Rachel Mickealson

Part 8

The next few days were calm and without incident. John had been compelled to forget about the Salvatore and the Mickealson being vampires and to leave town. He wasn't to come back until someone from the founder's council called him back and said some specific words. There was no trace of Isobel or Mickeal and the full moon was on its way. Mason was scheduled to come back in town right after the full moon passed.

Right now, Sheila was making sure she and Bonnie had everything planed to open the tomb. They had warned Anna and the young girl was getting things ready to take care of her mother and their friend Harper once they all got out. She had rented a house, bought clothes for the two vampires and even made a slideshow to help them catch up with what they missed in history, politics, technology and fashion while they were in the tomb.

Bonnie and Jeremy were slowly getting together while Klaus and Jenna were now officially dating for everyone to see. The woman got along very well with Rachel and that made Klaus really happy. He knew he couldn't have stayed with a woman who didn't get along with his daughter.

Caroline had now completely returned to her old happy and cheerful self and she did her best to be nice with everyone she offended before. She spent most of her time training the cheerleaders in summer camp and didn't get too mad when Bonnie and Elena announced they were quitting. She reluctantly let Rebecca join. She wasn't too happy about it because she was afraid the blond vampire would steal attention away from her. She however showed she could be reasonable and let her join the other cheerleader at summer camp so she could be ready for the next year. Rebecca knew the fact she had won the National cheerleading competition last year with her team had to help.

Elena, Rachel, Rebecca, Bonnie and Caroline were now very good friends and were spending their free times together. Elena and Elijah got closer but agreed to keep things friendly until she was a little older. She didn't want to be the talk of the town because she started dating an older man.


The full moon was now upon them.

In a few hours, Anna would get her mother back while Klaus, Damon, Elijah and Finn would go in the tomb to get the three vampires they needed. Since they had the power of the moon, they were able to open the door to allow vampires to go in and get out without risking their health. Anna was waiting outside with a bag full of human blood for her mother and Harper. They had all decided it would be best to have only strong male vampires go inside in case some of the vampires were stronger than they should. After all, who know who else was working against them and what they did…

A lot of people were on the location of the old church that night. The town's founder's council's main members were present, as well as the whole Mickealson family. Everyone had vervain darts on them in case something got out of hand.

Rachel was nervous and she couldn't help it.

She had a bad feeling about this, like something was about to go wrong. When she told Damon and her father, they told her it was probably just nerves and that she didn't need to worry, as long as she was with them. She did her best to let them think she believed them and had forgotten about her bad feeling but she knew she was right… Something was coming…

Sheila and Bonnie had lit some torches around the chamber and Jeremy was putting bowls of water near each torch. The two women then started chanting in Latin and they could actually feel the power of the moon coming to them.

Suddenly, there was a soft 'pop' around the big stone door and Elijah and Stefan opened it while the others walked inside. It took them a good five minutes to locate Pearl and then ten more to finally find Harper in the back, far from the door. Once those two were out, they grabbed another one of the vampires and injected him with vervain before they used flamethrowers to destroy all the others.

Once everything was done and everyone was out of the sealed tomb, Sheila and Bonnie stopped chanting.

"We kept the seal here. If you ever want to imprison a vampire, he or she won't be able to get out." Sheila informed them as Rachel hugged Damon to check if he was fine. Finn and Sage carried the vervained vampire into the city basement jail cell while everyone else got home.

Pearl and Harper were already looking better and were able to slowly walk on their own while Anna told them what had just happened. Pearl, who had met Kol and Klaus in her 'young' days, knew of them and was surprised that they would help. Anna promised her to tell her the whole story once they got back home.

The only ones left on the site now were Klaus, Elijah, Elena, Jenna, Damon, Rebecca, Stefan and Rachel. They were all on top of the stairs of the burned church, defining plans for the night as they walked to the parking lot they improvised on the side of the road. Rachel would spend the rest of the evening with Damon while Stefan would spend the night at the Mickealson's with Rebecca. Elijah was planning on taking Elena for a late dinner before taking her home to play some Monopoly with Jeremy.

When they finally reached their cars, they were distracted by Rachel who screamed.

"What's wrong Star?" Klaus asked her as they all rushed around her.

"There's someone here. I saw a shadow running at vampire speed around our cars!" She explained as Klaus decided:

"I'll take a look with Elijah, Damon and Stefan, you stay with the girls."

"I can defend myself, at least one of them can go with you!" Rebecca said.

"I'll go with you!" Damon said before he kissed Rachel quickly on the forehead, pushed Rachel softly into Rebecca's arms and followed the original brothers.

Rachel was scared, she felt this was what she had been having the bad feeling about all day long. Suddenly, they could hear fighting and everyone got closer. Rachel was pressed into her aunt's arms and she could feel Jenna's hand on her back, trying to reassure her. Stefan was right behind Jenna looking around frantically while he pushed Elena closer to Jenna.

"What's going on Becca?" Rachel asked in a scared and trembling voice.

"They found vampires, several of them. They are fighting them." Rebecca explained as she hugged a scared Rachel even closer to her.

"Don't they need your help?" Jenna asked while Elena asked: "Will they be okay?"

"No, they'll be fine. They're all very strong and the vampires attacking them are all very young ones." Stefan answered.

