AUTHOR'S NOTE: Wow, I almost didn't post this today. I'm sleepy and traumatized so there are probably several mistakes in here. Let's just say that a scorpion crawling on your leg while in bed is enough to make a 23 year old cry. Lol.
To say that the Fang Gang and Company was upset about not receiving news for weeks about the War's update was an understatement. Klaus and Belle had no time to relax or catch up on sleep once they had gotten home; Rebekah and Caroline bossing around the two to make them fess up about what had happened and why they were home now. Klaus could have easily growled at his family and friends to leave them alone but he was too tired to do anything and basically threw Belle under the bus by making her tell them.
Belle and Klaus kept neutral expressions, not wanting to give away what happened and what did not. Belle had started to tell them about being called to Shell Cottage and told them about Hermione's torture with Klaus throwing in tid-bits of information from his point of view. She kept on with the telling of their journey up until they made it to the tunnel in the back of Aberforth's pub when she finally got tired of Klaus throwing in his own tales or pieces that she didn't deem important. When Belle had suddenly disappeared with a pop from the parlour and returned seconds later with the pensieve in her hands, half the occupants in the room grew excited while the others were just curious. She wasted no time in pulling out her memory of the war before making Klaus concentrate on his memory so she could add his in from when she blacked out. As everyone settled around the now floating pensieve, Klaus sighed and joined the group even though he already knew the outcome of the war.
As everyone got swept away in the memory, Belle couldn't help but grin when the questions started flying about where they were and who was who. Deciding to narrate along the way, Belle told them which Order members they were seeing and it was easy to see who was a Weasley and who was not.
The journey to the Great Hall was oddly quiet, everyone taking in the fact that they were inside a castle while Elijah admired the beauty of it though everything was a bit dark. They watched in awe at Harry's confrontation with Snape which was then followed by McGonagall's duel with the Headmaster and everyone couldn't help but grin at the Witch's victory.
When Voldemort's voice slithered into everyone's mind, everyone had clenched jaws as the hair on the backs of their neck practically stood on end. When one of the teen girls tried to offer up Harry, Elijah was impressed with the ones who were loyal to the boy and surrounded the teen; mildly shocked that his brother was one of them. And then came the statues that McGonagall brought to life, Stefan and Damon looking highly impressed with how the elder Witch controlled them.
Everyone seemed occupied with watching the protective barrier go up as well as it's falling that no-one sans Elijah and Rebekah caught the I Love You's being shared between memory!belle and memory!klaus. Whirling around to face their sibling, Elijah and Rebekah caught Klaus and Belle smirking as she was tugged into their brother's side. Rebekah smiled brightly at them and Elijah nodded his acknowledgment before they were all running for cover back into the school. Well, they really didn't need cover since they were ghosts in the memory but still, they had to run.
Spells were fired left and right, the Mystic Falls gang being grateful that for once this wasn't their fight although they were highly impressed with Belle's skill and Klaus' ability to protect others even if he didn't know them. When the spiders made their debut; Caroline, Elena, Bonnie, and Rebekah practically blanched at the sizes of the insects and gripped Stefan's, Damon's, and Elijah's arm tight. Since it was Belle's memory, they had to follow the witch as memory!klaus stayed back to rip apart some spiders. Memory!Belle's confrontation with Greyback had Stefan, Damon, Elijah, Caroline, and even Klaus growling and hissing in anger. When Belle made them realize that it was over and done with, the group let out a collective sigh when Draco and Blaise appeared.
Memory!Klaus quickly took care of the Greyback problem, Elijah clapping his brother on the back for a job well done before everyone gasped and went wide-eyed at the collapse of the wall on them. The memory had blacked out for a few seconds before they were watching memory!klaus carry memory!belle. The talk with Hermione and Ron seemed to be on fast forward and when the Mystic Falls gang turned to face Belle and found her with tears in their eyes, they knew something bad was coming. In the Great Hall; Rebekah, Caroline, and Bonnie had tears in their eyes as well when they realized they were staring down at Fred's lifeless body. The Salvatore brothers watched on sadly as memory!Belle broke down over Fred's death only to be shocked moments later when memory!klaus realized Fred had a heartbeat. Again, the Mystic Falls gang let out a collective sigh when Klaus healed Fred.
