Here we go again

Chapter 6

“Klaus…”

“We meet again my dear. It has been a long time hasn’t it?”

His usual smirk was stuck to his face and I was convinced he was going to try and play his mind games with me. That’s how it always went, he played nice and then tried to trick me. After a while you think you know his scheme, but every once in a while he tells the truth. That way you can never be absolutely sure his is lying. Sometimes it worked, he managed to confuse me and I would eventually make a fool out of myself for actually believing him. Other times I would see right through his miserable plan and that’s when Klaus knew he was going to have a problem.

But today I couldn’t be bothered with his mind games. I didn’t have the patience to deal with him, my encounter with Damon was still too fresh in my mind and because of that I couldn’t control my emotions as well as I wanted. Klaus was going to suffer because one way or another he was going to push me too far and all of my anger will be aimed at him.

“Well it depends. You haven’t seen me for quite a long time, a century if I am correct. But just because you are not capable of locating me even with your team of pathetic little witches doesn’t mean that I do not know where you are or what you are doing.” And like that I had managed to unsettle him just like I had at his little party.

“So you follow me know do you? Stalker much?” His obnoxious laugh resonated through the forest.

“You poor delusional fool. Do you really think I could be bothered to follow you? No, I do not need to follow you to know all that I want about you. You even thinking such a thing makes you a bigger fool than I already thought you were.” It was my turn to laugh now.

His face hardened, this was not going the way he expected.

“Now, what do you want Klaus?”

“I want to know why you are here and what you intend to do!”

“And you actually believe I’m going to tell you. I thought you knew me better than that my dear, we have known each other for quite some time now.”

“You’ve been in my way for long enough Nina, soon enough I’ll find a way to break you and you know it. Now, if you accept to stop whatever it is that you are doing then I might reconsider and leave you alone for the next few centuries!”

“Leave me alone? Because you actually believe you have any control whatsoever on this situation? You poor deluded little thing! This is not how it works Klaus and you know it; I’m not one of your puppets, you can’t control me like the rest of them. I’m strong and you know it, it even frightens you because I have the power to ruin you completely. So if anyone is going to offer a bargain it’s going to be me and it’s going to be on my terms.”

“You actually believe you have the power to end me, a hybrid? Who’s delusional now?” He was growing weary and he knew this conversation was spiraling out of his control and he didn’t like that. But I wasn’t leave it at that, before he had time to run away I had to make sure he got my point, he wasn’t getting out of this one.

“Klaus, the moment you met me you knew I was stronger than anything you had met before and you tried to befriend me to protect yourself. And for a while you managed, your family being an important part of the reason why I stayed besides you for a while. But you ruined that didn’t you? And now not only am I able to kill you if I wanted to but I can also ruin your life for you. I can take away from you your most precious thing, your family.” My voice was cold and loud, my face void of any expression which was all the more frightening. I could feel the energy pulse through me and he could see it vibrate all around me. “Now, if you know what’s best for you you’ll leave me and this town, because if not, I’m done playing. This is it Niklaus, it’s the end”

After those words, I left knowing that I had made myself understood. We both knew he wasn’t going to leave this town; he wanted the doppelgänger, his family, but also control over this town which was a center of power for all creatures. Because of that, he was now aware that the final battle was coming; the final chapter to our story was coming closer and closer every passing second. He would try to fight back, take away everything he could from me; but this time it wasn’t going to work, I had learned from my mistakes. But I had to warn Elena, Bonny and the rest of their little gang because things were about to get nasty and I was going to need their help, however small it was.

For the first time in a long time I felt at peace. The world I had known until now was about to change drastically but against all odds, I was okay. Things with Klaus were about to be settled and I knew he wouldn’t come out of this alive and I had finally talked to Damon again. Things with him would probably be hectic for a while but for the first time since I left him our relationship, reconciliation wasn’t up to me anymore; it was his move now. I knew I was probably going to lose him, it was probably the end of us and it hurt, it really did, it was as if my heart was ripped apart, put together and ripped apart again every second of the day. But he knew the truth and a weight had been taken off of my shoulders. He knew the whole story and he could do whatever he wanted with it. Whatever happened now wouldn’t only be my fault it would be ours.

Damon’s pov

I didn’t know what to say, I was literally speechless. Here she was, in front of me, vulnerable and scarred telling me her side of the story, giving me the final piece of the puzzle. The more she told me the worse I felt. Once again Katherine was ruining my life. She had broken my brother and I apart and she had taken Nina away from me. The little slut really knew how to create a mess, didn’t she. And before I could say anything, even react properly to what she had just told me, she ran out of her house and into the forest. I knew better than to follow her, she wanted to be alone, she needed to be alone right now and I would give her this space. I was too confused myself right now to be able to give her any form of comfort. I mean come on, I had just rediscovered an entire part of my life in a few minutes, I had the right to be shocked and well, lost.

My life was about to get even more complicated than it already was. I had to deal with my brother, Katherine, Elena, Klaus, Barbie and her puppy as well as a witch and now I had seen my fiancé who currently thought I was a jackass who cheated on her. I should go on holidays; this is way too many problems for a single person even if the said person is really a badass vampire.

God knows I don’t really deal well with emotions and now I had too many of them. I could feel the love I felt for Nina all those years ago coming back to me. I remembered all of the time we spent together, all her little quirks which made her adorable, and all the reasons why I loved her. But did I still love her? That was a question I couldn’t answer right now. And there was still my current problem with Elena and feelings I may or may not have for her.

But I still remember the way I felt when I held Nina in my arms during our dance at Klaus’ gathering. I remember the way her small hand fit perfectly in mine, the way even if she had heels, her head was level with my neck. I remember her piercing eyes looking at me or rather right through me, her cheeky banter and the way she was perfectly able to stand up to me . And I can’t help but think that those past feelings I had for her never really disappeared and that I still might be very well in love with her. But that was a situation I wasn’t ready to face as of yet.

I needed to have a little discussion with my dear brother who hid all of this from me for so many years. The little brat kept my fiancée hidden away from me, did not think that I might very well want to know about all of those things which were about me! This was bound to be fun.