Rachel was now shaking and Jenna took over the comforting job when Rebecca went to kill a couple of vampire females that came over. It took a good 30 minutes before Klaus, Elijah and Damon came back. They had bloody hands but where unarmed. When they saw the two dead bodies on the floor, they carried them where they had put all the others. Damon was calling the Sheriff to tell her what happened and that they were burning the bodies. While he was doing that, Elijah and Klaus were setting the pile of bodies on fire.

When he hung up the phone and saw Rachel shaking in Jenna's arms, Damon rushed over to take her into his own arms and whispered in her ears that everything would be alright, that he was fine and all the vampires were dead.

"That's 25 of them…" Klaus said as he checked if Jenna was fine while Elijah was checking on Elena.

"They've got to be missing from somewhere… Who created them?" Jenna asked.

"I'll go to the sheriff department tomorrow morning and check the missing person reports to see where they came from." Elijah said.

"It's Isobel… she created them to kill me." Rachel said, catching everyone attention.

"What are you saying Rachel? How can you know that?" Klaus asked her, not believing it.

"As soon as you guys left to fight them, I had a vision. Isobel created them so they could kill me… She wants me dead because Damon loves me and because Katerina is dead because of me and they were friends… She wants me dead…" Rachel said in tears as Damon hugged her very close to him, whispering comforting words in her ear.

"Damon, take Rachel to our place and stay there with her." Klaus ordered.

"I will." Damon said, determined to protect his girlfriend.

"What I mean is I want you to stay in the room with her Damon." Klaus explained as the young man nodded.

"Jenna, I'll take you home and stay there for the night with you. None of them had a daylight ring so you'll be safe tomorrow morning. Then we'll see if Sheila and Bonnie can put some protective spells on your house. If Isobel is back she's going to want to contact Elena in some way. When I can't be there with you Elijah will be." Klaus said and everyone agreed.

"Now Rachel, baby, I want you to stay with Damon at all times until this situation is solved. When you're not with Damon, you're with me or Elijah, or Finn or Rebecca…" Klaus added while looking at his daughter.

"I understand." Rachel said in a whisper. Then they all went their own way.

Damon spent the night with Rachel, holding her close to him. He couldn't completely sleep since the smallest noise was waking him up. He rested when Finn and Sage got home and started patrolling around the house.

The next day, they learned from Sheila that Isobel was still a few days away and not on her way yet. They also found out that the 25 vampires they killed the previous night were homeless people that went missing in the town around Isobel's location. Sheila also saw that Isobel was mad at her failure and decided to give up on using other people. She would come herself later.

The security detail relaxed a little but since Isobel's main goal seamed to be killing Rachel, it had been decided she would drink vampire blood everyday and be protected by someone her father trusted at all times. She was still shaken up, she didn't understand why this woman she never met hated her that much, but Damon managed to help her forget about it a bit.

They made sure Liz would keep an eye on suspicious disappearance around Isobel's location, just in case what Sheila had seen wasn't the complete truth.


Fortunately, they got distracted by Kol's visit.

He was coming with Santana and Brittany. The two girls had managed to convince their parents it was a good idea (Rachel was pretty sure Kol had done some compulsion to convince them to be okay with this.). Rachel and Rebecca had worked hard on the room Kol would be sharing with the two girls he dated. They made sure there was everything for Santana and Brittany and for him.

The girls had a big walk in closet with clothes that would fit both of their tastes. Kol had a big screen TV. They had a giant bed and the decoration of the room was made to fit all of their tastes.

Kol wasn't the only one coming to Mystic Falls in the coming week. Mason Lockwood was also coming back and Klaus was nervous. Jenna told him she used to be good friend with the man, best friend actually, and he was afraid of loosing the second most important woman in his life to the young wolf. Klaus hadn't told Jenna how he felt yet and neither did she. However, with the good looking wolf coming back to town, Klaus knew he had to show Jenna that HE was the alpha male and that he loved her.

So now here he was, getting out of his car to go see Jenna and talk to her.

"Klaus, hi! I didn't know you were supposed to come over this afternoon!" Jenna said.

"Yes, I left Rachel with Sage and Finn in the middle of a game of Monopoly that she's obviously winning. I needed to talk to you." He told her as she let him in.

"Uh oh…" She said.

"What?" He asked, turning around to look at her.

"We need to talk? Never a good thing!" she said with an embarrassed smile.

"No, I assure you, it's nothing bad!" Klaus told her as he took her hands and guided her to the sofa where he sat next to her.

"What's going on Klaus?" she asked.

"I just came to realise something today…something I should have told you sooner but I didn't…mostly because I have issues with expression things when it's not to my family…but the thing is… I need you to know that I love you Jenna!" Klaus said, looking at her in the eyes.

"You do?" she asked, shocked.

"Yes, I do." He answered with a smile as he struck her cheek.

"Really? I mean…are you sure?" she asked again.

"Yes." He answered, worried about her hesitation.

"I love you too!" She said as she jumped in his arms and hugged him close.

"I'm relieved…" He said.

"Do you see us working in the long run?" She asked him as she lied in his arms on the sofa after the heavy making out session that followed his confession.

"Sure I do, why?" He asked her.

"You're a vampire…. Wouldn't I have to turn into one as well for us to be together?" she asked, nervous.

