Pairing: Klaus/Finn (M/M) hand
Tyler did relent and drive Jeremy to school the following day with Davina and Matt in the backseat. Matt laughed to himself about Jeremy shifting in his seat.
Davina hadn't noticed and smiled, "What's so funny?"
Tyler chimed in, "Nothing. Matt is just being an ass. Come on, Matt. You and me have been there plenty of times, man."
"You're right," Matt drawled, "I'm sorry, Jer. It's just that Uncle Elijah must have really laid into you. I think of us waiting here like a bunch of morons for you yesterday and I don't feel all that bad."
Jeremy's face colored as he didn't want to discuss his punishment with Davina in the car.
"Bonnie asked me to go with her and I just got in the car. Like my Aunt Jenna never really cared where I went after school. You know, old habits and all," Jeremy uttered.
"It's okay. I got it the other night, too, when I told Rebekah to go to hell and caused that little earthquake. Not as bad as it seems you did, though," Davina admitted. She could tell that Marcel still felt terrible about it. He was doting on her and constantly checking that she was okay. She didn't have the heart to tell him that she was having dizzy spells.
"Let's put it this way, I wasn't real cooperative last night and got a second dose this morning," Jeremy blurted.
"Really? I thought that was kind of an empty threat, you know for not acting right while getting your ass tanned. Damn, son, you must have made our uncle pissed. Props," Matt said in awe.
"Yeah, or else I'm a moron. Dad did it once to me at night, like the first week he had me. I thought that was bad, but this was worse. It's like layers of hurt over layers of hurt. Guys, please don't tell Bonnie I got in trouble. I know she was suspicious yesterday," Jeremy pleaded.
"Wait, you mean you got spanked once and then spanked again for real? Once is bed enough. Don't worry, Jeremy, I won't say anything," Davina promised with feeling.
Tyler added, "Me either, man. I got it twice before, bro. Maybe not like that exactly, but yeah...you'll be okay."
Jeremy smiled, "Easy for you to say with your supernatural healing now."
"That did come in handy yesterday sparring with Kol. I was so pissed at you that he had to knocked me on my ass a couple of times to calm down," Tyler said patting Jeremy on the ass as they got out their binders and bags from the truck. Jeremy laughed and pushed him away with his backpack.
"Hey, Bonnie was working hard on breaking the curse, but man, it seems like a big spell. How are you doing with all this? I mean about possibly turning," Jeremy asked.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared. They say it's like every bone in your body breaks. But then, there is a part of me that wants to. You know about my dreams. I guess I'd have to get chained up so I didn't hurt anyone, but a part of me wants to just hunt. It's messed up," Tyler confessed walking to the building.
Davina cut in, "You know if you would become a hybrid, then you are half vampire. You'd be super powerful, but have the blood lust to deal with. Let me see if I can work on something to suppress your turning. I once heard of something called a moonlight ring, kind of like how vampires have a daylight ring. Jeremy, it's just almost impossible to do the original spell without killing your sister, and another wolf, and a vamp."
"That would be great," Tyler said. "Let me know if you need help. I actually feel pretty useless here."
Later that evening after dinner, Freya took Henrik over to Bonnie's to induct him into the Bennett coven. She had been teaching him little spells, but never tapped into his wild power again. Elijah, Jeremy, Kol, Davina, Rebekah, and Marcel also went. Klaus said he'd stay home and hold down the fort.
Klaus was getting more apprehensive that the Sun and Moon Curse would not be broken in time. A spell of this magnitude was dangerous and required a great deal of power. Freya could use the power of the Originals to anchor it, but that would also draw the attention of other covens. You just could not cloak that level of magic. Mystic Falls would have a vortex of magic around it.
Elijah had hired a tutor for Finn and Henrik during the day. They had to start with the basics, though they were both quick learners. Everyone thought it would be especially good for Finn to go to school, but he had a lot of catching up to do.
"Okay, Finn, you are doing well. Just one more page and then bath time," Klaus said tiredly.
"It's not fair. Henrik doesn't have to do these lessons!" Finn whined.
"Yes, well, Henrik is being indicted into a coven tonight so he can help the family. Now one more, stop stalling," Klaus encouraged.
"Why didn't they put me in it? Aren't I a witch, also?" Finn snapped.
"Yes, you are. But you are as yet untapped. You have time, there is no rush for you to start practicing. Magic can be dangerous and time consuming. Let's get your caught up with your letters and numbers and then we'll worry about latin and boundary spells," Klaus pressed on.
Finn threw his workbook across the room and folder his arms.
"Not doing it tonight. You don't want to be here with just me. Let me go play," Finn demanded.
