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Chapter 04<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[The Abattoir, French Quarter, New Orleans. February 19th, 2020. 5:49 pm]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She felt grateful for Elijah having spoken to her parents about how she choose to live, that she was responsible and that she had a good influence on Kol, for which he was grateful. They weren\u2019t too pleased, however, that they had to wait until their rehearsal dinner for Bella to explain to them that life was different now. How different it truly was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol had returned after arranging some last minute details for the wedding tomorrow, and he wasn\u2019t too pleased with how Bella\u2019s parents had criticized her for her being \u2018irresponsible\u2019. He apologized to them for not telling them they had a baby and taking away their \u2018first grandchild joy\u2019, without any prompting from Bella. \u201cIn all honesty, we\u2019re quite confident now that you\u2019ll be safe around our daughter. Maybe it was a good thing we didn\u2019t inform you,\u201d he said as he took a bite off his food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcuse me?\u201d Charlie stammered as he put down his fork and looked at Kol. \u201cHow can we not be safe around your daughter, Ka– Kol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had to smile at that. It had been a slow process, but after telling her father that it had been a prank; that Kol had originally thought it would be funny to change his name because he was bored of it; Charlie had finally started to break the habit of calling him Kaleb. It made things so much easier. \u201cBecause our daughter is the product of two powerful witches, Dad,\u201d Bella said with a big smile on her face. \u201cAnything could have happened while she was just a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like I would have dropped her or anything,\u201d he grumbled as he took a sip of his wine. His ex-wife startled him by saying \u2018Aha!\u2019 maybe a little bit too loud. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew it,\u201d Rene\u00e9 said as she looked at Bella. \u201cYou said it was just a story, the one of us being descended from a long line of witches. But it\u2019s not, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Bella smiled at her, glad that her mother at least remembered the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh my god, I knew it! I knew that I was something special, you know how I can get, oh, that is amazing! What can I do?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella watched in amusement as Klaus\u2019 face turned sour and her mother getting more excited about the possibilities. She let her ramble on for a little longer as she polished off her place and then decided to burst her mother\u2019s bubble. \u201cMom, you\u2019ve always been flighty and awesome. You\u2019re my mom; your superpower was raising me. You were the vault.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought your grandmother was,\u201d Rene\u00e9 felt a little bit disappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, it was grandpa\u2019s line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh drat,\u201d she sighed and then looked at Bella. \u201cYou\u2019re a witch?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d she smiled at her mother. \u201cAnd so are Kol and Nina. And Hope, but she\u2019s also a part vampire and part werewolf.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rene\u00e9\u2019s eyes grew big. \u201cVampires and werewolves are real too?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYep, watch this,\u201d she said as she moved her hand to lift up her glass without touching it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella,\u201d she gasped before following the glass as it flew towards Klaus, who caught it so fast, that Rene\u00e9 thought she was watching the scene unfold on fast forward. \u201cUhh\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The color had drained out of Charlie\u2019s face as a sudden realization came over him. \u201cThere\u2019s something up with the Quileutes too, isn\u2019t there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, dad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I don\u2019t want to know,\u201d he groaned as he rubbed his eyes. \u201cWhy did you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause, there will be a lot of supernatural guests at our wedding tomorrow. They know that it’ll be safe for them to be out in the open within these walls. It\u2019s better for you to freak out now than tomorrow,\u201d Bella smiled at her father as the server poured him something stronger than wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlso, I think that knowing all this, Bella\u2019s life makes a little bit more sense now,\u201d Phil added as he pat Charlie on the back before looking at Bella. \u201cBut the next time you\u2019re pregnant or have a baby, you inform us right away, got that?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, Phil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The Abattoir, French Quarter, New Orleans. February 19th, 2020. 10:30 pm]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina was having a sleepover with Hope and Uncle Klaus as Bella and Kol had decided to go along with Rebekah\u2019s \u2018crazy\u2019 ideas about having a traditional wedding, no matter how insane they were. This also meant that Kol was not supposed to sleep in the same room as Bella and that he could not see her before tomorrow. But that didn\u2019t mean that she was surprised when she walked out of the shower, naked and ready for bed, and saw Kol sitting on the bed with a big smile on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat if Rebekah finds you here?\u201d She teasingly said as she picked up her robe and wrapped it around her before kissing him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d he grinned as he caressed her damp hair. \u201cBecause we need to talk and I think now is a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, really?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYep,\u201d he said with a nod before kissing her cheek. \u201cAnd you\u2019ll probably believe that it\u2019s stupid that I want to tell you this, especially now, but I think you deserve to know how insanely happy you\u2019re making me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWould you have asked me to marry you if you didn\u2019t?