"Come here sweetie." Buffy whispers as she bends down and picks up the crying little girl from her crib, placing Joy on her hip she touches the little girl's nose lightly making Joy stop crying and stare at her mother with wide eyes.
Buffy laughs softly as the little girl merely stares at her with a look that she often gave Klaus, it was the what the hell do you think your doing look. As she holds her daughter she allows the warmness to fill her still cold heart, it was moments like this with Joy where she finally felt at peace, however that peace suddenly vanished as she hears a crash from the kitchen.
Frowning in confusion Buffy adjusts Joy on her hip before heading out of the baby's room and into the hall where she could spot Elijah holding a now broken whisk in his shaking hands.

"Hey." Buffy whispers causing the elder Original to inhale tightly before turning to face the beautiful blonde and smile "Buffy. Good morning."

"Are you okay?" She asks with a worried tone as she stares at the bent whisk in his hand, when his hands merely continue to shake she sighs before stepping forward and carefully taking the whisk from his hands "I might not be a good cook but I can order takeout real good. Wanna see?"
Elijah takes a deep breath as a chuckle passes through his lips at her words, however before he could say a word both Elijah and Buffy hear a car approach the house, glancing out the window Elijah sighs as he spots his brother and Camille exit the car "It seems Niklaus has returned."

Buffy frowns before her eyes land on the blonde "Whose the blonde?"
"Camile." Elijah explains "A friend of his..." Pausing he glances at the blonde vampire Slayer next to him, while it may not be obvious to most it was to him, Camille was beautiful, kind, smart, and tough, it seemed his brother had a type "A distraction perhaps."
Buffy arches a brow at that and glances at Elijah in confusion before rolling her eyes, she knew what he was getting at there but now was so not the time to talk about this, plus there was no way Klaus would just be waiting around for her, that was just crazy.

"Alright shaken' bake I'm gonna go say hi." She laughs before heading for the door, as she reaches the door she could hear Klaus' voice echo from outside "I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of our family. The little troublemaker all the fuss has been about. And someone else very special."

Buffy shakes her head in amusement before pulling open the door and leaning against the doorframe Joy resting on her hip "I always knew you thought I was really special." She jokes "Aw Klaus did you go to Oz and get a heart?"
At her teasing Klaus shakes his head in amusement before turning back to the very confused Camille "Camille...this sarcastic pain in my arse is Buffy."
"Technically It's Buffy The Vampire Slayer but you know details." The blonde teases before walking down the porch steps and over to the two of them.

Klaus chuckles before smiling at the blonde "Apologies Luv. Now..." Slowly his focus turns to the little girl in her mother's arms "This is Joyce."

Camille merely continues to stare at the mother and daughter in shock, she had been told Joy had died and the mother had vanished in the night presumed dead but yet here they were alive and well "Oh my god..." She breaths as she stares in-between the pair "But I—you said—I thought they were..."
"The only way to truly protect her..." Klaus explains a sadness crossing his face at the memory of that tortures day "...was to convince the world of her death. And myself and Buffy kept our contact as minimal as possible. Many in New Orleans believe she died on the Hellmouth after we sent Joyce away." Sighing Klaus turns to Camille "I hope you understand but once it's safe for you to leave here, our secret cannot leave with you."

Camille merely smiles and nods before walking over to Buffy "I've heard amazing things about you."
Buffy couldn't help but smile brightly at the other blonde before glancing at Klaus and smirking making him glare at her in annoyance, chuckling she turns back to Camille "I can't wait to hear all about you and you know dirt on Nik always helps with making the Slayer happy."
Camille laughs before glancing back at Klaus "I like her."

Klaus couldn't help but groan, he may have just made a terrible mistake "Oh bloody hell."


Stefan gasps as his mind finally releases him from the never-ending nightmare of being back in that safe drowning over and over again, as he sits up gasping for breath he couldn't help but think of Buffy and how it must have felt for her waking up in her own coffin.

The fear, the terror the claustrophobic feeling that arises inside of you.

However, his thoughts on Buffy and a trauma they now shared were quickly sent to the back of his mind as he spots Elena standing in his room a bright smile on her face as she turns to face him "Morning." She says before walking over to him with a large cup of coffee "I made coffee. How did you sleep?"
As she hands him the coffee he couldn't help but wince as he thinks back to the nightmares surrounding his sleep "Ooh...not great."
Elena snorts "Well I remember Buffy's first night back in her own bed when we brought her home. Pretty sure she preferred the floor. You're not preferring Tessa's couch are ya?" She teases as she moves to sit on the edge of the bed.

