Eira had stayed with Klaus after the Mikaelson Ball. She had changed out of her dress and into one of Klaus's shirts. It went down to her knees so she was sure it was fine. Klaus had to leave her because he had to help his siblings deal with Kol, he had done something. So Eira just laid in bed and waited for him.

     Klaus had returned and he went into the bathroom to change out of his tux. He came out quickly, having used vampire speed and he went and laid to next Eira. She immediately went closer to him and laid her head on his chest. Klaus happily put his arm around her and then he noticed something.

    "You're wearing my shirt?" Klaus questioned.

     "Well, yes, I ran out of clothes so I just wore your shirt," Eira answered biting her lip and drawing circles with her forefinger on his chest.

    Klaus smiled and he kissed the top of her head,"Whatever's mine is yours."

      Eira smiled and she lifted her head to look at Klaus. She pressed her lips to his and he tangled his hands in her hair as she kissed him.

    She pulled away and spoke against his lips,"You make me happy."

    She pulled away further and Klaus ran his fingers over cheek as he said,"I want you to be happy."

    "And I'm the happiest when I'm with you," Eira admitted making Klaus smile.

      Eira laid her head back down on his chest and she reached for his other hand that wasn't holding her. She entwined it with hers and only then could she go to sleep. Klaus listened as her heart beat slowed and she fell asleep. He fell asleep listening to the sound of her heart beat.

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When Eira woke up in the morning, Klaus was already awake. He didn't wake her up himself because she looked too peaceful and he didn't want to disturb her sleeping form. So he just stayed and held her in his arms. He liked holding her, anyway.

Eira lifted her head to look at him. Her hair was a slight mess. Her eyes were slightly dazed as she hadn't quite woken up. Even then, he still thought she was beautiful.

Eira rubbed her eyes and looked at him again,"How long have you been awake?"

"Awhile," he answered.

"You could've woken me up," Eira said.

"I could've. But I didn't want to," Klaus responded.

Klaus guided her face down to his and he kissed her. Her heart fluttered and she smiled against his lips. She was happy.

Klaus let her go once she needed to breath. She took a breath and she pulled away from him completely. She left his arms and she got out of bed. He followed.

Once he looked at her with his shirt on, his breath caught in his throat. He openly stared at her and Eira noticed his stare. She blushed but she didn't quite understand his stare.

Klaus vamp sped over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. He spoke against her ear,"Remind me to make you wear my shirts more often."

"Oh," Eira let out and bit her lip.

Eira became self-conscious. She was uneasy and felt like she was bare. She didn't quite understand Klaus's love for her in his shirt but it made her shy.

Eira pulled out of his arms, making Klaus frown. She walked over to his dressers and opened a drawer. She found a one of his jackets and she tied it around her waist.

Eira turned to him and she looked shyly at him. She was timid and she hugged her arms around herself. Klaus still wore a confused look on his face.

"You were making me self-conscious," Eira bit her lip and Klaus chuckled.

Klaus walked up to her and he put his hands on her cheeks. "I'm sorry," he said sincerely before smirking slightly. "Sometimes, I forget how innocent you are."

Eira unwrapped her arms from around herself and her shyness went away. She reached up and pecked Klaus on the lips before she turned away from him.

Eira went into the bathroom but she left the door open. She was going to change the bandage on her neck. Klaus hesitated but he stayed waiting for her. He didn't know what she was doing but he quickly vamp sped into day clothes before she came out.

Eira walked out with a fresh bandage on her neck and he looked at it in guilt. Eira grabbed Klaus's hands and held them in hers.

"Klaus, it's fine," Eira smiled up at him.

Her smile whisked him away,"As long as you're sure."

"I'm sure," Eira said and she reached up and kissed him on the lips.

Klaus melted into her kiss. He pressed his lips back to hers. Their lips were locked in a gentle embrace before Eira pulled away to breath.

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Eira was sitting on the couch with Klaus in one of the many rooms of his mansion. He was drawing and she had her head resting on his shoulder. Kol was in the room and he was sitting in another chair.

    Rebekah walked in and Kol stood up and blocked her way,"Well, well, well, there's our girl!"

   "Get out of my way, Kol," Rebekah demanded.

    "Out all night. What a scandal! I trust you did better than that commoner? Matt, was it?" Kol teased.

    "If you don't shut your mouth, the next thing to come out of it will be your teeth," Rebekah threatened and Klaus grinned.

    "Don't start, Nik!" Rebekah exclaimed.

    "I didn't say anything," Klaus defended.

     "And what is Eira doing here?" Rebekah said and noticed Klaus's shirt on Eira. Rebekah crossed her arms. "Why isn't he being teased? I'm not the only one who had a late night?"

