Belle was happily skipping around the kitchen as she readied breakfast. Today was her nineteenth birthday and no-one knew. She didn't have anyone to make a fuss over her and she was perfectly fine with it. The bacon sizzled and popped, Belle quickly plating it on two plates; one for her and one for Klaus who was watching her cook. She plated eggs, sausage patties, and biscuits with gravy before setting Klaus' plate before him and taking her own seat.
The two sat in a comfortable silence, both of them enjoying their food in the late morning. When breakfast was over and Belle was setting their plates in the sink to be cleaned, Rebekah suddenly appeared in the kitchen, her hands on her hips as she glared at Belle. Klaus noticed his sister's stare but didn't say anything and waited for Belle to realize she was there.
When Belle turned, Klaus hid a smirk as his witch froze mid-step, eyes going wide at Rebekah's presence. The first thing that popped into Belle's mind was, "Bloody hell! She knows it's my birthday!". Gulping as discreetly as she could, Belle feebly smiled. "Hey, 'bekah, what's going on?"
"Nothing yet." The Original told her. "But you are to march up to your room and get dressed this instant."
Belle's false smile fell. Yep, Rebekah definitely knew. "But I-"
"No buts!" The vampire cut her off. "Everyone is finally free from any and all drama, and yet you have not had a girl's day with just us girls. Now march!" She pointed towards the archway that led towards the stairs.
"That's what this is about? Having a girls day?"
"Of course." Rebekah frowned. "Caroline has been nagging that we spend the day together getting pampered. What else would it be about?"
"Nothing!" Belle quickly blurted before getting to her feet. "I'll go get dressed now."
Belle quickly vanished from the room with a pop!, Klaus smirking the second she was gone. "She's a horrible liar."
"Indeed." Rebekah grinned back. "Can you believe that she thought we wouldn't find out about her birthday?"
Klaus' smirk eventually turned into a chuckle, shaking his head from side to side in disbelief. "Just take her out and have fun. Don't drop hints that we know and all should be fine. Everyone should be getting here later."
"Yeah, about that." Rebekah piped in, listening briefly to make sure Belle wasn't coming down yet. "Stefan said Damon and Elena left. Something triggered the baby vampire's emotions and she was struggling with her humanity again. He took her on a road trip."
Klaus shrugged at the piece of information. "Eh. Good riddance."
Rebekah snorted just as Belle popped back into the room. "Alright, I'm ready. Let's go!" With a quick peck to Klaus' lips, the girls were on their way to be pampered alongside Caroline.
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Several hours later, the girls were still out and Klaus was pacing back and forth in front of the fireplace. In the distance, he heard the front door open and close, footsteps getting closer to his location but it didn't deter him from pacing. Stefan walked in with bags of chips and dip on each arm, followed by Matt and a hesitant Bonnie who were carrying trays of cut up sandwiches.
"When are they getting here?" Stefan immediately asked when he noticed no-one was there.
"Any second now." Klaus answered. "You can put the food over on the table near the bookcases." He gestured over to where an empty table sat. "Molly said she'd put a cooling charm over everything so it didn't spoil."
Bonnie nodded, walking towards the table where Klaus had told them to set things down, and Matt followed.
"How exactly are they getting-" Stefan gets cut off when the fireplace suddenly lights up green. "Is that supposed to-" Again, he gets cut off as Molly Weasley steps through the flames, followed by Arthur.
The husband and wife stepping through the flames should be what has Bonnie, Matt, and Stefan wide-eyed but it's not. It's the fact that when Molly spots Klaus, she instantly wraps him in a motherly hug.
"Ah, Niklaus, it's good to see you again."
"You as well, Mrs. Weasley." Klaus smirks down at the small plump woman. "And you too, Mr. Weasley."
"Of course, son." Arthur beams bright at Klaus before looking around the room he's standing in. "This is one magnificent house you have here."
The fire burns green again, Bill and Fleur stepping through. Again- Stefan, Bonnie, and Matt are shocked when Bill greets Klaus with a smile and a clap on the back, Fleur nodding politely at him. When Fred and George step through, each carrying cases of drinks- Matt, Bonnie, and Stefan finally sigh in relief at the familiar faces.
"We've brought the alcohol!" The twins sing-song in unison as they make their way towards Bonnie and Matt, placing the cases they're carrying on the ends of the table before pulling Bonnie into a hug between them as she laughed.
"Mum. Mum!" George shouts across the room. "This is the witch we were telling you about!" Bonnie blushed when all eyes turned on her, Molly smiling at the witch she heard all about who's magic didn't need to be channeled through a wand.
"Yeah!" Fred threw in. "The witch that Georgie got extra friendly with when the clock stroke midnight on New Years!"
