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this blog will be on a sort of indefinite semi-hiatus starting today
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time to run // Kol + Elena
"No!" Elena Before the brunette could even jump to a reaction, she was clouded by a sea of vervain. Elena coughed and let out a hiss as the vervain singed her skin. Before, she was protective and a bit mad, but now she was just downright furious.
Waving away the rest of the lingering dust, Elena launched forward towards one of the hunters. She was surrounded, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to die trying to get away from them. Somehow, someway, she was going to get to Kol.
The smell of his blood was much stronger now and she knew that could only mean he was growing closer and closer to his imminent death. As she lunged forward to attack the hunter, a sharp pain in her lower abdomen stopped her. With a cry, her stance faltered and she looked down to see the stake protruding from her stomach. “Kol” she murmured, the men allowing her to push through as she fell beside him. "Well I’d say we could have some fun with this one, boys."
As the men laughed, she subtly cut her hand on the stake protruding from her stomach before using her fingernail to cut open a part of his palm. She quickly joined hands, pretending as if she was only trying to hold on to her ‘love’ as the men assumed.
Kol doesn't remember how long it hurt, but he seems to have laid there on the ground for a while, just pain and a feeling of emptiness. He hears screaming and shouting but he can't seem to discern their meaning or who said it. It's just echoes and blurry faces, everything feels strange, like it's slowly but surely fading away into some void.
He thinks he feels something, maybe someone holding his hand, is it Elena? He's not sure, his vision isn't clear but he thinks it's her. He tries to look in her direction and say something but words can't form itself but just gasping sounds, and soon finds himself fading into darkness. He doesn't remember when the light leaves his eyes and he stops breathing.
DisneyWorld Adventures // Kol + Hazel
Sitting in the car with Kol was a great feeling. It was so simple but so great. When she’d been in the car with her parents it had never been fun and she’d always felt sad and miserable. But in the car with Kol she felt happy and safe. Every now and then he would look over at her and she would give him a big smile from the backseat. She enjoyed staring out the window and looking at all the stuff that was passing by. Kol told her then if she was bored she could watch a movie if she wanted. He pressed something and a small movie screen came up.
“That’s so cool!” She gasped. She had seen these in car commercials but never actually used one. “You have so many Disney movie choices! I don’t know what to choose!” She said as she went through all the different movies. “How about… how about Frozen?” She finally decided. “I love that one! I want to hear the song Let It Go again!” She had gotten to see the movie at school and it had quickly become her favorite Disney movie ever. This car ride was going to be the most fun car ride ever!
“Thanks Kol,” she added sweetly, “You’re the best. You make everything fun, even car rides!”
There is nothing that can beat the sheer excitement and joy of a child who's happy and it makes Kol smile and warms his heart in a way that you wouldn't think it's possible for an Original vampire with the reputation of pretty much destroying anything in his path. And yet somehow he's in a car driving to the airport to go to Disney World with a little girl. It must be a strange sight for anyone who would know Kol.
"Frozen it is, as my lady commands..." Kol replied. He wasn't too enamored with Disney movies but at least he'll admit that they are quite amusing to watch and have some good songs. Kol still haven't got the Let It Go song out of his head and likely never will at this rate. "Go ahead and tap on the screen, the movie should start..."
He pulls down the shades on the car windows just in case to set the right atmosphere, "Anything for my little lady..."
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As soon as the words left her lips she regretted them. She didn’t mean what she’d just said, she was just so mad. Kol had this way of pushing her buttons that she couldn’t quite explain. But it wasn’t Kol’s fault this time. It was her. She could see what she’d done to him by the fact that he couldn’t get his words out. Kol had always been smooth with his words and making him stumble over them meant she’d hurt him worse than she ever had before. “Kol..” She managed to choke out before he ran away from her.
Rebekah ran after him, not wanting to leave things like that. She loved Kol, she did. Rebekah was always the person who loved the easiest, who forgave everything. But she’d been heartbroken so many times, most of all by her family, that she’d pushed them away without even realising. She’d pushed Kol away. Even now, the only reason she spoke to Nik was because of Hope. But she needed her family, she wanted her brothers back, even if it would end in her heart being crushed into tiny little pieces all over again. She found him in the alley, crumpled up in a heap and she knelt down in front of him. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that, Kol. I was mad and I wanted to hurt you but I didn’t mean to.. You may not believe me Kol, but I do love you. I’m just terrified that if I let you in fully again. If I let Nik in again. Even Finn and mother.. I’m scared that one of you is going to break me all over again. I want you to be my family. Please, forgive me.” She was looking down now, eyes starting to glisten, completely ashamed of what she’d done.
