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Thank you so much for all the reviews and follows, I'm currently doing exams which is why the wait was so long. Sorry!
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TikiKiki: I know! Like, why did she go to get the cure, when it was pretty clear that Klaus wasn't looking for her, she interfered for nothing! I figured Klaus had waited for long enough to finally get Maya into bed, what better time than his birthday? And I'm glad you liked Katherine's takedown, she's one of the most cunning Vampires in TVD so I wanted it to be believable.
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Nicolle Cullen Masen: Things were going to well for Elena so I had to throw in a kidnapping, I know the scenes were short, but when I tried to write longer ones, it just didn't feel right, and I don't put out chapters if they don't feel right.
xotinkerbella: Bonnie's going through a rough patch right now, because she's lost her grandmother, but eventually she'll see that Maya could have done so much worse. Really, Sheila's punishment was far tamer than it could have been. I can just imagine Care and Maya ganging up on Elijah, he's going hate it. And Alaric was kind of an arse, I feel bad, because I like Alaric in TVD, but I really hate him in Legacies, and that might be spilling over into how I write him. And yes! Finally Klaus and Maya got together!
ArtemisLuna85: Yeah Elena got kidnapped, I kinda like Rose, so you'll have to see what happens to her.
Guest: She's not gonna get pregnant as a teen, if there is magicial baby bullshit, it will be when Maya is at least 20/21 if not older. She would never want to disappoint her Mum by becoming a teen mom.
Guest: Yes, this is Rose and Trevor, and I was contemplating body swap, but there's no real reason for it now that Klaus has allies in Mystic Falls. Plus the only person that he could be without pissing Maya off is Alaric, but then she'd find that creepy because Alaric and her Mum used to date.
LoveLiveLife22: I think that Kol has just never had someone in his life that treats him like a regular person, and it's confusing and infuriating for him, he's used to being the one that everyone is scared of.
Jamie Gemini: The ritual will be performed very soon, and you'll see in this chapter that the time line has been sped up a little, Maya initially told Klaus that he'd break the curse some time in the summer, but it'll be earlier. We do have Rose and Trevor showing up, but I like Rose, so I'm probably not gonna kill her.
mrs. morgan 35: Klaus is going to be so happy, and we will get to see him in wolf form, because we didn't in TVD, which was honestly really surprising, given the lengths that he went to, to break the curse.
Serena Salvatore: To be honest, I don't think she really had a choice in that!
Bornkiller9: Oh wow! You put some serious thought into the characters! I like other Klaus/OCs, but I always find it hard to believe him falling in love and then completely changing his personality just because it makes him a 'good person' when we all know he's not good. So I wanted to give him someone that not only understood who he was, but also wouldn't get mad when he reacted in a typical Klaus fashion. I also found that over the course of TVD and TO they changed Klaus from being very calculative (coming in with back up plans) to being very reactive, which didn't work well for him, because it meant that people centuries younger than him were always getting the better of him. I mean he's seen empires rise and fall, there's no way that he would have fallen for the Mystic gangs plans, I mean, he had to have known that every time Caroline came to see him, it was to keep him distracted. (Sidenote, when Caroline and Tyler faked their break-up and then as soon as he left we like 'you think he bought it?' He couldn't have been that far, he totally would have heard what they said! And therefore known that they were trying to play him.) I'm not doing a body swap, as much as I like the idea, there's no real reason for it, so it's not gonna happen.
I really like Elijah, and think that he needs people that will drag him out of his comfort zone, even if it's kicking and screaming. So I think that the non-Mikaelson family dynamic is going to be something that he really enjoys, even if he doesn't admit it. And Jenna's fun, I think that Elijah needs some fun in his life. I think that Kol was really underutilised and that he and Klaus had a lot more in common than the rest of their siblings. Kol lost his magic when he turned, Klaus lost his wolf, and as Vampires, they were both violent, bloody, ruthless. And I think that we got a tiny glimpse of how much Klaus actually liked his baby brother when they were first undaggered and Kol pestered him into going out with him. We were totally robbed of how well those two could have worked together, I mean I love it when Elijah and Klaus work together, but sometimes, we need to see the pure violent chaos that Klaus and Kol would have brought out of each other. They turned Rebekah into this emotional teenage girl, instead of the badass that she actually is, so I wanted to give her space to be her. I wanted to give Freya some good connections with her family before Dahlia shows up, because that way, Freya doesn't have to be afraid, she knows that her family have her back. (Although, could you imagine if Klaus had actually chosen to work with Dahlia? He would have been unstoppable, and I'm betting the Hollow wouldn't have been an issue for them to take down). Finn seriously hates being a Vampire, I don't think that's ever going to change, so even though he's family, he's also a serious potential enemy.
I loved Enzo when he came into the show, and hated the fact that he was killed off by Stefan, especially because there was no reason to make Bonnie live without him. So I wanted to make sure that he got a chance to really live. Jenna was definitely killed off too soon, it was obviously just because she was the grown up, and once she knew about the supernatural she wouldn't have let Elena get into half of the trouble that she did. Honestly Jenna probably would have taken Elena and Jeremy and run as far away from Mystic Falls as she could get to keep Elena safe. Oh yeah, when I think of Care and Maya, it had to be Scott and Stiles vibes, because those two are serious friendship goals! I don't think Elena's evil, I do think that she can be very selfish, but paints it as being selfless (the whole she doesn't want to hurt Stefan or Damon, so she strings them along for ages thing, plus we never see her address what Damon did to Caroline at the start of the show, it just sort of gets brushed under the carpet, and then Elena dates him).
I like Stefan too, so eventually he and Damon will get their bond back. Bonnie has a lot of growing up to do, she needs to understand what the supernatural world is actually like, and I think when she does, she'll be much better at being neutral, if not a sometimes friend for Maya. I haven't really put much of Tyler in this, and I'm still not sure if I'm going to leave him alone or not, but I kept Mason alive, so I'll probably use him for something.
Blu3b3rryT3a: I kind of like Caroline making Kol jealous, and Elijah definitely gets the win for looking out for his sister, I'm sure that she didn't want to take any chance that she might hear what was going on in Klaus's room.
dreamsnhugs: We might see Lucy again, especially if she knows that Katherine can't come after her, but I don't thin she'll be as judgy, because she was friends with Katherine, and it seemed like she was almost willing to break the curse before she found out that another Bennett Witch was involved.
WiseGirlDivergence46: I'm pretty sure that both Maya and Klaus were not happy with the interruption, I mean really, two Original's in town and Elena still gets kidnapped?!
Dizzy Florian: We do see Rose, and I like her character, so she's probably going to survive. I just love any interaction between Maya and Elijah, because she goes out of her way to annoy him, and I think Elijah knows that but still rises to the bait, which is something he probably stopped doing with his siblings. And I'm looking forward to Enzo and Damon being able to be together out in public now that Katherine has been trapped.
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Sinnderella: Elena definitely has perfect timing.
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Maya pushed Klaus off of her, and he sighed in frustration, "What?" Maya hissed.
