A/N: Disclaimer: I do not in any way or form own The Vampire Diaries, I just like to play in their sandbox every now and then.
And my computer crashed and I lost all the work I had done on my fanfictions. On this story I had already written two chapters so it's not a really big loss but it made me sad! But the chapters all just went poof :(
So it might take me some time between updates, I'm sorry :C
After Nik and Jeremy finally made it back home and Nik had taken a bath to get rid of all the blood, Jeremy Nik and Elijah laid cuddling on Elijahs bed. They were alone in the house; Rebekah having gone to spend time with Alexander and Kol running a few towns over to be able to go on a bit of a killing spree after feeling bored and jittery for a while.
Jeremy had pulled out a small sketch pad and a couple of pencils from his backpack and was drawing a picture of a shirtless Nik covered in blood and standing on two female corpses. Nik had walked over to his own room to find his own drawing material which he hadn't used in years.
"You are really talented." Elijah purred into Jeremys neck as he laid soft kisses there. "You really capture the look in Niklaus eyes."
"Thank you." Jeremy smiled slightly and kept drawing but after a while the kisses became to distracting and he put the sketch pad and pens away so he could turn around and kiss Elijah properly.
The Jeremy got an idea and smirked, he pulled back slightly, bit his tongue until he could feel his mouth fill with blood and then he kissed Elijah again.
Elijah moaned and pulled Jeremy closer when he felt the blood fill his mouth and he shifted his hips. The he bit his own tongue to share his blood with Jeremy.
They kept on swapping blood filled kisses for a while and things where heating up when Niklaus barged in with a loud, "We have a problem!"
"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked as he turned to look at Nik.
"Three of the daggers are missing." Nik looked at Elijah who paled. "The only one we have left is the one in Finn."
"Who could have taken them?" Elijah got up from the bed.
"Who had been in this house and doesn't like vampire?" Nik asked like it was obvious.
"Alexander." Elijah cursed.
"Yes, and Rebekah hasn't gotten home yet and it's almost dawn." Nik said gravely.
"What are you talking about?" Jeremy looked between his two…lovers?
Nik turned towards him and quickly explained about the with oak tree, it's ash and the daggers.
"So, we need to save Rebekah." Jeremy said like it was obvious. "What about Kol?"
"Shit, how are we going to get Kol back here and rescue Rebekah at the same time?" Nik started to pace.
"I have an idea." Jeremy stood up and started to strap his throwing knifes and daggers on. "Elijah runs as fast as he can to get Kol while Nik and I go and get Rebekah."
"It is the most logical plan but I don't want you in danger." Elijah stepped up to Jeremy and kissed him softly.
"I won't be in any danger, Nik will protect me." Jeremy smiled at them both. "I'm just mostly going to search for Rebekah while Nik kills the ones responsible."
"I love you." Elijah breathed out and then he was gone.
"Let's do this." Jeremy smirked at Nik.
The fight was a bit of a blur to Jeremy, they had gone in to Alexanders house to see him and his warrior friends, who called themselves 'The Five', waiting for them. Nik started to dispatch them one after the other as Jeremy ran off to find Rebekah.
He found her in Alexanders bedroom with a dagger stuck in her heart and skin gray and desiccated. Jeremy gently pulled the dagger out and waited for her to wake up. As he waited the fight had moved into the bedroom but there was only three of the five left, but they were quickly taken care off.
Elijah and Kol ran into the room but by then everything was already over.
"Aww I missed all the fun." Kol pouted.
"I'll leave some of them alive next time, little brother." Nik smirked.
"You better." Kol mocked glared.
"Shhh, it's okay, little sister, everything will be okay." Elijah whispered as he pulled a crying Rebekah into his arm. "He didn't deserve you anyway."
They were all about to leave when they heard a grunt from Jeremy. As one the Mikaelsons turned towards him to see one of the daggers sticking out of his chest.
Niklaus roared in raged and ripped the head of the warrior who had thrown the dagger clean off and then he managed to catch Jeremy before he hit the floor.
"Jeremy…" Nik whimpered.
"Here." Elijah bit into and shoved it into Jeremys mouth but it was already to late. The dagger had nicked his heart and he died before Elijah had even managed to bite his wrist.
Nik screamed in absolute agony and Elijah wailed as his heart broke into a thousand sharp pieces that cut him deeper with every breath. Kol and Rebekah cried in each other's arms and tried to hold the other tighter.
Nik carefully picked Jeremy up and ran home, he gently placed him on his bed and crawled in beside him. Elijah crawled in on the other side while Rebekah and Kol crawled in beside their brothers.
None of them had any idea how long they laid there but it was at least several hours because the sun was high in the sky. Nik and Elijah tried to find the will to move but it all seemed so useless now, like the world had lost it's light.
Then Jeremy sat up with a gasp and a pained whine.
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"Back to what I was saying before Stefan called; I'm fine with you both being with Jeremy but if you hurt him in anyway, I don't care who the fuck you are," Damon growled at Klaus and Elijah after he had hung up the phone after talking to Stefan and Reya. "I will hunt you to the edge of the earth and beyond and when I find you, I will torture you into insanity. We clear?"
"We understand." Elijah quickly spoke up before Klaus could say something to ruin everything.
"So, you two want to go to the ice-cream place?" Damon smiled at them like he hadn't just threatened them.
"Sure, why not mate." Klaus shrugged.
When Damon and the Mikaelson brothers arrived at the ice-cream place Reya and Stefan were sitting at a table with a bowl of ice-cream each. Stefan was leaning against Reyas side like a young child would do with their parents and Damon knew, just instinctually knew, that something had happened at school.