He hears her voice and it's like daggers in his heart. False words, false hopes, lies, just everything said to assuage her own guilt, nothing for him. Nobody ever cared for him, nobody ever cared to think of him, Kol knows this now, he knows this is his reality, this is his life, it's probably Mother's twisted sense of punishment. To have him feel this, to have him be in pain, to break him down so that he's nothing, and it might as well be working because that's what Kol feels. Everything hurts, the pain so consuming that it was as painful as the night he woke up after having first turned and realized the magic that's been with him all his life had been taken away from him and he had been weak and powerless to stop it. Betrayal, lies, pain, that was his life.
Kol clasped his hands over his ears, hoping to block Rebekah out, not wanting to hear any more of her false promises, "Go away, just go away, no more lies, go away...." Anger and pain builds up inside him as he repeats the words again and again like a mantra. He can feel magic building up inside him like a tidal wave. Power that he hadn't felt for a long time rising inside and engulfing him.
"GO AWAY!" He roared as his eyes glowed and a blast wave of magic emitted from him, sending everything around him flying back a few feet. Then the glow faded from his eyes and he looked around in shock.
a brother returns // Kol/Kaleb + Elijah
"You certainly knocked them back. Impressive for one who seems to be doing his damnedest to be seen as non-threatening. Most witches, they want to show off their power. And here, you’ve let yourself be knocked out once, and just now, you pretend that you did not do the caliber of magic I just witnessed. Curious." His head tilted at the boy then he bent to straighten his cuffs.
"Kaleb, is it? I do not mean a casual meeting. I mean something more, but by all means. Continue with whatever game you play."
"I'm not pretending anything, look I don't want any trouble...just wanna live my life and do my thing, really, I'm not here to get involve in whatever war it is you have with witches here...." Kol tries to put on his most non-threatening and charming face.
"Not playing any games...look, I just really like that girl, Davina, okay? She's interesting...not like other girls I've met, other witches...and I fancy her a bit...that's all...I'm teenage boy with a crush, I'm really not trying to mess with anything you got going on...."
ooc
hey guys, just a heads up, was on hiatus for a bit due to exams and all but I will be back on soon to catch up on replies
hopefully be back to posting mode towards the end of the year after Christmas :)
I may have a few replies up before then
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"Nik was always there for me when I was a little girl and even when he was cruel to me later on I couldn’t help but remember when we were both children. I won’t pretend it was for you, because you’re right Kol, it wasn’t. But when did you ever do anything but ridicule me? Anything but making me feel terrible for having feelings or caring. When here you are, proving that you have just as many feelings as I do but you’re too scared to admit it! You’re my brother Kol, of course I’m glad that you’re not dead but can you honestly tell me that if I died you’d grieve? I don’t believe that for a second. So if you want us to care about you like a brother, to be a part of this family, then maybe you should act like it for once."
"When did I ever do anything for you? I wouldn't grieve if you'd died?" Kol looked at Rebekah incredulously, her words hitting him like freight trains, like the many times he had a dagger to his chest. He finds it hard to breath suddenly, he wants to say something but he can't seem to find his voice. The tidal wave of emotions building up to the point where Kol could only grit out a few words as he clenched his jaw to keep what he knew would be tears at bay, "Who...who tried to avenge Finn when no one cared....who came to help because you asked...I always...I always came to help...I...died to...to..." Kol can't seem to string the words together, "No...you know what...you're right...I'm not your brother...not a part of this family...I never was...I could never fit into all the criteria you need...I don't belong...I get it...I should have stayed dead..."
Kol pushed past Rebekah, hurrying his steps to get away because it was getting really difficult to breath as he tries to run and suck in air at the same time as holding back tears he had not shed for a long time. But the words from his own sister, the confirmation from his own family that he didn't belong, that no matter what Kol could do, this wasn't his family. It's finally hit him in this moment just how alone he was. Rebekah, Niklaus, and Elijah, they never wanted nor needed him, and Finn and Mother had each other. No one would care about him, no one did care when he died. What childish dreams he had of being with his family, it was stupid. He felt tears burn his cheeks and hurriedly tried to wipe it away. No, what would crying do for him now. It was useless. He just needed to get away. Managing to duck into an alley, Kol fell back against the wall and slid down, head bowled between his legs as he tried to control his emotions. He hates being human, he hates not having control, he wants to stay dead, he should have just gone when the Other Side collapsed instead of coming back here with some stupid dream that he could get his family back.
ooc; semi-hiatus
my finals are coming up in the next two weeks so i most likely won't be on very often
i will be back in full posting mode towards the end of December once I'm on winter break
time to run // Kol + Elena
At first, Elena was rather confused as to why anyone would be knocking on the door in the first place. She didn’t know anybody here, only Kol. So far, she’d only met his enemies. It really shouldn’t have been too much a shock when the five men barged in and grabbed Kol.
