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lilacsandroses93: Thank you for your review. It will be a while before Aria forgives Klaus so in a way she won't forgive him that quickly. Also regarding the divorce, let just see how it will be later since I have my own plan regarding that. And about Aria bringing up Mikael to her conversation with Klaus and understanding his hatred for him, do you mean Klaus's hatred for Mikael or Mikael's hatred for Klaus? Because if what's your meant is Mikael's hatred for Klaus, I don't think it's something that Aria will do considering that Mikael also ruined her life in a way by putting her into a cursed sleep. But if what you meant is Klaus's hatred for Mikael, Aria is married to Klaus so in a way she understands Klaus's reason for hating Mikael.

whitedwarf: Thank you for your review. I should say that it's surprise me to see you left a review in this story of mine, an exceptionally long review at that. Thank you so much. To be honest, I'm one of your fans as well, I like your Harry Potter & Vampire Diaries crossover story and also your Harry Potter stories. So to answer your review, it's true that Hayley and Hope are still being the Mikaelson's primary focus in my story but that doesn't mean that Aria's roles would be less in here. Aria's position in Klaus's life and heart isn't going to be threatened because I have plans regarding that. And to be honest, you managed to guess what my plan is correctly. I couldn't tell you which one is it though but one of your guess are correct in a way. And if you really are curious about which one is it, just send me a PM and I will tell it to you only but let just keep it between the two of us. Although it's a bit different than what your guess is.

And regarding Elijah, I understand your feelings of wanting to punch him for basically 'forgiving' himself for leaving Aria behind but I have another plan about him. Elijah does harbor more guilt towards Aria than what he had showed in the attic but at that times, his main focus is protecting Hayley and the baby thus my reason on making him behave that way. But you will see more about his interaction with Aria and how Elijah is trying to handle his guilt towards her in latter chapters.

As for Klaus, we would also see how he will reacts about what happened to Aria and about everything that he has done during her absence later though it will be a while before we reach that point. Don't worry, I will give Aria some justice and happiness that she deserves, after all she had endured many things. Anyway, once again, thank you for your very long review. It was really constructive for me. Thank you so much once again. I hope my story won't disappoint you.

musicluver246: Thank you for your review. Here is the long awaited chapter 3, hope you will enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. All of it belongs to its wonderful creators. If I do own it, surely it will ended up with lots of romance between Klaus and Harry in it! Also, I don't own the cover for this story, I merely taken it from deviantart. The credits for the cover goes to Barbara Florczyk, her deviantart is BaxiaArt.

Warning: AU. Fem!Harry (which means Harry is a female in this story, so if you feel bothered by it; I suggest you leave now), MOD!Harry, OOC (it happens in this story). Unbeta, so beware of some mistakes and errors the authoress made.

Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Summary: AU. Cursed to an eternal sleep, only to be awaken by a powerful witch, Aria wakes up to find that the world had changed drastically from the one that she used to know. Feeling out of place and lost in the current world, she holds on to the only familiar things she knows. Her magic and Marcel, the only remaining person she knows from the past. Klaus/Fem!Harry

Pairings: Klaus/Fem!Harry Potter

"..." for memories and dream in Italic

'...' thought in Italic

*...* for Parseltongue

And "..." present time

Kaleidoscope

― Back Home ―

"Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?"
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

The blonde haired woman was reading a thick tome when she heard Marcel's voice yelling her name with urgency. The slim blonde haired woman immediately got up from her seat and opened her door only to find an anxious looking Marcel who looked back at her with trepidation while holding the unconscious body of her best friend in his arms. Blue eyes immediately sharpened in concern as she ushered them inside her house.

"Iréné," Marcel said, nodding his head lightly as greeting at the blonde haired woman the moment she opened the door to her house.

"What happened?" Blue eyes looked anxiously at the dark skinned vampire as she demanded the vampire to explain the situation to her.

"I need your help. It's Aria. I found her almost getting burned alive by the townspeople. They thought she had died but I could still clearly hear the sound of her heartbeats. It just, no matter what I did, she won't wake up." Marcel explained quickly as he walked inside the blonde haired siphoner's house while still carrying Aria in his arms.

"Alright, put her down on the bed. Let me check on her," The blonde haired siphoner ordered the shaven haired vampire while she starts chanting a diagnostic spell to check on the sleeping raven haired woman.

"How is she? Will she be alright?" Marcel asked, brown eyes looked worriedly at the sleeping raven haired woman who he had thought like his own mother.

Iréné shook her head weakly as blue eyes locked with brown eyes in sadness, "Someone put a curse on her. See that necklace?" She frowned as she pointed an unfamiliar necklace which hanging on Aria's neck. "That necklace was cursed and whoever wears it will be put into an eternal sleep,"

"Is there any ways to break the curse?"

"The curse will only be broken if a powerful witch lift that necklace off her neck. Unfortunately, I have no such power to do so as much as I like to do so. And Marcel, there is another thing that you should know about Aria."

