Always and Forever, The Original Family
Chapter 7: I Got All I Need When I got You and I...
ERIK FINN MIKEALSON
Second Floor Family Room
West Wing of Mikealson Castle
Mikealson Island
South Pacific
June 22, 2055
Mother and Father had chastised him yesterday; saying that this conversation was long overdue and his feelings were not going away. They said he had to do the respectful thing and ask permission to court her from her parents before actually courting the woman he couldn't get out of his head no matter how much he tried.
If her Father and brother didn't kill him for asking to court her, her mother, sisters and herself would certainly try for the offense of asking her parents permission. Having centuries old parents with outdated thinkings about respect and how these things were done was a pain in the ass.
Mother and Father accompanied him for back up.
The Marshall-Mikealson branch of the family was all gathered in the family room on the second floor laughing and talking. The conversation stopped when he entered and his parents, who were steps behind him and Mother cleared her throat for attention.
"The room is yours son." Father said with a grin.
Erik took a deep breath. "Uncle Nik, Aunt Hayley. I've come to ask permission to court Mererid. I've grown quite infatuated with her over the past few years and if she'll have me I think I would be the best suitor she's had to date."
Hopefully her last…
Mererid and her sisters growled, Marcellus laughed, Aunt Hayley rolled her eyes with a grin and Uncle Nik simply turned to his eldest daughter… "Mererid, I know you find his respect for family tradition objectionable, but other that that, would you consider Erik as a suitor?"
Mererid, who had stopped growling, had a smirk on her face and shook her head. "Erik, I asked you not to do this!"
"It's the right thing to do love. I'll not be sneaking about without our family's blessing. I am not some cheap thing to be taken advantage of in the shadows." Erik said in defense.
Aunt Hayley was laughing outright, as was his Mother. Marcellus wasn't fairing much better. Ingrid, Astrid and Sigrid were no longer growling…so that was progress.
"See Niklaus, it's your child that is trying to corrupt mine." Father said with a sigh.
"Obviously, she's not been very successful at it." Uncle Nik laughed. "I give you permission to court Mererid, provided she wishes it of course."
All eyes turned to Mererid who rushed to Erik and jumped into his arms.
He sighed into her embrace, relishing in her scent and the way she felt in his arms. It was Nirvana.
"I suppose you are right. It is much better to not be sneaking around." She whispered in his ear.
"What was that love? I'm not sure everyone heard you? I believe you said I was right?" Erik stage-whispered back.
His response was a swift kick in the family jewels by his love… which he supposed he deserved for rubbing it in.
Gods he loved this woman.
ELYA ISSACC PETROV MIKEALSON
Village of Petrov
Bulgaria
June 22, 2055
It was rare that he got to spend time with his sisters without them alos acting like his aunts or without other family memebers around. Moments with just his sisters and parents were cherished greatly.
He was lying in the grass with Cara and Nadia, enjoying the sun. They would leave their home away from home in this evening and return to their island. The rest of their family was helping their human family finish fortifying the village's defenses and setting up portals to Mikleason Island as escape routes around the property in case they are needed. Mama and Papa were across the field disassembling their temporary lodging.
The Mikealsons had been living in tents, medieval tents, for the past few days. And although the lodgings were made comfortable enough with magic Elya could not wait until they had their homes rebuilt here. Sharing a tent with his nieces was not a fun time at all.
Cara sighed and held him tighter. "When are you going to tell Mama and Papa?"
"Tell them what?" Elya said, confused.
Nadia snorted, and elbowed him. "Brother, do not lie to us. We're your sisters. Even if Cara wasn't the magical descendent of Aphrodite we could tell you're in love. Also I sense that you're magically concealing something on your ring finger."
Cara hit him. "Married Elya! Honestly Mama's heart broke when Nadia eloped but at least she was present, you didn't even bother to tell her?"
Elya felt ashamed. "No one was there. It was a spur of the moment thing. Her Gran was going on about a coming out ball for her and seeing what kind of alliances could be made and we both panicked. We did it last month on her birthday."
"Have you talked to her since?" Cara asked.
