Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. All of it belongs to its wonderful creators. If I do own it, surely it will ended up with lots of romance between Klaus and Harry in it! Also, I don't own the cover for this story, I merely taken it from deviantart. The credits for the cover goes to Barbara Florczyk, her deviantart is BaxiaArt.
Warning: AU. Fem!Harry (which means Harry is a female in this story, so if you feel bothered by it; I suggest you leave now), MOD!Harry, OOC (it happens in this story). This chapter is the beta-ed version. Beta-ed by conquerorofheaven1, thank you so much for your help. Please read the authoress' note at the bottom of the story because I usually write some important things at there about the story.
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Summary: AU. Cursed to an eternal sleep, only to be awaken by a powerful witch, Aria wakes up to find that the world had changed drastically from the one that she used to know. Feeling out of place and lost in the current world, she holds on to the only familiar things she knows. Her magic and Marcel, the only remaining person she knows from the past. Klaus/Fem!Harry
Pairings: Klaus/Fem!Harry Potter
"..." for memories and dream in Italic
'...' thought in Italic
*...* for Parseltongue
And "..." present time
Kaleidoscope
― Thunderstruck ―
"You can love someone so much... But you can never love people as much as you can miss them."
― John Green
It was a particularly sunny day; the sun shined bright in the blue sky. All in all, it was a clear day, a perfect day if one wanted to go out for a stroll or for a picnic. But for Aria, who had a quite bizarre night, the perfect, clear day only appeared as if it was mocking her. After all, the raven haired woman had just met with the girl who was pregnant with her so-called husband's child, it was perfectly normal for her to feel conflicted. On one hand, there was nothing more that Aria wanted than to have nothing to do with Hayley and her unborn child, but on the other hand, the emerald eyed witch couldn't deny the connection that she could clearly feel between her and the baby.
It was strange how the baby felt familiar to her, as if she knew the baby from somewhere. Even so, it was impossible, since yesterday was the first time Aria saw or even felt the baby. Still, she couldn't shake the feeling that the baby felt far too familiar to her as if she knew the baby long before she met with him or her. She sighed softly at the thought of it. She really didn't know what the connection between her and the baby meant but whatever it was, somehow she felt like it was something terribly important. After all, the baby had literally taken her magic as if reaching for a lifeline back then, and as far as she knew no normal wiccan witch was compatible with her magic at all.
She was an entirely different kind of witch than them after all. Any attempts of using or even siphoning her magic would only result in their deaths. If not because her magic was far too volatile for them to control it, then because her power as the Mistress of Death would make sure of their demises. After all, Death wasn't an entity who liked to be controlled by anyone who hadn't gotten his recognition. The raven haired woman put her hand on her stomach lightly, emerald eyes looked down at her flat stomach bitterly.
From the time she had agreed to marry with Klaus and up until now, no baby ever came out of her union with him. Especially now, no matter how much she wished for it, there was no way she and Klaus would have a child together, and after what he had done, there would be no child whatsoever that would come from the two of them. Because even though she could somehow picture herself forgiving her husband, albeit after a long time passed by, she couldn't in any way let herself get that vulnerable again. No. No matter how much she loved her husband for all his faults and flaws, she wouldn't give him that much power over her anymore.
"Aria?" The soft voice of Davina calling her name startled her out of her musings as Aria turned around to face the young woman.
"Yes? Do you need something, Davina?"
Davina tilted her head slightly, blue eyes taking in the look on her so-called guardian's face thoroughly. Although Aria never once voiced it out loud, the dark brown haired young witch was completely aware of Aria's pain over being abandoned and betrayed by her so-called family. And no matter how much Aria liked to deny it, Davina knew that the older witch still cared for them in her own way, despite all the pain that Aria felt over the Mikaelson's abandonment.
"You've been quite forlorn since you returned back last night, did something happen when you were alone with one of the old ones? Marcel told me that he left you with the female one," The young witch replied back, blue eyes watch her guardian cautiously as she walks toward the raven haired woman.
A small smile made its way to her face at the blatant show of concern from Davina, "I'm alright, Davina. I guess I was just a bit surprised discovering another unexpected new thing, but I will be okay. I just need times to digest it."
The dark brown haired young witch tilted her head in confusion, blue eyes gleamed with curiosity. "Unexpected new things?"
Aria shook her head as she smiled wryly at her ward, "Nah, it's nothing too important for now. Anyway, how do you feel now? Better?"
The younger witch shrugged her shoulders casually, "I feel better now. Though, are you sure it's really nothing?"
Blue eyes stared at the older woman in concern. Davina knew how Aria liked to hide what she really felt to avoid making others worry over her. Although both Davina and Marcel had repeatedly assured the raven haired witch that it was alright for her to rely on them, Aria kept refusing to confide in them and instead chose to keep it all inside. Nonetheless, Aria wasn't the only one who could be stubborn about it since Davina would also make sure that Aria could confide in her whenever the older witch was ready.
The petite raven haired witch nodded her head in confirmation as she approached her young ward, "I am. How about we learn new spell today? There is a certain spell that I want to teach you."
Davina's eyes lit up at the mention of learning a new spell. It wasn't often for the older witch to offer to teach Davina a new spell, usually her so-called mentor was content with teaching Davina more control and focus when it came to Davina's magic. Since the older witch insisted that she wanted Davina to be able to control the amount of magic she has before they start to learn new spells and such. Nonetheless, Davina welcomed this sudden change happily as she nodded her head enthusiastically at the idea of learning a new spell.
Aria smiled at the clear enthusiasm which she could see clearly in her ward's eyes as she walked toward the bookshelves where she kept most of her spell books and grimoires. Emerald green eyes skimmed each spine of the books on her shelves as she voiced her question casually, "So what kind of spell would you like to learn first? Any spells in mind? Mind you, I recommend learning a simple, useful spell before we move to the stronger ones."
Davina hummed lightly in agreement, a thoughtful expression on her face. There were many spells that she was interested in learning, but if she had to choose one among many, she wanted it to be a useful spell which she could use when she was in a tight situation. "Could you teach me the Disempowerment Spell?" Davina asked after some moments of thinking.
Emerald green eyes blinked in surprise at the question she was given as she turned her attention toward Davina, "The Disempowerment Spell? You want to learn that particular spell?"
"Yes. I mean, won't it be great if I can strip or block another witch of their power? And although it only works temporarily, it will help in buying us some time if we need it somehow." The younger witch said enthusiastically.
