Disclaimer: Don't own anything you recognise!
Thanks for all the reviews! They are awesome!
We are getting close to Season 1, the question of the day, do you think that Miranda should live or die?
Saiyanprincess1511: Don't apologise, I love it when my readers try to figure out where I'm going with things. You can assume all you want, I encourage it in fact, but I'm not going to tell you whether you're right or wrong, because that will spoil the surprise. The twins are OC's, I can tell you that, I wasn't planning for them, they just showed up in that secret room, so I went with it, and I have an idea for what they could be.
lillen20: Thank you!
AngelElmarlienHenning: Thank you! Nik and the pack are going to be different, I have had to write werewolves yet, and these are going to be a bunch of OCs because we only ever met Cary.
WiseGirlDivergence46: I'd love a Maya/Elena bitch fight, and you might get one sooner than you think…maybe, and Klaus had some serious making up to do, so his present needed to be good.
TikiKiki: Thanks! Some people have given their guesses for the mystery guy, but I honestly think I left you enough clues to figure out who it is… I loved Damon and Klaus's little scene, and am thinking that the two of them need some more screen time together. You don't get to see Elena's reaction, but there may be an Elena-Maya clash in the near future…stay tuned.
xotinkerbella: I'm leaning towards it, honestly, especially because I just remembered that Kol had an intimate relationship with one of Davina's ancestors, honestly, it's like TVDU just can't help themselves. I can't speak about Caroline's future, because I don't want to spoil anything.
xxxLeanniexxx: Thank you! I'm always happy when someone new joins!
.Winchester.17: I think that the writers get a little sloppy sometimes, like Jeremy killed thousands of vampires so there should have been others that knew them and wanted revenge, but it's like Mystic Falls was in its own little bubble, where only vampires that were somehow 'connected' to it, would show up. They could have gone in depth into it, and actually held Elena and Jeremy accountable for those actions, but it was the 'Elena' show, I think that the writers only wanted us to see the bad that happened to her, and not understand the bad that she did.
Atlantean-Child: Hope you enjoy this long one!
XxPandoraMoonxX: Thank you so much! I don't want to make Maya perfect because people aren't perfect, and she's going to screw up, because she's a teenager. I wanted to take Elena out of the Damon equation as fast as possible, because the two of them were never good for each other, I mean I like seeing Damon happy, but he was a vampire that learned to love what he was and then all of sudden was willing to throw it away for Elena. I genuinely believe that his feelings for Elena were more of a transference, he fell for Katherine, who was fun and flirty and dangerous, and he was happy with her, but then Katherine didn't love him, and he didn't get a chance to grieve that relationship, not with Elena always around. I think that if Elena wasn't in Damon's life for those first few years where he found out that Katherine wasn't in the tomb, he probably wouldn't love her. Because the Elena that we saw was kind of boring, yes she loved her family and her friends, but she was nothing like Katherine, except when she had her emotions off. I 'm not telling who the mystery guy is, but feel free to guess!
Felinegreat: Thank you! Rebekah is a total badass, and I wanted to show that off, she can do anything she wants when her brothers aren't around, and we didn't see enough of that. I want her to have a little emotional growth of her own before the Original family gets back together. I'm glad you liked the gifts, I really had to get into Klaus's head to figure out what he'd get her. And when we see Kol's feelings, they're very deep, I wanted to make it clear how close Maya and Kol truly are. I think she'll be someone that he trusts, no matter what.
Heroina: Thank You! The Mikaelsons are nuts, and it is honestly really difficult writing them when they are semi-happy, it's much easier to have them at each other's throats, but they definitely have an unhealthy co-dependent relationship with one another, especially Klaus, Rebekah and Elijah. Kol is such a troublemaker, he loves to rub it in their faces, they got a thousand years of being Nik's favourites, now that they're on the outs, he's getting a taste of what they had, but it's better for him, because Mikael is dead, so there's no more running, and Klaus has friends that distract him from his family, so some of Nik's possessiveness has transferred to them, meaning that not only does Kol get to be the favourite, he also gets the freedom that Rebekah craved, and the trust that Elijah wanted. Freya is having a hard time, she's been thrown into this family dynamic that is completely unfamiliar to her, so naturally she latched onto the only thing that was, Finn. It will take her some time, but eventually she'll mellow out, because I really like the fact that she and Klaus got so close that she named her son after him. I can't give you any answers about the mystery guy, Maya and Klaus, whether a triad is endgame or Maya/Klaus endgame I can't tell you, because 1: Spoilers, and 2: My mind is going in two different ways, and it really depends on how the characters grow in the story. I am looking forward to more Jenna, but we probably will only get glimpses until we get to TVD season 1, which isn't far, so don't despair!
lunadream: Thank you!
MissingIdeas: Thank you! Hope you enjoy this huge chapter!
The children had been almost completely silent on their journey with Klaus, having determined that they wouldn't trust him until he proved to be telling the truth. They didn't even speak to each other, but it was like they knew what the other was thinking with just a simple shift of their eyes, or twitch of their hands, Klaus didn't begrudge them their mistrust, the girl at least, had some idea of who he was, and he was actually rather impressed that the children were being so careful around him. They were clearly siblings, they had a distinct underlying scent that made it obvious to him that they were related, and the way they acted around each other…well Klaus remembered how hard he fought to protect Rebekah, Kol and Henrik from Mikael's wrath, what he'd been willing to take to keep them safe, what he had taken to keep them safe. Klaus could see the look in the boy's eyes, it was the same look he'd had in his own when Mikael was beating him for the theft of his favourite knife… a knife that Rebekah had taken.
Klaus gave the children a quick look in the rear-view mirror, the girl was fast asleep, curled up into the boy's side, he on the other hand was wide awake, and shot Klaus a suspicious glare when he noticed the hybrid's eyes on him. The Original fought the urge to smirk at the boy and pulled into a parking lot outside the Mount Washington State Forest, "Come along," Klaus said getting out of the car, "The pack's deep in the forest, but the Alpha's not far, perhaps once you see him, you'll decide to finally grace us with your names." The children got out of the car, the boy helping his sister straighten up when she struggled to stretch out her body, "Come on then," Klaus sighed holding out his hands. Connor may not have been far, but it would take the two small children at least two hours to walk to their meeting place. Both kids shot him a look and Klaus rolled his eyes, "Either give me your hands and we can meet your new Alpha in seconds, or you two can stumble through the forest for the next few hours. I know which I'd prefer."
The boy and girl looked at each other for a moment, communicating silently, before the girl gave her brother a nod, she was tired, she'd suffered worse than her brother because she was younger, her body could barely handle the changes it had to go through every full moon, she could feel herself getting weaker each month. If Klaus could get them to the Alpha quicker, she would take it. "Fine," the boy said, both of them walking towards the Original. Klaus smirked and grabbed them up, whooshing into the forest towards Connor.
Klaus stopped a couple seconds later, and put the children down gently, "We're here."
Connor was waiting with his Beta when Klaus appeared in front of them with the children, "Klaus," he greeted.
"Connor," Klaus nodded, "I see that you brought your Beta along."
"He goes where I go," he replied and looked down at the children who were eyeing both of them with suspicion. Connor crouched down, so that he was eye level with them and allowed his wolf to shine through. The children's eyes glowed yellow in response, their grips tightening on each other as they felt his Alpha power ripple through the air.
Connor motioned for his Beta to join him, the other man lowering himself to the ground, offering the children a gentle smile, he let his eyes glow for a moment, showing the kids that he too was a wolf.
"Children, I'm the Alpha, Connor, this is my Beta, Daniel, I take it you haven't given Klaus your names yet." They shook their heads and he smirked, "Well if you're going to stay with my pack I'll need to know who you are."
The boy clenched his jaw, he knew that they would have to give the Alpha their names, but it was difficult, they'd kept them a secret for a reason, because they were the Alpha's children, they didn't want the vampires to find out and hurt them more. "I'm Liam Vand, and this is my sister Luna."
