It had been a week since Davina moved in with Marcel, and the loss of the most powerful witch in town caused chaos among the supernatural inhabitants of New Orleans.
Sophie Devereux was spiteful, blaming Klaus for not acting fast enough and complaining that without Davina as an asset, her chance of victory of LaRue was nearly impossible. Klaus, of course, was taking none of it. Their arguments were constant, and although Klaus tried hard to keep me out of it, I was in the centre of it all.
"The mark on her wrist won't come off" Klaus yelled at Sophie as he showed off the sign that had appeared on my skin out of nowhere, clearly a message from Sophie, who was still linked to me
"It was a warning Niklaus. I have the power to do much worse to both her and her child in a heartbeat. Don't tempt me. We already lost Davina, but so did Josephine, which means we need to act now"
"What do you want me to do? Walk into LaRue's gathering and kill them all in cold blood? The ancestors would punish you for it"
"Kill her" she snapped "She's manipulating the power of the ancestors, because unless the Harvest ritual has been completed, their power isn't controllable by them. Its easily taken advantage of"
"I cannot just kill her, she is powerful" he snapped
I took a step forward and looked at Sophie directly in the eyes
"How can you guarantee our immunity?" I asked "How can I know that once this is done you wont see us as a threat and kill me and my child as well"
"I may be desperate to save my people, but I'm not a monster…not unless you make me become one"
"I want the mark gone" Klaus clarified again "I want whatever you have with me to involve me, not the people I love"
"Find Davina or an alternative to bring LaRue down Klaus. These are your last warnings"
With a final threat, Sophie left the compound, leaving a raging Klaus behind.
"We know where Davina is, we should just hand her over, or kill her as is necessary"
"Klaus she is a child!" I reminded him "Don't be so heartless"
"I am heartless because I have to put certain things and people before others" he snapped and left me behind
"Hayley" Kol called out, arriving right as Klaus' silhouette disappeared behind the bedroom door
"Kol, I haven't gotten a chance to hang out with you in so long" I said as I pulled him into a hug
He stroked my hair as I remained in his arms a while longer.
"We should go see the wolves, keep an eye on them" I said
He moved uncomfortably and nodded
"Are you sure you want this position?" He asked awkwardly
"I have to respect my the legacy of my parents, fixed what they unwillingly ruined, clear their names"
"I understand…"
I wish I could tell him about Davina, take him to her and allow him to give me advice on this chaotic situation, but I took an oath, we all did, that what we know would stay between the people in that room only.
"So, shall we? You don't have to come if you don't want to" I reassured him
"I would obviously join you, you're not going alone to that hellish place…those people might be your subjects, but they lack a certain amount of respect"
"Don't judge them too harshly, we don't know what they've been through"
"I know what I've been through" he snapped unexpectedly "What I mean is even through all the shit I have seen I still know when to respect a certain individual"
I nodded, though confused by his statement, and went to grab my stuff.
Klaus was in the bedroom, re-dressed and fixing his hair, and smiling at my reflection in the mirror.
"Why don't we grab lunch?" He asked as he turned around to me
"I can't, I'm gonna go check on the wolves with Kol" I said as I took my bag and checked myself out one last time
"He's here? I have been trying to get in touch with him for days" he stated in surprise and flew by my side to go see his brother "Kol Mikaelson, thank you for honouring us with your presence" he snapped as he arrived downstairs
"I didn't know you're still at home, I thought you'd be out handling business"
"I prefer to spend as much time with my family as I can lately" he said, throwing a smile at me as he did "Perhaps you should too"
"I try to spend as much time with Hayley as I can" he replied
"I meant us, your siblings Kol" Klaus said as he placed his hand on Kol's shoulder "I am glad you see Hayley as your family, but we are family too. Sure, we had some issues in the past, ironically involving Hayley, but I'd still like to have you around. You should move in"
"That would be unnecessary" he said as he stepped back and dropped Klaus' hand "We'll spend more time together, if that's what you like"
"Well then, we should have dinner all together tonight" I said excitedly "It's time to bury the hatchets once and for all"
Kol nodded and Klaus stroked my hair gently in gratitude.
"Well Kol,, shall we get going?"