"What is it?" Brown eyes stared at the grim look on the blonde haired siphoner's face in apprehension.

Brown eyes stared back at the dark blond haired Original in contemplation for some minutes before the owner of the said eyes sighed heavily as he leaned back against his stool. To be honest, it was quite surprising to see the older vampire could restrain himself up until this long before he asked about Aria. In fact, Marcel thought that the dark blond haired vampire would immediately ask about the raven haired woman the moment he called him earlier and yet Klaus didn't say anything until now.

The dark skinned vampire poured a drink for himself as brown eyes stared at the older vampire across him, "That was because you never asked me of her even when you first arrived in here."

"That aside, you should have known better to tell me about her." Klaus retorted, a frown marred his face.

Marcel raised an eyebrow, brown eyes stared at the man who had been his mentor once as he asked, "Should I? As far as I know, you don't care at all about what had happened to Aria. After all, Iréné did try to reach out for you but you continue to ignore her message and all."

"Iréné? That little witch Aria likes to spend time with?"

The dark skinned vampire simply sighed once more and explained, "Yes, Iréné Chrysanthe, one of the rare siphoners that Aria likes to spend time with. Anyway, after you and the others fled from the city, I managed to escape from the fire. I found Aria when she was about being burned by the townspeople and saved her since I could still hear her heartbeats. I tried to wake her up but she didn't respond at all no matter what I have done. So I brought her to Iréné since she is the only witch I know that will help me with Aria as the two of them are close with each other."

Brown eyes looked far away as if the vampire was reminiscing the event as he continued, "Iréné did a little spell to check on Aria and told me that everything is fine with her except for the fact that Aria was in a deep sleep due to the effect of an accursed object and she couldn't take it off of Aria."

"What do you mean with she was in a deep sleep?" The dark blond haired Original pressed yet his tone was neither angry nor annoyed.

"Ah, so she didn't tell you about it. No surprise about that. Aria isn't someone who will talk about her moment of weakness," Marcel's lips curved into a slight smirk as he replied, "When Mikael came into the city, he put an accursed necklace on Aria so she fell into a deep sleep. These ninety two years, she had been in a deep sleep. It was only eight months ago when I took Davina in that Aria finally woke up due to Davina breaking the curse and lifted the necklace from her."

Brown eyes locked with blue-green eyes as he finished, "You probably thought along the way of why didn't she look for you and such, right? The truth is, she does. She looked for you and your family even when I told her that I will ask one of my men to do it, she insisted to do it herself despite still being weak after a long time of sleep. She did find you but from what I have guessed, she didn't approach any of you. My thought over her reason to do so is because she saw you have moved on with your life thus her refusal to tell you that she is still alive. She returned back to New Orleans not long after that and stayed with Davina since then."

"And how did you meet Davina?" Klaus enquired.

Marcel chuckled at that particular question as he poured another drink for himself, "That might surprise you. This was eight months ago, before I banned the witches from using magic. Relations between vampires and witches weren't what you'd call friendly by any means, but let's just say, we were a little less divided. In fact, some of us were getting along just fine."

The three of them were walking through the bayou when Hayley's voice broke the silence which had engulfed them since they left the plantation. "What kind of woman Klaus's wife is?" Hazel green eyes glanced behind her back curiously at the blonde haired Original.

Light blue eyes looked at the female werewolf in front of her for a moment before she turned her gaze away, "She is a formidable woman for putting up with all my brother's flaws and the trouble he always causes. Aria isn't someone that you want to antagonize."

"She is that good? Why someone like her ended up with Klaus though? Is she also likes him? I mean causing mayhem wherever she goes and such?" There was a hint of surprise in Hayley's tone.

Light blue eyes softened and glistened slightly as she answered, "On the contrary, Aria is totally different than Nik. You could probably say that they are like night and day. Anyway, we have known Aria from long back before we were turned into the first vampire. My brothers and I grew up together with her in a way. You could practically say that Aria knows most of the troubles Nik had caused and yet still chose to be with him despite all of it. I guess she just loves Nik for who he is despite all his flaws."

"Your family knows her for that long? But Klaus said that she is a witch, how could a witch lives that long?" Sophie who had been silent along their walk to the bayou suddenly pipes up, her dark brown eyes gleamed with curiosity over the mystery which is Klaus's wife.

Rebekah's lips curved into a small wry smile as she replied, "Aria is different. She comes from a different type of witches than yours, which is why she has a different way of aging as well. Though, even amongst her kind, she always had been different as well. At least, that's what she had told to me."

"I wonder how she will react to the news that her so called husband had just impregnated another woman in her absence," Hayley mumbled casually.

"Knowing Aria? She would be furious with Nik for sure," was the flippant reply the blonde haired Original gave to that before she changes the subject and addressed the witch in their group. "So this harvest thingee, tell me more."

"Klaus said to wait," Sophie replied calmly as she declined the blonde vampire's demand.

"Yes. He also said to stay out of the bayou, and yet here we are amongst the crawly, buzzy creatures." Rebekah rolled her eyes in exasperation as she grumbled in disgruntlement.

