Hey guys! Sorry that it's been a couple of weeks since my last update: I've just been too busy watching Gossip Girl on Netflix lol. But I figured that since The Originals returns tomorrow, and TVD later this week, it'd be a great time to update!

BTW: I'm sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes, fanfiction is weird right now and I don't have the spellcheck (or perhaps it's my computer I don't know lol) so please excuse any mistakes you happen to come across.

A couple of new storylines will be introduced this chapter so you guys will be shaking your heads with so many questions by the end of this! Oh and I wrote in a flashback! It wasn't necessarily a flashback I wanted, I honestly don't even know where that flashback came from. But there will be more flashbacks to come, so keep an eye out!

So without further ado...

Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries, although I wish I did because so many things are going wrong that I just need to fix.

Matt awoke to the smell of pancakes and cinnamon. He crinkled his forehead before climbing off the bed, and finding his way to the kitchen. He saw Rebekah dance around the kitchen with her hair up in a ponytail, flipping a pan around. He smiled at how happy and normal she seemed, but at the same time was confused because of the events of last night.

"Hey," he acknowledged.

She turned around and smiled at him. "Morning! Care for pancakes? Or coffee with cinnamon?"

He shook his head, "I'm fine for now, thanks." She nodded and brought a fork to her mouth. "But what is all of this? I don't think I've ever seen you lift a finger.. Anywhere."

She shrugged, "I just had the urge to try something new."

"Most people try to bungee jump or scuba dive, but you want to try making pancakes," he clarified.

"From scratch," she said proudly. "They actually came out pretty good. Are you sure you don't want some? You're missing out."

"Who are you and what have you done with my fiancé?"

Rebekah laughed and curled her fingers into the taller blonde's hair. "I'm right here. And guess what?"

"What?" He raised his eyebrow.

Her face turned from happy to serious in a matter of seconds. Her eyes darkened and her lips set in a straight line. It reminded Matt so much of the looked his fiancé used to give Caroline, Sage, and Katherine that it started to scare him.

"The bitch is back."

Matt sighed. "Bekah, don't you think.."

"No, not me. I mean, I've always been a bitch when I needed to be, right? And I need to be right now. But I'm talking about my mother. Me and my brothers are having a meeting tonight at The Grill to discuss what we need to do."

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Barely. I've suggested a restraining disorder, but for some reason I doubt that'll work."

"Even your mother can't disobey the law."

"I don't know.. Kol suggested calling the police and turn her in for.." Her eyes fell to the floor and her voice got caught in her throat. "Henrik's murder. But Elijah said that his death was ruled as an accident, and it'd be messy to dig up the investigation again. And Finn said something about how even though he's mad at her, he doesn't want her to go to jail, and frankly; neither do I."

Matt pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead, "I'm sorry this is such a mess."

"It wouldn't be if we hadn't let her back into our lives."

"Don't worry about the past. Think about the future. And don't fret about your mom; everything will work out, I promise you." Rebekah nodded and leaned closer to Matt to rest her head on his shoulder.

...

Kol stood in front of the bathroom mirror staring at his reflection; and no, it wasn't in a narcissistic way. He was just a mess right from last night, and he did something he could not be proud of. Or well, he almost did. It doesn't matter now, because its a new day; a new day filled with new problems.

He ran his hands through his hair and sighed before walking out the door and into his and Bonnie's bedroom. Bonnie lay in the bed, still fast asleep. He thought she looked adorable; she was hugging her teddy bear, and her hair was sprawled out on the pillows. He climbed back into bed beside her, letting his thoughts run away from him.

He felt bad about the fight he had with her last night. He knows it wasn't her fault, nor was it Caroline's. They just wanted to protect him and his siblings, and he gets that. He just figures he was mad at his mom for continuing to meddle in his life. She just always has to do it, and she can't leave well enough alone. He never told his mom about Bonnie because he was worried she'd make her disappear or something, like she had his first (real) girlfriend.

