I don't own anything. Certainly not The Vampire Diaries or The Originals.
Set after both Season Finales. I finally caught up on the Originals and this, of course, is what my brain decided to focus on.
Caroline grinned as she looked across the yard at her kids. It was a blazing hot summer day. Even just standing here for the moment between her car and the front door of her house was starting to make sweat bead on her forehead, but she didn't mind that much.
The air was full of sounds of shouts and excited screams as three girls dressed in swimsuits ran through the sprinklers.
The three girls were actually doing normal kid stuff and with their lives, any moment of just normal- no magic, no one trying to take advantage of them, or trying to hurt them was just wonderful.
"Mom!" Too soon, she admonished herself with a sigh. Hope and Josie had just used their magic to spray water at Lizzie at the same time, causing her to fall back into the grass by the force of it. She started anxiously across the lawn, though, for a moment she wondered idly where Josie had gotten the magic from but decided that it didn't really matter. She and her sister were always borrowing magic from the other witches, though, most of the time from their best friend Hope.
She started rapidly across the wet grass to her daughter. Most of her anxiety was relieved as Lizzie pushed herself off the wet ground and onto her feet again. The nine-year old's arms wrapped around herself looking angrily at her twin and their older best friend. The two were still playing with the water, though, thankfully they weren't still using magic since they were in the front yard where any passerby could see them.
"Josie! Hope!" she said sharply causing the two of them to stop and face her. The older, Hope's, red hair gleamed in the sunlight. Not for the first time, she found herself wondering the strange circumstances in their life that meant that her daughters best friend was none other than Klaus Mikaelson's daughter and practically her daughter by now as well.
"No magic in the front yard!" she said sternly giving them both pointed looks. They both gave her puppy looks but she held her ground. "No magic in the front yard," she repeated. Lizzie gave her an annoyed and hurt look reminding her her initial worry. "You know you're not supposed to use your magic like that. You could have really hurt her," She admonished, though they were on grass, and it did look like she was fine. Still, it wasn't okay. Josie and Hope both became crestfallen at her words and then looked down at the ground.
"Sorry Lizzie," they both spoke quietly. Lizzie grinned reminding her of how resilient and forgiving children were.
"It's okay!" she said then lifted her hand and caused the water to go at them. She ran away laughing wildly. Hope and Josie looked at each other for a moment, before Hope held out her hand. Josie briefly grasped it, a red spot where their skin met, the only sign of siphoning. Then the two chased after her with grins on their face.
"No magic in the front yard!" Caroline yelled after the three of them but they weren't paying attention. Besides, if they kept going like they were they would make it the back yard and out of sight soon.
Caroline sighed and decided to just let it be. By now, the neighbors probably at least guessed what went on anyway. If there was a problem, she could just compel it away. So she just made her way up the stairs to her house and turned on the tv. If anything went wrong she knew she would hear it.