AN: it's been awhile since I updated this story but I just got more inspiration because we booked Disney again for next year! We're not staying at the contemporary though, we didn't want to do the same thing two years in a row so we're staying at the boardwalk, but I hope to go back there. Also, I'm making an AU video based on this, it's not finished yet but will be soon.
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"Long time no see Kol," Bonnie broke the ice awkwardly.
Kol searched for words. "I'm guessing Caroline called you-"
"-yesterday, yeah."
"When did you get here?"
"This morning, Caroline let me in."
Wow that little minx really called her. I'm going to guess it was yesterday at the pool when she claimed to leave to call her mother.
"And did you know we were here?" he asked, somewhat cheekily. "Because, you know very well little witch that you just came here for me. That explains why you're little blonde friend locked us out here," Kol jiggled the lock.
She let out a small laugh. "This flirting thing that you're trying to do is definitely not going to work."
"It already has," he smirked his crooked smile that reminded both her and Caroline of his brother's. "You never answered my question, darling. Did you come here just for us?"
"No, not just for you," she slipped. "I mean-I thought Caroline was alone here, I even asked to go with her before she left with Klaus-which I didn't know about, but she said no. Yesterday she called me and said that I should come here since I was 'lonely' in Mystic Falls," she put air quotes around 'lonely'. "So I did."
"And she didn't mention that we were here at all?"
"She danced around the question," Bonnie shrugged.
"Hey, whatcha doing out there?" Caroline tapped on the glass, smirking, hand on hip
"Having a lovely conversation until you butted in," Kol replied through clenched teeth.
"Well, we have a change of plans," Rebekah came into view. "Hello, Bonnie."
Bonnie threw a wave with a tight smile.
"We're going to Blizzard Beach," Caroline told them.
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"Blizzard beach huh?" Kol sat down on the bed. "What the bloody hell is that? Aren't we in Florida?"
"It's like Christmas in July," Caroline said.
"It's August," Rebekah commented.
"Whatever," Caroline scoffed. "We should get there early, so everyone go-"
"It's 11," Stefan reminded her.
"Shit, I forgot," she huffed. "Damn Originals."
All three of them gave innocent look-innocent annoyed looks.
"Just-everyone retreat. This hotel room is suddenly so crowded and stuffy. Go get ready," she said.
"How are we getting there?" Bonnie asked.
"Anyone up for the bus?" Stefan suggested.
Klaus groaned and Rebekah and Caroline smirked. "Come on Nik the bus wasn't that bad last time," Rebekah said.
"Kids. There are so many kids," he closed his eyes tightly and shook his head, as if he was trying to rid the memories from his brain.
"Come on it's not that bad. You've dealt with people for a million years," Caroline argued.
"Correction; a thousand, love, and while we're at it-"
"Nope no more comments Nik," Rebekah shut him up, covering his mouth with her hand. "Lets go!"
Bonnie turned to Klaus and Caroline while everyone else started to flood out. "Mind if I change here while I wait for the room?"
"Bathrooms right there," Caroline pointed.
"Thanks."
With everyone gone the room was silent again and Klaus and Caroline were left sitting next to each other on the bottom of her bed.
"Well as I was saying," Klaus continued, obviously annoyed. "While we're at it, why not we ditch them and go grab a quick breakfast?"
She narrowed her eyebrows. "Actually?"
"Actually."
"You wanna just ditch them?"
"They will survive," he smirked. "We can have that talk you wanted."
"Oh yeah, that..." Caroline trailed.
"Should I be worried?"
"I don-"
"So you're ditching us?" Bonnie stepped out of the bathroom with a half disapproving look.
"Little witches that are dating my brother, make in-prompt-to visits and and listen in on conversations, get ditched," Klaus taunted and turned to the brunette witch.
"Hey, I'll cover for you, I honestly don't really care what you do, but your sister might."
"Then cover for us," Klaus remarked.
"And i'm not dating your brother," she scoffed.
"Not yet," Caroline whispered.
Bonnie threw a pillow at her and grabbed her bag. "I'll go see if the rooms ready and text Stefan… Care remember-"
"I will Bonnie."
Klaus shot them a confused look. "I'm going to change," he said blandly and headed into the bathroom.
"Key points?" Caroline whispered to Bonnie once he left.