"We're here," Hayley interjected before things escalated between the Original vampire and the witch. The three women stared around at the carnage which left from the last night event silently. Their eyes taking in the dismembered and maimed bodies when hazel green eyes widened in recognition at the track which was left by the perpetrator. "Whoa," Hazel green eyes immediately looked around as she recognized each sign which was left by the perpetrator who had killed the witches.

"Is that a wolf track?" The bewildered voice of Sophie snapped Hayley out of her observation as both she and Rebekah finally realized that they were being watched.

"Who's there?" Rebekah called out.

"What the hell? An Original?" A skinny pale man with dark brown curly hair walked out in the open as he stared at them in shock before he quickly escaped from there.

Klaus opened the door out of the bar while holding his phone to his ear as he talked with Rebekah, "Let me understand this. Against all logic, you and Hayley went to the bayou, where you ran into a man you think may be Marcel's informant, and then you lost him."

"Yes, and now that we have established that I am a failure as a sister and a friend, and an Original, you should probably know he is on his way to Marcel right now to rat me out ― skinny guy in a hurry, looks like he saw a ghost?" The blonde haired Original sighed in exasperation as she grimaced.

"I'll handle it. I'll need a distraction," Knowing that there's nothing he could do now except to catch the informant first before he rats out to Marcel, Klaus agreed to his sister's request as he implied what he wants her to do.

"I'm on my way." was all Rebekah said before she hung up and slap the bug on her arm in annoyance.

"Your sister again?" Marcel asked casually after he chugged down his drink.

"She craves attention. So come on, you were just getting to the juicy bits." Klaus replied back as he took a seat beside Marcel and stared at the shaven haired vampire beside him.

Marcel sighed a bit as he looked seriously at the Original who was his mentor once, "I can't joke around about this. I've done a lot in my day, but I do have a rule about kids. No one but Sophie ever questioned the harvest, not even Davina's mother. So neither did Davina. Those chosen girls thought it was an honor. They have such faith and so naive. They were led out to the cemetery. Bastiana, one of the elder witches, was the one who led the ritual. After all the preparation, those girls knew exactly what to expect. They were all told that the magic in the knife they used to cut their palms would put them to sleep and that later at the reaping, they would all be resurrected. They told those innocent girls that they would awaken and all be together and be more powerful than ever. But what those girls didn't know was the fact that when they were told that they would be put into sleep, it literally means that they all will sleep forever and never awaken again. In short, they were all killing those girls."

"You were the one who stopped it," Blue-green eyes looked at the dark skinned vampire in realization.

"Kieran knew every detail from Sophie. After his nephew's massacre in the church, he was so torn up, he left the town just before the harvest. But on his way out, he came to me and he asked me to stop the harvest. He knew I didn't want the witches getting any more power and I do have a rule about people abusing kids. So, I did what he asked, but I was too late. Sophie was trying to stop the ritual but she failed. She tried to tell them that they will get killed but it was all too late as Bastiana started to kill those four girls one by one. I came just in time when Bastiana was trying to kill Monique Deveraux. One of my men managed to stop her and killed her but then Agnes took the knife and slit Monique's neck. I saw Davina struggling against the hold of the man who was holding her. There was something about seeing Davina fight. She didn't just go along to the slaughter, you know?" Brown eyes stared at the dark blond haired vampire beside him.

The dark blond haired Original stared at the dark skinned vampire in understanding, "I do... Marcellus."

"I felt like she and I, we were kindred spirits."

After they chugged down another glass of whiskey, Klaus commented casually, "You're quite the knight in shining armor, though Davina must realize you owe her as much as she owes you. You never could have banned the witches from using magic without her."

"She's not exactly besties with them. I'm protecting her. A lot of them would like to get their hands on her and kill her to finish the harvest. If they don't, the other girls stay dead, and they lose their power." Marcel looked at Klaus, a wry grin across his face.

"And if they do, you lose yours." Klaus smirked back at him.

"And Davina loses her life,"

"Ah, isn't this like old times? Just how drunk are you two?" Rebekah remarked as she approached the two of them.

"Skating on the razor's edge. I'm gonna use the loo. Back in a tick," The dark blond haired Original answered lightly before he got up from his stool and walked off, leaving both his sister and Marcel alone.

"I haven't seen him this lush since the twenties," Rebekah commented lightly, light blue eyes stared at the dark skinned vampire before she turned away to stare at Klaus's retreating back.

"So, you came to take him home?" Brown eyes stared curiously at the blonde haired Original.

"Why else would I be here? That aside, where is she? If you have known that Aria was alive all these times, why didn't you say anything to me? Do you even know how much guilt I have harbored for what had happened to her?" Light blue eyes locked with brown eyes in boredom before it changes into one of annoyance and accusation as she asked him the question she had been dying to know since she heard that her best friend and sister-in-law is still alive.

