"No, my love, it means you are my Queen." I said as I picked her up and ran at vamp speed with her to my studio room. I placed her on the couch and walked over to where my safe was hidden in the wall behind one of my portraits. I took out the small box that I had been waiting to give her.
"Caroline, love, I have been waiting to give this to you until you knew for sure that you chose me." I said as I opened the box to reveal a very special ring. The ring I had made by hand and Ayanna spelled for me to give to my bride as a human. She had put an eternal protection spell on it, so that whomever wore it would be protected from the supernatural, almost like the Gilbert rings without the side effects and it had still worked on a supernatural being. The ring was a thousand years old.
"Are you proposing to me?" She asked hesitantly. I smiled at her.
"Not if you don't want me to, love. I simply was offering it to you as a promise. A promise that I will be by your side forever. Always and forever. I made this ring a thousand years ago, as a human. The witch, Ayanna Bennett, spelled it for eternal protection, even for the supernatural. All of my siblings had one. We were to give them to whomever we chose to be our bride, but we were turned before any of that could take place. I hope you will accept this gift of mine, since you have had a habit of giving them back to me." I laughed. I could see a tear slip down her cheek as I slipped the ring onto her left ring finger. I lifted her chin to look at me and I was beginning to get a little worried.
"Caroline, love, what's wrong?" I asked hesitently.
"I just- I love it- it's perfect, Nik." She flung her arms around my neck and began kissing me. She had used my nickname. The one that my family used. I couldn't think of anything I loved to hear more than that. "I accept your promise to me." She said in between kisses.
"And if anyone happens to ask, I will happily say that I'm engaged." She whispered in my ear before flashing away laughing. Had she just accepted my proposal as well? I stood there shocked for a second before I heard her saying 'catch me if you can' flashing in and out of every room in the house. I quickly flashed after her, knowing that I could easily catch her. I finally pinned her against the wall and began kissing her.
"Did I hear you correctly upstairs, or is my old age catching up with me?" I asked laughing.
"I believe you heard me correctly, Mr. Mikaelson. Mystic Falls is known for its people doing crazy things on impulse and it's my turn to get what I want. Not to mention I think that you have waited long enough to be married, old man. Hell, I thought having to wait until my mid-twenties was too long, and you've waited a thousand years." She said, smiling up at me. I couldn't hardly comprehend what she was saying. "I bet that took you by surprise now, didn't it?"
"Sweetheart, you never cease to surprise me. Never in a thousand years on this earth have I been as happy as I am now." I said as I pushed her down onto the bed, kissing her neck as we went. Her blood was calling to me, even more so now then ever before. I could hear the soft moans coming from her mouth as I nipped at her neck without biting it. I ripped her shirt off and she responded by ripping mine off as well. Within seconds the rest of our clothing was on the floor, ripped to shreds.
"Make love to me, Nik" She whispered in my ear and I did as she asked without hesitation. I could feel the bloodlust becoming more powerful and I felt my eyes begin to change color as I licked and kissed her neck. "Bite me, Nik." I looked up to look her in the eyes, making sure thats what she wanted. She smiled and nodded, urging me to go on. I couldn't resist the urge any longer, now that I had permission. I bit into her neck and immediately felt a connection. As I drank her blood, I saw images, felt emotions, all that were not mine. She bit into my neck as well, and in an instant it was the most intimate thing I had ever experienced. I felt her, all of her. Her thoughts, memories, emotions, what her body was feeling, everything. We both climaxed at the same time, as we still drank each others blood. The whole world felt right.
We pulled apart and looked at each other and I looked at her, wondering if she had experienced the same thing. She began to look at my neck funny.
"Whats wrong, love?" I asked, flashing over to the mirror to look. As I looked, I noticed a small tattoo looking mark where she had bit me, I recognized it immediately, it was the rune for light. I looked over to her, noticing her neck as well. It was the rune for hybrid. We had marked each other. I had only ever heard about it from witch folklore.
"Nik, what does this mean?" She asked quickly.
