(I want to say I'm making this stuff up as I go. I've never really done these things. Also I'm sorry if you get confused with all the different POVs. But I'm only using them to represent time passing.)
June 2nd
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
I woke up, no one in the house but ME and HER. I sighed in relief. I didn't have anyone to care for but ME…. And Elena. I rolled over and smiled at her sleeping form in MY bed. Just the way I like it. Today she was going out with Bonnie and Caroline… I think. Something like that.
I got up out of bed and got in the shower, bathing. I was happy and I had 29 days without those idiots. Today was June 2nd. They were coming back July 1st. I took my towel and dried off before coming my hair. My beautiful hair.
I went down to the kitchen to get breakfast. I grabbed a blood bag and walked into the basement. Today, my work began. I sighed. Did I really have to go see her ugly face? She obviously hates us. I walked down the steps and looked into her cell. She was staring at the door. When I appeared her head snapped up.
"Damon? Let me out of here. Please."
"Sorry, I can't do that. But here's something to FINALLY eat!" I threw her the blood bag and got my bag of vervain ready. I grabbed some things to torture her with before walking right inside the cell with her and locking the door. "Today, you and I are going to have some fun." I turned to face her and her face showed utter fear at the objects I was holding.
(Klaus POV)
I was in the living room, drinking my breakfast. Everyone but the kids were up. My father had texted me that our mother was coming over with Freya and Dahlia for a bit. They needed to talk to us. I was just sitting, waiting. Stefan was at my side doing the same. Rebekah was leaning against my shoulder as she watched the TV. Elijah was sitting reading the paper as Gen and Hayley were trying to talk to me about the children… MY children.
"Nik are you even listening?" I looked away from my drink and at Gen. My only response was the raising of my brow. She sighed. "Hayley, you try." I looked to her and she smiled.
"Klaus, Genevieve is trying to say that you've been working too hard with having to deal with Geena, Kolinn, and Marcel all at the same time. Now that KOL is back your time is going to be even harder to split up. I mean we ALL know how HE acts. And what with having Tyler around again, not to mention Jeremy, you aren't going to have enough time to give. Then there's that new kid. Kai Parker or something. Who knows what he does."
"Is there a point somewhere in there?" I asked, bored. I went right back to my drink and waiting again. She groaned before throwing something at me. I dodged and glared at her. "What is your problem?" I growled. Katerina snickered and I turned on her.
"NIKLAUS! Sit down." I glared at Elijah and walked out of the room. I found Dahlia and Esther waiting, Freya standing beside Dahlia. I smiled.
"Hello. Come in. Follow me." They came in and I led them to the living room I'd just left. "We have visitors." I plopped right back where I was and Stefan smirked.
"I got your revenge." He whispered.
"No, ALL I have to do is reveal one small secret and everyone will know HOW she found out about the moonstone in the first place!" She glared at me and I beamed at her reaction. No, she wouldn't want me revealing that would she?
(Stefan POV)
What are they hiding? I looked at the women who came in and smiled at the girl. The blonde one was obviously HIS mom. Wow. Both our moms came back to life. I looked at Klaus. "Which can I take?" He looked at me. His face was telling me I was an idiot. Then I realized something. "Are they your family?" He nodded.
"Niklaus? I wanted to tell you something. Can I have your attention please?" Esther asked. She'd sat down on a different couch. The black haired one was on her right and the girl was on her left. Nik turned his head to her.
"Sure, what is it?" He asked, actually sounding kind. Then again he'd promised to try and fit her into his family.
"This summer I was thinking about taking Dahlia and Freya back to our homeland."
"For the summer?" He smiled. He was glad to be rid of her?
"Yes, I was thinking that as sisters I'd take her back. We'd be back by August."
"Very well. What did you come for my acceptance? My permission?"
"I was. I am also going to tell you to call Tyler every day. I won't be able to contact you."
"You don't have a phone."
"No, I don't."
"You may go. You have my permission." I smiled. This is what you call a family.
"Thank you." Dahlia and Freya got up, ready to leave. "Wait, will you promise me you will call your father?" Nik rolled his eyes.
"Maybe I will, maybe I won't. It's not your business."
"But how will I know you are safe?" I just realized she cared for Nik and he didn't want anything to do with her. Just like my mom wanted nothing to do with me and I cared for her….
"Because you know I cannot be killed."
"What is taking so long?" Mikael asked. I hid behind Klaus. HE was here?! Nik laughed. Mikael turned to glare at him. "What are you laughing at boy."
"Only the fact that my friend still finds you scary. When in reality I am the ONLY scary thing in existence. I even scare myself sometimes." Mikael started approaching but one of the two girls spoke.
"Mikael, leave him." The black haired one answered. Esther approached and kissed Nik on the forehead, he dropped back, surprised.
"I love you Niklaus. Goodbye. At least until I see you again in August." They left the house and Nik tried to wipe off the kiss with his sleeve.
"Ugh. So what were you girls saying? We need to wake the kids up since they've come and gone."
"That you are taking a summer break from Kolinn and Geena."
"For this month. Enjoy your time sweethearts. Come Stefan, we need to wake up the others."
"Nik, my mother hates me."
"Not as much as I hate mine."
"Really?" He frowned. I'd told him of last week with my mother and how things went, she had tried to KILL ME!
"Fine, I'll fix her. I'll compel to love you as much as mine does. With a few tweaks here and there, to make her YOUR mother and not mine. If you know what I mean."
"How much does she love you?" I asked, I'd never seen her loving him, not when they had real family.
"She loves me so much she used to call me…" He frowned. "… sweet precious child of mine. Ugh. What hideous words. The word she used most often with me was precious." I laughed.
"My precious. Sweet precious." I replied, referring to the Hobbit. He only glared at me before dropping his glare and opening their door.
(Kol POV)
"Wake up. We have a day filled with fun planned in our future. First, take a bath. That includes you Kol." I groaned.
"Stop saying that!"
"Well then instead, I'll tell you what orders DON'T include you." I got down from the bed using the slide and went to the bathroom. I washed as told before dressing myself up for breakfast. And the day of course.
