A/N:Smut. Bad Grammar. Bad Language. Extreme corniness.

Disclaimer: Not Mine.

EPILOGUE

|Blessings|

"Niklaus, Stefan and Marcel are not going to raise my children." Bonnie said examining the blessing gowns for the babies. This is not the design she sent over to the tailor. Instead of the gowns that were made of natural cotton lined with waxed silk for function and water resistance. Winnie's dress was a brilliant white silk with enough ruffles to swallow her. Erik's gown was equally opulent with embroidered wolves stitched on his collar. Bonnie side-eyed her husband. He would have her babies catch cold to keep up appearances. No matter. She had enough time to fix it before next week.

"I'm shocked Bonnie. You are voting against your beloved Caroline."

"You are not suggesting Stefan and Caroline. You said Stefan and Marcel."

"If you love me, you will not make me choose between them. Stefan would not stop crying if I choose Marcel. For the next fifty years, he would examine and want to discuss all of his moral failings that led to my decision. Marcel would be unbearable as well, one passive aggressive quip after another instead of just asking why I choose Stefan. "

"I'm not suggesting that you should choose between them. Lucy and Taimak will do a lovely job. And if not, Grams and Kael, with Finn and Rebekah's help will be capable.

"Finn?"

"When are you going to admit your son adores him."

"When you admit your grandmother is far too old for the task. Taimak is an idiot. Kael will have them living in dungeons, eating rats, and Rebekah will spoil them rotten." Bonnie made a note that he didn't mention Lucy. Her husband and cousin had formed a very awkward truce. Bonnie thinks that Niklaus secretly respects her.

"Show some respect. Grams could knock you on your ass, and Kael raised you. And how is Rebekah spoiling them any different from what you are doing?" Bonnie said, holding up the gold rattles Klaus had commissioned. She heard Stefan say it was filled with rubies. She hoped that was a joke. Neither of twins barely touched the thing. Winnie was more interested in her toy wolf, and Erik was partial to the music box Matt found for the twins.

Just then the door to the passage opened and Winnie bounded into the room in wolf form. Bonnie smiled at her baby girl, bending down to greet her, but as usual she trotted right past her and started chewing on Klaus's pants.

"Is this daddy's baby? All done with your nap." Bonnie started walking towards the passage, knowing it would only be a matter of minutes. Before she could enter the nursery, Erik's howl rang out. He lay in his crib utterly miserable he had been left alone again. When she peeked into the crib, he stopped crying, rubbing his eyes with his tiny fist, and the most beautiful smile came on his face.

"Hi baby. Did sissy leave you alone again? Let's go find her." Bonnie said pulling him out of his crib. After this happened the first couple of times, Bonnie and Niklaus started to wonder if he could turn into a werewolf, and for that matter, they had never seen Winnie do magic. The Merlin was adamant about them both being tribids, but up until that point no one had seen any sign of it.

Until one afternoon, Bonnie was preparing to bathe them, and had them side by side. Erik hated baths, and when Grams brought in their tub, the tiny witch immediately formed a protective ward, which Winnie loved because now she can play rough with her brother. She went from girl to pup in the blink of an eye, nuzzling and flopping against the magic dome, annoying her grunting brother. When she started trying to chew on his magic, Erik had enough, in one breath of magic the ward sunk into his center, and he morphed into a gray puppy. Bonnie sent for Niklaus right away.

Bonnie and the King watched happily as Erik and Winnie frolicked all over the nursery, tumbling, biting, and barking. Grams had a stroke of genius, and then their pups splashed in their father's bathe. It was the most beautiful magic Bonnie had very seen, and she had a hand in creating it.

Later she learned that a ward had formed on the door when Lucy and Kael tried to visit. They did not bother it, suspecting the babies wanted to be left alone, but Kael said it wasn't Erik's magic. Lucy agreed, although similar, it's signature was different. Bonnie guessed Winnie put up her guard so Erik could let down his. They were so protective of one another. She could not just trust anyone to raise her babies.

-o0o-

The hall was crowded as everyone was trying to get a look at the two adorable babies being blessed by the dragon. Bonnie was so happy. Bonnie had asked Winnie all week to please stay human for the ceremony. Her daughter was really in touch with her wolf, and leaned on it when her tiny body couldn't do what she wanted. So far, Winnie had complied. Those chubby cheeks were upturned, green eyes sparkling, as she kept trying to put locks of her raven curls into her mouth. Thank goodness her hair wasn't long enough to reach yet. After a while she settled for the one ruffle on her cotton gown. Every now and then she would blow a gooey raspberry agreeing with whatever Kael was saying at the moment. She seemed happy to be in her favorite place, her father's arms.

Bonnie also talked to Erik about focusing on her instead of the crowd of their loved ones who fought to be in the room since guests were limited. It was clear from the start Erik did not take kindly to strangers or crowds. Sometimes he didn't take to anyone except his sister who would not let him alone. So far he was calm and quiet, despite the look of total consternation on his face. He was not pleased. With each passing day he was starting to look more and more like his namesake, and his total disdain for any and everyone was just too perfect. Imagine the second coming of Niklaus, all blonde curls and blue eyes with innate magical power. God, the fates had a sense of humor.

"What two souls have you called to help water your seeds? Who will tend the garden if you are lost?" Kael said touching the water to make sure the protection spell was ready to receive the blood sacrifice, and that it was warm enough for the babies.

The crowd murmured behind the proud parents. The King and Queen had given no sign of their decision. In fact they had been arguing about it up until the ceremony.

"We know that everyone in this room will fiercely protect and lovingly care for our children, but officially and humbly we ask that Lucy-" Bonnie began.

"And Elijah" Nik added quickly. Bonnie looked to her husband surprised.

"Accept the responsibility of guardianship if we are lost to this realm."

"The protectors are chosen. Please step forward." Kael said preparing the athame. Bonnie stepped forward with Erik when Elijah neared them. Lucy came and stood at the altar as well.

