This is the last chapter in this story as I've mostly wrapped up the characters. I was really heartbroken about the tragic ending in the series finale of The Originals. I like thinking of my beloved Elijah happy with Buffy. I flirted with a Klaus/Faith pairing in this story, but I decided to give Cami a better ending.
Chapter 15: Always and Forever Together
******Mostly Where We Left Off******
Klaus went to Cami and told her the good news. "Lucien is dead," he said after he kissed her hello.
Cami's eyes lit up. "Really? You killed him?" she asked.
Klaus grimaced. "Unfortunately, the slayers stole that honor," he said. "Buffy's magical scythe, I guess, can kill anything—possibly even myself. It's a good thing she's going to become my sister, or I might be very concerned about the power she wields."
"She wouldn't hurt you," Cami said. "She actually likes you."
Klaus grinned. "Yes, I know. She loves my dimples," he said airily.
Cami put her arms around his neck. "Well, they are quite appealing," she said, kissing both of them. "I've had more than one fantasy about them myself."
"She distracted Lucien while the other slayer sliced off his head," Klaus said.
Cami grimaced. "That's gruesome," she said.
"It was bloody glorious," Klaus said in satisfaction. "I did kick his head like a soccer ball. Of course, I got scolded for that. 'You'll scare the tourists.' Buffy is definitely my brother's soulmate."
"I like her," Cami said. "She gets along with Hayley, and that's good considering how she feels about Elijah."
"My little wolf is content with her werewolf, and as much as it pains me to admit, Jackson is a good man," Klaus said. "But I have more good news for you."
"Oh, really?" Cami said, relief and happiness coursing through her. It was over, and she was going to live without the threat of that maniac hanging over her.
"Lucien has acquired quite a bit of money. I'm going to give it all to you to manage," Klaus said.
"What?" Cami asked, stunned.
"You deserve to live a life of luxury," he said. "And I thought you could start a charity in your brother's name with his fortune—maybe funnel some money to the family of some of his victims."
Cami stared at him a long moment, surprised by his suggestion. Once it sunk in, though, she squealed in excitement. "That's such an incredible idea!" she gushed, throwing her arms around him to hug him. "I can get Hayley and Davina to help me with it. Neither one of them have a job. Josh can take over the bar since he loves that place."
"See, you have it all planned out already," Klaus said happily. "I knew you would be perfect for the job."
"How will you get control of his finances?" Cami asked.
"Leave that to me," Klaus said. "You do know about the dinner party tomorrow, right? Elijah and Buffy are hosting Thanksgiving as an engagement party for all of her friends and family. We're going to have even more slayers in town."
"Guess you better behave," Cami said with a smirk.
"I intend on charming each and every one of them," Klaus said. "Do you realize how powerful my family will become when she marries Elijah? She commands an army of vampire slayers. Let's not forget Willow, the most powerful witch alive. She brought Kol back from the dead, making him human, and she considers me a friend."
"I can't believe she did that," Cami remarked. "It's so amazing."
"Have you seen the way she looks at Freya? If the two of them become lovers, I will never have to worry about Hope's safety again," Klaus remarked.
"Does Freya like girls?" Cami asked.
Klaus shrugged. "I know not," he said. "But the witch is very appealing. If it wasn't for you, I'd probably be still trying to get her in my bed!"
Cami arched an eyebrow. "Oh, really?" she asked.
Klaus grinned and pulled her back against him, kissing her neck. "She is not the one I love, however," he said.
Cami sighed, sinking into his touch.
*****Mikaelsons******
"Are you sure about this is a good idea?" Buffy asked Elijah as they walked into the courtyard with groceries.
"It's too many people to feed," Elijah said. "We will cater most of it except for the special dishes you want to cook. Buffet style in various places, so that people can eat when they want or dance."
"Okay," she agreed, stopping as she saw Willow and Davina in some type of pentagram circle. Kol and Freya were sitting on each side chanting.
"They must be doing some type of spell," Elijah said. "We best not interrupt."
"Willow said she was going to the other side and have a chat with your mother," Buffy said. "I wasn't sure she was serious."
