"Impossible!" Elijah had been pacing for a minute now. He was at loss for words. Not understanding what he had just heard. "No such thing exists. She's obviously fabricating some elaborate tale to fool you and get you and your pack to do her bidding." Hayley was piqued by Elijah's words. "So you think I'm that easy to manipulate? Cause I'm just some gullible child willing to believe anything." Hayley retorted. Klaus watched her get fired up. "That's not what I'm saying, Hayley. I just don't think we can trust someone who's using you and your pack." Elijah said, trying to calm the situation. "I seen the vision. I saw what was coming. I believe her." Hayley said, not budging from her stated opinion. Elijah could see she wasn't going to see his side and that pushing her wasn't the way. He sighed and looked at his brother who had been unusually quiet this whole time. "So what are your thoughts about all this, Niklaus? Do you trust the witch and her visions?" Klaus knew Elijah was looking for him to be on his side and sway Hayley, since he had failed at that. "I don't know what to believe brother. I know I want to have a conversation with the witch. I want to see if she's as compelling as it seems." Klaus said, smiling at Elijah's disgruntle look. Klaus had decided to keep his little expedition to Cora's nightclub to himself. Not sure what he really found there, other than more questions. "So what are we going to do about this little problem we have here? Are we just going to sit on our hands and wait for it to be sprung upon us or wait until my predictions of this witch's fallacies to be proven right?" Elijah was in a mood and Klaus was no longer going to entertained it. "Don't worry brother. I already started a course of action that will hopefully answer all your questions. As well as mine." Klaus sat back in his chair with a drink in his hand and his feet up in the air. Elijah looked at him impatiently. "And that would be?" Hayley asked from her place across from him. She had become so formidable since she returned. He knew she was powerful and strong, but it was something about her that flowed so effortlessly, it was pussiant. Something that was very alluring.
"A party? Are you sure about this Cora?" Luka said evenly. Lexie, his twin sister, ran over and grabbed the lavish white and silver invitation from his hands. "Oh sweet! I need a new outfit. Something extremely slutty and easily to take off." Lexie said, shimmying across the floor. "Oooooh! Can I come? Please say I can come." Mac squealed from her place on the floor. "If the kid is coming so am I." James said, raising his hand. Cora rolled her eyes at them all. "Everyone chill. I haven't even decided if I'm going." Cora sighed. She had been rubbing her temples for an hour and half now. She could feel a major headache coming on. She could also feel Luka's heavy stern gaze on her. "Yes, Luka? Express what you are so loudly thinking." Luka didn't even flinch at her words. He was the toughest of the group and the less expressive. His social skills lacked majorly and he was very aloof. Cora knew why, as well as Lexie, but the others just thought that's who he was. Never knowing he was more. Much more. "I don't think it's smart revealing yourself to a large group like this. What if you're exposed? Are you ready for that?" Luka asked very good questions. Cora wasn't sure if she was ready for the truth to come out about her. She showed Hayley the truth, just not her truth. Was she ready for him to know she was here? Was she ready to face him if he was in fact there? "You know we could ask questions all day and it still wouldn't change a thing. I'm here to stop what's coming and it seems like it's already here. My past will not hinder that." Cora said, staring at every single one of them. They all seemed to get that, but Luka didn't seem to buy it and she didn't have time for his concerns. Cora turned her eyes back to her core group that was sitting in the large main area at the front of the apartment. "Mac, don't you have some homework to be doing?" Cora said, to the youngest of their group. Mac blew her breath and rolled her eyes. "Wow that was so mature, and here I thought you wanted to attend an adult party." Mac jumped at that. "Oh, my God. Does this mean I can go?" She asked excitedly. Her clear pale blue eyes sparked as she smiled. "Yeah. I guess you can go." Cora said, with an exaggerated sigh. Mac jumped and ran straight over to Cora to hug her. "Well then I know I'm coming. Let me go decided what to wear." James said, standing up and to leave. He was tall and lean, and orphaned like the majority of us. Cora had met him Seoul, Korea and he was barely seventeen then. "Oh this should be fun to see. Your choices are between something with a cartoon character on it or something with a stain." Lexie joked, following him. "Oh and I'll still get more ass than you." James said. Lexie's eyes lit up. "Wanna bet?" James scoffed and stuck out his hand. "Most Definitely." Lexie slapped his hand and followed him up the stairs. Mac went up after them. It was just Luka and Cora left. Luka got up and stood there staring hardly. "So I guess you're going to be using your real name then."
