June 3rd
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
I woke up without Elena today, I'd convinced her to go have a sleepover with Caroline and Bonnie and they were going out of town to go have some fun and go shopping. I got up and went downstairs to have breakfast.
When I finished, I got a small shot of blood for her and went downstairs to continue yesterday's work. I knocked on the door and she sighed. "Give in and we can end this right now. Who's your family? Your answer is supposed to be Damon and Stefan Salvatore. This time, just do as I ask."
(Tyler POV)
"Wake up. We have a day filled with fun planned in our future. First, take a bath." Kol was up immediately, I got up and followed suit, taking a bath before dressing myself up for breakfast. And the day.
I went downstairs and sat down at the table, waiting. I grabbed my plate and some silverware, Kol grabbed my drink and drank my blood and refilled it with cold soda, washing out the last of the blood. He put it back down. I smiled at him, mouthing my thanks.
(Kol POV)
Everyone had come in and sat down by now and we were eating breakfast as Nik talked to us, about what we were going to do today. I finished up my eggs and bacon as I listened to him talk. I had planned today, which had been AWESOME!
"Today we're going to go to ice skating, a movie, then we'll go out for cotton candy, Then if you kids still have energy, we'll go to the zoo 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 smirked and the others nodded.
Rebekah gather up the plates when we were done and Nik was checking his phone for something. "Kol planned today. Now who wants to plan tomorrow?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Will you guys come home for lunch or should we knock you guys off the list?"
"No list. We'll be doing just like yesterday. Right Kol?" I nodded. I preferred to eat out anyway.
"McDonald's!" Beky called.
"Anyone else?"
"Not a problem." Elijah replied.
"I'm fine with not cooking." Hayley answered.
"Nor I." Genevieve responded.
"I'm okay with it." Katherine stated. Nadia just nodded.
"Fine. So be it." Daddy stood. "You five are coming with me."
(Jeremy POV)
We were at Planet Ice Rink. Awesome! I looked around at Klaus who 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." He handed us all a $100 bill. "These are for tokens so you can play all the games you want."
"Yes Daddy." He sat down on a bench and I turned toward the rink. I was going to go skating. Tyler followed me and we skated together, sometimes we'd fall and laugh at each other. I made ice eights and circles and anything else I could think of.
"Hey you wanna go check out something that's REALLY awesome to play in?" I nodded. We too our shoes off and went back to the counter to give them back. We put our own shoes back on and went out to go find something else to play on. Whatever it was he'd talked about.
We headed off to a jungle gym and he took his shoes off again and started climbing in. I shook my head, laughing before following after him. I climbed in with him and we first had to get on a platform, turn around and do it again, over and over until we'd done it 5 times. Then we climbed out of that area and crawled into a box that had two exits.
"Forward or left?"
"I'll go left."
"I'll go forward." He smiled and I turned left and went a bit until I came to a right or forward option. I took to the right and was startled when it swung about, like it was unsturdy but that was what it was supposed to do.
I crawled forward and came to another section. I could enter an airplane head or I could keep going. I crawled into the airplane head and saw Kai and Kol chasing each other. I laughed and then gently banged on the plastic glass. Kol looked up and spotted me. He waved before grabbing Kai's arm and running off. I quickly backed out and headed forward and took a left and to my astonishment I fell down a hole and into a ball pit. I looked around for an exit but none of them looked like an exit. I was stuck? I laughed as two other forms came falling in with me. It was Kai and Kol.
"Hey mate. What are you doing in here?"
"Aren't you a bit too old?"
"I'm not!"
Another form came falling in and it was Tyler. "MAN! I thought I was heading in the right direction."
"What's wrong Tyler?"
"I was trying to find the higher level. But it's such a GIANT maze I'll NEVER find it. I found it once!"
"Well first, let's find a way out, and then we'll find our way over there. We'll go to the very top of this gym thing." Kol turned around and tried to climb up the wall of the cage we were in. He made it up a few feet but then slid right back down. He just kept trying. "I know this will work eventually."
"Yeah, sure." I replied. I went to the wall and walked my hand across the wall. I saw Kai just sit down and relax.
