Chapter 7

Gift of the Heart, Unsteady Friendships, and Trouble Realized.

In The Past.

Finn pulled out the pot and put it in the fire; He set out the various metals, and other supplies on the table. Tomorrow his big brother, Elijah was marrying the girl who took his whole family by storm, and he wanted to use his magic to create them a personal present. After the wedding, Elijah and Elena would be next in familial head of house line if the spirits decided take their parents. He at first couldn't believe she was from the future. Yet she came in and turned their life around, including introducing him to a young girl of courting age, Sage. He was memorized by her. He had also invited his siblings, to draw on their essence make the present from all them. He also wanted talk to Kol, it was found out he was a nature mage, a magical being which controlled nature to bring more life to the area. While Kol wasn't a Warlock or Witch like their mother sister or him, he wanted try help his young brother bring balance in his life. Especially after yesterday watching Kol almost bring a thunderstorm to their village with lightening, when Kol gotten so mad at Tatia, yet again trying to bring havoc into their lives. Elijah was on outskirts of the village picking herbs when lightening had hit a tree, when Elijah told him about it he knew of Kol's anger to Tatia and it sealed his mind Kol needed training in least meditation. He heard knock on the door and went to answer it, their stood his 4 younger siblings, Nicklaus, Kol, Rebecca and Henric.

"Come you lot before the groom and bride get here." He replied calmly and stood aside.

As they step inside, Nicklaus asked the question they all been dying ask. "So why we are here."

Finn watched as each of his little siblings sat down. While he swore secrecy not to tell them their fate, or Elena's organ's, he often wondered why them. Why was his family chosen for such a fate, which ultimately cause nature adapt so they could help the future.

"Yea Finn we hardly get invited to you hut mate," his ever humorous brother Kol said.

"First off, we are going make a gift for our siblings wedding, I'll be using magic, and it is a gift of the heart."

Rebecca gasps, "Why?"

Finn smiled, "Haven't you noticed? Both them value family above all else. I'm going ask spirits forge them something were they can always have us near, and always know if we're in danger."

Nic had to groan at the idea. "What a big brother big sister watch system?"

Henric laughed, "It is good idea, and they are worse our parents at times."

Rebecca giggled, "They are truly a match made in heaven."

The siblings jerked when the knock on the door came, Henric rose and let Elijah who gently and lovingly let Elena in first. Nic watch closely as he seen the gentleness Elijah had over Elena. His eyes showing the love he had for her.

"Welcome Elijah Elena, we're gathered to ask spirits make you gift of heart."

Elijah raised an eyebrow as he positioned himself behind Elena, her back resting on his chest, her hand on his leg. Their siblings were the few people who let them act intimate when alone with them, knowing they already were very intimate, on constant bases when they could sneak away. Several of the siblings made up things so they could sneak away. Elena looked interested so she spoke.

"What you mean Finn?"

"Darling sister, I want you think of your siblings, those you lost and those here, you too Elijah, and let the spirits do rest."

Elijah kissed the back of her head, and closed their eyes, as their siblings did same. Suddenly gush of wind was heard all round, the material was heard moving. They could hear Finn chanting, and voices of the spirits were heard…Henric wanted pick but he refused.

Metal was heard bending words were heard, and Elijah and Elena felt a metal around their neck. When Finn announced the ritual was done Elijah and Elena work charm necklaces...with twelve different charms.

"I must say I'm confused on why there's so many I asked for charm for each of your siblings and each other," Finn stated clearly confused.

Elena smiled. "Darling brother they did right" She pointed to each symbol slowly.

"Eagle on me is Elijah; the charm of Vervain on Elijah is me. My favorite flower since it will be my wedding flower."

Elijah smiled and gently pointed to the next charm on Elena's necklace which was made of silver while his was made of gold. It was of a book, a magic book and he told them what it meant.

"A magical book...you Finn,"

Elena laughed, "Your also person of learning and conscious of us all, while Elijah's moral, Nic quick temper, Kol Humorous, Rebecca stubbornness, Henric innocent."

She gently on Elijah's necklace pointed to a wolf charm. She knew why it was wolf but it wasn't time to know for the others "A wolf, symbolizing the quick temper, is our darling Nic."

