Chapter 14! Hayley has been having a tough time in those woods and in this chapter, we'll find out exactly what happened to her out there. The werewolves will also make an appearance eventually thanks to Klaus, Rebekah will come home with some very interesting news for Hayley and Sophie manages to make Katherine's day. Enjoy and please, don't forget to review!
I couldn't feel my legs or my arms, but I realized once I came to my senses that I was back in the comfortable bed of mine. The sheets were as soft as ever and they smelled of red roses. I was beginning to hear movement and voices around me, but I couldn't open my eyes. I was too tired. I couldn't even move so I decided to just sit quietly and listen.
My heart started beating faster and faster when I heard Klaus' voice near me. "You have to do something to revive her. That is why I brought you here!" he was telling someone and then I heard Sophie's voice. "I don't know what else I can do. She is very weak. You need to tell me exactly what happened out there."
"I told you! It was that blasted full moon. Nothing else. Those wolves began turning and she collapsed." Elijah could be heard after that, "Niklaus, I trust Sophie and you should trust her too. She was able to heal you once. Hayley will be just fine." I felt someone taking my hands in theirs.
"I feel her pulse." It was Katherine. I wanted to smile, but I couldn't show any emotion on my face either. "Is she going to be alright?" That was Kol's voice and I heard Davina next. "I can do something."
"Don't you dare touch her!" roared Klaus and I wanted to kill him at that moment for scaring her like that. What was wrong with him? Why couldn't he just give Davina a chance? "I know about these things. It's logic. She hasn't turned for a couple of months now due to the pregnancy and it was her first contact with the full moon the other night. She couldn't bear the pressure upon her to turn even though she couldn't, so she fainted."
Davina explained and everyone remained quiet until Sophie's voice could have been heard again. "She's right. Can you do something?" she asked her and in a flash, I felt Davina's presence on the other side of the bed.
"I hope you know what you're doing." Katherine mumbled under her breath on the other side. Davina touched my forehead and whispered something under her breath. "This may take a while." She warned the others before getting started. I let her do her thing and focused on the conversation between Elijah and Klaus at the moment.
"Where are they?" Elijah asked. "I've managed to convince them. They're coming." "And where are we going to keep them?" "I have a special place where Marcel hasn't been in years. They'll stay there until the witches say it's time to attack."
"What about Hayley? Do they…?" "They know her." Klaus said in a much quieter tone this time, but I was able to hear him. "Should we tell her?" Elijah asked. "No. She's been through enough. Look at her! She doesn't need any more surprises for now. I'll take her of the wolves and make sure they cooperate."
Klaus told him and then I heard his footsteps out the door. I didn't want him to leave, but I had no saying in this.
Davina managed to get me to move eventually and I fluttered my eyes open to see her face and Katherine's. In the back, I could see Kol, Elijah and Sophie. "Oh, Hayley!" Katherine pulled me into a hug and I was glad for a moment that she wasn't a vampire. She would have hugged me to death. "I'm glad you're okay." Davina whispered and smiled. Elijah came over and smiled at me.
"Welcome back." He then turned towards the door and screamed, "Niklaus! Hayley's coming through!" He was back upstairs in less than a second and was upon me as fast as possible. Katherine smiled and let go of my arm to join Elijah in the back. Davina gave Klaus a mean look before she left my bed, Kol keeping her protected from Klaus. I was wrong about him.
He was taking things seriously by protecting Davina and if I didn't know any better, I'd think he'd started to care for our little witch. Kol winked before heading with Davina out of the room. "Hey." I managed to say. I noticed for the first time that I had on a sundress and my hair was combed and beautifully arranged. Where was Rebekah? I was sure this was her doing.
"How do you feel, love?" he asked gently. "Okay. I'm a bit dizzy, but I'm fine." I managed to say and I stood up on my bed, rubbing my forehead and yawning. Why was I feeling so tired? I would have thought that I had gotten enough sleep the other night. I noticed the sun rising and the clock was indicating that it was six o'clock in the morning.
From the looks on their faces, nobody had slept a wink, knowing that I was in trouble. "The werewolves?" I asked and Klaus nodded. "I took care of it." I smiled and was really glad that we had at least managed to accomplish our goal.
