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Part 2: Things happen, things change. She meets someone?

Elijah found out what had happened through Klaus and felt sorry for him. He knew that Hayley was his only best and closest friend. He didn't see Klaus leave his room for the whole day, he didn't even show up for diner.

The next day Elijah was walking towards his room when a guard said that his father wanted to speak with him. He walked into his parents' chamber and saw his father standing in the balcony, looking at the people moving around. "Father, you wanted to see me?"

"Elijah. Yes I wanted to have a word with you. About Niklaus." Elijah became self-conscious. Why did he want to speak about him? "I happened to have heard about his brewing friendship with a servant in the castle." Elijah didn't know if he should be relieved that Mikael didn't know their friendship had started for years ago, or if should be scared about what Niklaus would do if he found out that he knew about them.

"Father, I don't kn-"

"Do not lie to me Elijah! Tell me what you know. What is Niklaus doing with Hayley Labonair?" Elijah gulped. "I -"

"Have they committed any sins?" Mikael asked and Elijah shook his head. "No, they have not, father! They are only friends. He talks to her on Saturdays within the compounds, that is all, and it is all I know." Elijah said, hoping Mikael would not get upset. But unfortunately he did.

"How dare he shame the family?! How dare she lose formalities with a prince?! She deserves to be exiled from this castle!" Mikael steamed with anger. Elijah knew he had to do something.

"NO father! Do not exile her, she may have disobeyed the traditions but she is good at her job. Better than any servant." Elijah suddenly had an idea. Hoping his father would buy it he said, "in fact father, even I hate their friendship. I hate that he is ruining our reputation. I know the perfect way to punish the both of them father!" he said.

"What is it? Tell me now!" Mikael ordered.

"Niklaus once told me he would hate for her to ever become his servant because he wouldn't want her to serve him," this wasn't a lie. Klaus had once told him that. "Maybe we should do exactly that!" he said.

"Make her his personal servant, it will serve him right! Both of them!" Mikael said and Elijah silently sighed in relief. He hoped Klaus would forgive him for this. At least she wouldn't be gone forever away from him and her mother.

"I will see to it this happens by next week. You may go, my son." Mikael said and Elijah quickly left to his room.

The week flew by for Klaus, who was preparing for a sword fighting tournament the coming Saturday. He trained on Friday, fought on Saturday and won first place as always, and almost the whole castle found out about his glorious win.

Hayley was chopping the vegetables in the kitchen when her mother came in. "Hayley dear, please get the logs from the stables will you? I need to put them in Queen's room." Hayley nodded and was about to leave when she turned around and asked. "Mother, do you anything of the ruckus whispers that everyone is causing today?" Mary turned around and smiled. "Yes, word is that lord Niklaus won the sword fighting completion in a nearby estate." Hayley was surprised to hear this. Wasn't it just a week ago when he said he wasn't very good? "He won?" Mary nodded and took over her work. How could she have believed him? She knew he only said that to get her away from him. Of course he was good. He was bloody brilliant it seemed. Hayley steamed in anger with equal disappointment and left the room. She walked towards the stables and realized that being there could take her mind of him. She walked towards the logs and bent down to start picking them with difficulty, as they were pretty long and heavy. She was caught up in her thoughts that she didn't hear someone behind her.

"Do you need help with that?" a manly voice asked. She spun around and stood up to see who it was. He seemed to be older than her but younger than Klaus, was about 4 feet taller than her, had a charming face, messy chocolate brown hair and light brown eyes. He was very handsome, she concluded.

"Umm, no," she cleared her throat. "No, I'm fine thank you," she said and smiled. She felt flutters in her stomach when he smiled back.

"Alright then," he said tending to one of the brown stallions. She looked at them in awe and how he was so friendly with them. Like her knew them his whole life. "You know these horses, sir?" she asked him politely.

He turned around and laughed. "Sir? My name is Julian. And yes I know them. I've looked after them since they were ponies. I'm their keeper." He said smiling at the horse in front of him and turning back to her.

She blushed as she heard him laugh. "I'm Hayley. Labonair. I work at the castle." She said and he smirked at her. "I know." This shocked her. "What do you mean?"

"I've seen you looking at the stables over the past years. Still don't know why you never used to come by. Lord Mikaelson's close friend." He said and the awe in her face quickly fell to disappointment. "I wouldn't say that anymore." She muttered but knew he heard her.

