hey guys so here is the last chapter of season one for you which is based on episode 1x22 ( season finale) of the originals, just like in the previous chapter I have switched around and changed some lines to fit around the whole klaus Peyton relationship so that Klaus is being more affected by the events than Elijah just so it makes sense as well as some details. And of course I've extend lines and scenes just make it flow better as well as to make fit in better. so I just hope that you love and I would to hear what you think if it. Thank you so much for the reviews, follows and favourites, I love hear what you think of my story the good and bad so please keep it up. I also appreciate all the baby name suggestion, please keep them coming. Also there is a link below for you to see Peyton's outfits.
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Chapter 26: from a cradle to a grave
Flashback
During the two weeks of bliss after Mikael's attack on Peyton on the other side and the witches taking her to the church while she was in labour, Peyton had decided to grab her writing stationary before heading into her twins's nursery where she decided to sit in the rocking chair with her feet resting on the foot rest while she wrote a letter and thought about the way things were heading in the city where she had been trying to make her new home. Peyton wore a loose blue cami top that showed her large her pregnancy stomach, a pair of fitted jeans, a white cardigan and a pair of blue flats that lay next to the foot rest where she had slipped them off before sitting down in the rocking chair. Her hair was falling over her shoulders in long dark waves with a simple braid in the front of her in a half crown, she wore dark smokey eye makeup that went well with her brown eyes and light pick peachy lip gloss. She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice that Klaus was calling on her till he had stumbled upon on her in the nursery when he came looking for in fear that something had happened her but his anger and fear faded away when he saw her in the nursery so peaceful
" Writing a love letter to one of your many suitors? So who's the lucky recipient? Your betrothed maybe?" Klaus said surprising her as he tried to work out what she was doing and why
" would you let that go already? It wasn't my choice, plus I'm kinda in love with this original hybrid guy" she said with a smile as she hid the letter she was writing so he couldn't read it
" is that so? You don't have to write me a letter to tell me, you can always tell me or show me" he said with a suggestive smile as she rolled her eyes at his one track mind as they laughed
" but then what would be the fun in that? This way I get to see you-...oh!" She said stopping mid sentence as she groaned when she suddenly felt the twins kick placing a hand on her stomach
" How are our littlest wolves doing in there?" He said forgetting their previous discussion as he walked closer to her as he became concerned that something was wrong but didn't want to ask if she was OK as he knew she was getting annoyed by that question
" they are good, just very active is all...come and feel" she said remembering he had felt them in the early stages of them kicking and loved it but hadn't recently due to everything going on
" oh wow, is that one of them or both?" He asked after a short wait as he gently touched her abdomen as they waited for them to kick again as he felt something push against his hand
" both of them I think or at least if feels that way" she said with a chuckle as she thought about how her children would be born soon for her to hold and be close to in a different way than this
" does it hurt when they kick?" He asked as he made himself more comfortable on the floor next to the rocking chair that she was in as he looked up at her wondering what it was all like
" not really, it first it was a like a small flutter but now it's more uncomfortable than painful" she said with a reassuring smile as she knew that he worried about her and the twins non stop
" I should leave you to your secret letter then, little red" he said getting up as he gently kissed her goodbye that conveyed his love and affection for her before he decided to leave her alone as she went to writing her letter to her children
Dear my beautiful babies
Your dad just asked if this was a love letter which I guess it kind of is in a way. I never got to know my mother or my father due to being them taken away from me and me growing up in a whole different world than theirs but because of that I have no idea what she must have thought when she carried me. So I thought I'd write to down mine so you would both know how happy I am at this very moment while carrying you both and how much your father and I can't wait to meet you both when you arrive into this world.
I also wanted to make a promise of three things that you both will have that I never did: a safe home, parents to tell you that they love you every single day and parents to fight for you, no matter what. In other words a family, one that I never had but one that I always wanted. So there you go, my babies. The rest, we're going to have to figure out together along with your father.
P.s I love you, always and forever
Your mom.
