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[Three Days Later]


Klaus was worried greatly about Bella. She was still unconscious and he had no idea why. Elijah was equally as worried. Neither one of them wanted to leave her bedside, but Klaus decided to go and undagger Kol. He knew it was something that Bella would want him to do, so he was going to do it. After his big talk with Rebekah, he concluded that perhaps they were stronger together as a family against Mikael than Klaus trying to shoulder all the responsibility alone. Klaus looked down at his brother laying in the coffin. He daggered him back in the eighties, so he was still sporting an eighties look. He blew out a breath before he pulled the dagger from his brother's chest.

"Don't make me regret this." Klaus muttered before he walked away and headed back upstairs. It was dumb luck that Bella pulled the dagger out of Rebekah's chest. Kol was right across in a different room. He never stored them together in the same room because he was afraid of something happening.

Elijah glanced up at Klaus when he walked into the room they had Bella in. "Did you undagger our little brother?"

"I did." Klaus sat on the side of the bed and looked down at Bella's sleeping face. She seemed so peaceful right now. He had a nurse come and check on her, run an IV so she wouldn't be dehydrated.

"Well, I spoke with Renee. She told Damon." Elijah said. "I imagine Damon is not going to be happy. I don't know what all Renee told Damon, but we can anticipate that he will be here shortly."

Klaus ran a hand over his face. "I have more to worry about than him being a drama king."

"That may be so, but Bella is his daughter. He has a right to be upset. Renee was highly disappointed in me. I assured her that Bella is being taken care of and we didn't want to move her. She's coming to see her. I waited as long as I could Niklaus, if I waited any longer, then they would have sent a search party out for her."

Klaus sighed. He knew that Elijah was right. "The hybrid… it is harder to control. I can feel it lurking every second of every day. My temper is an issue."

"I would say. You nearly ripped out my heart." Elijah muttered.

"Why is Katherine Pierce back in town? You let her just walk up to you and kiss you." Klaus's temper was gone, but he was still upset that Bella had to witness his brother locking lips with another woman.

"I didn't let her do anything. I was shocked that she made a bold move but I shoved her away immediately and then she ran away. Though I think some of it had to do with messing with Stefan's head. Elena is the dopleganger and Stefan bore witness to it as well. I spoke with the younger Salvatore myself. He said that Bella told him that it wasn't Elena. That it was Katherine. It settled his nerves, but she hid her own anxiety over the matter. I wish I knew that she was suffering." Elijah murmured and looked over at her. His heart ached to see her like this and it hurt worse to know that he was the cause.

Klaus was silent a moment. "She's unlike any other woman I have ever met."

"No. She isn't." Elijah agreed.

It didn't take long for Damon to appear. Stefan was with him, so was Renee and Mason. Damon was fuming. He let himself into the manor and he stormed into the room.

"I told you both that if you hurt her I would find a way to kill you." Damon started.

Renee put a hand on Damon's arm. "Damon, wait. Just hear them out. There is more going on."

Klaus growled at Damon. "How nice of you to just storm into my house Damon. Sure, door is open. Come on in."

"You did this to her! If-"

"Correction, it was my fault." Elijah said, sticking up for his brother. "It was me Damon. Katherine Pierce." Was all he said and Damon's demeanor changed.

"Why do you know that name?"

"Because she was the doppleganger before she became a vampire." Klaus said. "I have hunted her for over five hundred years. She's a stain on our existence and I will murder her the first chance I get."

Elijah looked at Damon. "Klaus and I were arguing because of Katherine. Bella… she fainted when… when Klaus tried to rip my heart out."

Stefan swallowed. "Listen, Damon. You know how Katherine is. She likes to screw with people. Elijah pushed her away, me and Bella just didn't see it happen. It was my fault. I tried to run away from it."

"I don't like either of you." Damon said harshly to Elijah and Klaus. "I won't pretend to accept the triangle you three have formed. She is lying here unconscious because of you two idiots." Damon said and looked to Bella's sleeping face. "She has been through a lot."

"More than you know." Klaus agreed. He looked at Elijah. Elijah didn't know what Klaus had experienced. What he had saw through Bella's memories.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Damon looked at Klaus, his tone holding a high level of irritation.