His first girlfriend is a long story. His siblings just thought she was another quest in his womanizing ways, but she was more than that to him. He actually, kind of, fell in love with her. Or, at least he thought he had. He didn't know what love was until he met Bonnie; which is why he's going to do everything that he can not to let her get away from him. That is, unless she wants to. He'd understand: his family is mental, he'd want to leave if he could. But if there is anything he could do about it, he wouldn't let her be corrupted and leave.

His thoughts were interrupted when he felt the figure beside him stir. The dark skinned beauty was awakening and Kol decided to surprise her; he draped his arm over her body and curled himself behind her, letting his lips rest against her ear.

"Morning, babe," he whispered before leaving a small kiss on her forehead.

She smiled and leaned backwards into his touch. She turned her head to face him,
"Morning."

"I'm sorry.. About last night."

"No, I am. And please, let's not talk about such unpleasant topics so early in the morning. I think I have a headache."

"How ironic, you're the wild one and I'm the calm one. Oh how the tables have turned." She elbowed him.

"Shush!" They shared a smile before the room got scarcely quiet. Bonnie lowered her voice, as if she was a child ready to tell her parents she broke their wedding china. "Are you okay with.. Last night.. Do you guys know what you're going to do?"

Kol sighed. "I honestly don't even know. I just got off the phone with Elijah, actually. We're meeting at The Grill tonight."

"Hey, I'm working tonight, if you want to head over together."

"That'd be great."

The two then fell into an awkward silence.

Bonnie spoke up, "I doubt this is a great time to tell you, but with your mom and everything.. Next week.. My mom is coming to town for a visit."

Kol made a face. "Noooo! She hates me!"

"She doesn't hate you!"

"Yes she does."

"She hates my dad, don't feel that bad."

"She never hated Jeremy."

"Oh, come on."

"Darling, don't tell me that your mom doesn't wish you were still with Jeremy. She hates me, where I come from, my family, my profession, every damn thing about me."

"Yeah, and Jeremy's not her favorite person either because he got me pregnant at nineteen."

"She still likes him better!"

"No, she doesn't, you stupid idiot. She may not like you-"

"Ha!"

"-But she just wants me to happy-" Bonnie locked her arms at the nape of Kol's neck, and leaned her face in so she was millimeters away from his. "And you make me happy. That's all that matters."

"You know it's not that simple, Bonnie."

She rolled her eyes. "Don't worry; she'll be too busy fighting with my dad to notice you."

Kol made another face. "Sure, whatever."

"Oh, you love me. My mom isn't going to scare you away."

He nodded, "Right." He sighed, "And mine isn't going to scare you away?"

"Of course not."

He smiled and leaned forward to kiss the space between her eyes. He then glanced at the clock.

"We have a few hours before your shift, what would you like to do?"

She leaned into the fluffy pillows and pretended to think. "Hmm.. I kind of need to take a shower." She threw the sheets off of her body and stood up. "You coming?" She called as she started walking to the bathroom.

Kol grinned and shook his head, before following her.

...

"Uncle Tyler! Can you help me climb the monkey bars?" Emma gave her puppy dog stare to her father's close friend.

Tyler was invited to spend the day with Jeremy and Emma, strolling around the town. Jeremy also offered to help Tyler find a job, but there had been no luck so far. Emma was tired of all the boring "adult" stores her dad and uncle dragged her to. She demanded they bring her to the park, right before she gave them her pout lip. Tyler saw through her façade, but Jeremy just wanted to make his little girl happy. Tyler did had to admit; the kid was cute. It made him sad that he ruined his opportunities to have that with someone, but he knew things happened for a reason.

Tyler smiled down at his "niece."
"Sure, kiddo."

"I'm just going to go sit on the bench-" Jeremy nodded over to the bench on the edge of the playground.

"And call your girlfriend?" Tyler teased.

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"Uh-huh. Keep telling yourself that."

"Shut up, you dick."

Tyler covered Emma's ears, "Hey, there's a child listening."

Jeremy sighed and walked away, leaving his best friend and daughter to monkey it up.

"I don't want to go on the monkey bars anymore," Emma changed her mind.

Tyler leant down so he was face to face with her, "Okay.. So what do you want to do?"

