FORBES LAKE HOUSE
Xander who had been catching up on some work in Caroline's dad's office groans as he reaches for his coffee only to knock over half of his paperwork. The contents spilling out all over the floor.
"You okay?" Caroline asks as she pops her head into the room only to wince as she spots Xander crouched on the floor trying to get his bearings back "Yikes. Need help."
"Please." He mumbles giving her his best I'm an innocent human please help me look, the pout he was throwing her only made her chuckle.
Moving into the room she begins helping the human however her eyes widen as she spots a small black box now on the floor hidden under a few of his files. Grabbing the box she stares at it with wide eyes before looking up at him as she begins jumping in excitement "Are you proposing!?" She screams before quickly lowering her voice as she continues her giddy cheering not noticing Xander's attempts to get the box back "Oh my god!"
"Caroline, shut up!" Xander whispers as he tries to reach for the box but she ignores him as she begins practically dancing around the room not noticing his panic "OH my god! I'm gonna get to plan a wedding! How do you think you and Elena will feel about a June wedding? I mean your last wedding was in March right? Don't wanna clash, oh maybe I could-"
"Caroline!" He exclaims finally taking the box from her hands finally snapping her out of her excitement but she couldn't wipe the grin from her face "I'm sorry. Excited."
Sighing the human rubs his jaw before opening the box revealing not a diamond engagement ring but a key.
"Okay confused." The vampire mumbles before watching curiously as Xander grabs a file off the desk and hands it to her.
"Just saying a key is a suck-y way to propose." She says with her judgy tone before opening the file, however as she does her eyes widen in shock as she spots the photo on the first page before she looks up at him with wide eyes "That-that's Elena's old house."
"I know...because I just finished rebuilding it." He admits with a sighs as he places the box back into his jacket before turning to the blonde who was staring at the human with wide eyes like what he had said was the most romantic thing she had ever heard "I rebuilt her family home from scratch. Still needs a coat of paint...but it's done."
"Oh my god." Caroline breaths as she lets out a small smile before she groans, this was so unfair, this was possibly the most romantic gesture she had ever freaking seen, where were her romantic gestures? Elena got a house, Buffy got Klaus' weird dresses, and Stefan buying her a house "Ugh, why don't I get these kind of romantic gestures. I want someone to build me a house even if it's not as good as a proposal. Buffy and Elena both got houses. Not fair! I better get engaged first now because-"
"Oh I'm proposing." He corrects before he slaps his head in frustration, he hated his brain so much "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid." He mumbles repeatedly slapping himself in the face before placing a panicked hand on Caroline's shoulder as she begins jumping up and down excitedly again. Clearly the idea of planning a wedding for her friend was on her bucket list "Not today." He tells her making her pout "Today she gets the house. Then when I show her the house...you can't tell anyone."
Caroline grins happily a bright smile covering her lips as she makes a zip motion with her hands over her mouth "I promise...so how do you feel about wearing a blue suit, oh with a bow tie?"
Xander couldn't help but groan, this may have been a mistake "Oh dear god."
NEW ORLEANS
As Dahlia leads her and Klaus into a small cabin Buffy couldn't help but groan at the sight of the place. Lifting her finger she trails it across one of the small wooden tables groaning at the grim and dirt that appears on her fingers "Yuck. Wouldn't want to clean this place."
Dahlia lets out a small chuckle as she watches the young woman for a moment before gesturing around her old home "This dismal hovel is where I endured the terrors of Viking captivity...for years." She mumbles before gesturing to the other side of the room where a younger beaten version of herself was tossed into the room.
As her young self runs to one of tables filled with candles Dahlia continues with her little tale "I performed the dark magic they demanded...so that Esther would be free of their violent abuse. While she was out in the sun gathering herbs, I toiled in the gray of this room. But I never resented her. We'd made a promise." Pausing the witch turns to Buffy "You more than anyone should know what pain we would spare our sisters from."
At Dahlia's no so subtitle hinting to her sacrifice to safe Elena's life as well as her killing a man, again to safe Elena Buffy clenches her "Yeah, let's not jump into the girl bounding witchy. Girl talk won't buy you sympathy."
"No ancient plight will ever justify your intentions to enslave Buffy and our daughter." Klaus hisses glaring hatefully at the woman that called herself his aunt as pleasant images of him ripping off her head filled his brain.
Dahlia merely lets out a harsh laugh at his simple minded words "Oh, Niklaus, our plights are the same."
