July 5th 2015
New Orleans
(Klaus POV)
My plans were all going perfectly. Mother would be back in New Orleans in two weeks! Just in time for Elijah's wedding. I had an idea on who would play parent to Katerina Petrova but for that I needed Dahlia. Not that that would be her job, hell no! No I had other plans for Katerina.
My plans for Kara were going along fine as well. She was in love with me. It'd taken a long time but it was worth it. Now all I had to do was work at it. I'd have a quick fake marriage to her next week. Of course that would happen under compulsion from a priest and no one I knew. The priest would either be murdered afterwards or I'd just compel him to forget. Depends on how I'm feeling at the moment.
I had discussed with Damon what we were going to do with Kai's inability to do magic. In my opinion he deserves his magic back. He's not that old so it doesn't really matter does it? If we take that potion from him. His age didn't skip because of vampirism but because the prison world he'd been trapped in.
Now my plans with my clan? The Akatai? I realized I would be having problems with them if only because Sirius and Lupus were back in my dreams tonight. I had appeared as a wolf in my dream and knew that something strange would be happening tonight.
I walked into the clearing that I was lured into and found Lupus, a white wolf, and Sirius, a black wolf, sitting in the middle of the clearing with seven other wolves. I walked forward and they nodded their heads, Sirius and Lupus.
"These are my first children." Lupus said. "Introduce yourselves to your brother." Brother, sister, I'm so tired of him calling me son and declaring that a bunch of strangers are my family! Never in my life have I ever met them!
"Calm down Niklaus, everything's fine." Sirius said. I noticed I'd been tapping my claws on the ground. I sighed and laid down. They took turns approaching me to tell me their names.
"I am Kade." The first wolf stepped forward. They were copper furred. "I am Lupus' first born." He bowed his head to the side before taking a step back. The next one was brown furred.
"I am Frederick, the second born." He copied his brother, bowing his head before taking a step back. The next one to approach was what looked like a timber wolf.
"I am Aridonis, the third born." He bowed his head and took a step back. The next wolf to step forward was red furred.
"I am Varinius, the fourth born of my brothers." He didn't bow his head, just take a step back. The next wolf was blue furred.
"I am Evandrus, the fifth born." He bowed his head before taking a step back. The wolf who stepped forward was jet black, like midnight.
"I am Randulf, the sixth born." He grinned, taking two steps back. The final wolf who was to introduce themselves was silver furred.
"I am Phelix, the youngest of the seven." He bowed and took a step back as well. Letting Lupus step forward.
"Today we will teach you what a real Sacred Hunt is like. If I recall correctly, my sons Ishaan and Tyler were with Sirius, you, and myself. That was a small hunt compared to what you will be experiencing tonight. Prepare yourself, my son." I sighed.
"How do we start?" I asked, my tail flinging left and right with impatience.
July 5th 12:00 AM
(Elena POV)
"Damon, don't forget it's the Fourth of July." I said, smiling at him. "This might be the first time your mom gets to celebrate July Fourth in modern times."
"What do you mean might? She's been trapped in that prison world for a very long time Elena. I'm no genius on the matter but I don't recall going outside at night or midnight to watch some fireworks blow up to create pretty lights in the sky."
"It's more special than that Damon. I already got the fireworks we'll need. Hey. You're mom told me about the family outing you two are planning. Do you think Caroline's going to be out of college in time to join us?"
"She might or she might not Elena. I don't know when she gets out. I thought she'd already gotten out. I mean you're here with me than 'alone' at the school. I sent Stefan to go get the drinks for tonight and I got the food. All we need is to find a good place to set off the fireworks. Or we could have gone to see the fireworks the city is throwing."
"I know. We have extra for the after party when we come home."
"Any ideas on 'treats' for after the after party?" He said, smiling at me. That was a suggestive smile. I knew what Damon was implying with that smile. I returned his smile.
"It depends on how much you participate in tonight." He smirked.
"Hm. Sounds like you don't think I'm interested in the festivities. I assure you I am." Then he swept me off my feet and carried me into his bedroom. We'd been standing in the hallway. I laughed.
"No fair Damon. No setting the mood before it's even started." I smiled at him. He grinned.
