AN: To everyone who reviewed, favorited and followed...many thanks!

I'm so glad that you all liked the last chapter and this one will have Elena's answer to her decision she had to make!

Also, there's an element from season 6 of canon TVD that made me wonder why it wasn't addressed in Originals season one-so in this, it's going to be played out

Disclaimer: Let's just be honest-people, if I owned this then Elijah would have been with Elena since they first met and considering what's happening in the show, I don't own this! I don't own this except the plot outline

Chapter 8: Month four, part 2-Crescent Pack, Rituals and a revenge plot

A slight paleness crept into Elena's face before she ran to see the young girl looking ready to do the ritual.

"You can't stop me or change my mind about it 'Lena." Davina even sounded like she was giving up.

"I'm not here to stop you but don't sound like you're just giving up." Elena told her sternly. "You sound like you're going to have a pity party."

As Elena ran to see Davina, Elijah couldn't stop smiling.

"You two do what I think you did?" Kol asked, looking at him curiously.

"We kissed, many times." He told him. "I also promised her that I was going to be with her tomorrow once she tells the wolf pack she's made her decision about leading them or giving it to someone else."

Kol whistled.

"Do you know what she decided to do?" Elijah shook his head.

"I don't."

Elena didn't get much sleep that night as she wrote what she was going to say to them. Each time she wrote what she was going to say, the words sounded horrible and nothing felt acceptable to say.

She decided to do it then instead of waiting, while the moon was full because there's always three days for the full moon.

Tomorrow would have been day two.

Dressing up in a white cowl neck long sleeve knitted shirt with a gray spaghetti strap undershirt, a pair of jeans and black suede ankle boots, she brushed her brunette locks before pulling them into a French braid.

She thought that she was quite sneaky as she reached the front door when a hand was on her waist, spinning her around.

"What were you going to do?" Elijah asked.

"Scheduling the meeting or whatever it ends up being." She said strongly. She appraised his outfit but instead of extremely casual clothes, it was just a button up shirt and some jeans.

"Well then I'm going with you." He told her.

"You're not the only one." They turned to see Kol and Rebekah there. Both were in jeans but while Kol mimicked his brother with a black button up shirt, Rebekah was in a black long sleeve shirt with a keyhole neckline.

The Bayou was filled with drunken debauchery and a lot of men playing around. It didn't last long as she walked over to them. The leader-a man with shaggy brunet hair and didn't look like he shaved much was walking towards her shirtless.

"Elena Petrova Labonair, a pleasure to meet you." He said grinning at her. "I'm Jackson Kenner."

She nodded at him.

"I made my decision." She took a deep breath and walked over to the front so everyone could see her face. "I could say that it's an honor to be the Queen but...it's not suited for me. I don't want this." There was an uproar at her statement. "I thought about this a lot and this is my decision."

"Then you can never again claim us as your kin." A man said from the sidelines. She felt her throat tighten and as she walked from them, each wolf never looked at her but she didn't feel shame, she felt...empowered by it.

Her eyes met Elijah's and he seemed stunned by her choice.

"Before I leave here, a word of warning-go after the Mikaelsons and I'll find a way to make sure that it won't be just every full moon that you all become human but once every six months you can become human." Smiling at them wickedly, she saw how they paled. Turning around, she walked into Elijah's arms.

"You said to follow my heart-my heart led me to you." She smiled up at him. "I chose you. You're a member of my family-my pack."

He just smiled at her and pulled her into his arms, kissing her as deeply as he could.

Kol and Rebekah were grinning at them, seeing just how happy Elijah is with Elena.

The return to the plantation house was filled with happiness as Elijah formally asked Elena out on a date and she saying 'yes' by kissing him deeply. Kol pulled the car over and parked it, cutting the ignition. Stepping out of the car, he opened the back door behind the driver side for his brother and Elena.

He felt bad for her-having to choose between your blood and your heart must have been painful and then being ejected from your pack...he would have been devastated and wanting them dead.

"We don't have time for this!" They looked to see Klaus standing in the doorway with a frustrated look painted in his eyes. "In case you were wondering-Marcel just called to inform me that Sophie wants to consecrate our mother to absorb the magic and become an Elder."

"What if there was a way for Davina to hide all her magic into something like a stuffed animal and have Sophie sacrifice that?"

Klaus looked stunned for a moment.

"I...have no idea if that could work but it's the best idea I've ever heard." She smiled and kissed Elijah again before walking up to her room with him staring at her derrière.

It was around nine o'clock in the morning when Elijah came back with Sophie and a bag of beignets for Elena who took the bag greedily and gave him a kiss. Pulling back, she went to sit on the couch when Elijah pulled her back and once he sat in his armchair, he had her on his lap.

"Elijah!" She squealed but he shrugged it off as he had her right where he wanted her. "Do you want me to ruin your suit with the powdered sugar from the little pillowy pieces of heaven you bought me?"

"It doesn't matter if you do." He said shrugging his shoulders, his forehead resting on the crook of her neck.

"Can we get back to the matter at hand and not at the nauseating beginning of this weird love story?" Sophie asked, grimacing in disgust at them. She may have had that affair with Marcel but she had no real feelings for him.

Fifty percent of witches hate vampires and wouldn't help them worth a bit of salt. She was one of the fifty percent.