Klaus shook his head. "It means that I know what she's been through. I know every single detail of everything she… everything she experience. I have witnessed it, through her memories."

Damon stared at Klaus, an look of disbelief on his face. "That does not make it any better. She was abused by Edward. I've seen the marks on her body. You're tell me, that you somehow are able to access her mind and see her memories?"

"No. I don't know how it works. It was an accident. It's what triggered my hybrid side, seeing what happened to her."

"How did you accidentally make this happen?" Damon dug for more answers.

Klaus looked at Elijah and then back at Damon. "I'm not discussing that with you. I don't have to discuss that with you and I am certain you don't want to know."

Damon shook his head. "No, it concerns my daughter. What sort of experiments were you trying to-"

"Sex isn't an experiment Damon, it's what two people do when they love each other." Klaus said, irritated with Damon's presence.

"I'm going to kill you." Damon growled out and started forward when Kol appeared.

Klaus looked at his brother. It appeared he had changed clothes already. He didn't realize that he was fully awake now. "Kol."

Kol was tall and slender, his dark hair was shaggy right now. He needed a haircut to style it more modern, but he was dressed in a simple tight, black v neck t-shirt of Klaus's and some dark jeans.

Damon sighed. He was irritated that there was now another original. "Great." He huffed. "This is all I needed." He said and looked at Klaus. "I'm not finished with you. You should have told me the moment this happened and not three days later. She's been asleep for three days."

"She's not sleeping." Kol spoke. He was standing there casually in the doorway. "She's awake and can hear everything you're spouting off right now."

Damon turned to look at Kol. "Who the fuck are you?"

"Kol Mikaelson. I'm the youngest living brother of the Mikaelson brood. I was just woken from my own slumber after forty something years. Though that is something for a different time." He said and then walked into the room. He looked down at Bella's face. "You are quite peculiar." Kol said as he looked down at Bella. Everyone was silent as they watched him lean down and brush his lips to Bella's softly. He leaned back up. "There, that shall do."

Bella blinked, her eyes opening to see the room around her. She felt like she was in limbo for three days, but those three days, she met a man.


[Flashback Bella's dreamstate]


Bella looked around her. She was in Mystic Falls, but everything seemed different somehow. The trees seemed darker, she felt darker. It was eerily silent, but you could hear the sounds of nature. The trees breathed and swayed with the gentle wind. The ground felt lighter with each step Bella took. She heard a noise, the simple sound of a twig snapping under someone's foot and she spun to see who it was. "Edward." She gasped and she turned to try and run away, but he was too fast for her. He was a vampire; his reflexes were smooth. His topaz gaze was intense, staring into her very soul like he could see her wallowing despair. "Edward please…." She resorted to begging. She was trapped, like a bunny in a cage. Her heart slammed hard in her chest and she felt her throat tighten, making it hard to breathe. Edward's cool hands snapped out and caught her throat. It didn't take much to make her choke. Suddenly, Edward was flung away towards the sky, like he was cherrypicked by a god. Tears slid down Bella's face and she looked around, her body visibly shaking from the trauma of seeing Edward again.

A man appeared, like he was the evening mist blowing in off a bay. His hair was dark, reminding her of Elijah and his eyes were equally as dark. He was tall, slender and he had a concerned look on his face. He was dressed in all black and at first Bella thought that he could have been the devil. Though it didn't make sense to her. Was she dead and she was in a sort of hell?

"I'm not Lucifer, though I am sure if he could walk the Earth, he would be just as handsome." The man spoke, his tone lilted with a touch of England. He had a youthful face, but his jaw was more square.

"W-who are you?" Bella managed to squeak out.

"Kol Mikaelson. You are Bella Lockwood." Kol said with a nod. "I won't hurt you. Can't hurt you actually. We're in a dream world." He explained.

"But… Edward he felt real." Bella said, looking towards the sky where Edward had disappeared to.

Kol faded in closer, stopping right in front of her, startling her and getting her to squeak again. "You can feel everything. You just can't actually be killed." He said and studied her. Her face was beautiful. Her piercing blue eyes were alluring and were mystical. "You are… peculiar."

