[MARSEILLES, FRANCE: AUGUST, 1002.]
Few days later: It was already night and Natali was getting ready for the bed when she heard someone knocking on her balcony door and when she went to open them she saw Kol.
- "How did you?" Natali questioned confused because her balcony is very high from the ground.
- "Oh, I found out about new trick I can do." Kol told her.
- "What are you doing here?" Natali asked.
- "I also found out how I can turn you into vampire." Kol replied.
- Natali smiled a little, "Really? How?"
- "You need to drink my blood and then die." Kol explained.
- "And that's it?" Natali asked.
- "Yeah, pretty much." Kol said and added, "So I'll give you some time to think about it."
- "Wait." Natali said stopping him from walking away, "I don't need time to think. I know I want it."
- "I don't want you to lose your powers like I did." Kol told her.
- "But I won't lose them." Natali says.
- "You don't know that." Kol said and disappeared.
She hardly slept that night she knew that she wanted to become a vampire, but she doesn't know how to convince Kol to turn her.
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"She sought death on a queen-sized bed
And he had said, "Darling, your looks can kill, so now you're dead."
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And for the next few days Natali haven't seen him at all. She had a feeling like he was avoiding her, but she manage to sneak into his bedroom while he wasn't there and she waited for him to come back. When he came into his room he didn't saw her right away, but when he did he wanted to walk away again and avoid a conversation with her, but Natali stopped him saying, "Don't you dare to do that." When he turned around to look at her again she continued saying, "I want you to turn me. I know you were avoiding me because of that."
- Kol shakes his head, "I don't know if it's a good idea."
- "It is. Did you turn anyone since you found out how?" Natali asked.
- "No." Kol replied.
- "Turn me, please. I know it'll work. It has to." Natali tried to convince him.
- Kol came closer to her and for a few seconds he was just looking at her, then he bite his wrist and give it to her saying, "If this doesn't work-" Natali cut him off saying, "It will." then she drank his blood.
- "Now I need to kill you." Kol said and asked, "How do you want me to do that?"
- Natali looked straight into his eyes, "By the way you most desire. Bite me."
She pulled her hair back and tipped her head to the side, bearing her neck. Kol could see blood pumping through her veins and Natali saw dark veins coming out under his eyes. He placed his hand on the other side of her neck and came closer while his other hand was holding her waist. She felt his breath on her neck. She felt his fangs as they pressed against her skin. He tried to resist the urge of tasting her blood once again, but he couldn't. Then he sank his fangs into the artery on her neck, but it wasn't as painful as it was the first time he did it. The pain of his fangs piercing her flesh was gone quickly, but there was a feeling of intense pressure in her neck as he drew the blood from her body. Slowly the warmth of the night faded away. She was cold, some kind of chill crawled over her, luring her into that comforting darkness that is death.
Natali awaken gasping for air and her eyes popped wide open in an instant. She looked around and saw that she was lying on the bed and then her eyes leaned on Kol who was sitting next to her.
- "How long was I dead?" Natali asked.
- "For a while." Kol told her.
- "What now?" Natali asked.
- "Now you need to feed." Kol told her and went outside of the room to grab some servant from the hallway. When he came back he asked, "Are you sure you can do it?"
- "I need to." Natali told him and slowly stood up from the bed and came closer to the servant, then she said to Kol, "Just please don't let her scream."
Kol nodded and put his hand to cover her mouth. Then Natali came closer to her neck and after few seconds she bit down gently into her neck. She began to suck the blood and it tasted bitter and awkward, though it was so intoxicating that she couldn't stop drinking.
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Do you feel the hunger
Does it howl inside?
Does it terrify you?
Or do you feel alive?
So embrace the darkness
And I will help you see
That you can be limitless
And fearless
If you follow with me.
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Girls legs began to twitch and shake, but even when Kol knew life was seeping out of her he didn't stopped Natali. When she realized that the girl is almost dead and that she needs to stop if she doesn't want to kill her, she withdrawn her fangs from her neck and said, "Oh my God! Is she dead?" Then she put her finger on girls neck so she can feel the pulse, but she didn't felt anything, "I killed her. Why didn't you stop me?"
- "You were enjoying. I didn't want-" Kol began saying but Natali cut him off, "I was enjoying, but I didn't want to kill her. You should have stopped me when you saw I couldn't stop myself."
