"Could I offer you something; tea, coffee, a blood bag?" – She asked the original, well no one could say she wasn't a good host.

"Tea sounds good."

"Tea it is." – She said as she headed for the kitchen. Elijah followed.

"So care to start explaining, what business you have with Sophie?" – She asked, as she was filling the kettle with water and putting it on the stove.

"Well, she found us to be quite honest. Niklaus got a letter informing him that a group of witches were plotting against him, here in New Orleans. So he came here to see who dared to threaten him, and to kill everyone involved. I followed him, because I was curious about the threat to my brother, and to be honest I was debating whether I should help him or them. When Niklaus arrived in New Orleans he was looking for Jane Anne Deaveraux only to find out that Marcel has taken over the city and silenced the witches. Marcel killed Jane Anne before Niklaus could find out what it was they had that could destroy him. So… I decided I would do a little investigation myself unbeknownst to my brother. I found two of Marcel's vampires threaten Sophie; don't worry I arrived just in time to teach them some manners. Sophie finally revealed what the witches had that would make my brother help them. They had the girl that was carrying Niklaus' child."

"What?" – She almost spilled the tea she was pouring.

"That is impossible, Vampires can't procreate, it is just impossible. Thrust me there is no spell in this world that could change that, I should know. How, how is that possible?" – She was rambling, shocked by the revelation she just heard.

"Well Niklaus is part werewolf, part vampire. My mother's magic made us vampires, he was born a werewolf, and when he broke the curse last year he activated his werewolf side that was dormant for the last 1000 years. Now that he has broken the curse, he can walk in the sunlight without a daylight ring, he can turn into a werewolf at will, he can create hybrids like him, and he can procreate. The girl he is expecting a child with is a werewolf, and we are not sure if the mother needs to be a werewolf or a human girl could be impregnated by him as well. There is still a lot unknown to us."

"So what part does Sophie play in all this?"

"Well she wants Niklaus to help them get rid of Marcel or they will kill Haley and the baby. I offered to kill Marcel myself, but they said we can't until we find out what is it that Marcel holds over the witches."

"That foolish girl; I knew those Deaveraux girls would be the end of me; they are as stubborn as their mother, and no matter what I say they won't listen to me. What makes them think that Nick cares about anyone but himself? He had Finn daggered in a box, and judging by the fact that only you two are here, I can assume that he daggered the rest of your siblings. You said there is something you needed from me. That is why you are here isn't it?"

"Yes, we need a place for Haley where she will be safe, and your house is the safest place in the vicinity."

"You are a two indestructible vampires, I hardly think anyone would dare to cross you." – Shesaid.

"True. Nevertheless my brother has many enemies; I am convinced they would try to use Haley or the baby as leverage against him. We can't always be next to them and I would be calmer knowing that they are in a spell protected house no vampire can enter."

"You know you could buy a house and write over to Haley, and vampires couldn't enter without an invitation from her"

"Yes but they could burn the house down, unlike your house." – He spoke.

She remained silent, debating it in her head. Why would she get involved with this, or them? But she couldn't not help that poor girl, she remembered the time when she needed someone and the Mikaelsons took her in.

"Alright, you can bring her here. She can stay here as long as she needs." – She finally spoke after a longer pause.

"Thank you, you are doing us a great favor, and we are always in your debt." – He knew that he could count on her, and was grateful that he had a friend like her.

"Don't mention it again." – She gave him a genuine smile and shook her head. There was no way to deny anything those smooth-talking Mikaelsons.

Elijah left, and she was cleaning up the kitchen. Even though she is a vampire and shouldn't really care, it usually calmed her down, and there was a lot to calm down from. Jane Anne was dead, she sat down on the stool at the counter and started to cry, now that her rage vanished all there was left was despair. She remembered when she held her for the first time, she was so little, she remembered the promise she gave their mother that she will look after them and protect them. She failed her, she couldn't protect anyone. The knock on the door pulled her out of her thoughts. She slowly walked over to the door and opened it. Elijah stood in the doorway with Sophie and a girl she didn't recognize. This must be Haley she assumed. She had black shoulder length hair, and big green eyes, she looked scared but behind the fear there was this fierceness that burnt in her eyes.

"Hi, you must be Haley?" – She spoke in a soft voice.

"Come in." – She motioned them with her hand to enter the house, and closed the door behind them.

She gave a look to Sophie that meant, "You and I are going to have a talk later".

Sophie just nodded, knowing that she had a lot of explaining to do.

"This is Victoria. She is one of my oldest friends, and she was kind enough to let us stay in her house." – Elijah spoke with admiration in his voice.

She smiled at Elijah kindly; it was nice to see that he hasn't changed a bit. Elijah always looked calm, but you knew that he had the strength to rip you apart. Compared to his siblings he is the honorable one, he always keeps his word, and he values honesty above everything else.

"Well, let me show you your room" – She spoke to Haley in a soft voice.

Haley nodded and followed her upstairs. Along the wide corridor were at least eight doors, she led her to the second on the left and opened the door.

"This is your room, I hope you like it" – She gave her a genuine smile, and Haley couldn't believe that this stranger was this nice to her. Haley never experienced such hospitality form anyone, she never felt that anyone cared for her.

"You have you own bathroom too, so you don't have to share it with anyone." – She winked at Haley, which made her smile.

"I'll leave you now to unpack, and rest, if you need anything just say it. Don't be shy ok? You are my guest now and that means that this is your home now. - She gave Haley a smile and left the room, closing the door behind her.

