(August)
"Hey, Lily." I said, walking up to her. She was staring off into space. She looked up at me after a few minutes. She smiled at me.
"What is it Malachai?" she asked. … I smiled at her.
"Please. Call me Kai." She smiled bigger.
"Okay Kai."
"I heard you've been missing your family?" I said, sitting next to her.
"Yes I have but I still have my children Damon and Stefan." I nodded.
"But you'd be more happy with your other kids?" She gulped, sniffling.
"Yes." She whispered. "I know it's wrong but they were my children too."
"Well I can make a deal with you." I told her, smirking. I seemed to have piqued her interest.
"What is it?" I took the ascendant out of my pocket. She gasped, grabbing for it.
"I fixed it. I know Damon broke it but I fixed it. I can retrieve the others."
"How? I thought you were human?"
"For a while yes. I'd taken the cure… by force. Now, because of 'Daddy' Klaus I'm a siphon again."
"Who force fed you the cure?" She asked.
"'Daddy' Damon. Now I could free them from the ascendant but I want you to feed me your blood. So I can be a vampire with magic."
"A Heretic." She stated. I nodded my head.
"Do we have a deal?" I asked. She nodded, cutting her wrist. I grabbed her arm and raised it to my lips but she pulled away. I looked up at her, skeptical.
"Your family won't be hurt?" I shook my head.
"No. See… my dad's still the leader of the coven. I learned this just a while ago. I heard Liv and Luke being cry babys about the merge but you know… that comes in my favor. So… once I become this creature, I'm going to go find Joe and tell her what I thought about."
"What exactly is that?" She asked, worried still.
"If I'm immortal and leader of our family… they can't die. Unless they get sick of course but they won't die because the coven leader died of old age. I won't be able to die of old age. Not much can kill a vampire and if I have my magic too then I'm practically unstoppable." I smirked and she smiled, nodding her head. She cut her wrist and put it close to my mouth. I put it to my lips and drank deeply.
When I removed her wrist from my mouth, I sighed in pleasure. I took out the knife in my pocket and stood. I walked to the restroom before closing and locking the door. I slit my throat as I laid down in the floor. I gagged for air but it wouldn't come. Soon I died.
When I came back I saw Lily sitting next to me, a blood bag on my chest. "You're helping me?"
"Well you're helping reunite me and my other kids so I'll do my best to help you." she replied. I stood up and grabbed the ascendant. I took a deep breath and channeled my vampirehood to help me with my magic. I started chanting.
When I finished chanting the room had five more bodies, Lily, Damon, Stefan, and me.
…
"What do you mean Kai's not human anymore?" Elena demanded, worried.
"Klaus was feeling generous towards him and must have drained him of the cure… meaning the cure's with Klaus!" Damon realized. "Shit!"
"Damon!" Lily said, surprised by his language. She was feeding blood to the five new members of her family… or should I say old members of her family? One by one they woke and finished their blood bags. Lily had given one to each.
"And now he's gone to see Joe to become the leader of the Gemini coven." Damon finished. I was laying on the couch, watching my phone receive more messages from Klaus. I wish he would stop! They can't know we're together!
"Well Kai has proven he doesn't want to hurt us." I said. "Maybe he's really changed."
"I'm calling Ric right now!" Damon said, leaving the room.
…
"Come on. You know it's what's best for the coven. If I become the leader of the coven, you get to keep both your kids." I told my twin, trying to convince her to give me her magic. She kept refusing and Ric was angrily pacing around in the house, waiting for Joe's decision.
"I don't know Kai. Last I checked you were a murderous lunatic! You tried to kill us all!"
"And I've proved I've changed! Bonnie likes me! Come on! You're saying you want your kids to have to know what it's like to murder their twin?" She put her hand to her mouth, horrified at this reminder. She started sobbing.
After what seemed like forever, she'd stopped sobbing and was, instead, determined. She got up and walked over to me, sitting on the couch. She put her hands on both sides of my forehead and started chanting. I closed my eyes as I felt her shoving her magic off to me.
(Now)
It was time for breakfast. We were having blood and tea and morning food that Stefan had so graciously bought for us. I filled both of the teapots and walked over to the table where Malcolm, Beau, Nora, Mary Louise, Damon, Stefan, Caroline, Elena, and Kai. I poured them all two whole tea cups. Nora and Mary giggled.
"None for me, Mother. I've already had mine today." He pushed it to where I would be sitting.
"Don't be silly, Malcolm. You need to feed to stay healthy." I told him, trying to pour him another cup.
"Please. I'm full." He said. I nodded my head.
"You'll never be full! You're a vampire." Damon retorted.
"Damon, be nice." I scolded as I poured myself a cup of tea. "Now would anyone like cream, sugar or milk?"
"He's right, actually. What a saint you are, Malcolm." Nora added. Malcolm shrugged with a smile on his lips. I rubbed his shoulder.
"Don't listen to your siblings, sweetie. Their just being mean." Nora reached over and took a cup from the coffee table.