"They were pretty hard to convince without you, but I managed." He said and pushed a strand of my glossy hair behind my ear. "I'm glad." He was smiling and so was I. We were looking at each other in a way we haven't before. He touched my stomach and smiled. "You might want to look." I didn't exactly know what he meant by that, but when I looked down, I noticed for the first time my baby bump.
"Oh no." I whispered and everyone laughed. "You were the one that was worried it was never going to grow, Hayley. You got your wish." Sophie replied and I rolled my eyes. The baby was perfectly healthy; there was no doubt about that. The baby bump wasn't that big. It looked fine and I doubted that anyone would notice that I was pregnant. Of course, Klaus would now have something to say about me going outside.
"How is it that you two always get into trouble? First Niklaus, now Hayley." Elijah asked himself and Katherine laughed. "That's easy. They're both wolves. Mindless wolves." Surprisingly, Klaus wasn't offended by Katherine's remark. He just looked at me, caressed my cheek and started laughing. I laughed along with him and everyone laugh.
"I love to see you so full of life." Klaus whispered.
After that wonderful moment, in which Klaus was right, I felt full of life, something that has never happened to me before, everyone decided to give me some time alone, even though I didn't want to sleep. Klaus got up to leave, but I pulled on his arm, unknowing what I was doing.
"Are you leaving?" I asked and I stood there shocked. I was starting to beg him not to leave. How pathetic was that? He smiled, came over and pulled me into a hug to which I reproached.
"I have to take care of business, love." he whispered and pulled away. "Have fun." I said, mockingly and he laughed. "With Marcel, yes. With those werewolves, I don't think so." He rubbed my arms before letting go and leaving me all alone in that room.
It could have been the best day of my life, to have all the people, well almost, all the people I cared about in that room, worried sick about me and me smiling and telling them I was fine, even though they knew the truth.
I was just so glad to be with them, all of them. I didn't even know what I felt like doing that day. Klaus was going out to meet with Marcel and I knew that he would never let me near the werewolves, even though I wanted to talk to them. Elijah must have been told where they were hidden, but there was no way I was going to get that information out of him. My door burst open and Rebekah came straight towards me and pulled me into a huge hug.
"Hey! How are you?" she was saying, but I couldn't get anything out. A vampire hugging you would not exactly let the words come freely out of your mouth. "Hold on! You're strangling her." Katherine was saying behind, as she closed the door.
Rebekah let go of me immediately. "I'm sorry. It's just really good to see you okay. Is the baby okay as well?" she asked, noticing my baby bump. "It's pretty healthy, as you can see." Was I bragging? No…maybe a little. What was wrong with showing off your baby belly? Nothing, right?
"I'm glad to finally see it. Makes me believe that the baby is real, after all." I had a confused expression on my face and she quickly tried to take back what she said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that I didn't believe the baby was real before. I just…" "It's fine." I replied, still smiling.
"So, why don't you start spilling Marcel's secrets?" Katherine crashed on my bed, eating some popcorn and I crossed my arms, sitting on a chair and waiting to hear everything. Rebekah just stood there, a bit shocked by what we were asking her to do. "Is something wrong?" I asked. "No. Of course not. I just wasn't able to get anything else out of him." Rebekah said in a whisper.
"Well, you better not let Klaus or Elijah hear that, especially after being gone all night." Katherine smirked. "They do not need to know. I just didn't have a chance to talk to him about personal stuff. We just had a bit of fun."
"A bit?" Katherine asked and she got a pillow smacked on her face, by Rebekah. I couldn't help but laugh. I was feeling so overjoyed. I don't know what was wrong with me. Maybe I still wasn't over that faint. "You like him." Katherine gasped and Rebekah was shocked by this too.
I just stood there and couldn't breathe for a second. This was Marcel, we were talking about! Not some hot dude who had no connection to Klaus whatsoever. We were all supposed to be against him.
"Rebekah, what are you doing?" I asked. She covered her face with her hands and said, "I don't know. Maybe it's just my love for Matt that's overreacting because he hasn't called me in weeks." she said and Katherine rolled her eyes. "It would help if you weren't so desperate."
Things weren't going well and on top of that, Katherine decided "the perfect" way for us to have a little bit of fun as well and get rid of our stress. "The best way to do that is for us to just let it all out. Let out everything we feel. Everything, is that clear?"
