June 6th 2015
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
"Damon, please pass the biscuits." Lily asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Right away, Miss Salvatore." I picked them up and handed them to Elena who handed them to my mother.
"Thank you Damon, thank you Elena." She replied, I picked up my knife and stabbed it through my waffles before trying to eat in peace. Then my phone began to ring. I answered my phone, happy for a distraction.
"Damon?" It was Alaric.
"Yes Ric?" I replied, with the tone he'd used. He was worried… about something.
"We have a vampire problem." I smiled.
"I'll be right over."
(Kai POV)
I rolled over and opened my eyes to see that Elijah was in the room, reading a book. "Good morning Kai." I waved at him. "The others will wake soon. Why don't you go downstairs?" I closed my eyes again in reply.
I waited and then Tyler yawned. He woke up. Elijah gave him a greeting and then soon Kol and Jeremy also woke up. Elijah said a greeting to both of them as well. Then he cleared his throat. I opened my eyes to see him stand, close his book, and then looked at us.
"Please get out of bed, Niklaus has already made breakfast. It is waiting for you." I got out of bed and brushed my teeth before going downstairs with them. Elijah sat down after setting out the plates. Rebekah walked in and sat down, eager. The other house occupants sat down too.
We had chocolate pancakes with bacon, eggs, and orange juice. I began immediately on my food after the prayer, which they always made me wait through. When I finished, I washed my plate and cup before sitting down to figure out what we were supposed to be doing today.
"Today you four can go out and do as you please. That is how Nik put it. However, you are not allowed to hurt anyone who lives in this city. That means the citizens and yourselves."
"What Rebekah means is that you can do whatever you want just don't hurt people." Elijah corrected her.
"So… we make our OWN plans today?"
"Yes Kol. However you may still not misbehave. If you do, I will make sure that Niklaus hears about it." Kol looked down quickly at that sentence. Everyone began to leave and I got up and walked back into the room I'd been given personally.
I looked through my things and pulled out the thing I'd stolen from Damon and Alaric. I put it in a backpack along with the ammo and put the backpack on. I walked downstairs and headed out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Kol ran up to me and I shrugged.
"If you want to know, then just follow me." I replied. Kol followed me and soon Jeremy and Tyler were also following. This could be fun.
(Jeremy POV)
We were at the Live Oaks Park, where we were yesterday, and Kai was digging through his backpack he'd brought. I had followed only because Kol was. Kol and I were now playing rock paper scissors. I was still losing.
"Here we are." I looked up to see Kai holding a crossbow, which looked familiar.
"Hey, where'd you get that?" I asked, better safe than sorry. Because the only place he could have gotten one was he bought it or… he stole it from Damon and Alaric. They'd be pissed.
"Nicked it."
"From who Kai?" I demanded, standing up to snatch it from him.
"Relax. I doubt they'll miss it."
"Who'd you take it from?" I snatched at it but he blocked me, knocking me over.
"Damon, Alaric, and Joe. Of course I got Joe to show me their stash. It was easy really. All I had to do was blackmail her. See?" He pulled out arrows, stakes and vervain darts.
"Their gonna kill us! You idiot!" I yelled at him. He had no idea what Damon would do when he found out. "What will Damon do when he finds out?"
"Rule #1, Jeremy. IF they find out. Don't worry I paid Matt to go get them some new ones. Or something like that." He attached a stake and pointed it at me. "So what do you want to shoot first?"
(Kol POV)
I snatched the crossbow away from Kai. "Don't shoot Jeremy. I have my own ideas." I aimed it at the closest birds and began to shoot like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, restocking after every shot. I got twelve birds before they were all gone. I collected the birds and the stakes and arrows.
"My turn!" Tyler snatched it and aimed it at me. "Wanna see how long you can dodge?"
"Sure, you're on Tyler!" I replied, and ran off. Tyler began shooting and I zigzagged away from all the ammo and then finally I got shot in the back of the knee. I pulled it out and grabbed it from Tyler. "You're a good shot Tyler. Jeremy should get a turn."
"Nah, he'll just pack it all up. You got any targets since we scared them all away?"
(Tyler POV)
We were now shooting cans that we'd found around the park. We cleaned up the park and that was what we were shooting at right now. It was Kol's idea. Kai was taking his turn shooting while the rest of us cleaned up the mess.
"My turn. I guess." Jeremy replied, taking the crossbow. Kai backed off and we watched Jeremy shoot the rest of our targets, we'd only five left and then cleaned it up. Finally we put it all in the trash can that was empty.
"Now what?" I asked, the park was clean and the bow was getting boring. Kai took it and pointed it at me before shooting. I dodged, laughing. "Gonna take a whole lot more effort to shoot me Kai." I replied, throwing a stake at Kai. He shot at it and it went tilting hitting him in the chest with the blunt end.
"Huh. Well why don't we play with it? I would love to get a chance to shoot Kol."
(Kai POV)
I took out a knife and shot it at Kol, I knew it wouldn't hurt him, it was just a game. And they were entertaining it too so there's no big thing to worry about. He got hit in the chest and he pretended to die after taking it out of his chest cavity, which immediately began to heal.
When he was on the ground, I shot a stake at his heart but he rolled over too quickly. "Hey! Don't kill me! I'd be knocked out for like an hour and then I'd have missed out on the fun, Malachai Parker." I rolled my eyes at his dramatics but dropped the bow.
He picked it up and shot at all of us in turn. I dodged, Jeremy dodged and Tyler dodged. Kol shot at us again and again before handing it off to Tyler to shoot. We took turns shooting three times at each other before handing it back off to the next person.