"Vand?" Connor asked, "You're the Alpha's children?"
"Yes," the boy nodded, "Mom said not to let the vampires know."
Connor glanced up at Klaus in question, "The Alpha bloodline is the strongest," Klaus said, "It stands to reason that whatever the vampires are looking for would be easier to find in Alphas."
Daniel straightened up and shot a look at the Original before turning to his Alpha, "The pack's not far, we should get the kids settled."
Connor nodded, "We should go."
"Wait," Luna said, "Why did Klaus bring us to you?" she asked, she didn't understand why there was a werewolf pack that was okay with an Original, not when her mommy and daddy had both said that Klaus was the worst monster out there…but then again, he hadn't been mean to them. He'd got them new clothes, and bought them candy and some toys so that they wouldn't be bored in the car.
"You didn't tell them?" Connor asked Klaus.
"I thought they might take whatever I say with a grain of salt," Klaus shrugged.
"My pack is the Northeast Atlantic Pack, Klaus's father was the Alpha of my pack 1000 years ago."
"So…this is Klaus' pack?" the boy asked.
Connor shifted uncomfortably, Klaus was the eldest son of their Alpha bloodline, of his bloodline, but the way the boy said it made it sound like the pack belonged to Klaus, "That's to be determined, technically Klaus isn't a wolf."
Klaus fought the urge to growl at the Alpha, ordinarily he'd kill for less, but Maya had been very clear that he needed to understand pack dynamics, and his own pack would be the best to start with.
"But he's not a vampire," Liam pointed out, he hadn't seen Klaus's werewolf, but he could scent the wolf in him.
"Like I said, it's something that needs to be thought about. Come, we should get to the pack before it gets dark."
It was October 18th, and as a present for Jeremy's 14th birthday that had just passed, Maya and Caroline had taken him to the next town over for another art show, he hadn't been to one for a few years so he was having a great time, so was Maya truth be told, the artist specialised in comic book art and Maya could definitely see herself buying a few pieces for her room.
"This place is awesome!" Jeremy grinned, tugging both girls towards a huge painting of his favourite hero, Spiderman. "You guys have to see this!"
Caroline moaned in annoyance, she was not a fan of comic books, "Why did you drag me to this?" she whispered to Maya.
"Drag you?!" Maya asked incredulously, "You're the one that complained that I was going out of town without you and pouted until I invited you along!"
"Yeah but you didn't tell me you were coming here!" Caroline hissed.
"Where did you think we were going?! This is literally the only thing to do in this town! Now stop complaining, Jeremy's happy for like the first time in almost a year!"
Caroline rolled her eyes but smiled at Jeremy as he ran back over to them, "Guy's there's a huge Captain America section! You have to come see!"
"Of course Jer!" Caroline followed, she was happy to see Jeremy smile again.
They spent a couple of hours at the exhibit, before deciding it was time to head back home, "That was awesome!" Jeremy crowed as the three of them made their way back to the car, it was dark already and all of their mom's were waiting to have dinner with them.
"I agree, but we need to get going," Maya said, urging Jeremy to hurry up, she didn't want to be late for dinner, Aunt Miranda was trusting her to go out of town with Jeremy and she wanted to ensure that she kept that trust.
"I know, I know," Jeremy grumbled, "I just wish we could have bought something from there."
"That stuff was so expensive!" Caroline said amused, "You really think that your mom would let you buy something for that price?"
"Guys-" Maya was cut off as someone appeared in their path, her eyes widened and she pulled Jeremy and Caroline behind her, this guy felt like a vampire. "Who the hell are you? And what the fuck do you want?"
The vampire smirked, "Marcel wants a word."
"Marcel can go and fuck himself," Maya replied with a snarl, "You can tell him that," she frowned and the vampire gripped his head groaning in pain, "But you don't have to be alive to do that."
"Maya what's happening?" Jeremy asked scared, he saw the man in front of them try to attack his cousin and then collapse in pain, the man's eyes flickering between black and red, and regular human brown.
"It's ok Jer, I'll explain later. Sunshine, you got him?"
"Yeah, got him," Caroline said, gripping Jeremy's arm tightly, pulling him closer to her. "Are there any more?" she asked looking around, she didn't want to be caught off guard again.
"No," Maya replied, expanding her senses just to make sure, and then turned her attention back to the vampire. "Call the guys."
"Wait!" he cried out, "I'm just the messenger!"
"Well unlike some, I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message! Motus!" The small wooden stake she'd kept on herself at all times, flew from her hands into the vampire's heart.
"Oh my God!" Jeremy gasped, "Is that a vampire!"
Maya's eyes widened as she realised what her baby cousin had witnessed, "Shit! Yeah," she whirled to face him, "We should probably talk."
"Maya!" Caroline hissed, gesturing to the now dead vampire on the ground.
"But first I need to hide that body, because people shouldn't see that." She whispered a few words and the body moved into the trunk of her car.
"You know what, let's get in the car, and drive to somewhere more private!" Caroline said.
"Wait, you know about this? And did you just move him with your mind?!" Jeremy asked incredulously, "Are you a mutant?!"
"Yes," Maya replied quickly.
"Maya!" Caroline smacked her on the arm.
"Well technically I am, I'm a mutated version of a witch… oh I never thought about that before! I am a mutant, cool!"
"You're a witch?!" Jeremy's voice was getting progressively higher.
"God damn it, Maya! Get your ass in the car and let's get out of here!" Caroline growled out, shoving Jeremy into the back seat.
"Right sorry!" Maya got in the car and drove out of town. She pulled onto a little side road, hidden away from the main road and Caroline pulled out her phone.
"Jer, I know you're panicking," Caroline started, "And we'll explain everything to you in a few minutes, but we have to deal with the dead body first."
"You didn't call the guys?!"
"I'm sorry, I was a little busy trying to stop your cousin from freaking out!"
"Who's freaking out?!" Jeremy said, "Not me! I'm not freaking out! Why would I be freaking out?! I mean I just found out that vampires exist and my favourite cousin is a witch! I'm not freaking out! You know what you're freaking out!"
"Jeremy!" Maya exclaimed, "Calm your tits dude, you're freaking out! Now I'll explain everything to you in a minute. Chill!" she turned to Caroline, "Will you call the guys now?!"
"As long as you call Nik."
"What?! Why do I have to call Nik? I'm like his favourite person in the world, he's going to be so pissed that Marcel sent one of his guys after me!"
"Exactly, he's gonna be pissed, so you're calling him!"
"God damn it!" Maya groaned, and pulled out her phone, "Fine, but you're dealing with Enzo."
"Who's Enzo?" Jeremy asked.
"Not now Jeremy!" Caroline said, pulling out her own phone and calling Enzo.
"What's up Carebear? Aren't you supposed to be out with Maya and her cousin right now?"
"We were attacked by a vampire!" Caroline exclaimed.
"What the fuck?!" Enzo yelled.
"Marcel sent one of his guys after Maya! Why would he do that? He thinks that she works for Kol, why would he take the chance of angering an Original that hates him?!"
"He must have heard that Kol was out of the country," Enzo replied.
"What's going on?" Damon asked, seeing Enzo pacing the floor.
"Marcel sent a vampire after Maya!"
"WHAT?!" Damon cried, "WHAT THE FUCK?!"
"Will one of you come here and get the dead vampire that's in the trunk?!"
"Isn't dead vampire kind of redundant?" Jeremy asked, "Aren't they already dead?"
"Fine the 'dead' dead vampire, is that better?"
"Who is that?" Damon asked, "Is that the cousin? Did you stake a vampire in front of the kid?!" he hissed.
"Yes, but I didn't do it, Maya did, because apparently killing the messenger 'sends a message'"
"Don't do those finger quotes Caroline! Killing the messenger does send a message!" Maya snapped, "Just ask Damon!"
"You stop stalling and call Nik right now!" Caroline snapped back and turned her attention back to her phone.