He nodded and followed me out. The drive to was pretty quiet. There was clearly something on his mind, and I was worried it had something to do with Klaus.
"Is everything okay?" I asked as I got out of the car
"Its not the time Hayley" he said without much thought, worrying me further
"Is it about Klaus? We can cancel the dinner…"
"Its alright" he said immediately
The wolves were having some sort of a gathering when we arrived, and they all stopped their discussion once we were noticed
"Good afternoon" I announced
"Good afternoon Hayley" some replied
"Can I be briefed on whats going on?" I questioned as I took a step closer, my action mirrored by Oliver
"We have a new member, well, a returning member, to be precise" he elaborated
"Returning member?" I asked, confused by the sudden arrival
"The name's Arthur, my mother moved away when I was a child and I decided to come back to my origins, my people"
"Does anyone remember this Arthur, or his parents?"
"My father passed away before I was even born, while my mother was pregnant. My mother never really got used to the Wolf lifestyle, she isn't one you see"
"So you should have certain relatives, isn't that correct?" I asked as I looked around for support
"My last living relative passed away, unfortunately. His name was Jackson, you may know him"
I breathed in uncomfortably, and felt Kol's presence by my side for comfort.
"Does anyone living remember Arthur's family, or not?"
"Does who would remember died during the Werewolf wars, just like my father"
"Hayley, no offense, but he's one of us. We took you in and we'll do the same to him. Why so hostile?"
"You didn't take me in, I came as your rightful leader" I snapped, and Kol cleared his throat at the same time, assumably in support "And as your leader I would like to check sudden, shady appearances from strangers who claim to be from our clan"
"Je suis francais, comme toi" He switched to French unexpectedly "Je viens de m'installer ici, et j'aimerai me faire accepter par vous tous, specialement toi"
I thought through his words and nodded, clearing my throat before I spoke up
"Je suis sure que tu comprends mes aprehensions, mais j'accepte" I replied "You may live with the clan"
People patted him on the back and cheered amongst themselves. I looked over at Kol who was watching me in admiration.
"You did good, Lebonair" he told me, making me fidget at the sound of my original name
"Thanks Kol…I just want to protect us all, you know"
"I do know. You're cautious. It kills me to admit it, but you are a good leader"
"It kills you?" I asked with a smile
"Hayley, we need to talk" Oliver said and motioned to talk in private
"Lead the way, I'll be back Kol"
"I should join you" he insisted
"In private Mikaelson, it's a werewolf thing"
"I….I understand" he said, clearly intending to say something completely different, and watched on as we walked away
"Hayley, the word has spread, wolves from other places have also found out about your return. Now that the Crescent wolves has 'revived' according to them, they want alliances forged, they want to create this entire werewolf community, with the royal original wolf line as its epitome"
"The Royal Original Wolf line?" I asked, expecting a clarification
"Hayley we are the Original werewolves. It was our ancestors who got the curse and sent it down the line, making it a legacy, not a hex. You, your parents and their parents before them are the leaders of the pack. Of course, throughout the years just like we moved here from France in the 1600s, many of our relatives moved around the world. When the Spanish conquered New Orleans and began to immigrate here many of us began to get involved with the Spaniards. The wolves weren't just French anymore. The Canary Islands, Tenerife and Gran Canaria especially, are full of our relatives. The Original Werewolves have spread by now all over the world, to Morocco, Turkey, Russia even."
"That was quite a history lesson Oliver" I replied as I sat on a swing that dangled next to us "But what do I have to do with this information?"
"Our relatives, the wolves of other countries, they want to, nay, need to meet their Queen. They don't necessarily follow the hierarchy we do, they merely have "alphas", per se, but you are the heir of the Original Werewolf. We wolves respect our customs, our history and our elders. As a result, they need to formally be introduced to the strongest wolf and get her or his graces."
"Strongest?" I asked as I stopped the swing with my feet
He smirked and shook his head in disbelief.
"You are meant to be the strongest; I just don't know how that's going to work with the way you were raised."
