Chapter Nine: Calista Moore

Klaus had postponed the dinner between the two following the death of the Finn, and the mild breakdown that Calista was having, however postponements became a common theme for the almost couple. With all the drama that was happening with the attempts to kill Klaus and the other originals by the Salvatore's and friends, Calista had been pushed further from her friends and closer to hybrid, given that he was the only person who was trying to help her deal with what was happening in her life.

"Hello Tyler" Calista greeted the teen when he and Caroline came into the Mystic Grill, the couple having decided to spend some time together. "What are you doing back in Mystic Falls, rumour had it you bailed to get away."

"Had to learn to live with being sired to a complete psychopath, distance is good for that" Tyler gave a semi-truth to the girl

"Ty, I was raised by a vampire who had a fast and loose relationship with the truth. I've become better and learning when people are telling me half-truths. Honestly I don't give a crap what's going on with all your drama with the Mikaelson's as long as you promise to keep me out of it."

"Look, Callie. I'm sorry" the blonde vampire apologised, she sincerely meant it as well, using the bartender who had always been sweet to the group hadn't sat well with her, but they had needed to distract Klaus long enough for the plan to work. "We didn't realise that he would actually go with you, it was an idea we thought would work but were shocked when it did. It doesn't make it right but I want you too know how sorry I am for what happened that night and for what I'm about too do. We need to ask you one question, then we won't bother you again. No more sneaky plans to get you involved in our fight against your boyfriend."

"First off, not my boyfriend. Secondly, I'm not too sure how much help I'll be but one question is all I'll answer to stay out of this."

"Do you know who sired the Salvatore's?"

"Not a clue." Calista responded to the question, before she realised the implication for what it meant. Klaus had told her about what happened to the vampires for Finn's bloodline following his death and what it would mean if an original was killed now that they learnt this piece of information. "You'd have to either ask all the originals until they let it slip or trace the history of the vampires that turned you all. Now I have to get back to work"

The conversation that Calista had with the vampire and the hybrid had been playing on repeat while her shift dragged on, especially given the underlying implications of what was going to happen. They were going to try and kill Klaus even though he sired Tyler. While her feelings for the immortal being were growing stronger it wasn't him that she was the most worried about, the fact that Cassandra was turned by Niklaus centuries ago had made her a part of his bloodline and loosing her mother would break the young brunette.

"Hey baby girl" Cassandra's voice rang through the phone, actually picking up the device for once when Callie had called her upon her arrival back at the Mikaelson manor. "What's going on?"

"You mean apart from the dozen of messages I left for you regarding what is happening too me?" Calista snipped, but took a breath to calm herself down, this wasn't the time to bring up the other issues in her life.

"I've sent something that will answer all the questions that you have about that. I'm not sure of how you will react but I need you too know it only happened because I love you."

"That's not why I called this time, though you and I will need to talk about it eventually"

"Eventually, not now. So what's the important information for now?"

"I need to know who sired the Salvatore brothers?" Calista said, hoping that it was Klaus that was responsible for the act as it meant that all the people she cared for weren't going to die, "and which original it ties back to"

"Now that's an interesting request. It doesn't have anything to do with why the doppelganger and the older Salvatore are in Denver at the moment does it?"

"Cassie."

"Chill, baby girl. Kol and I are already dealing with that issue at the moment" Calista could hear the smirk in blonde's voice. "I'll call you when we find something. I love you"

"Love you too"

…..

It turned out that Cassandra's way of giving the answers to her daughter was to send a wooden box to the Mikaelson manor for Callie to read through all the documentation and writings inside. Sitting cross legged on the bed in her room, that had been fixed up following the destruction she had caused, the contents of the box had been poured onto the sheets.

A lot of the contents were small leather-bound journals filled with various spells and potions, with symbols and imagery accompanying the wording. What had confused the bartender was that how familiar these books and their contents had felt to her, almost as though she had seen them before.

My dearest Calista

If you are reading this letter then it means that I have taken my normal response to hard choices, by avoiding them for as long as possible and am afraid to see how you will react to learning the truth. The two things I have never hidden from you is that you and I share a bond through our shared bloodline and that you are named after one of your ancestors, my daughter, Calista Joanne Devereaux. However, the one thing that I kept from you was that before I was turned by Niklaus, that I was not human rather a witch, something that is both a blessing and a curse, with the gift of clairvoyance. This is where the stories I used to tell you as a bed time story happened

Now, what you need to understand is that I have always been aware of the reasoning for the things that happened around you when you were younger and at one point you knew what was happening to you. Like I used to be, you are a witch. Your powers came through when you were young … and it worried me, you were like myself when I was younger. More power than you knew what to do with and a lack of control that comes with being so young, the visions that you experienced where traumatising you. As you know I have several enemies from my life as a vampire and being associated with my in-laws, and when they heard that I had child who possessed unstable magic they came for you as a way of getting to me. In order to keep you safe I found a witch who was willing to bind your magic and make it seem that the magic you possessed was nothing more than a child's imagination.

It was not until you got older that I realised how the binding was only a temporary solution to the issue of your magic being uncontrolled, as it would seep through the bindings on occasion. For this I apologise, as my attempt to keep you safe from the harm from my enemies has ended up causing you more trouble as the magic that sealed your powers is weakening and sometime in the future, it will break and you will fully be a witch. When this happens, either come to me or if you blame me for keeping this from you, use the contents of the box in order to learn as much as you can from it.

Should he be involved in your life at this point, trust Niklaus Mikaelson, he will die before he lets any harm befall you. He has been waiting for you since I informed him that you two are made for each other, that you will be stronger together than apart.

Be safe my child, and I pray that one day you will learn to forgive me for the choices I made in your life.

All my love, Grace Cassandra Devereaux -Mikaelson

Authors Notes:

Thank you for all of the lovely comments that I've been getting, it makes me happy and most of the time it motivates me write more.

Also, I know this chapter has no Klaus/Calista, but next chapter is going to be full of fluffy goodness between the pair.