Chapter 016

Waiting

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, about 11:15 p.m.

The Mikaelson's Den

As Freya, Finn, Henri and I watch the five people in the room watching their movie, I like what I see. Kol and Rebekah, and their five siblings, genuinely care about the three teens that are currently watching the film with them.

I had no idea what Kol's plan would mean for all of them when he first thought of it, but I find myself grateful he decided to make my granddaughter his. It's led to the three teens in the room growing closer not just to each other but to the Mikaelsons, and I am now convinced the Mikaelsons will move heaven and hell to help any one of or all three of their younger friends. Or really, they've been viewing them as family for a few weeks now, and that pleases me, too.

About half an hour into the movie I notice that Jeremy keeps looking to his left in Henri's direction and slightly shaking his head. This is it, the moment we've been waiting for, and Henri decides not to wait any longer. I chuckle at him, which causes Jeremy's eyes to widen when he slightly turns his head to face me.

Henri gets up from the table he was sitting on and walks closer to Jeremy asking him, "Jeremy, can you see us?"

His chocolate eyes widen even more, and I don't need him to nod gently and ever so slightly to know he heard Henri and can see us. Now we will be able to communicate with the family and Henri's presence means that the other Mikaelson children will finally get the closure they need regarding his death, especially Niklaus who still holds far too much guilt over that event.

Now we just have to reassure Jeremy we mean no one any harm and then help them find those two spells one of Kol's friends worked on while he was in Haiti back in the 1680's.

Henri wastes no time before smiling and telling Jeremy, "I need you to find a book in Kol's collection. It's from Haiti in the mid to late 1680's."

Jeremy shakes his head ever so slightly again, so Henri tells him, "It has two spells that will allow three of the ghosts in the room to be seen by those involved with the spells. Just think, if you find the spell and do it for us then you could do it for your friend Alaric. You can't tell the Mikaelsons though, not yet."

I shake my head at Henri. He's testing Jeremy to be sure the teen is trustworthy. Jeremy's eyes widen, but he shakes his head again. "Come on, don't you want to be able to hug Ric again. And the senior Mr. Salvatore could see his friend again."

Henri lets him think on that for a while, and a few minutes later Bonnie asks Rebekah, "Hey, Beks, I need to pee, so can you pause the movie for a minute?"

Rebekah nods and pauses the film, and Bonnie hops out of Kol's arms and hurries to the hallway to use the bathroom near the kitchen. Jeremy nods and follows her saying, "That was a big glass of grape juice earlier, so I'll use it after her."

He doesn't wait for them to respond before he follows his friend down the hallway. Bonnie uses the bathroom. I tilt my head as Bonnie exits the bathroom and then Jeremy pushes her back into it prompting her to say, "Jer, what the hell?"

When the door shuts again, he whispers, "Shh, I need to talk to you."

He's frowning deeply, and I'm sure even Kol and Rebekah can hear her frown from their seats on the couches.

Bonnie narrows her eyes and says, "Whatever you just shoved me into the bathroom to tell me needs to wait because you obviously don't want Kol and Beks to know, and they can pretty much hear everything in at least a three-mile radius from where they're sitting so whatever you want to—."

Jeremy frowns even more deeply before he interrupts her, "I think getting rid of my hunter-ness has reactivated my ability to see ghosts."

Her eyes widen before she says, "Wait, what?"

He lowers his voice and tells her, "There's this ghost, well actually there are four of them, but the one, he wants me to look through Kol's books to find a spell that will make it possible for three of these ghosts and potentially others to be visible to others. I'm not too keen on the idea, but he makes a solid argument regarding at least giving our friends the opportunity to have closure, so can you try to find it? I don't think he knows the name of it, but it's in one of the books that Kol got in Haiti in the 1680's."

Her frown gets even deeper now before she tells him, "Say I do what you're asking? The first thing I'm going to do is go back out into the den and tell Kol everything you just said because I'm not willing to keep secrets from him or to use him to find a spell in one of his books. He deserves better than that, and you should know me better than to think I'd keep a secret that big."

Now he's nodding as he says, "I know that, but the ghost was very insistent that I not tell the Mikaelson's, so I wanted him to hear your response for himself. Don't worry, I'm not too happy about being asked to keep secrets from them either, hence me talking about it where they can probably hear me word for word."

