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A month later in New Orleans:

"Oh my god you hit him with the car."

"He will be fine I didn't hit him hard enough to break anything serious, Nik sent me a text asking if I can deliver Finn he never said how."

Kol and Davina pick up an unconscious Finn up from in front of the car. " I just can't believe you hit your big brother with the car."

Kol shutting the back door and getting back in the driver seat. " I know I was putting the car in danger."

" You are crazy."

Kol smiles over at her " And yet you are still dating me."

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Virginia:

A knock on the door stops Stefan from going to the kitchen. "Liz."

Liz Forbes walks into the house with two boxes in her hands. " There's more in my car can you get those."

Stefan nods as he's walking back in the house with the boxes from the car. " What's in these's boxes?"

" Christmas decorations I know this is Caroline's first Christmas with Klaus so she's probably going to spent it in New Orleans I figured we could celebrate it early just her and I and you obviously because you live here too and I have to say this is an beautiful house."

" Thanks for including me in the festivities."

Just then Enzo comes walking into the living room going over to the bar in the corner of the room pouring himself a drink. " The girls need your option."

Liz looks over at Enzo then at Stefan "Liz this is Caroline's friend Enzo he lives here with us."

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New Orleans:

Finn wakes up hands chained(klaus idea) he's sitting at a table. "Kol I'm going to kill you, why am I here?"

Klaus is sitting at the head of the table Elijah is across from Finn and Kol is next to him. " How savage you've become brother in your new body."

" If this is supposed to be another reunion where is our sister Rebekah"

Klaus and Elijah share a look when Klaus remembers something Rebekah said. " She reunited with a past boyfriend and they have decided to settle down away from all the craziness around here."

" Rebekah always did cling to her humanity I wonder what her answer will be to mothers proposal."

Elijah is resisting the urge to kill his older brother. Kol looks over at his oldest brother. " I'm surprised mother hasn't asked me to give up my vampirism yet."

Finn looks over at his obnoxious youngest brother " Our mother has been busy she didn't forget about you."

" We have no reason to torture you if you join your brothers."

Kol is a little disappointed in this news " This is boring I thought we were torturing Finn."

" Does the word brothers even relate to us anymore. Also look around this table I don't seem to see a certain blonde that's been seen around this house."

Kol can see the Caroline comment has caught Klaus off guard " Like Elijah said at our last meal she left."

" Mother will find Rebekah and your blonde friend she's been searching for Rebekah since she came back and you are fools to refused her offer to become human again."

Elijah has had it Finn is talking about finding the three most important people in their lives Hope, Rebekah and Caroline. He reaches across the table and pulls Finn out of his chair and across the table and bites his neck. Kol was sitting next to Finn can't believe what he is seeing. " Now that's what I'm talking about I'm next."

" Kol watch Finn while I handle our other brother."

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Rebekah and Hope had moved to the middle of the country they lived in a normal neighborhood Rebekah told their neighbors that she was single mother and Hope was her daughter. That afternoon Rebekah decided to take Hope to the park while she was pushing her on the swings she saw fifteen starling birds land on the monkey bars. She grabs Hope and pulls out her phone.

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Virginia:

"So your Caroline's mom?"

" Yes I'm surprising Caroline I want the house all decorated I know it's early for Christmas but we won't be together for Christmas."

Enzo had shown Liz the ballroom, they we're almost done decorating it when Liz feels dizzy, she looses her balance but catches herself, Enzo looks back at her " Are you ok mama Goldilocks?"

Liz looks confused " What did you call me?"

" Sometimes I call Caroline Goldilocks and your her mom so momma Goldilocks?"

Liz feeling better climbs a ladder while talking to Enzo but just as she is hanging some tinsel over the Windows she feels dizzy again, Enzo turns towards hears her heartbeat and vamps to her before she faints he catches her.

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New Orleans:

Klaus takes Elijah to the courtyard and pins him to one of the columns. " I enjoy a good bloodletting as much as anyone else but Finn has knowledge we need."

