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"Alma, darling, we need to go." A gentle voice with an accent (that honestly makes me melt) woke me up in ungodly hours of the morning (10 am). I groaned and buried my head deeper in the pillow and only hear Kol laugh at my reaction which made me smile slightly. "Come on darling, weren't you excited to free the sociopath?" He asks and I shake my head.

"Not before noon, I ain't," I mumble into the pillow and he laughs again. Jerk.

"If you wake up now I'll give you chocolate." He says and I can sense him smirk. I groan and lift my head to glare at him. But couldn't help my lips from twitch at his sight. Fuck. His grin only grew wider with this and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Are you blackmailing me with chocolate?"

"Is it working?"

"Definitely." I grin as I get out of bed and head to my dresser to pick out clothes. I do, however, feel someone staring at me and look back to find Kol bluntly checking me out in my t-shirt and underwear. I blush a bit but wink at him and go to the bathroom.

After my really relaxing but waking shower, I get dressed and go downstairs for breakfast. Vina, Jer, Jen, and Kol are seated at the table, thus I sit down on the vacant seat next to Kol. We talked for a while but I eventually zoned out. I started thinking about the week prior and my journey with Kol and realized something that horrified me. I think I... *whisper mode* like Kol *whisper mode ended* *horrified look*. It's not that he's bad. He's like... perfect. And apparently, he likes me but I'm not really sure. He's a flirt. Maybe it's just his way of being. Besides I'm not sure I'm ready... Ok, that was utter bullshit. I'm over Damon by now. So that can't be it... What is stopping me from going for it? I could lose his friendship... Urgh, I truly hate feelings. They're useless and mushy and totally cringe.

"Ellie, are you ready?" Vina asks just as I realized I was the last one sitting and was absently playing with the food on my plate. I look up at her smile and nod.

"Yeah, sure," I say then take a deep breath and grin at both of them, "Let's save the twisted sociopath and free him of his miserable life."

They laugh at me but hold the hands I extended to them and in a second we're gone and appear again in the town square of Mystic Falls. In 1994. Uh. The 90's. I have mixed feelings about those. As we arrived there I immediately sat on the ground and laid back staring at the sunny sky.

"What are you doing, Alma?" I heard Kol's voice ask and shrugged.

"He'll come to us one way or the other. I just need to relax."

"You just woke up, El," Davina says with a laugh and I grin at her and shrug again. "I'll be exploring. Maybe I can track him with a spell."

"We'll be here," I say and hear her walk away just as I figure lays down beside me. I sigh. I should probably tell him, right? I mean, I'm blunt. I have courage. Why the fuck am I afraid to admit my feelings for someone. I mean, yes I just found out. But that doesn't mean they weren't there before. I'm just totally obliviously. I need to tell him. This time I'm doing it right and not when a drunk vampire shows up in my room drunk out of his ass and declaring his superficial love for me. I stand up and start to pace totally lost in thought as Kol stands up too, watching me.

I mean what would be the worse thing to happen if I tell him? I mean it's just a crush. Right? Either way, I can get over it if he bluntly rejects me. I'm a Goddess I can just turn him into a flower and be done with it. At least it's better than humiliating me and technically he doesn't die. Yeah. That is a good option, I can give the flower to Rebekah. She'll have her brother forever. I'm sure she'll understand the circumstances and-

"Alma, darling, is something wrong?" Kol asks getting me out of my, now disturbing, thoughts of him turned into a really pretty little pot flower for Bekah.

"I just... Um- I, I need to tell you something." I say with a sigh and he looks at me surprised by my stammering. Honestly, I too am surprised. He stepped closer, almost too close, and raised an expectant eyebrow at me. "I, I know we've only known each other for a few weeks now, and I... I... Urgh, this is harder than I thought." I groan and I hear him laugh.

"Are you trying to say you fancy me, darling?" He asks in amusement and though I'm full-on glaring at him I nod and he smiles at me, "What if I told you I fancy you too?"

"I wouldn't have to turn you into a flower." I simply say with a shrug of my shoulders the I look at him through my lashes, for the first time in a while being shy... "Do you mean it?"

