Chapter One
Mississippi River, 300 years ago
The boat was deadly quite as the climbed on board.
"Where the hell is everyone?" one man asked as he carried his lantern in front of him.
"Deserted, which makes everything in the hold legally forfeit. Take what suits you" the man behind him replied.
"What do you make of that?" the man with the lantern asked as he motioned towards the two coffins that lay in front of them.
"Open it up!" he ordered and the man with the lantern followed. He opened the lid of the first coffin.
Kol Mikaelson lay still, the blue veins protruded out of his skin as the dagger in his chest kept him in his magical slumber, one that his elder brother Niklaus sent him too.
"What the hell" the man mumbled once they peaked into the coffin to see the young man with a dagger pierced through his chest.
The lid of the coffin fell closed when one of the men was taken from behind. The two remaining men looked around to see no culprit for their friend's sudden disappearance.
One man tried to escape up the stairs but was grabbed by an unknown force and lifted up onto deck.
"Hello" a sickly sweet voice spoke out to the last man – the man with the lantern.
Rebekah Mikaelson stood in her elegant gown which would no doubt be replaced as soon as they docked. She whipped her mouth with a pale handkerchief one that had her initials written on them.
"Hmm, lovely to see such a handsome face after a long journey" she said wistfully. She looked over the man's shoulder
"Can I eat him brother?"
"I would rather you don't" the man with the lantern jumped and turned to see a handsome man, one that gave him a charming smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.
"There is no need to be afraid" Elijah said "You will do exactly as I say" he looked the man deep into his eyes compelling him "You will remember nothing" the man repeated it
"We have had a very long journey, were unfortunately we lost all of our crew. Therefore I would ask you kindly to transport our belongings to the shore"
"What hell demons are you?" the man asked.
A new voice cut in before either of her siblings could answer.
"Where vampires sweetheart" Sigrid Mikaelson sat on top of the coffin her elder brother Finn resided in. her dress much the same as her older sisters was nearly hanging off of her, the blood dripping from her chin clued the man into the fact that she was the one that killed many of his friends yet he could not help but be entranced by her.
Sigrid continued "The original vampires. Sigrid, Rebekah, Elijah, our brothers Kol and Finn" she tapped the coffin she sat on in a mock fashion "May Kol rest in piece"
"You saving the best till last, little sister?" a new male voice interrupted the young blonde girl.
She huffed "and our half-brother Niklaus"
Each of the siblings looked up at Niklaus who much like Sigrid had blood smothered on his lips. He gave them a toothy smile.
"Ignore him he's a beast" Rebekah said.
Niklaus laughed and dropped the body of the man he took onto the deck. The body landed in front of Rebekah, none of the siblings even batting an eyelid as it dropped.
"We fled Europe and survived the seas, would you rather I arrived on our new homeland hungry?"
"Niklaus your manors as always are without equal" Elijah said, he gave a small smile to the man with the lantern "So would you be so kind as too tell us where we have landed"
The man stuttered "The French colony of Louisiana, of the shore of a new land named New Orleans"
"Thank you so much" Elijah made his way to the stairs but turned back at the last minute "Oh I do recommend you find yourself further assistants with the luggage. My sincere apologies" he said as he finally walked up the stairs.
It was then that the man with the lantern noticed that the rest of the siblings were gone, it was then that he noticed the bodies of his friends scattered throughout the room. Each of them killed in a gruesome way.
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Sigrid's POV:
"So what brings you two to the big easy?" the barmaid asked as she set down Elijah's drink and set down my coke – Elijah's request.
"We used to live here" he replies
"Really when?" I take a sip of my coke.
"Oh feels like a hundred years ago" I choke on my coke causing the barmaid to hand me a tissue and for Elijah to give me an amused look.
"I just moved here myself, what brought you two back?"
"Well our brothers here somewhere. I'm afraid he has got himself into a bit of a bind"
"You say that likes it's a common occurrence"
"Well he's complicated" Elijah mused "Defiant, Ill mannered"
"Temperamental" I interrupted
"We don't share the same father" Elijah informs her "It's never bothered us. He resents it deeply. Never felt like we belong, so told he has a long history of getting in to trouble"
The barmaid nodded "And I'm guessing you have a long history of getting him out of it, what kind of bine is your brother in?"
"He believes that there are people in this town conspiring against him"
"Wow. Narcissistic and paranoid"
I raise my eyebrows and she seems to back track "Sorry. Bar tender with a grad degree in phycology. Total clique"
"Listen Camille, were looking for someone who might know about our brothers problem. She works here Jane Ann Deveraux. Do you know where we could find her?" I ask getting her attention on me.
"No but I might know who might"
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The blonde barmaid led us to the leader of a tour. Elijah and I kept to the shadows following the tour and waiting for an opportunity to talk to her and get her on her own.
She stopped at one of the older shops and most of the tour went inside to shop around.
The lady turned in a circle "Are you going continue following me or do you want to talk?" she faced us.