Elijah's phones rings and its Rebekah. " I have the baby and we are on the run Esther found us we were at the park and Esther's starlings surrounded us I don't know where to go."

Klaus is right behind Elijah " Tell her to hide I will call Caroline tell her the change of plans."

Elijah is frustrated at his mother and worried about his niece " Niklaus."

" I have waited months to see my daughter and to see the woman I love hold my child but I can wait more day, Esther is not going to lay a finger on my child, my sister, or my love."

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Virginia:

Katherine enlisted Caroline and Nadia's help to find the perfect I'm not dead outfit to wear when she sees Elijah again she wants it to be sexy but not to sexy, Stefan is there to give a guys perspective, Enzo was giving his perspective as a British man but they needed Stefan because he knows Elijah. " We have a problem."

They all turn to look at Enzo in the doorway. " What's wrong?"

"It's your mom she's downstairs she fainted I caught her before she could fall."

Caroline vamps out of the room followed by everyone else. They all enter the living room and see like the ballroom it's also decorated for Christmas. Caroline kneels down next to the couch. " Are you ok?" Liz coming too nods.

Caroline looks at her friends Stefan points to his ears and Caroline listens, Liz heart isn't beating a normal rate somethings wrong. "Stefan, Enzo and I will take her to the hospital, Katherine, Nadia you stay here looks like my mom was decorating the house plus Katherine your not even dressed."

Katherine was in the middle of changing dresses when Enzo came in so she's in a black panties and a black bra.

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New Orleans:

" Kol may I have a word?"

Kol glances up from his phone he was texting with Davina he doesn't see Elijah. He walks over to his brother who takes him outside. " Change of plans brother you will be in charge of getting Finn to see our side and if he doesn't put him back in his coffin."

" Not to be a downer or anything but as some one who has spent a lot of time in a coffin can I point out that we were neutralized, Finn is human."

Klaus puts a hand on Kol's shoulder " Put air holes in his coffin."

" And what are you going to be doing and where is Elijah?"

" Saving our family same as Elijah."

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Virginia:

Liz is getting tests done while Caroline watches from behind the glass window with Stefan and Enzo on each side of her when Elena comes running up to them she has being interning at the hospital trying to have a normal life and get everyone around her to have a normal life. " Caroline I just heard how are you."

Caroline looks at Stefan he knows Caroline has distanced herself from Elena, but Elena just won't stop he has even distanced himself from her. " Elena come with me lets talk."

Enzo takes Caroline away from the window and over to the chairs. " It's going to be alright gorgeous."

" How do you know?"

" Because you are the strongest person I've ever met and you came from her which means she's just as strong as you."

Caroline smiles at him " Thank you."

Enzo relaxes back into his chair, Caroline lays her head on his shoulder. " Let me take your mind off it tell me the Christmas plan again."

Caroline didn't know how Enzo would fit in with their group but she's happy he's here. Stefan comes back while Caroline is explaining the Christmas plan " Caroline."

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New Orleans:

Kol throws Finn into a chair." Now I've been dead a little while so I'm a little rusty at sibling interrogation good news I get to practice on you."

" You were always so pathetic Kol always yearning to be accepted by our half brother. Because that's what he is he's not even our real brother you and I were real brother who want the same thing."

" And what is that?"

Finn thinks Kol is coming around and that Kol isn't that smart. " The reign of Klaus to be over aren't you tired of being scared of him."

Kol walks back from a tray of knifes and stabs his big brother in the hand. " It was never Nik I was scared of."

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Virginia:

Caroline stands up when sees Stefan's sad face. " What's wrong?"

Stefan and Enzo share a look of get ready to comfort her. " Your going to want to sit down."

Caroline sits and Enzo entwines their fingers to give her strength Stefan starts. " I over heard a doctor from radiology she said glioblastoma."

" That sounds bad what Is that?"

