Elena stayed quiet for a while, thinking about the life she was leaving, and the new life she had just begun. She knew in her heart that she made the right decision. She never wanted to be a vampire, but she didn't want to die either. This was her second chance at life and she was going to make the most of it.
"What are you thinking?" Kol asked after a while of studying Elena's face, trying to read her.
"About where we will be going. Obviously it will have to be pretty far from Mystic Falls. I've never really been anywhere before." Elena told him honestly.
"Well, we could go pretty much anywhere in the world once we have a daylight ring for you. I have homes in several countries, so it's really up to you, love." He said as he looked out the window to see if it was becoming dark. "Sunset will be soon, we will leave just after."
Elena nodded and looked out the window carefully, watching as the last light of day passed below the line of the mountains to the west. Kol nodded to Elena as he opened the door, motioning her to follow him back to the car. She walked behind him a little ways then decided she wanted to try some of her new vampire features, such a speed.
She took off towards the car and ended up almost a football field's length past it, only stopping when Kol grabbed her.
"Well that didn't go how it was supposed to." Elena said as she looked at the car in the distance.
"You have to learn to control more than just your hunger. Your speed is one of those things." He said, walking to stand behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders, pointing her in the direction of the car. "Focus on the point you want to end up at. Now when you start running, stop when you feel like you are half way to the car."
She let out a breath and looked at the car, only then noticing that Kol had somehow flashed from her to leaning against it in the blink of an eye. "Come on, love, we don't have all night."
She focused on the car and did exactly what he said, even if it sounded strange. She felt like she had stopped half way to the car, but when she opened her eyes, she was standing right in front of him, less than a foot away from the car.
"How did you know that would work?" She asked him as he smirked.
"Darling, I have been a vampire for a thousand years, obviously it comes naturally for me now. However, when I was turned, I had no one to teach me, I had to learn these tricks myself. Think of it as having vampire cheat code of sorts, directly from one of the ones who invented most of the tricks in the book." Kol said confidently, opening the passenger door, allowing her to get in before shutting it and flashing over to the driver's side.
"Try to get some sleep while I drive, it will be a long night ahead. I will wake you when we arrive at our destination." Kol said as they began driving. Elena just nodded and leaned her head against the seatbelt and closed her eyes. Apparently dying and transitioning into a vampire took quite a bit of energy. Elena was asleep within minutes.
Kol drove for several hours, ending up in Savannah, Georgia just after midnight. Elena was still sleeping soundly when he pulled into the driveway of a simple house covered in vines and flowers.
"Elena, time to wake up." He said as he brushed his finger along her cheek, watching as the veins grew under her eyes the closer he got to her. She opened her eyes and looked at him, scared at the hunger she was feeling. "You need to feed before we go inside. Drink." He commanded as he held his wrist out to her, watching intently as her face transformed while she bit into the soft flesh, drinking her fill. "That's enough." He told her while pulling away, a single drop of blood running from the corner of her mouth. He lifted his finger to wipe it away and she grabbed his hand, licking the blood off his finger before shying away, completely embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." Elena said as she looked in the small mirror, checking to make sure she looked somewhat acceptable.
"Don't worry about it, sweetheart, its part of the hunger. The worst of it will pass quickly. I just needed to make sure you fed before we went inside." He said as he opened her door, helping her out of the car, then walking up to the front porch.
He knocked on the door and waited for a reply. A young looking woman came to the doorway with a smile on her face.
"Well, well, if it isn't Kol Mikaelson. The last time I saw you was in 1910!" She said, making Elena give him looks of confusion. "Who's your friend?"
"Estelle, this is Elena. Elena, meet Estelle." Kol said, introducing the two. "Estelle is a witch gifted in cloaking spells and regeneration." He explained to Elena who looked at Estelle and smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Elena said before running into the invisible barrier in the doorway.
"Please, come in." Estelle said, allowing Elena to pass through. "I take it she has just turned, couldn't be more than a day old."
"Yes, and as I am her sire, I took it upon myself to teach her." Kol said to Estelle, making her eyes widen.
