Hello, guys! Here's a new chapter. So glad I have time to write, but I'm afraid when September starts, I won't be updating so soon, cause of school. (I know! Sucks that summer is almost over)
Anyway, Davina is going through the same process as Hayley did at the beginning of the story.
She's going to try and adapt and also stay hidden with Kol watching her every move. Elijah continues to try and find out where Klaus is and what he's doing with Hayley's help and Rebekah will be accused of fraternizing with the enemy. Enjoy!
Waking up was the hardest thing I had to do that morning. My eyes just wouldn't open due to the complications that occurred that night when I was supposed to be sleeping.
I woke up at about three o'clock in the morning to hear some sort of wolf howl. I don't know what has gotten into me but at that moment, I out of bed, put on my slippers and ran out of the house in my night gown.
I was hoping that it was him, coming home, but it wasn't. It was just my mind playing tricks on me and torturing my poor wounded heart. Realizing that it was not him, I went back to my room but refused to go to sleep.
I just stared out the window for about four hours, thinking only of him and wondering where he was at that moment and what was he doing. I could only picture him in mind in that wonderful dream I had with him holding me close and telling me that I was his one and only.
"Only a dream." I whispered to myself with night rolled by and I managed to go to sleep early in the morning, only to be awaken by the sound of many loud voices downstairs.
I looked at my watch and my eyes widened when I saw that it was eleven thirty. "Crap!"
I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom to freshen up, brush my teeth, wash my face and pick out fresh new clothes for the day. I never slept so late in my life.
My life changed from the moment I came to New Orleans but I also changed, in a good way, I believe. Putting on a bit of blush, I headed downstairs in my fluttery sundress that fit me perfectly.
It was bought by Klaus, just like all my other clothes. He had very nice tastes, but feeling the fabric reminded me of how Klaus just decided to abandon us without caring even the slightest that he was hurting everyone who cares for him, including me.
I walked gently downstairs to see absolutely everyone standing there. Sophie was there too, but she was alone, with no other witches. "Hayley, are you alright?"
She was immediately by my side, feeling my stomach. There she went again. What was wrong with people always thinking that something was wrong with me or the baby when I ate too much or slept too much or did those even less?
I didn't say those things out loud because I was worried that I might upset her. "Why did you sleep so much? Problems?" Katherine asked, also looking at my stomach.
"I am fine and the baby is fine. Really, stop worrying. I couldn't sleep last night and I sort of fell asleep like five hours ago. Don't worry about it." Davina was looking pale and her eyes also had dark circles under them.
I realized she hasn't been getting much sleep either. I understood her perfectly. This was a change of course in her life, but it was a good change and the right change.
"We were filling Davina in with our plan. She seems to have understood everything, didn't you?" Elijah looked at her and she nodded. I looked at her and the way she was staring at my tummy made me realize that she already found out about this unexpected pregnancy. "I am going to make breakfast or you two. You could use something to eat."
Rebekah offered and left to prepare something in the kitchen for both me and Davina. Kol was slouching on the sofa and he wasn't paying much attention to anything. I had at least hoped that he was taking his duty of protecting Davina very seriously.
"I have some very important news." Elijah said once Rebekah came back with two sandwiches. I had immediately forgotten about my empty stomach when I heard that. All I could think about was Klaus and maybe Elijah had found a way to get him to come home from wherever he is.
"It is about Celeste." Once he said those words, Katherine's expression darkened and she was about to leave but Elijah stopped her. "I had a talk with her last night and I believe that she is willing to help us." My eyes widened.
"Elijah, have you lost your mind? She is friends with Marcel."
"No. She said that is just a way for her to survive in this town. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. She is following that saying just as much as we are."
"We can't trust her!" Rebekah was the most outraged. The last thing she wanted was a partner like Celeste. "She can be of great use to us." Elijah was trying to convince us. Davina just stared at them, shocked of what kind of family we really were, always disagreeing with each other.
"Maybe she's a great use to you! I am not going to work with her and that is final!" Katherine left the house for some fresh air and this time, no one was stopping her.
