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Elijah came around and stood next to Katherine after he had closed the casket door. He looked down at the screen Katherine had been looking at. It had been seven years. He had no idea where his family was or what had happened to them. He looked around the room; there were no other caskets.

Katherine looked away from the phone screen and looked around. She felt kind of disoriented.

"Elijah, where are we?" Katherine asked.

"At home," Elijah answered.

"Home?" Katherine wondered. She had never been here before.

"This is the cellar of the Mikaelson mansion," Elijah said. "We're in Mystic Falls."

"Mikaelson mansion?" Katherine said as she looked around. "So like Klaus to have a cellar."

Elijah smiled and took her hand.

"Come on, let me show you our home," Elijah said.

Elijah cautiously led her up the stairs as he kept an eye out for any kind of danger. They couldn't be more careful.

They made it to the main floor and he looked around. There was no one there. Strange, Mikael and Silas would have had someone to keep watch.

"There is no one here," Katherine said. "I've been up here."

"Strange," Elijah said as he walked over to the living room and peeped in. There he saw that blanket on the couch. "Now that makes more sense."

"What does?" Katherine said as she walked over to him.

"Seems like the guard had decided to take a break," Elijah said as he picked up blanket and whiffed at it. "They haven't been here for quite some time. No wonder those humans got it."

"Well I'm glad they did," Katherine said. Elijah smirked. He took her hand and led her up another flight of stairs. Once they were on the top, he took the north wing and walked down a hallway. He opened the door to a grand room with a large four poster bed. There was a fire place with a love seat in front it. To the side, there was a vanity with a walk-in closet a few steps away. There was a large picture of Elijah and Katherine. It was the one they took at Rebekah's wedding.

"Welcome to our room," Elijah said. Katherine looked around with her mouth hanging open. She had never seen such a grand room designed to her taste. It was so her and Elijah; impeccable taste with spunk.

"This is our room?" Katherine said as she continued to look around.

"Yes," Elijah said as he came from behind her and slid his arms around her waist. "What do you think?"

"It's amazing!" Katherine said.

"I wanted to show it to you before but never got the chance thanks to that fiasco with Silas and Mikael," Elijah said. The mention of Silas and Mikael brought Katherine back to the present. She quickly bolted out of the room, Elijah quickly followed.

"Katherine, what happened? Where are you going?" Elijah said. Katherine stopped in the middle hallway where the four wings connected.

"Which one is Klaus's?" Katherine said.

"The east wing," Elijah said still confused. Katherine started down the east wing and pushed open a door revealing a nursery with three cribs in it. She walked in and touched the side of the crib with 'Noah' written on the top.

"Do you think they are okay? Katherine said. Elijah put his arms around her.

"Yes, I believe that they are fine," Elijah said. Katherine nodded.

"We have to find the others and we have to find them, Elijah," Katherine said as she looked at him.

"And we will Katarina," Elijah said as he hugged her. He knew that his nephews meant as much to Katherine as they meant to him. He had succeeded in bringing back his Katarina.

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There were five adorable seven year olds with glum faces walking behind three adults.

"Come on you guys. We don't want your Aunt Bea to miss her flight now," Liz said. The kids walked a little faster to catch up to the adults. Finally they had arrived at the Bonnie's departure gate.

"Okay you guys give me a big hug," Bonnie said as she kneeled down. All the kids took turns giving her a hug.

"Awww, Aunty Bea, do you have to go?" Aden asked.

"Yah, can't we go with you?" Eliza said.

"We don't want you to go!" Zane said. Bonnie's eyes glistened with tears that she didn't want them to see. She didn't know what to say to them. In these last seven years, they had never been apart.

"Don't worry children, your Aunty Bea will be back very soon," Esther said.

"That's right. You won't even notice the time go by and she'll be back," Liz said.

The kids reluctantly let her go. Bonnie walked to the doorway of her gate and waved once more before she walked through. She had to come back and she had to bring their parents back too. She walked towards the counter.

"Miami, Florida, United States of America?" the lady at the counter asked. Bonnie nodded as she handed over her ticket, passport and boarding pass. This was it; she had to find someone there. Anyone.

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The five kids sat at the dinner table not saying anything. Zane took his fork and pushed his food from one section to the next. Aden put some mashed potato in his mouth but didn't take his fork out. Arianna started to play with her hair by twirling it around her finger. Eliza stared at her food and Noah sat there without even touching his food.