"TAG!" She hit the adult's shoulder and then proceeded to run away.

At first he was in shock by the sudden game, but he then stood up and chased the five-year old across the playground. As he was a football player, he wasn't going as fast as he is able to, he's just pretending for the kid. But when she ended up running up on the field and through a zig zag line of people did he not know where he was going and bumped into someone. But it wasn't a small bump, it was a full-on crash.

He ran into her, she tripped on her feet and fell tumbling to the ground, dragging Tyler with her.

"Ugh, you idiot!" she cried. Her curly blonde hair sprawled across her face.

"I'm so sorry-" Tyler tried to apologize, but the girl wasn't having it.

"Save it." She blew her hair out of her face. "I hate boys, they're so immature," she muttered.

When her face was now uncovered by her hair, he noticed who she was. "Hey, I know you."

"Don't go singing Sleeping Beauty on me."

"Wow, way less pleasant than I remember."

"What do you mean you know me?" She realized he was still on top of her so she elbowed him off. They both sat up, still sitting on the grass.

"At Stefan's party? You're Lexi's roommate?"

The mystery girl nodded in remembrance. "And let me guess; you're the dickhead who moved to Florida or whatever and dumped Caroline Forbes?"

"A lot of people know that, huh?"

"Yup," she nodded in annoyance.

"What's your name?"

"Like I'd tell you my name."

"Well I'd like to buy you coffee to make up for my irresponsible human crash. I can't do that if I don't have your name."

Despite her best efforts, a small smile curled at the corned of her lip. She hesitated a few moments before turning to look at him.
"My name is Liv Parker. Now you know my name, but I really don't want to have coffee with you."

Tyler nodded and chuckled. "That's completely okay. We got off on a bad start; I'm Tyler. Nice to meet you." He held out his hand for her to shake.

She glanced at his hand, not knowing whether or not to shake his hand. Sure, it was the polite thing to do, but she wasn't necessarily what you'd call polite. Before she could scoff in his face, they were interrupted.

"Uncle Tyler! You were supposed to be chasing me!" Emma ran up to the pair and started "yelling" at Tyler for bailing out on their game. Liv understood the incident now and mentally cursed herself for jumping to conclusions. He was playing tag with a kid, that's why he tackled her. She guesses she didn't have to be so rude to him.

"I'm sorry, kiddo. Just ran into someone." He eyed Liv, but she avoided his eye contact. "You can still take me up on my coffee offer, if you want. It still stands."

Liv sighed and stood up angrily. "Thanks, but I think I'll pass." She didn't realize what a bitch she sounded. She could have turned him down in a much nicer way.

"You don't need to be such a bitch." It was Tyler's turn to become annoyed. He wasn't upset she turned him down, he couldn't care less, he just found her incredibly rude. He apologized for bumping into her. What was her problem?

"Quiet! There's a child in ear's width." She gave him a fake smile. "But honestly.. I'm just a bitch." She doesn't know why she was still acting like a bitch; maybe because she's heard about Tyler and what a complete arrogant ass he is, and doesn't want to start anything. Better to scare him off now.

And then she walked away.

Unfortunately, she did the exact opposite of what she wanted to do; she didn't scare Tyler away.

She pulled him in.

...

"Wait, what did Alaric say?" Elena started laughing as she walked down the street with Jenna. The two decided to hang out for the day, so they got coffee and walked around town talking about random things. And of course, little Christian was tailing along. Every time Jenna saw Chris, it made her want to talk to Alaric about having a child. But every time she tries to talk to her husband, something comes up and she just shrugs it off. And every time she thinks she's pregnant, the test always proves her wrong. She guesses fate just doesn't want them to have a baby.

Jenna took a sip of her coffee but could barely swallow it from holding in the urge to laugh.

