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UnkownReaderHasJoined: There's no Kol and Maya, she's going to be like the little sister he wishes he always had, they're going to have each other's backs, always. I had to throw some Jeremy bonding in, he was getting annoyed at his lack of screen time, and demanded to be included in the last chapter. The whole mutant thing, that's what a Siphon, it's like a mutated version of a Witch, and you guys have to remember that for all his faults, Kai was ridiculously powerful, and that was before he became the Gemini Coven leader, I mean he was able to absorb a spell covering the entire town, and the only issue he had was controlling that power because he'd never done it before. My theory is that Siphons can take on far more than normal Witches, because they have no magic of their own, Siphon's don't have a battery to drain, they just get exhausted like one would after a lot of exercise. I wouldn't worry about the relationship dynamics, I'm not going to write anything that doesn't feel natural, and you are correct, Klaus and Maya have a great dynamic at the moment, but let's not forget, Klaus is a little nuts, chances are he's going to mess up again, or Maya may screw up, because she's still growing up. Either way, they have until she's eighteen to figure stuff out.

Nozomi Akiyama: Your welcome!

nightsinshadow: Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it, and I understand, that's why I love getting reviews so much because they make me feel less alone.

fire and flam: Thanks! You're the only one who has mentioned that they got that reference!

Lokisilvertounge: Alaric is a big fat liar in the first seasons, I personally think that Jenna deserves better.

katitat: Thank you so much, I really appreciate the fact that people can understand where I'm going and are enjoying it. I just felt that so much was glossed over in the show, I wanted to flesh things out, I mean, it must have been agony for Klaus to have that part of him locked away for a thousand years, TVD showed more of Abby's feelings when she was turned into a vampire and lost her magic, than they did of Klaus and how he felt about his missing half, and he was a major player in the show, Abby was nothing but a footnote.

xoxoKaraKxoxo: Thank you, sometimes it's so hard to get things to fit, and in TO, the rings were like a huge plotpoint but only for a short bit of time, then they were never mentioned again. I'm trying to make things flow nicely, without derailing the larger plotlines in both shows, so I appreciate the fact that you like it. You are correct, it is a Deadpool callback, you're the only one who said that they got that reference, but I thought to myself, if Kol's not allowed to kill Marcel, what can he do? And it was right there for the taking, after all, Kol is the Happy Homicidal Maniac.

mrs. morgan 35: I dunno, would Maya let that happen because it would hurt Jenna to lose her sister like that, I can't imagine Jenna welcoming Klaus over for dinner anytime soon if he killed her sister.

twibe: Thank you!

thatonegirlwhoyoudontknow: Have the kids move in with Jenna and Maya! That thought is actually causing me damage! I don't know what it would do to poor Jenna! It would drive her nuts! Does she deserve that? I'm not sure.

D4RK3 5H4D0W: Thank you!

Saiyanprincess1511: In a way Maya is his, she is his student after all, but Marcel thinks that Maya is Kol's Witch, so we have to play along with that. It's from Deadpool, when he went into his final battle with Francis! Jeremy is all over the place with his feels about this, he's only fourteen so his mind is going a mile a minute, not knowing what to latch onto first.

WiseGirlDivergence46: Like I said to others, try not to worry about the relationships, I'm not going to write anything that doesn't feel 100% right. And they do have a great dynamic, I'm shipping them so hard at the moment and I'm the one writing them!

Serena Salvatore: I thought Kol deserved a chance to let of some steam, after all, he didn't really get to do anything to Elijah and Rebekah after the family's big blow up. Appreciate the fact that you like Klaus's development, I'm trying to make it as natural as I can, given who he is, you can imagine his personality is difficult to handle.

Guest: Not a sentence, but a word, it's from Deadpool! Honestly the kids just showed up in that Rebekah scene, I hadn't planned for them, but as I write, ideas are popping up and certain things are coming into focus with them, so they going to be a part of the story. Rebekah's not going to fall in love with either of them, so that should help stop them from becoming anything like Marcel!

Jamie Gemini: We'll definitely have to see how Davina's relationship with Marcel is formed now that the foundation of trust she has with him isn't going to be there. I don't think that Maya would be able to stand having Elena in her house all the time, Elena strikes me as a snoop, she'd be all over Maya's magic room so fast and Maya would not react well. Also I don't think Maya would want Jeremy hurt, so I'll have to see what I decide.

xotinkerbella: That was from Deadpool! Maya will definitely be finding out soon! How she's going to handle telling Klaus is going to be a whole thing! Kol met Davina but hinted that he slept with her ancestor, bad move Kol! Although that seems par for the course in TVDU, I love Jeremy too, he deserves some happiness before things get screwy in Mystic Falls. Miranda knew about vampires, because I think she was on the town council with Grayson, but nothing is mentioned about her knowing about Augustine. Liam and Luna are growing into characters that I'm really liking, so they're going to stick around for a while.

