Always and Forever [Book 3]

Years Passing

Katnice's P.O.V
My daughter was born that day when I was sitting with Lydia. Three months later she gave birth to a beautiful little girl. Our daughters are best friends. Today we're going to Bayou. All of us.

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Katnice :Rachel! Are you ready? We must leave so we can go early at Bayou.

Rachel:Why hurry? We're gonna be in Bayou again next week. By the way why are we going every week?

Katnice :Because we need to be out in the wild once in a while.

I pick her up.

Scott:Hey are we leaving?

Katnice :Yeah.

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Rachel's POV
I'm at the Bayou with my family, my uncle Stiles, aunt Lydia and my friend Irene. Me and Irene are sitting next to the lake and we are throwing rocks in it. The adults are preparing the food and drinking... Actually I don't know what they are drinking. It's something red. Suddenly a butterfly flies in front of me. I giggle.

Irene:She's beautiful.

Rachel:I know.

The butterfly flies away.

Rachel :I'll be right back. Go distract my parents.

Irene:Ok.

I follow the butterfly while Irene is telling my family to go the other way so she can show them something.

The butterfly keeps flying in front of me and then leave. I know that she wants me to follow her. But where? I walk and walk. I don't even understand that I am lost. After a while I find myself in a dark forest. I have never seen this place before. I keep walking and then the butterfly sits on a lavender.

The butterfly flies again in front of me. I raise my hand for the butterfly to sit.The butterfly flies around me as I giggle. I look around. I am at a prairie. I tun to look at the butterfly but I can't see it.

I decide to return back to my family. I pass a river through some rocks but I fall. My clothes get wet. I get up and notice that I have scratched my hands. After a few seconds they heal. I keep looking at my hands with curiosity. Suddenly I hear a voice.

??? :Who are you?

I turn around. It's a boy probably at my age. He has brown eyes and dark hair. He is kind of cute.

Rachel: I'm Rachel.

??? :Last name?

Rachel:First name?

He laughs.

??? :Damien

Rachel:And I'm Rachel Mikaelson McCall

Damien:Mikaelson huh?

Rachel:Yeah. So.. Why are you here all alone? Where is your family?

Damien:Why are you here all alone?

Rachel:Okay. At one point we have to stop making questions and start answering.

Damien:Fine. You have a very bossy attitude for a five year old girl.

Rachel :First I'm not five, I'm seven and secondly who are you to judge my character?

Damien:I'm Damien.

Katnice :Rachel!?

Damien:It looks like your family is looking for you.

Rachel:Yeah I have to go back.

Katnice :Rachel where are you?

Rachel :Coming mom!

I turn around to face the boy again but he is gone. My mom finds me.

Katnice :Rachel what are you doing here?

Rachel :I met a boy mom. I saw him here.

Katnice :A boy?

Rachel:Yes.

Katnice :Let's go back.

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After my mom takes me back to the rest of the family we return home. Next Saturday I ask her when we are going to Bayou but she tells me that we're not going. Her behavior changes. For some reason she doesn't want me to go to Bayou. On Sunday evening we are to my grandfather's house and I am painting with my mom.

Rachel:So mom I can make hybrids and you can too, right?

Katnice :Aha.

Rachel:So if we make our own hybrids we can put them to fight and bet on who is going to win

Katnice :Who's brain is that in your head?

Klaus:Mine

We both look at him while he is walking down the stairs.

Klaus:Now will you give me a hug?

I hug him.

Klaus:Now we're going to find aunt Davina to teach you a pain inflicting spell.

My mom looks at him with widened eyes.

Rachel:What is that?

Katnice/Klaus:Nothing! /Well..

Katnice :It was a joke.

Rachel :I didn't get it.

Katnice :He didn't say it right.

My mom takes me in her hands and then in the kitchen while she is looking at Klaus with a murderous look.

Rachel :Hey mom?

Katnice :What is it?

Rachel:I can't wait to grow up.

Katnice :Why?

Rachel:So I can understand what you're saying.