June 17th 2015
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
"Damon, wake the hell up. It's 11 PM, just like you asked." Enzo shoved me out of the bed I was alone in. "I've already taken Elena and Lily to Bonnie's while they were sleeping. It worked. So now what do you want to do?"
"Feed."
"Should I get the blood bags?"
"Yes. Hunting would take too long and I don't need Klaus to think I took the easy way out, if you know what I mean."
"Why do you care?"
"Because he said if I did take the easy way out then he'd just kill me, Elena, and Matt and anyone else he could remember who'd crossed him who lived in Mystic Falls. The only thing he'd need to do was compel me to tell him what happened."
"He drives a hard bargain. Did you just say compel?"
"Klaus is an Original. Ever heard of those?"
"Yeah, I've heard of it, never seen one though."
"They can compel normal vampires. If I'm on vervain when he comes again, he's promised to drain it out of me. I'd rather not have to subject Elena and Lily watch me get tortured by Klaus. I've had enough of that in my life already." I grabbed a blood bag and began to feed.
"So if he hates you why did he tell you to party?"
"Because he'd decided trying to kill me isn't worth it anymore but he'd let me go if I did as he asked."
"So… You're kind of celebrating that he's decided not to kill you?"
"That's exactly the way he worded it." I grumbled. Damn Klaus, never actually leaving my life. Damn Jeremy, being friends with Tyler. Damn Tyler, for not coming back to us! Damn everyone.
(Klaus POV)
I was bored… and hungry… today Stefan was going to force me to hang out with him. He was tired of me 'evading' him. I wasn't evading him, he just wasn't coming to find me. Well, maybe he was. But I would find him when I was ready for him.
Right now Stefan was lying on his back, throwing a ball into the air, begging me to be okay with it. "Come on! Nik! I promise you it'll be fun! I'm going to make sure of it! Come on Tony!" I sneered at him.
"Don't call me that right now. Elijah might be listening in. He already knows about that past time. What that name will lead him to is what exactly I was doing in the 20s. That information will lead him to what I might have possibly been doing while I was alone. Though, now that you mention it, that was fun. I had nothing but fun, blood, beer, and sex." He rolled onto his side looking at me.
"Yeah! Come on! Don't you remember the fun? The girls? The nights? The parties?"
"I remember all of it Stefan. All of it. I remember what I'd gotten up to and I was never in one place long. Not because of Mikael, he was part of the reason, but the main reason was that I'd spent up my fun in no time and then I was being hunted by the cops so I had to move on to some where else."
"Exactly! Who says it won't be fun to do it again!" He sat up, still looking at me. "Screw Mikael!"
"Stefan?"
"Yeah?"
"Keep your bloody voice down. Do you want to wake everyone up?"
"…Maybe." I chuckled at him.
"I have to wake the kids at some point, everyone's getting up, not to mention it's already 7 AM. Right?" I looked at the clock. "Not to mention today I have to hunt down Koi and Sasha. Then I have to have lunch and then I have to meet Kara. I've bought her a present, I intend to find her at home."
(Jeremy POV)
We were having breakfast now. Pancakes with butter eyes and chocolate chip smile and syrup for our pancakes if we wanted it. I wanted it. So I spread the butter on the pancake and spread the chips around, put on syrup and then the whipped cream, like Kol showed me in school, and then I cut up the pancakes. Tyler had watched me and done the same with his. Kai was fixing his a different way.
They were all cut up into smaller circles, bite sized, but he put on chips, syrup, and whipped cream on each of them. Kol surprised me by cutting his into little baseballs. He smiled smugly. "Beat that." Elijah was the one who interrupted us.
"Stop showing off and eat your food please." We smiled and began to eat. Klaus clapped for us.
"Brilliant. No wonder Klaus keeps you four around." Klaus smacked Stefan.
"Stefan! Shut. Up. That was quite rude of you."
"Did you think it was funny?"
"No." Stefan sighed.
"I swear I'll make you laugh today, no matter what it takes."
"Please don't Stefan. It takes a lot to make Niklaus laugh."