"If we're 'stuck' in here, then I'll just sit here until Klaus leaves."
"HA! As IF! He'll just get us dragged out or something. Don't be such a dumbie Kai." Tyler scoffed. He went to the other side and started rubbing his hands against the wall and we found the exit and Kai was disappointed.
We climbed back in, crawled back up to where we'd been and split up. I tried to find the higher level and Kol came over soon. "Follow me, I know where it is." I smiled and followed him quickly. We gathered the others and went up the higher level and found an amazing place. It had five different tunnels to go through and each had glass tinted windows, different colours and paintings.
I went down the middle and found the centre of it and sat down, waiting to see if they'd find it too. They did eventually and we looked out the windows. Tyler called us over to his and I crawled over to see through his window.
"What is he doing?" Tyler asked.
"Looking for us?" Kol offered.
"I'll go check it out." Tyler left and soon he motioned for us to come down. We slid down the slide that the only yellow tunnel led to, which Tyler had taken, and followed Klaus to the car.
(Kai POV)
We were at the movies 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, like yesterday. I'll be right back, it's for during the movie, I'm not saying you HAVE to eat it." He left. Klaus was back when the movie started playing. 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! At first I hated the movie but then it turned out to be a very good movie. I turned to Kol and thanked him for choosing this movie.
"Your welcome mate."
"Shush! Which way do you want to leave?"
We got out of the movie theater and went back to the car.
(Kol POV)
We were now in the car, eating our cotton candy like it was the last thing to eat for years to come. Mine was already gone. "We're at the zoo now. Get out and let's go see some exotic creatures." I got out of the car and headed out to find the tigers.
They were such beautiful creatures. Pushing each other into the water made me laugh. The other tiger's reaction was priceless. But they loved swimming so I guess that meant it didn't matter much to them.
Next I went to see the zebra, who were prancing around like nothing in the world mattered. I watched for a bit before finding my way over to the penguin section. They were wobbling around, just like little ducklings.
I went on to see snakes, lizards, emu, ostriches, and even rhinos. Then I decided I was ready to go. I found Nik easily and whispered to him. He nodded and we walked around, looking for the others. They came to us though and by the time Jeremy came over, Nik said it was time to leave.
(Tyler POV)
"I brought Dinner. We're having McDonald's."
"Okay, so now you bring the food?" Aunt Beky complained.
We sat down to eat and when we finished, Daddy sent us off to watch TV. I got up and followed the others. "What should we watch?"
"Another movie!"
"NO! Anything but that. We'll turn the TV on."
"What do you want to watch?"
"I don't know what's on." I grabbed the remote and turned the TV on.
"I know exactly what we should watch!" I snatched the remote and Kol snatched it back, Jer snatched it since he was the first one to have had it. "Ask him for the remote." He laughed at me.
"Why am I the only one who has to ask for the remote? I could just do this." He snatched from Jeremy. 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." I sat down beside Jer and Kol sat by me. I smiled.
"So today was fun. What do you kids want to do tomorrow? Who wants to plan tomorrow's events?" Jeremy raised his hand in the air. "Any objections?" No one said a thing. "Very well then. Jeremy will plan June 4th, which is a Thursday. The rest of you go play, I need to speak to Jeremy." Jeremy got up and left the room.
(Kol POV)
Kai was at it again. He was 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 jerk feed me?!" I saw him get up and pace around the room.
"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.
(Kol/Tyler/Kai POVs :|)
Kol
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.
"Though the movie did remind me what a REAL party is like." Tyler spoke up after a few minutes of silence.
"Yeah, I know."
"You guys wanna throw 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, I even had one in mind.
Tyler
I went to my bedroom, grabbing my shampoo 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 grabbed it, opened it and 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 Kai 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. I walked past him and he called back at me. "And I should care why?" I asked, walking into my room. I grabbed a towel and went in the restroom. I made a bath, sat down for a few minutes before getting out and drying myself off and got out. I got into my pyjamas. They weren't the same as last night, I couldn't find those.
I found them in Kol'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 -"
"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.
"Scrabble?"
"Shut up. We are playing Scrabble!" Tyler spread out the letters and we began to play. Tyler put down 'APE' going up and down to earn 10 points. "First to thirty wins?"