"I would just ask him how he is recently, what happened when he left that restaurant. If he doesn't want to tell you, maybe it's not important or he doesn't want to endanger you."
"Bonnie, he was gone for awhile and Stefan had to bring him back. He said, and I quote; "my anger gets the best of me sometimes", but that's bullshit! He wouldn't leave for that long."
"Okay, ask about that. I'll talk to Stefan, he'll be honest with me."
"Did you trace any magic on him?"
"There's for sure something wrong, I don't know what but there is. I need to make contact with him to trace for magic, so I'll do it later. I sense it though."
"Okay," Caroline nodded. "Go talk to Stefan and say we're running late and to go without us."
"Okay," Bonnie said and headed towards the door. "Have fun," she smirked.
"Bye!" Caroline shoved her friend out of the door.
She sighed and decided to get ready, throwing on a bathing suit and cover up clothes. She spritzed her hair with sea salt spray and ruffled it a bit. She saw the area where the sketchbook was sticking out.
Klaus was still in the shower so she had time.
She sped over to the spot she 'stealthy' sneaked to last night and carefully yanked the book out, flipping to the pages. She re-looked at the ones she looked at last night in the light and it was been more breathtaking.
She found another one, but this one was older and not from this trip. She knew he's drawn her before, at the dance with the horse, but this one is from the Miss Mystic Falls pageant. He wasn't present in it the sketch, which made her wonder why he never drew himself. It was from when she found out he had her application, she tried to grab it out of his hand. The drawing was her laughing in the moment, her hand brushing under her nose slightly. The details on her dress were vibrant for a black and white sketch and the sparkle in her eyes glimmered. She flipped the page and found one from the night he tried to talk to her outside the grill when they were trying to kill all of them. She remembered how bouncy her hair was that night, coming just up to her shoulder and he captured that perfectly.
How does he do this?
She heard the shower shut off and quickly shoved the book back in its spot. She didn't necessarily find it creepy that he was doing this, drawing her, she kinda liked it. Normally, this would bug her out, but to know someone looks at her with this admiration, it made her feel different, a good different.
"Why would you shower if we're just gonna go in the water?" Caroline asked when he stepped out of the bathroom, in nothing more than a towel.
He shrugged. "I said I would do it in the morning."
"Doesn't mean you needed to."
"I wanted to," he replied vaguely, grabbing a shirt out of his suitcase.
"So where are we going to breakfast?" She asked, sitting down on the bottom of the bed again.
"We can go down to the tower and go to the quick service thing there, or we can go somewhere else," he grabbed overly ripped jeans this time.
"The Contempo Cafe?"
"If thats what it's called then yeah." Without warning, his towel dropped but she was lucky enough to have turned away at the right time-probably.
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"Sorry," he muttered obviously not sorry.
He got dressed and told her it was safe to turn around.
"All right let's go," Caroline gestured to the door.
He grabbed his bag and they were off.
It was hot out, it always always hot in Florida. Today was especially brutal and Klaus was feeling it. The sun was reflecting off of the big tower and shining directly on them. She told him not to wear such heavy clothes, but normally he likes the heat. It makes him feel powerful.
"You okay?" Caroline asked when she realized he was trailing behind her.
"Um yeah," he breathed. "I'm okay."
Caroline narrowed her eyebrows. He doesn't look good...
They got into the tower and Klaus breathed a sigh of relief when the cool air struck him. He normally liked the heat, it made him feel powerful, gave him energy, but today is a different story.
They went up the escalator to the main floor, the fourth floor. It's the best and most popular one in the building. There was the famous Chef Mickey's on that floor along with the Contempo Cafe, an arcade and a few shops.
They walked in and grabbed souvenir cups. There was no line so they walked right up. They got the snacks that come with the food plan and ordered.
She looked over at Klaus who was looking down and not as talkative as he normally is with her. There was something else wrong with him, it might be worse than she thought. Were her friends at home messing with them? Trying to kill him and his siblings again? Bonnie is here, Stefan too but that doesn't eliminate everyone else back at home.
When they sat down after grabbing fountain drinks, Caroline prepared themselves for the talk she wants to have with him.
"So…" she started. "We need to talk."
He froze and looked up at her. "So talk."
