Doppelganger

•THIRTY-TWO•

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Thirty-Two
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The room was silent apart from gentle breathing and the beating of hearts, it was peaceful the more peaceful anything could be in Mystic falls. Until Emilia began to stir she opened up her eyes Niklaus was lay on her arm and she gently kissed his head, she noticed as she moved she tensed with cramp before shuffling out of bed.

Emilia walked across the room and into the bathroom, she went through her morning routine and brushed her teeth before walking back into the room, Klaus was sat up in bed, reading through a short book. "You're up early?" Klaus remarked looking his girlfriend who was still in PJ's up and down.

"Wanted to get up and start getting ready, as you can see you have caught me half way." She smiled over at him before kissing him.

"Well why don't you go and get yourself ready and we can head to the grill for breakfast." Klaus asked standing up he ran into the bathroom at full speed, Emilia walked off to the wardrobe and pulled on a burgundy cord skirt and a top, she slipped on her shoes and a bag over her shoulder before walking out to a very naked Klaus.

"Oh well, nice to know your comfortable around me." She smirked.

"Thought you'd be used to this sight now." He chucked walking closer to her.

"Not quiet use to a naked old man in my bedroom." Emilia sarcastically remarked, and he charged at her pushing her onto the bed. "EWWW!" She yelled though laughter.

"Guess ill have to stay fully clothed in future." He dashed off into the wardrobe and locked it behind him.

"NOO, how could you deny me that god like physic!" She pretended to be devastated before he came out looking handsome as ever in just jeans and a shirt. "Though can't deny you look good like that." She winked.

"You flirt."

"Says you, come on lets go get food before I starve." Emilia told him as she got up and began to walk to the main door of the bedroom.

"Emilia, could I ask something first?" Klaus said stood very still, she nodded and he continued. "I haven't fed in a couple of days any chance?" He asked and she lifted her wrist walking back to him, he bit into her wrist and after a sharp scratch it didn't feel like much she had gotten more used to this feeling and it had become less of a shock. "Thank you Love." He kissed her before biting his own wrist and feeding her, allowing herself to swallow the metallic liquid she felt herself heeling although her cramp didn't go away it must be getting to the time.

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When they arrived at the Mystic Grill they got a table together and Klaus walked to where Matt was serving to go and order food, Rebekah walked in and soon Klaus had spotted her walking over to where he could speak to her, Emilia tried to read lips but all she could get was the number five and she wasn't quiet sure why that would come up but both of them had said it. Rebekah turned away and Klaus nodded his head towards her before walking back to the table.

"What were you speaking to Rebekah about?" Emilia inquired as Klaus sat down on the chair and pulled himself in before a waiter brought two drinks over a coffee for Klaus and a glass of pure orange juice for her after he left Klaus answered.

"Was talking about the hunter that has come to town, he is a member of something called The Five." Klaus told her. "They are an ancient organisation of vampire hunters, they were enhanced by a witch many years ago and they live to destroy vampires."

"Oh, well they don't exactly sound very good." Emilia bemused.

"Nope I've killed one before and I can guarantee to you that it isn't a pleasant experience for anyone involved." Klaus mentioned seeming to daydream about it, just as the food came they both began to eat there breakfast in silence Emilia thinking about all the things and people that Niklaus had seen in his 1000 years of life. "Emilia..." Klaus trailed off looking up from his food.

"Yes?" She asked raising an eyebrow as she takes a drink.

"I want to warn you of something."

"Yes?"

"When we get home someone is going to be chained up at home." He told her and she rolled her eyes. "Not who you think Emilia, the hunter I got my hybrids to collect him for me and I need to get information but cannot kill him and he knows that I cant." Klaus informed her.

"How have you met the five before?" She asked him.

"It was 1114 and we were in Italy, at that time it was Elijah, Kol, Rebekah and myself and we found a man burning vampires in front of a town of people Elijah and I knowingly were worried. Rebekah not so much, she fell in love with this man and to keep a story short they were part of the five and one night daggered me and my siblings they didn't realise quiet what I was and when I woke I murdered the lot of them."

"Oh so they are very old then?" She asked

"Yeah, though I have barely had any contact with them I assumed that I killed the last one." Klaus told her as he drank more of his coffee, and ate little bits of food from the small plate.

"So why not just get someone else to kill him." Emilia questioned her boyfriend wondering why exactly he needed information from him.

"The cure for vampirism, The five hold the map to where it is located." He informs her. "The problem with it is that the map is in the form of a tattoo a one only hunters can see, I sadly am not one so need one to tell me what it looks like."

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Once they got home Emilia headed straight upstairs to her and Niklaus' bedroom she didn't find it beneficial to watch him extract information from a hunter through torture. She instead took to unpacking some personal boxes of hers that were still packed up in the corner of the bedroom, she put her headphones in her ears to drowned out any unnecessary noise and began to work on sorting things out.

After a unknown amount of time Klaus walked into the room and straight over to Emilia who was now sat sorting through clothes and underwear. "Get packing?" He said to her and she looked at him with confusion.

"Why?"

"We are going to Italy." Klaus announced.

"Something to do with The Five I assume?" Emilia aske and he nodded.

"We need to go and get a sword and I'm sure we could spend a little bit of time sightseeing around Brienno."

"Well how could I complain." She smiled as Klaus left and came back with several suitcases. "I'm glad were going somewhere, but you wont complain about me missing school will you." She laughed he was the one that had encouraged her to go back and now he was taking her away from school.

"Well I could leave you here if you want." She glared at her boyfriend and he walked over kissing her passionately. "Come on lets get packing the plane will be waiting."

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Started: 23rd September 2019