I left quite a cliffhanger in the last chapter didn't I? What can I say? I'm a little devil. We've now reached Chapter 21 which will be full of tension and danger.

Elijah had figured out who the traitor among them is and that person will be badly treated. Hayley will be giving birth to the baby quite soon and she is getting worried because she doesn't know what to expect.

Good thing that Katherine, a woman with experience in pregnancies, is there for her to guide her.

Davina is in even more danger than Hayley and the baby now that Marcel knows she is gone. He will go as far as possible to get her back and Rebekah gets in a difficult position when Klaus and Marcel get into another large argument involving New Orleans and their past.

Also, you can expect a shock by the end of the chapter. Enjoy and please review to let me know what you think about my story!

I covered my mouth with my hands and backed away slowly into Klaus' chest. He held me firmly as his expression darkened and the person responsible for the betrayal of the Mikaelsons was now in the middle.

"Celeste!" Elijah called out. She stood there for a minute looking at everyone around her and burst out laughing, wiping away some tears as well. "Me? You've got to be kidding me."

Nobody said another word as Celeste continued speaking, approaching the man she once fancied. "Elijah, I thought you knew me better than this. How can you possibly even believe that I am the one who informed Marcel about Hayley and Davina?"

"Because you hate them both and from the looks of things, you would have liked to do anything in order to get them killed or get them away from me and my brothers." Elijah replied, wisely.

"You backstabbing little snitch!" Katherine was getting brave as she approached Celeste with a menacing look only to be pulled back into place by Elijah. He was a smart guy. He knew that Katherine was a fragile human and she couldn't come close to a deadly vampire like Celeste.

This needed to be handled by the Mikaelson brothers, who've always known her. I pulled away from Klaus and he let me go. This was too much for me and I was already beginning to feel dizzy for some reason.

I started walking up the steps when I heard Celeste's voice.

"Aww, you are such a sleaze, Hayley, hiding behind your bodyguards like a coward." I clutched my fists and came back down the steps but before I could respond, Klaus had already grabbed her throat.

"REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING TO HER LIKE THAT!" he yelled in her face and held her by the throat as long as possible before he could be pulled away from her by his brothers.

I smiled at the way he was beginning to stand up for me. "I am going to kill her." Klaus threatened, eying Celeste in a deadly way but as usual, Elijah tried to calm him down.

"As much as we would all like that, we can't have that happening. Nobody is killing anyone in this town. We do not need any more problems, Niklaus."

"You better listen to your brother. He is the smart and charming one." Celeste snickered. She really had some nerve to talk right that even after she had been caught.

If I were immortal, I would have snapped her neck right now. I knew that Rebekah was thinking the exact same thing, but she chose not to say anything. Celeste continued talking to Klaus.

"I really can't understand what is wrong with you, Klaus. We have so much history together. You can't just kill me like that. I thought you were going to protect me."

Was she really that dumb as to believe that? "I do not even care about what we had in the past. You are dead to me as far as I am concerned. You were just a flame, nothing more."

"Yet, so is Hayley but you seemed to treat her so much better than you've always treated me." I didn't like the direction this conversation was going.

I looked at Klaus and he looked blocked as well. I know that we had managed to build this friendship but he said it with his own words that what we had was just a one-night stand.

"Hayley is not and will never be like you." Klaus said in a hoarse voice, hoping that would settle it, but it didn't really.

Why was Klaus treating me differently and with so much care that I never even noticed he offered his own sister?

That question burned my mind as I finally managed to get myself upstairs with Katherine, Rebekah and Davina, leaving Kol, Klaus and Elijah to settle with Celeste downstairs.

I wondered what they were going to do to her. Elijah said that they weren't going to kill her for her betrayal, but I couldn't help but notice Kol popping his knuckles and Klaus smirking after being angry for so long.

I didn't want to watch. When we've reached the top step, Davina hurried over to her room, turning around once she reached the door.

"Hayley, when you have time, do you think you can come to me? I want to talk to you." she whispered and I couldn't say no that sweet face of hers. "Of course." I nodded.

"Well, I am not hearing any screams." Katherine said rather joyful as she plopped down on my bed, starting on some leftover snacks of mine.

She started enjoying human food more and more each day and it got me thinking that being human actually gives you the possibility of eating many things, not just gulping down blood.

"My, my, aren't you joyful?" Rebekah exclaimed grinning and sitting down next to her.