With that the conversation is cut short as a young Esther strolls into the room a rare smile on her face which was strange considering that they were both being held against their will. Buffy arches a brow and turns to Klaus "Is your mother on drugs."
"Wouldn't surprise me Luv."
As Buffy tries to hide a laugh she is quickly silenced as she hears young Dahlia's words "You've been with Mikael."
"We were only talking." The young blonde says sweetly as she begins moving the herbs she had collected into a bowl.
"No matter." The young Dahlia whispers as she turns to her sister with blood covered hands "I have something to show you. This is potent sage soaked in serpent's blood. It will give us strength. We can get out of this place. Esther, together, we can live forever."
Buffy arches a brow before groaning "Okay no offence." She says turning to Dahlia "But I think old you...needs to get a life. You know socially, friends, boys the works. Cause this is sad."
As Klaus smirks slightly Dahlia glares at the pair of them before turning back to the younger versions of herself and Esther where her own worst moment occurred.
"I no longer wish to practice magic."
"Magic has kept us alive."
"Mikael will protect me now, sister." The young Esther argues "We plan to marry, have a family."
"I am your family. I am your sister. We promised each other—"
As the arguing sisters continue Buffy clenches her jaw turning away, right now this was hitting a bit close to home for her.
As the younger version of Dahlia drops down to the floor sobbing Buffy sighs hating the fact that for a brief moment...she felt a little bit of sympathy but that didn't change anything. This woman still wanted her and her child enslaved and for that, no sob story would matter.
As Dahlia crouches down in front of her sobbing young self Klaus circles around them watching them unmoved by the little display "So Esther was cruel. You'll excuse my complete lack of surprise. Seems it does run in the family."
"Preaching to the choir." Buffy mumbles as she grabs her side feeling a sudden wave of pain "What the hell?" She breaths.
Dahlia arches a brow as she momentarily looks up to where the blonde was grabbing her side "They must be moving your body." She tells the blonde before turning back to her young self "Esther left me for one of the very men who slaughtered our village and stole us away."
Buffy groans as she taps her hands together slightly, were they supposed to be surprised that Esther made poor life choices? "We are aware of mama Original's bad taste in men." Buffy snarks, as she crosses her arms over her chest, waiting for Dahlia, to get to the point at least before she woke up again.
Dahlia sighs, as she looks in-between the hybrid and The Slayer "My own sister abandoned me. As your sister had done by not accepting your true form." She points out to the blonde who while her face didn't move she did flinch at the witch's words, because as much as she wanted to deny it, a part of her words rang truth.
"And as your siblings have abandoned you as well Niklaus." Dahlia points out "And like both of you...I have been unjustly painted...as the villain of the story."
As the young Dahlia begins screaming and throwing things around having a typical Mikealson tantrum Buffy groans "As someone who could wake up at any point...can we get to the point nowish?"
Klaus steps forward in agreement wanting more than anything for this little trip down Dahlia's memories to come to an end "If you have a deal to propose then find my body and undagger me so I can find where my treacherous siblings have taken Buffy."
"My body clearly needs a shower." Buffy huffs groaning at the blood covered outfit she was stuck in "So all in favor for leaving?"
Dahlia sighs wiping a non existent tear from her face as she stands and moves to stand behind her younger self "I have the means to undagger you...I'm just not finished here."
"I don't care about my mother!" Klaus exclaims his rage seeping through as his voice shook angrily.
"What I show you next is not about your mother, it's about your daughter."
At her words both Buffy and Klaus freeze as they stare at the witch with wide eyes, once she was sure she had their attention she continues "And if you have any chance to save her..." Pausing the witch turns to the blonde "...as well as yourself from what is to come...I suggest you both listen."
FORBES LAKE HOUSE
Damon who was slowly building a plan in his head to figure out what his brother and Elena were clearly hiding about Enzo's disappearance, the vampire leans forward looking around the group "Okay, let's play a game called Never Have I ever." He suggests with a small smirk.
Elena who was sat on Xander's lap as the two sat in the largest chair in the room groans "Ah. I don't think I'm drunk enough."
Caroline's eyes widen and she glances at Damon who gives her a pointed look sighing she plasters a grin on her face and turns to Elena "Oh come on, it'll be fun. I'll go first. Never have I ever...died."
With that everyone groans, considering everyone in that room including Xander thanks to the Gilbert ring he had worn for one day had died they were all screwed.
As they all take a drink Xander coughs slightly "I don't like this game."