I nodded and thought that it was a great idea at the beginning, but due to the concussion, I didn't have that much time to think about this more carefully. Katherine grabbed a bottle off a shelf and said, "On the floor in a circle." Rebekah and I did as she asked.
"Truth or Dare! Let's play." She had a mischievous look on. "Oh come on!" Rebekah groaned and I just shrugged. "Here're the rules. If the bottle points to you, you can't say dare twice in a row. That's it. You know the rest. So, let's get all of the things bothering us off our chests. Nobody is here. It's just the three of us and everything we say in this room will remain in this room. It's fine."
The bottle started spinning and I was getting nervous. The bottle pointed to Katherine and Rebekah. I was in the clear.
"Rebekah, truth or dare?" Katherine asked, smirking. "Dare!" Rebekah didn't even sit to think about this for a while. "I dare you to tell us everything that you and Marcel talked about in that bar last night." Katherine was smart.
Rebekah gulped before saying, "We talked about the powers he has as King, we talked about Nik, and we also talked about him wanting to settle." "What?" Katherine and I asked at the same time. "Settle what?" I asked.
"I am not forced to answer." Katherine quickly spun the bottle and it was my turn to ask Rebekah. "Truth or Dare?" "Truth." Rebekah and no choice this time. The question came into my mind almost immediately. "Do you like Marcel as more than a friend?" Rebekah started sweating like never before. Katherine and I were shocked as we looked at each other.
This was not good. "Yes." Rebekah whispered. She got up from the floor and went towards the window. I gave Katherine a look which told her that this wasn't such a good idea. Rebekah was confused and I really didn't know if I was the right person to comfort her at the moment. "Rebekah." I rubbed her back.
She had tears in her eyes. "I was just thinking that maybe and just maybe I would find comfort in someone else to help me forget about Matt. I don't even know what I feel anymore. Marcel has become a really good friend and he has been making me feel…important. Please, Hayley, don't mention this to Elijah or Klaus. They'll kill me." She was in tears.
How could I refuse to help her? Katherine came over to us, with her arms crossed. "Sorry I decided for us to play that game. It was a mistake." "It's okay." She sighed. "What makes it worse is that I called him last night after I came home from the party." Rebekah continued saying.
"Matt?" I asked. Rebekah nodded. "And?" Katherine wanted to know. "He was having the time of his life in college. The only problem that the others have to deal with is Silas." "What else?" I asked Rebekah to sit down next to me on the bed and Katherine hopped on the other side. "He is with April and he asked me how I'm doing. I was a bit whooped after a few drinks and I managed to tell him about the pregnancy. I am sure they all know by now. I'm sorry, Hayley."
"It's okay." "Everything else for him is fine. I should just accept that he is living his human life, the way he wants to. He found a human girl whom he wants to spend the rest of his life with, start a family and that's okay with me. Really! I just never thought that it would hurt this much."
Katherine slapped her palms together. "If you ask me, I think you should move on. He's not exactly worth it." Katherine was right about that. I didn't understand people fighting for a person who doesn't reproach your feelings.
"Maybe you're right. Maybe I am just too obsessed." Rebekah said after a while. She was walking around the room, not knowing what to do, where to turn to and who to turn to for help except Katherine and me. We were the only ones there for her.
"I am just going to try to forget about this." Rebekah put on one of her brilliant smiles she thought we would fall for. "What else is happening in Mystic Falls as we speak?" Katherine asked, giving me some popcorn to nibble on. "Well, besides the Silas problem, there's the usual drama going on." She rolled her eyes and I understood her.
That was the reason why I never felt comfortable there. New Orleans was a whole different story, where you felt freedom every time you left the house. Mystic Falls was nothing compared to this place. "I heard from Matt that at Whitmore University, Elena and Caroline have been making goo-goo eyes at two new hot college boys."
"Really?! Aren't Stefan and Damon enough for Elena? Does she really need to have three guys up her ass?" Katherine's remark made us both laugh. I never understood the hatred Katherine was holding for Elena, but I was willing to accept it since I never knew the girl that well. From what Katherine told me, she was just a weaker, less pretty version of her. What really surprised me was to hear that Caroline was interested in a new guy too, so I asked Rebekah about it.
