What If ⚜️ {Klaroline}

CHAPTER 1: KNOW THY ENEMY

WHAT IF

CHAPTER 1: Know Thy Enemy

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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

~ Sun Tzu,
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"Rick, seriously?!" Caroline yelled at him throwing her hands in the air with a furious look on her face. "You were supposed to be here an hour ago!"

Klaus looked at her confused and amused at the same time. Was she talking to him? The guy, whose body he was temporarily inhabiting was a boring history teacher named Alaric. Rick could be his Nickname. So yeah, she might as well be talking to him.

Klaus double-checked her. At first sight, she looked young, beautiful and annoying, so he suspected she was his student.

Yet she talked to him in singular? And so casually? Could she be his girlfriend or something? Maybe the history teacher was a dirty playboy and liked seducing young teenage schoolgirls in his free time.

He almost licked his lips at the thought of this girl in his bed. She was something... But right now he had work to do... Maybe he would steal her away once he got his body back. It wouldn't even be a fair competition for the poor teacher though, it would be like stealing from a church. He sights trying to decide what to say to the girl, he probably wouldn't even remember her when he achieved his goal and returned to his original body.

"I'm sorry. I..." he started saying but was cut off by the doppelganger and her witchy friend.

"Stop harassing our favorite History teacher, Caroline!" said the doppelganger as she neared. She looked like she was in a good mood.

Uh, Caroline, the best friend. Thought Klaus.

She is supposed to be the vampire Katerina turned for the sacrifice. He had to admit Katherine had done well. She had found the moonstone and the doppelganger along with a witch capable for the spell, and she had turned a vampire and a werewolf for the ritual. If things hadn't gone South for her, he would've probably freed her for her apprentice. Or at he could least grant her the mercy of killing her quickly.

"You're out?!" Caroline asked choked. "Aren't you supposed to be imprisoned in the Salvatore prison house with the two mighty knights guarding the castle?"

Her voice was disapproving and judgmental. While the frown on her face made her look adorable.

"What's gotten you all biter?" asked the witch but Klaus only had eyes for the blonde vampire for some inexplicable reason.

This wasn't right. He had come all this way for the doppelganger. She was the key to breaking the curse. She should be the one he shouldn't be able to stop staring, not the irritatingly childish and surprisingly hot best friend.

"Well, somebody stood me up!" she said glaring at him with an intimidating gaze while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

She's certainly something. He thought, shaking his head.

Bonnie – the witch – rolled her eyes at the blonde vampire girl while Elena answered Caroline's question a little belated:

"I figured that just because the oldest and the most dangerous vampire in the history of time is coming after me, it shouldn't stop me from going to school. I took a page from your book. I'll just wear a smile and go on living my life like a normal teenager for as long as I can. I'll make the most of these memories."