Chapter 8:Klaus' transformation
The next two weeks went by without problem for the Mickealson family.
Bella and Elijah were happy in their married life and their happiness seemed to radiate around them and touch all those who crossed their way.
They started and ended their day making love.
In the morning, Bella would make breakfast for the two of them to eat together, then she would gather the eggs and milk the cow. After that, she would go to her garden and work on making bread and lunch. Elijah would go hunting or do some work around the village in the morning, always happy to come home to have lunch with his wife. In the afternoon, Bella would either stay around the house with Elijah or visit Esther, Rebekah or Sage. They were never bored and always happy. Their life together was harmonious and Elijah couldn't get enough of his wife.
Tatia had tried a few times to get Elijah to cheat on Bella but the man was strong and loved his wife too much to cheat on her, especially with a tramp like Tatia who already had a child she didn't take care of.
When she decided to act, Tatia waited until she saw Bella going in town to do some shopping with Sage. Then, she walked in the direction of the couple's house where she knew Elijah was alone, working on a fence (she heard him talk about it with Niklaus the previous morning). She arrived to see him shirtless, sweating, straddling the fence and hammering a piece of wood. She was instantly turned on by the sight of him and made her way toward him.
"Hey there Elijah… You seem to be working hard…" She commented as she came closer, making sure he could see her cleavage.
"Hello Tatia. What are you doing here?" He asked her.
She got really mad when he barely looked at her, paying her no more attention than he had to in order to be polite.
"How is married life treating you? Does Bella know how to take care of a big guy like you?" Tatia asked him as she gave him her famous flirtatious smile.
"I'm perfectly happy with my wife Tatia." Elijah replied as he jumped down the fence and went to grab a new piece of wood. Tatia followed him.
"But I'm sure now you've tasted a girl like her you'd love a try at a real woman right?" she asked him, pushing her breasts up.
"I don't think anyone could make me any happier than Bella. I love her. You're wasting your time Tatia!" Elijah told her a little harsher than before as he moved past her with the piece of wood he had cut earlier, not stopping his work for her.
"Come on, no one has to know… It will just have to stay between us." She told him, putting her hand over his as he went to grab the hammer.
"I'm not interested Tatia." Elijah told her again, trying to be patient but feeling his patience run thin.
"I'm sure I could do to you things that she never could even imagine…" She insisted as she let her hand wonder on his arm.
He immediately moved away.
"The only reaction you're getting from me Tatia is shills of disgust. I'm not interested!" Elijah replied, loosing his legendary calm and patience.
Just then Tatia tried to step even closer to him, only to have him push her away as hard as he could without loosing his gentleman status.
"Oh come on Elijah, you'll enjoy it I can assure you!" She insisted when he had his back to the fence.
"I'm not interested Tatia, don't force me to hit a girl!" He replied forcefully, his face showing anger this time.
Tatia then made a move forward, obviously trying to force a kiss on him when she got pulled back quite harshly. Elijah looked up to see his wife and Sage standing there.
"Bella love, I can explain!" Elijah started but Bella cut him.
"Don't worry Elijah, I know. Henrik told me he over hear her say to Ayana that she was coming here to try and seduce you…" Bella replied as Sage was kicking Tatia off of their property.
"Good thing Henrik heard her…" Elijah sighted as Bella walked into his arms to get a hug.
"I would have never believed anything coming from her mouth Elijah, I love you and I trust you way too much for that. Never forget that!" She promised him as Sage came back.
"Well, she won't be coming back anytime soon." The tall woman stated with a satisfied smile.
"Did you have time to do any shopping at all?" Elijah asked the two women with Bella still in his arms.
"Not really… We have to go back." Bella answered him before she kissed him and followed Sage back in town.
When they arrived, Tatia was flirting with Niklaus, who seemed to be trying to get away.