Klaus shut his eyes and took a breath for patience. He went to go get the workbook, when Finn ripped his notebook in half and threw the shreds in Klaus' face.
"Are you looking to get a spanking tonight, young man?" Klaus asked.
"You can't smack me. I'm older than you," Finn snarked.
"Finn, I know you are frustrated. But misbehaving is not the way to achieve your goal here. You may continue working on this or we shall go up to your room and discuss it with you over my knee with you looking at the floor," Klaus promised.
"If you are so interested, do it yourself. Just leave, I know you want to since Henrik isn't here anyway," Finn growled.
"Okay, let's go," Klaus lifted Finn and vamped him up to his room. Like Mikael mentioned Finn was pathologically jealous of Henrik.
"Brother, put me down. I demand it," Finn said getting nervous. He typically got away with his snarky attitude and responses.
Klaus was holding him firmly by the arm and led him to the corner.
"I want you to stand there and think about why you are getting your behind spanked in a moment," Klaus said pushing him gently further into the corner.
Finn turned and Klaus repeated his warning to stand there and think. Finn was now getting worried that he actually was going to get walloped and considered that he may have pushed Niklaus a bit too far.
"Call for Freya, she won't let you. I'll tell her you were mean to me. Just leave me alone," Finn begged turning again.
Klaus got out his pajamas and set them on the bed. He really didn't want to do this, but he felt like he had little choice. Finn was pushing his buttons, he had been tempted to swat him in the great room, but Klaus preferred to discipline in private. He always felt like the reciprocate of the punishment was more worried about someone walking in than what he or she did wrong. Klaus needed to calm himself. His brother did have a way of making him cross.
"Finn, can you come here please?" Klaus asked calmly.
"No, not so you can just beat me," Finn whined.
Klaus vamped over and gently led the man in a a boy's form to the bed to stand in front of him. Finn twisted and tried to get free of the hybrid's grasp.
"You know I would never hurt you. I hear your anger talking when you say things like that. I suppose telling you that we care about you as much as Henrik isn't getting through, so maybe a little spanking will," Klaus said softly.
"No, Niklaus, I'll do the school work. I was just jealous that Henrik is getting to be in a coven," Finn gulped.
"Finn, I think we know that you have been asking for this for a while. Now, are you going to take it like a big boy or are you going to make it worse for yourself?" Klaus asked.
"Sorry," Finn blurted now struggling harder and trying to push away.
Klaus had to hold his hands back with his left hand as he took down his jeans with his right.
"Stop. Hands at your side," Klaus ordered.
"I'm going to bend you over the bed. If you can try to keep still, it will be over soon. If not, your drawers are coming down and you will go over my knee for very sound spanking," Klaus warned.
Klaus stood and arranged Finn so that he was leaning over the twin bed. His jeans were at his knees and Klaus grabbed his hands and pulled them behind his back. Finn tried to yank his arms back and push up.
"You're getting twelve smacks. Now stay still," Klaus repeated.
Smack!
Smack!
Smack!
Klaus applied his hand over both of Finn's cotton covered cheeks at the same time. He heard him draw in his breath, but he remained silent.
Crack!
Crack!
Klaus targeted the center of each cheek a bit harder.
"Oww, ouch. Okay. You can s-stop," Finn yelled writhing.
"You have seven more to go," Klaus reminded him.
Whack! Whack! Klaus swatted the area right below Finn's underwear line on his bare thighs. His hand left a faint blush colored mark.
"Stop! I said that's enough," Finn snarled. The child seemed more angry, than chastened.
Smack!
Smack!
Smack!
With three more slaps across his entire bottom, Finn lost it and started wailing.
"Stop it, I mean it. You're nothing but a damn bastard! Always and forever" Finn screamed.
Klaus paused. Bastard! The one word that could hurt him, because it was true. With four more to go, Klaus knew what he had to do. He let go of Finn's hands, which immediately went to rub his sore cheeks. Finn then pushed himself up crying.
"You were warned. I guess you want me to smack your bare behind for you. Very well. I shall comply," Klaus said yanking his underwear to meet his jeans at his knees.
"No, no, s-sorry. I just wanted you to stop, no more," Finn sputtered.
Klaus bent him over both knees and pushed him so Finn's hands met the floor and his legs were not touching the floor.
Whap! Whap! Whap!
He began peppering his whole bottom with little smacks. Finn rocked his hips to move out of the way, but he was pinned.
"This doesn't hurt! Let me up!" Finn screamed in rage.
Klaus repeated the circuits of swats until the fire built up and Finn began to kick and yell.
Klauss then targeted the sit spots and spanked the same area over and over until he heard crying. Finn kicked off his pants and underwear, freeing his legs to move more freely. Klaus did not stop spanking even as Finn's legs pinwheeled and he thrashed violently to get off his brother's knee. Klaus pulled him in tight with his left arm and continued spanking him longer.