"I don't know that much, but he's name is Jesse and from what Matt told me, he is good looking." "What about Tyler?" I asked, a bit worried about him. "It's not going well for him and Caroline. I don't even know if it is even going anymore. Matt claimed he saw Nik with Caroline that night, but she turned him down once again, claiming that she will never want to be with him."
"How does Matt know all this?" I asked. "I have no idea. Things travel around fast in Mystic Falls. You have no idea, Hayley." Klaus was turned down again by that baby sick vampire. I had no idea how to feel about that. A part of me wanted to jump with joy, but the other part of me was feeling sad because of not bearing to see Klaus upset. He didn't seem upset when he came back here, though.
"I say we should stop talking about that Mystic Falls Gang! Whenever I hear the names Elena or Caroline, I feel like vomiting. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom, because I just said their names again." She got up and went there, will Rebekah stamped her foot.
"Okay! I agree! Subject closed. We are here and they are there. Nothing is going to change that." I nodded, trying hard to smile and just trying to keep cool. "Hayley, are you okay? Morning sickness again?" Rebekah asked. "I'm feeling fine." I said in a whisper and headed out of my own room.
Feeling overwhelmed, I strutted downstairs where Davina and Kol were sitting on the couch and laughing. I smiled; glad to see them getting along so well. "Hayley!" Davina exclaimed and hugged me. "Hey, squirt! How are you holding up?" I asked her and she giggled.
"I want to know how you're feeling. The color in your cheeks is back and that's a good thing, isn't it?" Kol got up and smirked. "Nik is back, Hayley. Do you want to see him?" I nodded and said, "You keep taking good care of Davina, Kol. You are doing a good job." He blushed and Davina ran over and hugged him for support. There was something going on between the two of them. I wondered how much I had missed.
I went out in our small garden to find Klaus sitting there on a bench, concentrated on something. He looked up and smiled when he saw me. "Hello, love." he got up and I went over to him with a smile plastered on my face. "What were you doing? Marcel too busy to hang out with you?" I asked him and giggled.
Giggling like a little girl was not exactly what I had planned to do at that moment. It was ridiculous coming from me. What was wrong with me? "I'm afraid Marcel has some problems and cannot afford to stay too long in town. Perfect moment for us to take action." That was the reason why he was in such a good mood.
"What are you doing out here? Don't you need rest?" his eyes were melting into my own and there were no words to describe the warm feeling in my heart. "No. I came to sit with you." I was beginning to sound too ridiculous, but he didn't think so. "There is something about you, Hayley, which makes me smile even in the hardest days of my life."
His confession was shocking and I didn't know what else I could say to him. I continued to smile, without being able to stop. "I believe I should talk to the werewolves." I got the desire out of my chest and that made him frown. "No, I'm afraid I can't let you near them."
"Please, Klaus. Just let me talk to them. Maybe I can find a way to reassure them that if they truly join us, their lives will change and they will be welcomed back to stay here, like they used to."
"There is no need. I already convinced them, Hayley." "But you said they know me!" I didn't mean to let that out, but it was too late. "How do you know about that?" he asked in a whisper. "I heard you and Elijah talking." Klaus sighed and the look on his face expressed anger. I wanted to see his smile again. I didn't want him to be this upset.
I got up and he did the same at once, looking at me under dark eyebrows. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad at me. Forgive me." I replied and Klaus just cupped my cheek to make me look at him. "I can't be mad at you, love. I just fear for your safety."
"I am a werewolf and I will be surrounded by werewolves in there. Why can't I just talk to my own kind?" "You're a pregnant werewolf." "So, that's what this is all about? The baby being in danger? That is not possible." He grabbed my arms and held them close to his chest.
"Hayley, listen. I may be part werewolf, but they don't trust me after everything I did, even though they would do anything to get the chance to live here in New Orleans once more like they used to. They already know the story that you are pregnant with my child. My child, Hayley."
I understood what he was thinking. "They would never do that. You said it yourself that they know me. They know me, Klaus. I am one of them, despite carrying your baby. I think that with my help, they will come to trust you more. They must trust me and after I convince them that you only want to do the right thing, you will have your loyal supporters. Just let me try." I whispered and Klaus laughed a little.