I went downstairs and sat down at the table, watching Elijah warily. He smiled at me and I smiled back. Okay so he wasn't going to kill me… what did I do? Oh… last night… please don't know about that. Act natural. No one knows anything. I grabbed my plate and some silverware, grabbed Tyler's drink and drank his blood and refilling it with cold soda, having washed out the last of the blood. I put it back down and Tyler entered the room. I showed him to his seat before I sat down myself and waited.
(Kai POV)
I was done washing and was now looking around for my clothes that I'd washed. They were playing hard to find.
"Would you like me to find you something to wear? You've searched through those clothes three times already. If you're looking for your clothes you brought over, Rebekah took them to the dry cleaners." I sighed.
"Those were mine. I'll see if anything deserves to be worn." I found a dark blue shirt and light blue jeans. Hmm. I took them out of the closet and went to the bathroom to change clothes. I looked brilliant in them even if they weren't mine to begin with. I went out to see he was still there. "You know. I changed my mind, those clothes? They are all MINE." I closed my closet and walked out.
(Tyler POV)
We were eating breakfast and Daddy was talking to us, about what we were going to do today. I finished up my eggs and bacon as I listened to him talk.
"Today we're going to go to an amusement park, a water park, then we'll go out for a snow cone and come home to wash up so we can go see a movie today. Then if you kids still have energy, we'll go to the park for a while. Then we'll come home and you guys can watch TV. Then I'll send you guys off for Dinner, then bed. How does that sound?" I nodded my head and so did the others.
"Does anyone remember when the Fire works comes on?" Kai asked after we were watching Rebekah gather up the plates.
"That would be the fourth of July."
"Oh, so we'd be where? Mystic Falls?"
"Yes. In Mystic Falls. Or at least this year you will be."
"What do you mean this year?" Jeremy asked.
"Well I mean to say that I think Damon implies to keep this up for EACH summer we have."
"Oh great. I'm a bag of hot potatoes." Kai replied.
"No. Not at all. We both love the lot of you. I planned today. Now who wants to plan tomorrow? We'll take turns doing this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Will you guys come home for lunch or should we knock you guys off the list?"
"No list. I will be bringing home something to eat from a diner or something."
"OOH! Rousseau's!" Aunt Rebekah called.
"Anyone else?"
"Not a problem." Uncle Elijah replied.
"I'm fine with not cooking." Hayley answered.
"Nor I." Genevieve responded.
"I'm okay with it." Katherine stated. Nadia just nodded.
"I'll get McDonald's for the kids." Stefan called.
"Fine. So be it." Daddy stood. "You five are coming with me. However, Geena is still too young for adult food. She doesn't have any of her baby teeth yet."
(Kai POV)
We were at the amusement park. Storyland. Awesome place really. Though, it was more of a Kid's place than something for a teen or an adult. Why did he pick this place? I looked around at him to see what he wanted, he was trying to get our attention.
"Children, I'll call you or find you when we're leaving. You can all split up for this place, it'll make it more fun for you. Just don't leave these grounds."
"Yes Daddy." He sat down on a park bench and I turned toward the tracks. There was a train! I walked down the aisles and found the place we were supposed to get on. I waited and when the train came back around, I got on where I was pointed to.
When I was bored, I got off, too slow. Unlike a real train. I spotted Tyler and walked over to him. "HEY! I've been looking for you. Do you like roller coasters?"
"Yes, I said that."
"Follow me! I found some awesome rides!" I followed him to the roller coaster, it was dinosaur roller coaster. AWESOME! I guess, it depends. Does it have a scary T Rex? No dinosaur is complete without him.
We got on and I waited for it to start. It started out slow but when we went down the first hill, it was faster than the usual roller coaster… for children. It was fun but I liked most was that it did have a T Rex. It reached down to eat us as we passed through it's legs. I laughed as we past and I looked up to see how big it's tail was.
We went around three times before we were let off. Tyler led me away quickly and we arrived at a place with bumper cars? But these it looked like you actually drove it down a track or something. I looked at him.
"Tyler? You live in New Orleans don't you?"
"Yeah, what of it?"
"How often do you get to go on these amusement park rides?"
"The whole city or just this park?" I smiled, amazed.
"Okay so that's something you do that a normal kid doesn't. Walk around, playing on amusement parks and everything else when you feel like it."
"That is because Klaus is my Dad, he has more than enough money and he never will run out. What I want to know is where he gets that money. Now shut and drive." I began to drive my 'car' around. My hair flew behind my back as I went speeding down the area and turned around to do the same thing.
When the ride was over, I was happy. I preferred Bumper Cars. Though it was fun. I looked around for another play ride and he led me to the Dutch Shoe. I got in and he got beside me. "I bet I can make you sick. By spinning in circles! Which is where we're headed next." I laughed.
"I doubt it Tyler. Nothing ever makes me sick!"
"We'll see about that!" We went into the air and started spinning around. I saw the whole park from up here, even some of the outside houses. It was awesome! I smiled. I had just thought of something.
"Hey, you ever venture off to New Orleans Six Flags?"
"Umm. No Daddy tells me I can't go there, that their closed. Why? Have YOU been there?" He asked, surprised.
"Oh don't act astonished! You know I'm better than you!"
"HA! You wish!"
When we landed he led me off to another place but Klaus stepped in the way with Jeremy and Kol. "Sorry mates but we're leaving. We need to go get ready for Blue Bayou." He smiled.
"Wow! YES!" We went over to the car and he drove off toward home again.
(Tyler POV)
We were home but we were given a time limit to change into our swim clothes, find some clothes to wear afterwards and find a towel. If we didn't, he'd find us clothes and a towel. I wanted to know what he was planning. I wouldn't just upright ask him though! I knew not to do that. Besides, he'd probably not say anything.
I found an orange beach towel, a brown shirt, and a pair of jeans to wear. I went downstairs and he smiled at me. I was wearing my swim clothes but underneath the clothes I'd been wearing. I waited and the others came running down the stairs as the time limit was starting to come. We were only given four minutes. Weird but it must be important, he NEVER gave time limits like that unless he was counting. I gulped at just the thought. If he were counting, you were in trouble.
"Okay, let's go! I've still got great plans!" He led us back to the car and we got in quickly. He drove off to the Blue Bayou.