"Aren't you going to say something?" Rebekah asked Kol, but he just smirked. "Celeste is hot!" "Ugh!" was the reaction of Rebekah, Davina and me. "Are you for real? Seriously, Kol. Grow up!"
Rebekah told him, gave Elijah an angry look and the headed out the door to catch up with Katherine. After last night, she needed the protection of an Original Vampire and Rebekah offered to help.
"I think I am going to go eat this in my room." I whispered, disappointed that I hadn't heard news about Klaus. Davina picked up her plate with the cheese sandwich and said, "Hayley, can I come?" I looked at her and saw pleading eyes.
How could I refuse? "Sure." I whispered.
The way she was looking at my spacious and luxurious room, made me believe that she had no idea such rooms were actually made in New Orleans. Can you blame her?
She has been living in an attic her whole life. "Um…it's nice." she told me and sat on the big comfy bed.
"Davina, your room is exactly the same." I said and sat down next to her. "I know. I am just amazed by what I'm seeing. I still can't believe that I am here and Marcel has no idea."
"He will not find out. Right now, Klaus needs to come back so we can figure this thing out. We were planning to create a werewolf army." "I know. Elijah told me. Jane Anne was the only one who knew where the banished werewolves were staying, hidden. How did Kol find out?"
I laughed, "Kol has his ways, but I'm sure you know that already. I hope he isn't giving you any trouble. He's supposed to be your bodyguard, not your tormentor." Davina giggled.
"He's okay. He is still mad about what I did to him but that's what you get when you get a witch like me upset." I nodded and was starting to love her bravery to speak her mind, just like me.
"Where is Klaus?" Davina asked me out of nowhere. I sighed and tried not to speak in an emotional way, in which she could figure out how much I missed him.
"He is, well, he was supposed to be going in the Mystic Falls woods and convince the werewolves to join us here in New Orleans and help us defeat Marcel." Davina looked confused. "Well, where is he now?"
"We don't know. He said it will take time to convince the werewolves in his wolf form but he's been gone for too long, if you ask me. He hasn't taken his phone with him and we have no way of contacting him and telling him to hurry up and come home."
"Do you think he's hurt?" "No. Of course not. Klaus is the Original Hybrid. He can't get hurt. He hurts a lot of people but no one can really hurt him." I told her. I paced around the room nervously and she watched me.
"There is something more to this, isn't there?" she asked me and I was surprised to hear that from her. "What do you mean?" "I mean that there is something you're not telling me."
Thinking back to that phone call he had with a person I despised, was the last time I saw him.
"He went to see a girl he fancies from Mystic Falls, before he was supposed to go after the werewolves. I think that he has even abandoned his mission for her." I said in barely a whisper.
Davina looked even more confused.
"I don't understand. You love him and you're pregnant with his child."
"It was just an accident, Davina. Klaus and I weren't planning on going further that drunken night than a one night stand. That's it and that is how I ended up pregnant. One of nature's loopholes since I am a werewolf and Klaus is still part werewolf."
Davina nodded, finally understanding the situation given. "But I thought you two loved each other."
"He has no feelings for me. He was always in love with her, Ms. Perfect, vampire Caroline Forbes." I replied with a sarcastic tone.
"She sounds awful." Davina said, eating her sandwich.
"Maybe coming from me because I dislike her so much. She always sticks her nose in other people's business; she is very judgmental and believes that she is better than any other girl. She has a boyfriend. A guy that I used to like, a hybrid, Tyler Lockwood."
Davina's face scrunched up. She was having a really hard time understanding now. "Klaus ran him out of town so he could get closer to Caroline, but didn't succeed.
Caroline ended up using his feelings for her and still choosing Tyler in the end. Now, Klaus has gone back to her."
"But he has a very important responsibility here. He wants to be King; he needs to protect you and his child. I don't understand."
"Trust me, Davina. Sometimes it's better when you're young and don't understand things. You feel less pain." I told her and we finished the discussion and decided to also finish the sandwiches which we kept playing with.