"Tatia! I don't care if you want to dishonour your parents and your entire family by sleeping around, that's your business but you better not try to flirt with Elijah again or trust me I will make you regret the day you were born! Forcing yourself on a man won't make you a woman, just a cheep whore and my husband has made it perfetly clear to you, many time, that he wasn't interested in you!" Bella yelled as soon as Tatia was within hearing shot.
Everyone around town turned toward the usually so nice and smiling Bella. Everyone loved her in town and was surprised to see her so upset, it was quite unusual.
"I was just showing him that he had other possibilities… Why, do you feel threatened by little old me?" Tatia replied in a normal voice, obviously trying to make Bella look bad.
"Me! Threatened by you? Now why would I feel that? You have nothing to be jealous of. What I don't understand is why you would try to hurt my marriage when I've been nothing but nice to you ever since we first met? You should be ashamed of yourself!" Bella exclaimed, really upset.
They had gathered quite a crowed now and it was obvious that the town's people were siding with Bella in majority.
"Now you better watch the tone you use with me little girl! It's my town, not yours! My father is an important man here and he could have you kicked out in no time!" Tatia snapped, not knowing her father was standing right behind her.
"Mickeal is also very important, and you should know that the only reason you're still allowed in this town is because of the respect we all have for your father Tatia… You're the one that should be watching herself!" Sage interfered from her place by Bella's side.
"Who's talking to you…" Tatia was cut off by the booming voice of her father:
"TATIA! I've been patient enough with you and your behaviour! This is your last warning before I banish you from not only our family but the village also! You should be ashamed of yourself, trying to dishonour honest and nice women like Isabella and Sage! How dare you attack the Mickealson family? You better get home right now and be done with your chores by the time I get back home!"
Tatia was now very pale.
Her father almost never left their property because he had too much work and when it did it was to attend meetings of the town's council. She looked really mad at being scolded like a little child in public but she knew better than to upset her father.
As soon as she started to walk away, her father went to apologise to Bella and Sage for his daughter. Quickly, the rest of the crowed dismantled and they went back to their previous activities.
"Are you okay Bella? You look… off!" Niklaus asked as he came to stand by them.
"It's the first time in my life I get so mad at anyone, I've never yelled at anyone in my entire life…" Bella confessed in a quiet voice.
"Why don't you two girls come home for a while, get something to drink and calm down before you attack your shopping." Niklaus suggested.
"Good Idea, come Bells." Sage answered as they both escorted Bella to Esther's home.
When they came in, Niklaus explained what happened and Esther looked both happy at Bella's reaction and the result it had and mad at Tatia for trying to seduce her son.
"You've really never been mad at anyone before Bella?" Esther asked her daughter in law in amazement.
"Oh, I've been mad before, I just never acted on it. I always tried to stay calm and find a peaceful solution, to be the better person. But today…" Bella started.
"What changed?" Niklaus asked her.
"I don't really know, I just thought that if I didn't put a stop to it soon she would keep trying to get between us, I needed to make a statement!" Bella explained.
"Mark your territory…" Niklaus added with a little playfully mocking smile.
"Exactly!" Bella answered with a smile as Esther served her a calming herbal tea.
"Thanks Esther, You're magical!" Bella thanked after the first sip, making everyone smile.
They stayed there far about half an hour before the two women went back to the market, escorted by Niklaus who didn't have much left to do and wanted to spend some time with his best friend. Since Bella wasn't alone anymore, Sage went directly home after she had her shopping made. Niklaus was walking Bella back home.
"I miss spending time with you Bella..." He told her as he hugged her to his side like he sometimes did with his sister.
"You can come over whenever you want Niklaus, you know that!" She told him.
"I'm afraid to interrupt… Elijah has so little time left with you before you leave…" He replied.
"That's very nice of you but you can still come whenever you want. Why don't you go tell Esther that you're having dinner with us tonight?" She suggested.
"Really?" He asked with a happy smile.