"She's right, it does send a message," Damon agreed.
"Don't agree with her! She was reckless, she could have just knocked the vampire out and we could have run."
"And lure the vampire back home? Not happening, she did the right thing! Now where are you? We'll come get the body."
"Who is she speaking to?" Jeremy asked Maya, looking over at his cousin with wide eyes.
"A couple of friends of ours," Maya said, rubbing a hand over her face, "We can't leave the body in the trunk, and Mystic Falls is like supernatural hunter central so we can't take it there."
"What?!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Look Jer, this'll be a lot easier to explain when the boys get here, and I have to call someone too."
"Who are you calling?"
"Someone big, and strong, and scary, and someone that's gonna be really pissed this happened. Let me do it now, because if I don't, I might never do it, and that'll just make him angrier when he finds out."
Scrolling through her phone, Maya dialled Nik's number, this was not going to be fun.
"Maya, love? Why are you calling? You said you were busy this weekend." Klaus asked, answering his phone and walking away from the young werewolves that had surrounded him.
"It's gonna make you mad," she replied slowly, "You know I hate making you mad."
"Did you do something to make me angry?" he asked carefully, whatever she said to him, he couldn't afford to blow up in the midst of the wolves, he barely had their trust.
"No! If I did something to make you angry I wouldn't call to tell you about it! I'm not stupid!"
"Then someone else did something, was it Kol? I thought he was in China."
"No it wasn't Kol!"
"It was Damon wasn't it? I knew letting him hang around you was a bad idea, he can't help himself!"
"No, and what are you talking about? I knew him before I knew you! He let you hang with me!"
"Well stop beating around the bush and tell me what's going on!"
"I'm in the next town over from home with Caroline and Jeremy, and Marcel sent one of his guys after me, he said Marcel wanted a word, so I killed the vampire."
"WHAT?!" Klaus fumed, and Maya yanked the phone away from her ear at his yell, wincing at the volume.
"Nik you need to calm down, you're with the pack remember, you cannot scare them!"
"Little witch, I am going to rip Marcel apart!"
"Okay, let's try to remember that Marcel is like your son, you probably shouldn't kill your son!"
"I'm going to torture him to death!"
"NIK, chill the fuck out! Damon and Enzo are on their way to deal with the body and send it back to Marcel, you need to stay with your pack, I don't want you to do anything! I only called you because I knew that Damon would let it slip and that you'd be even more pissed if I didn't tell you."
"Maya-"
"No Nik, listen to me, your pack is important, you need to get to know them, you need them to trust you, because if they trust you, you can become Alpha much more easily. You have to stay there, and do not retaliate against Marcel!"
"That's like asking me not to drink blood."
"I know what I'm asking Nik, I know that it's hard, but Marcel thinks that I'm Kol's witch, he only sent someone because Kol's out of the country. He'll be waiting for retaliation, let me retaliate, I don't want Marcel to know about you until it's too late."
Klaus growled, his vampire side on full display, the idea of standing aside and doing nothing didn't sit right with him, he never just did nothing…an idea popped into his head and he smirked, if Marcel believed that Maya belonged to Kol, then maybe Kol could stop by New Orleans on his way back home, in fact, he'd call his brother right now. "Fine," he snarled, "I won't retaliate. But you're going to owe me. I'll call you back before bed love, when I've calmed down."
Maya looked over at Caroline with her eyebrows raised, "He agreed to that way too fast."
"He's definitely plotting something," Caroline agreed.
"Hello!" Jeremy said from the back seat, startling both girls, reminding them he was there. "Will you tell me what's going on now?!"
"Right, you're still here, where do I start?" Maya asked herself and then looked over at Caroline.
"Start with the magic thing, that's how you started with me."
Klaus growled and shot Kol a text, his brother would call him back when he woke, "Something wrong?" Connor asked, walking up to the Original, "A few of the wolves saw you storm off, it made them…uneasy."
Klaus frowned, he wasn't going to tell the Alpha much, but he needed to reassure him that none of the wolves were the objects of his wrath, "An enemy made an attack on me today."
Connor eyed Klaus for a moment, taking in his demeanour and nodded in understanding. "How are you dealing with it?"
"It's already been dealt with, but I'm still…angry."
"They attacked a woman," Connor said, understanding Klaus's anger.
"They attacked what is mine! No one lives after they attack what is mine!"
"Klaus you need to calm yourself, you can't act like this around the children." Conner said, using his Alpha voice.
The voice did nothing but anger the Original further, but he'd promised Maya to remain in good standing with this pack, "I'm going to go get something to eat, I'll be back in a few hours."
"So let me get this straight, vampires, werewolves and witches exist, and you're like a mutant witch, but you're also a reincarnation because those exist now, and Death is an entity that's like your dad?! What. The. Fuck?"
"Hey no swearing Jeremy, you're only 14!"
"You are magic! You have magic powers and you didn't tell me! I deserve to swear!" he rounded on Caroline, "And you! How long have you known?!"
"Uh…you remember that first time that Maya got grounded?"
"That was years ago… you were 10 then! I can't believe you told her before you told me!"
"I'm sorry I didn't think that you could keep it a secret," Maya shrugged.
"WHAT?!" Jeremy practically shrieked, "I am an excellent secret keeper! I have kept all of your secrets!"
Caroline's eyes widened at the thought of secrets that Maya hadn't told her, "What secrets?" she asked Jeremy.
"Oh no, no, no, I'm not going to tell you Caroline, because I am an excellent secret keeper." Jeremy reiterated.
Caroline shuffled over to Jeremy and whispered in his ear, "You'll tell me later?"
"You already know," he admitted quietly and then shook his head, "That's not important, why am I the last to know?!"
"You're not the last to know," Maya replied.
"Oh yeah? Who doesn't know?"
"…Aunt Miranda…and Elena…"
"Aunt Jenna knows?!"
"Of course I told mom, I live with her, I don't keep secrets from her, except for those first 10 years of my life when I was still figuring stuff out."
"I'm the last to know," Jeremy lamented, "I thought you loved me, I thought I was your favourite!"
"Oh come on, don't get dramatic, you know you're my favourite, I love you, I just couldn't tell you before. But you know now, and I'm never gonna tell Elena."
"Great, you're not going to tell the one person you hate!"
"Oh my god, this is going to be a thing isn't it?"
"Totally a thing." Caroline agreed. "You want Damon to…"
"No," Maya shook her head, "He'll find out again, and just hate me, it's best he knows now, that way he won't invite any vampires in to the house."
"Well at least get Damon to put a lock on it, that way he can't talk about it with anyone that isn't us."
"That'd be the smart thing to do," Maya agreed.
"The first smart thing you've said all night," Caroline replied.
"Hey!"
A month later it was November 13th, Klaus' third full moon with his blood pack, Maya had been right when she said that it would take a long time for the pack to accept his presence with them, let alone welcome him among them. But it had been a good idea, seeing them change together, run as a pack, it was eye opening. What he could remember from his first and only transformation was the fear, the pain, and then an undeniable sense of freedom that came when he had fully transformed. The memory of the pain was clear as a bell, but the freedom, that was fuzzy, almost like a fever dream, he wanted it back, every year it felt like the bonds of his curse grew tighter, more uncomfortable, and now, watching the pack that should have been his, he could see why. The Northeast Atlantic Pack were traditionalists at heart, they accepted their wolves, embraced their change every month and it looked like it did them well.
Klaus was walking through the edges of the camp, when a female member of the pack, Morgan...or was it Megan? She was one who hadn't triggered the curse, ran up to him in a panic. "Klaus!" she said a little breathless.
Klaus eyed her with suspicion, she'd never spoken to him before, "Yes?" he asked.
"You have to come with me! It's Luna!"
Klaus' eyes hardened, he'd kept an eye on the two children since he'd brought them to the pack, they'd been withdrawn, reserved for the most part, which was understandable, seeing as how they'd lost their whole family, their pack, and had been thrown into a new environment, with a new Alpha that they'd had to swear allegiance to in order to be allowed to remain. "What is it?"