I was just sitting with Davina in my room and we were both looking up at the ceiling and enjoying the silence until loud voices could be heard from another room. Elijah and Katherine were arguing.
"I hate Celeste! Can't you understand that?" Katherine was yelling and Elijah was telling her in a much softer but loud voice, "We need her help, Katerina. Can't you understand that?"
The loud noises could have been heard all through the house and Davina was so not used to it. "It's strange to be here, listen to problems I had no idea you had."
She looked down at her hands and for the first time I noticed that she was still wearing that ragged nightgown she always wore. "What are you doing?" I asked her, eying her with an annoyed look.
The poor thing looked at me in an innocent way, not knowing what she did wrong and not wanting to mess up our plan and our lives. She really didn't do anything wrong.
It's just that, "Davina, you are wearing the same nightgown you wore at Marcel's. Why? The wardrobe in your room in full of brand new and modern clothes. Davina just shrugged and said, "I do not want to be any trouble so I prefer to use my own things."
That's exactly how I felt at the beginning. I remembered all the clothes Klaus had bought for me and I refused to wear them, refused all the hand-outs from him and Elijah.
I wanted to buy my own food and my own clothes even with the little money I had left but I finally caved in when I realized that I was trapped in the house and had no possibilities then of going out shopping.
I came to term that Davina would get over it just like I did so I stopped bothering her with the subject.
Elijah and Katherine quieted down in the other room and she finally understood the importance of having many allies by our side, but she still refused to trust Celeste and honestly, after the performance she pulled the other day, I was starting to doubt that she would even think about helping us.
Just then, Kol and Sophie entered my room without knocking. Kol sat down on the bed near Davina and Sophie sat close next to me.
"I need to tell you the real reason why I'm here, Hayley. Elijah has asked me to check on the baby." Sophie told me and before she could place her hand on my stomach, I grabbed it, stopping it from getting there.
Sophie was thinking that she still hadn't earned my trust but that was not it. "You can't use your powers on me, Sophie. You can't risk it. I refuse to let you end up like Jane Anne." I told her and Sophie shook her head.
"Jane Anne chose her fate that night. She knew that she was going to die. You don't need to worry about the kind of magic I'm doing. And don't forget that Davina is right here with us."
She pointed at the girl next to me that she still refused to have eye contact with and I knew perfectly well why. "I understand." I let her do her magic thing and Davina watched Sophie's every move, chanting along with her.
Kol was scratching his head, not understanding anything and making Davina smile and almost giggle at the look on his face. I tried not to notice as I saw him smiling at her as she chanted as well.
Finishing the spell, Sophie told me something pretty curious. "The baby is a werewolf." she told me and I smiled. It was natural. I was a werewolf and it was Klaus' werewolf side that procreated.
"But something is strange, different." Davina continued, staring at my stomach. I looked at her, shocked.
"What are you talking about?" "Davina is right." Sophie replied but with bitterness in her tone due to the fact that she has not yet forgiven her for her sister's death, and the fact that she was saying her lines.
I looked at Sophie and waited for her to explain. "The baby is growing a little bit faster than ordinary babies. At this rate, you will be delivering in a month or a month and a half from now."
"But you said that the baby is a werewolf."
"Yes! I am not saying that the baby is part vampire because it's not. It's mortal. You can't even have an immortal child, Hayley. It's impossible. All I am saying is that Klaus' vampire side is making the fetus grow at an unusual stage. Once the baby is born, my guess is that it will be just another werewolf baby, with blood running through its veins."
I clutched my stomach and said, "So, I will be giving birth in a month?" "Yeah! That's about right. You need to be prepared. Do you still have morning sickness?"
"Rarely, but yes." "It's a good sign. It means the baby will be just fine."
I sighed, relieved and said, "Thank you, Sophie. I don't know what I would have done without you. I obviously can't go to a regular doctor so it's good that I have you."
Sophie smiled and said, "You will have your ultrasound soon." "How?" "I have my ways. I've been doing some research of my own, Hayley." She winked and turned towards Davina.