\u201d She smiled at him and ruffled his hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just really glad I have had the opportunity to fall in love and get married. Hell, even to have a kid,\u201d he smiled widely and for a moment, Bella feared for his health. He looked delirious. She didn\u2019t say anything but just kept caressing his hair as she looked up at him, waiting for him to be done talking. \u201cWhile I know that Rebekah has already told you this, maybe you\u2019d be interested in hearing my side. You see, before all of this, I was considered to be a wild card in the eyes of my siblings, especially when I was a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou said you hated it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I did. And I loved it too. You see, while I wasn\u2019t able to practice magic anymore, I was invincible. I could do whatever I pleased. I traveled a lot, much like you and I have been doing for the last few years. But I was also not afraid to tell my brothers and sister what kind of jerks they were. The terrible trio with their stupid motto \u2018always and forever\u2019 and I was never included. I didn\u2019t feel involved. I acted out, raised some hell, got daggered a few times. Until Niklaus decided he needed more fun in his life, and it was just this cycle of love before it all came crashing down into hatred and the dagger yet again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She nodded. She had heard the stories, and she was so glad that Kol had shown his siblings that he was just like them, redeemed himself in his human life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was bittersweet when they finally included me into their pact of \u2018always and forever\u2019 when I was dying from the hex that my brother Finn put on me. Hexes are horrible. It only stops when the witch who cast it dies. Finn was a real mummy\u2019s boy. No one liked him, which is why he was in his box for so long.\u201d Kol sighed as he absent-mindedly toyed with a strand of her damp hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy siblings don\u2019t know, they might suspect though, but I remember everything that happened when I was dead and joined the ancestors of the witches of New Orleans. I told them, repeatedly how unfair it was that Finn got to live on, for a while longer, at least, and I was stuck with them. I had so much more to live for and to make things better and just enjoy life as a human again. There wasn\u2019t a day that went passed where I begged them to return me; it didn\u2019t even have to be the same body. And they kept refusing because dead is dead, and I got angrier and angrier. I just wanted another chance after having those opportunities taken away from me all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re right, it was unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol nodded while he took another deep breath. \u201cDavina and Rebekah\u2019s meddling didn\u2019t go unnoticed by the Ancestors either. While I was grateful for their efforts, they weren\u2019t delicate about it. They tried spell after spell after spell to get me back, and the Ancestors became aggravated, especially when they contacted Bonnie Bennett, the witch from Mystic Falls. Bonnie wisely stayed out of it, but Davina and Rebekah only became more determined. When they eventually started casting a spell that would ensure the destruction of the Ancestors, they realized that keeping me with them was more trouble than I was worth. They decided I had to live with the consequences of me being brought back to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt certainly wasn\u2019t. My sister, of course, got the better part of the deal by having her returned to her original body even though like me, she enjoyed being human so much. The Ancestors erased every single feeling Davina and I had shared with each other while we were going out. Saying that we both should start over and that I was doomed never to love anyone again, they made sure of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, that obviously didn\u2019t work,\u201d she remarked with a slight chuckle, causing Kol to smile as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey told me that I could only date or fall in love with girls from the Claire family line. Seeing as Davina was the only surviving member of her family\u2026 I was pissed. How could I live a full, normal life without someone to love? And sure, I know that one could lead a normal life without ever falling in love again but that\u2019s not me. I want it all or nothing. I was angry with my sister and Davina and decided to disappear for a few months, just to get my ducks back in a row and simmer down,\u201d Kol put his arms around Bella and pulled them down to the bed where he snuggled up against her, putting his head on her shoulder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a while, I realized that what Davina and Rebekah had done was out of love. That it probably wasn\u2019t so bad that I wouldn\u2019t ever be able to fall in love again because I got what I wanted most; my family. And then,\u201d he looked up at her with a smile. \u201cA few months after I got back, I was taking care of some business for my brother and this stupid girl walks into the store, thinking it was a coffee shop. This awkward looking, too skinny looking girl who didn\u2019t seem to notice the world around her and ordered coffee while she did her own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella giggled as Kol bopped her nose with his index finger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf this girl had been more aware of her surroundings, she would have seen two surprised witches trying to contain a malevolent spirit who had been killing and scaring innocent humans for weeks,\u201d he laughed and settled against her again. \u201cSo the gas leak was born because we could not risk the spirit going after the human girl. Little did I know, I was sending her back to her abusers and when my brother called to help him out, I could have kicked myself when I saw the beautiful girl again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat girl sounds like trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh yeah, she was,\u201d Kol grinned as he snuck his hand inside her robe and gently started to massage her breast. \u201cI had been so scared when we found out you\u2019re a Claire witch because I already liked you, and I was so afraid that we wouldn\u2019t work out. You\u2019ve brought hope back into my life, Bella Swan, and for that, I\u2019m eternally grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would have fallen for you anyway and it sounds to me, that I\u2019m the lucky one. Hadn\u2019t I been a Claire witch, even though many many times removed, you wouldn\u2019t be able to return the feelings,\u201d she said as she ran her hand through his hair. \u201cI\u2019m sorry you went through all that, Kol,\u201d she added softly. \u201cBut I\u2019m glad we have an incredible life together and it\u2019ll continue to grow in its awesomeness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re such a cheesecake,\u201d he snorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSays the Alpha Cheesecake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The Abattoir, French Quarter, New Orleans. February 20th, 2020. 