Stefan continues " After the doctor came out of the room I compelled her to tell me what's wrong she said that a recent MRI showed there was a lesion on her brainstem they think it metastasized the spinal cord I asked if they can operate and she said the tumors already spread they can't do anything I asked if Liz knew she said Liz has known for weeks."

Caroline has tears in her eyes Enzo pulls her into his chest for a hug. " When can I see her."

Stefan hated to do that but he had to, he puts a hand on her shoulder. " Not yet but soon."

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Klaus was just about to call Caroline when his phone rang telling him it was Caroline calling. " Hello my love."

" Nik my mom has cancer."

Klaus can tell she has been crying. " I'm so sorry. Is there anything I can do?"

" Does your special hybrid blood cure cancer too."

" I'm afraid not only werewolf bites. My love Esther has found Rebekah and Hope, we've moved Christmas but since your mom is in the hospital I'll call Rebekah and tell her to take Hope to your house and we will all be there."

Caroline smiles she's touched that Klaus wants to move Christmas to her house. " Esther would find us at my house, think about it your not at your house or in the state, she knows me she would know your at my house it's too easy, you need somewhere Esther can't find you."

" My love we are going to you. I know you, now that you found out your mom has cancer you won't want to leave her side. I will call Rebekah and Elijah."

" What about Esther?"

" I will kill her."

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New Orleans:

Kol twists the knife in Finns hand. " Do you even think mother cares that your here?"

Finn looks down at his hand he is in so much pain. " Mother knows I can take care of myself."

" And how's that going?"

Finn with his other hand not pinned to the chair by a knife sends Kol back with magic. " Pretty well."

Kol vamps behind him and knocks him out, then calls Davina. " Darling I need you to meet me at the cemetery."

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Virginia:

"Elena called said Liz was here. What's wrong with her?"

Caroline looks up at the voice and is surprised it's Damon. " Your alive, how are you alive, where have you been?"

" I got back a month ago, Bonnie and I were sent back to 1994. Now how is Liz?"

" She has brain cancer. They won't let me in to see her."

Damon left to go find Elena, Katherine and Nadia come up to them with sunglasses on. " What did we miss?"

Caroline has started crying again in Enzo's arms, Stefan takes them aside and explains what he found out Katherine and Nadia bend In front of Caroline. " Hey Caro we're here your not alone you have so many people that care about you and your mother."

" You can't be here, Damon and Elena could see you or someone could mistake you for Elena."

Katherine smiles up at her red eyed best friend. Even though she is scared for her mom she still has time to worry about Katherine being exposed as alive." If anyone tries to kick us out I will kill them you need us and you taught me you don't abandon your friends."

" We're changing the Christmas plan instead Klaus and everyone is coming here."

Katherine nods, Caroline needs her right now she can't worry about seeing Elijah again. Caroline has done so much for her it's her turn to do something for Caroline. " Come with me we are going to take care of Damon."

Caroline looks confused and Katherine grabs her hand and pulls her up. They find Damon searching the hospital for Elena, " Damon I forgot to ask did you tell Bonnie my secret while you two were away?"

" No, nobody would of believe me anyway."

Katherine comes up behind him and snaps his neck. They put him in a closet. " Feel a little better?"

Caroline lays her head on Katherine's shoulder which she brings her hand up and runs it thought the blondes hair. " Just a little, I can't lose my mom she's the only blood family I have left my last tie to my human life."

" Your mother is tough she can fight this I will help you find a cure."

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New Orleans:

Kol arrives at the cemetery and is waiting a outside a crypt for Davina when he hears footsteps he turns and it's Esther. " What do you want?"

" Your not happy to see your mother, most people would be ecstatic if their mother or father came back from the dead."

Kol just looks at her with no emotion on his face. " Nobody had a mother and father as wicked as you and Mikael. You wonder how we became like we are its because of you and Mikael. Now what do you want?"

"What I wanted in Mystic Falls our family to be happy again as what we were born as witches."