Haley looked around the room, and even though she would never admit it, she loved it. She never had such a nice room for herself. The walls were painted in a nice warm white color, in the center of the room stood a huge bed with a mattress that, she assumed, felt like you were sleeping on a cloud. One side of the room had huge windows that stretched from floor to ceiling, filling the room with light. Since the witches captured her, and she found out that she is carrying HIS child, everything felt like darkness to her. She couldn't see one ray of light anywhere. She prayed to the moon to light her the way out of this, but it felt like no answer was coming. And it might seem ridiculous but this house and this room gave her for the first time a sense of serenity and safety. She unpacked rather fast since she didn't really have much stuff. She looked a bit around the room, but was stunned by the huge white bathtub in the bathroom. She immediately let the water fill the bathtub and started removing her clothes. She can't remember the last time she had a shower, the water felt warm and calming. She poured some of the liquid from one of the colorful bottles aligned on the rim of the tub, the water started bubbling and she started laughing like a little child. She hasn't felt calm in a long while. Still a part of her was worried and soon the feeling washed over her again, as the water became cooler it pulled her back. She was pregnant with non other than Klaus' child, the most self-absorbed psychotic creature on earth, her life and more importantly the life of her baby was hanging by a silver thread, actually it was in Klaus' hands, and judging by his last words, he couldn't care less if they die. His brother has shown support, but Elijah is hard to read and sort of distant, she couldn't help feeling that he wouldn't care if she dies as long as the baby is ok. She thought back on the first week after she found out that she was pregnant; she felt her cheeks turn red now as she remembered that she actually hated that she was pregnant and was thinking of finding a way to terminate the pregnancy, but now she felt that she could die for this child and that she will do anything to protect him or her. The water was cold now so she got out of the tub and put on her clothes; she walked towards the bed and lay on it, wanting to rest just for a short moment but soon fell asleep.

"What were you thinking Sophia, making a deal with Klaus, ha? He can't be trusted?" – Victoria was mad and yelling. She hated to yell at Sophie, but she felt so helpless, she just couldn't believe that she would so foolish to enter a deal with Nik. She knew him well enough to know that if he felt threatened he would usually lash out, to show that he is powerful; plus he never liked to be told what to do, that's why he would dagger his siblings the minute one of them disagreed with him.

"Well … we saw an opportunity and went for it. We are sick of Marcel's tyranny." – Sophie answered, she knew Victoria always hated scolding Jane and her, and she knew she was just worried about her.

"I told you I would help you, didn't I? You know I was ready to kill him, but you told me to wait, you know I am strong enough to kill him."

"I know, but even though you are strong enough you can still be killed, he can't. You shouldn't be putting your life on the line for us."

"What? You know I would do anything for you guys, if it meant dying to free you; I was ready to do it. I promised your mother I would protect you, to me that meant till the end. I have lived an eternity already, Jane Anne not. She has barely lived or experienced life, was her life really worth it."

They were both crying now, she pulled Sophie close to her. Sophie was just like her mother and sister always putting on the tough act, but she was hurt and alone. They sat on the bed and she let her cry, sobs filled the room and she couldn't help but cry too. Eventually the sobs died down, as Sophie was now asleep, she pulled the comforter over her and quietly snuck out the room.

She walked down to the living room wanting a very strong drink, when she saw Elijah sitting in one of the old arm chairs; there was pain in his face.

"Elijah I am sorry I completely forget about you. I had some family business to take care of. Are you alright" – She asked with worry in her voice, she never saw him like this.

"No problem at all, I completely understand. Family above everything else, right?" – He said with a faint smile. "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation for Sophie. My condolences to Sophie but also to you, you lost her too. I know how though it is to lose a member of your family, half of my family is dead, and I can't help but wonder if I could've saved them, if I just made different choices."

"I am sorry I heard about your father, and even though he was hunting you, he was still your father."

"To be honest his dead was the least painful from all the rest."

"What do you mean?" – She felt like she was missing something.

"Ah yes you probably haven't heard. Well my mother made an appearance only to be revealed that she came to kill all of her children. Finn was ready to sacrifice himself for the spell that would purge the Earth from us, but she failed and they fled. Eventually he got reunited with his true love just to be killed; he decided he wanted to keep living. We ended things on a bad term, we haven't talked for 900 years and I lost him without him ever knowing that I did love him. Kol died too, sacrificed for a cure, and again I never told him how I felt, I have learned nothing from Finn's case. For someone who claims to hold 'Family above everything else.' I have failed my entire family."

"Don't be too hard on yourself, you couldn't have saved them."

"Actually I could have, if I had killed Elena and her friends a long time ago, they would never get a chance to kill my brothers. My infatuation with the doppelgängers is what made me betray my family on more than one occasion. That is why it is so important to me to help Nik, I finally chose my family over the doppelgängers."

"Don't be too hard on yourself, I am sure they knew how you felt, and Nik can be lucky to have a brother like you, God knows he needs you."

"Well I feel like I cannot reach him, would you try to persuade him, he will listen to you."

"Excuse me! Have you met Nik, he doesn't listen to anyone but the evil voice inside his head. There is no way I am talking to him unless I really have to, so no!"

"Well if he decides that he doesn't care about this child he WILL kill Haley and the baby and everyone involved, meaning Sophie."

She couldn't believe it, but he had a point, Sophie was in this now, and there was no way she could kill him, he was an indestructible original vampire hybrid, and she had no white oak stake. Even if she had a white oak stake he would probably rip her throat out before he could even take a swing for the heart. She was faster than average vampires and stronger but was she as fast as an original. She hoped she never had to find out.

"Fine, tell him I will meet him in the city." – She said and went upstairs to get her purse.