Title: Happily Never After
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Author: ice shredder
Spoilers: episode 6x21, toward the end of the aborted wedding.
Summary: "I plunged my knife into Sissy's back. A lovely red flower blossomed over her pristine white dress and all I could think as she collapsed was 'Thank God for cloaking spells, or I wouldn't have been able to put a stop to this revolting Hallmark Channel fairytale.'" Will be told in separate POVs. 3-shot featuring Alaric, Jo, and Kai. T for safety. Enjoy!
I'm getting married.
Sounds surreal, I mean after all the scrapes and near-misses and cheating death, I'm finally marrying the woman I love.
The church looked beautiful. I couldn't have pulled it off without the girls' help...but the inside had been transformed into a palace fit for a king...and his queen.
Everything was perfect. I was blessed by friends...no my family sitting in the pews beaming with joy. Stefan and Caroline sat together, and a brief pang of regret tugged at my heart. Elena should've been at his side. Not up on the altar with Damon...those two couples never really felt right to me even after all this time...they were better as friends...but this wasn't the time or place to be feeling regret. It was my wedding for cripes sake, so I shoved it to the back of my mind. Jo looked like a goddess coming down from heaven to grace the earth with her presence. I waited eagerly at the altar, smiling. Feeling like the luckiest man on the planet, and wondering what did I do to deserve this angel.
I guess miracles do exist in this world.
My breath stopped as I watched her glide down the aisle on her father's arm. God. She's so breathtaking. Is this beautiful, witty, intelligent woman about to be mine forever? I still can't believe it.
Damon smiled, a rare sight. Said he was proud of me and I couldn't help feeling the same about him. Elena and Bonnie changed him so much. I was proud of all my kids.
Next thing I knew Jo was clasping my hands and the minister asked us to begin reciting our vows. Mine spilled from my lips, full of love and tenderness. Thrilled when I saw my reflection in Jo's eyes and I was mirrored in hers. The world fell away and all I saw, heard or felt while I was speaking was her. My queen. Everything was perfect.
Then it was her turn to return the favor. Her side of our vows when we practiced them were absolutely beautiful. I'd kiss her and then our forever would start-
Her pained gasp snapped me out of my love-induced daze. I didn't see the blood staining her gorgeous sparkling gown until horrified gasps from the crowd alerted me. I looked down at her stomach, where her womb was, where our-
Oh my God. No, no, no, NO! THE BABIES! OUR BABIES ARE IN THERE WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
Then she cried out and collapsed into my arms. Everything became a blur.
I remember three things clearly.
The sickening stench of blood.
Elena's sharp gasp.
And Kai's playful sadistic voice.
I held Jo with one arm, eyes darting back from her to Kai holding a big-ass knife in his hand. Dripping with my fiancee's blood.
HOW THE HELL IS HE HERE?! He shouldn't be here. Bonnie trapped him in 1903. He CAN'T be here, this can't be happening, how'd he get out, how'd he even get in here?! He can't be here, he can't be, this isn't real, it can't be...it's just a horrible nightmare...I'll wake up any second now...
But Jo wouldn't wake up. The blood wouldn't stop flowing. God, why can't I wake up... please...someone help me! Tears pooled in my eyes, Somebody...anybody...help us...
Kai was rambling on about waiting for the death do us part but he decided it was too on the nose for his liking.
I clutched my queen tighter. She can't die on me. She deserves her fairytale ending! I deserve one dammit!
Kai's gonna pay. I'm gonna kill his evil little-
Jo's father rose in anger from his seat just as Kai lifted his hand. A high-pitched whine pierced my skull and I dimly heard screams erupt from the audience and-
makeitstopmakeitstopmakeitstop...MAKEITSTOP-ithurtssomuch-!
"Miss me? No?"
ohmigod this can't be happening...hurts...it hurts...it hurts...can't be real-
"Oh well."
The chill generated from those two words didn't have time to slide down my back. Kai flicked his wrists still holding that bloody knife-
A powerful shockwave exploded everything to pieces.
Glass.
Wood.
Flowers.
People.
Went flying-
I tumbled over.
Smacked my head on the altar steps then...
Fell into black silence.