"I was trying to sleep but he kept tossing and turning. And then he just sat up, obviously still asleep, and he was like I need to press the button. And so I told him that I already pressed the button, but he told me I didn't know how to. And then he was like If Damon would get his dick out of the pickle jar then I could press the fucking button! But nooooo, he has to go to Russia! He's such a prick. I can't even sing Beyoncé without him, he gets so angry. Tell Damon to immigrate to Narnia because I'm done with him telling me how to run my life." Once Jenna finished quoting what Alaric said in his sleep, she burst out laughing. Not like she wasn't laughing while she said it. Elena, on the other hand, was laughing so hard she thought her lips were going to fall off.

"Oh my god. That's the best thing I've heard all week!"

"I know!" Jenna laughed. "But.. Is there something our husbands need to tell us? My husband is dreaming and sleep talking about yours," she joked.

"I think their bromance is cute."

"What's a bromance?" Christian asked as he hung on Elena's arm.

"It's a friendship between two guys. It's quite sweet," the mother of one answered.

"Do Tate and I have a bromance?" the young boy asked, his bright blue eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

"Yes, honey," Elena chuckled.

"Awesome!"

Jenna smiled at her niece and grand-nephew.

"So, what's new with you?" Jenna asked.

"Hmm.. Nothing much," Elena thought for a moment. "I feel bad for Katherine. Elijah and his family are dealing with some difficult stuff at the moment."

"Well, that sucks. I should call Katherine later-"

"Ooh, Katherine Pierce? I remember her," a voice said from behind them.

Elena froze in her tracks. She knew that voice. She was terrified of that voice. She grabbed her son and gripped his arm hard so he couldn't get away from her.

She slowly turned around, keeping Chris behind her legs. And to her dismay, exactly who she feared was standing there was.

Kai Parker.

"Elena Gilbert. Never thought I'd see you again." He sent her a flirty smile.

Jenna glared at the man a few feet away from her niece.

"You're going to leave Elena and her family alone," she threatened.

"Why would I do that? I have some history with her husband. And best friend.. Bonnie, was it?"

Elena gulped. "I thought you were in jail."

"I got out." He said it so simply. His tone of voice was dangerous. So dangerous she wondered why the Portland police station let him out. And why he was even allowed back in Mystic Falls. Both Elena and Jenna were speechless. Kai knew this, and he also saw the child hiding behind Elena's legs and he smirked. The kid looked so much like Damon, he just knew it was Elena and Damon's child. He didn't say anything except, "I guess I'll see you guys around. Send Bonnie and Damon my best regards!"

After he was out of earshot, Elena was finally able to breathe. She looked at her Aunt and the two shared a look.

"What the hell is he doing here?"

...

"Oh my god, he's so cute!" Caroline laughed as Henry attacked her face with her tongue. She was hanging upside down in the chair, and the puppy just pounced on over, licking the blonde's face over and over. "It tickles!"

"Do I have something to worry about?" Klaus said sarcastically from across the room. The small family were seated in Klaus's studio; Klaus woke up this morning in need to paint his feelings, and Caroline desperately wanted to talk about them. He told her he was busy, so she took that as "take a seat and talk to me while I work."

The pair had talked plenty last night about Care's encounter with Esther, but she just wanted her boyfriend to know that she was here for him, in every way possible. Even if she's heard it all before, she'll gladly hear him open up to her. She just doesn't want to leave him alone, and honestly; Klaus doesn't seem to mind her company. Or the dog's.

"Aww, don't be jealous. I still love you the most." Henry barked and Klaus sent his love a smile. "Okay, maybe.. I love the dog more."

"Hey!" He threw one of his unused paintbrushes at her. She caught it and laughed.

"Kidding," she sang. She sat up on the chair, picking up the small dog as she did. She scratched him behind the ear, but as he squirmed to get away, she set him down on the floor and watched him run away with his small legs.

Caroline stood up and walked over to Klaus, who was deep away in his thoughts, letting his hand drag the brush across the page, painting a picture subconsciously. She kissed the top of his head and rested her hands on his shoulders. Peering at the artwork, she was surprised at what he was painting.

"What's this?" She asked.

This wasn't some angry piece about his mother. This wasn't a tragedy or a betrayal. This was not some deep emotional figure of expression.

This was.. Her.

