Ch.46

Caroline asked. "Isn't being one of many lovers weird?"

Rose asked her. "How many lovers have you had?"

Caroline said three and Rose smiled. "Now imagine instead of losing those three one at a time, they stay and accept each other. Morally I think the churches are against it but personally I don't mind. After all, Ryan takes me all over the world in personal jets just to see me happy all the time. We only came here recently to do a renovation on the mansion and to live in it long enough that it isn't declared an historical landmark and taken by the town or torn down."

Rose smiled brightly. "We've been to Paris in the spring, Hawaii in the winter, Venice in the fall and the Scottish castle in the summer time. Trust me, you can't ask for a better life and if that means seeing him happy and having girlfriends along for the ride while he carries the luggage, I don't mind."

I grunted. "She's forgetting the actual fun places to be like raves, burning man, Mardi Gras and California when it's surfing season."

Rose chuckled and told them that I wasn't much of an art enthusiast like my ancestors when they weren't killing for it. I shrugged and Damon got board before directing the conversation to the registry. Right there at the top was Ren Argent, one of the first founders to join the festivities. I told Elena that I had cousins in the Guthrie shipping magnet family and a son one of my lovers is pregnant with in Colorado where she owns a horse ranch.

I told her I had another pregnant lover living in California at a mansion she owns with a private beach. When Bonnie and Max showed up, I kissed Max to their surprise and told them she is my youngest lover at eighteen and transferred from Paris when we came here since we'd be a while. Caroline and Damon had slipped off, but Rose and Max explained things to them and Bonnie who looked confused.

Stefan took it all in stride and we went to dance. When I danced with Bonnie, she asked if I was just a man whore and I told her that I treat my lovers very well. I smiled and asked why she was interested and she rolled her eyes saying. "Oh please."

I chuckled lightly before assuring her that I would be an excellent and very giving lover for her if she liked. I told her I would not mind that she's a virgin and would treat her maiden hood as a gift we would look back many years later on and laugh with happiness as we'd started from something so simple and built on it in a relationship that would span decades. She said I was quite gifted with words and I shrugged, telling her that I'm not whoever she thinks I am because I've never been with Caroline and I don't play games, I just live as if today is my last day because for many it is.

I smiled sadly and bowed, kissing her hand as the dance ended. She felt a hot through my skin contact thanks to my having worn gloves. I called her enchanting before telling her to let me know if she ever wishes to experience mind numbing pleasure so profound that names and even the ability to speak is forgotten temporarily. I told her I could give her that, over and over again for the rest of our lives if she wished.

I danced with Elena next and she asked if I was going to flirt with her like I had Bonnie. I told her no because I do not wish to get between the two brothers who both so clearly want her affection they're willing to lie for it. She asked what they'd lied about and I told her the registry was the first big lie. I told her that I can spot lies easily having grown up in a less than ideal situation before inheriting everything.

I wished her luck choosing which suitor of hers was worthy of helping her flower bloom. She blushed and I kissed her hand, telling her that should neither be the case then she may always find me so that I can help her past the pain and into the pleasure that awaits all flowers whilst open to the right butterfly. I danced with Max next before she and Rose danced while I got them drinks.

Damon and Caroline came back and Damon was less than happy. The talisman was missing and now he knew it. I asked if Caroline would like to dance and she chose Stefan instead. Elena and Damon danced so Bonnie and I got drinks.

I saw her perform magic and she freaked until I put the fires out without a trace. I apologized for startling her and she called me a witch. I nodded and told her my family was witches all the way back to before the death of Christ when they called themselves druids. I told her I have two thousand years of grimoires and magical knowledge in the family vault in the basement of the mansion.

I told her the judgement stuff about witches helped my family to become less judgmental in all aspects of their lives. I made a small flower of ice and handed it to her. I asked if she'd like to see something truly magical. She said yes so I made a butterfly of fire and it flew to her flower, sitting on it.

The rose became real and bloomed before her eyes before glowing. I smiled at her look of amazement and told her. "The flower is now eternally beautiful, bound to the world itself. It will never wilt nor fade in beauty. Keep it as a gift and if you'd like, I might teach you how I did it someday, if you're willing to open your heart and let a butterfly in to see what it is that it can offer you."

I told her to keep it and decide whenever before snapping my fingers and lighting all the candles in the room. I walked out and went to dance with Rose before relaxing at a table with Bonnie while Rose and Max had fun dancing. They joined us and talked girl talk with Bonnie while things fell apart between Stefan and Elena. When Elena came out and shoved me, telling me to stay away from Caroline, I tilted my head and asked what was wrong.

She apologized and I told her Damon was by the champagne table before telling her it wasn't a problem. She spoke with Damon and when he went to kill Caroline, Stefan got him. Caroline was a mess so Max found her and let her cry.

Elena found them and soon four days passed in a blur. I'd left a box on the Bennett's doorstep with Emily's grimoire and talisman with Ayana's grimoire and talisman as well as a note that thanked Bonnie for the dance. It explained that the items were found by my ancestor and stored away because Emily was burned as a witch and he feared the same would come to pass if her descendants were found practicing.

I told her in the note that sometimes it was necessary to return to one's roots and figure out things from there. I sort of hunted that Emily was a temporary flower of my ancestor's just before she was caught and sentenced which is how he'd acquired them. Four days passed while Max, Vickie and Rose entertained me. When shit went down, we watched from the pool chairs as Damon got loose and killed all Vickie's druggie buddies.

I held Vickie and told her I wasn't a saint, I was saving her, not everyone she met. She got over it rather quickly and we watched as Stefan took Elena the next day to get Damon's ring. She knew he was a vampire and she'd promised to keep his secret. Over the next month Max told me that Bonnie was very happy with the gifts.