Aria nodded absentmindedly at the logical answer she received from the younger witch, "Hmm…indeed. But you need physical contact with the witch for that spell to work. Though.. I could teach you a way to bypass that requirement. Alright, we can learn that spell."
"The first thing you should remember when using this spell is that the more powerful the witch is, the more difficult it will be for you to seal their magic even temporarily." The emerald eyed witch explained calmly before she placed a gemstone on the table in front of her ward. "As for the way to bypass the requirement which requires you to have a physical contact with the witch you targeted; you could use their birthstone as a replacement for the physical contact. Though doing it this way means you need to focus more while doing the spell for it to work."
Blue eyes stared at the gemstone in front of her solemnly before she glanced up at Aria, "Could we try now?"
Aria smiled at Davina's enthusiasm as she shook her head lightly in fond resignation, "Sure. Though, I don't advise you to practice it on me. Our magic type is different and I don't recommend you try to seal my magic as it will only end up with you getting hurt."
Davina smiled mischievously at her guardian, "I know. Don't worry."
The young witch closed her eyes as she started to chant the spell while focusing her magic on the gemstone on the table. Just when her spell was starting to work, as the gemstone on the table started to shine, the sound of the door being slammed startled her out of her focus and diminished the light. Startled blue eyes turned to look at the door only to find a smirking Marcel carrying a struggling sack on his shoulder. Aria raised an eyebrow at the struggling sack on the vampire's shoulder.
"D, I need your help." Brown eyes locked with startled blue eyes before the vampire realize the look of surprise on both witches' face. "I'm sorry, is it a bad time?"
"Marcel, what is it? You should remember to knock next time," Aria asked calmly while Davina moved from behind the table and stood beside Aria. Emerald eyes stared pointedly at the sack on the vampire's shoulder. "And what have you been up to now?"
"I'm glad that you asked about that," He smiled mischievously at her as he dropped the sack off his shoulder, resulting a muffled groan from the sack. "I got something for the two of you to handle."
The vampire bent down and opened the sack only to reveal a tall, medium-statured young vampire with wavy dark brown hair. The wavy dark brown haired young vampire looked around the room before his dark brown eyes stopped to stare at both Aria and Davina in dread. "Oh, no. You're the super witch." He stuttered.
Davina frowned at the title as she looked expectantly at Marcel while Aria simply smiled in amusement at the way the young man called Davina. Marcel grinned as he tilted his head lightly to the wavy dark brown haired vampire on the floor, "Say hi to Josh."
"Hmm... so he is one of your new recruits. He is cute. But why would you bring him here?" Aria commented lightly.
"Josh has a problem. Klaus compelled him to spy on me," He answered as he gripped the young vampire's shoulder tightly causing the young vampire to groan out at the harsh treatment. Marcel then dragged him from the floor before pushing the so-called Josh into the chair. "I can't have that. So I thought, 'I'll just kill Josh'."
"Marcel, please. It's not my fault." Josh said quickly as he pleaded his case to the dark skinned vampire.
"Then I thought, 'killing a vampire, that would be breaking my own rule.' Smart thing to do is to flip Josh. That way, he can tell Klaus whatever I want. He could even spy for me. All we got to do is wipe away that compulsion. So what do you think?" Marcel continued casually completely ignoring Josh's pleas as he walked towards both witches, brown eyes looked at both witches inquiringly.
"I can make him forget what Klaus told him, but the more Klaus said, the more it's going to hurt." Davina replied, blue eyes stared at the young vampire in front of her thoughtfully.
"Hmm, probably going to hurt a lot," Marcel nodded his head in understanding as he locked his gaze on the young vampire across him. "Josh?"
"I'll do it." Josh said quickly as he nodded his head in agreement before dark brown eyes stared at Davina inquiringly, "Anything, yes. How much pain are we talking?"
Emerald eyes stared at the young vampire in wry amusement, a small smile on her face as she told him. "Better brace yourself then. It's probably going to take a while to flush all of Niklaus' compulsion out of you."
Dark brown eyes locked with emerald eyes in confusion for a moment before he was distracted as he started to feel a terrible headache. Josh groaned out loud as he felt as though his head was about to break from the sheer amount of pain. Aria sighed softly at the groaning vampire on the chair, it was definitely going to be a long day.
Aria stared at the groaning vampire on the floor. The young vampire had fallen from the chair a while ago from the cleansing, his voice had turned hoarse from all his screaming. It was obvious to her that he was in deep agony even though he had tried to endure all of it. Nonetheless, Aria admired the young man's bravery and resilience in facing the pain. Still, she really did hope that it would be over soon. Even if she was used to hearing tortured screams, something which she picked up from being Niklaus' wife, that didn't mean she liked it.
She was never one who was comfortable with it even after all this times. She sighed softly, emerald eyes glanced at the young witch beside her who was still concentrating on flushing Niklaus' compulsions out of him. It had been hours since the time Marcel brought Josh here, and there was still a lot of Niklaus' compulsion which needed to be cleansed from the young vampire. Davina sighed as she stopped her magic, blue eyes looked at the groaning vampire on the floor with pity.
"I'm sorry, but it's just going to get worse. Klaus' compulsion runs deep. You need to think of something else, take your mind off it." The young witch approached the wavy dark brown haired vampire on the floor as she helped him up to sit on the chair. "Do you like music?"
"What? What?" He asked weakly as he struggled to breath, "I can't think about music right now. Why? I don't know. Maybe because you're giving me a voodoo lobotomy."
"Well... it will only get worse later and we haven't even finished yet. Nevertheless, you should listen to Davina. It probably will help you if you don't think too much of it and take your mind off it. How come you got involved in all of this anyway?" Aria commented calmly as she took a seat on the Victorian styled couch across the young vampire's chair.
"Probably my lack of caution in going to a party in a city which I just decided to travel to on a whim," Josh answered sarcastically.
Aria hummed nonchalantly at the answer she was given as she tilted her head to the side lightly, "And how did you end up meeting with Niklaus?"
"Oh, that part was quite funny actually. I was just talking and drinking in the bar with my best friend when he just approached us and snapped our necks. Then we woke up in the back of a van, getting the debriefing from Marcel and there he was again, watching us as if he never seen us before. And by the way, he also compelled me to be his spy when he took me to the van."
"Huh, sounds like Niklaus indeed." The emerald eyed witch snorted in amusement as she shook her head wryly.
"Speaking of him, if she is the so-called super witch then are you the mysterious wife of Klaus who isn't really dead?" Josh asked hesitantly.