(Kol POV)
We were at the Blue Bayou and Nik was yet again instructing us. "You children have an hour but know that by the end of the hour you better have bathed and washed so we can go get snow cones. If you want, I'll inform you of when you need to get it done."
"Nope! I'm good." I replied. Everyone nodded and I quickly grabbed Jeremy and ran off. He was MY playmate for today. Tomorrow would be either Kai or Ty. I found a ride. Racers. Perfect! I led him up the steps, almost vamping him up there. That would be quite awkward.
When we reached the top he sighed. "Are we here?"
"For this ride we are! I can't wait to take you down the water slide!" I got in one of the slides before looking at him. "I'm not talking about this one. There is one that is WAY more awesome!"
"Okay, I'm getting the feeling that Klaus spoils you guys."
"Poor you got stuck with Damon." I giggled at him before going "WHEEE!" Down the water slide. He tried to catch up but it was no use! I was too fast. When we got to the bottom I helped him swim back up to the surface.
"I thought vampires hated swimming."
"Nope! Follow me! There is so much to DO!" I took him to Pirate's Cove. "Enjoy yer time here matie. You'll be headed off to yer deeth in a ye here minute." I said, again leading him off to the slides. We went down each of them, me screaming in delight.
I got out and looked around for Jeremy, I retrieved him and ran up to the 'pirate man'. I had dubbed him that myself. He finally had a name. "This man is ugly, never touch him."
"Kol! What the hel-"
"P."
"Huh?"
"No cursing when we're having so much fun, Nik won't care. Follow me!" I grabbed his arm and ran off again. Happy to be here with him! I'm so hyped and I don't know why. Usually I feel this way but not this much. I led him to the Voodoo slide. I led him up the stairs and he was trembling.
We got in the raft for the next to go and he clung to my hand. "Kol." He whispered. I held up a finger and soon we went down the slide. "KOL! I'm terrified!. This slide is huge!"
"Oh don't worry."
"Easy for you to say, you can see."
"Would I let someone hurt you?"
"No."
"Then be quiet unless your screaming, speaking of which!" I began to scream, happy!
We reached the bottom after what seemed like forever to scream. But Jeremy joined me so I wouldn't stop. We landed in the water and I looked down. I wanted to land in the water. No fair. I looked around anymore slides to take him on?
I took him to Lafitte's Plunge. He frowned at the drop. I smiled. "Hey, don't worry. I'm here with you. I love you mate, I could never let anything bad happen to you." I put him in the slide and sat beside him. "Ready? Imagine yourself fighting off your fears."
"Well that I can I do." He replied.
"See? My point exactly."
"How many more rides until we have to go wash?"
"Umm. I have no clue. He said we had an hour. WEE!" I screamed as I went sliding down and I almost felt terrified of the plunge but I remembered, I could jump off any time I needed to. I went down, down, down, until I finally went SPLASH! I floundered around, trying to find Jeremy. He came splashing down next to me. I grabbed him and swam to the top. I smiled.
"See? No problem!" I led him out of the water and thought. "Our last ride MUST be High Riders. Come, quickly!" I grabbed him and took him over there. "As soon as we're done, we're bathing." I led him up the stairs and we went as soon as possible.
I had fun going down all the twists, even landing on my stomach once. I smiled as I went flying into the water. BEST. PART. EVER! I swam to the surface, looking around for Jeremy. We'd spent plenty of time doing these rides, the hour must almost be up. He swam to the surface, using Dog Paddle. Before he actually started swimming. I grabbed him and took him to the showers and gave him shampoo.
We took five minute bathes, YAY! "Now we get snow cones! Though I could have easily bought them myself. But Nik planned this day so, I thought I'd be kind. Come on Jeremy! Let's go find something else to do!"
"Like find your brother."
"OOH! Awesome idea!" I thought for a minute. "Did you get sunburn?" He blushed.
"No, your other brother made sure that I'd put on sunscreen. Your sister made sure of it for Kai."
"Good, their responsible idiots. I'm glad. Who will lead this expedition?"
"You because you have a good sense of smell and I don't feel like it." I nodded and grabbed him again. "Is this how this entire day is going to go? You grab me and lead me off?"
"Nope! Just for now." I led him away and out, finding my brother after what was maybe five minutes. "NIKY!" I hugged him, letting go of Jeremy. He hugged me back.
"Kol. So are you done?"
"Yes, how much time do we have to find Tyler and Kai?"
"Only a minute." He pointed and I looked to see they were racing over, Tyler winning of course. I smiled before jumping him, letting Kai win. He grumbled at me and shoved me off. I smirked at him.
"It wasn't fair because he's a human. Where did his witch power go?"
"The cure remember?"
"Ah yes. I remember Damon got rid of it."
"Come on. To the car with all of you." I carried our bags to the car and set them down in the back before getting myself in the car. "Okay, off to get snow cones and Nachos."
(Jeremy POV)
"What flavours do you want?" Klaus asked. I was amazed. I'd just been to two places and had the best time of my life!
"Cherry!"
"Banana!"
"Root Beer!"
"Orange!"
"Watermelon!"
"Cherry Vanilla Swirl!"
"Blue Moon!" Klaus laughed.
"Okay, maybe I should rephrase or you are going to call out all flavours in existence. What flavour do each of you want?"
"Cherry Vanilla Swirl!"
"Blue Moon!"
"Banana!"
"Root Beer!"
"Watermelon!"
"Okay, then. That's better. You are all getting your own thing of nachos though." I cheered.
"YAY!"
"WHOOHOO!"
We pulled up into the window and he ordered the food. Then we drove off, I slowly ate mine, making sure to cool down my tongue with my snow cone after each bite of burning nacho. "Okay so now we're off to Rousseau's for some fries and burgers for all!" He drove off from the parking space, he'd called Elijah to get their orders.
When we got there he went in, locking the car behind him. I smiled at Kol. "You wanna open the door and see if it'll be beep?"
"Ooh."
"No guys don't. Today's gone so smoothly." Tyler complained.
"Okay, I won't."
"Nor shall I." Soon he came back with a stack of boxes. I looked at him.
"What's in the boxes?"