"She's been taken, Jeremy thought she was at the Boarding House, and Stefan thought she was home, but she's gone. We found her phone on the Lockwood's driveway."
"Ugh!" Maya looked over at Klaus, "Call your brother."
"Stefan's right next to me."
"Which one?" Klaus asked.
"Not you!" Maya replied, "Elijah, find out if someone's reached out to him about the doppelgänger."
"Why would someone tell him about the doppelgänger?"
"Why would Elijah know about this?"
"Because she's been taken." Maya replied to Klaus, "Because Rose and Trevor are looking for a way to get the Originals off their back! Gah! It's too difficult having two conversations at once! Damon, you and Enzo get ready, I'll call you back!" she turned back to Klaus, who was on the phone with Elijah, "What is he saying?" she whispered.
"He's received a notification from one of his contacts," Klaus confirmed.
"Okay," she stood up and grabbed his shirt, sliding it over her head, "Get the location, and I'll meet the guys there," she sighed, she wanted just one weekend, one weekend, where she didn't have to worry about anything, one weekend where she could just have fun, but it seemed like she would never get that. Picking up her jeans, she was about to put them on when Klaus sped over to her and made her stop, "What are you doing?"
"You're not going anywhere."
"What?!"
"You just said, Rose and Trevor will be there. The last time you two were in the same room, he snapped your neck."
"Well that's not gonna happen now, and we don't have to enough time to debate about this! The jet will take two hours to be ready, and the flight time is like four hours! Damn it! By the time I get there, Elena and Stefan will have found out about the curse! I wanted to avoid that whole drama!"
"Exactly, Kol and Rebekah are there, and I will meet them at the location."
"You can't go! If anybody sees you then- oh wait I locked Katherine up," Maya deflated, her weekend was officially ruined, "Right, you should go, I'll call the pilot and tell him to get the jet ready."
"I said you're not going anywhere," Klaus said.
"Well you're leaving, I'm not staying here on my own."
"I'll be there and back in half a day, and you promised me the weekend. So," he pulled her towards him, wrapping his arms around her waist, "I suggest you take this time to have a snack, and get in a nap, because when I return, I expect you'll be very busy."
"Huh?" Maya looked up at him with wide eyes and he pulled her in for a searing kiss, and then disappeared from sight, "I better get serious girlfriend points for this," she muttered, closing the door to the Hybrid's room, taking off the shirt and crawling back into bed.
"Come here my love!" Sage called, and Finn appeared by her side.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I found a way to get to your brother." She motioned to the computer screen, showing him the message that she'd spotted on 'Craigslist'.
"Does this mean what I think it does?"
"Someone's captured Katerina, and Klaus will rush over there to retrieve her. If we can get to her first, then we can set a trap for him."
Finn smirked, "How long will it take us to get there?"
"It'll be faster if we run."
"What do you need from me?" Jeremy asked Bonnie, they were in the Boarding House, looking at a map of the area.
"I'll use your blood for the tracking spell for Elena," the Witch replied.
"But Elena's adopted, I'm not related to her," Jeremy shook his head and Bonnie stared at him.
"She…didn't tell you?" Bonnie asked.
"Tell me what?"
"Uh…" she glanced at the three Vampires in the room.
Damon rolled his eyes, "John is Elena's biological father."
"WHAT?! John! My Uncle John?!" Jeremy exclaimed, "Why didn't anyone tell me?!"
"Because you can't keep anything to yourself!" Damon snapped back.
"Of course I can! I didn't tell anyone about you and Enzo!" He slapped a hand over his mouth in shock.
Stefan and Bonnie stared at Damon and Enzo with wide eyes, Bonnie because she had no idea about them, Stefan because he had no idea that people knew about that. "This is why we tell you nothing," Enzo said.
Bonnie shook her head, "Guys! We still need to find Elena!"
"Right!" Jeremy came over to her and held out his hand.
She cut it and blood dripped over the map, she concentrated, with her hands over the map, and the blood slowly crawled across the map until it finally stopped. "There, she's there." Bonnie said.
"That's 300 miles away!" Jeremy said.
"We need a more exact location," Stefan said.
"It's the closest I can get," Bonnie replied helplessly.
Damon pulled out his phone when he felt it buzz, "I've got an exact location," he said.
"What?"
"How?!"
"Maya just texted me," he shrugged, "Let's go."
"How did she get Elena's location?!" Bonnie demanded.
Enzo shrugged, "She's been at this a lot longer than you Bonnie." The Vampires whooshed out of the house, leaving Bonnie and Jeremy alone.
"Why am I here?" Elena demanded of the Vampires that had taken her.
"You keep asking me these questions, like I'm gonna answer them." The female Vampire responded.
"Why won't you?"
"That's another."
"Look you got me, okay? It's not like I can go anywhere. The least you can do is tell me what you want with me."
"Personally, I want nothing to do with you, I'm just a delivery service."
"Delivery to who?" Elena asked, she'd heard the Vampires talking earlier, about someone named Elijah, the man seemed frightened when he spoke of him, "Elijah?"
"Two points for the eavesdropper."
"Who is he? Is he a Vampire?"
"He's one of the Vampires, the Originals." Rose finally said, she didn't like talking about them, as though just speaking one of their names would invoke their presence.
"What do you mean, Originals?" Elena asked, confused, she'd never heard that term before.
"Again with the questions," Rose rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms as Elena sat down, "Haven't the Salvatores been teaching you Vampire history?"
"So, you know Stefan and Damon?"
"I know of them. A hundred years back, a friend of mine tried to set me up with Stefan. She said he was one of the good ones. I'm more a sucker for the bad boys though, but I digress."
"Who are the Originals?" Elena pressed.
"Trevor and I," she gestured at the male Vampire, "Have been running from them for 500 years. We're tired, we want it over. We're using you to negotiate ourselves out of an old mess."
"But why me?!"
"Because you are a Petrova doppelgänger. You're the key to breaking the curse."
"Wait, the curse? The sun and the moon curse?" Elena asked, when she'd gone with Stefan and Alaric to the Duke campus, Isobel's research talked about an Aztec curse, one affecting Werewolves and Vampires, and then Mason, and Katherine had confirmed its existence when they came to town, looking for the moonstone.
"Oh! You do know your history," Rose was impressed, she didn't think that the human would know anything about it.
"What do you mean I'm the key? The moonstone is what breaks the curse."
"No," Rose shook her head, "The moonstone is what binds the curse. The sacrifice is what breaks it."
"The sacrifice?" Elena had a bad feeling.
"The blood of the doppelgänger. You are the doppelgänger. Which means, in order to break the curse, you are the one who has to die."
Rebekah walked inside the mansion that Klaus's wolves had built, her brother had given them very specific instructions on how to design the rooms, and hers was perfect, yet without her family being there, she felt alone… But now, with Kol in Mystic Falls, in their very first home, something changed, when he came to Richmond to help Caroline through her transition, she thought that things would remain the same with them. With Kol only tolerating her because she was his baby sister, but they'd really connected whilst helping Caroline.
"Your room is one floor up," she said, looking at Kol, "Freya's room is up there too, Nik made sure that a huge magic room was set up, up there."