"Would you please come with me?" Kol crossed his arms and said, "Come on! You are not going to punish her or anything, are you? I'm warning you that I'm her bodyguard. Where she goes, I go."
Sophie shook her head. "I just want a word." Davina nodded and stood up with Kol by her side and waved goodbye to me before the three of them leaving the room.
I just sat there thinking about what Sophie had told me a few minutes ago, "You will have your ultrasound soon." Ultrasound! As I recall, fathers always had to be present for the ultrasound to see the first image of the baby.
As days passed, I had a hard time believing that Klaus would ever even consider coming back home. It was like this was all a game from the beginning, just like Monopoly.
You play for a couple of minutes, then you get really bored of it, throw it into the bag with other games and never touch or even look at it ever again. He had to understand that neither I nor the baby were play things in his game.
This was the real world. We were blessed with this miracle baby and those times when he offered to help me walk down the stairs in the morning, or when he offered to make me midnight dinners and all those times when he acted protective over all of us, all of those times seemed not to matter to him anymore.
If it did matter, he would have been home by now. I was pretty sure of what the situation was. There were two options that I had to consider.
"The first was that he spent a night with Caroline (I refused to think in what way) and the next couple of days he spent trying to find the werewolves to create his army, but with no success in earning their trust so he is still trying to convince them to join us." I thought out loud and I mentioned the second option as well, "He spent a night with Caroline, went to find the werewolves, didn't find them, got tired of looking for them and decided to continue his life in Mystic Falls hoping to ever be able to win Caroline over."
The second option was the most believable one, if you ask me. Laying in my bed, I listened to some very interesting conversations going on outside my room.
They were either speaking too loud or the walls were so thin that you could hear anything, even a whisper. Elijah, Katherine and Rebekah were talking, whispering but I could still hear them.
"Don't mention this to Hayley, Rebekah. She is broken hearted as it is because she's in love with him." Elijah whispered and Rebekah whispered back, "So what you're saying is that Nik has another phone on him, but is refusing to answer your calls?"
"Yes." Katherine hissed. "How dare he? We're all worried for him. Hayley is worried for him. He left her here with his unborn child to spend quality time with that cheerleader again? Has he officially lost his mind?"
"I agree with her. What do we do, Elijah?"
"There is nothing we can do. I can't just leave this place and search for him in Mystic Falls. It's too dangerous to leave all of you here. Too many complications, Hayley, Davina, and so on. Don't tell her, Rebekah." Elijah warned her.
"Fine! I don't have to like it, though."
Not only did I felt betrayed by my friends again, but I was also hurt again. I couldn't bear the pain I felt in my chest when I heard Elijah and Rebekah's words.
I couldn't bear to stand like this anymore, feeling the child, the child that was part of him and knowing that he wasn't here to support me, to care for us. I couldn't move as I sat still.
Just then, the door burst open and Rebekah was standing there with a smile on her face.
"Hayley, get dressed. We're going outside at the Deveroux bar. I spoke to Camille last night and she said that we should expect lots of sales at awesome stores and she would like to come with us shopping after her shift at the bar is finished."
"I don't care. Go on without me." I croaked, holding in all of my tears.
"Haley, I refuse to let you sit here and moan all day. You need fresh air. The baby needs to be healthy and that means, getting it some fresh air. You have to come!" she insisted and rummaged through my closet and got out jeans and a white tank top.
"Dress up! Now! I'll be waiting outside and I expect you there in five minutes." You simply couldn't get out of a fight with Rebekah. I had no idea how she did it, but she always found a way to win.
Slowly, I got up and got dressed as the Shopping Queen requested. In less than five minutes, I was at the door where she was standing, waiting for me.
"Ah! Right on time! Congratulations!" "Let's get this over with, Bekah because I am so not in the mood." "Why not? You never say no to shopping. What has gotten into you?"
"I do say no to shopping, Rebekah. I always say no to shopping except those times when you drag me out of the house like you did right now."
We walked down Bourbon Street, as always and I remembered the conversation Klaus and Elijah had on that street about my future. Now, the street was empty and the building behind which I hid was still there, and the feelings I felt that night washed over me again, combined with what I felt for him.