She had to admit, he made her look like a princess, a goddess even. Sure, he's drawn many portraits of her before, but nothing ever came close to the first one he ever drew of her; the one with the horse. But this.. It took her breath away.

"Oh, this? It's nothing really.. Just a painting of the most beautiful, caring, alive, amazing girl I know."

She felt her face light up on fire; and hid her face in his hair, shaking her head as his to say she disagreed. "No, but seriously.. Why'd you draw me?"

He turned his head so he could see her. "Because you're my muse."

She gave him an 'are you serious' look. He chuckled and grabbed her hips, seating her on his lap. "I'm serious." He answered honestly, "Whenever things got bad in my life, growing up, I never really had a safe place to land. My siblings were great and all, but they were home. They came with my parents, as much as we all wished we hadn't; we do. It was comfortable, the five of us, but it wasn't enough. I never had someone to catch me when I fell, only me. I didn't even have a thing that made me feel better. But now, I have you. Despite all odds, you managed to fall in love with me. Despite how horrible I am sometimes, you chose me. I have chosen you since the moment I met you, but it took you a while to choose me, and I'm still surprised that you decided to, in the end. You just make me so happy, and now whenever I have a problem; I think of what makes me happy, which is you.. You're like this.. Beacon of light guiding me through the dark. You're all sunshine, and I'm the rain, but together; we make a rainbow. I didn't realize how incredibly cheesy that sounded.." They both laughed. "I just.. Love you, so much. And I'm glad that I have you, because if I didn't.. I would have probably made a big mistake every time my life got messed up. You make me want to be better; not like I need to impress you or anything, I already got you, but you inspire me. You're just so amazing, I can't even imagine what I did before I met you.

Painting how I feel about you is way more rewarding than painting how much I hate my mother. You're the light in my life, and when it's dark, I just need you to guide me home."

Caroline's eyes started watering from that beautiful speech. "I knew there was a reason I was dating an artist," she laughed and rested her forehead against her boyfriend's. He chuckled too at her comment, and closed the gap between their lips.

...

LONDON, ENGLAND APRIL 1999

Rebekah had heard her parents screaming at each other for the millionth time that day, and couldn't handle being in that house anymore. She snuck out her window (because they'd never let her leave out the front door without a clear destination) and climbed up the tree outside her room. She just sat on the top of the tree looking out at the twilight sky. The sun was just barely setting, and on the horizon was a calming shade of pink that faded into a dark black. She could see the stars peaking at the peak of the sky, and the full moon was visible. As a nine year old, she didn't know much; but she did know that her mum and dad fought a lot, and escaping to her tree to watch the sky was a beautiful escape. Nature was a beautiful thing to a young Rebekah. Too bad most of her interests got ruined for her down the road.

She hugged her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees. She took a deep breath and listened to the owls starting to howl now that the darkness was looming over her yard.

"Hey," she heard a noise from below her branch. She glanced down and saw her older brother, Klaus. She smiled down at the other blonde and held out her hand to help him up to the top. Thankfully, the tree held both of them, and they just sat in silence for a few moments.

"I knew I'd find you here," the twelve-year old spoke up. "I'm the one who showed you this spot afterall."

Rebekah laughed softly. "Mum and dad are fighting again," her voice trembled as she could now hear the screams getting louder.

"I know. You missed the new argument." His younger sister gave him a look of curiosity. "Father hit Elijah."

The young girl's eyes widened. "What? Why?! Is he okay?"

"Yeah. I mean, they were fighting over something stupid in the beginning.. But Kol was trying to tell mum about his day at school, and she was too busy fighting with dad.. You know how Kol is with attention; he picked up a vase and threw it on the ground. Father saw him do it, but as we all know he just loves to blame me. I was just trying to do my homework, but he threw my book in the fire place.. I was ready to take the hit. Kol was screaming to stop, that that's not what he wanted to happen. Mum was crying and yelling. Finn and Elijah were in their room, trying to ignore the fighting, but when they heard Kol screaming they had come out. Finn tried to tell Father that it wasn't my fault. But it was Elijah who actually stepped in. Before Father could hit me, Elijah jumped on his back. I fell to the floor and he just.. Took it out on Elijah instead. He called Elijah names for choosing me over him, that I wasn't even his real brother. I don't know what happened next because Finn picked me up and brought me and Kol into his and Elijah's room to avoid even more of Father's rath. A few minutes later, Elijah emerged in the room with an ice pack to his face, and then the fighting started up again. Louder, this time. Mum was furious that He hit Elijah, that he tried to hit me. It's not like it's the first time, and she never does anything about it. But she was just really angry. So then I came up to find you."

