"Wake up sleepy head" I heard the woman I had hoped was a dream say as she pulled me up

"Where am I? How long have I been off for?"

"Around two days, I couldn't have you bothering us constantly"

"And my baby? I need to feed, you know?!"

"Don't worry, we woke you up and fed you, but you wouldn't remember that"

I rubbed my eyes and tried to recognise my surroundings, but it was absolutely unfamiliar.

"Come on, the guests of honour are outside, waiting for us"

"What guests? What are you on about?"

Then she opened the front door, revealing Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah and Marcel standing in the front yard of the weirdly shaped house.

"You brought us all the way to a goddamn cemetery, and I don't want to know what Hayley was doing in a mausoleum, but let her go now" Klaus ordered

"We're in a mausoleum?" I asked in horror

"Shush darling" she said

I tried to be smart and step out swiftly but was blocked by an invisible force

"Uh-uh honey, you can't go out and they can't come in without my permission" she said

"Elijah do something please" I pleaded, avoiding Klaus

"Shut it Hayley, its not like we're torturing you in here" she snapped

"What do you want?" Klaus barked

"Are you familiar with the current political situation in New Orleans?"

"Yes Sophie, everyone is equal and in peace" Rebekah snapped

"If only" Sophie said, causing a confused expression to form on their faces "That's what the witches, werewolves and Vampires in power want you to think. The truth is, ever since the collapse of the Crescent wolf hierarchy the wolves are all over the place, looking for a proper leader to regroup them. The vampires are the lonesome bloodsuckers they always were, except that they don't harm fellow supernaturals, and witches...let's just say the only witches in town who are free and equal are those who agreed to bow down to the strongest coven...the ones who channelled the power of many ancestors without permission, the ones who are require fellow witches to give over some power to their leader in order to join their coven. They call themselves the Royals"

That finally explained it

"Why does this interest me?"

"It doesn't, but it does interest me." she explained "All witches should
be allowed to practice magic as they wish, all witches are supposed to be equal!" she exclaimed "But they won't let us. Those who use serious spells they can track down are severely punished. I am doomed
to a life of hiding my true self because I refuse to bow down to those who use their power for evil"

"Once again, why do I care?" Klaus asked annoyedly

"Let me finish" she snapped "The only witch strong enough to challenge them, or her, to be precise, was a teenager called Davina, the only survivor of the last harvest, who was tricked into believing that she is in danger because of us and that she can be saved if she obeys them. If she only sacrificed herself she'd come back to life with all the other harvest girls..."

"You're sacrificing teenagers and the Royals are the bad ones?" Marcel questioned

"We're not killing them, we're resurrecting them. Davina ruined the whole plan and now is naively doing everything they say"

Klaus rolled his eyes

"They sent Genevieve" she said out of the blue "They resurrected her and told her she can pursue her longtime wish of seducing you. They gave her the love spell. They meddled in with your life. If it wasn't for one of my coven members, Celeste who helped cure you, you'd still be a in love affair with that bitch"

Now they seemed interested, and I pissed off.

"What do you want?"

"I want you to help me bring them down"

"They may have meddled with my life, but I'd rather keep away from your stupid politics. Now hand her over, because you know I'll find a way to get in there anyway"

"I know you will" she said, to my surprise "That's why I took the precaution of connecting myself to her"

"You did what?!" They asked simultaneously. I began feeling dizzy, which she seemed to notice

"Grab the chair behind you, this will finish soon" she whispered to me, surprisingly empathetic

"Why in hells name..." Klaus began before pinching the area between his eyebrows and sighing "End your games Devereux"

"My sister handed herself over to the Royals and accepted their punishment for the spell" she said "But its for the greater good"

"Do you really think I am going to allow myself to be ordered around by you because you linked yourself to Hayley?" Klaus said, to my horror "By all means, have her. She wanted to stay in New Orleans anyway"

"I am aware that you have broken up, I am aware of many things Klaus" she said and straightened her posture "They may be stronger, but only those from my coven get visions in New Orleans, and we had visions of
Hayley prior to her arrival"

"Didn't the teenage traitor have them as well? Doesn't that put ahead of
you all over again?"

"Trust me, if they knew about the things we know they'd have Hayley now, not me" she said in confidence

"And what is it that you know? What can be so effective that it makes you think it gives you the power to control
me? Hayley, any ideas?" Klaus asked

I looked over at Sophie speechlessly, pleading with my eyes for her not to tell Klaus, not like this.

"Hayley here is quite the miracle" she said as she patted my shoulder, tears flowing from my eyes as she did "Aren't you Hayley?"