10:34 am]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebekah had been none too pleased when she came to bring the bride breakfast in bed that morning and discovered Kol had been with Bella all night. They\u2019d just been talking and had fallen asleep around 5 am, but she didn\u2019t want to hear anything about that. Part of Bella felt sorry for allowing Rebekah to do what she wanted to do, but, on the other hand, this was as much as Rebekah and Klaus\u2019 day as it was Kol and Bella\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had allowed them to take care of everything, in their taste, to make them happy, but Bella and Kol had plans of their own, and that was going to be so much better. It already made her feel giddy thinking about it while Rebekah was trying to style Bella\u2019s hair into something that fitted with the beautiful dress. She had to hand it to Rebekah; she had a nose for fashion, and the dress was absolutely stunning. One thing though; it wasn\u2019t Bella\u2019s idea of being comfortable, she could hardly move in it, but it\u2019d change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella and Kol wanted to give Rebekah and Klaus seemingly the perfect wedding for them. She wanted to see her parents see them in this fairytale appearance. But not for long. She was getting restless, and not just because of the wedding jitters; no, it was all about being back home for an extended period of time. She couldn\u2019t wait until she, Kol and Nina would go back to traveling and see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMama, look!\u201d Nina burst through the door in her lovely flower girl dress, stomping around as fast as she possibly could to get to her mother. \u201cPretty!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, you look beautiful!\u201d Bella lifted Nina up on her lap and kissed her on her cheek, much to Rebekah\u2019s dismay as Bella moved while she was still trying to make Bella\u2019s hair behave. \u201cYou look like a real princess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am!\u201d Nina\u2019s gaze fell upon Bella\u2019s half eaten toast with jam and reached for it while Bella made sure she wouldn\u2019t fall off her lap. She had to stretch a little bit further and sighed before leaning against Bella and looked up to her. \u201cBread?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She gently took Nina\u2019s hand and turned it, so it was palm up as she stretched out her arm. \u201cLook,\u201d Bella whispered in her ear as the toast started to float right into Nina\u2019s hand. It was funny when she was born that Kol panicked a little seeing as Nina would be a first born Mikaelson witch and incredibly powerful, but she was doing great. \u201cTry not to spill anything on your beautiful dress, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No major accidents happened so far, apart from the time where she threw a toddler tantrum a couple of months back and blew out the tires of the car they were in. Maybe the lack of extreme power had to do something with that technically, by blood, she wasn\u2019t a Mikaelson seeing as Kol was in someone else\u2019s body. But Nina was a Mikaelson, and nothing else. She was still Kol\u2019s daughter. And more importantly; she was a Swan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The Abattoir, New Orleans. February 20th, 2020. 2:20 pm]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebekah had brought her up to the second floor, on top of the stairs and out of sight, with her vampire speed. She was now correcting every bit of Bella\u2019s gorgeous dress that was out of place due to the velocity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was wearing a strapless cream-coloured wedding dress with a huge tulle skirt and she was glad she was going to be able to hang on to her father as she\u2019d descend the stairs because she couldn\u2019t even see her own feet. Yes, her balance had improved significantly but tripping over a skirt in front of so many people was not a good impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelax,\u201d Rebekah calmly said as she adjusted Bella\u2019s hair. \u201cThey\u2019re just people and they\u2019re not important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella huffed as she looked at the people in the courtyard. She recognized some of them, but she didn\u2019t have a clue who 90% of all those people were. If it hadn\u2019t been for Klaus wanting to invite all of them for \u2018political reasons\u2019, they wouldn\u2019t have been there, and the wedding would have been a lot smaller. She was glad to see Paula there, the midwife who helped deliver Nina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her old friends from Forks were there as well. Angela, married to Ben and mother to twins who were six months older than Nina. Mike and Jessica C, a girl who was a grade below them when they were in school. What set her apart from Jessica Stanley was that she was incorruptible, she was an excellent cook and a mean drinking buddy. She and Mike weren\u2019t married and were definitely not going to get married, really. Absolutely not, oh, what\u2019s that? A bird! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What surprised her though was that Jacob was sitting next to Charlie. She hadn\u2019t seen him in a very long time, and he had changed a lot. He had long hair again; he was tall and bulky and handsome. A real Chief in the making. She was surprised he was wearing a suit. It didn\u2019t suit him at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her gaze then fell on the Mikaelson brothers, all ridiculously handsome in their suits. Even Elijah, who always wore suits in the first place, but had opted for a more expensive one for the wedding. When she looked at Kol, her eyes met his, and the biggest, goofiest grin appeared on his face. It made her insides melt, and if it hadn\u2019t been for Rebekah holding on to her, she would have tumbled right off the stairs. Talk about making an entrance at your own wedding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMama pretty princess,\u201d Nina giggled as she tried to get under Bella\u2019s skirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, no, we\u2019re having none of that, little lady,\u201d Rebekah gently pulled the toddler away from her mother. \u201cCome on, let\u2019s lay down some beautiful rose petals on the stairs so your mum can walk over them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella, you look\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at her dad, and he had the same look on his face as when he saw her in her prom dress. \u201cDad, don\u2019t start,\u201d she said as she hugged him. \u201cIt\u2019s just a dress.