A few hours earlier
Klaus and Stefan were sitting at a table with a group of voluptuous clothed women all with the same hungry gleam in their eyes, staring at the young girl sitting in the center of Klaus and Stefan. She kept her eyes on the table, her heart beating painfully. She should’ve gone straight home after school, but her boyfriend had asked her to come to this place. There had been something odd about him, like he wasn’t himself. Like he was under hypnosis. And now she was sitting here with these people, who had come sit by her uninvited. First just the men, but one by one the women joined them, as if it was a planned meeting, as if they had been waiting for her. Well, she was here. Her boyfriend, however, was nowhere to be found. She could use his help right now. If she could just put her hand in her pocket and get out her cell phone. She let her hand glide off the table, but before she could get it into her pocket one of the two men grabbed it and forced her to look up, with a terrified face. “Please” she begged, tears in her eyes. “Let me go” “What are you up to?” Klaus asked. The girl recognized a British accent. “What do you have in there?” Klaus asked while turning out the girl’s pocket, conjuring the cell phone. He widened his eyes and waved with it. “Were you planning on calling your mommie?” The girl shook her head heavily. “Yes, you were” Klaus said, so soft it was almost a whisper. “And you’re going to” He looked the girl sharp in the eye. “You’re going to call your mother and you’re going to say you got attacked by an animal, but you’re okay and you will be staying with your boyfriend” “Why would I say that?” the girl asked with a trembling voice. “Because it’s the truth and because I say so” Klaus answered. He gave her the cell phone and she dialed her home number. She heard a click and then her mother’s voice. “Mom? It’s me, Amber. I got attacked by an animal, but I’m okay. I’ll be staying with Derek” She heard her mom protesting, but she closed her cell phone. “Good girl” Klaus said. He looked up at Stefan. “Stefan, where are your manners? You haven’t offered Amber a drink yet” “I am so sorry” Stefan said and he brought his arm to his mouth. Ambers eyes bulged when she saw how Stefan’s face mutated, how he opened his mouth, showed four large canines, and let them sink into his flesh, blood streaming over his arm. He grabbed Amber by her hair and forced his bleeding arm on her lips. Amber had no choice but to drink. Stefan pulled his arm back and showed his canines again. “My turn” he said. Amber, who knew that whatever was coming wasn’t anything good, begged him to let her go. “Please, don’t hurt me. I just want to go home. Please” she cried. Stefan’s face went back normal and his canines grew back to human size. He hesitated, something Amber noticed. Klaus grabbed Amber by her arm and threw her on the ground. She scribbled up and ran outside the door.
“You let her escape!” one of the other women yelled with a high pitched voice.
“Off course not” Klaus slowly said. “There’s no fun if the food walks into your arms so easy” He turned to Stefan. “I’d go get her, if I were you. I could easily sent some werewolf to your brother, getting him to bite him...again. I won’t be so generous of giving my blood a second time”
Stefan got up and raced out of the door.
Amber ran for her life, having no idea where she was heading to. All she knew was that anywhere was better than the place she had just left. She reached a high fence. She turned around, to make sure she hadn’t been followed. No one was there. She turned back around and started climbing the fence. When she had her feet back on the ground she felt the air breezing in her neck. Her heart pounded in her chest, she swallowed to remove the crop in her throat. She dared not to turn around, because she knew it wasn’t just air. She felt how a cold hand lay her hair over her shoulder, slowly and gently. She squeezed her eyes, tears rolling over her face and hooked her fingers in the holes of the fence. “I’m sorry” she thought she heard him whisper, before she felt a sharp, inflaming pain in her neck. She tried not to make a sound, but something in her took over and screamed the lungs out of her body.