Aria snorted lightly at the title she was given from the young vampire, a sardonic smile on her face. "You're right. I'm that dead wife who doesn't stay dead."
"Well, not to be insensitive or anything, but why aren't you with Klaus if you are his wife? I mean, sure he thought you were dead back then, but he has known that you are alive for a while now, right? So why are you here with Marcel instead of with Klaus who is your husband? But don't mind me if somehow my question is far too offensive for you."
Aria raised an eyebrow at the unexpected question, a small, bitter smile crossed her face as she shook her head at the wavy, dark brown haired vampire. "You are right, it's offensive and kind of insensitive, but I don't mind. I see that you are the type who isn't afraid to voice your opinion. That's good. I like your honesty. Well, to answer your insensitive and offensive question, I don't currently live with Niklaus, even though he is completely aware that I'm still alive, because he's kind of a jerk."
"Pretty sure he deserves to be called more than a jerk," Josh muttered lowly, his hand rubbing his painful head absentmindedly.
"Sure. But since he is still my husband, technically might I add, the only words that come to my mind when I'm thinking of him is that he is a jerk." The emerald eyed witch shrugged her shoulders casually.
Dark brown eyes stared at Aria for some minutes as the young vampire tilted his head lightly to the side, "You still love him, don't you? You have that look in your eyes."
She smiled wanly at his words, "Do I? I don't know if I still have it in me even after so many years being away from each other. Or as you have said it plainly, after many years of being dead."
"Okay, definitely the wrong question to ask. Sorry," the dark brown eyed vampire mumbled apologetically.
Aria waved away the young vampire's apology dismissively, not feeling offended at all over it. She knew better than to hide it anyway. Also, it wasn't like she was trying to hide what she felt regarding Niklaus from anyone, knowing perfectly well that her so-called husband would have none of it. She had no doubt that most people who were close or matter to him already knew who Aria was for him by now. The blue-green eyed vampire was possessive like that.
'And now that he is going to have a baby. It won't surprise me to see him get all protective over the baby.' She thought exasperatedly. 'Speaking of the baby, though...'
Emerald green eyes stared at the wavy dark brown haired vampire in contemplation before she voiced out her question, "Josh, right? Marcel said that you have been spying on him for Niklaus, eh? Then, I take it that you know about Niklaus' baby's mother. What do you know of her?"
"Hayley? Yeah, I do know of her. Not much though. I mean I just know a bit about her since we rarely talk and all," Josh shrugged.
"Then, could you tell me what you know of her? I mean, something like how she met with Niklaus or those kinds of things?"
"Eh, sure. I don't know much, though. I only know that Klaus and Hayley met before he came here. Err... somewhere called Mystic Falls? And yea, they kind of had one tumble in the bed or things like that which then resulted with a pregnant Hayley." Dark brown eyes stared back at the emerald eyed witch apologetically, as if what had happened between Klaus and Hayley was his fault.
"Hmm, I see." Aria hummed vaguely, her face gave nothing away of what she felt at Josh's answers. Josh swallowed thickly, fearing the worst. Surely the raven haired witch wasn't upset with his answers, right?
"Anyway, how far along was she with the baby when she first came here?" The raven haired woman continued abruptly, cutting Josh's thought off without even meeting his gaze. If anything, this only made Josh even more alarmed. Nevertheless, he answered the question, not wanting to give any reasons for the older witch to hex him. "Erm, I'm not sure? Three months? Four months? I really can't say since I don't know for sure."
"Right." The raven haired witch nodded her head absentmindedly, "Thank you for answering my questions, Josh. It was really helpful."
"Huh, okay. Yeah, sure." The young vampire replied casually, though dark, brown eyes stared at the older witch with slight confusion.
Aria had her own suspicions regarding her connection with Niklaus' unborn baby, but she wasn't sure of it. After all, she only had her own gut feelings and she has no grounds to support it. And yet, if what she was thinking of was right, then it would explain a lot about her connection with the baby. Nevertheless, she had to make sure that she wasn't just making up things or overthinking again. Thus, the reason for her questions towards Josh.
Now all that was left was to ask Elijah or even Rebekah regarding that one last question before she knew for sure whether her suspicion was correct or not. Though she also felt like she needed to question Marcel as well. The dark-skinned vampire was the last person who saw her after the disaster with Mikael in 1919. First of all though, Aria mustered up a small smile for the young vampire who was still sitting on the chair across her, as she approached him.
"You know, there is another way to cleanse Niklaus' compulsion from you." She said calmly, after a beat.
Dark brown eyes stared at the petite woman in front of him with slight suspicion as he drawled, "Okay. And why you didn't say anything about this before I was given a voodoo lobotomy?"
"Because Davina was the first one who offered to do it. Besides, my way is as painful as hers. The only difference is even though mine is as painful as hers, I could do it far more quickly than hers due to my type of magic." Was Aria's noncommittal reply.
Josh blinked, "Alright?" He continued wearily, "Pretty sure there is no harm in trying it now."
Aria smiled wryly at the young vampire's attempt at bravery, "You are pretty brave, you know. I'm sure you will be fine."
She got up from her seat and approached the young vampire, emerald green eyes locked with dark brown eyes seriously. "Are you sure you want to do this? You can still change your mind, you know."
Josh nodded his head; dark brown eyes stared back at the witch resolutely. Seeing the strong conviction within his eyes, Aria was reminded of a certain dark skinned vampire who used to look at her like that when he was a child. "You better brace yourself then," was all the warning she gave to him before she muttered softly, "Legilimens."
At first, the wavy dark brown haired vampire didn't feel anything unusual but then it was as if his head was being split apart repeatedly with a hammer in full force. Josh groaned out loud, beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead. It was far more painful than what Davina had done to him. And it felt far too intrusive, as if everything about him was being laid open for the older witch to probe and see. Nonetheless, Josh tried to endure it all, if only so he could get it over with quickly. Aria looked at each flash of Josh's memories nonchalantly, navigating through his memories and thoughts expertly. It didn't take long before she stopped as she focused on certain memories which involved Niklaus.
Emerald green eyes observed each memory which involved her so-called husband quietly, watching each scene play out if only so she could know if somehow she had missed something. Once she was satisfied with what she found, she started the cleansing process meticulously. In the end, it didn't take her far too long to finish the cleansing process. After all, no matter how deep and rooted Niklaus' compulsion on Josh was, Aria had always been an expert on mind and soul magic due to her status as Mistress of Death. Besides, remembering all the hardships she had to endure back when her mother was still alive just to learn the art of mind magic, it was a given that she mastered it.
