No one POV
Witch House - Living Room
It was the beginning of the third quarter now and the gang were finding themselves bored with the curriculum. They were past college and professional level at this point in their studies, they still went to school (Not like James would allow that at all anyway. If they didn't want to go to college, fine, but that diploma was a must) and plan to still go on to college.
The only thing they were looking forward to now was February. They had 3 birthdays in that month, for people that meant a whole lot to them. Bonnie, Tyler, and Matthew's birthdays, two turning 16 and the one between turning 17.
James couldn't handle his siblings growing up, knowing what laid ahead of them. They had the advantage now, but he still worried.
The girls wanted Bonnie's sweet sixteen to be epic, so they decided to rent out a dining hall. The theme being playful yet lavish at the same time. The party would be invite only, and a certain brunette wouldn't be allowed.
The whole school was buzzing with 'what was Bonnie was going to wear' or 'what car would she be getting', since her sisters were making it known that it was her sweet sixteen. The girls had already celebrated their 16th in style and wanted Bonnie to experience the same.
The gang were known for their parties. Hell, even some adults in town wanted in on some of these parties. Hearing from their kids the epic tales they experienced from their events.
Keelin, Sybil, Hayley, and Caroline were in charge of the party planning with James, Freya, Saraya, Leia, and Jaxon acting as some of the rest of the party planning committee. The heads of these party plannings are changed every so often. They were a big thing in this family. Having people that could handle these types of things were a necessity.
This would be Bonnie's becoming of a woman. She would be seen as an adult in some witch communities, her magic magnifying and strengthening itself for her, in the growing years of her reign. She would become a force to be reckoned with. She was already, this would just make even her more fierce and deadly.
Right after Bonnie's birthday, it's Tyler's, then Matt's. The girls just couldn't wait to show out for their brothers.
Caroline would refrain from smashing cake in Tyler's face, since the others had a bet going on that neither of them wanted to give the others the satisfaction of winning.
They would be going to Hawaii for Tyler since he wanted to go there for a while now. Finding out that his older brother purchased a home there was more than enough for him to be satisfied with. He knew they would be giving him more, and didn't seem to mind either.
Then it was Matt's turn, him being the second youngest was not going unnoticed. He was going to be spoiled just like the rest of them.
Matthew really wanted to go to Bora Bora for his birthday, something the others were rather excited about themselves. They had just been to see the Super Bowl in some top notch box seats. They were also planning for the Baseball World Series. Remembering to place hefty bets on the Yankees (Jame's advice) in the process.
This was also loosening James up more on not wanting to travel further out the country, nearly all of them were now of age.
James had wanted them to be old enough to know the way of the world and know how to defend themselves before he let them loose.
He was proud to know they very well could now, just didn't want to let them go off yet.
They knew why they recently started to travel out of the country. Finding comfort in the fact James worried over them like a mother hen would. Bonnie often called him mom as a joke but sometimes they could tell she meant it, he never corrected her either, just fussed some more then kept it moving.
It was also hard to say he wasn't excited either. They all would be able to make more memories now. Granted some things had to happen in this shithole of a town first but, they would see more of the world. That was a guarantee.
"I can't believe that you guys' birthdays are in a few days and weeks! I'm sooo excited! I can't wait to see you in that dress Bons, and you too Tyler, and you Matt. I know y'all have your outfits ready for the beach and the streets." Caroline squealed while wiggling her eyebrows at them all.
A few of them were in the living room relaxing, seeing that it was Sunday evening. Bonnie's birthday being that Thursday, next Tuesday would be Tyler's, and Matt's was that next-next Thursday. The whole house was buzzing while the three growing teenagers were quite nerve wracked themselves.
"Bonnie you're turning 16! You won't be considered a child in the supernatural world. Not like you aren't already mature enough. You would always be my baby sister to me though and watching you..." Hayley nearly cried out.
The she-wolf would tear apart anyone for even looking at her little sister wrong. Her and James nearly made Enzo their new chew toy, until it was revealed the pair were mated.
"Same Howard, same! Matty you're growing up on me too fast. It already sucks you're getting taller than me." Victoria said while ruffling his hair before squeezing him into her arms.
"Vic..ki get off!" Matt said while being smothered.
He was growing up, big deal! He didn't think getting smothered with his sister's hair in his nostrils was something he wanted either.
He wouldn't complain too much since she was to be leaving for college soon. He'd knew he'd miss her, even if she was a doorway away.
"Ugh, will you guys cut it out. I know turning 16 is a big deal, trust me I know. I am excited but I'm also.."
Everyone was looking at Bonnie since they knew this birthday was a really special one for her. The pressure of it, they started to understand why she wasn't too hyped about it or at-least showing it. Hayley was nearly the same way, so of course they understood.