"I don't know, something's wrong, please everyone else has shifted, she needs help!"
Klaus wasn't someone anyone would turn to for help, but he had a special interest in those children, he saw much of himself in them, not that he would admit it to anyone, and if he could help when there was no one else available, it would make the pack look upon him more favourably. Fighting the urge to growl he nodded and followed the woman to Luna, he wasn't used to having to temper himself, not like this, and not for long periods of time, but if the pack was going to accept him as their Alpha, he should show that he could take care of them. The two of them came to a small clearing, where Luna, who was still very much in her human form was writhing in agony on the floor.
Klaus heard a growl and the woman stopped him from moving in closer, "He won't let anyone get close," she said. It was Liam, he had shifted, but was zealously keeping guard of his little sister, wolves couldn't control themselves when they shifted, but they had an instinct that ensured that they protected their family. And the wolf pup didn't want anyone near his sister. "I don't know what to do, I can't get closer to see what's wrong with her, I know our bites are toxic to vampires but…"
"Move back," Klaus said, he may not have been able to shift, but he did have wolf blood running though his veins the bite wouldn't do anything to him. Slowly he moved closer to Luna, she was crying as the bones in her arms twisted and snapped, trying to get her to shift. Liam growled again, and took a threatening step towards the Original, and Klaus fought the urge to laugh, he was quite literally a pup, he wouldn't have been a threat fully grown, but now, as a child, he wasn't even an annoyance. Ignoring the wolf, Klaus continued forward and Liam launched himself at him, the Original growled right back at the child, low and deep, even without the benefit of his wolf, Klaus was the clear predator, wolf Liam recognised this and lowered himself in submission, whimpering in fear as he realised that he was in danger if her didn't stop.
Klaus headed straight for Luna, no longer in the mood to take things slow, especially as her cries were increasing in both volume and desperation, but he kept Liam with his sight line, in case the child attempted to try to attack him from behind. "Luna," he said crouching down and reaching for her, "Can you hear me?"
"Klaus!" she cried out, one hand had finally changed into a paw, but the rest of her body was struggling, "It hurts!"
"I know love," Klaus laid a hand on her head, gently brushing her hair out of her face, so that she could see him clearly. He recalled hearing Connor and Daniel talking about the children not long ago, they were both worried that they wouldn't be able to sustain the change into a wolf every month, their bodies weren't equipped to deal with this kind of trauma yet. And Daniel had mentioned that he'd noticed Luna getting weaker over the past two full moons, he didn't think that she'd last much longer. Of course neither the Alpha nor the Beta had told this to Klaus, but with his senses, he could easily hear them from across the encampment.
Klaus had spent two previous full moons with the pack, and had been there to witness the first changes of three new wolves, they each had someone with them, to walk them through the change, and Klaus realised that neither of the children had anyone to do the same with them. "I need you to listen to me now, I know it hurts, but you need to concentrate on the air in your lungs, and the ground beneath you. Can you feel it?" his hands were gentle as he kept her from writhing around too much.
"Aah!" one of the bones in her leg cracked.
"Feel the ground! The dirt, the grass, the leaves!"
Luna's eyes squeezed shut and she dug her remaining hand into the soil, "I feel it!" she panted.
"If you fight it, this will take hours."
"Hours!"
"The pain makes you want to fight you don't think you can take any more. You need to let it in, accept the pain, let it swallow you whole and you can be free."
Luna nodded, tears streaming down her face, "I can do this."
"You can do this."
"Klaus," the woman said, she hadn't come any closer, because while Liam had backed off from Klaus, he wouldn't let the woman near his sister. "Her body has taken on too much damage, I'm not sure that she'll make it through the change." He gave her a glare, but looked back at the trembling little girl on the floor, it was true, she didn't look good, but he wouldn't let her die. "She needs time to heal," the woman said, "The moon won't give her that."
"Then I will," Klaus said, tearing into his wrist and then shoving it in Luna's mouth, the blood heading straight to her damaged insides.
Luna's colour improved, and she screamed as more bones cracked and reshaped to match her brother's form. The transformation was much longer than anything Klaus had seen before, even with his blood in her system, it still took half the night for her change to complete, and by the time it was over Luna was too tired to do anything but lay her head in Klaus's lap and fall asleep. Liam cautiously made his way over to the two of them, scenting the air, and nudging his sister with his nose, finally settling in next to her. Klaus looked up at the woman who'd asked for his help while he stroked Luna's fur, "She won't survive another full moon will she?"
"Not even your blood will save her." The woman replied.
/ / /
It was the late morning before Luna transformed back to her human form, Liam had changed the moment the sun came up and had run to get some clothes for the both of them, but Luna was still unconscious, so Klaus covered the little girl with his jacket, lifting her in his arms, he carried her to the tent that she'd been sharing with her brother and settled her into her cot. Coming out of the tent, he was met with the Alpha and Beta, Connor and Daniel.
"Klaus, I was told you spent the night helping the baby wolf through her change," Connor said rather gruffly.
"I was asked for my help," Klaus shrugged, as though it meant nothing to him.
"And do you often help when asked?" Connor was still suspicious of Klaus's motives, but he was grateful that he'd been there to look after Luna when as her Alpha, he could not be.
"Depends who's asking."
"Well regardless, it was for nothing, she won't survive another change, there's a reason there are no wolves younger than 12."
"I brought her here to be safe, and you're telling me that you're not even going to try?" Klaus replied, unhappy with the direction of this conversation.
"There's nothing we can do, you can't put the wolf back in the box Klaus…well unless it's you."
Klaus scowled at the reminder of his curse, but Connor did have a point, spells had tried to lock the wolf back after it had been released, and in every case, the person was driven insane by the newly imprisoned wolf. The only thing that kept Klaus from going crazy was his vampire side, but there had to be something that could be done for the little girl. "I'll figure something out."
"You can't be serious!" Daniel scoffed, "There's nothing that you can do."
"I'm Klaus Mikaelson, there's nothing I can't do." He said, walking away from the two, he'd call Kol, speak to his brother and come up with something to save the girl, why he wanted to so badly he didn't know, but he wasn't one to second guess himself.
/ / /
Klaus had spent hours on the phone with Kol, his younger brother promising that he would look into helping the wolf girl before the next full moon. Sighing he sidestepped a rabble of teens that were enjoying the evening after their first change, but froze when a glint of silver caught his eye. Grabbing the teen, Klaus pulled the boy towards him, "Hey!"
"Where did you get this?" Klaus asked, holding up the ring the boy had around his neck.
"My- my Grandad gave it to me," the boy replied, struggling to pull himself from the Original's grip.
"Stop wiggling, you're not going anywhere," Klaus said, annoyed at the boy's continued movement, "How did your grandfather get it?!"
"Why?" the boy asked.
"KLAUS!" Connor yelled, coming closer to the two "Let go of my son, now!" he commanded.
Klaus snarled, yanking the ring off the necklace and dropped the teen, "How did your family get this?!"
Connor growled, "That's what you attacked my son for? A trinket."
Klaus growled back, "Allow me to make myself perfectly clear, when I attack someone, you'll know it! Now answer the bloody question before I really lose my temper."
Connor's eyes flashed yellow, but there wasn't much he could do, Klaus could decimate the pack in seconds, in fact he had done so in the past to others, not to mention that a few members of the pack had taken a strange liking to the Old One. But backing down was going to make him look weak, it would leave him open to challenges from other members of the pack, he knew that he shouldn't have allowed Klaus to stay with them, but now he was stuck. "It's been passed down through my family, generation to generation. Why?"
"Because it belonged to my mother."
Connor took a step back at that, it belonged to Klaus's mother? Which meant that she must have given it to Klaus's father before the pack was almost completely slaughtered. The anger on Klaus's face was enough to cause a shiver of fear to run down his spine, "Keep it then, it belongs to you." Klaus let out a low rumble of displeasure and whooshed away, he had another phone call to make.