"There." She said calmly while she summoned a glass of water from the kitchen wordlessly for the exhausted vampire, "All done. You are completely clean and free from Niklaus' influence." She handed the glass toward the young vampire nonchalantly.
Dark brown eyes glanced up at the emerald green eyed witch wryly as he accepted the glass of water, "Good. Because I really don't think I could endure that again."
The petite raven haired witch grinned in amusement at Josh's resigned look, "I did warn you though. Anyway, you will be fine, and if you still don't feel well even after an hour passes by, I will give you a potion to ease your pain."
"Err... not to sound ungrateful or anything but will it be safe? As in you're not trying to poison me, are you?"
"If Aria wants to kill you, she doesn't need to poison you to do it, you know. Nah, you will be fine. Aria's potions always work well," Davina said lightheartedly to reassure the wavy dark brown haired vampire.
Josh swallowed the rest of the water in the glass in one gulp before dark brown eyes looked inquiringly at the witches, "Alright. Thank you for helping me with the cleansing and all. Though, what are we going to do now?"
In the end, Davina was the one who ended up entertaining the young vampire as the two of them found themselves to be quite compatible with each other and quickly established an easy, comfortable friendship between them. In the meantime, Aria was left to entertain herself with her research regarding her suspicions and things that she had found so far. Things which she felt were quite pertinent with everything that had happened around her lately. It was exactly in this position that Marcel found her when he walked into the house.
The dark skinned vampire looked like someone who had made up their mind and was prepared to die for their cause whatever that cause was. It was like he was going to a war, literally, a man with a purpose, one who wouldn't hesitate to do anything to achieve it. Aria was sure that she wasn't going to like it, whatever it was. Nonetheless, she would at least give him a benefit of doubt, if only to know what the other was going to say to her.
"Aria," Marcel greeted her fondly as he approached her, bending down slightly to kiss her forehead.
"Marcel, you are late." The raven haired witch teased the vampire lightly; emerald green eyes looked up at the vampire with a hint of mischief.
Marcel smiled at the lighthearted teasing before he took a seat across the petite witch, "Not too late to spend some time with you, I hope."
"You know you are always welcome to spend time with me, Marcel. That is, if you're not far too busy with your squabble with Niklaus."
The dark skinned vampire sighed softly at her reply; brown eyes stared at emerald green eyes resignedly. "You know that I don't like it any more than you do, about what happened between me and Klaus, Aria. After all, he took me in― no, not just him. You two have done a lot for me."
A small frown crossed her face at Marcel's words as emerald green eyes narrowed warningly at the vampire, "I told you that you don't need to feel as if you owe me or even Niklaus for what we have done for you. We did what we did because we chose it. There's no need for you to feel like you are indebted to any of us at all."
"You may not say anything about it aside from your wish to be abstained from it, but I know you enough to know that you wish all of this could end soon." Marcel pointed out, a wry smile on his face as brown eyes locked with emerald green eyes.
The petite raven haired witch sighed softly as she voiced out her agreement at Marcel's assessment regarding her feelings, "You're right. I wish the two of you could just stop this silly squabble over New Orleans. After all, New Orleans belongs to everyone not just to one faction."
"You know what had happened to Davina. Those witches were doing something like that because they aren't satisfied with how things are. They were the ones who started this feud, because they want more power."
Aria frowned at what Marcel said. She knew that the dark skinned vampire wasn't completely wrong in his observation, and that the witches were indeed the ones who started the feud, but even so, she doesn't think it was just them. After all, Aria was completely aware of the discontent which each faction feels. Witches, werewolves and vampires; there were always some of them who weren't satisfied at all with how things were. And perhaps, the ruined ritual was the last straw for them to start this feud between the three factions.
"I don't think it was just the witches though. Both you and I know that each faction wants more power over the others. As long as you live, whether it be humans, werewolves or even vampires; there will always be discontent. So it really doesn't matter who started the feud first. In the end, what matters is how are you going to solve it or if you are even going to end it at all."
"And that's exactly the reason why I'm here now. I'll finally be able to convince Rebekah to side with me. The two of us have planned a way to trap Klaus and subdue him. It won't be long at all before I successfully drive him away from New Orleans." Marcel said quickly to reassure the older woman that everything would be fine again soon. He was sure that his plan would work. Klaus wouldn't see it coming, confident in his compulsion on Josh without knowing that the young vampire had been cleansed of his compulsion.
"I don't think it's a good idea for you to do something like that, Marcel. Even with Rebekah's help." She said calmly, emerald green eyes stared warily at her adopted son.
"I will be fine, Aria. Rebekah will be there. Not to mention my army. Klaus won't have a chance to fight back," Marcel said once again as he tried to reassure the raven haired witch who he had thought of as his surrogate mother.
"Even if you have Rebekah and your so-called army with you, that doesn't mean that you will be completely fine, Marcel. Don't forget that you are dealing with Niklaus here. He isn't the type of person that you should underestimate. You know how he is, you have lived with him. Heck, you were his precious protégé before. You know how he will react over your betrayal. Are you sure you are going to do this?" Aria pointed out, trying to get the dark skinned vampire to see the reasons why she was disagreeing with the whole ambushing Niklaus plan that Marcel had going.
"And it's exactly because I have lived with him that I'm doing this now. You know him better than me, Aria. Could you tell me that you believe he will leave New Orleans alone now that he has returned? Both you and I know that he isn't that sort of person at all. The only way to drive him away from here is if somehow Mikael comes here again but since that option is completely out, the least we could do is to subdue him." Brown eyes stared back at emerald green eyes stubbornly, trying to get the older witch to see his reasons.
"His wrath won't be small at all," She sighed resignedly at the stubborn look on his face. "You better hope he doesn't end up putting a dagger in you. I'd rather not get involved at all in this tug of war between you and him, Marcel. You know I don't really care about the one who holds control and power in New Orleans. I just want to live my life now that I have gotten it back."
The shaved haired vampire leaned over the raven haired witch as he engulfed her within his arms, "I know. I'm sorry for doing something like this when it clearly bothers you so much, Aria. But I have no choice. I will make sure not to involve you in any of this. I know how painful it is for you to be around the Mikaelsons."
"I just―I wish it didn't have to be this way, but then again, we can't have everything that we want. Just please be careful. No matter what, if it seems like you have no chance of winning against Niklaus, please don't throw your life away. It's better for you to retreat and attack the next time than ending up dead." She said weakly, her voice coming out muffled against Marcel's shirt as she wrapped her arms back around the dark skinned vampire's waist.
