Warnings: I do not own the rights to the television series "The Originals", "Vampire Diaries", or "Legacies" and do not own any of the characters within the TVD universe, I am making no profit from this and have no intention for this fanfiction series except for readers to enjoy.
15+ Mild to Strong Violence, Strong Language, Witchcraft, sexual scenes, and sexual references.
F/F, F/M, M/M, Other.
The Day Before Christmas
Kayne Black and his older brother Magnus had spent a long time travelling the world together in the hopes of finding a lead of where Magnus' missing part was as Kayne hoped to restore his brother to his former glory, despite Magnus' distrust of his younger brother. Both brothers grew more and more frustrated with the lack of results which continued to strain their already fragile relationship leading to many fallouts between them as they continued their search.
"So, in other words you are of no use to me!" Kayne complained as he lifted his right hand and magically snapped the neck of a male witch, the witch falling to the dirt within the woods completely lifeless, as Magnus stood behind his brother, far from amused by his antics.
"Did you really have to kill him?" Magnus asked his younger brother.
"Look at you, building up a conscious, tell me brother where was these morals when you burned me alive?" Kayne asked rhetorically, before going on to say. "He knew nothing which meant he was completely useless to me and if he lived, he'd let word slip about our family's plan to restore ourselves at the top of the food chain…I mean it is bad enough the originals know our secrets let alone the witches we created."
"I just think if we ever want to be considered royalty among the witches again then we probably should not go around killing them all." Magnus argued. "It also does not help you've spent centuries massacring them to prolong your life all these years."
"Oh Magnus, I am fond of the witches and their creations but do not get me wrong for one moment I'd rather die than play kings and queens with you and our sisters again…yes I want you all restored like me, but I'm done playing witch games." Kayne explained to his older brother. "Once we are all restored, we can finally be us…that is the only gift we need, not illusions of some kingdom."
"So, your big master plan is to give the four most power hungry beings in the world even more power and then expect none of us all to do something with this power?" Magnus asked him, unable to find any logic in his brother's plans.
"I honestly never thought about it like that…" Kayne admitted, beginning to rethink his plans for a moment. "No, once all your memories are returned you will see the truth."
"Maybe but tell me how much the truth has changed who you are?" Magnus questioned his brother, believing his brother was no different than before having his full memories restored.
Annabella Black had once again found herself alone, having been months since she had seen her siblings or anyone else, she knew, as she had now found herself spending all her time desperately searching for a lead towards finding a key to restoring herself despite constant dead ends and little to nothing to go on and she was beginning to think it was time to quit her search like her younger sister Primrose had done already.
"You're spending Christmas with Kol and his human family?" Bella said in shock, while sitting on a bench within a busy street in the French Quarter of New Orleans and on the phone to her sister Rose. "Wait…their leaving you alone with children…if you need me to cast a spell, I could be there…you sure you have it…yeah okay…"
Before Bella could begin to utter any more words on the phone call, her sister had hung up, making it clear to Bella that she was far from forgiven for all her manipulations and lies over the centuries, to which she could not blame her sister for but still it sucked not being needed by her and since Kayne was currently more powerful than them all it is not like he needed her.
Which is why Bella found herself back in New Orleans hoping to get a glance of Rebekah, the only person outside of her siblings that meant anything to her, hoping to see her or even to share a conversation with the original female vampire, anything to make her feel any less alone during Christmas time but sadly alone is what she would be, having not known no Mikaelson was currently in the city, as all were attending Hope's wedding in Mystic Falls.
"So, I've been trying to work out who you were since you first came to my city a few days ago and then the rumour mill quickly got spilling the secrets of your rather complicated family tree." Marcel stated after speeding his way to now stand in front of the powerful witch. "Are you the one whose as crazy as Kol or the one who had something with Rebekah? I know you're not the one who had something going on with Klaus…"
"I'm Annabella Black and judging by the amount of power I can feel coming from you and how it is somehow stronger than that of an original tells me you are Marcel Gerard." Bella replied as she stood up to face the upgraded original. "I was believed to think you had abandoned New Orleans after your brief marriage to Rebekah Mikaelson."