Connor's Beta, Daniel, appeared by his Alpha's side, "You backed off the vampire pretty fast."
Connor whirled on his Beta, eyes flashing dangerously at the insubordination, "The vampire is an Old One, we anger him, he slaughters us, just like his father did a thousand years ago!" he shoved his Beta to the ground, "YOU DO NOT QUESTION ME! I AM THE ALPHA!"
Maya was woken by the ringing of her phone, groaning she rolled over, blindly reaching out for it, she slapped at it, refusing to answer, she was way too tired. When it stopped ringing she buried her face back in her pillow. It started ringing again and she pulled her duvet over her head, mumbling a few words in Latin the phone stopped making a racket. Whoever it was could wait until morning.
Maya had almost fallen back asleep when her door was thrown open by her mother, the older woman stumbling in, holding her own phone at her side, "Maya," she scowled when her daughter ignored her. Grumbling Jenna tugged at the comforter until it was on the floor.
"Mom!" Maya moaned in frustration, "It's two in the morning."
"Yeah and I have to go to work first thing, so next time answer the damn phone!" she pulled her daughter into a seated position and shoved her phone at her, "And tell that Original that I don't appreciate being woken in the middle of the night!" huffing, Jenna spun on her heel and left the room, flicking the lights on to further ensure that her daughter didn't just fall back asleep.
"Aah fuck!" Maya cried out, hiding her face under a pillow, blocking the brightness from her sensitive eyes. She brought her mom's phone to her ear, "Mmm, 'lo?" she mumbled.
"Maya 21st century technology is rather easy to operate, when I call, you pick up the phone! You do not send me to voicemail!"
"Nik," she whined, "It's two a.m. I'm sleepy."
"Maya wake up and pay attention!" Klaus growled.
"I'm not at your beck and call dude, I have a life," she sighed stretching out in bed, waving her hand so that the light turned off and her comforter floated back onto her.
"Maya this is life or death!"
"What?!" she asked, sitting up now, "Your death? I don't think there's anything out there that can kill you!"
"No not mine," Klaus replied.
"Oh," she lay back down, "Then call me in the morning Nik, I have school you know?"
"Maya you wake up right now or I swear I will go to New Orleans and kill Marcel today!"
"Alright!" Maya said, shooting back up, realising how serious Klaus was, "I'm up, I'm up! What do you need?"
"Tell me, was there a reason that you insisted that I met my father's pack and kept them on side?"
"I don't know what to tell you Nik, I just go with my gut feelings and things happen, why? Did something happen?"
"The son of the Alpha, he had ring belonging to my mother, she must have given it to her lover before we turned into vampires."
"Hmm," Maya frowned, "It sounds like something I would know about, but I got nothing," she shrugged, "Can you show me?"
Klaus took a picture and sent it to her, "Have a look."
Maya pulled the phone from her ear and opened the message that he sent through, memories flooding her mind as she took in the ring, "I know what that is," she said.
"What?" Klaus had an idea, but didn't want to say.
"Your mother gave it to your father, to stop him from turning every month, it's a moonlight ring, but it's missing the stone."
"Do you know what stone is needed? Can you do the spell?"
"It's Black Kyanite, I think Sunshine ordered some even though I didn't know what it was for. But what's the point of the spell? It can't be used on you."
"You remember the two children I told you about?"
"The ones Rebekah found?"
"The girl's dying, her body is too young to handle the change, she won't survive another full moon, I doubt the boy has much longer as well."
"Esther created the spell, it's much more complicated than the daylight ring spell, it's in one of her grimoires, I'm sure Kol could help me figure it out."
Klaus paused at that, he'd kept Esther's grimoires under strict lock and key, Kol hadn't even used any of the spells to teach Maya, "Are you sure you can do this?"
"You really need these kids to live huh?"
"I don't know what it is, but I can't let them die."
Maya knew that he was wary about letting those grimoires out of his control, they contained the secrets to his family's making, "Look, have Kol go through the grimoires and find the spell, we'll do it…unless you want Freya to do the spell!"
Klaus snorted in amusement, "Not likely, Kol's on his way back from China, he'll find what you need. Now go to bed, you have school in the morning you know?"
"Fuck off Nik," she hung up and pulled the duvet back over her head and went back to sleep.
Friday December 12th had Maya arrive at Sumter Forest in South Carolina, the pack had moved south to get out of the cold, but it didn't feel like that for Maya, from what she'd read about the state, night-time weather on average was just above freezing. Shivering she clung tighter to Damon's back as he whooshed her through the forest, "Why do werewolves always have to live in forests?" she complained, "I mean motels are a thing you know!"
Damon chuckled as he dodged trees, getting closer to where Klaus and his pack were, "They're animals, completely uncivilized," he joked.
"I heard that!" Klaus growled, as they appeared on the edge of where the pack gathered.
"Dunno what you're talking about," Damon shrugged as Maya jumped down from his back.
"Nik!" she smiled, throwing herself at him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Hello love, did you make another bet with Damon?"
"Nope," she buried her face into his chest, "This was just for me, I missed you," she mumbled.
Klaus ran a hand through her hair, avoiding the scar on her neck, and nodded at his best friend, "You took your time," he said.
"You asked me to bring a teenage girl to the middle of a forest, in the dead of winter, what were you expecting?" the younger vampire replied.
"Seriously Nik we couldn't do this in hotel?" Maya whined, gripping him tighter as she tried to ward off the cold.
"This pack moves around a lot Little Witch, they don't do hotels."
"Whatever, I'm casting the spell and then Damon's getting me out of here because he shouldn't be out here during a full moon."
"He'll be fine love, we'll get you out of here before the moon rise I promise."
"Good because if a wolf even attempts to bite him, I will murder them."
"Ah Little Red, I love it when you threaten death for me," Damon said, pulling her to him with a grin, "Shall we get on with this then?"
"Come on, I'll take you to the children," Klaus said, "You'll make sure that the rings will only work for the kids?"
"Yeah," Maya nodded, "That's the easy part, I'll just do the same thing I did for Enzo's ring, and I'll put a protection spell on them too, so that no one can steal them."
"Good."
/ / /
Connor and Daniel watched as Klaus welcomed a vampire into the pack's territory, "So we're just letting him invite anyone around the pack now?" Daniel asked, "He's not part of the pack!"
"Tread carefully Daniel," Connor growled, "the vampire's here to protect the witch, she can help Luna."
The Beta snorted, "Nothing will stop that girl from dying tonight, it'd be a kindness to kill her now, before the moon rises." He made to move to the girl's tent but Connor grabbed him.
"Don't be an idiot," he hissed, "half the pack like the kids, if anything happens to them before the full moon Klaus isn't going to be the one to get the blame, I will, besides, Megan was very vocal about Klaus comforting a baby werewolf during transition, the pack's welcoming him, I didn't even think that was possible."
"Oh it'll be more than possible when they find out what Klaus can do, if he breaks his curse, there's no way he'll let you stay Alpha, not when this pack is his birth right." Daniel hadn't wanted to allow Klaus anywhere near the pack, from the start he'd distrusted the Original and didn't think that he had any right to be near them. Once Klaus had been turned into a vampire, he didn't have any right to his werewolf heritage, but Connor was here trying to play the game, and it may not have been clear to the Alpha, but the Beta could see that he was losing.
"Curse or not, Klaus's birth right died the moment he did, he's not taking this pack from me." Connor stormed off.
Daniel watched his Alpha go with barely conceived anger, "Someone will," the Beta muttered, slinking off to find a few of the older members, if Connor wasn't going to do anything about the vampire in their midst, he would.
/ / /
Damon waited outside the tent as Maya and Klaus went inside, the Hybrid had given his friend a brief explanation of what the kids had gone through at the hands of vampires, so for once Damon was going to be tactful and try not to aggravate the situation.
