The evening after they reached New Orleans. But before they could enter the city, Erika insisted that they stay at a motel to discuss some things. And so they stayed at the motel. They booked four rooms. Stefan and Damon in one room. Caroline and Bonnie in one room. Katerina in one and Erika in one. After dinner, they all went into Erika's room.

Erika started telling all the things that has been happening in New Orleans from the moment Niklaus' return to the French Quarter to the day he and Elijah were imprisoned.

When she was explaining about Hayley's pregnancy, she only watched Caroline. It started from disgust, jealousy, anger, envy and at last nonchalance. The first four she could understand but the last, she couldn't. So after she told them all what happened in New Orleans, she requested Caroline to talk privately.

As soon as the others left the room, the Original Hybrid said, "Listen Caroline, I know that you are pissed that my brother slept with Hayley. But you must think about it like an adult rather than a teenage girl."

Caroline opened her mouth to say something, but Erika cut in, "I am not going listen while you lie through your teeth that you don't care what my brother did with other women. We both know that's a lie. So, come to term with the fact that the werewolf is pregnant with Niklaus' child by morning. Because by tomorrow we are reaching the Bayou, where Hayley is protected by my pack"

The blonde baby vampire looked like she wanted to argue, but at last decided against it. Once the blonde left her room, Erika made some calls to her pack to make sure that everything was prepared for their guests.

The next morning they all checked out their motel rooms and started to the city. As usual they went in two cars. Stefan's car was just behind Erika's.

Stefan looked at his brother in the passenger seat. Never in his lifetime did he think that Damon would choose him over Elena. But he did. And Stefan was glad that his brother was acting very mature than he ever did. He could see what his break up with Elena was doing to Damon. But he didn't resort to his humanity-less self as he always did in those situations.

Damon growled, "Don't get sappy on me, Stefan"

Stefan smiled, "I wasn't"

Damon smirked, "Sure". After a couple of minutes he said, "So the big bad wolf is going to play daddy soon. Never saw that one coming"

"Yeah" Stefan agreed. "May be that child could make him more human"

"Well" Damon said, "Let's pray that the spawn is not next Klaus"

"Damon" Stefan said, "Don't you think you are being a hypocrite?"

Damon just looked at him as if he was mad. Well, maybe, but only in a different kind than Damon seemed to think. "Now, why would you say that?"

"Come on, Damon. You and I both know that we have killed as much people as Klaus did. Well, since he is a thousand years old, his numbers would be slightly larger than ours." Stefan said.

"Stef" Damon said, "I hate it when you are being logical. And I hate it even much when you are right"

"Glad to know, big bro" Stefan smirked.

The next twenty minutes went in silence until Erika's SUV pulled over. Stefan followed Erika's example and got out of the car. Nearly ten minutes later, they entered the Bayou. There were tents everywhere. Erika moved toward the big tent that was in the centre of the clearing.

They all followed suit. The tent was Erika's and she made some room for Bonnie, Caroline and Katerina. Stefan and Damon were asked to share a tent with her beta, Jackson.

Someone entered the tent and that someone happened to be a very pregnant Hayley. The situation couldn't get any awkward than it was right now. Hayley looked from Erika to Katerina to Bonnie to Caroline to Stefan to Damon, with her emotion ranging from relief to anger to confusion to awkward to indifference to disgust. What with women and disgusted over Damon, she really couldn't understand.

Understanding that Hayley wants to talk to her alone she nodded to her guests and left the tent.

"What is it, Hayley?" Erika asked as gently as she could.

"I have a doctor's appointment in a couple of days. Do you think it's safe to go?" Hayley asked, obviously worried.

"Given the situation, I don't think it is." Erika replied. "I will think of something"

Hayley nodded and left to her tent. As soon as she moved away Erika called for Oliver, one of the wolves in her pack. A man in his late twenties came out of the tent just behind hers.

"Did you find it?" she asked.

"Yes", Oliver replied, his brown eyes showing the exhaustion that was so obvious, "It was in the dungeons of the Mikaelson manor. I tell you, it was downright creepy"

Of course, any dungeon that Niklaus has was creepy. Even she has to accept the fact. "Alright" she said, "Tonight we perform the ritual. Make the arrangements"

That night, Erika let three of her best wolves stay behind to protect Hayley and let the others to the clearing in the depth of the forest to perform the ritual. That day being a full moon day was an added advantage. The five guests went with them, still wary of the new people they were facing. Especially of the Original.

Once they reached the clearing, three sets of gasps were heard. "Is that what I think it is?" "It sure is" "Well, I'll be damned" "It's gonna be fun" "Wow" were soon followed the gasps.

Erika rolled her eyes. Without turning around, she said, "Yes, this is Kol's dead body. I am going to resurrect him."

"Are you mad? Is this your plan all along? He'll kill us once he wakes up." Bonnie said, as usual in her all-serious mode.

"He won't" Erika said firmly.

"How do you know? Last time we checked even Klaus couldn't stop from doing something" Damon said.

"I won't let him. Trust me" she said.

"Trust you? You're joking right?" Caroline said, with her hands on her hips.

"Well, you have no other choice" she said, thus putting an end to the pointless chat.

Stefan looked around, only to see no others other than themselves and the wolves around. He frowned, "Where is your witch?"

Erika looked at them over her shoulder and smirked. The smirk eerily similar to her twin brother's. "That would be me"

Stefan's eyes widened. Can't be. But it was. Because Erika poured out some mixture of herbs over Kol's dead body and started mumbling some spells. The air around them picked up and the torched around them grew brighter. There was an aura about her that was somewhere between light and dark.