"Good to know." He muttered back and she looked up and stared into his eyes. They stood there for a moment just looking at each other before she hastily turned her head and cleared her throat. "Right, well. I better get going. My mother must be waiting." she picked up the logs and was about to walk out of the stable when she heard him speak.

"You know, if you ever want some time off from your work, you can always come here. Be with the horses." She turned around and nodded at him with a smile before walking away with a huge grin on her face. When she reached the kitchen she saw a guard talking to her mother. She put the logs down and walked to them. "What's going on?" she asked, seeing the worried look on her mother's face.

Mary opened her mouth to say something but the guard spoke before she could. "Ms. Labonair, the King has summoned you to the royal room." Hayley was shocked at this. "Wh- why has he summoned me?" she asked a bit worried that she was in trouble. But that couldn't be, what had she done?

"I'm afraid that is out of my knowledge miss. Please, come with me now." She looked at her mother and hugged her. Mary kissed her forehead and said, "I'm sure it is nothing to worry about, my child."

Klaus was walking along the corridor when he saw his father. "Niklaus! Met me in the royal room. Immediately." His father ordered and walked away before could ask why. He walked in and stopped in surprise at what he saw. His father and Elijah were standing beside each other and standing with her back to him was none other than Hayley.

Hayley stood in the middle of the room in silence waiting for someone to say something. She heard footsteps behind her so she turned to look, she widened her eyes when she saw Klaus staring at her and turned back to Mikael and Elijah, with her eyebrows in a bunch.

"Hayley Labonair? You are a maid are you not?" Mikael asked Hayley as Klaus walked to stand on the corner in between both sides. He looked at Elijah, worried that his suspicions of why they where there were true. But Elijah didn't look his was, only down to the floor. He looked ashamed. He turned his head back to Hayley.

She nodded at this question. "Yes, you're Majesty."

"Hmm. And you are willing to remain in this castle with your mother?" he asked rudely. Hayley was scared. But she didn't show and just repeated. "Yes… you're Majesty."

Klaus looked very confused as well and kept glancing between Hayley and his father. She could feel his eyes on her but didn't bother looking at him. She was too angry at him for what he did to her.

"Good. My son, Niklaus' servant has grown old. She cannot help him anymore, so I sent her away to her home," Elijah prepared for the worst, Hayley was confused and Klaus was confused and surprised. When did Liz go? He didn't know about this, and he didn't know that his father considered being forty-two old.

"So from today onwards, you are to be Niklaus' new servant. You are to prepare his bed, make his food and do what every personal servant does." He stated with pride. Mikael smirked with satisfaction when he saw a look of terror in his son's eyes and a glimmer of fear in Hayley's.

"Father, No! What is the meaning of this!?" Mikael pushed Niklaus on the ground and grabbed Hayley's arm tightly. "Miss Labonair, if you refuse this I will see to it that you and your mother will be exiled from this country. Now am I very clear?" he asked loudly as Klaus watched in horror from the floor. Hayley winced and tears brimmed her eyes. But she would not cry in front of them. She put up a strong face and said clearly, "Yes. You're Majesty."

"No," Klaus whispered and stared as Mikael pushed Hayley aside and walked away, but not before glaring at him.

Elijah caught Hayley before she could fall on the ground and steadied her. She wiped her eyes and turned to face Klaus, but didn't look at him. "I'll be in my quarters if you need me, my lord." She turned around and stormed out.

Klaus was in deep sorrow. He felt like he had just upset her even more. Like it was his fault for this. Elijah helped him up and held his shoulders, "Brother I'm so sorry." Elijah explained everything that had happened with their father and confessed it was his idea. Klaus was angry at first but understood where his brother was coming from. He stayed in his brother's room until nightfall.

Hayley ran into her room and fell on her bed, letting all the tears fall out. Mary heard noises in their room and went rushing inside. "My dear daughter, what has happened?" she asked hugging her daughter's shoulders. Hayley turned around and wept on her mother's shoulder. "They've made me his servant, mother. I've been degraded from his best friend to merely his servant." She couldn't believe this was happening. She remembered all the times she told him that she never wanted to be anyone's personal servant and he said that she would never be downgraded like that. All that was a lie. It was a big lie and she couldn't do anything about it.

"I'm sorry my dear. But if we are to stay in this castle, we must obey the wishes of the king. Promise me you will not do anything to ruin it. We cannot afford to live anywhere else. Promise me you will tend to lord Niklaus' wishes." Hayley saw the hopeless expression on her mother's face and sadly nodded her head. "I promise."