"What Elijah means to say is that usually you have to hurt someone to even get a chuckle out of me, to begin with. I have two perfect people in mind Stefan. Their vampires. I'm a part werewolf. It's going to be funny to see their faces."
"Niklaus." I stopped listening. They were probably going to have a fight or something.
(Kai POV)
We were done with breakfast and now Kol had us sitting in one room, on a couch, while he read to us. He was reading the script for us to remember what the actors were supposed to say. I raised my hand.
"Yes Kai?"
"You said Marcel went through this?"
"I did. I hope you have some where you're going with that question?"
"Does that mean he's gone through all of this?"
"Yes, because when reading Nik's books, it usually took Marcel about two to four days to complete one of those stupid books Nik had him read. Marcel hated it, but the real reason behind those books was to increase his vocabulary thingy."
"A vocabulary, Kol, is a body of words known to an individual person." Jeremy replied.
"So… it's not a thingy?"
"Nope." Kol responded by keep reading. I sighed but listened in.
(Kol POV)
Klaus gave us fun pops before he left the house. I smiled as the episode began. We were watching TV now. Later we'd get to meet the actors.
Principal Brown? Wasn't her who did it? Haha. He's stuck up. Hehe. Banana on toast? Sounds good. Did Tina jsut try to eat him? The robot saw who did it? The monkey teacher did it! I knew it! Next episode!
Pranking? I smiled... I should prank Nik. Ha ha. 'You know it's too late for your father.' You know what? She reminds me of something my mother once said... Their taking this too far. Definitely too far. Stop! It's not funny anymore! I glared at the television, trying to glare at Gumball and Darwin. Like Elena's prank to kill me? I crossed my arms, trying to ignore the rest of the show.
Total Drama Island should cheer me up. I love Chris and Duncan. Poor Izzy had to leave. Last time Beth was kicked off. Hehe Heather's sick. Chirs! Gwen and Trent are no longer together? Because she was left under the sand? Girls are weird. Or maybe it's because she's a human. MILD explosives? They teach you to climb walls in prison. I love Duncan. Their goners. Don't eat it! I knew it. EW! Hehe. Courtney. I bet Heather and Nik would get along. Or he'd end up killing her. Either way Nik wins. He he. Duncan's helping him? Hm hm. I love Duncan. And Chris. BOO Courtney! Courtney and Heather can be together for all I care.
"Time for Cool Finn! Then we get to meet new 'friends'. So don't get attached to them. They might... need do overs and we'd need to get new actors. Our actors have to be perfect. They get three tries for each line, because baseball."
"Kol, that logic doesn't make any sense."
"Sure it does! Just ask Marcel. Don't tell Elijah or Klaus though. They'll get really upset." I replied as the episode began.
City Of Thieves? Hmm... this could be cool. I chuckled. I'll never admit anything to you! I will smite thee. Their making me feel bad for beign a thief... I don't like that. He he he. He's naked.
I like that witch. Wow...ew... he he he. You're doing so well and I hate you so much.. You guys are so cute I could just maul you to death. I love this show, I love Jake and Finn.
"Aww. I want more TV."
"Nik thinks staying in this house is horrible?" I said, standing up. "There's so much you can do! Especially with the power of technology."
"Then by that definition, he was just being nice by grounding us WITH privelages?" Tyler asked. I sighed, drooping.
"Fine. You're right. He was just being nice. Normally they take away privelages." I smiled. "Now let's go meet our actors!"
(Tyler POV)
We'd met the actors and after lunch we were going down to the basement to begin practice… I didn't even know we had a basement… Daddy was talking to Uncle Elijah again. Aunt Rebekah was talking to Kol. Everyone was talking to each other. Even me. I was talking to Marcel. He'd started it.
"So I suppose you learned your lesson?"
"Shut up Marcel! Why aren't you stuck in this house?"
"Because Dad punished me himself. Having Uncle Elijah punish you four was part of his punishment to you, Uncle Kol, and your friends. Grounding you was the other part. He'd planned three days from the start but since you didn't try to sneak out yesterday he made two days."
"How would you know that?"
"I was his first kid. Remember? Besides, you don't live with Klaus without learning this type of stuff."
"So what else do you know?"
