An Eternity, darling. | Klaus Mikaelson fan fiction| The originals

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Amelia's POV

I ran over to Klaus's body, bending down to check on him and make sure she didn't do anything more than just snap his neck. "You love him." Esther spoke softly as she watched me inspect Klaus.

I didn't say anything as I kept my eyes on Klaus. It was a dumb statement, obviously I bloody love him or else I wouldn't have stayed in New Orleans. "All I did was put him in a dream, nothing else." Esther sighed.

"You're a manipulative bitch, you know that?" I bit out, giving her a sharp glare as I stood up from Klaus's body.

Esther blinked a few times, my words shocking her just a bit. Maybe I should shut up, I didn't know what Esther was capable of and with Klaus knocked out she could do anything she wanted to me but I didn't care. She couldn't kill me anyways.

"Why do you love him?" She asked me, looking at her son with pure eyes like she didn't just snap his neck.

"For all the same reasons you hate him." I crossed my arms over my chest, giving her a cold look. It was the truth, all of the reasons I love Klaus were the reasons everyone else despised him but I also loved him because I knew the side no else got the pleasure to know.

"I see why he loves you." She chuckled lightly. "You've got a light to you, even underneath all of the darkness." She motioned a hand towards my body. "Enlighten me." She paused as she looked at the veins on my arms. "How is it that you're controlling all of that darkness inside of you?" She asked.

"I've been learning how to control myself since the day I turned." I shrugged my shoulders. "Dark magic trying to eat me is nothing compared to the hunger I felt that morning when I woke up." It was true. I had to learn the upmost control to keep my magic and god it was hell but I powered through.

"I remember that day all too well." Esther sighed, looking up at the sunset. "They killed someone within minutes of waking up." She said sadly. "That is when I realized I had created monsters." She finished with disdain.

"I didn't kill someone for six months." I said casually. Esther's eyes snapped to me, shock taking over her body. "So when I say I know control, I mean it."

"You learned vampirism all on your own." She gulped. Her eyes fluttering with regret. "How?" She asked with curiosity.

I shrugged my shoulders, grimacing like it was a dumb question. I did learn it all on my own, but I was fixated on control and with control comes all the perks of vampirism. "Does it matter?" I scoffed. "You're going to sit here and try to beg me to change even if I tell you how good I am as a vampire." I gave a deep chuckle of disbelief.

"I know you won't take me up on my offer." She admitted quietly. "And it's not fair of me to call you a monster if you only eat vampires." She took slow steps towards me.

"It's not fair for you to call any of us monsters." I corrected her. "You've known them for a fraction of their lives, you don't see all the good in them." I spoke up for them. She may be their mother but I've known them longer than she has, if anyone had the room to critique them it would be me.

Her steps stalled, looking at me in awe. "That's why all of my sons adore you, you stick up for them." She said as if it came to a surprise that I stick up for my family. "I was fishing in Elijah's brain, and I noticed that he would go through great lengths to protect you." She spoke in a tone that almost sounded like she wishes they would do the same for her. "I can only imagine that's just a fraction of what Klaus would do for you." She looked at her sleeping son.

I suppressed rolling my eyes over her trying to bond with me or whatever it was she was trying to do. I was aware of what all of them would do for me, they all love me just as much as I love them. I made the same vows as them, I made an honor to protect them just as they did for me.