I was at the bayou with some wolves. "You and me. We're meant to be married." Jackson, a werewolf said. I laughed right in his face. "There is no way I'm marrying you, Jackson. I mean, you seem sweet enough, but my heart belongs to someone else." I touched my belly. I was five months pregnant and I had I slight bulge on my front side. He looked down at my hand over my belly. "You're pregnant!? Who's the father?" How did he not notice? I can't tell him about Klaus and my baby. "Uh, nothing."
Klaus zipped out from the clearing and grabbed me by my waist. His hands wrapped around my baby bump and he kissed me. The baby kicked and we both smiled. His smile was so beautiful. "Klaus! It's Klaus's baby, isn't it?" "No, it's Hayley's and my baby." Klaus said. "Love, we need to head home. Come on." I nodded, and he picked me up, vampire speeding us out of there.
Klaus set me down outside our house. "What were you doing out there?" He asked me. I shrugged. "I wanted to find my family." He looked at me sternly, "Don't do that again. He was really mad when he found out about the baby. He could've hurt you." I nodded. "But, he didn't." I said, pointedly. He sighed, then pulled me into a comforting hug. We walked into the house, seeing Elijah pinned to the wall by Katherine: kissing. I looked at Klaus. "And he teases us." I said, making sure Elijah heard. Katherine turned around. "Hayley! Oh, I'm so glad you're here!" She ran up to me, hugging me. "Um, okay. Why? What do you need, Katherine?" She sighed, frustrated. "Can't I just miss the girl I tried to kill?" "No. No, you can't." "She has a very good point, love." Klaus told her. "Okay, fine. Elijah took me down to the bar today," I groaned. Ever since the Marcel incident, I'd been under house arrest, only leaving with a Mikaelson brother. "Sorry, Hayley. Anyway, we saw a few people you might be interested in knowing about." "Like who…?" I asked. I had a pretty bad feeling about who it could be.
"Well, there's that blonde vampire, Caroline. And my idiot of a doppelganger, Elena. And, wherever they go, Stefan and Damon follow." "So, in short, the entire Mystic Falls crew?" I asked. "Yeah, pretty much." Klaus hugged me tightly, as if he was afraid to let me go. "We must go meet them." He said, anger flashed through his eyes." "Why?" I asked. "Because, silly, "Katherine said, rolling her eyes, "This group takes over everything." "And, we won't let them take our city. Our home." Klaus cut in. "So, we have to confront them and kick them out?" I asked. "I'm in!" Klaus laughed and kissed my lips, softly. "Freedom!" I yelled, throwing my fist in the air and my head back. "Geez, Hayley, control yourself." Elijah laughed. "Sorry, I've just always wanted the perfect time to say that." "No need to be sorry, Little Wolf. We all need some fun around here." "Yeah, it helps lighten the murderous mood." Katherine said, probably joking, but the fact was; she was completely right. The whole city smelled of murder and blood lust.
"I say we make a pact." Katherine started, "Us girls need to stick together, because, like it or not, Elijah and Klaus can't protect us every second of every day. So, let's try to be friends and get along." She suggested, extending her hand. "Agreed." I shook it and the brothers smiled. "Is there a witch powerful enough to put a protection spell on us?" Katherine asked. Elijah said, "There is. But, she is Marcel's secret weapon. And, after what happened with Hayley, I don't see how we can get to her." "Sorry." I said. "Don't be sorry, love. You did nothing wrong." I shrugged and cuddled closer into Klaus's chest.
"So," I started, deciding to change the subject, "Are we going to go kick out the Mystic Falls gang or what?" I asked. "Yeah!" Katherine took my arm and pulled me towards the door. "Wait. Do you girls want to get there by sundown or not? Because the sun's about to set." Elijah said. "How…?" Katherine began, but I cut her off. "Really? You'd give us a ride?" "Sure, why not? We'd all get there faster." Klaus replied. The brothers helped Katherine and I onto their backs. Not very lady-like, but, hey, we are hardly ladies. We're murderers. We made it to the bar, sure enough, before the sun set.
Klaus and Elijah set us down, and the four of us walked into the bar. Vampires were staring at us, not saying a word. They eyed me and Katherine especially. I mean, when was the last time you went to a bar with the two most dangerous creatures on Earth; your ex-murderer, tried to kill you, ex-vampire, friend; and an almost six moth pregnant werewolf, carrying a miracle baby? I thought so. "Everyone's looking at us." Katherine whispered in my ear. "Really, I hadn't noticed." I whispered back, sarcastically. She rolled her eyes at this.