"Why not? Either that or run out of tiles, which would take forever." Kol put down 'PIN' using the P in Ape. I nodded my agreement as I put down NOR for 5 points. My key tiles didn't allow much else. Tyler played 'FEE' for 7 points.
Jeremy played 'FUNDS' for 13 points. I looked around my tiles for something good to play. I played 'LUNGS' for 12 points. I smiled as Tyler searched desperately for a word to play. He played 'RAG' for 4 points. Jeremy easily played 'PINES' for 8 points. I played 'RAGE' for 7 points.
Ty played 'DEER' for 5 points. Even if he did just win, we kept playing. Jer laid down a smooth 'HURT' for 14 points. I put down 'BEAT' for 11 points. Though my original word was fucked up by Jeremy. Ty played 'FEE' for 2 points.
Jer played 'TOT' for 9 points. So I played 'NEST' for 5 points. Ty played 'FEAR' for 5 points. Jeremy looked around the board, he played 'ROTTEN' for 14 points. I played 'JOLT' for 33 points. I smiled at my immediate second place… I think it was anyway. Tyler played 'EARNEST' for 21 points
Jer played a hesitant 'ER' for 4 points. I played 'NE' for two points but I played that so I could play a bigger word. Tyler put down the word 'GO' for 3 points and Jer put down 'ME' which also put in the word 'MA' for 8 points. I put down my favourite word: 'POISON'.
"That's a word but the B stops it from being put down, but down something else." I looked down and passed my turn. Tyler put down 'LOB' for 11 points. Jer put down 'LOON' for 8 points. "There put it down now." Jer smiled and I put down my word again for 8 points.
Tyler played 'MAD' for 6 points before we were called off to bed. Tyler ran to the room we were sleeping in and I got up and walked after him, Kol stayed behind to clean up the mess. When I got there, Tyler was on the top and Jeremy was on the second. I got on the third bunk bed and left Kol to lay on the bottom one. I tried my best to fall asleep.
(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-"
"Let's try this then, shall we? What gender are you? Obviously you're female. Come on, let me hear you say it."
"I'm a female."
"Ah, so you can follow directions. Now what can a female do that a male can't do? Answer that. It should be pretty obvious."
"Give birth."
"And WHOM did YOU give BIRTH to which in TURN makes them your FAMILY?" She said nothing. I staked her, near her heart. "WHOM did you give birth to MOTHER?"
"YOU! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!"
"You know, I could just inch this over one bit and you'd be dead. I could rip your heart out in the blink of an eye and you'd be dead. I don't care if you give a damn about us or not. In fact I'd rather kill you! … IF it were up to me." I whispered into her ear. "But it's NOT. Stefan, who thinks you can easily get back to your usual mommy loving self with TIME, wants you ALIVE so I can't just KILL YOU. You better start earning your life woman. You hear me? I am not afraid to kill you or hurt you. I will do whatever it takes to turn you back into our mother. I will get past that damn thick headed skull of yours and make you believe in family again. Your REAL family. Those other vampires are stuck on the other side and there is NOTHING we will do about it nor is there anything we CAN do about it. Got it?! So let's try one more time before you have to go night night shall we? WHO are your children? Keep in mind that if you don't answer, you get no breakfast." She began to sob. I waited. "You have about five minutes before your time to answer is up."
"My children… are…"
"Yes, keep going."
"My children are you and Stefan." She said weakly. I nodded.
"And who do you love?"
"My family." I narrowed my eyes at the ceiling.
"And who is your family?"
"They are trapped on the other side Damon. My son. Please help me."
"You want help? How's this for help?" I staked her hand into the ground. "It stays there until tomorrow morning." I snapped her mouth open and forced down a few drops of blood. "There, enough to make sure you don't die." I stood up and walked over to the door. I looked at her sad form, chained to the wall by her chest, arms, wrists, and her neck. She was chained to the floor by her legs, knees, and her ankles. She had dried blood and wet blood on her clothes and her body. She looked sickly and it had just turned worse over the day. She was on a thin line of decay and life.
"You know. I think we've had enough for tonight." 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 progress.