He grinned and took a step towards me cupping my face, "I mean it." He said and then smashed his soft lips onto mine and as cliche, as it sounds it was like the world stopped. It may have been because we were actually in a place time didn't progress but I think it was the cliche part. The kiss lasted as long as it started but it left me feeling giddy and my stomach-churning. "I did fancy you for a while now." He confesses and I snort.

"Well, believe me but I had a crush on you much longer." I say and he smirks but I'm not done yet, "Well, in fact, I had a crush on many characters. Damon, Steffy for a while, Klaus,-"

"Nick?" He asks bluntly and I laugh, "I'd rather you not tell me about your other crushes, darling."

"Fine..." I sigh dramatically and smirk. I then sat down on the floor again as Kol came to sit beside me. "So..."

"So what, darling?"

"How are we going to go about this?" I ask him and then say, "I'm not the greatest at a long-term relationship, mainly because I've never actually been in love with someone. But I also don't like to date."

"What do you mean?" He asked confused by my statement. Honestly, who could blame him? I'm pretty confusing. Sometimes I confuse myself.

"Well, I want to try this. I feel fine around you. You know? Like I don't have to pretend to be another person. And as cheesy as that sounds it's true. You're probably one of the only people who have seen me cry apart from my parents." I explain and he smiles at me in understanding "But I'm not too fond of dates. Like the romantic cheesy stuff. I mean it's cute once in a year. But it's... Ew."

"Thank God I'm not too fond of them either. Not when we can just be with each other without the whole dating crap." He said with a grin and I beam at him, "Besides I believe our car trip was a bloody long date."

"You say that as if it was awful." I huff. It's true. He said 'bloody long' which usually means groan. Right?

"Actually, I loved it." He smirks and I smile at him. He's so cute!

"So we're trying this?" I ask and he nods "Can we keep it quiet for a while?"

He, mock, gasps (dramatic little shit) "Are you ashamed of me Ellie?"

"Of course I am" I answer sarcastically "I just want for us to enjoy this without anyone making it a bigger deal than it is."

"Whatever you want darling." He smiles. A genuine smile and it's honestly so handsome I could die. But I physically can't. So instead I sit down on the floor again, and he follows me. "You know I'm not a good person, right?"

"Duh. If you were, I wouldn't have liked you." I say with a grin, "I don't care if you're a raging lunatic with all his morals fucked in the head. I know you care about important things."

"Thank you, darling." He says looking at me and I smile.

"But you do know I'm not the best person either? Right?" I ask and he laughs.

"You're better than enough for me."

"Ok, now you're just trying to kill me with cheesiness." I grimace and he laughs.

"You know you can't die, darling." He laughs and I smile but then I feel something in my chest. It hurts. It's like someone is pulling me somewhere and I can't fight it off. It's gripping me tightly and I'm trying to breathe, but I can't. I let out an ear-splitting scream and then it all goes black as I fall limp in Kol's arms.

I woke up almost immediately in a dark room with a blazing fire burning in the fireplace. The room was simple and somehow I knew exactly where I was. That is why I growled and let out a scream, "YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! THAT HURT LIKE A BITCH!"

Then there was laughing and I glared at the figure approaching, "Ellie, Ellie, Ellie, we got to work on that profanity. That is not allowed in here. Imagine if Perse heard you." The annoying ass cruel voice of Hades says with a smirk and I glare at him.

"Imagine what she'll say when you purposely hurt your daughter in an attempt to drag her to the fucking Underworld just when she was having a moment with a guy," I say in return and he visibly blanches. "What the fuck is your problem?"

"The main one or the actual reason I brought you here?"

"What?" I ask confused.

"My main problem was you getting cozy with the sociopath."

"Cause you're one to talk." I scoff and even though he's scowling he smirks slightly.

"The reason I brought you here was to give you information." He says and I raise an eyebrow at him. Couldn't it have waited? Fucking asshole of a father "It couldn't have waited and I really needed to tell you." He says as if he read my mind.

"What pray tell is the reason you gave me a heart attack and made me think I died?" I ask.

"Hayley's pregnant." He states bluntly.