"I know," Marcel replied quietly, acknowledging Aria's fear and concern over his well-being.
"Promise me. Promise me that you won't throw your life away for the sake of power. Promise me that you will retreat to fight another day, Marcel." Emerald green eyes looked up at brown eyes pleadingly as she grasped his shirt tightly.
"I promise," He said solemnly, knowing that he would keep this particular promise with the petite raven haired witch even if it was the last thing he would do.
After all, after everything that had happened, Marcel was completely aware of how much his so-called adoptive mother clung on him as her anchor, the only remaining safe person in her world against this strange world she had woken up to. And if he was all she needed to remain happy and sane, then he would be there for her. Even if he had to bow to Klaus Mikaelson for that. Besides, like what Aria told him, there was always tomorrow for him to take back what he lost as long as he was alive to do it. And he would; he would survive no matter what happened tonight.
Right after Marcel left the house, Aria knocked on Davina's door lightly. Once she heard Davina's light voice of "come in" from inside of the room, the petite raven haired woman moved her hand to open the door. "I hope I'm not disturbing you," She smiled in greeting, emerald green eyes looked at the sprawling form of her ward on the bed.
Grinning at the obvious teasing in her guardian's voice, Davina rolled over the bed so she lied on her stomach; blue eyes stared at the older witch curiously before asking, "Don't worry, I'm not doing anything important anyway. So, what is it?"
Aria shook her head at the other's behavior as she replied in an amused tone, "I just want to tell you that I'm going to go out for a while. So is there anything that you want me to bring back for you while I'm out?"
Davina blinked once more before asking, "You are going out? Will you be long?"
Aria shrugged as she replied, "I'm not sure though I will make sure not to be out far too long."
The dark brown haired teenager stared at her for a moment before asking, "Are you going to see those old ones?"
Blue eyes watch a thoughtful look which crossed her guardian's face at the mention of the Mikaelsons. Although she didn't like bringing up those vampires around Aria, Davina was completely aware of how the emerald green eyed witch was still thinking of them sometimes despite the fact that they had abandoned Aria. Aria placed her hand by her chin, her pointer finger slightly covering her lips as she finally said, "No... I'm not going to see them..."
"Alright then. Shall I eat first or wait for you?" Davina continued lightly, accepting the answer she was given from Aria easily. She knew better than to push Aria for more answers anyway. Besides, if her so-called guardian wanted to go to see the family who had abandoned her, there was nothing that Davina could do except make sure that Aria would be alright afterwards.
"You don't have to wait for me. You can eat first in case you feel hungry before I return," Aria smiled before frowning as she remembered, "Don't eat too much junk food though."
"Only if there are no other options left," Davina couldn't help but grin mischievously at Aria.
"Only if there are no other options left," Aria repeated as she glared half-heartedly at the dark brown haired witch.
Once she was sure that her ward wouldn't cause any mayhem while she was out of the house, the petite woman immediately walked out of the house. The place she had agreed to meet with Camille was a southern bakery cafe. The place had a modern and elegant touch in its interior. It was a perfect spot for having a coffee or even a relaxed meal. And considering what their conversation's topic would be, they needed all the relaxing atmosphere they can get.
"Cami, thank you for agreeing to meet with me." Aria smiled amicably at the blonde haired woman once she spotted her already sitting inside the cafe.
"You said that you would tell me everything if I agreed to meet you," The blonde haired woman replied as if trying to remind the raven haired witch to hold to her own words.
"I did. And I will tell you everything that you want to know, but first, I need your word that you won't repeat or share anything that I tell you today to anyone." Aria continued as she took a seat across the blonde haired woman, "Because what I'm going to tell to you isn't something that should be repeated to anyone."
Camille frowned and asked, flipping the pages of the menu book to find any foods that she wanted to order, "So... I take it that it's something big then. Something which is probably dangerous as well. Am I right so far?"
Aria nodded her head lightly in affirmation while she wandlessly and nonverbally cast a privacy spell around their table, as she answered, "Yes. It is indeed something that is quite dangerous. That's why I need your discretion in handling this particular matter."
Camille raised an eyebrow at the nonchalant manner the raven haired woman answered her despite how crucial the topic of their conversation seemed to be, "Alright then. I give you my word that I'm not going to share anything that you tell me today with anyone. I swear that whatever it is that you will tell me today will stay between the two of us, unless the person I'm talking with already has an idea of it."
"Thank you for being understanding about this, Cami." The raven haired witch smiled at the blonde haired woman, "Anyway, what do you want to know first?"
"Everything? Anything? How about you just start from the beginning? At least, from the point which you think is necessary for me to know." The blonde haired woman shrugged her shoulders casually.
"Then, I think it's important to say that personally, I don't think it's safe for you to stay in New Orleans for too long, Cami. It's not safe for you to keep involving yourself in supernatural things while being half blind about it. Surely you are aware that there are certain things which happened around here that couldn't be explained with logic and rationality." Aria said, making Camille blink. Camille was about to open her mouth when Aria continued, "New Orleans is going to be a war zone very soon. It might not be noticeable enough for people to notice it, but for some people who know the supernatural, it won't be safe at all to stay unless you want to get involved in it. And knowing you, I don't doubt that you will get dragged into it considering your connection with both sides in this so called war."
"What do you mean with my connection with both sides? I mean, what connection? And what war?" Green blue eyes stared at the raven haired woman across her in complete confusion.
Aria sighed softly, a wry smile on her face as emerald green eyes stared back at the blonde haired woman. "He got you too, huh? Clearly you are also under his compulsion considering how much time you have spent in his vicinity."
"What do you mean?"
The petite raven haired woman leaned forward, grabbing Camille by the shoulder and pulling the clueless woman forward towards her. Green blue eyes looked at emerald green eyes in surprise as Aria tilted her head and whispered next to Camille's ear, "It's better for you to leave New Orleans soon, Cami. You shouldn't get involved in this matter too far. It's not safe for you to be around Marcel or even Niklaus. You will only end up getting hurt."
Startled green blue eyes locked with emerald green eyes for a moment before Camille cleared her throat slowly, "But I can't just go. I mean I―"
"I will look after Kieran. I promise. But you, you have to get out of New Orleans because it's not safe in here. I'm sure that Kieran also wishes for you to stay safe," Aria said solemnly as she put a bit of compulsion in her voice to convince the blonde haired woman across her while she leaned away from Camille and instead reached for her hands and squeezed it gently.