\u201d Bella could hear Rebekah huff a \u2018hardly\u2019 as she helped Nina and Hope walk down the stairs as the little girls threw flowers all over the stairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you sure you want to go through with this, Bells?\u201d Charlie asked huskily as he gently put his arm around hers and took her hand. \u201cI mean, you don\u2019t have to get married if you don\u2019t want to, no one will judge you if you\u2019re unmarried for the rest of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want this,\u201d she smiled at him and gently squeezed his hand. \u201cI want him. He\u2019s the best thing that has ever happened to me and makes my life so much brighter. Why wouldn\u2019t I go through with this? There\u2019s no reason for me not to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d she laughed and kissed her father on his cheek. \u201cCome on, let\u2019s go downstairs, let\u2019s not keep them waiting any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music started playing when they were halfway down the stairs, and it was weird that everyone was standing up for her and looking at her, at that. When she reached the end of the rows, it was just one straight line to Kol and grinned as her eyes met his. When he nodded, they both cast a spell or two to transform everything in the courtyard to what they thought was nice to get married in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gone were the white curtains draped entirely to one side creating arches as they exploded into multicolored confetti, spraying all over the guests. Bella\u2019s dress turned into something she really liked, a pastel red-colored gown with no tule but satin and embroidery on the bottom of her knee-length skirt. The gates flew open, and at least a hundred puppies came running in, creating havoc as they ran through people\u2019s legs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah\u2019s expensive suit turned into a suit of toilet paper and Rebekah\u2019s hair turned as red as the dress she was now wearing. With a tiny additional spell, Kol made sure his sister\u2019s hair was no longer done up perfectly. Instead, it was a mohawk. The music switched from the classical wedding tune to \u201cAddicted to you\u201d by Avicii. Bella looked at her father; he had turned pale, and his jaw had dropped to the floor because of the chaos that ensued after Bella and Kol released their spells into the wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smirking, Bella dragged her father along towards the front, towards Kol, under cheering and clapping from the wedding guests. Elijah looked bemused, and Rebekah had a look of sheer terror on her face, but Klaus\u2019 reaction cut the cake. \u201cYou had to bring in the puppies?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The Abattoir, New Orleans. February 20th, 2020. 10:21 pm]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the wedding ceremony and drinks and a big feast, they had a party to celebrate Kol and Bella\u2019s union. The look on everyone\u2019s faces when this old song from a musical called Avenue Q started playing called \u201cThe Internet For Porn\u201d was just brilliant before it changed into Halestorm\u2019s \u201cFreak Like Me\u201d for their first dance together. It had them jumping around like the insane people they were while Nina joined them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party was great, and even Davina was having a great time, even though she was watched closely by Marcel and Rebekah. Some tourists had wanted to join the party but were being shown out by some of Marcel\u2019s nightwalkers and for the rest of the party, it had been fun. Brainless fun with good music and a spell here and there to play with the lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around nine thirty pm, Bella had been looking around the compound for Nina, to put her to bed, but hadn\u2019t been able to find her anywhere by the time she had looked in every room. Most of the guests had left already when she quietly made her way down the stairs towards Kol. As she bumped into Klaus on the way over, she pulled him along with her because she hadn\u2019t been able to find Hope either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s going on, Bella?\u201d Klaus noticed the panicked look on her face, and he was instantly worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t find Nina or Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat!\u201d Klaus breezed as he spat off to look in every room himself but even with using his vampire speed, vision, and enhanced smell, he couldn\u2019t find a trace of the children. Growling, he returned to Kol and Bella. \u201cGet changed, we\u2019re going hunting,\u201d he said to her, but she shook her head. \u201cOkay, let\u2019s go. I might have an idea where they went, or at least who took them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDavina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, come on Nik,\u201d Kol said as he followed his brother. \u201cDavina might be slightly off her rocker these days, but she wouldn\u2019t go after children just to get to the person behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t let your previous relationship cloud your judgment, brother,\u201d Klaus said, his voice had a hint of anger, but he sounded in control as they kept marching towards the City of the Dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou forget that we—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol, I know you still remember it. Davina might not, but I know you do so don\u2019t try to bullshit me,\u201d he replied as he looked at Bella. \u201cYou okay on those high heels, love, or do you want us to carry you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella muttered a spell to make her heels into flats. \u201cPick up the pace, Klaus, if she has our children, she\u2019s going to die.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus shot her a look of surprise and she smirked in return. Yeah, Kol had told her everything<\/em> alright, it didn\u2019t bother her. She knew Kol was hers and it filled her with some sort of twisted glee that Davina could no longer have Kol, even if at some point in her life the feelings would return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t make me into the bad guy here, it\u2019s not my fault!\u201d Kol replied angrily. \u201cBut I\u2019m telling you, it\u2019s not Davina who took them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[City of the Dead, LaFayette Cemetery 1, New Orleans, LA. February 20th, 2020. 