"Really?" Kol asked, before flashing upstairs to see what his brother had done with the place. She followed him, wanted to see the look on his face, Nik had never really taken Kol's passion for magic seriously before, but now, he'd carved out a space for him, and Freya.
Kol looked around the room in surprise, it was everything that he'd wanted in a magic room, rare items on the shelves, a desk on either side of the room for both him and Freya, and above him, was a dome, filled with grimoires that had been shipped from all over the world. "It's perfect," he muttered, "How did he do this?" he asked, there was no way that Nik would know exactly what he wanted.
"Well," Rebekah said, stepping inside, "I'm told that while Nik provided the over all plans, Maya was the one that actually decided on everything in here."
"Maya?" Kol repeated.
"Yes," Rebekah nodded, "Maya, you know, the girl you haven't spoken to in months!"
"Well now you're just exaggerating!"
"Kol! You're her teacher! And you haven't called her once!"
"What am I supposed to do?!" he snapped back, "I tortured and killed her! She is the only reason that Nik even tried to trust me! And I destroyed her! I have never felt guilty about anything I have done as a Vampire! And now…"
"Now you have no idea what to do, because the guilt you feel is unimaginable," the blonde Original finished for him.
"What am I supposed to do Bekah?! How could she possibly forgive me for this?!"
"She forgave Nik," Rebekah shrugged.
"She's in love with Nik!" Kol threw his hands up.
Rebekah rolled her eyes, both of her brothers were so needy, "Kol," she sighed, "She misses you."
"Really?"
"She's been so excited to have you come home."
"Did she say that?"
"She didn't have to! You should have seen the look on her face when she realised that you were in town, and hadn't come to see her!"
"Oh."
"Stop avoiding her Kol! She forgave Nik, she'll forgive you. Just. Talk. To. Her."
Elena stood up, she was reeling from the revelation that she had to die for the curse, "Tell me more!" She demanded.
Trevor smirked, "Captivity has made her pushy, huh? What do you want to know doppel-icious?"
"Who are you running from?"
"The Originals."
"Yeah, she said that." Elena gestured to Rose, "What does it mean?"
"The first family, the old world. Rose and I pissed them off." Rose cleared her throat in annoyance, "Correction, I pissed them off, Rose had my back and for over half a millennium, they've wanted us dead."
"What did you do?"
"He made the same mistake countless others did," Rose cut in, "He trusted Katerina Petrova."
"Katherine."
"The one and only, the first Petrova doppelgänger."
"I helped her to escape her fate and now I've-sorry, we've been marked ever since."
"Which is why we're not gonna make the same mistake again," Rose said, stopping Elena from thinking that she could find any help with them.
Finn and Sage were finally at the house, that was only a few hundred miles from Finn's home town, the Original was about to walk in, when Sage yanked him back, and into the trees, "Wha-"
She put her finger to her lips, and gestured to the house, where they saw Elijah appear, and then Klaus.
"Elijah! What are you doing here?!" Klaus asked.
"You were busy with your, your- Maya, so I thought I should come and deal with this."
"Who's watching the children?!"
"Freya," Elijah said, "What are you doing here?! Your Witch surprises you for your birthday, and you just left her there!"
"You really think that I was just going to leave this to anyone?!" Klaus hissed, "It's the doppelgänger!"
"I can take care of it!"
"You've fallen in love with the last two!"
Elijah looked shocked, Klaus had never said that to him with snark before, it was usually just anger, Maya must have really been doing something right with his brother. "You fell in love with the first one!" he shot back.
"I didn't know any better!" Klaus replied, "You did!"
Elijah clenched his jaw, this reminded him exactly of his time in Greece with Maya, "Oh you two are exactly the same," he muttered.
"What was that?!" Klaus asked.
"Nothing! You know what, the message was for me, I'm going in there!"
"Not without me!"
Trevor heard footsteps on gravel, "He's here! This was a mistake!" he moved to run, but Rose stopped him.
"No! I told you I would get us out of this. You have to trust me."
"No! He wants me dead, Rose!"
"He wants her more," she nodded at Elena.
Trevor shook his head, "I can't do this. You give her to him, he let you live, but I need to get out of here!"
"Hey," Rose grabbed his arms, "What are we?
"We're family, forever," Trevor breathed.
"You're scared," Elena said, feeling fear creep up her spine.
They heard a knock on the door, "Stay here with her and don't make a sound," she left to open the door, and Elijah stepped inside.
"Rose-Marie," he said, "Is there somewhere we can talk?"
Rose took a step back, "Yes, in here. You'll have to forgive the house."
Elijah closed the buttons on his suit, "Oh, no, what's a little dirt? I completely understand." He looked around the room in distaste, "I hope you don't mind, but I brought someone with me," he turned to open the door, "Niklaus!" he called.
And Rose paled in fear, as she laid her eyes on her nightmare. "Klaus," she whispered in terror.
Klaus smirked, he loved being feared, and Elijah rolled his eyes at his brother's dramatics, "So, tell me, what is it that gave you the courage to call me?" Elijah asked, pulling Rose's attention to him.
"I wanted my freedom. I'm tired of running."
"A pardon for you and your little pet," Klaus said, "What is his name these days? Trevor?"
Rose had a terrible feeling, she wasn't expecting Klaus, "Katerina Petrova."
"We're listening," Elijah said.
"She didn't burn in the church in 1864, she survived."
"Where is she?" Elijah shot a look at Klaus who grinned, his big brother didn't know that Katherine had been captured.
"You don't seem surprised by this," Rose replied, that feeling she had getting worse.
Klaus rolled his eyes, "Alright, enough of this!" He grabbed Rose by the neck and pushed her up against the wall, "You took Elena, because you wanted to use her to bargain, yet you never thought, for even a second, that you were stealing from me, again!"
"Wh-what?" Rose struggled to get out.
"Elijah, the other one!" he said, and his brother disappeared for a moment, before coming back, with Trevor struggling in his grip. "You stole from me," Klaus growled, "The doppelgänger lives in Mystic Falls, because I allow it. And you went and took her from me!"
"I-" Rose choked, "I didn't-"
"What was that?" Klaus asked, "I can't quite hear what you're saying."
"I think she's trying to say that she didn't know that the doppelgänger was already in your possession," Elijah supplied.
"Mmm, but the question is, what shall we do about it?"
"I think the answer is quite simple," Elijah said, "We should just kill them."
"No!" Rose gasped, "Please."
"Hmm, Elijah," he looked at his brother, "Do you know that it was Trevor, that snapped Maya's neck, before he helped Katerina escape?"
Elijah saw the anger in Klaus's eyes, and knew that if he didn't kill Trevor, then Klaus would, and Klaus would make it last. He pulled away from the struggling Vampire, "Trevor you helped Katerina escape and for what? She turned herself, and then ran, left you to suffer the consequences."
"You trusted me with Katerina and I failed you," Trevor said, looking over at his friend, who had stopped putting up a fight against Klaus, as it was no use, "I am truly sorry."
"Oh yes you are the guilty one," Elijah said, "And Rose helped you, because she was loyal to you and that I honour. Where was your loyalty?"