"I know that he's going to make you read books. I did that when I was nine years old, I believe. You've just now begun to live with him right? So he will probably start when you reach 'four' or something."
"Why does he think I'm three anyway?"
"How long have you been a hybrid?"
"Hm… maybe three or four years."
"That's why then. You've only been one for three years."
"How is that fair?"
"It isn't. It's just Klaus." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Yeah, like that makes any sense."
"Look, you can either accept it or be in denial for the rest of your life. Which will it be?" I scratched my head.
"That's a hard question to answer."
"Until you accept it, you'll be in denial, and Klaus won't care if you accept it or not. The only thing it'll change is your happiness. I had to learn that lesson. Took me four years to accept it. However, I was practically on my own. You've got me."
"Do you like me?"
"I suppose… I admire you. I might as well love you."
"Well I like to think we're best friends."
"You're brothers." Daddy replied. "I should hope you like one another. That like should be love though." He ignored us after that. I was grateful.
(Klaus POV)
I was at Kara's door step. I rang the door bell, the Maytag Washer and Dryer at my side in Christmas wrapping from last year. It was a two in one deal thing. One was red, the washer, and one was black, the dryer. One opened to the left, the other opened to the right. There were two shelves under the machines to hold the supplies. Then of course there were the buttons and on the top was a flat surface. I'd also bought a folding board for small clothes and large clothes. They came with instructions, if it were to be mine, I would think the instructions would be simple. In the shelves I'd stashed $400 so she could buy some supplies or the kid could buy video games or something.
The door opened to show Kara's face. I smiled. "Merry Christmas in June!" She sighed, looking at the present.
"Bring it in." She opened the door wider and moved aside. "Van! Come help bring in this thing!"
"Coming Mother! Don't forget we need to go to the café. To take over from Sandra and Mia." I brought in the machine. Van came out of the hall way. I smiled at him and he glared right back. I smiled even wider, trying to be friendly.
"Can you unwrap it first?" I asked. She smiled, and began to unwrap it. I smiled when she saw what it was. She beamed at me.
"Thank you Klaus. I will take the gift as an apology for what I said to you yesterday. Van, help Klaus take it to where it needs to be."
"Mother, he's a vampire. I'm sure-"
"Van, please." He nodded and picked up one end, I picked up the other, letting Van help for Kara's sake. "Thank you Van." We put the machine in place and Van took a step back from me. Kara had apparently followed. "Van please go back to the living room, we'll head off to the café, soon as I'm done here." He nodded and reluctantly left me alone with her.
"So do you like it?" She nodded.
"You know you didn't have to get me a new one." I smiled, gently.
"Yes, I knew. However, my mother once told me to be kind whenever possible. Would you like to know something?" She smiled.
"It is always possible." She rolled her eyes.
"That's a bit…"
"Cheesy? Yeah, my mother's like… she was like that." Be honest.
"Klaus, who is your mother?" I frowned.
"Esther Mikaelson."
"What did you mean she was like that?" I rubbed the back of my neck. I can't possibly tell her that! She'll run off! "Please tell me." She put her hand on my cheek. I pursed my lips, frowning.
"Sweetheart, I can't. I don't want you to suddenly think I'm a bad person. Or that she's a bad person."
"What if I promise I won't?"
"It's too personal. I should get going. You have work to do." She kissed my cheek and I heard someone gasp. We looked up to see Van.
"What are you doing to my mother?" I vamped off before another thing could be said to make me say it. I mean, she couldn't make me say it, but I'd be forced to so I could keep my show going. I appreciate Van coming into the room. She'd kissed my cheek! That meant I was at least a friend now right?
(Kol POV)
We'd started the practice. "WRONG! That's the third time! What is wrong with you?" I stood up and walked over to her. She's playing one of the witches, she wasn't a real witch. "It's Fair is foul, and foul is fair: However through the fog and filthy air. Is it really that hard sweetheart?" She looked at me, scared. My other three friends were eager to see what happens. I snapped her neck. Another woman came on stage. "You will take her place, maybe now you will all try harder." I sat back in my chair. "Continue onward."