"I took a break from the family yeah, but I never took a break from this city." Marcel admitted to her. "Although even I know there's no Mikaelsons in town as my sort of sister Hope is getting married right about now."
"I got that message, a little late but still the message has been received." Bella told him, trying to hide her sadness over missing Rebekah.
"This is going to sound out of the blue but…how would you like to spend Christmas with me?" Marcel asked the bewitching beauty, shocking her by the invitation. "I can tell a lonely face and it just so happens I am also lonely this Christmas…nothing sinister I promise, just consider it a thank you from me for bringing black Klaus heck I'm even a little grateful you brought back Elijah."
"Connections with the Mikaelsons are never straight forward." Bella laughed, before going on to say with great sarcasm. "Two exes of the same woman spending Christmas together…what could possibly go wrong?"
The Night Before Christmas
Kayne walked into the twin hotel room of which he was sharing with his brother Magnus in Jefferson City, shocked to see no sign of Magnus whatsoever, catching on quickly as he noticed a note left on one of the beds, as he walked over picked it up and began reading what his older brother had to say to himself, which simply read one word, that word saying bye, much to Kayne's dismay and frustration.
"Sometimes when someone burns you alive you should just call it quits trying to make that family bond work." Klaus announced after vamp speeding into the room. "I am truly sorry you have a brother foolish enough to ever want to leave your side."
"It's what people do…centuries go by, sights change, empires change, people change, but one thing that never changes is they always leave." Kayne admitted, as he threw the note back on to the bed. "Is your daughter not getting married today? For some mad reason Rose is on babysitting duties…I know this because the crazy bitch tried to get me to help her like I would be any better with children."
"The wedding has come and gone, and I should be in Mystic Falls still but after the reception I decided to get my eldest sister Freya to do a location spell on you, I've tried for her to find you a million times but only now it seemed to work." Klaus revealed to him. "And with you being so close to Mystic Falls I could not help but pay you a visit."
"Well as out of the blue this is, my family is no longer paired with yours since I took down the supreme bitch, so, I am just going to and if I were you, I would not try stopping me." Kayne warned him as he began to walk past him only for Klaus to grab him by the arm.
"After everything we have been through you did not care to tell me goodbye when you left New Orleans and still you cannot say goodbye to me now." Klaus said, as he pulled Kayne's body closer into his. "All I came here for was a simple…goodbye."
"Goodbye." Kayne breathed, as he struggled to restrain himself from kissing Klaus then and there, as the feeling of the original hybrid's body pressed up against his felt as good as it did centuries ago, struggling to contain his longing for him as Klaus began looking deep into his eyes, realizing Klaus wanted the same as his.
"I have changed my mind," Klaus replied with a sly smirk before gently kissing Kayne on the lips. "I do not want to ever say goodbye to you again!"
Suddenly the power witch and the original hybrid's bodies began crashing against each other's, the two kissing passionately while tearing at each other's clothes, and beginning to make their way over to the nearest twin bed, longing to make love to each other, longing to rekindle a love they had started many, many, years ago.
Christmas Day
Bella never knew exactly why she accept Marcel's invite to join him for Christmas, maybe the idea of being a lone for yet another year was too much for her to take, maybe she wanted Rebekah to learn she was spending Christmas with her ex-husband or maybe she was simply happy to put a face to the name of the self-made upgraded original vampire whose charm was only matched by his deadliness.
"If you have brought me here to try and take me out than you're a very brave but very stupid man!" Bella warned Marcel as she walked into the living room of her New Orleans apartment wearing a tight fitted black dress, only to find Marcel stood there holding two glasses of champagne.
