June 4th
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
"Damon, this time let me see what I can do. I think she'll react better to kindness than pain. Maybe you get your stubborness from her." Elena smirked, raising a brow. I just smiled at her. We were still in bed and trying to decide what we'd do today. Even if mine was already planned out.
"You think you can get her to change her mind when I can't? Leaving you in there would be stupid Elena. I can't trust her and I should have just killed her. But Stefan said he wanted her and now I'm left with the real work while Klaus plays daddy with Jeremy, Kai, and Tyler."
"Damon, please. For me?"
"I have to be with you then."
"And if that doesn't work for her, you leave us alone. You don't have to leave the house!" She quickly replied when she saw my face. I was furious she even was thinking about being left alone with an older vampire who not so long ago tried to kill Elena! "I mean just out of sight. If there's any danger you can come in."
"Fine. Let's start."
(Kai POV)
"Wake up. We have a day filled with fun planned in our future. First, take a bath." I got up and took a bath before dressing myself up for breakfast. I sat down at the table, waiting. I grabbed my plate and some silverware. I waited for everyone to come in.
(Jeremy POV)
Everyone had come in and sat down by now and we were eating breakfast as Klaus 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 cool. He actually let me do that.
"Today we're going to go on a steamboat cruise, the World War II museum, a Smartphone scavenger hunt, and on a ghost and vampire tour of the city. 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?" We nodded our agreement and he smiled.
Genevieve gatherd up the plates when we were done and Klaus was checking his phone for something. "Jeremy planned today. Now who wants to plan tomorrow?"
"Eating out again?"
"Yes. What do you please?"
"Mr. John's Steakhouse on St. Charles." Beky called. Klaus frowned but smiled quickly.
"Anyone else?" No one complained "Fine. So be it." He stood. "You five are coming with me."
(Tyler POV)
We were walked into a boat by Daddy and up onto the first level. I saw the boat begin to move and watched in awe as dolphins started jumping out of the water. I walked over to the railing and watched.
Kai came over and dumped a loaf of bread of the railing but Daddy caught it, instead handing him a fish. "Dolphins eat fish, not bread. You're thinking of birds. Dolphins, though adorable, are carnivores and they use echolocation to find their food sources. Like bats but dolphins are smart, almost or are smarter than us."
"How do you know so much?"
"Because I've been around a long enough time to actually learn something. The dolphins are dancing for the fish, why don't you give it to them. And then we can learn about the Battle of New Orleans. Which we'll be seeing at some point." Kai dropped his fish and walked off.
Daddy was right about the education on New Orleans. They told us many things. I walked up onto the highest deck and listened to them talk. They were already talking about the Battle Of New Orleans.
"The most famous man from this battle was Andrew Jackson. Jackson was well known for his toughness, which gave him the name 'Old Hickory'. Now you will notice that Andrew Jackson is on the $20 bill. Amazing isn't it? Jackson had spent some time as a British prisoner so when he heard that the British were coming into New Orleans he demanded that every weapon and every able man, every man able to enter battle, come to New Orleans to defend our home." I walked over to Jeremy.
"So what do you think? Cool right?"
"Why not? But I still prefer Mystic Falls."
"So what the heck is hickory and why is it tough?"
"Because Ty, old hickory, an old piece of hickory wood, is tough to break or supposedly anyway. He got the name after leading his men back from after the war with the British. He walked most of the way while his injured men got to ride his horses. Hickory is a very tough kind of wood and the allusion was to his toughness. I'll take you to see hickory one day, I promise."
Eventually we were allowed to get off, after hearing the history. I walked off the boat and back to the car.
(Kol POV)
We were now at the World War II Museum and how boring it was. 'Old Artifacts' in the room. I looked through them and doubled back twice just to stay with the others, and to not piss of Nik. I don't need to make him angry. If I can go 30 whole days without making Nik angry it'll be too soon.
"Kol? Are you bored?" Nik asked. I shook my head.
"I'm fine. I'm just good at reading and the others are slowpokes. Get it? Pokemon?"
"I know." he said, laughing. He wrapped an arm around my neck and we slowly followed the others. I read the paper and looked at the items, pretending I hadn't at least carried it all once in my long life… which I spent some of daggered. I frowned but I couldn't keep it on my face as we walked back down the stairs into the final part where they kept the airplanes.