"Not much, I was going to tell Mama and Papa on our separation time here and then see if they would go meet her family officially and we could bring her home. But then Esther happened. All plans went out the window." Elya said, "Now its been too long. And phone calls aren't enough. I want her by my side but its too dangerous right now."
"Oh so you don't know that you've made me an Auntie again do you?" Cara said with a grin.
Elya's heart stopped. His wife was pregnant? He believed the truth of it. Cara and Bekah were both of fertility goddess lines; they would sense the new additions to the family the quickest.
Cara started laughing. "Your face!"
Elya decided to pounce on Cara and begin tickling her. He was so overjoyed he could talk at the moment. Nadia joined in.
"Papa! Mama! Make them stop tickling me!" Cara squealed.
It took a moment to hear Mama's response "Elya! Nadia! Leave Cara alone darlings… wouldn't your father make a better target?"
In a flash they all rushed over to tackle Papa and he laughed with them for a moment and then broke it up.
"No son, are you going to tell us what you and your sisters were whispering about over there…" Papa asked.
Elya sighed; best get it all out then. "Mama, Papa. I did something rash about a month ago. I was going to tell you when you returned from Shanghi but… I married my love on her seventeenth birthday in front of her ancestors. Her parents don't know yet. But, Cara has informed me my love is with child."
His Mama, who he fully expected to be yelling at him was silent as she waved her hand at his left hand to revel the magical tattoo of his beloveds name around is wedding finger. She let out a sob when she saw the name.
Elya's heart broke, he never meant to make Mama this upset. "Mama i…"
"We're disappointed son," Papa said. "We knew the match was coming since the day you were born, we even knew this moment was coming. Your grandfather had a blood vision of this day when your Mama was young, and your Mama and I shared one of this revalation on your birth date. We just wish it could have been different."
"But it was destiny." Mama finally said, leaning over to Elya and pushing the hair from his eyes, "And that's something you cannot fight no matter what. I am glad you found her love, she is a good match."
"We'll have a vow renewal when this is all over Mama." Elya promised.
"I don't know if that will be so son. Delphine wont want to have a big wedding while she's carrying triplets, its hard work." Mama said with a grin.
Elya's heart nearly stopped. "TRIPLETTS!"
"I was distressed when Bekah told me of her vision of three little Petrov babies too! But don't worry Aaron and I finished re-working his immortality spell a few years ago, the eight biological Mikealsons a generation, and only three generations a bloodline is moot now. It was a difficult work around but we completed it just in time for the next generation to start!" Mama said with glee as Cara and Nadia began to laugh.
"And Niklaus and I are already looking into expanding the West Wing. So there will be plety of room for your brood son. The more Grandchildren the merrier as far as your mother and I are concerned." Papa added.
Elya wasn't thinking about any of those things he was just thinking about his little vulnerable mortal wife, who was half a world away from him carrying three Petrov-Mikealson's not to mention the eccentricities that came from her family. He needed to fetch her now…Grandmother and Great-Grandmother would trace his magic to his children if they even thought of that. She wasn't safe in hiding anymore.
"I need to…." Elya began.
"Go find Sonia." Nadia said, patting him on the shoulder. "She'll get you to New Orleans and home quickly. Just remind her to come back for us? I don't fancy having travelling in a jet now that my child isn't afraid of her powers."
Elya sped off to find his niece.
Deveroux Family Timeline 2012-2055
2015
Lady Sophie Deveroux , Elder of the French Quarter Coven of New Orleans marries Vincent Griffith of the Treme Coven of New Orleans.
2016
Lady Deveroux and Mr Griffith welcome their first children Jane-Ann Marie Deveroux-Griffith and Jacob James Deveroux-Griffith
2018
Lady Deveroux and Mr Griffith welcome their third child Lucas Andre Deveroux Griffith.
2020
Davina Claire Deveroux marries Kaleb Wesphall of the Gentilly Coven of New Orleans. The couple welcomes their triplets Florine, Faustine and Francine Westphall a mere month after the wedding.
2021
Moniquie Deveroux marries Jean-Paul LaRue of the Garden District Coven of New Orleans
2023
Heloise Jane LaRue, is born to Monique and Jean-Paul LaRue.