"It appears that she was deadly serious," Elijah said. "Let's put away the food and take watch."
"I better text Vincent. I'm surprised he's not here," Buffy said. "He is the head witch in town now, right? What if something goes wrong? I hate when Will takes risks like this. They look dead."
"Don't interfere," Elijah advised. "They will be fine."
He led Buffy out of the room while the witches did their spell.
Willow and Davina, however, were only there in the physical form. Their spirits had already left their bodies and travelling to the Other Side.
"I thought it would look different," Willow said as she walked around. It was like they were still in New Orleans, but everything was a bit gray and colorless.
"How are we going to find Esther?" Davina wondered.
"I will bring them all to me," Willow said.
Davina watched as she closed her eyes and raised her hands. Willow was murmuring too low for her to understand her spell, but it worked. Suddenly, there was a mob of witches in front of them. Davina stepped closer to Willow and eyed the glaring men and women warily.
"Nice of you to come when I call," Willow said with a smirk.
The blonde woman, who they recognized as Esther from Mikaelson family portraits, stepped forward. "Why are you here? Haven't you done enough damage?" she asked.
"Me? Are you kidding me? I did what you could not. I brought your son Kol back to life as a human—magic that is far beyond you or your Bennett witch friends," Willow said.
Esther looked grim. "That may be true, but you are still allowing the vampire plague to continue," she said.
"You really don't get it, do you?" Willow asked. "There is a real plague on this planet that has nothing to do with your family line. Your children and their vampires have souls. They have the power to know right from wrong and choose to act accordingly. When they die, they will be judged accordingly. The demon vampires that Buffy and the slayers fight—that I fight—are the real plague. Your children are now a part of my family as Buffy is going to marry Elijah. I'm sure you know who she is and how strong she is. Do you really think that she will allow any of your children to massacre humans?"
"I do not presume to know what she will do," Esther said coldly.
"Well, let me assure all of you," Willow said, looking at the assembled group, "that the Mikaelsons are not your concern. The fact that you all had the bad judgment to empower a serial killer like Lucien is proof of how unfit all of you are to be guardians of the witches in this city."
"Who are you to judge us?" a man asked.
"I'm the woman with the power to send you to where you belong. You will go to your eternal judgement. Those of you that are genuinely good will go to heaven. The rest of you will go to a hell for the torment that you deserve," Willow said. "I will take your magic, leaving nothing to bind you to this plane of existence."
"You can't do that!" a woman cried.
Willow reached for Davina's hand, and she held up a large crystal ball with the other. The two women began reciting the spell that Willow had taught Davina. The power of the witches began pouring into the crystal. Instead of simply taking their power, Willow decided to have it ready to be given back to those still living. Davina watched as blue sparks seemed to come out of the witches, causing them to cry out and fall to their knees. The blue lights all hit the crystal ball, making it glow bright blue.
"Stop! Please!" Esther begged.
"No, I won't. You've done this. You assembled these witches to act against your children, empowering that psychopath, Lucien. I warned you that you wouldn't like what I'd do if you didn't stop," Willow said. The power continued to pour into the crystal until all the witches were powerless and lying prone.
"Now the Other Side won't contain any New Orleans witches anymore," Willow said. "You will pass on. Now."
Davina felt the push of Willow's words like a compulsion. Dark shadows came out of the ground, grabbing hold of several of the witches, and pulling them into the ground. Their screams rang in Davina's ears. "What's happening?" she asked Willow, feeling afraid.
"Judgement," Willow said.
"Are you doing this?" Davina asked, horrified.
Willow shook her head. "I'm not God. I don't sit in judgement. The way they lived their lives sealed their fate. The witches long ago created the Other Side as a purgatory of sorts. It's a way for them to escape real judgement," Willow explained. "I'm not going to destroy it as Freya convinced me not everyone here was going along with these witches."
More than two-thirds of the witches were grabbed and pulled into the ground by the dark shadows. Those that were left behind were weeping, frightened and upset by the scene. Suddenly, though, a bright light appeared in the sky and moved toward them. Almost as a group, the witches stood and slowly began to rise.