"I beg your forgiveness Elijah, Klaus."
"So granted," Elijah let him go, and for a moment Trevor smiled, believing himself to be free, in a way, he was, but then the older Original knocked his head off with his hand, causing Elena, who'd been hiding, to cry out in shock. Elijah whooshed over, to her, "Hello there," he said, still astonished that she was human, he grabbed her arm, preventing her from running away.
Klaus released Rose, he had an option to kill her, but the idea of letting her live, without her companion, without the person that she loved so much, that she went against the Originals for, that sounded just cruel enough to cause her serious pain, at least for a little while, he'd kill her later. "You!" Rose made to rush forward, but Elijah stopped her.
"I wouldn't do that," Klaus said.
"Not now you're free," Elijah finished.
Rose stopped, and looked between the two, "What?"
"You're free, but Niklaus is temperamental, I suggest you go, before he changes his mind."
"Please don't let them take me!" Elena gasped.
Rose locked eyes with her for a second, before she fled, leaving Elena to her fate.
Elijah looked at the doppelgänger, "What are we doing with her?" he asked his brother, Klaus clearly had a plan.
"It's time to go," Klaus replied, looking at his watch, he didn't want to be there any longer, he had a birthday present to get back to.
"No!" Elena exclaimed, "What about the moonstone?"
The noble one raised a brow, "What do you know about the moonstone?" he asked.
"I know you need it, and I know where it is!"
Elijah shot Klaus a look, who subtly shook his head, but the older brother was curious, what did she think she knew about the moonstone? "Where is it?"
"It doesn't work like that," Elena shook her head.
The Original leant in, and tried to compel her, "Where is it?" he repeated, but she said nothing. "What is vervain doing around your neck?" he tore the necklace from her, and Klaus stopped him from throwing it away.
He recognised that necklace, Klaus took it from his brother, and eyed it for a moment, "This is Rebekah's," he said, "She looked for it everywhere when I woke her."
Elijah turned back to Elena, and compelled her, "How did you come by this necklace?"
"My boyfriend Stefan gave it to me," she replied.
"Interesting. Where's the moonstone?"
"It's underneath the church ruins, in the tomb."
"What's it doing there?"
"It's with Katherine."
/ / /
"We're too late to take this doppelgänger," Sage said quietly, hearing everything going on inside the dilapidated mansion.
"But not the moonstone," Finn replied in realisation, "Come, before Elijah and Niklaus make their way to Mystic Falls."
The whooshed away, so as to not get caught, stopping about 100 miles from the town in question, "We'll need to find a Witch we can trust," Sage said.
"We have Freya," he replied, "I trust her."
"She's working with your brother," Sage said, "You heard her! Destroying the last thing that your mother did in life would make her happy! We need someone else, because there's no way that Katherine Pierce is trapped in a tomb, without being locked in with a spell."
"They could have just gotten the better of her."
Sage shook her head, "You don't know Katherine, and truth be told neither do I, but she spent 500 years running from your brother, always stayed two steps ahead of him, Katherine Pierce earned a reputation for being clever and dangerous. We need a Witch."
"I don't know any."
"I do."
/ / /
Klaus walked over to Elena, "Do you know who I am?" he asked and she shook her head, "I'm Klaus." He said, and Elena felt terror creep down her spine, but she didn't know why. He smirked, "You're going to forget that you ever saw me or Elijah," he compelled, "You're going to forget anything you know about the sun and the moon curse, and if you find out about it again, if you find out that you're the one that has to die to break it. You will not run from me, you will not hide from me, when I come for you, to break my curse. You will simply…obey."
She whimpered as she felt his compulsion take effect, "I-"
"Now go lie down on the couch, fall asleep, and don't wake up until Stefan or Damon wake you."
Elena couldn't fight it, she walked over to the dusty couch, and lay down, closing her eyes, she fell asleep almost immediately. And Klaus turned to Elijah, "There should be three Vampires coming for her," he took a quick look at his phone, and saw that Enzo had messaged that he wasn't far, "Stay out of sight, but make sure she gets back to her home."
"Where are you going?" Elijah asked.
"Well, like you said, I have someone waiting for me back at the compound." He texted Elijah, "Rebekah and Kol are in town, I've sent you their address." Klaus made to leave, but stopped, "Elijah, if you interfere in this, in any way, there will be no end to my rage."
Elijah nodded, he knew that if anything happened to the doppelgänger before his brother could use her to break his curse, then he would be the one blamed for it. "I'll make sure nothing happens."
/ / /
"Stefan wait," Damon said, before his brother had a chance to rush inside the old house.
"Damon we don't have time!" Stefan exclaimed, Elena had been gone all night, and they had no idea who had her.
"Listen to me," Damon hissed, "We have no idea what's waiting for us in there, we need a plan." Damon knew that they would be safe, but he could hear someone moving around in the house, it wasn't Klaus, so it must be Elijah, he was stalling, just so he could make sure that the Original was out of the house. He really didn't want his brother to find out about the fact that Elena was a target for the first Vampires in history.
"Damon she's been gone all night, we have no idea how much time she has!"
"Look just- just let Enzo take a look around the back first, let's find out if we can see anything before we rush in there and get killed." He motioned to the younger Vampire and Enzo raced off to the back.
/ / /
Enzo walked inside the house, and stopped in front of Elijah, "Elijah," he whispered, Stefan's hearing wasn't great, but he didn't want to take any chances.
Elijah looked him up and down, "Which one are you? Damon, or Enzo?" he asked, Jenna had talked about them, he'd heard their names from Kol too. Not to mention, he recognised the young one from his trip to Greece.
"Enzo," he replied, "Nik told us to come and get Elena. So you can go now."
Elijah raised a brow, "Do I need to warn you what should happen if the doppelgänger doesn't remain alive?"
"We've been working on breaking the curse for years, we've got her," Enzo replied, not liking Elijah's condescending tone.
"And yet, she was taken on your watch."
"Technically, she was taken on Kol's watch, so blame him. We've got it from here." He repeated.
Maya woke up a couple of hours after Klaus left, her stomach rumbling, taking a quick shower, she grabbed one of Klaus's shirts and slid it on, putting on her jeans, she poked her head out of the door (she didn't think that it would be a good idea for the kids to see her sneaking out of Klaus's room, especially when he wasn't there). Not spotting anyone, Maya crept out of the room, and immediately bumped into Freya. "Damn it!"
"Maya!" the Mikaelson Witch smirked, taking the Siphon's appearance, her hair was a mess, there were several marks dotted on her neck (obviously her brother's doing). "I'm surprised Niklaus let you out of his room."
"Nik's…out on business. "He won't be back for another few hours, and I got hungry."
Amused Freya shook her head, "Come on, I'll show you to the kitchen, I just took Liam and Luna downstairs, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you."
/ / /
Maya followed Freya downstairs, and grinned when she saw the kids at the table, "Hi guys!"
Luna perked up at the sound of her voice and whirled around, "Maya!" she squealed running over to her, jumping on her.
