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I'm sorry for taking more than a month to update the story. However, I hope you'll enjoy it.

I apologize for my mistakes again. I know there are lots of them.

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After sharing the most important pieces about past events occurring in Mystic Falls since Sheriff Forbes' death, Stefan waits impatiently for Klaus' reaction. For the obvious reasons, he leaves out any information about the development of his and Caroline's friendship.

There is an awkward silence. Klaus looks unsure about how to take in the revelation. He doesn't doubt that if Stefan had come to him before this whole mess with Dahlia started, he wouldn't have hesitated to do anything in his power to help Caroline find her way back to the person she used to be.

Unfortunately, there is this biggest But he has to consider now; his daughter's safety. He sighs heavily, suddenly feeling like he's carrying the weigh of the world on his shoulders and it's becoming too much even for the powerful creature such as himself.

A wave of emotion rushes through him as he steadies himself to accept a decision he is about to make. However, he's still not entirely convinced about what reply should come out of his mouth.

"You can't seriously be even considering helping him with everything that's happening right now." Rebekah protests loudly as she appears out of nowhere.

Klaus couldn't quite hide his surprise at the sight of the blonde Original in her own body again but doesn't comment on it.

Recovering quickly from the initial astonishment, he throws her a dagger look even though she has just saved him from voicing his thoughts about Stefan's rescuing Caroline mission.

"That's none of your business, Rebekah," he spits out. "I'd advise you to get lost before I'll loose my temper and forget we WERE siblings once."

The emphasis he places on the word "were" makes her wince. They really did loose him this time.

"Look, you had your revenge, you bit Elijah's lover before his eyes. Could we, please, just move on and concentrate on Hope's rescue?" She proposes, trying not to let his words affect her.

He vamp speeds to her and whispers into her ear, his voice full of malice. "After daggering me twice in a week, and therefore preventing me from saving her I'd be a bloody fool to accept your or Elijah's help."

She swallows hard, not moving a muscle as she recalls that evening in her mind.

She watched Dahlia and Klaus burst into a room, catching them all off guard. The old bar should have kept them protected from Dahlia's magic; however, the deadly duo entered it without a problem.

While plotting how to defeat their wicked aunt, they hadn't noticed Klaus to escape his coffin. Rebekah knew that was their first mistake. That way Dahlia had had time to get their angry brother on her side.

"We're not here to fight if not necessary. I just want what rightfully belongs to me," Dahlia demanded calmly but firmly, turning her head towards Haley who was standing in a corner with her arms protectively around Hope.

"Nik, you can't let her do that," Rebekah pleaded with her older brother. He didn't even bother to cast a glance in her direction.

She noticed Freya with the dagger they made, moving slowly behind every one's back, obviously hoping to succeed in putting it into the other witch's heart. At least that was what Rebekah believed at the time.

Elijah was ready to attack but Dahlia's power threw them unexpectedly against a wall and Rebekah fought really hard not to loose her consciousness but her human body disappointed her as her mind slipped into darkness.

After coming back to her senses, Rebekah spotted Elijah and Marcel struggling to battle against Dahlia's powers and failing miserably.

What caught her attention even more was Klaus approaching Haley and Hope, the fury in his eyes fully observable as he neared them.

"Please Klaus, don't do this, I'm her mother." Rebekah heard Haley begging.

"Well, I'm her father and it didn't stop you from taking her away from me." He accused. "I'm simply returning the favor."

Klaus looked at his daughter, resisting the urge to rip the child out off Haley's embrace.

Despite his actions, Rebekah could see a glimpse of hurt in his expression. But there was also something else. Was it guilt?

"Give Hope to me and I promise you, little wolf that I'll do anything it takes to keep her save and happy." He said, the sentence sounding much tenderer than the last one.

But Rebekah knew better. That was his goodbye to Haley. He was going to kill her. That meant she needed to act quickly.

"Rebekah, here!" She registered Freya shouting her name and throwing a white oak stake in her direction. She caught it, not caring to question momentary how Freya got her hands on it.

She was only a few steps away from the pair of enraged parents and Klaus was too preoccupied to notice his sister making her way to them.

Rebekah stabbed Klaus with the white oak stake in his back; however, she was careful to miss her brother's heart. Klaus gasped in shock and pain, falling slowly to his knees.

That was the second mistake Rebekah made in a short time; trusting Freya over him. Everything else had happened really fast. She had to observe powerlessly how Freya drove the stake, intended for Dahlia, into Haley's leg without hesitation, taking Hope away and then handing her over to Dahlia.