"Of course, you go, I'll be picking flowers and berries right here until you come back!" She suggested as he kissed her cheek and rushed home to warn his mother he would be having dinner with Bella and his brother.
Bella watched him go with a smile, he was so different that the Klaus that killed Elijah in front of her…
When Niklaus came back, Bella had some mushrooms, berries and flowers in her basket on top of her purchases.
"Ready to go?" He asked her, trying to stay calm.
She chuckled.
"Sometimes I don't know who's the youngest, You or Henrik?" Bella commented as they slowly made their way home.
Mid-way, Niklaus took Bella's basket so she didn't have to carry it anymore.
As soon as they arrived, Elijah rushed to them and took Bella in his arms.
"What's wrong Eli?" She asked him as he crushed her against him.
"Frederick came by to give me back something he borrowed yesterday and told me you confronted Tatia in town in front of everyone, I was worried. I was about to come and get you!" He replied, just realising Niklaus was here.
"She was pretty shaken up so I took her to Mother's to calm her down before she went on with her shopping." Niklaus informed his big brother with a soft smile.
Seeing their love gave him hope that such love can exist for him.
"I invited him for dinner." Bella informed him as Elijah loosed his hold on her.
They kissed before she took her basket back and went inside to prepare dinner while the two brothers went together in the barn to talk.
That night was a happy one, like the others. Niklaus got to spend time with his favourite brother and his best friend.
"I'm surprised at how fast you grew accustomed to our cooking style Bella. Everything was absolutely delicious!" Niklaus exclaimed, making her blush and Elijah replied:
"She's the best! I've been coming back for second at every meal since we got married!"
Bella blushed even more as she started to clear the table and came back with some pie she knew Elijah loved.
"The full moon is tomorrow, are you nervous?" Bella asked Niklaus.
"Not really… okay, yes, I'm nervous. I hope everything will go as it's supposed to…" He replied.
"Mother said we'll all spend the night in the caves. She'll have more energy there and we'll all be protected from the wolves." Niklaus added.
"We're all going to be present?" Bella asked.
"Yes." Niklaus answered with a nod.
"But everyone will stay in the caves right?" Bella asked and it was obvious she was worried about everyone else but mainly Elijah getting hurt.
"Yes, the spell will be done in the caves, nobody will have any reason to go out before it's over." The blond man answered with a reassuring smile.
When Niklaus left them alone, Bella went to sit on Elijah's lap.
"I would have paid to see you yell at Tatia. It must have been a real turn on…" He whispered in her ear and she blushed (again!) before she moved her head to the side so he could keep on kissing her neck.
That night, when they made love, Elijah trusted into her harder than he usually did. She, too, was a little wilder than usual. Both of them ended up getting to sleep with a big smile on their faces.
The next day went by pretty well.
Tatia hadn't been seen in town but her mother came over to apologise for her daughter's previous actions. She seemed really ashamed and Bella accepted her apology. She had never been vindictive and the woman couldn't really be held responsible for her grown daughter's actions.
When the afternoon came to an end and the sky started to darken, Bella grabbed the wolves' bane she had, the pies she made for dinner and a few blankets for her and her sweet husband. Elijah had his sword at the ready in his right hand while his left arm was wrapped around Bella's waist protectively. There was no way he was loosing her from the wolves or anything else.
Thankfully they arrived at the caves without anything bad happening on the way, probably because it was still a bit early for the wolves to have changed. They quickly found the others.
"We were starting to get worried!" Mickeal exclaimed when they came in the cave.
"Bella decided to take both pies at the last minute. She couldn't decide which one to take." Elijah smirked.
"That's because you couldn't decide which one you wanted for tomorrow, so I decided you'd have none!" she replied as she playfully hit his side.
"Well, I'm not complaining, two of Bella's pie means more pie for us." Niklaus stated as he came over to greet them.
"Yes, Niklaus couldn't shut up about your cooking Bella, we're all happy to be able to taste it." Esther greeted with a smile as the young woman blushed.