(Elijah POV)
I was walking into the Live Oaks Park, where people were talking about gun shots or something. Niklaus was bored, texting me. He was supposed to be having a meeting but I don't think he was paying much attention to the Faction leaders. I felt my phone buzz in my chest pocket so I pulled it out once more. It was again Niklaus texting something new.
'Elijah, where are you? I'm bored' I rolled my eyes at his antics and began to text back this time.
'I am checking on the group. I did as you asked and let them out of the house on their own since it is 'their first Saturday and that is how things should work on Saturdays. I suggest you pay attention to your meeting.' I put my phone away just to have it buzz again.
'Good you should check on them, they should have woken by now and had plenty of time to play around. This meeting is boring as hell.'
'That is what the King of New Orleans does brother.'
'Seems I finally got your attention. Now what's going on?' I put my phone away after turning it on silent instead. Niklaus would not stop texting if I encouraged him to do so. I heard something whoosh near me and I put my attention back on finding out what it was.
I heard the sound three more times before I found what was making the noise. Tyler was shooting Jeremy with a stake. I vamped over to catch it before it touched him. They all stopped what they were doing to stare at me.
"I'm sorry. What is going on here?"
"Elijah! Hey! Just the man I wanted to see." Kol replied. "Wanna play with us?"
"There's room for one more player." Kai chipped in. Tyler just stood there in shock and Jeremy was relieved.
"I have no intention of joining this vile, vulgar game of yours. This is dangerous and it is deadly. Tyler what is going on here?"
"Uhhhum… it was his idea!" He pointed at Kai.
"Tyler do not try to put all the blame on Kai. I'm sure all of you have had a hand in this. Someone tell me what was going on, please?" I asked. I was being polite but I was also demanding to know. That was what needed to happen first. "I have had complaints about guns in this park only to find out it was you four."
"We were having fun. First we were just shooting birds, then it was cans, then finally we were testing reflexes." Kai answered. I was glad someone answered but disappointed it wasn't Kol or Tyler. So I suppose I should continue with how I would Niklaus.
(Tyler POV)
"Kol I want you to sit over there. I know Niklaus has made a deal with you. Kai I want you to sit opposite him because Niklaus has not told me anything to do with you. Jeremy, I want you over here. Tyler come here." I gulped, I'd never been through something like this before. To say I was scared was probably an understatement. "I will count if need be." I walked over to Uncle Elijah immediately.
He took my arm, gently, before sitting down on a tree stump we'd made when Kol had got too hyper. I struggled. I knew what was coming next but he'd never done it before, it was always Dad who did it. He gently, but firmly, placed a hand on my back to keep me in place.
"I think fifteen should suffice, do you agree Tyler?" I shook my head.
"No, I don't want any." SWAT! I jumped from the swat and he continued. "Uncle Elijah, please stop. OW! I swear I-OWCH! I'll behave! I swear!" I jumped at his next hit which landed lower than the first four. I begged him to stop and eventually he did. He sat me up on his lap and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"That wasn't too horrible." He said, rubbing my back. I had started crying from the punishment. But I knew we both knew Dad had given me more than that before… "Shush, Tyler. Everything is fine." He kissed my forehead before letting me up. "Now if you do not mind, please go sit next to Jeremy." I obeyed and then he called Jeremy over to him. Poor Jeremy. Jeremy was human.
When Uncle Elijah was done with him, he wasn't exactly sobbing but he was close to it. I hope Dad doesn't plan on doing anything with him. Elijah whispered to Jeremy and then when Jer was calm, he stood him and himself up. He grabbed the crossbow and ammo before speaking.
"Now if you four would please follow me." I got up immediately. It was NOT a question or a request. I'd heard stories from Marcel about Uncle Elijah getting angry with him or Kol, sometimes both. Uncle Elijah led us back to the house… where he'd probably have us wait for Dad to come home probably.
(Elijah POV)
I walked them home before letting them sit down at the many tables that were around on the ground floor. I gave them refreshments, I did not give Tyler blood, and let them cool off. When they had caught their breath, I stood. It was time to inform Niklaus.
"You will stay here while I make a phone call. Move and I will put you in time out." I looked at Tyler and Kol before leaving to my own room. I took my phone out of my pocket and pressed my speed dial number for my younger brother's phone. I put the phone to my ear before waiting through the rings.
However, there was only one ring before it stopped, no answer. Niklaus had rejected my call. I rolled my eyes and called again. This time it rang three times before he picked up. There was nothing but silence for a minute and then he spoke.
"What is it Elijah? Finally decided to stop ignoring me? I don't recall sending you a text for the last ten minutes." I took my phone from my ear and looked through the messages to see that, yes, he had been still texting me. "Elijah?"
"Niklaus are you aware that the children had a crossbow?"
"I'm lost. Explain."
"I had heard from the numerous species that live in New Orleans had a problem. I checked it out and found none other than Kol, Tyler, Jeremy, and Kai. They were apparently playing with it. Do you know where they possibly could have took it from?"
"Okay so… they have a crossbow? What sane person still carries those around? Unless… did you say Kai? Kai was with them?"
"Yes, I did say that Kai was with them. Why do you have an explanation?"
"My answer? Alaric. He's a vampire hunter. He has a crossbow. May I come home? Actually, don't answer that. Bye."
"Niklaus-" He hung up. I sighed before hanging up myself and began to read my texts from Niklaus, just so I might be up to date on what he might say when he got home.