She took a breath. "Okay so, where did you go yesterday? You know, when you left the restaurant?"
"I told you, my anger-"
"-gets the better of me sometimes, I know," she finished. "But you lied."
"I didn't lie I-"
"No you did," she said more forcefully. "This may sound crazy but I have this weird like eight sense to know when someone is lying and you are."
"No-"
"Yes! Then why was there blood on your shirt?"
He froze again, knowing that she was getting close. "You weren't supposed to see that."
"Look, you don't need to tell me. Bonnie suggests that you don't want to tell us because it's dangerous, or that it's just not a big deal. But, I think you should, you trust me right?"
He nodded. "You know I do, and I didn't want to tell you, I was debating on it last night but decided not to."
"Tell me, please Klaus."
"The thing is, I don't remember."
"What?"
"The anger part was true, I got mad and wanted to calm down so I left. Next thing I knew, I woke up to Stefan shaking me in an alley in between two buildings," he rubbed his temple and let out a large sigh.
"Who did it?"
"Someone strong enough to take me down. I remember a faint voice, not recognizable, but there. It was a man, I feel like it might be someone I know, someone related to me."
Caroline processed the information before realizing who it could be. "Finn… but he's dead."
"That's my dilemma," Klaus sighed and leaned back. "He threatened me, us, you. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't know if it was a big deal, but you're right, it's better if you're on guard."
"You always are," Caroline said, thinking back to last nights conversation.
"Always."
"Bonnie wants to trace you for magic. I talked to her earlier when she got here."
"You told her?"
"Look don't get mad, but we think something more is wrong. You've been acting weird."
"Maybe it's the fact that someone is out to kill us! Someone took me down!"
"Shh," Caroline shushed the loudness in his voice. Kids are all around them, supervising adults and workers too. "Stefan senses it too."
"There's nothing wrong with me," he insisted, trying to make himself believe it.
"See that's where you're wrong," she came back. "We all notice it. You, Rebekah and Kol aren't right."
"And Elijah?"
"He's not here."
"I'll talk to him later then."
She groaned. "You're missing the point."
"No, Caroline, I get it. There is once again someone after me and my family, and now you and your friends. I'm powerless to stop it right now, I don't know who it really is, why this is happening and I am nowhere near my full strength."
"You admitted it."
"I'm not blind, I know somethings wrong. I don't want to give into it, I don't want to believe it. If I believe it then it puts me in a totally different head space."
She took a deep breath and dared to put her hand on his. "You are strong, you know that, but you can't get mad at us for checking in on you every so often. Bonnie and I are going to monitor it all day-as long as we need to-Stefan probably too."
He looked at her small hand covering his. "You can run as many tests as you need."
Caroline parted her hand with his and leaned back onto her chair.
The waiter came back with their food and they thanked him politely.
"So, what now?"
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"You guys seriously bloody ditched us!" Rebekah ran up, her flip flops ferociously flopping against the floor.
"We didn't ditch you," Caroline sighed.
"We just wanted to get away from you," Klaus smirked and patted her shoulder.
"This was your idea, Nik!?" Rebekah whined.
"And I'm here now," he patted her shoulder.
"So what first?" Caroline asked, looking up at him. When the food came, they talked more and laughed a bit. He's moody now, she could tell. He hasn't been very moody this trip, sometimes sure, but with her he's normally… normal? Somewhat at least.
Blizzard beach isn't horribly packed, the security line at least.
"I'd rather go to the magic kingdom," Kol muttered.
"Well we might go there later," Klaus answered.
"What actually?" Caroline looked towards Klaus who was scanning his Magic Band to enter the park.
"I mean we have those park hopper things, we can go tonight."
"Yes!" Caroline jumped up like a little girl.
"I wish I could live in that castle!" Rebekah whined.
"Rebekah you've lived in a million bloody castle," Kol scoffed.
"Yeah but this one is the best one like ever! Everyone knows about it and people would kill to live in it."
"You know, there is a suite up there right Bex?" Stefan told her.
"WHAT!?"
Everyone laughed and searched for a seat at one of the many attractions. They set their bags down and decided to split up after Kol bolted towards the nearest wave pool with Bonnie protesting but still following him. Stefan took Rebekah by her hand.
