Hey everyone! This chapter I am super excited about. It is this Christmas chapter! So I hope you enjoy!
Davina pulled her shirt over her head letting it slide down her body then pulled her hair up into a ponytail then walked out of the room to go downstairs. They were going to talk about everything that been going on in the town since Kol's absence so they were caught up with everything. Davina was making her way to the staircase when she let out a gasp when she felt a hand grabbed her arm and founded herself being pulled inside the bathroom and pressed up against the door. Her nose was hit by the fresh scent of body wash and her eyes were greeted by a damp shirtless Kol and it was a sight. She couldn't help but a hand on his hard stomach and slid it up his slick skin to his neck.
"I was hoping I could grab you before going downstairs," He said his eyes closing at the feel of her hand on his body.
"Why's that?" Davina prodded fingering the ends of his damp air. She bit her head as she felt a hunger light up her stomach.
"So I could do this," Kol said as he bent forward and she couldn't stop giggling against his lips as they moved hers. She could feel the tickle of butterfly wings deep in the pit of her stomach or maybe it was the melting of her heart. "You finally got some sleep," He said as he pulled back.
"I did and it was nice," Davina answered and it was true. There were no dreams or bad feelings so she was able to sleep peacefully.
"You look lovely this morning," Kol murmured as he inched closer again she was like an addiction to him like he needed her more than he needed blood to survive.
She rolled her eyes as she looked down at herself. "It is just a shirt and yoga pants," She pointed out. "Nothing fancy."
"You make everything look like a million bucks," Kol said slyly as he closed the gap between their lips. She moaned softly as she wrapped her arms around his neck as their kissed deepened. He could taste the chocolate on her tongue. "You taste like chocolate," He hummed against her lips.
"I had that doughnut remember," She said seeking out his lips not ready to let go of him yet.
"I think you just made it my favorite," He said huskily nibbling her lip before kissing her again. He could never get enough. "I have a problem," Kol said in her ear as he kissed along her jaw and she knew what he meant because she could feel the bulge against her thigh.
"As much as I would like to take care of it," Davina said as she moved her head to the side giving him more access to her delicious skin. "We have to get downstairs. Elijah is waiting for us."
"Elijah can wait five more minutes," Kol said his breath hot on her skin causing her to shiver as goosebumps erupted on her skin.
"In those five minutes we can figure out the problem and fix it," Davina sighed as Kol nipped at her skin. "Then we can get out of here."
"When we do, I am taking you to a nice bed and breakfast and never letting you leave the bed," Kol said his voice deeper and her body went hot at the thought.
"I can't wait," She said into his kiss as he locked his lips on her. She would love to have him right here but wanted to get this stuff done with. Davina pulled back from his kiss looking into his eyes. "We have to go." She said seriously and he pouted making him look completely adorable. "I love you Kol Mikaelson." She said softly.
Kol stared at the beautiful girl before him feeling his eyes warm. Pressing his forehead against hers. "In that case, you best kiss me before you go," He told her as she cupped his face pressing her lips against his so softly it knocked his breath out his chest. He never knew someone to be so gentle but yet express so much feeling. "I love you too," He said as she pulled her lips away moving to open the door. "I'll be down in a minute," Kol watched her close the door behind her as she stepped out to the chilly hall.
Kol took a moment to collect himself as he let out a shaky sigh. He didn't know why her word shook him so much, but it went straight to his soul. Kol didn't know why it shocked him so much as he shared what he really felt for the witch a few nights ago and it was true he truly did love her. So damn much. Maybe that was it that he could not believe that this was now his life and there was no way he was ever letting it go. He pulled himself out of his head so he could focus on getting dress so he could join them downstairs as there was much to discuss.
Davina flipped through a book on different magics some of them she had heard of before due to her witch heritage and some that she wished to forget as her eyes landed on a passage about Expression magic. It was one of the magicks she barely knew anything about, the only thing she did know about it was it could destroy so much if it was ever fully released into the world. Many of the witches of New Orleans were extremely against it. She did know that when witches ever attempted to use it never escape from it alive. As she read deeper into the subject, Davina swore to herself that she would never use it even if she is as desperate for anything else. It was not worth to risk others for the sake of it. She didn't look up as she felt Kol drop down into the seat next to her smelling even better than he did in the bathroom.