(Klaus POV)
I hang up before Elijah could say no. I don't need permission to end a meeting but I do need an excuse… I smiled at myself before walking into the church again, sat down in my spot I'd been in for the last three or four hours and looked at them all.
"Who was it?" Marcel whispered.
"Elijah." I whispered back. I stood up. "I'm sorry but Marcel will take over here, I'm busy. I need to go home."
"Niklaus I want to hear about that curse, The Sun And The Moon Curse." Father replied. I just laughed at him before shaking my head.
"If you really wanted to know, you'd ask that thing you call a wife." Marcel coughed, warning me that I shouldn't say things like that in front of the faction leaders. I just rolled my eyes. "I'm gone, I'll see all of you later and Marcel will of course tell me what happened later. You know finish telling me your problems that you deem worthy enough to tell me about and hope that I fix them." I picked up my new toy, a pocket watch I had stole from Elijah's closet, and walked out.
Elijah will probably hear of that and he won't be happy with me but that was funny. I walked to my house and when I arrived I saw the four kids sitting at tables while Elijah was reading a book. I quickly stuffed the watch in my jeans pocket and cleared my throat to show my presence to them all.
"Niklaus, where is Marcel and how did the meeting go?" I gave him my most cocky smirk before dropping it in the same second.
"Marcellus is currently busy finishing that lame meeting. Remind me again why I care about their problems Elijah?"
"Because as King of New Orleans it falls to you to fix any problems that are in the city, that includes small and big problems."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Duties and responsibilities and all that jazz. I don't care, I was being rhetorical." I wondered if he'd get my allusion. Didn't he like that play or song or whatever it was? He opened his mouth to speak but I raised my finger in the air, for silence. "So tell me what they did. What happened for you to have to get onto them?"
"I think it better if they told you. Do you know where our sister has wondered off to?"
"Nope, go find her. Take the book if you want."
"Walk and read? No thank you." He got up and left. I had actually wanted him to leave so that I could have privacy with these kids. I waited for him to get out of ear shot before speaking to them. No need to worry about everyone else. I looked around before motioning them to follow me before walking them out to a different room. I took them to one of the 'forbidden' rooms. Well it was forbidden to Kai, Jeremy, Tyler, and Marcellus. They stopped side by side and now was the time to get serious. All I wanted to do was smile but instead I forced a frown, hoping I wouldn't end up laughing.
"Who wants to explain? Kol? … Jeremy?… Kai?… Tyler?… Anyone?… No? Fine. You four were shooting each other." Had it not been that I would have cared less and we all know it… besides them. "You four thought it would be fun? Right?… Here's how this is going to work, for every silence that requires an answer but does not receive an answer I shall assume that the answer is always YES. At least for this conversation. You thought it would be fun. Well let me tell you what happens when a vampire much less a human gets stabbed in a very delicate spot with wood that is thrown let alone a crossbow. Now, who knows where this fabled crossbow came from? I demand an answer or I could just leave you all in here to have a time out. Your choice."
"Elijah took it." Kai answered immediately.
"Elijah took it. Well Kai do you know where it came from? Because surely I don't have one. You know why? Because I am strong enough to kill a vampire, a werewolf, a witch, whatever the creature might be. I don't need fancy toys to help me kill." And now I need to tread from the road of all powerful hybrid. "I demand an answer here."
"You're right. It didn't come from here at all. It came from Ric and Joe." I tilted my head. Kai wasn't reacting at all like he should. But at least he's giving an answer. So it was from AlaRIC and JOsEtte.
"Do you mean Alaric and Josette? Your sister and Damon's best friend?"
"Yep. Joe showed me where they were, all I had to do was make her feel insecure." He smiled at his geniusness. Well it was true but it was also wrong for him to do that. My excuse for why I do what I do? Because I do it to protect my family.
"Don't try to get us off subject, we'll talk about that later." I sat there a bit, watching them wait for what they knew was coming. I took my phone out and texted Elijah to call Damon, Alaric, and Josette. I put my phone up before standing and pacing myself. I felt my phone buzz before going silent. Now I can continue. "Do any of you know what I was doing before I came home? Before I came home to deal with you four children?"
"Apparently you were at a meeting of sorts." Kai was the only one giving answers. Jeremy was watching me while Kol and Tyler couldn't even look at me. I nodded my head.
"Yes, I was at a meeting. A meeting that Tyler's brother has to now finish on his own. How do you think that makes him feel?" Lonely. Sad. Happy. Excited. Probably.
"As Prince of New Orleans, he's probably excited to take your place, seeing as he's done it before. Hasn't he? I mean back when you were chased out of NOLA by Mikael?" I stopped pacing and gave him a stern glare.