10:54 pm.]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was ready to sink his teeth into the little witch. Ever since he returned to New Orleans, she had been nothing but trouble. She had made questionable decisions at every turn, and he couldn’t remember one single good, profitable, thing that she’s ever done. Davina Claire was this tiny little pest who had everyone wrapped around her finger. She was Hellbent on destroying him, foiling every plan Elijah had to make New Orleans a better place, to create peace and maintain the balance of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whoever thought it was a good idea to make a power hungry witch even more powerful by making her regent of all nine covens in New Orleans had been right out of their minds. Fortunately, he had killed Vincent the first chance that he had once they had extracted Klaus’ brother Finn from his body. He had corrupted Davina even further. Klaus had to admit, despite Kol’s penchant for wreaking havoc and his desire to kill him in the past, Kol had been a real influence on Davina. Right until he died the first time, and the Ancestors took away their relationship upon his return. Marcel, whom Klaus had tasked with to keep an eye on her, was mere minutes away from getting his heart ripped out for his treason. Marcel would have stopped her if he’d truly been on Klaus’ side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Klaus felt euphoric that Bella came into their lives. Under her influence, Kol had mellowed somewhat, and Klaus didn’t even have to think about keeping an eye on the former happy homicidal maniac. Kol was still a happy lunatic but no longer out for blood – much. But right now, Klaus imagined that both his brother and sister-in-law were seeing red, their daughter had been taken. Their family. And yet, Kol wanted to defend the little witch, saying she would never stoop this low. Idiot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope had been taken as well and while Klaus was extremely pissed about that too, Nina was an innocent bystander. Bella and Kol had done nothing to deserve Davina’s wrath. Maybe it was stupid that he felt more angry about that than on the kidnapping of his own daughter, but he didn’t care. It also gave him some peace of mind that his daughter was with his niece, she’d look after her. Precious little Nina, just a toddler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He kicked in the door of Davina’s hideout. “Where are they!” He demanded as he made his way through the building, followed closely by Kol and Bella. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davina looked up from writing something down with a look on her face that was a mix between confused and sheer terror. Bella could feel how she put up her defenses as she addressed the angry hybrid. “What are you talking about?” She then looked at Kol and Bella and cocked her head. “Shouldn’t you two be consuming your marriage by now?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Don’t play dumb with me, Davina Claire,” Klaus sneered. “Where are Nina and Hope?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What do you mean?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus launched himself at the small witch but immediately fell to the floor, writhing in agony before she looked at the happy couple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hope and Nina are gone, Davina,” Kol spoke calmly, not wanting to suffer her wrath as Klaus was currently doing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh. That sucks,” she evenly replied as she released Klaus from the spell and saw the look on the faces of the Mikaelsons. She couldn’t help but laugh. “You really think I have something to do with it? Oh, wow, that’s just…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No, I don’t,” Kol spoke as he gently squeezed Bella’s hand. He could feel her fear for the children radiate off of her. She wasn’t angry either, just scared. “Neither does Bella.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She turned to Klaus, who had been smart and had stayed down on the floor. “But you do. I’m hurt, Klaus. Do you think that I would take your children to get to you? Innocent children who have nothing to do with my business with you? I have to admit, it’s something I briefly considered, but I realized that you would do something like that, and I am nothing like you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Then where are they, Davina? If they’re not here, where are they?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Not here, obviously!” She shot at Klaus. “Even if I had them, do you think I would be so stupid to bring them here?” Davina rolled her eyes at the hybrid before looking at the couple. “I’ll help you. I doubt a locator spell would work, but with the three of us we surely have enough power to push through whatever magic is protecting them, if it’s magic in the first place.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella wasn\u2019t quite sure what to think. She couldn\u2019t believe that Davina was that good of an actress, and she was still angry about this whole situation. She was supposed to be celebrating her union with Kol, have wild sex in every corner of their room, the bath tub and whatever and this was not how she thought their day would end. She did know that whoever took Nina and Hope, they were going to die. Either Klaus would tear them apart or Bella would make their deaths agony by slowly pulling them apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, they were going to pay for what they\u2019ve done. No one was touching her baby girl and her niece and get away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Accessing current feeds]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Mystic Falls, VA. Former Salvatore Boarding House. January 23rd, 2311. 11:23 am.] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had had a rough night; she had kept vomiting and eventually had retreated to the bathroom and locked the door because Kol and Klaus kept hovering. When morning finally came, she lay curled up on the couch, sleeping, with a blanket over her while the other Mikaelsons watched over her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow is this possible?\u201d Klaus breezed. \u201cI thought the food we got her was clean, something that agreed with her. Did Damon undercook something?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, the food was excellent,\u201d Kol sneered at his brother. \u201cI checked.