Using her speed, she was close to the doorway in a second. When they noticed her standing there, she didn’t think they knew her little secret. It hadn’t been 24 hours, which really meant nothing considering Elena had no idea whether or not her blood would work on him. Witches had brought him back a human. The mystery of whether or not he could turn again was still at bay.
Regardless, the brunette was not about to risk all of that. Staying there in her place, her veins began to form as her fangs protruded. “You kill him, you’ll have to go through me to leave” she argued. “And I won’t be as nice as I was last time” she added. She’d killed the majority of them last time and had left one to go and tell the others. Clearly, it wasn’t a mistake she’d make again.
Without hesitation, the man holding Kol had stuck the knife into his stomach, slowly twisting as he taunted, "Oh really? Pretty boy matters so much to you eh?"
All Kol could feel was pain, his vision practically blurring out as the pain overwhelmed him. He was finding it hard to breath, he would have screamed if he could but the breath was taken out of him and with his head pulled back by the man's grip on his hair, he could only gasp harshly.
The other hunters moved in unison as they all threw out a cloud of vervain dust, knowing it would somewhat hinder the girl's movements.
coming home || Kol + Rebekah
As she hands Hope to him, she has to smile. This is what is supposed to be. They are supposed to be happy. They are not supposed to be miserable and hating everything. For a moment, she enjoys the happiness and savors it. The fact that nothing else matters. It has been so long since any of them could just take a moment and enjoy it. And even longer since there was a baby in their lives.
She has to giggle at his words, nodding a little. ”She is definitely a curious one.” Looking back at her brother, she smiles even more. ”I am glad you’re here, Kol. I have missed you so much.”
A curious one indeed she is, Kol watched as Hope gazed around the room and then back at him and giggling, as if only she knows what's so funny. "Oh a funny little lady aren't you..." Kol tickles her tummy as she laughs even more, strange how the laughter of a baby can make him feel like weights have been lifted off of his shoulders.
Looking back up at Rebekah, he smiles, for once really happy, "I missed you too sister...at least I can thank Mother for one thing, making my death not permanent....didn't fancy being stuck on the other side..."
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She honestly didn’t know what to say. If she’d had any idea that he felt that way she would have done something. Kol had always kept everything in so she’d never known what he was thinking, even as a child. Before saying anything she walked over and wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. Her head rested gently on his shoulder as she held him close. “I’m sorry, Kol. I didn’t know. But I do love you, you’re my brother. And even though I didn’t make a big fuss, I am extremely happy that you’re alive. I wanted to avenge you but that Elena girl is very well protected and technically I did kill her. I’m sorry that none of us listened to you, that I never appreciated you. That I always gave Nik and Elijah over you. I only did it because I thought you didn’t care about being my brother.”
Kol frowned at the hug, even it couldn't still or calm the anger and hurt within him. He pulled away from the hug, "You killed Elena for Niklaus...you cried for Niklaus...you'd do anything for him...don't pretend it was for me...you claim to love me yet in the same breath you say you didn't appreciate me because you thought I didn't care...do you even hear yourself and how you're talking in contradictions..." Shaking his head, Kol let out a short and bitter laugh, "Happy to see me? When? I came back to you the first time and you told me to leave, I came back now and you said the same...I'm having a really hard time seeing how happy you are Rebekah...all the times Niklaus stabbed you in the back, you had no problem still loving him and believing he appreciates you yet you couldn't even think the same for me...maybe you're right, maybe I'm not your brother, because a real sister would know..."
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A small breath and she looked back at him, shaking her head a little. ”I see my son, who hates me. And while I understand why, do you not understand how it hurts me? I know that I have done wrong. I know that I have done nothing but turn you all against me. But that does not mean that I do not wish I could take it all back.”
At his words, she had to sigh a little. He was right. She couldn’t go back in time, but she was offering him more. ”I am offering you that, Kol. In the only way I know how. Live your life as you choose, but I can give you your magic back. I can give you everything you want.” She blinked back tears, and looked away from him. She loved him so. She loved them all, and they saw her as nothing more than a monster now. ”I am sorry, my dear boy. I have been sorry, since I turned you all.”
"Give me everything I want? And how would you do that? By sticking me in someone else's body so that I'm human and weak?" Kol was naturally suspicious of any plans his mother has cooked up, especially with her knowledge of magic, god knows however many loopholes that came with the price of bargaining with her. He simply does not trust her even though she pleads with him to do so.
