Darkness, it was all Stefan could see, that and a sharp, stinging sensation in his neck, as he opened his eyes, all he was were the stars, that and tress, as he looked around, he remembered what happened, and why he was on the floor, he quickly sat up, as he did he saw Elena, still on the floor, the blood on her neck now dry, as he looked around, Bonnie was now conscious, but she had her head down her knees and was rocking back and forth, but it was the final site that made him freeze, Ash, he remembered what had happened, how Damon had been killed, and now all that remained of his brother, was sitting on the forest floor.
He quickly stood as he looked around the forest, there was no sign of the originals, just the evidence of the ritual, he quickly sped to Elena, she was dead, he felt tears welling up in his eyes, he just hoped Jonothan's plan had worked, he picked her up and walked over to Bonnie, "Bonnie", she didn't respond, she was just silent, staring into nothing, rocking back and forward. He knelt down next to her and looked at her, her eyes were unfocused, tears streaking were running down her eyes, "Bonnie" he said loudly, this seemed to awaken her, as she looked up to him, "Are you okay", she didn't say anything, just looked at him, "Come on", with that he picked up her arm and she stood with him, together they walked back to the boarding house, as they walked away, all that was left of Damon Salvatore, was slowly being carried away by the wind.
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After getting back to the boarding house, Jeremy was there, as soon as they walked in, he was quick to run over to them, worry and confusion on his face "What happened, Jonas and Luka randomly woke up, screaming, blood was coming down their ears", when he finished, he noticed Elena, as he looked at her his eyes watered, he looked back up to Stefan, "Jonathan's dead, I think we just need to wait for her to come to" Stefan nodded, and placed her down on the sofa.
"Where Jonas and Luka", Jeremy shook his head, "I don't know, when they came to, they quickly left, they didn't say anything, they were just confused". When he finished, Bonnie stumbled onto him, and he was quickly engulfed in a hug, as he looked down at her, "What's the matter Bon", Bonnie just looked up at him, "H..he took my magic" as she finished wet tears, streamed down her face, before he could respond, Elena let out a loud gasp, as her eyes opened.
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Blood, it was all Klaus could taste, he had just woken up, completely naked, covered in mud, and on the forest floor, before he could take a proper look round, he heard a chuckle coming from behind him, as he looked over his shoulder, he saw it was his brother, who was just stood there chucking at him, "Hello, Brother"
"Good morning Niklaus, how are you feeling," Hadrian asked, still leaning against the tree, "It was amazing, brother, to finally access that part of myself after all this time", Hadrian just smiled at him, and he stood up straight and pointed just ahead of Klaus, as he looked over, clothes materialized, a simple shirt and jeans, standing up he was quick to dress, "The feeling was sensational brother, the moon came and went, but I could stay a wolf" as he finished putting on his jeans, he turned to look at this brother, who was just smiling at him.
Klaus was quick to walk straight to Hadrian, and quickly embrace him, Hadrian froze, Klaus was not one to initiate contact like this, but he quickly joined his brother in the hug, before he could let go, Klaus held him at arm's length, "Thank you, Brother, you have stuck by me for the last 1,000 years, and you have never given up on this, because of you, I'm whole, and I can never tell you just how much I appreciate this".
Hadrian was struck silent at this, he loved his family, and since joining them, he and Nik had always been close, he just smiled and hugged his brother again, "Always and Forever"
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Quickly apparating him and Nik back to the house, they were met by their family, as they all look at each other, Nik stopped in front of them, as he did he spoke "Thank you, all of you", he didn't need to say anymore, they all knew how much this meant to him, they just smiled and were all engulfed in a group hug, as they parted, a knock was heard on the door to the lounge, "come in" Kol said.