Elijah went next to the next symbol, "a thunderbolt, in recognition of our young brother's gift who yet will tell us..." Kol had blush and look away. He couldn't yet, he agreed to talk to Finn, but not the others.

Elena looked at her beloved. "He will when he's ready Beloved. Now next charm goes be a rose for our Becca, because her beauty is no bounds."

Elijah watched as his baby sister looked at his wife to be with adoration. "The next charm is a dagger, for our Henric."

Elena touched next one, which was shaped like sage which was burned for privacy. "This one will be for someone who will be family soon. The rest are my siblings I lost…"

Elijah hugged his beloved tightly as Finn bite his lip. He didn't count on the spirits include Elena's siblings. He went next to them consciously and asked quietly

"Tell us about them Elena"

Rebecca gazed at her brother's idea and quickly said "Yes tell us of them. So we may feel like we know them throe you..."

Elena looked pained and up at Elijah who quickly kissed her in encourage meant. Elena smiled and started and started touch the next charm.

"The sun is for Caroline, an old flame of hers always called her his light, because she light up the room she entered. She was funny being around..." Elena subconsciously gazed at Nik, who looked at her in wonder. She went to the next charm, a charm of a crossbow. "Then there was Jeremy. He was the archer of us. A hunter we could be proud off." She left out what he hunted. "The crow is Damon, he is worse than Kol at his humor...half time I never got his jokes. He had hard time accepting what was right in front of him." She quickly went to next charm. "The moon is Stefan, because his moods were so much like the night. He was a man of the night really" Her fingers went to the next charm. "The dog, stands for our loyal brother Matt, his loyalty knows no bounds, no matter how tough stuff gets, or how bad we fight, he was always loyal to the end. He was always so loyal. The last a lily for Bonnie, sweet bonnie…" She began to sob...Causing the siblings the gather around her.

She hugged them all, "We are all family to the end, always and forever"

Each one muttered "Always and forever"

IN THE FUTURE.

Kol was still sobbing, when a burning sensation around Elijah neck caused him to pull back. Klaus looked at him oddly when a light appeared, and a gold necklace appear...Finn's jaw dropped as he remembered what Elena said what each of her sibling' charm was. Rebecca's eyes got round as she remembered the night Finn evoked the Spirits to make it. The spirits declared these were Elena's siblings. Elijah cringed as Kol's and Stefan's burnt him. Kol's stinging because he was so upset, the moon charm out and out burning his neck. Elijah glanced out the window see the starting of a tornado in their front yard. He noticed it got stronger the harder Kol sobbed.

"Ah Finn, could...Nature had decided let Kol have his gift since he turned his humanity on?" he asked his brother the former warlock. Finn looked puzzled but replied

"It isn't done, Bonnie could you look in the book of magic's for us? Why did you ask Elijah?"

Bonnie nodded and flipped through her book of magic's. She too was wondering that when she saw the winds picking up stronger.

Elijah pointed out the window "Because I think less we calm Kol down Mystic falls is going have their first tornado."

The people in the room stared out the window. Jermy signed and sat beside Kol. His dark eyes staring out in front of him, he spoke to Kol in an uneven voice.

"Kol, you need calm down, or your twister is going suck us up into it. You want be friends? I can forgive you for the past. It seems you have a unique relationship with my sister, and in some supernatural freak of accident of magic, you became my brother now. We can take it slow ok? But if you ever hurt me or my sister again, in laws or not I'll stick a dagger in your heart."

Kol looked at the boy in awe. What is it about the Gilbert children and their compassion? He smiled at Jeremy and for first time in 1000 years since Henric's death he might have a little brother to bond with.

"Deal Jeremy."

Kol started calm down, and the winds stopped. He glanced over to the witch, the girl woman that's slowly breaking his heart of stone. She snapped her fingers and looked up from her magical book staring into his dark eyes.

" I found it. Emily wrote in 1864 shortly before the council found out about her. Nature will restore its mage if the mage is fully into his emotions. A Vampire who seeks forgiveness for what they done with they abandoned their emotions, is so rare, so no Nature mages whose been turned could have their gift, Kol seeks forgiveness, Nature's seeks a balance. So nature restored Kol's gift, for he wasn't a witch a servant of nature. He was born of Nature, in sense Nature mages, is nature itself seeking to restore what was loss. Emily was so confusing when she wrote this."