"Hi," Maya spoke softly to the two children that had warmed up to Klaus after their last full moon experience, Liam, the boy was 9 years old, the girl Luna, was 7, it was no wonder both of their bodies were breaking down with every change the moon forced them into. "I'm Maya, has Nik told you about me?" she asked.
"Nik?" the boy asked.
"Klaus," Maya clarified, "Nik's what I call him."
"He said that you're a witch, that you can help me," Luna supplied, looking up at the Original, she'd formed a bond with the Old One after her disastrous change last month, allowing herself to get closer to him, trust him, even though the Alpha didn't. Liam had followed her example, grateful that Klaus had managed to keep her safe from death that night.
"I'm here to help both of you, neither one of you should have to suffer the transformation yet, your bodies aren't capable of dealing with the pain that comes with it."
"How can you help?" Luna asked, latching onto Klaus's leg.
"Are you going to lock away our wolves, like Klaus?" Liam questioned.
"No," Maya shook her head, marvelling at the way the children looked to Klaus as their leader, despite the fact that they had sworn themselves to an Alpha, "Even if I could, it would kill you, I'm going to give you something very similar to what vampires have. Do you know how they walk in the Sun?"
"Daddy said they had rings," Luna replied, "He said they'd burn without them."
Maya nodded, and pulled out two rings, Black Kyanite in the bands, "Daylight rings, magic to protect them from the Sun. These are moonlight rings, they'll protect you from the pull of the Moon, you'll still be able to feel your wolf, but as long as you keep them on, you won't shift on a full moon, not if you don't want to."
Liam looked at the rings, the stone in them was quite large, but the bands were small, they would fit them now, but what about when they got older? "How will that fit me when I'm bigger?"
Maya smiled "Well that is a very special spell of my own," she gestured for Klaus's hand, muttering a few words, the moment the ring touched his hand, it expanded in size. "I've made it so that the rings will grow when you do, that way you don't have to worry about changing them. I've also got two more spells that will go on these rings to keep you safe. You know how some werewolves don't like having to change every full moon?" At the children's nods she continued, "I'm going to cast a spell so that the rings only work for you, that way if you take the ring off and someone tries to use it, it won't work for them. There's also another spell, but it would be easier to show you what happens. Would it be okay if I invited my friend Damon inside? He's a vampire, but he keeps me safe."
"He's also my friend," Klaus said, "He won't hurt you, I promise."
The kids looked at each other, silently communicating, before nodding, almost in unison, "Okay," Liam said, moving to his sister's side.
"Damon! Get your butt in here!" Maya called and the blue-eyed vampire came inside.
"What?" Damon asked, "It's cramped in here," he muttered, looking around.
"I need you to hold your hand out for me." Shrugging he held out his right hand, "Other hand Damon!" Sighing he switched without question, "Good, Nik, try and take Damon's ring off."
"What?" Klaus asked.
"I'm not doing it, it hurts!"
Muttering in annoyance under his breath, Klaus reached out and tugged on the ring, only to be zapped by the protection spell Maya put on it, "Owe!" he frowned as he saw a burn on his hand where it had touched the ring and showed it to the kids before it healed.
"It's a protection spell, once you put the rings on, I'll cast it, to make sure that no one can take it off you. If you don't take the ring off yourself, it will hurt whoever tries. That way none of the kids around here get any ideas, okay?"
"Okay," Liam replied, eyeing Damon with distrust, "Can he go now?"
Damon scowled, "Rude," he muttered, walking back outside.
"Have you got everything you need love?" Klaus asked.
Maya nodded, even though it was still daylight she could sense the moon and use it for her spell, "I could use a boost," she held out her hand to him, "It's painless now."
"Really?" Klaus quirked an eyebrow, that was a new development, sliding his hand into hers, "Have at it then love."
"Okay, Liam we'll do yours first, put your hand in mine, over the ring and close your eyes, reach out with your senses, can you feel the pull of the moon?"
Liam's eyes slide shut as he did what she said, he expanded all of his senses, stronger today than any other, he could hear chatter from outside, could smell the lunch cooking over a barbeque stove, and right…there! He could feel the moon, tugging at his wolf, making it restless, when he nodded she started the spell.
"Phasmatos hunc lupum a plena luna protege, caveto. Phasmatos hunc lupum a plena luna protege, caveto." She chanted, one hand in Klaus's, the other locking her fingers in the boy's, she could feel the spell fighting her, this wasn't like the daylight spell, which had been created around the same time as vampires. Werewolves had existed for 1500 years, a curse that had become ingrained in nature, and therefore it was much harder to fight against. Which is what Maya was doing, she was fighting the pull of the moon, it had only been done once before and in a much different way. Maya could feel the power radiating in the air, it was probably more difficult to do because she was in the middle of a pack, the moon's power amplified by each wolf in her vicinity. That would be something she'd note in her own grimoire, in case she ever had to do this spell again. Finally Maya felt the Moonlight spell take hold, and then she cast the extra spells on the ring. Opening her eyes she panted with exertion, letting go of the boy and Nik's hand. "Try it out," she said.
Liam hesitated, looking to Klaus first, who nodded at him, encouraging him to put the ring on, sliding it over his index finger, he gasped as the pull of the moon disappeared. "I can't feel it anymore," he murmured, "The pull's gone."
"But can you feel your wolf?" Maya asked.
He frowned, concentrating for a moment, he could feel it, and his eyes glowed yellow, confirming that he still had access to it, "Yeah, I can."
"Excellent!" Maya smiled, "Don't take the ring off unless you want to change okay, but it's not good for you until you're older."
Liam gave her a small smile, he wasn't going to admit it, but he was feeling worse after ever transformation, but he hadn't wanted to scare his sister. "Thank you," he said, "Can you help my sister now?"
"Of course," Maya nodded, shaking off the slight fatigue she felt, that spell had taken more out of her than she anticipated.
"Are you alright love?" Klaus said, noticing the sweat that had started to gather on her forehead.
"Yeah, just a little tired, but let's get this done, I don't really want to be here when it gets dark."
"As long as you're sure," Klaus gave her his hand again and Maya gave Luna the same instructions.
It took the little girl longer to do as asked, she and her wolf hadn't been in a good place from the moment her curse was triggered, "I'm ready," Luna said finally.
"Give me your hand," Maya replied, grasping it gently, she began her chant. It was more difficult this time, like now that nature knew what she was up to it was fighting harder to stop her. It didn't help that she was already tired from the first spell. Scowling, Maya gripped Klaus's hand a little tighter, she wasn't going to let Mother Nature stop her from saving this little girl, she may have only come here because Luna was important to Klaus, but one look at her big brown eyes and Maya knew that she would have helped her even without Klaus. Her chants got louder as she fought to get the moon's pull under her control, finally feeling it relent, she cast the other two spells and told Luna to put the ring on.
Luna's eyes glowed yellow and she smiled, "My wolf's calmer now, and I can't feel the moon anymore."
"Good," Maya stood, swaying on her feet, only to be steadied by Nik.
"Easy love, you need to rest." He looked at her worried, if he'd known that the spell would take this much of a toll on her, he would have only asked for one ring first, Liam could wait for another month before he'd need it.
"It's fine," she said shaking him off, Damon and I have a room at a motel for the night, we'll head back home tomorrow."
Klaus walked her out of the tent and handed her off to his friend, "Get her back to the room quickly, she needs to sleep."
"I'm fine Nik," she mumbled, Damon lifting her into his arms, "I just wasn't expecting to fight her so hard."
"Fight who?" Klaus asked, shooting Damon a look, who was just as baffled.
"Mother Nature," she whispered, "That lady did not want me casting that spell, don't know why though…" Maya trailed off as she fell asleep, her head on Damon's shoulder.
"Don't leave until I see you tomorrow," Klaus ordered, Maya wasn't making much sense, she had to fight Mother Nature? Was she serious? If she was, why wouldn't Nature want to help the two baby wolves? They were part of her creation, so she shouldn't have tried to stop a spell like that. If Mother Nature had really tried to stop her, how strong was Maya?
