A/N: Hello! I haven't posted since my last burst of chapters, but I've been plodding along. There's only four chapters left of this little story I started writing 4 years ago, and it's strange to have it coming to an end. HOWEVER, I have some exciting news that will be coming SOOOOOON.

I hope you guys enjoy the chapter!

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR:

KLAUS P.O.V.

"Okay, so how will this work?" I asked, eying Kida and Davina as I moved the couch from its place near the middle of the room to the wall.

Their conversation halted and Kida turned to face me, looking mature for someone who couldn't be more than a couple of years older than Davina. "Well, first of all we have to cast the circle. Then Davina and I will perform the spell to call Bonnie to us. The variation of the spell we're using will allow Bonnie to be corporeal for about 10 minutes, which should be long enough for us to get the information we need."

Nodding, I wasn't particularly excited about the prospect of seeing the Bennet witch again. Especially under the current circumstances. I didn't need her judgement about Caroline having been taken, I was judging myself enough as it is.

"Will you be okay for us to be in the room when you do the spell? Or will having too many people present disrupt you?" Elijah asked, walking into the room with an armful of candles, dodging Rebekah as she moved the coffee table out of the way.

Kida rolled her eyes. "It doesn't matter how many people are in the room for the spell to work. As long as there are two witches performing the spell. Without the second witch this would end up being a run-of-the-mill séance. With the added witch it will allow Bonnie to not only interact with us, but to become corporeal."

Katherine laid down large black blanket in the centre of the room, and Elijah started to place the candles randomly around the room. Marcel, who was standing in the corner of the room watching Davina like a hawk, stepped forward to ask if she truly wanted to help us. I was thankful that she did, because no doubt Marcel would whisk her off to the church in a heartbeat if she said she wanted to go.

Kida picked up a small bag she had brought with her when she had arrived and took out a small photo frame and a bag of herbs. Looking closer at the photo I realised that it was one of Caroline's. Of Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline at one of the High School dances.

"The moon is almost at its fullest. We need to get started." Kida said, sitting down down on the blanket that was laid down.

At that second Nadia walked into the room holding a large bowl and a box of matches. Handing them to Kida, she moved to stand beside her mother who was standing back silently watching everyone move around her, much like myself.

Davina joined Kida down on the floor, sitting opposite her. They spoke in quiet voices, Kida instructing Davina on how to prepare the ingredients that they needed for the spell, in the order that they needed to be prepared. Opening the bag of herbs, she emptied the contents into the bowl, handing Kida the photo to remove it from the frame. While Davina fiddled with the frame, Kida held the bowl in both of her hands and rotated it around in a circle, breathing in the aroma.

Davina held the photo out to Kida, who took motioned for Davina to place it straight into the bowl. "Light a match please, Davina."

Kida placed the bowl down and held her hands out for Davina's. Davina struck the match and as it burst into flame the lights flickered off. Davina dropped the match into the bowl and reached out to grasp Kida's hands. The contents of the bowl caught alight and they both started to chant the spell.

I froze at the sounds of footsteps running up the driveway. Meeting Elijah's eyes, I motioned my head in the direction of the front door and we both ran for the door. We had asked everyone to leave and not come back until the morning or until we got word about Hayley and Caroline.

Opening the front door my heart stopped. Hayley.

She was standing at the bottom of the stairs, out of breathe and holding her stomach. She was panting loudly as she looked up at me and then collapsed onto the steps. Racing out the door and down the stairs, I picked Hayley up and carried her past Elijah and into the house. Our entrance immediately caught the attention of Katherine and Nadia, Katherine exited the lounge room and followed me up the stairs into Hayley's room.

She was moaning in pain as I laid her down on the mattress, mumbling to herself about the moon and Caroline. I wanted to ask her about Caroline, but refrained, instead I tried to help Hayley become as comfortable as possible on the bed.

Katherine pushed past me and knelt down on the edge of the bed, whispering to Hayley softly as she checked her pulse and then listened closely to her stomach. Checking that the baby was okay.

"We need hot water, towels, and a first aid kit." Katherine said to Elijah, then she turned to me. "You need to see if there is any medically trained vampires or witches that can get here as fast as they can. I know basics, but we're going to need someone trained to figure out what's wrong. Preferably a witch."

Hesitantly leaving the room, I didn't want to leave Hayley alone, the wolf in me coming to life at the prospect of leaving the mother of my child alone.

Katherine stepped close to me. "I understand that you want to be here, but we need them now. Hayley is too early in the pregnancy to go into labour, and she's bleeding. The baby could die if we don't get help."

Her words kicked me into gear and I ran from the room, stopping in front of Marcel and asking him if he knew of any witches that had medical training. He got his phone from his pocket, calling one of his men to go and retrieve the witch.

"We don't have time." I growled. "Go and get her yourself."

Marcel flinched back, turning and running from the house. As soon as he was out of site I headed back upstairs. When I returned upstairs Elijah was wiping Hayley's face with a wet towel, while Katherine was holding a hot towel onto Hayley's bruised stomach.

Stepping forward, I came to stand on the other side of the bed, leaning closer and telling Hayley that everything was okay.

Katherine moved to Hayley's pants, which were just scraps at this point, and used some scissors to cut them from her body. I turned my eyes away, knowing Hayley wouldn't want any of us to see that. I looked up as Elijah silently left the room.

"Okay, the bleeding doesn't look too bad." Katherine was whispering as she placed another hot towel over Hayley's waist.