Vickie started showing a small bump and experienced morning sickness that lasted all day. I gave her a ring that curbed the negative effects of pregnancies. She really appreciated that and gave me a sexy fake vampire lap dance on Halloween for a laugh. It amused even Rose while Max stripped her for me and told her to suck away after freeing me.

Vickie did so and Max swatted her naked rear when she didn't swallow it all, spilling some seed. Max being in a dominatrix outfit, directed Vickie, telling me no talking or touching. I growled and Rose kissed me before telling them she'd ensure I didn't touch or talk. Soon Vickie was riding me while Max rubbed her clit and swatted her rear to go faster.

Soon Vickie bucked and milked me. Max pushed her fully down as I growled deeply and released into Vickie. Vickie laid down in a sun chair and Max guided me into her before working us both into a frenzy. She was soon lost in the sensations as I grabbed her hips and worked us both all the way.

Her breasts swayed in my face until my lips captured them and sent us both into a bucking spasm. She ground herself on me, relishing all of me as deep as I could go and filling her. Next they watched Rose and I go at it several times. We stopped when Bonnie came over and said she wanted to learn.

I asked if she was open to the rest and she fidgeted. Max helped her relax and soon Bonnie was a very pollinated flower. She, Rose and Max lay naked in my bed with me come morning. When she awoke to breakfast in bed with the others, I taught her a simple yet powerful contraception spell.

I told her that she needn't worry because I was incapable of getting or passing on diseases and with the spell I'd used last night, she needn't fear getting pregnant unless she wants to. She blushed and thanked me before I told her I'd begin teaching her when she's dressed unless she'd like to learn more things I can do with her as a lover. She blushed and realized she was fully naked before covering herself.

Max moved her hands away and told her to let me appreciate her with my gaze because there's little more than beauty I can take in now. She told her that I liked to appreciate the beauty of a woman I bed while she lounges about naturally because it calms the male beast in me to know I'd had her and could have her again if she's willing. Bonnie slowly removed her hands and I gave her a long look before Max shoo'd me off saying I'd had my appreciation and it was girl time now unless I was going to play the roguish beast to tire the sore former maiden out.

I sighed and cupped Bonnie's cheek, looking into her eyes as I healed her with magic. I told her to enjoy the homemade waffles, bacon and eggs. She gasped and Max laughed while Rose told her to be careful because I'd likely want her again after magic practice, as is my way. Max told her I'd healed her because I am a horny beastly butterfly and they were delicate flowers I ravaged.

Soon Lexi was in town and Rose went to see her, outing us and revealing the full truth to them. They were shocked to learn I was a two thousand year old immortal witch/werewolf, but all Bonnie could say was I was definitely wolf like. Elena was surprised I'd slept with Bonnie, but she wasn't nearly as surprised as Lexi that I was teaching Bonnie magic because I hadn't done that since before I'd met her. Lexi told them how we'd met and all the dirty little details including the fact that I'd offered to make her my eternal lover, protected from anything and everyone.

Stefan said it was something and Lexi said it was all in the vamp sex. I scoffed and she waved her towel clad ass my way saying she knew I wanted her. Max said to be fair, I wanted every female I meet, but I only offer the special ones my protection and immortality. Lexi waved her ass a second too long and I gave chase while she laughed.

She stopped laughing when I caught her in her room. I tore the towel away and Max did a spell with sage telling them not to mind us because it wasn't wise to tease an immortal warrior who had the sex drive of a rabbit. Soon the sage was all that was keeping them from Lexi's moans as I hammered her into the bed. She mentioned having a boyfriend and lover which I just growled to as I ballooned her womb with seed.

I panted after the fourth go as she was a mess. I told her she should've thought of her boy toy before teasing a wolf. She moaned and I rolled her over, using her as a well lubricated fleshlight. Eventually she regained her situational awareness and rolled us before riding me. A good hour and a half after we began, we showered again and Lexi told them she was here for Stefan's B-day, but she was staying for a bit because her boy toy Lee ended up in a car accident six months ago and lost his daylight ring, burning up in it.

I held her and apologized for what I'd said. She said it was fine and being reminded that she was still wanted had helped a great deal, hence staying to try the benefits of my lover situation. I took out a ring and handed it to her. "This will sense danger and teleport you away. Once you put it on, only you can take it off. All my lovers have them and what's more, they come with powerful spells to keep unwanted magics and dangers away. A werewolf bite for instance will lose it's power if it bites you, rendering the venom inert while your body forces it out naturally."

Rose told her that I meant peeing and called her sweetie. We ended up at the Grill for a party while Rose helped Damon get the town of the vampire's backs. Damon wanted Emily's talisman and I told him it was pointless because I'd been in the tomb and Katherine wasn't in there. I told him I'd bitten all the other vampires so they were all dead in there.

He didn't take that well, but there wasn't anything he could do about it now. I told Bonnie to keep the talisman on because it would provide the extra power she needed for solo spells. We watched as the police dragged out a rapist turned vamp and Damon helped stake it. Another month passed quickly enough and with it, Elena became a temporary lover of mine.

I'd been entirely honest with her and gave her a lineage book of her Patrova family before showing her Katherine in it and telling her that she was why Stefan and Damon had been drawn to her at first. I told her about my past with Amara and her turning to sleep with Silas only for Qetsiyah to kill her, curse Silas and kill our two children. I told her how hard it'd been and why I never freed Silas including the fact that he'd want to destroy the other side where all the witch spirits helped witch descendants.

I spared her almost nothing in my history and we'd been together for the first time a week after Stefan's birthday when she wanted to know if what she'd felt for Stefan was real. I broke the blood spell on them and her love for Stefan had been blank. She'd barely known him and all she did know mostly came from prying and asking others.

I showed her a book on Silas's bloodline and it had Stefan's entire history including the child he had that I'd saved with a spell. His ripper facts and the mountains of innocent bodies were revealed including her Gilbert ancestors and many founding family members. I'd pointed out that he and I were a lot alike and Max told us that it was different because I never killed anyone who couldn't fight back. She said all my kills were warriors or rapists and serial killers.