"But we didn't. I think we actually went to sleep quite early," Eira spoke, confused.

Rebekah shook her head,"Poor thing. He's going to ruin you and that sweet little brain of yours."

Eira opened her mouth but no words came out. She didn't really know how to reply.

"Sister, if all you have is little hints to drop towards her then I suggest you leave her alone," Klaus glared.

"Well, I'm bored. Our sister is...," Kol looked at Eira making sure to watch his words because of Klaus. "... is involved in such scandal, but at least she's having fun. I need entertainment."

"What are you waiting for? Go on, have at it," Klaus said.

"It's not fun to go alone. Join me, Nik! It's the least you can do after sticking a dagger in my heart," Kol guilt-tripped.

Klaus looked at him but then looked at Eira, she shook her head,"No, no. You are not using me as an excuse. You'll go with your brother."

Klaus sighed and stood up. He grabbed Eira and pulled her up. He looked at Kol,"Fine, but we have to take her home first."

"Excellent," Kol smirked in triumph.

"Yes, please go, this house has enough men rolling around in it," Rebekah spoke.

"Just like you, Bekah," Kol commented.

"Good riddance, both of you," Rebekah threw a shoe at him.

Klaus vamp sped her home and Kol followed. She looked at Kol once they stopped outside her house.

"Try not to get him in too much trouble," Eira requested and Kol smirked.

Kol walked over to her and threw his arm around her shoulders which made Klaus glare. Kol spoke,"Us Mikaelsons always get into trouble."

Eira shook her head and she pushed him away from her,"Yes, that's believable. So, it's pointless to ask."

Klaus pulled Eira away from Kol by her hand. She looked up at him and he spoke,"I'll come see you later."

Eira nodded and she walked away from them to the door and she looked behind her,"Bye Kol."

"I like her already," Kol smirked and waved.

Klaus glared and he grabbed Kol by his arm and dragged him away and then they used vamp speed and they were gone.

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Eira walked into her house and she was going to try and bypass her brothers by just going to her room. But that didn't work. As soon as she took a step past the closed front door, her brothers vamp sped in front of her. They took one look at her what she was wearing and the questions bombarded her.

"Are you wearing his shirt? What did you do last night?" Damon questioned.

"I didn't have any clothes so I wore his shirt and I tied his jacket around me," Eira explained. "All we did was sleep together, what's so wrong with that?"

"You slept together? As in tired sleeping?" Damon questioned.

"Yes, what other sleep is there?" Eira questioned.

"And what is that on your neck?" Stefan asked, looking at the bandage.

Eira put her hand on her neck and she spoke quietly,"I let Klaus bite me."

"Excuse me?" Stefan said.

"It's fine, okay? I'm fine, everything is fine," Eira threw her hands up in exasperation.'

"Now, I'm going to change," Eira stated and she walked past them and to upstairs to her room.

Eira changed into her own clothes and then she went to her dresser where she put her rose necklace that Stefan gave her. It wasn't there. Eira looked everywhere and she couldn't find it.

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     Elijah came by and threatened Elena's life. That Rebekah would kill her if the Salvatore brothers didn't kill the witches that Esther was channeling from. Damon wanted to save Elena because he loved her but Stefan didn't. He was angry that she involved Eira.

    Stefan was downstairs in the basement where the blood bags were. He took one and looked at it for a moment. He took the top off of the blood bag when Damon entered.

    "Clock's ticking. You gonna help me brainstorm a plan or are you too busy fixing yourself a snack?" Damon questioned.

"I'm not helping, Elena," Stefan responded.

"I thought you'd say that so I already have a plan in action," Damon pulled out the dagger.

"Alaric is going to dagger one of the Originals," Damon said.

"We don't know if that'll effect Klaus," Stefan spoke.

"Yeah, but I have a plan for that. Divide and conquer," Damon said. "Klaus is at The Grill with Kol so I texted Eira saying I needed her there."

"You're using our sister?" Stefan asked in anger.

"It's only one time," Damon responded.

Stefan pushed Damon into the other wall,"She's our sister, Damon. What is wrong with you?"

"Don't be so mad. She'll be fine," Damon said and started walking upstairs to go to The Grill.

Stefan reluctantly followed. Now that Eira was involved, he got involved as well.

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Eira walked into The Grill and the first person she spotted was Alaric and he was with Jenna. Eira figured that if Damon was here he'd be near Alaric.

Eira walked over to Alaric and she asked,"Is Damon here?"

"No," Alaric answered. "He, uh, just left."

"Uh, okay," Eira responded and walked away to the exit.