The cease fire was fast paced, the gang soon finding themselves following the memory outside where they were faced with Voldemort and his deatheaters for the first time. Again, nearly all the vampires hissed and growled in anger when they could practically feel the bad aura floating around the vile man. They were shocked to hear him proclaim Harry dead, the gang oddly amused by Neville's brave speech, and then highly shocked when Harry leapt back to life and continued the fight.
When memory!klaus started to rip out throats and snap necks, no-one was fazed by his antics though they were when memory!belle called out to Ginny when Bellatrix attacked with her back turned. They watched as memory!belle angrily stomped her way over, memory!klaus a few steps behind as memory!belle climbed the table and dueled the older witch. Between Klaus putting himself in front of Ginny in a protective stance and Belle killing the witch, the gang didn't know who to be more shocked and impressed with.
The end of the war was very abrupt and when they all landed back in Mikaelson Manor, they decided that Belle and Klaus could use some alone time after seeing what they had been through.
A few more weeks in and Belle was officially making herself comfortable in Klaus' home. Since there was no more war to worry about, everything that Belle's parents had left her in their will had finally been able to be switched over to her name without any complications. She was now the owner of a burned down mansion, and when all her parent's vaults had been signed over to her name, she had the home completely leveled and made plans to have a new home rebuilt for whenever she decided to visit the wizarding world.
The Weasley's were constantly writing Belle and Klaus, the couple happy that the family easily accepted their relationship. They had thought that Molly would be against Belle dating a vampire/werewolf hybrid but she had oddly accepted Klaus. And the fact that Molly witnessed Klaus protecting Ginny as if he'd known her for ages might have had a bit to do with it.
With the war behind them, Belle had easily situated herself into the Mikaelson home and back into Klaus' bed.
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Lips ghosted over her bare back and Belle couldn't help but sleepily grin into her pillow. Klaus never failed to wake her up any other way and well let's face it, who wouldn't be glad to wake up to a naked hybrid kissing and nipping his way across your shoulders?
"Mmm. What time is it?" Belle yawned.
"Just after nine." Klaus murmured against her skin as he continued place kisses up and down her spine. With everything now behind them, he could finally lay in and enjoy his time with the girl he loved and not worry about anyone taking her away from him.
When his stubble started to tickle, Belle giggled and pushed herself up, turning over onto her back before quickly pulling up the sheet to her cover her bare chest. Klaus leered down at her, playfully rolling his eyes at the fact that she still found the need to cover up around him. The love bites that littered her collar bone always brought a genuine smile to his face, Klaus knowing full well that he could easily heal them up for her but she chose to keep them, only making them invisible when in public or around their friends and family.
Resting his weight on his right elbow, Klaus smirked down at Belle as she sleepily grinned up at him, her eyes fluttering open and closed until she left them closed and started to drift off to sleep again. As Klaus listened to Belle's breathing even out, the familiar tapping of a beak against a window echoed through the room. Not wanting to wake her again, Klaus easily used his speed to blur out of bed, put a pair of pajama pants on, and opened the window to let the noise-making owl inside.
The bird flew in and Klaus tried to keep it from waking Belle but when he faced her, Belle was already sitting up. The white barn owl with reddish brown and black tipped feathers dropped a small box into Belle's lap before landing on the headboard with a hoot. Belle smiled, pulling her wand out from under the pillow and accio'ing a package of crackers from the kitchen.
Klaus bit back a smirk before sitting on the edge of their bed and waited to see what he now considered their second family sent them today. Once Belle fed the owl a few crackers, she opened the package and mentally read off the card that was sitting atop a cloth-like bag with drawstrings as the bird took flight to go back home.