"What's going on now?" Davina asked.
"Those that were worthy are moving on to heaven," Willow said, a bit awestruck herself. "I've never actually seen this happen. When Buffy died, I wasn't on a spiritual plane, so I didn't get to see this."
The two witches watched as the remaining witches began to rise from the ground to join the glowing ball.
"Willow!" a voice echoed.
"Who's calling?" Davina asked.
"It's Freya. It's time for us to go," Willow said. The two women turned and walked toward the door. When they opened it, they were back in their bodies awake.
Kol reached for Davina, hugging her. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Davina said, standing.
Freya was helping Willow to her feet. Willow noticed that she had an audience as Faith and Vincent were there as well as Buffy and Elijah.
"Are you okay?" Buffy asked.
"I'm fine," Willow said, handing Freya the crystal. "It's done."
"What did you do exactly?" Vincent asked.
"I went to the Other Side and had a chat with your ancestors and their mother," Willow said, gesturing to the Mikaelsons. "I was just going to destroy the Other Side like I heard those Mystic Falls witches did. But the witches keep rebuilding it, so it's really a waste of energy. And Freya pointed out that some people are decent enough over there."
"She drained your mother of her power," Davina told Kol.
Willow nodded. "Yes, I told her that she and the witches had way overstepped, and that they were going to face judgement," she shared.
"So these dark shadows dragged most of them into the ground. It was really freaky!" Davina shared.
"Really?" Kol asked. "Mother, too?"
"I'm sorry," Davina said, hugging him.
"Some of them did go on to heaven," Willow said.
"That's incredible," Vincent said, not sure how he felt about it.
"It was pretty amazing to see," Willow said. "This white glowing ball came down and, like, sucked them up. They just floated up into it. Then it went into the sky."
"It was really cool," Davina said as she leaned against Kol.
"So my mother has been permanently neutralized?" Elijah asked.
Willow nodded. "Yes, and I drained the ancestors of this city of their magic, and I put it here," she said. She handed the crystal to Vincent. "This is for you. You can disperse it among the witches. They no longer need to pray to the ancestors. This power will be theirs to pass on to their children."
Vincent was dumbfounded. "Wow, thanks, Willow," he said, holding out his hand to hers.
"You're welcome," Willow said as she placed it in his. She leaned into Freya. "I think I'm ready for a nap."
"We'll be in the kitchen getting things ready for tomorrow. Are you going to make your cookies?" Buffy asked her.
"Later," Willow said. "I'm wiped."
"Come on," Freya said. "I'll take you to your room."
"Thanks," Willow said, smiling at the attractive witch.
Buffy turned to Faith. "I got the ingredients you needed for the Boston Cream Pie," Buffy said.
"Cool," Faith said with a grin. She turned to Vincent. "I'm making my pie, so you gotta come tomorrow."
Vincent nodded. "Okay," he said. "I need to go and deal with this crystal."
"Did you guys find any signs of Aurora?" Buffy asked.
"Nope. The crazy bitch decided she valued her life after all," Faith said.
"We went to most the nice hotels and several clubs," Vincent said. "We didn't see any Strix at all."
"Good. It's finally over," Buffy said. "Davina, you're going to be there tomorrow, right? Marcel is coming."
"Yes, she's coming," Kol said, his arm around his girl.
Davina smiled up at him. "Thanks," she said. It was strange how comfortable she felt in the Mikaelson home, especially now that Kol was back with her.
The friends and siblings went their separate ways while Faith followed Buffy into the kitchen.
*****Thanksgiving*****
Buffy was on cloud nine. Everyone she loved was in one place for the first time in years. Dawn and Xander had even brought her niece, who was currently in the study demanding that Klaus turn into a wolf for them. Or rather Xander was making Joy say it. Naturally, Xander also had Hope saying, "Daddy wolf," over and over. Buffy figured by the end of the night, Klaus would give in to the two girls as they were each so adorable.
Elijah slipped behind her, putting his arms around her waist and kissing her neck. "I hope you're enjoying your engagement party," he said.