Damon snorted, "She was confusing person in general witchy."

Kol took deep breath... "My gift. I can control it again?"

Bonnie blushed at the heated look Kol gave him, "Yes…"

Elijah suddenly screeched, causing the room to look at him. He was on his knees, a moon pendent from his necklace in his hand, you could see it burnt the symbol into his palm and wouldn't heal.

Damon eyes rose, "Now there's something you don't see every day…"

Klaus got up and knelt beside his big brother. He remembered the day they asked the spirits to make this, so their older sibling and his spouse would know when their siblings were in danger.

"Damon, whens the last time you saw Stefan?" Klaus asked without looking at the older Salvatore, he continued to stare at the unhealed hand of Elijah with the moon fully bunt into his palm. Rebecca quickly got a clothed and covered the pendent around the necklace to prevent it from further harming her brother.

"Err, a few days why what's that got do with the burn?"

Finn walked beside Damon and touched his shoulder in tempt keep him calm, Kol bent over whispered something to Caroline which caused her flash beside Damon and touch his other shoulder.

Kol pointed to Elijah's charmed necklace and started Explaining.

"The day before Elijah and Elena married, Finn asked us all gathered in his hut. He evoked the spirits to make a present for the bride and groom. Something that would help them knows when their siblings they love and adore was in danger or trouble... Some reason it also created charms for you lot. Eagle is Elijah. Vervain plant charm is Elena, The Magical Book is Finn, Wolf, who now I get why is a wolf is Nic, a thunderbolt is me, a rose is Rebecca, The sage plant is for Finn's lover, Sage, whom we knew as a human and Finn later turned, we need find her by the way Finn now we are awake, and the dagger our baby brother, Henric who was killed.."

Rebecca looked at the people in the room and continued the explanation

"For some reason it made more than our charms, Elena later explained it was her siblings. The sun is Caroline who Brights up a room, the crossbow is Jermany the hunter of the family, the dog is for loyalty of never-ending, Matt, the Lilly is Bonnie, the Crow is you, Damon Salvatore, and the moon, is …."

Elijah screamed in pain as the moon pendent bunt through the cloth and scorched his neck… Damon eyes narrowed, he had a bad feeling of which the moon represented and he isn't going like it.

"The moon is who?" Damon asked

Finn signed and was about to mutter the answer when Bonnie looked at Damon and then Elijah sadly, and deducted who the moon was and answered for them

"The moon is Stefan isn't it? Cause of his past as Ripper he preferred the night time for the hunt, easier to rip apart his victims and run."

Klaus nodded and helped his sister try to block the pendent again

"Yes, and for it to be flaring like this…" Klaus started

Caroline squeezes Damon's shoulder, "Stefan's in danger isn't he Klaus?"

Elijah's eyes went to her, and whispered in pain "Yes…."

SOMEWHERE IN A DARK DUGEON

Stefan decided he needed find someone else to be his blood bag. He wanted someone close to the Petrova doppelgänger. So he went to the dungeon with a hot poker stick determine make his prisoner give up some human names of loved ones of the Petrova. When he opened the cell, he noticed his prisoner was in a far corner. Stefan flashed over and stuck him in the stomach, causing the prisoner to cringe and cry out.

"Does the Petrova doppelgängers have any other loved ones besides the hunter?"

The prisoner coughed up some blood but refused answer, causing Stefan to twist the poker making blood pour out of the wound. The prisoner finally spoke but he knew the people he spoke of was safe

"Elijah…Rebeccca…Finn…Jermay…Caroline…Damon…Niklau s….Kol…Bonnie…."

Stefan growled.

"I know of them but they are supernatural you idiot I need blood bag humans!"

"Jermany and Elena are last of their line…."

Stefan punched the figure. "Maybe I should kill Damon and feed you his heart."

The figure spoke again, "You'll never catch him…He is powerful in his right as a vampire…Leave me in peace...S…"

Stefan hissed as the figure started say his name, and pulled the poker out and flashed out of the room.

The figured whispered to an empty room

"Damon….Elijah. Someone help me..."

His voice carried on a cool wind that blew in the window…

The window which let little light in during high noon, because a sun beam with a cool breeze hit the figure's face, revealing someone who looked remarkable like Stefan…