Elena had come back the next day and she was by far and away the same as Bonnie was, a very pollinated flower. She woke up and saw the other females which I chuckled to before telling her that I'd have hurt her unintentionally if there weren't more lovers to slake my needs. She rubbed her thighs together and I healed her before siding her on me.

I put my hands behind my head and she rode me, blushing as Bonnie woke up seeing it. They tried not to look at each other and I soon painted Elena's milking and spasming insides. She watched me take Bonnie and soon she actually held Bonnie who prayed to a deity. Bonnie bucked and squirted while Max chuckled and I filled her.

She moaned that it was so warm and thick. I pulled Elena over her so they were face to face and entered her. She bucked and I drove them into each other. When I growled in my release, I pulled free halfway through and filled Bonnie who moaned again with Elena.

I told them that if not for the contraceptive spell they both be carrying siblings and be as close as sisters or lovers while raising the children together. They blushed at the though so I pulled free and admired their gaping holes not spilling a drop. Elena collapsed onto the bed beside Bonnie and I took them both again, splitting my focus until they both held each other's hands while they told each other they were climaxing.

This time both of them leaked as they were full to bursting when I finished with them. After Max, Rose and Lexi, we grabbed showers and I taught Bonnie magic. A few days later, Elena and Stefan were still parted and neither felt much of anything for the other. Elena did tell Stefan I'd saved Valerie's and his child when a vampire forced her to turn.

I told him I'd magically moved the child to a new mother and it grew to be named Enzo St.John, as in the church that adopted him out. I told him the last I'd heard he'd been turned and was fighting in World War One when he disappeared. I told him I don't keep full details of every family member because it was too time consuming, but for doppelgängers I'd made an exception.

Elena for instance was happy to have learn she may still have family alive due to being adopted. Less so about her uncle John being her real father, but Isabel was marked as married to Alaric Saltzman. Sadly she quickly learned Alaric's wife was dead or missing. I did a spell with her blood and showed us the truth in the pool.

She wasn't happy to see Damon sleeping with her mother before turning her into a vampire and teaching her. The book filled itself in and I apologized for not updating it sooner so she didn't have to see that. She said it was good she knew and I shrugged. She took the information to her aunt Jenna and found out she'd known about her being adopted, but not about her being John Gilbert's daughter and Alaric's stepdaughter by marriage.

Soon enough I met Sheila Bennett whom was fascinated and weary of me. I healed her body from the alcoholism and bad overall health issues caused by the crap practice of magic while her body's health was on the decline. While she had a bit of power, it'd atrophied due to age, lack of use and again, alcoholism combined with the first two issues. Sadly, at best she could only ever be a mediocre witch with her skills much less the time she has left.

On the bright side, that time was significantly lengthened via the healing, but even with her current rate, she could perhaps drop baby vamps in one on one if she practiced. Still, she was alive and that's all she and Bonnie cared about. She sat in on some of the lessons I taught Bonnie, from herbs to curses and everything in between. I taught them the oldest and most powerful way to channel, not with spirits or ancestral magic, but the truest and most natural ways, by channeling nature itself.

I told them long before the word witch or traveler ever came about, we were known as druids and we paid homage to only nature and the world around us. I told them the core of a witch was that of a telekinetic psychic with telepathy. Smiling, I chuckled at their shock. "It's true though. Witches were once just humans who developed psychic abilities naturally, evolving down a different path from normal humans. It was only later that we learned to use those psychic abilities to tap into the natural elements and channel nature as the first form of magic."

I taught them the exorcises that I'd come up with to increase their mental energy and strengthen will. I told them. "Learn and practice these techniques. It will help you in the long run and give you greater control over your magics. Once it gets easy, life more weight telekinetically and move on to speaking telepathically with more complex creatures. Even vampires can benefit greatly from the telepathic exorcises and those of the will."

I had them trying to dodge sand bags blindfolded to push their will and focus which was the first step for that. I told Bonnie while Sheila listened in. "When you've mastered all that I can teach you, very few witch covens could stand against you together. Still, with time your power will grow until your body immortalizes naturally and that's when you've reached my level. When every cell in your body has taken and stored magic."

I waved Rose over and let her feed. When she finished they watched her stumble and I chuckled. "My blood is so potent that one drop of it could feed a vampire to full strength from near desiccation. More than a drop is like ecstasy for them and since I can always make more, they can never kill me with blood loss."

I tapped Bonnie's head. "You have a long way to go and more than just basics to study. From now on you'll be studying the anatomy of all magical species. From dragons to unicorns and yes, even vampires and plain old human anatomy. The more you know, the more you'll understand all of nature and the greater advantage you'll have over those that don't."

Sheila asked. "Aren't Dragons and Unicorns fairy tale creatures?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Are they really? Aren't vampires and werewolves the same? Wait, th isn't isn't a world of magic, it must be a hallucination of mine for the last two thousand years. It's all a dream and there's no place live home."

She called me a smart ass and I shrugged. "Child, you'll soon come to realize that very little is fake besides gods and only because I believe they left this world long ago when the magic started to dim. Dragons and unicorns are just the beginning. If you'd like, I can show a unicorn to you."

They agreed and I waved a hand, making one appear. I waved them to it. "Don't worry, it's very real. I had to magically de-worm it so trust me when I say it's real. If I wanted to raise a unicorn I'd own a horse farm-"

I bit off my bitter words and sighed. "Just one of many things I've to teach you if you'll learn, there's no such thing as impossible. Elemental magic and the older stuff comes from the psychic energy of the witch and the natural energy of the world, but this new age stuff comes from not just witches, but everyone. Their hopes, dreams and desires give off energy and witches harness it subconsciously. Through that even the smallest mythos can be brought to life by sheer force of will and the energies harnessed. New age witches use it subconsciously to make new spells, but if you have the power and will, you can make anything you can imagine come to life."