The Siphon wrapped her arms around the young wolf, "You didn't say you were coming," Liam said, coming over to give her a hug.
Maya shrugged, "It was a surprise for Nik's birthday."
"Where is daddy?" Luna asked, "He said he'd see us in the morning!"
"He had to deal with an emergency, he'll be back in few hours."
"Oh," Luna looked disappointed.
"But, that just means that once we've all had breakfast, you two and I can have some fun!"
Elena gasped awake at the Boarding House, and Jeremy and Bonnie rushed over to her, "Are you okay?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm okay," she reassured him, she couldn't shake the underlying feeling of terror, but wasn't going to tell him that, she felt bad that he'd been worrying about her, felt terrible that he'd been dragged into her mess. Elena looked at Bonnie and embraced her, "Thank you for finding me."
"Well, uh," Bonnie hesitated, "I can't take all the credit, I could only get your general location, Maya's the one that found you."
"Maya?" Elena looked around, but couldn't see her cousin anywhere, she was surprised that Maya would do anything to help her, she shouldn't be though, the Siphon had said plenty of times before, Maya would keep her safe because of Jeremy. "Where is she?"
"Little Red's out of town for the weekend, she'll be back Monday," Damon said, coming inside the living room.
"Damon," Elena said, "Did-did you come for me?"
"Only because if I didn't Stefan was liable to get himself killed," he shrugged.
"Thank you." She said.
"Elena," Stefan interrupted, "When we found you there was no one there, except for one very dead Vampire."
"What?!" she gasped.
"Elena, what happened?" Bonnie asked.
"I-there was a woman, and man," she thought hard, "Trevor and Rose, they took me because I'm the doppelgänger. Rose-sh-she said that Trevor made a mistake, he'd trusted Katherine, and because of it, they'd been running, for 500 years."
Stefan looked at his brother in alarm, "Katherine was running from someone," he said, "She's 500-years-old, that can't be a coincidence."
"Either way," Enzo said, walking in with a two drinks in his hand, giving one to Damon, "That doesn't make sense, why would taking you fix what they did?"
"Um…I-I don't…they were going to hand me over to someone."
"Who?" Stefan asked.
"I-I can't remember!"
Bonnie looked at Stefan, "She's been compelled."
"I think that's the least of your worries," Enzo said, fighting the urge to smirk,
"What?"
"What you should be worried about, is the fact that apparently a 500-year-old Vampire got himself decapitated, without much of a struggle from the looks of it. Which means that whoever did it, was older and stronger than him, and significantly older and stronger than any of us."
Elena looked at Stefan fearfully, "Stefan, what are we supposed to do?"
"We'll figure it out," he replied firmly, he wasn't going to let anything happen to woman he loved. He turned back to his brother, "Can you call Maya?"
"Why?"
"I think we're going to need as much help as possible with this."
Mason Lockwood was in the den in the pack house, he'd been staying there for just over a month now, no contact with the outside world, just to make sure that Katherine didn't find him. It was nicer than anywhere he'd ever lived, and he was a Lockwood, so that was saying something. The wolves staying there had all been very tight-lipped about which pack they were from, and who their Alpha was. He'd also noticed that he'd gone to chain himself up for the full moon, but they hadn't, and there hadn't been any mention of maulings or deaths the next day.
"Hey Lockwood!" Scott called, "Come on! I got to introduce you to the newest members of the mansion." He wasn't particularly pleased about having to babysit a relatively new wolf, one that so clearly didn't enjoy being one, but Maya had told them to, and considering she was the reason they had access to their full strength all month and not just on one day, they listened.
Mason followed him out of the house, "Yeah about that, who exactly lives there?"
"It's the home for our Alpha, and his family," Scott replied.
"And where is this mysterious Alpha?" Mason asked, "Will I ever meet them?"
"In time," he said, the mansion wasn't far from the pack house. Klaus had wanted something separated for the wolves, but close enough so that he and the children could mingle with the pack easily.
"Ok, so who am I meeting?" Mason asked, he hadn't seen anyone come or go from the mansion and was curious, "And why? I'm not part of your pack."
"You're definitely not, but Regina wants to make sure that you don't mess with the mansion's occupants."
"I'm not gonna mess with anyone!"
"You worked with Katherine, anything's possible." Scott knocked on one of the French doors, and slid it open.
Rebekah flashed in front of them, causing Mason to startle, he recognised her from town, he'd seen her talking to Maya, "Scott," she said, "How can I help you?" she eyed Mason with veiled interest.
"Regina thought that we should make sure that Mason, knew who was staying here."
"You're the one that was working with Katherine," the blonde said.
"I wasn't working with her!" Mason protested, "I loved her!"
"Hmm," Rebekah sniffed, "A mistake many have made, allow me to tell you a little secret, Mason. Katerina Petrova, loves none but herself." Tilting her head, she spoke softly, "Kol, Elijah, we have visitors."
The two appeared downstairs in less than a second and Mason's eyes widened, they were all Vampires, "Wait, but I thought-" he looked at Scott, "You said this place was for your Alpha's family."
"It is."
"They're Vampires!"
Scott smirked, "Meet Rebekah, Kol and Elijah, they are our Alpha's siblings, and as such, you'll treat all three of them with respect."
"Kol, Elijah. This is Mason Lockwood, he's Katherine's latest plaything."
Elijah frowned as he looked the wolf up an down, "Well there's no accounting for taste."
"Hey!" Mason exclaimed, offended at the look Elijah was giving him.
Kol snickered, "Elijah has jokes! I didn't think you knew how to do that 'Lijah!"
"There's plenty you don't know about me Kol." Elijah rolled his eyes. The two Original brothers had sized Mason up and dismissed him, almost immediately, there was nothing remarkable about him.
"Oh you mean like the fact that you're sleeping with our brother's mother-in-law?" he asked cheekily.
"What?!" Rebekah gasped, smacking Kol on the arm, "You never told me that!"
"She's not his mother-in-law!" Elijah protested.
"Hmm, I wonder, does she even know that you're in town?"
Elijah's eyes widened as he realised what Kol was implying, "Kol don't you dare!"
"I think I will!" he cheered, "After all, I have been invited into her house, have you?" without waiting for an answer he whooshed out of the room.
Elijah looked back and forth between his sister and the empty space where his brother once was, and Rebekah sighed, "Just go Elijah." And he disappeared from the room too.
"What…just happened?" Mason asked, still reeling from the fact that apparently the Alpha of a Werewolf pack had Vampire siblings.
"That, was my older brother, antagonising my even older brother, and now that you know who we are, you can leave," she waved him off, "You're of no interest to me."
"Come on," Scott said, pulling Mason out of the house.
"Scott, when you've taken him back, my brother has asked for one of you to call him," Rebekah said to his retreating from.
Klaus arrived back at the compound just after 4pm, and immediately went in search of his Siphon, he'd been gone much longer than he'd planned, which meant that Maya had definitely had to leave his room in order to get some food. He found her in one of the smaller living rooms, one that most of the families in the pack liked, when they wanted a little alone time. She was there with his children, showing off bits of magic, causing them to laugh and smile.
