𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 | 𝐊𝐎𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐎𝐍

𝟓 | 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞

Rebekah and I enter the ball. "Wow, this looks great." I say, observing my surroundings. "I know right, I'm going to get a drink." Rebekah says and she walks away. People are laughing, drinking champagne, and in the background you can hear the violins.

Damon walks over to me. "Hello little witch." He says. "Hi Damon." I say, and we cheers. "Gotta give it to you, it is a nice dress." He says, and I stop drinking. "Hold on, did Damon Salvatore just compliment me?" I smirk, and Damon rolls his eyes. "Just kidding, thank you. You don't look to bad yourself." I reply.

Mayor Lockwood walks over to us. "Hello Carol." Damon says. "Hello mayor Lockwood." "Hello Damon, Aurora." "So, hanging out with your new besties?" Damon asks. "I'm the mayor Damon. When the oldest, deadliest family of vampires moves into your town, you welcome them with a smile." Mayor Lockwood states. "Well, at least you know who you're borrowing that cup of sugar from." Damon replies. "I'm trying to protect this town. They assure me they want peace, and I've assured them that I'd enforce it." Mayor Lockwood states.

"Mayor Lockwood." Kol says walking over to us. "We haven't formally met. Kol Mikaelson." He says smiling, kissing the top of her hand. "We hope your lovely town embraces us, just as much as we plan to embrace it." Kol says. "Damon Salvatore." He introduces himself. "Have we met?" He asks and Kol smiles. "I've met a lot of people, and you don't particularly stand out." Kol says, while mayor Lockwood walks away.

"Hello darling, good to see you again. You look lovely." Kol says, to which Damon rolls his eyes. "Thank you." I smile at him. In the corner of my eye I can see Damon staring at something. Of course. Elena. Why does she always need to make such a dramatic entrance? I spot Caroline and I walk over to her. "Oh my God Care, you look amazing!" I squeal. "Where did you get that dress?" "Aw thanks Rora, you looks beautiful yourself. And I got it from Klaus." She sighs. "What?" I practically yell. "Shhh." "Sorry. Nik gave this dress to you, so cute. Speaking of which.." I say gesturing to Klaus coming up to us. "I'll leave you two alone." I whisper and I walk away.

"If everyone could gather please." I hear Elijah say. The five Mikaelson siblings are standing at the stairs with a glass of champagne in their hands. Damon walks over to me and hands me a glass. "Here comes the dramatic speech." He whispers, and I roll my eyes. "Welcome. Thank you for joining us." Elijah pauses when their mother walks down the stairs. "You know, whenever my mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance." Elijah states. "Tonight's pick is a centuries-old waltz. So, if all of you could find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom." Elijah suggests. People starts paring up and music starts playing. "Well shall we then?" Damon asks handing out his arm. "We shall." I respond.

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We start dancing on the rhythm of the music. Step by step. I look over to Caroline who is dancing with Nik. I smile. "Why are you smiling?" Damon frowns. "Oh nothing." I say and we continue dancing. He spins me around and then we start dancing through the ball room. Everyone is dancing together and laughing. The room looks like it's spinning, but actually it's me. We make ourselves ready for the partner switch. Damon spins me around one more time, and I fall right into the arms of my next dance partner.

"Hello darling." Kol says while pulling me closer. "Hi." I smile. He spins me around, and pulls me close again. "You really do look beautiful in that dress." He whispers, and I feel my cheeks heat up. "Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself." I say and he grins. We move at the rhythm of the song, he spins me around again, and pulls me closer. The dance starts to slow down until it's over.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Waiters are coming around with champagne. I invite you all to join me in raising a glass." Esther says while standing at the top of the stairs. Something is off. She looked at Elena, strangely. "It provides me with no greater joy, than to see my family back together as one. I'd like to thank you all for being part of this spectacular evening. Cheers." Esther says and everyone repeats. Everyone drinks their champagne, I hesitate for a moment, but then I do too.