She had no idea why Damon texted her to meet him at The Grill and then he wasn't there. She sighed as she walked outside. She wasn't alone for long, though. As soon as Eira stepped foot in The Grill, Klaus spotted her. So when she left, he followed after her.

Eira walked across the street when she heard her name being called. She turned around to find Klaus walking towards her. She smiled.

"What are you doing here?" Klaus asked as he got to her.

"Damon requested that I be here. But he isn't so...," Eira answered.

"I'm glad your here," Klaus took a step closer to her. "I find it hard to go without you."

Eira smiled and she grabbed Klaus's hands and held them. Eira reached up and she kissed him. He kissed her back but then he pulled away as he felt a pain in his chest.

He let go of her hand and he clutched his chest. Eira looked at him in worry,"What's wrong?"

He looked at her in realization. They sent Eira to be his distraction. He looked towards The Grill as he said,"Kol."

Klaus grabbed her hand and he pulled her with him to the entrance of the back alley next to The Grill. He let go of her hand and then he vamp sped to where Kol had a dagger stuck in his heart.

Klaus ripped the dagger out of Kol and threw Alaric into a wall. Stefan went at Klaus and Klaus threw him onto the stairwell. Eira went down the stairs and grabbed the dagger, planning to keep it so no one else got daggered.

Klaus looked at Damon,"I should have killed you months ago."

    "Do it. It's not going to stop Esther from killing you," Damon responded.

    "What did you say about my mother?" Klaus questioned, angrily.

    "You didn't know I was friends with your mummy? Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do," Damon goaded. Klaus went to attack Damon when Elijah appeared on the stairwell.

    "Leave him!" Elijah shouted, stopping Klaus. "We still need them, Niklaus."

   Elijah was still un-desiccating when Klaus asked,"What did mother do? What did she do, Elijah?"

    Elijah ignored his question and walked down the stairs, pulling out his phone and he spoke to Damon,"You tell me where the witches are or I'll have my sister kill Elena right now."

    Damon looked at the clock tower to see that it was 8:30,"You told me we had until after nine."

    "I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early," Elijah threatened.

       Damon gave in because he loved Elena and he told Elijah where the witches were. Kol awakened and Damon and Stefan were assigned to sever the link that allowed Esther to channel the Bennett line, meaning kill one of the witches.

    The three Original brothers went to leave to go confront their mother and Klaus looked at Eira before he left. There was a foreign feeling that clenched at her heart as he looked at her, one that was full of care. She mouthed the word 'go' to him and he left with his brothers.

   Eira turned on her brothers once they left and she looked at Damon,"You used me today. How could you?"

   "Elena's life is being threatened. What do you want me to do?" Damon asked.

   "There are other ways to save Elena, Damon," Eira said.

   "Well, it's what I came up with. Now, if your done lecturing me, a witch needs to be killed," Damon said and he started to walk away.

    Her anger turned to fury and the dagger in her hand burst into flames until it burnt into ashes. She let them fall from her hand and then she turned on Damon,"I hope Elena burns because all she does is cause trouble."

   Eira walked away from her brothers, not wanting to be near them, mostly Damon. He was so consumed by Elena that he did anything for her, even used his sister. Eira was hurt and wanted nothing to do with him at the moment.

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    Klaus, Elijah, and Kol showed up to the old witch house where Esther was at. Finn and Esther were inside a pentagram that kept vampires out.

   Kol tried to enter but flames built up, keeping him from doing so,"That's lovely. We're stuck out here, while the favorite son plays sacrificial lamb. How pathetic you are, Finn."

    "Be quiet, Kol. Your brother knows virtue you cannot even imagine," Esther spoke.

   "Whatever you think of us, killing your own children will be an atrocity," Elijah inputted.

     "My only regret is that I did not let you die a thousand years ago," Esther responded.

   "Enough. All this talk is boring me. End this now, Mother, or I'll send you back to Hell," Klaus threatened.

    "And how does it feel Niklaus to go through Hell now?" Esther asked and Klaus was confused.

   Esther pulled out a necklace. Eira's rose necklace and she said,"The Bennett witches were a ruse. I'm channeling from someone much more powerful than any of the witches combined."

    Klaus recognized the necklace and the color drained from his face,"What did you do?"

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     Eira had just gotten home when she felt a pull at her chest. Like a vortex draining her of her power. She was being channeled. It was the same feeling she got with Bonnie.

    Eira clutched at her head when she got a vision. She saw Esther in the middle of pentagram with five torches of fire. Finn was next to her and the three Original brothers were outside the circle. But what Eira noticed the most was her necklace was in the hands of Esther.

   Eira gasped as she was pulled out of the vision. She was being channeled to kill the Originals. The only thought running through her head was that she couldn't let Klaus die. There was only one solution in her mind.

