It felt weird being alive again. I was still getting used to some of the more mundane things like eating and going to the bathroom. You didn't have to do those when you were a spirit. I was out of New Orleans for the first time in my life and also death. Five years had passed. Part of me didn't want to leave my dad but I knew that I needed to get out of New Orleans and he couldn't exactly leave. Kol even proposed to me and I said yes, even though I was doubting it now. He had never stopped loving me, despite the fact that I had been dead for five years.
My name is Davina Claire and there was one thing that I was thinking about lately, more so one person and that was Hope Mikaelson, Kol's niece. She was basically going to have to abandon her family because the spell to defeat The Hollow required separating the witch between her and the four Originals. It basically prevented them from being near her or each other without bad things happening, but Hope was only 7. She shouldn't have to go somewhere where she doesn't know anyone.
The other thing that I didn't really like was work. I was technically 18 and I wasn't going to college, so I had to get a job. Well, I didn't really have to since Kol was both rich and had the ability to compel people, but I figured it would give me the chance to feel normal. I had never really felt normal in all of my life. The thing was I kind of hating working. Maybe I wasn't cut out to be normal. I didn't know what to do.
I decided to call my dad because I needed some advice.
"What's on your mind, D?" He asked.
"I can't stop thinking about Hope. I know I don't even really know her, but it doesn't seem fair that she should have to go somewhere that she doesn't know anyone." I stated. My dad knew her better because she was technically his sister. He was Klaus's son because Klaus had adopted him.
"I know it sucks, but we can't have The Hollow coming back, so until someone finds a solution, they have to be separated and I can't leave New Orleans either." He pointed out. "It's just the way that it's gotta be."
"Maybe I should go and see her." I suggested. There was nothing preventing me from visiting her.
"She'd probably like that." He stated. "But let's talk about something else. I heard you're engaged. I know I don't leave New Orleans, but maybe if you wanted to have the wedding somewhere like Shreveport or Baton Rouge, I could make an exception."
"I haven't even started thinking about that yet." I admitted. It would be nice to have him at my wedding, but I wasn't sure if or when I wanted to get married. It was still a lot to think about.
"Well just let me know. It can be as big or small as you want it to be." He offered.
Later, I ended up talking to Kol about wanting to see Hope and he personally thought it was a great idea. The town where Hope was going to school was actually in the same place he was born over a thousand years ago. I also did want to see where he grew up, even though I knew it would be vastly different than it was back then. So I was heading on a plane for the first time in my life since I didn't know the spell for teleportation and even if I did, I would need to have been to the place in order to do that.
It took a long time to get there. The flight itself was long and we ended up having a three hour layover in Kansas City. Because I had chosen to go on a Sunday, I decided to watch football in the airport. I wasn't the biggest Saints fan, but I liked to watch them occasionally. It was 11 hours after I left when I finally got there. I did tell Hayley that I would be going. In addition, Mystic Falls was also an hour and a half from Richmond, so I got there pretty late. I wasn't even sure if Hope would still be awake because I didn't know when she went to bed. I figured the smart thing would be just to check myself into a hotel and go and see her in the morning. I didn't sleep the best. I wasn't sure if it was jet lag or I was just anxious.
Of course, I couldn't just go to Hope because the school did want to protect its students. Hayley had gotten me a meeting with the headmasters of the school and they would decide if I could see her. It was frustrating but I supposed it was a good idea.
The headmasters were a man in his early 40s and a woman in her early 20s, but from Hayley I knew she was a vampire so she was older than she looked.
"You're younger than I expected." The man said. I wasn't sure how to respond to that.
"Thank you?" I replied.
"Why don't we just get to the point?" The woman suggested. "My name is Caroline Salvatore and this is Alaric Saltzman. I understand from Hayley you are Kol's girlfriend."
"Fiancée, technically." I pointed out. You know I had forgotten to tell Hayley about the engagement. "My name's Davina and I was wondering if I could visit Hope. We don't really know each other but that's mostly because I haven't really seen her since she was a baby. Did Hayley tell you what happened to me?"
"No." Caroline declared.
"Well when I brought Kol back, he was actually cursed to crave my blood and he actually killed me. It was only a few months that I came back to life." I explained. That was another reason that I was afraid of marrying Kol because I was afraid that he would kill me again and I didn't know if I wanted to be a vampire."
"How long was it?" Alaric asked.
"5 years." I explained.
"I was only dead for two. I can't imagine what that was like, but how did manage to still have a body since the Other Side was destroyed?" He questioned.
"New Orleans basically had its own version of the Other Side just for the witches." I stated. It was then some tears came to my eyes. "It was terrible."
"Well Hope is currently in class right now, but if you want, you're welcome to look around the school until she's done." Caroline offered. It seemed like she seemed to be trust me more than Alaric did.
I got up and started to look around the office.
"So why did you build this place exactly?" I asked curiously. A school for supernatural children seemed like it was a good idea, but it was also pretty odd.
"We made it so our daughters would have a place that they wouldn't feel weird learning magic." Caroline answered.
