Hello everyone, welcome to the newest chapter of The Monster of Rosewood.

Chaos Sorcerer: Yeah, Klaus definitely has issues but their relationship will improve as time goes on. Glad you like Eric as a character so far. No, Aria will not be a descendant of Morgana, however, she will be related to a character from the Originals/Vampire Diaries universe. Yes, how Eric met Elijah and Freya will be explained in a flashback. Eric's mother is an Oc I made up. Eric will not be in Rosewood when he activates his wolf gene, but that is all I'm saying. Why Klaus acts the way he is will be explained in later chapters, but I will say now it is complicated. Eric has a few weaknesses vervain and Wolfsbane being the top 2. I'm glad you like the relationship between Alison and Eric when I thought of it I was inspired by Stefan and Katherine, a seductive femme fatal and the nice guy. Yeah, when Elijah met his nephew he made sure to teach him how to be a gentleman.

Now with that out of the way on with the story.

"Stay away from me," Aria demanded, shooting up from her bed and running out the door. She ran down the stairs as fast as she could and threw the front door open, only to see Eric standing on her porch in front of her.

Aria, I am not here to hurt you." Eric said, trying to calm her down. This was a terrible situation, but still salvageable, Aria is apparently a witch, so maybe they could come to an understanding.

"What are you?" Aria asked as she began to back away. She was obviously terrified, not that he could blame her if he was in her shoes he would probably react just as badly. A different tactic was in order.

"That is a very long and complicated story one that would be better told if you weren't 15 feet away from me." Aria looked at him in disbelief, Eric sighed. "Okay, fine allow me to show you why you have no reason to fear me while in your home." Eric took a single step into Aria's home and the pain began immediately. It felt like his insides were on fire, his brain felt like it was melting, and blood began to pour from his eyes. Eric had to bite his tongue to keep himself from screaming. He quickly jumped back outside, breathing heavily. Aria looked at him, eyes wide.

"What just happened?" Aria asked, sounding genuinely concerned. She even took a few steps forward when she saw how much pain he was in.

"That is the penalty a vampire pays for going into a house uninvited," Eric said, wiping the blood from his eyes. His healing kicked in as soon as he exited the house.

"Is that what you are?" Aria asked, now standing at the doorway. "A vampire."

"Sort of," Eric answered, taking a seat on the swinging couch.

"What do you mean sort of?" Aria asked. Eric sighed, running his hand through his hair.

" As I said, it's a long, complicated story, it's also not why I am here," Eric said, looking Aria dead in the eyes. "I need you to keep quiet about what you saw tonight."

"What happens if I don't?" Aria asked, nervously. She may now feel safe in her house, but that does not mean she trusted Eric completely.

"Nothing happens," Eric said. "However, while, thanks to your heritage, I can't make you forget I can make your friends forget, so it's pointless."

"What do you mean make them forget?" Aria asked, before remembering what else he said. "Wait, what do you mean my heritage?"

"In order, vampires have the ability to control people's minds, it is called compulsion," Eric explained as he continued. "As for your second question, you, Aria Montgomery, are a witch."

"I'm what?" Aria said, trying to keep her voice low so she didn't wake up her family.

"You are a witch," Eric said, simply as if he was discussing the weather. "What, did you think I sent myself flying across the street?" Eric asked sarcastically. "It's the reason you are immune to my compulsion. Since it's obvious you had no idea about your talents I propose a deal."

"What kind of deal?" Aria asked, at this point, she didn't think Eric was going to hurt her so she at least wanted to hear what he had to say.

"You keep my secret and I will teach you magic." Eric offered. "I was taught to keep a promise Aria, I make a deal I keep it." Aria gained a thoughtful look. On one hand, she would be learning magic from a vampire, who could pass that up. On the other hand, she would be keeping a huge secret from her friends, but then again it's not like it would be the only secret she kept from them. "Do we have a deal?" Eric asked holding his hand out for her to shake.

"Their's one more thing I want," Aria said.

"What?" Eric asked, pulling his hand back.

"I want you to answer all of my questions," Aria said. "About you, about magic, and especially about Allison, do we still have a deal?" This time Eric was the one hesitating, the last time he came clean to a girl it ended in disaster, but maybe Aria was different, she was supernatural like him. Still, was he ready to trust another person like that. Finally, after a moment Eric took her hand and shook it.

"Deal, the first lesson is tomorrow after school."

"Cool, " Aria said. "I'll see you at school." Eric left after that, hoping he hadn't made a huge mistake.

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The next day at school, Eric was hanging out with Lucas at their lunch table. Toby let him know he would be skipping lunch today to work on some partner work with Emily. Which gave him the chance to catch up with Lucas.

"Okay, so explain again what Real Love Waits is?" Eric asked, referring to the new group Lucas was apart of.

"Its sort of like a support group for people that want to save themselves for marriage," Lucas explained taking a bite out of his sandwich.

"Save what for marriage?" Eric asked, confused.

"You know," Lucas said, giving him a look. Eric's eyes widened in understanding.

"Oh, but that doesn't explain why you joined though."

"Cute single girls to talk to," Lucas said simply.

"Nice," Eric said, patting Lucas on the shoulder.

"You'd be surprised who shows up, Hanna's boyfriend Sean goes," Lucas said.

"No way," Eric said, surprised.

"Yep." Lucas laughed, and soon enough Eric was laughing along with him.

