It was funny how life seemed to like to throw Niklaus into situations. Vampirism, a real relationship, being walked out on, having his food run away, putting together said relationship only to learn about magic. Was this all a joke? Vampires and Witches were things for bed time stories and Halloween not something to actually be living life as. Yet there he was a vampire dating a witch.

Tonight Angel had stuff to take care of at her job. He was still baffled that she was a teacher. There was so much to this magical word and quite frankly Nik was impressed that they managed to keep it all under wraps so well. She was helping him keep his kill count down and that meant to start his day Nik feed from the love of his life. He still wasn’t completely behind this plan. He could see the ware it took on her and she couldn’t supply him every day.

He left the room in the castle still hungry. Luckily he was satisfied enough that he could take his time with finding someone who wouldn’t arouse suspicion. There was guilt there as he found a woman curled in a door way covered in rag with frazzled hair. He had learned to not feel remorse for these people. In some cases it wasn’t their fault the economy had something to do with it. Nik was no stranger to the streets he hadn’t had a proper home sense he was a teenager. He knew how to get along just fine, dead or not. In a place such as this more than likely these people did this to themselves with addiction and stupidity. The gilt tugging at him was because he had promised Angel he wouldn’t kill. He had no idea if she had taken care of whatever at that Mini….he could remember what it was called, and didn’t really care. He could only assume it was the magic world’s equivalent of a government. If she had did that mean he was being watched?

He needed to feed regardless if he didn’t there would be an actual rampage that he would be at the center of. It was quick she probably hardly felt a thing. She had passed out because of a binge, he could feel it in her blood. As he was finishing off his meal he felt something, different. Nik used one of the rag that was used to be part of a shirt to wipe of his face and curiously peaked out of the alleyway.

There was a feeling that he was about to encounter something else that he had no idea existed outside of story books. He leaned against the brick wall of the building. The scent of was getting closer. His dark eyes watched the sidewalk closely. A woman, it had to be her. People were giving her plenty of room as she stomped down the side walk. He was sure that they didn’t feel the same thing as he did and were just scared of the rage that was obvious in her eyes. After all they do say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Nik pushed himself from the wall and stood stepping out onto the side walk and matching her stride as she walked by. He could feel her heat. That wasn’t the normal warmth of a human. He looked at her, his curiosity getting the better of him in this whole situation. “What are you?” It was simple and direct, voice low and dark. He was done being in the dark about the world that he was apparently very much a part of weather he liked it or not.

She was fierce that was something he couldn’t deny. Her eyes were cold and her words were sharp. He honestly was expecting anything else other than that question. Nik’s lips turned down. How did he even answer that question. He would probably look foolish if he admitted the truth she obviously picked up on what he was

“I figure it’s good to know what else is out there,” He answered settling on the truth. It was obvious in his voice that he wasn’t happy about that. Nik’s accent was thick as he spoke through gritted teeth. At least he was right in assuming that there was another something to add to the list of fairy tale creatures that actually existed. It made Niklaus wonder what else was out there. How many of them could actually kill him. It was all starting to make him dizzy.

He heard the growl humming in the back of her throat, Nik eyed her carefully. “Wolf.” He stated flatly. If it’s warm like a wolf and growls like a wolf it was probably a wolf. Even with his unfamiliarity with what the actual nature of a werewolf was he knew tales. Just like he knew them about vampires. So far it was all the same as he knew from tales. Well except for the whole cross and holy water thing.

The part that Nik didn’ know now was how would they get along. He was always under the impression that there was some sort rivalry. In the end it proabably didn’t matter because turning and leaving now would look like he was scared. That was hardly the truth, he was curious. He also had far too much pride to even begin to think turning around and leaving was a good idea. This girl seemed peeved too, there was a chance he put himself in a rather serious situation. He would stand his own either way. Until then Nik would watch this girl carefully.

There was venom in her words. It didn’t make him nervous but he didn’t like it at all. She started to circle him. It was like a predator sizing up it’s prey. He wouldn’t be ripped apart by a ware wolf. At least he was right with calling her one. He didn’t exactly appreciate being told that he wasn’t as ‘dimwitted as she thought’. He just wasn’t born into all of this as it seemed some people had been. That was how Angel was explaining it anyway.

There were eyes on them as people passed making a wide route around the two. Everyone could feel the tension between them. Was there some rivalry that he didn’t know about? That would explain the murderous glint in her eyes and the bite in her words. Niklaus snarled lightly himself, baring his fangs for a second. They were still in public and he knew it was a bad idea to just shot to the whole street that there were two not so friendly monsters just standing there.

Nik narrowed his eyes at her. He didn’t want to give the werewolf anything. Even in normal cases he was very vague about his life. There was no need to ever give another person any information to use against him. That is how you got taken advantage of. “You are my first wolf,” He spoke. That seemed like the safest of the two to give away. If she knew he was young there was a possibility that she knew he wsn’t as strong as he could be. Or that is how he figured it worked. There was still a lot about his own damnation that Niklaus was unsure about.

As she circled around him Nik watched her movements “Is this your first encounter with a vampire?” The way she was eyeing him said that he was. Even if it were true Nik had a feeling that this girl was someone who was raised knowing all about this secret world. She moved like she knew what she was and exactly what she was capable of. If he were a smart man he would have been intimidated.

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She finished her circle around him. Nik never once breaking eye contact. She stood strong in front t of him. His height might help him to look more intimidating most of the time but she didn’t show any signs of backing down. Neither would Niklaus, even if he had no idea what a werewolf could do to him. He knew that with the moon not waning she wouldn’t be as strong as she could be.