"If it's really not safe in here, then why don't I take him with me as well? Surely, it won't be safe for him to stay either. He is the only family I have left,"
Aria shook her head sadly and answered, "It doesn't work like that. Your uncle... Kieran, he is in this far too deeply. But I promise that I will get him out of this as well as soon as I am able to."
"There are still some things that you're not telling me," Camille remarked as she stared at Aria.
Aria's lips curved into a bitter smile as she said to Camille, "It's what you need to know for now. As for the rest, I don't think you are ready for it. But I promise you that once you get out of New Orleans, you will know it. I will make sure of it."
The blonde haired woman looked thoughtfully at Aria. She didn't know the raven haired woman that well. But even if Camille didn't know her that well, there was something about the petite woman who sat right across Camille which assured her that she could trust her. And even though she felt like there were still so many things that Aria hadn't told her yet, she knew for sure that eventually the emerald eyed woman would tell her everything ― whatever it was that she was hiding from Camille now.
But still, she didn't feel like leaving New Orleans just like that. After all, there was a reason why she even returned back here; to just leave now only because of Aria's warning seemed like she had just given up on her purpose. And if there was one thing that she wouldn't do, it was that. She wasn't just going to stop in the middle of the way. No. Surely there must be another way. If what Aria had told her so far was the truth, and staying in New Orleans was dangerous, then it was more logical for her to find out the reason why it was so dangerous. It also meant that she had to stay, if only so she could look out for her uncle as well. Even so, everything within her had been telling her to just listen to Aria and leave New Orleans immediately.
"Isn't there another way? I can't just leave. I mean, I still haven't found out what reason caused Sean to commit those murders and his suicide," Green blue eyes looked pleadingly at Aria, hoping that the raven haired woman could suggest another way for her to keep staying in New Orleans while still being safe.
Aria shook her head and smiled wryly at the psychology student, "It won't work. No matter how much I try to shelter you from them, in the end, I know that you won't be able to resist the pull, Cami. And knowing you, I know that you won't just leave things be. It's better for everyone if you leave New Orleans." The raven haired witch sighed softly, emerald green eyes stared inquiringly at the blonde haired psychology student, "You have to make your decision, Cami. It's your own choice whether you want to keep staying in New Orleans or not. I only hope that you know what's the best for you."
Camille was torn. She didn't know what to do. On one side, she felt like she had to run as far as she could from this mystical yet dangerous town; on the other side, she felt like she couldn't just leave when there were still many things she didn't understand yet. In the end, she still had to make a decision. And although she wasn't sure if she would make the right decision, she decided to just follow what her heart and her mind had screamed at her to do. To leave New Orleans, away from everything in this town, away from the playful and dangerous Klaus Mikaelson's vicinity, away from the unsolved mystery which haunted her mind. A mystery which would be solved soon by the petite woman across her as long as Camille agreed to leave New Orleans behind.
"If I..." Camille stared at Aria and bit her bottom lip, staring hopefully at the emerald green eyes which seemed to peer into her soul, "If somehow I agree to leave New Orleans as you said, will you give me your word that you will tell me the rest of it? Could you promise me that Father Kieran will be safe?"
Aria stood and said, "I promise. I will protect Kieran and you will know the rest of the things that I haven't told you yet. But you really should get out of New Orleans soon, Cami. I suggest you go tonight. It's better for everyone if you're not staying in here for far too long."
Camille nodded her head slowly and Aria smiled sadly at the blonde haired woman who was unfortunate enough to get involved in the war between Marcel and Niklaus, "I like you, you know. You are a nice person, and I honestly don't want to see you get hurt in something that has nothing to do with you."
Aria placed her hand on Camille's tense shoulder. The raven haired witch squeezed Camille's shoulder softly and said, "I'm glad to know you, Cami. All I want is for you to stay safe. That's why, it's better if you leave New Orleans."
Aria let go of Camille's shoulder and quietly left the cafe. She had done everything that she could to make sure the blonde haired woman would be safe. It was up to Camille now whether she would heed Aria's warning and get out of New Orleans or not. The petite raven haired woman could only hope that Camille was sensible enough to listen to her and leave quickly. After all, she really didn't want Camille to be another casualty in this so-called war between Marcel and Niklaus.
Now all that was left for her to do was to erase any evidence and proof that the blonde haired woman had collected within her apartment regarding Niklaus, just like what Aria had seen within Camille's mind earlier while she was talking with the blonde. To think that Camille was observant enough to notice that she was missing some of her memories; Niklaus really shouldn't have played around with her mind at all. It was a dangerous thing to do. It was really fortunate that Aria decided to take a precaution and delve into Camille's mind and memories.
That she even stumbled over the hidden memories was pure luck. Nonetheless, she would make sure that there would be nothing which would make Camille change her mind and decision to leave New Orleans. Aria would make sure that there would be nothing left in there which would be tied to the blonde haired woman. Camille had to leave New Orleans. If nothing else, Aria at least wanted the blonde haired woman to be safe from being another unnecessary casualty in Marcel and Niklaus' dispute with each other. This place was quickly turning into a war zone, and such a place wasn't suitable for one Camille O'Connell. And it would stay that way as Aria decided that she would also put a repelling charm on Camille's belongings which would ensure her staying away from New Orleans.
It was a nice morning. The weather was cool enough for her to open the window and let the breeze inside. She was sitting in her favorite chaise lounge, an open book on her lap, though her emerald green eyes saw nothing of the words in it. She had decided to read a book to distract herself from worrying too much over whether or not Marcel's plan to trap Niklaus had been successful, though it seemed like it didn't work at all.
Try as she might, her mind kept wandering back to the dark skinned vampire and her dark blond haired husband. Aria shook her head lightly, as if by doing so she could clear her head of anything involving Marcel or Niklaus. She was trying to get her attention back to the book on her lap when Davina suddenly plopped down beside her noisily. The younger witch looked at her curiously as she sighed softly, "I'm bored. What are you reading?"
Emerald green eyes turned to regard her young ward, a small smile on her face at the clear boredom in Davina's voice as Aria flipped another page from her book. "A book of poems by Pablo Neruda,"
"Is it good?" Blue eyes looked inquiringly at her.
"It depends on whether or not you like it. Personally, I think it's quite good." Aria hummed lightly as she answered Davina's question nonchalantly.
