July 4th 2015

New Orleans

(Klaus POV)

I was dreaming but I didn't get it. How am I seeing the wolf ancestors? I didn't go anywhere near that pool before I slept! Two men were approaching. One had black hair and one had brown hair. "Niklaus. I suppose you have questions. This is your first visit from your ancestors. You are an in an interesting position. You're an Alpha and yet your still the Prince of the Akatai clan. I am Sirius. This is my brother Lupus." Sirius said. Lupus nodded.

"An Alpha has the privilege of seeing his ancestors in his dreams, both when we choose and when they choose, and even sometimes in his waking moments. I notice you were not trained the way the others were. That makes you one of a kind. Every Prince is trained how to be an Alpha by their father and mother." Lupus said as they reached me, they sat down and looked at me.

"Thus we will train you… we would have done so earlier but… you hadn't joined the clan. You were raised by the Vikings, not the wolves. Meaning you were raised with the Viking ancestors." I have two sets of ancestors? Maybe three if you consider my mother and not just the man who claimed to be my father and my true father.

"I don't need your help to be an Alpha!" I declared, snarling at them.

"Watch your tone, my son." Lupus replied, giving me a look that almost made me freeze. That look was worse than Elijah's and my father's! His expression softened a minute later. "I do not appreciate such disrespect." I smirked.

"Obviously, no one does." His expression hardened again. Sirius' face went stern but his smile remained gentle.

"Niklaus, the first thing I would like to do is to teach you how to preserve food for your clan when the cold season is here." Sirius said. I raised a brow.

"You mean winter?" He smiled and nodded. Lupus put his hand to his face.

"This is going to be a long lesson." He whispered.

(Damon POV)

I was in the dining room, drinking, as I watched Kai. He had just come face to face with Bonnie Bennett. I was ready to step in if he got back to acting too much like Kai again. I really don't understand what the hell Klaus did to Kai to have Kai willingly apologize to his sister. Did he change just that easy or is that what he wants us to believe?

"Hey Bonnie." Kai said, a bit to nice for me. Bonnie didn't smile. Only reply.

"Kai." She said bitterly. Kai grimaced He pulled out from behind his back a candle and some chocolates. Where did he get those? I didn't know he had… money. He stole it didn't he? I sighed. Damn it Kai. Let him off with it for a minute. I'll just give him a lecture on stealing.

"I was hoping you would believe me. I really, really, feel bad about what I did to you. I don't know what I would do if you don't forgive me. I can prove I've changed if you want. I apologized to my sister for what I did to her! Which was I tricked her into getting me the crossbow. I'll call her and have her tell you I did." Bonnie finally looked interested.

"Okay call her." Bonnie replied. Kai beamed, only word I could find for it, and pulled out his cell. He dialled some numbers, probably Joe's number, before waiting for her to answer.

"Hey sis. I have a friend who wants to talk to you. And don't worry, I didn't kidnap her." He chuckled before handing the phone to Bonnie.

"Kai! How did you get my number?"

"Sorry this is Bonnie."

"Oh! Hey Bonnie! How are you?"

"I'm okay, and you?" Should I be eavesdropping on this conversation? I admit it is very interesting watching this scene take place. Bonnie's eyes widened very big and she spoke, amazed. "Really? He did?"

"Yes, I know. I'm also surprised he did, too. That is not like him. He never apologizes, not even when he's being sarcastic."

"Do you forgive him?"

"… For that, I do."

"How's Ric?"

"He's okay, he's working on his papers right now."

"School papers?"

"Yeah. I should get going as well. Those patients aren't going to heal themselves you know." They had a short laughing fit.

"I'd be surprised if they did. Bye Joe."

"Bye Bonnie." Bonnie hung up before giving back his cell. Which he quickly began pressing buttons.

"She backed me up, didn't she? Good old Joe. Literally. She's old." Bonnie frowned but I could see that the edges of her lips were up in a small smile. "Forgive me?"

"… Yeah. I forgive you." She stood up and got in Kai's face. "Just never do that again." He nodded quickly.

"Yeah. Understood. I will never do that again." They both smiled before Bonnie turned and left him. "Hey! Wanna watch a movie or something Bonnie? That's a good way to become friends right?" I turned away just to see my mother coming up to me. I smiled at her, trying to prevent from rolling my eyes in annoyance. I really need to call Klaus and ask if he compelled Kai. He is just human now.

"Damon, I was wondering if we might have a family outing."

"Fine with me."

"… What do you suppose we do? Watch a movie? Go out to eat? Find a mall? What do families do to have quality family time in this century?"

"All of that. If you wonder just look it up on the computer. I suggest Google or Bing. Just remember that the family outing must correspond with the season or time of year. For an example, swimming in winter or building a snowman in summer is both wrong." She nodded, as if I had cleared that for her.

"Thank you Damon. You said all of it is acceptable? Maybe we can do all three?"

"Watch a movie, go out for nachos and snow cones, and then go to the mall to keep from getting fat." She smiled.

"That all sounds lovely. When should we have our family outing?"

"Well first you should talk to the whole family about it. Then if you really are going to watch a movie then you should pick a movie to watch." Duh.

"What movies-"

"Mother! Before you ask that, go look it up on the internet! I don't know what you're interested in watching because you've only seen three movies and those were picked out by Bonnie and Elena. And those were old movies!"

"Damon, please use your inside voice."

"I am using my inside voice."

"I do not like the tone you are using." I tightened my lips before replying.

"I'm sorry Mother." She smiled and then gave me a kiss on the cheek. I was surprised by that. That was the first time she'd done that this century. She walked off back to her room and probably to get on her computer I had bought her last month. I sighed in relief.

"What's wrong Damon?" I heard Stefan ask as he came into the room.

"Mother wants all of us to go out for an outing. That includes a movie, food, and the mall. I don't think Mystic Falls has a mall. So we're probably going to go to Charlottesville or something. Elena said, or Caroline said I can't remember…, they have the best mall. There's quite a number of us so we might not all want to watch the same movie."

"Pretty sure Mystic Falls has a movie theatre Damon."

"And a place to get nachos and snow cones."

"We definitely have one of those."

"That's what I just said." Stefan smiled as he began to drink his animal blood. I didn't need to see what he had, I could smell it. I grimaced.

"Why don't you just feed on humans? Haven't I taught you how to keep off the edge?"

"Human blood is like a drug. For me at least. There is always that urge to want to feed more and more, even if I am full."

"So you don't want to fight it?"

"I don't want to get bloodthirsty, yes. It has nothing to do with I do or do not want to fight it."

"Shut up before you give me your little 'I'm holier than you' speech." Stefan coughed before moving on. "Something to say Stefan?"

"Nope, nothing to say at all Damon. Just enjoying my breakfast."

"Stefan, don't lie to me." He looked up.

"I don't get how you can encourage me and discourage Jeremy."

"You mean about the drug symbolism? There's a difference there, Stefan."

"The difference being what?" Stefan asked as he put his cup in the sink as he washed it out clean.

"Jeremy's drugs make him act weird and kill him while he's doing it. Blood will keep you from desiccating, so you need it to live. If Jeremy needed those drugs to live then I'd encourage him to do them but they don't. See what I'm getting at here?"

"Yeah, Damon, I get it." Stefan walked out and I waited a minute to see if I would be interrupted again. When no one came down the stairs I went to my room and dialled Klaus. He answered on the first ring.

"Klaus, did you compel Kai to behave or something?"

"No. I talked with him. Every day. He's actually a nice guy. I like the kid."

"Well you would, since you and Kai kind of have the same everything."

"Speaking of Kai, I want to speak with you. I know how Kai has the cure in his bloodstream."