I rolled my eyes and got up. Placing a finger on his temple threateningly
"I may have only recently discovered my powers, I may be raised differently and be unaware of our history and such, but if I'm meant to be the strongest, just like my father was and his father before that, you can be assured that I will be it." I snapped "Get that through your thick skull"
"I didn't mean to offend you" he said coldly
"Do I have to travel and meet these leaders or what?"
"The alphas, well the main ones, will come for a small gathering and you will be formally introduced to them all. I will alert you once the date and location is decided. I beseech you to come alone"
"Alone? So you can attempt to show me as weak?" I asked aggressively
"I doubt that they are aware of your canoodling with the vampires" he elaborated
"Klaus is a wolf just like us before anything else. It's not his fault that he was never accepted by his people"
"He's a beast, an abomination" Oliver said angrily
I grabbed his collar and tightened it, cutting his breath
"Insult me all you want, but you will respect Klaus and the choices I make. You will not call any of my people an abomination. This great hatred between our kinds will come to an end and we will live in peace…It's not the Original vampires' fault that this war began. Our people went out and began killing innocents, even children, during the full moon. Both sides are at fault, and this will end with my rise"
I let go of him and threw my hair back, walking away from him haughtily.
"Is everything okay? Your eyes seem stern" Kol questioned as I joined him
"Everything is fine. There is going to be a werewolf gathering with the leaders from other countries"
"The union gathering? Are you actually going to be formally introduced then?"
I furrowed my brows in confusion over his knowledge on the matter
"I guess so, why?"
"Nothing, I just did some research on the wolves in order to prepare you for everything…I just thought it's too soon…are you sure you want this? I thought you were going to return to New York once your baby was born and you were free from Sophie's spell"
"That will make me no less of a Queen than I am now. They survived without me till today, didn't they? Besides, if they could move from France to Louisiana, I can move to another state"
"How will the leaders feel about Klaus and the baby though?" he asked as we got in the car
"I don't really care. I demand that the anger and hatred between our kinds come to an end. My child will be the true symbol of the newfound peace" I buckled in my seatbelt while I explained my point of view
"What? You cannot end the war between our kinds. It's preceded far long before you were born, to back when the Originals were created"
"To the death of Henrik, you mean" I corrected him "If it weren't for that the Mikael and Esther wouldn't create vampires in the first place. Klaus wouldn't have triggered his werewolf side in such an uneasy manner and Mikael wouldn't have killed Ansel and began a war. I will not continue a war built on the indiscretion of a woman and the fatal consequences of her actions, not the unacceptable behavior of wolves that cannot control their thirst even when it comes to a child"
"How is it that you know the Mikaelson history better than your own?" he asked, seemingly annoyed
"Ansel is also a part of my history. He was a distant relative of my family"
"He was below your family; he was elected by your ancestors to lead the North East Atlantic pack as an alpha. He wasn't even truly of the Lebonair descent. His great grandmother was a Lebonair, not his paternal line. I don't even understand why he was elected. He ruined everything. If it weren't for him the Mikaelsons wouldn't be what they are today"
"If he hadn't done what he had done, you perhaps wouldn't even be in my lives. Maybe I wouldn't even have met you, or you would never have become vampires. Most importantly, if it wasn't for him and Esther I wouldn't be carrying Klaus' child right now. So I'm glad they did what they did, but the war must end. My child won't be the descendant of warring sides"
"If you think that is the correct route to take, then very well, you have my support" he confirmed
I placed my hand on his and smiled at him just as we began to pull up to the compound. He was clearly going through personal issues, but he was always there for me and was one of my closest friends.
"If you ever need to speak on any matter Kol, just let me know" I said as I squeezed his fingers to get attention "Do you understand? You won't always be the ones who's just there for me, I want to be there for you too"
He nodded and smiled. I smiled back and placed a kiss on his cheek.
"I'll see you tonight for dinner, right?" I asked
"You will Hayley" he said and began driving away
Just then I felt a presence behind me, and before I could turn her slipped his hands through my arms and around my waist, pulling me into his chest and smelling my hair. I relaxed and threw my head back, laying my head on his shoulder. He nibbled on my ear lobe before whispering and sending chills down my spine.
"I have organised everything, we will be altogether tonight. We have some time to spare and I have really missed being alone. Perhaps, I could take you to our chambers now and take advantage of having you all to myself?"
