My Light

No Longer A Lonely World

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for liking the story! AND all of your reviews made me post the second chapter a little sooner than I planned haha. You guys are awesome!

I know it's a little weird that Caroline is seven, but all will be explained in this chapter and future chapters. This chapter might be a little personal to some of you, but I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 2: No Longer A Lonely World

For the first, in a very long time, there was news that left Klaus completely speechless. He was always prepared for the shocking types but never once would it make him this astounded.

"What do you mean I have a mate? There is no record in vampire history of having a mate. I would have known!" He bellowed.

"Apparently, no. You wouldn't." Despite of Klaus' flare-up, Sheila was being very nonchalant. "When your mother was in a middle of a spell during your time of transformation, along with the rest of your family, there was another witch who did a spell as well. A Bennett witch."

He looked at her skeptically. Looking into his memory, he didn't see anyone else besides his family during that night. "You see dear, what I don't understand is why would your ancestor interfere with my mother's ritual?"

"She wasn't there in person. She had to go somewhere far, somewhere secret where she could do the spell. The witch always thought ahead whenever performing magic, and she knew what the consequences were going to be when your mother completed the spell. She provided a way."

"What way?"

"Vampires can go into a fit of rage and anger if they don't have self-control. Therefore, they are unaware that they have developed this depth of darkness around them. The feeling is like a grudge or bitterness that ties them down like an anchor. It will carry you deeper and deeper into the darkness. If a vampire is in this sort of darkness, then no human on earth is safe–but the spell that my ancestor used brought hope, light, and content to your kind if they find their mate. Every vampire has one...even with the most dark and twisted soul of them all. I'm guessing you already know what the solution is from this outcome."

Klaus swallowed and his voice grew quieter with each word. "It means I have a mate."

"A mate. Your mate, Klaus. The date you were speaking of was the day when she was born in. The urges meant that you needed to come here to find her and claim that she is yours. Unfortunately, we both don't know who your mate is. You would have to look for her on your own and when the time comes...then you'll know who she is."

"How come there is no record of this?"

"That's the one thing my ancestor never thought of. So many vampires killed thousands of humans. Without even knowing, there's a high possibility that a vampire has killed somebody else's mate, or prevented a future descendant to be born when they are destined to become a vampire's mate. Cases like these are so rare nowadays, it's hard to keep track. However, there were only ten mated pairs my family has discovered over the centuries. It's remarkable really. The last pair was found in the late 1800's, and no vampire has found a mate since then...until now."

Klaus always thought that the idea of having a mate would always be in those fantasy stories where there are happy endings. The idea of being in a happy ending left Klaus longing for it to happen. He is waiting patiently to have that kind of life with his family...well, most of them anyway. And now, he just found out that he had a mate. It sounded too good to be true. He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't.