That afternoon they gathered all of the children together except for the little ones. They settled in the living room. Eva was settled between Will's legs with her back against his chest and his arms wrapped around her. Mason pulled Gemma down onto his lap. Elijah noticed that both Luna and Grace looked longingly. Grace had her long wavy blonde locks up in a graceful bun while Gemma had her blonde ombre locks gown long. Luna's red ombre hair was in barrel curls today. Grace was sitting away from the others with her knees curled against her chest.

"Okay, we've called you all here to perform the mate identification spell on all of you," Elijah said, "it's quite probable that most of you won't even have met your mates yet. Unfortunately, not all vampires are granted their perfect mate when they want them. We waited for a thousand years before we found ours. Now to show you that mates are permanent several of us that have already found our mates are here. You will see their names." He looked to Bonnie indicating that she could begin the spell. She started and Elijah exposed his forearm as Elena's name scrolled across. Bonnie's arm bore Kol's name and Kol's displayed hers. Stefan revealed Rebekah's name on his arm. Eva watched as William's name appeared on her arm again. There was no doubt about it then. Eva's name appeared on Will's arm again and he kissed her.

"Okay let's see those arms everyone," Kol instructed. The marks would remain as long as Bonnie continued to chant. Thankfully it wasn't a terribly difficult spell and she could keep doing it for quite some time.

Elena was watching all their faces, trying to gauge their reactions to the names on their forearms.

"No, no, no!" Gemma was the first one to start crying. It wasn't Mason's name on her arm. The last name however Elijah recognized Nathaniel Westin. Aaron must have adopted a son. Luna's forearm listed the name Michael Delacourt. Mason's forearm scrolled clearly Grace Mikaelson. Mia's forearm listed her mate as Pierce.

"I'll talk to Gemma about this." Elena whispered to Elijah who had no idea how to stop a girl from crying. She went over to Gemma and took her to her room.

"I want to know about Nathaniel Westin." She gave her a look.

VVVV

Elijah sat next to Luna and rubbed her arm.

"It's okay Luna." He said as he held her in his arms.

Mason looked glum. He did have feelings for Gemma but according to this she wasn't his mate.

He felt like a jerk.

"I don't even know who that is," Luna worried. "Do you know who that is?"

"I do," Kol spoke up. "Elijah, France in the 1680s." Elijah soon recalled exactly who Michael Delacourt was; a man who physically appeared to be twenty but by that time was already eighty years turned. He had been a good friend to both brothers.

Meanwhile Grace just sat there feeling numb while Mia frowned at her for breaking up Mason and Gemma. Finally, she'd had enough and Grace returned to her room and barricaded herself in the closet. As she sank to the floor her tears came.

"Grace sweetie," Rebekah called out to her. "Why don't you talk to me about what you're feeling?"

"She's going to hate me!" Grace managed to get out through the sobs. "I wanted...wanted a b-b-boyfriend and I... I thought Mason was h-hot but...but I didn't want it like this..." The sobs increased. Bekah pushed the door open scooting her daughter along the floor and then she slid slowly down the wall to join her. It was a little difficult this far along in her pregnancy but she managed it. Grace stared at her all red cheeked and gooey for a moment before she buried her head against her mother and sobbed some more.

"She's not going to hate you sweetie." Rebekah ran a hand through her blonde locks. "She won't hate you."

"Why can't I be more like Eva?" Grace sniffled. "Everyone loves Eva and Will wanted to be with her. Maybe I should just let Gemma and Mason be together."

"I almost did the same thing with Stefan." Rebekah told her. "At the time he was with Elena but I had wanted to be with him. After seeing them together, I decided to let him go until she told me about her and Elijah when I decided to help her and Bonnie out."

"Uncle Stefan was with Aunt Elena," Grace marveled, "but she loves Uncle Elijah so much."

"Yes but she didn't know that yet," Rebekah smiled, "kind of like Mason didn't know he was meant for you until now."

"But he doesn't deserve me-like Uncle Elijah deserves Aunt Elena and you deserve Uncle Stefan." She sniffed. "I don't deserve anyone."

"You're a beautiful young woman on the inside and outside Grace. I am proud to be your mother and Stefan is proud to be your Dad. Any man would be lucky to have you. Fate isn't wrong about these things." For a while longer Rebekah just sat there and held her daughter drying her tears.

Meanwhile Gemma was on the back deck where she found Mason. She wrapped her arms around him and laid her head against his chest.

"I'm not going to be selfish," she whispered. "Be with Grace, Mason." She gave him a weak smile and kissed him on the cheek. "I want you to be happy and she makes you happy."