"No!" Haley cried out. "Don't take…" Her sentence died in the middle.

Elijah sped to the young Hybrid, determined to help but he was too late. Using her magic, Freya ripped Haley's heart off her chest, just as Dahlia did to Aiden.

"You know this has been amusing to watch." She laughed as she let the heart fall to the ground. "Goodbye for now."

In the meantime, Klaus had managed to get the stake out of his body but the two witches already disappeared, taking his daughter with them.

Silence reigned in the room for a while. Everyone was observing Klaus who looked like if he was about to loose it. But the Hybrid didn't move an inch until the silence wasn't broken by Gia, entering the scene.

"Elijah, we need to talk. I'd really like to help." She announced confidently.

Her words brought Klaus out of his trance. "Well, it looks like you'll be helping me instead of Elijah, love."

He chuckled viciously, not hesitating to bite into her neck with aggression.

"That's for screwing up all chances I had to save my daughter." With a challenging look, he left.

Klaus is already walking away from her, just as he has done for dozen of times before. Out of desperation, Rebekah exclaims. "I thought you're going to kill your daughter's mother. I believe that justifies my actions."

Klaus turns around to face his little sister again and shakes his head, looking at her with wary eyes. "I'm not denying that I haven't considered it. But I wouldn't have gone through with it. Your lack of faith in me is impressing."

"Oh please, Nik." Rebekah scoffed in disbelief. "Let's not pretend you're one of the good ones."

Klaus waves a pale hand dismissively, almost in surrender and Rebekah immediately regrets her previous words.

"I don't care what you think, Rebekah. Right now even less than ever." He says curtly, getting back at her for striking a chord with his insecurities.

"Now if I'll excuse me, I'm going to keep trying to find a way to bring my child home."

Soon after Klaus is out of sight, Rebekah finally acknowledges Stefan's presence. "You can really pick out the best time to come asking for a favor."

Stefan nods simply, taking a while before declaring bitterly. "It's not like I wished for it to need to contact any of you." He can hide his anger no longer after how he's been treated by both, Elijah and Klaus.

There is a flash of disappointment in Rebekah's eyes at his directness as she breathes in heavily.

"I hate to be the one to tell you," she starts to elaborate. "But even if we wanted to do anything for you we can't right now; at least not until the next full moon. We are all bound by a spell to the city."

Despite her statement, there is no hint of worry in her voice about their inability to help him out.

Caroline woke up shortly before sunrise, plotting in her head how to escape the grasp of the spell, keeping her fulfilling wishes of the mad woman who has captured her.

Walking over to a hotel crib, she observes that the baby is awake as well. The little girl is eyeing her intensively, its eyes changing their color from light blue to different shades of a gray - green.

"Hello," Caroline whispers as she picks her up. Hope touches her nose curiously.

"I'll let you know a secret, little one," she says with a smirk. "If I were the old sensitive full of humanity crap Caroline, I would definitely find you adorable. Right now I just find you adorably annoying since you cried almost the whole night."

Hope giggles at her as if she finds her words amusing.

"Well, at least you seems to be happy," Caroline states, sitting down on the bed she slept in.

"We should get you something to eat as your mother demanded." Caroline groans; her mood suddenly worsens after remembering Freya's orders from yesterday. Don't do anything rash because you'll regret it. Don't leave the room without my permission. Take care of the baby.

"I'm not her mother, just her aunt." Freya announces from under her pillow.

Caroline wonders how long she has been already awake, listening to her babbling.

Freya gets up, takes her clothes from last night and heads to a bathroom; obviously in need of a shower.

"Behave you two," she points a finger on both of them and closes the bathroom door.

Caroline rolls eyes in annoyance. It's not like she has any other choice than to listen to her.

Two hours later, they are ready to hit the road. Getting into Freya's rented car, Caroline hasn't still a clue about their final destination.

Freya answers her unspoken questions as if she could read her mind. "We're going to an airport where we take a plane back to New Orleans. That's where we came here from." She smiles.

"But before that," she mentions calmingly, pulling out a phone from her bag. "You're going to call Klaus and tell him that I've brought his daughter to you, to his vampire lover with no humanity left in her."

Caroline shakes her head, disregarding any other details from Freya's previous statement apart from one. "Impossible! That's Klaus' child?"

She looks at the little baby sleeping in the back of the vehicle, now noticing the resemblance between her and both of her parents.

"Haven't you heard what I said?" Freya rehashes. "You're going to call him and torture him a little with a thought that you're considering to kill his precious girl."

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