"As I said. Food for everyone. Also, Dinner. Now we're going to McDonald's." He drove off and we went to McDonald's. He went in and came back with bags. I rolled my eyes, he was going to kill us by over feeding us.
"Now we're going home!" He drove out of the parking space now.
(Kai POV)
We were at the house again, but just for a minute or so. We were dressed, fed, and now dry. Klaus came back as soon as he'd left. He got back in the car. "Okay now that we've had lunch, we can now have a movie! But first, give me your trash."
I gave him my empty nacho box and my empty cup. He took all of them before he disappeared and came back again. "We're going to go see Tomorrowland. Won't that be fun?"
(Tyler POV)
We arrived at the movies and he rushed us to the movie room we were supposed to be at. "Okay. Now I'll go get you kids something to munch on while we watch the movie."
"But we just ate." Jer complained.
"I'll be right back, it's for during the movie, I'm not saying you HAVE to eat it." He left and I laughed at him.
"He NEVER forces you to eat anything you don't want to. Unlike normal parents."
"Hey you be quiet, he got stuck with Damon and Damon is an A-"
"shtray. Hello! We are still not at home."
"Whatever."
"Leave Kol alone."
"Why should I?"
"Because if you don't I'm going to-"
"Shush, the movie's starting." Daddy replied. I turned toward the screen and saw that yeah, it was starting. Cool. We'd gotten here just right on time.
When the movie was over, along with the credits, I was amazed! This was the very FIRST time I'd predicted a movie's ending and the movie reminded me of another movie, but this one was MORE AWESOME! It reminded me of The Robinsons.
"So do you kids still have energy?" Daddy asked. I looked up.
"Why? Do we still have places to go?"
"The park. Remember?"
"YES!"
"Shush! Which way do you want to leave?"
We got out of the movie theater and went back to the car. "Which park is it Daddy?" I asked.
"Yes Daddy which park is it?" Kai laughed. I shot him a glare.
"You'll see."
(Jeremy POV)
I was tired out already but I didn't want to ruin everyone's fun. We drove off and when he parked we were at the zoo. What does New Orleans NOT have? "Welcome to Audubon Park, NOLA. Now I want to see some happy faces while your out there. Now go play!"
I got out of the car and Tyler had already ran off with Kol. I ran behind them with Kai on my tail. I found the swings but what caught my attention was Tyler. He'd jumped from the stairs to the net and now he seemed to be unable to get his balance. As a hybrid, I knew it was just me. He could easily get his balance.
I walked up the stairs and jumped on the net as well. I went a bit too close to the ground but I went shooting back into the sky. I laughed as I fell back down. It was like a trampoline! I looked at Kol. "A little help?"
"No! You find your own way off!"
"Ooh! Can we go to the library?" Ty asked, he got off the net and pulled me with him. "There you go Jeremy." He ran back around and jumped back on the net. I walked off to the swings and began to swing myself back and forth.
"Look at me! I'm Simba!" Tyler jumped onto the net but instead of staying where he was, he moved to fall onto the ground, floundering his arms and legs like Simba had when he fell from the tree. I saw him get caught or land on Klaus. "Um." I looked over to see what Kai was doing.
He was trying to climb the whole structure, Kol had disappeared. I watched Kai, wanting to know if he could actually do it. But Klaus got onto him for it. Aw poor Kai. Kai, instead, walked off. Now I was the only one there so I got up and ran after him and Tyler.
I found Tyler hanging from a tree. "Now I'm Tarzan."
"Um, correction. Tarzan never hung from a tree."
"Shut up! I'm using my imagination." He climbed up the tree, higher. I walked over to the tree and climbed up to the top. As far as I dared. I found a water park and the park we'd just left. I looked at Tyler.
"Hey!"
"Yeah?"
"Can we go over there?" I pointed and he climbed higher to see.
"Ooh, keen eye Jeremy. Sure! I'd love to!" He helped me climb down and then his twig he was clinging so desperately to broke and he fell to the ground. I laughed, running off before he could touch me. "Fine, we'll make it a game of tag! I'm coming for you Jeremy!"
I raced over to the park and he was hot on my trail, catching up quickly. I grabbed the long pole and shouted.
"SAFE!"
"Okay, fine. You win." I looked at him, confused.
"You're going to let me win?"
"Well I'm not going to cheat and I'm not going to lurk, so yeah. Besides, I'm not the one with a must-win ego." He replied, walking off.
"HEY! I don't either."
"Not saying you do."
"But I do!" Kol called. "I want to have the most pounced record for today." I raised a brow before getting an idea.
"Is that so Kol?"
"Yes." He puffed out his chest. I jumped him and he went skidding in the water. "YAY! Now your turn Ty. Otherwise I'm tied with Nik."
"Yeah well he FORCED me to land on him Kol."
"Oh come on! Please? It's for your Uncle Kol." Ty jumped him and smirked at him before getting up and walking back to the stairs and walking along the bridge. I helped Kol back to his feet and he smiled. "Can you swim?"
"Yeah." He grabbed me and led me away to the slides and pushed me. I laughed as I fell down the slide and came to a stop when the slide ended. I looked up at him. "Pretty small slide Kol."
"Well get out of the way! I came too quickly." I jumped out and he came right in my place. "Sorry bout that."
"Who wants to be chased?" Kol asked, getting out and shaking himself off from the water. I looked down to see I was wet myself. I looked around, for something else to do.
"You kids might want to hurry up. We have to be home soon. For Dinner. I'd already bought it so we just need to reheat it."
I sighed. I went to the wheel go round or whatever you call it. I got on and called Tyler over.
"Want me to spin you?"
"Of course, I could never get it to go fast." I smiled and leaned back, ready for this.
"Fine but if you want me to stop you just have to say so." He grabbed a bar and began to run. I went sliding and grabbed a bar and held on as tight as I could. "If you want me to go faster, you know what to do too."
"Okay then, faster!" He did, he went faster than before and the scenery turned into blurry but I could still see colours. "Faster!" The scenery turned into one big blur. "FASTER!" He vamped in circles, I mean he had to to make it where my head hurt from the spinning. "STOP!" He did and I went flying. "Not that fast!" I laughed as I landed on my back. Actually Kol had caught me. I felt sick. I got to my feet and ran off to the grass. Just in case.