Liam was the first one to notice Klaus was stood in the doorway, "Dad!" he smiled.
Luna jumped up and headed straight for him, "Daddy!" she cheered, throwing herself in his arms, "Maya's showing us her magic! She can make fireworks! Look!" Klaus looked over at Maya with a smirk, motioning for her to show him what Luna was talking about.
"Go one then Love, show me."
"They're not actual fireworks, it's just an illusion," Maya shrugged, but still, she opened her hand, and tiny explosions of colour appeared in the space above it.
"Aren't they pretty daddy?" Luna asked.
"Very pretty," Klaus agreed, looking at Maya, and not the fireworks, causing her to blush.
"Is everything ok now?" Maya asked, closing her hand, making the fireworks disappear.
Klaus nodded, "Elijah's taking care of it," he replied, "I had much more pressing matters to get to." His eyes were full of heat, causing Maya to look away and at Liam who was eyeing his father and the Siphon in suspicion.
The Hybrid walked further into the room, depositing his daughter on the couch, and coming over to Maya, "Hello Love," he said, pressing a kiss to her lips, making a promise of what was to come for them.
"Ugh!" Liam wrinkled his nose.
"Ew Daddy!" Luna covered her eyes.
"Do you two have to do that here?" Liam asked exasperated.
Maya pulled back, "Yes we do!" she shot back.
"So gross," Luna muttered.
"You know what!" Klaus said, "I do believe that you both have homework to finish for your tutor on Monday."
"What?"
"No!"
"Yes," he nodded, "Off you go, it's not much."
"Hey," Maya said softly, "If you do your homework now, then we can watch a movie tonight after dinner."
They both looked at each other for a moment, contemplating their options, before turning back to Maya and nodded, "Okay." Liam said, and they both scurried off.
Klaus watched them leave in surprise, "They never just leave without a fight!" he complained, "They always spend at least 30 minutes arguing with me!"
Maya shrugged, "I guess they like me better than you."
"You take that back!"
"Make me," she smirked, standing up and backing towards the door.
Klaus let his Vampire come forth and he whooshed forward, grabbing her by waist, causing her to shriek, and raced them up to his room, "You asked for it!"
It was Sunday morning when Elena received several phone calls from Stefan, when she finally answered, he told her to meet him at Boarding House. She headed over his house, and knocked on the door, Damon opened it.
"Hello Elena," he said.
"Is Stefan here?" she asked, "He called, said it was important."
"Right this way," Damon said, gesturing for her to follow him to the living room.
Stefan came over to her, "Hey."
"What is it?" she asked, but before she could answer, Rose walked inside the room, "You!" she exclaimed.
"She's here to help," Stefan said.
"Help with what? She kidnapped me!"
"I know, but she came here to help you. Especially because you don't remember anything that happened when she took you."
"I don't understand what she could possibly help with!"
"Rose told us all about the curse, and that you're needed for it."
"What curse?"
"The Sun and the Moon curse," Stefan said.
"What? What is that?!"
He looked at Rose who shook her head, "They must have compelled you to forget about it."
"What's going on Stefan?" Elena asked.
Stefan filled her in about what they knew about the curse, why she was needed and Rose continued for him, "
"Okay, you have to understand, I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. It's the problem with all this Vampire crap, but Klaus, he's very real."
"Who is he?"
"He's one of the Originals," Damon supplied, "He's a legend."
"From the first generation of Vampires."
"Look, Elijah killed Trevor right in front of me," Rose said, "Took his head from his shoulders, with a single swipe. Elijah's an Original but compared to Klaus, he's the Easter Bunny. A foot soldier." Damon fought really hard not to laugh at that, he couldn't wait to tell Klaus all about that, "Klaus is the real deal."
"Klaus is known to be the oldest," Stefan supplied.
Elena clenched her fists, every time someone said his name, she was filled with unmistakable terror, but she couldn't tell anyone about it, and she didn't know why. "So you're saying that the oldest Vampire in the history of time is coming after me?"
"Yes," Rose said.
"No," Stefan supplied.
So Elena looked at the third Vampire in the room, "Damon?" she asked.
"We're looking at a solid maybe," he finally said, he couldn't say yes without making Stefan suspicious, equally he couldn't agree with his brother, for the exact same reason.
"But, if they wanted me, then why leave me there?" Elena asked.
"You said the moonstone has been hidden here," Rose confirmed, "My best guess, is that they're hoping that you'll lead them to it."
"Look," Stefan said, hearing Elena's heartbeat elevate, and trying to soothe her, "I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bedtime story."
"He was there with Elijah, Stefan," Rose said, frustrated that the brothers didn't believe her, "He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot."
"Alright," Damon cut in, he couldn't have them get too worked up, he needed Elena to stay in town, "We're shaking. You made your point."
Elena stood up, "We don't know what he really wants," she said, refusing to say Klaus's name, "But we know someone who does."
"We're not asking Katherine," Stefan replied, realising what she was getting at.
"But she's the reason they're even here!"
"No Elena, you're not going anywhere near her!"
"Okay calm down," Damon said, "The tomb's spelled shut, she can't get in, even if she wanted to."
Elena deflated at that, "Fine!"
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked as she grabbed her bag.
"Home."
"Let me grab my stuff, I'll go with you."
She held up a hand, "It's okay, I know how to get there," and she walked out of the house.
/ / /
Rose had gone out for food, leaving Stefan and Damon alone at the Boarding House, "Here," Damon said, handing his brother a drink.
"Thanks," Stefan replied, looking up him, "Listen, what Rose told Elena about the curse…"
"I'll help keep her safe," Damon replied, Stefan didn't need to know that he'd already promised Elena's safety to someone else."
"You know, the only way we're gonna be able to do this is if we're not fighting each other. We let Katherine come between us. If we can't work together, then we can't protect her."
"Yes Stefan, I'm well aware, but I'm not fighting with you, I've messed with you, sure," he shrugged, "But have I gone anywhere near Elena?"
Stefan shook his head, and Damon made to leave, "Hey," Stefan said, stopping him.
"What?"
"I'm sorry."
"About what?"
"For being the guy who made you turn 145 years ago," It had been on his mind as of late, he'd caught glimpsed of the Damon he knew as a human, but it wasn't with him, never with him, it was when Damon was with Maya, or Enzo, something had changed in his brother.
"Enough Stef, there's no need to rehash that."
"You know what? I've never said it at loud. I guess, I just needed to say it and you needed to hear it. I'm sorry. What I did was selfish. I didn't want to be alone. I guess, I just needed my brother."
Damon left after that, feeling a little bit of guilt for what was coming, he knew that Elena would survive the sacrifice, but he couldn't tell Stefan that, and his brother was going to be hurt, no matter what.
Klaus escorted Maya to the private airstrip, where his plane was waiting for her, after spending the last three nights with her in his bed, her scent in his nose, her taste in his mouth, he found that he didn't like the idea of being separated from her, no matter how short a time it was going to be. He would be in Mystic Falls by the middle of April. They were both on the runway, the plane fuelled up and ready for take-off.