"I don't know. Maybe to make sure I didn't get too drunk and spill secrets better left unspilled about you and me. And I was a bit preoccupied that I don't have time to even tell you about it. Also, Iréné did try to reach you to inform you about Aria just like she did to Klaus but just like your brother, you also refuse to even hear her out. Anyway, are you afraid that Aria will find out about our little secret?" Brown eyes stared at the woman who he always loves even after all these times casually. That seems to catch Rebekah's attention as she turned herself to face him fully and stared down at him.

"I know better. She doesn't know anything just like Klaus," He continued.

Light blue eyes looked warningly at Marcel, "I hope so because you don't want to end up on the wrong side of me."

"Oh, Rebekah Mikaelson, you do not want to be on the wrong side of me." Marcel retorted, brown eyes looked back challengingly at the blonde haired woman.

"Ok, now is our shot. You ready to blow this joint?" Brown eyes looks enthusiastically at the two witches who were waiting for him.

Davina smiled brightly as she shakes her head in excitement, "Can't wait."

While emerald green eyes stared around the attic for one last time before the owner of the said eyes got up from the bed, "It will be a nice change to be out of this place at last."

Marcel smiled at the enthusiasm he could see in his ward and the woman who he had thought as his own mother, his hand grabs their luggage and walks out of the room. Aria followed behind both her protégé and the dark skinned vampire out of the attic, she glanced back one last time at the empty coffin of Elijah before emerald green eyes turned away and left from there.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't bring you two back with me to the Abattoir. As much as I would like for both of you to stay close with me, it's far too dangerous to let so many people to know about your whereabouts." Marcel explained as the three of them walked out of the church.

"That's alright, Marcel. Besides, it should be me who apologize. If only my magic isn't so unstable right now, I could put up a ward to protect both Davina and myself without putting so much burden on you." Aria immediately said to reassure the vampire who had done so much for her when her own husband didn't even care of her.

"You are not putting any burdens on me, Aria. You two, I love you both. So don't worry about it. I just... I wish I could give you a better place to stay,"

"You have done all your best, Marcel. It's enough for the two of us,"

"Aria is right. You have done all you can do for the two of us. Besides, a new place out of the attic is always a welcome even though it's not the Abattoir." Davina added as she try to cheer up the dark skinned vampire.

"D... Aria..."

"Now, show us the way to our new home. I can't wait to see it. I could choose my own room, right?" The dark brown haired witch said, blue eyes looked enthusiastically at Marcel.

"Sure. You two could choose any rooms that you like," A small smile crossed Marcel's face as he looked fondly at the young witch.

Emerald green eyes watched the two of them fondly as she followed behind them. She may had lost her husband and her family when Mikael had put that cursed necklace on her but she had gained another family in both Marcel and Davina. And even though their family is small, Aria will do anything to protect them with everything she has.

Marcel was just returning back to the Abattoir when he heard a familiar voice, brown eyes looked up to find Klaus standing on the railing of the second floor. "Taking me on a field trip to distract me, pathetic and obvious. I taught you better than that,"

"You taught me to protect what's mine. You'll not take Davina or Aria from me, end of story." Brown eyes looked up defiantly at the dark blond haired Original.

"An immutable law of nature, Marcel is, the strong always take from the weak. And Aria isn't yours to begin with," Klaus drawled, blue-green eyes looked down at the dark skinned vampire.

"Oh, if you were so strong, you wouldn't have run away from New Orleans and leave Aria alone like a little bitch all those years ago." Marcel replied back mockingly.

Blue-green eyes glow with rage as Klaus jumped down from the railing and punches Marcel down, "You've been playing king with a bunch of children for too long. Don't mistake me for one of your nightwalker lackeys, Marcel. I can take Aria and Davina any time I like."

Marcel got up, brown eyes looked back at the dark blond haired vampire in rage when he suddenly got punched again from the side before he could approach Klaus. "What..." He groaned out in surprise.

"Do forgive me, Marcel. If anyone is to teach my brother a lesson, it's me." Elijah said calmly, hazel brown eyes stared at Klaus calmly while Klaus looked back at his older brother warily.

"I don't care if we have to get you a leash, that was your last trip to the bayou. What is it with you and those wolves, anyway?" Rebekah said in exasperation as she poured herself another glass of whiskey.

"I feel like we're connected somehow. I don't know. Maybe it's just some pipe dream that I have of finding any real family out there, but sometimes when I feel like it's me against the world, it keeps me going." Hayley sighed softly as she explained her reason of being stubborn to tag along with Sophie to the bayou earlier.

Hazel green eyes stared at Rebekah as she offered the female werewolf a glass of whiskey before Hayley's scrunched up her nose in distaste reminding Rebekah about the other's pregnancy status. "Oh, right," The blonde haired Original immediately pulled her hand away and drink the whiskey up, her hand putting the empty glass away on the table.

"Well, if you ask me, family is a pain in the behind, and as for being in it alone, how dare you? I don't ruin perfectly fabulous pair of boots traipsing through the bayou for just anyone." Light blue eyes stared at the female werewolf in front of her haughtily before she drinks another glass of whiskey.

