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Eliza, Genesis, & Matthew – Age: 8 Years
Abigail, Andrew, & Zachary – Age: 6 Years 10 Months
Anastasia & Elizabeth – 5 Years 8 Months
Ryan & Nora – 3 Years 6 Months
No One's POV
"Hey Nik, are you ready to go? I don't want to be late for the kid's science fair." Alexis asks, jogging down the stairs.
"All ready to go, love. The Escalades are already pulled around to take us." Niklaus replies, waiting at the bottom of the stairs for his mate. "And Elijah and Finn have Ana and Ellie already in the car."
"Great!"
"And may I say, love. You look absolutely ravishing." Niklaus smirks at his mate, full of charm and bravado, his hands held behind his back as he rocks a little on his heels, his eyes also dancing with mischief.
"You think you're so impressive." Alexis rolls her eyes as she pressing a kiss to Niklaus' cheek.
"I am impressive!" Niklaus puffs out his chest a little as he snakes his arm around his mate, pulling her to him to lead her out to the Mikaelson Escalades.
"Okay, you keep telling yourself that, Nik." Alexis teases as they walk outside to the Escalades.
"Momma! Daddy!" Genesis gallops over to her mother and father as they walk into the bustling and busy gymnasium with the rest of the Mikaelson siblings and several of Alexis' bodyguards, Genesis tugging frantically on her mother's arm. "Come see my project first!" Genesis pleads, already dragging Alexis towards her small desk where her project, a tornado in a jar, had been set up.
"Papa!" Eliza is already scrambling towards her father, eager to show her father her solar system project.
"Okay, okay." Alexis laughs as Genesis pulls her through the crowd, Alexis nearly losing sight of her mates and Ellie and Anastasia, who were with Elijah and Finn, although they were five, they were still too young to be wandering around the large gymnasium.
"Momma!" Matthew jumps up from his small chair, setting up his small, battery run, toy car.
"Hi sweetie." Alexis greets Matthew, looking at the poster set up in front of Matthew's project that explain the project in picture form. "This looks so great! Did you do it all yourself?"
"Well, with some help from Marcel." Matthew says a bit shyly.
"I'm glad Marcel helped you, honey. It looks really wonderful." Alexis smiles.
"Momma!" Genesis tugs on Alexis' hand impatiently, her desk was right next to Matthew's since the Original Hybrids were in the same class together, a fact that Stefan lamented nearly daily, as did he the fact that Kol's twins, the Original Warlock Hybrids, were in the same class with one another.
"Okay, Gen." Alexis laughs again, turning her attention to Genesis' project.
"We were learning all about weather in class." Genesis holds her project up proudly to show her mother.
"An'd- an'd kin-etic energy." Matthew butts into the conversation, carefully pronouncing the word "kinetic" as if he had practiced it over and over.
"Matt, Gen is speaking." Alexis softly correct. "I promise I'll look at your project." She tells the youngest of Niklaus' twins, although it was only younger by twelve minutes. "This all sounds very interesting." She adds, looking at her children's work.
"Yep! So- so I made's the cycle of rain." Genesis explains. "See! It starts here…" Genesis points to the picture on her poster, beginning to explain what she learned to her mother.
"So… What have my Littlest Wolves made here?" Niklaus finally strolls up, having stopped briefly to talk to Stefan Salvatore, also having not been drug by Genesis through the crowd.
"Daddy!" Genesis jumps at her father, being caught quickly by the Original Hybrid.
"I'm going to go see Eliza's project, okay? I'll be back." Alexis finally tells Niklaus after the twins have finished pointing out their projects.
"Okay, love. Go. I'll be here with them." Niklaus nods, kissing Alexis on the temple.
"Hi Eliza, sweetie." Alexis walks towards Eliza's table, only a few tables down from the eldest twins of her eight children.
"Look, momma! I made a lava lamp!" Eliza jumps up from her small seat, Elijah avidly engaged with his eldest daughter while holding onto Ellie's hand and fending off single mothers and their unwanted attention, Alexis always found it amusing to watch, even though most of the supernatural community knew all the Mikaelson men were taken and would never encroach on her territory, that didn't exempt them from all the human females or the occasional stupid supernatural ones that wanted to earn her ire.
"That's very awesome, honey. And creative! I'm so proud of you for thinking of this on your own." Alexis smiles, peering at her daughter's project closer and hugging Eliza. "Having fun fending off the herds of single mothers yet, 'Lijah?" Alexis adds with a glimmer in her expression.
"That's not amusing, Elskan." Elijah grumbles lightly, his jaw ticking lightly in annoyance.
"Well, you do make an exceptional handsome single father, 'Lijah." Alexis cheeks, reaching up to pinch Elijah's cheek jokingly.
"Very funny." Elijah deadpans as evenly as he can.
"Don't worry, I'll save you." Alexis sasses, hooking her arms around Elijah's neck and leaning up to kiss him squarely on the lips.
"Eww! Cooties, mommy!" Ellie tells her mommy, poking her mother on the cheek.
