Nadia made sure to complete the spell to keep our mother in Elena's body, so, with that obstacle cleared, I had one less thing to worry about. Until well…something else happened. I was with Ben in my room, hanging out on my bed, when he suddenly began to choke.

"Ben?" I sat up abruptly and looked at him, concerned. His skin was turning gray, and he struggled to breathe. Immediately, I understood what was happening. My aunt or uncle had been staked or something and now their bloodline was at risk. Ben didn't burst into flames or actually die, but he just kept choking, so I knew something was definitely wrong in New Orleans. I reached over to my nightstand and snatched up my phone to call my uncle. He picked up, and I explained that Aunt Bekah was in trouble, and I told him how I knew that. "I'll be there as soon as I can. We have to find Aunt Bekah." I hung up then and looked at Ben, pained.

I caressed his cheek and spoke softly. "You won't die on my watch. I'll be back soon, I promise." And with that, I zoomed out of the house. I hadn't wanted to return to New Orleans, and I recalled my conversation with my father the other day.

"What are you doing here? Here to torture Mom or flirt with Caroline?" I snapped at him, avoiding eye contact.

"A little of both actually." He admitted and I inwardly groaned. "But also to retrieve you."

I raised my head and looked into my father's eyes then. It was silent for a moment, and then I muttered, "I don't want anything to do with you. I do not want to go back there either."

"Davina and Tim are dead." He told me and I rolled my eyes.

"And now you need me to be the all-powerful supernatural teen in town because I'm finally sixteen? No way." Then it sunk in that Tim was dead and I cursed under my breath. Before I'd left New Orleans, I'd found him and gave him my blood, knowing my father and his possible threats against Davina. I didn't know the girl, but all I could think about was how I couldn't let anything happen to Ben if it were me, and Tim was just a human. I'd even left blood behind, and compelled the boy to drink more once it got out of his system. I'd been generous, and now I wondered if he was truly dead. But I didn't let my father in on that fact.

"Adeline, I think it's time to stop living in your little fanta-"

"Goodbye Dad. But I'm staying here. Unless you want me murdering Hayley before your stupid replacement baby comes along?" I smirked, and zoomed off then, and he seemed too stunned to follow me.

And now, I was returning to that damn town. With my age, I'd also increased in speed tremendously, so I ended up in New Orleans in about an hour and half…somehow. I found my uncle with Hayley and groaned. He'd called me, telling me he'd found his sister, and I went to the site immediately.

"What's she doing here?" I hissed, shooting a glare at Hayley.

"Helping. We need to get around this boundary spell. Rebekah's life force is being used to assist a witch. That's what this is." We were in the middle of breaking the spell when a tremor of pain ran through me. Instinctively, I zoomed off and found myself in the bar. I jumped the witch there and twisted his neck until it snapped. The person I'd saved…was my father. I breathed heavily. Dammit, why could I feel when he was close to death ?

"I won't be helping you again." I told him sternly, and disappeared.

By the time I got back to my uncle, my aunt was good as new, and I asked her about Davina and Tim.

"Tim should be where you left him right?" I asked.

"Yeah, no one moved him." She answered, and I went off again, this time to the place where the body was, as according to my aunt.

I walked around the entire area, but there was no body there to speak of. The gravity of the situation hit me. I had finally created a bloodline. I only hoped he hadn't gotten himself killed yet.

I knew I couldn't go home to Ben then, but I had to talk to him. So I called my house, and he picked up, explaining how he was feeling better then. I told him about all that happened down here in a matter of hours and he told me to find Tim soon. He also seemed amused by the fact his bloodline was of my aunt's, but I let that slide.

I was walking down the street in the quarter while on the phone, and I spotted two figures down the road. As I got closer, I saw it was my uncle and a witch. I said bye to Ben quickly and sprinted over. "Uncle!" I cried, seeing him fall to the ground.

"It's the hybrid bitch…and it looks like she got to sixteen too. Took long enough. Though, she should have died. One of my coven members died at her father's hands because she scared the poor Original Daughter." The witch scoffed and my eyes went wide. Celeste.

The coven member…that was the witch who'd explained about my special powers, and then tried to kill me to prevent me from reaching sixteen.

"And now look at you. A perfect mix of everything. A vampire with enhanced power, a werewolf who never has to turn, and now…you have witch powers."

That was the big thing? I basically had the same powers as a witch did?

"But, I'm still stronger than you. Elijah, you can save one. Hayley, Klaus, Rebekah, or your dear niece. Choose wisely." And then Celeste grabbed me and we were off. She tied me up with something I couldn't escape from, and then she forced me to drink vervain. I felt my father's pain again later, and automatically, I struggled to escape to reach him, but I couldn't. Eventually that pain subsided, and my own came on full force.

I focused on breathing after a while, trying to ignore the vervain searing through me. I thought of my uncles and I knew I wasn't about to lose anyone else. And just like that, the ties that trapped me fell apart and I was free. Celeste underestimated me.

I found my uncle at the house. "Uncle 'Lijah?" I said, seeing him sitting in the drawing room, staring at the fireplace. He looked up and immediately rushed to my side.

"Thank heavens you're alright Adeline. We just need to get Niklaus and Rebekah back now."

"You saved Hayley then." I stared at him accusingly. There was a pregnant silence before I sighed anc said, "Well then, we have to find them. If anything happens to them-"

"We won't let it." Uncle promised, putting his hands on either side of my face.

"But…where do we even start to find them?"

"I have a faint idea of where to start." He said, and headed out the door, leaving me to follow. We arrived at daybreak in the cemetery, coming across Sophie's consecration ceremony. I enjoyed gatecrashing it, though the new Harvest Girl did not.

"The ancestors should have let you stay on the Other Side. You're so whiny and preachy, my God." I rolled my eyes.

Monique narrowed her eyes at me. "The Original Daughter. If only the ancestors had chosen more equipped witches to kill you. But it seems they care more about the new one. Hurts to be replaced, doesn't it? I heard your uncle here chose the werewolf mama over you and your family." She stepped closer. "The other one…Kol, was it? I bet he would have put you first out of the options given. And you still find yourself wishing that it was he that was the one still alive."

"Shut up!" I screamed at her and shoved her backwards with all my strength into one of the graves. I looked to my Uncle. "Tell me where they are when you find them. I'm not playing John Watson in your Sherlock mystery." And with that, I stormed off.

I got a text later, with a simple address, which ended up being at an abandoned hospital.

I zoomed around, looking for a trace of life, when I heard the struggle in the basement. I sped there to find a knife in my father, my uncle over him.

"Adeline, take Bekah out of here. Go quickly." Uncle Elijah ordered, and I nodded mutely, pulling my aunt along beside me.

And yet, I somehow ended up on "Dad Duty." I was stuck at the house, watching my father. When he finally awoke, he seemed quite confused to me. But before he could utter a word to me, Camille came to take over my shift, and I walked out without sparing a glance at my father. I called Ben then, going to tell him I'd be back that night, but the way he answered when he picked up scared me.

"Ben, what are you hiding from me?"

"I shouldn't do this over the phone Ads." He said back hesitantly.

"Just tell me now. My family is safe…at least from outside forces, but it could implode any second, as per usual, so I'll be home tonight."

"But your family isn't safe." He answered.

"Ben, what do you mean? You're not making sense. Spit it out!"

"Nadia and Katherine are dead." He said finally.

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