"It's just... I want to not feel all that and just be with you guys, that's all I want. Make my big day not feel so big. For me, please." She said to them, eyes nearly pleading.
They knew she wasn't one to be in the spotlight, but boy! The girl could party her ass off when she was in the right company, which just so happened to be her family. They knew what she needed and they would be giving her just that.
Her sweet sixteen will be smallish but epic. The grand dining hall would be canceled with some compensation for the inconvenience.
Caroline was leaving the room to go send out texts letting people know the party was for family only, and that was just final.
"You got it Bon-Stoppable. For me though, I want everyone to have a good time! Hawaii just seems like the perfect place to relax and party. There's also beautiful sights all around... IM SO EXCITED!" Tyler then jumped off the kitchen island he sat on, being in the kitchen that was visible to the living room he had heard everything.
"I feel you man. Hawaii really is beautiful. It's Bora Bora that I'm excited about though! I'm going sip my piña colada into the sunset and do absolutely nothing the entire time. I just can't wait..." Matt said dreamily sighing out the last sentence.
The girls all showing the same sentiment, except Caroline, who was handling the many angry and downright agitating students of Mystic Falls High that had the audacity to want to know why Bonnie didn't want others at her party.
She just knew Elena would capitalize on the whole thing but didn't care, and to hell with the rest of the inconsiderate bastards of Mystic High.
Many of the kids who questioned her were left speechless and clutching at their necks at what she sent back. They couldn't believe the enthusiastic-bubbly girl could get so nasty, some wouldn't be bothering her for quite a while.
While some went back and forth with her, only to find themselves screaming, scratching, and clawing at their phones when she said they didn't have to worry about any more invitations ever again. Blocking them from her phone soon after.
Her sister was going to be comfortable on her birthday, or people would get hurt! Making her family feel uncomfortable or threatened really wasn't good for anyone, especially when she was around.
"Got damn bastards! The nerve! I could just-"
"Care!" The others in the living room, plus Tyler, could hear her from where they were.
"Yes! Oh.. I'm sorry guys. It's just a few people got the nerve—breathe Caroline, breathe. Ok so, they're some salty people about the party being cancel to everyone but family. Frankly, I couldn't give two and a half shits but then they started to text me back. Leslie's skanky ass... had the nerve to say we couldn't keep up with all the lies we said about what would be at Bon's party. That just pissed me off. I can't wait for tomorrow!" Caroline raged and ranted.
"Leslie has some nerve along with everyone else who's mad." Matt said. The audacity of some people.
"I wouldn't pay any of those losers any mind, Care. This is a family only situation, they're just mad they're not said family. I mean... we are pretty awesome." Tyler said gesturing to everyone. That got nods of agreement and cheers.
"I didn't want them around anyway, so I couldn't be happier. Thank you, Caroline." Bonnie said, seeing her bubbly sister so bothered agitated her. She really couldn't handle anyone else at the party now, she'd hex them to hell.
"Leslie is in my third period... tomorrow is gonna be a great day." Victoria goes.
"Funny... we share the same period Victor." Hayley said, everyone eyeing them now.
"Yes, it's gonna be a great day indeed."
"Now I almost feel bad for the girl. What I said almost!" Tyler was hiding behind his hands. He thought the girl was cute but now that was out the window.
He knows he has a mate. He wouldn't be taking anyone serious, he just liked the game.
"Whatever it is, don't get caught! You know the principal would turn the other way but, with Elena, no doubt adding her own two cents, soon he'd need to step in at some point." Caroline warned them. The principal was pretty much wrapped around all of their fingers, but he didn't show it to save face from his colleagues.
"Mr. Poole will no doubt give me 'detention' which really is just us gossiping and ordering food from the grill. Either way, I see a win." Victoria said, while shrugging her shoulders.
"Not if the Gilberts hear about this and start up a fuss."
"I didn't rearrange their daughter's face, Hayley did that all on her own. Why would me setting Leslie straight, get me on their radar?"
"Because Elena just posted a picture with Leslie at the grill, no doubt talking shit about us. Which only means she's Elena's new bestie and that Miranda and Grayson already know about this." Caroline informed them, turning her phone around to show them the new picture post.
"That girl is so annoying..." Tyler muttered. He started back on the sandwich he made.
"Why can't she just leave well enough alone?" Matt said in mild frustration, rubbing his hands down his face.
"Elena will be Elena. That doesn't suit well for us but, at-least we know what to expect from the nuisance."
"Right on Bons! But she's the reincarnated nuisance." Hayley jested.
"Correction: The reincarnated nuisance. Better?"
"Tons." Bonnie snorted at that.
