A/N: Congratulations to Traceybuie for being the 700th reviewer for this story xx Alexis
I was more or less done with the teenage angst that seems to beset Mystic Falls, it was wearing and to be frankly honest damned annoying. I was barely a year to eighteen months older than some of these girls; however, the gulf between us was immense. Even when I was in school I don't remember being this immature, but maybe that's just me. Could it be my brushes with the supernatural has made me more cynical and wary? I have no idea and it's really not that important, just a perception that stuck me whilst here. Of course, my upbringing may have had much to do with the differences, since I had to grow up long before anyone here!
Ava and I were more than ready to leave, but we needed to speak to Bonnie first. A little bit of a threat to keep her off Leah's back, stopping her from acting out on Elena's behalf. Although Ava had not learned to use her magic yet, it flowed from and around her and was obviously powerful. She could at least call her grimoires to her and because she had two it made her far more powerful than normal witches who only have one ancestral tome. Plus as she was the only survivor of the tenth coven of New Orleans, this gave her the clout to invoke the help of the other nine if she ever needed to. That was the threat, mess with Leah for Elena's petty jealousy and enjoy the hell it would bring down around her ears!
To remember we were Swans, first and foremost and taking down covens who hurt our family and friends, was in our blood! To say she got the message was an understatement; she was a shaking mess when we left her. She knew all she needed to do to stay safe was, leave Leah and Damon alone. Whether Elena took the hint was a different matter and one Leah could deal with herself. So that was it, time to all go our separate ways. For now Rose and Em would be getting vampire training 101 from Peter, Ava and Jasper would be taking the time for her to study up on her magic and visit the ancestral home of both families. Rebekah was off to New York, everyone thought it was to party, but I knew the truth.
She was going to school, she wanted to do it unaided and without any ridicule. She only told me as I would arrange for the payment of her tuition fees and I could keep it a secret. Klaus was quiet, even withdrawn and I think it was the meeting with the pack that was on his mind. So me being me, I commented that there must be other's out there too, who possibly needed help or guidance. I left the rest up to him; he was a clever and resourceful guy. Plus allies were never to be sniffed at; you never know when you might need backup. That only left Elijah and me, we were about to start on a worldwide business tour, which would also be my chance to see places I'd always wanted to.
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I could tell Isabella was more than ready to leave and after spending so much time with her I too was annoyed by the childish antics of the residents of Mystic Falls. God help us if our lives ever depend on them. It's to be hoped Leah can have a positive effect on them all, starting with Damon. But meanwhile, I was ready to show Isabella the world, both the world as she knows it and some of my world. There are many Traditionals who don't want power, don't want trouble and live their lives to the max. They don't need fame, recognition or glory and I count many as my friends. There are many others who I hope she never meets, but I'm sure they will be shocked when they find her and now me impervious to their threats.
Rebekah and Isabella seem to think I don't know about her plans, but I do and I'm happy for her. I'll go along with the ruse if that's what Rebekah wants. I suppose it's understandable since we've been less than supportive in the past. Isabella is giving us a second chance and I won't blow it and maybe one day Klaus will free the others too. It would be nice to all be together and if not happy with each other, at least content. That's my hope for the future that Isabella can wear my brother down because he won't listen to me. I know he will listen to her, strange as that may be. She has a way of getting through to people without forcing her opinion on them.
I really just want to get away with her and it to be just the two of us again. I love my siblings, but sometimes I don't like them and that's normal I've come to realise. Because we are all separate entities and can't possibly always agree on everything. I was so busy in the past trying to keep us together and that's wrong too. We should always have had our own lives and not been forced together by me for eternity. You live and learn and I'm still learning. Seeing Klaus' wolf side blatantly being calm and controlled was an eye-opener! I always assumed it was feral and dangerous, never giving him the chance to prove me wrong. Ever since Isabella came into my life I have been changing my views on many things.
I was looking at the four of us walking home and I could see we were all deep in thought. However even then we were together, Jasper and I were holding our partner's hands and Isabella and Ava were also holding hands. We have a really strong connection, all four of us, I knew I was right because Jasper looked over at me and nodded. I was sensing it but he could actually feel it and then he shared it with me and it was a beautiful thing. A caring, warm and loving hug, that's what it felt like. I bet Marcus Volturi would be impressed by our bonds of love, family and friendship all rolled together. Isabella was the glue in this relationship which included the McCarty's and my siblings too. Now Damon and Leah were part of it too.
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I had just let Elijah feel what our bond felt like to me and it was truly a special thing. We weren't all the same species, but we were family, especially the four of us. Original, Traditional, Human Witch and Cold One, we were a strange group, but our bond was solid and unbreakable. Bella had brought us all together and as long as she existed we would never fall apart. I owed her so much; she saved me from myself and gave me literally half of herself. I loved her very much and found it amazin' that the part of her that I felt drawn to all along was Ava. I could never find a way to repay her for everythin', but she had my utmost loyalty for eternity.