"Here, eat this. It'll make you feel better and NOT vomit. It's what the Gemini use." Kai handed me a plant and I did my best to eat it, which was actually quite successful. It tasted sweet.
"Okay! We're leaving!" Klaus called. We went back to them and we walked back to the car. "How was your day? Did you enjoy it?"
"Who are you talking to Nik?"
"All of you."
"I LOVED it."
"Delightful."
"Can we do this again tomorrow?"
"It was AWESOME! Especially the movie!"
"That is how one lives. That means me." Kol said, laughing.
"Yeah, give me a pin. I need to go there!"
"You can, in your imagination!"
"Hey! Shut UP!"
"Excuse me, what was your favourite part of the day?"
"Movie!"
"I can't even remember what we did today. The Blue Bayou?"
"How about the amusement park we went to?"
"The WHOLE day!"
"Oh yeah? Steal my line? MY LIFE!" I laughed at Kol. Maybe there was a screw missing but he was funny. The only one to fight him for that title was Tyler.
(Kol POV)
"When is Dinner?" Nik asked Genevieve.
"In about 20 minutes, hey Nik. Welcome back." I turned away to go find the other four.
"We're having dinner in 20 minutes!"
"I vote fish!"
"I vote burger!"
"I vote vote!
"I vote burrito!"
"I vote me!"
"Ew, that's disgusting Kol."
"What? Do I taste nasty to you?"
"Um Kol, don't." Jeremy replied.
"Fine. Well turn the TV on or something. By the way, I'll be planning tomorrow. It'll be fun!"
"I should hope so!"
"Kai what do you want to watch?"
"I don't know what's on." I grabbed the remote and turned the TV on. "Besides, we won't have enough time to watch anything. Dinner is here in twenty minutes, you said so yourself. Remember? Why is there planned times for meals anyway?"
"You'll have to ask Nik that."
"I know exactly what we should watch!" he snatched the remote and I snatched it back. "NO! Bad Kai. You ask for things. Now ask me for the remote." He laughed at me.
"I'm sorry, I think I must have misheard you." He got up and walked over to the TV. "I'll just change it here." I sighed. Poor Nik. Taming Tyler and now having to tame this one. Rascals. Hilarious. The thing was back in Nik's day he was the worst brat you'd ever in your life come across. Now he was using his skills to tame the other imps.
He changed the channel to Cartoon Network and sat down. "It's too bad we missed the Tom and Jerry show."
"Teen Titans Go! Is also awesome." Ty sat down beside him and Jer sat by me. I smiled. To each his own. Okay that is NOT how you use that analogy but still. I smiled, remembering an analogy from the movie.
"I got stung by the bee so we'll jump on the beehive!" They laughed.
"We came here just in time to see one episode out of two."
When it was ending, sadly we were called away. I stayed in my chair, defying their call. I WILL watch the ending.
(Kai POV)
"Dinner!"
"I'm in here!" I called, watching the small green dude, Beast Boy as people call him, and the cyborg, which was amazingly his name. I think. They were sitting on the couch, laughing. They'd had a long stare down over a piece of pizza that landed on the floor. They yelled at anyone in the episode who said the word 'responsibility'. I laughed as they high fived each other and then it ended with their friends, Robin Raven and Sapphire, running from robots who shot lasers from their eyes.
"Dinner! Kol! Kai! GET in here!" I sighed, turned the TV off as it went to commercials and went into the room I was being called to.
"You called?" I replied.
"Sit down. It's time for Dinner."
"Do I have to eat in here? Can't I watch TV?"
"Sure you could but that is not how this is going to work."
"And why not?"
"Because this is family tradition."
"Why?"
"Because it shows how much we love and care for each other. We have time to tell each other how our day went."
"Why? Can't we show that in a different way? I'm not part of your family." I could see I was working his buttons finally. Damon would have already yelled at me. Just thinking about that made me smile. He inhaled and exhaled slowly.
"Why? Because we are paying attention to each other over other things. It shows respect and love. Yes we could but eating together as a family helps bring us closer. SIT." He pointed at a chair and I stared at him.
"I'm not part of your family." He smiled.
"Why is that?" This was getting too personal. I sat down and waited. "Kai?"
"Because my last name isn't Mikaelson."
"According to what I hear, your family is dead so you need a new one. You can be a Mikaelson or you can be a Salvatore."
"Oh, didn't you hear? Damon HATES me." I smiled. I won.
"Well maybe you're a Mikaelson. Eat, Kai." I grabbed my fork until I saw we had fish. I smiled, picked it up instead and began to eat. We had fish, mozzarella sticks, and corn. "That is your second warning Kai." I rolled my eyes. 'Warnings' are just ways of avoiding the problem. The problem being them.
"A Mikaelson? I swear you will find that you ALSO hate me." I smiled at him before picking up my second fish.
"Me? I HATE no one!"
"Nik, do not say things you can't keep." He scoffed.
"Silence Rebekah."
I ate my food in silence and when I finished, he turned his attention to us. The others had left at his request. "So today was fun. What do you kids want to do tomorrow? Who wants to plan tomorrow's events?" Kol raised his hands in the air. "Any objections?" No one said a thing. "Very well then. Kol will plan June 3rd, which is a Wednesday. The rest of you go play, I need to speak to Kol." I got up and left the room, happy to be free of him.
(Tyler POV)
"Daddy? When are we supposed to go to bed anyway? 11?" I asked, trying to hide my hope that he'd say yes.
"Nice try Tyler. No, you are ALL going to bed at 10. Take Jeremy and leave. Go watch TV or play games. Something. I need alone time with Kol."
"Okay." I sighed, leading Jeremy away. "You want to. Um what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. I'm tired out Tyler."
"How? I'm not."
"Because you're not human or werewolf anymore." We walked into the living room and saw Kai meditating. I sat in front of him.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to get my magic back. I think I'm failing. I don't know how to get my magic back, I've never had magic to lose."
"Would you like to try siphoning?"
"No, I've tried it already. But I will try again." He grabbed my arm and I looked at his face but he frowned. "It's not working. What did that derk feed me?!" I saw him get up and pace around the room. I saw Kol and Daddy leave the dinning room and walk through the room to the main entrance.
