Princesses and Knights

This is Femslash, sorry if you're not into that. Rebekah/OC probably Klaroline, Delena, and either Haylijah or Kalijah. Matters how I feel. Maybe even Kol and Bonnie. Then again expect for the main pairing, those could all change so who knows.

AN: Sorry I haven't been writing lately. I just couldn't for some reason. Anyway I couldn't get this out of my head. So here you go, tell me what you think.

A girl is running through the woods, moving faster than any human should be able to.

Running, running, running, sleep- no run, I need to run.

I just need to take a break.

I can't stop.

But it hurts.

I just need to get there.

It can wait.

No it can't.

Know your limits.

Wolves have no limits. Don't stop. Don't stop. Don-

The girl falls, exhaustion finally taking over.

Later another girl, a younger, blonder one came and frowned down at the body on the ground.

"Klaus! Klaus!"

"You don't seem to understand the rules of hide and seek."

"Klaus, would you just come here!"

Klaus came and walked out of the woods with a frown. "I didn't even want to play this childish game, and now you've just given yourself away."

The blonde girl frowned and glanced back at the unconscious girl before looking back at her brother. "There's a girl here."

Her brother frowned and came to stand next to her. "What happened to her, Rebekah?"

She scowled at him and answered, "I don't know, I found her like this." After a few moments she added, "Do you think we should get Mother and Father?"

Klaus frowned and looked around seemingly in thought before sighing long and exasperated. "I'll go find Mother, stay with the girl until I come back."

Rebekah glared at him. "You're just going to leave me here?"

Klaus smirked and walked backwards going into the tree line. "I thought you were a practically an adult now, too afraid of staying alone in the woods."

Rebekah made an annoyed sound in the back of her throat.

His smirk only widened and he finally turned to leave, slowly going out of sight.

Rebekah huffed, blowing some of the hair that escaped her braid out of her eyes. After a few moments she finally turned back to the unconscious girl.

The tiny blonde walked slowly closer to the girl, her thirteen year old mind trying to understand why the girl fell lifeless in the woods near the house she shares with her family.

Rebekah slowly leaned down, her face almost touching the other girl's with how close she was. And then finally started to really look her. The unconscious girl looked about the same age, maybe slightly older. She had thick brown hair and pale skin, plump pink lips, along with a nose that's tip looked slightly too wide from certain angles. Though it didn't take away from the overall beauty that she would one day be.

After only a moment of examination did Rebekah get her first glimpse of the brightest, bluest eyes she's ever seen. Rebekah stayed frozen staring at her not seeming to comprehend that the previously unconscious girl is finally awake.

"What are you doing?"

The blonde yelped and jumped back, finally understanding that she was entirely too close to another person that is conscious.

"You-You're awake?"

The brunette sat up and looked herself over. "It looks like it." She tried to wipe off all the dirt on herself and then finally turned to look a Rebekah.

The blonde looked at her wide eyed. She was more nervous than ever before, and she had no idea why. After only a moment she finally remembered how she found the girl and asked, "Are you alright?"

She ignored the question and instead asked with a look more intense than Rebekah could ever remember, "What's your name?"

"Uh-I I'm Rebekah… You didn't answer my question."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Rebekah, I'm Lara." She then stood and looked at Rebekah with her too blue eyes and added, "I just overworked myself, nothing to get upset over."

Rebekah scowled, not liking what seemed like an evasion of her question. "You were unconscious!"

"I was napping after a very exhaustive experience."

The blonde stomped her foot. "You were unresponsive!"

Lara's lips twitched at the other girl's adorableness. "I'm a very heavy sleeper."

Rebekah huffed and stomped up to the brunette. "Why were you really unconscious?"

Lara tilted her head inquisitively. "How old are you?"

The younger girl gritted her teeth and glared, not answering.

"I'm fourteen if you were wondering." Lara said.

Rebekah made a noise in the back of her throat and turned away, having decided that the other girl wasn't worth her time anymore.

The brunette smiled and moved close behind her. "I'm guessing seven, maybe eight."

Rebekah whipped back around at her words, and glared at her with heat. Her head stuttered back slightly at their closer proximity, but she refused to move back. "I am thirteen!"

"Was that really so hard?"

"You did that on purpose!"

"Of course I did, you were being difficult."