Bonnie could feel the magic grow around the area. She might not be a witch anymore, but she could still feel the magic around her. The girl was very powerful, there was no denying that. She was after all the daughter of the Original Witch. But how could she be a three part Hybrid? The very thought was unnerving.

'That was because she was born to be' a sweet feminine British voice said.

She turned to her left to see a dark skinned woman, who looked very familiar to her, but she couldn't remember who she was. 'Who are you?' she thought.

'I am Ayanna. Your ancestor.' The woman said.

Bonnie's eyes widened. 'What did you mean, "She was born to be"?'

Ayanna smiled, 'Walk with me'

As if in trance, Bonnie walked with Ayanna.

'When Erika was born, I noticed that she was a special child. Bearing both the werewolf gene of her father and the witch gene of her mother. It was not normal. Whenever cases like these occur, nature balances itself to accommodate the change. That was what happened when she was born.' Ayanna paused, 'When Ester found that she was pregnant with the child of the werewolf alpha she met in the woods, she came to me. I performed a spell to find if it was true. What I saw astonished me. I saw two children holding hands in her womb. They were conversing with each other through their mind. They were both very powerful. Hybrids by birth. Part healer, part werewolf. But I didn't tell her of it. Ester was an ambitious woman. She hated anyone who was powerful than her.'

Bonnie raised her eyebrows, 'Is that why she was set on stealing my powers?'

Ayanna chuckled, 'Yes. So, I just told her that she was pregnant. I also convinced her to tell the werewolf. Erik. That was his name. She asked me to accompany her. I did. When we told Erik that she was pregnant with his child, he was ecstatic. He was overjoyed he had a child, he was happy that the next alpha is in Ester's womb, even if she was someone else's wife. So he asked her to give him the children after she delivered them. But Ester was not ready. She said she wouldn't. She said that if Mikael knows, he would kill her and the children. But Erik was not backing down.'

By then they both sat down some distance from the clearing. Bonnie was completely immersed in the tale.

'So at last it was decided that the first born will be given to Erik without Mikael's knowledge and the second born would be with Ester. After all, Erik needed his heir, the next alpha with him. Days rolled by. One day when Mikael was away on a hunting trip, Ester went into labour. I helped her with the delivery of the children. And also sneaked Erika to Erik.' Ayanna had a faraway look in her face. Suddenly, she chuckled. 'You know convincing the two new born to release each other's hand was a very tiring job. I could never forget it. After their birth, every witch and warlock in the world, begin to feel the power of the children. The werewolves grew restless. There was a trip in the balance. But as the days passed, nearly a year after their birth, the nature begun to balance itself. I think you know about our ancestor, Quetsiyah?'

Bonnie nodded.

'When she made Silas and Amara, she created a new race. She thought she unbalanced the nature. But she did not realize that the nature balanced itself. Silas and Amara were the perfect Immortals. But she turned them into stones, thus ending the blossom of new race. Then the nature was unbalanced. Before Quetsiyah could understand it, she died giving birth to her daughter. For centuries no one could understand what went wrong. The balance between the new race and the existing ones was very much out of balance. But the birth of the hybrid children, balanced the bond between werewolves and witches. Still, there was this unbalance in nature. It was either wake up Silas and Amara or create new one. Quetsiyah flat out refused to release them, so it was decided that new immortals would be created. But the question on who and how remained. When Erika and Niklaus were born, the Spirits knew that they were the ones to balance the bond of nature. So, they waited. They came up with many scenarios to the situation. But nothing worked. But unfortunately for them, Henrik died.' Ayanna paused, still very emotional to speak about the youngest Mikaelson. 'Even though the Spirits were not happy about it, they used the situation to create this idea in Ester and Mikael. The Spirits directed Ester to the Spell, but she was so stubborn to accept help. She created a new spell. When she cast it, there were many flaws. Leaving them weaknesses. But now the balance between the bonds of the nature is restored. Erika and Niklaus are the centre of the bonds. The perfect mixture of three races.'

Bonnie asked the only question that came to her mind, 'So, you mean that Klaus is also a warlock?'

Ayanna chuckled, 'He is. But he's not realized it yet. There are so many scars in his mind and heart to realize many things about him. There are only three people who can help him. Erika, his unborn child and Caroline'

Bonnie was about to say something when a cocky brunette Original came stood by them. Her heart still skipped a beat. He had this effect on her from the day she saw him at the Mikaelson Ball. "Are you ready, Kol?"

Kol smirked, 'In a minute'. He then turned to Ayanna and embraced her.

Ayanna fought back the tears that threatened to flow down her cheeks, 'Stay safe Kol. Don't get into trouble'

'Of Course, Godmother' Kol teased.

Pulling back, Ayanna slapped his arm, 'Ever the charmer' she muttered with a smile.

Bonnie was looking at them, completely perplexed. There was love in the light conversation. She felt like she was intruding their moment of Godmother-Godson. For a moment her thoughts wandered off to her grams. She hoped that her Grams was happy.

'I am ready, Bennett' Kol said and grabbed her hands.

Bonnie let out a piercing scream and fell on her knees. In a moment she was supported by the strong arms of Damon and Stefan.

Damon was looking at the witch/werewolf/vampire that has been repeating the spell for like half an hour now. The only thing that she seemed to do was increase the wind and fire. But that changed the moment Bonnie screamed.

He didn't think of anything as he rushed toward his partner in crime. He could hear Stefan's footsteps behind him. They took hold of the girl screaming on the ground.

A moment later, they heard a sharp gasp.

Kol.

So, Kol is back... I know most of you are OK with my decision.

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Next Chapter: Kol meets Rebekah and Marcellus.

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