Frowning, Henri tells him, "You'd think I just asked you to kill someone. All I wanted was for you to find the spell and get your witch friend to cast it. The Mikaelsons don't need to know about it. They won't be angry once the spell has been cast they'll actually be happy about—"

Jeremy passes Henri's test when he interrupts him and says, "Oh shut up, Casper the Annoying Ghost, I don't care who you are or how un-upset you think they'll be in the long run. Bonnie and I don't keep secrets from our friends, and while I know Kol and I have a ways to go before our old friendship is repaired I actually find I do want to repair it, so I'm not going to keep secrets from him, which would kill any shot I have of getting him to trust me. For the record, if I kept secrets he'd have every right not to trust me, and I really want to earn and then keep his trust, so whoever you are you need to stop trying to get me to betray my friends because it's just not going to happen."

All four of us smile while Jeremy tells Henri off. Yes, I like what I see very much. Not only do the Mikaelson's care for the three teens but they care for them back. This is a very nice development and will mean wonderful things for the family.

Bonnie asks the question Kol would probably be asking if he was in here right now, "Uh Jer, do you know who this ghost is? Or..."

He says, "No, but I know one of the other three and I've seen another in pictures. The younger one is probably 10 or 11 years old and uh don't take this the wrong way, but he looks like he might be related to Elijah and Kol. He bears a strong resemblance to them, and I think I spotted a painting of him in the room I assume is Klaus' painting studio."

Bonnie gasps then says, "Oh My God. Ask him if his name is Henrik."

Jeremy laughs as Henrik starts cursing up a storm. I think he wanted those two spells but didn't want to get our family's hopes up until we find the spells, so he says every curse he's learned in his 1,009 years as a ghost while Jeremy says, "I'm guessing by the swears coming out of his mouth that the answer is yes. Um, Henrik how does a kid your age even know those words? Hell, I might actually have to go look up some of them myself though I can guess as to their meaning."

Bonnie laughs and says, "Kol, how do you want us to handle this? Is there a question we can ask him to make sure it's really your brother?"

I smile because Bonnie and really all three teens are brilliant and obviously loyal to the siblings. I really do like what I'm seeing of them all, and I have liked it for some time now. However, Jeremy gasps at my granddaughter's words and says, "Their brother? I thought Finn, who I'm pretty sure is one of the other ghosts, was the only other sibling?"

She opens the door of the bathroom and leads him out while she shakes her head and tells him, "Um, there was actually a girl, Freya, before Finn and then there were a handful of babies that didn't make it out of infancy, and then Henrik was the last one who survived, well until he was about 11 anyway."

When they come into the room, she frowns at Kol and tells him, "Kol, if you want I'll let you tell Jer Henrik's role in all of you turning."

Henrik decides he should be the one to do that, so he tells him, "I was stupid and talked Nik into taking me to watch the wolves turn during The Full Moon. One of the wolves mauled me while we were watching, and our parents decided to protect the rest of our family by turning them all into Vampires, so they'd be stronger than the wolves. Never mind that it was my own damn fault. Tell Kol and Beks that it wasn't Nik's fault. It was my own damn fault. I knew better, and I talked him into it anyway. I want the spells, so they can all see me, and I can tell Nik it wasn't his fault, and I hope to release him from the ton of guilt I know he feels about not just my death but the fact that Mama turned them into monsters too. He blames himself for every atrocity any of them ever committed, and it wasn't his fault it was mine and Mama's and Papa's."

Jeremy's eyes get wide, and he says, "Oh, oh wow. Okay, I'll tell him."

He turns and looks Kol and says, "He wants the spell, so you all can see him, and he can tell Klaus once and for all that his death wasn't Klaus' fault and neither was your parents' decision to turn all of you to protect the rest of you from the wolves."

Rebekah's eyes are watering while she asks, "Is it really Henri, Kol?"

Kol shrugs and thinks for a minute before asking, "Who put horse manure into Mikael's boots? Who did Mikael blame for it, and who took the blame to prevent Mikael from beating the one he blamed?"

Jeremy tilts his head while Finn laughs, and Henri answers the question. Rebekah clearly doesn't know the answer because Kol, Nik, and Henri never told a soul about the truth. When he finishes explaining Jeremy says, "You put the shit in his boots, but your asshole blamed Klaus. Unfortunately for Klaus, you were out picking berries with Rebekah when Mikael discovered his shit filled shoes so you couldn't fess up, so Henrik took the blame and showed your asshole his dirty boots and a dirty shirt as evidence that he wasn't just trying to protect Klaus. He figured if he took the blame your asshole wouldn't hurt anyone because although Mikael never hesitated to beat any of his other children, he never laid a hand on Henrik. Unfortunately, it backfired because then Mikael beat Klaus for being a bad influence on Henrik because Klaus had previously taken the blame for a similar prank you had done a few weeks earlier to Elijah and Finn's boots. Klaus never gave you up or admitted that it had been you both times and that he had nothing to do with it. Wow, okay that makes me see Klaus in a slightly different light."

