"What do you mean you're not coming back yet?" Damon huffs as he paces the living room of his home while he and Buffy speak over the phone, it had taken all night to get ahold of her and now she was just being a pain in his ass "What about the whole, bringing back Bonnie plan huh?!"
Buffy sighs through the phone "Damon, I'm in the middle of nowhere, I have been in a car with Klaus for 8 hours. Do not start on me, I smell and my hair is a mess cause of that stupid wig...ugh look Damon I'm sorry but we need to get to Joyce."

Damon groans and runs a hand along his jaw, while he understood why she had to take off it just sucked that now he was going to be stuck in charge of the children "Fine. But if your brother shoots me I'm coming for you."
Buffy laughs softly "Jeremy is there to help and shoot Silas if necessary."

Damon smirks in amusement before rolling his eyes as he hears Klaus complaining in the background of the call, he felt bad for Buffy, being trapped in a car with that for 8 hours sounded like hell "Be careful."

"You too. Call me when you find the anchor."
"Will do." And with that, he hangs up the phone and grabs his drink just as Silas enters the Boarding house with a big smile on his face "Greetings." He calls "Good morning, frenemy." He says to Damon before waving his hands causing all of the curtains in the house to open "Ah. You know, I'm only a few hours into my old life as a witch, but somehow the sun feels warmer. Probably because I'm not cursed with having to outlive it anymore." He breaths as he moves to stand in the bright light pooling into the room from the now open windows.


Buffy sighs as she leans her against the leather of the passenger seat, she was still sorting everything that Klaus had told her through her brain "So Kol...Finn...your mom...your dad...your other dad...Marcel...crazy young witch...this is just..." Groaning she rubs her head softly, her head just hurt so much after this very long ass conversation "Ooh, the thing in the back of my head hurts...the lobe thingy."
Klaus chuckles softly as he watches her rub her head, reaching over he takes her hand and squeezes it tightly "It's a lot."

"Body jumpers." Buffy says a little annoyed as she turns to glance at him unamused "Yeah body jumping witches and vampires. A lot is one way to describe it." Sighing the blonde runs a hand through her hair before glancing at the road ahead of them, this trip felt endless "I still can't believe your mom man...she sounds crazier every time we talk. And your real dad...wow you're family is screwed up."

Klaus merely shakes his head in amusement at her words, she always did find a way to make the horrors they were all facing somehow amusing for herself "Funny Luv. Although I would rather deal with my witch of a mother than yours."
Buffy snorts at that remembering back to her mother laying into Klaus with her words, it was scarier than any supernatural creature "My mother's words...you poor little hybrid."
"Oh sod off." He chuckles before sighing, he wasn't going to admit out-loud that in his 1000 years one of the last times he had been scared was when her mother had been screaming and threatening him.

Suddenly a farmhouse comes into view and Buffy's eyes widen as they begin driving faster "We're here?"
Klaus merely nods as he pulls the car over, without waiting Buffy leaps out of the car and runs into the front-yard where Rebekah was crouched building a bonfire while Elijah was stood with the 7-month-old baby girl in his arms patiently waiting for them.

Buffy remains frozen for a moment as she stares at her little girl, the blonde hair surrounding her little face and her eyes a bright green, Buffy felt like her heart had frozen as she stares at her little girl.
Joy finally noticing her mother giggles and reaches for her making Elijah step forward and Buffy holds back tears as she takes her little girl into her arms.
Hugging her tightly she kisses her forehead before turning to Klaus as a tear drips down her face, Klaus lets out a rare smile as he allows Buffy to hand him their daughter.
Buffy smiles as the little girl places her small hand on her father's face and Buffy couldn't stop the tears dripping down her face as she watches her daughter.

They finally had her back.


"A curse on the firstborn?" Buffy repeats as she holds Joy on her hip while standing beside Rebekah as they listen to Klaus finish the tale he had been informed of by his mother.
Rebekah arches a brow in confusion and turns away from the bonfire she was building to face her brother "What the bloody hell does that mean?"

Klaus sighs as he glances at Joy before glancing back at the mother of his child who was clearly not too pleased with this tale "According to Finn, our sister Freya didn't die of plague. She was taken as payment by our Aunt Dahlia...who then cursed all Mikelson firstborns for eternity."

Buffy sighs before placing Joy back on her little playpen, handing her Mr. Gordo Buffy then turns back to the Originals, running a hand through her hair she couldn't help but chuckle "Think of it this way at least this confirms you don't have other secret kids." When everyone stops and stares at her she sighs "Hey, my child is cursed, humor is my only defense right now!" Groaning she paces back and forth before turning to glance in-between Klaus and Elijah "How do we know this is true...I mean I met Finn and Kol...neither big with truth...plus you know they both almost killed me. So not feeling big with the trust."