The door was swiftly opened, and on the other side was Rose, she looked over to Hadrian, "You have a guest", and he looked to the other, quizzically, "show her in". After Rose left, she was quickly back, only this time with Caroline, who looked stunning, in a bright summer dress, just the site of her brought a smile to hadrians face, "Caroline, ive been looking for you since the dance, what happened" as he spoke, he walked over to her and brought her into a hug, happy to see her again, after the quick embrace, she looked up at him, "Damon snapped my neck at the dance, it happened so fast I couldn't stop him, the other night, he was going to use me as bait, kill me to get Elena back from you, I just left, I had to think" Just hearing this threw Hadian into a rage, he had been trying to find her for the last few days, "are you okay", she smiled at him, and stood on her toes, and gave him a deep kiss, that over too soon for him, "im okay, just needed to make my choice, and I have".
A large smile was on Hadrian's face, and he picked her up and spun her around, causing a giggle to erupt from Caroline, it was then that an awkward cough was heard from behind them, it was only now they realized they weren't alone, looking back over to his family, they all had a myriad of expressions, Finn, Sage, and Rebekah all had smiles on their faces, happy their brother had found someone, Kol had a mischievous expression on his face, thinking of all the embarrassing things he knew about Hadrian, Elijah was slightly stoic, not really knowing what to think. Klaus's face was blank, he just looked at them, "Hadrian, someone you want to introduce us to"
With a smile, Hadrian gripped her hand and brought her next to him, "guys this is Caroline, Caroline, this is my family, we have Finn, and his wife sage, my brothers Kol, Elijah, Nik, and my sister Rebekah", Caroline just gave them a slightly awkward wave as a bright red blush appeared on her face. With the introductions, Klaus walked towards them, "So this is the person you have been spending so much time with", Hadrian just smiled and nodded, Klaus looked at him and looked over his shoulder to the rest of them, he just smiled to them, and then smiled and Hadrian and Caroline.
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Elena just sat there, listening to what happened, she was alive, and all thanks to John, her uncle/father, that alone was a shock, but she didn't have time to really think bout it, as Stefan just continued with what happened when he spoke about Bonnie losing her magic, she looked over to her best friend, and her heart went out to her when he spoke about Damon, she was in shock, Damon was dead, whilst she didn't exactly like him, the thought that he was now dead, it's left her feeling off. SHe just grasped Stefan's hand, trying to comfort him.
"So what's the plan", Jeremy said, still cradling Bonnie, who was again catatonic. Alaric, who has stumbled in shortly before, apparently one of the vampires had snuck up on him, and seeing his weapons, someone quickly snapped his neck, it was only thanks to his ring that he was still alive, "What plan he asked, confused.
Jeremy sat up straighter, "The plan to get Hadrian to reverse what he did to Bonnie, and to make them pay for it", one spoke, they just sat there looking at him, "Jeremy" Hearing Stefan, he looked at him, "There is no plan, they won, we should just be glad that Elena is alive", At this Jeremy looked angry, "but what about Bonnie, and Damon, don't you want revenge. Stefan got angry, "Of course I do, but we cant beat them, they won". he was defeated.
Jeremy wasn't giving this up, "then we find someone who can help",
"Any who would that be", Alaric asked, just looking at him, but Jeremy had no answer, no one of them did.
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A few days later, and no one had seen or heard from the Originals, they had all gone their separate ways, Finn and Sage, back to their homes, Kol was off to South America, he had heard of a group of Wiccans who were using a new type of magic, Elijah had decided to accompany Klaus on finding werewolves, he was determined to create new hybrids. Hadrian was in his house, waiting for Caroline, they had decided to go traveling, Caroline had said how much she had wanted to see most of the world, they had a plan, first was Egypt, then Greece followed by Spain and ending in England, his musings were cut short as Caroline walked in, with her luggage hand in hand, with a smile, Hadrins stood and with a wave of his hand, they had all shrunk, for this, he was rewarded with a kiss, as they looked at each other, he asked "Ready to go".
Carolie nodded, "I spoke to my mum, she knows I'm going traveling, and asks that I at least call her once a day, she is a bit of a worrier", she said with a smile, Hadrian mirrored her, and wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled in her in close, "well then, let's go", and with that, they disappeared.