"If forever is what you want it would be best… But we still have some time to talk about it and to wait until we've been together longer, see if we actually last…" he said.

"But what if it worked and I decide I don't want to be a vampire?" She asked.

"Then I would stay by your side until you decide you want me away from you…or until your last breath…" He told her softly.

"You would really wait by my side if I look like an old lady?" She asked him.

"I've been an old man before… The Martin's made me a special stone that allows me to look older if I want to…I would use it and grow old with you if you decided you wanted me around." He explained.

"You really are exceptional!" She told him with a dreamy look.

"It's really all because of Rachel…before I met her and took her in, I was the Big Bad Wolf…I would have come to town, taken Elena and forced her to do the ritual and I wouldn't have cared who actually lived or died while I got what I wanted…" he explained as he stroke her back.

"It looks like Rachel did a miracle work on you!" she said.

"Yes, she did… I honestly don't know what I would do if she died... You know how I call her Star… People assume it's because she wants to become a star, but in reality, she is my star… she's been the only light in my world for so long that I don't know what I would do if she died…stopped to shine for me… I think I would go crazy…" Klaus explained.

"It's understandable…" She said before kissing him on the lips.

When he arrived in front of the Mickealson house, it was right before dinner and Kol was late. Brittany had been sick on the way and they had to stop until she was done puking so he could give her some blood. However, the girl was still very pale and both Santana and he were worried about her. She had been curled up on the back seat for the rest of the way, sleeping.

As soon as he parked his car, everyone rushed out to greet them.

Rachel had Damon close to her, ready to jump in to protect her if necessary as she jumped in her friend's arms. Kol gave a worried look Brittany's way but she was in Santana's arms with Rachel and he decided to put it to rest for the time being, he was probably over reacting.

They all went inside and sat around the large table set for dinner. Brittany looked slightly better and Kol was busy catching up with his siblings. He also got to meet Bonnie, Sheila, Elena, Jeremy and Jenna who had been invited. Jeremy and Kol immediately hit it off and decided they could be good friends.

"So, how are things in Lima?" Rachel asked Santana.

"You know… just summer in Lima… I've got pictures of Faith. I'm sure you've seen them all on Facebook but I've got paper copies for you anyway. Quinn is doing fine and happier than ever with Sue. Puck is back to his pool business…" Santana said.

"I think he is back to the cougars too!" Kol added, getting a glare from Klaus.

"Oh, well…It's his life… I'm sure he is capable of much more but if he wants to throw it all away…" Rachel said, showing Damon she didn't have any left over feelings for the guy.

"What about everyone else?" Rachel asked.

"Karovsky's going to change school." Brittany said.

"Why?" Rebecca asked.

"He forced a kiss on someone and it got out…" Brittany answered her with a small amused smile on her face.

"Did he get in trouble?" Stefan asked.

"Not really… At least not officially…" Santana said.

"He kissed Kurt… Turns out he's gay!" Kol said.

"How can Karovsky be gay? He spent all his time bullying Kurt because he was gay!" Rebecca exclaimed.

"Well, if he's changing school, he got what was coming to him. I hope everyone in his new school finds out what he did and bullies him for it!" Rachel said.

"Is he really that awful?" Elena asked.

"Oh yes, he is. Don't worry Rach… I've got a cousin in his new school and I sort of let it slip that not only he got a girl pregnant and didn't assume his responsibilities but he also forced a kiss on an out of the closet gay and admitted to being one… Payback is a bitch!" Santana said with one of her famous smiles.

The rest of the night went by well. Santana and Brittany got along well with Elena, Bonnie and Jeremy. The fact that Kol, Santana and Brittany were dating each others was weird and hard to grasp but Jeremy found it pretty hot.

"So you can be with either girls and you're not cheating? And you got to watch them together? Man you're my new hero!" Jeremy said as he high-fived Kol at the table, forcing Jenna to scold him softly.

"And the two of you don't get jealous of each other?" Elena asked curiously.

"Santana and I have always been in love with each other… We both fell in love with Kol… He likes us both… we're good together…" Brittany said.

"I don't think it would work as well of it were just two of us…It would be too hard…"Santana added.

"And I don't like the two of them, I love them." Kol said casually as he drank his wine. He knew it was the first time he actually said the words to them and he didn't want to make a big deal out of it. They knew it but it didn't stop them both from beaming after hearing it.

After dinner, the girls went in the basement to watch "The notebook" while the boys stayed upstairs to talk. They wanted to inform Kol of the new treat and everything they found out.

"Calm down Damon, Rachel is with Sage and Rebecca. Bonnie too. She'll be perfectly fine!" Stefan tried to reassure his brother who was pacing while the others where telling Kol everything.

"Wow…Mickeal, Isobel… I wonder if I shouldn't send the girls back in Lima where they'd be safe." Kol said.

"Would you really be able to rest or to concentrate on a fight if you knew there might be danger out?" Elijah asked him.

"You're right… It's best if we stay longer here… Tomorrow I'll tell them to call their parents and tell them we'll be staying longer." Kol decided.

"Will they be okay with it?" Finn asked.

"Yes, it won't be a problem now… I had to compel them to trust their daughter could make good decision and to let them date me and go in vacation with me… I added to the compulsion that they could trust my judgment and that their daughter was perfectly safe with me." Kol explained.