"How did I get here?"

"You fell in. Your body is conscious. If you focus you could likely hear what is going on around you in the real world." Kol explained. "Come, I'll show you around." He said and turned, expecting Bella to follow.

Bella hesitated briefly, but she followed Kol. "You're Klaus and Elijah's brother." She stated as they walked. They were in Mystic Falls now, the town. It was deserted and it was odd to see.

Kol hummed a little. "Yes. Klaus put a dagger in my chest and stuck me in a box I assume. It takes practice, but I can meet my consciousness in the other world as well. I know it's 2023 now. I have been in this world for 45 years now."

"Is this where Rebekah was as well?" Bella asked. She had undaggered Rebekah.

"Yes. My sister is hard to deal with. I was there when Klaus put the dagger in her chest. Happened in the 1920s. Klaus is afraid that our father will catch up to us. I admit I become erratic at times, hence me being here and not out there." Kol motioned with his hand. They walked to the Mystic Grill and went inside. Kol went to the bar, grabbed the bourbon then two glasses and poured the bourbon into them. He handed Bella one of the glasses and she accepted it.

Bella took a drink and she felt the burn. "This is strange."

"Downside is, you can drink and drink but never actually get drunk." Kol said with a nod and downed his bourbon quickly.

"So Edward, how did he find me here?"

"He wasn't actually here. He's from your mind. Our deepest fears come out here in this world. They keep coming back."

"So it's like hell."

Kol hummed again. "I suppose. If that is how you interpret hell. You're very strange."

"How am I strange?"

"You feel like a vampire, but you're clearly a human." Kol pointed out.

Bella took a deeper drink of her bourbon before she spoke again. "My dad is Damon Salvatore."

"Hmm. A hybrid then. Lockwoods are werewolves, so I can only imagine that you are a hybrid. Like my brother."

"Well. The way I understand it, I have to trigger my curse to actually… be a wolf. But the vampire thing. I don't have any special abilities."

"Sure you do. You can't be compelled can you?"

Bella frowned. "Well, no."

"Vampire mind." Kol said with a nod.

Bella looked at Kol. He was different from Elijah and Klaus. She felt drawn to him in some strange way. She didn't know how to explain it. But she really liked Kol. She felt that she could trust him with anything. "So, you said I fell in."

"Exactly. You weren't daggered obviously, so you fell in. What was happening before you got here?"

Bella thought back to Elijah and Klaus and the memory hit her. She gasped and put a hand to her mouth. "Klaus was about to rip Elijah's heart out! I have to-"

"It won't kill him and odds are you passed out, landed here that Klaus stopped trying to kill Elijah to tend to you." Kol said and then paused and closed his eyes a moment like he was concentrating on something. "Yes, Elijah is alright." He said then opened his eyes and looked at her.

Bella felt relief to hear that. "Good."

"You are Klaus's imprint." Kol stated. "But Elijah. He's your mate."

"Yes, I know it's confusing." Bella said and blushed a little.

"Not at all. You have multiple selves. You're not just a wolf, you are a vampire. Klaus imprinted on you, so you are his imprintee. You're a vampire as well. That side may lay dormant, but all vampires have a mate. Your mate happens to be Elijah. Small world." Kol said with a coy smile.

Bella thought about it. It made sense to her. Of course it did. She loved both Klaus and Elijah. She was connected to both of them, but what was this connection she was feeling towards Kol? "How long will I be here?"

"Until you are woken up."

"Klaus and Elijah, they would try to wake me right?"

"Hmm. Possibly, though I imagine they are thinking you'll wake on your own. Either way, I'll keep you company while we wait."


[End Bella's dream flashback]


Bella felt her lips tingle from where Kol had kissed her. She lifted a hand to her lips and then she looked to see Klaus right there, his ocean blue eyes showing relief that she was awake. "Kol." She said and sat up.

Kol had walked to the doorway. His back was turned. "Bella."

"How?"

"You know how." Kol said and then he left the room.

Bella stared after him, confusion filling her even more.