He looked around wondering where Elijah had gone off too, but his question was answered when he saw his brother pacing the floor with his phone to his ear. When Elijah turned around Kol started to ask who he was talking to but Elijah shook his head. He had a feeling he knew who it was.
"It's Niklaus," He mouthed confirming Kol's suspicion as Rebekah was currently in a box somewhere and the two of them were under the same roof together. He turned back around and looked over to see what Davina was reading so intently.
"Expression, the most powerful magic known to man and also known as the most dangerous. Why are you looking at that?" He asked watching as she turned a page her fingers following along the lines.
"Mainly out of curiosity," She answered looking up from the book. "I barely heard anything about it in the Quarter. Then again I am not about to go asking them about it either."
"Its nothing you want to get involved in. Nothing ever good comes out of this magic. I don't even know why it was created. Magic is supposed to be gifts from the earth not to be used to destroy a place where such gifts come from." Kol said knowingly.
"You and your freaky witch encyclopedia brain," Davina said turning back to the book.
"Jealous Love?" He teased wearing one of his sexy smirks.
"Nope," Davina looked up again. "I find it sexy," She smiled as Kol's smirked dropped and his eyes darkened.
"That is not fair, Darling," He said lowly and she could hear the want lingering on his tongue.
"Oops," She covered her mouth with a playful look in her eyes before the fell to the book again. "Hmmm, I haven't heard that name in a while."
"Which one?" Kol asked as he looked back to see Elijah ending the call. Great! They were about to get his over and he could take her somewhere and-
"Silas."
Kol jerked his eyes away from his brother as he heard the name and he was shocked to hear it coming from her lips. "You know about Silas?"
"Just a few stories my mother has told me. There is a group down in New Orleans that dedicate himself." Davina answered. Kol began to say something else but Elijah chose to walk into the room.
"I do apologize for our brother's horrendous timing," Elijah said as he took a seat across from them.
"To that, I agree," Kol said snickering. "What is our darling paranoid brother up to?"
"Making messes for me to clean up as usual," Elijah sighed.
"What happened with the hunter?" Kol asked placing his arms on the table. "You know the one you left New Orleans for?"
"It turns out that this hunter had marks on his arms or more so tattoos," Elijah began.
"You mean a hunter from the Brotherhood of Five?" Kol narrowed his eyes as he searched his mind.
"Brotherhood of Five?" Davina asked confused looking between both the brothers.
"Its a group composed of vampire hunters created in the twelfth century. They were created by a very powerful witch and their job was to bring total destruction of the vampire species. We ran into them in Italy where we stayed for a quite a long time. They were given a set mystical set of daggers that would put us to sleep. One for each one of us and they were successful at daggering all of us, but they made one fault. Even though they daggered all of us, the daggers had no effect on our brother Niklaus which prompted him to kill them all. You see they didn't count the fact our brother is not just a vampire, but he is part werewolf which made him invulnerable to silver." Kol explained he turned back to Elijah. "Are you sure this hunter is apart of the Five?"
"Quite positive," Elijah answered. "The first hunter was killed by Elena Gilbert. before I arrived back into Mystic Falls."
"Then why bring us to Mystic Falls? It sounds like everything is under control," Kol pointed out as he raised from his chair grabbing him a glass of bourbon. "Though poor girl. It probably was one of her first kills and got socked with a hunter's curse as payment." Kol winced as he remembered what Nik was like when he was under the influence of the curse.
"We learned something about the tattoo," Elijah stood up and started pacing the floor.
"Are you going to keep up in suspense or you gonna tell us sometime this century?" Kol smarted off. He was getting tired of the game.
"It was revealed by our sister that hunter's mark is actually a map when completed," Elijah revealed as he continued to pace. Kol rolled his eyes as he knew the older vampire could literally ware a hole into the floor.
"A map to what?" Davina asked as she was finding all of this very interested. She smirked to herself as she knew if Marcel knew she was hearing this stuff he would lock her up in the attic for as long as he could.
"It's a map that would lead on to something very valuable," Kol guessed. "And just what is that item Brother?" He watched the amber liquid splash around in his glass.