"How is it that I can always be persuaded by a little wolf like you?" "My own powers of persuasion. They work every time." He grinned and so did I. "So, will you let me go talk to them?" Before he could respond, his phone rand and he answered it immediately.
"Marcel!" he grinned. "Absolutely! See you there." He ended the call and looked at me. "Well, it appears that he's back and wants to have a meeting with me." "Okay." I whispered.
"I will speak to Elijah to take you there and you'll get your chance to talk to them. He will watch out for you, though." I pulled him once again into a sweet and gentle hug. "Thank you!" I whispered and then went back to the house to get prepared, leaving him speechless but smiling.
"I can come too. Get those beasts to start talking." Katherine said and I pointed a finger at her. "Hey! Those beasts are my own kind you're talking about. You insult them, you insult me. That's the way it works."
I got some blankets and some food prepared. "Are you sure you want to do this by yourself? We can help, you know." Rebekah offered but I shook my head. "I must be alone. Elijah will be waiting near the door, but I must talk to them by myself, to show them that I trust them and they can trust me." Katherine laughed. "What is it with you werewolves sticking to each other all the time?"
"That's our nature. We protect, respect and trust each other. I expect them to continue this tradition when I head over to them." "Hayley, it is like Nik said. You are carrying his baby. The baby of the Original Hybrid who used to make werewolves' lives a living hell. How are you going to ever convince them to cooperate?" Rebekah asked and I just sighed.
"I have my ways. Now, would you possibly let me give it a shot? They must learn to trust us if we are going to go any further with this plan. Marcel will be out of town a lot for business which will give us the perfect opportunity to attack and leave him powerless. Davina is already on our side without Marcel knowing. Now, all we need is an army and not a hybrid army, like Klaus suggested. If we start that story again, I will have thousands of hybrids knocking on my door and asking me to unsire them from Klaus. We need to get these werewolves in formation, get Marcel's empire and then vampires and werewolves can finally live together in peace. It is what I've always wanted." I explained.
"Round of applause, people!" Katherine's way of congratulating me. "Thank you." "You do have a point. Nik is part vampire, part werewolf. With him in charge, there will be peace among these two kinds, just like you said. You are brilliant, Hayley!" Rebekah also congratulated me, but then stopped to think about this for a second.
"Wait! It was you?" she asked me in astonishment. "What?" I asked, innocently. "Oh my God! You were that werewolf in Mystic falls, helping Tyler break the other hybrids' sire bonds! I don't believe this! You are a genius."
"I don't think Klaus will be happy to hear that. He was pretty upset." "Hey, you tipped him off and that's all that matters." "It's not just that, Rebekah. I never actually mentioned to him that I was the one helping every hybrid of his get unsired."
"You mean he doesn't know? Oh boy!" Katherine exclaimed. "You have to tell him, Hayley." "No! He will lose confidence in me and that is not what I want at the moment. I'm too busy being pregnant and for further notice, I have a werewolf clan to talk to, so I'll see the two o you later, okay?"
I stopped at the door and gave them a warning. "Don't say anything to Klaus!"
I walked with Elijah towards another warehouse Klaus knew about but apparently Marcel didn't. It was also at the edge of the city. "It is unbelievable. Marcel is not even aware of everything going on or standing in his city." I told Elijah and he laughed.
"Well, let's just say that marcel hasn't been taking his title as Vampire King of New Orleans seriously. He is what do people call it nowadays?" he sat thinking and I came up with a word for it. "Showman?"
"Exactly! He is not serious about his kingdom and all he likes is to have fun and get his way all the time, but as I know it, being King comes with great responsibilities. Marcel refused to take those responsibilities, so it is time for a new King to take over. One who knows what he's doing and is prepared." Elijah was saying and I stopped.
"I don't think Klaus is prepared." "I don't think so either, Hayley. He has so much to learn about love, power, loyalty…and family. You know, this is what he told me he wants. These four things and he is not so close to getting them. That is why I was always intrigued by the idea of you having this baby, Hayley. You are our salvation. It is what I've been telling you for a while know, and I think that you are sort of tired of hearing it." Elijah said and chuckled.
I smiled. "I don't think that I am that person who is what Klaus needs. He needs someone to love him, that's true, but he needs someone who he actually has strong feelings for, and that person is not me. It's someone else and it doesn't even matter that I am carrying this baby."