"Hayley!" I realized that Rebekah has been speaking to me all the way to the bar and I hadn't been saying anything back. All of this was making me feel uneasy. "Sorry."
"You need to tell me what is bothering you because I am sick of guessing." We went inside and Camille smiled and waved when she saw us. "Hey! Have a seat! It will take fifteen more minutes before I finish my shift."
She went right back to work while Rebekah and I sat down at a table. "And you need to tell me the truth about Klaus." Rebekah's eyes widened. "What are you talking about?"
Her hands started shaking and I knew that she was trying to stop herself from telling the truth. "Really? Are you seriously thinking of pulling that one on me?" "I really don't know what you're talking about."
I hit the table, angry as hell. "Stop it! I heard you outside my room. I know everything. I just wanted to see if you had the guts to tell me." Rebekah sighed and took my arms.
"Hayley, you need to listen to me. Nik will be back. He hasn't abandoned us. He's just…" I looked away because I knew that I was going to start crying again and I did not want to act like a weak person, something that I was suddenly getting used to, since I came to New Orleans. I was completely changed.
I was emotionally hurt and that was what changed me. "We are sitting here, some of us in pain, some of us trapped, we are all here for him, fighting for his kingdom, fighting so justice would be made in this town once and for all, and he doesn't even care."
I whispered more softly than ever and Rebekah was finally starting to understand what I was feeling at that moment.
Staying in that bar and watching Rebekah drink her tea was in fact the best way I could relax while Camille was finishing up and would go shopping with us.
"Just a few more minutes." she winked at me. "So, what else happened last night while Kol and I were talking to Davina?" I asked Rebekah and she simply shrugged, not looking at me because I have this theory that when she looks at me in the eyes, she can't lie.
"The usual. I had a few drinks with Marcel. The party went really wild while Katherine got really drunk and I had to pull her off Celeste, you were there. Besides that fight, nothing else interesting happened.
Katherine was starting to really miss her vampire instincts and now, I guess her one goal is to find a way to get herself turned into a vampire again. Do you think she will succeed?"
Aha! I knew what she was doing. She was pulling that old trick of mine on me! She was trying to change the subject in a modern way. "I want to know more about you and Marcel." I said and that really almost made her spill her drink.
"There is nothing to talk about." "What did you two talk about?" "Does it matter?" "Yes!" This time, I did my best to meet her eyes and succeeded. A blush was starting to creep on her cheeks. What in the name of…? I suddenly had another idea of what to ask her.
"Listen, I just want to know why you thanked him for ending the fight between Katherine and Celeste in a whisper. No. As I recall, it was not even a whisper. You mouthed the words 'Thank you'. Was it that difficult to say them out loud?"
"I said 'Thank You' to him out loud. You probably didn't hear me because of the loud music." "Rebekah, I was right next to you." "Oh…well…" I pushed her even further.
"You also managed to get a response out of him. A weird one. He mouthed 'You're Welcome' back to you. Why did he mouth? Couldn't he just say it?"
Rebekah was sighting and started playing with her hair. I have to say that I actually turned out to be interrogating her and I seemed to be doing it so well for a while. I wondered where I learned all of that.
"Klaus." I whispered and Rebekah was frowning. "What?" I snapped back to reality. "What?" "What are you talking about, Hayley? Did you just say my brother's name out of nowhere?"
I closed my eyes and tried to push him out of my mind. I had something else to do at the moment. Something that I wanted to find out from Rebekah. "You really miss Niklaus, don't you? Say it!"
Rebekah smirked and I said something a little bit too loud. "And you have a thing for Marcel. Say it!" Her eyes widened and so did mine. Thank God that nobody heard us, not even Camille.
"Have you lost your mind? What are you saying? You are emotionally stressed out, Hayley." "I need you to say it already. Admit that you are starting to like Marcel, maybe even more than a friend."
