Kolinn's First Birthday

I woke up early and began to cook a cake, Rebekah got the decorations, Elijah wrapped up the presents, Finn set up the table, and Caroline did everything else. We were setting up for the special day of Kolinn's first year of life. A very special occasion. Too bad I sent Tyler away.

I went upstairs and checked to see Kolinn was still sleeping, I vamped downstairs again and when the cake finished baking, I pulled it out and sat it down on a clean table, on a clean sheet of paper, on a clean giant plate. It had three layers. Each a third smaller than the other. I grabbed my different colours of cake frosting and began to decorate the cake. It was just like art, except it was edible art.

"Ooh. Good job Niky." Rebekah came over. "Can I decorate the top layer for you?"

"Yes, I need to find the candles and I need to find a lighter."

"Not til the kid's awake!" I nodded and vamped off back into the kitchen and began digging through the drawers. I found the candles in the second fifth cupboard… why? I don't exactly have time for questions. I found Beky had finished the cake.

"Get the games out and ready, remember, age appropriate. No spin the bottle or truth or dare crap." She vamped off and I put in a candle on the bottom and began to spell Kolinn's name on the top layer. On the second layer I spelled out Mikaelson. The third layer I spelled Happy First Birthday. I smiled at my work and vamped off to find something else to do.

I vamped into the kitchen and dug around for the birthday hats I bought last week. I found them and sat them around the table. Even one for me, though I hate doing stupid things like that, I would do it for my family.

I found Finn had set out plates, I smiled. Good, I didn't have to do that. Cake, games, presents, decorations… am I forgetting anything? I vamped outside grabbed some humans and tons of cameras and video cameras. Like his last month birthday. And the ones after that. He had tons of toys in the house, some of which he'd already destroyed.

"'You will all take pictures of every second that Kolinn wakes and has his birthday party. You will record everything from every angle. Then I'll gladly take it from there. Don't let him know your here or I will replace you. It should be quite simple. Thank you for your time.'" I left them and went to Caroline. Now that Kolinn's birthday party was here, I needed to take care of her needs so she could go heal the Salvatore.

"Klaus! Thank you for the present."

"You're welcome. Do you need anything else?"

"I need this..." she kissed me and I smiled. "Now what I want is to stay here for his birthday, but I need to go home as soon as possible. Can you tell me when it's happening?"

"As soon as… now." I vamped upstairs, my final one for today until he sleeps and I really need to do it. I can't let him know I'm not human. That would come at when he had his 16th birthday.

I changed him and dressed him in a fiery orange onesie with Tigger's face on his chest. He liked Tigger. Or that was the toy he played with more often. I carried him downstairs and he cuddled up to me, I gave him his pacifier, sensing something wrong. He was still teething, growing his baby teeth.

He'd probably still have them when he turned hybrid, I did. I still have baby teeth. I found it hilarious that my baby teeth were venomous. That should put every vampire down, being poisoned by baby teeth. He squirmed. I looked down and walked over to the cake.

"Niklaus? Shouldn't he have breakfast first?" I looked at him. Oh yeah. Oops. I sat him in his high chair and fed him, then I gave him half his bottle. I got the lighter and began to light the candles. I smirked when he tried reaching for it. As of right now, I had no clue if he was a witch with deactivated werewolf power but it was of no concern to me right now, that was what I was, a witch. I only used my magic once, it terrified me.

"Thank you Elijah. Now, I KNOW better than to let him blow out the candle, he'll play with the fire instead. Won't he." I smiled at everyone. I picked up Kolinn and carried him close to the cake but not close enough to touch the candles. "Make a wish Kolinn."

"Ah!" I blew out the candles for him when he reached for the top one.

"Ah. Wonderful. Don't tell anyone what you wished or it might not come true." I sat him back in his high chair and sat a small piece of cake in front of him, one that didn't have candle in it. I began pulling out all the candles so they could eat. Why did I put so many of them in it? At least I'd taken a picture of it. I had taken a picture of all the decorations. Very important for when he could actually appreciate the images… and know what they are.

I cut myself a piece and slowly ate as I watched Kolinn tearing his apart. I was tempted to feed him his piece but I dropped the idea, today was his day, meaning he ran the show, under my watch as King Of New Orleans.

"Okay, Niky, just keep in mind that the party can only be two hours or he'll start being fussy." Beky reminded me. I sighed.

"Fine. Everyone ready for the games?" They put down the silverware they'd apparently retrieved. I ate mine with my hands like Kolinn did. I washed my hands and then picked Kolinn up and let him crawl around the living room, there were plenty of towels strewn across the floor, under them were his presents. He had to find them, he had about thirty minutes for each, one from each of us. Katerina bought him something and I had been totally furious with her until Elijah reminded me that it was Kolinn and I was 'being ridiculous'.

He found them and began to play with the wrapping. I smirked at them. At least he wasn't trying to eat it this time. At that point, he'd thought everything was edible. In a sense, yes. But not at his age, besides, some things would be terrible to eat. I opened his presents for him and he crawled over and plopped himself in my lap. I smiled at him. He was very adorable. And clingy. Hehe.

I collected the trash and opened his presents, he had gotten a baby swing. I looked to the railing to see if I could attach it up there. More pacifiers. It wasn't until next year that he could stop teething, or so I was told. I needed to get a witch doctor. Tell me when things were going to happen. He was never going to school or the doctor, not any doctor. I was his doctor. I had what he needed.

I saw him chewing on his pacifier and looked up at them. "I think that might have been everything."

"Well then, let's take him to the park."

"No, I've got the better idea." I took the baby swing and went upstairs. I tied ropes around two of the banisters and then dropped the swing over onto the other side. I almost vamped down the stairs but caught myself before walking down, picking up Kolinn and sitting him in the swing. He clapped his hands and I was reminded that he was a very happy baby.

I swung him, singing to him children rhymes, like 'The More We Get Together' and 'If Your Happy And You Know It'. He enjoyed most of it and then when he seemed to be tired of the swing, I picked him up and carried him upstairs to play with his other toys. Rebekah was right, he was done with his birthday.