The End of the Affair

*AGE CHANGE FROM 12 to 14; Birthday no longer on Founder's Day*

"You lied to me." Klaus growled, standing in front of Emma.

They were still in the woods, in the camp filled with the dead hybrids.

Klaus advanced towards her, veins appearing around his eyes. "You told me your sister was dead."

Emma backed away from him, breathing heavily in fear. "I-I don't kno-"

Klaus vamped forward and grabbed her neck, lifting her off the ground. "Shut up!" he shouted, throwing her across the camp.

She landed with a loud thud on her side, making her whimper in pain. She clutched her side and attempted to get up, but it hurt too much. Emma looked up at the original, but in her peripheral vision, she noticed one of the hybrid bodies nearby looked oddly familiar. She let out a gasp. It was Jeremy.

How did he get there? He was in Mystic Falls. Emma scanned the rest of the camp and saw that all the lifeless bodies were the people she loved and cared about. Caroline laid behind Klaus, her face drenched in a fresh coat of blood. Bonnie was on her stomach, her head angled in an odd position. Alaric's eyes were still open, staring up at the moonlit sky. Matt's neck was torn open. And then there was Damon, his heart laying next to him.

"No." she whispered, tears flowing down her eyes. She heard footsteps to her left and saw Stefan holding Elena. "Elena!" she called out.

Elena tried to move, but Stefan held her tightly. Emma knew he had no choice by the look of his face. Klaus gestured all around him.

"This is what happens when I am betrayed and lied to, Emma." Klaus said. He faced Elena. "And you. You had one job. All you had to do was die and everyone you loved would be safe. But apparently, you didn't take me seriously!"

Klaus stomped over to Emma and picked her up, putting her in a choke hold. "After I kill your darling sister, you're next. Only, your 'one true love' will do the job as part of his punishment. Then, I'll make him into the monster he's locked away deep inside himself."

Elena tried to plead for him to stop, but Klaus shook his head.

"A little too late for begging, sweetheart. Now, say goodbye." he said, positioning his hands on either side of Emma's head.

"No! Emma!" Elena cried out, struggling against Stefan's iron tight grip.

Emma made eye contact with Elena, both of them sobbing. The young Gilbert mouthed 'I love you'. Emma tensed when she felt Klaus move her head, making her close her eyes.

"EMMA!"

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"Emma!"

Emma woke up with a gasp, sitting up straight in the seat. She looked around frantically, noticing Stefan looking back at her from his seat in front of her.

"We're getting gas."

Oh, yeah. It was a dream.

Emma got out of the car, climbing over the second row of seats and then stepping out of the car. She stretched her body with her arms reaching for the sky, all of her joints popping. The moon was still up, making her wonder what time it was. She looked around and saw that they were parked in a gas station.

As for the city, Emma had no idea where they were.

When she finally followed Stefan after he drank Klaus' blood to cure himself from the werewolf bite, there was already a black SUV waiting for them. The car immediately drove off once she sat in her seat, the driver not even waiting for her to buckle up. And so that's what they've been doing for the past few hours or however long she was asleep. She had missed Klaus say what the destination was, so she didn't bother asking. Since it was the middle of the night and she had to sit in the third row of the vehicle, she took the opportunity to sleep because, damn, she needed it after the day they had. Sadly, sleep did not give her the escape she needed.

The driver was pumping gas into the car as she walked to the trunk of the SUV and opened it, taking out her suitcase.

"I'll be right back." she said, making her way to the bathroom on the side of the gas station.

Emma scrunched her nose at the smell of the bathroom as she set the suitcase down on the ground, taking out her toiletry bag. She went to the sink, turned it on, and splashed water on her face. She looked at herself in the mirror, scenes from her dream flashing before her eyes. A shiver ran through her back, remembering the dead bodies. She splashed more water on her face.

It's only a matter of time before Klaus figures out that the reason he can't make any hybrids was because Elena was still alive. And because of his anger issues, he was going to kill everyone.

Emma finished getting washed up and changed into a set of clean clothes. As she stepped out of the bathroom, her stomach growled. She started to think about what food she should buy at the fast food restaurant attached to the mini-mart the gas station had and smiled when she saw Stefan leaning against the SUV with a bag from the restaurant. The driver took the suitcase from her to put it away and Stefan handed her the bag.