"So what are you going to do?"
"I didn't even feel a flicker or anything."
"Maybe by the end of the month you can siphon magic again."
"Then I'll need to find another way to become a vampire, and don't BITE me this time."
"Guys? Can we watch TV? Instead of talking about Kai?" I nodded and handed the remote to him. Kai sat back down and began to meditate again. I sighed. Poor Kai. I didn't know Damon was planning that.
(Jeremy/Tyler/Kai POVs :|)
Jeremy
I was watching the TV, it was lulling me to sleep. I was happy, fed and now tired. The movie really had been awesome to watch. I didn't exactly expect a movie to be better, or at least half better, than going to a party.
"You three, it's time to bathe and then you can stay up for another 50 minutes before bed." I got up, walking into the room he'd given me. I bathed myself, washing my hair as well so I wouldn't have to tomorrow.
When I got out, I dried off and went to find a board game to play with.
Tyler
I went to my bedroom, grabbing my new shampoo, because I'd ran out last time I'd been over here, and my towel and went into the bathroom, undressed, while also making a bath. I noticed that I had yet another blood bag on the counter, on top my tooth brush. I sighed. He's not going to stop is he? I grabbed it, opened it and drank as much as I dared. Then I poured the rest out and flushed the toilet, removing the evidence. I got in the bathtub and began to wash.
When I finished, I dried off and dressed myself in my pajamas. I went to go find Jeremy and see if he knew what he wanted to do for the '50' minutes we had 'left'.
Kai
I was still sitting, meditating when Klaus came in and told us it was time to bathe. I smiled at him to make him know I'd heard before returning to my task. I WANT MY MAGIC BACK! I felt him touch my arm and I opened my eyes to see he was sitting in front of me.
"Yes?"
"Did you hear me Kai?" His voice was kind. I nodded.
"I heard you. You said it's time for a bath. Why?"
"Because I saw that you were still just sitting here. Is there something wrong?"
"Yes. I'm meditating. I'll take a bath when I'm done."
"But I asked you to do it now." I sighed.
"Fine. I'll do it." I got up and he smiled at me, standing with me.
"And make sure to take a REAL bath."
"I'll take a bath, I said so." I walked past him and he called back at me.
"I'll know if you did or didn't Kaister. Just keep that in mind." I rolled my eyes.
"And I should care why?" I asked, walking into my room. I grabbed a towel and went in the restroom. I made a bath and sat in the water, going right back to what I was doing. The reason I did this so often was because I was desperate to have my magic back. That way I can get back on track.
"Do you need help Kai? You've not come out for a while."
"No, I'm fine." I bathed myself quickly before getting back out. "See? I told you I was fine." I dried off and got into my pyjamas I'd bought yesterday. They weren't the same as last night, I couldn't find those. These were plain blue pyjamas. But they were made of silk. Like the finest silk. I walked around, trying to find Tyler and Jeremy.
I found them in Jeremy's room. They had set out a board game and were just starting the game. "Hey Kai! Come over here!" I walked over and sat down.
"It didn't matter if you said that or not. I was going to come over anyway."
"Don't be a -"
"Jeremy! Don't say it." I looked back to see Klaus standing in the doorway. "So are you kids okay? Do you need anything? A glass of water? A snack? A bedtime story? Anything?"
"No, I'm fine Daddy. Thank you for asking."
"No thanks."
"I'm okay."
"Well then, I'll let you play a quick game before I send you all to your room. The one with the bunk bed of course. And since you kids took less time than I thought, you have a little over an hour to play your reindeer games." He smiled before leaving. I turned around back to the game. It was a weird game but it counted on not making a sound. Don't Wake Daddy?
"This game is the first I ever played and since you probably didn't ever play board games, I thought this would be a good place to start, I mean it's short and sweet. Besides, no one ever wins anyway. Not even me."
"Now would you be talking about YOUR Daddy or would be talking about THAT Daddy?" I asked. He frowned.
"I've… that is NOT the point Kai. The rules are basically we have to get to the fridge-"
"For beer." They stared at me before laughing.
"Five year olds want beer."
"No, whiskey's the best."
"It's actually a really short game. Who's the youngest?"
"Oh? What? Is the youngest the first to disobey and order?" I teased. I knew that was probably going to be Jeremy. Tyler was born in February. "You go first Jeremy. What skin colour you want to be?" He looked through the colours and chose red.
"Now spin the spinner." He did and it landed on green. "So you move forward four spaces." Jeremy moved his character. "TV. You turned the TV on. What is wrong with you? Now you have to press the alarm clock six times and pray he doesn't send you back to bed." Jeremy pressed the button and he pressed it twice before the dad came shooting up.
"Man!"
"Now you go back to bed. Who's got his card? A TV." I handed him the card and he smiled.
"Thanks."
"Okay my turn. I'll do the same." He smiled, taking his turn, picking orange for his character and going forward ONE space, because he got red. "I have to press the button three times." He pressed the button once and he jumped up. "Oops." He went back to bed. "You're turn Kai." He retrieved the roller skates card.
I spun the spinner, picking blue for my character, and going forward three spaces. Yellow baby for three alarms. I was safe! I pushed it three times and he stayed asleep! I gave Jeremy the spinner and he went forward two spaces. For two pushes he got a baseball bat. "Don't break anything Jer." I laughed. Kids were always breaking things with their balls. He pressed the button and he was safe.
"YES!" Tyler took the spinner and went forward one space, again! I laughed at him as he pushed the button three times. He was safe even though, because he had the card. So I took the spinner and went forward four more spaces, landing on the trike. For four pushes. I was sent back to bed.
Jeremy took the spinner and went three spaces. Nothing. It had nothing so he was safe. Tyler took the spinner and went forward three spaces forward and landed on the baby and pushed it four times. He was sent back to bed. Jeremy again. He took the spinner and went forward three spaces. He broke glass!
"How could you?! Now you have to press the button FIVE times!" He was safe though because he stayed asleep. I took the spinner and went forward two spaces, baseball. I pushed the button twice and was safe. "Anyone else beginning to feel like if they wake him their dead?"