Kol nods and tells his sister, "It's really Henri because the only people who knew the truth were Nik, Henri, and me. I offered to tell the truth, and Nik told me to leave it be, or I'd get a beating, and then so would he for not having told the truth. Personally, I thought he would have been safe a second time, but I wasn't willing to risk Mikael hurting him again because of my actions, so I never told anyone and neither did they, so it has to be Henri."

Rebekah has tears in her eyes when she says, "I miss you, Henri."

He smiles and tells Jeremy, "Tell her I miss her too and that I say, 'I love you, Beks.'"

Jeremy repeats the message, so Henri grins and nods then Rebekah looks at Kol and asks, "Do you know which book has the necessary spell?"

Kol shakes his head and says, "No, I don't actually recall that spell, but if he says it's in one of the ones from 1680's Haiti, well that narrows it down to about 250 or so books."

Jeremy's eyes are wide when he says, "Damn 250? That's a lot."

Kol smiles slightly and shakes his head again, "Given that I own probably close to 20,000 grimoires, 250 is a vast improvement."

Jeremy nods and says, "I know the girls wanted to watch the movie, but maybe we could all look through your books instead and watch the end of the movie another night?"

Rebekah looks at Caroline and asks, "Caroline, would you mind terribly?"

She only slightly surprises them by saying, "Not even a little. Getting that spell and helping Klaus have closure is way more important than us getting to stare at hotties on the T.V."

Rebekah nods and so do Bonnie and Jeremy, so Kol stands and tells them all, "Come on then. Bonnie would you mind doing the spell on Caroline so she can understand any language, and I'll do it to Jeremy?"

The eyes of the two teens who up until this moment didn't know the Mikaelsons have their magick back widen when his words sink in. Kol's eyes are wide too when he clearly realizes his mistake because Jeremy says, "Wait, you can do magick?"

Giggling, Bonnie says, "Um, oops."

Kol chuckles but nods and tells them, "I believe you already know that my siblings and I were witches before being turned. What you don't know is that Bonnie suggested we try the spell I suggested she do to get back her magick. Obviously, it worked so now all four of us have our magick back, and before either of you go and get angry at Bonnie bear a few things in mind, 1.) I already had the spell in my possession, so she didn't give us the spell and 2.) it didn't require someone with working magick to perform it, so all she did was suggest we try the spell we already had. 3.) I believe she thought it would help mellow us out and keep us from going on any killing rampages, so I believe her heart was in the right place."

Caroline and Jeremy both nod, and Jeremy tells the two originals, "I know the others would probably freak out, but I trust Bonnie implicitly. If she thought it was best to make that suggestion, then I'll trust her judgment on that."

Caroline is nodding even more deeply and says, "Exactly. She wouldn't have suggested it if she thought it was too dangerous. Plus, she's told me enough in the weeks that have followed that I know you guys haven't abused the gift she gave you. So, I won't freak out either, though, I would like to suggest none of us tell anyone else, though, because like Jer said they will freak out and probably try to kill you all again."

Rebekah and Kol nod and Kol tells them, "Thank you for essentially giving us the opportunity to prove ourselves."

Jeremy shrugs and tells him, "Honestly, other than Klaus, who attacked us first on multiple occasions, I always thought the rest of you got the short end of the stick when it came to us. None of you tried to hurt us, and we still tried to hurt you guys a ton of times. I mean my bitchy sister literally stabbed Rebekah in the back and killed her however temporarily it might have been. And like I said, I trust Bonnie, so if she thinks you guys deserve the right to prove yourselves worthy of our not trying to kill you guys, then I'll follow her lead."

Henri laughs and nods when Caroline smiles and nods again before saying, "What he said."

Finn smiles at me and tells his brother and me, "That went much better than we could have hoped for."

I pat his shoulder and tell him, "Jeremy and Caroline are above all else loyal to Bonnie. Until she proves that loyalty is misplaced, they will follow her lead on most if not all things, especially if it involves magick or the supernatural."

They both nod at me while Rebekah and Kol laugh lightly at Jeremy's words, so Kol nods and says, "Well thank you all the same. So, Little Bella, you'll do the spell on Caroline, and if Jer trusts me enough, I'll do it to him?"

All three of the teens nod, so Kol leads them all up the stairs to his room. When we get there Bonnie whispers the words to the Teleportation Spell she wrote a few weeks ago, and a grimoire lands on Kol's bed. She picks it up and begins flipping through the pages before she asks, "So Kol, do we want to use Dr. Martin's spell, which is somewhere in this book or do you prefer we do the version you guys did all those centuries ago? Is one better than the other?"

