The music was blasting through the mansion at a high volume. It was dance music, a type of music that Mia Bella couldn't come to love or like for that matter. She lay on her back under the purple bedding with her natural curls lying astray on the pillows.

It was the day of the Mikaelson family ball. She could hear the voices of the originals downstairs. She tossed the covers off her body. She stood at the side of her bed in a short green nightgown with frills at the hem, another twenty-first century invention that she didn't like to wear.

Kol was downstairs with his brothers. He vainly admired himself in front of the long mirror as the compelled tailor fixed him a tux for tonight's ball. The light footsteps of Mia Bella were a pleasing sound to his ears. "There you are, little darling" he greeted using Klaus' nickname for her. "Please tell me how handsome I look" Kol asked as he turned around to give Mia a full view of his new suit.

"Sorry Kol, I can't be compelled. At least not while I'm wearing this" Mia replied as she held the tiny locket in her hands, which Kol learned through curiosity; that it carried crushed vervain inside it. "Are you suggesting another game of catch? Finn, Elijah are you two keen to join in?" Kol joked to his brothers. He didn't mind her chasing him again through Klaus' house in a fit of annoyance.

"Go stare at yourself Kol" Elijah said as he left the room. "If you insist brother, I am to look my best for you Mia, since we will be going together" Kol reminded her of the time two days ago where he made his ball proposal to her, and she left it unanswered. He automatically assumed it was a yes.

"What makes you think I've said yes? What's to stop choosing Finn as my escort?" she asked as she turned her head to give Finn a charming smile which was returned with one similar from him. Kol didn't appreciate the exchange of glances even if it was meant as a joke.

He held Mia's face in his palms and he said to her "I know you will choose me, Mia because I look dashing in a suit...and I'm a lot more fun".

It was minutes before the ball was to start. Klaus had a dress ordered for Mia Bella that she was permitted to wear whether she liked it or not; it was very expensive. This was a Klaus attempt at buying her forgiveness. But forgiveness couldn't be bargained, it had to be earned if you deserved it and at this point, Klaus didn't deserve it.

It was a floor-length strapless tulle gown in a red lace over a lighter red fabric. She was still uneasy in the new modern attire, but she couldn't say she missed corsets. Around her neck she wore a gold chain with a single ruby gem on it with matching teardrop earrings.

Her red brown hair was loose and in luscious curls against her back and shoulders and the front was pinned back away from her eyes. She had to admit that she did look beautiful. She closed the room door behind her and she stood at the top of the stairway.

At the bottom of the stairs, Kol stared with his jaw hanging open in awe. He was so startled by her beauty that he nearly dropped his starter glass of champagne onto the freshly cleaned floors. He wore the black tux from earlier that day, one similar to all the other men were wearing. His brown hair was combed back.

"You look stunning. Like a brilliant red rose among plain, ordinary white ones" Kol complimented using a poetic phrase, which made her smile half-heartedly. He was trying his best to impress her and it wasn't working so far. She was escorted into the large hall; she was led onto the dance floor by Kol for the opening waltz of the evening.

"You're quite the dancer" he complimented again. He was slowly running out of things to say. With his hand that rested on her waist he gently pushed her in closer to his body to do away with the un-needed space between them; an attempt to bring her closer to him in any way possible. She couldn't step away because he was stronger and he kept her in place with his cold and strong hold on the dance floor.

Halfway through the song they all switched partners and Mia ended up in Elijah's strong arms. He gently took her hand in his as they swayed under the watchful eyes of Kol who looked almost green with envy. Elijah could easily read the threatening looks he received from Kol as Mia had her back to him. And it was typical thing coming from Kol.

"You know my brother fancies you" Elijah spilled Kol's secret, that wasn't an official secret because he couldn't be making it anymore obvious. "Well that's not surprising" Mia noted, "of course it isn't. You're very beautiful" Elijah complimented her. She wondered if he too had an infatuation over her. "You're not falling for me too are you?" she questioned him.

"I wouldn't be so stupid as to steal the one thing my brother desires. You" Elijah told her.

Kol spend most of the evening on his own. He was bored and considered feeding on his mother's guests just to keep himself entertained, at least it would give him some form of contentment. Across the room he could see Rebekah his little sister accompanied by a human boy. At least she was capable of keeping her date with her for over five minutes.

"Rebekah I'm bored and itching to kill something" Kol said miserably as he led her into an area where the crowd was less. "Aren't we all? Where's your date?" she asked uninterested, "maybe she's mistaken you for Elijah and she's in his arms right now" she joked sarcastically to push his buttons. She too was well aware of his interest in this girl and she couldn't understand why he didn't compel her.