"There." I pointed to a booth where the Mystic Falls gang was sitting. Marcel continued his singing and everyone left us alone. We walked over and sat down. "Klaus, good to see you again." Caroline said. "Let's get straight to the point, Caroline. We want you out of our city and we want you out now." Klaus said, and stroked my hair. "Wow. YOU rule the city. Katherine Pierce; Elijah Mikaelson; Hayley Marshall; and Klaus Mikaelson. That is the perfect ruling disaster." Elena said. "We don't have time for your games. Leave our city, or we will force you to leave." Elijah threatened. "And, how do you propose doing that?" Caroline asked. "We'll kill you." Katherine said, mercilessly. "You created half of us. Would you really kill us?" "Would I become friends with a girl a tried to kill? Of course I would." "Well, that hasn't happened yet. It never will. The great Katherine Pierce will never befriend someone she tried to kill." "I already have." Katherine smirked, gesturing to me. That's when they actually noticed me.
"Hayley Marshall?" Stefan asked. I nodded. "It's me. One and only." "Why have the Mikaelsons taken you in, Hayley?" Caroline asked me, harshly. I looked at Klaus, who pulled me closer to him. "Hayley is the mother of my child, and I happen to care about her very much and you will not hurt her." He said, strictly. I felt a wave of nausea hit me. I sat on the end for this reason. "I'll be back. " I told Klaus. I quickly walked to the bathroom and threw up in a toilet. I got morning sickness a lot, but strangely, I got it at night. Almost every time, I vomited or coughed up blood. I'm pretty sure of I have more of Klaus's blood in my system than my own.
"Stay away from Klaus." A voice said from behind me. I turned around to see Caroline there. "No. He cares about this baby more than anything in the world and he cares about me, as well." I told the vampire, confidently. She grabbed me by my throat and held me against the wall, cutting off my air supply. She was choking me. I couldn't breathe. Just when I saw black clouding my vision, she released me. She let me fall to the ground, then she stabbed a knife in my chest. Everything went black.
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"Hayley?" A voice asked. It was Klaus. I smelled him. I tried to move, open my eyes, do something! But, I couldn't. I was completely paralyzed. "Who did this to her?" He asked. "Caroline went to the bathroom a few minutes after her?" Katherine suggested. Klaus growled. I felt him leave my body. "No, Katherine and I will go. You stay here in case she wakes up." I heard Elijah say. I heard footsteps and a door closed.
"I'm so sorry, Hayley. This is all my fault. I should have come with you." He said, his hand caressing my face. I felt my eyelids move. I looked up into Klaus's eyes, filled with worry. "I'm glad you stayed." I whispered with my strength. "Who did this to you, Little Wolf? Was it Caroline?" I nodded, tears slipping from my eyes. He gathered me in his arms and rocked me gently, like a baby. He was going to be a good dad. "Klaus, she wants me dead. Me and the baby." I told him, still crying. "I told you I will protect you. If it means killing that vampire, then so be it." I took a moment to look at our surroundings. "Are we…?" I began, "My room, yes. You deserve the most comfortable bed in New Orleans, Hayley." He kissed me and then said, "Would you like Caroline's head on a gold or silver platter?" I smiled, "Surprise me."
"I really am sorry for what happened, Little Wolf. If Katherine had not gone in there, we could've lost you and our baby. I could never live with myself if that happened." He sat down beside me. I gently ran my hands along his chest. "Klaus, I will become a hybrid." He looked at me in disbelief. "IF, and only IF, you don't use the sire to your advantage. Will you promise me that?" I asked him. "Yes." To thank him, I kissed him hard on the mouth. "There is one thing you should know, Hayley; about your blood." "What?" "You are a descendant of the Original Werewolves. So, when you turn, you'd be an Original Hybrid, just like me." "Cool. I guess you also wouldn't be the only hybrid on Earth. And you're okay with that?" "If you are immortal with me and our child forever, I can give up my title. My ego's not everything." I kissed him, gently caressing his biceps. "Whenever we can, you'll turn me? " I asked him. He nodded. "Are you one hundred percent sure that you want to be a hybrid?" "I have to. Not only to protect me, but to protect our child as well. And, hey, if I get to be with you for eternity, that's a plus!" I said and we both smiled and embraced each other.
I laid down and fell asleep that night, wrapped in Klaus's arms.
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I woke up to voices shouting downstairs. I rolled over and saw Klaus's arms wrapped around my waist, with his hands resting on my belly. I smiled. His eyes opened. "Good morning, Hayley." "What's with all the noise?" "I don't know; I just woke up." "Come on, let's go see." I grabbed his hand and dragged him downstairs, only to see Katherine and Elijah in a very loud argument with a group of werewolves. I know because I recognized one as Jackson. He saw me and his eyes flashed anger. I snuggled further into Klaus, who pulled his arm around me and held me against him.