"Hayley, you need to understand that Niklaus is not always in his right mind. I noticed his obsession with that girl. His feelings for her are provoked by the strong desire inside of him to have someone to love him, to care for him. He saw her as a person who is the exact opposite of him, but that does not mean that person is the one for him. Rebekah told me about that girl's relationship with the Lockwood boy and I know true love when I see it. What they have is true love, and I don't want Niklaus to break that up because of his obsession."
"What does this have to do with me?" I asked, not knowing exactly where he was going with this.
"I know you care about him. That means a lot. You, unlike that girl Caroline, have come to care for him, despite all the things he said and all the things he did. He threatened to kill both you and your baby that night; he ruined your life by getting you pregnant and after all of that, you still care for him. That means a lot."
"Look, there is no doubt that I care about him, Elijah. The point is that he holds no such feelings for me and sometimes I feel like because of this baby, I am keeping him from living his life the way he wants and being with the person he wants to be with."
"That's not true. You and the baby are the best thing that has happened to this family for a very, very long time and soon, he will realize that. Now, regarding your feelings for him, I think you must be patient because there is something between the two of you."
I frowned and I dropped my head down to look at the ground, thinking that Elijah was only saying that to make me feel better. "There is nothing, Elijah. It is just me making yet another mistake involving him and having to deal with it for the rest of my life."
"I can't put my finger on it, but there is something between you and Niklaus, Hayley." That was the last thing he said to me before we entered the garden where the warehouse was standing. "In there." Elijah pointed. "Thanks." I headed towards the place, but Elijah's arm stopped me after a while. "Niklaus insists that I accompany you in there. He's never trusted werewolves."
"He trusts me and I'm a werewolf." Elijah smiled and rubbed his chin. "Yeah, that's curious. I wonder why you're the exception." I rolled my eyes, knowing that he was starting to tease me about my relationship with Klaus.
"I trust werewolves, Elijah. They are my own kind. You can't come with me. They need to know that I trust them and they can trust me. This is something I have to do on my own." I insisted and he agreed, letting go of my arm. "Just be careful." "Thanks for your concern."
Elijah stayed right there and watched me get inside the warehouse. "Hello? Is anyone in here?" I called out. There was silence and then in a few moments, dark figures started coming out of nowhere. "Who is it?" croaked a voice. It was an old woman.
"It's Hayley." I didn't think that this name meant anything for them, but it was worth a shot, considering that Klaus mentioned they knew me. "Hayley? Is it really you?" the old woman croaked and she came into view with a couple of werewolves younger than her, behind. "You know who I am?" I asked her. "I am Amelia, leader of the pack."
The woman was finally into view and I could see that she had chocolate colored skin and she seemed to be in her late forties or so. "Amelia? Nice to meet you. I still don't understand how it's possible that you know who I am."
"I'm your aunt. Your father was the leader of this pack before he died a long time ago." I couldn't breathe. I looked around at the younger werewolves all looking at me. "You're Amelia, my aunt? You're my aunt?" I kept saying. Amelia smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I am." I immediately pulled her into a hug and she started laughing. "You're so big and beautiful." She said, touching my cheeks. "Thank you. I can't believe that I have an aunt. You're my family." "All of us." Amelia agreed. "Do we really have to stay hidden?" a voice complained on the other side and the old woman scoffed.
"If we don't stay hidden, we'll die. We're not allowed here, remember?" "Not fair." he complained and I agreed. "Sit down child and tell me how you've gotten yourself into this mess." I have to say that it was a long talk, but after it, I managed to tell her everything and the other younger werewolves as well.
"So, you ended up pregnant with the devil's spawn. I feel sorry for you." the same boy said and I frowned, so did Amelia.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you any manners?" "No. She died right here, remember?" I closed my eyes and asked, "What about my father?" "What about him?" "You said he was the leader of this pack before he died."
"Yes, indeed. There is nothing much I can say to you, Hayley but this town has fallen into the wrong hands. Marcel's hands. This man has done terrible things. I heard he killed Jane Anne Deveroux." "You knew her?"
