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Everything was ready and the people waited for their King and Queen to make an appearance. All of the important people of New Orleans, supernatural and human alike, mingled with eachother at the fabulous party that Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson planned out as the homecoming for the new Queen. Caroline Forbes decided to join Klaus Mikaelson in New Orleans once they got Kol, Finn, and Sage back from the Other Side right after graduation. Bonnie Bennett had dropped the veil completely and all of the creatures trapped on the Other Side flowed into the land of the living. Caroline still felt bad that she left when things started getting bad in Mystic Falls as the tomb vampires came back again as well as a group of pissed off witches that Caroline had killed. She was worried that her friends were mad at her but when Bonnie called her one day and reassured her that they weren't mad at her, Caroline felt a huge weight lifted off of her chest. Caroline asked her friends to come to New Orleans for her homecoming but they passed which caused Caroline to feel low but Klaus picked her up and dusted her off and convinced her that life was too short for worrying about the past when you live in the now.
Caroline wasn't the only one who was still getting ready, the only people who were mingling with the guests were Kol and Elijah, which worried her because Elijah would be too busy to keep an eye on Kol. Caroline had slipped into a peacock blue strapless embellished jacquard mermaid gown and a pair of black strap heels. She double checked her elegant bun but the hair dresser Klaus compelled to work on her hair did a marvelous job and there wasn't a hair out of place. The makeup artists also did a marvelous job with her face so all she had to do was add her diamond bracelet and her matching diamond earrings before leaving her room and descending the stairs with Klaus on her arm and into the sea of people.
"You look beautiful." She heard a familiar voice and turned to see Klaus in a black suit with a blue undershirt that matched Caroline's dress and a black tie.
"You don't look bad either." She smiled at him and he walked up to her and took her hand that had her engagement ring on her wedding finger and daylight ring on her pointer finger.
"Are you okay, love?" He asked as he felt Caroline lightly shake. She was nervous and she would be seeing all of these people that were supposed to be her people.
"Just nervous."
"Don't be. Don't get uncomfortable when all these people want to do is meet you." Caroline smiled at him,
"Almost everyone is going to be older than me. Why would they listen to a baby vampire?"
"Because you're trustworthy and respectful to other people. You're very approachable."
"Really?" She asked, she thought she might have looked intimidating and she didn't want to do that so people wouldn't talk to her. "I don't look scary?" She asked and he chuckled at her,
"Absolutely not. Now come on." He said and she looped her arm into his, "I've got you." They walked over to the doorway and Caroline took a deep calming breath and then nodded at Klaus. As soon as they left the room people started applauding, Caroline couldn't help but smile. As they descended the stairs the applauding never faded, if anything it grew louder. She found Rebekah in the crowd as she gave her a smile as she clapped along with everyone else. A few people in the crowd whistled at them and cheered, Rebekah wore a black illusion lace pintuck jersey gown and her hair was in perfect waves. When they reached the end of the stairs music started playing around them. People welcomed her and pledged their loyalty all through the night and she thanked them for the loyalty and wished they enjoyed the party. She repeated this cycle until Elijah swooped over and took her hand for a dance.
"Thank you." She whispered to him and he smiled at her,
"I thought you might be in need of some rescuing." He said as they swayed to the Florence and The Machine song, Only If For A Night. Everyone danced around them and it seemed like everyone was getting along and having a good time.
"I see Rebekah made the playlist for the party." Caroline smiled and Elijah chuckled lightly,
"She wouldn't let me do much except decorate." Caroline took another look around, it was decorated beautifully. You could clearly tell that alot of money went into this but it was all so elegantly done...
"You did an amazing job." Elijah thanked her and then he paused as if he was wondering if he should mention something to me,
"I would just like to thank you, Caroline."
"For what?" She asked, she had done nothing that was worth a 'thank you' lately.
"For bringing our family together. You see, before we couldn't stand to be in the same room together but now since you're here annd you have managed to preform the miracle of taming Niklaus, our family can enjoy being together once again" Caroline shook her head lightly,
"Don't thank me for that. You guys love eachother."
"Yes but that love was forgotten with all of the scheming against one another. You caught Niklaus' eye and changed him to be more caring and compassionate."
"Elijah, he just killed someone yesterday for messing up the right color of rose petals." She said as she looked up where rose petals very slowly drizzled down from the sky. "Pink would've been just as good as red." She smiled and Elijah smiled at the memory,
"I suppose you're right. But if Klaus didn't do it I'm sure Rebekah would've."