"A cure for vampirism."
Kol and Davina looked at each other for a moment before turning back to Elijah. "A cure?" Davina asked slowly.
"That isn't even possible. There is no such thing," Kol shook his head. "If there was one why haven't we heard of it yet?"
"Because when the hunters were killed that also took the map away which leads you to it," Elijah explained.
"And now this new hunter is dead meaning that we came all this way for nothing," Kol scoffed pushing his glass away. "You could have easily told this to us over the phone Elijah."
"Except there is a new hunter that has taken his place," Elijah sighed. "Jeremy Gilbert."
"Are you serious?" Kol laughed. "That pipsqueak could hardly swing a bat and hit a ball." He shook his head at such a thought. It was hilarious. "Now the fate of the cure rests in his hand?"
"So what needs to be done now?" Davina asked.
"We need to figure out where the map leads to but in order for that to happen. He needs to complete the mark." Elijah continued. "Niklaus is trying to get him to complete his mark so we can decipher the meaning."
"Well, while we are waiting for Nik to do his job," Kol looked around the place. "Why don't we dress this place up. It is Christmas after all." He looked at Davina wanting to know her opinion. "It been a century since I celebrated and the last one does really hold any good memories. How about we do it properly?"
"You know what," Elijah said with a smile on his face nodding. "Tell you what, Kol come with me and well go out and find a tree for us."
"I could run to town and get the stuff for lasagna," Davina suggested as excitement filled her being.
"I don't know," Kol said shaking his head. "It can be risky."
"Kol, I will be fine with a quick run to the store," Davina told him. "Besides there is no one here who knows who I am."
"Jeremy knows who you are," Kol pointed out.
"Jeremy isn't in town. He is up at his family's lake house with Elena," Elijah commented making Davina smile.
"See," She said placing a hand on his arm. "It will be fine."
"Fine," He said though he wasn't happy. "You must call me if you run into any kind of trouble."
"Kol," She shook her head. "I think sometimes you forget what I am capable of. I can take care of myself and I have been doing it for a long time." Davina got up out of her chair.
"Just promise me you will be careful," Kol pleaded. "Mystic Falls is a dangerous place Love."
"My home is a dangerous home and vampires are welcomed with open arms into the city," Davina sighed. "If I can live through that and survive a harvest through my coven, I think I can survive an hour out in that town, but I promise that I will be careful." She said as she backed out of the room. " I will see the both of you when I get back."
Kol watched her leave the room before turning to Elijah. "I have a very bad feeling about her going into town."
"You didn't hear a word she said did you?" Elijah snickered. "Davina is a smart girl. She will keep herself out of trouble. As for now, we have a tree to find." Elijah nodded to the door. "Let's go."
"Finally!"
Davina sighed as she pulled into an empty parking space then slipped out of the car into a very people packed town square. There were bits of fake snowflakes flying around with Christmas music on full blast. She looked around seeing all the people dressed up nice and Davina was glad she chose to wear a dark green skater dress that fell to her mid thigh along with knee-high brown boots. At least she wasn't totally underdressed for such an occasion. She walked through groups of people as she took in the corny decorations ducking to avoid a knock in the head by the man swinging the snow gun around. It appeared that man had already too much to drink and it was barely noon.
Davina noticed a sign pointing to her left to a building that displayed the name Mystic Grill saying that there were more things inside including coffee which sparked her interest. So she crossed the street and she saw many people coming and going from as she walked inside noticing that it was just as packed as the outside. There were many things strewed around asking for donations on certain items as well as many people walking around with trays of fancy foods and drinks but none she was interested in. She walked up to the bar and a tall boy that looked to be about her age sporting the name Matt on his t-shirt.
"Hi, what can I get for you?" He asked politely with a welcoming smile.
"Just a coffee to go please," She answered returning the smile.
"Okay. We also have champagne and many other drinks floating around here," He suggested pointing to the waiters walking around
"Thanks but it is just way too early for me to start drinking," Davina said shaking her head. "Just the coffee please."
"Alright. Have a look around and I will bring it out to you," Matt said walking away from the bar. Davina turned away looking at the different items that were up for auction and stopping at a painting of a dark snowflake that caught her attention. She smiled as she took in the colors that worked very well together. It reminded her of the night she and Kol danced in the snow remembering how he took her breath away.