Winnie's skin rippled sprouting fur. A crimson portal opened as the tiny pup jumped through it. Klaus tried to reach his hands in but Lucy pulled him back just before the portal closed.

"Davina!" Klaus bellowed. Mostly everyone not invited to witness still waited outside the door for the news.

Erik wailed. Crimson light poured out of Bonnie's arms.

"Erik, Mommy has you, baby, no." Bonnie said panicked feeling him slip away. She stood there staring at her empty arms. Klaus pushed Elijah out of the way trying to get to Bonnie.

Davina popped into the room and right back out again once she understood her mission.

"Lucy?" Lucy opened a portal and stepped through it.

As soon as she did, the air crackled with blue lightening. A bolt struck the ground and delivered Greta with a pitch black wolf pup in her arms.

"Does this belong to you?" Greta said holding out Winnie to her mother.

"Do you have Erik too?" Bonnie said taking Winnie. Winnie licked Bonnie's hands, then settled in her arms.

"No, Miss thang popped into my meeting with the federation of packs. I think she helped seal the deal."

"Erik is still missing."

"Oh." Greta said. Greta started to scry but Davina popped into the room.

"Lucy has him." She said to the worried parents.

A moment later a crimson portal opened and Finn stepped through with Erik in his arms, and Lucy on his heels. Niklaus moved to grab him but Erik's ward went up. Bonnie looked at her husband pointedly. Niklaus sighed looking down into his son's eyes.

"Fine...Elijah, brother-"

"I completely understand, brother." Elijah said stepping back into the crowd. Niklaus took one look at his son in his brother's arms completely at ease.

"Finn, I confess to never understanding you, but I can not deny that you are compassionate and always thinking of your family. I wished to choose someone a little more…"

"Niklaus." Bonnie warned.

"But it seems it is not entirely up to me. I humbly ask you to be the appointed guardian to my children if I am lost."

"It will be my honor." Finn said moved looking down at his nephew who had chosen him.

"I fretted for weeks over which one of my family and friends would love and protect my children. I know the answer is all, but someone must be appointed to make the spell work. Where Erick has chosen a compassionate soul. My precocious Winnie has chosen the Merlin of Magic. Why am I not surprised?" Bonnie said watching Greta.

"She is but a child, and I am way too busy to properly…"

"I would tend to agree, Priestess, but alas Qetsiyah has marked you also, and since it was my vote that-."

"You little bit-"

"I officially and humbly ask you to accept the appointment of protector alongside Lucy's guardianship-" Winnie barked in her mother's arms. Bonnie ignored the pup's dissent but continued. "If I am lost." Greta looked at Lucy who smirked at her. She looked at Winnie who jumped into her arms and barked at her. Greta scrunched her nose at the pup and Winnie licked her face.

"I will apprentice your children when they are of age, protect them with every last drop of my magic, and provide for them if you are lost. Finn and Lucy can kiss boo-boos and teach them to read."

"I am honored Merlin."

"It is my honor, Priestess." Greta said handing Winnie back to her mother. Winnie transformed back into a little cherub, her dress was wrinkled, her curls wild. Who was Bonnie kidding. There was more than a little demon in her. Bonnie looked over to Niklaus who stood very near Finn waiting until Erik would accept him again. Yeah, as much joy as they brought her and Nik. They fact remained they were both half hellion.

|Lessons|

"Winnie are you listening to me?" Bonnie asked watching her daughter gaze out of the window. Winnie's waterfall of onyx curls were pulled into a sloppy ponytail. She was dressed in a tunic, riding pants, and boots. The girl's uniform. She was always dressed for a fight. The young girl turned around slowly broadcasting her disinterest in Bonnie's lesson on the history of magic.

"You and your brother will visit the Merlin in a matter of weeks to start-"

"I know, I know. Our formal magical training. Your the High Priestess of the Blood Coven. You counsel 350 witches. Why can't we stay here with you?" Winnie said thinking about the lake. The orchards perfect for hide and seek, and the fireflies she loved to chase with Tristan at twilight.

"I've told you this story a hundred times, involving stubborn magical infants, and the Merlin of Magic"

"I was only 3 months old." Mother and daughter jumped when the flame on Erik's candle burst into a giant dragon.

"Very good, Son." Bonnie said walking over to the boy looking over his shoulder. Greta had sent them a book of spells for their birthdays last month. Erik had almost worked his way through the book. Winnie, however had yet to make it out of the first section. She knew her daughter had magic, but she barely used it.

"Why do I have to go. He's the mage."

"You have magic too."

"Not like him."

"You're being obtuse. You don't practice like you should."

"Oh the great Merlin has spoken."

"Winnie." Bonnie chastised.

"What mom? Everyone says it. He'll be the Merlin of Magic, and I'll be stuck here as what?"

"The warrior princess. The heir of the throne. The second coming of the hybrid king." Erik answered with his own piece of gossip.

"No one gets to define who you are, except you. Not me, not your father, and definitely not those fools in the vampire court. Now, before you leave this room you are going to show me a transmutation, and recite the names and covens of the ancient ones. "

"Mom, I have sword practice with Uncle Stefan."

"History of magic comes first."

"It's boring, I don't even want to be a witch." Winnie whined. Bonnie knew she was a child, her child. That's why it hurt so much. Winnie had always loved her father, and everything he did, she just thought she would love magic too. Her daughter was a Bennett witch, a Blood witch. The few times she used magic, the crimson was blinding. But Bonnie had to face it, She had not taken to the craft despite her natural gifts. Were Erik was prolific, Winnie attempts were meager.

"I forgot to bring up the tumeric for that potion you wanted to try Erik. I'll be right back." Bonnie moved to the door. She stopped before leaving. "Winnie, I'm not going to force you. Magic depends on the will of its caster, but you will attend your apprenticeship this summer." Bonnie said before leaving the room.

"And you claim, I'm the rude one."

"I didn't mean to hurt her feelings." Winnie said truly meaning it. She flipped through the book knowing how much it meant to her mother. She just wanted to run.

