Tribrid Salvatore

2x17 Know Thy Enemy

Well, this chapter turned out to be way too short but... At least it's something, right?

Enjoy,

Nick

Greta was leafing through one of the grimoires that she had gotten access to after starting to help Klaus when a piece of paper appeared in front of her. She blinked and hesitated. There were only two people who could send this and she wasn't sure whether she wanted to read what was written there. Finally, she picked it up and opened the note. The young witch read it again and again, not quite believing the words "Klaus," she called, running out of her room "Klaus."

"What's with the shouting?" the Hybrid glared, stepping through the doors to his art room. He hated being disturbed and everyone knew it.

"Here," Greta panted, shoving the piece of paper into his hands "That just appeared."

Klaus' eyes widened in surprise when he saw the familiar handwriting "That's... interesting," he murmured "Leave, Greta. And tell Maddox to come and see me. We'll be going to Mystic Falls and I want him to look around first."

"Are you sure that it's not a trap?" the young witch asked in concern. She didn't want the Original to get hurt. He was... Well, it didn't matter, did it? She just didn't want him to get hurt.

"Are you questioning me, little witch?" the Hybrid raised an eyebrow in amusement "Get Maddox now." Once she was gone, he turned to walk back into his art room, falling onto the couch with a sigh. This wasn't what he expected... Elijah had made his feelings on... Well, everything... pretty certain. Something must have happened for him to change his mind. A Doppelgänger. After what happened to Katerina, he never thought he would be able to break the curse... Of course, that didn't stop him from looking but now? The knowledge that there was a human Doppelgänger in Mystic Falls and his brother was more than happy to hand her over.

A knock on the door made him look up "You wanted to see me?" Maddox inquired, stepping into the room.

"Yes. There's something I need you to do," Klaus explained, laying out his plan. The warlock was to go Mystic Falls to look for a body that the Original could possess. He wanted to have a look around town and make sure that Elijah wasn't planning to kill him. The best way to do this was to hop into someone else, someone who was close to the group.

Maddox nodded thoughtfully "I will get on it." He got up "I'll call you when I find anything... Shouldn't take too long."

"Make sure it doesn't," Klaus warned, waving the man away. He had some thinking to do and it was best done alone.

In the end, it took Maddox three days to call him. It had been difficult for the warlock to catch the man in question – a History teacher by the name of Alaric Saltzman – on his own. He had always been in the company of people. Apparently, the most common people were a little girl, his girlfriend and several vampires. From the pictures the Hybrid had received, he only recognized two of the vampires. One was his older brother and the other was Stefan Salvatore, an old friend of his. A part of him was looking forward to seeing him again. The twenties were his favourite and part of it was because of Stefan and the other part was all the dancing, the parties.

His vampires arranged everything that had to do with the move. The coffins with his other siblings were on stand-by and he was storing another one which he would occupy. Greta would stay behind to take care of the last of his affairs.

After Katherine fled from the Boarding House, she wasn't ashamed to say that she was hiding. Hiding from Elijah and from the others. After what happened with Elena and the dagger, she didn't even want to be involved in any of that. On one of her trips into town, she ran into a man the vampire had never seen before. He had the distinct feel of magic around him and before she could run, her world went black.

When she woke up, she saw the warlock from earlier casting a spell on someone. She squinted at her surroundings. There were two vases, one full of blood and the other empty, lying on its side. Katherine started to get up when she finally saw who was in the chair. Alaric opened his eyes and got up, making the warlock bow "Alaric?" the vampire frowned, trying to understand what was going on. The smile that crossed the teacher's face scared her though and she rushed over to the door, only to be held back by an invisible force.

Alaric slowly walked over to Katherine and started speaking "Zdravei, Katerina." He took her face in his hands "I have missed you."

"Klaus," she gasped, fear trickling into her voice.