"Do you like it?"
Davina looked to her left to see a tall man with blond curly hair with striking blue eyes that also reminded her of Kol's. He was watching her very closely with a cautionary look to his face and she nodded. "I do. It is very pretty. I like how the different colors contrast each other." She answered turning back to the painting.
"Do you like art?" He asked his voice deep with a British accent causing her to look back at him.
"I do and I love to create it as well," Davina replied. There was something familiar about him like she seen him before but couldn't remember where.
"Your an artist," He grinned taking a step closer to her. "As am I."
"Somewhat. I like to paint and draw, but nothing like this. No one has ever seen my work," Davina confessed.
"Why not?" He asked curiously.
"Never really had the opportunity I guess," Davina sighed. "I just wish I could be as good as the one who painted this." She pointed to the painting.
"Why thank you," He said and her mouth dropped open as she turned to look at him.
"You?" She asked and he nodded. "Well consider me impressed." She told him as he grabbed a glass of champagne.
"I don't recall ever seeing you around town," He said as sipping at the liquid as the guy from the bar walked over to her handing her a cup.
"Thank you," She smiled at him as he nodded turning to take care of another customer who had a question. "Just passing through," Davina answered blowing through the hole of the lid as she could tell the coffee inside was scalding hot and she didn't feel like burning her tongue today. Her eye closed as she felt an enormous amount of pressure on her head causing her to lift her fingers to her temple.
"Are you alright there, Love?" He asked as he took notice of the change in the young girl as she let out a breath lifting her head up stiffly.
"Yeah," She sighed as the pressure ebbed away and she could open her eyes and he was now staring at her suspiciously. "I'm fine." She added and he suddenly turned away from her and she followed his sight to a tall blonde standing a few feet away watching them very closely.
"Caroline," He greeted with a soft smile. Davina could see he was clearly smitten with the girl.
"Klaus," She said with a sweet sickly voice that made Davina's insides gagged. She could also sense the girl was also a vampire.
Davina's eyes widen as she now knew who he was and why he sounded so familiar as he turned at his name. He was Kol's older brother. "Did I steal you away from your date?" She asked as the blonde girl was now sending her a death stare.
"As much as I wish it were true, I am afraid not," Klaus said turning back to her. "She just can't handle her bad boys."
Davina chuckled, "Well the way she was looking at me said otherwise," Davina said snickering slightly as the blonde vampire turned away from them crossing her arms. "Uh oh, it seems like I have gotten you into trouble."
"Trouble is always around me even when I am not looking for it," Klaus shook his head. "If you'll excuse me I don't want to keep the lovely lady waiting." He said politely.
"Of course," nodded as her phone began to ring in her pocket and she pulled it out to see who was calling her and saw it was Marcel. "I need to take this anyway. Thank you for your time, Klaus is it?"
"That would the name," Klaus nodded as he turned around walking up to the vampire. "Caroline, may I offer you some champagne?"
Davina rolled her eyes as she walked her way out of the grill and she could feel the gaze of the vampire on her back. She waited until she was completely outside before answering the call.
"Hello?"
"Davina where the hell are you?" Marcel snapped and she winced as she could hear the worry in his voice. "Why are you in Mystic Falls?"
"Did you do a locator spell on me just now?" Davina asked knowing the answer before he even spoke.
"Damn right I did." He said angrily.
"What about your rule of no witchcraft in the quarter?" Davina asked smartly.
"I looked everywhere for your Davina," Marcel sighed. "I thought something bad happened to you and I don't regret it. Stay where you are I am coming for you."
"Marcel, I am in no danger. We only came up here for Christmas with Elijah." She told him feeling guilty about lying to him.
"That makes me feel so much better," Marcel said sarcastically and Davina rolled her eyes.
"It's just Elijah and you know that I have met him before," Davina pointed out. "I will be home in a couple of days. I will be fine. I am not your responsibility all the time."
"Baby, you will always be my responsibility. I swore when I took you in that I would let nothing happen to you." He told her seriously and she could feel her own anger slipping away.
"I know."