Davina's lips curved into a small smile as she asked her guardian enthusiastically, "Could you read one for me?"
Emerald green eyes glanced fondly at the dark brown haired teenager beside her as she asked, "Which one you would like to hear?"
"How about the one you are currently reading? The one which you feel you could relate the most?"
"Alright. I kind of like this one," Aria replied with ease.
"Let's hear it then," Davina hummed, blue eyes stared at Aria eagerly to start reading the poem. Chuckling softly at her young ward's enthusiasm, Aria turned her eyes back to the book as she started reading said poem.
"I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.
Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.
In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood."
"It's from 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda, I presume? He did write some lovely poems. Though I do hope that you chose this one simply for educational purposes rather than to describe our current relationship, considering that I'm quite sure that what we have between us is anything but a one-sided love." A familiar voice drawled the moment Aria finished reading the poem for Davina.
Aria raised an eyebrow at his presence, but greeted her so-called husband curtly, "Niklaus."
Klaus smirked as he replied, "Good morning, love. I hope I'm not disturbing you."
"Why is he here?" Blue eyes narrowed in suspicion at the dark blond haired vampire before Davina turned her gaze towards Marcel who still remained quiet.
Klaus grinned at Davina's aggravated look before he turned around to face Marcel, "Ah, and that's the question, isn't it? How about you tell them the good news?"
"You're gonna love it at the compound. I already got the best room in the place picked out," Marcel started, brown eyes stared at the two witches hopefully.
Davina frowned, blue eyes looked defiantly at the shaven haired vampire. "I don't want to leave. I'm happy enough staying here, why do I have to leave?"
Brown eyes looked pleadingly at the dark brown haired teenager, "I'm trying to protect you. With the witches still looking to kill you for the harvest, believe me, you're safest with us."
"I'm safe enough in here. Aria is with me, I don't need any more protection than what I already get. Was this his idea?" Blue eyes turned to look accusingly at the still smirking Original.
"D, please." Marcel stared at the stubborn teenager imploringly before he turned his gaze toward the raven haired witch, "Aria, you could live back at the compound again. It will be just like back then."
Klaus smirked as he commented, "Marcel is right, dearest. You can return back to the Abattoir now just like back then, all of us together."
Emerald green eyes stared at her so-called husband coldly before she turned her gaze back towards Marcel, "I'm not going to live there. You can bring Davina with you but I refuse to go back to that place."
"But Aria―"
"No. I'm not going back to the Abattoir, Marcel. Not with Niklaus and his family there. That place isn't my home anymore," Aria stated coldly, a bit of her magic lashing out towards the two vampires.
"Then where are you going to go if you refuse to move to the Abattoir, love? You know that you are still my wife legally, which means you are staying where I stay." Klaus drawled, blue-green eyes narrowed in anger at his wife for even thinking of staying away from him.
Emerald green eyes filled with fury at the dark blond haired vampire's audacity. To think that her so-called husband was impudent enough to bring up the fact that they were still bound to each other after everything that he had done. "Even if we are still married, I don't feel like we have been a married couple for quite a long time. So excuse me, if I don't feel the need to stay anywhere close to you, Niklaus." She said in a clipped tone while staring at her so-called husband who was still leaning against the doorframe.
"You are going to move to the Abattoir either willingly or I will drag you there myself." Klaus hissed lowly as he stepped forward, grabbing Aria's wrist tightly.
Aria narrowed her eyes at Klaus in warning as she hissed, "Let go of me."
Davina glared at the dark blond haired vampire as she ordered, "Let go of her or I will make you regret it."
Marcel sighed heavily as he grabbed Klaus' wrist and tugged him away from the raven haired witch, brown eyes looked warningly at the dark blond haired Original. "Let go of her, Klaus. You are hurting her."
Klaus let go of Aria's wrist and stepped away. The moment he stepped away, Davina immediately got up from her seat and stepped forward, shielding Aria from Klaus' gaze, blue eyes looked threateningly at the dark blond haired Original. Davina glared at Klaus and hissed, "I will make you regret it if you touch her again."
Klaus raised an eyebrow, blue-green eyes stared lazily at Davina as he asked, "Is that so? And who would make me regret it? You?"
"Stop it!" Aria growled in annoyance and tugged Davina back towards her, standing up from the chaise lounge to glare at the man who was her husband as she ordered, "And you! Stop goading her! Stop behaving like a child who is throwing a temper tantrum over the things he can't get."
Klaus looked offended at the comparison though he wisely chose not to rebuke it, not wanting to aggravate his wife far more than he already was. Aria sighed softly as she rubbed her forehead. It was far too early for her to handle this. "Just... what do you want, Niklaus? Stop goading Davina. I'm sure she made it clear that she doesn't like you at all." She said wryly.
Blue-green eyes stared at the raven haired woman for a moment, seeing the clear fatigue on her face before he turned his gaze towards the dark brown haired witch, "Davina, listen. I understand you're devoted to Marcel and Aria, but Marcel is devoted to me. I assume you want what's best for all of us."
Klaus smirked as he added while looking back at Aria with fond expression, "And that also involves you, love. I would love to have you back at the Abattoir as well. I'm sure Marcel would be more at ease knowing that you are nearby."
The dark blond haired vampire walked pass the two witches as he stopped in front of Marcel, "We have a meeting to attend at the church." Blue-green eyes glanced back at his raven haired wife with an unreadable expression on his face before he averted his gaze away and walked out of the house.
Marcel sighed softly, staring around the room nonchalantly, "Look. I'll get someone to pick up your things. We'll get the two of you settled in right." He locked his gaze with both Aria and Davina solemnly as he added, "Trust me." Emerald green eyes stared at brown eyes for a moment before she sighed resignedly and nodded her head slowly in acquiescence.
Aria touched the familiar walls lightly, emerald green eyes stared at the place which used to be her home silently. This place felt like home. It felt familiar and yet unfamiliar at the same time. It was like this place was trapped in time just like her. Not wanting to dwell far too much on it, Aria shook her head as she turned to look for Davina who had wandered alone to the garage all by herself.
"I know you're in here, Josh. I can sense your fear," Blue eyes looked around the car indifferently as she walked inside the garage. Aria chuckled lightly at Davina's words as emerald green eyes looked around the garage as well.
The wavy dark brown haired vampire peeked out from behind one of the cars, his dark brown eyes stared at both Davina and Aria sheepishly. "I heard you two were moving in."
Davina smiled at the sight of her friend as Josh walked out of his hiding place and approached the younger witch. "Ha! What are you doing in here?"