\u201d Something else had to be going on, and he hoped it wasn\u2019t because of what he had done. He had felt awful about how his wife was doing so poorly after her return from the dead. He had watched her suffer for a few days, and despite him offering to feed her some of his blood – she didn\u2019t want it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had been so human about it, that whatever she was suffering from was going to go away eventually, and she didn\u2019t need any magic or blood to help her get over it. So, he did what he did best; he became impatient and had put some of his blood in her hot cocoa the night before and had her drink it all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made him feel sick to his stomach knowing that he could have caused this. He\u2019d promised her not ever to hurt her, and he had. Luckily, the tiny bit of blood that he had given her should have gone through her system by now, and she\u2019d get better again. Hopefully. She had to get better. He wasn\u2019t sure that he would want to go on without her now that she was back. Kol\u2019d get his brother to dagger him for eternity, or he\u2019d find the remains of the White Oak Tree and kill himself. For sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, maybe not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt must be the damn chip in her head,\u201d Klaus muttered as he looked at Bella. \u201cDoes our friend know if it\u2019s safe for her to keep it in her head?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the chip, Klaus,\u201d Sam gently said as she stood behind him and massaged his shoulders, he looked like he needed it. \u201cI think it\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat, love?\u201d Klaus looked up to Sameen, who nodded towards Kol. She had seen the slight change in expression on his face when he spoke about the food and thought it was shifty. Sure, she thought something else was going on too, but at least she knew for a fact that Kol had done something. \u201cKol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNik?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus sounded too calm, too calm for Kol\u2019s liking and quickly thought if his brother had anything on him that could severely hurt him. \u201cNothing,\u201d he replied as he got up and moved closer to Bella. If needed, he\u2019d wake her up but before he realized it, his brother had pushed him across the room and up against a wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat. Did. You. Do, Kol?\u201d Klaus breezed as he had put his arm against his brother\u2019s throat and kept him there. \u201cAre you really that dimwitted to harm your wife?\u201d He pulled Kol away from the wall before slamming him into it again. \u201cHave you lost your bloody mind?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting out a growl, Kol pushed Klaus off of him, launching him through the air into another wall, the painting crashing right on top of his brother. He was on top of him in seconds, grabbing Klaus by his shoulders before hoisting him up and threw him across the room again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGuys!\u201d Sam\u2019s voice sounded calm, but there was a warning underneath it. \u201cStop it. Right now. We\u2019re not going to do this again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to live, stay out of this,\u201d Kol spat at his brother\u2019s mate, causing Klaus to knock him over and stab him with a broken bottle. \u201cYou bloody tosser!\u201d he growled, kicking his brother off of him, again, and pulled the bottle out of him before launching it at Klaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey! Redirect your anger towards something else before you end up destroying this house,\u201d Sam knew that she could only throw idle threats at the boys. The only reason their fights ended in the past was because she got herself into harm’s way trying to diffuse the fight, nearly killing her once or twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had woken up from the ruckus and looked around, seeing the destruction and finding Sam somewhere out of the brothers\u2019 way. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d She watched how Kol got flattened to the ground by Klaus sitting on top of him before Kol kicked him off of him. When Klaus hit the ceiling, Kol was already on the other end of the room, his smile matching his brother\u2019s. \u201cBoys?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSee, this is what I was talking about,\u201d Sam said as she sat down on the couch next to Bella. \u201cAmongst other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re destroying the house,\u201d Sam pointed out. \u201cAnd while I love a good fight, I don\u2019t fancy meddling with two Originals. Again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut why though? Why are they fighting?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol did something to you to make you this sick,\u201d she replied as she winced at the sight of Kol slamming Klaus into the fireplace, leaving an enormous dent in the shaft. \u201cHe\u2019s not saying what.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh,\u201d Bella huffed. \u201cIt\u2019s fine. I know.\u201d She got to her feet, a little bit unsteady at first but managed to stay upright and pulled the two fighting brothers away from each other with her magic. \u201cCalm the fuck down, both of you.\u201d When both brothers opened their mouth to say something, she pushed them against the opposite walls. \u201cCalm down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe started it!\u201d Kol said as he pointed at his brother, unable to move from his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, Kol, you started it!\u201d Klaus sneered, frustrated that Bella kept him dangling from the wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, I don\u2019t mind you two having a fight, but don\u2019t do it inside the house because it\u2019s not your house. It belongs to Damon and Stefan,\u201d Bella spoke calmly and lowered both brothers down. \u201cBut so that you know, I know that Kol fed me his blood and now we know it won\u2019t work. I\u2019m surprised his patience lasted this long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey!\u201d Kol complained as Bella put both siblings down on the ground. \u201cAm I that transparent?