They ate dinner joyfully and when the moon was finally high, they could hear the wolves howling outside. Bella shied into Elijah's embrace to feel safe while Esther and Rebekah walked with Niklaus to the small chamber where they had craved all of their names, including Bella's and Sage's. Everyone else was gathered near the door so they could see what was happening and not be in the way.
Esther drew a circle on the ground with a stick and filled the circle with a special powder she had prepared during the day. At the same time, Rebekah was lighting torches all around the room. Niklaus walked in the middle of the large circle as he had been instructed and sat on his knees, waiting patiently for what was to come.
Rebekah brought a bowl to her mother and they placed it on the ground, between them both. Esther poured some warm water in it and then a few drops of her own blood. After that she opened a small vial and poured the red liquid (Tatia's blood) into the mix. Indeed, Esther decided that what would unite her children would be the Petrova doppelganger's blood.
Then she and Rebekah held hand above Niklaus' head and started chanting in a language nobody else could understand. The flames of the torches grew higher and it looked like the light of the moon could shine through the stone and on the man's blond hair. When her mother gave him a signal, Niklaus took the bowl and drank it all, trying not to make a face at the weird taste the whole time.
The two women kept on chanting, pretending not to hear the howl of the wolves as Henrik snuggled to his father's side to be reassured and feel safer. It's only an hour later that they stopped. Niklaus stood and as they backed away, they whispered that the spirits were explaining everything to Niklaus about his new status, what he could do and how to control himself. When they were done, Niklaus tried to shift for the first time and became pretty fast a horse sized black and brown wolf.
"Wow… Now that's some wolf!" Mickeal exclaimed as he walked to the blond man.
"He's in perfect control of everything. Unlike the werewolves, Niklaus can actually change at will and he is still himself when in his wolf form." Esther explained to everyone.
"He's pure Alpha male! The girls are going to be crazy for him!" Rebekah added, like it was the most important detail about this big change.
Niklaus barked and changed back to his human form, quickly realizing that he had to cover his private parts because his clothes hadn't followed him on the change.
"Well, they could have warned me about that too!" He exclaimed with an embarrassed chuckle.
"Have you gained muscles?" Kol asked as he compared his brother's arms with his owns for a few minutes.
Chuckling, Mickeal handed his son a blanket and the new wolf improvised a skirt with it before he said:
"Is there any pie left over? I'm famished!"
"Of course, here you go." Bella said as she handed him a big piece of pie.
"Hunger comes with the change." Esther stated as she sat down with Rebekah, both women were really tired and needed to rest.
Bella was wrapped in her husband's strong arm and covered with a blanket. In front of her Sage was in the same position in her own husband's arms. Both women were quietly talking as their husband fell asleep. Bella of course knew that Elijah wasn't too deeply sleeping, he was just resting but would be ready to jump up, sword in hand if there was any trouble.
The next morning, they all went back home. Niklaus decided to make his way home in his wolf form so he didn't have to be seen naked by the people they'd cross.
"Well, that was a fun night but I won't do it every day!" Bella said tiredly to Elijah when they both sat at the table where she served him a well deserved breakfast.
"Yeah I know, I'm glad everything went well though." Elijah replied as he took Bella in his arms and decided she would eat breakfast from his lap.
Since he was done before her, Elijah decided to have some fun and pulled his wife's dress up to caress her tights softly. Bella stopped eating and threw her head back, against his shoulder as he kissed her neck and stroke her clit with his hand.
"I think we should make up for last night, I won't be able to get through the day otherwise…" He whispered in her ear in a voice so deep it made her moan immediately.
"I think it… a… very… hmm… yeah… very good idea…" She managed to say as he slowly pushed two fingers inside her.
When she came, he stood up, carrying her in his arms, and walked to their bedroom were he let her back on her feet.