"I know, but you did." Erik answered starting the base for the levitation potion.

"Don't you get tired of doing what they want." Winnie said looking out at the treeline again. Erik looked at his sister knowing she knew the answer already.

"Yes, but magic is also what I want." He said changing the spell instructions in the book to better suit his magic signature. "What do you want?"

"Adventure."

-o0o-

"Good Winifred. Tristan hold your ground." Stefan said watching Winifred charge his son. The girl was relentless in battle and younger than everyone on the field. Winnie swung her sword for the death kill.

"TRISTAN!" Stefan yelled to get his son to block. The boy tripped instead. Winnie stopped before she struck him. She stuck out her hand to help the young boy up, and then headed back to the line.

"Good job, Cousin. Did the princess make you cry?" Grayson Donovan said a hobbling Tristan.

"Watch your tongue, Grayson. The day is coming when I make you cry too."

"I'd like to see you try." Grayson sneered at the little brat.

"I would too." Niklaus said behind his daughter's tormentor.

"Daddy!" Winifred said jumping into her father's arms. She got down when all the boys started snickering.

"Hello, my little warrior princess. Where's your brother?"

"Uh...I don't think he was feeling good after lessons with mom." Winifred lied. The last time she saw him he was in Kael's dungeon studying her books.

"I see." Nik said fuming. His son was never going to learn how to defend himself or the castle if he kept skipping out on swordplay.

"Your Highness." Stefan said coming up to Klaus.

"Ripper. How is she doing?" He said stepping away from the kids.

"She's fearless, a beast. Everyone out here is afraid her, including me. She's also polite, and willing to help anyone who needs it. Thank God, you married Bonnie."

"Her manners could come from me."

"Finn and Elijah maybe."

"Shut it. Have you seen my son?"

"Not since his manticore died."

"How is he on the field?"

"Fair. He's fearless as well, but…"

"Uninterested in anything but magic."

"Marcel tell you the news?"

"No."

"There going to have the baby."

"Surrogate?"

"Yes."

"How do you know about my sister's affairs before me?"

"I didn't put her in a box."

"I didn't either. And Vanessa?"

"Happy as pie."

"How does he handle two wives?"

"Can you imagine…"

"Don't even think it. I like my balls attached." Niklaus said looking to see where Winnie was. "I have two words for you...two Carolines." Stefan grimaced then straightened his face, but not before the king saw. Klaus chuckled.

"I love my wife."

"She runs right over you." Niklaus said laughing. "Speaking of running…" He looked around his old friend.

"Winifred tonight's the full moon. Tell your brother, sick or not he will be hunting."

"You coming to night?"

"Running with the pack? Let's see how this practice shakes out, first."

"Just say you need to check with Caroline." The King said smiling. He took one last glance at Winifred blocking a swing from Lord Lockwood's child. Winnie leaned in with her shoulder and a second later the knight in training was on the ground.

"That's my girl."

-o0o-

Nik was running through the woods searching for his boy. Despite the full moon, clouds were blocking much of the moonlight. Most hunters had returned to camp an hour ago. Winifred was happily chewing on her rabbit and a leg of his deer when he left. He tried to give the boy time to find camp himself. He tended to give the boy a lot of space.

Erik was sensitive, always had been. There was nothing wrong with being a little soft, but the boy still had to learn responsibility. Magick was fine, and Winnie was clearly the heir to Niklaus's legacy, but he was his boy, his son. He couldn't hide away under his mother's skirt all his life. The truth was Nik was too afraid to chastise the boy. Afraid he might go too far, afraid he might turn into his father. The situation was just frustrating.

Niklaus's wolf caught a scent of his prey. The giant gray wolf took off in a sprint picking up on a trail. When Niklaus found Erik he was sitting naked at the makeshift grade for his pet crying. Niklaus should have known. The manticore Erik and Sheila had made died in some freak magic accident months ago. The beast got into the wrong potion and exploded.

Nik watched him in human form, no dirt, no twigs in his hair. No prey at his feet. He wondered how long the boy stayed a wolf before changing back and coming here. Nik's wolf was disappointed, but the man was pissed that he had disobeyed him again. Niklaus was shifting before he knew it. He counted to ten before he spoke.

"Erik, I specifically told that you needed to hunt tonight. You missed the last two months. You are starving your wolf. If he dies. You die." Niklaus said calmly.

"I ate a mouse earlier." Erik said solemnly.

"Are you lying to me?" Nik said sniffing the air for any trace of blood on his breath. There was none.

"No." Erik responded. Nik stepped towards his son, and that crimson barrier went up. It always went up. Nik sighed.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to talk to you. Make you understand." Nik said for the hundredth time. Life was cruel. His father didn't want him, and neither did his son.

"Your aura says differently." The boy whimpered.

"Why would I want to hurt you?"

"Because your the Hybrid King, the terror of the three kingdoms. The monster of legend, and devil incarnate himself."

"That was a long time ago."

"Not long enough." Nik swallowed everything he wanted to bark at the boy. He concentrated on silencing the rage, the insecurity.

"A mouse will barely feed your wolf. I suggest you find something more hardy." Nik said to the son he wished for. Erik stared off into the night unmoving. "What was his name?" Nik asked looking at the grave again.

"Henrik."

|Delights|

Niklaus had been really busy lately with a new treaty with the Federation of Packs. He agreed to let them hunt on Hybrid land if they agreed to to trade for moonstone. The rock was valuable, especially for magic. It wasn't naturally occurring anywhere except the mines in pack territory. The King was finally coming home today and she missed her husband. She was going to whip up a little aphrodisiac to make their homecoming spectacular, except she couldn't find the particular book for that spell.

She immediately set out for the tower, as the kids like to call it. Her babies were growing up, teenagers. On their fifteenth birthday, almost two months ago, their father gave them the tower. No longer were the relegated to their tiny chambers on the same floor as their parents, now they had the highest point in the castle with five massive rooms. Of course you had to walk past the King and Queen's chambers and personal guard to get to it.