Stefan chuckles and takes a sip from his drink before one comes to him "Oh, okay, never have I ever been, um, possessed by my evil doppelganger." He says throwing a smirk at Elena who glares at him as she takes a sip "You suck."
Elena sighs as she thinks for a moment before smirking slightly "Never have I ever been fooled by my evil doppelganger...while she was pretending to be me."
Caroline couldn't help but groan in amusement "Low blow."
Xander chuckles softly as he takes a drink "I've never gonna hear the end of that am I?"
"Nope." Elena chimes in with a small smile as she takes another drink.
Caroline chuckles softly before turning to the Salvatore boys "Never have I ever... confessed my love for Buffy Summers."
As Stefan and Damon groan in annoyance and take a drink both Elena and Caroline freeze as they spot Xander also taking a drink.
Damon's eyes widen and he couldn't help but laugh "Seriously?"
"I was 16." The human argues with a roll of his eyes "She was the only girl other than Willow that could look me in the eye without groaning in disgust...or running in the other direction. Plus you guys didn't see Buffy in her cheerlead—"
Xander was promptly shut up as Elena slapped the back of his head before glaring at him making him gulp and wince out a quick sorry. Maybe talking about how hot you used to think your girlfriend's sister was...not such a good idea.
Stefan sighs as he leans forward to stand "While Elena puts Xander in the dog house, I'm gonna get another round does anyone—"
Stefan is promptly cut off by his brother who no longer had a trace of amusement in his voice as he spoke "Never have I ever lied about where Enzo is."
At his words Elena's head shoots up and Stefan's eyes widen ever so slightly but he doesn't even move a muscle, making it very clear he wasn't going to drink.
After a beat of silence Stefan puts a fake smile on his face "No one's drinking so next—"
"Clearly, you know the rules of the game, right?" Damon taunts cutting in yet again as he glares at his brother "If you lied, you drink."
At his brother's challenging tone Stefan holds his ground and merely nods "Oh, no, I understand the rules."
NEW ORLEANS
"Anyone else feeling like their being dragged through hell?" Buffy asks as she digs her nails into her palm trying to ignore the burning sensation that had slowly been growing after they had left Dahlia's old hovel "Literally. I feel like some weird Alien creature is boiling me prepping me to be some Slayer soup."
Dahlia frowns slightly before turning to look at the blonde, Buffy's face was flushed and her skin was hot to the touch and a thin thread of sweat was forming at her forehead "It's the affects of the serum Freya is giving you. If your feeling the affects in here then your body is closer to waking than I thought. We have to move quickly."
As she begins walking leading them up to some rustic cabin in the middle of the woods Klaus wraps an arm around Buffy's waist keeping her on her feet. He could see she was struggling, every step slowly becoming more painful than the last.
As they move closer to the hut or whatever the hell it was called Klaus turns to the witch "Enslaving a young girl in a hut on the edge of a dark forest. I suppose you plan for this to be Joy's fate."
Buffy clenches her jaw in anger at even the idea of their daughter being enslaved like this, turning to Dahlia the blonde gestures to the small cave just ahead "Let me guess, I'll be chained in there awaiting all the future fathers of my children that you will pick correct? I don't really feel like you acting as my pimp." At the mention of all the creeps Dahlia would probably make her mate with or whatever horrifying other plans she had, Buffy could feel the hybrid's hand tighten around her, as he subtly pulls her away from Dahlia and closer to himself.
Dahlia sighs at the sarcasm as she turns to face the pair "I did not enslave Freya. I kept her from those who abused our craft, demonized us...and most importantly, I shielded her from herself."
At her words the three suddenly watch as a young Freya storms past them tossing something into the stone built fireplace immediately using magic to make the flames rise and go nuts.
"Freya?" A slightly younger Dahlia exclaims as she runs out of the hut towards her niece "Freya, Freya. Where did you get the yarrow flower?" When the young Freya doesn't answer Dahlia sighs "You cannot go past the stream. It is too dangerous."
"Then where shall I go?" Freya snaps "To the hovel? Or maybe your garden? Oh, no, I'm not allowed to venture that far. I might encounter another person and you would not stand for that."
"People are frightened of that which they do not understand. They will only hate you."
"I hate this place!" Freya screams "I want to see more than the same trees the same hills, a face that isn't yours."
Buffy's eyes widen as she watches Freya's magic slowly begin spinning out of control blood pouring from her nose as the birds in the air all drop dead around her; the wind spinning wildly.