Present day
Back in the church where Peyton found herself being held captive by the witches while in labour and completely defenceless as she now lay on top of the large table at the end of the alter in St Anne's church with Monique and Genevieve as well as some of other witches including the other harvest girl stood around her as they began to prepare her for labour which included taking her leggings and shoes off before placing her legs in the proper position and placing a sheet over her
" AHHHH! Let go of me, you crazy bitches!" She said screaming in pain as another contradiction hit her as they were getting closer and closer together as the babies got nearer
" the ancestors will greatly appreciate your sacrifice, it will serve the witches well for years to come" Genevieve said as if that was meant to help her as the doors swung to reveal a weakened Klaus
" Peyton!" He said yelling as his eyes fell on her as he ripped the head of one of the witches who came at him before Genevieve and Abigail used their magic to pin him against the wall
" if that was your big rescue attempt to get me out then I'm not impressed!" Peyton said through her pain although she was glad that he was there since she didn't feel so alone in all of this
" I'm so sorry that this happening, I swear I will get you out of this!" He said hating every moment of this as he watched the pain and terror in her face as he wanted to make it all go away
" You should know this brings me no joy but I promise I'll make it quick" Genevieve said while she prepared the ceremonial knife that they recognised as the same one used in the harvest ritual
" really? Because this is like a barrel of laughs for the rest us!" Peyton said screaming as she refused to show her fear and terror to them since she knew it would be giving into them
" let's begin, shall we?" Genevieve said more to the witches tha to Klaus or to Peyton as another contraction hit her making them all realise how fast her labour was progressing
[Hayley is still in labor, and the witches, led by Genevieve, assist Hayley in her birth. Hayley screams in agony]
" leave her be!...I will bring hell to your family!" Klaus yelled as he struggled against the spell that was keeping him pinned to the wall as he watched Genevieve assist Peyton in her birth
" just one more big push! Push! The first baby's almost here!" Genevieve said over the screams of pain coming from Peyton as she tried to encourage Peyton to keep pushing
" I will bathe in rivers of your blood if you do not let her go now!" Klaus said hating every minute of this since he knew that none of this could end well for Peyton or their babies
" No! No! Please leave them alone...they're innocent" Peyton said trying to convince the witches not to sacrifice her babies yet to be born despite how sore and tired she was in labour
" I can see the first baby!" Monique said as Peyton absently and distantly thought that she had always imaged that Klaus would be the one to have the first glimpse of their babies when born
" You will die screaming!" Klaus said promising as he wished desperately that he would, be able to break free from this magically hold on him so he could kill them and be with Peyton
" Push! Gently! Gently!...there! Baby number one is born and you have a beautiful baby daughter" she said wrapping the first baby in a blanket after cutting the cord as Peyton rested
" she looks just like you little red...Peyton? Peyton!" He said noticing how still she was laying there after the first birth as he worried that she wasn't going to make to the end or till the next
" come on, Peyton! we still have one more baby to deliver, you can't rest yet!" Genevieve said she tried to wake her up as she began to moan again as another wave of contraction hit her
" I can't do it, I'm too weak... I just can't!" Peyton said weakly as piece of her sweat soaked hair fell onto her face as she struggled to keep going although she knew that she needed to
" Peyton listen to me, you are the strongest person I know which means that you can do this...do it for our son" he said trying to help her to keep going despite how bad she was feeling
" ok, ok...Ahhh! AHHH!" She said as she began to push as she thought about why she was going this as she tried to keep her mind forced on her son rather than the pain she was feeling
" that's it, keeping pushing... One last push and that will be you!" Genevieve said as she went back to assisting end through her second birth as the baby began to crown as she waited
" you are doing so well, Peyton! Genevieve, I swear I will kill you for this and I make it hurt" he said more softly to both of them which somehow made his threat more deadly and scary
" there you go, baby number two and you now have a handsome son!...We must start the sacrifice as soon as the moon sets with the morning sky-" she said turning to the witches
" wait, wait! Please just let me hold them, just for a second?" She said begging as she looked at her children who looked so small and fragile wrapped in the blankets that the witches had put them in after cleaning them up
" fine, give them to her... She is their mother after all" Genevieve said pretending to be tough and uncaring about the situation since it pained her more than she was willing to allow them to believe
" Klaus, they are so beautiful and small" Peyton said looking to the babies laying in both of her arms after Monique and Abigail had placed them, for a moment she was at peace and comforted by her children
" times up!" Monique said running the sweet moment between Klaus and Peyton and their babies by grabbing Peyton by the hair in order to slit her throat with the ceremonial knife
" NOOOOOO! Peyton! Dear god, no! AGHHHHHHHH!" Klaus said screaming as he watched the life leave the love of his love as the witches took the twins from her and left with them as Monique used her magic to break his neck and allowed him to drop to ground next to Peyton