Rebekah stepped even closer, almost nose to nose now, and yelled, "You are the most-"

"Rebekah."

The blonde whipped around at the quiet command in the one word uttered from the stern looking woman that stood behind her.

"Mother!" Rebekah yelled in surprise.

Klaus stood behind her and looked amused at either the situation or whatever words he seemed to have caught before Esther brought attention to them.

Esther walked towards them with a wholly unamused look on her face. "Is this the girl that was extremely hurt, maybe even dying?" She glanced back at Klaus at her words.

Klaus only smiled in response. "Maybe a slight exaggeration."

Esther sighed but continued toward the girl. She examined her for a moment and frowned. "May I ask what happened?"

Lara straightened and her relaxed air vanished, becoming more serious in the woman's presence. She stared at her for moment and then seemed to sniff the air. She scowled slightly and stuck out her hand.

Esther looked at her confused and then glanced at her hand, but then finally decided to take it. At the first touch of their hands together she stiffened and glared. "Children, go home. I will join you later."

Klaus frowned and looked between the two women, but finally decided that he didn't care enough to argue, so started to make his way back to their small home.

Rebekah however looked ready to mutiny. She didn't particularly like the girl, but she did find her interesting, and wouldn't mind talking or maybe it should be called arguing with her. And she did appreciate how she talked to her so honestly, not treating her like a child. Something her family always tended to do.

"But Mothe-"

"Now Rebekah."

Rebekah clenched her teeth and glanced at Lara. The brunette gave her a smile and only then did she finally stomp away, looking petulant all the way.

Esther waited until she knew Rebekah was out of ear shot before finally she gritted out, "I thought it was a myth."

"Hmm?"

"Evolved wolves." Esther looked disgusted just saying the words and looked at her as one would particularly disgusting garbage.

"One touch. That really is all it takes?"

"I could sense it. You are-your kind. Unnatural, against nature. Disgusting."

Lara didn't look offended, her lips twitched into a wry smile.

The older woman's frown deepened. "What are you doing here?"

"My pack was killed. I heard there was one here, I wanted to see if they would accept me into their ranks."

Esther gave her a cruel smile. "I doubt they would let someone so unnatural into their family."

The brunette laughed slightly, not rising to her obvious goading. "That's what the last three packs said."

The mother frowned at her annoyed at how calm she was. "You're surprisingly serene. Most wolves would have at least glared by this point, especially an evolved."

Lara chuckled and then answered the unasked question. "I became a wolf because I couldn't control my temper and I accidentally killed someone I cared about. I won't make a mistake like that again."

Esther looked at her considering for a moment. "How did your entire pack die? Especially evolved, they're supposed to be almost impossible to kill."

Lara smiled slightly. "I'm not that dumb. What kind of fool would tell a witch how their kind can be killed?"

The witch's lips twitched slightly and she looked slightly more impressed. "You'd be surprised how many times things like that have worked," Esther seemed to think for a moment and then said, "You knew I would sense you, why did you shake my hand?"

"You smell like a witch. All the same spices and that slight tang of magic that always seems to surround the servants of nature. You seem smart, you would have figured it out eventually," she shrugged seeming unconcerned, "Why try to hide it?"

"My, you are an odd wolf. Thinks first and acts later. I don't think I've ever seen one quite like you."

"I guess I'll take that as a compliment."

Esther seemed to think for a moment and then looked out to the forest lost in a memory. "I'll make a deal with you."

"Oh?"

"You protect my family from the wolves and I'll give you a place to stay."

Lara looked at her with a frown. "This is too easy. What aren't you saying?"

"You'll have to help around the house, and none of my family can know what you are."

"Is still don't understand."

"My family's safety comes before anything, even my hatred of your kind. And I think I have a few spells that can neutralize you if I find out my trust was misplaced."

"Then use the spells on the wolves."

"There's one of you, and dozens of them."

Lara sighed and thought for a moment. She hated witches, but a purpose would be nice. Running around from place to place, hiding from the packs and witches that hates her kind. It was exhausting. Just take how she passed out after overworking herself. It would be nice to be around others her age. The girl she met seemed like fun. Maybe sticking around wouldn't be such a bad idea.

"Alright."

Esther smirked and looked at her with a hungry gleam. If she could get the young impressionable wolf truly on her side. The wolf's power along with her own magic, she would be nigh unbeatable against the wolves, or any other supernatural that wanted to threaten her or her family.