“Niklaus,” He answered gruffly. There was no ‘nice to meet you’. Helly would be easier to commit to memory than her full name that already seemed to slip his mind. Those fiery eyes that she had were enough to remember about the girl.

Her words oozed. Something about the threat of a fight going on seemed lustful at the same time. Nik could honestly say she was a good looking wolf, but there would have to be more than a pretty face and some snippy words for him to really be wooed. Niklaus also was willing to bet that Helly would much rather try and literally rip out his heart than try to win it. As they stood staring each other down he would have to say the feeling was mutual.

“Flattery doesn’t seem your style,” He commented with a smirk. “What is your angle Helly?” Her name twisted in his accent. He wasn’t one for words. Right now words could very well be keeping him alive. Well that and he figured she knew better than to attack him here on a public street in a …there was a word for normal people that Angel had told him about. Right now it escaped him.

If she was more versed in the world of magic than he then Nik could safely assume this girl also held herself to a more strict set of rules. He had no idea what Wizard jail was like, the idea of possibly being turned into a frog didn’t sit well with him.

Well she was a smart ass. He smirked. She was itching to rip him apart. If had a pulse right now it would be racing. It wouldn’t be from fear at all. Back when he was a rebellious teen he got in many fights. He was a scrappy street fighter. There was nothing fair about how he would use curbs to his advantage. Niklaus hadn’t had the chance to truly fight anyone sense he was reborn. Recently it was learning how sturdy he actually was.

He closed a little of the gap left between them. He looked down at the girl. The heat radiated off her body. It was almost homey in the way his skin warmed from her. She used the weird word. That meant that in fact Helly was familure this supernatural world.

She came right out with it and said they should find a place to fight. Now the question was does he take the bait. He mused a bit over the options. And smiled, fangs glinting in the light. “Here,” He started, voice still low, something menacing behind his words. “Neither of us wants the trouble of blood on our hands. I can tell you are itching to claw at something. And I haven’t had a good fight for a while. We can play your game wolf, but there needs to be no kill.”

His dark eyes watched the girl as he spoke. Nik is an overly proud person. He would fight to the bitter end if it meant proving himself. “If you win this little fight I will by you a drink.” He then tacked on. What was fair was fair. As much pride as he had he wasn’t mopey about losing. Respect was something that needed to be gained for Nik. Helly’s snippy words and snide smile would not be enough for him to be the least bit scared of her.

“Sounds good?” He didn’t need anything but the knowledge of how to defend himself against a werewolf. So weather he won or lost he got what he wanted. That was if she held up the no kill end of this bargain. Niklaus was will to take the chance, knowing he would fight for his life if she was to go behind the deal. Helly would go down with him.

He could see her think about the offer. Her eyes were still angry. She spat her answer and pushed past him. The bump was childish. She was like a kid who was throwing a fit but try her damn hardest to prove that she was an adult. Nik rolled his eyes but fallowed the girl anyway.

He watched the people that were walking down the street carefully, making sure that they weren’t being watched. The last thing Niklaus need was people thinking he was stalking some poor defenseless girl and was about to hurt her and leave he for dead in an ally. They wouldn’t be entirely wrong, but still she had started it all and no one would believe him if he tried to tell them that.

They slipped into the shadows and she instructed him to hold on. Nik listened he had a feeling he knew what was going to happen next. Angel had done a similar trick after she told him that she was a witch. He didn’t like traveling this way, but he could see how useful it was.

Angel...she wasn’t going to be happy with his decision to fight a werewolf. There was no doubt he would be returning to the bed he had been sharing with her with wounds still visible. He knew he healed fast, and minor things were gone in seconds. A broken bone or similarly bad injury though...Nik had no idea how lone that would take. It was too late now.

They appeared in a field. Nik let go of Helly and took time getting adjusted to where they were now. He really didn’t like traveling like that. Niklaus rotated his wrists ankles and other joints making sure that everything was working properly. He had no clue what could go wrong when you just zipped through the space like that but he figured it was better to just make sure nothing got messed up.

Dark eyes looked around the field. It was perfect, the breeze blew over making the still brown grass sway and ripple. They were probably miles away from anyone else. He looked at her now, face serious and jaw taught. It looked like this was it.

She laughed at him and Niklaus’ brows knit together. She used that word, it fell from her lips like a slur. “Muggle?” He questioned, letting the new word roll of his tongue. It sounded silly he didn’t like it. “If by not magic, yes.” He answered simply.

Niklaus figured that she would take that as an advantage, she would know more about his vampirism than he. Really what was there to know that was any different than the stories of vampires from his youth. All of these things he knew about but were simply just in story books and not on the streets.

She was on him after a little, it seemed that Helly was feeling kind enough to let Nik make sure everything was in order. The girl was throwing a punch at him. He managed to grab her hand so that it wouldn’t connect but they toppled over from the force of her body hitting his.

He hand his other arm around the girl and he kept the moment of the fall so that they were cartwheeling. He hit his head in the process but they were still tumbling. At the peak Niklaus threw the girl off of him and then was back up. He shook his head with a smirk. Just because he might not have been as well versed in the world of monsters that lurked in the night as long as the girl was a human she would fight like one. Fighting was one of three things that Nik was sure he was good at.

As she was getting up he went at her now. Nik threw an elbow at her chest hoping to at least knock the wind out of her. At least he had the advantage of not really being alive. Not like this girl who had a heart that was pounding. He could hear it when he got close, and the blood rushing through her veins. She was beginning to smell of salt even if the fight had just started. Any punches and kicks he though at her vital organs would actually cause damage. He just had to make sure that he didn’t kill the girl, there was nothing said about permanent damage.