"Silence Kai. Now is not the time for silliness." I continued to pace. Where was I going with this again? Why did I bring up Marcel? Because of Tyler? "While I was there, my father asked me a question. He asked me about the Curse Of The Sun And The Moon. Tyler, Jeremy. What did you two tell him? That I should ask now. Kol? Tyler?" I waited for them to reply with at least something. Kol looked up at me, gulping in anticipation and Tyler replied with a small hesitant yes. "Imagine what would happen if Kai or Jeremy got a stake in their heart. It would be too quick for you to do anything about it, and Tyler. What would have happened had that crossbow had the strength to go into Tyler's heart and come flying out the other end? All three of you could have been killed. You know how that makes me feel? Try any among the words of angry, sad, scared, furious, in a fit of rage." Now what side do I take? I stopped pacing and looked at them all hard in the face before asking a question I knew they'd be dreading. "How would you feel? Did you think of Elijah? Rebekah? Finn? How about Damon? Stefan? Alaric? Josette? They would be devastated. And let's not forget how Elena Petrova would feel if one of you lot died." 'And why did you bring her up? I hate her.' Jeremy's sake, Jeremy already knows how she reacted the first time. I kept pacing before I could show any smile about that. I remember exactly how she felt, how I loved the way she felt. Remind me to give Katerina a gift later, and NOT a dog bone. Without my permission my eyebrows flashed in meaning and I stopped pacing again. Time for another dreaded question. "Who wants to go first? You all know the next order of events." I once again looked at them, stopping just between the two in the middle. I watched all their faces for a reply.
"Me. I want to go first." Tyler replied, almost instantly.
"You? You never want to go first." I walked over to him and gave him a hug, closing my eyes while I got in his head. What I saw was Tyler and I. I was holding him, comforting him, giving him love. He wants my attention, that's what he wants. I let go and took his hand. "Very well Tyler. You may go first. Kai, go over there, Jeremy the adjacent corner and Kol shall be over in that corner. Consider it a time out."
(Tyler POV)
He sat down on the crate he'd sat on earlier and pulled me over his lap. He bared me before beginning my punishment. I jumped at the first one, I had forgotten exactly how hard he could hit when he wanted to. From then on he didn't miss a beat and I felt a swat for every word. I'd be over in no time.
"Sorry Ty Ty but you could have been hurt, Jer and Kai could have been hurt. I told the truth when I said I'd be devastated. Angry because I'd lost you, sad because I missed you. Did I not once tell you that Daddy would miss you if something might have happened to you? I remember doing so back when we were at the Akatai Clan camp."
"Yes. You did." I felt tears spring in my eyes. I remembered him saying those words exactly. Eventually I just couldn't take anymore of his lecturing, it made me feel even more guilty than Uncle Elijah had made me feel.
"Next time, Tyler, I won't go so easy." He said, hugging me, rubbing my back. "Shush. It's okay Tyler, you're safe. Daddy has you." I closed my eyes and almost fell asleep with Daddy's calming voice in my ear. "Time for time out." I opened my mouth to complain but he shushed me.
I was carried upstairs to my real room where I was stood in the corner.
(Jeremy POV)
Klaus had left earlier with Tyler and now we were waiting for him to come back in. When he did, I jumped, the door almost slammed into the wall but he caught it just in time before slamming it closed.
"Okay, who wants to go next?" Was I supposed to also be… sp-punished again? "Jeremy come here." I flinched. Fuck. I walked over to him, hoping he didn't do anything. "You're human. I won't go so hard on you." He whispered to me.
I was over his lap in an instant, however he didn't bare me at all. I was confused. Damon would have done so… the next second a swat landed. "OW!" He landed about two more before he began lecturing me.
"My problem with you is that I am supposed to be watching you and when I do indeed give you time unsupervised, you play a deadly game of dodge the stake? Really? Damon and Elena would NOT be happy with you. Or me. You know why? I'll let you figure that out on your own." That jerk! He knows how Elena reacted the first time I died and didn't come back. "Just because you have that Gilbert ring with you, whether or not it works, is of no consequence. You are still not allowed to go out and try and get yourself killed!" He hadn't missed a single word or beat during this whole time and the pain was unbearable. The pain on my backside and the pain in my heart. Elena…
I was sat up, and he began to hug me. I felt awkward. "I'm sorry I'm not Damon but at least let me show you love. Every child needs love, no matter who or what you are. I'm just happy you're not dead. I would have missed you, and you know Tyler and Kol would also miss you." I sighed, and laid my head down on his shoulder.
He carried me out of the room, upstairs and into a bedroom. I was placed in the corner and before he left me, he kissed my cheek.
(Kol POV)
I heard Nik walk back downstairs and back into this room. "Kol, what were you thinking? Hm? You of all people know how easy it is to kill humans. It's harder to kill hybrids but they can still be killed. The only invincible Hybrid is me, the Original Hybrid. You could have killed your own nephew. Do you care?"
"Nik, I didn't mean to harm anyone, I didn't think anyone would be harmed, no one was harmed so I don't see the problem here." I replied, crossing my arms across my chest, I mean it was TRUE! No one had been harmed.
"Really? That is your stand on this? You sound like Marcellus when he was a child. If you don't come up with a better excuse I'm going to use my belt on you." Crap… um… Nik was the only one who ever came up with excuses on the fly! "I'm waiting Kol. Maybe if I count, you'd do better. One."
"Nik, I have one. I am an Original. I would have gotten to them on time to stop them from getting hurt." He shook his head.
"Two."
"I could have fed them my blood! They have fast reflexes, it wouldn't touch their heart!" I tried.
"Three. Kol, you're still using that same logic. The logic of things being funny until someone loses an eye. That is your only types of excuses? Come here." I turned around only.
"Nik! That's not fair! How would you explain it?! How would you explain jumping a waterfall!" He rolled his eyes.
"Come HERE. Or I will count again and you won't want to see the answer to that."
"You answer your own question."
"NO, Kol. What you want me to do is give you an excuse for next time. You want to know how I excuse my behaviour? I excuse it by saying that I was not thinking straight, I was just following along with the game which was a stupid game of truth or dare. Your excuse is you weren't thinking, you were just following along with a stupid game of Play With Crossbow, not to mention that it was intriguing to play with a toy that didn't belong to you. I will not ask again Kol." I walked over to him and he pulled me over his lap, and bared my lower half, before beginning the spanking. "I have lectured you enough already so just prepare yourself."