"Who wouldn't be? Celeste is getting what she deserves. Well, it's about time. I can't believe that she actually had the courage to go behind Elijah. Nothing stops him from finding out the truth." Katherine said.

"Yeah! Hayley, are you okay?" I have been in outer space for a while thinking about Celeste's words downstairs and how Klaus had managed to respond to them.

"Is something bothering you?" Rebekah asked, scooting closer to me to check out the expression on my face.

"Huh?" I was completely lost in thought until Rebekah snapped her fingers in front of my eyes and that truly made me snap out of it.

"What's wrong?" Katherine asked. Now she was starting to worry. I wanted to explain to them my problems so badly at that moment, but it was hard. I walked towards the door and made sure it was very well closed.

I could hear voices from downstairs but not screams. I think that if it were to Klaus, Celeste would have been begging for her life right now, but Elijah was still there.

"Is there something you would like to share with us, Ms. Marshall?" Rebekah joked and I told her not to remind me of my last name. It was too painful at the moment to remember how the people who've raised me kicked me out due to my werewolf gene.

"It's just something that Celeste said downstairs that's bothering me." I whispered, looking down at my hands. "Celeste has said a lot of crazy and utterly pathetic things. Oh! Is it the part where she talked about Klaus and herself?"

Katherine was beginning to think that I was jealous or something and I certainly wasn't. Not at all. I even made sure that clear that out.

"She told Klaus that he treats me differently than all the other flames he's had in the past and he didn't seem to find the right answer to that question. I don't know what to think. Why is he treating me differently?" I asked them and they looked kind of amazed.

"You are carrying his child, Hayley. You aren't just some flame to him. You are the baby mommy." Rebekah smiled, perfectly aware that her answer set me off and I started asking more questions inside my head.

"Hayley, come on! Talk to us. This is why we are here." Rebekah replied, grabbing my arm but I pulled mine away.

"Is this about Nik?" she whispered that even Katherine couldn't hear as she was munching on something. I nodded and she sighed, rubbing my back.

"Just let it out, Hayley. You know you can always tell us anything. We are your friends. Your feelings for my brother are tormenting you, aren't they?"

"I honestly don't know what I can do, Rebekah. I don't know what will happen once this baby is born and I will be stuck with him for the rest of my life. Klaus, I mean."

"And what's wrong with that? You will always have us and your child." "I will always be here to watch him and some girl that he might fancy in the future and I do not think that I can bear it. It's too much."

"I understand. I do not think that I am the right person to give you any advice when it comes to love, Hayley. I have enough problems of my own." "Matt?" I asked her and she stood like that to think about it before nodding a little

"And Marcel." Of course she just had to bring him in the conversation. "You have certain feelings for both, don't you?" Rebekah nodded and Katherine's head popped in at that moment.

"Not fair! Why aren't I part of the conversation?" "Because you do not have love problems." I answered her, smiling a little.

"That is not true. I still have the vampire problem and I know that because I am human I cannot spend an eternity with Elijah. How do you think I feel?"

"Sophie is on it." Rebekah reminded her. "Not so sure about that anymore. She seems to be more focused on other potions than mine." Rebekah and I both rolled our eyes at that statement. Katherine just doesn't know the meaning of the word "patience".

After I finished catching up with the girls and trying by any means to ignore what was happening downstairs between Celeste and the Mikaelson brothers, I slowly tiptoed over to Davina's bedroom where she was waiting for me with open arms.

"You came! I'm glad." she whispered, closing her door and sitting down on her bed. For the first time ever, I noticed that he room was not neat and organized as it always looked when I came in.

This time, it looked messed up and I had no idea how it had gotten in that state. "Davina, would you mind explaining?" I said, pointing around at all the thrown stuff laid on the floor including books, candles and clothing.

She grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, sorry about this. One of the spells I was trying to practice went pretty bad. In fact, now that Marcel knows that I am missing, I shouldn't be practicing any kind of magic, just in case he has some way to track me down, using these spells."

She tried to clean up in a quick way but didn't succeed much. I just sat there, watching her. I had this feeling that there was something she was not telling me.

"Davina, if you expect us to be close friends, you really have to start telling me the truth and most importantly, I want you to stop hiding things." She knew that speaking to me was only going to make things easier for her so she spilled everything.

"Marcel knows that I am gone and I'm scared. That's the truth. I know that I am not supposed to be scared, considering that I am probably the most powerful witch in New Orleans, but I'm just a girl." she whispered and I noticed the tears filling up in her eyes.