    Eira went to the kitchen and she rumbled through a drawer and pulled out what she needed. It was a knife. Eira held the knife in front of her stomach. She held it there for a moment and she closed her eyes. Then she plunged the knife into her stomach.

     Eira gritted her teeth and she cried in pain. She pulled the knife out and let it clutter to the floor. Then she let herself crumble to the ground and she sat against the cabinets in the kitchen as she let herself bleed out. At the thought of Klaus living, she smiled.

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    Esther gasped and her stomach pooled with blood. She dropped the necklace and the spirits of Nature left her in favor of Eira.

  "No, no," Esther repeated then looked at Klaus. "How can she be that loyal to you?"

    The flames on the torches grew brighter and the three Originals had to shield themselves before the flames eventually died down. Esther and Finn were gone but that wasn't Klaus's priority. Elijah went and picked up the necklace, looking at it as Klaus vamp sped to the Salvatore boarding house to check on Eira.

The thought of losing her terrified him. Never staring into her green eyes again. Never seeing her smile. Never holding her hand. Doing none of that was the scariest thing in the world to him. He would miss everything about her and he realized he wouldn't know what to do without her because....

...he loved her.

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   As soon as Klaus entered the house, he could smell the blood. It was overwhelming. He followed where the scent got stronger and where he heard a heart beat. He entered the kitchen and he saw Eira with a pool of blood around her. Her blood. A tear slid down his face at the thought of losing her.

    Klaus rushed to her and knelt down beside her. He called out her name and her eyelids slowly fluttered open. He immediately bit into his wrist and he put it to her mouth.

    "Eira, drink it," Klaus started. "You need to drink it. Please."

   Eira latched onto his wrist and she drank his blood. Klaus sighed in relief because he didn't know what he would do without her. Once she was done, he sat down next to her and he pulled her into his arms, holding her.

Eira was in a daze and her eyes kept opening and closing. Her eyes had looked up and seen Klaus. It was a weak smile, but she smiled.

    "You're okay," she managed to say.

      Klaus picked her up from off the floor and he carried her upstairs to her room. He brought her into her bathroom and he set her on the side of the bathtub.

He knelt in front of her and reached for the end of her shirt and he looked at her. She nodded, telling him it was okay. Klaus lifted her shirt and he checked the wound on her stomach to make sure it was healed. It was and he sighed, relieved and he let go of her shirt.

  He looked up at her with painful eyes and his fingers ran over her cheek, the most gentle he had ever been. He spoke,"Don't ever do that again."

    "But your alive," Eira answered. "It was worth it."

   Klaus heard her brothers enter the house with his vampire hearing and he spoke,"I lo...I have to leave."

   Eira went to to protest but he was already gone. Her brothers entered soon after and Stefan knelt down in front of her.

   "What happened?" Stefan questioned with worry seeing all the blood over her.

     "She was channeling me," Eira answered, her brain still a little fuzzy. "She had my necklace. How did she get my necklace?"

    Stefan looked back at Damon before looking at Eira,"Elena gave it to her, Eira."

   "Why would she do that?" Eira asked, frowning. "I never did anything to her."

     "I don't know," Stefan answered.

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    After making sure Eira was okay, her brothers left her alone so she could wash the blood off of herself. While she was doing that, Stefan was angry.

   Stefan was heading towards the door to go confront Elena but Damon stopped him. Stefan questioned,"What are you doing?"

   "This isn't Elena's fault," Damon said.

    "Really? Because she gave that necklace to Esther, Eira almost died. I'll never forgive her," Stefan said.

   "Okay, so you don't forgive her," Damon said. "But Eira wouldn't have been hurt if it wasn't for her feelings for Klaus. It's because of Klaus that she almost died."

   Stefan stayed silent for a moment,"Elena is never coming near Eira again."

     Damon nodded and Stefan walked away from him. Stefan knew that Damon loved Elena and for him he wouldn't do anything to Elena. But he would definitely be angry at her.

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    Eira walked out of her bathroom with a towel wrapped around herself. She went into her closet and she put on sleep wear. She walked out and she noticed a letter on her bedside table. It had her necklace next to it.

     Eira opened the letter and read it:

You sacrificed your life to save my family's and for that I will be eternally grateful.

     -Elijah

    
Eira set the letter down and she put the necklace back on. She got into her bed and she thought about Klaus before falling asleep.

Author's Note: I know this is so late but I had an essay to write and an early Thanksgiving dinner. I don't know if I'll update tomorrow and if I don't then I'll just say it now:

Have a great Thanksgiving!

   I did consider killing Elena but I need her for purposes that fit my plots so yeah.