"Niky! Please! I'm sorry."
"I don't care if your sorry. You still weren't thinking and I'm going to teach you why you should think first instead of just playing any old game." He gave me about twenty before pulling out his own belt. "Are you prepared for this?" He began on my thighs and I began to cry. This wasn't fair!
Well maybe I shouldn't have played that game but it was still fun! Oh… my wow. Nik was right. That was exactly the category I was putting that in. They could have been hurt. A stake to the heart is instant death for anyone… I wouldn't be able to cure them of that. The crossbow shot too hard for it not to pierce the heart. Tyler would have been okay but Jeremy would have died. I worked so hard to keep him alive and then I just turn around to hurt him myself?
I left my thoughts to find myself crying and Nik was comforting me. I hugged closer to Nik and he smiled before hugging tighter. "Shush Kol. It's okay. I forgive you. I'm sure the others do too. I love you." I clung harder. I just wanted Nik right now. He held me before carrying me out of the room and into his own room. "You know what comes next for such a horrible deed. Right?"
I stood in the corner. He turned around and headed out but he turned to me for a minute. "My excuse about the water fall would have been that I wanted to see how tall the water fall really was so my teenage brain told me to go check it out so I did and, because I was human at the time this would have been believable, the log was wet and I didn't think the log would have been wet, because you remember how far it was right?, so I slipped in and luckily my friends were there to save me. That would have been my excuse. The problem? My Father caught me drowning and I was in trouble." He smiled at me before leaving.
(Kai POV)
He'd dealt with everyone else before he chose to deal with me. This should be fun then. He came in and called me over to him. I turned around and walked over to him. "You called?" He smiled at me.
"Yes, I did. Kai, where did you get this thing? Damon, Alaric, and Josette?"
"That is where it came from. So can I leave now?"
"No. I'm done with you." He motioned to the crate he'd been sitting down on. "Have a seat."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want you to stand for too long because I'm going to be lecturing you for a few minutes. Does Damon know you stole this?" He picked up the crossbow, pointed away from me.
"No he doesn't."
"Does Alaric know?"
"Nope."
"Does Josette know?"
"No but she did show me where to find the weapons."
"So none of them know you have it?"
"None of them. Are we done here?"
"Malachai, be quiet and let me speak. I only need your answers to my questions. Now how does that make you feel that you stole from them without them knowing? Does it make you feel good or bad?"
"If they knew then it would have been borrowing."
"So… you admit to stealing this from them?"
"No, that's not what I said." Was it? I didn't steal.
"IF they knew then it would be borrowing. So are you saying you stole it because they have no idea you took it?"
"It's called borrowing without asking."
"What's the difference between borrowing without asking and stealing?" I opened my mouth to answer but I didn't know the difference myself.
"The difference is borrowing without asking means your going to put it back. Which I was."
"How does that show respect?"
"It doesn't. Why should I show respect? Their not older than I am."
"Damon is."
"Well… yeah he is."
"And you are not showing the proper respect Damon deserves. I know you are in your 40s and still look like your in your 20s but you should still respect your elders."
"There are many 'elders' around the world. I should respect all of them?"
"That question gets two answers. You should respect everyone the way you want them to respect you and more so the ones who love you."
"Well Damon and Ric don't love me."
"I'm sure that's not true. Now back to my question. How does taking this make you feel?"
"I don't feel anything. I'm happy I took it because I thought it would be fun to play with." I hate these questions! "Can we move on now? Please?"
"Well that's two things I have to teach you, respect and stealing. So yes. We can move on. Stand up please." I stood up. "Boxers down please. You need real punishment and I hear Elijah didn't administer any punishment to your bottom." I exhaled and obeyed, once again. He sat down and looked at me. "Please lay across my lap Kai." Why is he being so nice? Isn't this the part where he 'shows me who's in charge' as Damon likes to put it? I laid across his lap and that was where he began to take charge. He put a hand on my back where my waist band usually went. "Are you ready Kai?"
"Yes, can we please just get this over with?" I know he's supposed to hit me. The swat that landed though didn't hurt the way it did when Damon did it, it did hurt just not as much. I waited to see if that was just a fluke but he landed ten more like it. "I don't think you know how to do this."
"You don't think I know how to do this? Why is that?" He asked, not missing a beat of the rhythm he'd made.
"Aren't you supposed to be hitting harder than that?"
"Hmm. You've only dealt with Damon haven't you?"
"Yes?"
"Well I love you. I remember you said those three don't love you?"
"Yeah, I said that."
"Well they do love you but if I can remember correctly, you killed a lot of people and not to mention you also tried to kill them." Bonnie. I tried to kill Bonnie. I bit my lip. Bonnie didn't exactly want to be my friend right now. "It's going to take some time for them to get over that. I do however assure you that they still love you. Wouldn't you if someone did that to you?"
If someone did that to me? I knew what the answer was supposed to be but I just didn't feel that way. I suppose if they came after Joe I would stop them. I would have needed Joe to become leader of our coven. "I guess."
"How would you feel if Joe tricked you into showing you where your toy was and she took it without asking?"
"Angry. OW!" I squirmed. His swats were finally beginning to hurt.
"And do you think Joe will be hurt when she realizes that's what you did?"
"No she will be upset with herself for being so stupid and proceed to apologize to Ric."