I pulled her into a warm hug. "I promise that we will protect you." "Klaus will never accept it." "Oh, I think he will."

"Hayley, I know that he cares about you and his child and he would do anything for you but as far as I am concerned, I can rot somewhere for all he cares."

"You are part of our family now." I insisted, trying to block out the thoughts of Klaus being a heartless monster, as I thought he was before I got to know him.

"That is not true. He doesn't believe that."

"Davina, you have to listen to me. Klaus is going to be a father soon enough and I think that once my baby will be born, Klaus will be a whole different person. Besides, you've got Kol taking care of you pretty well." I said, winking at her. "

I know that he is Klaus' brother and that is why I refrain from getting all emotional with him." "Why? I thought you two liked each other."

"We do. He has feelings for me and I have feelings for him, but I just can't go down this kind of path. I am a witch and he is a vampire. No! He is one of the Original vampires. It can never work out between us.

That is why I kept pushing Kol away. That is why he's upset with me." Davina told me and I realized just then in how much pain she was in. "I just want you to listen to me. You can rest easy at night as both Kol and I will talk to Klaus. He is not heartless."

"How could you fall for him, Hayley?" Her question caught me off guard. She was looking into my eyes and hoping for an answer. Somehow, she was sort of in the same position I was, falling for an Original, which was the hardest thing in the world, if you ask me.

"It just happened. I can't explain it. He has been the real him around me. I never asked him to change, never asked him to be a person he wasn't and I got to know the true him on the inside. He is bad-ass on the outside but on the inside, he is butter. That is what I've always loved about him. He is also caring, romantic and protective in his own ways. I just fell for him without realizing it."

"It is the same with Kol and me." "I doubt that. Kol is not into another girl and unlike Klaus; he has shown genuine feelings for you whereas Klaus and I are just friends."

"You seem more than friends to me." I smiled and giggled a little as I thought about it.

"I wish." I whispered after that but Davina continued insisting. "I see something between the two of you, something big. It is not just the baby. The way you two look at each other, is just…wow! Undying chemistry is what I like to call it and it will haunt you for the rest of your lives unless you give in to your feelings for each other."

Okay, now she was starting to act like a fortuneteller and I didn't like it.

"Don't you get it? Klaus has no feelings for me." "His actions prove you otherwise."

"What?" I asked, smiling but really confused.

"Rebekah told me what you two did at the ball." She wiggled her eyebrows.

"What? We were busy at the ball. Camille had an accident, remember?" "He kissed your neck and didn't realize it." I was shocked. "Rebekah told you? But how…?" She must have seen the whole thing. I rubbed my forehead and this time, it was Davina who gave me the hug.

I have to admit that the talk I had with Davina gave me even more thoughts. What was I going to do? I walked downstairs slowly and noticed that Celeste wasn't there anymore. Klaus was reading a book and Elijah and Kol were gone too. He looked up and smiled when he saw me.

"Hello, love." He put his book down and came over to place his hand on my belly. "I can feel it so well, and I can hear it as well." He whispered and that made me smile.

"I am glad. It won't be long now. Sophie said that in two weeks maximum, the baby will pop out." "Our heir." he whispered, still rubbing my baby belly. I looked at his beautiful face and I noticed how handsome he was when he was smiling.

"Klaus, what happened at the ball?" His face scrunched up. "What do you mean, love? Is this about Cami?" I looked into his eyes and he was waiting for my response.

"Um…I…um…" I couldn't get anything out. I shouldn't lie to him this way. I promised I wouldn't, but at the same time I couldn't just ask him why he kissed my neck at the ball.

Maybe he doesn't even remember that moment not to mention the fact that it was one of those moments we even had that night we kissed for the second time. There were many moments flashing before us as we lost control, but too many times for some reason.

I didn't know what to think anymore. I didn't answer and we continued looking at each other. He left his hand on my belly, trying to think hard about that night when his eyes started widening and he parted his mouth a little as if he were unable to speak.

Was he remembering that moment, or was it something else?

"I wanted to make you feel better. You were stressed out and so was I, knowing you were in a place full of vampires who could have tried to hurt you and my child."

I didn't know where he got this from. I think that we were beginning to remember the same moment and he was trying to turn this to the baby, the only excuse he could ever think of for touching me in a romantic way.

Was this lust for him, the way he felt that first night with me? I knew sure as hell that it was not the same in my condition. I was in love with him and I was hoping that one day I would get the chance to show him that and maybe find out how he felt. But there was only one thing stopping me and that was fear.

