Twisted Bonds

Chapter 50: First Day

Emma's POV

Before the conversation could turn into an argument, Klaus made his way into the room. "Well, the verdict's in. The Original witch says the doppelgänger should be dead." Klaus announced.

"Does that mean we can kill her?" Rebekah asked a little too excitedly.

"No, I'm fairly certain it means the opposite." Klaus told her.

"What?" Rebekah asked. She seemed a bit disappointed.

"Call it a hunch." Klaus said while kneeling in front of Tyler. "Elena's blood. Drink it."

"No! No, no, no, Tyler, don't!" Caroline yelled out. She tried to make her way to Tyler, but Rebekah grabbed her before she could make her way to him.

"If he doesn't feed, he'll die anyway. Consider this an experiment." Klaus said. "It's okay." Klaus whispered to Tyler, trying to soothe the panicking teen.

After a couple moments of hesitation, Tyler grabbed the vial that held Elena's blood. "There we go." Klaus said. Tyler drank the blood within the vial. "Good boy."

The moment he swallowed the blood, Tyler collapsed onto his back. He groaned in pain. Caroline started to panic. She tried to go over to them, but she was still being held back by Rebekah.

After a few seconds, Tyler got back onto his hands and knees. He clutched at his head and yelled out. When he lifted his head, we could all see that his eyes were yellow, like a werewolf, and the veins under his eyes darkened, like a vampire. His fangs were out on full display. A hybrid.

"Well, that's a good sign." Klaus said with a grin.

Once we were all sure that Tyler wasn't going to die, we all parted ways. Klaus and I were the last ones in the room. Before I made my leave to go find Elijah, Klaus stopped me. "Emma, can I speak to you for a minute?"

I sighed and nodded as I turned towards him. I gestured for him to start speaking. "I assume Elijah had a conversation with you about soulmates, correct?" he asked.

I nodded. "Did he ever get the chance to tell you that you're my soulmate, too?" he questioned.

"He did. He talked to me before we made our way here." I confirmed. I tried to keep my breathing even. I may have powers, but he can still kill me before I have time to react.

"I'm sure that you've heard about some of the things I've done. But, I want you to know that no harm will ever come to you by my hands." he said. He took a deep breath before continuing. "I know that I'm probably not your favorite person, but would you be willing to give this a chance? Give this bond a chance to grow?" he asked.

I thought it over for a few seconds. Despite everyone completely ignoring me all summer, I couldn't deny that a part of me still cared about them, and Klaus being here was dangerous for all of them. With my mind made up, I met his eye and spoke up. "Would you be willing to not kill those I call my friends?" I asked.

"If it would make you happy and willing to give this a shot, then yes." Klaus agreed.

"Then I'd be willing to give this bond with you a shot." I told him.

Klaus' face lit up in a bright smile. Seeing him smile like that made it too hard for me to hold back a smile of my own.

Eventually, I made my way back home. Elena wasn't home yet, but I assumed that she was going to spend the night over at the boarding house. She probably wanted Damon to protect her from both Klaus and Stefan, what with Stefan having gone off the rails with his humanity switch flipped.