Maya had wrapped her arms around him, head buried in chest, as she breathed in the scent that was so distinctly him, "I don't want to go," she muttered.
"I'd much rather you stay," he replied, holding her to him, "But you promised your mother that you'd be home by Monday. And I'd rather not have her call me to yell."
Maya laughed into his chest, "Is this the first time you've had to worry about your girlfriend's parents?"
"Girlfriend," Klaus made a face at the word, "I'd much prefer lover, paramour, mine. And to answer your question, yes, I've never had to worry about parents before."
She looked up at him, standing on her toes, pressing her lips to his, "I'm going to miss you."
"It won't be long now." He replied, pulling back, and taking something out of his pocket.
"My ring!" she gasped, she was sure that he had thrown it out after she gave it back.
"I do believe that this, belongs to you," he wouldn't say it out loud, but there was question in his eyes, would she accept the ring? And all that it meant? Maya lifted her right hand, and he slid it onto her ring finger, "Perfect." He said, eyes glinting as she accepted the ring. She hadn't fought him, when he called her his, it made him slightly less apprehensive about sending her back to Mystic Falls, without him. Klaus pulled her in for an all consuming kiss, only letting go because she needed to breathe, "I'll see you very soon, Little Siphon."
He whooshed her into the plane, depositing her on the seat, "I'll see you soon" she whispered back, and Klaus flashed away.
Damon arrived back at the Boarding House, as much as he wanted to stay with Enzo, in their room, back at the Sommers House, he couldn't leave Stefan alone, especially because Rose was staying there. He came in, only to find Rose, in tears, "Oh please don't tell me you're crying cause your buddy Trevor lost his head."
"You always been this sensitive?" Rose asked, brushing away tears.
"Vampire switch is there for a reason," he replied, "Takes the emotion out of it."
"Yeah, you switch yours, I'll switch mine."
"Is that a dig?"
"It's an observation." Rose answered, "I've seen how you look at Enzo, you're in love with him."
"Enzo and I have history," Damon shrugged.
"So did Trevor and I."
"Trevor was a weight around your neck," he said, "He pissed off the most dangerous Vampire in existence and dragged you down with him."
"Trevor was my family," Rose defended, "I wasn't going to let him suffer on his own."
Damon shook his head, "Trevor was a coward, he was your family, so he never should have let you get caught up with him. You're supposed to protect the ones you love."
"You say that like you're speaking from experience," she replied.
"I am," he said, he didn't know why he was being so open with Rose, there was just something about her that made him feel like being truthful with her. "I know all about being a coward."
"What?" she asked, thinking that he was going to tell her about when he protected his family, to his detriment.
"Enzo was suffering, and I couldn't help him, but I also couldn't leave him. We were surrounded by fire and I was too weak to get us out of there. So turned it off, and left him. He spent fifty years trapped in hell, because I was a coward. That's how I know your friend was a coward. He should have let you go, let you be free, but he was too scared too."
"I wouldn't let him leave me alone," Rose replied, not liking what Damon was saying, they were family, and family protected each other. "What do you want Damon?""
"I noticed you don't have a daylight ring, what if I told you that I knew a Witch that could remedy that situation?"
"What?" Rose asked, "Why would you do that?"
"Simple," he shrugged, "It's a bribe."
"A bribe?"
"I want you to leave town, and don't come back."
"Leave town? With Elijah and Klaus coming, you need all the help you can get to stop them."
"Well, that's just it, I don't want to stop them."
Rose froze, realising that Damon had never denied Klaus's existence, he knew the Original! "You're working for him!" she gasped, jumping away from him.
"I don't work for Klaus," he denied, they were friends, he wasn't one of his minions, "But I do know him, and I know that I'm not going to let my brother die for a girl that's going to break his heart."
"Elena? She loves Stefan," Rose could see it.
"Not enough to turn for him though, she wants to grow old, have children, die like a human. All things that Stefan can't give her, because he's a Vampire. Klaus knows that Elena's here, he knows that the moonstone is here, he will level the town just to get to her. So I'm telling you, leave, and I'll have a Witch I know make you a daylight ring for your trouble. Stay, and I'll kill you before Klaus gets the chance."
Rose snarled, and slammed him up against the wall, "I'm 500-years-old Damon, I'm stronger and faster, you can't beat me!"
She was thrown across the room, Enzo and Kol were stood next to Damon, "This is becoming a habit with you," Enzo said.
Rose's eyes slid to the other Vampire, who had yet to say anything, he looked very familiar, but she didn't know who he was. Kol smirked at her appraisal, she was a pretty little thing, it was shame she was thinking of plotting against his brother. "Allow me to introduce myself," he said, "Kol Mikaelson, at your service."
Rose's eyes widened, Kol! He was another Original! That made three she'd encountered in less than three days. "The Original," she said.
"You've heard of me, fantastic!" he moved closer to her, causing her to tense, "You have exactly five seconds to decide on whether you'll be taking Damon's offer to leave. After that, I'll make the decision for you."
Rose paled, Kol was known to be ruthless, genuinely psychotic, he was the only Original that rivalled Klaus's reputation. "I'll leave!" she said quickly, "I'll leave and never come back! I swear!"
Kol glanced at Enzo, and Damon motioned for her to go, before Kol changed his mind, "What are you two doing here?"
"I'm bored," Kol replied, as if that was reason enough for him to show up.
Finn and Sage arrived outside the tomb, with a warlock, Jonas Martin, he was powerful, and he believed most Vampires to be an abomination. All Sage had to do was mention that Klaus was going to become something even more powerful, and he'd been all too happy to help. "Can you open it?" Sage asked. As he scanned the tomb, getting a feel for the magic keeping it sealed.
Jonas nodded, "It's a strong spell, I'll need my children to assist me," he said.
"I will retrieve them," Finn said, whooshing away to get Luka and Greta, from the apartment that they'd rented out in town.
"I need some ingredients from the apartment too."
"Come along then," Sage sighed, grabbing the Warlock, and speeding him to the apartment so that he could gather supplies.
/ / /
The Vampires came back when the sun had set, along with the Martins, the three magic users set up their ingredients and began to chant. The spell on the tomb hadn't been linked to a celestial event, which meant that, although powerful, it could be broken by the three of them, without putting themselves in danger. When the spell was down, Jonas nodded, and Finn removed the capstone, Finn walked inside, coming upon a starving doppelgänger, for a moment, he was startled with how identical she looked to Tatia. Out of all of his family, he had never met another doppelgänger. He lifted her by her neck, shoving her against the cave wall, "Hello Katherine," he said, locking eyes with her, compelling her. "You are going to help me stop my brother from breaking the curse." He said.
"What? No!" she gasped, if she prevented Klaus from breaking the curse again, there would be no hope for her.
"Yes," Finn said, "The spell on the tomb is broken, when I go, you will leave the tomb. You are going to do everything I say, when I say it, and you will tell no one, that you've been compelled. You first order of business, is to get to the Salvatores, find out what there plan is for my brother, now where's the moonstone?" he asked.