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she smiled sweetly at him and made her way over to him to kiss him. \u201cBut you love me and don\u2019t like to see me suffer. Vampire blood should be healing anything, and it didn\u2019t. What I don\u2019t like is that you went against my wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgainst your wishes or not, you are going to visit a doctor today to have your blood tested,\u201d Klaus growled, still angry that Kol had given Bella his blood. He could understand why, Klaus would probably have done the same to Sameen had they been in similar situations, but the girl had reacted so violently that something must have been wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anything, Bella\u2019s response to Kol\u2019s blood was what he had expected what would happen. He and Sameen hadn\u2019t said anything about it to the newly reunited couple as not to worry them, but Bella\u2019s blood smelled off. She smelled off, unlike any other human being. Sameen had told him on the day that Bella had come home after having spent time together on the train and in the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus had smelled it. At first, he had shrugged it off due to Bella just having been resurrected, but the smell had persisted. If anything, it had gotten worse since she had returned from her solo trip to New Orleans. She wasn\u2019t affected by a witches\u2019 curse. If she were, she would have noticed that herself. Something more subtle was going on, and he was determined to get to the bottom of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine,\u201d Bella said with a shrug. \u201cI\u2019m going to take a shower, get into some comfortable, warm clothes and drag Kol off with me while you clean up the mess you two have created.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour health is the reason for this mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She angrily muttered a spell to cast an illusion over the fireplace so that it appeared fixed as she walked up the stairs. \u201cThe rest is up to you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Mystic Falls, VA. Doctor\u2019s office. January 23rd, 2311. 2:13 pm.] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh God, that does smell horrid\u2026\u201d Kol scrunched his nose upon smelling Bella\u2019s blood as the doctor, heavily under compulsion, had made a tiny incision for some of his nanobots to get inside of Bella to analyze her body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had ignored him as she was fascinated by how modern medicine had made giant leaps in the last 300 years. The doctor had explained to her that the nanobots could see everything, test for anything and, when programmed for it, could fix damage like broken bones or whatever, making the patient load on hospitals non-existent. There were even kits you could use at home to test yourself for cancer or even cure it. It was all very mind boggling to her, and it kind of freaked her out; surely there were still malevolent hackers about? What if such nanobot would get stuck somewhere? Or not come out of her body? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHmm,\u201d the doctor said as he observed what his bots were gathering. \u201cOh, oh, dear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Kol demanded as he eyed the doctor. \u201cYou\u2019re under compulsion, remember? Tell it like it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, well, for one, I haven\u2019t seen this in a very long time. My hobby is rare herbs and all but the results that they are showing me\u2026 You ah\u2026 you\u2019re a vampire and your wife is a witch, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, we\u2019ve told you that ten minutes ago,\u201d Kol spat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol, calm down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no calming down, Bella, he\u2019s worried, which makes me worried and when I get worried, I get angry so he\u2019d better tell me what\u2019s going on before I snap his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt seems like a week ago; you\u2019ve ingested a large amount of a mixture of a wild variety of hemlock combined with vervain, wolfsbane, lobelia flower and yellow chrysanthemum laced with arsenic. In the old days, you\u2019d have been dead instantly from the hemlock and arsenic alone, but with the climate change and all, the potency of these herbs have diminished,\u201d the doctor continued happily, almost as if he was fangirling over the herbs. \u201cThese bots can\u2019t tell if magic has been used, so you\u2019re on your own with that. There\u2019s some damage to the anterior section of your hypothalamus, specifically the part that regulates your body temperature. Unfortunately, we can do a lot with medicine these days but I can\u2019t fix this. Especially if there\u2019s magic involved. I could end up making you feel worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella felt the color drain out of her face and had set up a barrier around the doctor to save him from Kol\u2019s anger. If it were possible, there would be fumes coming out of his ears right now. \u201cIt makes sense now,\u201d she said softly before getting up and started pacing around, her own anger now coming to the surface. \u201cThose stupid, conniving witches! I\u2019m going to kill them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the spirit, Cuddles,\u201d Kol smirked. \u201cNow, would you please lower down the shield so I can snack on the good old doctor?\u201d It didn\u2019t seem like Kol had been adequately listening to the doctor\u2019s words. If she had to guess, he tuned the doctor out after listing the herbs, probably trying to make sense of them himself instead of trying to hear the doctor out. Kol knew his herbs alright, always boasting about his extensive knowledge, but the look on his face told her that he realized that it was a miracle that Bella was still walking around on two feet. And at the same time he was probably trying to force the negativity to the back of his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella scowled as she did what he asked of her before using that special wand the doctor used to get the nanobots out of her body before looking around for a band-aid. She watched in fascination as Kol drained the doctor from all his blood, finding it strangely arousing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what she was being poisoned by the witches? She was going to kill them and if she weren’t going to be able to, Kol definitely would. Now that she knew that her troubles were magical, she was going to find out before they\u2019d go to New Orleans and lower the barrier to take it back. She felt betrayed, angry and found the entirety of it all so unfair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she was certainly going to have sex with Kol on the examination table once her husband was done snacking. They both needed to redirect their anger towards something mutually beneficial for the town\u2019s safety. Then, they\u2019d go home and inform the others, find the right location to do the spell to drop the barrier and get it done. Then maybe, just maybe, when she wasn\u2019t dead yet, she was going to kill those witches and find herself a cure. Getting turned into a vampire was impossible now, seeing as she couldn\u2019t hold down Kol\u2019s blood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fucking witches. They were going to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Mystic Falls, VA. Former Salvatore Boarding House. January 23rd, 2311. 