(Kai POV)
We were at the house, eating lunch with the family. I had ordered onion rings, a ribeye, shrimp and lobster pasta, with steak fries and mac and cheese. I was enjoying my meal while everyone else talked about their day so far.
"Kai?" Klaus spoke to me finally.
"Yes?"
"How has your day been so far? Still happy I presume?" What? Did he just ask me if I'm happy? I tilted my head, taking another bite of my ribeye steak.
"Why wouldn't I be happy?"
"Well then enlighten us on what about your day has been good so far. Please?"
"Well I loved those relics in the museum, especially all those sharp knives. I once used a knife on my cousin once. It was great fun. Also those guns? I learned how to shoot far away. I even learned how to fly a plane. It's cool, it has many buttons but if you know what you're doing then it's fun. I also loved hearing about the Battle of New Orleans. That was great, especially Andrew Jackson being compared to a piece of wood. I mean, what type of man would want to be compared to wood? Unless it's unbreakable, which no piece of wood is. Even if it were, you could still burn it." I smiled at him. Did I freak him out?
He was still smiling. "I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your day. You think a knife is great? Try a sword. Finish your food please." He turned from me, without even the slightest hint of fear. Okay so I haven't been able to scare him at all since I got here. I haven't even been able to push his buttons like I do with Damon. There has GOT to be a secret to breaking this man.
"NIK! This was supposed to be DINNER! NOT LUNCH!"
"Sister, sister! Calm down. I know, I forgot. I remembered you wanted this for a meal so I did right by you and you can't complain but on the other hand you may request another restaurant for dinner. How is that, my sweet?" She glared at him for a second before she smiled.
"Fine with me, Niky. I know EXACTLY what I want for Dinner."
"And that is?"
"Criollo Restaurant on Royal Street." She smirked at him and he smiled in return.
"You have your wish. We'll eat Dinner from there. Everyone will. Now it's time to go or we'll miss our next stop. Are you five done eating?" I nodded, having just finished my steak and fries. I'd already finished the others down while waiting for my food. I chugged the rest of my drink before throwing it away and following after him.
(Tyler POV)
We were at Rousseau's, doing a scavenger hunt like Daddy said we were going to. I was at the moment trying to understand a riddle that had been give to us about the next place we were supposed to be going to next.
"Go to the place with a grey man on a silver horse and sit in front of the white building and pretend to be a makaw." I looked at everyone else. A grey man? Like grey hair? Grey beard? Grey what? I growled and reread. No one had an answer.
"Grey man on a silver horse. Who sits on a silver horse?"
"Come on kids, you've seen this thing before, just think harder." Daddy said, playing with a flower. I sighed. Grey man on a stone horse… did he just call it a thing?
"Is it a statue Daddy?" I asked, staring at his face. If it was, I knew exactly where to go next.
"I don't know Ty."
"Oh come on! You just gave a hint."
"It IS a statue! I know where to go next!" Kol cried, already vamping off. I vamped off after him. No way in heck was he going to beat me. However we bumped into something. I looked at Daddy, who was blocking our path.
"You wait with the rest of the group, mates. This is for fun, sightseeing. Not a race. It'll come in handy for future reference, besides we only have one more stop to make then its off to the next thing." I nodded.
"Sorry Daddy." He forced me to have eye contact.
"You are not in trouble little one. You would know if you were." He kissed my cheek. I smiled, he was right after all. "Come. To Jackson Square we go and then dinner."
(Jeremy POV)
We ended the tour at the Quarter, where Klaus headed over to Sophie Devereaux. I remember her from Tyler showing us around. She smiled a bit at him and then smiled even more after Klaus finished whispering to him. He handed her money and she went back into the Rousseau's bar and came out with five glasses.
"Okay mates, a cocktail for you guys. Enjoy." Klaus replied, handing us each one. I smiled, Damon would NEVER have let me have one, but Klaus didn't even seem to care, in fact he was supporting it. Too bad for me. I took mine gratefully.
We followed Sophie around as she talked about vampires, werewolves, ghosts, witches, and myths. I was astounded at how stupid I had been, because I had believed all this about them when I was younger and Damon and Stefan had just moved back into Mystic Falls. Though now I know the truth about the supernatural creatures, not to mention I know the Originals, the oldest vampires. There were even myths about them.
