s3, ep6: Smells like teen spirit
❝hand in my hand and we promised to never let go, we're walking a tightrope❞
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Since Klaus had ditched them, Juliette had nothing better to do than go back to school so here she was, nervously walking up to Caroline and Bonnie on her first day of senior year.
"Hey guys." She said from behind them, making them turn around.
Caroline threw her arms up in excitement and ran over to her and Bonnie had a smile on her face. "You're here!" Both girls said excitedly.
"Wait, you guys aren't mad at me or anything? About last night?" She asked in confusion.
"Of course not," Bonnie said. "You didn't even do anything. You literally just stood there. You siblings and ex-husband on the other hand..."
Juliette shook her head. "let's not talk about them. We're not on good terms."
"Okay, let's not talk about that then. We are starting senior year people!" Bonnie and Juliette chuckled at the blonde's excitement. "New year, new us."
"Amen to that." Juliette agreed and the three walked in together. After closing her locker, she looked over and saw Stefan with ahold of Elena's arm so she walked over. "let go of her arm Stefan."
"Ah, Juliette Mikaelson, always to the rescue. Klaus told me to keep and eye on her and that's what I'm doing, don't make me hurt you Jules."
Juliette laughed. "Hurt me? I got eight hundred years on you sweetheart, and you can't even kill me. I could kill you in this hallway so quickly no one would blink an eye. It's not like my brother would care either, you're not the only one keeping an eye on Elena."
She grabbed Elena's arm and the two walked to class without waiting for his reply. "You wouldn't actually kill him, right?" Elena asked as they walked.
"Elena, you forget who I am sometimes. I may be your friend but that won't stop me from killing Stefan if I have to." Juliette told her and Elena just nodded as they sat down in their seats.
Alaric began talking once everyone had sat down. "Welcome back seniors," He said and Juliette scoffed under her breath. "let's, uh, turn our brains back on by starting with this country's original founders. The native Americans."
"What about the vikings?" A voice asked. Juliette's head snapped up to see Rebekah and Aaron walking in.
Alaric looked at them. "Well, there's no evidence that viking explorers actually settled in the United States. Who are you two?"
"I'm Aaron and this is Rebekah. We're the new kids, and history's our favourite subject."
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"Are you just not going to talk to me now?" Aaron asked her as Juliette walked away from school.
Juliette shrugged. "Well, yes. That was the general idea." She said and Aaron scoffed. "Don't scoff at me. If you're bored I'm pretty sure Rebekah's still inside if you want to go and have a quickie in the janitors closet."
"You know, you sound like Zaria with that teenage attitude." He replied.
"Don't bring her into this," Juliette told him. Silence came over them for a few seconds. "Did she enjoy her birthday?"
"Yeah, she did. She was a bit disappointed that you weren't there but she understood why," He explained. "I think I'll go now."
"Yeah, I think you should." She said harshly but he understood and Aaron walked off.
"Who's Zaria?" A voice called out from behind her. It was Elena.
"No one you need to worry about, just leave it." Juliette told her a little too quickly.
Elena furrowed her eyebrows together. "Really? Because it seemed pretty serious-"
"Just drop it, Elena, seriously." Juliette snapped and immediately walked away. She quickly pulled out her phone and called Klaus.
"Well if it isn't my favourite little sister. what can I do for you?" He asked in a seemingly cheerful voice. "If it's Aaron or Rebekah I'll just call them and tell them to shut up-"
"You're in New York, right?"
"Yes, why?"
"Can you keep an eye out on Zaria while you're there for me?" She asked. Nik was the only sibling who knew about Zaria's existence. "Elena overheard Aaron and I talking so I have no doubt she'll run and tell Damon."
"Don't worry, she'll be safe under my watch," He assured her. "I'll try and be back as soon as I can, I'll see you soon."
"See you soon Nik."
What Juliette didn't know was that Stefan Salvatore had been hanging on to their every word.
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Klaus could always remember the first time he met Zaria. It was in a bar in England, 1933. Zaria had seemed to be quite tipsy but Klaus had only walked over because he though it was Juliette, so you can imagine his surprise when the girl turned out to be a mix of both her parents.
Zaria had no idea who he was so she basically told him her whole life story, obviously thinking she could rid his memories afterwards. How her mother had her and her twin brother a month before she was turned into a vampire. How Angelina had helped turn them into immortal witch (an immortal werewolf in her brothers case) like her and helped hide them from everyone.
How her brother Jace went missing in 1914. After that night, Klaus had gotten in contact with Juliette so she had to explain everything, but he kept his word and never told anyone about her.
"Nik!" Zaria's voice from behind snapped him out of his daydream. "Mom told me you were in New York, I didn't think I'd see you but here you are."
"Well if it isn't my favourite niece," Klas said jokingly. "Your mother told me to keep an eye out for you, a lot of people in Mystic Falls have been asking about you and she wanted to make sure you were okay."
Zaria nodded. "I'm fine. How are they?"
He gave her his arm for her to link as they walked down the street together. "They're good, I think. It was definitely awkward." He said.
Zaria laughed. "You should try being in the house for my birthday, they try to get along but the tension is unbelievable."
"Yeah I think I'd rather just send you a present."
"Even though you never met him, you remind me of Jace in a way." Zaria said randomly catching him by surprise, she never spoke about her brother.
"Do I?"
"You have the same smile, and the same sense of humour."
"I'll take that as a compliment, but you are your mother through and through," He told her. "Your witty remarks and sarcastic personality could only come from one other person."
She sighed. "So I heard you broke the curse," Zaria said. "I thought there would be an army of hybrids by now."
"Ah, that's where we hit the snag. Turns out, the wolves need to drink doppelgänger blood in order to complete the transition so while I'm out looking for more wolf places, your parents and Rebekah are keeping an eye out on the doppelgänger."
"I could've told you that," She nodded her head. A few teenagers across the road began getting her attention. "I gotta go, it was nice seeing you though."
She went to walk off but he stopped her. "Happy late birthday," Klaus pulled out a present from his pocket. "I'll see you later."
He walked off and Zaria stood there unwrapping the present. It was a frame of her, Jace, and her mum and dad with a sticky note with a message. Happy birthday, I found this picture and I thought you might like it. - Nik
Zaria smiled, put the picture in her bag and walked over to her friends with a smile on her face.
a/n: I kind of got excited and just introduced Zaria like rn. okok so might not be an update for a while bc this is the last prewritten chapter before I published the book and I have other books to update as well so I might be a hot sec.
bye guys!!