- "You should be happy I didn't bite her too, because I wanted so badly, but I didn't." Kol said a little harshly.
- "Oh my God! I don't want to be like you. I want to know how to control myself." Natali said out of anger.
- "Then you shouldn't ask me in the first place to turn you." Kol snapped at her.
- "You're, you're a monster. Now I'm too." Natali told him and she could see the hurt look on Kol's face, but it faded away quickly.
- "You said how you don't think I'm a monster." Kol spoke.
- "I know, but now.. I don't know why, but I feel afraid." Natali told him.
- Kol looked confused for a moment, "You don't have to, you're like me now." he said, reaching his hand towards her, but she took a step back.
- "I need to go." Natali said quickly.
- "But what about your magic?" Kol asked.
- "That's the last thing on my mind now." Natali said and walked away from his room.
She went to her room so she can take new clothes, she had a little blood on her dress. Her blood and the blood of the girl she killed. She was lucky no one saw her like this. When she was done with all of that she took a candle that was next to her bed and blows it away. While she was in the dark she tried to concentrate on the candle so she can lit her up. Natali was still a little upset and a lot of emotions washed over her so it was hard to concentrate on one thing. She closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down, while holding the candle in her hands. After few minutes she opened her eyes and looked down at the candle and she saw that it didn't work, but she also saw that she's not in the dark anymore. When she looked at other candles in her room she saw that they are all lit up and she was sure they weren't like that when she walked into her room. That means she has magic and that her plan worked. Thought about finding Kol and telling him that crossed her mind, but in the end she didn't do that. She knew that he is the only person she could tell this, but she didn't want to tell him in that moment.
[THE PRESENT DAY:]
It was a day of Natali's coven anniversary celebration. And it was a very special day since it marked a thousand years of existence.
The witches and vampires gathered in a large dining room. It was a tradicion for them to have a dinner before the parties start and for Natali to give a speech. Only the most important members were sitting at the table that oversees the rest of the room.
- Natali took her glass of champagne, stood up and reached out her hand into the air, "Now that we are all here, I would like to say a few words." when everyone in the room turned towards her she continued, "I'm truly grateful for every one of you. We are one of the most powerful covens in the world in the last thousand years. I know that most of the time I'm not around to teach and lead this coven.." she looked at Anna who was sitting next to her, "But I think that Anna does a pretty good job to replace me. May this coven exist as long as I live and more." She rose her glass once more, as did everyone else in the room, before everyone drank their champagne.
After a dinner they all gathered in a large ballroom. A grand ballroom had two sets of stairs extending from the sides of the balcony to the floor of a ballroom. The far end of the ballroom terminated in a half circle enclosed in a wall of glass, large windows gave guests a magnificent view of the city. The room was brimming with extravagant lights and waitress to provide drinks and food for the guests.
Soon the dance floor was full of couples whirling 'round and 'round, while others gathered in groups beside the dance floor, sipping their drinks and chattering.
Kol and Natali were standing beside the dance floor as well and watching other people dance.
- Natali's eyes fell upon Rebekah, "I think Eric likes her." she remarked seeing that Eric just asked Rebekah for a dance.
- "Well he better not hurt her." Kol told her.
- Natali chuckled, "I think he knows what will happen if he does that."
- Kol smiled, "But I don't think that Megan likes seeing him with Rebekah. Maybe she's going to be a problem."
- "Oh please, you know those two are inseparable and Megan had chances to be with him but she didn't wanted to change their relationship into something serious, so that gives him right to flirt with others." Natali told him.
- "Will you give me that kind of right?" Kol asked playfully.
- Natali frowned, "No." she quickly replied, "You can continue to flirt with others only if it benefits both of us."
- "Well I think I could get away with you not knowing I flirted with others." Kol said teasingly.
- "No you couldn't, I can find out everything." Natali told him.
Kol smiled at her and took her hand, pulling her onto the dance floor. He quickly spun her around, her shoes clacked softly on the ground. Then again he spun her around the other way, then pulled her back to him and they started dancing. They were very close, moving like one. The rest of the dancers cleared off the floor to watch them in awe.
They've danced with ease and grace, their bodies flowing with the music. They stared at each other's eyes the whole time without any words to say.
While Kol and Natali danced, Eric took Rebekah out to the hallway where he held her in his arms and started kissing her mouth and neck. But soon they were joined by Kol and Natali who looked for them and didn't expected to see them so all over each other.