The vampire smiles and tells her, "Hold on a second. The spell is in the same book the Cleansing Ritual was in. I'll get it, and we can compare them, and you can tell me if you think one is better than the other."

Bonnie chuckles and explains to her two younger friends, "He uses every opportunity that presents itself to teach me, so you'll have to put up with me slowing us down."

Caroline smiles and so does Jeremy when Caroline says, "No worries. You've said repeatedly that he's been a really good teacher, and you also said multiple times, including tonight, that you've been double checking everything with Abby, so if he thinks this is the perfect opportunity to teach you something then who are we to complain especially because we're clueless when it comes to magick."

Bonnie nods while Kol shows us all into the study and then whispers the words of the Teleportation Spell a minute later before the two leather chairs from his bedroom join the two in his study so that everyone will have a seat.

He smiles when Bonnie laughs and then he tells her, "The book is in Elijah's study and if I try to teleport it probably most of the books would come with it because Esther titled all of her books the same, so I'm going to go get it the old-fashioned way. Be right back."

They all nod with smiles on their faces, so he hurries out of the room and down to Elijah's bedroom and his study. Caroline hears him run his hand along the spines of the books on the shelves until he finds the one he needs. He grabs it and rushes back out of the room.

When he reenters his study, he finds them all sitting except Bonnie who is arranging the bottles of Herbs needed for the spell in her book. She looks up when he enters and smiles and says, "I figured the herbs are probably close to the same for both spells, so I took out what this spell requires."

Kol smiles and opens the book to the right page before handing it to her. She looks at it and then walks to her grimoire and looks at that spell before she says, "They're identical. Did you know that?"

He smiles and tells them all, "I suspected. You told me Dr. Martin's ancestors were from Salem. You also mentioned that Emily Bennett's ancestors also came from Salem. Now they were probably there around the same time. However, it's my guess that it was originally a Bennett spell because my mother's book dates to the turn of the previous Millennium when Ayana, who was also Emily's ancestor, was living here in the same village as my family. As you know, she was Esther's mentor and honestly, she took over mine and my sibling's magick studies when she noticed our mother was getting involved in dark magick."

He runs his hand through his already messy brown hair and says, "My siblings and I have such a strong aversion to dark magick not just because of the mess Esther's use of it caused in all our lives but also because Ayana made the consequences of dabbling in that sort of thing the way Esther was very clear."

He looks Bonnie in the eye and says, "I'm convinced Ayana's teachings are the main reason Esther and Mikael didn't warn us what they were doing when they turned us. Ayana was an amazing friend to our family, but she saw the evil that was our mother, so she did her best to thwart Esther's machinations whenever possible, so she made sure we knew nothing good ever comes from using dark magick."

He pauses and then turns slightly to better face the two who don't already know the story and says, "Caroline and Jeremy, Esther got The Immortality Spell from Ayana's book, which she stole from her long enough to copy that spell and apparently get some ideas for the curse she placed on Nik. What I'm about to tell you both doesn't leave this room, understand?"

He looks them both in the eyes before they nod, so he continues, "Ayana didn't use or advocate the use of dark magick, but her ancestor, Qetsiyah, used and may very well have invented Expression, which is the type of dark magick that the professor taught Bonnie. The reason Qetsiyah is a secret is that she's the one who turned Silas into the first immortal, so Ms. Gilbert and company need not know that Bonnie might have access to her ancestor's books."

He sighs and says, "The spell Esther used to turn us was the same spell used to turn Silas. My understanding is that Ayana outright refused to give mother the spell so Esther, wonderful friend that she was, stole her mentor's book and copied the spell she needed and I believe she also took down some other spells she used as a baseline for the curse she placed on our brother a few days after we turned. Anyway, my siblings and I got the language spell from Ayana. I copied it into Esther's book myself, so I figured both our spell and Dr. Martin's spell probably ultimately came from the same source, Ayana."

Jeremy bounces his knees while he sits and says, "Okay overlooking what a horrible woman your mother was and what a decent woman Esther's mentor was that is so very cool. So, it's the same spell, so what do you need me to do so you can place it on me?"

They all smile while Kol tells him, "Once we cut up and mix the herbs and some spring water, you and Caroline will drink it. Then Bonnie and I will say the incantation for each of you, and we'll wait a minute or two before I'll show you one of my books and see if the spell worked."

We all nod so my granddaughter goes about preparing the herbs and then adds the water Caroline hands her. When she finishes, she stirs the mixture clockwise 27 times and then she pours half into the Goblet they used and then cleaned earlier and then she gives Caroline the Goblet and hands Jeremy the bowl with the other half in it.