"Now go and prepare his bed. It is a common duty to do so," Mary said kissing her daughter's forehead. She was afraid this day would come, but they both had to accept their fates. Hayley carried some of the remaining logs that she had bought from the stable to Klaus' room.

She lit the fire and was making his bed when he walked in. he stopped in his tracks when they made eye contact. She quickly looked away and continued making his bed.

Klaus couldn't bare seeing her like this. He walked to her and stood next to her. "Hayley. Please stop. I don't like seeing you like this," she ignored him and continued moving around his room, placing books that were on the floor on his bedside table and folding clothes. "Hayley-"

"Congratulations are in order, my lord. You seemed to have improved your sword fighting skill faster than I thought." She said and looked at him after she had said it.

Klaus felt a tug in his heart. He had completely forgotten that he had lied to her about that. He silently cursed himself. He was about to say something when she placed the last book on the table but she beat him to it. "Goodnight, my lord." She turned and left leaving him felling terrible for not telling her the truth.

For the next five weeks, Klaus would see her come and go from his room and try to talk to her but he never knew what to say. He had to protect her from his father's wrath so he did not say anything, even if he wanted to make small talk. Whereas, Hayley did her job silently without much interaction with Klaus whenever she saw him. She could tell he would try to converse with her but she wouldn't allow it. She would exchange greetings when she sees and leaves him. Apart from that, nothing.

She found herself spending at least twenty minutes every day at the stables, brushing the horses' backs and simply sitting on the hay outside and watching them graze on the field. Julian showed up two days after she started visiting and she found herself spending more and more time with him. He was sweet, kind and would listen to everything she had to say. In turn, he would tell her stories of his adventures with horses and shared with her the things his father taught him about the wonderful creatures. Whenever she was around him, she got a strange feeling in her stomach and became shy and nervous, completely unlike her stubborn and brave nature. Whenever Julian touched her hand or stood behind her, guiding her on how to care for the horses, she found herself turning red as a tomato. She was getting more and more attracted to him.

Meanwhile, Klaus was busy attending to his sword fighting skills. He found himself getting even better and better at it. He wanted to prove his talent to the world, and for that he needed to become a champion. He knew deep down that he also was doing this so the faster he becomes a champ, the faster he can earn Hayley's forgiveness. Not having someone to talk to like he did with Hayley was upsetting. She was his diary. He would tell her everything and vice versa. Now it felt like that diary had been lost forever, burnt in the fire.

He was in his room reading a book when she came in with his diner on a tray. He wasn't feeling so well that Friday so he stayed in bed all day. He looked towards the noise and saw her entering with his food. He shut the book and placed it on the table as she laid the tray over his outstretched legs for him to eat comfortably. "Thank you, Hayley." he savoured the delicious taste of the food she made.

"You are welcome, my lord." He sighed in anger as he heard that. "Hayley, please." She shook her head and said "I am sorry, but I do not want to get into trouble, my lord," she said and he closed his eyes defeated.

He suddenly remembered something and opened his eyes to see her brightening the fire. "Hayley tomorrow at two in the afternoon is my third competition and I'm allowed to bring anyone in the castle or outside to be my plus one… I would like you to join me. I know you've always wanted to see one these fights," she looked at him when he said this. It was true, she had always wanted to watch one of these competitions and was willing to put her anger at him aside to be able to witness a fight. She was about to agree but then remembered her plans for tomorrow.

"What time did you say it was, my lord?" he was suddenly excited that she might agree to his offer and said "it begins at two."

She closed her eyes remembering Julian asking her to join him on a ride with his stallion, Autumn, at quarter past two on Saturday. Tomorrow. She frowned and he felt crushed when he saw that she was frowning. "My lord, it is true, I would love to come, but I happen to have somewhere to be tomorrow at quarter past two." He couldn't help but think she was lying to him to avoid spending time with him so he asked, "Where… might I ask?" he asked slowly and hesitantly, not wanting her to think he was spotting her.

She looked at him for a moment and realized they hadn't had a conversation like this in a while. She cleared her throat uncomfortably. "I have been offered the opportunity to ride with one of the horses in the stables, my lord." She told him.

Silence fell between them, neither of them breaking eye contact. He was disappointed but he couldn't keep her from doing what she had always wanted to since she was a child. "I understand. I will not keep you from experiencing a dream of yours." He said kindly and she smiled at him. "Thank you… Klaus." She said slowly before leaving the room, not knowing the toothy smile he had on his face.

TBC

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