The Prince of Mystic Falls

166. As You Like It

No pairing

Notes:

*Changed Rosey to Rosie...I will try to go back and fix this in previous chapters.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

—William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Basement level

Evening

Kol wasn't looking forward to dealing with this cave vampire. They had been giving him blood, but he had been pounding on the walls around him.

"Hey, mate. Glad you aren't still tearing the place apart. Here's a blood bag," Kol said sliding the blood bag through the metal door.

"Let me out of here," The vampire shouted roughly. He had a handlebar mustache and a deep voice. His dark hair was long and his skin olive with dark eyes peering at Kol.

"We will. Just tell us who you are and how you came to be tromping through the woods last night," Kol said leaning against the wall.

"I do not know what is going on, mate. The last I knew it was 1864 and we heard that Mystic Falls was a fine place for vampires. Come here, settle in. Next thing I know we're rounded up by the so-called founders and locked in that tomb. Miss Pearl got me out, but I guess I got startled by the lights and run off. I did not mean to hurt no one. Ask Miss Pearl, honest," the big man said.

"We shall. What is your name, friend?" Kol asked.

"Frederick, sir. I was born in the years before the turn of the century. The 19th, that is, not sure exactly which. What year this be?" Frederick asked suddenly, as if the thought just occurred to him.

"2011, it is January of 2011," Kol answered slowly. He knew what it was like to wake up a century or more later and be disoriented.

"Two thousand, eh? We was down there longer than I thought possible. No wonder I was so hungry," Frederick revealed.

"Aye, I have been there myself. Look, I have to go. We'll contact this Pearl and see if we can work something out. Maybe if she agrees to leave, you can all clear out with your lives," Kol added.

"May haps, not sure if I can survive in this new world. Too loud for my liking," Frederick admitted.

"I know, mate. You get used to it. It just takes time," Kol said reassuringly.

"Who might you be, sir?" the vampire called out behind the glass.

"Just a friend," Kol said vaguely. He didn't want to tell this guy his name. There was still a chance he would have to kill him.

Freya and Keelin's Room

Before Bedtime

Kai and Rachael came in to say goodnight to the younger kids. Freya and Keelin decided to keep Joey and Lucas will them for another night. Yet Liv wanted to stay with Penny in the new girls' room. They were playing with the play houses and "fixing" things up.

"Can we assume Dana is with Penny playing school again?" Kai asked.

Keelin was holding Rosie on her lap reading her a story, but she answered, "The answer to that is yes. They were playing school and they keep making Dana be the principal. The whole one side of the house is her office. Anyone who enters the room has got to go to the principal's office first. We had to find them a chalkboard, too. The dolls and stuffed animals are the rowdy students."

Rachael smirked, "That's weird. Liv has hardly been to real school. But at least she found a buddy in Penny. The last we saw her, she was Rosie's age. Hey Lucas, whatcha doing?"