Fear is always standing in the way of wars, love and many other things. Fear is what we all fear of the most. "Klaus, when will this all end?" I asked, closing my eyes and I laid my head on his chest.

He wrapped his arms around me. "Soon, love. I promise. As soon as possible." "Sophie has this new plan and…" He pulled away from me at that moment. "What new plan?"

Uh oh! I did it again. With all the confusion, Celeste and everything I had forgotten to tell him that Sophie changed some pretty big parts of the plan. This was my chance to fill him in and he tried to stay calm once he found out.

"I know that we are running out of time, but this is the best way. None of them can fight evenly with Marcel's vampire army if they can't transform and they only transform on a full moon. Sophie is right."

"I should have listened to my own instincts." Klaus said in a whisper and that frightened me.

Elijah and I have managed to change his mind many times but this time was different.

"What are you talking about?" He looked really pissed off. "I should have turned them all into hybrids when I had the chance and I would have had an obedient and truthful army."

The way he was looking at me, it was like he was planning something. I was afraid as I placed my hand on my stomach and backed away from him. He didn't say anything. He didn't even try to stop me.

At that moment, I was desperate to call Sophie and get here there so she would explain everything to Klaus, or at the very least, try.

Klaus punched his fist into a wall in a matter of seconds in anger and tears burst from my eyes. I started sobbing over there for no reason and I didn't know what to do.

"Please, stop." I managed to get out of my paralyzed self. But he didn't.

"How many times have I told you to tell me the truth at the exact moment you find out something new? How many times?" He didn't yell and I knew that it was because he wanted to protect the baby.

"How do you think that we are going to get ahead of Marcel if we each do our own thing?"

"I was about to ask you the same question, Klaus. It always has to be your way, doesn't it? We are allowed to contribute with ideas but you are the one making the final call on each one of them. How is that fair? You want people to respect you; maybe you should try to respect your people." I told him and turned around, still feeling streams of tears down my cheeks.

I quickly headed up the stairs and stopped for a minute to see what he was doing. He was standing there and thinking and then finally decided to pull out a piece of paper and some pencils. He was beginning to draw.

What in the name of…? I thought about going back to console him and to tell him that I didn't mean what I said but I was hoping that he would return the apology.

I shook my head and started going the rest of the way up just as Elijah came down and noticed my face full of tears. "Hayley, what has happened?" "Where is Celeste?" I asked, trying to ignore his question.

He looked at me confused and then raised his eyebrows calmly, answering, "She is in our basement, locked up."

"What?" "Niklaus has apparently decided to drain her out of blood until she decides to spill out everything she knows about Marcel and everything that she has told him until now. You are safe from her." he reassured me and I nodded.

"I don't know what we are going to do about Davina. Marcel must not find her." I told Elijah and he just put a hand up to stop me from speaking.

"I will take care of it, I promise. Now, would you mind telling me…?" I headed towards my room in a flash before he could finish asking me. I knew that he was going to find out from his brother, anyway and would try as always to calm the spirits, talk to Sophie and work this out.

Katherine was alone in her room, looking at some old photos she had kept for a long time of Elijah. I came in just as she was looking at a picture from what seemed a very long time ago.

"Hey! Did you find out where Celeste is?" she asked me, dying to know.

"Klaus decided to lock her in our basement and drain her of her blood." I informed her and the look on Katherine's face was a look which matched the look of a child on a Christmas morning. "You got your wish. She gets some serious beat down." I replied, winking and sitting down on her bed.

"It is not something that she doesn't deserve. Look at all the trouble she has caused for the Mikaelsons. I am not going to just let her leave this house, unpunished."

"She did cause some serious damage in our plan." I agreed and she noticed my red face after she looked up from the picture. "Which one is it?" she asked, rolling her eyes.

I looked confused. "What do you mean?" "Is it Klaus or the baby? Which one is it?" "Kind of both." I answered, frantically and I told her everything that has happened downstairs.

"This doesn't change anything between the two of you. This is the war between Klaus' plan and Sophie's plan. You just have to stay out of the way, Hayley." "I just wanted to talk to him about what happened between us at the ball and it sort of slipped out."

She looked at me, wary. "What did happen between you two at the ball?" I stopped for a minute and thought carefully about my answer when Rebekah stepped inside with some magazines and said, "Hayley, would you like a bubble bath?"