They made quick work of undressing each others before Elijah pushed Bella against the door. He quickly wrapped her legs around his waist before he entered her in one quick trust, making her moan again. Bella tightened her legs around his waist as he went faster and harder each time. She couldn't do anything but moan his name and ask him to go harder and faster… Once again, he had made her lose all of her control.
Elijah loved the feel of his wife wrapped so tightly all round him. He loved it even more when he made her lose control of everything.
"I love you my Bella… You're mine… I love you so much…" He told her just before they came together.
After they were both down from their orgasm, Elijah directed her to the bed.
"I think we both deserve a little nap Love." He said as he lay on the bed.
"I agree…" She nodded, joining him.
She snuggled to his side with her head on his chest and he put the blanket over them both.
"I can't believe I have only one month left with you…" He whispered softly as he tightened his arms around her.
"Maybe it will be a little longer…" She replied quietly, hating herself for the pain she was going to put him through.
"Don't worry my sweet Bella, as long as we get to be together again in the future, I'll be happy." He reassured her softly.
"A thousand years is a very long time…" Bella reminded him sadly.
"We can have ten times that after. That's what will help me getting through it!" He told her before he kissed her forehead.
"I don't know what I did to deserve your love, but I'll always come back to you Elijah. No matter why we are separated, I'll always come back to you as soon as I can!" She told him in a sleepy voice.
Elijah stroked her hair softly until she fell asleep completely and soon joined her in the dream land.
When they woke up it was just past noon.
They had a quick lunch before they both decided to visit their friends and family in town. Mid-way, they met Niklaus, eating an apple.
"How are you doing Nik?" Bella asked him softly as he came running their way.
"I'm great! I'm hearing so much more… By the way, you too can be quite loud!" Niklaus declared with a smirk that made Bella blush and Elijah grin.
"Did you stay long in the wolf form?" Elijah asked his brother.
"Yes, at first I just wanted to get home but then there was so many different smells… And the speed… man it was great! I hunted a bear by myself! Can you believe it? I was just as tall as him and I scared him! Father is taking care of the skin as we speak!" the new shape shifter was over excited and Bella soon forgot her embarrassment.
"I'm glad you like it so much!" Bella smiled softly.
"Thanks! I spent the past few hours looking at girls in the eyes hoping to imprint but it didn't work, I think I'll go and check out the neighbouring villages tomorrow." He added.
They all new what imprinting was and what it meant. Everyone hoped he would find love soon but somehow Bella thought it wouldn't happen for a long time.
"By the way, the spirits told me I would be able to share my gift with some people with a simple ritual, I might create a whole new line even before I have children!" He informed her.
Bella smiled at him with joy. He was happy and wouldn't be lonely now. Life had changed and she would be going back to a bright and happy future.
When they arrived in town, Tatia was with her mother and her child. Apparently, she wouldn't be let out of the house alone now.
"Hello Isabella, Niklaus, Elijah. How are you this morning?" Lena Petrova, Tatia's mother asked.
"We're good Lena, we're good. How are you?" Bella asked as Elijah tightened his hold on his wife in a very protective manner.
"Well, last night sure was calmer than usual. The howling didn't come as close as it used to so that's good. Planting Aconite all around was a good idea after all… However a huge bark woke us up really early this morning." She informed, not seeing Niklaus blush, knowing he was the one who woke them up when he let himself go.
"Oh, well, some people are just inconsiderate and let their dogs run around free without any kind of supervision!" Bella said with a smirk, mocking Niklaus.
"Humph… Can we go mother? I'm bored and it's starting to smell around here!" Tatia complained in a whiny tone, insinuating that Bella was the one smelling.
"Tatia, how dare you! You're walking a thin line here girl! You go on home this instant and work with your father, I will do the shopping alone with your son!" Lena raged before she excused herself and the three people walked away.
"Someone is in trouble…" Niklaus said in a sing song tone, making the other chuckle with him as they went on to see what was new in town.
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