"Oh, only with my Daddy. Kai? I think Jer took your turn so you get two shots."
"I don't think Damon cares unless it's a school night." I spun again and went forward two more spaces, landing on the TV.
"Great, six times. I'm doomed."
"NO! Don't say that! You can change your future!" I nodded and pushed the button six times, and was SAFE! I threw my fist into the air.
"YES! I CAN change my future!" I handed the spinner to Jeremy but Tyler took it.
"HE went already. I need to go. Then I'll hand it to Jeremy." He spun and landed for yellow, which was three spaces from the beginning. So he had to push it four times. He was sent back to bed. "This game is RIGGED!" He handed the spinner to Jeremy. He spun and went forward three spaces to push the button six times. He was sent back to bed.
"HA!" I took the spinner and went to the broken glass myself. Five pushes. I was sent back to bed. Man. This game is rigged. I handed the spinner to Tyler. He went forward four spaces, TV, and six pushes. He was sent back to bed.
Jeremy went forward one space, safe. Tyler tried for one space, he was safe. I took the spinner and went for one space. I was safe. Jeremy went four spaces and landed safely. Tyler tried for the TV and was safe. I took the spinner. I took places with Jeremy. He took the spinner and went back to the broken glass. He was sent back to bed. Ty tried for the trike. He was sent back to bed. I went forward and landed on the trike. I was safe. Jeremy tried again and went forward one space. He sighed, and pushed the alarm. He was sent back to bed. Tyler went forward to the TV again.
"You just LOVE turning the TV on." He was safe. WHOOHOO! I took the spinner and went forward for the bird fruit and pushed the button six times. I was safe. This was getting difficult. I gave the spinner to Jeremy and he landed on the baby again. Sent to bed. Poor kid.
Jer handed it to Ty and he went forward over to the dog. OOPS! He went back to bed. I went forward one space, though that was good because it was safe. Green! I handed the spinner off to Jeremy. Ty and him were in bed and I was winning. Just like when Jeremy was winning and I and Ty were in bed.
Jeremy went back to the baseball. He was sent back to bed. Okay, eventually I was going to get used to him jumping up and scaring the shit out of us. Ty tried to escape his bed, landing on baseball, safe. I sighed in relief for him. Before I went forward on my venture for beer. Or was it whiskey? I landed on fruit and pushed the alarm four times. I was the one that had gone the farthest. I was safe, I sighed in relief. We needed to end this game soon.
Jeremy went forward to baseball again. He went back to bed. "I think I give up."
"NO! You can't do that!" I complained. "You've made it this far! Keep going! You can change the future!" He smiled before nodding. Tyler took the spinner and went forward to the baby. He was sent back to bed.
"See? I went back to bed to keep you company." I took my turn and went one space, I was safe. I sighed in relief.
"Fine, I'll stay." Jeremy took his turn and landed on the baby. He went back to bed.
"Good. I'd hate to have to stop this game, though I realize we are no longer using the cards. Which makes it harder or more fun I have no clue." Tyler took his turn as he spoke and went back to bed for the baseball.
"Why not both?" I asked, taking my own turn. I landed on the red cat and pushed the button, safe. I handed it to Jeremy and he got the purple star, safe after his five pushes. I clapped for him and he smiled. "See? You changed the future! Tyler, you must take your chance and change the future." He also got the purple star, and was safe.
"Now it's a RACE!" I grabbed the spinner and spun myself over one space and pushed the alarm clock 8 times. I was amazingly safe. When was he going to scream at us again? I handed the spinner to Jeremy. He spun himself over to the pots and pans for four pushes. He was safe. DAMN!
"Okay this is all for the win! Who gets whiskey?!" Tyler took his turn and landed dangerously on the CD player. He was safe. "THIS IS FOR THE WIN! We are ALL close to the end."
"Tyler what does it say about winning the game anyway?" I asked, the spinner told me it was time to go home.
"It says that you just have to spin the number that puts you there. Why?"
"Because I have to go to the fridge! YEAH!" I put my winner in the fridge. "MY WHISKEY! Go get it Tyler." He nodded and came back with a WHOLE bottle of whiskey. I snatched it and took a swig, it burned but I'd learned to ignore it. "So what? We share this?"
"Nope! You drink all of it. Go ahead. I picked the smallest we have." I tried my best to swig it down faster than I've ever done before, just so that no one knew. And by no one I meant Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, and Klaus.
When it was gone, I felt terrible, so I ate my herb from earlier. I'd collected a pile just for these reasons. I heard the door open and I was glad that the bottle had been successfully put in Tyler's bathroom.
"Where is Tyler?" Klaus asked.
"Is he-"
"He went to the bathroom, right?"
"YES."
"…Okay then. Thank you. You two go get in bed." I nodded and walked away to the bunk bed and got in on the bottom bunk, tonight I explore the basement. Jeremy got on the top one from me. When Tyler came in, led by Klaus, he looked at the top bunk.
"Was Kol in bed BEFORE we were?" I rolled off the bed and saw that YES, Kol was in bed, fast asleep.
"What happened to him?" I asked.
"Nothing, he just went to bed sooner than you kids did. I let him choose when to sleep. I let ALL of you decide when to sleep. You three just waited until the time limit. Now get in bed. Do you require a glass of water? Blood? A snack?" I shook my head. The others just climbed into bed, leaving me with my bottom bunk. I needed to wait a while before I tried getting out of bed to wander back to the basement.
(Jeremy POV)
I was bored, tired but too tired to actually fall asleep. Maybe I should have played music before I let him leave. "Psst. Jeremy." I looked down to see Kai. I frowned.
"What?" I whispered back.
"Wanna go see the basement? I bet you'll be tired then."
"Wha- How- Huh?"
"You're bed springs. Come on. Get down." I got down and he led me around the doors and finally opened one. "In here." I walked downstairs and saw an amazing stack of beers, books, and antiques. Also a few coffins. I guess the coffins he kept his siblings in?
"Look around." He whispered, walking over to the booze. He pulled one down and began to drink. I smiled at myself before I started looking through things and found a chest. I opened it to find letters. I closed it before walking over to the coffins, opening one to see what was inside. It looked just like a bed. I smiled.