Once Klaus had recovered from his broken neck and realised that he was laying on the floor rather than still being pinned up against the wall as he looked to see Peyton's dead body meet to him still laying on the table where she had given birth, he stood up as he began to cry as he gently stroked her sweaty hair as he tried to look past the blood that had poured out of her slit throat. Soon he decided to move her from the table that seemed so filled with sorrow now and past on the floor with her head resting in his lap as he cradled in defeat as the realisation that he had lost the only woman that he had ever loved, he began to think about he would never see her smile or hear her laugh again. Suddenly the doors burst open as Elijah came in looking beaten from his earlier fight with both the vampires and werewolves as he was covered in werewolf bites
" Peyton!... Oh god, Klaus!" Elijah said knowing that this is where they had taken her as he hoped he wasn't too late until he realised he was when he noticed his brother cradling her
" she's gone, Elijah...the witches took her from me" klaus said completely distraught as he looked to his brother from some form of comfort as he wondered where he went from here
" shh, I'm sure that she put up a fight and did everything she could to try to stay with you" he said not knowing what to say or how to feel as he thought of how he would have tell Hayley
" she did...You've been bitten, here" he said biting into his own wrist as he offered Elijah his blood to heal him before going back to look at Peyton as he wished that she would wake up
" thank you, why don't we pay her to rest?... Niklaus, there is nothing left that you can do for her" Elijah said trying to take Peyton from her so he could place her back in the table
" I tried to give her my blood but I was too late, I'm always too late" he said more to himself than to Elijah as he allowed him to take her from him while he remained on the floor grieving
" how did it happen?" He asked trying to keep the emotion from his voice as he thought about how he just discovered his friend dead who happened to be his love interest's sister and his brother's girlfriend
" I was bested... The witches got the better of me" he said numbly as he placed his head into his hands as he remembered how things had been a few days as he wished he could go back
" You were bested... You were BESTED? My invincible brother who seemed have everything in control!" He said losing his temper slightly wondering how he could used such simple terms
" how was I meant to know about the Guerrera wolves or their deal with Genevieve and the witches? Do you think I wanted this to happen, that I wanted Pe- her to...die? Because this is the last thing I ever wanted to happen!" He said beginning to angry in the midst of his grief for her
" what about the babies?" He said as he noticed that her stomach was now flat where it had been inflated with pregnancy as he wondered what had happened before the witches killed her
" They took the twins... But there's still time, we can save them right?" He said as he realised that his children were the last piece of Peyton that he had left of her as he knew he needed them now more than ever
" of course we can and I think I know just where to start" he said knowing that this was the only thing keeping his brother going as he knew that these babies were even more important to his redemption
The brothers decided to head to the cemetery where the witches were infamous for hanging around as they drew their magic from their ancestors and held so much meaning for them as Klaus tried to focus on finding his children rather fact that he had just his love and their mother since he knew his grief for her would cripple him. They began to rush around the cemetery in an attempt to figure out where the witches had taken the babies but where struggling to find any clues of as they realised something was wrong
" The tombs are empty and he grounds are deserted...They aren't here" Elijah said carefully since he knew that his brother was in a delicate state, he watched him frantically searching
" This is the only place they can be! We have to keep searching!" He said not willing to give up the search for the pieces of Peyton still left in this world, he knew this what she would've wanted
" listen to me, I know you want to keep looking and want to find them but you have to face-" he said trying to talk him out of wasting time by being so narrowed minded about it all
" The Harvest was here! The Reaping was here! They're about to perform a ritual which will feed their ancestors for centuries! Ancestors who are buried HERE!" He said proving his hunch
" I understand but there is no sign of the witches or your children" he said knowing that his logic made sense but he felt that Klaus still had to face the reality that they were losing time
" This statue...we've passed by this three times all whilst going in the same direction" he said pointing to the statue in question as they gave each other a look before going to higher ground
" They must have fabricated some kind of illusion" Elijah said looking around them at the to,na as he began to examine them as Klaus stood up on top of a statue to see what was going on
" That's one word for it" he said astounded as he saw that the witches not only had created some kind of illusion but that it was in fact a maze created by magic using the different tombs
" then we keep going till we work our way through this...whatever it is" he said knowing that witches had to be here now since there would have been no point to created this if they weren't
" we have to move quickly before the sun rises, the sacrifice begins when the moos set in the morning sky" he said repeating Genevieve's words from early as time was running out for them
Klaus jumped down off of the statue as him and Elijah began to wonder through the maze again after they had tried everything they could think of to get rid of them made but nothing worked so this time using a stone to act as a piece of chalk so that he could mark off the ones that they lasted to avoid going around in circles again, Elijah could see the affects that all of this was having on his brother as the grief and pain was beginning to show as he knew that the only thing keeping him from giving into his emotion was the thought of getting back his twins.