"We were wondering if it was possible for me to place my magic in some inanimate object that you can 'sacrifice' to the witches instead of me." Davina spoke up from her place behind Elijah.

Sophie blinked and shrugged.

"It's worth a shot at trying." Sophie said to the young girl. "I just need you to find something that you can be rid of so that your magic from whatever it is can be absorbed back into the ground for the ancestors."

"How about a teddy bear?" Elena asked through a bite of her beignet, her lips covered in powdered sugar from them.

"Find one for me and we'll see." The elder witch said with a disgusted glance in the wolf's direction only for said witch to be pinned to the wall behind her by an irate redheaded vampire.

"Be grateful that you're still needed or you'll become food." Aurora snarled, her green eyes flashing to red. She had grown to like the wolf that captured the attention of Elijah and made him more…outgoing in a way.

"I can have you on your knees-" Sophie snarled only to scream in pain as Aurora bit her, rather harshly, on her carotid artery and once she removed her fangs, she danced back over to Klaus, her lips stained in the witch's blood. The hybrid didn't go over to heal her but Kol did though he made sure that he was emulating Elijah.

"Be thankful for this…leniency that I'm giving you otherwise you would have bled out." He warned her in a growl. "You're still useful to us so get what you need together and we'll be at Lafayette Cemetery tonight."

She nodded, shivering in fear of them.

That afternoon Davina twirled the stuffed rabbit in her hand, the only gift she received from her father before he died nine years ago. It was inconspicuous enough that no one would know that it was hiding something but at the same time…it was obvious that it held meaning to her.

"Is that Thumper from Bambi?" She turned her head to see Elena there. The wolf didn't seem hesitant to walk in and sit beside her on the bed.

"It's the only thing my dad did right before his death." The young witch whispered. "He gave me this back when I was seven years old and was watching Bambi for the first time."

"Thumper's always been my favorite character in that movie." Elena told her with a smile. "I have no idea why but he was pretty awesome."

Davina found it easy to talk with her as she didn't seem to tell her any lies or hide anything from her.

"I'm scared about tonight." The fear in the girl's voice was palpable. What if this didn't work? What if it failed?

"Just have hope that it will work." Was what Elena told her. "Just have hope that everything will work out great."

Sophie was ready as she was in the cemetery, getting ready with another witch to become an Elder.

"Just relax Soph. It'll work." The witch said with a shrug. "Trust me-this will work."

Sophie took in a breath and was waiting as she chanted.

The witch watched this with a smile, her lips pulled into a grin.

Soon, everything will be perfect.

When it was close to six that night, Father Kieran appeared. Davina had to be ready and was going to have Marcel walk her down to the cemetery where her rabbit would be sacrificed.

"The backyard would be better." Kol said as he led him, his siblings, Aurora and Elena to an area in the backyard where a casket was settled next to an open grave.

As soon as possible, the rain pelted down on them as the three brothers placed the casket in the grave.

"Are we ready?" Kieran asked once the three were above ground. The priest was now standing in between Kol (on the right) and Elijah (on the left and next to Elena) when he began saying a prayer. Klaus had a dagger in his hand and once he slit his palm, the blood fell onto the casket. Rebekah was next, followed by Kol, Elijah and ending with Elena (who's palm healed before their eyes).

"It's done." He announced.

Now it was time to play the waiting game.

Elena was watching this from the safety of Elijah's arms as Davina walked up to Sophie in a white dress with thin spaghetti straps. Her body shivered in fear as Davina was complacent as she stepped up in front of Sophie and handed her the rabbit.

Sophie had the rabbit in her hand and as she said, "do you believe?" Davina spoke.

"I do." The knife went through the neck of the toy and the magic spilled out and over the ground.

"Ancestors, revive your chosen children please."

They waited, hours passed by but nothing happened. Rebekah's eyes watered as did Elena's and Aurora's. While Kol went to console Rebekah, Klaus held Aurora in his arms and Elijah had his wrapped around Elena.

"We won today." He whispered. "We won and tomorrow is a new day for new beginnings."

Elena nodded and placed her hand over her bump. She couldn't think of something like this happening to her baby and when Agnes tried to kill it…shaking her head, she knew that if her baby came into any danger she would eliminate said danger.

Even at the cost of her life.

As the clock struck midnight, the sounds of the bell chiming twelve times echoed around the Quarter, though no one cared but one person.

Sophie's witch friend smiled as she did a spell in one of the mausoleums inside Lafayette where the fog that surrounded most of the tombstones swirled around and three figures emerged from there.

The only male was tall and bald, a hat covering his head. He was wearing a white suit that one would see in the early prohibition era complete with a white jacket.

One of the women was older and in a long black dress that covered her feet and her skin looked saggy while her brown hair had wisps of grey starting from the roots going down to the tips.

The last of the three figures was a redheaded woman in a dress from the same era as the man's suit-a white flapper dress with the fringe at the hem and pearls adorning her neck and ears. She seemed to be walking like one of the drunks that littered the Quarter as she met up with the other two.

"So glad to see you all here." Each one turned to see the witch that revived them. "I believe that we all have personal vendettas against the Mikaelson siblings."

"Why have you called us here?" The elderly woman demanded. The witch smiled.

"I want to eliminate the Mikaelson siblings once and for all."

The redhead looked at her curiously.

"Who are you?" The witch just gave her a smirk that looked cold.

"Call me a friend. In time, you'll know my name."