Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Halloween party

It had been almost two days since I encountered the sire of the Salvatore brothers, Lexi had told me a bit about her. She, of course, knew something about her since she was a friend of Stefan, her name was Catalina—a Spanish woman, unlike the show where there sire was Bulgarian. Lexi did not know when she was sired, but knew she was over four hundred years old. She had also been assumed dead, but just as Damon realised she escaped that fate, instead it was thought that she was locked inside the tomb. As it would turn out she escaped her fate again, dodging the risk of being put in the tomb and disappearing until she had reappeared here in Mystic Falls.

So far, even with all the vampires I had looked for Catalina, nothing had come of it; it seemed as though she had once again disappeared. I still had several vampires keeping an eye on Caroline and Elena just in case, but so far it seemed she was smart enough not to try again.

That just left me to continue my plans and prepare for the Halloween party. I remembered that in the show Damon and Vicki would appear and cause trouble. Mainly, Vicki attempted to go after Jeremy while the party was going on, which resulted in her **** at the hands of Stefan Salvatore. Perhaps I could save her life and maybe gain her loyalty, though I would have to be sure that she would not try to go against me to even consider recruiting her.

As I walked through the town Alexandria by my side we discussed the progress we had made so far. "we have done quite well in only a few weeks, although was the arson necessary" Alexandria said a tone of suspicion I her voice. "perhaps it was not, but they attacked me, I wanted to get my own back and it just so happens to be the perfect cover for the destroyed vervain" I responded before continuing to walk. "I knew it, you just wanted some ****. I must ask, though, what are your plans with this Catalina?" she asked me. "She has made it quite clear that she is a threat to Caroline and Elena, therefore, I will kill her", I stated, gaining a nod of agreement from Alexandria.

"Good, it's better not to let a threat fester, you taught me that", she said. I looked at her, feeling a bit of pride that someone in my family agreed that dealing with threats was a smart thing. "So when are you planning on siring them" she continued. "Caroline and Elena, not too long now, you know why I am hesitating to sire Elena. She will be turned, but for my **** on Klaus to go perfectly, I need her to be human for now," I explained to her. "They both want to be turned, you have made quite the impression on them" she spoke again. "Yes, I know", I responded simply.

"Yes, and after your **** is over, you need to deal with Mikael, then after that, you will be, without a doubt, the most powerful vampire alive. A king of not just heretics but vampires as a whole," she said, a slight glint of pride in her eyes. "You just want to be a princess," I said with a laugh, gaining one from her too. "Maybe", she responded.

"I can't wait until we have dealt with all that. I like Mystic Falls, but I miss Greece",, she spoke again. "Me too, we will return eventually, you just need to have some patience" I said, leaving out the fact that we would have to return to New Orleans before then. "What of Rebekah, Katherine and Aroura, when will you call for them to come here?" she asked. I could tell she missed them. To be fair, I did after so many years of being by someone's side, you got used to their presence. I smiled before speaking, "Two weeks and I will send word to them, just two weeks," I said, watching as her face lit up at my words.

I had hoped to have them come to Mystic Falls earlier, but Katherine having the same face as Elena could certainly be a problem. Though with the townservant destroyed, any humans could be compelled to ignore that small detail, and vampires, well, most in the town were loyal to me, so that would cause no problem.

"That's good, I will be glad to see them again. Are we planning on going to the Halloween party" she asked me. "Yes, Sheriff Forbes asked me to go to keep an eye on things, something tells me trouble may appear there",, I said, getting another nod from her. "It seems as though there is always trouble in this town. I know what we should do, as I agreed with her, this town is always full of trouble.

I nodded to him, motioning that she should continue "Vampires," she said, a massive grin on her face. I remembered in the show Vicki went as a vampire, which was slightly amusing with her being a vampire at the time. I wanted to argue with Alexandria, but I knew that when she had her mind set on something, no one could change her mind. She learnt that from Rebekah, though I was not complaining too much, being headstrong was not the worst trait she could have as a vampire, at least she wasn't running around butchering entire towns. "Fine, we will go as vampires, though nothing good can come from this", I said, gaining a small smirk from Alexandria.