They petted the unicorn and I sighed. "For the last thousand years, more possibly, more and more creatures have come into being because the collective consciousness of the growing human race feared or found the idea of them fascinating. Nine hundred years ago a group of witches, vampires and werewolves created a golem of mud that became a dimensional prison. It would devour these creatures and keep them locked away while erasing the collective consciousness of the world of their presence. Hence myths and stories. But the fact that they remained alive prevented more from spawning rapidly."

I put the unicorn back and sighed. "Eventually the golem itself grew smart and wanted to create more of itself. It tried procreating with a few very unfortunate human women before it was forced to make a child of mud and give it human DNA. See, when it took in all those creatures and even some humans, it took pieces of them so it began experimenting. This child, partially human, was horrified because if the golem succeeded, it would wipe out humanity mostly. Vampires would starve, werewolves would have no one to kill, leaving their curses un-triggered and so they'd be absorbed as cursed humans. Even untrained witches or those stripped of their power would soon fall and all that remained would be the golem and it's creations."

They were shocked to say the least and I leaned against a desk sighing. "The child went to the humans, the witches and the werewolves, begging them to undo what they've done to save the world because if they stopped it, it could no longer control him either. He would be free. Sadly they did stop it, but only partially. They reduced it to a muddy pit and ever since, humans had been throwing every magical creature they could find into it, including unicorns and the like."

I tapped the desk and told them how the organization formed and became corrupted, tossing even humans that disagreed into the pit. I told them how I destroyed the pit after creating a similar place that was less of a prison and more like a magical world inside a scroll. I showed them the Myriad Rivers and Mountains painting and told them that it was bound to my soul and all the magical creatures from Malivore that weren't inherently evil were put inside it before I destroyed the pit and the rest of the creatures, freeing the humans and removing the power the mud from the pit had.

I smiled sadly. "The pit'a name was Malivore and the humans led by the golem's son called themselves Triad Industries after the joining of three supernatural species that had come together for a single common goal, saving our world from the supernatural. Instead of a dark, dank prison, the unicorns and dragons, all the creatures in fact, live in a paradise world where only I and those I permit it, to live with them in harmony."

They had many questions and most I answered freely including why I didn't remove the curse that prevented everyone from remembering them which was obvious. I told Bonnie that she'd study each creature's physiology as I have and learn more about the world as a whole so that she as a whole will be far better a witch. I left the lesson at that and peace sort of reigned for a time. Alaric got to meet Elena and learn they had something in common including the fact that Damon had turned Isobel.

With Pearl and Anna reunited, they never returned to Mystic Falls so Logan remained dead, the secret remained just that and there was no real threat from tomb vampires. Katherine had come after Pearl with Isobel and John which ended in Pearl telling them what I'd done before she was staked and Annabeth fled. I met her on the road when she called and she agreed to be and stay my lover in exchange for my protection.

She went into the painted world where she was given blood and a home safe from John and the rest. John came buzzing by my place with threats and I beat him down before taking his ring. Elena told him that nothing silly humans can do would kill me so if he ran his mouth, she'd tell them about Isobel and Kathrine as well as Elena herself being the doppelgänger, so they would come after a lot more than me. This shocked John to the core and I gave the ring to Elena, warning her in front of him that it was a flawed artifact that drove those brought back to becoming psychopaths.

I told her how several of her ancestors went mad having been revived too many times because it brought the human souls to the other side which was meant for supernaturals before they returned to our world. I told them many committed suicide and some simply became serial killers themselves. I told her to give it to Jeremy and watch him so that no more than two deaths happened. I added that it had to be supernaturals that killed him or he'd stay dead, but some protection, even temporarily, was better than none.

She agreed and thanked me with a kiss before asking me to make him leave. I squared down and touched his forehead, healing him with a spell. Sighing, I told him. "I'm two thousand one hundred and twenty two years old. Nothing on this earth can kill me right now and I could decimate a town like Mystic Falls with a thought. I don't do this because I'm not evil as my lovers keep reminding me. I only kill those that attack me or are generally evil like rapists and sociopathic serial killers so I won't kill you John, I'll leave you to Elena to be dealt with."

I stood up and told him. "I'm not a vampire, I'm a witch and alpha werewolf hybrid due to being cursed fifteen hundred years ago by a dark witch with the original seven other werewolf bloodlines."

I flicked his forehead and told him to leave because his childish games with two vampires weren't amusing. I told him Elena saw how Kathrine sent Isobel to Damon to be turned and fucked so she wasn't interested in my doppelgänger while I'd freed her from a curse the travelers put on hers and Stefan's bloodlines around the same time I was cursed so she and he weren't together. I waved him off saying she was my lover as long as she wished to remain so.

He said I was using something to make her do so and I nodded. "You're right, I'm using the truth. Because unlike the rest of the world, her would be father included, I don't lie to her. In fact, I help her see the liars for what they are. So yes, I tell her the truth and she chooses to be with me over liars and assholes John. It's true that one day I may help her become immortal, but she'd never be a vampire. Just an immortal lover of mine that can and someday may have children. Granted if she's with me and immortal they'll have the werewolf gene, but they'd still be hers and human unless they trigger it."

I sat down and Elena sat across my lap, kissing me before asking him what more could he want than for his daughter to never get sick and die while remaining human, loved and happy with plenty of children. He bit his tongue before leaving and Bonnie stopped him with Sheila, telling him they knew the Gilbert devices were made by Emily including the rings so if he tried to use them, he was welcome to do so, but he should check the tomb which was open for humans, witches and werewolves to enter and exit as they please.

She gave him the device piece and wished him luck, saying it wouldn't work on me or my lovers even if they are vampires. A full five months had soon passed since we'd interfered and it was February of 2010 now. Vickie was five months pregnant and lounging about the house, forbidden from using drugs until the child is born. Elena learned what we planned and although a bit of a dickish move, it would help Matt more than hurt him.

