Jeremy's Unexpected Adventure To The Past

Chapter Five

Chapter 5
"How is this going to help?"

Jeremy asked as he pulled on Klaus's jacket and a couple of his necklaces.
It had been a couple of days since the attack and they had finally reached a good sized village to rest properly in an actual inn instead of the hard ground. 

At first it wasn't so hard until Jeremy had begun to get sick from the cold and rough terrain reminding the originals that he was only human which meant he could get sick and die so much more easily than them.

Klaus glanced at Jeremy for a second before sighing.

It had been really hard for them to be around the human and not rip into his throat like their instincts were screaming at them to do every time they connected eyes with the boy. He quickly looked away from the curious look Jeremy was giving him before answering,

"The necklaces have a bit of my blood in the pendants which will help with the pain if we get separated for any reason. But it will only work for short periods of time so don't get any ideas about escaping."

He explained in a tone with a warning heavily laced in his words. Just the thought of him escaping and never seeing him again made his blood run cold with anger. 

He tightened his fist in an attempt to calm down and took a deep breath. Klaus moved his eyes back on the village in front of him before continuing,

"The jacket has my scent, making it easier for Kol and Elijah to find you if for some reason I'm not able to do so."

Jeremy took in all the information making sure to let it soak in for future use.

So the necklaces can help with the pain because of the blood in the stones? Should've known, It's always blood.
He thought with a scoff.

"You sound as if you already know what's going to happen, brother."

Kol mused aloud as he smirked over at Klaus's grumpy expression. Kol just loved to bring out the anger in Klaus. It was so very entertaining to see his older brother so out of control with his emotions.

 Now thinking about it, he realized it had become increasingly easier to arouse his emotions since Jeremy had shown up in their lives.

Kol glanced at Jeremy and felt his smirk change into a small smile. There was something about the boy that made him feel a little more human every time he looked at him, something that brought back the innocence in his thoughts.

Jeremy glanced at Elijah and noted he had a guarded look on his face as he stared up ahead towards the village that they were progressively getting closer too with every step.

"It's not that and you know it."

Klaus snapped at Kol with a snarl.
Elijah sighed making Jeremy think he did that a little too often around his brothers.

"Klaus is taking extra precautions just in case he is there. Not to mention the werewolves are still on our trail making the days ahead of us even more unpredictable than usual."