I stood up and pointed my finger at her. "How could you tell everyone? Even Davina knows. Kol is now going to torture me about it for weeks." "What are you talking about?"

"I am talking about what Klaus did to me at the ball." I said in a whisper this time and Rebekah grinned.

"Yeah! Sorry about that, Hayley. I swear that I didn't mean to. It just looked so sweet and the way you two were embracing each other. A lot of people were admiring you. You want to know what Camille's college friends told me?"

"No." "They told me that you seem like the perfect couple." "Rebekah, you promised you would stop doing this to me."

"Sorry." We stood there for a minute and Katherine kept grinning as she stared at the two of us, finally catching on what was going on. "So how about that bubble bath?"

Rebekah was getting on my nerves and so was Kol. The only people that I felt I could really talk to at the moment were Davina and…Camille.

But Camille was taking days off from work so I couldn't go see her at the bar and ask for some kind of advice regarding stress. She is educated and a pretty good student.

Camille also didn't know about vampires, werewolves, witches, hybrids and all the supernatural stuff going on in New Orleans. I have to say that she made a pretty wrong choice by moving here.

I would have to tell her that, but that also meant spilling out the details and I was in no mood of putting Cami in danger. She deserved a normal human life and I was going to offer her that, no need for her to get mixed up in this supernatural business.

That is what I thought about as I drenched in that warm bubble bath Rebekah had set up for me. I was completely naked and I ad time to examine my round baby belly.

It looked so weird, like nothing I have ever seen before. I just stayed there like that until there was a knock on the bathroom door and I believed it was Rebekah.

I had my eyes closed and said, "Come in!" Footsteps approached, but I still had no intension of opening my eyes. The footsteps stopped and I giggled. "Really, Bekah? Can't I have just a small moment of…?"

I opened my eyes and they widened when they saw that it was in fact Klaus standing there, not Rebekah. "…privacy?" I ended in a whisper and he just smirked. "Forgive me for disturbing you, love."

I didn't say anything. I just stood there and made sure to cover my belly with the bubbles. I don't know why but I had no intension of him seeing me naked with a fat belly.

"Have you finally decided to calm down?" I asked him in a straight and firm tone. He dropped down next to me on his knees and picked up my face in his hands.

"I never meant to snap at you like that, Hayley. You should have just told me about the change of plans earlier, sweetheart." "You would have reacted the same way because you don't like anyone to make decisions in your place."

"Yet, neither do you." he answered proudly, continuing to smile down at me.

"What will happen to Celeste?" I asked him and he said, "She will get the punishment she deserves." "I am glad." I whispered and he smiled.

"I knew you would be. That is why I made this choice. I know she has been bothering you ever since she came into this house but I want you to know that will not be the case anymore. You will not be seeing her anymore."

"Klaus, I need to know what she knows about Marcel. We need to interrogate her." "I will get to that right away."

"I can do it." I offered and then stepped out of the bath, going to get my robe. I hadn't realized that I had been walking past him absolutely naked.

I turned around now wearing my robe and noticed his sexy smirk as he kept checking me out up and down. I blushed and he answered my question.

"Hayley, I am not going to let you go down there by yourself to interrogate an old vampire. That is out of the question." "But…" "No buts, love." he whispered close to my face and smiled while I looked at him, upset.

"Fine, your majesty." I said and he laughed, kissing my hand one more time. Was this becoming a sort of habit for him? Who really cared? It was sweet of him.

Deciding to listen to him…Oh no, of course not! I decided NOT to listen to him; I dried off in my robe, put on my pants and a gray t-shirt along with my slippers and headed downstairs.

Elijah and Klaus were planning and talking and planning and talking. Rebekah was staying hidden somewhere and she pressed her finger against her lips to keep me from saying anything that would give her away.

I didn't understand what the problem was if she somehow decided to join in the conversation and plan along with her brothers. They were the Mikaelsons!

They were a family and they all needed to contribute but apparently, her ideas brought to the table weren't useful or somewhat annoying to Klaus and Elijah…especially to Elijah.

I looked away from Rebekah and came downstairs to see the brothers. "Hello, Hayley! Nice warm bath?" Klaus caught my eye and I noticed him smiling to himself. What the heck was wrong with him? Elijah was smiling too.

What were they talking about? I had to remember to ask Rebekah later on.

"A very nice warm bath indeed. Now, why don't you fill me in on the plan situation? That's what you were talking about, right?" I wiggled my eyebrows and Klaus couldn't help but chuckle. "We were indeed." he said and Elijah continued.