"You know what I think we need?" Matt suddenly said.
"A mission!" He goes. That got nearly everyone to sit upright with interest.
Remember how I mentioned they didn't want to become hunters, they didn't. Not for the supernatural, no they did not. From time to time though a mission, or hunt would take place. These things involved the usual: murder, excessive bodily harm, explosives, etc. Mostly this was done to blow off steam or to just kill pieces of shit that got away with their crimes.
Becoming a true crime fan while having unlimited access to track down the real suspects, while also being apart of the supernatural who knew how to kill people without being caught. Really didn't bode well for the offenders.
The group often tracked down unknown, known, unsuspected, and/or on-the-run serial killers, rapists, and abusers; Showing them what real terror looked and felt like. They always left their bodies to be found with evidence of all the crimes they ever committed. Never leaving any trace of themselves near it. If any evidence ever were 'misplaced' or 'damaged', they always made sure to replace it.
They followed up to make sure that the victim's family got their justice, until a police task force was brought up. They wanted the offenders' killer(s) (they were right in there being multiple killers) to turn themselves in. Something the gang just wouldn't ever do. If the police couldn't pull their weight before, they shouldn't start trying it now!
Sometimes cases didn't see trials with several families being downright angry with the justice system. Only thing helping them was the fact their loved one's offender met their own brutal ending.
If not 'by the law', street justice would most certainly do.
Eventually some policeman and law officials started to find themselves in the hot seat. Victoria being the computer whiz she was may have heard many conversations that were thought to be private and seen documents that were never meant to be seen.
Several government agencies found themselves pushing for these cases to be tried harder when they realized that the public much loved seeing dirty cops and officials go to jail for life. Especially when many of these people going to jail were the ones that didn't want some of these trials to go through, or were just downright crooked themselves.
The officials that did the most unspeakable things were killed with all their crimes uploaded to the world since the gang didn't trust the authorities to ever be truthful. The entirety of the United States found themselves in a bind; the so-called sworn protectors of the law, or vigilantism? Many were siding with the latter these days.
Not all the officials that did horrible things were killed, the very first 15 were left to be tried. Many didn't get the right amount of time and some walked away all together. Only 8 saw reduced time, the rest got off scott free. That just wouldn't do!
They watched and waited making sure the ones that got away were daily monitored (handy spell at the works) and until the first reduced sentence prisoner was released. That same day of their release they got kidnapped, tortured, and killed along with the rest that were acquitted that so little time ago. The same fate fell on the next too-soon-released ex-officials.
The bodies were grotesquely battered, bruised, and broken were left out in the open in places that didn't seem possible, with no witnesses or cameras around to ever see anything. It had become the nationwide mystery.
Many from all over then started to understand that whoever rounded up these dangerous criminals and crooked government officials weren't messing around with the justice system any longer; Either get it done lawfully and morally, or they'll do it their way.
Soon enough the next batch of crooked officials found themselves with 50 year to lifetime sentences, and or death penalties. Not knowing the max amount of wait time until their execution would be 1 year to the date. The gang weren't about to waste tax payer's dollars on those sorry ass excuses of existence.
"That might just work. When would we do this?" Tyler said, already excited about the possible hunt.
"It's actually up to you and Bonnie, sense it's rather close to y'all birthdays. Could we squeeze in a 2 day hunt, since your birthday is in 4 and 9 days, respectfully?" Matt let's the group know, looking at Bonnie and Tyler the entire time while doing so.
"But that would mean Monday and Tuesday, and Thursday is... you wanna ditch the whole week?" Bonnie said catching on. Tyler and Matt brought up the idea a few months back and were dying to actually do it.
"I would like to ditch the whole month, but I don't think it'll be possible. Senior year it's-a-go for sure. I know our grades wouldn't suffer that much of a hit by then. They still wouldn't take much of a hit now. I just wanna say that I skipped my birthday month, while being a senior in high school and still graduated." Matt said.
"Well you put it like that... senior year it is. So this whole week off thing is looking pretty nice, let's do it!" Bonnie gave in. She knew Tyler would say the same anyway and a good hunting always did do her well.
The others all knew a week off wouldn't hurt their grades whatsoever, nor would James make a big deal out of it. He trusted them to be responsible growing teenagers, rather soon-to-be-adults and let's them make their own choices. He only gets involved whenever it was truly dire or felt that it was time to step in.
Their teachers would allow them to get their week's worth of work early tomorrow morning before they set off for the hunt.
"I'd say this is a great way to kick off your birthday month. A good old fashioned hunting!" Tyler was already cleaning his mess, flinging bubbles everywhere with his hands. He was then sitting on the couch where everyone else was.