After three minutes of swats that covered every inch and turned Finn's bottom a bright cherry red, Klaus finally paused.
Finn was hysterical and had tears and snot running down his face. His upturned bottom felt raw and raged with a sting he had never felt to this degrees.
"I often forget how much my hand smarts after I administer a good shellacking. I assure you the next time, you will be getting more than my hand applied to your bottom," Klaus said patting Finn's thighs.
"Stop, s-stop, s-stop," Finn howled, not even realizing that Klaus had stopped a moment before.
"Why should I stop spanking you? What did you learn?" Klaus said.
"To behave, to do what I'm told, that you aren't kidding. I d-didn't know that...t-this was so b-bad," Finn wailed, still kicking and thrashing.
Klaus gave him another pop on the bottom.
"Stop that, I'm going to keep you here until I'm sure you learned your lesson. Now continue," Klaus said rubbing the spot he had just swatted.
"I learned that y-you aren't jesting. It hurts. No more, Nik, p-please," Finn begged.
"Why did I spank you? How do we feel about you?" Klaus asked quietly.
"You love me. I k-know that now," Finn moaned.
"Why did it take a spanking to have you see that?" Klaus mused, almost amused.
"I j-just didn't know if you c-cared. I'm sorry," Finn went on, now fully crying.
Klaus pulled him into his lap, ignoring the wail of pain when he sat him down. He grabbed some tissues from the box and started wiping the tears and mucus away. For a moment, Finn was focused on trying to rub the pain away, then he started to try to bat Klaus away in anger.
"You can't fight me, little brother. I'm not leaving you or turning my back on you. I will hold you as long as you need, Finn. I don't care what you call me or if you fight me, I'm here," Klaus murmured holding Finn tightly on his lap, who now rested against him quietly. Finn's jeans and pants were long since kicked off, but neither noticed. Neither noticed that the younger brother called the elder 'little', as it was now so.
During the coven ceremony inducting Henrik, Bonnie felt a surge of power. They often convened a circle at Steven's Quarry for the space and privacy. It was also a scared spot as past witches had been sacrificed here in the past. Bonnie looked at Freya to see if she felt the magical energy. She nodded and they looked at Henrik, but it wasn't from him.
It was Davina.
A huge swell of energy lifted the water out of the quarry in a powerful waterfall. It made a tremendous noise and everyone ducked.
Bonnie yelled, "Davina, is that you?"
Davina colored and said, "I'm so sorry. I was thinking about the Harvest ritual and how my own mother tried to sacrifice me. I didn't mean to do that."
"It's alright," Freya said, "Let's finish here and then we'll talk."
In the woods near the quarry, Bastianna Natale, one of the few elders left from the French Quarter coven, tried to Mikael. The vampires thought they killed her, but she always had a few tricks up her sleeve.
"To oppose us is to oppose the natural order. By choice or by force, the witches of the French Quarter will rise again," Bastianna said, staring at Davina.
"Don't worry. I'll see that you get your witch back. Just don't hurt my children. The Strix will see that you are protected until you complete the reaping," Mikael said watching his youngest son become a full witch.
After the induction, the others celebrated around the bonfire. Freya and Bonnie confronted Davina. Elijah joined them.
"How long has it been going on?" Freya asked pointedly.
"Since the Harvest. The power, it's like I can't contain it in my body. It's getting worse, as you saw," Davina admitted.
"Maybe we should try to do the suppression spell for Tyler sooner, rather than later. We need the black kyanite to enchant. Elijah, can you get that?" Bonnie asked urgently.
"I'll try. Let me reach out to some of my contacts," Elijah said taking out his cell phone.
"Davina, I wish you would have filled us in earlier. This type of power is like a beacon to other covens that a great deal of power is here, in this case, you. I'm not sure the cloaking spell we have in place is enough anymore," Freya worried.
Kol came over and put his arm around Davina, "Let's go, luv. I know I'm not a witch anymore, but there is a foul smell in the air here. The night is just too quiet."
At home, Klaus had put Finn to bed after reading to him from Grimm's Fairy Tales, Finn liked Brüderchen und Schwesterchen, Brother and Sister, about a brother who drinks from a spring and changes into a deer. After the evil step mother is burned at the stake, he finally becomes human...Klaus considered that it may not have been the best choice, but their real lives were indeed much gorier.
Klaus spent some time with Matt and Jeremy and listened to their drunk driving papers for Alaric. He was impressed by the passion Matt put into his, but Jeremy's in itself was quite good. Klaus was tempted to unground them and just put the whole incident behind them, but he knew that Elijah would disapprove greatly. Tyler was on the phone with Caroline in the other room.