"Hello little brother." Damon said quietly to Stefan as he sat down close to Stefans free side.
"Day." Stefan murmured back and grabbed Damons hand under the table.
"Hey Reya." Damon smiled at Reya.
"Shark." Reya beamed back and Damon laughed.
"Niklaus, Elijah." She nodded at the originals with a smile.
"Reya, Stefan, it's good to see you both again." Elijah greeted while Klaus asked. "Shark?"
"Likewise." Reya said as she put a spoon of multicolored ice-cream in her mouth, when she swallowed, she explained. "And I have gone around and greeted people with 'Haj/Hi' which means shark in Swedish, so me, Jeremy and Damon thought it would be funny if the three of us kept saying 'Shark' to each other instead of hi."
"Huh." Klaus smiled with a raised eyebrow. Then when Reya got a look on her face that almost screamed that she wanted to squeal, you know, like a three-year-old on Christmas, he asked. "What?"
"Your dimples are adorable. I almost want to pinch your cheeks." Reya beamed at him as he blushed and the others started to laugh.
The rest of the afternoon was spent talking, laughing, telling stories and eating ice-cream. As time passed Stefan got quieter and Reya decided to do something that she and Jeremy had taught Damon, it would just be a lot more fun with two originals at the table, one of them being part wolf.
(Reya, Damon.)
"Are you there, dear wolf?" Reya asked softly.
"I am, little lamb" Damon caught on quickly and said this in a deep growling voice.
"Are you sad?"
"I am."
"What does it feel like?"
"A long hunt with no kill." Damon paused for a few seconds before continuing. "How old are we lamb?"
"Older than those whose footsteps are long vanished."
"Many years."
"I remember them all…"
"How long will we be together?"
"Forever more." Reya kept her voice light and soft.
"Never one…"
"Without the other. Never one…"
"Without the other." Damon took a deep breath. "Have they forgotten us yet, little lamb?"
"All still know us, though they try to forget." Reya turned her voice a little bit threatening. "Soon…we will remind them. All will know us…in time. What does all stories have in common, dear wolf?"
"They end." Damons voice turned vaguely exited. "Lamb, tell me a story."
"There was once a pale man with dark hair, who was very lonely."
"Why was it lonely?"
"All things must meet this man, so…" Neither Reya or Damon had noticed the crowd that gathered around their table to listen to them speaking. "…They shunned him."
"Did he…chase them all?"
"He took an axe and split himself in two. Right, down, the middle."
"So, he would always have a friend?"
"So, he would always have a friend."
"I see water!"
"They are called tears."
"Is this what it feels like to end?" Damon made his voice a tiny bit sad.
"I do not know, for this is not our end." Reya almost sounded reassuring.
"Do others come back?"
"Those who do, wish they hadn't. All life is temporary. All things, great and small…"
"Die!"
"There are so many ways to die…The only true death is to never live."
"Is it time?"
"We will soon awaken from this pale slumber." Reya hummed softly. "We are not dreams. We are the waking. All things linger…"
"In our shadow."
"Life is ours…"
"To end! None can hide."
"Though many try. Those who run from death…stood still in life. They laugh."
"And scream."
"And dance."
"And flee. They race from us."
"Only to find us sooner."
"They know we'll come."
"Yet they are never prepared… Treasure your final moments."
"We know your name."
"We have always known it. All your life has led to this moment."
"It's heart beats fast now."
"It knows… Beauty fades…that is why it is beautiful. Tomorrow is a hope, never a promise. Your time has come."
"Ready or not."
"A fine life reaches its conclusion. When you see us,"
"It's too late. No match for us!"
"Few are, dear wolf." Reya paused to take a breath. "I wonder how they see me…?"
"Ashes on wool." Damon smirked. "What sound do they make?"
"Feathers falling on fresh snow. How does hunger feel?"
"Always there."
"Peacefully they go."
"Hungry, we follow."
"If it draws breath,"
"It meets us."
"Go easily."
"No! Thrash, flee! Run, if you can! Who's next?"
"Everyone. Every life,"
"Ends with us."
"How one dies shows how one lived."
"They struggle, good." Damon sounded satisfied. "This next one will be easy."
"And if not?"
"More fun."
"Embracing life means accepting death. Hush now, rest. Depart in peace. Return to nothing. Time to,"
"End this! Lamb calls,"
"Wolf strikes! And everywhere lamb went…"
"Wolf was sure to follow. And everywhere lamb went…"
"Wolf was sure to follow." Reya finished softly.
Everything was quiet and then the crowed burst out in thunderous applause. Both Reya and Damon looked up in shock, when had everyone gathered there?
Around forty-five minutes later they had finally managed to get back to their cars. And Damon looked at his brother and Reya, "I'll drive these two home and then I'll stop for food on the way back, what do you want to eat?"
"Pizza!" Stefan and Reya chorused.
"I should of known." Damon chuckled. "I already know what Stefan wants, but what about you, Reya?"
"Meat and peperoni." Reya beamed at him, then she turned towards the Mikaelsons. "Thank you for this afternoon."
"We should be thanking you." Elijah kissed the back of her hand, then he smirked. "That dialog poem was beautiful and oddly fitting."
"We'll see you at home." Reya smiled and kissed Damon on the cheek. Then she and Stefan got into Stefans car and drove off.
Damon was a little slower getting in his car, trying to keep the butterflies in his stomach under control.
A/N: Chapter done!
I don't own the poem in this chapter!
If you're curious of the poem that Reya and Damon are reciting it's called The Wolf and The Lamb – Kindred Voicesand you can find it here: /r_PamAugaf0
Until next time
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