Kol was just putting on his shirt when he heard someone open his door and slip in. He quickly turned around and came face to face with Davina.
"Hello, darling. What a surprise." He could see her eyes travelling down his shirtless body with heat in her gaze.
"I ... I didn't know you were changing." She stuttered.
"Yes, well. Elijah is hosting a party." He snickered like it was funny to imagine his brother throwing a party. Since it was Elijah, it probably was.
"I hope you are not going in that." He mentioned to her jeans and a plain t-shirt.
"I am not invited. I didn't even know it was happening." She shook her head.
"You are a harvest girl, of course you are invited." He smirked at her and walked closer, "You are going."
"We don't have time for this, Kol. And I have nothing to wear anyways."
"All serious and sacrifices, do you lot even know how to have fun?" He rolled his eyes. "And I am sure some of Bekah's stuff will fit you."
"But we..." She started.
"Nope, not listening. We have all of tomorrow to worry."
She sighed and let him drag her to another room in the mansion. There were some many people already running around that they were completely unobserved. The room he led her to had definitely belonged to Rebekah. It had obviously been build for a princess and ...
Before she really had time to look around, Kol was standing in front of her with a beautiful beige dress that was definitely too long for her.
She looked at him as if he went mad. She couldn't even say anything and he handed her the dress and added: "The party is already starting and if we hurry up, you get to see Elijah freaking out!"
"What did you do?" She asked as he quickly moved to exit the room.
"Nothing too drastic!" He shouted from the steps.
She looked at the dress and thanked God that she put on her flats instead of sneakers that morning.
Kol came down the stairs even though all of his instincts were telling him to stay with Davina, to stay and watch her undress.
He looked around and had to admit that his brother actually knew how to throw a party. There was a bar with enough alcohol to get all of New Orleans drunk, the music didn't sound like a somebody was murdering a decent melody and wasn't something you would fall asleep to either. The lighting was decent as well. This could actually turn out to be quite alright.
"Brother," Kol turned around to see Elijah approaching him.
"I have to give it to you, Elijah. Not bad."
Elijah looked him up and down: "Why do I have a feeling you are planning something?"
"Why would I have to plan something?"
"Because you have a terrible attention span when you are not planning anything." Elijah half smiled, "I just ask of you not to do anything tonight. This is for our niece. She needs a safe place."
"Then I would highly recommend moving, brother. Whatever truce you might manage to create tonight, it will not be forever. This city will always be at war." Kol started moving away when Elijah caught his arm.
"Promise me you aren't starting anything tonight."
"You have my word." Kol looked over Elijah's shoulder and smirked, his eyes were still on the two ladies that just arrived "But I would be more worried about what you will do."
Elijah turned around and it was no hardship for him to find Katherine in the crowd. She looked impeccable in a short black dress, looking around like she owned the party with a slightly taller woman by her side.
Elijah let go of Kol's arm. Kol could see that his brother was out of his dept. He almost felt bad for him. But at least of today, he won't be the troublemaker.
He just needed to find Davina. Maybe have a dance. That wouldn't hurt. He looked around but he couldn't find her anywhere. He left her enough time to change, so he knew she should be somewhere within the crowd.
He walked through all the people looking for her. Passing all the fractions, witches, vampires, humans and he even got a glimpse of the pregnant girl with the wolves. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Elijah talking to Katherine and Nadia. He managed to find Davina leaning against a wall. He knew she was barely seventeen but at that moment she looked magnificent. Spell or no spell, he knew when to appreciate beauty.
He headed her way and was going to say something really cocky. Parties like this were his element and he more than anything wanted to get back to the life he had before the bloody Gilberts. However, when he got closer, he noticed the lost look in her eyes. So, he opted for something else.
"What does it take to get a dance with the most beautiful girl in this room?"
She looked up at him and he silently congratulated himself as her eyes lighted up and she smiled at him. She opened her eyes to say something to him when a girl appeared right next to her and cut Davina of before she could.
"That smile is enough. I love this song." She extended her hand towards Kol and moved her dark curls in a flirty way. Kol looked at her and couldn't place her but he could tell that she was a witch. And Davina seemed to know the girl as her smile slipped of her face as she looked at the girl. The girl in return looked smugly at Davina before she returned her attention back to him.
Oh, she was not the only one here who could play that game. He smirked: "I am sorry, darling. I am not talking to you, am I?"
Her smug smirk dropped along with her hand.
"Shall we, love?" He asked as he outstretched his hand to Davina. Her smile was back in place and brighter than before. She took his hand leaving the girl behind.
For some reason, Davina felt like an innocent little girl around Kol. The one that she used to be before all of this madness, before the vampires and witches, before all the sacrifices, before her world crumbled into pieces. Pieces that she was still putting together.
"I said we were having fun tonight, darling. I don't know about you, but sulking in the corner is not fun in my books."
"Yeah, well, I don't really belong here and I look ridiculous in this dress. It way too long for me." She complained. She was actually afraid she would step on them and tear them.
"Easily fixed." He suddenly moved his hand from her hip to her back and pushed her close to his body eradicating any space between them and levelling their heights. She let out a gasp of surprise and looked around but no one was paying them any attention.