"I really am," she said. "So far the slayerettes are getting along with Marcel's vamps. Faith is driving Vincent wild. Kol looks deliriously happy with Davina while Rebekah is dancing quite happily with Marcel. And Giles is here having a grand ole' time in your library."
Elijah chuckled. "Yes, he did look like a kid in a toy story when I gave him a tour earlier," he said.
Klaus came in with Cami, who had just arrived, and Buffy was quick to note the hand holding. "Looks like Klaus finally won Cami over," Buffy said, smiling at them. Klaus pulled Cami into a slow dance.
"How about we join them?" Elijah asked her. Buffy nodded, and the happy couple moved onto the dance floor.
Several minutes later, Giles was in the room and clinked his champagne glass to get their attention. Xander and Dawn were next to him, holding Joy by the hand.
"Excuse me," he said. "I would like to make a toast." Everyone stopped talking and looked up. "I wanted to propose a toast to the happy couple. It's been my great pleasure to know and guide Buffy since she was fifteen. I couldn't be more proud or love her more if she was my own flesh and blood. Everyone that knows her knows how courageous and utterly selfless she is. We all know the sacrifices she's made again and again saving this world. She's stopped about a dozen world-ending events and died twice saving the world, keeping hellmouths closed again and again." Several cat calls, whistles, and cheers went out. Giles smiled and continued. "It was her plan that empowered all the slayers here today. All of us who know and love Buffy couldn't be happier that she's finally found a true partner. Many people don't know this, but I have known Elijah Mikaelson since I was a much younger man. He saved my life, and I'd like to take come credit for this current love match as he asked for my help in dealing with his complicated sibling, Klaus." Everyone laughed at that, glancing at Klaus, who smirked and raised his own glass in a mock salute. Marcel snickered at the human's description of his adoptive father. "I, of course, had the wisdom to send Buffy to New Orleans, and a love match between the two of them took place. Buffy, daughter of my heart, I wish you all the love and happiness that you deserve, and Elijah—if you ever hurt her, well, there's no place on Earth that you can hide!" The audience laughed. "To Buffy and Elijah!"
"To Buffy and Elijah!" everyone echoed.
Buffy was beyond moved and went to hug Giles.
Klaus clinked his own glass, getting everyone else's attention. "Well, now I have to follow that glowing toast and give my big brother his own good wishes," he said. "I, too, want to congratulate the happy couple. I'm beyond thrilled that Elijah has finally found a woman that I not only approve of, but I adore." He paused, flashing his dimples at Buffy, who blew him a kiss. "For ten centuries, I have followed my brother, challenged him beyond all reasoning, driven him nearly mad with my recklessness at times. Always, he's stood by my side and forgiven me. He has never once truly given up on me, and for that I thank him. Although I have never deserved his love, I am grateful for it, nonetheless. He is my true North Star, my guidepost in life, and I hope to live another ten centuries seeing the happiness that I know he and Buffy will have as husband and wife, the feats they will accomplish together—who would dare oppose them?" He winked at the slayer. "Buffy, I know I speak for all my siblings, Marcel, and Hayley when I say we are lucky to have you join our family. We want to welcome you to the Mikaelson family, where we vow to be there for you, always and forever." His siblings, Marcel, Hayley, Cami, and Davina all raised their glasses and said the words back. "Always and Forever."
It was a powerful moment for the family, and the slayers cheered.
Buffy and Elijah both moved forward to hug Klaus, ready to live their life together with them all—come what may.
Elijah felt the peace that had long evaded him as he stood with the woman he would spend eternity with, surrounded by his family and her friends.
He pulled her in for a kiss, murmuring, "I love you so very much. Thank you for coming into my life."
Buffy, her eyes shining with the depth of her joy, said, "You are very welcome. I love you, too."
Everyone cheered as the engaged couple kissed.
Not only had the Slayer managed to tame the hybrid, but she had also found her own prince.
*****The End*****
Some of Klaus' lines come from things he said about Elijah the season of their show. I like my ending here for my beloved Elijah so much better than the heartbreaking one he and Klaus got in the Originals. I hope you enjoyed thisHere's your final chance to review. Thanks!