"Sophie please" I said "Please don't do this"

"Hayley what is going on?" Elijah asked impatiently "Are you alright?"

"Oh she is quite alright" Sophie said, avoiding my eyes, almost as if she regretted this "They both are"

"Both?" Klaus said

"Both she and your unborn child"

There was a moment of silence

"Come again" Klaus said, a hysterical smile on her face

"Hayley is pregnant with your child, isn't she?" she asked as she looked over at me "Tell them"

"Tell her she's being ridiculous love" Klaus told me

"Don't call me that" I said warningly

"Go on, say that we cannot have a..."

"I am four weeks pregnant and very anaemic" I said, interrupting him "I was at the doctors, I have a photograph of the fetus"

"Very funny" he said "Have you been with anyone since our breakup?"

"Four weeks Klaus"

"Fine. Have you been with anyone else during our relationship?"

"How dare you?" I roared as I lunged at him but was pushed back by the spell "If anyone cheated in our relationship it was you"

"Then how do you explain this thing you're carrying?"

"Nature's loophole, I like to call it" Sophie interrupted "Your werewolf side impregnated her. We all had visions of it. Its yours. And, if anything, it'll make you stronger more than anyone else"

Suddenly Bonnie's prophecy made more sense

"A friend of mine had a prophecy!" Damon yelled "She had a prophecy that said you're this miracle lady who is going to make Klaus Mikaelson a stronger creature. While that alone is reason enough to separate you I also found out that something bad will happen to me because of it"

"That is not my child you ridiculous woman" he yelled

"Klaus stop and reconsider this. This maybe something beautiful, a once in a lifetime opportunity. Creatures like us never get a chance at happiness..." Rebekah began saying, only be to cut short by a furious Klaus

"Stop with your whiney, annoying love for creating new life sister, not all of us dream of having children like you do"

"All I'm saying is that the woman you love is carrying your child and you need to understand how lucky you are"

"The woman he loves? Please" I said under my breath, but they seemed to hear

"Lucky?" Klaus asked angrily "Witches are planning to manipulate me using it. My life is already negatively affected by it"

"Klaus!" Marcel said warningly "Hayley is right there, hearing everything you're saying"

"Forgive me if I refuse to be tied to puppet strings controlled by Sophie Devereux" He said coldly "I am not staying for this. I advise you to let Hayley go, the rest isn't of my interest"

"I'll kill her" Sophie warned

Klaus stopped walking away and lifted his head as she slowly turned back around to us. He looked into my eyes for a brief moment apologetically, before saying the words that would haunt me forever

"Kill her and the baby. What do I care?"

He left, followed by a furious Elijah

"Are you serious?!" Mikael yelled angrily

"Klaus get back here!" Rebekah screamed "We'll help you, please don't hurt her" she begged Sophie

"That's it, I'm out of here" I said and tried to break out, but failed "Let me go! Let me go! LET ME GO" I repeated as I slammed myself against the unseen wall

"Hayley calm down" Marcel said "We're gonna get you"

"You're going to hurt your child" Sophie warned

"Don't dare mention my baby, you monster" I said as I ran back in and looked around for something, anything, to help me

"What are you doing?" she asked, seeming frustrated

I grabbed a knife that was lying on the chair inside and pointed at her "I'll kill you, I swear I will"

"If I die you die with me" she said "We're linked"

"Its better than whatever this sick game you're playing is" I yelled "Let me out"

She looked away and began pacing. I screamed angrily and threw the knife aside.

"My baby is really fragile Sophie" I whimpered "I almost lost it two days ago. I cannot feel the pain and fear I felt then again. Please, I beg of you, find a different method of getting what you want" I said as tears spilled from my eyes like a waterfall

"I agree to your terms, let her go" Klaus said as he reappeared "I'll take her home then we'll see to it that you get what you need"

"I knew you'd come to your senses" Sophie said "But its not that easy to achieve what I desire"

"Whatever it takes" he said "I am not
letting you harm her"

She nodded and with a snap of her fingers did something that made the barrier disappear.

"You're safe now" Klaus whispered, expecting me to be grateful, but all I felt for him was disgust

I went up to Marcel and hugged him

When we got back to my hotel
suite I sat down on my couch and fell into deep thought. Klaus Mikaelson, the man I loved and the one I believed loved me, the one I gave my everything to, the person I considered being with till death, didn't hesitate to give me up to die.

"You almost lost the thing?" he asked out of the blue as he took a seat by me, to my horror

"The thing?"