"Is she back yet?" He asks curiously, he needed to talk to Buffy, now that his memories were back he needed to see where they stood.
Elena sighs sadly "No. She's heading to New Orleans today, something, something Originals evil pain in the ass was all she said."
Stefan exhales as a daunting feeling of dread fills him, just the idea of Buffy being along with Klaus in New Orleans made him feel sick to his stomach. Trying to get his mind off the blonde Slayer he takes a gulp of coffee before frowning at his friend "So what's with the wake-up call?"

Elena couldn't help but smile sadly "I miss you. Since you lost your memories, I feel like I lost my friend and we spent a long time building up that friendship before we found out about the doppelganger stuff. Xander gave me an idea though, instead of describing our friendship maybe we can just start fresh."
Stefan sighs as his mind flies back to that day, the day he left Mystic Falls, his mind was still a little jumbled by slowly it was all coming together "I was driving to the fishing docks. Buffy was getting on a boat to Italy and I was heading there."
Elena merely frowns in confusion unsure of what he was talking about "What?"

"I found Buffy's note. And I was going to meet her the night I took Silas to the Quarry, I said good-bye to Lexi and then I planned to get to the docks but I thought I was gonna miss the boat so I tried to call but Buffy's phone wasn't working."
Elena's eyes widen as she watches Stefan, this wasn't possible, he couldn't be remembering all of this right now, it made no sense, "Wait. Hang on. How do you remember that?"
"Because my memories are back." He reveals before sighing "Tessa came here, last night, and she undid whatever spell fried my brain...and it's all back. I can remember everything."

Elena's eyes widen gleefully and she couldn't help but smile "Stefan's that's amazing."
"I need to talk to her." He whispers as he quickly begins looking for his phone, she was the only person that would understand, he just...he needed her "I need to talk to Buffy."


"Wait hold on..." Buffy whispers as she cuts off her brother, he had just spent an hour going over what had happened in New Jersey, from the anchor being the still very much alive and now very human Amara after she went chomping down on Silas, to Silas now refusing to help bring Bonnie back to life. To their new plan which unfortunately meant working with Tessa.
"You wanna make Bonnie the Anchor to the Other Side?" She questions before shaking her head in confusion, this was completely and utterly insane.

"Buffy, look just listen. Amara could see Bonnie and Bonnie could touch her. They made physical contact. It's like Amara's got a foot on each side or something."

Pacing back and forth Buffy glances out at the garden in front of her before moving to sit down on the steps of the porch, this was crazy, completely and utterly crazy, even for them "So if Tessa agrees to make Bonnie the anchor she'll be back. But how exactly are you gonna convince her to do that?"
"Damon is talking to her now. Look Amara wants to die. Silas wants to kill Amara to destroy the other side so that they can be reunited in the afterlife."

Buffy groans in annoyance hating the fact that she wasn't there to help, she so wanted a chance to beat Silas till he bled before Tessa killed him but she couldn't go she made a promise to help Klaus and to create a safe space for Joy, she couldn't leave; not yet "Jeremy can you guys do this? I can't get back right now I have to go to New Orleans..."

"I know. We've got this. You taught us well. Just get back with my niece in time for Bonnie's welcome home party. I love you."

"You too. Be careful." Buffy sighs and hangs up the phone before running a hand through her hair, she hated this, hated having to pick between helping Klaus and helping the others. While her friends and family assured her they had this under control she couldn't help but worry, last time they apparently had everything under control, Jeremy died, Elena went into a coma and Silas turned Bonnie into a crazy person. She didn't exactly consider that under control.
Sighing she leans her forehead against the wooden pillars on the porch trying to remain calm, as much as she wanted to help them finally kill Silas she couldn't leave, not after what Klaus had told her about Esther being in transition, this may be the last step to making one of their homes safe for Joy. The only issue was the werewolves and with Klaus not being such a people person she needed to translate his cruel harsh threats into less harsh threats.

Inhaling tightly Buffy pulls herself together before fixing her hair and heading back into the living room where Klaus and the others were waiting "Okay so what's the what?" She asks as she places her hands on the back of the couch leaning against it as she stood behind Camille who was sat on the green couch.