"So you've made her feel guilty. How does that information make you feel?" He expects compassion! That realization came flashing into my mind the instant he said that. Well how does it make you feel?
"Kind of funny? No. It makes me feel something. I don't know!" SWAT!
"Please refrain from yelling. That feeling you are currently feeling is called guilt itself but this time it is so minuscule as to be called 'bad'. So knowing you've made your sister feel guilty makes you feel guilty. So what should you do about it?"
"Call her?" He didn't hit me this time, instead he ruffled my hair. I guess I got it right. However he went right back to swatting me. I began to squirm more than I had been before because apparently all of those smacks were adding up to the pain in my bottom.
"Good boy. That is exactly what you should do. It's one way to fix your misdeed. Or one of them." He began to hit harder but not like Damon yet. "Now let's discuss the topic of respect shall we? You should respect your elders. I don't know what there is to say about it. But I suppose this will suffice. For one, respect will get you a long way. It will get you things but it also goes hand in hand with love. Because you love someone you usually respect them. Your answer to how you will fix your misdeed is respect. Did you know that?"
"No. Can we stop please? This hurts."
"I am sorry we cannot. Not yet anyway. Now who should we call? Damon? Alaric? Josette? Whoever is your choice."
"None of them." SWAT! That one was like Damon.
"This also has no choice Malachai. You will call one and we will explain why this crossbow is missing from their inventory."
"I would say make me or bite me but I guess you'll do those either way too." He moved from my bottom to my thighs, where he swatted harder than he was earlier. I guess I hit a nerve?
"Malachai Parker if you should respect anyone it should be me. Especially right now. I love you so no I will not force you nor will I bite or make you do something. I will however make this choice for you if I have to."
"DAMON! I choose Damon!" I yelped, beginning to cry. This man was unlike the other two I've met. Damon and Alaric. He swatted me a few more times before pulling my pants back up and sitting me on his lap where he proceeded to rub my back. I'm so confused!
"I love you Kai." Those words brought up some sort of happy feeling. If only I understood! "I love you very much. I'm sorry I did that but I don't want to see you hurt or worse, killed. That spanking was to make sure you tried harder in the future to keep yourself safe." He kissed my forehead, still rubbing my back. I exhaled shakily before calming down. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he held me tighter, carrying me upstairs to a room. "Now stand in the corner so you may go over the information you have about your punishment and come up with a lesson and I will be back." So I was left in the corner. He basically told me to do what Damon did but he said it, like always, differently. Like he cared…
(Tyler POV)
Daddy was holding me, just like I wanted before I was put in time out. I held on tightly. Daddy whispered things in my ear every now and then but eventually I let go of him and he smiled, kissing my cheek.
"So Tyler, go downstairs it's nearly time for lunch… or dinner. I have no clue. I do know that I have to go talk to Uncle Lijah." He smiled at his own words before kissing my forehead and sending me downstairs.
(Klaus POV)
So I'd just finished Kai's punishment and comforted Tyler the way he wanted earlier. I'd shown him love. Now I needed to go see Elijah… because Tyler was acting like Elijah hadn't comforted him when he had him.
I barged into his room to see him and Katerina kissing. I smiled before laughing. "Disgusting. Elijah you can do better than her." He stopped before sighing.
"What is it you want Niklaus?" I rolled my eyes and Elijah turned to look at me.
"It's about Tyler." His annoyed look left for one of concern. I sat down on his desk chair before putting my feet on the desk. "He seemed to be desperate for affection. Did you or did you not show him affection when you finished with him when you found him playing that stupid game of theirs?"
"I did Niklaus."
"Good. Now onto more important matters. Me." I smiled brightly before continuing to speak. "And you. You ignored me when I was texting you. 'Do you know how that makes me feel?'" I asked, making fun of myself, mentally.
"You mean when you were texting me when you should have been paying attention to the meeting?" I rolled my eyes at him before throwing his lamp at him but he nimbly caught it like he did my glass in the 1400s. I smiled to myself before scoffing at him.
"Oh! So you do remember! Maybe you would like a lecture?"
"I don't know Niklaus. Do you need a lecture on it?" I blinked a few times at his comeback.
"No, brother, you are the one who needs one. You do NOT ignore family. It is rude and inconsiderate."
"So is not paying attention to a meeting, seeing as you are King." I rolled my eyes at him.
"You are stubborn brother."
"What? Upset big brother Elijah is scolding you about a meeting you didn't even want to go to?" I vamped up and threw her against the wall.
"Why don't you say that again. I'm sure I would love to rip your tongue out Katerina." I walked over toward her but Elijah grabbed my bicep. I tried yanking away but he only gripped tighter, raising a brow in warning. I weighed my options and just obeyed my brother.
"Katerina that was not necessary, Niklaus why don't you go deal with one of the children unless you are actually seeking a scolding for the meeting." I growled at him, yanked away fiercely before stalking out of his room, slamming the door harder than necessary… and I knew it too… I would check on Jeremy.
(Kol POV)
We were done with lunch and Nik was glaring at Elijah when he wasn't looking at him. I knew exactly why Nik was upset too. Katerina's sass, Elijah ignoring him about something, and Elijah's ultimatum. I yanked Katerina's chair from under her and shouted: "TAG!" Even though the reason was payback for Nik.
She rubbed her head instead of chasing me. I sighed before Nik stood up. "Living room you four." I got up following him. He pushed out chairs for us to sit on before grabbing packs of notebook paper, writing something and sitting us down after he finished each one, besides for Kai. I wanted to know desperately what was going to happen to Kai but I began to write the lines Nik set out for me, the 150 times he wanted me to write them.