"That is not true. I would never betray my family like this. I just…I…he's been friendly and sweet with me so I…"
I raised my eyebrow as I watched her stutter. Her head hit the table in a couple of seconds after she realized that there was no way that she could hide this any longer.
"Hayley, I've gone mad too." she whispered and I pulled her into a hug, ending the argument and setting things right between us.
"I don't know what to do. It's true. I like Marcel. He's…I can't even explain it."
"I think it's just you that's suffering because of Matt. Because he doesn't want to accept you into his life. It will pass. You are always looking for love, Rebekah. I just want you to know that you are a wonderful, beautiful and confident girl and who doesn't need a guy by her side to be all those things. If you want my advice, let go and stay single for a while."
"Hey! Ready?" Camille came over to us with her tips in her hands.
She just loved counting them, sometimes to show off how much she got because of her optimism, beauty and friendly face that make the vampire boys come at the bar day and night just to see her.
Rebekah finished her tea quickly and changed the expression on her face.
She looked up, with her eyes shining with happiness and I decided to copy her so Camille wouldn't get suspicious that something was bothering us, because then, she would have wanted to hear all about it.
We wondered on Bourbon Street which turned out to be the busiest street after a couple of hours. Camille had a lot of money to spend. About three hundred dollars, I would say and Rebekah and I got five hundred bucks each.
Klaus and Elijah were wealthier than I thought. They got so rich raising money one thousand years and they never spent any of it. Rebekah freaked out when she found out.
"Let's put this money to good use." she told me and giving me a wink.
We walked out of many stores, filled with shopping bags, that I didn't even have the necessary force at one point to carry them all. Had to use Rebekah's vampire help.
"I need to make a call." I told them and turned to a corner and dialed Kol's phone number on my IPhone.
"Hey! How's it going?" "How is Davina? Have you been taking care of her?" I decided to get right to the point.
"Yeah, are you kidding? She's been a blast. You should have seen the look on her face when she started exploring the rest of the house. She looked astonished, really. Has this beauty really lived in an attic her whole life?"
"Kol, just take care of Davina, okay? She is your responsibility." "No problem, boss. I am taking care of her, just the way you should have taken care of Nik. Not blaming you or anything, Hayley, but…forget it. Bye!"
He hung up on me and I sighed. When was Kol finally going to take things seriously? "Come on, Hayley!" Camille called out and I saw her and Rebekah waiting for me.
Shopping time over. Kol's exact words were flowing in my mind. I knew perfectly well what he meant by that. I have been waiting for too long. I really didn't care where Klaus was, but I was going to leave New Orleans and find him.
"Hayley, please, try to think rationally for a moment." Elijah was pleading with me that night.
He, Rebekah, Katherine and I were gathered by the fireplace. Davina was upstairs, sleeping and Kol was either doing some crap of his in his room or he was watching her sleep.
I was beginning to think that he might actually like her, despite everything she did.
"Okay, I just want to get one thing clear. You are going to run off alone tonight, when New Orleans is filled with vampires at this time to go and find Niklaus, who is probably having fun with…"
Rebekah stopped and Katherine started talking. "You can't just go. You're a werewolf. A pregnant one, I might add who needs to keep her child safe, not in danger, because of its ungrateful father." she told me, but I refused to listen.
I needed Klaus with me at that time, more than anything. It was all I could think about.
"Please, Elijah. Just let me go look for him. I have been fending for myself since I was a little girl with no parents and no home. I think I can manage tonight." I told him.
"Then at least let me accompany you."
"No. This is something I have to do by myself. In the woods, they won't trust you because you're a vampire. You will make things difficult for me. I am the only werewolf here, all the more reason why I should go. I am going and I will bring him back." I said and went upstairs with all three of them hot on my trail.
"Hayley, you'll need this." Katherine handed me a really warm jacket. Of course I needed it.
For the baby's sake, I needed to stay warm and in that long and freezing autumn night, it was hard to stay warm and end up without freezing to death if you weren't prepared.
Smiling, I gave Katherine the first real hug ever, and the same I did with Rebekah when just at that point I realized how important both of them became in my life.