Katherine told him where to find it in the tomb, and he took it, and left, leaving her to drag herself from the tomb. The first thing she came across on her way back to town was a squirrel, making a disgusted face, she pounced on it, draining it dry. She had to attack a few more animals before finding her way into town, and getting her hands on a couple of humans.
Kol waited outside a car at the airstrip, Maya had just landed, and he'd volunteered to collect her from the airport. The two of them needed to talk, and he much preferred to do it alone. The Siphon stepped out of the plane, and made a b-line for the only car there. "Kol," she said, freezing at the sight of him, they hadn't spoken since she'd freaked out, he hadn't called her, but she hadn't reached out either, both of them unsure of how to proceed.
"Maya," he said, looking at her, feeling very hesitant.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, Enzo was supposed to pick her up, and he hadn't messaged to say he wouldn't be.
"I told Enzo I was coming to get you; we should talk." He replied, he wanted to get back to where they were before been given the memories of her past.
Maya nodded, he was right, they did need to talk, "Okay." She got in the car and Kol followed, pulling out of the airstrip and getting on the highway towards Mystic Falls. They'd been on the road for ten minutes, and still, neither one of them had said anything, before Maya finally cracked, "I'm not mad at you anymore," she said.
"You're not?" he glanced at her, before turning his attention back to the road.
"I'm not. It was really hard for me Kol, everything I saw, everything I felt, it was overwhelming, painful. I had nightmares for weeks, replaying the things that were done to me, over and over again. And I'm sorry, but you featured pretty heavily in those nightmares."
Kol gripped the steering wheel tighter, stopping himself from lashing out, "What changed?"
"I can't feel it anymore, I uh, visited a veil over Christmas, spent some time with my father, he couldn't make me forget again, but he did make it so that I couldn't feel what happened to me. It helped me separate out my past and my present."
"You know I wouldn't do anything to you now, don't you?" Kol asked. "I can't make excuses for my past sins, you knew I was a monster when you met me, when I hurt you, you didn't mean anything to me."
"I know," she replied, "It was the same for Nik, I knew who you both were when I let you into my life. And I know it was irrational, blaming you for hurting me, when you didn't even know who I was. But it didn't change the fact that it hurt me now."
"You know I'm not going to change? There are things I do, that will remind you of what I did to you."
"I know. But it's what I signed up for," she replied, "I can't be in Nik's life, in your life, without taking the chance that there will be some horrifying things that I witness, and I'm aware that if I turn, there will be horrifying things that I will do." She looked at him, "I just hate this distance between us. I hate not being able to call you when I do something cool with my magic, I hate not being able to talk to you when Damon does something stupid, and I need to vent. I hate it!"
Kol pulled the car to the side of the road, switching off the engine, and he turned to her, "I hate it too, I spent months with Nik, months at his home with the Wolves, and there were so many things that I wanted to tell you, to show you! I mean, look at this!" He grabbed his phone, pulling up the picture of Nik, covered in bright pink glitter, "Rebekah did that! I wanted to tell you as soon as it happened!"
Maya's eyes widened as she saw the picture, "Oh my God! When was this?!"
"Just before she cam here," Kol said, "And It's March now, you could have known this months ago! But we weren't talking!" He skipped through pictures, "And look at this!" showing he the one he'd taken of Klaus at Christmas.
"Oh my God it's Santa Klaus!"
"Exactly!" he exclaimed, "We need to be talking to each other again! Because otherwise, we're going to miss so much!"
"Okay, okay, so I'm sorry I freaked out about everything, and you're…not sorry that you did it, but you're sorry that I found out about it?" and Kol nodded, "Then we're fine, we can go back to how it was before!"
"Good," Kol nodded, he was glad that they could get back to what they were, "Let's get back on the road."
He moved to start the car, but Maya grabbed her chest, "AAH!" she cried, feeling a stabbing pain in her heart.
"Maya! What is it?" Kol asked worried.
"Take me home!" she gasped. Kol grabbed her, and flashed out of the car.
Jules had been to several places around town, looking for Mason, she'd started at the Lockwood Mansion, but Mason's sister-in-law had been under the impression that he'd gone back to Florida, his nephew had been the same. Neither of them knew that he was missing, she wouldn't have been so worried if she hadn't have caught the stench of Vampires all over the town. And then when she'd asked Tyler about his uncle, he'd told her that he'd come looking for the moonstone. Jules had heard stories about the moonstone, hell the whole pack had, which made her even more suspicious of his sudden disappearance.
She'd been to several places the last being the Grill, it was where the scent of Vampires was at its highest, which meant that they frequented the place and it was more than likely that she'd spot one. All she had to do then, was follow one of them to somewhere more private, she had a couple members of the pack hanging around outside, waiting for her. Jules was sitting in a booth in the back, when she spotted a blonde Vampire walk in with a human, a perfect target.
The blonde was there for an hour before she moved to leave, on her own, and Jules stood up, following her out, signalling to her guys to circle up. When the blonde reached her car, Jules called out, "Hey! Excuse me!"
Caroline turned around and was met by an unfamiliar woman, "Can I help you?" she asked.
"I'm looking for a friend of mine, Mason, I think you know where he is."
"I'm sorry," Caroline shook her head, this woman must be a Werewolf, "I thought he went back to Florida. That's what Tyler said."
"You're lying," Jules said, "I know you know he didn't leave town."
"What is that, one of your little Werewolf tricks?"
"Actually it is," Jules scowled.
"Well I have one of my own!" Caroline's Vampire came forth and she moved to attack Jules, only to be sprayed in the face with vervain. Caroline screamed and turned away from it, but was shot in the head by a wolf who'd come up behind her.
"Get her in the truck," Jules said, "We'll lock her up in the trailer, and get some answers out of her."
Kol sped Maya back to her home, the gates had been left wide open, which wasn't normal, Jenna always kept the property locked up tight when no one was home. He slowed to stop and put Maya down when he scented fresh blood in the air.
"Maya," he said, "Get behind me."
She looked at him for a moment, before freezing him in place, and bolting, she ran around him, up the driveway, towards the house and then froze as she came upon the devastation just outside her front door. "No," she whispered. On the gravel driveway, there lay her mother, in puddle of her own blood, broken and battered, "No! No! Mom!" she rushed over to her, dropping to her knees, she shook her mother. "MOM!" she yelled. "MOM!"
Kol rushed up behind her, "Kol! Kol! She's not- she's not breathing!" Maya gasped and dropped down next to her, he looked over Jenna's body, it was obvious that she'd been attacked by something much stronger than her. Her shoulder was broken, and her knee, there was a large slash down her abdomen, which accounted for the pool of blood, but what really told him that there was no hope for Jenna, was the fact that not only was her neck broken but he couldn't hear her heartbeat. "Kol!" She cried, "Tell me she's okay!"
Kol placed a hand on her shoulder "Maya," he said.
"No! She's okay, she has to be!"
"She's not breathing."
"No!" Maya shook her head, this couldn't be happening, Kol and Nik had promised, they promised that they'd keep her alive. Maya hunched over her mother's body, "NO! MOM!" she let out a scream of pure anguish that sent a shockwave through the whole town. And then, Kol, Maya, and Jenna, all disappeared.
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