned out to be a wake for his father, Mikael - the father - came back to terrorize said original and his hybrids, Mikael was killed, Stefan took Klaus' family and hid them, and now the original hybrid is back in town... again.
It's infuriating how much of a hold this guy has over my life. What do I mean? Well, I'll get to that later. I need to rant about my boyfriend who right now, is no longer mine. Why? Because Tyler has lost his fucking mind.
The idiot ditched me for Rebekah, for weeks mind you, who had him feeding off humans! This is Mystic Falls, where a council exists for one purpose. They're just itching to kill every vampire they come across. You would think we'd all learn some discretion by now. This town is not in the business for welcoming the supernatural.
Although, I've often wondered what it would be like to fully embrace being a vampire without the fear of getting caught. Alas, there's no use in trying to find out now, this town has a chokehold on me. It's like I'll be stuck in the confines of Virginia forever. To make matters worse, the other shoe I was worried about finally dropped. Tyler is sired to Klaus now, he does everything that monster says. What kind of relationship can survive that? He gave me a bracelet as a birthday gift earlier today, but it did nothing for me. Yes, we are on the outs right now but I was extremely concerned for his state of mind. I'd rather know he's going to be okay than see him walking around faking it.
But that was before he bit me. I'm sure Klaus made him do it. We never bite each other during sex so there's no other reason for it to happen at all.
As I lay in my bed with my eyes closed, I could just feel that I was dying. My undead life was slipping away after every little breath I took. I've been hallucinating all sorts of crazy visions and you don't even want to know what I've been seeing... or maybe you do.
I've been hallucinating about Klaus of all people. One illusion in particular, I was watching myself sit on the roof of a restaurant with him having lunch. It was like I was having an out of body experience, as if I was watching a future event occur. The crazy thing is, future me looked directly into my eyes... she winked.
That startled me so much, I shook myself out of that vision. At that moment, I started to hear voices but I had no idea who was talking. I couldn't tell if was real or if it was just another one of my mind's many aberrations.
Someone just walked into my room causing my eyes to snap open.
Of course, it was Klaus himself.
"Are you going to kill me?"
"On your birthday?" He asked. "Do you really think that low of me?"
"Yes."
He gave me a look that I couldn't read. I didn't even really care to read it either, I was in so much pain.
I didn't even try to stop him when he moved my shirt to look at the bite.
"Oh, that looks bad." Once again I couldn't read the look in his eyes. "My apologies. You're what's known as collateral damage. It's nothing personal."
I didn't know what to say to that. Why should I say anything at all? However, it was weird seeing him like this, all soft hearted and sort of kind. He doesn't seem like a monster...
"I love birthdays," he said touching the charm bracelet Tyler gave me.
I scoffed weakly.
"Yeah, aren't you like... a billion or something?" Hey now, I cracked joke there. You know what they say, laugh to keep from crying. That's that deathly funny humor, I should be a dying comedian.
"We have to adjust your perception of time when you become a vampire, Caroline." He pulled his arm back and smiled. "Celebrate the fact that you're no longer bound by trivial human conventions. You're free."
"No, I'm dying."
He sat on my bed. His eyes are so pretty. Yeaaah, I'm definitely sick.
"And I could let you die... if that's what you want. If you really believe your existence has no meaning," he said. He seemed to be contemplating what he was going to do as I lay there wondering if he'll save me or not. "I've thought about it myself once or twice, over the centuries truth be told."
Woah, is he getting deep on me right now? Never thought that could be possible. Why is he sort of baring his soul to me? My gawd, his eyes are pretty.
"But I'll let you in on a little secret," he said leaning closer to me as I gazed into those pretty eyes of his. "There's a whole world out there waiting for you. Great cities and art and music... genuine beauty. And you can have all of it. You can have a thousand more birthdays. All you have to do is ask."
Tears welled in my eyes. I did want all of that. I want to live. I want to experience the genuine beauties that this world has to offer.
"I don't wanna die," I finally said.
He lifted me up, cradling me in his arms to rest against his chest. Angling his wrist in front of my mouth, he offered his lifeblood to me.
"There you go, sweetheart." He didn't bite his wrist for me, I guess he wanted me to do it myself. "Have at it."
Blood rushed into my veins as I bit into his flesh, moaning as I savored the taste of him. It was like I was eating a fine delicacy and it was better than I could have ever imagined. Human blood is addicting already, but this? This was something else. His blood was delicious and spicy, probably because he's a werewolf too. Gawd this is amazing, like drinking liquid fire it was so hot. It's intoxicating, almost aphrodisiac-like in its effects. Whew, I wonder what it would be like to drink this stuff while having sex.
Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with me? I'll be glad when this infection-induced brain fog leaves... but for right now? I'm going to enjoy this shit.
"Happy Birthday, Caroline."
I was barely paying any attention to what he said as I felt the pain go away. I kept drinking until I fell asleep.
I didn't wake up again until the next day. The sun streamed into my room through the drapes and I felt extremely refreshed. My neck was no longer sore and my body no longer ached. I was completely healed. I looked around and saw that Klaus was gone, I didn't expect him to stay but... I don't know. The way he was last night, I had a feeling that very few people saw that side of him. I wonder why he chose to show it to me.
Looking into the mirror on my vanity, I saw a velvet box there with a note stating the gift was from Klaus.
I opened the box and inside was the most beautiful diamond-encrusted bracelet I have ever seen. Holy fuck. This one shitted on the one Tyler gave me. Damn, I know I shouldn't say that but it was true though. I'd expect a gift like this from someone who was as old as those in the original family. I wonder where he stole it from...
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