Rebekah was silent for a moment. The only thing that her brain could care about from what he brother told her was the fact that Mikael told Elijah Klaus wasn't his brother. She grabbed Klaus' hand and held it in her own. "You are our brother. Whether half, or full, or even not at all. You're my brother, and I love you. And Elijah loves you too, why else would he sacrifice himself?"

"I know."

A thought occurred to her. "Where's Henrik?"

"Well, he was sleeping.. And then crying when the screaming got worse. Of course, our parents are too self absorbed in their screaming matches to care about their four-year old. He's with the boys right now, I think Finn put on Rugrats or something."

"I want to watch the Rugrats," the younger blonde pouted.

"Then come join us, you doofus." He bumped the girl's shoulder with his own.

"I will. I just like the peacefulness of the tree. It's better than inside."

"Well, I think things are somewhat calm now." She nodded. "By the way, why are so wise for a nine-year old?"

"Someone in this family needs to be."

"Well, you got my vote."

Rebekah smiled. Klaus held out his hand and she gladly took it. He helped her down the tree and in through the window. They then snuck into Finn and Elijah's room, where sure enough the rest of their brothers were watching Rugrats. The only girl in a herd of six ran to fourteen-year old Elijah and gave him a hug, never leaving his side for the rest of the night, where the siblings just watched stupid movies and ate candy they hide in their drawers and laughed at stupid jokes, ignoring their parents.

...

Ding dong. Ding dong.

Katherine groaned and hoped that whoever was at the door would go away. She was too comfortable lying in her indoor hammock chair all curled up in her snuggie to care about answering some door. If only Elijah was here, he would answer it. But when it rang for the billionth time, she sighed and threw her blanket off and stomped to the door.

She unlocked the door and flew it open. She was surprised who was standing before her. It was a young girl, perhaps fifteen years old. She was tall, blonde, and had striking blue eyes. She looked.. Lost. Lost, yet familiar.

"May I help you?" Katherine didn't mean to sound rude, but she doubted she was any help to the girl so she was kind of upset about the interruption (not like she was doing anything, as her husband was out with his siblings trying to figure out their whole crazy mother situation).

The girl trembled, obviously nervous. "Uhm, yes, I think so."

"Well, spit it out."

"I read off the internet that Elijah Mikaelson lives here.. Do you know where I can find him?"

Woah, what does this girl want with Elijah? Exactly who is she? And Kai has been introduced! What's his story? Why was he in jail? What's his history with Bonnie, Damon, and Elena? And what will the Mikaelsons do about Esther? What did she do to Kol's first "love." Who was his first love? And what was the thing that Kol almost did last night that he is not proud of? Why does Bonnie's mom hate Kol? What will she bring to the table? Now that Tyler and Liv have met, will a romance brew? They didn't get off on the right foot, perhaps it'll be a love-hate relationship? Will Jenna and Alaric ever have a family?

All of these will soon be answered! Just maybe favorite, follow, and review and you'll find out sooner :)

And what did you guys think about the flashback? Tbh, this wasn't the flashback I had in mine, this just sort of wrote itself. But more flashbacks will come, some that have to do with the storyline. I guess I just wrote the one from this chapter because of the timeline. This mystery girl who is looking for Elijah.. Maybe she has something to do with this timeline? No, she wasn't in this flashback... But her story dates back to this time. Any guesses?

Oh, and what flashbacks would you guys like to see next? I can't promise whether they'll make it in the next chapter, but I can start planning!

Review and let me know what you guys thought! Until next time :)