Hayley reached out, gripping my arm and turning her face to mine. She let out another screech of pain and her eyes flashed gold. She was turning. The second passed and she released the grip on my arm, moaning and relaxing back into the bed.

Grabbing my phone, I called Marcel, knowing that if that witch didn't get here soon to stop the turn then both Hayley and the baby would be in even more danger.

"I'll be there in a minute, Klaus. We're just coming up the road."

"Be faster."

Katherine looked at me and raised a brow. "What's wrong?"

"Female wolves aren't supposed to turn. Turning into a wolf while pregnant would kill the baby. It's like a built-in fail safe. They did something to her to trigger a turn."

I started pacing across the room, willing that she could hold on until Marcel returned with the witch.

She let out another cry and reached out for me. I leant in close, as she took deep breaths in and out, her swollen eyes filled with tears.

"She stayed to save me." She whispered, her voice dry and cracked. "Something changed…made her strong. She broke us free. But she stayed to save me."

With that she started to scream again, her bones breaking as her body started to changed. Katherine and I both stepped back, our eyes wide as we watched something that we both knew we couldn't control.

Tears filled my eyes as Hayley's body started to twist and transforming. The sound of bones breaking echoed through the room, her arms and legs shortening, her jaw elongating, and her body starting to grow a coat of fur. Standing in the centre of the bed she took one look at me, letting out a bone chilling howl and then launched herself straight through the window.

Katherine looked at me with wide eyes and stood perfectly still, blood covered towel in her hands. "I-"

We were cut off by Rebekah running through the door. "They've got Bonnie."

#

Bonnie looked me up and down as I walked into the lounge, a judgey look fixed on her face. "I knew that Caroline would get dragged into some of your messes. I just knew it! I should have known the minute she called Jeremy."

"She called Jeremy?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest.

"She was asking about how to get around the average locator spell. I told her what I could, but you'd have to use some very big magic to do it."

"How much magic?"

"It depends on the amount of power used to block you. You need to match it, or have more. It's tricky."

"Was that a wolf I just saw running down the street?" Marcel asked, rushing inside with the witch he'd gone to retrieve.

"Yes. That was Hayley. She turned." Both the witch and Marcel's faces dropped. They obviously knew enough about werewolves to know that that wasn't a good thing.

"Do you want me to stay here until the morning?" The witch asked, stepping forward. "I may be of help when she returns."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but we need to get a move on. We only have a small window of time before the power of the moon starts to fade." Kida said, looking pointedly at Bonnie.

I groaned and turned to her. "What can we do to find her?"

"There's one way that kind of mashes two locator spells together, it's stronger but needs more power. You need something of hers that she's touched in the last 24 hours, and you need blood from someone related to her."

Rebekah swore, throwing her hands up. "Great. A spell that we can't even use. Thanks for the help."

I shook my head. "How many witches would be needed?"

"At least two, but the less witches the less powerful the spell would be."

I turned to Marcel's witch. "Are you willing to help?"

She shook her head, shooting a scared look at Marcel. "I…I'm not allowed to practice that sort of magic."

"That doesn't matter. Would you help?"

"I, yes. I suppose."

"There," I said, turning back to Bonnie. "We have three witches…four if we use you in the spell, Caroline's pyjamas are in my bedroom which she wore last night, and you can use my blood."

"You're not her family, it won't work." I walked over to the bar and got a glass, biting into my wrist and letting it fall into the glass. Once there was a significant amount of blood in the glass I handed it to a stunned Kida.

"It'll work. Trust me."

#

They set straight to work in putting the spell together, Bonnie instructing the other witches on how this new spell would go. Leaving the room, I collected Caroline's pyjamas from my room, handing them off to Davina before heading outside to get some fresh air. My mind drifting to what Hayley had said before she had turned. Somehow Caroline had been able to tap into some kind of strength to break her and Hayley out of there. I had no idea how, whether it was because of being mated to me, or if it was something else, I didn't know.

A part of me was angry that she had stayed behind there to save Hayley, but the other part of me knew that Caroline would do nothing else. She would consider Hayley more important than herself, just like she did with her friends.

Of course, another part of me was glad that she had saved Hayley and my child. Even though that was all void now that Hayley had turned.

I looked out into the forest surrounding our house, wondering if she was out there and what she was doing. I wondered if she was okay or if she still in pain.

I just hoped that she wouldn't think that she wasn't welcome now that she wasn't…I cut myself off, not being able to let myself thing the actual words.

"Nik," Rebekah said from the door, walking out and wrapping her arms around me. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. I'm fine."

She nodded, hugging me tight. I was grateful that my family was here holding me together. I knew that if I was alone I would probably be going out on a murdering rampage.

"They've started to perform the spell." Elijah said from the door.

We walked inside to see the three living witches sitting in a circle on the floor with Bonnie standing in the centre, Caroline's clothes and my blood in her hand. All four of them were chanting, slowly building momentum as they got louder and faster.

Goosebumps ran up my arm as a small breeze filled the room. Then Bonnie opened her eyes and let out a gasp, fainting out of the circle. The chanting stopped.

Katherine stepped forward to help Bonnie stand up.

"Did it work?" Davina asked, looking at Bonnie wide eyed.

"Bayou. Old wold territory. They're hiding there."

I let out a breath. The one place we hadn't considered. The wolves weren't the types to share their territory with anyone other than their own kind, even their old territory.

I turned to Marcel with a sneer. "Get your men. We're about to go and pay them a visit."