Happy early Birthday, Triplet! We would've sent you some new products but we're not done testing them and figured this would come in handy instead of exhausting our poor owl. Enjoy!- George and Fred.
Belle chuckled, quickly hiding the card beneath her leg because no-one in Mystic Falls, not even Klaus, knew her birthday was right around the corner. Pulling on the strings to the bag, Belle opened it and peered inside, grinning at what she saw.
"What is it, love?" Klaus leaned forward to take a peek but Belle was already scrambling out of bed and shimmying her way into Klaus' deserted shirt and her panties that were hanging from the bed's post.
Taking a moment to blush furiously at how she had found said panties, Klaus laughed before Belle's sheepish grin turned into a scowl. "Shut it." She playfully narrowed her eyes at him. Hands up in mock surrender, Klaus laughed as Belle nearly skipped out of their room.
Skidding to a stop in the parlour room, Belle falls to her knees and takes out her wand. With furrowed eyebrows, Klaus watches as she swishes her wand back and forth, up and down, all the while muttering some latin beneath her breath and watches as the switch that usually clicks a fire to life for him suddenly transforms into a knob. Stowing her wand away, Belle laughs triumphantly as she pushes the knob in and turns it left then right as if it were a combination lock and then starts a fire.
Stepping back, she produces the bag that the twins had sent to her and dips her hand in, pulling out a small handful of floo powder. Klaus' eyes slightly widen when he realizes what she's holding and when she tosses it into the lit fire, the flames turn green.
"Easy access to the Wizarding World." Belle grins up at him. "Fred and George thought it was better than using owls though now anyone who has access to a fireplace, floo powder, and calls out Mikaelson Manor, they can come in through here."
"I do hope you only give out the address to those we know."
"Of course." Belle grinned up at him before kneeling on her knees again. "Hang on, I'm going to see if works the same with distance between us and what not."
Before Klaus could protest, Belle called out, "Molly Weasley; The Burrow!", and shoved her head through the green flames. Klaus stared in shocked awe as Belle's head disappeared into the green flames, her bottom half sticking up in the air as she did whatever it was she was doing.
Seconds quickly turned into minutes and Belle still hadn't surfaced from her floo call. Before he could grow aggravated and pull her out himself, Rebekah's sudden appearance took his mind off of it.
Rebekah was merely passing through the room, the Original vampire having to retrace her steps and give the room's occupants a second glance over. "You do know that your girlfriend is leaning into a fire, correct?"
Klaus rolled his eyes. "Yes."
"And you're aware that said fire is green?"
"Of course."
Rebekah snorted in an unladylike fashion before shrugging her shoulders and continuing on her way. "You two owe me an explanation later." She waved her brother off. "And Elijah sent a letter. He'll be here in a few days."
Klaus scowled at his sister's departure and as soon as he heard a door slam shut from wherever Rebekah had exited, Belle resurfaced from the flames with a bit of soot covering her nose and cheek bones. Klaus wrinkled his nose at her before running his thumb along her cheek bones in an attempt to clean it off but it didn't work. "So did it work?" He asked.
"Mhm." Belle hummed happily. "It takes a few seconds longer since we're so far away but it works nonetheless."
"Brilliant." He nodded. "So Molly is the only one who knows we're currently hooked up to the floo network, correct?"
Belle's grin faltered and though she tried her best to cover it up, Klaus still caught it. "Well?"
"Arabelle." Klaus warned.
"The Weasley's were hosting a dinner so they all heard." She blurted. "Fred and George were listening and well, be prepared to sleep with one eye open."
Klaus huffed in false annoyance before pulling Belle up from the floor and leading her back to their room. "Bloody annoying friends of yours. They know better than to mess with me."
Belle response was to snort in amusement. "Mhm. If you say so."
Ah, I can't believe only two more chapters left! This is the longest story I've ever written!