Kol loudly cleared his throat and Natali had a huge grin on her face when Rebekah and Eric heard them. Rebekah stopped kissing him and putting down her leg that was wrapped around Eric's hip she turned towards her brother and Natali with a small smile on her face.
- "Sorry for interrupting." Natali told her still smiling.
- "What is it?" Rebekah asked.
- "We were just thinking that we could go where the real fun is, so are you guys with us?" Natali asked them.
- "Yes, we are." Eric replied quickly, knowing what Natali was thinking about.
Natali and Kol headed towards the exit of the mansion first and Rebekah and Eric followed them. Natali lead them through the street, all around them were vampires feeding on humans or other vampires and witches. They came into one building, it was apparently hotel for human tourists, but deep underground there was a club where vampires would lure their victims. The club played on the humans' fascination for vampires, claiming to have real life vampires for the clubbers to mingle ever night. The public saw it as a clever gimmick, "Vampires doesn't exist, right?"
They entered a loud, dark club and directly in front of them there was a massive dance floor and on each side there were lined plush red velvet booths and two bars. People screamed and shouted jumping up and down to the techno music that blared from the speakers.
When others headed towards their usual booth Natali and Rebekah went to a bar to order drinks.
- "Rey, give me a bottle of plasma and glasses." Natali ordered.
- "Plasma?" Rebekah questioned confused.
- "You never tried plasma?" Natali asked.
- "I don't even know what it is." Rebekah says.
- Natali smiled, before explaining, "It's a vampire drug. It's very strong, and works faster on us than any human drug." then she took a bottle and filled the glass, giving it to Rebekah, "Try it."
Without hesitation Rebekah took the glass and swallowed it's content in one gulp. Then the two of them headed towards the booth where Kol and other friends were waiting for them.
- "This is like the best thing ever." Eric remarked grabbing a bottle if plasma just as Natali put it down on the table.
- "We'll see." Rebekah told him.
- "Don't tell me it's your first time to try this." Eric said, before taking a shoot of plasma.
- "It is." Rebekah told him.
- "Uh, then you should know it will start to work fast." Eric said.
- "How fast?" Rebekah quickly asked.
- Natali chuckles, "Very, very fast." then she also swallows the plasma in one gulp.
Natali pulled Rebekah onto the dance floor and they started dancing to the hard pulsing techno music. The DJ was set up around a silver background wall jamming to the music as he mixed and matched songs. Many different color lights flashed on and off as the DJ switched various songs.
Rebekah let loose and danced like she had never danced before, her hands twisting and turning with her body. She swayed to the rhythm of the music as vampire drug she took started having an euphoric effect on her, quicklier than on the others since it's her very first time to try it. That means she still doesn't have a control when she is on influence of the plasma. Eric watched her closely from a booth as the strobe light was turned on. He loved how she danced, it was a big turn on for him and the strobe light allowed for him to follow her every move intensely.
When the plasma started having an euphoric influence on Natali she started dancing with one human girl that was near Rebekah and her. Turned towards each other they swayed their hips together, when suddenly Natali grabbed girls hair and tilted her head to get a better access to her neck before she sank her fangs deep into girls flesh. Rebekah was standing behind them and when she saw that Natali was feeding she started craving blood more than ever before. She came closer to them and moved girls hair from one side of her neck, then she extended her fangs and bite a girl.
Humans get high of vampire bites when vampires drink plasma and vampires get intoxicated on the plasma, for some it can cause worst blood lust than ever before. Unfortunately this one girl won't live to feel how it is to get high of vampire bites. In deep pulls Rebekah and Natali drunk every last drop of blood from her body and dropped her onto the floor.
- Natali smiled at Rebekah and leaned closer to her ear saying, "Eric is looking in your direction."
Rebekah looked in his direction and saw that Eric sat motionless in a booth drawn by her beauty. And when their eyes connected with each other he smirked at her, before he jumped onto his feet and started walking towards her. When he was close enough he grabbed her waist and pulled her into a deep kiss.
Natali smiled and turned in slow motion towards Kol, inviting him with her fingers to join her on the dance floor. And since he would never reject dancing with his darling he quickly stood up and joined her on the dance floor. Natali began to move her hips back and forth, her arms reached seductively towards Kol. She rubbed her chest and then swiftly turned her back to him and closed a small gap between them and they moved as one.