She and Vickie had talked it over and Vickie told her she was fine with it because it would help Matt and help him move on. She told her that she was the screw up and would only hold him back. She asked Elena to suggest getting a maid and wet nurse for the baby so all he had to do was make sure it had a home. She told Elena that I was giving him ten million dollars to raise our son and I would be there to watch over it from afar.

Elena asked where she'd be and she told Elena about the scroll and the story I'd made up for it for now. I stroked Vickie's belly and hummed a small tune while she and Elena smiled. Elena said I looked like a proud and happy father. I sighed. "I loved all my kids Elena, all of them. Most are dead now due to time or being murdered, but each one was the brightest part of my life because they were a piece of their mother and myself yet they were bundles of joy the pain in me couldn't snuff out like it does inside myself."

I kissed her and sighed. "I feel it when I'm with my lovers and I see it when I see my children, but when I'm alone, I don't feel or see it, only emptiness. Why else would one take so many lovers after all?"

Elena got atop me and soon freed me before pulling her skirt up and sliding on me, pantie-less. We moaned as one and she rode me until we both climaxed. Only when she felt the warm thick slush in the deepest parts of her did she slide free and help Vickie atop me. She massaged Vickie's sore breasts and worked her bud while her puffy lower lips engulfed me.

Soon Vickie felt the same warm fullness and went for seconds. They traded off working me until they were tired and Max came in from swimming. She joined us and a lot of French was spoken, moaned and yelled. Lexi and Rose came downstairs naked having been having fun up there together and saw me slide free of Max's rear, leaving my oldest lover amongst them double stuffed and languishing about.

She watched with hooded eyes as I pulled Rose and Lexi to the tiger skin rug in front of the fireplace and had my way with both of my hunger filled vampire lovers. Elena and Vickie were asleep on the couch and Max had the love seat so the tiger fur rug was the next best thing. They really didn't mind at all and soon they weren't thinking much beyond prayers to deities. The next day Elena and I danced at the Miss Mystic Falls competition.

She didn't win, Caroline did, but we had a great time and we slipped away so that I could ravage her afterwards. Nearly two weeks later Isobel and her human pets joined John in town and they tested my patients. I helped save Matt from a broken arm and healed myself instead before confronting the trio. I broke the mind compulsion Isobel had on the humans and they fled before I caught her in my grasp.

I told her that if it weren't for the fact that she clearly loved Elena under her cold facade, I'd incinerate her for trying to hurt her friends so she'd leave me. I shoved her back and told her I knew she was pretending to be cold because it was easier than letting what she felt out. I told her that I wasn't a threat to Elena's future and I would protect her from even the original family if that's what it took. Isobel was a bit shocked and the humans around us besides Bonnie and Elena stilled.

The sky darkened and turned black as night while lightning flashed in it. I told the little vampire that no one can hurt those I love and protect, not her, not the original family and not the dead witch bitches on the other side. The world shook as my body grew and shifted into a horse sized dire world. I spoke in her mind, telling her to take her toys and leave down or I would end the current threat to my lover's happiness right now.

She agreed and I shifted back as my clothes appeared on me again. The sky lightened and the humans were freed. "Good, off you pop. Feel free to call Elena if you desire to catch up without being a hostile homicidal bitch. You may be a vampire Isobel, but being a bitch isn't part of the package, that's all you. Vampires are predators like werewolves, they don't have to kill to survive, only the assholes choose to do so."

Isobel flinched and I shrugged. "Vampires and werewolves are predators but they don't have to be monsters. Being evil is a choice, not the nature of any humanoid species."

She looked almost sad towards Elena and left after her freed humans who'd fled long ago. Elena asked what that was and I sighed. "When you're as apart of nature as I am, the world reacts the the anger inside you. For basic witches that could mean small or large fires. For me the very laws of nature still, even time and space for a time. That was the most anger I'd felt in a long time, not since Qetsiyah have I been that angry with anyone. I guess your mother really knows what to do to piss people off."

Elena snorted lightly and Bonnie grabbed my arm saying she needed a butterfly right now because that was hot. Elena laughed and joined us in an empty classroom. She played lookout when it wasn't her turn and when it was, Bonnie was watching, tired and dripping a bit. We left a while later and they headed to the bathroom to clean up and stuff it until we could get home. Nearly every night they were at my place or I visited them.

Elena, Alaric, Jeremy and Jenna had a long conversation and I sat in for it, helping to prove everything. I warned Jeremy of the consequences of his ring and Alaric took it to heart as well. Jenna was flabbergasted, but after hearing the full story including of Isobel, John and Katherine working together, I helped her calm down and told her that it changes nothing because nothing has changed.

I sighed as Elena sat across my lap and I told them. "I will protect each of you and in turn you can keep the secret of the supernatural while remaining safe and wise by understanding that it's not a joke or a game. Vampires and werewolves, witches and everything else, they can all kill you if you cross them."

I took out a ring and gave it to Jenna. "This is a duplicate Gilbert ring Bonnie and I made for you. Remember, no more than two uses or it could drive you crazy."

She took it with shaky hands and I put a hand on hers. "Don't worry, I've said I'll protect you and I will. This town is my home. I was born here just like you and I will protect it. Now, you have the protection of the most powerful supernatural being on your side, what have you to be afraid of?"

She nodded slowly and smiled weakly as I released her hand which no longer shook. I stroked Elena's side and I flicked Jeremy's head. "That goes for you as well, though do try and not piss off the Salvatores. Damon had the hots for Elena and I'd have to dust a fool if he tried to be me just to sleep with her. I say try because Elena would know and the moment she told me dust would be his future."