"Guess I should have known you don't accept cheating." He set me on his bed. When he began to unbutton his shirt, I covered my eyes and stood up.
"I'm going to go prepare things for later tonight." I uncovered my eyes when I reached the door, gave Damon my best sexy smile and he grimaced.
"No fair teasing if I can't cheat!" I chuckled and headed out. I knew that I was going to end up sleeping with Damon tonight so this was just my way of getting him to participate instead of sitting down with a bottle of brandy, vodka, or bourbon and make love to it while we were blowing horns, wearing hats, wearing leis, and drinking soda, eating sweets, and watching the fireworks make shapes in the sky.
"Elena, I have good news." Bonnie said. I smiled. Good news was always good, especially in the lives we lived. It seemed that for some reason, every time we get rid of a problem, a new one comes up. Like how we first had to deal with the tomb vampires, then Katherine, then Klaus, then Silas and I think finally came Kai. I was not at all eager to find out what our next problem would be.
"What's the good news Bonnie?" I asked, smiling.
"Care's only got a week before she gets out of college. Then she can join us in our summer fun."
"I know she wants to be a news reporter but I still think she should take some time off for summer. It's like the only break we get that's long enough to recover from all the paperwork. Though I'm glad she's taking the responsible route. I just couldn't have what she has, I need to set time off for Damon and Jeremy and the others."
"Jeremy and I have been working on setting up the refreshments for tonight. I think I remember something about Jeremy deciding to go to college? It was New Orleans he chose right?"
"Probably because of Kol." I replied. "I don't-"
"What's probably because of me, my darlings?" Kol said, leaning against the door frame of the room he'd been given. "I just added something to the refreshments that will truly make tonight a great night." He said.
"Jeremy going to college in New Orleans. What did you add to the refreshments? No beer or drugs right?"
"Why must you always jump to conclusions Elena? No wonder big brother Niky doesn't like you much. But then, he's always had a problem warming up to others. Especially doppelgängers after Katerina."
"You didn't mess anything up did you?" Bonnie asked.
"You know, I do recall adding something to spice up Stefan's night. Rippah and all that, yeah." I sighed. I looked at Bonnie.
"I'll fix it." Kol stepped in front of us.
"Is there a problem here?" Damon asked.
"Yeah, their trying to ruin your little brother's night. Kind of like the buzz kill committee."
"If anything, you're the buzz kill committee Kol. Move." Kol glared at Damon before turning around and heading downstairs, clipping Enzo in the shoulder as he went. He smirked behind him at Enzo and Enzo just shrugged it off. He continued up the stairs and turned toward Lily's room.
"Should we hang the purple, the navy, or the midnight blue streamers?" Enzo asked, knocking on Lily's door. I smiled up at Damon, kissing his cheek.
"That was sweet of you to include your mother in the decorating."
"Wasn't- yeah, totally my idea to let her decorate some." He side stepped us and opened his mother's door. "Mother-" I walked down the stairs with Bonnie to go celebrate one of the biggest Fourth of July's ever, at least for the Salvatore family.
(Klaus POV)
Again with the dreams with Sirius and Lupus. I guess they were being serious. They were going to be watching my every move and more. This time they were trying to get me to give a speech. So that they could help with any speech giving problems. As if I had any!
"Shut the hell up! I don't need your help!" I snarled. The next instant I regretted that outburst. Lupus grabbed my ear and pulled me close to him. I yelped at the surprise that his hold hurt. I'm a hybrid, I'm the hybrid! How the hell does that hurt?!
"Listen to me Niklaus, I do not approve of your disrespect and nor does Sirius, I'm sure. None of my children get away with disrespecting us or their elders. Next time you give us an outburst like that and I will personally go find a switch to curb your fiery tongue." Part of me just want to smirk at his comment or laugh at it even. But with my experiences with my father, Mikael, Esther, and even Elijah I knew better than to do such a thing. "Do you hear me child?" I used my will power to not sneer at him for that comment.
"Yes Lupus." I felt his grip tighten in a reminder before he let go.
"I'll give you a topic to start off with. How do you plan on your clan surviving the cold season? Begin." He sat down next to Sirius, motioning me to sit down where I stood. I barely refrained from showing disrespect at him and obeyed his command.