"When will we be able to feed on people?" Mary demanded, looking at her cup with disgust. "I'm tired of blood bags." Before Stefan, Caroline, or Elena could say something, I interrupted.
"Beau's not complaining." I reprimanded.
"Beau's mute." Mary added, taking a sip. Beau looked at her, offended. I gave her a stern look.
"And here I thought we could have a family meal in peace! Beau, care to join me for a game of backgammon while the lovebirds bicker?" The boys stood and left the room. I sighed, putting my hand to my face, disappointed that my family couldn't act like a happy family for just one meal. It's morning and their already fighting. I wish Julian was here. But Oscar's trying to find him. And for that I'm relieved.
"I am headed to New York this afternoon to meet up with Lorenzo. I assume I have nothing to worry about?" I said, looking at all my children, hoping they'll behave. I don't really have much heart to discipline my children. That was always Julian's job.
"So you're allowed to explore the world while we're stuck in this dump of a city, pretending we're not the strongest people on the planet?"
"Actually, that would be Klaus." Stefan said, holding up his index finger.
"What is Enzo doing there?" Damon asked in disbelief.
"Need I remind you how things used to be?"
"You mean when you loved us and allowed us to have actual fun?" Mary replied sarcastically. I gave her a look.
"Our appetite for murder drew unwanted attention, forced us to run for decades at a time, and then got us imprisoned for one hundred years. Our way of living did not work, Mary Louise." I scolded, using her full name.
"Now you want us to coexist? We know. We heard your speech." She continued.
"What about Oscar? He's been gone days running your errands. I highly doubt he's off living in secret." I can't handle this. I know this but I'll give it my best try. I was about to scold the both of them when the door opened and Valerie came in.
"Where have you been?" I demanded before I turned to look at her. I gasped. "Valerie, you're a mess! What happened?!"
"Some horrible teenagers plowed me down in their automobile." She replied angrily.
"Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry." I replied. I tried to give her a hug but she stepped back from me. I was hurt but I moved on.
"Oh, dear! Is their automobile okay?" Mary laughed and I gave them both stern looks.
"The little monsters left me for dead! No apology, no call for help. I was roadkill, and what did I do? I acted like roadkill, because we're governed by a pacifist who'd rather see her children hurt than stand up for themselves." She turned away and wiped tears from her eyes.
"That's not true." I whispered. I was ignored.
"Oh my god. Do recall anything? Maybe we can send in a report." Elena said, getting up and giving Valerie a hug. Damon quickly got up and walked to Elena's side, keeping an eye on Valerie. Valerie hugged Elena back.
"Valerie, don't cry. Okay? You're home now. You're with us." Nora said softly. I smiled. At least now her sisters are being nice.
"Yeah. Who needs the rest of the world, right? We have each other." I went to her and gave her a hug now. She accepted it and even hugged me back.
"You resisted your urge to fight back. That means you're learning. I'm proud of you, Valerie." She grabbed her back and left to her room in the Salvatore Boarding House. I still needed to meet up with Lorenzo. "Damon, while I'm gone, I want you to take charge. You're the oldest."
…
I vamp-sped toward them and killed Stu by smashing his skull into the windshield, shattering it and causing a large splash of blood to cover the broken glass. I pointed at the blood.
"Missed a spot." Her eyes widened in fear when she saw me. She backed away but stumbled right into my sisters.
"Who are you?" My sister Mary was the one who answered her.
"Remember that large squirrel you ran over this morning? Turns out, that was actually our friend, Valerie." She pointed at me, and I walked right up to the girl, waving my hand.
"But… you looked dead." I nodded.
"I get that a lot." She tried to flee but Nora threw her hand out.
"Phesmatos motus!" She'd thrown open the car door, making her fall back. She moaned in pain but Mary pulled out her hand and pulled it towards her. "Vido!" She came flying back towards us, still on the ground. Mary and Nora pulled her to her feet. Mary leaned forward and whispered.
"You're worse than your friend. You thought about doing the right thing but then you just left her there." I caressed her face, smiling at her. I put my finger to her blood before licking it clean, sighing in relief at the warmth of the blood. Oh how I missed it. I leaned forward to look her in the eye, grabbing her neck with my hand.
"And yet, you're the first thing in this town that I don't entirely hate." I bit into her neck and fed until she died. I pulled away, blood dripping down my face as my sisters smiled approvingly. "Lily will be furious."
"Lily needs to learn that Heretics aren't designed to coexist." Nora pulled out her cell and snapped a selfie with the dead girl.
"Really? Be more vain."
"Well, if you were pretty, you'd be, too." She dropped the girl and began tapping on her phone.
…
I walked into the bar, looking for Lorenzo, smoothing out my dress. I walked to the bar and sat down. A moment later Enzo appeared. "It's a crime for the prettiest girl in the bar to sit alone." I smiled at him. "Two of your finest scotch, please, darling."
"Lorenzo, how I've missed you!"