I turned to Jenna. "You've no need to fear anyone, especially in your own home. I will be adding extremely powerful spells to prevent anything or anyone from coming in with malicious intent, no matter the species. You all will be safe here and soon the wards I've placed around the town will notify me if any of you are in danger once triggered. I'll be able to stop whatever it is and send you here, where you'll be safe."

I turned to Ric. "Except you. Sadly, I don't protect fools who go hunting for creatures that can rip his head off or heart out faster than he can blink. I'd be too busy protecting you to live my own damn life if that were the case. You want to play Van Hellsing, go right ahead. You have a ring and you can waist it all you like. Just know it'll be a bitch to fix you if you go crazy and the process will be agonizing on your part. Personally I'd rather stick my head in a blender with a grenade in my mouth, but more power to you."

Jeremy laughed lightly and I turned back to him. Now it was time for the bad news. Elena and I explained how Vickie would've been dead by now had I not taken her as a lover. Elena told him that after she gives the baby to Matt, she'd be going to a safe place I'd made for supernaturals who were in danger. He took it hard, but I told him that it was her choice and with the child, Matt would get to fix his life like never before while mourning her because he could never know unless he was told about the supernatural which could ruin his future.

I told them that the only reason they were told was because they were stuck in the middle of it, while Matt was only effected by one ripple he never needed to know about. I told them he'd hurt, but he'd be alive as appose to learning everything and being dead by one thing or another. Sighing, I told them that I may be extremely powerful, but I'm only one man and not a god so I couldn't be everywhere at once, which is why I protected only a few as best I could.

Jeremy asked about Elena, if she'd be going where Vickie is some day. Elena nodded and told them. "Years or decades from now, when I've grown up and lived my life. I'll become an immortal human and join Vickie who will be the same with Bonnie and Max. Trust me Jer, it's for the best. I was born a doppelgänger in a world where my kind are sacrificed all the time by witches for power. I don't want to be sacrificed and with this I'll have as normal a life as possible."

She sighed and told them. "I'll get to grow up, go to college, get a job and have kids. I'll be protected and loved, not lied to or thought as food or a supernatural battery by assholes. We'll see each other every day and I won't even move out till I go to college. You'll all be safe as well and while not entirely normal, we can have decent happy lives outside of the supernatural crap that's out there. What more could we ask for?"

Alaric said the extermination of all vampires and I told him that I wouldn't let Rose and Lexi die so that was out. Jeremy said for Elena not to be used like a piece of ass and I had him dangling by the throat as I growled in his face in less than a second. I huffed as Elena asked me to let him go and she told him as I regained control of myself. "That's not what I am Jer. Ryan cares about and loves all of the lovers he takes. It's apart of what makes him so damned special. He doesn't just listen after women, well, not the ones that stay. He loves and cares for them, going so far as to tend to their every need. Cal it what you will, but I've never had anything close to what he gives to me before. He doesn't even care what you call him, but he gets violent when you insult me or anyone he loves."

I held her and she leaned into me while Jenna sighed, saying we'd better be using protection. I told her I'm wearing my Saiyan armor and Jeremy went from a cough to a laugh having been a fan of the abridged series of the old anime I'd lived and one of the many things Argent Tech released in the early eighties. Even Alaric and Jenna got it which made Jenna say she'd cut my tail off if she ended up with rugrats running around belonging to Elena and I before Elena graduates college.

I let out a whimper and asked. "Why does everyone keep hitting me in the dick?"

They all laughed and Elena said I could be such a nerd for a two thousand year old immortal badass. I asked if needs were in and she agreed, calling them very sexy. I carried her upstairs while she laughed and Jenna yelled for me to use more than some faulty armor. Moans and loud sounds came as I fucked Elena senseless before leaving her face down and ass up in nothing but socks while dripping a poured out puddle over the edge of her bed she was out like a light and gaping like a fish.

I admired my handy work for a time before cleaning her and dressing us both, cleaning the mess up as I went. We laid on the bed with her sleeping across my chest in booty shorts that showed a wetness from her own discharge that'd happened when I put them on her. She'd only moaned and twitched so I put my shirt on her.

I slid out of bed and went downstairs where the music was louder than normal and pizza was on the menu. I turned the music down and they turned from the tv. Jenna thanked a deity and I snorted before telling her that Elena was asleep so I figured I'd soundproof the house and add the magical protections I'd offered before. Jeremy said that was something I should've done before.

I shrugged and told them they'd poked fun and I was feeling spiteful. I turned off the music and closed my eyes, telling them to follow me. I walked into their basement and turned the foundation into diamond. They gasped and I sighed. "Crystal and specifically diamond, is a great and powerful magical conduit. When runes are added to it, they can even store magic and keep wards lasting even longer."

I made the floor glow as I poured power from my ring into it. I stopped when it was full and made an illusion over it, telling them it was still diamond, just with the illusion of concrete over it. We went upstairs and as I walked through the house, runic wards appeared everywhere on everything except themselves. When I finished, both inside and outside the house glowed faintly before the runes seeped into the walls and everything. Some seeped into them and the sleeping Elena before I told them. "No one with malicious intent may enter the house now, invited or not, but it's still best if you not invite vampires in just FYI."

I raced the walls, telling them I was applying sound proofing to each wall I touched as well so soon the entire house was soundproof. Those with supernatural hearing could still do so if they strained themselves trying, but they deserve to hear if they're willing to try that hard to do so. The town went back to peaceful nearly as Bonnie's place was warded as well, though she was nearly always at my place for the night anyways.

During the founders day parade, only Stefan and Damon were grabbed with the mayor to be tossed in the burning basement. Elena asked me to save Stefan and Damon so I sent them home via remote teleportation and a wave of my hand. Mayor Lockwood was the only victim in the end and the town held a vigil while John left town with Isobel.

Katherine had failed to enter the Gilbert home after kissing Damon which made Jenna call her Katherine and seeing her snap Damon's neck when he figured it out, she sighed. "So that must be Damon. Well, you can leave. Ryan has this place protected and the town is his territory. I don't understand everything, but I do know you'll burn if you try to hurt anyone in my family."

