"It has been said that all love begins and ends with she who gave us life. A thousand years ago, my mother turned us into monsters. Yet, still, she claimed to love her children, even as she vowed to destroy us. The noble Elijah, tormented by long-buried, shameful secrets. Kol, the wily troublemaker, out for no one but himself. Finn, the devoted acolyte, his love all too easily walked by our mother's sick hate. Fierce Rebekah, willing to risk everything on the chance that she may one day find happiness. And me, the bastard child. My mother's greatest shame. Now, finally, we have defeated her, giving her the choice she never thought to give us-- to live on as one of the monster's she created...Or, suffer the slow, agonizing death she so deserves." Klaus says to Cami as they arrive at the safe house.
"Um, congratulations, I guess? But, right now, I'm a little more worried about Finn... considering I totally stabbed him in the back."
"He won't find you here. This is the safest place you could possibly be. Come on! There's someone I want you to meet. I'd like to introduce you to the newest members of our family. The little troublemakers all the fuss has been about." Diana walks out with Henry resting his head on her shoulder. "This is Heath."
"This is Henry."
"How do you expect me to tell the difference?"
"Oh my god! But-- You said-- I thought they were--?" Cami stutters.
"The only way to truly protect her was to convince the world of their death. I hope you understand, once it is safe for you to leave here, this secret cannot leave with you." Cami nods and tries to hold Henry, but he starts fussing.
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Hayley and Jackson have met up on the balcony outside her bedroom that looks out over the French Quarter to discuss their plans for the Unification Ceremony. Jackson has his journal of werewolf traditions that he learned from Ansel while he was alive. "Hey! Thanks for meeting me here." Hayley begins.
"Heh, I ask you to marry me, you take off for three days! Good thing I'm a secure guy... sort of."
"So, you ready to do this thing? Get hitched? Take the plunge? Slap on the old ball-and-chain?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's not that simple. It's a mystical Unification Ceremony. It's not like we can just go to Vegas!"
"Right..."
"Look... as long as the werewolves need those rings, they'll be under the witches' control. Now, if we wanna change that, we gotta do this by the book. Literally. We have to find a shaman who can perform the ceremony, trials to endure, devotion rituals..."
"Devotion rituals?"
"Try not to sound too excited."
"I'm sorry. This just all sounds very, um..."
"...Intimate? Yeah... that's a marriage. Look, I know we're kinda diving into this thing, but... I think it's cool. I'm looking forward to the "getting to know you" part. Because I want to know you."
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Diana is still at the safe house with Elijah, Cami and the triplets as she sets them down to play. "Yahtzee!" Cami exclaims. "What happened?" Diana asks her.
"If there's one thing I've learned about you people, it's that there's always a bottle of booze around." She says, showing the bottle of bourbon she found in the shelves. "You want one?"
"Count me in...What about you, Elijah?"
"Sounds delightful. And after that, Camille, then what? We have another, and another, perhaps another after that, another after that... Before long, I find myself opening up to you, or-- "baring my damaged soul," as it were...It's an old trick, Camille. Not a particularly clever one."
"Your mother really did a number on you boys, didn't she? Has it ever occurred to you that I'm less interested in fixing your problems and more interested in forgetting my own? I mean, I'm basically in a supernatural witness protection program because your psychotic brother-- who, by the way, I practically had to seduce-- wants me dead. So, yeah--booze and board games is pretty much where I'm at right now."
"Facts..." Diana and Cami click their glasses. Cami pulls out a trivia card. "Here's a question-- What was the name of Don Quixote's horse?"
"This is absurd." Elijah mutters.
"Fine. Dumb idea. How's Hayley? You two seemed close." She casually sips her drink, knowing she has him beat, and Elijah, realizing he only has two options, sighs in defeat. "Rocinante...The horse's name is Rocinante."
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"What three European countries begin with the letter A?" Cami asks.
"Albania, Austria, Andorra."
"Agh! Okay, hey! Who was the only U.S. president to earn a Ph.D?"
"The rather tedious Woodrow Wilson."
"Who rode Secretary to the Triple Crown in 1973--"
"Ron Turket."
"No! I refuse to believe that you just happened to know that!" In her excitement and drunkenness, she accidentally spills Elijah's drink onto the table, splattering bourbon onto his shirt sleeve. When she sees the mess she made, she immediately starts to apologize. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Elijah. Here."
She hands him a hand towel to clean himself up, which he takes to blot the alcohol from his shirt while she starts looking through the game cards. The longer he tries to dry off his shirt, the more furiously he begins scrubbing at his sleeve, until Cami finally notices and becomes concerned. "Elijah? Are you okay? Hey, Elijah--"
She reaches out to touch his hand, but Elijah quickly grabs her by the wrist to stop her. Her eyes widen in alarm, but he gently sets her arm down. "I'm not as fragile as my brother suggests."
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Love & marriage
VampireTVD, S3, TO S1-5, Legacies S1-4 When they said for life, nobody expected it to be this long. So when Diana and Klaus got wed, they expected just a few years together before they sent him off to war or the plage killed one of them both...how romantic...