5:43 pm.] <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella was hungrily eating her chicken legs that they had picked up from the shop as Kol informed his brother what they had discovered. She was still a bit floaty because of the incredible sex they had had; who knew that shared anger sex was so amazing? She was now once again cold and sitting in front of the fireplace while enjoying her food. She should feel too angry to even be able to eat, but she had to have something. Unlike the vampires in the house, she actually needed human food to sustain herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Kol was talking to Klaus and Sameen, Bella was also thinking about what the doctor had said. If magic had been involved, he couldn\u2019t have done anything, but surely there was a way for Bella to find out if magic had been used? She had used a spell like that, once and had written it down somewhere. What had Klaus done with their grimoires or were they still in the Crypt? She couldn\u2019t remember if she\u2019d given them to Klaus to protect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She shifted a little to see if her bones had warmed up yet but let out a deep breath when that hadn\u2019t happened yet. Had she given Nina access to her and Kol\u2019s books? Why couldn\u2019t she remember? Had it been that long ago or that unimportant? Sighing, Bella looked up from the flames and looked at Klaus. \u201cKlaus, where did our grimoires end up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in a safe place. They hold a lot of powerful magic, I couldn\u2019t allow for it to be passed down to your descendants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella nodded. \u201cI need them, can you get to them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat, now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease?\u201d She smiled at him. \u201cUnless they\u2019re far away, then no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you need the books for, Cuddles?\u201d Kol asked as he sat down next to her and gently rubbed her arms over the thick blanket she had already over her. He was worried that their extracurricular activity of today was the cause of her feeling this cold again. He certainly hoped not as it was something they could for sure repeat one day. \u201cYou have a talent for remembering all your spells, everything you\u2019ve done. You know them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do, I just want to be sure. It would also give me an opportunity to look for the other spell to help me bring down the barrier around New Orleans.\u201d Well, that was half a lie, and she hoped that Klaus hadn\u2019t picked up on that; werewolves could always tell when someone was lying.  She had been so relieved that Kol\u2019s mind hadn\u2019t shifted into overdrive after realising that it had been a miracle that Bella was still walking around, breathing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe even thinking that the herbs would work their way out of her system on their own because she didn\u2019t seem to be suffering much from their effects and up until today she had been doing fine. She just couldn\u2019t remember her spells, almost as if her brain had started to develop dementia within the last twelve hours. When she heard Klaus huff, she knew she had been caught. She sweetly smiled at Kol and caressed his face. \u201cBesides, wouldn\u2019t it be fun to see our books again?\u201d Hell, maybe she could find something that would get the poison out of her system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure,\u201d he smiled and kissed the top of her head. \u201cBut let\u2019s focus on the barrier spell first, alright? We can worry about other things later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe, she thought, he knew quite well what was going on and didn\u2019t want to upset her, make her last days count. Or something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a slight problem with getting those books,\u201d Sam replied and shrugged when Klaus shot her angry look, willing her to shut up. \u201cThey\u2019re in New Orleans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, well, that\u2019s okay,\u201d Bella shrugged and pushed her food away from her as she settled against Kol before sitting up again and scribbled something on a piece of paper before handing it to him. \u201cI can drop the barrier tomorrow if you have enough cannon fodder for the werewolves. I need these herbs to help me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you need a particular location?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella shrugged. \u201cI\u2019ll wing it and I guess that he cast the spell at a central spot in New Orleans. Which is around the old Gentilly landfill in its current state. Should be close enough,\u201d she spoke before drawing the current state of New Orleans onto a piece of paper. \u201cThere are two cable cars – or things that look like them anyway but they\u2019re a lot faster –  going up to New Orleans. One takes you to Downman Road, and the other takes you closer to the French Quarter. If I time it right, you could use them to get into New Orleans without a scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsn\u2019t there another way?\u201d Klaus tiredly rubbed his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUhm, not that I know of. You could, of course, get off the vactrain and hop on the next one when I\u2019ve lowered the barrier but yeah, those cars give me a little bit more time to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like this plan,\u201d Kol said as he playfully poked Bella\u2019s shoulder. \u201cBecause you\u2019re going into werewolf territory all by yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big witch, Kol, I can take care of myself,\u201d she said with a grin on her face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho says she\u2019s going to be on her own?\u201d Sam said with a knowing smirk on her face. \u201cWe\u2019ll discuss the details later. For now, you\u2019re going to relax your ass off, and we\u2019re going to take care of your shopping list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, and a nice butt you have, Cuddles,\u201d Kol grinned as he scooped her up from the floor and took her upstairs. \u201cA nice, hot bath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill you be in it?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I don\u2019t know if I could keep my hands to myself\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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