Katherine tried to throw a rock at her and the bang of gunfire sounded and the rock blew a hole in Katherine's stomach. She'd heal, but the pain would be a teacher. Jenna closed the door after telling her the next one would leave half her body gone and summon me. I turned my gaze away from the pool to Elena and sighed. "Katherine's in town, be careful with your friends love. Max, Bonnie and you are protected. Even Matt's place has protections since there's only three months left before Vickie gives birth, but I can't ward the hole town without attracting witches and more problems to the power it would give off."

Elena kissed me and said she knows, she's just happy Jenna and Jeremy are safe. I held her and she called Jenna saying she'd seen it in a pool of water I'd turned into a magic satellite feed basically. She told her she'd be staying at my place tonight so if she sees Katherine she'd know it's her. Jenna agreed and Kathrine left without Damon.

I released Elena and she put the phone down before she pulled me up and stripped us. We got in the pool before she said she wanted some one on one tonight. Some time later she rested on my chest in my shirt while we laid on the beach chair by the pool. I held her and we watched the stars while I told her about each constellation.

Bonnie and the others had been warned and by morning I checked and we found Katherine had turned Caroline out of spite. Bonnie and Elena cried seeing how it happened before I told them Katherine would suffer for it and die when it's time. Three days later Caroline had a daylight ring and full control of herself. Stefan took it upon himself to help her and teach her to eat bunnies.

I laughed and told him that Argent Tech's blood drive delivered to vampires all over the world so they didn't feed on humans directly. I gave Caroline the number and told her to explain her situation to them and they'd work with her needs to deliver wherever so she could live as normal a life as possible as needed. I handed Stefan a card. "They deliver animal blood for rippers as well and if you have the time, former rippers teach a seminar on how to fix that part of them. I think the closest one is in Richmond Virginia at the Argent tech conference hall."

I turned to Damon. "I'm sure they give tips on how not to be an asshole as well if you're interested."

He narrowed his eyes and said being an asshole was an art he perfected long ago so he'd pass. I shrugged. "Then going to be supportive of Stefan while he learns how to get rid of the urge to rip people apart can be a brother bonding experience. It was one of Lexi's ideas that stuck so it's up to you."

Lexi told Stefan she'd go with him if Damon refused. Damon said he'd go check it out and play the big brother if nothing else. I shrugged and Caroline thanked me because she really didn't want to eat defenseless cute bunnies. I shrugged saying I ate plenty when I decide to shift.

Damon asked about that and how I could control myself. I showed him the moonlight ring and told him I'd made the spell long before vampires had existed and it inspired the original witch to make the daylight ring spell no doubt. I told him I was lethal to all vampires with one bite, but I had myself under full control so even Rose and Lexi can play chase with my wolf self on the full moon and not be killed if they wanted.

He asked if the rumors were true and I nodded, there was no current cure for a werewolf bite. I told him that Argent tech was working on it so good vampires would have a chance to survive, but it would be another year or so at the earliest before it was ready. I told them they had samples from all eight werewolf Royal bloodlines from the original eight hunters including myself that were cursed by Inadu.

Four days later Lexi and Stefan were in Richmond because Damon backed out to pick a fight with Mason Lockwood. They held a party at the Gilberts and since Damon had been invited in already with no malicious intent towards those that live there, he could come and go as needed. I went and Mason recognized me as a wolf instantly. He called it weird seeing as Damon was a vampire.

I shrugged and held Elena as we did tequila shots. Jenna chuckled and told Mason not to worry because everyone knew about everything. She told him who I was and that I was one of the eight original cursed werewolves from fifteen hundred years ago. I told Mason the origins of both species and blamed both on dark or dumb witches.

I told them how Inadu was born with too much power as a witch and she grew to hunger for more, killing animals like a sociopath as a child for more power until she started stealing babies to sacrifice. I grunted saying they were darker times when dark witches were as common as weeds and had to be put down like rabid dogs. "Funnily enough, the bitch used the wolves we used to hunt her so she couldn't eat our magic against us. I'd brought back a dire wolf to earn my place amongst the elders the year before so my own wolf form and that of my children is larger, faster and stronger than most common werewolves these days. My eldest brat only had kids a century ago and died of old age five years ago because he didn't want to be immortal since his wife didn't want it."

I took a shot and sighed. "The price of immortality is never more evident than when those you love pass away."

I turned to Mason. "Anyways, my bloodline is untouched and not having mingled with other wolves. None of my descendants have triggered their curse and none of them wish to interact with other wolves or the supernatural world so I won't tell you where or who they are."

I tossed a ring on the counter in front of him. "If you're willing to stop working for Katherine or Kathy as you know her, that ring will allow you to control yourself all the time. You can be my second, the second wolf in my pack and I'll protect your nephew as wolves should."

He said he didn't need it and I told him about the true curse of the sun and moon. I told them what happened and how it would do him no good. I grunted. "There is no cure for our people Mason. I should know, I've had fifteen hundred years to search. When Inadu fucked us, she made it permanent like death. Take the ring or don't, but if you follow Kathy she will sacrifice you and likely Caroline to Klaus with Elena if she can so he'd stop hunting her for fucking him over five hundred years ago."

I grabbed another shot and sighed, telling him to put the ring on and listen to my heartbeat to see if I'm lying or smell my chemo signals for deception. He tried and I guided him through it, giving him examples. I chuckled when he agreed. "Gods, werewolves these days don't even know the extent of their abilities."

I turned to Damon. "Touch him and it'll be you that dies only after suffering my venom and going rabid enough to chew your body apart. Nasty way to go, trust me."