As she watches the out of control witch Buffy couldn't help but gulp, while she knew Joy would grow up with so many magically inclined people like Willow and Bonnie to help her learn control, there was still so many unknown factors. They truly had no idea of how much power Joy possessed within her and given she was barely a year old and already using magic it was terrifying.
"Firstborn witches in this bloodline possess devastating power." Dahlia explain to the two parents before focusing on Buffy "And your demon side is built to enhance power. Your daughter's naturally born witch abilities will be enhanced due to the demon blood running in your veins."
Klaus clenches his jaw as he keeps his eye on the vision of his sister, completely out of control and terrified of herself, of her own power "You're saying this what's to come for Joy."
"Joy will suffer far more than Freya." Dahlia explains to the pair "Not only with the demonic power enhancement running through her veins but Joy's magic will be tainted with your vampire blood...as well as the aggressive wolf temperament that's before we even know if she'll receive the desire to hunt that comes with being a Slayer. The tortures dreams, the inability to go long periods of time without killing. The damage it can do to one's thoughts and abilities to think clearly."
At her words Buffy clenches her jaw, there were aspects of being a Slayer that were great but there was a need to hunt. There were times she woke up in the middle of the night needing to go hunting for a vampire, a demon...anything.
And as your power grew it was harder to go long periods of time without killing that's why being on the Hellmouth had helped her. With all the dusty variety vampires around she never had to stress about that.
Honestly, Joy was pretty much going to get the worst of the worst all shoved into her little body and it terrified Buffy that there was only so much they could do. But still she didn't trust Dahlia, every instinct she had told her not to.
"Without the proper tutelage that only I can provide..." Dahlia continues "...Joy's power will grow unchecked. She will lash out at everyone, including the both of you. She'll devastate the city that you love and then her terror will spread far beyond."
Buffy clenches onto Klaus' arm tightly as they both listen she had to give it to Dahlia she made a convincing case but still the blonde didn't trust a damn word out her mouth.
Dahlia sensing their reluctance sighs "I, too, am a firstborn, so I was the only one to help save Freya from herself. Just as I'm the only one who can save your daughter. You see, Buffy-Anne, Niklaus, you need me."
Buffy groans before shaking her head "What I don't need is someone else raising my power filled child while I'm forced into popping out more power filled children for you."
Dahlia merely offers the blonde a small smile "You misunderstand...every child you have will be more powerful than you can imagine. They will need my help and that's what I'm offering."
"Say's the woman who said she had the father of my future kids all picked out. Sorry I've both been there and done that with childbirth not fun."
Dahlia chuckles softly at the blonde's words "The two of you could have as many children as you wish, I will help them all just like I'll help Joyce. And trust me Buffy there are ways around the pain, magic has many tricks."
At her words Buffy freezes for a moment before her eyes widen as it clicks in her brain who exactly Dahlia was expecting to be the father of these theoretically kids. Turning her head she looks at Klaus who was now staring with wide eyes himself as they both spin back around to turn to Dahlia.
Buffy scoffs slightly in disbelief before groaning, even if anything ever happened with Klaus again she wasn't exactly pleased with being told by a witch that she and Nik were basically supposed to build her a little coven made out of more mini Summers/Mikealson kids "I'm think I'm gonna be sick."
Elijah walks into the tower of the church that Freya tended to keep herself situated in when performing magic. As he walks into the candle lit room he immediately spots the blonde stood at the table with her back to him as she stared down at a map.
"Would you like to explain to me, why you didn't make me aware of the torture Buffy was endure the second that serum entered her blood stream?"
Freya merely sighs clearly not at all bothered by the pure agony she was currently putting the young Slayer through "Her demon side is unpredictable, that circle would not be enough to contain her on her own. She'll be sore and in pain for a few days until the effects wear off completely but I didn't give you enough to end her life. I'm not even sure that's possible." The witch explains with no remorse making Elijah tense at the coldness escaping his sister only making him question his own choice to put his faith in her.
"We're out of time." She says suddenly "I've located where the wolves took Buffy...and I strongly advice you do not attempt to stand in my way." She warns as she grabs the map and quickly move to leave the room however as she tries to pass by her younger brother Elijah swiftly snatches the map from her grasp.
Moving away from the witch he examines the map himself "Niklaus' paintings contain Mikael's ashes in the soil." He informs her "Go to the compound."
At his words a dark look crosses the witches face "You cannot stop me from getting that baby and the slayer."
At the way she avoids even using their names, as though trying to forget of their personal connections Elijah tenses slightly before turning back to face her with a slight glare "You begin the spell, prepare the battlefield. I'll bring Joyce and Buffy to you."
