𝐀𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 // 𝐓𝐕𝐃 [ON HOLD]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
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[mountains]

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3x02/ 3x03
Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

I was, in the best way of describing it, storming up the mountain side, a wee bit ahead of Nik and Stefan as they walked behind me, the younger vampire carrying Ray the werewolf. Slightly mad about the dry mud staining the bottom of my new-ish shoes, I'd ended up unnecessarily kicking twigs and small stones out of my way while letting out quiet annoyed sighing.

"Are you okay? Is Ray getting heavy?" Nik taunted Stefan in a condescending tone, "I'm fine." Stefan sighed, "you sure about that?" Nik began to taunt him again, "we've been walking for some time now, do you need some water or a little sit-down?" I rolled my eyes at Nik's way of bullying the younger Salvatore.

"You know, I get that we're all stuck together but is we could maybe just skip the chitchat, it's be great. Take a page out of Antonia's book and stop talking." Stefan bit back at my brother, I let out a small laugh, "I'm only quiet cause I got bored of your bickering." I yelled back at the two and continued on walking up the mountain.

"So much brooding, your self-loathing is suffocating you, my friend." I tuned them out at this point and just kept looking for the pack we were originally searching for, my hearing was tuned in to the wooded area around me, I heard the birds chirping, the twigs crunch under our feet, the wind blowing the vibrant green leaves on the trees, and I heard a faint crackle of fire not too far from where we were walking.

"Found them." I interrupted the boys and came to a stop to let them catch up, "looks like we found ourselves a pack." I furrowed my brows and looked at Nik, clearing my throat, he looked at me and sighed, "sorry, Tonia and Ray found us a pack." I smiled at him before he walked past me - shoving my shoulder on the way - and walked to the clueless werewolves infront of us.

Each person stopped what they were doing and watched as the three of us walked further into their camp, Stefan dumping Rays body down in the middle of it. I wouldn't really call this a camp but more like a messy tent set up as each coloured tent was a bit away from the neighbouring tent and there were a few fires being set up around the place.

Some poor soul ran to Ray immediately after he was set down on the ground, worried sick about the werewolf in turning. All eyes soon turned to us but in no way did I feel threatened or felt the need to cower down, I just stared, bored at the scene in front of me.

"Who are you?" A woman asked primarily to Stefan, "the important question is, who am I?" My brother walked forward to talk to the pack, "please forgive the intrusion." He politely asked before introducing himself, "my name is Klaus." I saw some heads perk up at the name, the woman stood up slowly and took a step back, "you're the hybrid." She concluded.