Jeremy looks at it with narrowed eyes and raises it to his nose before cautiously sniffing. Kol chuckles and tells him, "It shouldn't taste anywhere near as horrible as the other one did. I don't recall a bad taste from this spell, and I could smell the stench from the other spell, so you should be safe this time."

Jeremy snickers and nods but turns to look at Rebekah and asks, "Just to be safe, though, do y'all have more grape juice in your fridge?"

She giggles and nods before she says, "I opened a brand-new bottle for you, so there's plenty if the need arises."

Jeremy grins and then asks, "Tell me when."

Laughing, Kol tells him, "You can drink it whenever you're comfortable."

Jeremy and Caroline both look at each other. Then they both lift the potion to their mouths and drink it down. The two of them smile a moment later, and Caroline tells everyone, "Yay, no bad aftertaste!"

Kol sniggers and says, "Told you so."

She giggles and says, "Hey you can't blame me for worrying. Some of the things Bonnie has mixed up have smelled like raw sewage. I'm allowed to be cautious."

Jeremy nods and adds to her statement, "And since not two hours ago I drank something that definitely tasted worse than raw sewage can you really blame me?"

Kol chuckles and tells him, "No I suppose I can't."

He then turns and looks at Bonnie and tells her, "Ladies first."

My grandbaby nods, whispers the incantation and then smiles when Caroline begins glowing. The light pulses nine times then seems to slowly sink into her pores before disappearing completely. She doesn't feel anything different though.

Caroline smiles at them, so Kol repeats Bonnie's actions and smiles too when the same thing happens to Jeremy.

Bonnie and Kol turn and clean up after themselves giving the spell a minute to settle in the teens' brains. Then the original hands Jeremy his mother's book and asks him to read the spell he opened it to.

The boy smiles and says, "'A Spell to Return the Balance.' Hey, is this the spell you guys did at the beach?" When Kol nods Jeremy smiles and says, "Cool."

He then hands the book to Caroline, and she flips to the next page and reads, "A Spell to Cure an Upset Stomach,"

Rebekah leans over and looks at the page before she nods and says, "Well that definitely worked."

Kol smiles back and then walks to the corner of the room where he stops and whispers the Teleportation Spell again this time to bring all the books he acquired in 1680's Haiti to his feet.

Caroline thinks that is 'so cool' so she giggles and asks them all, "I know I'm an actual mythical creature now, but is it weird that I still get so excited when I witness magick? I mean we grew up thinking it was just fiction, and now every time Bonnie, or now I guess Kol, proves it's not, I have this irresistible urge to giggle madly."

My granddaughter smiles and says, "It's not weird because I want to giggle every time, too!"

Henri smirks and with a decided leer in his voice tells Jeremy, "I'm beginning to see what Nik sees in young Caroline. She's certainly a looker, isn't she?"

I swat his shoulder and tell him, "Stop instigating."

He laughs and says, "But it's so much fun, especially because this is the first time in centuries that someone who's alive can see me."

Jeremy laughs loudly at that and says, "Instigating can be incredibly fun, but make sure it doesn't come back and bite you on the ass. As for Caroline, I think you are far too young to see what he sees in her."

Caroline's head whips around to look at Jeremy who shrugs and says, "What he's like 10 years old and telling me that he totally sees what Klaus sees in you, and the way he said it was a little too mature for a ten-year-old boy."

Bonnie giggles and tells both of her friends, "Uh, he may have been 11 when he died, but technically he's almost 1,021-years-old so just keep in mind that you, Caroline, and I are the only individuals in this room, vampire, human, witch or ghost that are under 1,000 years old. So, I don't know what he looks like, but he's probably just as dirty an old man as his brothers have proven to be."

Henri is literally rolling around on the floor he's laughing so hard at Bonnie's characterization of his brothers, so Jeremy hunches over laughing hysterically before he manages to calm himself enough to say, "He's literally rolling on the floor in laughter. Too, funny! We got to find that spell so you all can see him and hear him."

I smile and tell him, "Jeremy, there should be a second spell on the other side of the page that should make our visibility permanent. It's too dangerous to try to bring us back to life, so we're not even going to suggest any of them try, but the two spells in Kol's book should make it possible for us to interact with all of you on a more permanent basis."

He nods then tells everyone else, "Ms. Bennett says there is a second spell that should make them permanently visible, which should be almost as good as actually bringing them back and before you have a fit at the suggestion, Kol, she made it clear she wasn't suggesting Bonnie or you guys even consider trying bringing them back."

Bonnie's lip trembles before she asks, "Grams is here?"