Molly got a mischievous twinkle in her eyes, Bill holding in his laughter as George whacked his twin upside the head. Before anything could be said, Bonnie and George were both saved from any further embarrassment when the flames burned green again. Hermione stepped through with Ron followed by Harry with Ginny.
Yet again, Klaus was greeted in a friendly manner by Hermione and Ginny, the two females each kissing his cheek with a brief hug while Harry and Ron just nodded their greetings. For some reason, Stefan, Matt, and Bonnie just couldn't get over the fact that Klaus was civil enough that the witches were greeting him as family would.
After brief introductions done by Fred and George, everyone is now familiar with everyone else. Ginny and Hermione had approached Bonnie while Ron and Harry joined the twins who had cornered Matt. Stefan and Klaus were left entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, and Fleur though Mr. Weasley had occupied most of the vampire and hybrid's attention as he pointed out various muggle artifacts in the room.
While the adults were occupied with each other, Hermione and Ginny quickly conjured up some decorations for the room. Red, gold, green, and silver streamers hung from the ceiling- corners to corners. Multi-colored balloons littered the floor as other floated above everyone's head and a banner, which was conjured up by Fred and George to hang over the door archway, blinked Happy Birthday, Arabelle! in neon colors.
Caroline had texted Stefan that they were on their way back to the mansion so Stefan told everyone to get ready. After explaining that they'd be yelling 'surprise' when Belle stepped foot in the room, everyone grew quiet and waited for her arrival. They only had to wait a couple of minutes- Klaus and Stefan easily hearing when the car pulled up and Rebekah, Caroline, and Belle's voice sounded.
Everyone waited with bated breath as they heard the front door open, heels clicking against the marble floor. Seconds ticked by and they all saw as Belle was walking towards the room, though she was walking backwards.
"This is silly, Caroline." Belle laughed. "Why do I have to walk like this?"
"Because-" Rebekah grinned. "-of this!"
Both female vampires each grabbed one of Belle's shoulders and turned her so she faced the room where everyone was waiting. "SURPRISE!" They all shouted, the balloons that were hanging over everyone's head exploding so that confetti rained down on them.
"What.." Belle trailed off, her eyes going wide before tears started to fill them.
Klaus was by her side in the blink of an eye and tilting her head up so she could look him in the eye. "Love, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Belle gave him a watery chuckle. "It's just.. it's a nice surprise." She told him. "I didn't expect this."
"Yes, we know." Rebekah bumped shoulders with the witch. "It wasn't until Fred and George contacted Klaus and told him your birthday was coming up that any of us knew."
"Guilty!" The twins shouted from somewhere near the back of the room.
Belle's tears dry up on their own as she wraps one arm around Klaus' waist and looks out all her friends that showed up for the surprise. Mrs. Weasley is smiling fondly at her while it seemed that Mr. Weasley is badgering Stefan about everything he can think up about muggles. Fred and George are already pouring drinks and Caroline had skipped off to meet Hermione and Ginny who are still standing with Bonnie. Bill and Fleur had migrated over to Ron and Harry who are still chatting up Matt, and Belle watches as Rebekah takes her leave to meet the girls across the room.
There's a sudden whoosh of air and Belle turns to her left and finds Elijah there looking out at the room's occupants who have noticed his sudden appearance. "It seems I have missed the shout of surprise." He frowns which quickly turns into a grin at Belle's giggle.
Moving out of Klaus' embrace, Belle turns to hug Elijah in greeting. "It's good to see you again, 'lijah."
"You as well, Arabelle." He smiles down at the witch before looking up at his brother. "And you too, Niklaus."
Silence quickly falls over them though it's not long before everyone can plainly hear, "No wonder Belle couldn't stop smiling when she spoke of your brother. We haven't been properly introduced and already I swooned. And that's only at the sight of him."
"Oi!" Harry calls out.
Lips twitch in amusement as they all turn to Ginny who had trying to whisper to Rebekah and the group around them. When she realizes that everyone is now staring at her, Ginny turns as red as her hair. "I really need to learn how to whisper, don't I?"
At everyone's shout of yes!, Klaus' laughter rings out. He didn't think that the the witches and wizards would ever cease to amaze him. Or at least cease to give him a good laugh.
One more chapter and it's all over! And yes, I'm aware that this is the shortest chapter I've ever written -_-
Anyway, two of you were wondering if there would be a sequel to this and I'm sorry but there isn't. Somewhere down the line, maybe, there might be ONE-SHOT pieces of the characters from this story as they migrate back and forth from Mystic Falls to the Wizarding World but as for now.. no. I have some ideas for ONE-SHOTS but the current story I'm working on is almost finished, though I'm thinking about scrapping it if I can't figure out the next couple of chapters but then there's another chapter fic I want to try out but I don't know.
I think I'm stressing myself out. Lol.