Elijah sighs as he continues to help his sister place the wood into the bonfire "If we're to believe Finn that this is true...well he learned it from that bastion of truth, our mother."
Buffy sighs as she moans in disgust at the grime on her hands from helping with the wood dusting her hands off on her jeans she groans "Ah Esther. Kidnapped me, stole my blood, tried to kill my sister. Not a fan. Finn was the boring one right?" She questions making Klaus chuckle in slight amusement.

Buffy smiles back at the hybrid before going back to her questions "So what are the chances of your crazy aunt Dahlia showing up? Cause I left the scythe in Mystic Falls so I'd rather not get chopping up without it."
"Fable's over a thousand years old." Elijah explains to the young Slayer "Dahlia's long dead."

Buffy sighs at that, a thousand years when it came to their family was like a couple of weeks so she wasn't buying this "Yeah cause Esther so rotting and tomb-ish right now."

At her words Klaus turns to face the blonde, he could see the worry all over her face he could practically feel her fear for their daughter because it was exactly what he was feeling inside as well "No one's going to hurt Joy, because no one's going to find her." Sighing he turns to his sister who was continuing to pile wood into the bonfire "That's enough wood, Rebekah. You'll burn down the whole bloody state of Arkansas."

Buffy arches a brow "It took more than this to burn down my high school gym, so I think burning down a state is a little far fetched." She says with a laugh making Klaus roll his eyes in amusement while Rebekah chuckles "We're just missing a key ingredient."
Buffy frowns as she spots Klaus' annoyed expression and Elijah's amused one, raising her hand she clears her throat "All-powerful Slayer confused."
Elijah chuckles as he glances at the blonde before turning to his brother who clearly was not happy with whatever Rebekah was suggesting "I suspect Niklaus would rather choke on the ashes."

Buffy groans in annoyance "If someone doesn't explain I'm gonna start setting fire to things. It's been a while."
Klaus arches an eye at the blonde before moving her away from the bonfire "Let's keep the fire-starter away from flammable things."

"Oh shut up." Buffy laughs slapping his chest lightly before turning to Rebekah "Okay so what is this about?"
Rebekah smiles as she watches her brother and Buffy together, it was rare for her to see Niklaus like this, but when it came to the blonde Slayer/Demon hybrid he always had a way of surprising them "Well, before we light it, we write down our wishes for each other, to burn for luck. It was Kol's favorite part when we were kids."

Buffy wrinkles her nose slightly at that, she wasn't exactly a big fan of Kol's given the whole trying to kill her when she was pregnant thing but her and fire were non-mixy things. Even if she missed setting vamps on fire, she never got to do that in Mystic Falls, well except that one time a few months after she moved back to Mystic Falls during junior year.

"Further evidence as to why we should ignore it." Klaus argues before glancing at Buffy who groans "I don't know, I don't want her to catch the Summers gene of setting stuff on fire." She says gesturing to her daughter who was currently shoving her toys into her mouth, sighing she turns back to Rebekah "Are there smores?" She asks curiously "Cause then maybe I can be okay with the bonfire thing?"


"Jeremy and Damon are on their way to New Jersey with Silas." Elena huffs as she glances at her phone where she had just hung up on Damon. Apparently, Silas was not a big fan of her going anywhere with them because she looked like his one true love and it creeped him out, so alas she was stuck on finding Stefan duty, with Buffy in New Orleans she was the only one who could right now.

Xander sighs as he glances at his girlfriend, walking over to the dining table he places his toolbox down on the table before coming up behind the brunette and wrapping his arms around her "Think of it this way. Tonight Bonnie will be back, Joy will be back with Buffy and all will be right in our weird supernatural world."
Elena smiles softly before turning in his arms and kissing him softly on the lips "What would I do without you?"
"Find another dashing one-eyed man. But you would never laugh as much."
Elena giggles before slapping his arm playfully as she pulls out of his arms it's then that she spots his toolbox "Is this for that project you still won't tell me about?" She asks as she spots blueprints on the table.
Xander's eyes widen and he quickly moves the blueprints out of her reach "Yes and no you cannot know what it is."
"But—"

"You will not break me...and if you scream...I will do what I do best...run and hide."
Elena shakes her head in amusement before pouting slightly making his eye widen "No! No pouting. Stop it! No, I'm not telling you." As he panics and quickly scrambles together his stuff before running out the door Elena laughs softly before shaking her head in amusement. He was a strange little man but alas she did love him.

Sighing she gets back to her mission of the day, grabbing her phone she dials Stefan's number only for panic to fill her as a female voice answers "Stefan's phone."
"Who's this?"
"Uncanny. Your doppelganger voice is exactly like Amara's, so whiny."
Elena clenches her jaw as she listens to the crazy witch "Tessa, where's Stefan?"

