Chapter Two

"Who the hell are you?"

Elijah moves forward and looks at Sophie "Give us a moment please"

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"So, have they been holding you here against your will?" The candles lighting up the dim tomb.

The werewolf had her legs drawn up, she played with her fingers "They lured me out to the bayou and grabbed me. And they did all these" she waved her hands about "Weird witchy tests. Not that I understand how this could happen. I mean, vampires are dead. They can't have children!"

I snort, shaking my head "Trust me wolfy I don't understand it either" the girl shouts me a glare and raise my hands in surrender.

"Perhaps if you knew our brothers story, it might explain how this is possible" Elijah cuts in, he takes a seat next to the wolf girl.

I raise my finger and rub my chin "Perhaps you could also explain to me, I mean I know all about Klaus seedy history but even I'm still confused"

He moves his hands towards the girls head causing her to recoil.

"What are you doing?" her eyebrows drawn up.

"Relax. If you open your mind to me, I can show you" she allows Elijah to touch her head, and they both close their eyes.

"Great" I mutter looking around the tomb "Just leave me here, in this creepy ass tomb"

Elijah speaks up "In the beginning, our family was human… a thousand years ago, now"

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"Come sister, Henrik our brothers are fighting again" Rebekah claims happily above us. Henrik and I were out busying ourselves with our daily chores when Rebekah interrupted us.

Henrik grins as he grabs my hand and drags me after Rebekah.

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Klaus cries out alerting my family in our hut. Kol grips my hand as we approach the body of our little brother, who Klaus was crying over.

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"Father what are you doing?" he ignores me, gripping my hair in a fistful and forcing my head down onto one of the village girls bleeding arm.

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The sicking sound of bones cracking and rubbing together filled the night air as Elijah, father and I turned the corner to see Klaus on the floor in unbelievable pain.

His long hair was mattered with thick red blood, his eyes wide as the tears streamed down them, and his mouth hung open with fangs longer then our vampire ones.

"Niklaus!" Elijah shouts as I stand frightfully behind him.

"What is happening to me?" Elijah attempts to run to him only to be held back by our father.

"Don't" he spat, looking at Klaus in disbelief

"Father! It hurts!"

"Father we have to help him!" I try to get out of his grip but it becomes stronger as he glares down at the boy crying out for him.

"He's a beast, an abomination"

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"He wasn't just a vampire" Elijah brings me back to the present, and I look up at the understanding werewolf

"He was also a werewolf. That's how the werewolf curse works. It isn't activated until you take a life"

"Niklaus was the work of our mothers shameful activities with a local werewolf" I but in, moving to stand behind my brother.

"Our father was beyond angry, he felt betrayed. So he forced our mother to supress Klaus werewolf side, denying him any connection to his true self"

"Your dad was a dick" the werewolf said causing me to bark out a laugh and nod my head in agreement

"He still is, love"

The werewolf reached her hand out to Elijah "Hayley, by the way. You should probably know my name id you're goanna tell me you whole life story. I mean, I know yours. You family is legendary. Your brother is a notorious psycho… who I slept with. Classic me"

"You should see who I've slept with" I wink at her, reaching my hand out "Siggy, the beautiful Mikaelson. Nice to meet you" she gingerly shook my hand.

Elijah interrupts once again "I cannot excuse his behaviour, but you must understand, when our father hunted him – hunted us – for centuries, every time we found a moment of happiness, we were forced to flee. Even here, in New Orleans, where we were happiest of all. Not long after Niklaus broke the spell which prevented him from becoming a hybrid, he defeated our father. I thought this would make him happy. He was angrier than ever. I wonder if perhaps this baby might be a way for my brother to find happiness. A way to save him from himself.

"I'm glad you feel that way" The witch Sophie from before enters the tomb "Because we need your help"

"And what is that you need our help with?" I cross my arms over my chest, looking over at the young witch who I could just so easily snap her pretty neck.

"And what has it to do with this young women?" Elijah added

"We want to run Marcel and his vampires out of town. Klaus is the key. Everything Marcel knows about being a vampire, he learned from Klaus. Marcel trusts him, looks up to him, and he won't see the betrayal coming" the witch replies

My amusement for the situation rose up as I snorted at her "Niklaus doesn't like rules"

"That's why I brought you two here. Marcel drove the werewolf's out of town decades ago. Do you really think he's going to welcome a hybrid baby to the neighbourhood? Convince Klaus to help us, and no one had to know about the newest member of the original family"

I uncross my arms "That sounds a lot like blackmail, love and I don't do well when people threaten my family" Before I could move forward Elijah grabs my arm, holding me back.

"I'm desperate" she pleads

"Sounds it"

Elijah turns me away from the witch and looks me in my eyes "Looks like we have our work cut out for us"