Kol doesn't believe her, " Did it ever occur to you that your family is happier as vampires. Klaus thrives as a hybrid, Elijah I know he covers it up with his suits and handkerchiefs but he enjoys being a vampire, Rebekah she wants eternal love she can't have that as a witch, as for me I love being a vampire the thrill of the hunt, the blood running down my throat is the best feeling in the world. You made us vampires to protect us from the threat of wolves, and now that we are the threat you want to take that from us."

Esther looks at her son she thought Kol and Rebekah would be the easiest to convince but Kol is not budging. Maybe she should of sought out Kol on the other side and tried to convince him of her plan before his brothers got to him. " I've seen you hanging around with the witch Davina, I can make it so you can do spells with her."

" There was a time I wanted to be a witch again but not anymore, I love being a vampire."

Davina was hanging out with her friend Josh when she got Kol's call to meet him at the cemetery. When she got there she saw Kol talking with Esther, when Esther left Davina came out from behind a crypt she heard the last part of that conversation. " Your not going to take her offer."

" No my mother is insane, I would never go along with one of her plans. This is the second time she tried to take away our vampirism. The first time was in Mystic Falls she had linked us and if one of us was stabbed or something happened to one it would affect all. Klaus, Elijah and myself confronted Esther and Finn and because Esther's link to magic was broken we are still vampiric."

Davina nods, she never expected to be involved in vampire problems let alone the first vampire family's problems. She cares about Kol and wants to help. "Why did you ask me to meet you here?"

" In December of 1914 I was daggered before that for a couple months I taught two witches Astrid and Mary Alice Claire a new kind of magic called kemiya this is where I taught them. You see the day before I was daggered we stole that diamond I gave you from the dowager Fauline cottage what I didn't know was Mary Alice put a spell on this tomb only a Claire witch can open it."

" So your dating me to get what's in there?"

" No I'm dating you because I find you fascinating, were kindred souls, your the only one who fought for me. But with that said the only way to save everyone you care about is in this tomb that your blood can open."

Davina looks at the tomb then at Kol and holds out her hand. " I'll try to make this as painless as possible darling."

Kol brings her wrist up to his mouth and bites her. Davina closes her eyes it tingles. He holds her wrist up to the door and it opens. Davina sees several shelves of magical objects all around the tomb and a couch off to the side. " So what are we looking for?"

Kol loves being back in here it was his playhouse a place where he could feel like he could do magic again. " A pair of handcuffs with a big chain connecting them I had them spelled so when they go on a witch said witch can't use their magic I'm going to put them on Finn."

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Elijah rolls over in bed and smiles at the woman next to him it's Katerina curled into a ball, her hands are under her chin the blankets are pulled up to her chin and there is a smile on her face. He brings one of his fingers out from underneath the blankets and caress the side of her lovely face. " I love you, I'm so sorry I left you, if I could do it over I would take you with me. When I met you I was five hundred I thought I had seen everything and done everything but since I met you at Niklaus' party you've turned my world upside down and my life has never been the same."

Katherine opens her eyes and looks up at him. " Wake up Elijah this is not real."

Elijah Looks confused and Katherine pinches him.

Which brings him back to the dinner he is in waiting for Rebekah and Hope who are in front of him.

While driving Klaus had called him and told him to go to Caroline's mansion Kol gave them the address and directions." Elijah, Elijah where were you just now? What happened to you? We came in and you were just staring out the window we sat down and I said your name but you didn't move or say anything."

" I was in bed with Katerina she was asleep and I was apologizing for leaving her in Mystic Falls. Last month Esther kidnapped me and chained me up in a crypt distorting my memories, telling me I'm a monster, and that she wants to fix her family by putting us in witch bodies. She told me I have what she called a red door in my mind it's where I put all the victims I kill and if I'm clean I can pretend that I'm not a monster. Ever since Niklaus saved and woke me up I've been having hallucinations, mostly about Katerina, I had one two weeks ago where I killed all Petrova doppelgängers. Last week I killed all of Mystic Falls."