" when you think about it, it's ingenious. We can see and feel them, yet they are not real" Elijah said after a while as Klaus marked another tomb as he tried to take away the stress he felt
" I don't care about any of this, I just find my children... Is there anything else we can? What if we break our way through?" Klaus said beginning to get desperate and panicky about it all
" we have tried everything with very little results...what we need to do persevere and focus on the task at hand" he said knowing that this was not the time for Klaus to lose himself
" you don't thing that I'm focused? My only thought right now is my children and find them so their mother's...death isn't in vain" He said still struggling to say that Peyton had died out loud
" it won't, we will ensure that it isn't by finding and raising your twins the way Peyton would have wanted" he said noticing how Klaus winced when he heard her name being spoken
" this is all my doing isn't it? This is world that I have created for myself by being the person I have become" he said defeated as he thought about his distrust of people and his plotting
" you mean because of all of your scheming? You have made enemies everyday of your miserable life" he said regretting his words as soon as he used them knowing they were harsh
" that was not my intention, I just wanted the things was deprived of as a human" he said being honest for once about the things he had done sicken being turned due to being so tired
" what did you except would happen as a result? That you would know somehow get your happy ever after like some fairy book?" He said showing his frustration of the situation at hand
" I didn't care about my happy ever after ending or anything until she came into my life and now she's gone!" He said hyperventilating as he gave into his grief as he become more upset
" Niklaus-" Elijah said realising that he had to calm him down before it all became too much for him as he watch him begin to pace as he ran his hands through his blonde curls in despair
" I let her in, I let her get to know me... The real me and in return I allowed myself to love her, I don't do that" he said knowing that he had never loved anyone like he had with her and wouldn't again
" I understand that brother, what you have with Peyton was something new and different to you" he said trying to comfort him but could see that his words were having very little effect
" I loved her in way possible and the witches took her from me and now... Now I feel broken, like a piece of me has died too" he said sitting on one of the tombs with his head in his hands
" and she loved back in the same way... You can tell your children stories of their mother when we save them, she will live on in them" he said trying to comfort him as he began to stop crying
The other side
Back at St Anne's church on the other side, Peyton woke up with a gasp on the table where Elijah had left her and where she had died due to Monique slitting her throat as she looked around as if wondering what she was to do next when she noticed a older woman with pale skin and short dark curls like reminded of her own as she smiled when she realised that Peyton had finally noticed, it took her a moment to realised who she was or more the only person that she could be as she slipped off the table surprised that she didn't feel any of the pain that she had before death
" you're my mom right? You're Charlotte Labonair" she said feeling slightly giddy at the fact she was meeting her mom for the first time until realising it was a result of them being dead
" yeah sweetie, that's me and I have to say you have grown up to be such a strong and brave woman" she said as Peyton moved closer to her mom in awe that this moment was real
" I've kinda no choice but to be that way, I learned the hard way that you got crushed if you weren't" she and thinking that she wouldn't be where she was now if she hadn't been that way
" I'm sorry that you had the childhood you had but you should know that you were never alone, I was always with you" she said remembering how hard it had been to watch her
" I'm died aren't I?" She said with no small amount of emotion in her voice as she realised that she had been condemned to the same fate as her mom, to watch her children grow up without a mother
" yeah baby, you are but not for long" she said knowing there was no nice way of sugar coating what was happening to her since she remembered it all to well when it was her turn
" what do you mean 'not for long'?" She said wondering what her cryptic message meant as she tried to work it out but her head felt foggy and muddy which made it harder to think
" you and I both know that death isn't always permeant for people like us" she said knowing that their world wasn't as black and white as it seemed but rather they lived in the grey
" especially when you hang around the originals like I do" she said knowing that they had more ways to avoid death than the usual supernatural person or vampires due to living for so long
" before you go, I want you to know how much I love you and how much I proud of you. Also your fight isn't over yet so keep being strong" she said knowing that she would need that strength
The other side sudden became blurry and began to fade around her as she quickly took the moment to hug her mom before it all disappeared in front her until she again woke in the church but this time in the world where her throat which was previously cut with such force was now healed, she began to get flashbacks of what had happened to her before she had died such as giving birth to her twins then them being taken away from her after Monique had slit her throat. It was then that she realised that her babies were still alive as she felt a tugging feeling to go to them as she suddenly understand how strong the bond between a mother and children was as she found her shoes and got off the table to put them on before leaving the church to go find her children
Klaus and Elijah were still trying to make some progress with the maze created by the witches to throw them off finding them and the twins that they had taken from them as they defend to check one of the tombs that they knew the witch had sometimes used for praying and other witchy things but found nothing inside other than candles, they stopped for a second to process this and to catch their breath
" We've passed through here twice already, we're running out of time" Elijah said losing hope as he turned to Klaus who he could see was barely holding it together as he punched a wall
" Then we move faster." Klaus said recovering after punching the wall getting out all of his frustrations as he became more determined to find his children to save them from the witches