"Believe me mates, the real fun won't happen until the real play comes along. Right now, I can't be doing that because then I'll need new actors faster than I thought. It's going to be great!" I replied as they started it up again. "A little more feeling!" I called. "Do it again. I don't get where you're getting the mistakes from! Your reading the bloody script!"
A few minutes later they'd done it again. They'd messed up. "It's bosom not blossom. Try again!" They tried the scene over again before getting it done finally and on to the next act. "Keep in mind who's playing who okay! Remember who's supposed to say what!"
They were doing great. "Try that again, it's not pathetic, it's prophetic as in prophecy. Remember an aside is not to be listened to by the other actors. Learn well, tomorrow you'll not have the scripts and you'll be left on your own."
"I thought we were going to see the play tomorrow?"
"No, two days from now, they have to have time to make their costumes. They can buy or make them. It doesn't matter to me what they do." We'd reached the next Act, Act II or 2. "Take a two minute break and back onto the stage." They got back on the stage. I guess two minutes isn't enough? Oh well. We don't really have the time. In fact we don't have the time for all of this. We have two hours before dinner. Then they can break until we finish, I've already planned on ordering fifteen pizzas. I'd the money for that anyway.
"Hey Kol? Since Romeo and Juliet is one of Caroline's favourites, can you play that for Caroline?"
"Sure! We can even have the whole of Mystic Falls Gang watching. This one is only us. Now be quiet Tyler. They need to concentrate. Dagger not knife! Try again. Don't worry, when the play comes I'll be responsible for the sounds and noises of the castle and what not. I will also be responsible of the lights. Okay take a three minute break and then we'll keep going."
"Kol? What does 'threescore and ten' mean?"
"It means seventy years. Three score is 20 times ten. 10 is another number. So a score is 20 years. Didn't… that one president say four score and seven years ago? Did you never ask then? I'm sure schools know that, if not, then their getting stupid. That is why you ignore the teachers, they don't have a clue what their talking about. Now be quiet please, their waiting to entertain us." Ty scoffed at me.
"More like you're making them do this."
"Entertainment purposes win." I reminded him. "Begin. It's ere not here Macbeth, do it again!"
"Are they going to kill… Banqueo?"
"Pay heed to the '! They mark out the letter your not to speak!" I smiled. "As do the dashes. They mean more than one syllable. I shall be responsible for everything but your acting. Your all doing well in reading, well in feeling. I am pleased. Now have a four minute break. Since we don't really have an intermission amount of time. Yet." I beamed at them.
"Great work Kol. Is it over yet?"
"No, why would it be? You four aren't allowed in when it's time for the ending. Even if you have read the book and script. I can't wait four minutes. Any questions?"
"Why can't we attend the end if we've staid the whole time and did as you asked?"
"To keep you guessing, obviously."
"Really?"
"Yes." I waited and when the time was up, called them back to the stage. They'd been given their time. "Onward! Remember about the apostrophes and the dashes. Now you know where they got the double double toil and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble."
"This has become boring." Tyler complained, shifting in his seat. I frowned.
"More feeling!" They tried to put in more feeling. They were doing great from my point of view. Apparently Tyler didn't like Malcolm or Macduff. When Tyler yawned, I knew we needed an intermission. But we weren't probably going to have one. Though Tyler was interested when he heard them talk about 'shaking Macbeth'. "Five minute intermission. I don't think I'm sending you away. Dinner is at 5 PM. It is only 4 PM. Might as well stay here."
So they started the final act. "Wrong! It's To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow. Do it again. It's Scone! Not Scoone! Do it again! Good, now take a bow, turn the light off and leave the stage." They did and I smiled. "That my friends was the end. Now let us go upstairs. Actors, that was a good play. Leave your scripts here and go home, tomorrow I expect a costume for each of you, it may be whatever you please, all that I desire is good acting. Thank you for that."
(Kai POV)
We were having dinner now. That play had been awesome. That was all I had to say about it, otherwise I was speechless. Next I hope we watch Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet. Would it be too much to ask?
"How was your day?"
"It was… awesome." I replied.
"It could have been better." Tyler was eating, slowly.
"I wish I could relive today, I wish I could relive this summer! Best. Summer. Ever."