They were young and dumb and saw it as freedom. Bonnie saw it as the King locking his precious daughter up from the many eyes of the young lords and knights of the kingdom. Erik, no, Nolan now, got to play wizard with his bedroom and magic sanctuary. Winnie got privacy, and a parlor for her female friends. Bonnie climbed the stairs blasting through the ward on the door.

Her kids were powerful, and Greta had tripled Nolan's efficiency, but Bonnie was about to enter the prime of her power. She walked into Nolan's infamous magic lair looking for her book. She spotted a lot of her texts. Even some that had to be Greta's, but not the one she was looking for. Bonnie stopped when she noticed the robe on the door.

He had found her old robe, the one Klaus had given her all those years ago. The one she killed Malachi in. He hadn't said anything, but Bonnie knew then her son would remain a blood witch instead of joining Greta's coven. It was clear he was using it to cast. She left the room on cloud nine. She was about to head back down when she smelt the candle and the smudging stick. She turned to Nolan's chamber door, but it was coming from the opposite direction. Bonnie slowly pushed open Winnie's room door. She sat on her bed chanting, a scattering of herbs floating above her. Bonnie was once again overjoyed.

"Are you doing magic?" Bonnie uttered before thinking.

"MOM!" Winnie said letting her ingredients settle on the bed.

"You took my book?" She said looking at the text in her lap. Winnie closed the book with a snap. Bonnie waved her hand and it flew over to her. She caught it and it immediately opened and starting flipping to the last page that had been read.

"Mom that's an invasion of privacy."

"Says the thief. I'm just curious." Bonnie looked down at the book and gasped. "Birth control."

"NO. NO. The other page." Winnie screamed in horror. Her face sinking into her hands.

Nolan burst out of his room and ran across the hall. His long wavy hair falling into his eyes as he entered the room. He looked at his mom, his twin, the love spell book in his mother's hands and decided to return to his sketching.

It was a subtle attraction spell that worked with natural pheromones. Her daughter was smart. She wasn't trying to force anything that wasn't there. Just encouraging or trying to detect an already fledgling romance. Bonnie was dying to know, but she had already pried enough. She flipped to the page she needed and pulled the spell into her amulet. She sent her daughter back the book.

"That's it." Winnie said looking up at her mother when the book landed softly beside her. "No lectures. No third degree."

"I'll let you have your privacy." Bonnie said turning to walk away.

"Actually. I wasn't really paying attention when Auntie Greta showed us...Can you help me?"

"Of course, baby. Anytime. Do you want to do it here or…"

"I have an altar."

"You do? Okay." Bonnie said delighted following her daughter into her sitting room. At the back of the room was an airmore. Winnie opened it, and it took everything Bonnie had not to cry. Qetsiyah's symbol was carved into the shelf. Blood red candles lined it. Somehow Winnie had squirreled away one of her old ceremonial athames. Her altar was simple, but it got the job done.

"Don't you want to know who it is?" Winnie said quietly twirling a strand of hair around her finger.

"If you want to tell me." Bonnie said moving the candles in the correct position. She checked the herbs and flowers Winnie had. "Ask your brother if you can borrow some peony and bay leaf."

Winnie got up and went to get the ingredient she needed. Bonnie looked around the room. Niklaus's battle sword hung on the wall. Winnie's old stuffed wolf was battered but featured on her bookshelf. A tunic Gram's made her as a child was hung like a tapestry, and the painting of Bonnie and Niklaus from their old nursery hung above the fireplace.

When Winnie returned she handed Bonnie the plants. "Oh, no ma'am. This is your spell. Let's see what you can do."

"I just want to see if I have a chance."

"Why wouldn't you?" Bonnie said looking at her beautiful daughter.

"He's not into girls like me." Winnie sighed.

"He?" Bonnie asked.

"Yes, he. Don't be a stereotype, mom." Winnie rolled her eyes.

"I remember you being smitten with Lillian. You don't tell me anything. Girl or boy, it doesn't matter."

"He's not a boy. He's a man."

"A man?" Bonnie asked trying not to freak out. She didn't want to have to curse anyone today. Her husband hadn't killed anyone in years. After one moonlit hunt he came home and said he wanted to be a better man. Bonnie caught sight of the murderer every now and again. A grown man romancing his daughter was sure to welcome him back.

"Well almost." Winnie she said self conscious. Whoever he was, he had Winifred the Warrior Princess blushing and completely besotted.

"Grayson Donovan." Bonnie said laughing from relief. Nik had called this two months ago when he moved them into this tower. Apparently the eighteen year old was paying a bit too much attention to Winnie in training one evening. Bonnie blew out the candles.

"Hey?" Winnie said looking up at her mother.

"You don't need this spell, honey... not now anyway. Your going to have to wait one more year. Your father isn't going to kill me." Bonnie said. She took the book and the herbs when she left.

Nolan looked into his sister's sitting room. Winnie was sitting in front of her altar dazed.

"So you have graduated from secret healing poultices to openly casting love spells now."

"No, our mother says, out of the blue, after agreeing to help, I don't need it now, and took the book."

"You don't need it. Why would you want to be with someone you had to cast on to know how they feel."

"You don't get it. Girls faint every where yo go."

"Girls and guys do the same for you. If you stop trying to beat everything into the ground. You could take your pick."

"I love you Nolan, but that's not true."

"Isn't it? Why do we live in a tower?"

"So you can play wizard."

"Or so father can guard his beloved heir."

|Tempers|

Bonnie was wrapping the eczema soap for her customer in wax paper. Lucy was ringing up Gwen when the King and his entourage entered the store.

"Ladies" Niklaus said to the room as he moved behind the counter to greet his wife. If the shop wasn't so busy he would take her in back and repay her for that mind-blowing welcome home. He pinched her ass as he sweetly kissed her on the cheek.

"Have you all heard the news?" Marcel said greeting Vanessa, and then Rebekah.

"About Jax? Of Course." Caroline said helping herself to Gram's caramels.