"You took care of everything I see." Klaus said with a proud smile.

"The way you taught me to. But enough about me… What is this about you and Jenna? You actually have a steady girlfriend?" Kol asked with a smirk.

"Oh shut up, I might have a girlfriend that I actually love but you have two of them!" Klaus replied with a laugh. They were teasing each others and being reminded of when they were kids.

Downstairs, Sheila was enjoying this time with Sage, talking about history and women's rights. Elena was getting to know the two humans that would end up, one day far in the future, her sisters in law. She was sure of it. She would get Elijah, Rachel would get Damon and Brittany and Santana would get Kol and they would all be a happy family. She also knew Jeremy would live a happy human life with Bonnie. She could see it setting into place already.

The next day, right after lunch, Mason arrived at the Lockwood's and was put up to speed with everything.

When the possibility of becoming a hybrid was brought up, he immediately liked it. They told him everything they had prepared and what was needed and he informed them that he knew the perfect wolf to kill in the sacrifice. It was a woman who purposely didn't chain herself during the full moons and stayed close the habitations because she loved to kill.

He was also informed he would meet Klaus that very night at dinner and even though he was slightly scared, when Richard told him about Katherine and who she really was, Mason got angry. How could he have let himself be fouled like that?

"Don't worry, you're far from being the only guy this girl has fouled in her life!" Richard told him, trying to cheer him up. It didn't really work but Mason let it go. He got some rest before getting ready for the night's party at the Mickealson's.

Besides all the Mickealson's and their friends (and mates), the founder's council was invited, along with Pearl, Anna and Harper. The only people coming knew the truth about supernatural and Klaus wanted everyone to know to get ready for whatever Isobel or Mickeal would throw at them. He was also going to advise Pearl, Harper and Anna to start drinking vervain so they could be immune to it. He had ordered a lot of it and was going to give it to everyone to make sure they had enough. He also picked up the idea of Rachel's baby water guns and planned to advise them to give some to every child around town.

The evening was long but everything went down fine. Pearl agreed to take vervain and not to make trouble in town. Jenna had let her buy back Grayson's old practice to turn it back into the apothecary it used to be.

Rachel could feel Damon's eyes on her the whole time and even if it was kind of stalker-ish, she felt better knowing he had her back. She was worried about her friends Santana and Brittany and asked Kol why he didn't send them back to Lima were they would be safe and he explained to her that they were safer here, with him and the whole family. Rachel understood and made sure the girls knew where to find the vervain guns. It wasn't much but it could still give them enough time to run or call for help.

The next few days went by in town quietly but with a certain tension. Elijah and Klaus took turn staying at the Gilbert house while Damon now spent all his night in Rachel's room, holding her in his arms. Stefan also moved into the Mickealson house, not bearing to be away from Rebecca with all the tension that was around town. All in all, the Mickealson house was crowded and it was a good thing it had been built so big with so many rooms.

Elena, Rachel, Brittany and Santana were tired of feeling defenceless and asked Klaus if they could learn to fight. Jenna, who was present, agreed it would be a good idea and joined them in pleading with the reluctant man. He really didn't like the idea of his daughter fighting, but then again, he would feel better knowing she could defend herself in case of problems. They all agreed Sage would be the best teacher for them and from that moment, they would train for two hours, four times a week during the whole summer.


When Mickeal finally got to Mystic Falls, the town that changed a lot since he was there human but he didn't have trouble finding his family. He was however surprised to find them all together and in peace with the town. He was even more surprised when he didn't find any trace of compulsion on any of them. He looked more closely and asked around town. He found a very chatty Caroline Forbes who told him everything she knew about the Mickealson. She was wearing a vervain bracelet that he quickly let loose so he could compel her to say everything. She told him what she knew of their history and he was surprised when it all went down to a baby girl that Klaus took in as his own.

He watched Rachel from afar and saw that she truly loved Klaus like any daughter did her father. She was dedicated to him and Mickeal realised right away the hybrid would do anything for her. He could also see a spark of humanity in his eyes…In all of his children's eyes…

He learned from his spying on them that the doppelganger's mother, who was a vampire named Isobel, was after Rachel and Elena, the new doppelganger. Mickeal stayed around the Mickealson's estate for a very long time and ended up over hearing a discussion about the sacrifice to break the curse. He was surprised to learn that Klaus had given up on it and the town's people asked him to do it. Elena had volunteered herself given that the witches brought her back to life and he learned that the other sacrifices wear bad people.

It really was a lot to swallow for a man as prideful as Mickeal and to see all of his children that he believed to be evil actually loving people and caring for humans, he needed some time to think. He left the estate as quietly as he arrived and went back to his motel room in the next town to think a little. It was now mid-July and he really needed to decide if he wanted to kill all vampires or have his family back.

Off course, he couldn't have his family back without making peace with Niklaus and that would be hard… He needed some time…

A few days later, Mickeal was about to ring the doorbell of the big Mickealson house.

He had decided to give his family a chance and to try and get to know them again. He knew everyone was there, he planned it well; they just had dinner together with their mates. Taking in a deep breath, he rang the doorbell. He heard footsteps inside and a heart beat. Then voices;

"No Rachel, don't open the door, let us do it." Klaus said.