2026
Eloise Claire Deveroux marries Robert Babineux of the Algiers Coven of New Orleans.
2028
Odette Ann LaRue is born to Monique and Jen-Paul LaRue
2030
Rochelle Babineux is born to Eloise Deveroux and Robert Babineux.
2032
Lisette Babineux born to Eloise Deveruox and Robert Babineux.
2033
Vivienne Babineux born to Eloise Deroux and Robert Babineux.
2035
Jane-Ann Deveroux marries Henri Garnier of the Ninth Ward Coven of New Orleans.
2036
Giselle Garnier born to Jane-Ann Deveroux and Hernri Garnier
2037
Corinne Garnier Born to Jane-Ann Deveroux and Hernri Garnier
2038
Delphine Sophie LaRue is born to Monique and Jean-Paul LaRue.
Apolline Garnier born to Jane-Ann Deveroux and Hernri Garnier
2045
Lady Deveroux retires as Lady of New Orleans; Eloise Deveroux is the new Lady of New Orleans
DELPHINE SOPHIE MIKEALSON
Deveroux Mansion
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
June 22, 2055
It was a big gathering. The whole family was present. And Grand-mere was looking at her with that look on her face.
I'm the granddaughter of Sophie Deveroux, the first Lady of New Orleans. I'm no chicken… Mom and Dad are going to be so pissed though…
Delphine knew the whole family felt it on some level or another. All her aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins had given her sad looks since her seventeenth birthday/wedding night. They felt her magic leave the coven, the family. They felt that she had pledged herself and her children's magic to another coven; they just didn't know which one. Honestly, she just wanted a little more time to be Delphine LaRue. But the baby inside her had other plans.
She had confirmed it with a test this morning she and Elya had made life on their wedding night. Their first time had been the charm indeed. But that did change the tentative plans they had made over the past few weeks. They had hoped that she would be safe with her family while his battled, but that was not to be the case now. She carried a Mikealson now that could be a threat or a weapon to Esther.
Delphine had no magic any longer, not since that night. The ancestors would no longer listen to her call since she was no longer a part of their coven. She still had her abilities to control water and earth but without the ancestors' helping her control it she couldn't exactly rely on those abilities. She couldn't protect her children on her own.
Granddad rapped his cane on the table, brining the dining room to a hush. "I believe Delphine is finally ready to tell us her secret."
They all stared at her expectantly. Well it was now or never wasn't it? "I married Elya Mikealson on my birthday and I carry his child now."
A few of her cousins started passing money back and forth. It seems she was the subject of one of their betting pools. Her sisters dropped their cutlery. Her uncles and aunts looked at her in shock, Granddad had dropped his cane and Grand-mere was grinning at her.
Mom and Dad were crying, they got out of their seats and ran to embrace her. She had been their surprise baby, after ten years of trying they became pregnant with her. Her elder sisters were ten and fifteen years older than her (and were married and had daughters of their own) but she was their baby. She knew this was hard for them.
"You know that they'll make you immortal, and you have to watch as we all lead mortal lives…" Grand-mere said. "You cannot save us from our life path Del, this is yours and I respect it but you have to be strong."
Mom and Dad squeezed her tighter and Delphine began to cry. She knew that of course but its why she wanted to stay for a little longer, just be apart of the family for a bit more time. She would have all the time in the world, but her family wouldn't.
"She can't be a Mikealson!" Aunt Eloise said in panic. "Del! There is a secret that you don't know… things they have done that cannot be forgiven!"
"Calm down Ellie." Granddad said, "We already know about Marcellus' resurrection."
"I'm not happy about it." Mom said, "A lot of us are pissed at it. But we won't object to their rule Ellie, don't worry."
"As long as he isn't unsupervised in this city, and we aren't forced to be civil to him when we visit Del, I think it will be okay." Grand-mere said
"We don't forgive him for his crimes," Aunt Davina said, "But we will not risk the lives of Deveroux witches because of the one Mikealson we hate. You'll never have to choose between your birth family and the one you married into Delphine. We wont ever put you in the position that Inara Mikealson was put in."