" Or we move smarter" Peyton said surprising both of them as they turned to face her as they noticed that not only was she healed but she looked dazed and exhausted from everything
" Peyton?...Wha-...How are you here?" Klaus asked as he walked over to her to gently cup her face with his hand as he checked that she was real as she leaned her forehead against hers
" you tell me, I woke up in the church feeling this hunger and I knew what I needed... blood" she said numbly as she tried to process what was happening to her and why it was happening
" You died with the baby's blood still in your system meaning that she's in transition" Klaus said saying the last part to Elijah as he realised that not only was she alive but becoming a hybrid
" which means she has to drink the blood of the twins if she is to survive" Elijah said using the word if since he knew that it was a big thing to ask of any mother as it was like picking herself
" to be reborn a hybrid" he said completely overwhelmed with the emotions that he had been feeling lately due to be over the moon happy with her being alive but he knew what this meant to her
" I don't care about me right now, I just need to find our son and daughter" she said knowing that she would deal with the fallout of her dying and bring in transition later when this was
sorted
" and we will love, we will I promise" klaus said trying to comfort her as he worried about hoe detached and numb she was acting since he was used to her being so full life and fight
" I can feel them, they're her... I can feel our children, I can lead us to them" she said before leaving as klaus and Elijah exchanged a worried look concerning her before following her out
Peyton began to lead the three of them through the maze of tombs in cemetery's illusion as she got closer to her twins as she began to wonder what the witches are doing to them since she knew that they would be started soon if they hadn't already due to the moon already being set and it becoming morning time as her worry set in as she began to hear the now familiar sound of witches chanting. Soon the three of them turned the corner to see the twins wrapped in blanket laying in a wicker basket while Genevieve raised a knife above where they were as she about to sacrifice them as the fear they had all been feeling began to rise
" NOOO!... Get away from them, you crazy bitch!" Peyton said getting the three witches attention as Elijah decided to pick up a near by urn and throw it at them as it slammed Genevieve's hand knowing the knife out of it
" you should have stayed away from here" Genevieve said in a warning tone as she tried to recover from the attack as Monique and Abigail used their magic to send them backwards
" and you should never have taken them from us" klaus said with his hate in his voice as the three of them tried to get back up as he watched as Genevieve went to grab the knife
" You fools! To come against us in our place of power in our strongest hour? You don't face three, you face us all!" Monique said full of her own self importance as the ancestors appeared
" guys, we need to be smart about this...they may be all great and powerful but they're also dead" Peyton said before nodding in which direction she was going in giving the rest an idea
" dividing and conquering sounds like a great idea" Elijah said as he decided to run straight away while Klaus and Peyton went in different directions in the hope of overpowering them
" oh god... You have no idea how much I've wanted to do this" Peyton said as she found Genevieve as she began to punch her to keep her from the knife and from her children
" I never wanted this to happen but it's what the ancestors want" she told her as she used a spell to cause inflict pain on Peyton and fall to her knees as she tried to take the babies away
While Peyton was fighting with Genevieve to prevent from getting the knife to use to sacrifice her newborn babies, Klaus was fighting with Papa Tunde's twin sons who began to use their magic to fight him before he beat them once again until he deceit to break off one of the spikes in the fence as he used to impale Abigail which broke the connection between them and the ancestors after seeing that the two harvest girls were still using their magic to defeat his brother. It was then that Monique became desperate as she ran to grab the knife in order to finish the sacrifice for herself while she used her back to block Elijah and Klaus with a wall of fire at the same time that Genevieve used the pain infliction spell on Peyton to prevent her attempts
" Noooo! Please they are just babies!" Peyton said trying to plead with them no to do this as she watched as Monique once again raised the knife above where her innocent babies were
" Peyton! Out of the way!" Marcel said from behind them as he threw the Devils star at Monique that landed in her stomach as a thousand cuts began to appear on her body
" Marcel?...no please don't, don't take them!" Peyton said as she watched as Marcel took the basket that the babies were still laying in and used his vamp speed to take them before they try to stop him
" you two deal with Genevieve and I'll get our children from Marcel, I'll ensure that they are safe" he said kissing her on the cheek before he used his vamp speed as he want after Marcel
Elijah used his own vamp speed to overpower Genevieve as he zoomed her into one of the nearby tombs as Peyton soon followed them as she helped Elijah begin to shack Genevieve up so that she wouldn't be able to use her magic or to get away while they tried to extract information from her about why all of this had to happen and why the ancestors had insisted in sacrificing two newborn babies
" Why? Why did you do this?" Peyton said barely being able to contain her anger and frustration about all of this and the situation as she demanded to know her reasoning behind it
" The Ancestors left me no choice-" Genevieve said trying to explain as well as try to blame all of this on the ancestors who had used her need to keep living to get her to do their bidding
" so what? You were willing to sacrifice two innocent babies for more power?" She said making it clear that she wasn't going to buy the whole ancestors thing but was more blaming her for it
" No, it was not just for power! It was the Ancestors' decree...It was her decree" she said getting more and more upset as she realised that she had failed to do what she was told to do by them
" It was whose decree?" Elijah said stepping in as he surprised both of the women in the room by roughly grabbing her face in order to force Genevieve to look hi in the eyes and tell the truth