"Daddy, Isobel isn't in town…She probably gave up!" Rachel replied.

"What if she compelled someone to kill you? I can't loose you Rach, please, step behind me." Klaus said in a voice that surprised Mickeal for not being demanding but soft, caring and loving.

Then the door opened on the son he always refused to acknowledge.

"Rachel, go to your room now!" Klaus yelled as everyone came, he added "Jenna, Santana, Brittany and Elena, go with her!"

The girls understood the urgency in his tone and ran upstairs, leaving Mickeal to face a bunch of vampire he had tried to kill so many times before.

"I'm here to make peace, not to arm any of you!" Mickeal said.

"Are we supposed to believe that?" Rebecca said from behind her brothers.

"I'm willing to prove myself anyway you want!" Mickeal clamed, his hand raised.

"I'll check him for weapons with Elijah, you might want to call the Bennett's to scan his intentions." Finn said before kissing Sage on the lips and heading outside with Elijah, each taking a side. Kol joined them and searched him while they were holding their father down.

When Klaus came back, announcing Sheila was on her way, Kol informed them that Mickeal was unarmed. When Sheila arrived, Mickeal was held up against the wall by Finn and Elijah while Rebecca and Sage pointed at him with vervained-water guns. Mickeal wasn't defending himself and the human girl had gotten down stairs again but remained inside. Mickeal knew the house was under Rachel's name now and she was the only one that could invite him in. He also knew she wouldn't do it until Klaus asked her to.

Sheila got out of her car and was escorted by Klaus to Mickeal while the Salvatore brothers were standing in front of the door, protecting the girls. The old witch took a hold of Mickeal's hand and closed her eyes, reading him, reading his soul.

"He arrived in town with to goal of killing Klaus but when he interrogated Caroline he got intrigued by what he heard so he stood watch around the estate to learn more. He was shocked by what he saw… He learned how Klaus found Rachel and how that reunited his family… It took him time to admit his family cared for humans and weren't monsters… He decided to give up on killing everyone and to try and work things out, first with Klaus, then with everyone else. He knows everything about the ritual and Isobel. He actually tried to look for her around town while he was thinking. He wants to kill her too now…" Sheila opened her eyes and let go of Mickeal's hand, she looked at Klaus and added "Your father saw very little of Rachel but he's already under her charm… He won't hurt her and will do anything to protect her…Mainly because she united your family and brought happiness and humanity to all of you." Sheila ended.

"Thank you Sheila, you did us a great service today. Do you want to come in?" Klaus asked her.

"I would love to but Bonnie is working on some new defensive spells and I want to supervise…" She replied with a smile before she turned around and walked to her car. Once she had her door opened, she turned around and said "You can trust him Klaus, he is sincere… I promise you on my life!" Klaus smiled at her and nodded his head at his family who released the man.

"I don't know if I want you inside just yet…" Klaus said, unsure.

"What about the back yard daddy? We could all go to the back porch…We girls will sit close to the door and we'll be able to rush inside if there is trouble!" Rachel suggested.

"I knew you'd want to give him a chance…" Klaus said with a smile as he rolled his eyes.

"Well, she's right Klaus, it's sunny out… We don't have to invite him in just yet…" Rebecca said in a small voice.

Klaus looked at her and was reminded that Rebecca was his sister, not his niece or goddaughter like he had started to feel lately. He wasn't her tutor... She needed Mickeal and it wasn't fair of him to keep him away because he was afraid of getting hurt. He was stronger now, and not just physically.

"Okay then, Mickeal you go around back, we'll meet you there." Klaus said as he motioned for the human girls to get back inside.

A few minutes later, everyone was on the back porch, in a chair with a drink in hand.

"So, I have a small question… I noticed that Elijah is mated with Elena, Jenna with Klaus, Sage is still with Finn and Rebecca has Stefan. I also learned that Rachel and Damon were together but I wasn't able to figure out which one of those charming young humans you're with Kol." Mickeal asked to break the silence.

He saw an amused smile on Klaus's face.

"Go ahead Kol, tell daddy dearest who you're with…" Klaus said with a teasing smile.

"Yes Kol, I can't wait to see how he'll react…" Elijah jumped in as Kol blushed.

"Maybe…It's a possibility that I'm with the both of them…" Kol said.

"What? How? It's not right to string them along…" Mickeal said as Santana opened her mouth:

"He isn't stringing us along. We're in love with each others!"

"I'm not sure I really understand…"Mickeal said.

"Santana and I were in love with each others and Kol is hot. When we learned he was a vampire we wanted to know how sex with him would be. We had lots of fun and now we're all together. All in love…" Brittany said.

"I love the two of them, and they both love me… Why choose and hurt us all when we're all fine with it?" Kol said.

Rachel giggled and told Mickeal:

"You'll get used to it!" Mickeal turned to her and smiled softly.

"I guess I will." He said before turning toward Klaus. His girlfriend Jenna was seating right beside him and even if everyone else was relaxed he was ready to jump as soon as necessary.

"Niklaus…I" Mickeal started.

"It's Klaus." The hybrid replied in a hard tone that had Rachel frowning.

"Klaus then… I'm sorry for the way I treated you… It was unfair… You weren't responsible of Esther's infidelity… I loved her too much to blame her so I decided to take it out on you…" Mickeal said.