Kol continued to dance around the room with her in his arms while she struggled to keep her shoes on as her feet were in the air.
"Come down, that frown has to go, love. We have decent music, open bar and Elijah will start a scene soon most likely." He snickered.
"Kol! What did you do?" She really didn't need ages to know that whatever trouble was brewing, Kol was involved somehow.
"You wound me, love. Why would I have anything to do with Elijah's problems?"
She gave him a pointy look.
"I just played a little match maker. I would think my brother would be happy to see Katerina." He shrugged.
"Why do you have to steer trouble?" They had enough on their plates already.
"Drama is always going to be here, darling. There is always going to be someone out to get you. You cannot stop living because of it." He said seriously.
"Plus it's fun." He added with a wide smile. But she could see that he was just trying to mask it all. He cared too much so he pretended he didn't care at all.
"WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING HERE?!"
The music stopped, all heads turned to Klaus who was storming thought the crowd towards a brunette woman that Davina didn't recognise. Elijah was standing between her and Klaus and for the first time she actually saw him bare his fangs. Whoever this woman was, she must have meant a lot to him.
"I came to see Elijah." She said bravely not backing down and not intimidated by Klaus in the slightest. That was the type of a person Davina wanted to be. She watched her closely, interested in what she would do now.
"Well, then I hope you have prepared for the consequences!" Klaus hissed and tried to get his hands on her, however Elijah's hand stopped him. The woman didn't even blink at that.
"You were supposed to be dead!" Klaus continued to glare at her.
"Ah, yes. Well, I am Katherine Pierce. I survive." The woman spoke confidently as she looked down on Klaus and his temper outburst.
"Doesn't matter, I will…"
"Do not even think about it, Niklaus!" Elijah pushed Klaus away from her.
"I thought you broke it off with her! Are you so foolish to think she won't use you again, brother?!"
"I have no illusions, brother, however that girl next to her had been searching for her family for five hundred years. I won't let you take it away from her?" Elijah collected himself again.
"What are you babbling on about?"
"And here it comes." Kol whispered in her ear.
"That girl here is Katerina's daughter." Klaus was not the only one that was shocked. It looked like a lot of the people knew who this Katherine Pierce person was. And Davina could see how she would leave an impression on a person.
"Then my condolences."
"This is a peace meeting, Niklaus. Do not make a spectacle of yourself!" Oh, Elijah was getting angry, "You've already taken five hundred years from them both, don't you think she paid for her sins?"
"Aren't you going to help him?" She whispered to Kol as she watched Klaus getting more and more angry.
"Which one?"
She looked at him like he went mad. Elijah, of course.
"Fine. Wait here." He sighed dramatically, "If I fall tonight though, promise me you will carry me in your heart forever."
"Stop messing around and help him before they start a war here." But inside she was laughing at his antics.
Kol winked at her and walked towards the scene: "You know, brother, this could have waited a bit longer. I was quite enjoying myself. And that is a surprise, considering who was throwing this party."
"Did you know about this? Did you plan this behind my back? Is that why you wanted my blood?" Klaus turned his anger at Kol. Davina watched, something in her was telling her it wasn't the first time Kol was getting accused of doing something, like it was expected. She might have been right to accuse him a few minutes ago, but she promised herself right there that she won't do to him what his brothers seemed to do regularly.
"Yes, Nik. I just came back from the dead and the only thing I want to do is conspire against you. This might come as a surprise to you, but not everything revolves around you."
"Oh really?! Why are you here, Katerina?!" He turned his head to her suddenly.
"My daughter wanted to get to know me. Sue me if I want her to see the best version of me, the one I used to be with your brother."
"And risking your life in the process?" He noted sarcastically.
"Ask me that once your daughter is born." She answered. Davina's breath hitched. Katherine actually called out Klaus and brought his child into it?
Klaus was about to explode when Elijah took the two steps between them, put his hand around his neck like he was readying to break it but instead he pulled him into a hug of some sorts. She could see Elijah's lips moving but she couldn't hear him and by the looks on other peoples' faces, they couldn't either.
When Elijah let Klaus go, he was calm again. Whatever Elijah told him must have worked. Klaus walked towards one of the waiters and took a champagne flute from their tray.
"Nadia, Katarina, welcome in New Orleans." He rose his glass to them with a smile but Davina could see it was fake.
As if awaken from a trance, the music started again and people went about their business. Davina walked towards Kol just in time to catch Klaus starting a much more quite argument then the one that just transpired.
"If I find out you had something to do with this…" Klaus warned.
"You will do what exactly, brother? Dagger me? Kill me? Been there, done that." Kol just shrugged his shoulders, "Now, if you will excuse me, I was busy before you ruined the good mood."
With that Kol walked one to Davina took her hand and walked her back over to the dance floor. Davina let him enjoy the evening knowing there was a difficult talk to come at the end of the evening. How do you tell someone their mother is back from the dead and planning something evil?
A/N: A gigantic thank you to my beta, KOrigianal Addict for the help with this story! I hope you like it, let me know what you think. :-)