"Congratulations?" I ask. I'm not sure what that statement meant. I only know one Hayley from this time and for all, I know she wasn't anywhere near Mystic Falls.

"It is only, summer of 2010. The timeline is working faster," He states, "Klaus Mikaelson impregnated the young werewolf already."

"WHAT?!" I ask in shock, "Do they know? What about Caroline? Where and when? What the fuck?"

"During your trip, Klaus decided to leave Mystic Falls in search of werewolves to create Hybrids. I don't know about the teen drama but I do know he and Caroline were never official and had a fallout over Thomas Lockwolf."

"-Tyler Lockwood."

"Anyway, he went and found the wolves in the Appalachians along with the mermaid girl. They had a one-night stand. Nothing serious." He explains and I nod.

"But it's been only a few days how do you know?"

"I'm a God." He says simply and I roll my eyes, "I may have talked with Hestia."

"Oh. What about her? Does she know?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"The wolf doesn't know. She is however on her way to Mystic Falls. She'll be there in a few weeks or so. I convinced her too." He told me and I nod along. "She'll be safer there along with the baby."

"So, Hope will be born anyway?" I ask and he nods. "That's awesome!" I grin at him. It's great that the tribrid will be born. The Mikaelsons are going to be ecstasy. I mean they deserve their Hope. I only worry about Care. I know Hayley will go to Elijah cause she doesn't do teen drama, but... Care will probably be heartbroken. That or she will swallow her pride and be happy for Klaus. I hope it's the latter. I need to talk to her before Hayley gets to Mystic Falls. YAY!

"Are you ready to return?" Dad asks and I nod.

"Just for the record, do that again and I'll rip you to shreds. God or not." I tell him with a glare and he chuckles. I shake my head in amusement and say "Love you dad" and then I'm gasping for air waking up in Kol's arms with three heads above my own.

"What happened darling?" Kol asks worriedly. Aww. I shake my head and stand up smiling slightly.

"I'm fine. Ecstasy actually." I grin at him and give him a 'we'll talk later' look and he nods. Then I turn my head and face Malachai Parker who's watching me and the others intently, "You must be Kai. I'm Ellie."

"I am. But how would you know that?" He asks with an eyebrow raised and I shrug.

"Your family's dead." I state bluntly and he looks mildly surprised, "Minus, Liv, Luke, and Josette. I don't know and don't care where the latter is though."

"What are you doing here?" He asks with a frown. Is he stupid?

"Uh, we're here to visit, of course," I say sarcastically.

"We've come to free you. You'll have to excuse Ellie, she doesn't do well with social interactions." Vina says to Kai as I glare at her and Kol chuckles.

"Now before we free you, you'll need to promise something."

"You don't even know me. What if I was a sociopath who murdered or heavily maimed his immediate family?" He asks.

"Aren't you?" Davina asks with a smirk and he narrows his eyes at her.

"How do you know?"

"Do you honestly think we'd save a random guy?" I snort.

"So you do know I'm a sociopath. Why are you freeing me?" He asks with a blank expression.

"Cause you're fun!" I grin and he looks at me weirdly.

"I'm fun?"

"Well, yeah." I nod but then I turn serious, "But if we free you, you have to promise not to kill anyone in our group or be too noticeable. And don't kill your siblings. And don't abuse your magic."

"Uh-huh. Just one itsy bitsy thing." He says with Kai's face, "1 I don't take orders, 2 I need to kill my siblings, 3 I don't really have magic in me"

"Ok then. But I'll tell you something. 1, it's not an order, it's a deal. You do that you're out of this hell hole that is 1994. 2, you don't need to kill your siblings. You don't need to merge anymore. 3 I was planning on giving you magic because let's face it being a siphoner is a pain in the ass." I tell him and he looks at me weirdly then turns to D.

"Is she for real?"

"Of course she is." Vina deadpans and I grin at her.

"Fine." He says, "Now get me out of this hell hole and give me some fries and cupcakes."

I roll my eyes as Kol rolls his eyes too and then we all hold hands like four-year-olds playing a game and in an instant, we land on the alleyway near the Grill.

And that, ladies and gents, is how you free Kai Parker.

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