When we were over with the tour, we were given another cocktail, Klaus added something to them and handed them to us again. I handed him my old one. I smiled and took a sip from mine. It had a taste of a drug I used to take with Kol… coke. I smiled, even more delighted.
"Now we are all going home, AFTER we finish our work at the restaurant." He got in the car and we followed him, I sat in the back, quickly downing my drink. I handed the cup back to Sophie and she smiled, thanking me.
(Klaus POV)
I know exactly what Elijah would be thinking but I didn't care, I thought they should have a break so… I bought them all some cocktails and then with the free ones I put in a pinch of cocain to each of them, besides at such a low dosage it would put them to sleep easier. Especially Jeremy Gilbert. Jeremy was a good kid, he knew how to behave himself.
Kai did too but he needed some lessons on his morals, especially at the dining table. But when I was done with Kai, he'd have some morals, I would love to keep Kai but when the month was over, I would have to give him back to Damon.
Tyler and Kol both knew to behave around me so I didn't need to worry about them, besides I had already taught them to behave themselves. Tyler had made great progress, even if the beginning was rocky and he'd disobey me regularly.
We stopped out of the restaurants drive through window and I waited, calling up my family to get what they wanted from here. Then I'd ask my children what they wanted.
(Kol POV)
Okay so who's in charge of tomorrow? I went and so did Jeremy. Klaus went to so that is three days. So Kai or Tyler would be going next and then we'd have a weekend. So the other would lead Monday. Then that would be week one of five, though the last week will only have two days.
"Niky?"
"Yes Kol?"
"What happens when the weekend comes?"
"You children are going to find out. You'll love it, I assure you." I smiled.
"You sure?"
"Yes, when have I ever been wrong?" I tried to think and opened my mouth to answer. "DON'T answer that, it was rhetorical. I am never wrong." I smirked at him.
"Elijah would LOVE to disagree with you. I may only be able to be punished by you but YOU answer to Elijah, your Father, and Mother. Not to mention Finn. I still remember what he did to you. Big Brother Nik."
"Kol, if you know what's good for you, you will be QUIET." He replied, glaring at me. I looked away, smirking. "Do not forget you are punished by me as I see fit when I see fit. Which means I could turn you up right now. So watch your mouth." I frowned, though I still thought it was funny Finn smacked him.
"We're home, time to eat." Nik said.
(Kai POV)
I was sitting, watching Klaus set the table up, giving everyone the food they ordered. Mine was seafood gumbo, grilled faroe island salmon, and jumbo lump crab imperial. This man was crazy rich. Which was amazing.
I started to eat when they prayed and Klaus talked to us as we ate. "Who wants to set up our Friday? Kai? Tyler? Which one?" I raised my hand and Tyler smiled. I think he's trying to hold off on his turn or something. "Very well then, Kai will do the honors of setting tomorrow's schedule. So come with me Kaister."
(Kol/Tyler/Jeremy POVs :|)
Kol
I was watching the TV with my friends Tyler and Jeremy… I guess my nephew Tyler? But Nik doesn't even treat me like an adult so why should I have nephews and nieces? The TV was lulling me to sleep. I was happy, fed and now tired. We'd walked all day almost, my feet would hurt if I were human, which is why I wasn't confused as to why Jer was snuggling himself into the couch and his face into a pillow.
We sat comfortably in silence for a while until Nik came over to give us more orders. "You three, it's time to bathe and then you can stay up for another 50 minutes before bed." I got up, walking into my room. When I got out, I dried off and went to find a board game to play with, if we had enough energy to do so.
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 ANOTHER blood bag on the counter, on top of my tooth brush. I grabbed it, opened it and poured it out and flushed the toilet. 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 Jer and see if he knew what he wanted to do for the '50' minutes we had 'left'.
Jeremy
I made a bath, sat down for a few minutes before beginning to fall asleep again. I shook myself and got out and drying myself off. I got into my pyjamas. I found the bedroom and crawled into the top one and fell asleep immediately.
Kol
"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."