Ava, god she was all I had ever dreamt my life partner should be. I can believe I thought Alice was that, she was a poor imitation and that's so sad. Maybe if she'd actually been sane, but no, we really weren't meant to be and we just settled rather than be alone. With Ava it's so easy and comfortable, she completes me. Sappy, I know but true all the same. For the first time in many years, I was lookin' forward to the future, no matter what it brought us. I would stand shoulder to shoulder with my new family, as well as my old family and give my all to keep them safe. But for now, I am dedicatin' myself to helpin' Ava gain her powers.
I really want to help her and then hopefully we'll find a way to be together forever. I'm not goin' to worry for now as we have time and her magic could be the answer. I also want to marry her and have her be the only woman to carry my name. I never used Whitlock in any of the several times Alice and I wed. So as far as I'm concerned Ava will be the only woman I've really married. I found the ideal ring and weddin' band set and am just waitin' for the perfect opportunity to pop the question. This woman deserves the best and I will make it my goal to be the one to give it to her. Hopefully, it won't be too long from now, but I will try and be patient, which will be a feat I'm sure.
I'm glad Ava and Bella sorted out Bonnie for Leah and Damon's sake, they deserve to be happy and Elena, that little madam is nothin' but trouble waitin' to happen. She picked Stefan and threw Damon away. So she couldn't expect him to wait around in case she changed her mind again or maybe she did! Hell, I have a hard time understandin' those girls and their waverin' decisions. I don't see how it's okay to play with people's feelin's like that. Maybe it's because I feel the results of their choices, sometimes it's quite devastatin'! So I'm quite happy we're leavin' soon for the ranch. I'm lookin' forward to just feelin' Ava's emotions and nobody else's, well except my own, of course.
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I can see we are all worrying about the future, for each other, but at the same time glad to be getting away. To have time for ourselves with our significant others of course. This is far newer to me obviously, although I do have Bella's memories and she has always been more of a loner. I really just want to be alone with Jasper and to read through both grimoires and find out all I need to know from them. Before hunting down any other Swans or if possible Cormiers. I would rather a relative helped me than someone who might want something in return. I would love to find out that Edgar or Eloise were still out there, them I would trust above everyone else. I can't be the only one left from either side can I?
I also want to know how Jasper's type of vampirism would affect my magic. We know it's lost to Traditionals, but what about Cold Ones? These things are all plaguing me, but if I can find a spell that prolongs my life, as it is, then that would give us more time. But if I had to choose, of course, I'll choose Jasper, I refuse to lose him for magic! I think that he worries too, but he's too much of a gentleman to say it out loud. I'm ready to commit myself to him and look forward to being his life partner. But the main thing is getting out of Mystic Falls. Being away from all the angst and trivia that comes from that mean girl clique! I think Elena is an entitled brat who has never heard the word no, ever!
Who knows what the future will bring and I'm guessing that for supernaturals there is always something lurking around the corner. It's a high-octane way of life, but it's a life that brought me Jasper and well I can't complain about that now can I? So for now we are all going our separate ways and will come together when needed or for any celebrations. If I know anything about my sister, she'll have a small wedding and tell everyone after it's a done deal. Maybe I should suggest that we do it together, being each other's witnesses and then go off on our separate honeymoons. Wow, I'm jumping the gun here; Jasper hasn't even asked me yet! But I know he will and it will be perfect.
This whole experience has been mind-blowing, one minute I was just a small part of another person's life and now I am an entity in my own right. As each day passes we are proving to be totally different people and I wonder how Bella coped before? Hey, was her clumsiness part of that? Was she so out of step with the world, because she was we? It makes sense in a strange way, we were possibly pulling in different directions some of the time and it caused her to be truly out of step with the world around us! Well, I'm going to speak for both of us and say it was worth it in the long run. Because now both sides of one person are happy to be apart, but not alone. We have an unbreakable bond, closer than any other siblings.
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I was going to miss Bella and Ava, but I needed to navigate Mystic Falls by myself. I know they would have put the fear of God up Bonnie the witch and I'm thankful. I'm not equipped for that, but I can cope with Miss Bitch, Elena Gilbert, without any help. It's not right that she made her choice, but didn't want Damon to move on, just in case she wanted to have him back! How can't they all see she was just playing the brother's off against each other, that's so wrong! Anyway, I'll be making it known that anything that goes on at our house will be decided by Damon and me; Elena gets no say so as she is a guest and doesn't live with us. If Stefan wants her over that's fine, but she won't be making the rules or telling us what to do in our home!
Damon is happy to let me handle things; he finds it all boring and irrelevant. Since we got here he barely even talks to her, it's as if a spell were broken and he now sees her for what she is. Just another childish high school kid! I would hate to think that this was anything to do with Bonnie because I'm not above kicking her ass! Beside's I've got studying to do so there will be no late-night parties for people who don't live here anymore. I'm not against having fun, just not the teenage version. We're all a bit old for that and they really are too immature for us to be hanging around with. I'll leave that to Stefan, he seems to be the type who refused to grow up even though he's old enough to know better.