Jeremy nods at Bonnie while Henri tells him he agrees with Kol's previous thoughts on the subject of Dark magick, so Jeremy tells his friends, "Yes, Bon, Grams is here. As for resurrecting them, Henrik agrees with you, Kol, that if she or your family never does another dark spell again, it'll still be too soon."

Bonnie smiles tremulously and says, "I love you, Grams. I miss you."

I smile and tell him, "Tell her I love and miss her too and that I'm very proud of her for the road she's taken in recent times."

He repeats my words which brings a soft smile to Bonnie's face. Then he turns to Freya and says, "Finn I know from the photo of the Mikaelson's that ran in the Mystic Falls News after Esther's ball but who might you be?"

Freya smiles and tells him, "I'm their oldest sister, Freya."

Jeremy's eyes widen before he says, "Oh wow. Nice to meet you. Finn, nice to meet you too."

Henri frowns and asks, "Is it not nice to meet me?"

Jeremy barks out a laugh and tells him, "Yes, it's nice to meet you, too, now that I know for sure you don't mean my friends or me any harm."

Kol smiles and asks, "So who's the mystery ghost?"

Jeremy grins and says, "Freya. I never saw Esther or Mikael, but they must have been good looking because there isn't a single one of you that's ugly."

Everyone laughs at that before Kol asks, "I assume Freya won't be participating in these two spells?"

Jeremy frowns and asks, "Why wouldn't she?"

Rebekah smiles and tells the teens, "Because technically she's not actually dead. Freya is in a magickally induced sleep but much like with the daggers she isn't actually on The Otherside permanently."

All three teens have wide eyes while Kol and Rebekah explain the story of Freya to their new friends. Freya throws out a few pieces of information, too, which Jeremy relays to the rest of the room for her.

When they finish her tale, I smile and tell Jeremy, "Tell Kol that he'll have to read the spells very carefully and all of the magick users present will need to figure out what effect doing the spells would have on Freya's ability to wake up when the century is over."

He relays the message before Kol nods and says, "Very well. What do you all know that might help us locate the spells sooner?"

Henri elaborates on the spells we need so Jeremy passes the message along, "Henrik says if he recalls the spell correctly the one to make them permanently visible to anyone named in the spell isn't even remotely dark, but it should make them visible and corporeal without bringing them back. They'll only be able to touch those individuals named in the spell, but they should also be able to touch inanimate objects whenever they please, but they'll still be able to act like ghosts too, so they should be able to help protect those they love with their ghostly gifts as he calls them."

He shifts in his seat and looks at Kol before he says, "Anyhow they'll let you make the final call, Kol, on whether it's safe for Bonnie or anyone else to try the second spell. Henrik says the important thing is being able to be seen by Klaus one more time so he can assure your brother that he knew how stupid it was when he convinced Klaus to take him to watch the wolves. He wants to make sure he knows it's not his fault but rather Henrik's own fault because he knew they weren't supposed to go and that they'd get into trouble if anyone found out."

Kol nods and then after Henri remarks on what he just said Jeremy adds, "Plus, he'd really like to get the opportunity to hug each of you at least once, which he thinks the first spell will make possible if I'm touching him, or rather he's touching me. So, like if I hold his hand, then he could use the other arm to hug you guys… or… I suppose I could put my hand on his back and he could use both arms to hug you guys, though, I might have to touch his neck to make that work because my gut says I'll need to touch bare skin to make it work like he wants."

Kol smiles while he nods and tells Jeremy, "You are probably correct."

Smiling, Kol asks Jeremy, "Now you said earlier that Ms. Gilbert is actually your cousin correct?"

Jeremy chuckles and says, "Dude, she tried to kill you. I think you can call her Elena."

Henri and I nod when Kol raises his eyebrow, so Jeremy nods, too, but asks, "Fine have it your way, but yeah, she's my cousin, why?"

Kol grins at him and asks, "Humor me for a minute. So, Elena's biological father is your uncle you said?"

Jeremy nods slowly, so Kol asks him, "How is she related to Katerina?"

Jeremy frowns and scratches his chin before he says, "I think her mom, Isobel, was a descendant of Katherine's illegitimate daughter that she gave birth to before she went to England and met you guys. Why?"

Kol narrows his eyes while he tries to work out the puzzle and tells everyone, "Every ghost whisperer I've ever encountered had two things that were true. First, they died and came back to life. It doesn't have to be a magickal resurrection like yours was either. CPR would work, too. Their heart and lungs simply must to stop beating and breathing long enough for them to end up on The Otherside for a time."

He pauses and when everyone stays silent, he continues, "The second thing they all had in common is they were all supernaturals. If they weren't, the effect would only last for a week or two at most. That means if you're a ghost whisperer, which you obviously are because you've had the ability for far longer than two weeks despite the temporary disruption of the ability then you also must have a supernatural somewhere in your family line."