"That's two dollars, Missy." Grams said from the back of the shop. Grams had moved in after Bonnie left to have her own space.

"Stefan, I need money." Caroline said her hand out. Nik and Marcel eyed one another chuckling.

"Leave him alone brother." Elijah said helping Rochelle skin figs.

"Finn is getting married." Marcel said happily. Bonnie gasped.

"Your worst than the courtesans." Stefan complained.

"To who?" Lucy said asking the question everyone wanted to know.

"To the Merlin of Magick." Marcel chuckled. Bonnie gasped again. She looked to her husband. She knew he wasn't pleased.

"Oh babe, they're went our threesome." Bonnie cooed to her husband. Caroline spit out her drank. Lucy giggled.

"Shut up." Niklaus said red. He knew Greta was never coming back. He knew Bonnie would never agree to him ever touching another woman, and he knew he didn't want anyone touching Bonnie. He was even jealous that Greta and Bonnie got along so well, but in the very back of his mind...now Finn, it bothered him. Niklaus couldn't stand the smirks on all their faces.

"Where is Erik? I thought he was helping you in the store." Nik said looking for a change of topic.

"He is. Nolan and Mimi went to trade some things in the market."

"Nolan." He said to himself.

"What's wrong with the name Nolan brother?" Elijah said trying to help his brother from the continuing snickers.

"It's not the name I gave him."

"Technically." Rebekah chimed.

"Shut up, Rebekah. He rejects everything I give him."

"He's a teenager Niklaus. He will come around." Lucy said thinking about her own boy, too cool to hang with mom. She hoped her boy would do well in training.

"My dear sweet cousin." Nik smiled at her.

"Don't get carried away, vampire."

"Where is Winnie?" Vanessa asked unawares.

Bonnie chuckled to herself. "With her Auntie Greta."

"Aren't you glad she's finally coming around, Priestess?" Selina said cutting the ginger for Camille's hot flashes.

"Overjoyed Selina. If anyone can help her catch up it's the Knight of the Magic Realm." Bonnie said sweeping the floor. After a moment she looked up, " Does Finn have magic?" Bonnie asked the Mikaelson siblings smiling.

"I'm going to find Erik." Niklaus said leaving the shop and the snickers. Marcel followed. Nik moved through the market quickly. Patrons bowed as he went. He mostly ignored Marcel's smug smile.

"What?" Niklaus said to his old friend.

"She read your ass."

"She's my wife. I wouldn't expect less."

"Yeah." Marcel looked around the square. He spotted his nephew. "There he is."

Marcel was about to move closer, but Niklaus stopped him. Erik or Nolan, whatever he was calling himself was flirting with a pretty young lady. Niklaus had never seen this side of his son before it was like looking in a mirror. Niklaus couldn't help the smile when Nolan produced a long stem rose from the air, seconds later it melted into a gold chain.

"Your son is quite the casanova." Marcel said truly happy to see Niklaus take pride in anything Nolan was doing.

"He's my son. I wouldn't expect anything less." Marcel laughed clapping him on the back. The man headed back to Bonnie's shop. Nik was about to turn and follow when he saw an older man bump into Erik. Nik's first instinct was to attack, but he waited to see what his son would do. Nolan ignored him and continued talking to the girl. When the man knocked into him again. Nolan turned with hell in his eyes.

"Is there a problem?" Nolan asked politely.

"Your talking to my girl." The man slurred, obviously drunk. Too drunk not to know who the Prince of White Oak Castle was. The royal guard surrounded him and the fool didn't even know it. Nolan called them off.

"Is this man your betrothed?" Nolan asked turning to the girl. She shook her head no. "Your husband?"

"No maj-" Nolan put his finger to his lips before she could finish. She stopped talking visibly nervous.

"This beautiful young lady says she not beholden to you in anyway. Move along."

"Who the hell do you think your talking to?" The man said swinging for the prince. Nolan shifted out of his way with ease. Maddox moved forward but Nolan stopped him.

"Sir I beg you to-" Nolan tried again, and the man tackled him. Crimson Magic crackled through the air, and Winnie emerged through a portal with her sword in her hands. She pushed the old man off her brother, pulling him on his feet. By that time, Rochelle and Cara were watching as well. The knights of Crimson and Sapphire stood waiting with spells in their hands.

"You bitch." The man said getting on his feet charging Winnie when he suddenly lifted into the air. A noose made of blood magic choking the life out of him. Nolan eyes glazed over as he constricted the oxygen to the man's brain.

"NOLAN!" Winnie shouted. "Look at me!" Nolan continued his spell. The man's eyes began to bulge. His skin grew scarlet. Niklaus moved through the crowd until he jerked his son's shoulders around.

"What will your aura look like if you do this?" Niklaus said looking into his eyes. Nolan looked at his father surprised. The man dropped to the ground. Nolan could barely look at the scoundrel gasping for air. "I'm sorry" he stammered then disappeared into a portal. Nik sighed. He looked at his daughter.

"Are you okay?"

"Always." She smiled opening a portal back to her lessons. "Maybe I'm not the one you should be asking."

"How long has he been like this?"

"What do you mean dad? Forever." She said disappearing back to the magic realm with Auntie Greta and Uncle Finn. Niklaus looked at the purple-face man.

"Lock this idiot up." Niklaus said to Maddox. Maddox picked the man up. "Break the hand that tried to hit my son. Where's Davina?"

"Here your highness." Davina said stepping out of the crowd.

"I need a portal to the tower." Davina ripped a black hole in the air. The darkness spun until it faded into his son's chamber door. He step through the portal. Time folded in on itself and stretched back open.

Klaus tried the knob and surprisingly it was open.

"Winnie, I don't want to talk about it." Nolan said laying on his bed his eyes closed.

"Really, then why did you leave your door open?"

"Dad?"

"Erik?"

"Nolan."

"Right, your Nolan now. Will you be Niklaus next?"

"I'm already Niklaus. I look like you. I act like you."

