Wow, a lot of positive feedback, and that was only the first chapter. Thank-you to everyone who reviewed:) Now, in case anyone was wondering (I know no-one commented on it, but still) the reason Kol alternates between Nik, Klaus, and Niklaus, is because his views on Klaus are changing. I noticed that the only people who call Klaus Niklaus are people who hate him, while the people really close to him call him Nik, and Klaus is somewhat generic. I am so glad that everyone likes this story so far.
Kol walked up to his parents, feeling nervous. He had no idea of how this was going to end, but he had to do this. He looked behind to Jeremy, who gave him a nod and a smile of encouragement.
Kol found his parents outside their home, talking with several of the other villagers, his mother's necklace gleaming in the sunlight.
"Mother, father, may I speak to you for a moment?" Kol asked timidly, both of his parents intimidated him, each in their own way.
"Of course Kol, what is it?" His mother asked, while his father looked at him blankly.
"I believe you know Jeremy," Kol asked, motioning to his love, "Well, he…he and I talked, and we decided; we are to be married."
There was dead silence; Kol swore he could here a leaf land on the ground.
Then, to Kol's shock, both his mother and his father smile in true genuine joy.
His father opened his mouth to say something.
A great roar filled Kol's ears, as fire appeared everywhere, all around him.
Kol woke from his dream with a jolt. He immediately got out of bed, and sped outside at top speed, where he saw Elena standing, looking just as startled as him.
"What was that?" she asked, scared.
"A fire," Kol replied, looking outside the window.
"Why can't we see it?" Elena asked
"Jeremy didn't hear, so it probably wasn't all that close. The sound fire makes is surprisingly disproportionate to its size and location. What it was though was fast. I'm guessing it was a fireball, almost like an explosion."
"Wait, should we be concerned?"
"There's no fire happening anymore, so whatever it was is gone now. I say we just let the humans deal with it. You should get some sleep, it's going to be difficult enough for you to resist the urge to eat people without sleep deprivation adding to the ordeal."
Elena glared at him, "Fine, but I do have one thing I want to ask," she asked, somewhat nervously.
"Oh, and what is that?"
"You were wearing at least that before you came out of his room right?"
Kol looked down and saw he was still only wearing his underwear.
He smirked at Elena, "Honestly Elena, why do you ask question you don't want an answer to."
With that vague statement, Kol returned to Jeremy's room, and got back into bed.
"What's going on?" Jeremy asked, still obviously asleep.
"Nothing to worry you gorgeous little head over love, just go back to bed." Kol replied, kissing Jeremy's forehead.
"Okay," Jeremy was once again under.
Kol couldn't get back to sleep, so he spent the rest of the night just stroking Jeremy's hair.
A few hours later, Kol heard Jeremy's breathing change, and knew he was just waking up.
Kol grabbed Jeremy and sped him used his speed to put against the wall in half a second, at which point Kol kissed him, hard.
"Kol!" Jeremy yelled out, laughing, "I told you not to do that anymore."
"And I pretended that I didn't hear you, good morning love."
"Good morning to you too," Jeremy replied, chuckling.
Kol appearance blurred for a fraction of a second, then he was suddenly wearing his clothes.
"Go get dressed, it's school day you know"
Jeremy just stared at him for a second, before going to get dressed, commenting on how his boyfriend was such a showoff, which made Kol laugh.
Kol waited on Jeremy's bed while he took a shower, after coming out Jeremy decided to ask.
"Hey, did anything happen last night, I remember saying something to you, I think?"
"I'm surprised you have any recollection of that, you were still pretty much asleep. Elena and I heard something that sounded like a fire for a spilt second. The fact that only Elena and I heard it means that it was far away, and it only lasted for a second, so it isn't still a problem, so nothing to worry about." Kol shrugged.
"But still a fire, couldn't that be bad?"
"Let the humans handle, it's just a fire, at worst, a few humans died, nothing major."
"Kol!"
"What?"
"Nothing," Jeremy said, shaking his head. He learned a long time ago that there was no point in trying to make Kol feel guilty for his complete lack of remorse for the death of human beings.
Kol held Jeremy, and kissed him a few more times.
"What's with this?" Jeremy asked, but by no means complained.
"Just getting today's quota filled up early, I'm going on a trip today," Kol replied before going to Jeremy's neck.
"Wait, what?" Jeremy asked, pushing his boyfriend away.
"I'm going on a trip today," Kol repeated, before trying to return to kissing Jeremy's neck, however Jeremy once again pushed him back.
"Where's is this coming from? Why?"
"It's nothing you need concern yourself with love, I'm just going to visit some old friends."