"Like Hera and Hercules." Rachel interrupted him.

"What?" Mickeal turned toward her, surprised.

"Yes, you reacted to daddy like Hera reacted to Hercules when Zeus cheated on her. You blamed him for existing because he was the fruit of an infidelity. You loved the cheater too much to blame her, or him in Hera's case, so you decided that blaming the child was a better choice." Rachel explained with a beaming smile.

"She also sings like a goddess!" Damon said when he saw the dumfounded look on Mickeal's face.

"Well…even if being compared to a goddess isn't what I like the most, Rachel is right… And I am sorry…" Mickeal said before adding "I will do my best to fix things between us… Between all of us so I can be a part of this family you have created!" Mickeal said.

"How do you intend to do this?" Finn asked, worried for his niece and what this visit will do to Klaus.

"I'm planning to stick around town until the problem with the vampire Isobel has been resolved. Until then, I hope I will be able to do anything possible to show you that I have changed." Mickeal answered.

"Well, if Klaus could change, I'm sure you can do it too!" Elijah said, getting a dark look from Klaus.

Mickeal and the others talked for a long time and it was now almost midnight. Rachel was really enjoying the new comer and she asked him lots of questions. Mickeal liked Rachel and he was surprised that he already felt for her like a granddaughter.

"Well, it's getting late so I should let you go inside and to bed. I'll come back tomorrow." Mickeal said.

"Okay, goodbye." Klaus said in a neutral tone.

"But you will come back right?" Rachel asked him.

"Yes Rachel, I will come back tomorrow and maybe you'll be able to show me why everyone is so found of your voice." Mickeal said with a soft smile that pushed Klaus to believe the guy some more.

They all saw Mickeal out and Rachel turned to Klaus:

"Do you believe him daddy?" She asked him.

"I don't know… He seams to have changed but… I don't think I will ever fully trust him until he proves himself." Klaus said.

They all discussed it for some time until they decided to let him in the next day but to keep the invitation temporary so they could banish him if needed. Then Elijah took Elena home while Jenna would spend the night with her boyfriend.


Rachel was really excited that night and when Damon walked her to her room, she wasn't sleepy at all.

"I can't believe I got to know my grandfather!" She told him.

"I know Rach, you're very happy. But you need to calm down and get some rest babe. We don't know what tomorrow will bring us!" He said as he got in his boxers to go to bed. It had become usual for them to sleep in the same bed. Damon would wear his boxers and Rachel a nightgown. Damon usually slept naked and he didn't really like sleeping in boxers but he knew Rachel was more comfortable with the situation this way.

"I don't know if I can sleep yet!" She said as she got out of the bathroom with an almost transparent nightgown. Damon muttered "Neither can I" when he realised just how good Rachel looked that night. The girl didn't hear him and went under the covers next to him.

Rachel was feeling really turned on that night and she decided to get some action done with her boyfriend. Indeed, lately, she had been so busy with her friends and so tired at night that they barely just kissed. She turned towards on her side and looked at him with her big doe eyes. She put her hand on his chest and when he looked at her she told him:

"I'm sorry I've been so busy lately Damon… with Santana and Brittany on one side, the danger and practicing my singing on the other… I haven't been a very good girlfriend."

"It's okay Rach, I understand, really." He said but she knew he was hiding his disappointment from her so she wasn't hurt in her feelings.

"I know but tonight I'm not tired and I feel like we have some catching up to do…" She said in a low seductive voice as she let the hand that was on his chest wonder down to his southern area.

"Are you trying to seduce me?" He asked with a spark in his eyes.

"From here it looks like I'm succeeding…" She said when her hand finally reached his member.

"Oh, you are… What are you planning to do next?" He asked her with a smile as she kissed him.

He used the opportunity to roll her on top of him hand he hugged her close to him for a while. When they separated for breath, she smiled mischievously at him before she went down. He understood what she had in mind when she pulled his boxers down and took him fully in her hands. Then she went down on him and took it in her mouth. Damon could never get used to the great sensations that went through him every time she did that. He couldn't say anything except that he loved her and he couldn't move his hands. The pleasure was paralysing to him. Just like the first time she gave him a blow job, she swallowed everything when it came and as soon as she looked up he grabbed her and brought her back against him to kiss her hard. When they separated for breath, he rolled them both around on her bed so he could be on top of her.

"I've missed this… I've missed you…" He whispered as he took on kissing her neck softly and slowly going down to her breasts.

"I've missed you too." She managed to say between sights.

"You have no idea how tempting you look when you wear this…" He said as he tried to push the fabric down.

"It's why I'm wearing it…" She said with a smug smile she stole from him before she added "Just rip it!" He did as she ordered and went back to kissing her soft skin while his hands were travelling up and down her body. Rachel's hands were everywhere she could on him, trying to hold him as close to her as she could while she did nothing but gasp and repeat his name and how much she loved him.

Damon was enjoying this. He had the girl he loved under him and really liked hearing her sight in the pleasure he gave her. Her skin was soft and he told her so several time. He sometimes liked to compare it to silk. When he finally reached her opening, he decided to kiss it to see how she would react.

"Damon what are you…Oh…That's…Oh…Damon I… Please don't stop…" She told him between moans. She didn't know that every single one of the sounds she made went straight to his member, making it ready for another round of alone time with Rachel.