"A breakfast burrito with eggs, cheese, and bacon, hashbrown bites, and I wasn't sure if you wanted coffee or orange juice, so I got both and you can pick which one you want and I'll have the other. The drinks are in the car." he said as she examined the contents inside the bag.

She smiled up at him. "Thanks." She closed the bag to keep the heat within. "Where's Klaus?" she asked, realizing the original wasn't in the car when she woke up.

Stefan nodded his head towards the right to where Klaus stood with his phone on his head. "Making a call to make sure everything is prepared for when we get to where we're going."

"Which is?"

"Chicago."

Emma's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Why are we going to Chicago?"

"Who knows." Stefan replied, shoving his hands in the pockets of his jeans. Emma remembered his hesitation from earlier that night.

"So, what are you hiding from me?" Emma asked in a low voice, keeping an eye on Klaus.

"What do you mean?"

Emma looked up at him with an eyebrow raised. "Really? You're going to act like you have no idea what I'm talking about?"

They stared at each other before Stefan finally sighed.

"Fine. While we were in the woods, I found Elena, Alaric, and Damon." he admitted.

Emma's eyes grew wide as saucers. How was that even possible? "But I thought you made sure Damon would stop looking for us."

Stefan nodded. "It worked with him, but Elena is, well, Elena."

He wasn't wrong, she thought. Elena is most persistent person she knows, so it shouldn't be a surprise that she's still looking. That just made Emma think about her dream again. The more Elena looks for them, the greater the chance Klaus was going to see her.

Klaus ended his call as he joined Emma and Stefan at the car. "Time to go. Still got some time to go." he said, and with that, they filled back into the car.

Emma ate the breakfast burrito Stefan got her and chose to drink the coffee, not wanting to go back to sleep. It wasn't long before the city lights of Chicago came to view as they got closer to the city. Emma watched the tall buildings blur by and it continued to make her wonder what their business was in Chicago. The SUV came up to a warehouse, the driver parking the car inside.

"Welcome back to Chicago, Stefan." Klaus said, stepping out of the car first.

So the reason they came here was for Stefan? It was obvious that Stefan, living as a vampire well over 100 years, has been everywhere, but Emma had no idea what was so special about Chicago that made Klaus take them here.

Emma got out of the car after Stefan, glancing at all the boxes stored in the warehouse.

"What are we doing here?" Stefan asked, just as Klaus opened one of the side doors of the warehouse to reveal a beautiful view of the city.

"I know how much you loved it here." Klaus acknowledged, leaning against the door. "It's bringing back memories of the good old ripper days."

Stefan stood with his hands on his hips. "Blocked out most of them. A lot of blood, a lot of partying. Details are all a blur."

Emma saw a storage truck pull up, knowing that inside was Klaus' family.

"Well, that is a crying shame. The details are what makes it a legend." Klaus said. "Chicago is a magical place."

Stefan shrugged. "Yeah, well, I'll take your word for it. Like I said, I don't remember most of it."

"Ready to get down to business, then?" Klaus asked, closing the door.

"Okay, why are we here?" Emma asked, crossing her arms. "We've established that Stefan had his best ripper days here and blah blah, but what does that have to do with your master plan?"

Klaus smiled, "We're going to see my favorite witch. If anyone can help us with our hybrid problem, it's her." he said, getting inside the car again.

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The trio entered a dark, empty bar that was playing music from the 20's. Emma wasn't sure if it was empty because it wasn't popular or it was closed, there wasn't a sign outside.

"Looks familiar, doesn't it?" Klaus asked Stefan.

The vampire looked around the bar. "I can't believe this place is still here."

"You got to be kidding me." A voice said after the sound of a door closing.

Emma turned to see a dark brown middle-aged woman enter the room, holding some sort of book.

"So a hybrid walks into a bar, says to the bartender-" Klaus began, but was silenced by the woman.

"Stop. You may be invincible, but that doesn't make you funny." she commented, causing Emma to smile at her joke. The woman nodded towards Stefan. "I remember you."

"Yeah," Stefan said. "You're Gloria. Shouldn't you be. . ."

"Old and dead?" Gloria finished. "Now if I die, who's going to run this place, huh?"

