Dream-like state

Meeting

"I can't wait to see our home." I said, putting emphasis on 'our'. He smiled brightly. He grabbed my hand and we flashed away at top vampire speed, ending up at the Mikaelson mansion within seconds.

"Don't worry, darling. No one is here, I just wanted to get my car. My family is currently residing in New Orleans." He said, opening the garage by keying in the right code. I gasped when I saw what his car actually was. It was a gunmetal grey Aston Martin Vanquish. He saw me gaping and laughed as he grabbed the keys off the wall.

"Surely you didn't think I had an SUV, now did you?" He said laughing as he opened the passenger side door for me. I climbed in and sat down on the smooth Italian leather seats, putting my bag at my feet. I knew they were rich, but damn.

"You should probably let your brother know that you will be out of town for a few days. We will see him as soon as we get back, if that's okay, darling?" I nodded and pulled out my phone to send a text to Jeremy letting him know that I would be back in a couple days. He responded back by saying he was going to the lake house with Matt anyways and to have fun.

"So we are going to New Orleans?" I asked as we got onto the highway south, with no regards to traffic laws or speed limits at all. I had grown to enjoy the faster paced lifestyle of a vampire anyways.

"Yes, darling. I know that my siblings aren't on the top of your list of people to see, but it is something I need to do. And you might be quite surprised as to who is with them." Kol said, smirking.

"I know, and I guess I might need to get used to them now. Wait, who is with them?" I asked suddenly curious as to whom he was referring to.

"You will see, love. And don't even try, I'm not giving it up until we get there." I pouted my lips, but no response.

After driving for 12 hours, talking about random things the entire time, getting to know each other better, we had arrived. He pulled into the driveway of a huge mansion, even bigger than the one in Mystic Falls.

As we parked he told me to go up to the door first and tell them that I brought someone they would want to see. I nodded and walked up to the door, ringing the doorbell. I was nervous. I heard someone opening the door and was relieved to see it was Elijah.

"Elena, to what do we owe this pleasure?" Elijah said as graceful as ever.

"Is everyone home?" I asked quickly and nervously.

"Yes, why?" He asked quickly.

"I brought someone you all might like to see. If you could get everyone down here. It's important." I said. He noticed the nervousness in my voice and quickly called for Klaus and Rebekah to get downstairs. They had all flashed downstairs within seconds and my eyes widened as I noticed who was holding Klaus's hand.

"Caroline?" I asked quickly, I knew she would end up down here sooner or later with him, but I didn't expect it to be this soon.

"Hi, Elena." Caroline said nervously.

"You said that you brought someone you wanted us to see, Elena?" Elijah said, making my mind revert back to the important talk at hand. I gave Caroline the 'we'll talk later' look.

"I looked back at the door and said 'It's time". Kol stepped inside in a flash. Gasps came from everyone, except me of course.

"Kol?" Rebekah said first, flashing over in front of him.

"Hello, little sister." Kol said a bit coldly, hugging Rebekah, tears forming in her eyes.

"How are you here? You were-" Elijah spoke but Kol interrupted him.

"-Dead, I know. Elena brought me back." Kol said looking at Elijah angrily, then reaching for my hand. He pulled me to his side and kissed my temple. I wondered why he was angry with Elijah.

"How-"

"How is not important, what is important is that I am back and that none of us now have a way of dying." Kol said. "Don't worry, I will explain later how I got back."

"What do you mean we have no way of dying?" Klaus asked him, still shocked by his presence.

"I burned all of the white oak stakes. Kol watched me do it." I spoke up. All of the Originals looked at me at once. Caroline's eyes looked like they were going to bug out of her head.

"You burned them all? Every last one, even the one our mother made?" Rebekah asked quickly.

"She did, Rebekah. I watched them burn, and we scattered the ashes." Kol said, wrapping his arm around my waist. Klaus' eyebrow raised as he watched Kol's reactions to me.

"You two have had a long trip, why don't we sit and have some drinks, it is getting quite late." Elijah said, trying to calm the atmosphere. This made Kol flash another glare his way.

We all moved to the living room area while Elijah poured everyone a glass of bourbon.

"So, Elena, tell us how you managed to contact Kol on the other side?" Klaus asked as he took the glass from Elijah.

"He contacted me. He created a bridge into one of my dream cycles, pulling me into what I guess was considered some type of limbo. We stayed there for over a day, but in reality it was only a few seconds. When I came back, I brought him with me." I said truthfully, just leaving out some major parts.

"So that's it, you just brought him back with you?" Rebekah asked curiously.

"It wasn't that simple. We figured something out while we were in this 'limbo' as Elena called it. She is my anchor." The three other siblings look shocked.

"Wait, what does that mean?" Caroline asked quickly, clearly confused.

"I was a witch before I turned into a vampire. Every witch has an anchor, something that their powers pass on to if they die, something that will last. It is usually a talisman like a necklace, gem, or rock. When I died, my powers got passed down the line of dopplegangers. When I died again, as a vampire, my powers cemented themselves into Elena. She couldn't access them, and she didn't know they were there. Until I tried to channel her and she somehow pushed my magic back into me. As soon as she did, my heart started beating again. That's how I was able to get back." Kol explained. Everyone still looked shocked.

"Wait, so you got your magic back? But you're still a vampire?" Klaus asked quickly. Kol grabbed my hand and all the lights went out in the entire house. Less than a second later, every candle and fireplace sprung to life.

"And Elena is your anchor? I've never heard of a person being someone's anchor before. That would mean that you and her are-?" Elijah started.

"Bound, yes." Kol said, smiling at me. I smiled gently back at him as he grabbed me and sat me down on his lap.