"We have come to the conclusion that Sophie's plan is indeed a very good one, even better than the last one. I believe that the werewolves will be fully prepared for the battle by the full moon…"

"…and I will have time to manage to regain complete control of Marcel's Inner Circle." Klaus finished and I looked impressed.

"Okay! Good to know." I stayed there for a couple of minutes before smiling at both of them and turning around to leave. "What are you planning to do for the rest of the day?" Klaus asked me and I thought about what to say carefully.

"Oh, just wondering around here. I think I will go and sit peacefully in my room, read a book and just relax." "Would like me to accompany you?"

The way he said it just made my heart swoon. I felt the need to spend some time with him, talk about the baby, about Marcel, about the future we'll have with our child and many other interesting things.

I wanted for us to sit and talk about his paintings as well in which I would learn more about his life and what he did for one thousand years, in which places he has been.

I wanted to know everything, but I had something else to do so I shook my head at him, still smiling. "Thank you, but no. I want to be alone." "As you wish, love." he responded in a whisper and left the room as well, probably to his art studio.

"How is Katerina?" Elijah asked me and I grinned. "She really could use some company. Why don't you offer it to her, Elijah?" My idea worked.

I stepped cautiously down in the basement with a lamp I found in this ancient home I lived and looked around. It was really dark, lad, and spider webs everywhere and extremely dry.

Looking around, I noticed a large cage in the back of the room which was just as old as the house but just as strong to keep someone captive in there.

Celeste was chained up inside and she was sleeping, her face looking really pale, as a ghost' and it looked like Klaus really drained her of her blood. He was planning on torturing her like this.

Me? I wanted this woman to pay for what she did, but I wanted to get some straight answers out of her as well. As soon as I pointed the light towards her, she hissed, and looked angry but didn't move.

I approached her and without thinking, I opened the cage and sat down on my knees next to her. She looked surprised to see me but not happy. "What the heck are you doing here?" she croaked.

"I am here to ask you some questions and I expect some good answers." I told her straight out. She managed to laugh a little and said, "You've got to be kidding me. Why on Earth would I tell you anything? Unless, you have some blood to give me."

She was hoping and looked at me with pain in her eyes. I knew what she was playing and I wasn't going to join. "Not a chance. The deal is this one. Either you tell me what I need to know about Marcel, or I inform Klaus that you are not being cooperative and he will punish you further."

She laughed again. "Please, I know that he didn't send you here. I know Klaus. He would be a fool to even think about this."

"Celeste, I am warning you! You have already done enough damage in this house. I suggest that you just start talking and save yourself from this. Marcel is not going to come to your rescue or even another vampire, if that's what you're hoping. I might even be able to convince Klaus to release you, despite of everything you've done."

She scoffed and I waited for a response. "I don't understand what it is about you which makes him act like that. You are just a one-night stand. Klaus and I were more than that in 1800…but I guess it is just the fact that you are carrying his child and you are welcomed to a life of luxury. Lucky you."

"Lucky? I am stuck in the middle of a war, pregnant and thinking that everyday my child could be in danger and it is not even born. I live in fear every day." "You should."

I really had enough of all this. "Start talking!" I demanded. "Or what?" I had no response for that. We looked at each other for a long time before Celeste continued talking.

"You talk about your child being in danger. All your problems revolve around your child. Don't you ever think about yourself? You never think about how deserted you will be once you give birth to that child and no Original will give a damn about you anymore?"

I tried to ignore everything. It was just like that day, that morning when she told me some things which hurt, even though they seemed to be true at the moment.

Now, I wasn't so sure.

"The Originals will get rid of you. All these little things and connections you seem to have with Klaus will all go away. In the finale, I see him abandoning you on the streets, taking your baby and living happily ever after with that perky blonde of his. Imagine yourself on the streets with that cheerleader acting like the mother of your child and warming herself in bed with the man you obviously have feelings for. Your life will suck, Hayley."

"No." I burst into tears like a moron and that was exactly what she wanted.

I stayed there on my knees and just then with a grin on her face, she started to move and I before I could realize what was happening, she had grabbed my throat and she was standing.

She was faking all along. She wasn't as weak as I thought. I continued gasping for air and I prayed that my baby wouldn't be affected by this. At that moment, there was a growl and Celeste was slammed again the other wall.

Klaus was upon her and I couldn't believe what he was holding. It was a wooden stake.