"Kai? You wanna come pretend to be dead?"
"Sure. Can I keep my new wishkey?"
"Sure. Just come get in." He walked over and climbed in, laying back, putting the bottle back to his lips. I got into my own coffin. Looking at him, chuckling softly. He smiled before toasting me. I nodded and laid down, closing the lid.
"Can you hear me?" I whispered. He didn't answer. "Can you hear me?"
"Oh! Yes." I opened the lid before telling him to shush. "Why? If you're tired, go to bed."
"Yeah, I'd rather leave you to be found on your own." I wanted to add something but I didn't want to jinx myself. I went up the stairs again and went back to my room.
(Klaus POV)
I was in my own pyjamas, ready for bed. I was lying in bed, Stefan was also in the bed with me, in his pyjamas. We'd had a fun day and Stefan was ready for bed. I was still supposed to stay awake for the fact of Marcel.
"Nik? Why doesn't my mom love me the way yours loves you?" I thought about his question and the way I could answer such a touchy subject.
"Because your mom was in the Prison World and she had to give up on such things because she'd been in there so long. Her 'friends' were the only ones keeping her hope. You are lucky she didn't go crazy. They kept her hopes up of being able to leave and see your face again."
"So her friends helped her keep hope?"
"Yes."
"Why does she not love us now?"
"She's been in there too long. She needs to be shown love from her children. IF she is to reawaken her love for her children. She would have thought you were dead since you were BORN IN 1847. And it's been over a 100 years. Most HUMANS die before they reach that age, ESPECIALLY back then."
"OH! So she thought we died?"
"YES! That is exactly what I'm saying. She moved on, by turning her emotions off or something, because she lost hope that she'd see you again, IF she got back."
"Well now that you put it that way… I understand." I felt him roll over to look at me so I did the same. "Nik? You are the best friend ever." I smiled.
"Why thank you, my friend. As are you." I kissed his cheek before I knew what I was doing but he returned it and it wasn't that awkward anymore. I heard a racket in their room and vamped into their room, catching Jeremy before he fell. "Are you okay?" I asked, putting him back on his bed.
"Yeah, I'd just got done using the restroom. Sorry." I shook my head.
"No, no, no. You are human, you can't help it."
"Nik!" Stefan whispered. I looked at him. "Where did Kai go?" I looked at the beds and saw one of them were empty.
"I'll go look for him. Are you okay Jeremy? Can you get back to sleep?"
"Yeah. I can." I kissed his cheek and led Stefan out of their room and looked at him.
"Where do you want to look first?"
"The bathrooms." I listened in for him but there was no noise in ANY of the bathrooms. "He couldn't have left could he?"
"I have no clue but we best FIND him." I walked downstairs, listening hard for any noises that were NOT my siblings. Besides, they were already in their rooms. I found noises in the kitchen. I walked in there to find Kai digging through the drawers and cabinets. "Hungry?" I asked. He just kept at work looking.
"Yeah, I'm looking for something." I walked into the room and quickly made him a chocolate banana smoothie. He could have night time snacks any time. He wouldn't have the time to get fat, he was turning vampire as soon as this month was over, Damon was getting the necessary precautions taken care of.
"Kai, I found something for you to eat." He looked over and fell. I quickly caught him and a strong odour caught my nose. Was that… beer? No, whiskey. Why did he smell like that? I carried him over to his chair and sat down beside him, studying his scent.
"I hereibyby thank youf or your hep." He's drunk isn't he?
"Kai? What have you been drinking?"
"I have been drinking thiss." He held up the cup and I shook my head.
"Tell me the TRUTH."
"So what if I have?"
"You're not allowed to drink! You are HUMAN. How much have you had?"
"Like three bottles."
"Wrong or it wouldn't be so strong I could smell it from over here."
"Wrong, you can smell pretty much everything Nik."
"I don't need him having a hang over Stefan."
"I know. But what is Genevieve for?"
"He's still in trouble."
"Oh come on. Let him off with some slack."
"That would be a warning Stefan. That would be his third."
"And three and you're out. Well why not just hold off until he does something wrong next time?"
"Fine, or maybe since your so against it, you could do it."
"I'll go to bed now." I grabbed his wrist, shaking my head.
"No. I need to make sure you don't get a headache when you wake up. Go get Gen Stefan."
"Gin? Really? I thought you didn't want him to drink?"
"Genevieve?"
"OH. Okay." He left and I turned my attention to him. He came back quickly with a potion and I had Kai drink that as well.
"Now GET to bed." I smacked him and he yelped before walking out of the room grumbling. Stefan led me back to the bed we'd been in and I helped Marcel to bed. Ready for sleep myself.
(Damon POV)
"Okay Mother. Tell me you LOVE me."
"How can I love a man who hurts me?"
"Because you refuse to otherwise. LET ME hear you say Stefan."
"I love my family."
"And WHO is your family? Come on, we went over this earlier."
"My family. They are trapped on the otherside. In- AHHHH!" I'd staked her leg, AGAIN! She was by now a bloody mess. Blood on her clothes and her skin. The only place I didn't stake was her heart. Though I did try grazing it against her heart, still nothing.
"WRONG! Damon, which is ME, and Stefan are your family. Giuseppe was just a dumb ass man. You are our MOTHER. Lily Salvatore. Now who do you love?"
"I love my family." I rolled my eyes. She kept giving that SAME response over and OVER again.
"Who are your family?"
"My family is trapped on the- OWAAAA!" She grabbed for her knee but I'd already chained her to the wall and the floor.
"WRONG! Who are your family?"
"The others are trapped in the-"
"You know. I think we've had enough for tonight. I mean, I need to get other means than just staking you." I grabbed another chain and put the manacle around her neck. I chained her CLOSE to the wall so that she couldn't move her head. "THAT is for getting it wrong. AGAIN." I walked over to the door and closed it, locking it shut. I looked through the bars to see her staring at me.
"Damon, please!"
"I know, I know. You'll thank me for this later. Or Stefan will anyway. Now you have a good night. Mm hm." I closed up the bars so she was alone in the dark. Solitary confinement. I walked up the stairs to wash off and go find Elena. She was buying Dinner some time soon. Maybe tomorrow I'd make some progress.