"You're being too paranoid, nothing bad will come out of us dressing as vampires, and I am sure Elena, Caroline and Bonnie will find it hilarious", she spoke with a slight laugh. "Being paranoid has kept me alive for a thousand years", I responded, matching her smile. "Despite all the chaos, it is quite nice here, though the number of parties they have is a bit ****", she said, speaking my previous thoughts out loud.

We continued going around talking about the last few weeks and our plans for the future. It was perhaps the first moment of quiet we had had in weeks and we both took the opportunity to enjoy it. Though we eventually started to head home as darkness started to fall over the town.

It was a week later, and the Halloween party had just started. The costumes that Alexandria had gotten us looked like what you would imagine for a vampire. A dark black cape with gothic clothes underneath and fake fangs, honestly, it looked better than I thought it would, completely wrong of course, but not bad. I could just imagine what any of my siblings would say if they saw me now, I doubt I would live it down.

I saw Elena and Caroline heading towards us, Elena being dressed in the same sexy nurse outfit that she wore in the show, which looked amazing on her. Caroline, on the other hand, came as a witch, dressed in a dark purple and black outfit, which showed an enticing amount of skin. As my eyes met, I saw a knowing smirk appear on both of their faces.

"Mr Mikaelson, you look great, here" Caroline spoke, shoving a drink into my hand. Looking down, I noticed a bluish liquid in it. Taking the chance, I drank. Although I did not know exactly what it was, it had vodka in it. "Thank you, Caroline, you look amazing too, so does Elena," I said, gaining a slight blush from the former and a wide smile from the latter. "A vampire that is unexpected," Elena said while looking at me and Alexandria, "you suit the look," she said while laughing. "Yes, yes it is very amusing", I said, which did not help matters, instead causing all three women to laugh harder.

The party went on smoothly for the next few hours until Elena saw Jeremy and Vicki heading out of the party. Elena started to follow them, obviously not very happy that her brother was with an unstable vampire. I followed, yet stayed at a distance, just in case it escalated. Once I left the building, I saw Vicki feeding on Jeremy, much to Elena's horror. Elena tried to interrupt them, successfully though I could tell Vicki was pissed.

They argued, then suddenly Vicki lunged for Elena, and in an instant, I was between them. Vicki hesitated for a moment before attempting to attack me, I stood there letting her unleash her fury on me. Claws tore through my costume before biting into my flesh, yet I did not show any sign of injury. As injuries appeared on my body I healed almost instantly, much to Vicki's chagrin. Growing bored, she seized her wrist, stopping her attacks, looking into her eyes, I started to speak, "Stop this now", I commanded, feeling my compulsion set into her mind.

She stopped fighting almost instantly, and my compulsion to take the route was. Alexandria had appeared at my side with Caroline in tow, which was good for me. Alexandria, please take Vicki here to our home, she has not had a decent teacher when it comes to vampire powers. Truthfully, I felt sorry for the young woman. Damon had turned her and failed in teaching her how to live with vampirism; hopefully, I could instil some sense into her.

"Caroline, you should take Elena and Jeremy home", I said, leaving no room for arguments. As they left, I went back into the party. It had already started winding down with only a few dozen people still attending, so I would not be here long.. Just as I was about to leave, Caroline came running towards me, fear filling her face. "Elena, she, they, vampires, they got her", she got out while crying. "Caroline, calm down, tell me what happened", I said, trying to make sense of what the young blonde was saying. "We were walking back to Elena's house when some vampires appeared. They grabbed her. They compelled Jeremy to forget what happened and tried the same with me, but the ring you gave me made me immune to compulsion, so I just pretended to be affected. Then I came straight to you," she got out. I pulled the still crying young woman into a hug "Don't worry, Carolin, I will find her, you have my word," I said while thinking about what to do next.