"If you think choking some bloke out makes you like me, you have no idea who I am."

"I know exactly who you are. Niklaus the terrible. Your murdered your father and mother."

"In my defense they were pretty terrible themselves."

"Uncle Finn told me."

"Uncle Finn?"

"At Auntie's."

"Okay. Nolan, you're not a murderer. Your a sweet boy. What you did today was in defense of your sister. I'm proud of you."

"Of course you would be proud." Nolan said getting up to at stare out the window.

"Am I missing something?"

"I could have killed him. Is that worthy of pride."

"Fighting for your family. Using your god-given gifts beautifully."

"And what about my temper?"

"It runs in the family."

"Exactly. One day everything is fine. The next you and mum are lying in a pool of blood."

"I was provoked for years before I acted son."

"I wasn't." Nolan said turning to his father with tears in his eyes. "He had eaten the chocolates I had made for Lillian. I was so angry, so mad. When I spotted him I just...he exploded before I knew what happened.

"You killed your manticore." Nik said suddenly understanding. "It was an accident."

"Was it? I was angry. I wanted to punish him for his transgressions. How is that any different from what you did to Mikael?"

"Did you cut out his beating heart, or stab him until the life drain from his face. Did you piss on his grave, and slaughter everyone who of had pledged an oath of fealty to him. Did you destroy everything he built and touched just because you could? I did, and to this day I regret none it of it. I bask in the memories of my father's demise." Nik said, smiling. He cleared his throat when he saw the terror in his son's eyes.

"You on the other hand feel guilt and remorse. You honored him, cried at his grave. Is that not his collar on the wall? Even today, you gave that asswhole every chance to move along. We may share many of the same traits, but it what you choose to do with them that makes you different. You're a better man than me Niklaus Erik Nolan Mikaelson never compare yourself to me again."

"You don't understand." Nolan said wanting believe his father.

"Actually, I do. I see you clear as day. You have lived your life afraid you were your father. You have rejected everything he stands for, trying to make your own name for yourself. Define your own legacy."

"Yeah."

"Yeah, I know a little something about that." Klaus said smiling at his boy. The son he had wished for.

|Heirs|

Klaus walked into his war room with sketches under his arm and his lunch. Of course the room had been co-opted for Bonnie's magical supplies, but she knew not to touch his conference table. He sat going over his plans to expand the market. The village had grown bigger with the seat of the Blood Coven residing in Bonnie's shop. The Coven attracted witchlings, traders, and patrons that needed help. His wife was growing his kingdom. He would surprise her with some new roads and lanes for booths. She walked into the room in her full ceremonial garb. He wasn't aware she had any ceremonies to administer.

"Greetings wife. I wasn't aware the Blood Coven convened today."

"Greetings husband." Bonnie said coming over to Niklaus kissing him on the cheek. She looked down at his work, but he rolled the parchment up. "Keeping secrets."

"Apparently, I'm not the only one." Klaus said pulling the tail of her robe as she walked towards the rack to hang it. Bonnie sighed.

"I met with the Merlin."

"How is my dear sweet sister?"

"Well. She offered me a permanent fulltime seat on her counsel."

"How did she take when you turned it down?" Klaus asked, eating a grape. When his wife didn't answer he looked to her.

"I told her I would think about it." Bonnie said unfastening her robe.

"Think about it?" Nik said smiling. "Are leaving me?"

"The counsel only convenes in the summer months."

"And for every solstice, equinox, and blasted ceremony you witches can think of. You lot love to get naked and dance under the stars."

"Nik, I just said i would think about it. Besides, I thought you liked me naked." Bonnie said hanging her robe, and letting her dress fall.

"Don't. I am not in the mood for your manipulations."

"Manipulations?" Bonnie said easing into the kings lap. She tried to kiss him on the mouth, but he moved his face. She settled for his neck. When he growled. She turned towards him fully, straddling him.

"Bonnie." The King said thinking of all the time Bonnie would have to be away.

"Majesty." She said biting his ear while undoing the fastenings on his pants. He was already engorged. Bonnie pulled the kings arms from the side of his chair wrapping them around her waist. As she suspected he did not move them. Bonnie grinded her wet center against him. Her folds sliding against the length of him. She would make him take her. She knew she was almost there when he grabbed her ass forcing her down on him harder. Bonnie shuttered from the sweet sensation of his dick grazing her clit.

Klaus rose his pants falling around his knees as he placed her on the table. He was plunging into her seconds later. He pounded into her at a searing pace.

"Fuck me, Majesty. Fuck me." She moaned. He could tell she was about to cum. He wasn't done with her yet. Klaus growled pulling out of her quickly and flipping her over. He entered her again slowly, grabbing her ass. He leaned over her biting into her shoulder as he tortuously rolled into her. When she was whimpering he ran his thumb over her asswhole. She clamped around him, and it was wonderful. He massaged her there and she was pushing back against him.

He held her still once again slamming into her, his Queen was cuming all over him seconds later. He fucked into her through the bliss finally filling her with his seed. He backed away from her slapping her ass.

She turned smiling. Her stomach had squashed grapes on it and a piece of ham. She removed the ham biting into. Great sex made her hungry. Klaus smiled dropping to his knees eating and licking the grapes off. He moved to bury his head between her legs. When the door suddenly swung open. He looked around his wife and saw the disgusted faces of his sires.

"Holy Fuck!" Nolan said leaving the room immediately.

"Oh, so your grown enough to curse now?" Bonnie said to her son as she dove towards her robe. Klaus pulled up his pants. Winnie backed out of the room her eyes closed.

"Aren't you too old for this?" Winnie cried before she closed and locked the door.

"How do suppose you got here?" Nik yelled at the door. Klaus chuckled looking at his humiliated wife.

"Gross, Dad!"

-o0o-

"Have you ever had sex with Lillian?" Nolan said walking in on Winnie as she was cleaning her sword.

"No. Have you?"

"I don't want me sister's sloppy seconds."

"Your making every excuse not to take her to the ball."