"We've marked each other, love. Think of it as a type of supernatural marriage, the kind that only happens if it is destined to be so. I thought it was folklore until now." I heard a voice and a crash downstairs. I immediately motioned Caroline to be quiet and listen.
"Kol, how many more times are we going to try this?! If it hasn't worked yet, then it probably won't ever work." I heard the voice of the dead Bennett witch coming from the downstairs living room.
"Bonnie, darling, remember what I said, there has to be a balance before it will work. That could happen at any time, that's why we have to keep trying. Would you rather spend the rest of eternity on the other side, or spend how ever long at least trying to be free? I know you want what I want." The unmistakable voice of my dead brother echoed through the house.
My eyes widened and I almost flashed downstairs but Caroline had a hold of my hand to stop me. She looked at me and pointed to the edge of the hallway and did the sign for silent. I nodded and we flashed to the end of the hallway silently, where we could see what was happening but not be seen.
"I'm sorry, Kol, this is just a lot harder to do when you are dead. I'm glad I listened to you after I closed the veil. You have really helped me. I'm sorry I judged you before I knew you." Bonnie said to my brother. I was beyond confused.
"Darling, you could have figured it out without me. You are a very talented witch. And I, too, am glad you decided to give me a chance. We will get through the veil, I promise." I watched my brother envelope the witch in a hug. I had never seen him care, or hug anyone for that matter. But the real question was how were he and the witch alive?
"If we get through, will you still be the same or will you turn your emotions off again? You have been here for me the whole time since I died, I don't want you to leave." Bonnie said to my brother. We listened intently.
"Bonnie Bennett, when we get through, I will never leave you. And I promise to protect you with my undead/dead/undead life. I wont turn them off again, love. I hope you don't get bored with me, darling, because I am not going anywhere." Kol said to the witch. "And there are certain formalities that I would like to explore for a change and things I would like to do before I die again, so..."
"Are you asking me to be your girlfriend, Kol Mikaelson?" She laughed.
"Yes, darling. So will you?" He asked.
"Yes. And just so you know, I have things I want to do before I die again as well." She winked at him, and he kissed her. Carolines phone vibrated from the room, and I saw Kol's eyes flash up to where we were. He saw us looking at them, and looked back and forth between Bonnie and us.
"Nik?" Kol asked into the house.
"What are you doing, you know they can't hear us." Bonnie asked him.
"On the contrary, we have heard your whole conversation, what I am wondering is how can we see you?" I said, flashing in front of them. "Kol, brother, I watched you burn." I said with tears in my eyes.
"Bonnie!" I heard Caroline scream as she flashed down and nearly tackled the witch in a hug. "Oh, I have missed you soooo much! How are you alive?"
"It worked, it actually worked! Kol, we are alive!" Bonnie yelled excitedly. I looked at Kol and then did something I've never done before, I hugged my brother.
"Something must have happened to create a balance right before we tried it again. Wait, Nik, what is that on your neck?" Kol asked. I had forgotten temporarily about the mark until he had asked.
"Kol, they marked each other, look at Caroline's neck." Bonnie said, pointing out Caroline's mark.
"Well that would create a balance, I would say. I guess the rest of the family is in for a lot of surprises." Kol said, I was confused. How would us marking each other create a balance.
"Kol, what do you mean we created a balance? We've only marked each other." I asked curiously.
"You may want to sit down for this one, Nik, it may be more shocking to you than us randomly coming to life again." Kol motioned to the chair.
"Will you just bloody tell me?" I asked impatiently.
"Nik, only werewolves and their mates can mark each other, and a werewolves mate has to have at least one werewolf gene from someone in their family. They only mark each other when they have conceived an Alpha." Kol said slowly.
"Wait what do you mean, conceived an Alpha?" Caroline asked worriedly. I looked at her then back to my brother.
"It means that you two, are defying all the rules of vampirism, and somehow created a child." Kol said, looking over at Bonnie.
"Nature's loopholes." Bonnie replied to Kol.
"Wait, what are you guys talking about?" I asked them, trying to comprehend what was going on.