"Uh, you know, I'm hiding out," Josh answered nonchalantly as he hugged the dark brown haired witch before he let go of her and smiled at Aria, "You know, incognito. Got to run for the hills, but I'm stuck here until it gets dark."
"Are you okay?" Blue eyes looked concernedly at the nervous looking vampire.
"Yeah. Yeah." Josh answered, as he tried to appear nonchalant but ended up babbling nervously at the witches. "No, not really. I mean, I totally led Klaus into a trap. That was like the most epic failure of all time. So, yeah, I'm kind of crapping my pants right now, figuratively... so far."
"It's okay. You can trust Marcel, and if Klaus tries to hurt you, I'll hurt him." Davina smiled reassuringly at the wavy dark brown haired vampire.
"I'm sure if you could actually stop Klaus, you would've done it already." A woman's voice drawled out as the three of them turned to face the newcomer only to be greeted by the sight of the female werewolf with hazel green eyes.
"You're Hayley. Klaus' mistress," Davina addressed the hazel green eyed woman.
Hayley wrinkled her nose and replied, "Ew. No. Never. I'm the pregnant werewolf, and you must be the all powerful super witch Davina." The tall with an athletic but slim figure woman added as she approached them, "And let's not forget Josh ― newbie vampire way out of his element, voted most likely to die next."
"Oh, fantastic." Josh commented sarcastically. Finally, the hazel green eyed werewolf turned her gaze toward the petite raven haired woman beside Davina, "And you are Klaus' wife."
Emerald green eyes locked with hazel green eyes. Even though it wasn't the first meeting she had with the female werewolf, Aria still couldn't help but feel the bitter resentment within her at the sight of the pregnant woman. After all, although she knew clearly that it wasn't the girl's fault that she got impregnated by Niklaus, it didn't stop Aria from resenting the fact that the female werewolf had the one thing that Aria always wanted. A baby. Niklaus' child. Nonetheless, no matter how much she resented the fact that Niklaus had gotten another woman pregnant when she who was his own wife wasn't, it didn't change the fact that the baby within the female werewolf was harmless and innocent. And Aria wasn't one who would attack or harm a pregnant woman no matter how skewed her morals were.
"And you are the girl that my so-called husband impregnated," Aria stated back calmly, a strained polite smile crossed her face at the sight of the female werewolf. Aria hoped her words made the girl uncomfortable. After all, even if she couldn't harm the young woman, that didn't mean she would make it easy for her. And it seemed that her statement did work in making the pregnant woman uncomfortable, if the way the other averted her gaze away from Aria was any indication of it.
"How is it like to be the wife of Klaus and remember that you have to live with him every single day?" Hayley tilted her head slightly out of curiosity as hazel green eyes looked at the raven haired witch.
Aria seemed thoughtful for a few seconds before answering, "Fantastic, I think, remembering the fact that I married him willingly." Emerald green eyes stared back challengingly at the female werewolf, "And what about you? How does it feel to know that the child within your womb is Niklaus' child when clearly you wish it was anyone's but his?"
Hayley raised an eyebrow at the snide remark though she chose not to reply to it. Knowing completely that it was understandable for Aria to be quite hostile with her considering that she had indeed slept with the raven haired woman's husband. Aria shook her head warily as emerald green eyes regarded the dark brown haired pregnant woman, "Let's face the truth, shall we? Between you and me? We both know that we don't like each other or even feel comfortable enough with each other to go as far as to trust each other."
"You don't seem like you like me very much, from what I saw in our first meeting," Hayley pointed out.
"I think it was completely understandable, don't you think? You after all were the woman my husband had impregnated. In short, one of his flings or his so-called mistress, given his status as a married man, or vampire, with me." Aria drawled casually as she tilted her head to the side slightly, "Nonetheless, regardless of what I feel towards you, rest assured that I won't harm you or even the baby within you. After all, I'm not the type of person who would hurt a pregnant woman let alone an innocent baby."
The female werewolf stared at the petite woman as she rubbed her left arm uncomfortably, "Uhm... right. You know, if it's any consolation for you, he did it because he didn't know you were still alive. Though I know that it still doesn't change anything. For what is worth, I apologize for sleeping with your husband."
Aria stared at Hayley's hazel green eyes, seeing the complete penitence in the female werewolf's eyes before she nodded her head resignedly. "I know. That doesn't change the fact that you did it though. So please understand if it's a bit difficult for me to see you. I will try to be civil though."
"Yeah, that's all I ask for. Thank you," Hayley mumbled before she turned away and walked out of the garage.
"That went well," Josh commented lowly as he watched the confrontation between Hayley and Aria.
Aria smiled wryly at the young vampire as she shook her head, "Say, what do you think about getting a daylight ring? I think I can convince Marcel to give you one."
Authoress' Notes: I know that it has been a year since I last updated this story and I apologize for that. There are many reasons for the lack of updates though short story, it has to do with my real life being completely hectic and all. Anyway, I want to thank you for those who still follow this story and supported me with their lovely review and their messages. Thank you so much. Your reviews are what motivates me to keep writing this story and not abandon it.
Many of you who also follow Dreams and Disasters have been sending me message asking me whether I'm going to continue the story or not. Fear not because I don't have any intentions to abandon either Dreams and Disasters or even Kaleidoscope despite how sporadic the update will be. I will keep continue writing the two stories though I can't promise any of you a regular update for it. Nonetheless, for now, I will focus on Kaleidoscope first before updating Dreams and Disasters again considering how slow Kaleidoscope's story progress is compared to Dreams and Disasters. Therefore, only after Kaleidoscope reached the sixth chapter that I will update Dreams and Disasters.
Once again, do remember updates will be sporadic so don't expect a regular update. I will try to update when I have the time to do so but I can't promise it will be a regular occurrence. Because I'm currently busy with my work and my commission. This chapter is beta-ed by conquerorofheaven1, thank you so much for your help. I would like to know what do you think of this chapter. Do you like it? Hate it? Please tell me what do you think of it through your review.
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Next Chapter: The Violet Hour
"Niklaus, let him go." Emerald green eyes glared at the dark blond haired vampire.
Blue-green eyes shone with amusement as Klaus smirked at his dearest wife, "Well, first, we have to have a little chat about Davina returning to the fold. And for you to stop with this silly notion in your head about leaving me."
"Semper et in saecula saeculorum," Aria said, emerald green eyes regarded her husband bitterly. "Still... you abandoned me. So much for your wedding vow."