"That means a great deal coming from you, Kol Mikaelson. I can sense a great change within you. You've turned it back on haven't you?" She asked him as she sat down across from them both in her living room.
"Just yesterday. A bit of change that I'll have to adjust to, but I think I'll manage." Kol said to her while smiling. Elena watched him and smiled too, having never seen a genuine smile from him before.
"Well I'll be damned. What made you turn it back on?" Estelle asked him while she poured a cup of tea for them both.
"You're looking at her. I felt when she died and I became her sire and somehow it flipped itself, and here we are." Kol said, motioning to Elena before resting back on the couch to get comfortable.
"And I'm assuming you'd like to get her a daylight ring, am I correct?" Estelle asked with a smirk.
"Precisely. And while we are at it, a cloaking spell, if you could. I'd rather like to be able to train Elena without having to worry about anyone finding us and ruining it. What type of payment would you like? I can get the same herbs from South Africa again." Kol asked as she nodded and walked into the other room to grab something.
"I wouldn't mind another few of those plants, obviously they are doing their job, but that will be it. The rest of my payment comes in knowing the fact that you've got your humanity back, and that's all I need." Estelle said as she came back with a small box of rings, showing them to Elena and Kol, letting them choose which one to spell.
"I'll have it arranged. Now darling, I'd think you would prefer small and simple, compared to large and flashy, am I correct?" Kol asked Elena as he looked through the box of the Lapis Lazuli rings.
"Yeah, I'm not too big on flashy things. Small an simple sounds perfect to me." Elena responded right before he handed one to her, seeing how she liked it. Elena immediately nodded and agreed it was the one.
"That's just the one I thought you'd go for. Here, let me spell it for you." Estelle said, taking the ring and spelling it to become a daylight ring. "Now for the cloaking spell, you'll need to join hands." She said after giving the ring back to Elena, who slid it on her right ring finger. Elena joined her hands in Kol's, both feeling a slight shock upon the touch. As Estelle said the words in Latin, they both felt a tingling sensation fall over them like water.
After a few moments, the tingling stopped and she motioned to them that she was finished with the spell, but she continued to stare at the pair of vampires before her with a smile.
"I've never seen anything like this before." Estelle said as she continued to look at the pair, who quickly dropped their hands once they realized they were still holding onto each other.
"Like what?" Elena immediately said, worrying it might be something bad.
"Everyone has an aura, dear. Each person's aura is different in many ways; only witches can see them. I've never seen two auras be so similar, only contrasting in the most perfect ways. It's just an observation, Kol will understand." Estelle said before walking over to the door with both of them in tow. The expression on Kol's face was one of confusion, almost remembrance as he followed.
"Thank you, Estelle, for everything today. I'll have your herbs sent as soon as possible, and I promise to be in touch hopefully sooner than 106 years from now." Kol said as he and Elena walked out the door, back to the car.
"You better be. I expect an update about how this new life is going for you both!" She yelled as they got in the car.
As they began to drive away, Elena looked at Kol, wondering what Estelle had been talking about.
"What did she mean back there?" Elena asked as they got on the interstate. "Why did she say that you would understand?"
"There's much you have yet to learn about me. As for the reason why I would understand about auras is because before I was turned, I had magic as well." He explained, effectively shocking Elena.
"You were a witch?!" Elena asked shockingly.
"I believe the term for a male witch these days is a warlock, but yes, darling, I was." Kol responded honestly.
"That's why you have so many witch friends, and why you get along so well with them, right?" Elena asked curiously.
"Precisely. I respect the witches, not just use them like Nik and Rebekah. I know how it is, and they know that. I may not have my magic any longer, but it is still part of my aura, which they can sense." He told her, still watching the road.
"So what did she mean about how our auras are so similar and how they contrast in the most perfect way?" Elena asked, needing to know answers.
"I'll explain in time, darling. First we will worry about trying to get you accustomed to feeding and running. You can't live off my blood forever, and it's at the point that I need to replenish myself as well. How do you feel like stopping for a bite?" Kol said as they drove towards the next exit. Elena looked apprehensive, but reluctantly agreed.