Hayley smiled a little at what Rebekah's said, knowing that it was the Original's way on telling her that she cares of Hayley in a way. Though before she could say anything to reply to the blonde haired Original, the sound of the door opening caught their attention as the two of them turned to look at Klaus who had finally returned back.

"Nik, finally. What―" Rebekah never managed to finish her words as Elijah walked inside the house. The blonde haired Original stared at her older brother for a second before her face lights up and she runs to hug Elijah tightly. Elijah hugs his little sister back tightly as a fond smile crossed his face.

"Oh, Elijah... You're safe," She sighed happily, light blue eyes stared at Elijah in relief.

Elijah smiled softly at his little sister before his hazel brown eyes caught sight of Hayley who was smiling shyly at him in happiness. The female werewolf walked away from there, not wanting to disrupt their family reunion albeit how happy she is to see the brown haired Original again.

"Now that you're home, is your first plan to kill Niklaus?" Rebekah smiled as light blue eyes stared at Klaus.

"Excuse me just a moment," Elijah replied his little sister calmly, kissing Rebekah's cheek lightly before he walks away to catch up with Hayley.

Klaus and Rebekah watch their older brother walk away in befuddlement though blue-green eyes glint with understanding as he had observed both Elijah and Hayley's interaction with each other. "Where's he going?" Light blue eyes turned to stare at Klaus in confusion.

The three of them were all sitting in the study room, staring at Elijah as the brown haired Original told them what he had learnt so far while being in Marcel's captivity.

"I was waiting to catch Davina off guard but instead, I met with Aria." Elijah started, hazel brown eyes stared at his siblings and Hayley.

"Is she well? Why didn't you bring her home with you?" Rebekah asked, her light blue eyes stared at her older brother in concern and confusion.

"Aria is well enough although she told me that her magic had been quite unstable so I'm not really sure about her condition. Unlike what we have thought, Mikael didn't kill her that night back in 1919 but he instead put a curse on her. One, which only could be lifted by a powerful witch. Aria had been sleeping for these ninety-two years, trapped within her own mind and dreams without any means to escape." Elijah answered, hazel brown eyes focused on Klaus as he said all of these. "She refused my offer to even return back with me to here. She said that she is staying with Marcel and Davina,"

"Her home is here. With us, with me. She should be in here instead of wherever she is at the moment," Klaus growled, blue-green eyes flashed in annoyance at the thought of the raven haired witch being far away from him.

Brown eyes looked patiently at his half brother, "She is cross with us, she thinks that we have abandoned her when we left her all alone back then and never once tried to return back to look for her. Which is why, seeing as Marcel was the one who had saved her and Davina was the one who had lifted the curse off of her, Aria chose to stay with them instead of us."

"What's that suppose to mean? Is she siding with them then?" Hayley who had been staying silent up until now asked curiously.

"No. She insisted that she wants no part in the war or the struggle of power that happens between Marcel and us. Though she did say that she won't tolerate it if somehow we harm either Davina or Marcel,"

"Surely she knows that it's impossible to do so remembering the fact that Marcel was the one who had taken the city that we have built together from us," Klaus remarked dryly, blue-green eyes stared blankly at his older brother.

"Nonetheless, that was what she had told me. Anyway, I have been trying to catch Davina off guard to talk with her unfortunately, I unable to even talk with her since there is always someone who is staying with her. But, I do find something interesting." The three of them remained silent and listened to Elijah as the hazel brown eyed vampire continued, "Everything that brought us here to New Orleans was a lie ― this story that Sophie Deveraux fabricated, this struggle for control of the French Quarter, this war between vampires and witches wasn't over territory at all. This was over Davina. Eight months ago, Sophie Deveraux and her sister Jane-Anne lost everything. Now, four months after that, a young pregnant girl wanders into their restaurant. Suddenly, all hope is renewed. Jane-Anne actually sacrificed her life so that her sister could use you to find Davina. If Sophie Deveraux is successful in capturing Davina, she can return Jane-Anne's daughter back to life. We thought we'd come here to wage war for power. This is about family. In order to return her niece to life, Sophie Deveraux will fight to the death. That makes her more dangerous than anyone."

Aria was humming quietly under her breath as she moves around in the kitchen while baking cake. After she and Davina moved to this house from the attic, there are many things she could do like baking and cooking to take her mind off of certain things like her husband and the Mikaelson for example. Besides, the fact that Davina enjoyed her cooking is another plus as well since it has been a long time since Aria last cooked for someone.

Just right after the raven haired witch took out the cake out of the oven, Marcel walks inside the kitchen, brown eyes looked lost and troubled. Seeing the look in the dark skinned vampire's eyes alarmed Aria enough that she put her cake away on the table and approached the vampire. "Is everything okay?"

Brown eyes locked with emerald green eyes which belong to the woman that had taken care of him from the moment Klaus had saved him from his own father, "Could I ask something from you?"