"Why are we having this stupid thing."

"Dad wants to honor mom."

"You know Auntie is grooming her to be an intercept." Nolan said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, dad's going to lose his shit."

"Psycho's going to be standing outside the circle glaring daggers at everyone."

"What will he do when you ascend to Merlin?" Winnie quipped.

"Shut up."

"You're already the knight of the blood coven. If mom ascends you'll be high priest of the blood coven."

"Auntie's second."

"Your magic won't let that stand and you know it." Winnie pointed out, switching to cleaning her daggers. "A blood priest as the merlin of magic," she added.

"A blood witch the heir of White Oak Castle." Nolan returned.

"The blood coven would control two of the three kingdoms." Winnie realized.

"You sound like dad. Maybe if you let Donovan knock you up. You can send your heir to take over the federation of packs."

"Shut up, but that's not a bad idea."

"Donovan knocking you up?" Nolan asked amused.

"God know. I like my betrothed. I don't want him to die at the hands of Hybrid King. He would be father's first kill in a decade."

"Does it really count if he beat a few men within an inch of their lives."

"I thought you and dad were cool." Winnie said looking up at her brother.

"We are. He's just"

"Badass."

"Terrifying."

"Whose terrifying?" Niklaus said walking into the sitting room with Bonnie in tow.

"No one." The twins said in unison.

"That's means you." Bonnie said sitting on the couch.

"Obviously." Niklaus said sitting beside her.

"We have news." Niklaus said looking at his children.

"News?" Nolan asked.

"Oh God, please don't tell us your pregnant." Winnie said trying to forget what they walked in on a week ago.

"No. I have decided to take the Merlin's offer." Bonnie informed. Winnie and Nolan eyed one another.

"Which means your mother and I are moving to the summer estate." Klaus added. Nolan snickered. His father the psycho.

"I don't understand" Winifred said looking at her parents. "Who would run White Oak Castle?"

"You are so obtuse. You are being crowned Queen." Nolan said exasperated.

"Father?"

"You are more than capable." Niklaus said trying to alleviate any doubts.

"What will you do?"

"Hunt, read, paint, make love to my wife."

"Please." Nolan said turning red.

"For the first time in my life, I'm truly looking forward to something." Nik said taking Bonnie's hand.

"What if I need you? Both of you?"

"We're a half a day's ride away."

"Mom?"

"You can do this." She said smiling at her daughter.

"Should I start packing the shop?" Nolan said thinking about having to leave his sister for the first time.

"No." Bonnie said smiling at her boy who looked so much like his father.

"Were will crimson convene? At the summer estate?" Nolan asked.

"Wherever you choose." Bonnie answered.

"And I'm obtuse." Winnie said trying to make her brain work.

"Mom, your just serving on the counsel." He wasn't ready. He still hadn't mastered Qetsiyah's summoning spells. He might need to call for a hurricane if the castle is attacked.

"The Merlin isn't as clever as she thinks, son." Nik said grumpily. He would have to spend time with Greta, and Finn. He had been trying to talk Stefan and Marcel into moving with him. Marcel was a yes, if he and Rebekah could talk Vanessa into giving up her land for Rebekah's Chateau. Caroline was dead set against leaving Lillian and Tristan even though they were well into their adulthood. Niklaus had hoped Nolan would finally asked the poor girl to marry him. He wouldn't mind grandchildren. Winnie was much too young to have children despite her oaf of a fiance. He was still mad at Kael for not using a spell to break them up.

"An intercept can not run a coven and attend to their duties."

"But, Auntie"

"Has asked to be your second."

"When is all of this supposed to happen?" Winnie asked thinking of the colossal changes about to happen in their lives.

"The ball of course." The father said as if it wasn't in three days.

-o0o-

The Upper court was packed. Everyone who was anyone in the three realms were there to watch the biggest transfer of power in decades. The world had been waiting to see what mark the twin tribids would make on the world. It was no secret the Blood Coven had reinserted themselves as the coven not to be reckoned with.

Even Greta surrounded by Sapphire mages knew the day was coming when High Priest of the Blood Coven's magic would subjugate her magic. She would be forced to become an intercept. With Emily and Bonnie as intercepts, and Nolan as the knight of the Order of mage, the blood coven's power would be solidified. A blood witch would even sit on the throne at White Oak Castle. Qetsiyah was a sly old bitch, and Greta was better for having known her, and her great granddaughter.

-o0o-

Marcel and Stefan bickered over the fact Stefan had still not convinced Caroline. "We told you not to marry that woman."

"Are we supposed to follow him around everywhere he goes like puppies?"

"You and I know it is not like that. He needs us just as much as we need him. How often do you think he will see his wife."

"I am not his keeper."

"No, but you are his brother. What will white oak castle be like without us both to keep you company? Who will you talk to? Damon?"

Stefan looked at his friend realizing his future looked bleak indeed.

"Yep." Marcel said taking a sip of wine.

-o0o-

"Don't be so crass, Camille." Caroline said giggling at the handsome guard and his too tight pants. Vanessa snorted when he looked over at them. They all turned trying to stifle their laughter. Caroline sobered when she spotted her son, the soon to be appointed court magistrate. Her lovely Lillian was alone again, waiting for a man who loved magic above all else. She never wanted that for her girl.

She looked over to her husband attached to Marcel's hip. It was a wonder the King was not between them. She looked at Jillian again, and her husband laughing with his friend. If they moved Lillian would be forced to come with them if Nolan wouldn't propose. Her girl might find someone who knew what he had, and all of Caroline's friends would be there.

-o0o-

"Elijah, we are all going." Rebekah pleaded.

"Which is why I will be staying here. Winnie has asked me to be her advisor." Elijah said proudly.

"And you agreed." Kol said downing his wine.

"Kol, be grateful you are even in the building." Elijah returned.

"I am. My warden has trotted me out like her pet. She wants them to know, she has me trained."

"Does she?" Rebekah asked amused.

"I will not interfere with my niece's coronation and nephew's ascension."