" I'm surprised you have to ask...After all you were the one who convinced your siblings to consecrate her on New Orleans soil" she said smiling weakly before letting out a dark laugh
" wait, Esther did this?" Peyton asked stunned as she watched as Elijah let go of her clearly disgusted as the realisation of who she meant began to sink in as he knew it must be true
" So not even death can stop my mother from seeking the annihilation of her own flesh and blood" he said bitterly as he wondered when his mother became so hellbent on destroying them
" This isn't the end. As long as those children live,the witches of New Orleans will never stop coming for them" she said anxiously since she knew that neither one would give up easily
" why? They have done nothing wrong, they aren't a part of any of this" Peyton said thinking about how ridiculous all of this was since the twins were barely hours old and already wanted
" because Esther will never stop coming for them, it has been decreed...your babies will be consecrated among their ancestors, they will not live" she said crying as it was the sad truth
" you're assuming that we would just let that happen which we won't" Peyton said fiercely as both her and Elijah simply glared at her, suddenly Genevieve began to bleed from her eyes
" They're coming for me because I failed them, I can feel it. Understand that I just wanted to live and tell Klaus... I'm sorry" she said as the bleed began to get worse causing her to choke on it
" you might be but I'm defiantly not" she said furiously and darkly as she used the knife me at for the sacrifice to stab Genevieve in the stomach cutting her open before leaving the tomb
Peyton decided to head back to the compound in order to see what had happened with Klaus and Marcel as she was anxious to see if her precious babies were safe yet as she thought about the amount of the danger that they had been in from the moment that they had been born or even showed signs of being born. When she headed into the compound the first thing she saw was the courtyard filled with dead vampires that had either been tore apart of bitten by Francesca's werewolves causing her to take a moment to soak in the sight before racing up the stairs to her bedroom where she found Klaus in the nursery as he cleared up their children and dressed them in one of their onesies before putting them wrapping them up in their blankets and putting them in their crib
" thank god, they're safe... When I saw all the dead vampires I thought that maybe..." She said panicking slightly but was almost immediately soothed by the look on Klaus's face as he saw her
" there's nothing to worry for now, Marcel handed them over when he realised that I couldn't save his men like he wished" he said walking over to her noticing that she was covered in blood
" you should that I killed Genevieve, the ancestors were killing her and I just couldn't let them take that away from me" she said remembering that all she had seen was red in that moment
" shh, it's ok...you did what you had to save your family and to send a message to those who had hurt us" he said knowing that her emotions were heighten and would suffocate her soon
" to what extend though?" She said remembering all too well the guilty and pain that she had felt after her first kill that had triggered her werewolf curse all those years ago before Stefan
" we don't have to worry about that just now, plus I think there is some people that are eager to officially meet you" he said stepping aside so that she could see the two innocent babies behind him
" oh hello my beautiful babies, I have been so looking forward to meeting you...Klaus, they are perfect!" She said feeling tears beginning to fill her eyes as she felt him wrap his arms around her waist from behind
" I know I was thinking the same thing... I think it has to be said that we do make such beautiful children" he said thinking that despite everything that happened, this moment was perfect
" that we do...will I be sired to them now? I mean their blood turned me because it would suck if I always gave into them" she said with a laugh since the situation was as worse as it could be
" not necessarily, the sire might not be in effect due to a stronger bond that's already in place" he said thinking back on all the research he had done after Tyler had kidnapped her
" what bond?" She said softly since not being able to believe how her day had ended as she began it as a mother to be and as a werewolf and now she was neither,everything had changed
" the bond between a mother and her children, nothing can ever compare to that" he said gently kissing her neck as they stood there in silence as they watched their children sleep peacefully
It took Klaus a while to convince Peyton that she should go take a shower and get changed into clean clothes due to the fact that she didn't want to leave her children's sight in fear that something might happen as he reassured her that he stay with him since he could change in their bedroom that was conceded to the nursery while keeping an eye on the newborns. She took a long and hot shower as she let the water wash over as it helped soothe the crazed thought and emotions swimming around inside of her as she took a moment alone to breathe easy as she knew they would need to deal with the fallout of everything. She then got changed into a pair of jeans, a white wide strapped tank top underneath a white embroidered sleeveless blouse and a pair of dark brown ankle boots. Peyton wore her hair in a braided that led into a messy bun that hung low behind her neck, her dark eye makeup seemed to define her deep brown eyes that went well with red pink tinted lip balm. Once she was dressed she decided to sit in the rocking chair while she held her sleeping twins in her arms as Elijah and Klaus sit discussing this in their room
" We should have felt our mother's hand in this. We should have known she would not be bound by anything as obvious as death and now she has control of the witches. They will never stop" klaus said keeping his voice low so that Peyton wouldn't hear them so he could shield her
" No, I don't expect they will with our mother in their ear giving them commends" Elijah said glad that he had filled his brother in on what they had learned from questioning Genevieve
" Nor would I expect the Guerrera wolves to back down, Peyton and the twins are wolf royalty and as such are a threat to Francesca's claim to the leadership" he said voicing his concerns
" you guys know that I can hear you right? Hybrid now, remember?" Peyton said from inside the nursery connected to the room they were as they had forgotten that she was in transition still
" I'm sorry little red but all I'm saying that they will may never be safe" he said knowing that his voice betrayed the emotions that he felt when he thought about how he had endangered them