"Where to this time?" Hayley asked.
"Ummm...the birthday people chose this time?" Caroline suggested.
The three eyed each other already knowing who they wanted track down.
"Highways, small towns and countrysides." The others got what they were talking about quickly. Monstrous truck drivers, some rather crazy cult townspeople, and scandalous cover-ups. That was the trios favorite type of hunts, they always found something that connected to the next, and the next, and the next.
Plus, it was always so satisfying when the killer(s), rapist(s), and abuser(s) were utterly terrified at what was about to happen to them.
"This will be one of those hunts. Yeah, let me remember to pack my tool bag and boots." Hayley said, recounting all the odd and crazy things about these types of hunts. The shit she found out on these things, talk about town dirt and gossip!
"I want details!" Suddenly came from an upper level of the house.
"You got it!"
"I swear our brother is really weird, cool, but weird." Tyler said to the others in the room.
"I know, right? Who would encourage kidnap and murder so carelessly?" Victoria said in mocked disturbance.
"Well considering who we're doing it to, I wouldn't have much of a problem with it either." Matt deadpanned.
"That's why I don't!" James replied back to them.
James could soon hear the others all agreeing he was indeed very weird, but the coolest. Rolling his eyes at them, if anything they're the weird ones, he thought.
"Wait, does this mean Leslie doesn't meet my size 8.5?"
That just made James and everyone else laugh.
"Sybil, I think our nieces and nephews are crazy?!"
"They are crazy, and we couldn't get away even if we tried." Sybil said eyeing the group from the family room since the floor level designs were for it to be open and airy.
"Good that you know that." Victoria said. She could hear her aunts, they all could and it made them laugh. They knew something was off about them upstairs, they were still sane enough to give out good to the world, just in very unorthodox and sometimes—
"Often."
Get your furry ass back to your own POV. This is my shit now.
"It's just that you're lying your ass off to these readers. The shit you had these kids doing. You could make Stefan look like a damn saint! If only I could tell y'all what these 'teenagers' have been doing on these hunts... even though who they killed were ruthless to their own victims. The kids did truly show a whole new meaning of terror and fear to their victims."
Alright that's enough I didn't wanna write that out so please stop snitching. I damn near made this paragraph come from the other side.
"Fine, I'll go."
Back to what I was saying... right! Their sometimes immoral ways. Which happened to come up a lot, not that they seem to be too bothered with their morals being nearly nonexistent. Knowing that in their world losing a few morals would save their asses down the line more ways than one would think.
"They heard us! I'm out." Keelin retreats back to her side of the house.
"Oh, Aunties?"
"Keelin! WAIT FOR ME!!" Sybil was then hightailing it away from the crazy bunch, hoping Freya would save them.
"Freya!" "Yaya!" The two mates called out to their third.
Already sensing why her mates were in distress the witch hid her damn self. She could wait for Hope to be born if this was what she had to deal with at the moment. This pack had ever more loose screws than her siblings, and for a Mikaelson, that was saying something!
After stumbling on the Scary Movie parodies, she could very much sympathize with Brenda now. Remembering the second movie's skeleton scene when Cindy was running and ran into Brenda, for this very particular issue her mates were bringing her way.
Soon she all but ran herself, those kids were very much off their rockers.
Back in the living room not giving chase to their aunts just yet, "Leslie better be fucking thankful for this hunt. That ass is mine when we get back though." They said right before joining their siblings in terrorizing their aunts.
"No, not all of them! James, please come get your rascals!"
Freya could definitely sympathize with Brenda right about now.
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6/19/23
Over 3500 words
A/N: I don't want anyone who disagrees with the death penalty to feel any type of way.
But me personally, I think if it's irrefutable evidence that the individual committed the crime, they should be on death row no longer than three years max. I know sometimes someone can be on death row and be completely innocent, so that can be seen as murder if the sentence was given out. Hence, why I said irrefutable evidence in the sense that this person is no doubt the person to do it.
No other suspects or second guessing cases either! They're the ones the need looking at! What you mean you don't know if they really did, but they on death row. Everyone involved with that case should be fired.
The crimes I'm would be mainly referring to would be m*rder, r*pe and abuse charges, especially if it involves a child. The ones that truly feel no remorse need to be sent to the fiery pits a year in. I know scientists like to study their minds and all but after a certain amount of time, the gig is up babes. Most play around with giving away information to the police whenever their execution date is pushed back away, so I say ice them viens.
I honestly can't accept them dying of old age while on death row. It makes me sick to even think that they had the gall to die before some families had the chance to see their viens burning from the inside or their heart clenching up so hard they shit blood. Sometimes the families don't even get justice for their loved one.
But, hey, that's just me.