Freya had stepped into the Mikaelson mansion with the slightest trepidation. The last time she’d attended a family function she hadn’t been able to tell any of them who she was, and those memories still felt very recent. But this was different, and that was what she kept telling herself. This was home, this was family. Everyone she loved - almost - under one roof, and a party to celebrate her favorite time of year.
“Champagne, please,” she asked the bartender working the floor, and a glass appeared in her hands scant moments later. Finding a quiet spot, she leaned against a column and just watched people go by.
“This is one of those creepily small towns right? Scratch that, I know it is,” he said, taking a glass of a waiter and holding it out to the other. “Which is why, when I have had someone tell me more than once, they saw me somewhere I haven’t been, I know to ask. So I’m looking for someone. Names Kaleb. Yay tall and looks… well exactly like me. He will probably be the one wearing the slightly less awesome outfit tonight,” Jasper joked. “If you see him tonight, tell him I'm looking for him.”
Belle stood out back of the Mikaelson Mansion and stood infront of a flower pot. She saw signs of magic early and decided to try it out on the flower pot. She took a deep breath “ Okay...I can do this,” she nodded, saying it to herself. She held up her hands slightly and closed her eyes “ Incendia...” she chanted. She then slowly opened her eyes and saw the flowers catch on fire. Belle gasped and laughed, jumping for Joy “ Yes!!! Omg yes! Finally,” she said before holding her body “ Ohhh I’ve missed you sooo much,” she said to herself.
Then she jumped abit and turned around quickly when she heard a voice. “ Oh! uhh...I came outside and this plant, these flowers were just on fire. I don’t know how that happened,” she shook her head. All of a sudden the fire was out and she turned around to see it, then turned back towards the person. “ Oh look! That was weird. THe wind must’ve blown it out,” she laughed abit. Not really knowing when her powers come and go.
event: hark, hear the bells ( the wishes you couldn’t burn, part two )
plot drop: so this is christmas ( and what have you done )
twas the night before christmas when hope mikaelson made a wish. and another, and another, and another. the consequences of each lasted for months inside her head, but in the real world time passed in a count of hours rather than months as her physical form lay peaceful and still in her bed at the mikaelson mansion.
said mansion had been painstakingly decorated for the most elaborate of christmas balls. twinkling lights, ice sculptures, an open bar and a strict dress code - fancy. and yes, perhaps a note had been added to jackson’s invitation that flannel did not constitute a formal outfit, but if that were the case the party responsible would never admit to it.
an hour before the ball began, the tidal effect of one final wish swept out across the world from its origin in mystic falls and set the world on a new course - or perhaps more accurately a corrected one. magic was returned, and those of supernatural origin had that origin returned; however the wish was not without mercy, emanating as it did from hope’s mind.
pregnancies that might have been snuffed out by the wish were instead protected, shielded from the consequences of their parents’ changed natures before being restored to their bodies to continue their natural path. no one’s lives were claimed in the transition back to a world of magic, no matter what circumstances they were in when the wish took place. and no one lost anyone that they cared for. with magic restored the dead could continue to return as well, that part of hope’s actions preserved.
which isn’t to say that the wishes were without consequence. hope’s mind, still processing the months of alternate timelines she’d lived and fearing for the existence of someone impossible, would not wake as the ball began around her. elsewhere a creature no one outside of triad yet knew, malivore, began to seek to recapture all of the creatures that hope’s wish had freed from its clutches. But as the snow began in mystic falls on christmas eve, those who understood that the world has changed know from where the change came.
what does this mean? all characters have returned to their original species before the wish turned them human. aside from the obvious physical changes that come with that, characters are identical to their wish selves. i.e. pregnant characters are still pregnant, everyone’s memories are retained, and all of them are aware that the world has returned to the way it was before.
how has the world changed? all characters were human for 2 full months from halloween night to christmas day. with magic’s return, the dead will start returning again as well as the spell hope cast 5 months ago is back in action. all creatures that had been previously located in other dimensions (malivore, prison worlds and any other dimensions) were relocated to hope’s dimension when there was no magic, therefore there is now a large population of monsters that used to be inside malivore, who are now walking around. malivore himself is seeking their return. the hollow has been dealt with - how is a question that only hope can answer.
plotting for the christmas ball: obviously both the length of the event and the fact that it’s occurring over christmas means that timing can be pretty elastic. feel free to plot dates, post outfits ( a channel will be added to the discord for this ), and to write out the moments that your characters feel magic return. also feel free to continue pre-event threads to completion. most of all this is an event and a plot designed to give us all some time to breathe , relax , and enjoy the holidays. i am so grateful to all of you for being here on this ride with me, and i can’t wait to see what we can plot together in the new year.
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I wasn’t sure what to get you, but you were also so nice to me, so I felt like I should get you something. I used the money you gave me, so I probably need some more but it at least made me feel like I had a small place here.
There was this cute shirt when I was buying things for Mom that I thought you might like, and some headphones for no real reason but the person behind the corner said they would be good as a gift.
I know I don’t really have the right to give you a Mikaelson mark, but it was something my Aunt Bekah did when I was a child, made sure everyone had something to remind them of the family. It was meant to be that one day, anyone that saw the ‘M’ would know that that person was protected by us. Anyway, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to work it. It’s probably only for suits, for like a wedding.
But Dad in the last world taught me how to carve wood, so I thought maybe a carving wolf would be nice. Anyway, thank you, Alex
I don’t know if I can call you that or really what I should get you for Christmas but I had some time in the morning before everyone woke up, so I brought you a few things.
Some clothes for you, and the twins. I feel like we could do a lot more shopping when we know what they are.
As well as a ticket this is couple spa for you and Jackson, before the twins are born. I think you will need the break before the twins are born, you told me that twins can be a handful.
I hadn’t really planned our first christmas to be in this world and to be like this, but here we are.
And I figure we are going to share a room till at least Mum and Jackson finish the house, so i got you a face mask, open to sleep even with me there.
The watch is something I spelled, we had one in my world, after we got away from Dahlia, something you just have to press and I can come running. So I figured we needed them here too.
And a key ring for us both, you know, for when we have the new house.