I bit my lip and turned to face him, his arms still entwined with my body "I would love that" I kissed him on the lips and felt my feet depart the floor.
We were in our bedroom in mere seconds, and fell on the bed, our lips locked in a passionate kiss. I felt him go down with small caresses and kisses as he pulled off my dress. My thighs opened up to his touch, my toes curled, my fingers dug into his hair. I was out of breath; he was taking me wherever he wanted me to go. Soon enough he came back to my lips, now shirtless, and I unbuckled his pants impatiently. I needed him right now. I wanted a taste of him like he did of me.
I drove him insane. He breathed out my name, repeating how in a thousand years I was the one person to take over him so perfectly, so impeccably. He was about to lose it when I climbed over in order to finish him off. Our mirroring movement, the matching rhythm of our bodies and beating hearts drove me off the cliff. He held onto the bedhead for support, I sank my nails in his skin. It was too perfect.
With one last thrust he ended our euphoria and fell by my side on the bed and pulled me to him. Our overheated bodies knotted into one another and fit as puzzle pieces.
"You are beyond this world Hayley Marshall" he whispered into my ear
"You aren't so shabby yourself sir" I replied cheekily
"How is it that I fall more and more in love with you each passing day?" he enquired as I fidgeted in his arms
"You clearly must be, because who knew Klaus Mikaelson would be spooning and declaring his love after making love one day?" I teased
"Klaus Mikaelson didn't make love before he met you" he said and bit my ear "He had emotionless sex. Nothing I have ever done has ever been this heavenly."
"Explains your anger issues" I said playfully
"I need nothing else in life Hayley Marshall. You manage to somehow give me it all"
"I hope you will still say this in the future…but you'll probably fall out of love with me while I whither in pain for you"
"I promise you Hayley Marshall, I have no intention of letting you go"
Flash forward
"Just leave me be Klaus" I snapped as I walked around uninterestedly
"Hayley your love for me triggered this hex in the first place. How can you be so disinterested now?"
"You know why? Because love doesn't last, Klaus! One person cannot forever be everything to you, cannot be enough"
"We are having a child together. This is more than just a random relationship Hayley"
"I know that, this child is the one stable thing in my life, and you will of course still be in my life as long as it is…" I said, a glimpse of my softer side making a rare appearance, something I could never help when Klaus or my child was involved
"Which means forever" he added
"Klaus I…"
"You once told me that you hoped I would still think you are the one thing I need in life, that you give me everything I need…that I need nothing else when I have you. You told me you feared I will stop loving you while you would have to whither in pain for my love"
"Please stop it" I said as I held my head tiredly, trying to fight away the thoughts
"Hayley I am still in love with you like I always was, you are the one who has left us, destroyed us"
"Stop, stop talking like that" I began shaking my head violently
He grabbed my arms and looked into my eyes, clearly trying to reach me again
"Hayley I know your true self is still in there. I need you to fight it for me, for us. Please Hayley we need you"
I continued to shake my head violently.
"Hayley there is a cure, there is a way to fix this, but it requires something that I cannot do without your blessing. So please, I can see signs of you from time to time, fight the goddamn curse and speak to me for a second at least"
"Klaus help me, help me please" I began whimpering "Do whatever you need to do, please get me out of this madness" I said, feeling my true self for the first time in months
He smiled and pulled me in for a kiss. I could taste my tears on his lips, which made me realise how weak I looked and behaved, which in turn made me angry…
As our lips broke apart I began snickering and pushed him away
"A moment of weakness, is all that way Niklaus Mikaelson. I am absolutely content the way I am. The entire werewolf community is kneeling before me, including your ancestors. I am unstoppable. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will stop me from reaching that"
He sighed and walked back, clearly disappointed by his short lived moment of romance. I turned my back to him and placed a hand on my belly, caressing my child, my heir, who was about to join me very soon, and listened to his departing footsteps.
Nothing could stop me. Nothing and no one.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. A friend of mine helped me with the French and because I live in an international community I came up with the idea of reflecting other cultures in the fanfic as well. I know, I did something similar in one of my previous fanfics, but this will be different, with more history and explanation involved.
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