Delphine sighed and buried herself into her father's chest. She remembered the day before Lucien Castle's tribunal, where Queen Freya and Inara pledged their love for each other and Inara swore off all ties with her father and proclaimed that she and her son were Mikealsons now. That was a heartbreaking scene to watch. Delphine knew that she would have to watch her family die when she married her love, but she never wanted to renounce them or watch them die in a bloody public fashion.
"You know that you carry three children right?" Grand-mere asked.
Delphine stilled. "No."
Mother laughed. "You are the third child, he's the third child…"
"Not to mention the wedding gift my birth coven bestowed on this family." Granddad said reminding them all, "For this family to have children in multiples of three for the next three generations. You're only the second generation Del."
Delphine had forgotten about that blessing that the Treme Coven had gifted their family to help build up the French Quarter Covens numbers…
"Oh so its your doing then Delly!" Elya said as he and Sonia entered the dining room. "I was sure it was Leif's doing! Wanting to bug Uncle Nik with more Petrov in the family."
Her husband made his way over with a grin and waived his hand, undoing the concealment spell on her ring finger that showed his name encircling her finger.
Mom wiped her tears and snorted as she shook her head. "You did that binding ceremony as a virgin and expected not to get pregnant? Delphine…"
"Moe, leave the girl alone." Dad said, before glaring at Elya. "Take care of them." He said before letting go of her and passing her to Elya.
"I certainly will Mr. LaRue." Her husband said before taking her into his arms. "Delly, my sweet wife…I know you wanted more time with your family…but if Cara and Auntie Bex sense our bond and our children then it will be no time at all before my Grandmother does."
Delphine nodded, she understood. Esther was a psycho bitch. "I know. But I can come back and visit? And my family…they'll be safe from her?"
Elya looked to Sonia who was speaking another language… "Sonny is erasing the magical signatures of all four of you as we speak and putting an extra bit of protection on this home. She just developed this for my mother's mortal family so they will be safe from Esther."
"Uncle. Do not call me Sonny!" Sonia growled.
"My apologizes Sonny." Elya grinned. "Delly, say your goodbyes for now. We should get you all to safety as soon as possible."
Delphine nodded, and made her way around the room saying goodbye to each family member individually, noting that her sisters had disappeared.
Heloise and Odette ran into the room as she was saying goodbye to her parents again. Ode threw a duffel bag at Elya's head and they both threw themselves into the hug with their parents.
"We'll miss you baby sister." Heloise said.
"Terribly so." Odette said, "We packed you a few things from your room for you. But we will be visiting soon."
"Remember, he may be a Mikealson, but you're a Deveroux." Heloise reminded.
"If he gets to sassy drown him or bury him. He's immortal…He'll live."
Delphine laughed, breaking the embrace and drying her tears. She did need the reminder though. She may be marring into a powerful family but she also came from a powerful family.
Her new surname may strike fear in the hearts of supernaturals the world over, but her birth family was well loved everywhere and powerful because of her Grand-mere and Auntie's generous rule.
Elya looked put out as she took his hand and they made their way to the portal that Sonia was opening up. "You don't plan on drowning or burying me do you dear wife?"
Delphine grinned up at him. "I wouldn't worry to much about it husband. You can survive any punishment I dish out. Youre immortal." She said before grabbing her bad from him and entering the portal Sonia stepped through.
When they arrived in the foyer of Mikealson Castle she heard the laughter of her family on the other side, Elya's face must have been priceless.
He stepped through a moment later. "That wasn't a 'no' Delly." He said as the portal closed.
"Rule number one to not feel my wrath. Stop calling me Delly." She said.
The look her husband gave her was absolutely sinful. "Your giving me rules now love? I could think of a few for you…"
"Ew stop!" Sonia said, "Get a room and throw up a privacy spell Uncle! I do not want to hear those thoughts you just thought ever again!" She said before opening another portal.
"What did you do to the telepath husband?" Delphine said with a laugh.
He picked her up and they sped off. "Lets go to our room and reunite before we go over marriage rules."