"Hm? What is it? You seem to be troubled by something," Aria tilted her head to the side, emerald green eyes looked imploringly at the shaven haired vampire.

"How do you know when someone is entirely honest with you?"

Emerald green eyes light up in understanding as Aria takes Marcel's wrist and push him to sit on one of the chairs gently while she moves to cut the cake she had just baked and serve it to the vampire, "Is it because of what had happened? Your fight with Niklaus?"

"I stopped by Klaus's hotel to say sorry about an argument we had, turns out, he lied about living there. Lied," Brown eyes stared at the raven haired woman across him warily as he told her about the things he had discovered.

"Ah... it's not the first time he does something like that, no? Niklaus always has his own hidden agenda in one way or another. But I take it that you are feeling quite confused and lost over who you could trust because he had surprisingly broken your trust after you just learnt to trust him again?" Aria sighed softly at the nod that she was given from Marcel, "I understand your feelings quite well, Marcel. But don't you have someone that you could trust aside from Niklaus? That vampire who is your trusted right-hand man and best friend? What was his name again? Thierry Vanchure?"

"Thierry? But I told you that he had betrayed me,"

"Is he really? Are you sure that he really betrays you as you assumed him to be, Marcel? Don't you find it strange at all that after all these times and he chose when you were busy holding Masquerade Ball to do it? Why not before? Why now when Niklaus and the Mikaelson are all here?" Emerald green eyes looked imploringly at brown eyes before Aria turned from the dark skinned vampire and walks toward one of the cabinet and pull out a little vial from it, she handed the vial filled with clear liquid to him. "Here. It's a Veritaserum. It's a powerful truth serum. It's something that my kind made and use when we want to interrogate criminals and such. It can be mixed with pretty much any drink, and three drops are a sufficient dose to make the drinker "spill out his innermost secrets". In short, give this to Mr. Vanchure and see what kind of things that he will tell you. I'm sure that whatever it is that he will say to you later would be the complete truth,"

"But what if he perceives what he says as the truth when it's still not clear whether it is the truth or not?"

Aria's words were soft as she said, "Marcel, how long have you known Mr. Vanchure? And all these times that you have known him, is he the kind of person who would lie to you? I don't know Thierry Vanchure as well as you do nor do I ever meet him but from what you have told me about him so far, he sounds like someone who is trustworthy and loyal to you. But if you really still worry about it that much, let's go see him together."

"What about little D?" There was a hint of worry in Marcel's tone.

"Davina will be fine. She is busy painting in her room now and we won't be gone for that long either. Come on, if you're not going to eat that cake just put it in the refrigerator for Davina to eat later." She replied calmly as she put the rest of the cake into the refrigerator before taking her coat off of the hanger.

"Alright. But we will return back once we have found out the truth. I'm still worry of your condition as well. Your magic just kept getting more and more unstable despite the fact that it's been some months since you wake up," Marcel sighed in defeat, brown eyes looked pointedly at the emerald eyed witch as he also stood up from his seat and walked toward Aria.

"I will be fine, Marcel. Perhaps my magic just need some time before it finally gets stable again though I admit that it had been acting quite weird lately. It's like my magic was trying to reach out to something out there, in fact, I feel like there is something out there which seems to suck my magic out." The raven haired woman patted Marcel's arm reassuringly before the two of them headed out of the house after leaving a note for Davina. "But I will be fine. I just need more times,"

The brown eyed vampire said nothing to her at her words, although his eyes kept looking at the raven haired witch in concern. He wasn't completely sure if what he thinks is right or not but perhaps there is another reason why Aria's magic had been acting so volatile and unstable since she woke up from her deep slumber. And if what he thinks is right, he could only hope that it won't end bad for Aria.

They were walking towards The Garden when suddenly, Aria's vision starts to go grey. She isn't sure why but suddenly, it's hard for her to breathe. Her thoughts race as her knees fall out from under her. Strong arms immediately catch her, holding her steady. "Aria! What's wrong? Are you alright?"

"I-..." She gasped out weakly, her hand holding out onto Marcel's arm tightly.

The dark skinned vampire looks at Aria worriedly as he waits for the raven haired witch to regain her breathing. When Aria finally stopped gasping for breath, emerald green eyes locked with concerned brown eyes as she squeezed Marcel's arm reassuringly. "I'm alright now, thank you."

"What happened? You just suddenly get all-"

Aria shakes her head, a frown marred her beautiful face as she looks at Marcel. "I don't know. I'm not sure either, but let just focus on seeing your friend first."

"Perhaps you should just returned back? If you feel unwell, you shouldn't have force yourself to come with me," Marcel suggested, brown eyes kept staring at Aria with worry.

"It's alright, Marcel. I will tell you if somehow I don't feel well enough but I could still accompany you to see your friend now so come on,"

"Promise me, you will tell me the moment you feel like you are about to lose your consciousness again like earlier. Or when you feel any pains at all," The vampire looked seriously at the raven haired witch in his arms.

Aria smiled at him as she said, "I promise. Now stop worrying, we have a vampire to interrogate."