"Okay, all of you. We have to finish our dinner. Arianna, please stop playing with your hair; Zane, Eliza and Noah eat your food; and Aden stop playing with your food," Liz said.

"I know you all miss your Aunt Bea, but she left a surprise for you," Esther said. All five faces snapped up and gave Esther all their attention.

"What is it?" Arianna asked.

"Well, it wouldn't be a surprise if we told you," Liz said.

"If you all finish your food, help us clean up the kitchen and get ready for bed," Esther said. "Then we can give you the surprise."

The kids enthusiastically ate all their food and helped clean the kitchen. Liz and Esther chuckled as they overheard their conversations about what could possibly be their surprise.

"I think it's going to be a trip to America," Eliza said.

"Then why didn't they let us go with Aunt Bea?" Aden said.

"It could be the PS 4 we've been wanting," Zane said.

"That could be a possibility," Arianna said. "But this is a surprise for all of us. Eliza and I do not want the PS 4."

"Do you think…" Noah started.

"What Noah? Say it!" Eliza said as she swung her arm around his shoulder. "Come on little brother."

"Only by two minutes," Noah said. "I think it could possibly be something to do with our parents?"

The other four stared at Noah for a moment.

"He could be right," Zane said. At this point, the excitement had built up immensely.

Once everything was done in the kitchen, the five went to get ready for bed. Once they were ready, all five went into Esther's bedroom and got into bed.

"Wow! Look at all these well behaved kids!" Liz said as she and Esther walked into the room to find five beautiful kids anxiously waiting for their surprise.

"What do you say Ellen, should we give them their surprise?" Liz teased.

"I think we should Lorene, look how politely they are waiting," Esther smiled as she walked over to the TV that was mounted on the wall.

"Well, your Aunt Bea left you a video," Liz said. The kids looked at each other excitedly. Esther played the DVD and took a seat next to Liz on the armchairs.

The kids watched intently as they saw Bonnie's face appear on the scene.

"Hi my little supers and wolves! I hope you didn't give your grams and grandmother a hard time tonight. So how about we continue our story from last night?" Bonnie said.

The kids cheered as they saw Bonnie chuckle on the screen. She definitely knew their reactions.

"Alright, just remember that you can't ask questions because this is just a video!" Bonnie said.

The kids shushed at each other to keep quiet.

"So where did we leave off?" Bonnie thought to herself. "Right, we left off at Rebekah and Stefan getting married. Now I would like to go a bit in reverse and talk about how Caroline fell in love with Klaus. So when Stefan and Caroline landed back in time a thousand years ago, Caroline was unconscious. Stefan carried her back to your grandmother. From what Stefan told me, Klaus couldn't take his eyes off her. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. However, he didn't approach her because he was courting, or should I say 'dating' someone named Tatia," Bonnie said.

"Uhhh, why did they have to be with different people first?" Zane said but everyone shushed him.

"But it wasn't long before Klaus left Tatia and asked Caroline to the festival. The more time Caroline spent with Klaus, she realized that there was a reason why he was this way in the present. She saw him for who he truly was which was, a young man who truly cared for his siblings. The fact he would do anything for his family made her love him more. Caroline had mentioned how Henrik, your youngest uncle, and Rebekah were trying to get her and Klaus together from the beginning. Henrik had taken Caroline on a tour of the village on her first day there. They had visited Klaus's favourite place, a beautiful waterfall."

"How about we stop here for now?" Liz said as she paused the video.

"No!" all five of them responded.

"Okay, just a little more and then we can watch it tomorrow," Liz said. Truthfully she hadn't noticed the time go by because she was also interested in how her daughter fell in love with someone like Klaus. Liz played the video again took her seat.

"There they met Klaus. Klaus, Henrik and Caroline hung out together that day and Klaus carved a picture of Caroline and Henrik. Here it is," Bonnie said as she held up a picture of Caroline and Henrik carved into a wooden plate.