Klaus who was stood opposite the blonde his hands against the red chair sighs "Now that we've entombed our mother I intend to finish making the city safe for Joy, which, to start, means dealing with the lingering problem of Finn." He explains as he circles around to sit in the chair.
Buffy groans and moves to lean against the bookcase behind her "How powerful is he exactly? Cause I haven't exactly been jumping to put my magic immunity to the test?"
"Powerful enough." Klaus tells her as he rubs his jaw in worry.

Buffy huffs before moving to sit on the arm of his chair and slapping him softly in the head "Great all-powerful mama's boy. I take it he's not gonna be happy that mama is now well...you know." She asks bringing her thumb across her neck.

"And that's exactly why we need to keep you out of harm's way." Klaus explains as he turns to the human girl who was watching the casual closeness of Buffy and Klaus curiously. Klaus doesn't seem to notice her curiosity as he leans forward resting his arms on his knees "Buffy and I will return to New Orleans and take care of my Wayward brother. Elijah will remain here with you. He's been experiencing some side effects since his ordeal as our mother's captive."

Buffy groans at that, she for one was so not a fan of Esther she had only been kidnapped by the crazy witch one but still, it had been a very unpleasant experience, to say the least, "If your mom becomes a vampire can I stake her? Or something more poetic like beheading? I like a good beheading." She asks with a gleeful light in her eyes making Klaus snort in amusement while Elijah who was still stood by the windows merely shakes his head in amusement but also thankfulness at her changing the subject from his own side effects.

Klaus sighs before standing placing an arm on Buffy's back to begin leading her out "We best be on our way before this one gets bored and tries to behead me for fun."
"And what a delightful sight that would be." Elijah says as he turns to face the group with a smile on his face.

Buffy grins madly before turning to Klaus "Come on, I want to go before Rebekah shows up in her new body and tries to get me to go shopping with her. I just can't...I will find a way to end my eternity if I have to go shopping with your sister. Plus I'm starving, so we're going through a drive-through."

Klaus couldn't help but groan "Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a long drive?"


Stefan stands in the garage staring in shock at the sight before him, filling up the majority of the space inside was a pretty wretched blue jeep but it wasn't just any jeep it was Buffy's...well more specifically the car that had belonged to her mom left to the blonde vampire Slayer when Joyce died.
"How did this happen?" He asks Elena as he hears the banshee enter the room, Elena sighs as she glances at the broken jeep that was beyond repair but despite that Buffy hadn't been able to get rid of it, with Sunnydale having been destroyed along with her old house, it was all that was left of her mom now.
"Buffy and Jeremy were driving to bring Katherine to Silas in exchange for you. Katherine stabbed Buffy with a crowbar and they went crashing into a lamp-post. Xander said the cars beyond repair. He tried three times to fix it but he's a carpenter not big with cars."

Stefan smiles softly as his hand grazes over the metal of the crushed side of the car the driver's side was missing the door, there was dried blood all over the seat and a hole right in the windshield where he presumed Buffy had gone flying out.
As he stares at the broken car he couldn't help but sigh "Nothing is beyond repair." He tells her before finally turning to face the brunette who had her arms crossed. He knew she wasn't happy with what he had said earlier but it had to be this way, he had to be the one to kill Silas. He just had to be.

"Just say it, Elena."

Elena sighs before moving to sit on the edge of the small table so she could look at him "You can't just kill him."

"If I don't kill him. He wins."
Elena couldn't help but scoff at his words, she just wished Buffy was here to talk some sense into him "And what if he kills you first? Witches aren't exactly easy to take down. We just got you back, Stefan. Buffy doesn't even know that you remember, don't do anything crazy."

Ignoring her begs Stefan merely turns away from her and glances out of the open garage door and out into the forest surrounding their home, letting his eyes glaze over the greenery "You know, there were these moments in that, safe, a stillness in time when I was dead. Right before I was about to come back to life, I would think about things in the past that made me happy. Things that gave me hope. All these things kept me sane. They pushed me to hang on when all I wanted to do was turn off my humanity, but eventually, the pain took those moments away from me too."


NEW ORLEANS

As Haley deals with setting up a treaty with the wolves and vampires downstairs Buffy follows Klaus through the halls of his large home before her eyes widen as she spots someone moving around one of the bedrooms. There was something so familiar about him but she couldn't place his face, but she had this horrid feeling going down her spine that she knew...and probably hated this person.
"Whose that?"
Klaus arches a brow before turning to look where her focus was only to smirk in amusement as he spots Kol moving around the room in his new body. He had to admit this was going to be slightly enjoyable watching Buffy's reaction to Kol, he could only imagine the suffering Kol would be in for.
"Luv, you don't recognize him? My little brother has a habit of being a pest."