When Rachel couldn't hold it anymore and came hard, Damon licked her clean before he licked his lips. The girl blushed when she saw him looking at her again but he didn't give her time to be embarrassed because he went right back to kissing his way back up, very slowly. He kissed her on the lips softly and lovingly with his hands holding her by the hips and she answered with all the love she was capable of, holding him by the neck so he couldn't escape (not without hurting her anyway…).

"It's almost two in the morning, we should try to get some sleep now Love." Damon whispered as Rachel was done cleaning him off after the hand job she had given him earlier.

"You're right, I'm getting kind of tired." She said with a soft satisfied smile that mirrored his.

"I love you, you know." He said softly when she put her head on his chest to snuggle with him.

"Aunt Rebecca and Aunt Sage told me that 'I love you' doesn't count if it's said between the sheets." She replied quietly as sleep was already taking her over.

"I'll tell you tomorrow when we're out of the sheets then." He whispered with a smile before he kissed her forehead with all the tenderness he was capable of.

The next morning, Rachel woke up in her boyfriend's arms, as usual, except this time they were both naked. It took her a few seconds to recall the events of the previous night and she blushed, realising how much she really liked waking up this close to Damon.

"Good morning my beautiful Star." He whispered when he noticed she was awake.

"Good morning." She said as she kissed him. "I'm going to take a shower…Do you…I mean, we don't know how busy we're going to be today…" She was blushing and he chuckled.

"You want us to shower together?" He whispered.

"We don't know how long we'll be able to spend our nights together… As soon as the Isobel threat is gone daddy won't let you spend the nights with me, no matter how much he likes you…" Rachel said.

"…so we should make the better of this situation and enjoy it while we can." He finished for her as she nodded.

"Let's go then." He said with a smile as he raced her to the shower.

It was 45 minutes later that they got out of the shower, both wearing beaming smiles and sparks in their eyes. They didn't have sex and wouldn't for a while, Damon knew that. But as he got dressed he realised it really didn't matter because Rachel always found ways to make him happy and to take care of his 'problem'. They made it down the stairs after another half hour and saw that everyone was already up and eating breakfast.

"Finally… I was getting ready to come and get the two of you up… But I was afraid of disturbing you…" Rebecca said with a smirk as Klaus looked closely at Rachel, looking for something.

"What's wrong daddy?" Rachel asked, blushing under everyone's stare.

"Just looking for something…" He said, still looking at her.

"We didn't have sex Klaus. We won't for a while!" Damon said, knowing what the father of his Love was looking for. Rachel blushed an even deepest shade of red.

"Good. You better keep things that way for some time. I'm not ready for Rachel to grow up totally yet." Klaus said, closing the subject as Santana was looking at Rachel like they were having a silent conversation.

Just then, the front door opened and Elijah came in with Elena and Jeremy.

"Klaus, Father is here. What do we do?" Elijah asked, wanting to know if they really invited him in or not.

"Rachel, would you like to invite Mickeal in please?" Klaus asked, accepting the man's apologies with that move. Rachel smiled at her father and ran to the front door. "Don't run! If you fall and hurt yourself it's your own fault!" He yelled after her with a smile.

"Good morning Mickeal, would you please come in?" Rachel asked Mickeal.

"Good morning Rachel. Thank you." He said as he stepped inside and followed her to the breakfast table.

"Do you want some coffee father?" Rebecca asked him as she pointed to a seat.

"Sure… thank you." He said as Rachel handed him a croissant.

They all finished their breakfast and talked, getting to know each others. Mickeal was doing his best to show how much he had changed and was growing to like his family.

"Daddy, why don't we show gran...Mickeal the videos of when I was little… It will bring him up to date with everyone!" Rachel suggested.

"Sure, good idea Rachel." Klaus said as he guided Mickeal to the movie room, followed by Damon who wasn't about to leave his Rachel in the presence of a man he barely trusted. They were followed by Jenna who wanted to see the videos. Jeremy, Stefan and Kol were going in town to play some Base Ball with Tyler, Mason and Matt. Fin and Sage were escorting Santana, Brittany, Elena, Bonnie and Rebecca to the Mall while Elijah had an appointment a few miles away about a very old book he wanted to buy (along with about 50 other people apparently).

Downstairs, they started with the very first video of Klaus and Rachel, the day after he found her. It showed Klaus explaining his life to Rachel was confessing he was afraid of messing up. A maid appeared and showed him how to feed baby Rachel and how to change her.

"I kept the video because I was afraid I'd forget how to change a diaper properly…" Klaus explained as they changed video. They saw Rachel's fist singing competition, her first dance competition, her first show in kindergarten. Mickeal realised just how important Rachel was to Klaus. His love for his daughter made him way stronger than he was before because he would kill anyone who touched the wrong hair on her head.

"Daddy, do you remember when I was 4 or 5 and you took me for my first hair dressing appointment?" Rachel asked her father as she saw the next video would be when she was 5.

"Yes, your hair was getting so long they reached your legs but I was so afraid the hair dresser would hurt you I kept hovering and distracting her." Klaus answered

"Daddy was so nervous that day… He kept telling the lady to watch it and to be careful not to hurt me or not to cut too short." Rachel told a smiling Mickeal.