"Why did you want to go to a kid infested playground? With water?" Caroline asked as they started to walk around.
"I thought you and Rebekah would get a kick out of it," he answered. "Plus isnt this whole place a kid playground?"
"Pretty much, but we've been over that," She said and her eyes roamed to one of the slides. "Can we go on that?"
"Lead the way."
"What no Mr. Tour guide?"
"I don't know what to do here and since it was a last minute decision, why not we live it up a little?"
"I like that," she smiled. "Come on!"
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"Those don't even compare to the one at the Contemporary," Caroline laughed as they got off of the last ride. Obviously, the slides here are so much better, but the memory of the small slide at the Contemporary is so much better.
Klaus rolled his eyes with a smile and looked up. "Am I doing better?"
"What do you mean?" Caroline asked as they approached a lazy river.
"Earlier you called me out on my broody actions, have you noticed anything off this whole time? Be honest."
"This."
"This?"
"You asking me to call you out on your own actions."
He looked down. "Well have you?"
"No, you seem better. More sluggish, less talktitave."
"Or maybe you're just more talkative," Rebekah barged as she and Stefan ran into the lazy river, therefore splashing them immensely.
"Thanks for that," Klaus rubbed the water out of his eyes. A tube floated by and he offered it to Caroline. She declined, deciding to not be lazy in the lazy river, and he hopped back to sit on a tube while she hung from the side of it, her arms resting on its rim.
"I want a tube," Rebekah looked around.
"Then bloody get it."
"Thanks Nik," she scoffed and turned to see Stefan handing her one. "Awww thanks Stef."
"Anything," he planted a kiss on her forehead and helped her on, holding her hand.
"So, Klaus where are we going tonight?" Stefan asked as he hung to the side of Rebekah's tube, mimicking Caroline's position.
Klaus adjusted himself to lean back more, his hands resting on his torso. "Magic Kingdom. We went over this."
"Seriously can't wait," Caroline piped up and he smirked with his eyes underneath his sunglasses.
"And Ohana for dinner," Klaus added.
"What's an Ohana?" Rebekah asked, sitting up a bit and moved her sunglasses up.
"A restaurant at the Polynesian Resort. It's like all you can eat and very Hawaiian themed," Caroline summed up, remembering the planning she and Klaus did. "It got great reviews and apparently the atmosphere is great and you can see the Magic Kingdom castle and fireworks show from it."
"That sounds awesome," Rebekah leaned back to mirror her brother.
Stefan and Caroline looked at each other and shrugged.
"Did Bonnie say anything?" He whispered, moving closer to her.
"She texted me before when I-"
"You really dragged Klaus to go all the way back to the chairs just to check your phone?"
"Of course," Caroline scoffed like it was a way too obvious answer. "Anyway, Bonnie said that Kol is acting... strange."
"Well…"
"I know, typical but like the same as these two," she pointed to Rebekah and Klaus who looked like two dead people floating on rafts… which they technically are right? "But… Bonnie said that she traces dark magic on Kol..."
"She what?" Rebekah jumped up, nearly falling through the center of the tube.
Caroline looked at Stefan and gulped.
"We thought you couldnt hear us," Caroline sighed.
"Well we can dumbasses!"
"How much of it?" Klaus asked and Caroline turned around to face him.
"She didn't say," Caroline said briefly. "But it seems to be getting worse I mean look at you two. You're practically dead to the world."
Rebekah and Klaus glanced at each other and got down from their tubes.
"I can't deal with this anymore," Rebekah panicked.
"Calm down Bex," Stefan soothed her and brought her closer to his chest. "You've gotten through worse, right?"
Caroline looked at Klaus who's eyes were filled with concern for his family. She finds it weird that only a few months ago he daggered Elijah, sent Kol running and shielded his sister... He may not care about a lot, but he sure as hell did care for his family.
"Then let's not," Klaus suggests and all eyes turned to him. "Lets not think about it, not us at least. Not now."
"Nik, you always face the problem head on," Rebekah said.
"For you I don't have to."
"Hey I can still kick ass," Rebekah scoffed.
"I know," Klaus smirked. "Let's forget about it for awhile. How does the Magic Kingdom a few hours early sound? Let's leave this bloody spray ground."
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AN: theres a reason their power is draining, any ideas?