"Okay so now back to Rebekah and Stefan. After the wedding, Rebekah became pregnant and soon Aden Kol Salvatore and Arianna Caroline Salvatore were born. Around that time, Klaus asked Caroline to marry him and she said 'yes'. However, Caroline was also pregnant with Zane, Eliza and Noah. Now what had happened is that your Grandmother's friend, Ayana, had promised to send Stefan and Caroline back to the present when she had gained enough power. Stefan asked to take Aden and Arianna with him because he knew Rebekah would see them in the future and Caroline was still pregnant. So Stefan and Caroline had to tell Klaus and Rebekah that they were from the future and that they had to go back. They promised them that they would meet again. Once they came back to the present, Stefan and Caroline had to get Rebekah and Klaus's memories back which they did," Bonnie continued the story as everyone, even Liz and Esther, listened with undivided attention.

"Soon Zane Stefan Mikaelson, Eliza Rebekah Mikaelson and Noah Henrik Mikaelson were born. Okay guys, that is it for now. Time to go to sleep. Good night!" Bonnie said as she blew them kisses.

"Awwww!" Zane whined.

"What happened after?" Arianna said as she got out of the blankets and kneeled closer to where the screen was mounted on the wall.

"Yah, what happened to our parents?" Eliza said.

"I want to go to Mystic Falls and find our parents," Aden said.

"Me too," Noah said.

"Okay you guys calm down," Liz said. "It's time to go to bed."

"Grams please tell us what happened to our parents," Aden said. Liz was stuck for works. She didn't know what to say. The three hadn't discussed about whether they should tell the kids about what had happened to their parents. She looked towards Esther for help.

"Children, now is not the time to discuss this and we will talk about it tomorrow," Esther said. "Now off to bed."

The kids reluctantly got out of bed and went to their rooms with down faces. It broke Esther and Liz's hearts to see them like this but they couldn't help it. What were they supposed to tell them? All their hopes were with Bonnie. She had to find them and bring them back.

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After they had noticed that Grams and Grandmother had turned off their room lights, Eliza and Arianna went to their brothers' room.

"Where do you think our parents are?" Eliza said.

"I don't know," Aden said.

"I think they are in Mystic Falls," Zane said.

"If not in Mystic Falls, they have to be in the United States of America," Noah said. All of them agreed with them.

"But how do we get there?" Arianna said.

"I don't know. Didn't you hear Grams and Grandmother? They don't want to talk about it," Aden said.

"We have to find a way to go to America," Noah said.

"But how?" Eliza said.

"Let's think about it. We need a plan," Aden said.

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Bonnie walked out of the airport in Miami. It was a hot day and she was dressed for cold weather. She needed to get a taxi. It felt good to be back. Even though Miami wasn't Mystic Falls, it was still closer to home than Scotland. She waited in line for a cab. There were three people in front of her and the heat was starting to get to her. Bonnie took off her jacket and held it in her hands.

"Here to visit?" the man in front said. Bonnie looked at him for a moment. It was strange hearing an American accent after so long. She smiled.

"Yes," she said.

"Where are you from?" he asked.

"Sco…Michigan," Bonnie said. She couldn't trust anyone.

"Ahh, I'm from Seattle," he said. "Didn't expect it to be so warm here."

"Same here," Bonnie said. It was nice to converse with him but now she was hoping his turn would come faster so she didn't have to answer his questions. She thanked her lucky stars when his turn came up and he left.

Bonnie got into her cab and asked to be taken to her hotel. After settling into her hotel room, she took a quick shower. She knew she was tired but this wasn't the time to take naps. She needed to get done what she had come all this way for.

Bonnie quickly took the local map from the table with all the services and menus from the hotel, and laid it out on the table. She took out the vial of blood she had and placed a drop of blood in the centre of the map. The vial contained enough blood that she would be able to perform the spell at least four more times. Bonnie started chanting the locator spell and the blood on the map started to move. Bonnie watched the spot of blood move closer and closer to the Hortense World Gardens. The drop of blood revolved around it for a bit and then stopped right on top. She had to go to the Hortense World Gardens immediately but she needed to rest and eat. She didn't have enough energy for magic. This would be the worst time to become completely drained. She needed all the power she could get. She called room service and ordered some food. She called Esther and Liz but they didn't pick up, so she left them a message that she had landed and to give her a call when they could. Bonnie closed her eyes for a power nap. Even though she didn't want to, she had no choice. She was so close to finding her friends.

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Mikael sat in a small diner staring at the world map, especially USA. Where could they be? He had practically searched every state. The waitress came by with coffee.