" I suppose recent events have proven that more than ever right?" She said gently as she continued to rock in the rocking chair since she knew that the twins were enjoying the motion
"What was it you said to me earlier? That I have made enemies every day of my miserable life? Well the worst of them are within these borders" he said to Elijah once again feeling helpless
" I didn't mean it, it was in the heat of moment in light of everything" Elijah said frustrated with himself as he began to feel guilty that he had been cruel with he had been grieving of his love
" and now I have brought into the world a weapon they can use against me" he said knowing that he would happily trade in his own life if it meant he could save the lives of his children
" so what can we save them?" She said feeling the same despair and hurt that Klaus was since she had a feeling that they were both thinking something along the same like that Elijah wasn't
" we will arm ourselves! we have fought every adversary in this town and we have won so we'll fight them again, no matter who they are! We will make this home a fortress" he said as a promise
" I will not have either of them live their lives as a prisoners" he said knowing that was no way real way of life as he thought about his time as a prisoner when he was refused to be himself
" Then we leave here together, all of us" he said thinking that they go back to mystic falls and set there or find somewhere new where no one knew of them where the twins could be raised
" Wherever we go and however far we run, those who seek power and revenge will hunt us! They will hunt them, they have inherited all of our enemies with none of our defences" Klaus said thinking about how small and defenceless they were as cute little babies
" So whether we stay or we leave, we've already condemn them...I don't and can't believe that" he said refusing to believe that all hope was lost for them and for the newborn babies just born
" There's a third option. I born into a warzone just like they have been and like us my parents thought they could protect me" Peyton said appearing in the doorway with the twins in her arms
" Peyton, you don't have to-" Klaus said knowing where she was going with this is and saw how it was already affected her as the tears began to freely flow down her face uncontrollably
" but they couldn't and in the end they were slaughtered and I spent my childhood feeling alone and unloved, away from the little family I had" she said thinking about her childhood must have been the opposite of what her parents had wanted for her
" I know, it was really hard on you for you grow like that" klaus said trying to comfort her in any way he could as he gently took their son from her so that she could hold their daughter more
" I made a promise to my children and to myself, that they would not grow up like I did. That they would grow up safe and loved. Yet on their first day in this world, they have a grandmother who is bent on sacrificing them-" she said crying so heavily that it was effect her speech
" little red, please don't cry... Shhhh, it's all ok" Klaus said feeling his heartbreak once again as he watched as she looked down to the sleeping form in her arms smiling at their daughter
" And a-a mother who has to drink the blood of her own babies to survive transitioning into a hybrid. While I'm the one who loves them the most" she said as they all felt the sadness of it all
" so what are you suggesting that we do?" Elijah said gently as he wondered about why she was talking about this as he hoped that she wasn't suggesting what he thought she was
" I think the only thing to do is... send them both away... while we stay behind and clean up the mess that we've made" she said knowing that this was last thing she had wanted to happen
" No! This is insane. You heard Genevieve, so long as they live, those babies will be hunted" Elijah said thinking that sending them away didn't necessarily solve their problems with Esther
" Not if no one knows that they are alive" klaus said looking at Peyton as he stood to join her knowing that was going to break her heart as much it was his since they wanted to raise them
" and what is it you intend to do, brother?" Elijah said almost accusing Klaus of doing something terrible and evil as if he was missing the pain and hurt that was so clear on his face
" I'll do whatever it takes to save our family, just like I've always promised" he said more to Peyton than to Elijah since he knew that despite her feelings on this that she would understand
Once they had decided what the plan was to fake the babies death and how they were going to do it, they began to put it into place as they had Marcel have a chat with Oliver threatening him before showing him the bodies of two stillborn babies as a way of telling that he will be blamed for their death while Cami came over as soon as she saw the memorial for the twins that was placed there by Klaus as he took the opportunity to end their friendship before something happened to her. Elijah watched from the balcony as Cami left after talking to Klaus as Klaus came out of the room he was in as he joined Elijah
" Did Marcel play his part?" Elijah asked although he still wasn't happy about this plan of Klaus and Peyton's since he thought there had to be a better way than this one
" He managed to locate two stillborn twin babies in a hospital in upstate Louisiana" he said suddenly feeling sorry for the parents of those twin babies that there were never going to be
" and I trust he agreed to the terms?" Elijah said as if knew that their plan depended on everyone keeping to their roles and for no one to later change their mind about their parts
" He has agreed to allow me to compel him to forget what he knows of my children and in exchange he wants vials of my blood" he said knowing that he wanted to prevent recent events
" The witches will have to believe this because soon the fourth Harvest girl will resurrect and the coven will rebuild. If they sense that your children are alive, they will hunt them" he said worriedly as he knew that their plan could fail epically
" The witches will buy what we sell, we just have to sell it properly" he said thinking about the rest of the plan that had yet to be put in place as it would act as the distraction they needed
" Well, then all that remains is to say goodbye" Elijah said as he made a move to head into the nursery where Peyton was currently getting things ready for the twins to leave later that night
" wait, would you just give me a minute alone with Peyton and the twins?" He said knowing that he needed this time alone with his family before they were broken apart as he went inside