"I don't like this Davina. You need to very careful. The Mikaelson family is not something you want to play with." Marcel advised her.
"What about the witches?" Davina asked. "They now know where my location is. What if they come after me now?"
"What do you mean?" Marcel asked.
"It's nothing Marcel," Davina said as she walked back to the car. She needed to get to the store so she could get back as it will take her a while to make the food.
"You wouldn't ask that it if it was nothing Davina," Marcel told her. "What is going on?" He pressed.
"The Harvest has been on my mind lately," She confessed as she got into the car starting it up.
"Is that all?"
"That is all." She promised as she pulled out of the space making sure that she didn't hit anyone as there were many people behind her car.
"Just say the word and I will be there to bring you home," Marcel swore to her and she couldn't help but smile.
"Fine, but I need to go. I am driving and you hate when I when I am on the phone while driving." She pointed out.
"Okay. I will call you in a couple of days. Be safe D." Marcel said before ending the call and she sighed as she stuck her phone into the cup holder turning her attention to the true task at hand and that was getting the food.
Davina poured the cooked noodles into a strainer so she can get them ready to layer in the dish. She came back to the house to find still empty of the Mikaelson brothers so she turned up some music and got to work. That was about two hours ago. As she placed the noodles on the counter, she heard a noise that came from outside the house followed by heavy footsteps on the porch and couldn't help by laugh when she saw Elijah at the door.
"I see you were successful," She said as she opened the door for him and he entered the house with a tree over his shoulder as if it were weightless.
"Define successful," Elijah grumbled as he carried the tree into the living room. "We would have been back sooner, but a certain someone couldn't decide on the right tree. I think we must have looked at least twenty of them."
"Most of them were half dead Elijah," Kol yelled into the house from the outside.
"If you say so," Elijah tossed back as he placed the tree by the window. Davina followed the sound of Kol grumbling. She looked around the porch not seeing so she walked to the railing and looked over to the side. He was placing large logs into a pile and she smiled.
"Is that what I think it is?" She asked causing him to look up stopping what he was doing. "A bonfire?"
"It's bonfire season," He said nodding excitedly like he was a kid sending a dashing smile her way. "And I decided that I am having one."
"I told him not to," Elijah said coming out on to the porch as Davina walked down the stairs as Kol started arranging the logs into place.
"Aw, Elijah you should know that I would want to do this," Kol said looking up to his brother as he walked around placing big rocks around the wood stopping next to her placing a kiss to her head. "Mmm Basil." He hummed as he caught a whiff. "One of my favorite herbs" He grinned turning his focus on his task.
"So we can light it." He explained as he crouched down stuffing dry leaves in between the logs and she granted herself a peek at the way his jeans molded to his ass. It made her mouth water. "Now that it is done we only need one missing ingredient," Kol said.
"No we do not," Elijah said shaking his head and Davina looked between the brothers as they stared at one another before Elijah went back inside and Kol started walking around inspecting his work.
"What is the ingredient?" Davina asked looking to Kol as he came to a stop beside her looking at the logs.
"The Mikaelson Family Tradition," Kol answered. "Before we light the fire. We all would write down our wishes for each other to burn for luck."
"That is pretty cool," Davina smiled wishing her family could have something that as cool that as Kol started messing with the logs again.
"Was everything okay when you went into town?" Kol asked looking at her as he stood up.
"It was fine. I found the store with no problem," Davina answered leaving out that she had met his brother, but he didn't need to know that for now.
"Good," Kol smiled as he brushed his hands free of dirt. "Then I don't have to kill anyone." He joked earning an eye roll from Davina.
"Good. I'm gonna go finish up inside," Davina said turning on her foot heading back into the house back to what she was doing and walked over to the stereo to turn down the volume before heading back into the kitchen stopping at the stove to check her sauce which was simmering nicely. It was done so the next step was to put the dish together. She looked up from the pot when she heard someone coming to the kitchen smiling when she saw it was Kol.
"Where's Elijah?" She asked as she turned off the stove carrying the pot over to the island sticking it on an oven mitt.
"I believe he is washing up for dinner," Kol answered leaning up against the counter next to her making the movement look effortless as she began to layer the dish. "That smells really good." He said peeking into the pot.