Rebekah reaches across the table and hold her brother's hand. " I'll help you get over what Esther has done to you. Right now do you want to see your niece."

Elijah nods and she brings Hope's baby carrier up from next to her, she sits it on the table before Elijah picks Hope up he hugs Rebekah, he carefully picks up Hope. "She's perfect."

"Raising her these last few months has made me realize I wish I could have a family of mine own but the only way to get that family I want is to take Esther's deal but I'm not taking anything from her."

"You and Stefan could adopt a baby and watch it grow up, have a family. I want you to be happy Rebekah."

Rebekah smiles at the mention of Stefan " Stefan, have you talked with him, is he upset I left without any explanation. The last memory I have of him is me catching his dead body. I know I had to leave to protect Hope but I wish I had the chance to explain or even of waited until he was alive, I miss him and wish he came with me."

Elijah squeezes his sisters hand. " You will see him again sister."

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Virginia:

A doctor tells Caroline she can see her mom now. " Why didn't you tell me?"

Liz looks guilty she knows she should of but saw how happy her daughter has been since dating Klaus and didn't want to make her sad. " You are so happy, you have Klaus, your friends, you moved into a beautiful house I didn't want to ruin that."

" It wouldn't have ruined it and I called Klaus and told him what was going on he insisted on bringing Christmas here."

Liz squeezes Caroline's hand " No call him back I know you love going down to New Orleans so call him back you have been looking forward to this for months and have fun."

" How can I have fun if your here dying at least with him here I can visit you."

Liz looks up at her daughter she can see she has been crying. She hates that she has made Caroline so sad. She didn't tell Caroline because she didn't want her to put her life on hold, and spend all her time in the hospital. " I want you to have fun. Look I don't want you to put your life on hold for me. I want you to live so go to New Orleans have Christmas with your boyfriend and his siblings and your friends."

"Ok but I'm going to FaceTime you everyday."

Liz smiles up at her daughter " Ok can you send Katherine in here."

Caroline looks shocked and completely taken back. " You know?"

Liz lets out a little laugh " Caroline I'm your mother I know everything plus when I came to in your house I saw her I knew you weren't friends with Elena anymore, plus Elena wouldn't leave her room in her underwear and I remembered you saying you wore a Katherine centric outfit once so I put the pieces together Katherine's alive and living with you, Stefan and Enzo."

" Not just Katherine but Katherine's daughter Nadia too."

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Caroline comes out of the room and her friends surround her. " How is she?"

She smiles they don't have to care but they do. "She's putting on a brave face for me but my mom is dying." She looks at Katherine " She wants to see you."

Katherine has the same look Caroline did. " Me why me? She knows I'm alive."

" Yeah she saw you at the house and knew Elena would never come out of her room not dressed."

"Elena's pretty vanilla."

Katherine lets out a laugh and nudges Enzo. " You have no idea how dull my doppelgänger is."

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New Orleans:

Kol and Davina come back to the compound with five boxes of dark objects, He remembers having more dark objects. " Darling I should of asked this earlier but where did you find the objects to control Mikael and I?"

"Cami she has a whole apartment of them she said she had an arsenal."

" She stole those dark objects those are mine. How attached are you to Cami?"

Davina is unpacking a couple boxes looking for the handcuffs. " We're not really friends but isn't she on Caroline's kill list meaning you can't kill her."

" Doesn't mean I can't ruff her up a little and teach her not to take things that are mine."

Davina found the handcuffs and handed them to Kol who put them on Finn who was waking up from being knocked out.

Finn sees Kol and tries to use magic and can't. Kol smirks and stabs his other hand and twists the knife, Finn yells out in pain. " Now we both know mother doesn't care about her children, so join your brothers and feel free from the pulls of our vile mother."

" You have no idea what is coming. Or the real truth of our family."