As the older people spoke, Emma walked over to the main bar area.

"Gloria's a very powerful witch." Klaus informed the other two.

"I can slow the aging down some. Herbs and spells, but don't worry, it'll catch up to me one day."

"Emma," Klaus called, gaining her attention. "since you're over there, why don't you fix us up a little something from behind the bar."

"But I don't know anything about alcohol." Emma said.

Klaus nudged Stefan. "Well, it's never too early to start learning. Stefan, give Emma a hand?"

Emma went behind the counter and looked at all the bottles on the shelves, not sure where to begin. When Stefan appeared next to her, she kind of just let him take over. She stood at the center and noticed some pictures that were tapped onto the wall. They were pictures of people from a long time ago, all in black and white. What caught her eye and really shocked her was a picture of Stefan, with a particular vampire. She ripped it off the wall and showed it to Stefan who grabbed it eagerly.

"What is this?" Stefan asked Klaus.

Klaus stood from his seat. "Well, I told you, Stefan. Chicago's a magical place."

"But this is me." Stefan said, pointing to the picture in his hands. "With you."

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The ride back to the warehouse was silent. Stefan still had the picture with him, and he couldn't stop looking at it.

"This doesn't make any sense. Why don't I remember you?" Stefan asked as they entered the warehouse.

"You said it yourself, that time had a lot of dark holes." Klaus responded.

Stefan didn't seem to like that answer. "No, if you knew me, then why haven't you said anything?"

"I'm a little busy right now. Memory lane will have to wait."

"What the hell is going on? Answer me." Stefan growled, grabbing Klaus' arm and turning him around.

"Whoa," Emma said, putting her hand on Stefan's shoulder. "Let's not get physical."

Klaus, as calmly as he could, took Stefan's hand off him. "Let's just say we didn't get off to a brilliant start. To be honest, I hated you."

Klaus proceeded to go on about how his sister, Rebekah, had a little thing with Stefan in the 20's.

"Your sister. So I knew another original vampire." Stefan concluded, narrowing his eyes at Klaus.

Emma shook her head. "Meeting two originals is something you don't just forget." she said, thinking deeply.

"If you can't handle it, don't ask." Klaus said, ending the conversation with the final word.

The trio walked into an area of the warehouse where all the caskets that held Klaus' family were placed in a half circle. Emma tried to remember which one was Elijah's, but they all looked the same. Just looking at the caskets made her wonder about the type of people his siblings were and what they did to make him so angry to stab them and keep them dead for as long as he wanted them to be.

Klaus went up to the casket that was straight ahead, opening the top to reveal a young blonde woman in a glittery 20's dress. She looked exactly the same way Elijah was: dark gray skin, veins all over her skin, blue crusted lips, and a dagger to the chest. Klaus reached out and caressed his sister's cheek, smiling sadly down at her.

Stefan and Emma stood next to him.

"I don't recognize her." Stefan admitted after seeing Rebekah.

"Don't tell her that." Klaus said in a low voice, as if he was making sure she wouldn't find out. "Rebekah's temper is worse than mine."

"So then why are you taking the dagger out?" Emma asked as Klaus ripped the dagger out of the other original's chest.

"Because, Emma, we need her help." Klaus replied, tossing the dagger aside. "Wake up, little sister." he chimed. Emma noticed that Rebekah remained the same. "She's being dramatic." Klaus explained, humor erased from his face.

Stefan started to pace around a little bit. "Look, why don't you just tell me what the hell is going on?" he asked, adding a smile. "I mean, you obviously want me here for a reason, right?"

Klaus nodded. "Well, you have many useful talents."

"Do I?"

"In fact, I leaned some of my favorite tricks from you." Klaus said, before going down memory lane again, literally going into detail his favorite tricks Stefan had taught him. Emma had gagged when he had said that Stefan made a poor man drink the blood of his wife. "I was your number one fan."

"Why should I believe any of this?" Stefan asked.

Klaus began to walk towards the exit of the warehouse. "When she wakes up, tell her to meet us at Gloria's bar. Then volunteer your carotid artery and let her feed until you die." he instructed a guard, who nodded to his orders. "Emma." he said, turning to the girl. "you are going to stay and take care of Rebekah."

