Epilogue

Three years later

"CAROLENA! You know better!" Bonnie shouted as her daughter was covered head to toe in sparkly glitter. Her twin brother, on the other hand, was covered in mud and throwing handfuls of it at his father and Uncle Stefan.

"Your aim is all wrong." Three year old Henrik said as he, too, was all covered in mud. Using magic, he readied two handfuls of mud and with the same aim as his father, nailed his two uncles in the face.

"That's a great shot!" Christopher Salvatore said as he jumped down from the tree. His raven black hair was just like his father's but his eyes were all Katherine's. "Hey! How's Aunt Elena doing?"

Henrik giggled. "Momma's doing fine and is feeding my sister."

During the three years, the Mikaelson family grew to be larger than they had ever thought. Klaus and Caroline had two daughters-Elisabeth and Alexia, Kol and Bonnie were blessed with another daughter named Sheila who was-for the most part-just like her father with his love for baseball, Rebekah and Stefan had a son named Zachary after his great nephew who Damon had killed a while ago, Elijah and Elena had two daughters named Freya and Jenna.

Jeremy and Davina did give Elena a nephew named Alaric Grayson while Katherine and Damon had two girls named Diana and Selene.

Elijah had just come out and stared at his son. Noticing how dirty he was, he turned to stare at Stefan and Kol who were filthy from the tops of their heads to the tips of their shoes.

"All of you boys need to wash up before your mothers' skin me alive and trust me," he was shivering. "I'd rather be alive."

"How's Aunt Davina doing?" Henrik asked as he went to go past his father to get all nice and clean again. Elijah grinned and ruffled his son's hair.

"Why don't you ask her? She and your Uncle Jeremy are here at the moment."

All the kids ran inside to get all nice and clean so that they can say hi to their favorite auntie and uncle.

Davina was smiling as she held Alaric in her arms as the baby was trying to grab people's hair at the moment. Jeremy was too enraptured with him to notice anything else except for when Freya jumped onto his lap at two years and one month old.

You could see a lot of Elena in her, especially when she smiled but her eyes were all Elijah's. She was wearing a pretty blue dress and had a little blue bird on her head.

"How's my little Freya doing and who is that?" He asked her with a kiss to her nose. The girl giggled.

"That's Bluebell. She's my new friend." She said enthusiastically. She, like her mother and all of the children, loved the birds and Klaus decided to get them some pets to help them 'learn responsibility' (though Elijah had mentioned it to Elena that he really loved horses and anything canine).

The Compound was filled with the chirps from the birds as well as the barks and yelps from the dogs that were part wolf.

Elena came down in a mint green dress with dolman sleeves and a four month old in her arms. Little Jenna was asleep and Elena smiled at them. Behind her was the sparkly Carolena who was holding her sister's hand next to Lilly in a light pink dress and Alexia in a pretty yellow dress holding Elisabeth's hand. Sheila and Elisabeth were both in matching dark pink dresses.

"What about the boys?" He asked as he made a move to hug his sister.

She laughed.

"Getting all cleaned up from playing in the mud." She said. Her eyes were sparkling and she was smiling. "Got any good news for us?"

"We're moving back here permanently." Davina told her easily. "We can't be away from you all for so long."

That night, as everyone and the children were eating, the dining room was filled with stories and laughter like a real family. If you looked close enough, you could see the love emanating from the room from all the happiness and joy.

Damon and Katherine announced that they were, indeed, going to have another child while Rebekah and Caroline gave their husbands the same thing.

The cheering that erupted from all the adults knew that before long, there will be more children in the future for however long they all want it.

Always, always and forever.

~*~ FINIS~*~