Chapter 16

"It appears that my parents were quite devious." He whispered. "How about I show you exactly what they had done while Rebekah and Caroline explain this better to you." He led them into the living room where Jeremy was with the two women in question before he saw Elijah with a grin on his face. It was no secret that the little boy adored Elijah and Elijah adored the boy-even before finding out that he was his son.

"Kol!" Rebekah greeted her younger brother with a fierce hug. She clung to him like her life depended on it. "Bonnie. I'm so glad you're both here." She showed them the book then. She flipped to Elijah and Elena's story.

"Jeremy is his son," Bonnie recognized.

"You're a father?" Kol marveled. "How would we not know?" As he was asking Rebekah flipped through the pages to his and Bonnie's story. A perfect replica of his ring and her locket were illustrated on the page as well as pictures of the two of them. Bonnie tried to read the story but Rebekah was jostling the book too much in her excitement.

"Bekah, calm down!" Kol said. "We can't read the story!"

Rebekah looked at him and bit her lip.

"Mother and father did this to us." She said sorrowfully.

"Long story short the two of you belong together. Ms. Bennett even bound you together - Kol's ring to your locket. You can feel each other's emotions," Caroline supplied.

"Woah!" Kol murmured. "Do you have any ideas as to why mother and father would do this to us?"

"They don't want you to take after Elijah," Rebekah said. "They want to take away your humanity Kol!" Bonnie looked shocked and saddened. Rebekah threw her arms around Kol and hugged him tightly.

Kol stared at her and as she played the recording, his face vamped out in his anger.

Caroline saw that and screamed before fainting.

"Kol!" Bonnie screamed as pain tore through her and she dropped to her knees.

"She doesn't know about vampires," Elena worried over Caroline.

"Rebekah and I will explain it to her while you get Kol and Bonnie somewhere safe as well as calmer." Elijah told Elena who nodded and took Jeremy into her arms, pushing Kol out of the room while she helped Bonnie up and ushered her out of the room.

Bonnie was crying the pain of Kol's sudden burst of anger had been so intense.

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Meanwhile Caroline opened her eyes and immediately began to panic again.

"What's going on? His face just...OH MY GOD! That was freaky!" Caroline panicked. "Is it some sort of disease? Is it contagious?"

"It's...more complicated then you think." Rebekah said slowly.

"What is going on? Aren't all of you human or witches?" She asked.

"No," Elijah said calmly. "There are also vampires and werewolves among others. Remember that just as there are good, bad and in between with humans there is the same with vampires. Kol, Rebekah and myself are all vampires. We do not kill humans. We will be happy to answer any questions you might have."

"How were you all created? Do you turn into bats and what about garlic? Holy water and churches?" She fired off.

"Our mother created us with magic," Rebekah said. "We don't turn into bats or anything else and happen to love eating garlic. We are all religious and can go to church. Holy water doesn't burn us."

"Reflections? Sunlight? Do you sleep in coffins?" Elijah wanted to laugh but kept his composure.

"We have reflections and we don't sleep in coffins...unless we are neutralized." He said softly.

"Sunlight doesn't bother us unless we aren't wearing these." Rebekah showed the girl her daylight ring. "They were spelled to help us walk around in the daytime."

Caroline nodded but looked at Elijah.

"What do you mean by 'neutralized'."

"We cannot be killed. However there is a set of magical daggers that when they are used on us causes us to enter a death-like sleep until they are removed," Elijah replied gently.

"Is that for all vampires or..." She wasn't sure what to think. The world had suddenly flipped itself onto a different axis. Everything that she believed about vampires was just debunked and now she seriously wished that she never read Twilight! These people don't look like they're sparkling in the bit of sunlight that was showing!

"Yes, although only vampires made with magic cannot be killed. Vampires made without magic can be killed but it's very difficult," Elijah replied.

"Books and movies have it wrong," Rebekah smiled, "although I enjoyed the Twilight series even if it was wrong."

Caroline groaned.

"What about zombies? Are there any running around here?" She suddenly asked. "What's real and what's not real?"

"No zombies," Rebekah smiled. "As far as we know it's humans, vampires, werewolves and various hybrid combinations."

"Hybrid combinations?" Her eyes widened. "Human-vampire hybrids exist?"

"No, but werewolf-vampire hybrids do as well as witch-vampire hybrids," Rebekah smiled.

"Then what's Jeremy? Is he a hybrid?" Elijah shook his head.

"He's a warlock but because of his age...his powers are still developing." He explained. He needed to ask Sheila how strong his son actually was.

"This is a lot to take in...so your brother...was he going to hurt someone? When he made that face - is everyone okay?"

Elijah shook his head.

"No, he was angry that this was happening and that we all have forgotten about the truth as well as the reasons why this is happening." He told her.

"We're all very angry but Kol still has a temper and has been called the lethal of us all. My brother Klaus is known as the Hybrid King while our father Mikael is known as the Destroyer or The Vampire who hunts Vampires and our mother is known as the Original Witch."

"What are you and Rebekah called?" She asked.

"Elijah's known as the Noble Stag or the Honorable Brother." Rebekah told her.

"Rebekah doesn't have a nickname," Elijah said.

"Isn't that kind of unfair?" Caroline asked. "I bet all of you have a nickname but Rebekah doesn't? I'll give her one!"

"What would it be then?" Rebekah asked.

"How about The Vampire Princess?" Caroline offered.

"I like it." Rebekah preened. Elijah nodded.

"You do act like a princess sometimes sister." Elijah conceded.