"Trust me, Elijah. I will be coming home soon with him." "Just don't make the same mistake he did, Hayley." "Klaus and I are nothing alike." I told him and Kol snorted. He was at the doorway, listening to everything.
"Yeah, right! Keep telling yourself that, Hayley. No wonder you fell for him." Rebekah threw a shoe at him and he dodged it, laughing. "I don't get it. He always dodges it. It's ridiculous."
Giving Elijah a hug this time, I told him, "Take care of Davina, alright? She's not some pawn in this plan of ours. She is a little girl with no family who needs us." Elijah nodded and smiled.
"Take care of yourself, please. Both you and your baby. Find Niklaus. He needs you, Hayley. He needs you and his baby, he just doesn't realize it yet because he is focusing on less important things like that girl who just wants him to leave her alone, yet his obsession with her will not rest. Find him. When I first saw you that night, I knew that you are the one." Elijah said, smiling.
"What are you talking about?"
"You and your child are the ones who will find Niklaus' redemption. You, not that girl. You, Hayley!" I have to admit that what he said shocked me more than I imagined. I decided to nod like a good and strong girl.
"Go on! Get out of here!" Rebekah told me, playfully. Smiling, I nodded, getting another look of confidence from Katherine, leaving the house on a mission in which failure was not an option.
Klaus may need me, but I needed him the most, and so did my unborn child.
Carefully as not to be spotted by the ruthless vampires patrolling the streets at night as if waiting for any human, any mortal to walk by and become its pray, I slithered myself out of New Orleans, unspotted and headed towards Mystic Falls near which I knew was the forest Kol was talking about.
The forest in which the lost werewolves, like myself, were waiting for the end of Marcel's realm. I walked for many hours, stopping at times to take a breather and eat the sandwich I had prepared for myself on the journey.
It took me some time to finally get to the forest and I could barely feel my feet from the cold. I continued walking in the lonely forest, hoping and waiting for a sign that would lead me to him or the lost werewolves we were supposed to find from the beginning.
Just when I thought that I was lost and all the hope was draining out of me, I saw something in the distance. It was a human body, laid on the cold earth. The problem with this guy as that he was absolutely naked.
Not a piece of clothing on him. I was terrified and didn't know what to do or how to help that person. Walking closer and closer, I pulled out a flashlight to see that the man had muscles, he had a sort of ancient necklace around his neck and…my heart stopped.
That was when I noticed the tattoos. "KLAUS!" I yelled out loud and hurried over to him immediately. He looked like he was sleeping, but he was completely worn out and powerless.
It didn't make any sense. He was one of the most powerful creatures alive. Bending down next to him and holding his head up, I pulled off my jacket and wrapped it around him, the best I could.
He was a hybrid. He couldn't feel the cold. This was something else. I just didn't know what it was yet. I quickly pulled out my phone and dialed Elijah's number.
"Elijah! I found him! Please, come here in the forest. Quickly! I need help. I don't know what's wrong with him."
I was almost crying again, but I didn't know what for. Was I crying because of the horrible state he was in or because I had finally found him? Or maybe it was both.
Elijah told me that he would be there as fast as he could. I gently pulled him against my own body, hoping I could induce some effect that would make him open his eyes and look at me.
"It's okay. Elijah's coming. Everything will be okay." I whispered and rocked him gently. It was clear that he managed to turn into a wolf and then back to himself, but the question was how long has he been like this?
How long has he been there, with nobody to help him? I wondered all of this as I sat with him, and continued to rock him like a baby. He finally managed to open those gorgeous eyes of his and look straight up at me.
"Hayley." he croaked. "Shhh!" I stroked his face and held him near me.
"Come on, Elijah." I urged. Klaus continued to look at me, but he couldn't find his own words and couldn't release them from his mouth.
"Shhh." I continued telling him. He has been through enough and just like he spent his time, taking care of me, I would take care of him.
"Hayley." She managed to whisper one more time before closing his eyes again from exhaustion and didn't open them even when Elijah and Rebekah came. Together, we carried him home, where he truly belonged.