Klaus headed into the nursery he stood by the door for a minute as he watched as Peyton sat in the rocking chair again as she gently sang the twins to sleep after feeding them, he didn't want to disturb this sweet moment between a mother and her children since he knew it would be a while before they would get to have another moment like this. As Peyton got to place the babies in their side of the double crib Klaus got up to help her as he placed his daughter in the pink side while she placed their son on the blue side before heading into their bedroom as she placed the letter she wrote into the babies diaper bag before turning to him
" I know I need to drink but I just can't...I can't do it, they're my babies" she said getting upset again at the thought of drinking her babies blood as she buried her head in his shoulder
" if you don't drink then you will die and I can't let that happen so...here" he said giving her blood bag that he had placed in his back pocket after his talk with Cami as she wondered why
" I can't drink that, I mean that won't complete transition" she said wondering why he was doing this since he knew all too well how hybrids were created and their transition process
" I know which why it isn't just any blood but Elena's blood, it should help complete your transition without a site bond too" he said knowing it would sort two of their problems right now
" wait I thought they were all destroyed when they tried to take you done before she turned?" She said wondering whether he was telling the truth or not at the blood before she drank
" there was one bag there and I've kept all this time" he said as she realised how much that this giving this to her actually meant since at one point all he cared was making his hybrid
" I can't believe this is happening...any of it, that I'm a hybrid now or that I'm giving up my children like my mom was forced to give me up" she said sitting on the bed as she drank the blood bag
" I know and things are going to be hard for a while but things will get back to the way they're meant to be" he said knowing that he would never stop fighting till his family was whole again
" somehow you break promises with everyone but me... What do we do now?" She said knowing that half of the plan would have already been put in place for her to do the rest
" you and Elijah are going go to the memorial and make your grief for out children public when I take them out of the city" he said as he double checked that everything was in the diaper bag
" where will you take them? I mean I want it to be somewhere they'll be loved and safe like they would if they were with us" she said not wanting them to childhood that she had
" it will be, I'm taking them to the only person that we can truly trust with our children... Rebekah" he said placing the bag on his shoulder before grabbing their car seats
" here let me help... Hey my beautiful babies, I want you to know we will always love you even if we've not with you" she said silently crying and as she kissed them each placing them into the car seats
Klaus gave Peyton a reassuring kiss on the forehead as he left with the twins who he made sure were secure in back of his car before he began to drive to the meeting point he had agreed on with Rebekah while Peyton grabbed the flowers that Klaus had gotten for her to place at the memorial as her and Elijah headed to the memorial set that had been set in the streets of New Orleans. There was a crowd of people gathered around a candlelight memorial created for the decreased members of the community as she spotted the 'Mikaelson twins' plaque as Peyton began to break down as kissed her fingers before touching the plaque before leaving with Elijah. Meanwhile Klaus stood by the hood on his car where he was balancing the twins car seat as he currently cooed and talked to them as he waited for Rebekah to arrive who pulled up next to him as she got out and gave the three of them a smile
" Hello sister" klaus said as he picked up the car seats and walked over to where she was waiting from him as she looked down at both newborn babies and smiled when she saw them
" Oh your daughter looks just like her there is a God after all" she said thinking about how she would probably and hopeful inherit her mother's good qualities
" Yes but my son has a hint of the devil in his eyes which is all me... You need a witch that you can trust to cast a cloaking spell" he said making sure that no one would be able to find them
" I'll get one, don't worry I know what to do Nik... Perhaps we'll get a white fence, I think that would be lovely" she said softly to the babies as he placed back on the hood of the car so he could say goodbye to them properly
" This city would have seen you both dead but I will have it be your home, every soul who wishes you harm will be struck down just as sure as my blood runs in your veins. You will return me and your mother " he said in a whisper to them as he made a promise to them now
" I'm sure they will one day, hopefully one day soon" Rebekah said as Klaus kissed both babies on the forehead before giving them to Rebekah as well as the wooden knight he made for her as children
" In spite of our differences, Rebekah there is no one I would trust more with my children's life...Be happy, sister" he said as he hugged Rebekah and kissed her on the cheek
" they will be happy Nik, I promise...What's their names?" She asked as they smiled at each other while Klaus thought about on the discussion him and Peyton had when deciding on names
" we decided that our son would be Wyatt Ansel Mikaelson" he said remembering that Peyton had fought and fought for Ansel to be their son's middle name despite his moans and groans
" that is a strong and handsome name for a baby boy, I like how you included your biological father's name" she said knowing it was nice for him to recognise and acknowledge that side
" not my idea, anything this fine beauty is Ava Charlotte Mikaelson" he said gesturing to his daughter as he remembered that he had only agreed to Ansel if they included Charlotte too
Klaus began too silently cry as he watched Rebekah place both babies into the back of her car before watching them drive off as he felt his heart break into piece as he pulled out his phone to make an important call
" hello Stefan, it's Klaus " he said trying to keep the emotion from his voice but knew that he was failing as he realised that only Stefan would be able to help with something they cared about
I chose these name due to suggestion made but also because Wyatt means brave at war and Ansel means with divine protection as well as that Ava means life and Charlotte means free. I also didn't want to follow the norm since I haven't so far