Sorry for the huge delay in this story. I promise to get it finished and I already have a partial sequel started. Hopefully you all will enjoy.

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That afternoon Damon was distracted. He had sent Kai and Enzo to look for Alaric but they had found nothing. Every trace of him and Jo had disappeared. Damon had even talked to her, but either she had lied to him or she hadn't known what was going on when they spoke. Could he be kidnapped? Could it be even worse? Alaric wasn't supernatural anymore. He had his ring, but how much protection does that seriously offer a helpless human.

He tried calling the same cell phone number he'd been calling for two days now, even though it always went straight to voicemail after two rings. Pretty much the standard of a cell phone that was turned off.

"What if he is in trouble?" He found himself saying out loud.

"Alaric is fine Damon, here read this." Stefan said as he walked into the living room of the boarding house where Damon had been pacing. "He sent us an email."

"An email? Do I even have email? Why the hell would he do that?" Damon responded before his brother was near enough to show him.

"Just read it." Stefan said with a broody face.

So Damon began to read the long email.

Damon,

I know you aren't going to be happy with me, but this is just something I needed to do. I can't have Jo or the baby anywhere nearby with everything that is going on, and I myself needed to get away to get some clarity. When I left the other night I was thinking about how I wished so much that Elena could have gotten the cure, because maybe all this wouldn't have happened. Then I remembered when we were looking for information on the hunter's mark I called an occult studies professor in Washington D.C. about them and I asked her if she had any knowledge of the five. When she answered me that time she asked if I was referring to the five brothers and her voice got shaky. I answered that I was referring to the vampire hunters and she calmed down, but now it got me wondering if maybe she knows about what is coming for your child. So Jo and I will be meeting up with her tomorrow and hopefully I can give you some answers. We are going to be staying in DC for a while and I will call you to update you about what we find as soon as I get a new cell phone. Just know I didn't do this lightly, but I'm human now and Jo has no magic, we just aren't worth much in a fight and maybe I can protect mine while still helping yours. Take care of everyone Damon. I'll see you soon enough.

Alaric

"At least he is doing something and isn't laying dead in a ditch somewhere. Why the hell couldn't he just have called or told me that before he left?" Damon asked angrily.

"I'm not sure, but maybe he will finally get some information on who is coming for us. He obviously knew you wouldn't check your email, which is why he sent it to me. It's addressed to you." Stefan replied trying to ease some of his brother's frustration.

"Email is for idiots." Damon huffed. He was relieved to know that his friend was safe. One less thing to worry about, they already had plenty.

Stefan made his way out of the room just as Bonnie walked down the stairs from the other side.

"We have visitors coming." She said to Damon.

"Visitors? You mean it's time?" He asked worry taking over his features.

"Not those kind of visitors." She responded as the knock came on the door. "Come on in." She said in the direction of the door.

When the door opened, Klaus and Haley walked in, her carrying a bundle of Hope in her arms.

"Just the two people we wanted to see." Klaus said after taking note that it was just Damon and Bonnie in the house. And they moved to take a seat on one of the couches in the living area of the boarding house.

"To what do we owe this visit?" Damon said his voice drenched in amusement.

"Well there are a couple answers to that question Damon, but most of all we just wanted to have a chat with you two." Klaus replied.

Damon was really having a difficult time dealing with this new attitude on Klaus. Trusting the man? That was going to be a difficult task after everything they had been through, but he couldn't quite discount the sincerity in his voice lately.

As Damon made his way and sat across from them, Bonnie had stopped to say hello to Hope. Something strange happened when she reached out and touched the little princess' hand. A bright flash of light shone through the room nearly blinding the group of them.

"What the hell was that?" Damon nearly shouted.

"They were just saying hello Damon." Bonnie replied with a smile on her face. These children were most certainly something different.

"I guess that kind of answers one theory I had." Klaus said with a smile on his face.

"Care to enlighten us?" Damon responded, growing frustrated that he seemed completely out of the loop.

"Settle down Damon." Bonnie replied giving him her look that meant for him to cool it. He had been getting good at understanding her unspoken language.

"I think Bonnie must have surmised some of it, but when Caroline first told me about your child to be, I had a curious thought pop in my head, and it is part of the reason we came all this way. You have no doubt heard the prophecy of the prince?" Klaus began, expecting that they hadn't.

A shake of Damon's head was all he needed to continue, but it was Haley who spoke next.

"We think they are like you two." She stated glancing in the direction of Damon and Bonnie.

"Now, we obviously can't know for certain." Klaus concluded, "But the prophecy of the prince says there will be a prince who rights the line. I think the exact phrase is, A son born out of true fate, the product of perfect mates, destined to change the world, he shall be the prince who rights the line." Klaus finished and looked for a reaction as to whether or not they had heard it before.

When neither of them responded, he had his answer.

"It means that there will be a prince who rights the line of the true soul mates. Meaning he will also find his true soul mate, and the line that was broken so long ago will be remade again." Klaus said before giving them time to think it over.

"So you think our son is this prince? And you think Hope is his princess?" Bonnie asked curiously.

"Well surely two immortal children being born within a few months of each other is beyond rare. I think it's logical to assume that this could be the case yes. Though we obviously can't be certain at their age, but the spectacle when Bonnie touched Hope's hand just now seems to support that conclusion." Klaus responded.

"Wow, this is a lot." Damon said rubbing the side of his head with his hand. "So this is why you came?" He asked, a hint of distrust settling into his features.

"I will say it is part of the reason. I know you don't know me that well other than being sort of a prick, but if this is in fact the truth, I want nothing more for my daughter. I will protect your son as if he is my own. And that is the truth." Klaus said with sincerity.

Haley could see them working it all through their heads and decided it was time for them to go.

"We will leave you two to your thoughts. I know this is obviously thinking way into the future, but Klaus is telling the truth. We won't let anything happen to either of you, or your son." She finished and then moved toward the door with Hope, Klaus following behind.

After they left the room, Damon and Bonnie still sat in a state of shock. Neither spoke a word to one another, but they were even more resolute in their stand that nothing would hurt these children. The spectacle earlier only reiterated the fact that there was something special going on, beyond the two of them, and they were both ready to take on anything.