Elijah explained in tone that suggested that he had said it more times than just once.
"Who's he?"
Jeremy blurted out before he could stop himself. He shut his mouth quickly and pressed his lips together in regret as soon as all three of them turned their attention to him.
Way to go, Jeremy.
He mentally scolded himself as he caught the glare Klaus was giving him.
"He's nothing but a constant nuisance you shouldn't concern yourself with, boy."
Klaus answered quickly.
Kol chuckled inwardly at Klaus's short and not to sweet answer in amusement, thinking how he just proved his earlier thoughts.
It was silent for a while until they reached the gates of the village that was surrounded by guards on all sides.
"What are your names and business in this village?"
One of the guards asked as he looked at each of them with an expression of complete boredom.
Jeremy watched as his eyes connected with Elijah, allowing him to use his compulsion.
"Let us through and forget you ever saw us."
The guard immediately stepped aside and yelled a command to let the travelers through without any trouble.
As soon as they entered the village they quickly found an inn and a room.
Jeremy almost cried with happiness when he saw what could only be an old fashioned bath tub but quickly thought better of it when he saw that there was a total of one bed.
As if reading his mind Elijah spoke up,
"You and Kol will stay here for the night while Klaus and I go do some business in town. We should be returning sometime in the morning."
Business?
"Please do enlighten me brother, why I have to watch the human while you two go out and take care of our little problem?"
"Do stop whining Kol. It's only for a night. I trust you can control yourself while we're away?"
Klaus asked as he changed into a fresh shirt.
Kol glared at Klaus before smirking.
"Of course I can brother, the question is, can you control yourself while you're away?"
Kol said in a knowing voice.
Klaus glowered at him before turning to the confused Jeremy.
For a moment he just stared at him as if debated with himself about something. Jeremy stared right back wanting to know what was running through his mind as he stared at him so intently. Jeremy noted that for the last couple of days he had caught Klaus staring at him with a similar intensity as he was now, if not more.
Then it dawned on him.
He was hungry.
Come to think about it, it wasn't just Klaus he caught staring at him, he had caught Kol staring as well and even the reserved Elijah.
The realization of it all hit him in waves of silent panic and distraught making him sick to his stomach.
They were all hungry and he was the only source of human blood for miles.
But why didn't they ever bite me?
Jeremy was brought out of his thoughts when he finally noticed Klaus was much closer than he was a moment ago.
"Do me a favor and don't get yourself into any trouble. If you do, it won't end well for anyone who's involved."
Was Klaus's not so subtle warning, then he shot Kol a warning look before he left with a slam of the door.
There was a moment of awkward silence as Kol and Jeremy both stared at the door for a moment and then at each other.
Suddenly Kol smirked a smirked promising only trouble, something Klaus had just warned both of them about.
"Get ready Jeremy, we're going out."
Jeremy made sure he was wearing both of the necklaces and the jacket before following Kol into the cold night. He couldn't help but glance back at the inn expecting Klaus to be hiding in the shadows just waiting for an excuse to kill him but soon shook his head of those thoughts when he remembered the way he was when the werewolf pack took him.
At first he was curious as to what exactly they were doing until they stopped in front of the double doors of a small bar.
Taking a deep breath he closely followed into the bar and to a small table in the corner of the place making sure to not trip on the drunkards as they sneered and leered at him.
After they sat and Kol order a glass of some kind of brown liquid Jeremy couldn't help but ask.
"Who exactly was it Klaus was talking about earlier?"
Jeremy watched with bated breath as Kol stopped mid swallow, clinching the glass so hard it cracked. He knew it would've been smarter to ask Elijah instead of Kol, but he feared he'd never get him alone unlike now with Kol.
Jeremy watched as Kol put his glass down and sighed in defeat.
"He is our father, Mikael."
Kol answered with disgust lacing his words.
Suddenly it all came back to him.
The story he had read in Elena's diary all those months ago about how the originals came to be and how cruel their father was to them. He remembered reading about how he became a vampire hunter and how he had been hunting the siblings for centuries, never stopping, always chasing.
Thinking about it he started to feel something like pity for them.
To have someone constantly chasing you with the intent to end your existence just sounds exhausting.
"Enough about us. What about you?"
Kol suddenly asked as he leaned in resting his chin in his palm looking genuinely curious and he was. Kol had never actually had to ask someone to talk about anything because he had compulsion for that. So it was a little strange to have to ask such a thing.
"What about me?"
Jeremy challenged as he leaned back into his seat in an attempt to get a little further away from the vampire.
"Tell me something about yourself. Anything."
Kol answered with a knowing smirk. He knew he was intimidating the boy and he liked it. After all he was a predator by nature.
"Uh.... I like to drawl?"
Jeremy answered in more of a question rather than a statement.
Kol raised an eyebrow not expecting an answer like that.
"Do you have any siblings?"
"Just one, her names Elena."
Thinking about Elena made Jeremy think about how she had kept all of these secrets from him making him even mader.
"She thinks just because mom and dad died that she has to take care of me. I'm not a kid anymore but she won't even trust me enough to tell me the truth when something's wrong. I swear sometimes she thinks that I'm too weak to handle anything."
If only she knew where I've and who I'm with now.
Jeremy looked up at Kol and immediately regretted saying anything.
He looked intrigued.
If Kol was intrigued then that meant he had said too much.
Before he could ask another question Jeremy quickly stood up making Kol do the same.
"Uh, I need to use the restroom."
Kol slowly nodded and sat back down as Jeremy made his way to the bathroom.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! From now on I need to be careful not to say anything about my life and especially anything about elena.

Jeremy scolded himself.
If he talked about his life then he was bound to slip up and say something he really shouldn't.
After using the bathroom he slowly walked out of the bathroom and made his way over to Kol. When he saw him he was surprised to see a woman sitting in his own abandoned seat talking to a smirking original.
Jeremy watched as Kol grabbed the woman's hand as he compelled her and then proceeded to pull her up from the table and walked Jeremy's way.
"Jeremy, go wait over at the table while I eat my dinner. Oh and feel free to order anything you like, it's on me."
Kol placed some money in Jeremy's hand before he took the lady through the door that would undoubtedly lead to the young victim's death.
So that was the reason why they went out.
For dinner.
Jeremy slowly sat back down at the table, closed his eyes, and sighed.
Jeremy really wanted to go home. He wished he could just wake up from this never ending nightmare and pull on his earphones and let the music blast into his ears allowing him to escape into his haven.
Jeremy heard the distinctive sound of the wooden chairs legs screeching across the floor indicating someone was pulling it back to sit in it. Thinking it was way too soon for Kol to be returning he cracked open his eyes and was surprised to see alexander.
"What are you doing here? "
He practically yelled in surprise.
Alexander smirked at his future mates expression and answered,
"You didn't think I would just leave you to fend for yourself against three vampires did you?"
Before Jeremy could even retort alexander leaned in much like Kol had done moments ago and smiled.
"Now if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to be gone by the time that vampire comes back from it's meal."