"Yes, I did. She was the one wise witch who was able to keep us hidden. She told us that one day, we shall rise once again, come back to New Orleans and seize the opportunity to get this town back. And she was right. You came, Hayley." I smiled and held her arm. It was truly amazing having this strong talk with this woman who turned out to be my aunt.
I learned she took over the pack after my parents died. "Your parents were very brave, Hayley. They would have been very proud of you right now. They were the only ones who refused to leave town like the rest of us, and they paid the price. Marcel's vampires snapped their necks and they died on that street, Bourbon Street, right away. We never even got to take the bodies and bury them. They were the greatest leaders this pack has ever had. I don't know what we would have done without them."
Tears were in my eyes, but I realized that this was not the time for weeping for my dead parents. "Amelia, this is why we brought you here. We need you to help us fight Marcel and take him down." I explained.
"We will gladly kill him." a boy cracked his knuckles and some other girls yelled victoriously, "Yeah!" "No! I didn't mean kill him. Dethrone him, banish him from this town and tell him to never come back." "That's it?" "Shush!" Amelia commanded and nodded.
"For that to happen, you must form an alliance with Klaus. He will become the next King of New Orleans." "You are carrying that murder's child, Hayley. How could that happen?" "Amelia, he's changed. He isn't a murderer. He's trying to find his redemption. His family is trying to find his redemption and so do I, with this baby."
"So, that is why you decided to get pregnant with his child?" "No. It wasn't like that. It was…" "You fell in love with him?" Amelia wanted a straight answer from me. I wasn't going to tell her anything like that, not yet. "Just trust him!"
"We cannot. Not after everything he did. His siblings are different but he is unforgivable."
"Everyone can find redemption and anyone can be forgiven. Just trust me when I say that you can believe in him. In order to take down Marcel, we need an army and the only army we can have is you and your clan. Werewolves have the ability to defeat a vampire army, plus we have the witches on our side and the Mikaelsons' strength of Original Vampires. We can't be defeated." Amelia shook her head.
"Please. Just give it some time. Stay here and think about what this could mean for you and your clan. I am your niece. You can trust me. You have no idea how long I've spent looking for at least a relative, someone I can trust and who shares my bloodline. I've found you! Doesn't that mean anything?" I started begging.
"Hayley, I trust you. It is Niklaus Mikaelson who I do not trust. He'll betray us. Marcel is his buddy."
"No. He wants to take him down just as much as you do. He wants to become King and he will have no reason to betray us. Please!" Amelia calmed me down.
"We'll think about this, child and let you know in the morning." I smiled and nodded, understanding her pretty well. I thought about questioning her more about my parents, but thought against it. There was no need to worry. I had found my family, my clan in which my parents used to belong in. There were many werewolves in that warehouse which I didn't get a chance to see, but I didn't mind. All of them needed rest and there was plenty of food and blankets in there.
"Take care of the little one. I sense a prince or a princess will be born." Amelia winked after a while. It was nice of her to think of it as my child as well, not only Klaus'. I gave that boy a hard look before leaving the warehouse.
Getting back to the house, I told Rebekah and Katherine everything I found out in that warehouse. "Are you kidding me? You finally found your family?" Katherine asked, shocked.
"Well, my aunt at least. I don't know if the others are related to me by blood." I explained and lay down on my bed to think about everything I discovered. "So, what are you planning on doing now?" Rebekah asked. "I don't know. I told Amelia that I would give her a chance to think about this." "Nik is not going to like this. He wants them in or out at this moment, Hayley."
"You need to calm down. I spoke to Klaus and everything is settled. He gave me permission to speak to them, Rebekah." "He knows that you are a good persuader. He is going to go mad when he comes back, when he hears that you haven't managed to get them on our side yet."
"They are on our side. Amelia said that she just doesn't trust Klaus yet and I believe that until tomorrow, they will come up with a decision. We just need to be patient." "Nik doesn't do patience. He never did." "Leave him to me." I replied, sure of myself that I would be able to convince Klaus to give them time. He was my close friend, after all and I could deal with his temper.
Katherine had her own problems to worry about at that point. "Good to see that things are working out for you two while for me, they aren't." She poured herself whisky in a glass and drank all of it in one gulp. "I love Elijah so much and it kills me to think that I will not be able to live with him forever." "He said…"
"Yeah, I know perfectly well what he said, Hayley. He said that he will never give up on me and he will find a way to turn me back into a vampire, even with the cure still flowing in my system." she scoffed as she continued drinking. She poured the fourth bottle and finally I took the bottle away from her.