"Wait, are you two married?" I questioned. They had different last names, but she could have just kept it. I did notice they were wearing rings…even though they were different rings. Also how did she have kids if she was a vampire?
"No. We're actually both widowed. We tried dating but it didn't really work out." Alaric answered. That would explain why the rings were different. "Technically Josie and Lizzie aren't related to Caroline. It's a complicated story."
I realized that I probably shouldn't pry even though I wanted to know. I expected the office and started to look around the school.
"This place is amazing." I gushed. I wished that I had been able to go a school like it when I was growing up.
"Thank you." Caroline said. "So, Hayley told me that you're a really powerful witch. You would be interested in teaching here by any chance?"
That was something that I never thought about. I wasn't sure if I could teach anyone else how to do magic since I had mostly done it for myself. I didn't know if I would be a good teacher and there was also another barrier to that as well.
"I don't even have a high school diploma." I admitted. That was when I was hit with an idea. "Since I never graduated, do you think I could go to school here?"
It would probably just be easier to get either my dad or Kol to compel someone into giving me a diploma but I wouldn't feel like I earned it. That was part of the reason why I didn't want to go to college either.
"Are you sure that you want to do that?" Caroline asked me. That was probably something that I would need to talk things over with Kol with. Since Hope also went here, he wouldn't be able to see me very often.
"When I was in school, I always felt like I didn't belong, even when I was in the witch clique." I stated.
It was at moment that I noticed Hope. She looked upset. She headed upstairs to her room and I followed behind her. I quickly found that she had locked the door with magic. I could probably unlock it but I wanted to convince her to do it herself.
"Hope?" I asked. This part was going to be a little bit awkward.
"Leave me alone." She said through the door.
"I'm going to do that." I stated. "You probably don't remember me. My name is Davina. Marcel is my father. I came here because I wanted to talk to you."
You know in a weird, completely not actually true way, I was her niece. I never thought I would be able to say that I had a 7-year-old aunt.
"Can I come in?" I added.
She opened the door and I got to look her in the eye. She did not really look that much like Klaus to be honest, but I supposed that was a good thing. I walked into the room and sat on the floor.
"So I heard the Hollow brought you back to life." She stated. It wasn't how I expected my conversation with her to start.
"Yeah, so are you okay?" I asked.
"Not really. No one here really understands me. There really aren't people my age other than Josie and Lizzie and even they're younger than me." She replied.
"I mean this school just started. There will probably be some other kids here soon." I offered. I wasn't the best at consoling people which was probably another reason I wouldn't be able to teach.
"So I went and learned a spell to make some of the older students younger but I'm not sure if I should do that. It seems wrong." She admitted.
"It's definitely wrong to cast spells on people without their consent." I declared. I had done a lot of myself, even killing some people. I liked to think that it was in self-defense, but not all of it was. However something clicked in my mind. While I would be able to hang around Hope if I was a student here, it would be more like I was a babysitter than an actual friend. Yeah we could be friends but we most likely wouldn't be doing a lot of the same things. It was a bit of a crazy idea. "But you can do it to me."
"What?" She asked.
"You can make me the same age as you." I stated. It was probably not something that should happen immediately because it was probably something that I should discuss with several people.
I had to make some phone calls. I could tell Kol wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea but he told me that I should do it if it was what I wanted.
It led to the two of us being in the office with Caroline and Alaric. I would have to finish filling out my enrollment papers while I was still 18. I wondered if I would be as bad at writing when I was 7.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Alaric asked me. "I mean you said that you're about to graduate, if you do this you won't be able to for at least another ten years."
"I'm aware. I want to do what's best for Hope and I think being around someone her own age would be good for her." I told them.
Was I nervous about all of this? Yes. I knew at the least I would have to go through puberty for a second time and that was not even including any possible side effects that this spell had. I did believe that Hope would be able to cast it because she was one of the most powerful witches in the world, even not the most powerful. She was possibly even better than me at my strongest and I believed that she wouldn't do the spell if it was not safe.
I wasn't sure what to make of the looks on their faces. I couldn't help but wonder how they felt about how not trying to be friends with Josie and Lizzie, but I supposed you couldn't force a friendship. From what I understand, Josie and Lizzie couldn't do magic by themselves and had to absorb magic from others in order to do it.
"You two should probably leave the room." Hope suggested. It was a bit weird to ask them to leave their own office, but it was probably for the best so they wouldn't accidentally get affected by the spell. After the two of them left, Hope started to cast the spell.
Having the spell cast on me felt weird. I supposed having your age regression would feel weird for anyone. It happened quite fast but I could feel all of it. I was shrinking but my body was also changing. Fortunately, the spell did alter my clothes, so the uniform that I was wearing seemed to shrink with my and adapt to my dwindling height and disappearing curves. Once it was done, I coughed a little before noticing I was standing face-to-face with Hope.
So Davina and Hope are now the same age and they're also going to be roommates. There's going to be probably one more chapter of them as kids before going to Originals Season 5. It's also going to be a while before anything romantic happens. Please don't forget to review.