"Speaking of." Caroline spoke as she saw Rebekah walking over to them and she smiled, "Thank you for the dance, Elijah." She did a light curtsy and he kissed her cheek,
"It was my pleasure." Rebekah took Caroline's hand and led her over to the fountain of champagne and grabbed a drink.
"I don't like to brag but I think I'm one of the best event planners in all of New Orleans." She spoke confidently and Caroline grabbed a glass and clinked hers to Rebekah's.
"I'm going to have to agree with you." They both took a sip from their glasses and Rebekah spoke again,
"I hope you're having fun."
"Are you serious? This is like a dream. I couldn't ask for anything better. Thank you."
"It was no problem, I'm surprised Nik hasn't had to throw anyone out yet for causing trouble, including Kol, who is actually behaving very well for once." They both found Kol in the crowd dancing to the now upbeat song that was playing. The girls laughed at the view of him dancing as if his life depended on it. "Ofcourse there's Finn and Sage talking over by the chocolate strawberries." She pointed in their direction and Caroline followed it. Sage was wearing an emerald green shirred shoulder column gown and laughing at something Finn had said and then Rebekah switched her attention to Elijah who was talking with the Mayor and then to Katherine who wore a marroon corded lace dress and was dancing with Father Richards who was the person who represented the humans when the leaders of all species met to talk about what is best for the town when making difficult desicions. Klaus and Marcel were talking and laughing with a few other vampires around them, "Those two are something else." Rebekah scoffed, "They were just at eachother's throats a few months ago and now they're best friends again."
"Be nice. Marcel is a great guy and it helps to have him on our side if a war ever starts since he is a major influence on the vampires and controls his witchy adopted daughter, Davina." Rebekah looks at Caroline and smiles,
"Look at you, thinking strategy. Nik, would be proud." Caroline looked around the crowd and saw a blonde human girl and she looked out of place,
"What is she doing here?" Caroline asked and lifted her chin to show Rebekah that she was talking about Camille, the local bartender.
"She is the Father's niece. I love messing with her whenever I can so I invited her. She won't cause any trouble, no need to worry."
"I'm not worried, more like irritated." Caroline personally didn't like Camille because she would flirt with Klaus everytime she saw him and it made Caroline want to bite her and drain her.
"Calm down, Queen Caroline." Rebekah joked around and Caroline let a smile slip through.
"Thank you for the break, but I think I should get back out there and start getting friendly with my guests." Caroline said as she set down her empty glass and walked back out onto the dance floor. She tapped Kol on the shoulder and he smiled at her, "May I have this dance, Mr. Kol Mikaelson?" She giggled and he grabbed her by the waist and picked her up before spinning her around. She wrapped her arms around his neck and then he put her down,
"Ofcourse you can, darling." They jumped to the chorus of Imagine Dragons, I Bet My Life as she looked around and saw everyone was doing the same. She thought everyone looked funny in their suits and gowns, dancing like they weren't at a (supposed to be) elegant party but no one complained that the party wasn't elegant enough. She thought it was a relief to many people that it wouldn't be a night of stiff postures and dancing with different people that didn't know eachother to slow instrumental music coming form a live band. The song ended and Caroline laughed and she felt a hand on her lower back, she looked to her right and saw Klaus smiling down at her,
"I'm happy you're having fun." He told her and she smiled as she kissed him quickly,
"This is better than any Homecoming I went to at school." Lana Del Rey's Gods And Monsters played through the speakers and Klaus turned to Kol,
"I think I'm going to steal your dancinng partner. I would like to dance with my Queen at some point tonight." Kol slapped Klaus on the back,
"You better take care of her. No innapropriate touching, remember there are other people around you." He said as he faded into the crowd of people that were grabbing new dancing partners. A random vampire girl snatched Kol's hand and he quickly recovered as he realized she wanted to dance. "Let's dance." He told her and she smiled up at him.
"I'm having an amazing time. I'm just so happy that everyone is getting along and everyone is having fun." She said as they swayed to the song,
"See, there was nothing to worry about." He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"We should throw more parties. Because now that I know I can actually handle all of this," She said signaling around before wrapping her hands around his neck again. "I'm going to become one of those vampires that party three days in a row." Klaus chuckled,
"If you want to throw parties, then throw parties. No one is going to stop you. I'm sure Rebekah would love to help you."
"Yes! I mean, have you seen this place?" She asked, "I feel really energetic tonight."
"You'll crash the second your head hits the pillow." Klaus smiled and Caroline smiled up into his beautiful blue eyes,
"I love you." She told him and he kissed her for a long moment before they parted.
"I love you, Caroline."