/ / /
Daniel gathered a few of the wolves that were unhappy with the fact that a vampire had been allowed in their midst, "Follow those two," he said quietly, not wanting to alert anyone to what he was doing. He nodded slightly at the dark-haired vampire and the witch that had just left the encampment, "Don't attack till the moon is full, bite the vampire, it'll send the Old One a message, that their kind isn't welcome here."
"What about the witch?" one of the wolves asked.
"Don't kill her if you can help it, I want to know what she did to those kids, see if she really did something to save the girl. If she did we could use her."
"Connor sanctioned this?" a wolf asked.
"Connor's gone soft, he's bowing to a vampire, letting him do whatever he wants here, Connor's not making the decisions for this pack anymore."
/ / /
Maya had slept for a couple of hours after the spell, waking as it had just started to get dark, "Finally!" Damon said, "I thought I was gonna be stuck in this motel with no entertainment."
She groaned as she sat up "How long was I out?"
"Few hours, looks like the moon will be up soon," Damon gestured to rapidly darkening sky.
"Get away from the windows," Maya frowned, something wasn't right.
Damon turned to look at her "What is it?"
"I don't know," she stood and looked around the room, they were on the ground floor of the building, and all she had was this foreboding feeling deep in her gut. She stretched out her magical senses, eyes fluttering closed, as soon as Maya felt another presence, they flew open. "Shit! There are Werewolves nearby!"
"Well yeah, they're turning not far from here," Damon dismissed.
"No Damon! The pack is deep in the forest, there are werewolves right outside!" Maya said, panic in her voice, "A werewolf bite is fatal to a vampire! Call Nik now!" But it was too late, the moon was high and Maya could feel the wolves charging towards them, "Get behind me!"
Damon whooshed behind Maya, away from the window, just as a wolf burst through.
"Motus!" Maya yelled, throwing the wolf back outside, she heard a crash from behind them, there must have been a window in the bathroom. "Damon!" A wolf attacked the dark haired vampire while another two distracted her.
Damon was on the floor, struggling to keep the wolf's deadly teeth away from him, "Little help Maya!" he called, grunting with effort, he finally got his feet under the wolf and kicked it off, jumping up he ended up with his back against Maya's trying to keep the wolves in sight. "Why the hell are they attacking us!"
"They're from the pack, they must have followed us!" Maya said, summoning her strength and thrusting her hands away from her body, causing the wolves to fly out of the room. "Phasmatos obice praesidium!" Maya pulled her hands back and erected an invisible barrier to stop the wolves from coming in, she should have done that the moment she sensed the wolves. "Ok," she panted, she was still tired from making the two rings, "We should be safe now, they can't come in."
"They might not be able to come in, but we have a problem," Damon replied, looking at his arm with a frown.
"What?" Maya turned to look at him, and zeroed in on the mark on his wrist, "What is that?"
"That mutt must have nipped me before I kicked it off, you think this is deadly?" he grimaced, knowing it was bad, the initial wound had healed immediately, but now the skin looked infected.
"Oh God!" Maya rushed to Damon's side, taking his hand in her own, she could feel the dread well up inside her, but the moment her eyes landed on the bite she relaxed. "It's okay, you'll be fine." She sighed in relief.
"Uh Maya, if I was okay, this would be healed!" Damon replied.
"No it's fine, there's a cure!"
"No there's not! Nik said he's the cure! But only after he breaks his curse, I don't have that long to wait Maya!"
"It's not the only cure!" she said, the picture of a dark haired man healing his own werewolf bite flashing before her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Damon asked.
"It's magic Damon," she looked at him, seeing if he understood, realising that he wouldn't, she elaborated, "The only way a guy turns into a werewolf is magic, so technically the venom is magic too…" she covered the bite with her hand and siphoned, pulling away, she was met with perfectly healed skin, "So I just went ahead and siphoned it up." She looked up at Damon with a smile, "You're okay."
"I'm okay," Damon repeated, looking at his healed arm and then back at the Siphon, "I'm okay!" he wrapped her in a hug, lifting her off her feet for a moment before dropping her back to the ground, "Why didn't you tell me that you could heal a werewolf bite!" he smacked her on her arm.
"Owe!" Maya rubbed her arm, "I didn't know until I saw it."
"You had a vision?"
"I probably would have figured it out," Maya shrugged, "Eventually."
"I can't believe that you had the cure this whole time," Damon said, relief filling him, he was wary of the fact that Klaus was going to be around werewolves for quite some time, the knowledge that there was a cure out there for him and Enzo, took a load of his mind.
"We can't tell anyone," she insisted.
"You're right, you're weird enough as it is, we can't add another thing to the list."
"I just saved your life, is it impossible for you to be nice!" Maya complained.
"Did you really though?" Damon shrugged, "It was just a scratch, it probably would have healed."
"Ugh! You are such an ass!"
Damon laughed and tossed her phone at her, "We should probably let Nik know what happened, call him."
"Why do I always have to be the one that calls Nik?" she moaned.
"Because he likes you the best!"
/ / /
Klaus had arrived at the motel first thing in the morning, he'd remained with Liam and Luna, ensuring that nothing went wrong with their moonlight rings for the night, before heading to his Siphon and his best friend, "What the bloody hell happened?!"
"They must have followed us from the camp, not sure why though," Damon said, as Maya packed her stuff in a bag, "Did you do something to piss them off?"
"Nothing more than usual," Klaus replied, "Besides, an attack like this isn't something that Connor would sanction, he's all about fighting with honour and keeping his word, rather tedious if you ask me."
"Then it had to be someone else," Maya replied, "There must be at least some wolves that aren't happy that they have a vampire among them."
"The Alpha and Beta have been butting heads recently."
"I take it that's your doing."
"What can I say," Klaus shrugged, "I'm a troublemaker at heart."
"The wolves will all be healed now, so we won't be able to tell who attacked us," Damon said, pissed that he wouldn't get the chance to retaliate against the wolves that had tried to kill him.
"Speak for yourself," Klaus scoffed, "There's at least two scents here that I recognise."
"You can track people by scent?" Maya whispered to Damon, watching as Klaus checked every inch of their room.
"I've never done that before," Damon replied, "Maybe it's a wolf thing."
"It's a thousand-year-old vampire thing, Damon," Klaus said annoyed, crouching to take a look at a splatter of wolf blood on the ground, "My senses are far stronger than yours, and everyone has distinct scent, you should learn how to do it." He stood and walked over to them.
"I'm going to go back to the pack, I have a feeling that you're not the only ones in danger here, but you two need to go, now. Especially when the pack realises what you are capable of doing."
Maya nodded in agreement, "You're right, I should get out of town before the wolves decide they all want moonlight rings."
"I'll put these in the car," Damon cut in, seeing that Klaus clearly wanted a moment with Maya on his own, he grabbed their bags and whooshed out of the room.
"Maya," Klaus said, brushing her hair out of her face, when he'd received the call from her, telling him that Damon had been bitten…well it had been a long time since he'd felt fear. It had been almost a century since he'd been afraid of losing anyone, as much as he hated to admit it, Damon was his best friend, and the thought that he would lose that friend had sent an icy feeling down his spine. He wouldn't say that it was fear, or panic, but when Maya said she'd had the cure, the relief that he'd felt, it was close to the feeling he'd got when he knew that he'd never have to fear his father again.
Maya rested her hands on his chest and looked up at him with understanding in her eyes, "I know," she said, she understood that he couldn't say it, couldn't acknowledge his feelings, "Damon's my family, I'm not going to let anything happen to him if I can help it."
His thumb stroked her cheek and he leant down, "You are truly remarkable," he almost whispered, and she smiled in return.
This time she brushed her lips against his, featherlight, too quick for him to react before pulling away, "I am awesome," she agreed.
Smiling, Klaus straightened up, "I'm lucky to have you."