"It's been great."
"Tyler, what do you mean? Was today horrible?"
"No, I was just bored… well okay, I'm exaggerating. That book you gave me is boring. Can I listen to an audio book about it instead?"
"No. You must read it, that would be cheating Tyler. I promise that you'll get into that book, you might be into it right now. You'll only know when you get to the end. However, don't get any ideas about skipping to the end. I have no words for the consequence if you did. Kol, you don't have to worry because this summer isn't over." Kol smiled, beaming.
"Good! That would be sad."
(Jeremy POV)
I was in the shower now. We could stay up a bit longer, but we still had to sleep early. Damn! Remind me to never sneak off to a party again. Sure it was fun, but not when you had to go through so much of this!
I rinsed the shampoo out of my hair, stepped out of the shower, and dried off my hair. I combed my hair and found myself yawning. Hm… what time was it? 6? 7? I walked out of my bathroom, temporary bathroom!, and dressed looking at the clock. It was indeed 6 PM. Damn it. I'm not supposed to be going to bed at 6!
(Tyler POV)
I had just finished feeding… Daddy had made me drink despite my efforts, all my efforts ended up doing was giving me a sore bottom. I sighed, dressing into pyjamas and got into bed, the bottom bunk as Jeremy clambered above me.
I heard the door open and looked to see Daddy. I rolled onto my side, away from him. He hummed, rubbing my back. I smiled, despite myself and my attempt to be upset with him. I rolled back over and kissed his hand. He smiled before standing up he gave me a kiss on my cheek.
"Do any of you need something before bed?"
"Nope."
"Nope." Kol yawned.
"I'm fine. Thanks."
"Love you." He gave out good night kisses before kissing my forehead. I kissed his cheek in return and he turned around.
"Since none of you need anything, I'll be off. Good night, and sweet dreams to you all." I closed my eyes, going to sleep.
(Damon POV)
"Hey, it's midnight again. You're time is up." Enzo replied, stopping the music. I chuckled, dropping my drink on the floor, he caught it though. I fell, relieved to be able to stop moving. Damn… who wanted me to do this again?
"Enzo? How much did I drink?" I asked scratching my head, wobbling my way to the couch.
"About… 300 bottles of scotch, whiskey, and bourbon. You're drunk as a cow mate. If you were human, you'd be dead." I smiled.
"Bright side of being a vampire, alcohol poisoning doesn't work on you. Now, why did I drink?"
"Because it's a party."
"I'm ti-" I yawned and my eyes dropped closed, while I fell against the couch. Oops. Last time I'm ever going to do that.
(Klaus POV)
"Why does no one love me?" I asked, looking at the empty glass of whiskey in my hand. Stefan replied with something stupid.
"I love you." I glared at him.
"Let me rephrase. Why am I everyone's least favourite brother?" I glared at the desk I was sitting next to. "I… try to be a good person, I try to help everyone like me, I try to be the person everyone wants. But Stefan… it's too hard to please everyone. You know who everyone turns to when they need help?"
"You? Because you're an all powerful hybrid?"
"If they cannot lose someone over the problem or if they need something done, they turn to Elijah. Everyone turns to Elijah Mikaelson. When do they turn to me? When they need someone who can be disposed of. I am their last resort! Stefan!" I was quiet now. Thinking things that were slipping by too fast to actually understand. Then a thought struck. "Stefan, do you know who Elijah likes? More than me?"
"Who? His mom? His father?" I took in a breath at the mention of Mikael, squeezing my cup with my hand.
"Mikael… no. He likes Elena, he likes that stupid Mystic Falls Gang. Let me tell you something. You know when I try to kill Elena or Damon?"
"Yes."
"Do you know who is always, always there to stop me?"
"Elijah?" I slammed my drink on the desk, it broke and the drink went flying every where.
"YES! Elijah bloody Mikaelson! He stops me from killing anyone over there, but you know what? More than likely Elijah has made himself Damon's body guard! No! More like his guardian angel! I ask you Stefan, where is my guardian angel? No one cares to protect me! I am left to fend for myself! No one likes me."