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Rebekah had to change Hope's diaper before they got back on the road and as she was on her way to the bathroom she heard pots and pans moving around in the kitchen, people talking in the dinner but as she was coming back she heard absolute silence, to get back to the booth she had to pass the kitchen and she looked in and instead of people moving around making food, they are all piled up on a table bleeding from the neck.

She returns to Elijah who stands up and watches her put Hope back in her carrier. Rebekah stands behind Elijah as he looks at Hope. " It's for your own good."

She snaps Elijah's neck and calls Klaus. " Nik, Elijah killed a dinner full of people."

" I've done that except it was a bar."

Rebekah looking down at Elijah then at Hope who just watched her aunt snap her uncles neck. "We've all killed a bar full of people but for reasons: you wanted to help Jeremy with his hunters mark, I didn't like the way Marcel's men were talking to me and Kol didn't want anyone to find Silas. Elijah killed them for no reason."

" Ok instead of going to Caroline's mansion I want you to go that old farmhouse in Arkansas we fled to after Mikael chased us out of New Orleans. I just got off the phone with Caroline she was telling me that she will come to us, and I remembered the farm house. I'll leave right after Kol tells me how he did with convincing Finn to join with us against Esther."

Rebekah putting Hope in her car seat and figuring out how to get Elijah in the car too. " I can tell you how it went with Finn without even being there terrible, Finn would never choose us over mother."

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Virginia:

Katherine walks in to the hospital room the last time she was in a hospital it was because she was human and had a heart attack. " You wanted to see me?"

" I know it was you who turned Caroline."

Katherine doesn't know why she's nervous she has five hundred years on Liz but she is. " Yes, I'm not going to apologize because we both know I made her better by being a vampire, so if your going to kill me get on with it."

Liz looks at the strong vampire she knows that with dealing with vampires that they could kill her at any moment. " I should kill you, you killed my daughter and turned her into a vampire. Your right she is better off as a vampire I wanted to thank you. Your a mother you understand what if you lost your daughter, make me a promise that after I die you will look after her she is going to be so broken she's going to need someone."

"Seconds after my daughter Nadia was born my father took her away from me I never got to hold her then he banished me to England. When I came back to Bulgaria as a vampire I found my family slaughtered I searched every village, every cottage for my daughter and couldn't find her. She found me five hundred years later and I'm never letting her go again."

Liz looks up at the broken doppelgänger. She had never met Katherine before this but from what Damon and Caroline had told her she was to believe that Katherine is a mean, strong take no prisoner vampire, but from what she just said Liz is coming to see that Katherine is just like everyone else. "I'm so sorry that happened but Caroline is losing me I need you to promise me you will take care of Caroline like she was another child of yours."

Katherine looks down at the sheriff she can tell this is killing her and she knows what Caroline is feeling losing someone so close to you. " I promise and I already think of Caroline like another child she is my first real friend."

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Kol looks confused and curious all at the same time he pulls one of the knifes out of Finn's hands who yells in pain. "Speak, what is coming and what is the real truth of our family or the the next knife will not go in the hand."

" We have a sister."

Kol feels so stupid for thinking would tell a family secret." I know we have a sister her name is Rebekah she's was born between Henrik and I."

"No you idiot we have another sister do you remember mother every mentioning Freya."

Kol does remember Mikael being more brutal than normal on the same day every year and Esther being sad on that day. He just thought Esther was sad because Mikael was more brutal. " Yeah what about her."

" She is our older sister she is the first born Mikaelson. There's a curse our mother made a bargain with her sister Dahlia for the the first born Mikaelson of every generation. Our aunt took Freya and if that baby would of lived she would be after the baby."

"You had me up until there's a curse you mean to tell me there's another curse but instead of it being placed on Nik again it's on if we ever reproduce which we can't or did you forget we are vampires."

Kol grabs Finn by the shirt and throws him in his coffin and closes the top which has air holes. He goes to find Klaus and tell him what Finn just said.