At his words Buffy's eyes widen as it clicks in her brain that this was the body Kol had been placed in and to say she was still bitter about their last meeting was an understatement.
Speeding into the room she grabs Kol by the throat and pins him to the wall while Klaus watches in amusement from the doorway.

"Hey, you're the homicidal psycho maniac right?" Buffy says with a smirk "Long time no see."
Kol's eyes widen in slight panic as he stares down at the all-powerful Slayer/Demon hybrid, gasping for air he glances at his brother for help "Ah Nik."
"Can't help you, brother." Klaus says with a shrug before chuckling and watching as Buffy drops Kol before punching him in the face sending him flying across the room.

Buffy sighs as she watches Kol drop and grab his side in agony, she had to admit it kind of sucked he was in a human body "Look my brother and sister killed you so I owe you. But you still tried to chop of my brother's arm plus you threatened to kill me when I was pregnant." Walking over she kicks him in the ribs before grinning happily as he cries out at his now broken ribs, satisfied she offers him a hand up, pulling him up she looks him dead in the eyes "We're even. But you try anything again, that puts the people I care about in danger and I will rip out your intestines and use them to hang you in the middle of the French quarter. Are we clear?"
Kol couldn't help but gulp at the dark look in her eyes, the only other person he knew that had a murderous gaze like that was Klaus and it wasn't a look he liked "Crystal."

Buffy grins happily before moving to sit on the bed acting as though she hadn't just broken three of his ribs and knocked out two of his teeth leaving him with a massive black eye too "So nice room. Fancy."
Kol watches the blonde carefully before wincing as he reaches for his bag and attempts to continue unpacking "I preferred my old room. But seeing as it's filled with a dusty nursery and a hybrid...I thought it best not to complain."
Buffy sighs before turning to Klaus "Where's that bottle?"

Klaus rolls his eyes before turning to glare at the blonde, she really sucked when it came to surprises "You have no patience." He laughs before revealing a bottle from behind his back to Kol "In honor of your return to the fold and you two..." He says gesturing in-between Buffy and his brother "Finally joining common ground." Walking further into the room he reveals the bottle to Kol who stares at it with wide eyes "I believe it's your favorite, or at least it used to be. La Fille Verte."
Buffy frowns at that, the only real knowledge she had about booze was bourbon mainly due to the argument Giles and Damon had about Scotch vs Bourbon "Sounds fancy. Does this mean we can't shot it like tequila?"

Kol lets out a small laugh as he takes the bottle "No. This needs to be appreciated. Not downed like cheap tequila at a high school party."
Buffy shrugs before standing and dusting off her clothes as she comes to stand with the two brothers "Well I drink anything if it means ding dong the witch is dead."

However before the three could actually enjoy a drink the bottle suddenly explodes in Kol's hands, the three spin around only to spot Finn storming into the room.
"Where is she?" He hisses.

"Hey!" Buffy exclaims staring at the broken pieces of the bottle that was covering the floor "Dammit first no drive-through, now no booze, this sucks."
Klaus snorts slightly at her childish pout before turning to focus on his brother the amusement disappearing from his face as he faces his elder brother "Finn. Please, join us. My, my, you look peaky. Doesn't he look peaky?"
Kol couldn't help but nod "He does look peaky."
"You feeling all right?"

Buffy frowns at the banter before shrugging "I don't know what peaky is but you do look like crap. You kind of look like my sister's boyfriend when he was possessed and ended up with syphilis. It was gross."
Finn merely glares at the three not amused in the slightest at their antics "Don't make me ask again."

Buffy merely clenches her jaw and tightens her fist ready for a fight as Klaus answers, "I assume you're referring to our mother. Fear not, she's tucked away somewhere perfectly safe. You'll never find her."

"You think you've won." Finn asks in amusement as he focuses on his brothers "Let's see how long that arrogance lasts, brother." Moving to leave he turns back his focus on the blonde "And don't think because she's here you're immune. There are ways around her demonic magic immunity... just wait and see." And with that, he heads out of the room.

Buffy frowns in confusion before glancing at Kol and Klaus "I don't like this. He's got something up his sleeve."
"Agreed." Kol starts before his eyes widen as he feels magic fill the air "He's doing something. A spell."
Buffy frowns before opening the curtain to glance down into the courtyard where Haley, Marcel, and the other vampires and werewolves were now looking around in a panic.
"What the hell is going on?"