FORBES LAKE HOUSE
After some invisible force had attacked Elena in the bathtub Stefan was on the phone with Bonnie, praying that his theory about exactly who attacked Elena was just in fact a theory and didn't have a grain of truth in it.
"Are things getting worse on The Other Side?"
"Why?"
"Because something attacked Elena." Stefan reveals as dread begins to build up inside him "Is it possible that someone over there could physically affect this plane?"
There is a slight hesitation from the former Bennet Witch before finally the vampire's worst fears were confirmed "Actually, yeah. My grams knocked a lamp right off my desk today. I doubt it's easy, but if someone were emotional enough..."
"Enzo." He breaths as panic fills him, if Enzo was here on the other side watching them that was bad enough but if he was able to interact with them. Then almost drowning Elena in a bathtub may just be the start of what the British vampire had planned for them.
"Enzo's dead?" A shocked voice asks from behind him causing Stefan to panic as he spins around quickly hanging up on Bonnie only to come face to face with a stunned Caroline.
Stefan fidgets in his spot slightly but nodding "Yeah. I, um...I killed him."
Caroline couldn't help but exhale in shock a little unsure of how to react to the news "Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because it's complicated."
With that Stefan goes stone cold as Damon strolls into the room his eyes glued on his brother having overheard the little reveal "Enter the complication."
NEW ORLEANS
"Your daughter will need my guidance." Dahlia says as she bends down picking up one of the dead crows that had fallen from the sky during Freya's magical outburst. "Just as Freya did."
Buffy and Klaus who had both been stood next to each other in awkward silence after Dahlia's little reveal that she basically wanted Klaus to impregnate the blonde to form a super coven of witches.
Honestly, Buffy couldn't even look at him, not just because it was awkward but also because she kept flashing in and out at the moment. Her mind going blank for long moments at a time.
"I think we'll find someone less hostile to teach her."
Buffy nods in agreement as she leans against a tree for support "Yeah we go crazy witch Mary...or Willow, Willow's real good. Plus she makes great cookies."
Dahlia chuckles as she continues to stroke the feathers of the dead crow "Will you be calling up these tutors while you lie desiccated or while Buffy remains in agony unable to walk?" She asks looking over at the blonde "My guess when they finally let you go, Freya will suggest altering a few memories, to make you easier to control."
Buffy's eyes frown in confusion at that before it clicks, she was suggesting that because the others knew she would undagger Klaus that Freya would wipe her memories altering them. It wouldn't be the first time she'd had her memories played with.
"Been there and done that with the amnesia girl, broke it once."
"Yes and how long will that take?" Dahlia challenges "Maybe years before you remember where the father of your child is. The state he's in."
As she turns to walk away from the pair Klaus who was seething in anger right now due to some of her words digging at his inner most thoughts quickly follows after the witch "So after twice failing to create a family of your own...now you wish to commandeer mine? Not gonna happen, sweetheart."
"Family?" Dahlia scoffs turning around to glare at the hybrid "Family only ever brought me pain. I want power, I am owed Joyce's and without it, I will slumber again within the year."
Buffy groans as she takes a agonizing step forward fire shooting through her entire body and not in a nice lusty way, more a feeling like being burnt at the stake way "Well just between us girls, I've think you could use a nice long nap. You're looking a little worn around the eyes." The blonde snarks tapping her face before gesturing to Dahlia's wrinkles.
Before Dahlia could respond Buffy gasps and immediately Klaus was at her side before glaring over at the witch "What did you do?"
"Nothing." She denies as she watches Buffy curiously watching as the blonde's eyes flash black which, startled the hybrid slightly while Dahlia merely watched in fascination "The demon side of you is more powerful that I thought." The witch whispers before sighing "She's returning back to her body." With that Buffy lets out a loud scream before she dropped in Klaus's arms.
The hybrid stares down at her in shock watching as black veins moved over her arms before her eyes fluttered shut and she merely laid still in his arms.
"She'll be fine." Dahlia assures the hybrid before taking the opportunity to explain to him what exactly she was offering him "Freya spun out of control because I couldn't offer her the love of a parent. That is why I need you and Buffy-Anne, Niklaus. To remain her parents." As the hybrid carefully lays Buffy's body on the ground he turns to Dahlia in shock, while he knew she had planned to take Buffy he hadn't expected to be joining them.