"Daddy has cooties?" Alexis tickles her youngest, kneeling down to nuzzle her youngest in the neck. "Well, I guess you don't want daddy's kisses anymore. Or mommy's."
"No!" Ellie shakes her head. "Daddy's an' mommy's kisses okay!" Ellie screeches happily, reaching for her mother.
Elijah chuckles deeply, swooping his five-year old up in his arms to kiss her on the cheek.
"I'm going to go see the boy's project now, okay?" Alexis tells Elijah. "I think the 1st grade classes are on the other side of the gym. And goodness knows women may need rescuing from Kol." Alexis giggles a little.
"Alright, Elskan." Elijah smirks a little at Alexis words. "And perhaps. We can never know with Kol, can we?"
"Exactly." Alexis smirks as she kisses both Elijah and Ellie one last time.
"I'll be back, Eliza. I'm so proud of you, honey."
It shouldn't have come as much surprise that it was when Alexis walked away that was when things promptly went to hell, although, not necessarily how one would imagine, particularly because this was a science fair, nonetheless a kid's science fair.
While most would suspect, out of the eight children Alexis had, of those eight, it was typically Kol's children that got in the most trouble, be it intentionally or unintentionally; after all, it was Kol Mikaelson, the black sheep, the legendary Warlock, and Wily Fox, of the family, and Andrew and Zachary had their father's mischievous and troublesome ways in them, but in different ways that Alexis' confidence, fiery attitude, and tenacity would drive them to excel.
However, that was neither here nor there, for once… No, for once, the Mikaelsons and Alexis could actually claim their kids didn't even start this mess.
But they were going to finish it.
Eliza was sitting in her small chair, her lava lamp slowly moving up and down due to the difference of density; behind her, an older student, early middle school age, perhaps 6th grade, stood off to the side, half-way hidden by their own project, their arm outstretched towards Eliza's project, and a hint of nothing good in their expression.
"PAPA!" Eliza suddenly screamed as her project exploded, leaving a mess of water, oil, and blue coloring dye on her desk, Elijah barely having the reflexes to scoop his eldest daughter up in his arms and shield her, even with his faster than normal reflexes.
A day later, Stefan Salvatore sat at his desk in the office reserved for the Headmaster of the Academy, a headache already brewing at the back of his head, as Alexis, Elijah, and the other parent, a witch from the Ninth Ward Coven; Alexis' personal bodyguards were waiting outside along with Eliza and the child from the Ninth Ward Coven who attended the Academy as well.
Somehow- somehow, Stefan always found the Mikaelson kids, in some shape or form, back in his office, whether it be because they had done something or they had been inadvertently involved in an incident at the school; he hadn't put off the thought of early retirement, although, to be fair, he had been telling himself that for a while, and the school had been open for four years already.
"In response to what happened, and your child's actions, I feel that at the very least, that an apology is needed." Alexis says, her head tilted up in a regal tilt, ever the reigning Queen of New Orleans, the French Quarter, and supernatural community that she was and had become after the Mikaelsons had taken over nearly a decade before, her voice calm and her posture poised as she sits with Elijah; Elijah for the most part was content to allow his mate to take control of the situation, confident that if she were to need his help she would either ask or he would know it and be there to be by her side.
"Apologize!?" The witch trills, her voice clearly offended at the mere thought of her precious child apologizing for the incident and chaos that had occurred shortly after. "Why should my daughter apologize to yours!?"
"Destroying my child's school project was not an act of mere accident, mishap, or chance. It was purposeful and malicious. Your child used magic. And this sort of behavior is not behavior that is tolerated at the Academy." Alexis explains as if she was explaining the actions to a mere child rather than an adult.
"Just because you think you own this school and rule this-"
"I don't think-" Alexis cuts off sharply. "I know. The Mikaelsons do own this school. And the Originals do rule this city." Alexis corrects with another sharp look.
"Well-" The woman huffs, her face getting pinched, almost as if she had sucked on a particularly sour lemon or smelled something foul. "What about my child's apology? For what your half-breed, bra-"
"Alexis!" Elijah barely catches his mate as she flies forward out of the chair she had been sitting in, the large leather chair making a scrapping noise as it drags across the hardwood of Stefan's office and slams back down, Alexis' eyes pitch black with veins hinting under them showing off her vampire features with her outburst of anger and rage.
"Mrs. Bellatreme." Elijah says stiffly, his voice carrying over Alexis' light snarl as he holds tightly onto his mate, still careful not to injure Alexis with his vastly stronger Original strength. "I would suggest that you and your daughter leave the Academy… Immediately… Or you may find my strength suddenly lacking… How do you suppose you'll fare against Alexis? I wouldn't hedge my bets." Elijah warns, his gaze dark, promising retribution were she to actually come against him, his child, or Alexis.
With that, the Ninth Ward Coven witch and her child flee.
"Momma! Papa!" Eliza bounces into Stefan's office a moment later to greet her parents, her light brunette curls bouncing behind her.
"You're children are giving me headaches, Alexis…" Stefan mutters lightly as he nearly slams his head against his desk.
Guess who's back! Woo hoo!
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