The entire room was in shock, even Damon, but he recovered, going to her side. "Bella, honey. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine dad." Bella said and threw the covers back and then she noticed the IV. She pulled it out and tried getting to her feet, but Klaus was sitting her back down on the bed.

"Take it easy love. You were just in a sleep for three days."

"I wasn't sleeping." Bella said and then she shrugged Klaus's hand off. She went to Elijah, her bright eyes wandering over his body to inspect him, her hand was steady as it reached up and cupped his face. "You're okay?"

Elijah swallowed and nodded. "I am now that you are awake."

Bella nodded and then she swung her attention to Klaus. "You."

"Bella… I am deeply sorry for-"

"You can't act like that. Ever. You are brothers. Family. I can't forgive it if you two kill each other." Bella said, her voice wavering a little. She shook her head and then she looked at her mom. She was patiently standing there, a small smile. She went to her and hugged her. Renee hugged her back. "Mom."

"You're okay." She murmured.

Stefan cleared his throat. "I hate to interrupt. There's another Mikaelson and he just… woke Bella from her sleep…. How?"

Bella pulled away from her mom to look at her uncle. "I'm not sure." She lied and then she looked back at Damon. "Dad, I promise I'm okay. Stop looking like you're about to murder Elijah and Klaus."

"It's because I'm about to murder them."

"No." Bella said the word harshly. Her brows furrowed. "Just stop. Everyone stop. I'm tired of everyone trying to treat me like I'm some child."

"You are my child." Damon said, his matching blue eyes looking at her worried.

Bella nodded. "I know and I know you missed out on so much time, but you're not going to tell me what I can and can't do. You may be my father, but I am nineteen now. I am a grown woman. I make my own choices. I chose Klaus and Elijah. You need to accept that. Stop threatening to kill the men I love or I will not speak to you."

Damon felt the stab in his chest. Panic. He didn't want to lose her. He looked to Klaus and Elijah who were both silent while they let Bella have her speech. "I'm… sorry." It was odd hearing Damon apologize for anything, but he was apologizing now, to his daughter. "I will… be less… me."

"No. I don't want you to stop being yourself. I want you to understand."

"Honey, it's hard." Renee spoke up. "It'll take time. We love and care about you. We were just worried… that's all."

Bella knew that everyone loved her and cared about her. She knew that, but it didn't make it any less frustrating, but she nodded. "Okay."

Renee's phone rang and Renee pulled it from her pocket, seeing it was Caroline. "I love you sweetie. I'm glad you are okay." She said and then she stepped outside the room to answer the phone. "Caroline are-"

"Please come get me." Caroline's voice trembled.

"Oh sweetheart, where are you?" Renee asked quietly. She had been there for Caroline since she was dating her nephew off and on. Caroline was like a second daughter to her sometimes. She remembered Liz Forbes and she liked her a great deal, so she would look out for her daughter whenever Caroline needed her.

"I'm in Mckinney. Tyler and me had a fight. I'm at the mall." Caroline sniffed.

"I'm on my way." Renee said and then she hung up.

Damon joined her a moment later. "What's wrong?"

Renee sighed. "Tyler being an asshole again. I'm going to Mckinney to pick Caroline up from the mall. Bella is okay." She said and reached a hand up and cupped Damon's cheek. "She's going to be just fine. Trust her… trust me." She murmured.

Damon looked down at Renee and nodded. He leaned in and kissed her softly. His heart leapt everytime he kissed her. She was his mate and all those years ago, when she walked away from him, he flipped his switch because of it. It was too much pain to see his mate go off like that. He never understood how he could find a mate in a human girl and one with the werewolf gene at that. "Okay. I'll back off." He murmured and kissed her again. "Be careful." He said softly against her lips.

Renee smiled, kissing Damon back. "I will." She said and then she patted his cheek gently before she left, going out to the car and getting in and driving away towards Mckinney to get Caroline.

Stefan walked up behind Damon, putting his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Bella is okay. I think we should give them some space. Let them sort this out. If Bella needs us… we're just a phone call away."

Damon just nodded. Now he was worried about Renee, something felt off with her and he didn't know what it was. He tried to bury it. He looked at his brother. "Okay. Let's go." He said and he flashed away, heading back towards the boarding house.