He stabbed it into her heart at that moment and I gasped, falling on my knees, the tears in my eyes continuing to flow as Celeste's body was dropped before me. She was gone.

"Hayley!" he cried and out and immediately bent over to help me up. I was crying and I couldn't stop. "It alright, love. You're safe with me. It's alright. You will not be seeing her ever again."

He gave me a warm hug and I wrapped my arms around his neck, still crying into his shirt. "How did you know I was here?" I whispered and he whispered back.

"Because I had a feeling. I know you. I knew you would come here to see her." "You're not mad at me?" "No." I was glad and continued hugging him, pushing Celeste's last words out of my head.

Klaus picked me up bridal style and took me to my room, making me lay down on my bed. "Please, don't go." I told him, my face red. "Of course not. I just want to know what you were thinking."

I stood up and placed a hand on his chest. "I wanted to learn more about what happened to my parents, how they died and I thought she might have known." "It was Marcel." Klaus said, trying to end the subject.

"How do you know?" "It is the most obvious choice, Hayley. He wants to be King of the Quarter and he gets rid of the werewolves so of course he killed them."

"Amelia is not so sure." "Well, Amelia hasn't lived as long as I have in order to know Marcel as well as I do. I taught him everything he knows." "I know. I just think about the possibility of you being wrong."

"Because of Rebekah?" "What does she have to do with anything?"

"You want to protect her and in order to do so, you try to find a way to make Marcel as less guilty as possible, hoping that would make her happy and give her more chances to have a happy ending with him. I thought Marcel fancied Camille." He said deep in thought.

"Marcel and Rebekah have a long history and they are in love with each other. You can't deny that anymore, Klaus. You should just know that there is a big difference between fancying someone and truly loving someone."

Klaus looked at me for one moment and I was afraid of what he would say to my remark but we were interrupted at that moment by Elijah who burst inside without even knocking and Katherine was standing behind him in shock but she didn't look upset.

"Niklaus, you killed Celeste?" Elijah asked like a lunatic.

"She tried to kill Hayley."

"We needed her information." Elijah insisted but there was pain in his eyes. I could see it. He had cared for Celeste once and seeing her gone, was surprisingly hurtful for him.

Katherine rubbed Elijah's neck in order to make him feel better but I knew deep down that she didn't care that Celeste lost her life one bit.

Elijah placed his lips on Katherine's and Klaus rolled his eyes looking as grumpy as he ever did when he saw the girl he has been trying to hunt down for over 500 years kiss his brother. Just then, they were pulled apart by the doorbell.

"I'll get it!" came Rebekah's voice.

Elijah went downstairs along with Katherine. Klaus and I heard Rebekah saying, "Hey! What are you doing here?" she was joyful. "Who…?" I began asking but I got my answer as Marcel's voice was heard next.

"Hi, darling. How are you feeling?" "Just perfect."

"Good. I am here to see your brothers. All three of them." We all heard it and we all went downstairs. Just then, I remembered something important.

"Davina!" I hissed just as Kol passed the room. His eyes widened and ran back to her room along with me. "Hayley…" Klaus began but is stopped him. "Just go downstairs. I will send Kol in a couple of minutes as well. I'm staying with Davina."

Klaus nodded and he went downstairs along with Elijah and Katherine to join Rebekah and Marcel. Kol and I informed Davina of what was going on and she panicked.

She looked heartbroken. "He has been taking such good care of him and I have betrayed him." "You haven't, darling. You are just doing what is right for this city. You are protecting the city from someone who is ruining it."

Kol calmed her down and Davina gave him a hug. "Hayley, go downstairs to help." Kol said to me.

"What are you talking about? What about you?" "I am staying here with Davina. She needs me, my protection and care." "Marcel said he wants to see all of the Mikaelson brothers and that includes you, Kol."

"I am staying right here. I don't give a rat's ass what Marcel wants. I want nothing to do with him and he might get a serious beat down from me if I ever see his face again. Go!"

I nodded and before I could close the door, I noticed Davina giving Kol a peck on the lips and after that; they continued to hug each other. I smiled sweetly and then closed the door shut and made sure that no one would go inside and disturb them, especially Marcel.

He must not figure out that Davina is with us. I walked downstairs with a serious expression on my face and this time, Marcel didn't exactly grin when he saw me.

"The extraordinary werewolf girl, Hayley. How nice to finally see you! I hope that you haven't been lurking around and not minding your own business as you did at the ball."