"To know me, Nik, you don't have me." Maya slipped past him and out of the room, heading to the car.
Klaus turned and watched her leave, "Not yet, but I will soon," he said into the empty air.
Kol had just arrived back from China, he hadn't gone to New York, instead he stopped in New Orleans. His brother had called him the moment he'd found out that Marcel had sent a vampire after Maya. Needless to say, he was livid, Marcel thought that Maya was his Witch, and still made a move for her, made a move against him, he'd always hated the little urchin, his brother's love for the boy, the only thing that kept him alive, but Marcel was on thin ice. A few more acts like this, another attack on the Siphon that Nik trusted with the most important thing in his long life, and Marcel would know a pain like no other. Nik would make sure of it, but for now, he'd been tasked with sending Nik's former protégé a message, and Kol was going to have some fun.
He moved through the streets of New Orleans silently, unnoticed, there weren't may depictions of him throughout time, Nik liked to keep the paintings of his family to himself, and anything that Marcel may have had was extremely out of date. All it took was a change in hair style and modern day clothes and the vampires in the Quarter had no idea who he was. A little recon told him that Marcel lived in the Abattoir, the home his family built, but didn't spend his days there. He spent his time running around the Quarter with his little 'Daywallkers', antagonising the Witches, and dealing with the humans. In fact, today, Marcel had a meeting with the Human Faction, a meeting that would take most of the day. So it was time for Kol to have some fun. Grinning to himself Kol whooshed inside the Abattoir, alerting the vampires that had been roaming around his home, "Hello boys," Kol's eyes flashed dangerously, "Show me what you've got."
The vampires attacked him, they started one at a time, not realising how stupid it was, but once Kol had dispatched four of them, they attacked in groups, first in two or three, and then eventually tried attacking him at once, it was all for nought though, there were only twenty of them. It was child's play for Kol, he'd slaughtered all but one, Marcel's second in command, Thierry, smiling, he dragged the struggling vampire to his feet and shoved him against the wall, "You're Marcel's second, if I were you I'd stop struggling, that is if you want to live."
Thierry's frantic movements died down, hand clutching at the one around his throat, "What do you want?" he croaked out.
"Unfortunately your friend Marcel did something very stupid, and it made me very angry." Kol hissed, his grip tightening around the vampire's throat.
"Wh- Who are you?"
"Kol Mikaelson." Thierry let go of Kol's hand in shock, "You've heard of me, fantastic," the sadistic grin on the Original's face was terrifying.
"What-"
"Oh no, I'm done answering questions, Marcel fucked up, and now you will suffer for his mistake," he growled. He shoved his hand into Thierry's stomach, tearing out his intestines, causing the younger vampire to scream. "You're being too loud, I don't want you to spoil the surprise."
Kol snapped Thierry's neck and then pinned him high up the wall, close to the second floor, using the wrought iron fire pokers in the fire place, and then turned to the pile of bodies in the centre of the room, how best to display his displeasure to Marcel? He took a quick look around the room and remembered a conversation that Maya had had with him over a year ago. When they were still getting to know one another, before she trusted him to teach her magic. She talked about a movie that she'd seen when she was 24, lamenting over the fact that she wasn't sure if would come out here. She'd mentioned a scene that she thought he'd appreciate it… well if he couldn't see it on the big screen, he might as well re-enact it in real life. Kol whooshed around the room, clearing all furniture away, he spread the bodies out on the floor, arranging them artfully on the ground to spell out a phrase. Whistling while he worked, he heard a groan come from behind him, Thierry was waking up, the wound in his stomach had healed, but Kol had ripped it open several times in order to drain him of his blood, making him too weak to free himself.
Thierry looked down and gaped in horror at what he saw, "Do you like it?" Kol asked, whooshing up the stairs and leaning over the balcony, looking at the vampire pinned just below him.
"What did you do?" Thierry asked, he'd witnessed horrors during the war, and Marcel had a mean streak when it came to his enemies. But this was something else, vampires didn't do this to their own kind, Marcel had made sure of it. Vampires that broke the rules, or were enemies weren't killed, they were punished, locked away, in Marcel's private version of a jail, they didn't die unless absolutely necessary.
"I know," Kol frowned as he looked down at his work, "I have those two left over and that's upsetting me, throwing off my vision." He glanced over at the two bodies left of the 19 he'd killed. "Oh!" he exclaimed, whooshing back down, he took one body and turned it into an exclamation mark, before taking the other and tearing it to pieces, scattering it just before the entrance, like a twisted 'welcome' mat. Whooshing back up the stairs Kol smiled as he surveyed his final masterpiece, "That's much better!" He looked back at Thierry and laughed as he saw the vampire try to free himself. "I wouldn't bother, you lost a lot of blood, what's left in you is barely keeping you awake, you're as weak as a new born, can't get out of this without help, so just stop trying. Now," he gripped Thierry's face in one hand, squeezing so hard that the younger vampire's jaw cracked, "I left you alive so that you could tell Marcel who did this. Now you tell him I was here, tell him that he is the reason for this," he gestured to the bodies splayed out in a macabre display, "and tell him that if he ever sends someone for what's mine again, I'll come back, and take everything that he considers his. Do you understand?" Kol asked, his voice turning menacing for the first time that night.
"Yes," Thierry winced.
Kol pulled back with a smile, "Excellent," he said happily, "Then I'll be on my way!" He snapped Thierry's neck again, just for good measure, and left via the back. He was covered in blood and didn't want anyone to track him down now, after all he promised Nik that he wouldn't kill Marcel, he'd like to at least try to keep that promise. He whooshed away, but was stopped when he bumped into a teenage girl.
The girl gasped at the sight of him, Kol was going to ignore her, but he recognised her as the one that Maya had taken a liking to. "Well, well, well, Davina Claire, look at you, you're shorter than I thought you'd be."
Davina's eyes were wide as she took him in, at all the blood covering him, "What- Who are you?" she asked, fear in her eyes, "How do you know me?"
Kol noticed her gaze and smirked, "Not to worry love, it's all vampire blood, Marcel and I had a bit of a disagreement, and to answer your question, I'm Kol Mikaelson," he gave her a little bow, "I believe you know my favourite student, Maya."
"Maya?" she asked, "You teach her? You're a vampire!"
"Before that I was a witch, you know I knew one of your ancestors, Mary-Alice, she was feisty." He smirked.
Davina's nose wrinkled in disgust, "Ew," she complained, "That is not something I needed to hear, and you shouldn't be here, looking like that." She motioned to his blood covered clothing, "Vampires like to keep a low profile during the day."
"Well I had to send a message, Marcel went after our mutual friend, I couldn't let that stand."
"He went after Maya?" Davina asked, frowning, Maya hadn't told her.
"Mm-hmm, sent one of his lackies after her, I just came to return him. Looking at his watch he realised that he should get cleaned up soon, his plane was due to leave in an hour and he didn't want Marcel's men to catch a glimpse of him just yet, "But you are right, I should go. I'll be seeing you, Miss Claire," his eyes flashed with mischief and then he was gone.
Davina looked around, ensuring that there was no one near her before heading in the opposite direction, she had to call Maya, find out if she was ok.
Marcel had just finished his meeting with the Human faction when one of his Daywalkers found him, "Marcel!" Diego rushed out, "You have you have to see this!"
Marcel followed the younger vampire, the two of them arriving at the compound in seconds, Marcel tripped over the dead vampire that had been scattered at the entrance, "What-" he cut himself off when he saw Thierry pinned to the wall, grey from the loss of blood, but he didn't know that, he looked dead. "Thierry!" he whooshed upstairs, yanking the pokers from his body, his friend groaned and Marcel sighed in relief that he was alive. He pulled his second over the balcony and then froze at the sight that was on the floor, the words spelled out by 18 of his Daywalkers. 'MAYA IS MINE!'
Super long chapter for you all, thanks for reading!
If you have time please leave a review they always boost my mood!