"I meant what I said when I invited you here…there is no need for us to both be lonely." Marcel replied as he handed one of the glasses of champagne to Bella.
"Yes, I heard that line just yesterday but considering your ties are still pretty tight with the Mikaelsons I fail to see why you did not go to Mystic Falls with the rest of them." Bella questioned him as she took a drink from her glass. "No poisons other than alcohol…I am surprised."
"I'm not in Mystic Falls for the very same reason that you are in New Orleans Annabella Black." Marcel admitted to her. "When you love a woman like Rebekah Mikaelson you cannot stop…even when you realize you can never be with her…I choose to handle that knowledge by avoiding her, you did too for a long time, but I guess curiosity brought you back once again, to which I too have found myself falling to."
"The girl whose heart always gets broken does not realize how many hearts of her own she has broken." Bella responded with a sly smirk as she finished her glass. "I did not agree to this invitation to speak of Rebekah or even to celebrate Christmas…"
"Then why did you come here? As if we both do not already know." Marcel questioned her, while knowing damn fine what the witch was doing in his apartment.
Bella Black was done feeling lonely at the loneliest time of the year and Marcel looked like a real hunk of the man, she could see what Rebekah had seen in this fine specimen and in that moment, she decided to explore more of him but before she could make the first move, Marcel had stolen a kiss from her lips.
The two shared a knowing smile before continuing to kiss each other passionately, crashing their way to the couch before Bella threw him down on it and climbed onto the upgraded original, ready to unwrap her unexpected Christmas gift.
Rose Black was known for many things, none of them particularly pleasant and instead of showing any signs of shame the witch was delighted and proud of the name she had made for herself and the fear she struck in others, a fear that she believed she had worked hard to earn.
So, when her only friend in the entire world Kol Mikaelson requested her presence she was quick to accept, having given up on her plans for restoration, the woman was ready to do some wicked deeds with the original vampire but upon her arrival to San Francisco she quickly learned her duties were needed for babysitting.
"I cannot thank you enough for keeping my three unruly girls alive during our little trip to Mystic Falls on Christmas Eve." Kol thanked Rose as he walked into the kitchen of his and Davina's San Francisco home, as Rose stood in the kitchen drinking a glass of rose wine.
"To be honest I have never been more terrified in my life and I was literally just almost burned at the stake…but they were actually rather amusing minus the dreaded Disney reruns I actually found myself enjoying their company." Rose reluctantly admitted before taking a drink from her glass. "I think I actually want to be a mother!"
"Well, I will give you something Primrose," Kol said, while in a state of shock by Rose's revelation. "You never know what to expect from you."
"I just need to find a single human whose seed I can tolerate enough to impregnate me…problem is I've not liked a single human in centuries!" Rose said before downing her glass of wine. "I mean if you can parent a child, I am sure I will raise the perfect little psychopath that will make mama real proud."
Rose Black never expected to become a babysitter but then she did and after spending Christmas with Kol, Davina and their three children she found herself lifted by the spirit of Christmas, suddenly ready to begin a path towards motherhood.
As Klaus woke up from his slumber, naked but for a sheet, he was shocked to see no sign of Kayne but after a few moments he heard the shower running which prompted the original hybrid to stand up from the twin bed, wrapping the sheet around himself before walking into the hotel bathroom ready for another round with his long-lost lover, only to be left shocked to find no-one there much to his disappointment.
Within mere moments Klaus heard the vibrating from his mobile phone ringing and vamp sped his way back into the hotel room, picking up the phone and instantly answering it.
"I truly am sorry for leaving in such haste Niklaus, but you see I fell for you once before and I cannot make another mistake like that again." Kayne said across the phone to a stunned and hurt Klaus. "I know your not the same man you were back then, but neither am I and I'm afraid sooner or later your going to realize the person I am to you now is not some lost love but a foe and when that day comes, when we are reunited remember the hurt you feel now, the hurt you made me once feel…then prepare for war!"