Rebekah gave him a look and he stopped saying anything else. Klaus rolled his eyes and I noticed Katherine doing the exact same thing. Marcel walked around and replied grinning, "Klaus, I've said it once and I am going to say it again. This place is magnifique!"

"Why don't we just continue our little chat, the one we had before Hayley came downstairs." "I have nothing more to say, Niklaus. I said all I needed to say. Just keep your little friends out of sight and I am going to keep them out of mind."

He was looking at Katherine especially when he said that. Katherine looked surprised. She was no friend of Klaus'.

She was only there because she loved Elijah so much and wanted to be with him forever, although now as human, I wasn't sure how that was going to be possible for her if Sophie didn't get the time to finish that potion she had been promising.

"Rebekah, would you care to come with me for a walk?" "Well…" Before she could answer, Klaus had stepped in between them. "The answer is no." he growled. Uh oh…again.

"Whoa! Since when are you making the decisions for her, Klaus? She is old enough to do what she wants and be with whom she wants to be with." "I thought that you would have learned your lesson from back then."

Klaus continued and Marcel, smirked, taking a step forward to face him. Klaus didn't say anything after this. It was clear that he has somehow met his match even though Klaus was much stronger than Marcel.

I noticed some of Marcel's vampires lurking round our house, somehow inspecting it and Rebekah was looking at marcel in an apologetic way. "Nik, stop it!" she told him through gritted teeth.

"I'll see you around." Marcel told Rebekah giving her a sweet smile and she managed to smile back as he headed outdoors.

"Oh, and Klaus! You will let me know if you happen to see dear Davina, will you? Thanks, old pal!"

The weird thing about the relationship between Klaus and Marcel is that they were good friends but at the same time, they really hated each other. It was the kind of relationship that I used to have with the father of my child. Rebekah couldn't say anything afterwards. The attraction and care between her and Marcel was already too obvious.

Klaus was not liking this. Marcel and his gang left the house and Elijah closed the door. "That went well, I think. He didn't spot Davina and neither did his followers." "We are not going to kill him. The witches just want him to be ran out of town along with his closest gangsters."

I told Klaus, knowing what he was thinking. They were good friends and I had a feeling that if he did kill Marcel, he would regret it deeply afterwards. "Maybe." he whispered.

We have all been thinking about what we were going to do in a couple of weeks when the full moon would be out and he werewolves would attack.

"We have this plan which Sophie modified but in a good way. Now, all we need is to put it in action and free this town. Rebekah…" Elijah wanted to say something to her but she cut him off.

"I know, brother. I am not going to let my personal feelings get in the way of what I must do. I acknowledge that." I rubbed her back and looked at Klaus with my emerald eyes.

He looked like he was admiring them and thinking about me and our baby. There was another knock on the door and Davina quickly hid behind Kol, thinking that it was Marcel again but Elijah shook his head at her. Thank Goodness! It wasn't him.

He opened the door and Sophie came inside with a couple of witches behind her including two I recognized, Sabine and Agnes, the fortuneteller. They looked serious and worried.

"I have some good news and some bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Sophie asked. "Why don't you just tell us the good news? This day has been full of shits." Katherine grumbled and Sophie raised her eyebrows.

"Very well! The good news is that the potion for the complete control of werewolves when they transform has been successfully brewed. Now, all we need is to wait for the day in which they will transform and they will all need to drink some of this potion before the full moon is out." Sophie explained and Rebekah clapped.

"That is good news." she agreed but Katherine crossed her arms.

"And what about my potion?" "I am finishing it." Sophie said annoyed. "I am taking care of it now. Sophie is in fact busy with more important things." Sabine added.

"What is the bad news?" Klaus asked, bracing himself.

"The bad news is somewhat confusing. Agnes appears to have caught a glimpse of someone in this town. Someone who has appeared to be dead, in fact, completely gone."

"And you claim that this person is back?" Elijah asked, scratching his head.

"Yes, and most likely came back with a vengeance and to cause trouble for all of us, maybe even Marcel. This town will be in even more danger if we do not do something."

"Wait a minute! Who are we talking about? Who is that powerful as to come here and try to cause trouble for the Original Family?" Kol stood up looking all brave for Davina. It was cute.

"You may want to brace yourself." Sophie replied and Katherine started tapping her heels. "Just spill it already! You are making me nervous."

No. She was just grumpy because of the unfinished potion. "It is the father you assumed to be dead, after being daggered by Klaus. Mikael!" Sophie had laid the bomb on us.