Esther started to walk back to her home. "Come along then."

"So she's going to be staying with us?"

"Yes Kol, this is Lara."

"But why?"

"Don't question your Mother, Kol."

"Yes Father."

Mikael turned his sharp look from Kol to Esther and the girl, Lara. He didn't particularly like that the girl would be staying here but Esther assured him that she could protect them from the wolves at night. They seemed to be getting closer each full moon and he was starting to get worried, so if she actually could protect them then he would let her stay. If she was somehow lying however, then the wolves could have her corpse for all he cared.

Rebekah frowned in the background but didn't comment, not sure how she felt about the news.

The rest of the family did seem to be taking it in stride. No one wanted to argue with their parents. The outcome was never good if one of them was ever stupid enough to actually do it.

Esther started to point out her children. "That's Kol, the one next to him is Elijah, and that's Finn. You already know Klaus and Rebekah, and th-." She started to frown and look around, "Where's Henrik?"

"Right here Mother, sorry I was outside."

His Mother turned to him with a smile. "It's alright love, no harm done. This is my youngest, Henrik."

"I'm Lara. It's a pleasure to meet you all."

Esther turned then and spoke to all of her children, "Alright, off with you all. Go do your chores."

Once they were all gone, only Lara, Mikael, and Esther remained. Mikael turned to Lara with a severe look on his face. "You'll be sleeping in the living room. If you want the fire on at night you get your own wood," He stepped closer to Lara, trying to intimidate her, though she only raised a brow in response, "If you do anything to harm this family, you will regret ever stepping foot in this house."

"Of course sir."

Esther frowned at her and said, "Go help Rebekah with her chores."

Lara nodded and walked off, knowing not to argue.

Rebekah was out by the well fetching water, already breathing heavy from pulling up her first bucket. She pulled at the rope hand over hand, arms straining at the effort. The bucket was almost at the top when her hand slipped and the bucket jolted and started to fall. She shrieked and turned away, now empty handed, already annoyed from earlier that day.

"There's no need to shout."

Rebekah whipped around and saw Lara, rope in hand apparently having caught the rope before the bucket could fall. She frowned and watched as Lara deftly pulled the water the rest of the way up, not showing any strain as she did.

"I don't need your help."

"Your Mother and Father told me to help you. You can complain to them if you like."

Rebekah huffed and picked up the bucket she just filled and the one she did a few minutes before. She started to stomp away both buckets in hand, frowning at the effort it took to carry them both. She didn't make it ten steps before one of the buckets was grabbed and carried by a smiling Lara.

"I've done this hundreds of times I don't need your help!"

"I want to help."

"Why?"

"Why not?"

"I can do it myself, you're not needed."

"This is hard work, why won't you let me make it easier?"

"Because I don't like you!"

Lara stepped in front of Rebekah and said, "Really? Cause I quite like you."

Rebekah faltered in her step and said, "You do?" however she seemed to quickly remember herself as she then continued as if nothing happened. "I don't care."

The blonde turned her nose up quite petulantly, and acted as if she didn't care what the other girl said. She then sped up and made her way around Lara, not even looking back.

Lara chuckled and followed.

AN:Welcome new readers, and thank you for checking out my story. I hope you enjoyed

And to people from my old stories welcome back. Sorry for not writing lately I will get back to Wedding at some point. I don't know when though.

I am one of the people who love Rebekah. It sucks though because she doesn't get nearly enough recognition. You look for stories in TVD for the Originals it's always about her brothers. Who I of course love. Klaus is my favorite if you were wondering. But, like nothing for the only Original girl. So I thought, fuck it, I'll do it myself.

By the way EVOLVED WOLVES ARE CANON! I didn't make it up. I changed some of the details, like how they were really only that powerful and had that control because of Hayley, or that whatever happens to the Alpha happens to everybody. Along with a couple other small things, that'll come up later. But I didn't make it up. I don't think I could make something that ridiculous up to be honest. I was just tired of the main character in fanfics almost always being either human or a vampire, so I thought it would be interesting and I could do a lot more with it than a regular wolf too.

I think this may be the most calm main character I've ever written.

Anyways, Thanks for reading. Throw me some input on how I'm doing.