"Would you like a refill?" she asked. Mikael nodded. The waitress filled his cup and left.

"Any luck?" Silas said as he sat himself in the chair across Mikael.

"No," Mikael said without taking his eyes off the map. "I was thinking about..."

"Going abroad?" Silas finished his sentence. Mikael nodded.

"Great thinking, let's go," Silas said.

"I don't know if you've thought this through clearly, but the idea of searching the rest of the world is quite unrealistic," Mikael said.

"Well, think about it this way, we have a lot of time," Silas said. "So where should we start?"

"The old world, let's start with the United Kingdom," Mikael said.

"Very well, let's be on our way," Silas said as he smiled.

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Esther saw the phone light flashing. There was a message waiting. She picked up the phone and dialed the voice mail. She heard Bonnie's voice on the other side saying she had reached safely and to give her a call when they had time. Esther called Bonnie. After three rings, Bonnie picked up.

"Hello," she said. Her voice seemed groggy like she had just woken up.

"Bea, how you doing? Esther said.

"Ellen, sorry, I just woke up from what was supposed to be a power nap," Bonnie said.

"No worries darling, how was your flight. Any lead?" Esther said.

"Yes, I'm going to the Hortense World Gardens soon. I needed to gain some energy. I don't know what could be waiting for me there," Bonnie said. "So how are the kids?"

"They loved the video you left behind but…" Esther said.

"But what?" Bonnie said.

"At the end, they wanted to go to Mystic Falls. They wanted to know what happened to their parents and they wanted to find them," Esther said.

"Yikes. How are they doing now?" Bonnie said.

"Well, Lorene and I were very stern and asked them to go to bed and that we would discuss it tomorrow. However, we have yet to figure out what we would tell them tomorrow," Esther said.

"Well, I'm hoping I have some good news in a couple of hours," Bonnie said. "Wish me luck!"

"You know this means a lot to all of us. Just remember that spell I taught you in case you land in trouble," Esther said.

"Thank-you! Give my love to Lorene and I'll call you as soon as I can," Bonnie said and then hung up.

Just as Esther hung up, Liz walked in.

"It was Bea," Esther said.

"What did she say?" Liz said.

"That she got there safely and has found the place. She'll call to let us know what happened," Esther said. Liz nodded.

"So what are we going to tell the children tomorrow?" Liz said.

"I do not know," Esther said.

"They'll ask again about what happened to their parents," Liz said.

"How about we say that their parents are fighting bad guys and will come back when they win," Esther said.

"That could work. We could say that they didn't want them to get hurt so they sent them here with us," Liz said. "Which is true." Esther nodded.

"That should work for now," Esther said.

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Bonnie made sure she had everything she needed in her back. A flashlight, vervain, wolf bane, fern, candles, salt, her grimoire, in case she had to do major spells and a bag of blood. They were probably very weak and in desperate need of a lot of blood. She put another four bags in just in case. She walked out of the hotel and hailed a cab.

"Buena Vista Boulevard and 34th street," she said. The taxi sped towards her destination. After what seemed like twenty minutes, the taxi stopped on the corner of 34th street and Buena Vista Boulevard.

"How much?" Bonnie said.

"Thirty-five dollars," the driver said.

Bonnie placed a fifty dollar bill in his hands and said, "Keep the change." The cab drove off and Bonnie started to walk towards the entrance but then stopped. She had to find a different way in. So instead, she started to walk around to the other side. She stopped on a side with high fences. She was pretty sure the garden had some kind of security as well as supernatural security. Bonnie took out a bag of the fern and broke off one leaf. She placed it in her mouth and concentrated on the invisibility spell Esther had taught her. Next she used her magic to bend the metal bars of the fence just enough for her to slip through. She knew that she only had twenty minutes until the fern leaf was chewed away by her saliva.

Bonnie looked around. Where could they possibly keep a vampire or a hybrid? The originals would probably be kept in coffins and the rest would have desiccated. There had to be a clue somewhere. She walked through the garden and as she walked closer to what looked like a shed, she heard them.

"Do you hear that?" one of the hybrids said. They were standing in front of the door leading into the shed.

"Yah, sounded like someone's in the garden," the other hybrid said.

"I'll check on this side and you check the other side," said the first hybrid. They split grazing the ground looking for any kind movement.