Emma's eyes widened. "Wait, you're leaving me alone with a vampire I don't know and who's been dead for almost hundred years?" she asked.

Klaus shrugged. "Sorry, but I need to make a quick stop with Stefan and it would be such a drag to have to take the car. You'll figure something out."

"Where are you going?" she asked, still not believing what Klaus had just said.

"We're going to Stefan's old apartment." Klaus said, and the two disappeared into thin air.

Emma let out a shaky breath, going over every possible scenario.

Rebekah could mistake Emma as the one she gets to feed on once she wakes up. Or she kills both Emma and the guard. Or Rebekah kills her!

She tried to think of some sane reason as to why it was alright for her to be alone with the other original. Nothing came to mind. What kind of reassured her was she didn't get a vision that she was going to die. Or maybe she didn't get a vision because it was going to happen so soon that there was no point in seeing the vision and then living it right after.

"God!" Emma cried out, hitting herself in the forehead. "Stop being an idiot." she said to herself. "Okay, Emma, you just got to make sure that you tell her that Klaus left you here not as a snack ( A/N: ;) ) but as a helping hand with his plans before she tries to kill you." she muttered, trying to think of what to do.

Emma turned to the guard, seeing him just standing still. She walked up to him. "Aren't you at least scared that you're about to die?" she asked him, but he continued staring emotionless at the wall ahead. Klaus must have compelled the guy to only talk and respond to him.

Emma tried to think of anything that could help her calm down because at this rate, her heart was going to explode with anxiety. She looked around and saw that caskets. Curiosity got the better of her, making her go over to the closest one. It's like the saying, curiosity killed the cat. In this case, she's the cat but she was already going to possibly die soon so might as well.

The casket she went up to had a thick coat of dust on it, some parts of it had finger prints of Klaus' minions from when they brought out of the truck. The lid wasn't locked. Were caskets supposed to be locked or something? Probably not because the people inside were supposed to be, you know, dead. But considering Klaus had killed his siblings and placed them inside in caskets, you'd think he'd add a lock on them as additional security.

Emma grabbed a hold of the edge and lifted the top, only to close it right away. She opened the side that showed the legs. Opening the right top, she looked down at the body. It was a man. Or a boy? She wasn't sure how old the person was, but he looked young. Seeing the outfit he wore, she tried to guess what era Klaus had killed him in. The man boy had trousers that seemed like khakis but were dark brown. He had a button up dress shirt with a vest. It almost looked like he came from the time of pirates. His hair wasn't super long but wasn't short. She had to admit, he was handsome despite the gray skin and veins covering his face. She wondered what type of person he was, hopefully not like Klaus.

She closed the top and turned to the casket across from where she was. This one didn't have much dust on it, so Emma assumed it was Elijah's. Again, she wasn't sure which top was the correct side. Both tops look the same so it's not easy to tell where the top half of the body would be. She lifted the top up, and sure enough, Elijah was there. Just seeing him made her feel so many emotions: betrayal, hatred, anger, pity, sadness. He was the only person that was able to almost kill Klaus and yet he spared Klaus' life and saved him. But in a strange way, she understood why he did that. Klaus was is brother, you don't just kill family. Unless you're Klaus.

It was then that she heard a soft swoosh, sending goosebumps all over her arms. She closed the top of Elijah's casket and slowly walked over to Rebekah's. Seeing what she expected, the casket was empty.

"Klaus wants you to meet him at Gloria's bar." the voice of the guard said from behind Emma.

"Thank you." said a female voice with a British accent.

The next thing Emma knew, the sound of flesh being torn filled the warehouse. Emma cautiously walked back to where she last saw the guard, only to see his body laying on the floor, his neck ripped open with blood still flowing out of the wound. He wasn't moving.

"Who are you?"

Emma spun around and saw Rebekah, the life restored to her. Her skin was no longer dark gray, but a ivory color. Considering she had just killed the guard, she didn't have a drop of blood on her clothes.

"I-I'm Emma." the young girl replied, her muscles tightening out of nervousness.

Rebekah eyed her suspiciously and walked over to the girl, her heels clicking on the cement floor. Emma wasn't sure if she should run away or try to fight, but there was no point. She could not defend herself against a vampire.

