"What do you want, Damon?" I sighed, taking the call. I was lying on my couch, my head in Elijah's lap while Sam was watching some weird show on TV.

"I need your help. It's about Klaus," he replied.

I glanced up at Elijah and raised an eyebrow. He nodded gesturing for me to go on "What happened?"

There was a sigh on the other end of the line "He's gonna be at the dance. Compelled someone to ask Elena to save a dance."

"Urgh," I groaned, sitting up "Fine. We'll be at the Boarding House in… fifteen." I hung up the phone and threw a pillow at Sam "Up you get, Sammy. We're needed."

"Do I have to go?" the Hunter pouted. Sam had actually acted somewhat normally the last few days and I couldn't be gladder. Maybe the drama in this town actually helped him. It showed people that their lives weren't nearly as crap as Elena's. She did seem to be in the middle of everything. It was annoying. Why Damon had decided to fall in love with her, I'll never know. Katerina screwed him over enough… He didn't need another one doing the same thing.

I hit him in the back of the head "Fine, stay. Don't break anything. Both of you. I'll kill you if something happens."

Elijah smirked, holding up his hands in surrender "No need to get threatening."

A few minutes later, I sped towards the Boarding House "Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight," Damon told Alaric when I entered "Klaus made his first move."

"Okay," Elena murmured, looking up at me "So we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack?"

Bonnie stood up "Me. I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him."

I snorted "You're joking, right? You might be stronger than your average nature witch but you're nothing. There's no way you'll be able to kill an Original."

"What are you?" Bonnie frowned, obviously trying to get a read from me.

"Don't use your magic on me," I threatened, stalking towards the little girl "I'm old than you and way more powerful. Don't fuck with me."

Damon stopped me with a hand on my shoulder "Easy there, Ray."

"Bite me, Damon," I snapped, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"Never again," he snorted "The first time was bad enough." I rolled my eyes and slinked back into the shadows of the room. It was where I felt the most comfortable with so many people I didn't like around.

Alaric frowned "Even if Bonnie is powerful, it's not going to be easy. I mean, Klaus is the biggest, baddest vampire around."

"Alaric and Ray have a point," Damon spoke up "I mean, what if he…" He rushed at the witch but she threw him to the other side of the room without a pause.

Stefan shrugged "Well, I was impressed."

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original," Bonnie remarked arrogantly "I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him, Elena. I know I can."

"Unless…" Damon stared at me thoughtfully "Unless there's a weapon that can kill anything in creation."

I flinched "I'm not giving you my A-Blade, Damon. No way. Forget it." My gaze turned to Alaric for seemingly the hundredth time since we arrived. There was something different… There were two souls in that one body. Since I doubt that one of my siblings is on Earth, it had to be the Hybrid "Is that all you wanted from me?" The embarrassed look on his face said it all "Urgh, really?"

"Sorry, Ray. But you promised to help," my friend pointed out.

I sneered "No, I said I'd help if you didn't act like an ass. Hello, you stabbed me."

"You got in the way," Damon shouted annoyed.

"Bastard," I grumbled "You know, that's not the way to get my help."

'Azzie. What's going on?' Gabriel's voice echoed in my head 'I can feel you from here.'

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes 'It's nothing, Gabe. Just pissed off. How about you come over sometime? I'm sure Sam would like to see you again… Or maybe not. You did kill Dean about a hundred time over after all.'

'Haha. How about I come over and meet that boyfriend of yours?'

'I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about,' I thought back, ignoring the laughter that echoed back. My eyes snapped open when I felt the gust of wind that signalized Damon standing behind me "Don't think about it. I'm not above killing you."

"Chill, Ray. If you don't want to be here then leave and go back to Elijah," Damon gestured to the door.

I rolled my eyes "You're an ass." I felt Alaric's gaze on me while I stormed off. Well, not Alaric's gaze… I didn't feel like driving, so I just leaned against my car and flew back to my house.

"How was it?" Elijah questioned, looking up from a game of chess with Sam.

I groaned and flopped down on his lap "Do you want the good news, the bad news or the really bad news?" Sam snorted and moved a piece "Stupid move, Sammy."

"Just tell me, would you?" Elijah sighed and wrapped his arms around me. Once I said that we'd try, we got closer quite a bit, actually. The Original was a gentleman with a hidden temper. I really was falling for him.

"Fine," I huffed in amusement "Good news is that Damon is still an ass, bad news is that your brother body-jacked Alaric and the really bad news is that my brother is coming for a visit and he knows about you."

Sam tilted his head "Why is that a bad thing? Your brother coming, I mean."

"Because you know him," I pointed out.

A few seconds of silence followed my explanation and suddenly the Hunter groaned "No way. The Trickster is your brother? That's how you stopped him back in Ohio?"

"Maybe," I grinned "He didn't know that I was alive. Actually, none of my siblings do."

"Why?"

I shrugged, looking down at my hands which were fiddling with Elijah's "So, about Niklaus. Are you going to talk to him? Before the ritual?"

"I'm not sure," the Original whispered "Does he know I'm here?"

"Well, Damon blurted it out, so I think so, yeah," I replied with a sigh "I wouldn't even be surprised if he turned up here."

Sam flinched "A homicidal Hybrid turning up on your doorstep? Is that really safe?"

"And that would be your Hunter instinct. Maybe you should find a hunt or go and visit Ellen or Bobby for a bit? I'm sure they're worried," I told him "The only times they hear about you, is if they call me. And they have been. Constantly."

"Alright, alright," Sam sighed "I'll go and see Ellen. Better than running into Loki again. Call me if he is gone?"

I started laughing "Well if you insist. Sure. I'll call once he's gone."

"Sorry, Ray but I've been fucked over by that asshole one too many times," Sam murmured, getting up to pack a duffel bag.