"It. You know"

"My baby. Your baby. Our baby, you mean" I corrected "The one you left to die"

"I am sorry, darling" he said as he put a hand on me, which I shoved aside "I couldn't allow her to manipulate me. I wanted her to give up..."

"You risked our lives for your own selfish reasons"

"I said I'm sorry"

"Did you ever love me, or was I always this temporary adventure for
you?"

"Hayley come on..."

"Stay away from me you disgusting monster" I snapped "I will never allow myself to believe in you ever again"

"I never promised to be anything different than the bastard I always have been"

"You're right, its my fault. I should have know better" I said as I checked my phone angrily.

My parents had texted me about a small house not far from the woods that belonged to them. A man was ready to give me the key when I wished.

"I'm leaving, I have things to do" I said and stood up

"You really shouldn't. Its dangerous out there"

"I feel more in danger here than anywhere else. You put me in danger Klaus"

I refused to give him a chance to answer and hurried out.

Hours later, as I sat in the house all
alone, all I was thinking of was how bad I wanted to hurt Klaus. To
make him realise what he had lost. To make him feel pain because of me.

Then it hit me, the ultimate punishment. The suitable sacrifice for the cause. Klaus and I were never meant to raise a child together anyway. Neither of us were built
for it, and lately, the life I had seemed too unworthy to live.

Klaus' POV

"She has gone for hours" I told Elijah as I grabbed myself a mini bottle of whisky from the mini-bar

"You needn't be worried. I texted her before, she reassured me she was alright. Her parents owned a cabin in New Orleans apparently, so she's gone to check on it"

I inhaled and shut my eyes. What was happening? How did we get here? Was this thing, this miracle, really something that should worry me, or was it something I should be proud and thankful of? Rebekah was right, this was a once in an infinite-lifetime opportunity, and I should have realised that earlier.

But the fear and paranoia of seeming weak, something my dear old father had awakened in me centuries ago when I was still a child, had stood in the way. I had allowed it to break her heart. I had made an irreversible mistake, and I didn't know how to get back from it.

Now that I thought of it, this child could be the salvation for me everyone had wished for. It could be a new beginning, a new me. I never wished nor intended to have a child, but the magic in it was something beyond deniable.

Towards midnight, when I was buried deep in thought she texted me this random address, telling me to meet her there. The others decided to join me because they didn't trust me, apparently.

When I arrived to the woods I called her, not understanding the concept of this meeting.

"Hayley what is going on?" I asked as the other watched me talk on the phone in curiosity

"I called you to the wrong side of the woods on purpose, so even if you do reach where I am soon you'll still be far too late"

I could hear a fire in the distance

"Where are you?"

"I am never going to let my fate be in your hands ever again" she said weirdly "I am ending it on my
own terms" she said, followed by a wail from her. The sound of flames seemed louder now.

"What exactly are you ending Hayley?" I asked in panic

"You never deserved us" she said and I heard the phone drop

"Hayley?! Hayley!"

The call ended and I looked around worriedly

"She didn't sound normal"

"Is that smoke?" Marcel
asked as he pointed to something far away

"Hayley no" I gasped and used my
super speed to run through the forest

When we arrived to the house and broke in through the flames, I found her burnt corpse lying on the ground. She was completely burnt and unrecognisable.

As I carried her out, tears and pain all over me, Rebekah wailed in sorrow and Marcel and Elijah shouted meaninglessly.

"What have you done?" I whimpered as I lay her on the ground "What have you done Hayley..."

Hayley's POV

As I watched Klaus and his friends wail in agony over my alleged death from afar I felt a touch on my shoulder, startling me.

"I must admit, that is one hell of a trick dearie" Kol said as he opened his arms wide for me

"Kol!" I exclaimed as I jumped to his arms "I tried to reach you for days!"

"I'm sorry, I'm back now" he said "What exactly happened here? I disappeared for a couple of days and
you fake your death? If you hadn't warned me via text I'd be over there crying over your dead body"

"I know" I said as I looked over my shoulder at Klaus "Trust me, its well deserved"

"What did he do this time?"

"He showed me I need a new life...for good"

Hey guys! So I guess I went a bit crazy towards the end, huh? I hope you still found it a good read. I can say that better things are to come, but better things aren't going to come so easily. Klaus needs to pay for his actions and build a healthy, strong foundation if he wants anything with Hayley. The biggest problem at the moment is Hayley's alleged death. How do you think it'll play out? Will Hayley confess or get caught? I really want to know what you think. I've been dying to get to these chapters because I have planned them for weeks now, and the future is a tad bit more dramatic. I hope you're liking it. Thanks for all your reviews and please leave more.