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Bonnie was walking aimlessly around the woods, she felt lost, with her connection to magic gone, she could no longer feel nature, she felt hollow, as she walked, she didn't notice the ground thining, and before she could move, the ground collapsed, and with that BOnnie was dumped into an underground cave.
With her head spinning she look around, there was a small pool of water to her left, as she looked around, she spotted something odd, as she stood she approached the stone wall in front of her, it was then she noticed what was weird, on the wall was writing, but writing she had never seen before, it was only as she really looked that she noticed they were similar a language she had read about in an ancient history book, as she gazed at them, she remembered what they were, Runic Script.
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After getting out of the cave, thanks to a hidden corridor she was quick to call Elena, she had brought Stefan and Alaric with her. Alaric quickly lit the lanterns all around the room, as the others walked in, Stefan found himself stuck, he was unable to move forward, seeing this, the others went along without him. As they got to the cave, they saw Alaric gazing at the runes, thanks to the lamps, they could clearly see the wall.
"So was I right", Bonnie asked Alaric, he didn't respond right away, he continued gazing, and reading all that was on the wall, "Rik", Elena asked loudly, this seemed to bring him back to reality, "hum", as he looked them, he realized the hadn't answered, "Yes Bonnie you were, its Runic script".
Elena walked to the wall to get a better idea of what was happening, as she did, she gazed at all that was there, there were pictures that went along with it, not that she knew what they all meant. "Any ideas what they say". Alaric stared at her, "I know what these say", he said, pointing to a group of runes.
"And what do they say," Bonnie asked, impatiently
Alaric pointed to them, "This one says Finn" They stared at where he pointed, "This one is Kol, Rebekah, Elijah Klaus", as he finished he pointed to the last one," and this one, is Hadrian"
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It had taken more than a week to translate all of the runes, and with that, with all of the pictures, they had a story. Alaric called them all to his loft, he had moved back in after Jenna had left him, all the secrets became too much, she couldn't handle it.
As they all gathered around the pictures he took, he talked them through it, "So this all tells a story right, we have this symbol here, Vampire, this one is a werewolf, and we have this one, which means Witch" they all nodded with him, "Good, so this is a story of the Originals, how they became Vampires". They all stared at the pictures.
"So, we also have these two symbols, the one next to Witch, with the name Esther, and this one, the runic script for Mikael".
"Their Parents", Jeremy asked.
"Possibly, but it's this one that piqued my interest", Alaric said
They all looked to a collection of symbols, "What do they mean Rik" Stefan asked, confused.
"So we have this symbol, for Witch, which is Esther, likely their mother, then we have the bleeding heart, and a body, likely meaning death", they all nodded with him, "Then next to that, is this symbol", It was the symbol for both Vampire and Werewolf,
"Hybrid," Elena asked, confused, "Yea the Hybrid killed the Witch, so Klaus killed Esther, but it's this symbol that changes", he pointed to the last image, it was a Vampire, but had a bleeding heart after it.
They were all confused, "and what does that mean".
Alaric looked at them, "Well, as far as I can tell, this means Vampire Killer, that alone is not that interesting, but it is this name next to it", they all looked again at the last picture, next to the symbols was more Runic, "It means Mikael, Mikael became a Vampire Killer".
They all stood there, looking at the symbols, "So Mikael, became the Vampire Killer, he can kill an Original", Elena asked.
Alaric said nothing, just looking back at the pictures, "I'm not sure, but the story makes sense, Klaus killed Esther, after that Mikael would have been angry, so maybe he wanted revenge and had a way to do it".
They all stood there, silently ingesting this, hope was beginning to surge through them, they may have a way to kill an Original
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That Folks, is the end of Phase One, the next chapter will be the start of Phase two. We will see the gang trying to find Mikael, to get him to kill the Mikaelsons, we will see Hadrian and Caroline traveling the world, and may even see a few familiar faces. Elijah and Klaus will search for Werewolves.
We will also see Bonnie trying to access her magic, going down darker routes to gain it back. WE will also see Hadrian in a way not seen before, if they thought he was powerful before, just wait for the confrontation where Caroline's life is out in jeopardy, he will access powers not seen before.