"What if I want to stay a vampire and have my magic back? Can you grant me that wish Mother? Can you really give your son everything he wants?" He supposes he should feel effected by her words but the number of times Kol has been burned by this family makes it harder to him to feel sorry for keeping his distance with her.
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"Don’t you do that to me, Kol. Don’t you make me feel guilty. I’m not the person who put you in a box. I spent decades in a box just like you have. You know that I love you, Kol, I always have. You’re the one who never had any interest in being my brother."
"Make you feel guilty? What could I possibly make you feel guilty about since you're obviously the one who's never done anything wrong? What could you possibly feel guilty about? It's not like you chose those pesky teenagers over me, it's not like you cared more about your cure than the fact the people you decided to play nice with actually killed me. It's all very funny to me here, you keep saying you love me, yet if you were really my sister, then why are Elena and all her friends still alive? Where is your sisterly rage? Was that so easily swapped away by some dream of a stupid cure that I warned all of you was not even worth waking Silas for? How did that go for you anyways? I warned you all, I tried to stop you, but of course, I'm the one who's not interested in this family...right...who was with you when you wanted to break mother's rules, who came back to help you when you needed to fetch that crazy professor...you know what, forget it...of course, it's always my fault, I clearly don't care about this family..." Kol shakes his head, scoffs, and turns to walk away, feeling all too hurt and upset and angry.
time to run // Kol + Elena
"Why am I not surprised" she chuckled, shaking her head. "You boys are all the same. The way to your heart is through your stomach" he said, glancing over at him and rolling her eyes. Taking the pan over to the sink, she turned to look at him. "There’s a little left if you want it."
"Hey, no one should ever deny good food...it's a universal truth..." Kol laughed with amusement and was about to continue his answer when there was a knock on the door, "Hold that thought...." He pointed to Elena as he got up, "I'll go get the door..." He moved to the hall and towards the door, not thinking of anything that could be wrong but he would be incorrect.
As he opens the door, he was greeted by five tall burly men carrying weapons. He didn't even get a chance to do or say anything before they pushed in and one punched Kol so hard in the face that he fell to the floor stunned, pretty sure his nose was broken and bleeding.
He felt himself being pushed onto his stomach and a knee at his back keeping him down as someone grabbed his hair and pulled his head up and held a knife to him. It was so dizzying he could barely make out fuzzy forms in front of him and some guy speaking to who he thinks must be Elena, "Try anything girl, and we gut your pretty little boyfriend alive..."
coming home || Kol + Rebekah
As she watches him, she has to smile. The way he’s tentative to touch her. The grasp of tiny fingers around his. Tears fill her eyes, and for a moment, she’s truly happy. She has to laugh a little, hearing the giggling from Hope, as she looks up at this new face in her life, and accepts him. Bekah knows that this little girl knows he would never hurt her. That he’s there, to protect her too.
Seeing the genuine smile on his face, brings her so many emotions, that she fights to hold herself together. She looks up at him, and with one hand, she brushes against his cheek lightly. ”Do you want to hold her?” She watches him, smiling softly at him. ”I promise, you won’t hurt her.”
He looks up at her, a little stunned. He's never held a baby, well, at least not recently. He remembers barely when Henrik was a baby but that had been thousands of years ago. And well, he's not exactly got a reputation for being the most gentle person in the world. Usually he's the one causing most damage and breaking things, and he worries he'll hurt her despite what Rebekah says.
"If you're so sure then..." Kol takes a deep breath as he takes baby Hope into his arms with Rebekah's help - this is so strange, so surreal, his arms practically dwarfs her body. The baby looks up at him and reaches a hand up, poking him in the nose as he blinks, "Definitely your father's daughter...all this poking and prodding..."
a brother returns // Kol/Kaleb + Elijah
Elijah did not buy it. He stepped closer, his eyes on the witch. “I think you lie,” he mused aloud. Studying the youth, the Original vampire walked around him. His gaze was searching, predatory almost. “You are far too familiar.”
The Original chuckled. “Yet they are the ones fleeing and you’ve barely a scratch on you. I am impressed.”
"Well no offense mate, but you're the one who called them off...it's not like it was me they're afraid of...and if I remember correctly, I pretty much got knocked out the last time they decided to pay a visit..." Kol continued with his line of performance, it would not be helpful if Elijah figured out who he really is.
"And you've seen me before, it's not like I'm exactly a complete stranger..." Kol was concerned about Elijah's talk of him being familiar, maybe he needed to do better to hide his certain habits and tendencies.
And despite what you might think, Kol, I did mourn you after your death, and I did attempt to avenge you. I would do nothing less because we are brothers always and forever.