Yeah, he really is an Edward Cullen knockoff! I still have trouble seeing him as himself and not as Edward the douche! But so far he hadn't shown me there was more to him and I pray God there is. Anyway enough of that, I'm alone in this massive house with to me one of the sexiest men I've ever met. So I think it's time to put thoughts of his petulant little brother to one side. I can at least guarantee I won't have to put up with Elena for the rest of today. I hear her good friend Caroline's mother is the Sheriff so I might have a word with her, about her daughter being friend's with someone who's using inappropriate behaviour towards my future husband! That'll put the cat amongst the pigeons or should that be the shifter amongst the werewolves!
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Well, it's time for me to get the hell out of this little town; it has an overinflated opinion of its importance. But it's not for me to say anything; they will learn that the world of the supernatural doesn't revolve around them. When it actually revolves around my family, but that's another story and not something we asked for. Isabella gave me some things to think about, maybe I should be looking for allies amongst the shifters because you never know when the end of times will knock on our door and I need to be prepared. But for now, I'm going to leave all the lovebirds to do their own thing and head out along with Rebekah. She really believes Elijah and I don't know what she has planned and I won't disabuse her.
I'm happy for her and thank Isabella and Rose for being a good influence on my sister. I often wonder if Freya had survived would she have been a good influence on Bekah. I'm going to avoid New Orleans for now; Marcel has been given a bloody nose by Isabella. Also if Ava needs the nine covens help it would be best if the Mikaelson's weren't there. We do have a tendency to cause bother wherever we are or is that just me? Yeah, it's more likely to be my inability to leave well alone. But I'm not too proud to admit I have learned a lot since Isabella came into my brother's life. One day maybe even I will find a love like that and she whoever she is can help temper my excesses of which there many!
Hell at this rate I might even un-dagger Kol and Finn, but not yet. I will definitely need Isabella on standby for that one. I'll wait until those two announce their wedding because I know they will do it small and far away from here. If anyone can disarm my brother's it's her, Isabella! Maybe when it's time I'll find Sage as well, that will help keep Finn from going off the rails. As long as neither Mikael nor Esther make an appearance before then we could actually have a peaceful truce for a few years. Well as peaceful as we can, given our differing personalities. I meanwhile have places to go and wolf packs to visit all over the world. This is usually when I feel my calmest and see the best side of myself.
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Well, the future is lookin' good for my brother Jasper and his new extended family for now! That's not to say it will always be that way, but for this moment in time, all seems calm. My knower has warned of things to come that will be hard for all of them, but together they can and will overcome it all. But only if they all stick together! The Mikaelson's sure have a fucked up lineage! But in a couple of years, Ava will return one who was thought lost and with Ava's help, she will overcome the evils planed by their mother and Aunt Daliah! Finn will have his troubles too and will need his families love and understandin'. Kol will find love in the arms of a young witch, it's holdin' onto it that will be the problem.
These events will all start slowly buildin' in speed and power over the next three years. It's how they all respond that will change the outcomes. Without Bella and Ava in their lives, they would all be doomed in one way or another. But because Bella changed things for Elijah, that changed things for the others too. Damon is no longer tied to the doppelganger, Elena. Plus Niklaus' dalliance will never get her paws or claws into Elijah. The power of the witches in the family will overcome more than they realise and Bella's shield will put paid to many of the first tier of Traditionals plans! If they can't use the normal way to attack the Originals and magic is thwarted too, well many will never get what they think is their revenge!
But just because I've seen glimpses, doesn't mean it will all come to fruition. Too many are involved and some may even die before their plans are set in motion. All because one young girl ran away from a Cold One's obsessive behaviour in a small town in Washington State! That's the thing about life; it evolves and changes due to those involved. So whereas before they could count on Elijah to stick to his routine, therefore use him for their gain. Now it is different and more fluid due to Bella's input and her defence of him will remove some before they can cause too much trouble. The Originals can thank their Gods for the horrors Bella will save them from unknowingly and Ava too will be a power for good in their near future.
I'm gettin' ready to meet them all, I know that when they decided on their double weddin'. It will be in New York City and Char and I will be there to be their witnesses. It's been a long time comin' for my brother, I always knew there was somethin' off about Alice. But even I never saw it was her madness and split personality that warped their bond! But now he has that thing we all want, true love and an unimpeachable bond. Jasper and Ava's is only equalled by Bella and Elijah's one which is a mirror image. Twinnin' at its most fundamental level! But for now, there will be a lull in the supernatural world while the lovers enjoy each other and their bit of freedom.
Anythin' that happens in the future will be a story for another time and Bella's to tell, and not me! But as always I'll be there by my brother's side, helpin' in any way I can.
That's as far as I want to take this tale. Too much happens in the Originals from 2009 onwards to cover here and this was, of course basically a Twilight story. I've dropped hints but alluded to Bella being the catalyst for things to go way differently. I hope you all enjoyed it anyway xx Alexis