"How many times have I told you not to look through Klaus' wine department? He will kill you."
"Let him bring it on! Elijah will smack him flat on the ground if he touches me." "That's what you're counting on, huh? You little devil!" I punched her arm playfully. "I thought that was the only reason you started to date my brother in the first place." Rebekah told her and she snorted.
"Please! You were always the jealous sister for not being able to maintain a relationship. Look at you, really." Uh oh. Katherine must not have started to mess with Rebekah. Her nostrils started flattering and she was shaking with rage. "Rebekah, have a drink." I poured her some whisky and she gladly accepted it, gulping it all down.
Okay, I have to admit that things didn't go exactly as planned when Klaus got home. He was angry with the others. More furious when he found out that Rebekah had spent the entire night with Marcel and not getting anything useful out of him. He started shaking with rage, just like Rebekah does when she is angry.
"Please, calm down." I came forward and placed a hand on his warm chest to get him to stop. I noticed that he was hungry due to the dark circles under his eyes. I quickly went in the kitchen and got him two blood bags. He drank them all immediately, breathing slowly and hardly afterwards.
"Come with me." I led him to his room where he sat in a chair, looking at me with a frown. "Why didn't you do anything else?"
"They are terrified, Klaus. Give them a chance to rest and o think about what they want to do. You are asking them to get into a dangerous battle in which they could lose many people, you are asking them to trust you even after everything they've done. The least you can do is to give them a day to think about their options a little. I for one don't think they can refuse. Amelia, the clan leader, I found out she is my aunt. She wants to help me more than anything. She has been searching for me for a long time, just as I have been searching for her. Please, just give them a chance."
I tried to use once again my persuasion techniques to get him to calm down and get a positive response from him as well. "I will give them until tomorrow. I've offered them a hidden shelter, food and water. It is the most I can do for them, under the circumstances. They better say yes tomorrow."
He came forwards and brushed a strand of hair out of my face. "Don't waste those important persuasion tactics on me, love." he told me, smiling and I smiled at him as well. "Thank you for understanding."
I felt yet another kick, but a much softer one in that baby belly of mine that was beginning to show a great lot. "It's growing." Klaus whispered.
"At a vampire speed, even though Sophie convinced me that the baby is a werewolf, due to your side and my species." A knock on the door and there was Elijah. "Sophie wants to see us all downstairs. She and Davina have found something interesting." he said in an intriguing tone.
"A potion to be brewed in order to help her become a vampire again, as she wishes and as you wish as well, Elijah!" Sophie declared and Katherine jumped with joy at that moment. She hugged him tightly and they started making out in public again. I seemed to bet the only one who wasn't disgusted by it.
"Ugh!" Klaus mumbled under his breath and I elbowed him.
"I don't like this." he said. "Oh stop being such a baby and forget about those hybrids and want to create so much. Like Rebekah said, they only bring pain into your family."
"That is because you don't know half of the story, love." "I know the story. Elijah told me the whole thing. How you used to create hybrids like yourself, because you didn't like being alone and being the only one of your kind. You thought by siring them, you will receive power and loyalty, is that right?"
Klaus didn't say anything but the sadness in his look was noticeable. I took his face in my hands. "You need to understand that you have a family who cares about you. You can never be alone. You have power and loyalty. It is like Elijah said, Family is power. You need to trust that. You need to start trusting people around you."
There was a moment right there when we forgot about the whole discovery Sophie made and Katherine's chances of becoming a vampire once again. He was looking into my giant emerald eyes which glowed in the fireplace. He was looking down at me in a way he never did before.
Why was he doing his? How was he doing this? How was he able to make me feel so warm inside just by making eye contact with me. There was that moment in which is nearly closed his eyes at the feeling of my touch on his face and then, the moment broke.
I broke it, exactly by letting his face go and trying to focus on what Sophie was saying about this spell which would take a lot of time to prepare. It was hard to focus when I knew from looking at the corner of my eyes, that he was still looking at me. I ended that night in bed, dreaming of him once again, holding a baby in blankets and me watching him, feeling that exact emotion I felt the night before falling asleep.