That wasn't Kol's style. He wasn't one to compel women to love him. He only needed his good looks and playful charm to seduce any woman, and with Mia it didn't seem to be working. "Well since were both bored why don't we get rid of your date? Make it even" Kol suggested killing the blonde high school boy called Matt; the commoner.

Rebekah strolled through the abandoned parking lot outside the mansion. Matt was with her. This was where they planned to kill him. Kol waited hidden in the darkness behind them ready for the kill, he always enjoyed the hunt. Unfortunately Rebekah was soft, and she bailed out at the last minute; and she led Matt inside away from Kol.

It was predictable. His little sister was always so soft once a boy showed any form of actually caring for her in any way. But just because Rebekah didn't feel like killing tonight it didn't mean that Kol had to feel the same. He waited on the balcony and he called out to Matt when he walked by.

Matt walked onto the balcony and glanced around seeing no one there. Kol showed up from behind him with a smile on his face. "You must be Matt" he noted as he held out his hand to the human boy who hesitantly shook it. Matt let out a groan as Kol tightened his grip on Matt's hand, crushing it until it broke slightly. He liked his victims to suffer.

He grabbed Matt by the collar of his shirt and extended his fangs. He chomped down onto the exposed side of Matt's neck and quickly drew away, choking and coughing, "vervain" Kol noted. He should've expected him to have vervain in his system, most of the Mystic Falls residents did.

"Very clever. I may not be able to feed on you, but I sure as hell can kill you" Kol told matt, who held his non-broken hand across his chest to hold the open bleeding wound. Kol lunged at Matt for the second time and this time he was interrupted by a fellow resident and vampire from the small town. "Hey hey take it easy with the poor guy. He's a quarterback" Damon said before pushing an annoyed Kol off the balcony down to the gravel driveway.

While this was happening, Mia was inside with Elijah at the ball. She stayed at his side as he introduced her to many of the founding family members of Mystic Falls including the young girl named Elena Gilbert, a friend of Elijah. Elena seemed kind to Mia, and like most people at the moment; she was curious about Mia's past and why she was in that coffin which Stefan stole not too long ago from Klaus.

"Did you hear that?" Mia asked Elijah when in the distance she heard a thudding sound coming from outside, followed by the sound of fighting. Along with the originals and Elena, Mia ran outside to see a young man with dark hair hovering over Kol's body as he snapped the original's neck like how you would easily snap a twig in half.

"Damon what the hell!" another young man said to the man responsible for neutralizing Kol. The dark haired man turned around to see who called him. Mia stood with her eyes wide in shock as to whom she saw standing beside Kol's body. "Are you alright?" Elijah asked Mia. He noticed the strange looks which suddenly washed all over her face...and even in her eyes for a mere second.

What scared her was how familiar the dark haired man looked. He reminded her of someone from her past, someone close to her heart. She watched the man as he walked away into the darkness of the night away from the mansion. He was right to leave before Kol woke. Damon had a death wish waiting for him.

Elijah being the responsible one of their family, he carried Kol over his shoulder around the backdoor and upstairs to his younger brother's bedroom. He laid Kol down on his bed. "How long will it take before he wakes?" Mia asked from the doorway, "a few hours maybe longer" Elijah told her. "Are you really okay? You seemed nervous back there why?" Elijah questioned her on her odd reaction to Damon Salvatore. Mia was reluctant to answer him; he didn't need to know the truth.

"I was...just shocked to see Kol dead, I mean he's an original. You'd think he could beat another in a fight" she lied to him, one of her common skills. Her other was secrecy. All her life she'd been keeping secrets from the ones closest to her; including her brother."So you admit you were concerned for him? Word of advice I wouldn't tell that to Kol. He'll start to think you've fallen in love with him" Elijah warned her before walking away downstairs.

Mia closed the room door behind her once Elijah left. She still wore her ball gown but her hair was loose and she was barefoot (walking in heels all day could be quite a challenge for her). She knew she had to stay here with him. Once Kol woke he would head straight for Damon's house with plans of suffering, pain, and a heart being thrown across the room...not his own heart but Damon's. As she waited into the late night she dozed off with her head against his pillow.

Author's note:

yeah i decided to add more to this chapter to get the ball scene over and not split it into two chapters. And I'm writing out the dead wine thing

like i said before I will be adding some flashback scenes soon