(Klaus POV again…)
"Like I said. We're going to call Damon and tell him what happened to that crossbow, then you're going to write lines 150 times and then your all going down for naps." I picked up my phone and dialled Damon.
"WHAT Klaus?" My first reaction would have been to snap at him but instead I behaved myself. I answered politely.
"I have someone here who wants to talk to you." I handed the phone to Kai.
"Hi Damon."
"What is it? I'm currently trying to find something." Kai did nothing.
"I have something of yours apparently Damon."
"KLAUS! If you're talking about Jeremy-" I kept calm. Poor poor Damon.
"For one thing, I'm not talking about Jeremy, for another thing, Jeremy is not a thing. Tell him what you did."
"Took the crossbow."
"You did WHAT! You little bas-" I quickly took it off speaker and put it to my ear. "-tard! When I get my hands on you, you are DEAD!" I tsked at him.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. What did I tell you Damon. You don't know how to handle these situations. That is not how you speak to a child. That is why he probably thinks you hate him. Because of the way you talk to him. You can talk that way to Jeremy, I do after all remember who this kid is. He killed Kol because Elena forced him to. Did she tell you that? I bet she didn't because she wants you to see the 'innocent' little girl she is and not the monstrous side of her that she tries so hard to hide. The part Katerina gladly displays to anyone who cares to look. The side I love, and your brother, to indulge in." Before I could say anymore Elijah snatched the phone. Oops. I smiled at him, trying hard not to laugh… and failing miserably. Kai was smiling at me, amazed. Probably because I stood up for him.
"I am sorry for any offence my baby brother might have made you feel. He was just trying to tell you that when speaking to children you should try to be nicer."
"You're lucky I don't come up there and kick Klaus' ass myself." I glared at the phone, before opening my mouth but Eli put his hand over my mouth. I smacked his hand away from me but me made a shushing motion before replying himself.
"No, Damon, you are lucky I try so hard to keep Niklaus reined in so much. Have a nice day, goodbye Damon." He hung up before motioning Kai to leave.
"Go write your lines Kai!"
"Niklaus! Are you trying to start fights?" I rolled my eyes before sitting down. "Sometimes you have to consider more than just yourself. Like Tyler, Jeremy, and Kol. They are friends. And now you should consider also Kai. Because of your actions Tyler and Kol could end up not seeing them again."
"Not if I kill him or compel him."
"That cannot be your answer to everything. I will not allow it nor will I let it. Do I make myself clear?"
"WHY do you try so damn hard Elijah?! It's not that bad. I was standing up for KAI."
"And I appreciate it and the thought but you are going about it all the wrong way."
"Why? Because I'm not doing it your way? Is that it?" He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples and I crossed my arms, glaring at him with my feet on the table in front of me. He sighed. I raised my brow, confused.
"I cannot deal with this Niklaus. Maybe I should ask Finn for help. I think one of them finished their writing."
"So that is your reasoning? Because I'm not doing it your way?"
"No, aggression should not be present when trying to do what it is your trying to do. Especially with Damon. What was that about Jeremy anyway. Are you still upset with him?"
"Nope, that is Elena."
"Hey! Nik! Nik! Wait! Hey!" I looked up to see Stefan vamping into the room. "Kai is done with his lines what you want them to do now?"
"Put them down for a nap. I'm out of here. I can't be inside right now." I said, staring at Elijah. Stefan nodded. "Then give them supper when they wake if I'm not back."
(Jeremy POV)
We had finished our 'naps' and Klaus had lead us to the kitchen, where we after played games and watched TV. Now we were getting ready for bed. I swore to myself the days would no longer be spent like this. This was horrible. I dragged myself off to bed lying in bottom bunk. Kol laid on the top bed. Man. I had wished he'd slept above me.
The door opened and I swear we all jumped. I mean we were going to bed. I looked over to see Klaus, leaning against the door frame, he was smiling at us. "Before I let you sleep, do you need anything? Maybe a drink?"
"I would love one." I replied. Tyler and Kai didn't reply but Kol requested love. I smiled at his joke. Klaus walked over with a glass and handed it to me before kissing my cheek. He moved up and did the same to the others, besides Kol. He gave him a hug.
"Nik? Can I sleep with you instead?"
"No, I think they need your comfort more than me. Good night Kol. Sleep tight you four. I love all of you." He was gone the next second and our door closed quietly before I heard a downstairs door slam. I cleared my throat.
"Kol?"
"Yes Jeremy?"
"What was that about?"
"Eli and Nik had a fight. And no, not like your parents fight. Their not getting divorced. Now go to sleep Jer. Everything… will… be." I guess he fell asleep. I sighed before closing my eyes and trying to get some sleep.
(Damon POV)
Earlier
I was sitting at a table listening to my mother speak about things. We were trying something out that she liked doing and Elena and Bonnie were all for it. We were having tea time. I was here only because we'd fixed Ric's problem already and I had nothing better to do.
I was still reeling from that call from Klaus a few minutes ago. Kai had apparently stolen the crossbow and I was going to kill him when he got back over here. Klaus had yelled some words at me and then Elijah followed suit with it but he actually knew how to speak. I had threatened Klaus and I suppose everyone got upset about that. I know these three women did. Klaus did too. Elijah just didn't let him speak probably. We all know Klaus was always reeling for a fight. That was kind of his thing.
