Chapter Eleven
Nik and Clover woke two days later, their naked bodies entwined.
"It's about time." Clover and Nik looked up as Elijah stood over them, his eyes darkening seeing Clover but other then that no reaction as he tossed clothes to them. Clover saw he had grabbed her a pair of sandals, a loose dress, some jewelry, and her purse. Nik sped behind a tree to dress while Clover did so out in the open, knowing that Nik kept glancing around the tree towards her and Elijah couldn't keep his eyes off of her.
"How are your siblings and Teddy, 'Lijah?" Clover asked, fixing her hair.
"They were understandably angry but luckily I was able to get them to lessen their anger towards Niklaus."
"How?"
"By using a secret weapon."
"What weapon?"
"Teddy. They didn't stand a chance against him." Elijah replied as they began to head home.
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Clover held Nik and Elijah's hands as they entered her home, suddenly nervous about meeting the family of two of her mates.
"They'll love you, love." Nik murmured against her hair, kissing it and pulling back.
Suddenly two male figures appeared at the bottom of the stairs, their eyes locked onto Clover.
Immediately, Nik groaned. Of course it had to be them.
"Mate." Finn said, Kol echoing him.
Clover smiled, knowing that in a short time, she would finally be whole and her family as well. But something weird happened when all four of her mates were touching her at the same time, her mates were brought into her mind and she into their's as they began to view each other's lives.
Clover's mind (ORIGINALS POV)
"Lily it's him! Take Clover and run!" An almost male version of their Clover was seen pushing a red haired woman and baby Clover up the stairs. A green flash shined before disappearing as quickly as it had appeared.
"No! Please! Not Clover!" The red haired woman begged, standing in front of the crib that held her precious daughter.
"Avada Kedavra!" Another green flash and the red haired woman dropped dead before the man turned his wand on the baby.
"Avada Kedavra!" Only instead of the baby girl dying, the spell backfired and hit the man, killing him and causing a black figure to emerge as the body dropped before the figure shot towards the baby, forming the lightning bolt scar she would be recognized for.
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"Why you little freak! How dare you do better then Dudders at school! No food for two weeks!" A fat man bellowed, pushing a young malnourished Clover into the cupboard under the stairs and bolting it shut.
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"Ye'r a w'tch, Clov'r" a large hairy man rumbled out as the whale, walrus, and giraffe cowered in the corner.
"I'm a what?"
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Clover screams, placing her hands on Professor Quirrel's face and watching the man's face burn before everything went black for her.
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"You're dying now. Basilisk venom is the most potent venom in the world and kills within minutes, if not sooner. And there is no cure." A creepy 16 year old boy mocked standing over the withering form of Clover, her arm covered in blood. But then the most beautiful sound echoed through the cavern and a bright red, orange, and yellow bird landed over Clover's wound, seeming to cry on it. "But of course! Phoenix tears can cure anything!"
The boy soon died, Clover having stabbed a diary with a basilisk fang and causing the boy to die.
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"I'm your godfather."
"And I'm a werewolf."
"Can I come live with you?"
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"NO! CEDRIC!"
"CRUICIO!"
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Clover screamed, watching as if in slow motion Sirius fell back into the veil.
She turned to Bellatrix, hatred and revenge shinning in her eyes.
"I'm gonna kill you! CRUCIO!" Clover screamed, her wand aimed at the crazy witch.
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"He killed him."
"Who?"
"Snape killed Dumbledore."
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"Clover Potter, finally come to die. Avada Kedavra!"
And their mate dropped lifeless.
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"This is it, Tom, neither of us can leave until the other falls."
Enraged at his muggle name the snake faced man shot a spell at Clover, Clover meeting it with one of her own.
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Expelliarmus!"
An explosion happened, smoke began to obscur the two power houses for good and evil. When the smoke cleared, it was easy to see who the victor was.
The side of the Light had won. But not without loss. Clover wandered the Great Hall, looking on at all of the ones she had lost. Ron. Hermione. Ginny. Tonks. Remus. And many more that had stayed and fought.
They all blinked, come out of each other's minds.
"You are without a doubt, darling, extraordinary and am proud to be yours." Kol whispered, leaning forward and kissing her lips, finally able to kiss his mate.
Finn took his place as his brothers took a step back. "Fagr*, I am beyond happy that finally my brothers and I have found you."
Clover smiled at her four mates. "And I am happy that you found me too."