This was Bonnie's chance. It meant that they were in the shed. She swiftly walked towards the shed making as little noise as possible. They looked in her direction but they could see her.

"Check the front exit and I'll check the one on the side," one of the hybrids said. The other nodded and they were on their way.

Bonnie slipped in through the door and closed it behind her softly. She looked in front of her to find a dark cherry wood coffin with a gold rims. She slowly opened the box and looked at the lifeless body with a dagger in the heart.

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The next morning all five kids sat at the breakfast table eating quietly. Esther and Liz looked at each other confused. They were expecting nonstop questions and demands for answers, but here they were quietly eating their breakfast.

"Grams," Aden said.

"Yes," Liz answered.

"Can we go to Disneyland?" Aden asked. Liz looked at him for a moment and then at the rest of them. After everything that happened last night, they ask to go to Disneyland this morning. It was strange. Before Liz could answer, the phone rang. Esther walked towards the phone and answered it.

"Hello," Esther said but then she froze. After what seemed like three minutes she put the phone down and looked at Liz. There was fear etched on her face.

"What is it Ellen?" Esther said.

"We have to leave at once," Esther said. "He's here." Liz understood what Esther meant. Mikael or Silas was here.

"I'll go get the necessary things," Liz said as she ran up the stairs.

"What happened, Grandmother?" Zane asked.

"Nothing to worry about sweetheart, we are going on a trip," Esther said.

After what seemed like a half an hour, Liz had all the necessities in the car. She took enough clothes for all five kids and themselves. Each of the kids took their favourite toys. She took all the photos and albums because that would definitely give them away and passports and money. Esther burned the extra things that could possibly give clues that there were children in the house. After the children and Liz got into the car, Esther did a final check and they were on their way to the Aberdeen airport.

"Where is he?" Liz whispered.

"Bernard said that two men by the names of Shane and Mikael had just arrived at Heathrow Airport," Esther said. She then showed her the pictures of the surveillance cameras at the airport that were sent to her phone. "He sent photos too."

"They will keep searching around here," Liz said. "And the place they won't look is," her Sheriff experience coming back.

"Home," Esther finished.

"Call Bea and leave her a message," Liz said.

"No, we could possibly put her in danger. We'll tell her when she calls," Esther said.

"Are we going to Mystic Falls?" Arianna asked.

"Is Aunty Bea in danger?" Noah asked.

"At this moment we are going to Virginia," Esther said. "Listen well all five of you. We are going to Virigina, USA. I know you all are very curious and concerned about your parents. And there are many questions that we have not answered yet. We will tell you everything very soon but right now is not the time. The rule of not telling anyone about your parents or who you are applies here. Also, I may remind you, that if you are in any kind of danger at anytime from now on, you have our full permission to use your supernatural abilities to bring yourselves to safety. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Grandmother," the five chanted.

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"Kol," Bonnie said quietly. She slowly walked back to the door to peep outside to see where the hybrids were. They weren't in sight so she closed the door and walked back to the coffin. She had to take the dagger out but he would be so hungry that he would try to sniff her out and feed on her. This could also give them away to the hybrids. Finally she decided to put two bags of blood by his hands and slowly pulled the dagger out. Kol's lifeless body slowly came back to colour and his eyes opened. He immediately sat up and looked around but his attention was immediately pulled away by the blood bags. He quickly drained them. Once Bonnie saw that he had the blood bags she walked towards him a little. His face turned towards her as he heard her footsteps.

"Kol," she whispered.

"Bonnie?" Kol said just as softly recognizing her voice.

"Sshhh, you can't see me because of an invisibility spell but the hybrids are still around," Bonnie said.

"I can't hear them. Where are you?" Kol said.

"They went to check the gates. I'm here in the left corner," Bonnie said. "Are you under control?" she asked.

"Still a little hungry," Kol said. Bonnie took out the three extra bags of blood and threw them at Kol.

"Drink up," she said. Kol smirked and did what he was told. Suddenly, he started to stare at her.

"I can see you," he said. Bonnie smiled. Kol walked towards her and hugged her.

"I'm glad you're okay," Bonnie said.

"I must say you look different. Hotter," Kol whispered. Bonnie smiled.

"You will not believe how long it's been," Bonnie said. "It's been…" but was stopped by Kol's fingers on her lips.

'They are back' he mouthed.

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