"And who's fault is that? Keeping me away while you toilet-train your new batch of orphaned puppies…"
"They're learning moderation so they can live under the radar. You being there, living freely…"
"Yeah, bad influence, blah blah blah. Got it." He rubbed his hands together. "Well, in the meantime, you've summoned me to New York. My interest is piqued."
"I was hoping you might find something for me." I took out my phone and pulled up a photo, showing it to him. "During my captivity, a very dear possession I thought was lost when our ship from England was torched was found by divers. It's been on display in the city's maritime museum."
"Why do you want it?"
"It's a family heirloom."
…
The citizens of Mystic Falls had gathered in the town square to attend a ceremony for the police academy's recent graduates, who all have now officially become deputies. Among them was Matt, who was wearing his sheriff's deputy uniform. I had dressed up to see Matt graduate and see my mother Elizabeth Forbes, the sheriff, at the ceremony.
"Please join me in recognizing our graduating class of new deputies as I read their names and they receive their badges." Mom said, looking through the crowd, I beamed and waved at her. She beamed back. The students stood and walked up to the stage in a single file line. "Deputy Cornell Willis… Deputy Taylor Hall… Deputy Matthew Donovan…" Matt beamed, walked over to my mother, and accepted his badge. I clapped as loud and as fast as I could, remembering to look human while doing so. Matt shook the mayor's hand before leaving the stage. "Deputy Tim Johnson… Deputy Jeffrey Morrison…" Matt walked past me and held up his badge. I smiled proudly at him as he returned to his seat. "Deputy Don Morris…" I jumped when I heard Stefan's voice.
"Hey, I think we have a problem." Suddenly the sprinklers sprayed people.
"Sorry for the malfunction." Mom said, smiling. She fled off the stage along with everyone in the front row. The water from the sprinklers ignited in flames, causing the audience to begin to screaming in fear. I panicked and had Stefan vamp my mother to safety while Matt and I tried to help. Stefan was back in a matter of minutes. I heard someone scream in pain.
"AHHHHHH!" The stage and the podium was quickly consumed by flames as the ceremony descended into chaos. Everyone was running around frantically to escape the carnage. The fire continued to grow as it consumed everything in the vicinity, and several more deputies were engulfed by it, the flames searing their skin and killing them in seconds. I found a woman bleeding out on the ground and knelt next to her.
"Oh my god!" I yelped in pain and grabbed my head in pain as I began to hear chanting behind me. "Agh! Ugh!" Suddenly it stopped. I looked up to see that Lily had arrived in the middle of the wreckage, looking furious as she glares.
"Enough!" The Heretics immediately stopped what they were doing. "I fought tirelessly to reunite us, found ways to coexist in this new world, sacrificed everything to make us a family again! How dare you jeopardize that? All of you…" She turned her angry glare on Matt and me. "The bloodshed ends now." Lily walked away and the Heretics and Stefan followed behind her.
…
There was a man in our backyard, digging in our trash. He'd not find anything. We're a bunch of vampires. Malcolm however had intentions of eating him. "Trespassers are free-reign." He fed him dry and dumped him into the trash. He turned to see Bonnie. "And you are?" She shrugged.
"Town witch." Malcolm slowly walked towards her and Bonnie smiled before extending her arm and casting a spell and he groaned before he quickly grabbed hold of Bonnie's arm.
"To be fair, you are nothing if I take your magic." Bonnie groaned and I ripped his heart out. Bonnie smiled and I smiled back.
"Thanks Damon." I heard a gasp of horror. I turned to see Mother. …Shit.
…
"I… I have absolutely no idea what to say!" As such my motherly instinct kicked in. I shouted at my children. Valerie, Nora, Mary, Beau, Damon, and Stefan were all sitting in the living room. I was standing before them in front of the fire. "I am disappointed in all of you! You are so lucky your father isn't home! You all went too far, bloodshed really? Is that your answer for everything? I've tried so hard to make this family thing work and it will work. I don't care what I have to do to make it happen. So from here on out, you will all listen to me! Do you understand? One step out of line and I will find some sort of punishment to deliver to any of you who dare to misbehave! Am. I. Clear?" I demanded, taking a ragged breath from my lecture.
"Yes Mother." They all answered in reply. I took another ragged breath.
"Damon I am more disappointed in you because I left you in charge! Next time it will be Stefan! He's the second oldest of my children." I really need that rock. I saw Stefan give Damon a proud look. "Don't you dare Stefan Salvatore." I scolded. He cleared his throat and looked right back at the floor. "Now… all of you… to bed, no dinner tonight." They all stood up and headed for their rooms. I'd sent all their friends home. I walked to the couch and sat down, sobbing. I'd lost one of my sons today.
"You wanted to see me?" I looked up to see Kai.
"Yes. I want you to cast a spell to keep my children stuck in their rooms. Their all grounded and will be having their meals in their rooms for a week. Their friends can come and go but they cannot. I can be allowed into their rooms as well. Can you do that?" I asked him. He nodded and started chanting.