Klaus merely turns and places his hand near the window only to wince as his hand begins burning up, Buffy's eyes widen in panic "Nothing, good."

"Did he just trap us all in here?" Kol asks in a panic while Buffy merely nods before running a hand through her hair "He said there were ways around my demonic side. He can't spell me so he spells the place."

Klaus couldn't help but clench his jaw this did put a tinker in their plan, turning to his brother he steps forward with an urgent look on his face "We have a witch problem. You're a witch. Fix it."
With that Klaus grabs Buffy's arm and moves to leave but Kol calls out to them "And what the bloody hell do you want me to do about it?"

Buffy sighs before grabbing her knife from her jacket and cutting her palm grabbing a glass from a nearby table she allows a few drops to fall in before the wound heals "We are trapped with werewolves and vampires filling the courtyard and they aren't too big on team sports. Your mother liked using Slayer blood. My blood is resistant to magic; find a way to use it. Maybe it will help."


"The cute one's here." Katherine chimes as she follows Caroline inside the Salvatore boarding house after agreeing to help with what was in her opinion a completely stupid plan. Glancing around Katherine frowns "Where's the Slayer, I actually like her, you not so much." She tells Caroline who rolls her eyes and turns around to face Tessa more than happy to hand Katherine over "She's all yours."

Katherine frowns and turns to face the beautiful witch before rolling her eyes as Tessa speaks "Let me guess...you must be...who now?"

Katherine couldn't help but glare at the witch completely unamused "Let's be clear. I don't care about Bonnie Bennett or the other side going away or Elena getting her best friend back."
"You want something? I'm shocked."

Katherine merely smirks at Tessa's unsurprised expression "I had the cure you created running through my veins, and when Silas sucked it out of me...I started aging faster than normal. So basically I'm dying, and I need you to fix me."


Buffy sighs as she stands on the balcony out of Klaus's room looking down into the courtyard where the wolves and vampires were basically trying to ignore their instincts and not kill each other. Which was clearly a damn struggle.
Leaning her arms against the railing the blonde frowns as she spots an incoming call from Stefan, she couldn't help but find herself confused at that, the last time she had seen Stefan she had helped Damon with a plan that involved Stefan getting his neck snapped...a lot. That's when it clicks, he was calling to yell.
That pretty much explained the two other calls from him.
Not in the mood to deal with an annoyed Stefan she ignores the call just as Klaus walks out onto the balcony and stands beside the blonde.

"You worried about your friends?" He asks having noticed her ignore what was probably the third phone call today.
Buffy sighs and runs a hand through her hair before shrugging "I'm sure they are fine."
Klaus arches a brow "And how's...Stefan?"
"Pissed off." She admits laughing softly "He has no memory and I helped Damon snap his neck about 30 times."
Klaus stares at her with wide eyes before laughing he had to admit that was a sight he would have loved to have seen "My things have certainly changed in Mystic Falls."

"Tell me about it." She breaths, before turning to face him fully "It weird how different our lives are now." She admits because it was true despite having a daughter together they lived very separate lives and despite speaking often there was so much they were missing.

"It doesn't have to be like that forever." He teases smirking at her playfully, Buffy glances at him before shaking her head in amusement and leaning her arms against the railing looking out into the courtyard of his home watching the werewolves below "For now it does. Maybe one day that will change."
Klaus sighs at the truth of her words however he arches a brow as he watches that famous Summers smile appear on her face "What?"
Buffy merely continues to grin "So we gonna talk about a certain blonde that isn't m'aw? Cami was it? Seems like your type, blonde smart, can't stand you."
At her teasing voice, he chuckles before rolling his eyes "Shut up."

Buffy merely lets out a loud amused laugh however that laughter quickly fades as both of them frown as they look down to where Kol and the young witch were still working their magic, glancing back at each other seemingly having the same thought the two quickly speed down into the courtyard and over to the youngest of the Mikelson men.

"I assume that means we're all free to go." Klaus states clearly aggravated with being trapped still, Buffy sighs before glancing in-between the young witch and Kol "Those aren't happy faces. Those are we've still screwed faces."
"That's because we are, love." Kol tells her as he turns to face the blonde "The spell is locking us out."

"Vincent must be channeling something." The young witch speaks up making Buffy frown "Hold one, whose the teenage Sabrina?"
"Davina. Harvest Witch." Klaus tells her making Buffy rub her head in frustration, she so didn't like being out of the loop right now, sighing she shakes it off before turning back to the young girl "What the hell kind of object has this much power?"