"Talk" I said and she focused on me "to be honest it's been a pain in the arse to follow you around"
"I'm guessing your Sigrid?" I give her a toothy smile.
"Well done" I clap and give her a thumbs up one which earns me a glare from the frizzy haired women.
"You know who we are?" Elijah asks
"An original vampire always wears a suit" she looks at me "and one whose mouth is bigger than her head"
I fist pump into the air "YES! That is what I pride myself on, I'm glad that it comes across"
She ignores me "Your family is legendary amongst the witches, especially with your brother back in town"
"Well Niklaus is here because he believes someone is conspiring against him. A witch named Jane Anne Deveraux"
"Well if he is looking for Jane Anne he's a little late"
"Are you telling us she is dead?" I ask, he eyes flicker to me for the briefest of seconds before meeting Elijah's again.
"Come on" she nods her head to the side. "Her sister Sophie is going to want to talk to you"
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Candles were lane out around the body of who I am assuming was Jane Anne. A women clung to her crying.
Numerus witches stood round the body each holding a candle for their fallen witch.
"That's Jane Anne?" Elijah asks
"Yeah" the women whispers
"Laid out here for anyone to find" I mumbled
"The only people that come round here are the witches. Now her sister has come to take her body. Her spirt cant rest until it's been entered into the cemetery"
"Please tell me that our brother had nothing to do with this" my brother pleaded
She shakes her head "No, Jane Anne died because she got caught doing magic"
I take a step closer to her. Confusion clouding my features "What do you mean got caught doing magic"
Before she could answer a whistle sounded in the distance.
"You want to know who killed Jane Anne, your about to have a look at Marcel in action"
Marcel, our Marcel?
"The vampire Marcel?" Elijah asks
"Things have changed since your family lived here. Marcel has changed"
Suddenly vampires jumped down from the buildings.
"I'm asking you stay hidden. If Marcel finds out we brought the originals to town my people will be slaughtered"
We look at each other and both move up onto the balcony above.
"Well, well well what do we have here?" a man that my older sister once loved walked up to the witches. "I got to tell you Sophie this street corner is not proving to be the luckiest for your family tonight" the vamps bared the fangs at the witches "Not half an hour ago I had to teach your sister a little lesson"
"Were putting her to rest Marcel. Leave us alone" Jane Anne's sister said
"I never said you could move the body, matter of fact I left her here to send a message. My rules state that witches can't practise magic in the quarter, yet a little birdie told me that Jane Anne was cooking something magically delicious"
I watched from the side-lines as the boy that was raised as a Mikaelson taunted the witches "oh while I have you quick Q&A, my old friend the hybrid Klaus just happened to turn up out of the blue. Looking for oh yeah Jane Anne. Any idea why?"
Sophie shook her head "I don't know, witches don't get involved with vampire business"
"That would be pretty stupid, that's for sure" he steps closer to the distort witch "tell you what, go back to the restaurant, cook up that famous gumbo keep those tourists happy" he looks at his vampire lackeys "Take the body"
"Marcel!"
"I'm going to hold on to your sister's body, until you remember why Klaus is here"
"Marcel, please! Her body won't be at peace"
He waves his hand in the air "Not my problem" he sang as he walked off with the remains of Jane Anne.
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I walked next to Elijah as he informed our sister about Marcel.
"You mean to tell me after all these years Marcel is alive and well"
I placed my hands in the pockets of my hoodie as he talked to Rebekah. Most of the conversation I drowned out due to the bitterness I felt for my sister at that moment.
Family stick together that is what I have always been told ever since I was little, I even remember my father saying that once. Niklaus has done some horrible things to us, all of us but she acts as if she is the only one affected by Niklaus and it makes me so mad, so I am icing her out. Normally when one of us ice each other out it last a week at the most but I am determined to get my way.
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Elijah went over to get Sophie as I wait outside the restaurant she works at.
Elijah nods his head to follow him and the witch and she leads us to a cemetery. She opens the gate and walks through but a sudden force stops both Elijah and I from entering.
"This is sacred ground, which means vampires need an invite to enter"
I narrow my eyes at her "but since I'm desperate, come on in, we can talk freely here"
"Then I suggest you talk" Elijah demands "What did you sister want with Niklaus"
"Isn't it obvious, we have a vampire problem and we need help? Marcel has an army backing him the witches have been trying to fight back but we haven't had much luck. Until my sister met a girl, a werewolf passing through the quarter from a small town in Virginia. She had a special connection with your brother"
"What sort of connection?" Elijah asks
I slap his back "She means they shagged Elijah"
Sophie looks at me and nods "One thing led to another and now the special werewolf girl, she's pregnant and the father of that baby is your brother Klaus"
I let out a little laugh "That's impossible"
"Nothing's impossible, especially when it comes to your brother think about it, they call him the hybrid right"
Sophie turns and shouts over her shoulder "Bring her out!"
A girl led by three witches walked over to us, I could smell the mutt on her.
If she didn't shag my brother I'd do her.
She looks at Elijah and I "Who the hell are you?"