Twisted Bonds

Chapter 44: Meeting The Hybrid

Emma's POV

I gaped at the gorgeous man in front of me. Well, now I'm curious. Are all of the Originals absolutely gorgeous? Because the only person I can think of that can rival this man where looks are concerned is Elijah. The gorgeous man turned his gaze to Alaric. "Thanks for the loaner, mate."

Damon got up out of his seat. "Any reason you stopped by to say hi?"

"I'm told you and your brother fancy my doppelgänger. Just thought I'd remind you to not do anything you'll regret." Klaus said. A little too late for that advice.

"Ha. Thanks for the advice. I don't suppose I could talk you into a postponement, by any chance, huh?"" Damon asked.

"Are you kidding?" Klaus looked at Alaric. "He is kidding, right?"

"No, not really." Alaric told him.

"I mean, come on, what's one month in the grand scheme of things?" Damon said, only half trying to convince the hybrid to change his mind.

"Let me be clear...I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up." Klaus warned. Klaus sent a frustratingly handsome smirk my way. "Emma, I hope to see you again soon."

Klaus turned around and walked out of the grill. "What did he mean by that?" Alaric asked while sending me a curious look.

"I have no idea..." I replied back.

"Well, that was fun." Damon said, completely ignoring the last thing Klaus said.

"You're going to screw it up, aren't you?" Alaric asked.

I raised an eyebrow and sent Alaric a look. "It's Damon. Of course he is." I told him.

Damon, ignoring our short conversation, spoke up. "You think if I took his werewolf out of the equation, she might...get over the fact that I tried to turn her into a vampire?" Damon asked, proving my point.

"See?" I mumbled to Alaric.

Alaric smiled at my remark before responding to Damon. "I think it won't matter, because you'll be dead."

"But without the werewolf, he can't perform the ritual tonight, which means I would have bought her one month before the next full moon." Damon said.

"And you'll still be dead." Alaric pointed out.

"Are you gonna help me or what?" Damon asked, turning to us.

Alaric and I looked at each other. "I'll help, buI want you to stay out of it." Alairc said to me.

"You don't think I can help?" I asked, a little offended.

"It's not that. I just want you to stay out of it. You'll be safer that way." Alaric clarified.

"Fine..." I mumbled. I stayed long enough to eat my cheesy fries and pay before I walked out. I thought I might as well get some practice in before tonight.

I was practicing with my fire manipulation ability when I heard something behind me. I quickly turned around to see what it was. I didn't see anything. Must've been my imagination playing tricks on me.

I went back to practicing. Not thirty seconds later, I hear something again. "Hello?" I asked as I turned around. Again, I saw nothing. Is Enzo pulling a prank on me? No, he'd just tell me if he was here. Is Damon messing with me? No, he's out messing with Klaus' plans. I decided to stop practice for the day and leave.

As I was making my way back to the trails, I once again heard something behind me. Instead of turning around, I quickly broke off a huge chunk of earth from the ground and chucked it towards where the sound was coming from.

"Woah! Easy there, love. No need to take my head off." I heard Klaus' voice say as he just barely managed to dodge my attack.

"What are you doing here?" I asked while getting into a defensive stance.

"Just looking for a good location to have my ritual. I certainly didn't expect to see you here, Emma. And it seems you can use more than just wind." Klaus said as he started to walk towards me. "Now, tell me, what else can you do, love?"

"You don't need to know." I said as I got prepared to bolt.

As he continued his advance, I began to back up. I wasn't going to let him get anywhere near me. I knew that he probably saw me as a threat. He tried to kill Bonnie because she was powerful, I wasn't going to let him kill me, too.

"Calm down there, love. I'm not here to hurt you." Klaus tried to tell me.

"And why should I believe that?" I asked, still backing away.

Klaus quickly closed the distance with his vampire speed. He grabbed my arm. I felt something that I had only felt once before with Elijah. Warm tingles run up and down my arm. Knowing what this probably ment, I paled. No... This can't be. Two Originals?! I'm mated to two of them!?

Before I could properly think, I pulled my arm free of his grasp and knocked him back with a wind attack and ran away as fast as I could. Once he was out of sight, I created a large hole in the ground and jumped in. I covered the top and hid there in the dark. I had my phone with me, but I wasn't going to call for help. Everyone was already busy preparing for tonight.

I stayed there for half an hour before I decided it was safe to come out. I uncovered the top of the little hole in the ground and climbed out. I looked around before I started my trek towards the trails. I decided to not tell anybody about my discovery. Hell, most of them didn't even know about Elijah and I. And I intended to keep it that way until I was ready to talk about it.

I made the long walk back to the boarding house. It was late afternoon. Evening would be fast approaching. In a few short hours, Klaus would come for Elena. Elena and Stefan were still out doing...whatever the hell they were doing. I didn't know what they were up to. All that I knew was that they wanted to enjoy Elena's last day as a human. That is, if no one could find a solution to keep her human. I kind of assumed that Damon's plan to delay the sacrifice wouldn't work. A lot of his previous plans failed. I didn't think this one would be any different.

I was sitting with Jenna when she got a call on her cell phone. She answered it and a shocked expression formed on her face. When she hung up, she quickly got up and started to get ready to leave. I followed her. "Hey, who was that? What's going on?" I asked.

"Elena called me. She's scared and she really needs my help. I have to go." she said.

I stopped her from leaving. "Jenna, Elena is with Stefan. Plus, she would probably call Damon or Bonnie if something was seriously wrong. Think about it, Jenna." I told her. I stopped to think of why she would call Jenna. Unless it wasn't Elena... "I think it was Katherine. Klaus probably forced her to call you to lure you out for some reason."

Jenna halted her movements. "That makes sense. When she called me, she didn't tell me what exactly was wrong. But just to be sure, I'm going to give Elena a call." Jenna said as she pulled her cell phone back out.

One quick call later, my hypothesis was confirmed. It was not Elena who called her. Elena and Stefan were on their way back from their little trip. Jenna came up to me. "Thanks for stopping me. I'd probably be dead by the end of the night if you hadn't stepped in."

"No problem. I suggest that you stay here for the rest of the night, okay? Let us supernatural people take care of all of this chaos." I suggested.

"Alright. Thanks again, Emma. And don't you dare die on me, you hear?" Jenna told me.

I chuckled a bit at that. "Sure thing, Jenna." I told her.

Jenna and I went back into the living room and sat on the couch. We talked to keep our minds off of what was inevitably going to happen tonight. We talked until we heard a knock on the door. Jenna and I got up and walked to the door. I opened it to reveal none other than Klaus.