Jeremy. I hope Jeremy had nothing to do with this or I'd kill him too. How did Kai even find where it was located? I never showed him. Ric knows better. He can't do magic anymore. So it's a wonder why he found it at all.
"Damon? Is there something you would like to discuss? Maybe whatever plagues your mind so? That is why we are having tea time." Lily interrupted my thoughts. I scoffed at her.
"Nothing for your ears Lily." She looked hurt but nodded.
"Well then please add something to the conversation before it's time for Supper."
"You mean Dinner."
"Either one that makes you happy Damon." I rolled my eyes and sat back in my chair. She eyed my slouching and Elena looked at me. She grabbed my hand and led me away. For once today I smiled. She led me to my room where she closed the door and kissed me. I eagerly kissed her back. She returned my eagerness with passion. Then she laid her head on my shoulder. I wrapped her in my arms in a hug.
"Damon, she's doing great. Why don't you let up. Sunday we can ask her who her family is. She would say you if you actually treat her like your mother. That's what I believe."
"Why can't Stefan do this? He's better at it. You and I both know it."
"Are you saying that because it's too hard or you just don't want to try?"
"I am doing it for Stefan. Who's not even here!"
"Because you sent him off remember? Damon, you're doing this because you are less likely to try, which would make it easier for Lily to care again." I thought about it and sighed.
"For Stefan. Fine. I'll try harder."
"Thank you Damon." She hugged me back and tried to make her hug tighter, I tightened mine before kissing her again. Eventually she led me downstairs where Lily and Bonnie had already made dinner. I sat down next to Elena. I love Elena.
"So my day was quite nice. How about you Bonnie?" Lily asked after we were all done with dinner and starting on dessert.
"My day was great. I liked the tea time thing and I also liked coffee time. I didn't know you did both." Bonnie replied. "How about you Elena?"
"My favourite part of the day was when we took a walk around the park, just talking. I remember we used to do that back in high school. Then we went to college. You know Caroline is still taking classes even though it's summer time. That's weird right?"
"Not when it's Caroline." Bonnie replied.
"So Damon, how was your day?" Elena asked.
"My day was full of fun, and crap." She looked at me, almost angry. "Did you hear that Kai took Ric's crossbow? I wonder if Jeremy had anything to do with it." I replied. She was scared at that. "Don't worry, Jeremy's fine."
"What else do you think he took Damon?"
"Nothing. Ric and I counted his weapons and we are 100% sure that thing was all he took."
"Good. Do you think Kai's okay?"
"Oh, I know he's okay. Klaus had him call me. That's why I know. Joe's BROTHER stole it."
"Yeah but it wasn't Luke."
"Is Luke still alive? I thought Kai killed them all."
"I hope not. You'd have to ask Joe. But you know Luke can't watch Kai. Kai would kill him. And Liv."
"Ah, Liv. I remember her. Do you know what you get if you add an e to that?" She hit me, laughing.
"Damon. Don't." She clumsy tried to get her ice cream into her mouth. I quickly helped her so she didn't splatter it on her cheek.
"So my son likes you Elena." I had forgotten she was here. Bonnie had been speaking to someone I guess it was her.
"Yeah, I do. You remember her from when we came to that Prison World 19 something. Right?"
"Well I think it's better now that she lives in the real world." Where she abandoned us.
"Would you like to call Stefan?" I asked. I mean I'd gotten somewhere if she'd called me her son. She perked up and nodded.
"I would love to call your brother." I dialled him up and waited.
"Hey Damon. How are you?" He asked eagerly. "How's Mom?" I coughed.
"Stefan." He replied only with coughing too. "I'm okay. And you? Has Klaus ran you off yet?"
"No, he likes me remember?"
"Yeah, for how long?"
"Damon just because I'm friends with someone who doesn't like you doesn't mean-"
"Stefan." I warned him. He stopped immediately.
"I'm sorry Damon. Mom?"
"Mom thinks you are her son. And me." I could practically hear him jumping up and down.
"Really? Can I come home and see?"
"NO! Stay up there."
"Damon, may I speak to my son?" I stared at her.
"You wanna try chancing a talk with Mother?"
"Yes, please Damon." I handed my phone to Lily who smiled almost instantly.
"Hello Stefan."
"So Stefan who is this Mother lady?" Klaus! Stefan's with Klaus. I grinned.
"Lillian Salvatore. How's yours Nik?"
"Dead."
"Hey Lily. How are you?"
"I'm okay." I ignored the talk until Lily handed my phone back to me.
"Stefan?"
"Yes Damon?"
"So how do you like it?"
"Surprisingly you are actually getting somewhere with her."
"Give me the phone mate. I want to speak to Damon too."
"Okay. Just don't yell at him."
"Not going to yell at him, just want to have a word."
"What is it?"
"Next time I get the chance, I'll talk to you about how to handle your problem. Just not in front of Stefan."
"HEY! I take offence to that!"
"Shut up Stefan."
"..."
"Okay, well why not now?"
"Hmm. Let me just name a few people then Damon. Lily, Elena, Bonnie, and Stefan."
"Apparently. Well I have to go now."
"Farewell Salvatore."
"Mikaelson." I hung up immediately.
"Mikaelson? Which Mikaelson?"
"Elijah."
"Oh."
"Well I do believe I will take to my chambers now." I rolled my eyes at her chosen words for 'bedroom'.
"Me too."
"Goodnight."
"Damon, I'm sleeping in your bed." I grabbed Elena's hand before walking off to my bedroom.