"I knew he was one of those 'Save myself for marriage Christian boys' but I didn't think he would actually be apart of a whole support group."

Unbeknownst to the two, they were being watched by a certain blonde haired popular girl. Ever since their argument last night Hanna couldn't get Eric out of her head. She had been replaying the argument in her head all day. Thinking about it, when Eric got home that day he looked worried about something. Unfortunately, since he wasn't speaking to her right now there was only one other person that might know what was going on and he just entered the lunchroom with Emily.

"Toby," Hanna called walking up to him. "I need to talk to you." Toby gave Emily a nervous look before he agreed and they went outside. "Something happened to Eric last night, and I think you know what."

"If you're so curious why don't you just ask Eric, why come to me, you don't even like me."

"Eric wouldn't tell me even if I asked." Hanna said. "And despite how I feel about you we are both worried about Eric, so, please tell me." Toby was quiet for a second when he tried talking to Eric earlier that day all he did was a smile and say his dad had already left town so there was no need to worry. Well if Eric wouldn't talk to him maybe he would talk to Hanna.

"Eric's dad was in town." Hanna's eyes widened when they were friends Eric never said a word about his father, she just assumed he was dead. "I don't know what's going on between them, but it looked tense Eric seemed to be afraid of him."

"No wonder he wasn't in the mood to talk." Hanna realized. "And I was there trying to vent about my problems." She felt like giving herself a slap to the back of her head. "I need to apologize."

"Glad I could help." Toby deadpanned. "I'm going to get some lunch." He brushed past her to get into the lunchline.

"Toby wait," Hanna called causing him to stop and look back at her. "Thank you." He gave her a small smile and nodded.

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After school, Eric hurried home to get the house ready for Alison's lesson. When he made it to the front porch he was surprised to see Hanna standing there waiting for him. For a second they both just stood there silently not sure what to say.

"What are you doing here Hanna?" Eric asked awkwardly, shuffling his feet. He didn't know how to feel around her. He knows she didn't deserve how he treated her last night yet here she was, back at his house again.

"I came to apologize." Hanna said, looking down at her feet. "I heard about your dad being in town last night, I'm sorry for trying to put my family drama on you when you have your own to deal with." Eric didn't know how to react here she was apologizing to him when he should be the one apologizing to her.

"I'm sorry too, dealing with my dad stresses me out, but that is no excuse for how I treated you. So as an apology for my abhorrent behavior I owe you one favor." Eric said. "Also since I have nothing to do for the next few minutes so I'm ready to listen now."

"Are you sure, I don't want to impose." Hanna's answer was Eric opening the door to invite her in.

Hanna then told him how her dad came back into town to hang out with her, at least that's what she thought at first. Her dad then revealed he was here because she damaged Shawn's car, though they still had a nice time, it was the next night that things got really bad. First, Hanna's dad revealed he was getting married to a woman with a daughter her age and then he tells her he and Shawn's mom made a deal that she would work at the dentist office to work off the payment for the car, without even asking her. After she finished her story, Eric agreed with Hanna that it was inappropriate for her dad to bring his girlfriend and her daughter to dinner just to tell her she had to work in a dentist office. Hanna was happy to hear she wasn't just acting like the jealous daughter of a man getting remarried.

"So what happened when your dad showed up?" Hanna asked. Eric wasn't sure what to say. Before he could even begin to try and come up with a lie that would explain the relationship between him and his father, the doorbell rang. Eric got up and opened the door, it was Aria.

"Is this a bad time?" Aria asked seeing Hanna sitting on the couch.

"No." Eric told her before turning back to Hanna. "Sorry, Hanna I forgot that I was tutoring Aria today, but we can talk later, okay?"

"Sure," Hanna said getting up and walking past Aria, sending her a look that said they would be talking later.

"So, you have questions before we start your lessons?" Eric asked. "I won't answer all of your questions just yet, but I will answer all I can, is that acceptable?" Aria nodded. "Then ask away."

"Who was that man?" Aria asked, getting straight to the point.

"He's my father, though I use the term loosely, his name is Niklaus Mikaelson, and he is one of the world's first vampires, an original." Eric explained.

"Wait, but if he's a vampire then how did he and your mom..."Aria trailed off but he knew what she meant.

"That is one of those questions I can't answer just yet, I'm sorry, but I'm not completely sure I can trust you yet." Aria huffed annoyed but continued.

"Is your mom a vampire too?"

"No, my mother is a witch, it's from her I inherited my magic." Eric explained. Aria noticed when he mentioned his mom he got tense.

"Is your mom not around anymore?"

"She's not fed if that's what you mean." Eric said. "But she doesn't live here."

"Why?" Aria asked.

"Call it a difference of opinion." Eric said, ominously. Aria wanted to ask more, but she could tell by the look on his face that was all she was getting. Besides, there was a far more important question that needs asking.

"Did Alison know what you are?" Aria asked. "Is that why you two started acting so weird around each other." Eric was silent for a few moments, debating whether he should tell her this or not. He sighed before answering.

"Yes, Alison knew." Eric said. "That is why I want to find A as much as you, whoever they are may know my secret." Aria was quiet after that processing all this new information she now had. "Well, now that the questions are out of the way shall we get started on your lesson.

And that ends the newest chapter of The Monster of Rosewood. Eric and Hanna have made up and he is giving magic lessons to Aria. And as for the poll, the winner is The Other Kent Boy, a Smallville story. Until next time follow, favorite, and review.