"Want a taste?" Davina asked as she dipped her finger into the sauce and held it up for him wiping it on his lip. "Oops," She said trying to look innocently unable to look away as Kol dragged his tongue across his lip. "Well?" She wondered as Kol took her hand in his pulling it back to his mouth.
"I need another taste," Kol said locking their eyes and she felt the air around her becoming staticky as wrapped his mouth around her finger causing her to clench her thighs as a hot liquid pooled into her panties. "Mmm," He hummed and she had to bite back a moan as she felt the vibration spread to her core as his tongue sucked off every bit before pulling away. "That is delicious." He said his voice was scratchy and Davina had to bit her lip to keep herself from attacking his as she heard footsteps on the stairs followed by Elijah walking into the kitchen. Davina busied herself by placing the finishing touches to their meal then placed into the oven while she tried to her body under control. Kol walked out of the room giving his brother a dirty look for his intrusion on the way out.
"I can't eat anymore," Davina groaned as she pushed her empty plate away from her leaning back in her chair feeling as if there was lead weight in her stomach.
"It was good," Kol said grinning at her from his seat across from her and she shook her head.
"I hope it was seeing as you had three helpings," Davina laughed as she cleared the table of the dishes putting them in the sink.
"It's not my fault the bloody thing was delicious," Kol defended as he followed her into the kitchen along with Elijah who worked on opening a bottle of wine.
"My Brother is right," Elijah pouring three glasses before handing one to her. "It was delicious. Thank you for the lovely meal." He smiled as she took the glass.
"It was nothing," She said taking a sip from her glass finding the taste refreshing after all the tomatoes in her dinner.
"So now that we are wined and dined," Kol said as he vamped out of the room for a moment and then vamped back in. "It is time we light our bonfire." He said handing Elijah a piece of paper and then handed one to Davina. Elijah rolled his eyes as he took his piece and walked out of the room.
"What is this for?" Davina asked looking at the paper he gave her.
"For your wish," Kol told her as she looked at him confused as he placed a pen into her hand. "So you can burn it. I will see you outside in five minutes Davina Claire." He said before leaving the kitchen to go start the fire as Davina looked at the paper wondering was she was going to put down as her wish.
Twenty minutes later, the three of them stood around a raging bonfire. Davina embraces the warmth of the flames because it was even colder outside than it was the night before as she watched the evidence of her wish being melted away into ash.
"See?" Kol asked from beside her. "A good bonfire is always the way," He smirked as Elijah handed them their glasses of wine that they brought out with them.
"We should share a toast to end this great night," Elijah said as he extended his arm with his glass.
"Excellent idea," Kol nodded as he wrapped an arm around Davina's shoulders as they followed suit to Elijah's action. "To this wonderful night," Kol said as they clinked their glasses together and then Elijah's phone began to ring.
"And he always has a way to end it," Elijah muttered as he pulled his phone from his pocket. "Excuse me, while I go deal with our brother," Elijah said as he went into the house with his phone to his ear.
"Wasn't this fun?" Kol asked as he took the moment alone with Davina to pull her into his arms.
"It was," Davina answered smiling up at him as she wrapped her arms around him as he pressed a kiss to her lips. "What was the for?" She asked as he pulled away to look into her eyes.
"So I have to have a reason to kiss you?" He asked jokingly coxing a small laugh from her lips as she shook her head. "I made a wish for you." He smiled as he remembered what he wrote.
"I thought you said it was a family tradition and I am not a Mikaelson," Davina told him as cupped her cheek with his hand.
"Tonight you are," Kol told her rubbing his thumb over her cold cheek groaning in annoyance at the sound of Elijah calling his name. "And you may very well be one in the future," Kol said causing her breath to catch her throat as he pressed a quick kiss to her lips.
"I am going to kill you, Elijah," Kol growled as he pulled away from going into the house and Davina turned to the fire once again watching the dancing flame completely speechless at Kol's words.
Hello hello hello! Enjoy this chapter because my heart is completely molten butter.
I mean really enjoy this chapter as there is a lot of action coming in the next couple of chapters. And What about Davina meeting Klaus? I was super excited writing that part as it was something that I had planned when I first started writing this story.
Until next time!