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Katerina ran across the woods as fast as she could, with her one-year old daughter clinging to her mother for her dear life. Her hands encircled around her mother's neck, with her eyes closed, trusting her mother to drive whatever demon that could hurt her. Katerina picked her blue gown in her free hand and ran as fast as she could. She could still hear the black wolf snarling behind her.

She ducked beneath a low branch and ran with the light of the full moon enlightening her way, careful not to trip over the roots of the trees. She had been running for hours. Her throat was burning and lungs were begging for air, but the only thing that preventing her from stop running was the little angel in her hands.

She would die before letting the animal hurt her daughter. So she ran. Ran like there's no tomorrow, ran like a mad woman afraid of noise, ran like deer would when a tiger chases it.

She could feel her heart pounding against her chest, begging for her to stop. She could feel her leg going sour with the constant pain of running. If she stopped now and looked at her toes, she could see the wound caused by the thorns and twigs on the forest ground. But she didn't care. The only person she cared about now was her daughter.

Suddenly she felt someone grab her from behind, with their hand secure around her waist and her other hand closing over her mouth. She turned around to see a man giving her a look of reassurance, while a giant white wolf stood between them and the black wolf, snarling at it.

Niklaus and Elijah were in the woods, walking toward their estate, after Niklaus' pack shifted into wolves. It was the first full moon that he didn't shift, as he promised his brother that they would have some sibling time together. As Niklaus was the ultimate alpha, any wolf would recognize him immediately. So the threat is to a minimum.

As they were walking, they heard someone, a human, running fast, as if they were running for survival. It only took them a minute to realize that it was full moon and the person must be running from a wolf. They exchanged a look and knew immediately what they had to do.

Niklaus immediately started shifting after handing over his extra clothes that he brought just in case. Since, he has been shifting for five centuries, it only took him some minutes to change into his wolf form.

Elijah gave him a nod and they both flashed toward the location. When they reached there, Elijah went straight for the human, a woman with a child clinging to her, and Niklaus put himself right in front of them in protective stance. The black wolf immediately recognized his alpha and bowed.

Niklaus snarled at the wolf, conveying the message that he should leave the human alone, and black wolf whimpered and ran in the opposite direction. But Niklaus stood there glaring at the back of the retreating wolf.

Elijah chuckled softly and said, "I think he got the message, brother"

Niklaus turned toward Elijah and did something, that could only assumed to be a scoff and went behind the tree to shift back. After shifting he called for Elijah, "My clothes, 'Lijah"

"Here, Niklaus" Elijah said, as he walked toward the tree behind which Niklaus was hiding, and held out his clothes. Within minutes Niklaus dressed impeccably once again, and stepped into the moonlight.

The woman looked between them, and did what they expected her to do. She fainted.

Present Day

Mystic Falls

Erika swung her backpack over her shoulder and shut her bedroom door behind her. She walked along the corridor, greeting her adoptive nephew and her step-sister, who was reprimanding said nephew for something that she didn't bother knowing. She knew that Rebekah adored Marcellus, and would always try to make him perfect, flawless. That was beyond hilarious.

Marcellus would run whenever he saw that look on Rebekah, the look she would give him, that he did something wrong in her eyes. And he would always take refuge at his father. Nik would do everything he could to keep Rebekah away from Marcellus. But that usually never end well. Because in the end not only Marcellus, but also Nik would get his ear full from their sister.

She walked down the stairs and reached the foyer were Nik was waiting for her. He had a backpack as well. It was the day they shift. Since they were both not bound by the full moon, they usually shift once a week, usually on Saturdays. Since they were busy for the last month, they never had the chance to shift.

"Ready to go, sister?" Nik asked once she stood next to him.

Erika just nodded. Erika has invited Caroline so they could help her with her wolf side. She would need it, with her new found status. After all she was the mate of the Ultimate Alpha, which made her an Alpha as well. That also made her the rightful Alpha of the local pack. Something was wrong in this town, the town known to hunt vampires, and Erika indent to go deep into the matter. Of course, she didn't let Nik of her suspicions, he would never let her do anything.

That was why she tasked the woman of the family to get as much information about the town as possible. They had to know what had happened after her step-siblings wiped the entire village, soon after their transition.

They reached the woods, behind the Mikaelson property, and met with Caroline who was just walking toward them.

"Hey Caroline" Erika said, waving to her.

"Hi Erika" Caroline beamed at her.

Erika saw that her brother was frowning at her. Of course, with all the musing she forgot to tell her brother that she invited Caroline. Now, he was going to act like a five-year old.

"What are you doing here, love?" Nik asked Caroline.

"Ah! Nik," Erika addressed her brother, "I invited her"

Nik gave her a look, which clearly stated that he was not happy with Erika.

"Nik, she has no one else to help her with her wolf side. We are the only people she can trust with" Erika tried explain her brother. Seeing that there was no reaction for her words, at least no positive one, she said, "Nik, she needs to learn to handle her wolf side."

She then gave him a look that said, she was very serious and she knew what she was doing.

And they began their lessons.

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