There was a certain pleasure in being the monster covered in darkness. You never have to fear the unknown because you are the unknown. You're the shadow in the alleyway; you're the whispers that disappear as the light turns on.
As a human you had been terrified of the darkness, rushing home from the safety of your car to the safety of your home. Leaving the lights on until you reached the end of the hallway even though you knew logically there was nothing there. After all, there's no such thing as monsters. Are there?
Kol had swept into your life like a gentle breeze, unassuming, charming, calm. He was so smart and funny and undoubtedly interested in you. You knew he was different in the way you know when you're in danger. But how could someone so beautiful be so dangerous?
It had been late November when you met, a chill in the air giving a handsome gentleman the opportunity to give you his coat. It was sweet and you had accepted bashfully. His accent music in your ears, was that English? Maybe but it was like no modern English accent you had heard before. He spoke so eloquently, that should have been your first clue that something was amiss. But you ignored it chasing him further into a darkness you mistook for sunshine.
His family had been your second clue that he wasn't normal, they were all so beautiful, but they spoke to you as if you were a servant. You saw it as overprotective siblings or perhaps because they were so rich that a lower-class girl like you simply wasn't worth their time. But that coldness in their eyes didn't grow from money. Rebekah was so cruel to Kol; you should have minded her words a bit more carefully. He had after all cost you your life.
He sweettalked you into his world no compulsion needed, a smile and an apology the first time you saw the monster attempt to escape his skin. Dark veins and protruding fangs scared you, but sweet apologies and kisses gave you comfort. He could have anyone, and he chose you. You were so special.
He promised you a million lifetimes travelling, loving, exploring. But Kol needed excitement adventure, challenges. You were so sweet, and you loved him, and he loved that you loved him. But Kol was chasing a magic that couldn't be found in your love. He wanted a magic that had been stripped from his veins ripped out of his soul by the one person that was supposed to protect him.
She was so sweet and kind and she took him from you. It didn't matter that you waited for him, longed for him to come back from the dead. It didn't matter that you allowed his brother to turn you into one of these monsters in the hope of seeing him again. Because she had the one thing you never could.
So you became the monster in her shadows the hair raised on the back of her neck, you couldn't harm her. How could you harm the one thing that seemed to bring him happiness in his eternal darkness? So sweet Davina had earned herself her own personal monster bodyguard. You guarded her from witches, fought against Klaus, Marcel, even Kol himself. A curse meant to kill the one girl he had truly fallen for stopped by a vampire that couldn't stop loving him.
So, you weren't his muse any longer, you became his savior, his best friend. You protected him, you made connections gained strength and when the time came you hid him and Davina away.
She knew your torment, so she gave you freedom in a way that Kol was too selfish to do. She ran and allowed herself to be safe, so you didn't have to protect her any longer. You could leave with a phone number written down for her to call if you were needed.
But all you knew was Kol. All you knew was protecting him. Protecting the ones he loved. Who better to protect than his darling orphan niece? Where better to go than a school of children running scared who needed her to keep them safe.
You would teach the monsters that hid in the dark to revel in the sunshine. And if a certain headmaster there seemed to need an awful lot of protection lately, well who were you to deny yourself happiness?