"I want a good night kiss Daddy." I replied, smirking. Nik walked over and kissed my forehead. I gasped, amazed. "What a good good night kiss. Niky. I love you." I hugged him and he hugged me back.
"What about me?" Ty whined. I felt Nik move and soon Tyler was also in Nik's arms.
"I love you both." I heard him kiss Tyler good night. "Anything else needed?"
"No Daddy, thank you."
"Then I'll let you play a quick game before I send you both 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 Tyler.
"What do you want to play Ty?"
"I'm not really up for a game. My feet are tired so anything simple will do. NOT Scrabble."
"Fine, Boggle."
"I hate word games."
"Good, then I win automatically."
"NO!"
"What's wrong?" Nik said, rushing in. Tyler looked at the floor, embarrassed.
"Nothing's wrong Nik. Tyler was just showing his dislike for word games." He looked around for anything that was thrown. But he hadn't thrown anything. "He's -"
"Tyler, this is your only warning. I had believed to have taught you not to throw any tantrums."
"But Daddy I-"
"Shush. You do NOT throw tantrums Tyler Mikaelson. I do not care why you throw one, I'll deal with it but you still don't need to be so childish."
"But you-"
"Shush little one." He hugged Tyler and sat on the bed with him, rocking him in his lap. "I what Ty Ty?"
"You- I didn't throw anything or break anything. I just yelled too loudly."
"You yelled too loudly? You were meaning to yell?"
"No."
"It's okay little one. You don't need to throw something to count it as a loss of temper."
"… Oh."
"Shush. It's okay." He kissed Ty's cheek before letting him back up. "Try not to do that again will you? For Daddy?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't meant to. It was honestly a mistake."
"I know. I know how those are. I only treat yours differently because you can actually cause harm to yourself, someone else, or property because you are a hybrid. Just like I would Uncle Kol or Aunt Rebekah. They are Originals." He kissed his cheek again. "But you are loved."
"I know Daddy. Can I just go to bed?" Nik smiled and picked him up, carrying him out of the room. I followed them, getting in the bed under Kai. Ty was placed in the bottom bunk and kissed one final time before he kissed me good night. I smiled before the light was turned off and Nik left.
(Damon POV)
"Okay Mother. Tell me you LOVE me."
"Wait Damon! Lily, why do you like Damon? Why do you like Stefan?"
"They are nice young men."
"LET ME hear you say Stefan."
"Stefan."
"Stefan who?"
"And WHO is your family? Come on, we went over this earlier."
"Stefan Salvatore. AHHHH!" I'd staked her, AGAIN! 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.
"Lily Salvatore, ANSWER ME! Now who do you love?"
"DAMON! Stop! She answered, she knows who Stefan Salvatore is. She knows who you are."
"Yeah, well she already knows who we are."
"I love my family." I rolled my eyes. She kept giving that SAME response over and OVER again.
"Damon! I asked to be alone with her. Please."
"Who are your family? How do I trust she won't hurt you? Elena."
"My family is trapped on the other side." I was about to stab her again but Elena caught my wrist, staring me in the eye. I stared back at her for a minute before I bit my lip.
"What Elena?"
"Stop. This isn't you. At least not to your own mother. We should team up and help her instead of trying to do it separately. Please Damon. Please Damy?" I stared at her for another minute before giving in.
"Fine Elena. Fine. We'll work on this project together."
"Don't think of it as a project Damon." Elena let go of my wrist and turned back around to Lily.
"What is your last name?"
"Salvatore."
"And your children are?"
"My children are Damon 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 tried to stake her again but Elena snatched the stake away from me. "I do NOT care about those other vampires stuck in the other side."
"Damon. I think you've had enough for today. For now I want to do things my way. We should let her out of here and treat her like a person instead of a prisoner."
"Well then put up a barrier because I am not going to risk her getting out into the world. We'll try that for one week, if there's no progress then we stick her back in here and we're back to square one on 'Mission: Mommy'."
"I agree to that Damon, just let me have my try at this, you've been trying for three days and you've gotten no where." 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 was on a thin line of decay and life.
"You know. I think we've all had enough for tonight." I walked over to the door, leading Elena out before me, 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.
"Damon?"
"Yes Elena?"
"Thank you." She grabbed me and kissed me, I held her, kissing back. Tomorrow we'd call Bonnie over.