"Why am I still here then?" I ignored him, I had need of thought. Where were they headed this time. I felt a tear roll down my face. Elijah… loves them more than me. It's Celeste all over again! I squeezed my fist closed, angry. Another thought landed. Elena.
"Stefan, I've tried to kill Elena for killing Kol and you know what Elijah says?"
"Not to kill her."
"YES! He says not to kill her! What the hell is wrong with him! It's like he doesn't even give a damn about his family. He says 'no one gets away with hurting my family.' Or no one lives and hurts my family. He's lying! Elena has killed Kol and Matt has killed Finn." I slammed my fist on the desk. "You know what? I refuse to let my brother be a liar! I've tried to kill Elena, I've tried to kill Matt. However Elijah has always gotten in my way. I have to do something about Elijah. Then… then I can kill them."
"But then Elijah'd be upset wouldn't he? Wouldn't you also have to kill Damon? What about Finn? Or your parents?"
"Why should I have to do a thing about them? By the time they figured it out, it'd be too late."
"Katerina killed Jeremy to punish Elena."
"Hm… Well that was half her punishment."
"And killing her is the other half? Wouldn't it be better to find a different way to punish her?"
"What do you suggest?"
"I… don't know." I sat down, trying to think again.
"I could kill Bonnie."
"But Jeremy likes Bonnie, and Tyler likes Bonnie, and Kai likes Bonnie." I sighed. "Speaking of Kai… isn't the cure in his system?" I looked up at him, tilting my head in curiosity.
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"If the cure leaves his system, he returns to what he was before right?"
"I would think so."
"Yeah, because Silas took the cure and it turned him back into a witch so if Kai were to remove the cure, he'd turn back into a syphon and what Damon said to him would come true."
"What did Damon say to him?"
"That maybe his powers would come back, but Damon was being Damon and lied to him."
"Hmph. What were you saying?"
"Who have we all been wanting to take the cure to anyway?"
"Elena. I have no need of her anymore."
"Exactly so if we give Elena the cure and put a spell on her to make her unable to bleed or fed from, then that makes her body invincible and the cure couldn't ever come out, if we linked the spell to something… that isn't breakable…"
"Let's say, hypothetically speaking, we used one of my paintings as the anchor. What then?"
"If we took the cure from Kai, whom gets his powers back, and we give it to Elena, whom becomes a human again and gets her humanity back, then… if Elena's a human forever, she'll die a human in a natural death. They'll think you're doing us a favour."
"How do we know that with the cure in her body that she ages?"
"… Um. I haven't thought about that. We could drain her and then we could keep the cure in a safe place, got a safe place?"
"Actually… yes I do. It's where I keep my poisons. No one's ever found that place. Not even my siblings or my son Marcellus. We could keep it there. No one would find it."
"Then Elena would age to what ever she was supposed to be aged and we could link her ability to turn vampire to a painting."
"It'd need to be a powerful witch."
"Kai. Kai could do the spell. You can't imagine the things he could do. He's a syphon."
"He'd need a power source."
"… You could be the power source?"
"Fine with me. Now what?"
"If we take the cure from Kai, who gets his powers back, and we give it to Elena, who turns human again, and we take it from her and put it in your stores, where no one would find it, then Elena becomes human again and everyone thinks your helping so we get Kai to link her humanity to a painting, she can't be turned vampire again. She'll die in a normal human life span, unless she gets murdered first, but NOT by you." I smirked.
"That, my friend, is a brilliant idea. That is why I keep you around."
"… Isn't that underhanded?"
"I've no idea what you're talking about." I smiled, standing. He grabbed me, helping me stand. Idiot. "Good job Stefan." I was being led to a couch and before we got there, my vision went black.
(Stefan POV)
What. The. Hell. Did I just talk Klaus. Into? I just wrote Elena's death sentence! I began to panic as I put Klaus on the couch and covered him with a blanket. I have a 50:50 chance that he'll forget what we said tonight. God please help me! I've just done something terrible. Damon would kill me if he ever found out what we just plotted… not to mention Elijah would kill us both…. I grimaced. Please don't have let him heard us. I put a pillow under Nik's head. I cleaned up the mess and turned off the light, heading to bed myself.