"You've been in a coffin for the past century, all your old friends are dead!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Acutally, there are some that are still around, and what is wrong with you love? What are you jealous?" Kol asked angrily, he didn't like being reminded of Niklaus daggering and causing him to lose an entire century of experience
Jeremy stopped, and blushed for a moment, causing Kol to actually laugh in exasperation.
"You're jealous! I can't believe it! You're actually jealous!"
"Stop it! I am not jealous!" Jeremy pouted.
"Then why are you so angry?"
"Okay, maybe I am jealous, but I think I have a right to be. You've been around for like a billion years," Kol chuckled, "And one of your favorite pastimes used to be compelled guys to let you bed them."
"Are you saying you don't trust me?" Kol asked, abruptly serious.
"I trust you, but am I supposed to trust them?"
Kol sighed, and hugged Jeremy tight.
"I might be going to see a friend, but the purpose is rather business based, you don't have to worry. Not to mention that what I'm doing will benefit me, you, abite indirectly, and someone else."
"Who? How?"
"Shhh," Kol said putting his pointer finger to his lips, "It's a secret."
Kol smiled at the look on Jeremy's face, it was priceless. Kol leaned in and kissed Jeremy again.
"I love you Jeremy Gilbert, remember that."
Jeremy smiled, "I love you to, have fun."
"I will, and you have fun too."
Kol walked downstairs when he noticed Elena walking in, the smell of blood on her lips.
'She vomited the animal blood up' Kol thought to himself, 'Exactly as I predicted'.
"How'd your first feeding go? Oh wait, it didn't."
Elena just stared in shock.
"I can smell it on you, the blood test any better the second time, I'm honestly curious, I could never stomach the taste of animals."
"If you know why I can't drink animal blood-"
"-Of course I know why Elena, but I'm not going to tell you. You're going to have to figure it out for yourself, while I laugh at you squirming. Now then, I've got places to go, deals to make, people to eat, so I'll be seeing you."
As kol made for the door, Elena felt she had to ask.
"Did you blow up the Town Council?"
Kol turned around in surprise.
"Yes Elena, I blew them up. I decided to deprive myself of having an almost completely naked Jeremy in my arms to go blow up a bunch of idiotic people who probably would have wound up dead within a week anyway."
"Okay, so you didn't do it, do you know who did?"
"What part of the implication of being with Jeremy all night did you not get? I surprised you'd even ask if I did it, I assumed you figured out how I like to deal with people when I beat your boyfriend senior with a baseball bat and nearly snapped your neck. I like hands on projects, now then I have to go."
With that, Kol left.
Before leaving, Kol decided to pay a visit to his sister, to make sure she was all right.
"How are you sister?"
"Fine Kol," she replied, while walking along a street full of mansion looking houses, "Just house hunting, what are you doing for housing?"
"I've compelled a very nice old couple into letting me stay with them, and give me supper." Kol smirked
"Yes well, I'm thinking something a little more private."
"The price of privacy being that anyone can break in."
"It doesn't matter, all of the daggers are gone, and you have the stake, Niklaus would not dare face me, and anyone else would be more of an easily dealt with annoyance than anything, are you off somewhere?"
"Yes, off to New York actually, I expect to be there in about an hour."
"An hour!? Are you running at full speed?"
"Not quite, but I did promise Jeremy I'd only be gone a day."
"How did you do it?" Rebekah asked, suddenly sounding desperate, "How did you find love? You of all people!"
"Okay, ignoring insult. I found it because I don't have your problem Rebekah, and your problem is that you are so desperate in looking for love, that you are never going to find it. You need to stop looking, and just learn who you are, learn to love yourself before you can find someone you loves you. It's like the old saying goes, if you look for it, you won't find it."
"When did you get so profound?"
"When I realized that the thought of losing a mere mortal made my undead heart hurt."
Rebekah just looked at him
"Goodbye Rebekah, just think about it."
Kol made good time getting to New York, about and hour and a half, though he had to find a desolate area to slow down in, as the shockwave was rather large.
Figuring out where to do in New York was difficult. Kol had founded this city, it was one of the few places he felt at home, but it had change so much in only a century. Still, he had a purpose being here, and he wasn't going to give up just because his city had gotten upgraded.
He returned to the last place he knew she has lived, and sure enough got her scent. It was old, very old, several years. Nothing but an Original would have been able to detect it, but guess what Kol happened to be. He followed the scent down to a small store in Manhattan, and walked in.
The owner of the store turned around with a smile on her face, until she saw who had entered her shop, and her smile turned into a grimace.
Kol smirked at the sight of the woman he once feared being unnerved by his presence.
"Kol," she said solemnly
"Hello Ayana."
Not as long as the last one, but still there. Oh, by the way, Elena is not sired to Damon in this story I will have my own reasons as to why she has to drink right from the vein.