"He's here. Well, not here here. He hopped in the shower. Between us girls, he works up quite the sweat, but I guess you wouldn't know that. Your type is squishy mortals, right? With terrible senses of humor. May I leave him a message?"

Elena clenches her jaw at Tessa's words about Xander that was going to cost the witch one punch to the goddamn nose "Yeah Remind him that you're a crazy bitch."


Elena clenches her jaw as she stands outside of Tessa's cabin waiting for the crazy witch to answer, Stefan may not trust her right now, but he was still her friend and she couldn't let him get trapped with this crazy witch who was going to do nothing but manipulate him.

After what felt like hours Tessa finally opens the door with an amused smirk on her face "Well, if it isn't Stefan's fated love."
Elena couldn't help but roll her eyes at that "Okay ew...where is he?"
"Ah yes, swishy human." Tessa says with a laugh before opening the door wider for Elena "Come on in, who am I to stand in the way of people ignoring destiny?" With that Elena steps inside and sighs in relief as Stefan walks out of the bathroom buttoning his shirt, however his eyes widen in worry as he spots Elena inside.

"Elena. You shouldn't have walked through that door."
Elena sighs "Look I'm sorry. But you're stuck with me, Buffy's out of town, and Damon's well Damon..."

"Buffy's out of town?" Stefan questions in confusion before he shakes his head, this didn't make any sense, opening his mouth he tries to speak only to grown and clench his eyes shut as a flash fills his brain.

Stefan sighs before loading up Silas into his truck "I heard you and Damon talking...you're leaving."
Buffy takes a shaky breath and nods "There's too much darkness here Stefan." Pausing she steps forward holding his hand in hers, looking up at him she forces a small smile on her face "I need to go."

"I understand." He tells her not wanting to watch her go, moving forward he pulls her into his arms hugging onto her tightly not wanting to let go.
Buffy holds on tightly thinking the exact same she would love to stay in this moment forever but she couldn't, if she didn't leave now she never would.

Pulling back she laughs softly and wipes the tears from her eyes "I'll be seeing you, Stefan."

Tessa frowns from her place by the doorway as she spots Stefan wobble slightly "Now that's new."


"So you're locked in a cabin with Tessa and Stefan?" Buffy clarifies as she tries to keep herself from laughing, Elena really did have the worst luck, not only was she trapped with a crazy witch who hated her face but she was trapped with said witch till sundown.
"It's not funny."

Buffy sighs, while she wasn't exactly thrilled about the flirting she could hear in the background, it was still kind of funny "What's not funny is your child being cursed. One afternoon with a crazy witch can't be that hard."
Elena sighs before her voice softens clearly trying to be quiet so that Tessa and Stefan couldn't hear her, but Buffy was guessing with how small that cabin was that no matter how quiet she was she would have no privacy "How's it going there?"

Buffy couldn't help the small smile that crosses her lips as she walks into the dining room where Klaus currently had Joy on his lap while she had her little hands on his face giggling madly "Other than the threat and curse...it's pretty great. Except Nik is hogging her." She jokes before sighing "Good luck with the witch."

"Wait, Buffy—"

Buffy doesn't say anything else and merely hangs up her mind too preoccupied with the little girl in her father's arms.
"Am I going to get any time with her today?" She teases as she moves to sit on the edge of the table and places the piece of paper that Rebekah had given her in front of Klaus.
Klaus arches a brow at the paper before turning back to Joy "I'm holding a small child, Buffy. The silly wish game will have to wait."
Buffy chuckles before arching a brow down at the handsome hybrid "Well you've been hogging her for an hour. It's my turn. And if mamma ain't happy ain't nobody happy." She warns giving him a playful glare making him smile only for her eyes to widen as Joy hides her face in Klaus's shoulder "Traitor." The blonde Slayer laughs making Klaus smile as he the blonde moves to sit beside him playing with their daughter's hand.

Buffy smiles slightly as Joy giggles "I had to fight off a crazy priest to bring you into the world and you betray me."
Joy giggles again before reaching for her mother making Buffy smirk and take the little girl from Klaus' arms, placing Joy in her lap she picks up Mr. Gordo as Joy drops it and hands it to the girl before placing her legs across Klaus' lap and gesturing to the paper "On you get."

Klaus chuckles before grabbing the pencil "I wish the trollope werewolf Hailey would tell Elijah she's marrying her werewolf suitor...at which point I will pour him a Scotch...and congratulate him on the bullet he dodged."
Buffy arches a brow as Klaus hands her the newly written note and smirks at her playfully, Buffy couldn't help but frown, Hailey of all people? Seriously what the hell was going on in New Orleans while she had been in Mystic Falls? "Hailey?"
"Yes."
Buffy couldn't help but snort, Elijah really didn't have the best luck with women, from Katherine who fell in love with his sister, Tatia, that crazy witch and god knows how many others "Wow."