Daydreamin' [Editing]

18. Take Me Home

(You're not wearing the mask, obviously.)

"You've been busy" Elijah says to a naked Klaus. I have my back faeing them. It's been a few days but that doesn't make it any easier. I have to keep myself busy otherwise I'll start to think about what happened, and I don't want to. "That was amazing. How long has it been?" I hear an all too familiar voice ask. "Almost 2 days. Full moon came and went. You remained a wolf." I hear shuffling. "Does he have clothes on now?" I hear a chuckle "That eager to see me, love?" "Forst of all, don't call me that. Second, trust me you are the last person on earth I'd like to see right now but if I'm gonna give you a glare I need to be able to turn around. So do you at least have pants on?"

"Yes." I hear Elijah say I turn around and give him a glare that he ignores. "I can change at will, then. It's good to know. I remember every single kill." he says while putting on a shirt. "Yes, we've been cleaning up your little mess along the way." "Yeah, thanks for that, by the way. I go blood all over my favorite pair of pants, so thank you, asshole." "Just like old times, brother." "You've had your fun. I believe we have a bargain."

"That's right. Now, what was it again? Oh, yeah. Wait. I remember. That's it. You wish to be reunited with our family." "You gave me your word, Niklaus." I laugh "Niklaus? Did you mom hate you?" Klaus just shrugs and says "More or less." he says it like he's said it before.

He turns back to Elijah and answers "What kind of brother would break his bond? Even though you did try to kill me." "I couldhave. But I didn't." Elijah says while helping klaus put on his jacket. "And now no one can, not even you. Relax, Elijah. All is forgiven." "Where are they?" "You need to lighten up. I'll bring you to them soon enough." "When do I get to go home?" I ask, neither of them answering so I follow them through the woods and back to Alarics apartment. "Can I atleast stop by my house so I can change? Maybe shower?" They say nothing but lead me to my house and wait outside my window.

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"Klaus, you're back. Look who decided to come for a visit." Katherine greets as we walk through the door. I'm not suprised she's still alive. She's been avoiding Klaus' revenge for 500 years I suspected she could do it for a few more weeks. What I wasn't expecting was for her to pull Stefan out from behind the wall. "Stefan?" I ask shocked to see him here. "Ariana? What are you doing here? We've been looking everywhere for you." "What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here?" I fire back.

He turns to Klaus "I need your help...For my brother." "Well, whatever it is, it's gonna have to wait a tick. You see, I have an obligation to my brother that requires my immediate attention." Klaus responds. "You understand how important family is, or you wouldn't be here. My brother gave me his word that he would reunite me with my own." I hear Elijah say from behind me.

"And so I shall." Hear close say before an earpeircing scream goes through the room I turn around to see Elijah on the floor, daggered. Klaus grabs Stefan and pins him against a wall. "Now, what am I gonna do with you?" Klaus puts a stake through Stefan. Stefan groans and buckles forward but Klaus holds him up. "Do you feel that? It's scraping against your heart. The slightest little movement and you're dead." "He's just trying to help his brother" me and Katherine say at the same time. e turn to eachother and I give her a nod as a silent thank you she returns it.

"The witches said you had a cure. Make me a deal. Just give me the cure, and I'll do whatever you want." Stefan says, I look at him shocked, I don't think he's ready for what he just signed up for. Klaus takes out the stake. Stefan falls on the floor. I rush over to Syefan hoping to be able to help but he shocks me by pulling me into a hug, making sure not to get any blood on me. Klaus walks over to the counter, puts the dagger on it, and pours himself a glass of blood. "Trouble is I don't know if you'd be any good to me the way you are now. You are just shy of useless."

Klaus crouches down to speak to Stefan next to me "I heard about this one vampire, crazy bloke, always on and off the wagon for decades. When he was off, he was magnificent. 1917, he went into Monterrey and wiped out an entire migrant village...A true ripper. Sound familiar?" I knew Klaus was reffering to his old ways. "I haven't been that way in a long time." Stefan says, regaining his strength.

"Well, that's the vampire I can make a deal with. That is the kind of talent that I can use when I leave this town. Stefan gets up with just a little help from me now that we're standing up properly I give him a good hug, still not getting blood on my clothes. I actually like this outfit and don't want to ruin it.

We pull away when Klaus tells Katherine to come here. Katherine gets closer. He takes her arm. His face changes, his eyes are yellow. He bites her. "No...No. No. No." Katherine says paniking. Klaus bites his own wrist. He makes Katherine drink his blood. Her wound heals. Klaus looks at Stefan. "You want your cure? There it is." "Your blood is the cure." Stefan observes. "Gotta love Mother Nature. Now...Let's talk, you and I." Klaus says, putting a hand on Stefans shoulder.

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Klaus has been forcing Stefan to drink bloodbag after bloodbag for the past hour. I can't help but feel bad for him, if I could do something I would, but there's nothing I can do. Klaus compelles Katherine to take his blood to Damon and Stefan thinks she won't take it to him. I think she's on vervain, clever Katherine, pretending to be under his control so that she could wait for the right moment to escape, yet again.

I start to head for the dorr but Klaus speeds infront of me "Where do you think you're going?" "I have no part in this plan. I've been asking to go home now for the last two days, I can't even begin to imagine how Jeremy feels right now, all alone, thanks to you. Me not being there for him isn't helping. I made that mistake before. I'm not gonna do it again. Plus you have other witches, I'm useless." he just smirks at me "Even you must now that's not true." he sticks a dart with witch hazel in my neck. "Again?" I ask getting dizzy. "Sorry, love, but I can't have you leaving just yet." I feel him pick me up and black out. Again.

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I wake up in the backseat of a car. "Oh, come on." I groan, trying to ignore my headache. "Was that really necessary?" I ask Klaus, who I know is in the car. "Maybe not but it worked. Didn't it?" I just give him a glare and sit up. Stefan's in the passenger seat, as expected. "Where are we going?" "To make more of me." Klaus answers, eyes glancing at me for a split second. "May god help us all." I say under my breath earning a glare from Klaus and a chuckle from Stefan.

So I'm stuck in this car with my best friend and the man that killed half my family. Son of a bitch.

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A/N

That is the end of book 1. There will be a sequel. How do you think it will go for Ariana? Let me know in the comments. If you liked this chapter maybe boost my ego a bit and vote for it? Anyways, GPPD BYE FOR GOOD <3 on this book at least ;)