"I must have asked you if you were okay about 20 times during that appointment…" Klaus said nostalgically.

"Good thing that for the next appointment Aunt Rebecca was undaggered and Aunt Sage was there…" Rachel said.

"True… I was much more relaxed knowing real women were taking care of my baby." Klaus said with a smile. For the first time, he sent a true smile toward Mickeal and Rachel could feel that things would be fine between them.

They watched videos of the past for the whole morning, lunch and a good part of the afternoon. They saw a lot of just Rachel performing and some family reunion they had taped. It was nearly time for dinner when they were done.

"Well, that was some collection." Mickeal said as they all got out of their seats. Jenna had gone a couple of hours ago, escorted to her house by Klaus who seamed to trust Mickeal enough to leave him alone with Rachel and Damon until he got back.

"Yes, it's sweet how daddy kept so many memories of me growing up but I think it's because he was afraid I would decided to stay human, he wanted to be able to have me with him forever." Rachel said as Klaus tried to hide his smile. She knew him very well.

"I'm glad you allowed me to see all of this Ni...hum…Klaus. Thank you, I feel closer to all of you already." Mickeal said.

"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Klaus asked his step father.

"I would love to Klaus, thank you." He replied.

"Great! We can do some fun game all of us together after dinner!" Rachel said before rushing upstairs, followed by Damon.

"She's something." Mickeal said, obviously complimenting her.

"Yes… She's my Star… She brightens my whole world…" Klaus said.

"I can see that…You and everyone in our family would willingly die for her…" Mickeal said.

"We would die for each other… Rachel united us." He corrected.

"Good, unity makes you all stronger." Mickeal said with a smile before following Klaus up the stairs.

For the next week, Mickeal came over every day. It came to a point were they trusted him enough to tell him about the bridge being made of the White Oak Tree that could kill them. After a couple of weeks of Mickeal being in town and helping protect the town, they invited him to leave his Motel room and to move in with them. He did and got one of the spare rooms. He even let Rachel call him Grandpa'.


It was now Mid-August and Rachel had been having nightmares of Isobel attacking every night for the past 2 weeks. Everyone was worried and as they were discussing it one morning Mickeal said:

"This is taking too long… I'm going after her. I've seen the pictures and I've had my hand at tracking vampires." Everyone looked at him, surprised.

"You can't go alone dad, we don't know what Katerina told her, she may be dangerous." Elijah said.

"We can't stay here and wait for her anymore!" Mickeal said as Klaus said:

"I agree with him… I'm tired of just waiting. It's time we act."

"Actually, Sage and I have been thinking about going after her too… Maybe we could go together with dad." Finn said.

"What if she has a way of hurting you? What if she has witches on her side?" Rachel asked, panic-stricken.

"We have witches too… I've talked to Doctor Martin yesterday and they are coming back early to help us deal with this situation. They want to join you while you look for Isobel." Elijah said.

"All three of them?" Stefan asked curiously.

"Well, the three of them want to come but Doctor Martins insists that Glinda stays here with the Bennett's to catch them up with their findings." Klaus said.

"Yeah right… It's just an excuse to keep her out of arm's way…" Rachel said.

"Yeah, because they are such strong male and just like us Glinda is a very weak poor little girl!" Rebecca finished, mocking men.

Mickeal and Klaus glared at her for a minute before they both decided to ignore her.

That morning they worked on preparing for finding Isobel. Klaus would stay in town along with everyone else to protect the girls and the town while Mickeal, Finn, Sage and the Martin's men would go were Isobel was last tracked with a spell. Klaus, Damon and Elijah felt a strong urge to go hunt the vampire but Mickeal managed to convince them it was better to have people that would keep their calm and the control of their tempers. They couldn't argue with that statement and watched the others go while they concentrated on protected their loved ones (and the rest of the town while they were at it).

It took the 'Hunting team' about 2 days to finally corner Isobel. They watched her for another 2 days and when they were sure she didn't have anyone on any sort of mission, they decided to kill her and be done with it. It wasn't hard to corner her and get her alone in the expensive foreclosure house she was using. She had only a couple of compelled humans at her service and they did a quick work with them, casting a fast spell to make them forget the time they spent with the woman and making them believe they were in an accident and lost their memories.

Before they killed her however, they decided to play it on the safe side and got the two Martins to take a hold of her and read her soul to make sure there was nothing she was hiding and that they weren't missing anything important. When they got their reassurance that she was on her own with her plans and that nothing was in motion at the time, they killed her quickly.

"We should take the body, show Klaus we really killed her and aren't working against him…" Mickeal suggested.

"That won't be necessary father, Niklaus trusts us… He has changed way more than you have seen…" Finn informed his father as her watched Sage casting the woman's body on fire.

They were careful to take care of every details before they drove back home to Mystic Falls.


Hey!

So... I know I said this would be the last chapter but I kept adding things and it was really too long to make just 1 chapter so it's going to be a couple more... I can't say how many yet... I can't tell you WHEN I'll update next either... It all depends on motivation and inspiration...

I also made a mistake in earlier chapters, I named Doctor Martin's daughter Glinda but her name is Greta... Once I'm done writing the whole story, I will correct everything and republish it. I just want to have everything out of the way first.

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