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This will be my last update for a little over a week so I am going to post 3 more chapter today, I hope you enjoy.

militato123, there will be more Klaus chapters to come, but there's a few before there's any Skye/Klaus chapters but there are some coming...

Chapter 36

I looked around my apartment and loved that it was finally feeling like home. I had been in New Orleans for almost 2 months now and it had been quite the adventure. Thankfully Klaus had backed off and wasn't being a complete ass anymore, he had me working five nights at Rousseau's which I didn't mind at all. It kept me busy and the money was actually pretty good. I had finally gotten myself a car so no more walking or taking a taxi everywhere, which I was really excited about.

I was keeping in contact with Rayne almost daily, I knew I put our friendship in a weird place when I decided to move here without telling her but I think we had finally moved past that. She kept me updated on what was happening in Mystic Falls, even though I really didn't want to know details about Damon I still needed to know how he was. I know it was my choice not to ever call him but that didn't mean I didn't care. I kept telling myself I did it for him but I was starting to think more and more every day that I actually did it for me, I was afraid if we talked I'd have hope, hope that one day we could be together. I've started seeing things in a new light here, and it made me see the truth. Damon and Elena were meant to be together and the sooner I could admit that the sooner I could move past it.

Today was the day that would tell me if it was worth coming to New Orleans, today was the day that I was finally going to speak with the witches. I felt horrible because I have been here for as long as I have and I've kept my distance. Honestly if I wasn't working I was by myself, I had been practicing a lot, trying to better myself. Since my witchcraft was the reason I came here I knew I needed to advance, there was no other option.

I walked through the cemetery and automatically I felt at peace, I knew this was sacred ground. I was told this was where I would find the witches of the French Quarter, I just hoped they wanted to be found. I didn't want to be disrespectful so I didn't move any further into the cemetery, I sat on one of the stone benches and waited. I didn't know how I knew it but that's what I was supposed to do.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed but when I finally saw a man walk toward me I felt the connection immediately. I knew this was where I was supposed to be I just hoped the coven felt the same. I stood as he came near.

He extended his hand to me "Hello I'm Vincent Griffith, I am the Regent for the 9 covens in New Orleans."

I shook his hand and couldn't help but look in amazement "You have 9 covens in New Orleans?"

He nodded "Yes we do."

"I'm sorry I'm just so new to this whole being a witch thing and up until today I had only met one other witch." I was a nervous wreck.

"We have been waiting for you Skye, we've known you were here for a while but we wanted to allow you to make the first move." He said so smoothly.

That surprised me "I'm sorry I've been trying to work up the nerve but I kept falling short."

"No need to apologize, you are here now." Vincent started walking so I followed.

He didn't talk while we walked which was ok with me. We walked up to a building he opened the door and motioned for me to go so I do. As soon as I walked through the door I noticed that we were no longer alone, there was about a half dozen people standing there. I looked at each of them knowing right away that they were also witches.

"Skye I'd like you to meet part of the French Quarter coven." Vincent said from behind me.

I have never felt anything like what I felt right then. I felt like these people were my family, even though I had just met them. One women in particular caught my eye, I stared at her, and there was something familiar about her. I knew I had never seen her before but I felt like I knew her. She noticed immediately that I was staring at her but she never made a move, never said a word, she just let me go through everything that was rushing through my head. I don't know what made me come to the conclusion but I knew we were family, I knew she was somehow related to me but not like Bonnie was.

"Are we related?" I finally asked her.

She looked to Vincent for conformation before she said anything, he gave a small nod then she walked closer to me. She took me by my hand and started walking, she walked past the other witches into another room.

"Please have a seat." She said sweetly.

I went and sat in one of the chairs not taking my eyes off her, I wasn't sure why but I felt like if I lost sight of her then she'd disappear.

"I wasn't sure if you'd know, it's been a long time and with you not having your powers until you were almost 18 I didn't know how advanced you'd be by now." She told me.

"So we are then?" I asked not sure exactly if that's what she was saying.

"Yes we are" She told me but nothing more.

"So you've known I've been here this whole time and you never came to see me?" It kind of hurt my feelings that I've had a relative here and had no idea.

She looked like she was trying to find the right words before she continued. "I did come see you, you just didn't know it."

I wasn't expecting her response. "But why would you do that? Why wouldn't you have just came and talked to me."

"I couldn't, I was not allowed to approach you" She sighed "I wasn't even supposed to have went and seen you but I couldn't help it, I had to see you."

I was starting to think there was a lot more here that I didn't understand yet, she seemed awful emotional for someone who was just my relative. Then it hit me, I knew exactly who she was, my eyes started tearing up. I couldn't believe it, it couldn't be true.

"Are you…" I couldn't finish my sentence.

She didn't take her eyes off me, "I am your mother."