Klaus and Stefan were sitting at a table with a group of voluptuous clothed women all with the same hungry gleam in their eyes, staring at the young girl sitting in the center of Klaus and Stefan. She kept her eyes on the table, her heart beating painfully. She should’ve gone straight home after school, but her boyfriend had asked her to come to this place. There had been something odd about him, like he wasn’t himself. Like he was under hypnosis. And now she was sitting here with these people, who had come sit by her uninvited. First just the men, but one by one the women joined them, as if it was a planned meeting, as if they had been waiting for her. Well, she was here. Her boyfriend, however, was nowhere to be found. She could use his help right now. If she could just put her hand in her pocket and get out her cell phone. She let her hand glide off the table, but before she could get it into her pocket one of the two men grabbed it and forced her to look up, with a terrified face. “Please” she begged, tears in her eyes. “Let me go” “What are you up to?” Klaus asked. The girl recognized a British accent. “What do you have in there?” Klaus asked while turning out the girl’s pocket, conjuring the cell phone. He widened his eyes and waved with it. “Were you planning on calling your mommie?” The girl shook her head heavily. “Yes, you were” Klaus said, so soft it was almost a whisper. “And you’re going to” He looked the girl sharp in the eye. “You’re going to call your mother and you’re going to say you got attacked by an animal, but you’re okay and you will be staying with your boyfriend” “Why would I say that?” the girl asked with a trembling voice. “Because it’s the truth and because I say so” Klaus answered. He gave her the cell phone and she dialed her home number. She heard a click and then her mother’s voice. “Mom? It’s me, Amber. I got attacked by an animal, but I’m okay. I’ll be staying with Derek” She heard her mom protesting, but she closed her cell phone. “Good girl” Klaus said. He looked up at Stefan. “Stefan, where are your manners? You haven’t offered Amber a drink yet” “I am so sorry” Stefan said and he brought his arm to his mouth. Ambers eyes bulged when she saw how Stefan’s face mutated, how he opened his mouth, showed four large canines, and let them sink into his flesh, blood streaming over his arm. He grabbed Amber by her hair and forced his bleeding arm on her lips. Amber had no choice but to drink. Stefan pulled his arm back and showed his canines again. “My turn” he said. Amber, who knew that whatever was coming wasn’t anything good, begged him to let her go. “Please, don’t hurt me. I just want to go home. Please” she cried. Stefan’s face went back normal and his canines grew back to human size. He hesitated, something Amber noticed. Klaus grabbed Amber by her arm and threw her on the ground. She scribbled up and ran outside the door.
“You let her escape!” one of the other women yelled with a high pitched voice.
“Off course not” Klaus slowly said. “There’s no fun if the food walks into your arms so easy” He turned to Stefan. “I’d go get her, if I were you. I could easily sent some werewolf to your brother, getting him to bite him...again. I won’t be so generous of giving my blood a second time”
Stefan got up and raced out of the door.
Amber ran for her life, having no idea where she was heading to. All she knew was that anywhere was better than the place she had just left. She reached a high fence. She turned around, to make sure she hadn’t been followed. No one was there. She turned back around and started climbing the fence. When she had her feet back on the ground she felt the air breezing in her neck. Her heart pounded in her chest, she swallowed to remove the crop in her throat. She dared not to turn around, because she knew it wasn’t just air. She felt how a cold hand lay her hair over her shoulder, slowly and gently. She squeezed her eyes, tears rolling over her face and hooked her fingers in the holes of the fence. “I’m sorry” she thought she heard him whisper, before she felt a sharp, inflaming pain in her neck. She tried not to make a sound, but something in her took over and screamed the lungs out of her body.
Elena’s doctor was driving on the road. There was not many traffic, so she’d be at work fast. Then she’d have some time to do some paperwork.
The radio was playing lame music, so she looked for a CD. While she put Switchfoot in the CD-player, she had her eyes off the road for two seconds. When she looked up again she screamed.
There was a woman standing in the middle of the road. She had long, dark blonde hair, green eyes and she looked rather pale.
The doctor braked and her car made a few turns before it stood still. Before she got out she needed to get her heart beat under control.
Her door opened and a familiar man appeared.
“Are you all right?” Alaric asked concerned.
The doctor nodded heavy, breathing fast.
“What happened?” Alaric asked.
She looked at Alaric, thinking he’d think she’s crazy.
“I thought I saw a ghost” she said quickly as if it wouldn’t sound so insane if she said it fast.
The radio was playing lame music, so she looked for a CD. While she put Switchfoot in the CD-player, she had her eyes off the road for two seconds. When she looked up again she screamed.
There was a woman standing in the middle of the road. She had long, dark blonde hair, green eyes and she looked rather pale.
The doctor braked and her car made a few turns before it stood still. Before she got out she needed to get her heart beat under control.
Her door opened and a familiar man appeared.
“Are you all right?” Alaric asked concerned.
The doctor nodded heavy, breathing fast.
“What happened?” Alaric asked.
She looked at Alaric, thinking he’d think she’s crazy.
“I thought I saw a ghost” she said quickly as if it wouldn’t sound so insane if she said it fast.
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