"Imagine this..." She continues "You and Buffy...you could have more children. A life together. All of your children because of her demon side will have the power of Mikealson firstborns, they will need my help. So as you raise your daughter and any other children I will channel the magic promised to me...and in so doing I would help Joyce and any others to hone their craft, that you couldn't possibly comprehend. With us by your side...no one would ever test you, ever again."
Klaus listens to her words carefully hating to admit that apart of him wanted it, to be free to raise Joyce with Buffy, to have more children with her. To know they could live in peace as their power would be untouchable. It was all he had ever wanted but still it was Dahlia, so everything she said could not be taken at face value.
Dahlia sighs as she turns to the hybrid noticing his reluctance "Let me show you." She whispers before waving her hand.
The hybrid blinks only to find himself stood in the middle of the mountains, a bright beautiful green area surrounded by trees and blue skies.
There was a lake about a mile away from where he was stood but what was drawing his attention was the house situated perfectly to where you could see the mountains from every window.
"What is this?" he hisses turning to Dahlia who merely raises a hand to her lips and points at the house making it clear he was to watch "It's what you want." She tells him before walking towards the house.
As he follows after her in confusion he couldn't help but admit the place was stunning, the home was stone carved surrounded by red bushes and bright green trees. The old brick work of the house made the home feel more classic.
The hybrid moves after the witch only to freeze as he hears laughing from inside the house, turning his head in the direction of the door his eyes widen as he spots a curly blonde haired girl around six years old run out into the garden quickly followed by another blonde haired child, her hair not as wildly crazy as the elders but still curly. The little girl was about three her hair a darker shade then the elder girl but the laugh was the same...as were the eyes. Bright blue.
As he stared at the two blonde girls who couldn't help but feel rare emotion appear on his face as he overheard the two of them making it finally click in his brain...the laugh was all Buffy, but the eyes, the eyes both girls shared.
That shade a deep ocean blue. Those were his eyes.
The elder girl was crouched down in front of the smaller blonde haired girl smiling down at her brightly "Look, Mia." The elder whispers picking up a flower and waving her hand over it making the flower quickly bloom just from a flick of her wrist.
Klaus takes a shaky breath as he watches the two girls playing in the garden turning to look at Dahlia he stares at her in astonishment "Are they?"
The witch nods offering him a small smile "The elder is Joyce. She's about five or six here. That's her younger sister, Amelia." Dahlia explains pointing towards the elder of the two girls whose curly blonde locks were bounding around her as she spun around the garden with her younger sister "This is not real..." Dahlia explains "...but it could be. This is what I'm offering you..." Pausing as she hears the front door open Dahlia smiles knowing this next sight would push the hybrid over the edge "What I'm offering you both."
With that the hybrid frowns before he hears Joy yell out making him quickly spin around as he spots Joyce stand helping Mia up to her feet "Mama! Mama! Come look!"
Klaus frowns before he turns his head and he had to admit he held his breath at the sight of her, standing there her long blonde lucks halfway down her back with a beautiful white sundress on, looking as beautiful as ever was Buffy.
The blonde walked down the porch into his view and then he quickly spotted what she was holding...a little boy, with dirty blonde hair like his and green eyes like his mother. Probably not even a year old yet.
"That's Henrik." Dahlia explains making the hybrid who had still yet to tear his gaze from Buffy and his children merely nod.
"Go. I'll give you some time." The witch tells him gesturing for him to take a step towards the family but he hesitated "This is not real. You're not getting into my head with this."
"Nik!"
At the sound of the blonde calling him Klaus blinks as Dahlia was suddenly no longer in his line of view, quickly looking around in a panic for the witch he comes to a halt as he feels a small feminine hand being placed softly on his shoulder "Nik?"
Klaus finally turns only to spot Buffy smiling up at him with a confused eyebrow raised "You alright there, you look like you saw a ghost? And I'm pretty sure we're ghost proof here." She laughs as she adjusts the baby boy in her arms.
The hybrid sputters slightly for the first time in 1000 years finding himself at a lose for words as he felt her hand rest on his cheek, while he knew this wasn't real...it just felt real every part of it felt so real.
As he sputters the blonde shakes her head in amusement before shocking him by leaning up and kissing him softly on the lips, as she pulls back she grins playfully at him "Come on..." She whispers taking his hand in hers as she begins to pull him towards the two playing girls in the garden "...the girls wanna show you their sketches."
With a simple nod the hybrid allowed himself to be pulled into the fantasy not noticing Dahlia stood by the front door with a wide smirk on her face.