I turned to Mason and told him he was welcome to challenge me for alpha or every day now for the next month he would shift until he feels no pain. He asked why and I told him. "The pain fades after that and the freedom you can feel with full control, it's more intoxicating than any drug. To feel the wind in your fur, to run with wolves and know that you belong-"

I shook my head. "No other feeling comes close except perhaps holding your child or lover in your arms. Trust me kid, all the agony in the world is worth one moment of that, much less a lifetime of it afterwards. I did it and you'll do the same as will any wolf that joins me. You'll learn to hunt, track, survive, live and enjoy the freedom that comes with being a wolf."

Jenna said it sounds almost too good to be true. I grunted. "Trust me, the hundred on shifts that break every bone in your body makes that not the case, but it's still beyond worth it."

I turned to Mason. "You'll do it if you wish to keep that ring and stay in my pack, boy. You aren't a child, you can power through the pain if your will is strong enough and I can lesson it for you to a great degree."

He asked how and I chuckled, asking for his hand. He held it out and I broke his wrist. He tried to pull it away and stopped trying as he saw black lines crawl from him to me as he healed. I grunted and told him. "A secret of wolves that very few know these days. It comes from natural wolves in the wild. They don't abandon their sick and injured, they stick by them and bring them fresh kills, going so far as to regurgitate food from their kills into the injured wolf's mouth to get it to feed, heal and live. Their very presence is said to have a healing and blaming effect on the injured wolves."

I held up the hand as the black lines faded. "Werewolves can take away the pain of their sick and injured, even going so far as to bring nearly dead ones back to full health while they temporarily sacrifice their own gifts if need be. It works on any species that feels pain, but if the dying can't even feel pain, they're too far gone and trying will see both die so don't push it."

I sat back down and pulled Elena into my arms while she handed me another shot. I sighed. "There's so much that's been lost. Some packs from back then are nearly wiped out now and most elders of every pack has either died naturally or been killed by dumbass wolves that wished to be alpha without learning the secrets of our people. Honestly it's like a wheel that spins backwards while trying to progress which is why I stopped trying when vampires came to be and the secret wars started."

Alaric asked why I'd had to revive a dire wolf to prove my power and since I'd already been a six hundred year old immortal witch by then. I scoffed. "There's a difference between raw power and skill with wisdom and power. Sure I was immortal because of raw magical power, but even I was still learning and to this day I still seek out magics I've not yet learned. Like science there is always progress and true scholars have to stay up to date on all of it. Back then there was so much I hadn't learned that I was just reading spells and teaching newbie witches. Now I can teach even the oldest and most powerful witches a thing or two. Understand the difference?"

He nodded and I grunted. "Good, because back then I didn't and I was an impatient asshole. Forget dire wolves, I revived dinosaurs for a time. Ever heard of the Lochness monster? Look up Plesiosauria and you'll understand why I was not allowed near Scotland for several centuries."

Their eyes went wide and Elena looked it up, showing everyone. Their eyes went wide and I shrugged. "That's just for kicks. The original Jersey devil was a pterodactyl and yes, Godzilla was a real dinosaur only I made it huge. Those poor fishermen-"

I shook my head. "Anyways, I was petulant and impatient. Being cursed into werewolf actually served to temper myself. The only current dinosaurs alive are the Mosasaurus and a Megalodon in the deeper depths of the ocean. I killed most of them off, but they're fast and they can sense when I'm near thanks to a spell one of my old dumb ass apprentices did. So they stick to the deep dark parts of the oceans."

Anyways, we got to funny stories, good times and jokes. Damon learned silver was a joke to werewolves and they all learned I had the moon stone. I told them Niklaus could have it and his sacrifices, but I wouldn't let him kill those I care about. Elena asked about the doppelgänger and I smiled. "Kathrine can be returned to human form. She turned Caroline to be a sacrifice so I don't see why I can't turn her human and serve her up to Klaus if he comes calling. She brought this fate on herself and gods help her when she gets to the other side where all those she screwed over are."

Damon liked that thought a lot while I just shrugged it off as not important. I told him if he can toss her ass in the tomb, I'd turn her human and he can treat the bitch like a compelled person until Niklaus drains her dry. Twenty days passed with ease and Mason survived a rough encounter with Katherine. I gave Bonnie the moon stone and they captured Kathrine that night while Elena and everyone else was at my place watching the pool.

When they captured her with the help of Bonnie's cousin, Sheila went to meet the girl while we waited for Damon and Stefan to bring Kathrine to us. By the time Kathrine woke up from her spelled sleep, she was human again, drained and healed. Damon and Stefan took her away spitting mad while I called Trevor and told him to send the message to Elijah that the doppelgänger and moonstone were found.

Elijah showed up a day later at the Salvatore house where he met Kathrine and everyone. I told him I'd turned Kathrine human while Elena was my lover and if he valued his immortal life he'd never touch her. He looked to Elena leaning against me and said he wouldn't dare. I waved him off and tossed him the moonstone. "There's a van outside with a caged angel of death serial killer in it. Turn her and she can be the vampire sacrifice."

I gestured to Mason and told him he was luring a pack of wolves to town so I can beat and capture the alpha while taking over the pack. I told him she can be the werewolf sacrifice so his goal is falling into place. He asked if I knew where a hundred dead witches died and I smirked. "So you're planning to kill him? Alright, yeah, I do, but I should warn you that he hasn't buried your family at sea like the rumors say. He keeps them locked in coffins so he can gloat over them or stuff them out of sight when he gets bored of gloating."

I waved a hand and told him the addresses for both his siblings and the witch death site. I wished him happy hunting and told him that Niklaus had best stay alive because if he dies then all the vampires in his bloodline die with him. Elijah frowned and I told him that included Rose and Lexi, two of my lovers which would make me violently enraged towards anyone that caused their deaths. When Rose asked if I could make her human and immortal like Max, I tilted my head and agreed.

Lexi decided it was better than dying because of a pissing contest between siblings so I sighed and drained the magic from them before healing their bodies and turning them immortal with water from the fountain of youth of sorts.