Marcel sighed tiredly as he acquiesced with her decision and continued their walk to The Garden where he had kept Thierry after his betrayal.

The two of them were walking toward Katie's shop after what Thierry had told them. Aria had insisted to come along with Marcel despite the vampire's rebuttal that he could do it alone just fine without her and how she needs to get back and rest instead. But Aria was nothing if not stubborn and she had argued with Marcel and told the dark skinned vampire that she is far more familiar with all the magical ingredients and stuff that are in the shop than Marcel which is why she needs to come along to help him checking things.

What the two of them didn't expect when Marcel opened the door to Jardin Gris which formerly belongs to Katie was to find one Rebekah Mikaelson rummaging the stuff at there frantically. "Isn't this Katie's shop?" Marcel's question seems to startle her as light blue eyes turned to see both Marcel and Aria at the door before Aria closes the door behind her lightly.

"Aria," Light blue eyes widened in recognition as Rebekah caught sight of her raven haired best friend who is also her sister-in-law.

"Rebekah. Fancy meeting you here of all places though it's really a surprise," A small smile crossed Aria's face at the sight of the familiar blonde haired Original.

"So, she leave you the keys in her will, or maybe it's just help yourself Tuesday? What are you doing here?" Marcel interrupted, brown eyes looked imploringly at Rebekah.

Rebekah sighed softly before she turned her back towards them and continue her search for the ingredients which Sophie had asked from her. "You know, I read that if you mix mugwort with sage, you've got quite the vampire repellent, wards off even the most resilient pest. Why are you here?"

"Last time I remembered, Marcel isn't really a pest in your dictionary, Rebekah. But eh, things have changed a lot since the last time I know it." Emerald green eyes stared at her blonde haired best friend and sister-in-law in amusement before she grabs Rebekah's hand softly and locked her eyes with the blonde haired Original seriously. "Anyway, we are here to check on something and honestly, what are you doing here? I know for sure that the things that you are looking for isn't for the vampire repellent you talked about. So, what's exactly your reason to be here?"

Light blue eyes locked with emerald green eyes for a while before Rebekah sighed in defeat. "If I tell you my reason to be here, could you promise me that you will help me?"

"If it's something that I could do, then yes. Though, let me remind you that if it's something that will harm either Marcel or Davina, then I won't help you at all."

"No, it's not going to harm Marcel or even Davina. I promise you," Rebekah replied calmly.

Aria nodded and replied, "I will listen to you then. Though, I think you won't tell me about it if Marcel is here?"

The hesitant and hopeful look which filled Rebekah's light blue eyes confirmed Aria's theory over what it is that the blond haired Original wants to confide with Aria as she sighed softly and turned her gaze towards Marcel who had been watching their interaction for a while.

"I think I will be fine on my own, Marcel. You should go back first, I could check this shop alone." The raven haired witch smiled reassuringly at the dark skinned vampire.

"But―"

"It's quite late and I'm sure Davina would like to see you now, so go and check on her, Marcel. I will go back on my own. Don't worry, if anything happens I will find a way to contact you." Aria continued quickly, not giving the other a chance to rebuff her.

Knowing that he couldn't win against Aria when she had made up her mind, Marcel merely nodded his head in acquiescence before he turned away from there and left the shop. Now that there is only the two of them, Aria turned her gaze to look at Rebekah, gone was the warmth in her eyes as she regarded the blonde haired Original coldly. "Now, tell me what is it that you need from me?"

When Rebekah told her about what had happened with the girl who Klaus had impregnated, Aria was tempted to just leave the blonde haired Original alone and refuse to help her but then she remembered that as much as she doesn't like the girl ― whoever she is; the baby in her womb didn't do anything wrong. Which is why she agreed to help Rebekah in the end. Besides, Aria isn't one who is fond on harming children just like Marcel and hurting a woman who is currently pregnant is also a big no in her dictionary.

Emerald green eyes stared at the plantation silently. Now that she thinks of it again, she never asks Marcel or Niklaus about where the Mikaelson lives now that they don't stay in the Abattoir. Though, it wasn't so surprising that the Mikaelson had chose to live in the plantation instead during their stay in New Orleans. The place holds many memories as well for them aside from the Abattoir. Rebekah was taking her to the swimming pool where Aria could see Elijah along with two unfamiliar women. One of them must be the pregnant women and judging from the concerned look that Elijah kept shooting at the dark brown haired woman with light olive skin, it must be her then.

"So she is the girl that Niklaus impregnate. How fascinating," Aria commented lightly, startling Elijah and the two unfamiliar women as the three of them turned their gaze towards the raven haired witch.

"Aria," Hazel brown eyes widened at the sight of the emerald eyed witch with Rebekah.