Hayley was laying in bed wide awake. It had been hours and she still couldn't sleep. Her skin was itching and all prickly. She was on edge, and everything right now was making it worst. Jackson was sound asleep, and snoring quite loudly. Hayley bit her lip wanting to wake him, but then she thought about it and she realized she didn't want his company. So she got up and checked on Hope. her eyes were shut tightly, fluttering as she cooed so softly. Hayley brushed her cheek gently. Then she quietly tiptoed from their room. The sun would be rising in a few hours and all Hayley felt like doing was running. She wanted to feel the sweat pour through her fur, as she flexed her muscles and sprinted through the woods. She grabbed her leather jacket and threw it on as she headed down the deserted street. She walked a few feet and then stopped. "Why are you following?" Hayley turned, crossing her arms as she faced him. Klaus smiled at Hayley's vexed expression. "I was just seeing where you were off to at such a hour. Leaving our sleeping child with the likes of Jackson I see. My God, woman do you have any regards for our child." Klaus replied with the hint of a smile on his face. Hayley rolled her eyes. She turned back around and kept walking, leaving Klaus and the half moon behind her. Klaus followed her closely. "What?!" Hayley yelled, as she swung around to face him. Klaus stopped. He could clearly see the anger coming off her and it was directed at him. "Where are you off to Hayley? Knowing what we know now, do you really think it's a good idea to be going off all by yourself?" Klaus said, not covering his concern for her. She was still pissed at him and he didn't know how to fix that. "I was going for a run." Hayley finally said. Klaus nodded. She watched him for a second, he looked really worried and she never really saw him like this. He was normally such a sarcastic ass. Hayley blew her breath. "Do you want to come with me?" She asked, hoping secretly he would decline. He looked up at her. Surprised, by her request. "As a wolf?" His voice shook a bit and he coughed to cover it. "Yeah. Why? Have you not been running as one?" His facial expression was still and he was silent. "Klaus have you ever turned into an actual wolf before?" Hayley asked, not understanding this whatsoever. He instantly became standoffish. "Why is that important?" He said coldly. Hayley shrugged. "I don't know. If you don't want to come you don't have to." Hayley said, beginning to walk again. This time Klaus didn't follow. He didn't move an inch as he watched her go. The further she got the smaller she became, until she had completely vanish out of his eyesight. He couldn't tell her that the mere thought of becoming the monster his father loathe so much, was one of his biggest fears. He hated when a full moon would appear, he could sense it like he sensed when dawn was approaching. His skin would have a slight tightening whenever one was out. He never was able to change and the thought of it now frighten him more than ever. How could one as powerful as him be afraid of something so inane?
Elijah looked through every book he could get his hands on. Not finding so much as a quote or short passage. He had hit a roadblock and was becoming quite frustrated with it all. Even the internet held nothing to find on such a creature. "Upir?" He said aloud to himself. "This was... nonsense. There was no such thing. Right? He found himself stuck. He hated this feeling. He wanted so badly to talk to the witch inhabiting the apartment across from them. Cora Beamont, was her name, and even he could tell it was an alias when he heard it. She was no doubt keeping something from Hayley, and lying about who knows what else. She was a danger to Hayley, and to his family. He would uncover it. He had to. The longer she was around the more of a problem she became. Marcel looked out at the skyline of the city. He stood on his roof drinking a glass of Scotch. The air was crisp, but in no way affecting him. His mind was lost in thoughts of this new witch that had entered the game. She was a game changer from what he had heard. The speculation that was spreading of her was getting crazy. Some say she was a witch from the Bennett bloodline, some thought she was nothing but a con artist fooling people with smoke tricks. Marcel didn't know what to believe, other than he needed to know more. Much more.