"That is good to hear brother." Finn said walking over to his siblings.

"I can't promise I won't try to maim their father." Kol admitted calculating how many feet he would have to clear to get to the royal table at the back of the room.

"Small steps." Rebekah offered.

-o0o-

"What will you do Dragon?" Grams said handing Kael a drink. Lucy nodded to the woman.

"My home is White Oak Castle. I serve Qetsiyah, and this is her legacy."

"Is he ready, Lucy?" Grams asked looking on, knowing her time to journey to the otherside was coming. She was grateful she would see Qetsiyah's enchantment come to fruition.

"I truly believe Nolan's magick has been ready since he was born." Lucy answered.

"And the man?" Grams said thinking over her sweet great grandson.

"He had to conquer the demons inside of him." Lucy said.

"What of Winifred?" Kael asked curious.

"Oh my niece revels in feeding her demons. It's terrifying."

"I know. Isn't it magnificent." Kael said smiling.

"Where is Amelie and Jax?" Grams said looking around for her babies.

"Amelie is preparing to ascend. She told me to get out. I was breaking her concentration."

"Jax is trying on his new armour, his father is helping him."

"The mother of the knight of the blood coven, and commander of the royal guard, you didn't do so bad yourself Lucy." The Merlin said joining the small group of mages.

"I know, and I'm scared shitless. I can only imagine what Bonnie is going through."

-o0o-

"Are we doing the right thing?" Bonnie asked nervous.

"I hope so. I spent a fortune renovating the summer estate." Niklaus said eating grapes.

"Niklaus, I'm talking about our children." Bonnie snapped.

"My seeds, my heirs are fearless. I dare, no, I pray anyone test them. Winnie will cut off their balls and dine on them in the moonlight. I have no idea what Erik will do, but I'm sure it involves pain, death, and a lot of blood magic."

"Is this all you care about?"

"I care about you." Niklaus said pulling her into his lap.

"Their wonderful Bonnie, how could they not be. They have you for a mother."

-o0o-

The lights dimmed suddenly. Sapphire and Gemini witches parted the crowd forming a line from the entrance all the way to the altar on the stage. Greta and Kael stood at the base of the stage.

"We have come to bear witness." Greta started.

"To the ascension of magic." Kael finished.

"We honor the ancient ones" Greta sang.

"The legacy of Qetsiyah." Kael said proudly.

"The Blood Coven." They finished in unison. The doors swung open and Bonnie walked in. Her amulet glowed crimson. Her staff sung. Her golden cape whipped about crackling with crimson magic. Lucy, Grams, Selina, Rochelle, and hundreds of witches followed, a wave of dark red magic. The witches pushed the guests back as they formed a circle. Bonnie and Lucy took the stage and the ascension began.

Blood witches prayed to their ancestors as Bonnie burned herbs for wisdom, luck, love and courage. Every now and again Lucy would rang the ceremonial bowl. Bonnie finally brandished her athame, purifying it in black flame. She sliced her palm letting the blood fall into the copper chalice. She chanted her final words as the High Priestess of the Blood Coven. The blood in the bowl rose then swirled into a mist when it cleared. Nolan stood in her place, and Bonnie sat next to her husband at the center of the royal table.

Marcel and Stefan cheered. Lucy and Greta shushed them.

"I am honored to serve. I will bow to nature, protect the innocent, and honor my ancestors and foremothers." Nolan said to room. Klaus's brow raised.

"His coven has only been led by women. That's why he said foremothers. It's a magic tradition, majesty." Bonnie said to her husband. He was more than a little insecure when it came to his son.

"I'm aware." Klaus said not technically lying. He thought he remembered Kael going over the ceremony years ago.

"Merlin, we our honored by your presence. As always our loyalty lies with the Order."

Greta bowed. She knew the man before her was the future of the order. Nolan turned to the room.

"To my allies in this room. Call on us if you are in need, and expect great things from the Blood Coven." Nolan said, and then he and the entire coven faded into nothingness.

"Did he steal my exit and put me on notice." Greta said to Kael.

"I believe so." Kael said smiling.

"How much time do I have?"

"I would wager five years at the most." Kael said blinking against the brightening lights.

"Ungrateful brat."

"You aren't fooling anyone Merlin. You couldn't be any prouder."

-o0o-

Niklaus met his son coming to sit at the royal table.

"A bit flashy, boy."

"I'm like my father that way." Nolan said taking the seat by his mother.

Niklaus went and stood on the stage, while Kael joined them. He was making sure everything was perfect. Lucy gave the signal from the doors, and Niklaus moved into place as did his family and friends. The trumpets blared.

"Presenting the Princess of White Oak Castle, Winifred Ayana Mikaelson." Bonnie's heart filled when she saw her baby in her beautiful dress. Well, actually pants were underneath with an impressively long train. Caroline had designed it herself. It was the closest thing Bonnie would probably get. Winnie marched to the stage with purpose. Bonnie thought it was a trick of the light, but it looked like Niklaus was about to cry. Stefan was definitely crying beside him. Marcel smiled down at his little niece. Winnie reached the stage and knelt on the ornate pillow, that Niklaus had had the tailor remake three times until it was perfect.

Elijah gave the history of White Oak Castle. Rebekah read the royal ancestry. Finn recounted the birth of the princess, and Kol lit the candles to honor their fallen. Niklaus nodded to his baby brother. Kol eventually tilted his head forward slightly.

As requested, the High Priest of the Blood Coven blessed his sister, the scepter, and the crown. Nolan handed the scepter to his mother. She placed it in Winnie's hands. Nolan placed the crown on his father's head, and then Niklaus removed it. He walked to his intelligent, fierce, and beautiful daughter with tears in his eyes, and placed it on her head. He helped her stand, and turn towards the crowd. Lucy and Caroline working to straighten that massive train. Klaus looked at his heirs, he and Bonnie's legacies, and shouted, "Long live the Queen."

Thank you for bearing with me these years. I truly hoped you enjoyed it. Happy New Year!