"Hello, Elijah. It's rare to see you looking so worried like that but I guess many things have changed since the last time I know you. So, is she the one who is with Niklaus's child?" Aria asked as she approaches the three of them before she stopped right in front of the pregnant woman. "I'm Arian, but please call me Aria. I would like to say that "it's nice to meet you" but then it will be a lie considering the fact that you are bearing Niklaus's child when he is still married to me,"

"Aria, listen... it's not Hayley―"

"Don't worry, I'm not here to harm her or the baby inside her. In fact, I'm here to help since Rebekah asked for my help." Aria said quickly, emerald green eyes focused on the dark brown haired woman who bears Klaus's child within her body silently.

Emerald green eyes locked with hazel green eyes for a moment as Aria voiced out her question toward the woman, "Hayley, right? May I touch your stomach?"

Hayley stared at the raven haired woman who is Klaus's wife in front of her with mixed feelings. Hayley isn't sure if she really wants the other woman to touch her stomach in fear of what the raven haired woman would do to her and the baby but somehow she could tell that Aria won't do anything to hurt the baby inside of her. Which is why Hayley nods her head reluctantly in agreement.

"Thank you," and with that Aria places her hand gently on Hayley's stomach as she closes her eyes.

Aria doesn't know why but for some inexplicable reason, she feels a pull towards the baby within Hayley's womb. It was as if there is some connection between her and the baby. And the fact that the baby immediately latched out to her magic and took it from Aria only strengthen her belief that there is some sort of connections between her and the baby although, Aria isn't sure what it is. Instead of dwelling far too much on it, Aria chose to keep her focus on giving the baby all her magic to sustain the baby's life. She also concentrated on removing the link which she could feel bind the baby with another person who Aria suspected is the witch who had made a deal with the Mikaelson.

"What is she doing?" Hayley asked after some moments of watching the raven haired woman putting her hand on Hayley's stomach.

"It seems like she is channeling her magic to the baby. How strange. The baby, she seems to react to her." Sophie answered, her tone filled with disbelief and surprise as she watches the raven haired woman who is Klaus's wife.

"What do you mean with the baby is reacting to her?" There's a hint of panic and worry in Hayley's voice as hazel green eyes looked at Sophie for confirmation.

"Don't you feel it? You stopped feeling the pain the moment she touches you. She is giving her magic to the baby and in turns protecting both you and the baby from the effect of the cursed object," Dark brown eyes turned to stare at Hayley as she answered the pregnant woman before her eyes widened in realization as she saw the link between the raven haired witch and the baby in shock. "And your baby, she is taking her magic like a lifeline. It couldn't be. She is linked to the baby."

Authoress' Notes: Like always, thank you for those who have put this story of mine to their alert list and their favorite list as well. And thank you so much to those who have left me lovely reviews. It makes me happy to read each of your reviews. It really surprised me to see the amount of people who had put this story in their alert and favorite list. I really didn't expect this story to get such response from you people. Though it will be really nice to know what you think of it, so please leave me review so I could know your opinion over it since only some of you actually told me about your thoughts over the previous chapter.

Anyway, to be honest, at first I kind of confused of the way where I would take this story of mine since even though I have the layout and plan all for this story within my head, it all changes when I started to type it down. I feel as if some of it are inadequate or not good enough. Which is why the update for this story is incredibly late compared to my Harry Potter & Vampire Diaries crossover because I kept changing things before typing it down and completely satisfied with it. Nonetheless, in the end, I find the plot line which I deemed good enough for this story, hopefully all of you will like the way where I'm going to bring this story as well later. Let me remind you once again that the pace of this story will be quite slow in some chapters and fast in others. That's why, please bear with it because I really have my own reason for doing it.

I will probably also try to update my Harry Potter & Vampire Diaries crossover soon remembering the fact that I'm currently on my break now. Though I couldn't really promise to give you all a regular update because even though I'm on my break, I still have one final defense left for my thesis. I really do pray that I will graduate successfully and finally earned the bachelor degree which I have been aiming for. Because I honestly really wish I could just graduate quickly if only so I could be free from my study and focus on my writing for a while. But then again, as a student, it is my responsibility to give all my best for my study thus the reason why my focus at the moment are quite divided.

Again, updates will be sporadic so don't expect a regular update. I will try to update when I have the time to do so but I can't promise it will be a regular occurrence. And regarding a beta, I would really appreciate it if somehow one of you suggest a good beta for me since I barely have time to look for one myself. Would you tell me what you think of this chapter? Do you like it? Hate it? Please tell me what do you think of it through your review. I would really love to hear your thoughts on this chapter.

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Next Chapter: Thunderstruck

Emerald green eyes stared at her so called husband coldly before she turned her gaze back towards Marcel, "I'm not going to live there. You could bring Davina with you but I refuse to go back to that place."

"But Aria―"

"No. I'm not going back to the Abattoir, Marcel. Not with Niklaus and his family at there. That place isn't my home anymore," Aria stated coldly, a bit of her magic lash out towards the two vampires.

"Then where are you going to go if you refuse to move to the Abattoir, love? You know that you are still my wife legally, which means you are staying where I stay." Klaus drawled, blue-green eyes narrowed in anger at his wife for even thinking of staying away from him.