"I don't even know her Gemma," Mason said turning in her embrace to look down into her eyes, "I know you - your beautiful smile and your eyes. The way your nose crinkles when you laugh...you make me happy."

"But Mason," she whispered. "I saw the way you first looked at her and it wasn't the way you look at me." She caressed his cheek the same way as Elijah has done to Elena. "Go to your happily ever after and treat her right."

Mason looked at Gemma for a long moment and then he fled back inside. He found Grace's room and noticed it was empty but then he heard muffled sounds.

"Um, Grace are you here?"

VVVVV

Once Mason left, Elijah went over to his daughter.

"You let him go." He said to her warmly.

"It was the right thing to do daddy." She told him with tears in her eyes.

"Yes it was," Elijah smiled, "but I know it hurt and I'm sorry."

"Do you know Nathaniel?"

"No but I know his father. He's an upstanding man. He was living in New Zealand last time I saw him. He's been a friend of mine for a long time."

"Is he anything like you?"

"I suppose," Elijah said after giving it some thought, "but I have no idea what Nathaniel is like. I'm sure he's wondering who Gemma Mikaelson is tonight too." Elijah smiled gently to her.

"He knows my name?"

"Unless he wasn't paying attention it scrolled on his arm this afternoon. Aaron would know what it meant."

"Do you think so?" He kissed her forehead.

"I'll call him and have them come to visit us."

VVVVV

"Grace are you in here?" Mason asked as he was sitting on her bed.

"Well are we getting up or are we going to sit here in your closet until he leaves?" Rebekah asked her daughter.

"I'm staying in here and he can talk to me through the door." She said as she didn't want to move.

"I understand." Rebekah said and she did. She didn't want to see the boy that was destined to be her mate for eternity.

"I'm listening," Grace said from the safety of the closet. "you may talk to me here."

VVVVV

Meanwhile Eva found Will in his bedroom. She left the door open but settled with him on his bed.

"It was neat to see your name again," she said and she carefully laid her head against his chest.

"I just feel bad for Gemma and Luna." He whispered. "Especially since Gemma let him go."

VVVVV

Meanwhile Elijah's phone rang. It was one of his regular contacts. It seemed someone was trying to reach him through one of his checkpoints. He gave the go ahead and a few minutes later his phone rang again.

"Aaron...it has been ages..."

Elijah did you gain some Mikaelsons that I don't know about?

"Quite a few my friend, quite a few but that's rather a long story. I'm assuming you're calling about a Gemma Mikaelson?"

Gemma and Taylor, yes. So you did orchestrate this?

"Yes. The location was on my end. Nathaniel is your son?"

Nathaniel got Gemma and Ryan got Taylor

"Gemma is my daughter, Aaron and Taylor is Kol's daughter."

Kol Mikaelson has a daughter! What is the world coming to! It sounds like we should arrange a meeting. Sheila and I now have two antsy vampires on our hands tonight...

"My apologies. I will be happy to send our plane to rendezvous with you in Johannesburg." Elijah arranged for a nine in the morning pick-up which meant they would be on the island about ten thirty the next morning.

"Aaron Westin is bringing his sons tomorrow. Apparently Nathaniel is Gemma's mate while Ryan is Taylor's," Elijah said to Kol and Elena as he had asked Kol to step into their room for a moment. "Ryan is eighteen and Nathaniel is nineteen. Aaron has had them since Ryan was eighteen months and Nathaniel was six months."

"Will it be alright? Do you think that they will care about this?" Elena asked as she placed a hand on her bump.

"He won't care my love." He whispered softly.

"Course not." Kol grinned. "He'll find this amazing and hilarious."

"He was surprised to hear that you have a daughter." Elijah told him.

"Well the whole world can just laugh it up," Kol grumbled.

"Do you want to tell the girls tonight and prepare them or just let them figure it out tomorrow. Aaron says he has two antsy males on his end."

"I'll tell the girls about tomorrow." Elena said as she kissed him. The second she left, Elijah smiled at her.

"I'm not letting her go to New Zealand," Kol said after a moment. "I just got her. Do we really want them to complete the bond anyways?" He ran a hand through his hair. He had no intention of parting with his daughter anytime soon.

"How do you think I feel?" Elijah ran a hand through his hair. "I have one daughter mated to Michael and another one mated to Aaron's son." He let out a breath of air. "I just want them to meet and if something happens to her with Aaron's son, I want to be able to get to know him."

"You just want to show Elena off," Kol teased.

"I want them to meet the mother of my children as well." Elijah grinned.