"You're human." Rebekah stated, grabbing Emma's chin and turning it to the side. "And yet, you don't seem to be under compulsion."

Emma nodded her head. "I'm a-a seer. I mean I can still be compelled but Klaus has me see the future." she explained, backing out of Rebekah's hold on her chin.

"Well, did you see me try to kill him when he gets back?" Rebekah asked, picking up the dagger Klaus had tossed aside.

Emma's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Um, no? But, you're, actually, we're supposed to meet him at Gloria's bar. That's why he had the guard give you that message."

Rebekah groaned. "I am tired of following my brother's rules." she said, rolling her eyes. "If he really needs me, he'll find me here." She walked over to a tall rack and sat in an empty space on a shelf, crossing her arms.

"But, I don't think he'll like that." the young Gilbert said in a low voice.

She was unsure what to do. It was clear that Rebekah wasn't going to listen to anything she said. Emma looked around and decided to just sit on the floor.

"So, who did my brother threaten to kill that made you have to stick with him for whatever he's doing?" Rebekah asked.

"Um, well, for starters, he killed my sister and then threatened not to heal someone very close to me." Emma replied, playing with her shoe lace.

Rebekah bounced her foot. "Ah, and if you don't follow directions, he kills that person and everyone else you care about?" she finished, Emma nodding in agreement. "Sounds like him." She chuckled. "And this seer ability?"

"It happened some what recently. Klaus has had a witch be knows help me control it." she said. She took a deep breath in. "Are you sure you don't want to go to Gloria's because Klaus will be really, and I mean, really angry." she stressed, pointing to the door to the warehouse.

Rolling her eyes, Rebekah tilted her head to the side. "Yes, Emma. I am absolutely su-"

The warehouse door opened and Klaus came stomping in. Emma stood up as Klaus slowed down when he saw the guards dead body.

"Where is she?" he asked, walking past Emma to the open casket.

Emma turned to point to where Rebekah sat but was met with an empty space. She faced Klaus and saw him peer inside the casket.

"Rebekah." he called out. "It's your big brother. Come out, come out, wherever you are."

All of a sudden, Rebekah vamped from where she was hiding and jammed the dagger into Klaus' chest, making him gasp out in shock.

"Go to hell, Nik!" Rebekah sneered, glaring up at the hybrid.

Klaus narrowed his eyes and grabbed the handle, pulling the dagger out of his chest. He extended his arm out and dropped the dagger.

"Don't pout, you knew it wouldn't kill me." Klaus said.

Rebekah shrugged. "Yeah, but I was hoping it would hurt more." she said, backing away from him.

"I understand that you're upset with me, Rebekah, so I'm going to let that go. Just this once." Klaus said, resting a hand on her shoulder.

"I tried to tell her-"

"It's alright, sweetheart." Klaus said, cutting Emma off. "I brought the peace offering here." He looked towards the door. "You can come in."

On cue, Stefan entered the warehouse, stopping next to Emma.

"Stefan?" Rebekah asked in disbelief.

Klaus waltzed up to Stefan and stared into the younger vampire's eyes. "Now you remember."

Stefan's eyes widened, paralyzed in his spot. He blinked rapidly and looked at Rebekah, a small smile on his face.

"Rebekah." he whispered, walking over to her slowly. He stopped midway and turned back to Klaus. "I remember you." he said. "We were friends."

"We are friends." Klaus corrected, patting Stefan's shoulder. His eyes darted to Rebekah. "And now the reason you're here. Gloria tells me how to contact the original witch."

"The original witch?" Rebekah repeated.

"What do you have that Gloria needs?"

Rebekah reached up to her chest but realized something was missing. "Where's my necklace? What did you do with it? I never take it off." she said frantically.

"I don't know. I didn't touch it." Klaus answered with an annoyed voice. "Tell me that's-"

"We need to find it, Nik."

"not what she-"

Now, I want it back!"

"needs! Tell me that's not what she needs, Rebekah!" Klaus shouted, grabbing onto his sister.

Rebekah pushed Klaus away and marched over to her casket. She reached in and felt around, angrily growling. She looked over at Emma. "Did you take it?!" she yelled.

Emma shook her head. "N-no."

Rebekah turned back to the casket and kicked away with her vampire strength, letting out a scream.

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