Klaus excused himself as he heard Elijah call him.
"Brother, we might have a problem," Elijah started.
"Shall I guess or are you going to tell me?" Klaus quipped.
"Henrik did great. He's now a Bennet witch. How was Finn?" Freya asked, as Klaus put his arm around a tired Henrik and said good night to Davina.
"Marcel, Rebekah, could you put Henrik to bed please?" Klaus asked.
"Sure, Klaus," Marcel said ushering him out.
"Can the rest of us retire to the study?" Elijah asked.
"So Freya, to answer your question, Finn had a bit of a meltdown. He is fine, but I...," Klaus started.
"You finally spanked him?" Freya pushed.
"Yes, he tore up his-," Klaus continued.
"Brother, you need not explain. Finn has been pushing for your attention for weeks. He was testing you to see if you cared. Quite frankly, you have been overly patient with him. I think tonight was something you both needed. He needs to feel that you care about him. I'm sure you made it clear that you did," Freya cut in.
"I did, indeed, he's sleeping now soundly," Klaus smiled sadly.
"Our issues may be more serious than sibling rivalry. Two things: one, we need the stones for moonlight rights to stop Tyler from turning. Bonnie doesn't think the curse can be broken without killing Elena, and unless we find Katerina and sacrifice here, we're stuck. Two-..." Elijah paused.
Kol finished, "Davina is hemorrhaging magic. I felt it tonight. She may be able to siphon off enough making these moonlight rings to help for a time, but the huge use of that much magic is impossible to cloak."
"Someone needs to meet our contact in New Orleans to get the black kyanite for the ring tonight. If we can get it and do the spell tomorrow night, someone needs to be prepared to flee with Davina. She cannot stay here in Mystic Falls," Elijah said firmly.
"Let me go," Kol said, "I can help hide him. You know I would protect her with my life."
Marcel opened the door, "Just wait a damn second here. Can someone fill me in on what the hell is going on?"
It was decided that Elijah meet the contact and Rebekah and Marcel would take Davina away to hide her from her coven after the ritual. The time that the reaping needed to be done was fast ending, so it was only a few more weeks at most.
Kol was not happy, but understand that he was needed at the house in case the Strix turned or hunters attacked.
"Brother, I'm sorry. I know this is hard for you," Elijah admitted patting him on the shoulder.
"Don't patronize me, Elijah. I'm a big boy. I can handle it," Kol snapped.
"I know you're upset but you will not take that tone with me. Do you understand, young man?" Elijah scolded.
"Sorry," Kol said trying to control the torrent of emotions coursing through him.
"Have you fed, brother? Slept?" Elijah asked cupping his face with his hand.
Kol didn't answer.
"Go get a blood bag and go sleep now. I will not tell you again. Do you understand me, little brother?" Elijah asked sternly.
"Aye," Kol said turning to get some blood.
"Good. I mean it, Kol. You need to take care of yourself or I will take care of you. I'm going to check on you and you best be sleeping. Kol, don't test me," Elijah warned.
Kol nodded and vamped away. He knew he was close to getting swatted and that Elijah was right. He drank his blood and then fell into bed. He was worried about tonight.
-****
Elijah got the black kyanite for the spell and handed it to Bonnie. They would all need to work together to inscribe the stones with the magic of the moon to stop Tyler from turning.
Rebekah and Marcel were there, packed and ready to spirit Davina off to a far off locale to hide her for a few weeks. Davina and Kol had already said their goodbyes.
Freya started the incantation, Henrik was holding the natural elements of water, fire, earth, and air. Bonnie began to draw magic from her ancestors. But it was Davina would would seal the spell with the overwhelming magic from the Harvest.
In a cluster of candles, they placed the rare black kyanite stones in a spiral pattern, within a circular pattern of salt. They used Klaus' blood as that of a werewolf who doesn't turn to splatter on the stones. Since they could not wait until the full moon, as Tyler would turn, the stones would not make Tyler stronger or more agile. The spell would also not draw power from Klaus. It may bind the wearer and Klaus together on the full moon, but no ill effects should come from it.
Using her powers, Davina's scratched the wolf rune on the stones inscribing them forever. A huge surge of power heated the stones from within causing them to grow like the yellow Klaus' hybrid eyes for a moment.
Davina felt faint with the effort, but did not lose her balance. Bonnie put the stones into a ring for Tyler to wear and chanted a protection spell over it.
"That's it. It should be done," Freya announced. This time no one cheered, but quietly wept as Rebekah, Marcel, Davina disappeared into the night.
They did not know, but they wouldn't get very far.