"And I hope you won't be too broken up if certain people appear to be missing on the news in the next couple days." Kol said with a small smile. "I'm going animal hunting."
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Clover and her mates, along with Rebekah and Teddy, had decided to reside elsewhere as they knew the Scooby gang didn't know they were involved with the permament disappearance of one Elena Gilbert, they didn't want to risk the chance of them finding out and coming to enact their revenge on their family. So they moved to a lovely rustic style home in the Smokey Mountains and there they stayed, for now anyways.
Three months after they had moved, Clover found herself hunched over the toilet, everything she had ate the day before coming up and out.
She knew her mates were beginning to worry as this was the third time it has happened in as many days.
"Maybe we should call a doctor, make an appointment." Finn suggested, hovering over his mate like the others, none of them liking that she was sick.
"No, no, don't do that! I told you, this is just a bug."
"I don't care. We're going to get you checked out. Niklaus, if you would." Elijah ordered. The hybrid left the bathroom with his phone already to his ear as he called to make an appointment for as soon as possible.
He came back in quickly. "Let's go. The clinic said they had a spot open in thirty minutes from now."
"Good, let's get going." Kol bent and scooped his weak mate up into his arms before blurring away towards the car, his brothers following, knowing that Rebekah would take care of her nephew.
In no time they reached the doctor's clinic, Clover clinging tightly to Kol's hand as they walked in.
"Can I help you?" The receptinoist asked.
"Yes, my girl here has been sick almost constantly for three days. We need to find out what is wrong with her."
The woman handed forms to them and had them sit and fill them out which they did so quickly.
"The doctor will see you now." Clover and her mates stood and although the nurse looked at them weirdly didn't say anything as she led them to an examination room. "She will be with you momentarily."
The nurse left, closing the door behind them.
"Everything is going to be okay, love."
"I know. I told you guys, it's just a stomach bug that's going around."
The Originals just exchanged worried glances and said nothing, having heard the doctor right outside the door.
"Hello, Miss Potter, I'm Dr Roseland and I'll be taking care of you today. What seems to be the problem?"
"She has been throwing up in the mornings for the past few days." Elijah said immediately. Clover hesitated, wanting to leave it at that, but knew her mates would be upset with her if she did.
"I've actually been feeling off for about a month. My breasts are tender, I've been tired all the time. Headaches, too." Clover saw the doctor begin to smile as she listed her symptoms.
"I think I know what's going on." The doctor rummaged in the drawer next to her, pulling out a small white box, handing it to Clover. "But lets get the easy test out of the way first before we do anything to confirm it."
Clover had been handed a pregnancy test. Clover stared frozen at it for a long moment, her mates hadn't seen what it was so they were slightly concerned about her reaction.
"That's impossible, there must be something else."
"No, the symptoms you've been having are all early signs. Let me know when you're ready." The doctor stood and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.
"What does she think it is?" Finn asked, worried.
"Doesn't matter. It's not possible." Clover said shakily. Not only had she been told years ago she couldn't have children because of the treatment by her relatives but also because her mates are vampires.
"What's not possible, love?" Nik asked.
Clover hesitated before turning the box so they could see the words: 'PREGNANCY TEST' on the box.
"You're right, it's not possible." Kol said. Elijah tilted his head, his eyes locked on Clover's stomach. The brothers started to bicker.
"Brothers, listen." Elijah whispered, his voice filled with awe. The brothers shut up and did as their brother directed, and if they concentrated hard enough, they could hear them, hear the heartbeats coming from their mates stomach. "You're pregnant, little one."
Clover felt tears begin to run down her face. "That isn't funny, Elijah. You know that I've been told I could never have children and even if I could, I would never cheat on any of you. And since you all are over a thousand years old and are vampires, it's impossible."
"But Nik is something else. A hybrid. His werewolf side has only been activated for a couple months." Kol said gently, coming to kneel in front of their mate, trying to comfort her.
"We can hear heartbeats besides your own coming from you and as the doctor said, you have all of the symptoms of pregnancy. We wouldn't lie to you."
Clover let out a sob before launching herself into Kol's arms, curling up into him, his arms coming around to hold her to him. Although they all were in disbelief at even the thought of something like this, they knew that Clover needed them now, and would need them later.
"Let's go home." Finn murmured. And with a swoosh, they were gone. Leaving the box with the pregnancy and confused humans behind.
They had a mate to comfort and a little boy and an aunt to tell the news. Their family had just grown.