Jeremy's eyes are wide open, but he doesn't respond so Kol asks, "I don't suppose your family has a book of Ancestors or anything like Bonnie's family has?"

Jeremy frowns but nods and says, "We have a Bible that lists our family members, but it's not like Bonnie's book. It only lists the people's names and birth dates and their relatives both backward and forward but no other details about their lives."

Kol practically pouts and thinks for a minute before Rebekah interrupts and asks, "Kol would it work to have one of us do the Teleportation Spell on all magickal and historical books, as well as personal diaries or journals associated with Jeremy, Elena, and anyone they might be related to however distantly it might be?"

Hmm, would it work? Yes, it probably would, so Kol nods and says, "It won't hurt to try. The worst thing that can happen is the only thing that comes is the Bible Jer mentioned. Best case scenario every book associated with the family will arrive and we might be able to find some clues as to how Jer is a ghost whisperer without having any knowledge of a supe being in his family line."

They all nod, and before Kol can say anything else Bonnie whispers the words and a massive mountain of books lands on Kol's desk with thousands of them falling off and onto the floor. As the pile settles at a height that's just slightly higher than her head my grandbaby giggles and says, "Um, oops. I didn't think there would be so many that it'd create an avalanche. Sorry."

We all laugh while Jeremy gets up and walks to the pile before bending over and picking one of the books up off the floor. He opens it and smiles as he says, "Well my guess is it's thousands of books because it includes all my family's Founders Journals, so Jonathan's, my Dad's, Uncle John's and everyone in between. I think I see some of Elena's too. Elena read a bunch of our ancestors' journals, though, and she never mentioned anything about us having a supe in our haystack, but it can't hurt to reread them all, and I've never seen all these other books."

Henri proves that impatience isn't just Kol's thing by telling Jeremy, "We need to find the spells first then we can worry about your family line and who was in it."

Jeremy laughs and continues his thought, "Although I think my gut and Henrik are both loudly telling us to look for his spells first because figuring out how I'm a ghost whisperer is not nearly as important as making your brother visible to all of you."

Rebekah walks to the pile on her brother's desk and asks, "Jeremy would you mind if we move these to the spare room you used when you stayed here for Christmas? Because it's a suite of rooms like this one, there should be more than enough shelves in the bedroom and the study. I think I can even do the Teleportation Spell in such a manner as to put them all on the shelves organized by author and in chronological order without us having to manually move them all."

Jeremy grins and waves his hand, "Go for it."

Rebekah smiles back and nods before holding her hands over the pile and whispering a slightly altered version of Bonnie's Teleportation Spell. When she says the last word the books all vanish.

She then opens her eyes and smiles widely before zipping out of the room. She says, "Yay!" a moment before she returns to Kol's study. She smiles at all of them, and she bounces on her toes before she says, "It worked. I'll show you how to get to the room from this one when you go to leave."

Jeremy nods just when Bonnie finishes putting the books from Haiti into piles. My precious girl smiles while she turns to face us and says, "I sorted them by author whenever possible. Jer, does Henrik have any clue who wrote the book?"

That is one of many reasons Kol loves Bonnie. She's always thinking and often figures out ways to make what they're trying to do happen more easily. He crosses his fingers like he's seen Bonnie do a couple of times since she entered his life while they wait for Jeremy to tell them his brother's answer.

Henri answers in the negative and then makes a suggestion, so Jer smiles and says in the direction of open air, "Okay, that'll probably help some even if you don't know for sure. We can look through those books first, and if they're not in one of them, then we can just keep looking."

Henri is nodding his cute little head before Jeremy turns to Kol and says, "He said he thinks Nephtalie or Nadège might have them in one of their books. The good news is he thinks the two spells are in more than one of the books you have from Haiti."

Kol nods and walks to Bonnie and her piles. He remembers what some of Nephtalie and Nadège's books looked like, so he picks up two books and hands one to Bonnie before handing the other to Rebekah. Bonnie passes her book to Caroline and then grabs another book off the same pile and hands it to Jeremy. Kol picks up another book and then motions to the leather chairs before saying, "Feel free to sit while you read."

They all nod and move to sit before Kol walks to his desk and picks up his chair and carries it over to his friends who are already studiously looking through their books.

Us ghosts all lean over someone's shoulder and read what they're reading just to keep us from getting bored. Although, between Jeremy's curious questions about different spells and Kol's humorous stories about his time in Haiti it'd be difficult to get bored.

