Elena stared fearfully up at the wolf. What if it was one of Klaus' hybrids and it didn't know any better but to bite her? As it drew closer to her neck, she trembled underneath it, ready to throw it off if it made the slightest move to sink its teeth into her throat. Suddenly it began nuzzling her soft skin, its cold nose making her shiver and laugh. When it drew away to look at her again, its eyes were no longer yellow. They were bright blue. Elena hesitantly reached out and touched his head. His fur was surprisingly soft. She smiled softly and swept her thumb over the area between his eyes causing them to close slowly.
"You scared the hell out of me, you know? I should be throwing you into a tree for that stunt." She murmured, scratching behind his ears as she would any dog.
But this wasn't any normal dog. It was hard to reconcile this wolf with the Klaus she knew. Especially when he nuzzled her wrist to encourage her to continue as he curled up beside her legs when she sat up and leaned against the tree. His head lay on her lap and his blue eyes stared up at her as she ran her fingers through his clean fur. She heard them coming before they appeared so she simply smiled up at Rebekah, Kol, and Elijah when they appeared.
"Don't worry. He just scared me." she said, patting Klaus.
"What the hell? We thought she was being attacked, Nik!" Rebekah berated, glaring down at him.
He simply closed his eyes in response to her.
"Leave him alone, Bekah. All our brother wanted was a chance to sleep next to a willing girl. That hasn't happened in a while has it, Nik?" Kol taunted him.
Elena jumped when his body vibrated with the force of his loud growl in Kol's direction. Then she laughed and massaged his head soothingly.
"Come on. Let's leave them. He can protect Elena all his own." Elijah said, shooting Elena a smile before they disappeared from sight.
After a few minutes of simply sitting there, she looked down at him and found that he was looking up at her.
"So you change when you get angry or is it a voluntary thing to get away? I like to get away when I'm angry. But then again, my version of getting away doesn't break every bone in my body. I honestly don't see the attraction in changing into a wolf. Tyler always said that it was horrible." She said, filling the air with her monologue as she continued to scratch him as if he was a real dog.
When a branch snapped, he was suddenly standing next to her with his hair raised and his teeth bared dangerously. Elena heard the little steps one moment and the beating heart the next. When a small fox came into view, it froze at the sight of Klaus.
"I don't think you have to protect me from that." she whispered, giggling slightly as Klaus stared up at her with a look that would tell even the most clueless of people that he wasn't just a wolf.
Then he broke away from her and bounded after the fox, looking like an excited dog chasing after a tennis ball. She tried to keep the laughter at bay but it broke from her body and she began to walk in the direction that he disappeared. Suddenly she heard a yelp and her laughter ended. Her legs carried her forward at vampire speed and she followed his scent to another clearing. When she got there, a naked Klaus was not what she expected to see. To be fair, it was just his back as he was standing up slowly, but she still clapped her hands over her eyes.
"I thought you were in trouble! Why are you naked?" she demanded, sensing that he was smirking at her.
"Well I don't exactly change with clothing on, do I lovely?" he asked, sounding proud o himself.
She stuck her tongue out at him childishly before turning around as footsteps came towards them.
"Don't worry, Elena. I've brought him clothes." Elijah informed her as he entered the clearing.