At half past one, Kol looks to his left at the pile of books, fifteen or twenty of them, that we've already gone through. He sighs and clears his throat before telling the teens, "Perhaps we should resume our search tomorrow because all five of us seem unable to fully keep our eyes open while we read. We don't want to miss the spells because we need sleep and are too tired to recognize what we're searching for."

Bonnie yawns a jaw snapping yawn then says, "I really wanted to find it tonight, so we could do the spell so you and Beks can see your brothers and sister."

Kol smiles and tells her honestly, "While I appreciate that I wouldn't have actually allowed any of us to do the spell tonight anyway because we are all far too tired to safely perform even the simplest magick at this point, and for the record, these two spells are not going to be simple."

Bonnie pouts but nods as do the others just before Jeremy laughs at Henrik's complaints about mortals needing sleep and suggests that Jeremy needle Kol to change his mind. I shake my head at the ghost the same time Jeremy does the same and says, "Sorry, Henrik, but even I know he's too stubborn for me to change his mind, especially when it's a matter of safety."

Kol grins and chuckles before telling everyone, but namely Henrik, "He's not wrong. Keep in mind Henri that Beks and I are rather fond of our new friends, so keeping them safe is the number one priority."

Jeremy smiles and says, "He's pouting but nodding. God, it must have been hell trying to deny him anything when he was alive, huh?"

Rebekah and Kol both nod deeply and Henri's siblings all say at the same time, "You have no idea."

Jeremy just smiles, so Kol grins back and turning to the two younger women he asks, "Little Bella and Caroline, are you both good to drive?"

They nod, so he stands and leads them out of his room. Rebekah pauses while they follow them down the side hallway. Kol led them this way so that she can point to the suite she put Jer's books into. When they get to it, she tells Jeremy, "That's the room that now has all your family's books, Jeremy. Feel free to come by any time and read them at your leisure. I figure them being here will be more hassle than help, though, in terms of you having ease of access, so if you can work on making room for them in your house, I'm sure one of us will be happy to Teleport them all into your house for you."

Jeremy nods and tells his crush, "Honestly, I don't mind them being here because it will give me a plausible excuse to come and visit you all but thank you for the suggestion."

She smiles back while they walk down the stairs. Bonnie walks to the hidden closet in the wall and opens it to get her lightweight jacket while Caroline and Jeremy go into the den to collect their coats.

The three teens hug each other and then Bonnie hugs Kol and Rebekah before Caroline surprises them both by embracing them, too. Caroline pulls away and with a sheepish grin on her face and says, "Sorry, I usually hug my friends, even the guys, so you'll have to get used to the hugging if you want to be my friend."

Kol laughs and tells her, "No worries Caroline, you merely took me by surprise, but the hug itself was not unwelcome."

While Caroline spoke, Jeremy was hugging Rebekah. When they pull apart Rebekah smiles and tells Caroline, "We've never been particularly huggy, but I think that had more to do with the times in which we were raised, but I don't mind hugging now."

Jeremy walks to Kol and shakes his hand before telling him, "Thank you times a million for writing the spell to give me back my arms. I know you said we're even, but if there is ever anything I can do for you don't hesitate to ask, okay?"

Kol smiles and nods before telling the teen, "I'll keep that in mind, Jeremy."

Bonnie opens the door then turns back and tells Rebekah, "I'll pick you up at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow okay?"

After Rebekah says, "I'll be waiting with bells on," the three teens file out of the house, and Rebekah and Kol stand in the doorway watching them get into their cars and drive off.

When they can no longer see them, they head back into the house before Rebekah hugs her brother and says, "I can't wait to see Henri, Finn, and Freya again! Can we keep looking because we don't have to drive home?"

He chuckles but tells her, "Provided you can get up in time to go to school, I have no problem with you continuing the search. I planned to read the books until I fall asleep anyway."

She nods while they walk up the stairs and they both end up reading for another hour and a half before they both fall fast asleep sitting up.

After they're dozing, I decide to go watch over Bonnie while she sleeps so I leave Freya, Finn, and Henri to watch over their siblings.

Author's Notes: FYI I had and then wrote the idea about a spell to make ghosts visible all on my own. Then a week later I read a tremendous Klaroline story called 'End and Beginnings' by Clairegleek, which has a similar idea. Although I thought of the idea independently, I would like to give a shout out to Clairegleek for also having such a great idea.

And while I'm on the subject, her story ROCKS and takes some twisty turns that I honestly didn't see coming when I read it the first time. So, if you like Klaroline and haven't read it yet go look it up on Fanfiction because it's totally worth the time it takes to read all 27 chapters. Here, I'll make it easier for you all, the link is… s/9262032/1/End-And-Beginnings You're welcome.