Raven R. Mahmood: Maybe, maybe not with Davina/Kol, I'm thinking not if Marcel becomes like a father figure to her, plus there's the whole Caroline/Kol thing that could happen. It's definitely Klaus/Maya, whether there's a third permanently attached to that pairing has not been decided, it will all depend on how the story flows and if it feels right.

Blu3brryT3a: Marcel was being a dumbass, but he's got no Witch in his corner to solidify his power. I had to let Kol have some fun, I just had to! Of course Klaus is being underhanded! He's spent three months with the pack, the guy is not a chill person, and stirring things up so they fall in his favour is something that he excels in! Dunno what Mother Nature was thinking, maybe she just didn't want Maya to be able to do the spell, Esther was able to without an issue, maybe it's just because Maya's powers come from Death… Jeremy's finally in on the secret, I feel like he's gonna hop on the bandwagon of getting Maya to magic him stuff just like Caroline! Miranda would keep Elena from doing certain things, not to mention, she'd be another focus for Katherine, instead of Jenna…

Hearteyesmf: Thank you! This chapter came out faster than expected so enjoy please!

Nicole Cullen Masen: I can't wait till Maya turns eighteen and Klaus can really put the moves on her, but she is definitely starting to accept that Klaus is going to be a big part of her life.

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Felinegreat: Thank you! Thought I should have some fun with the chapter!

silentmayhem: Marcel was so dumb in the last chapter! Honestly what was he thinking?! I wrote it and I don't even know why he actively chose stupidity, I mean, why poke the bear? Especially when said bear hates you! The baby wolves are adorable and I'm loving them! I can't wait for you to see how they get integrated into the story!

The pack was in uproar, Liam and Luna hadn't changed that night, they'd stayed human, stayed alive, and still had access to their wolves. It was a miracle, and it wasn't thanks to their Alpha, but to the vampire that had been living amongst them for months. A vampire that had the worst reputation in history, a reputation that he didn't shy away from, he actually revelled in the fear and mistrust that his mere presence instilled. And yet, the two children, the ones who had been so distrustful of him, now looked to him as their authority figure, it hadn't gone unnoticed.

Klaus smirked as the chaos just unfurled around him, he barely had to do anything, a well-placed word here, an under the breath comment there, and the lower ranks of the pack were causing a stir. Surprisingly it was the children that had caused the biggest change in the dynamics of the pack, he hadn't even told them to do anything, but by saving their lives, and procuring them something that no wolf had had in a thousand years, he'd earned a level of trust from them that no other member of the pack had. He was the first one they greeted in the morning, the last one they saw at night, they gathered their meals and sat in his vicinity, and when he was out feeding, they'd wait to eat until he came back. They were acting like the three of them were a little pack, with him as the Alpha, of course he'd think of the implications of that at another time, but for now, their decision seriously benefitted him. The pack had noticed, the Alpha and Beta had noticed, neither of them had said anything yet though, because how would it look if they made any moves against him for protecting the youngest members of the pack?

"Klaus," Connor said, walking up to the Old One with purpose, the whispers going round the pack were causing the Alpha a headache, coupled with his Beta testing his boundaries, Connor felt like he was losing his mind.

Rolling his eyes Klaus pasted a smirk on his face and turned to face the Alpha wolf, "Connor, what can I do for you?" He'd wondered how long it would take the Alpha to come and speak with him.

"We need to talk about the children."

Liam had kept his ears open when he saw the Alpha coming their way, and when Connor spoke, he looked to Klaus from behind the Alpha, wondering if he or Luna needed to stay. He and his sister had been getting funny looks since the full moon, the older pack members were either looking at them in awe, or with anger, the younger ones looked at them with jealousy. Klaus had warned him that this might happen, he hadn't told Luna but she was too young to understand it anyway, too young to understand that Klaus wouldn't just give the rest of the wolves rings if they asked, not unless he was getting something out of it. He didn't even know why Klaus had the rings made for him and his sister, neither of them had anything to offer the Old One, which was probably why subconsciously their wolves were looking to Klaus as their true Alpha. So when the Alpha Connor came to Klaus, Liam quietly stood, not making himself known to the Alpha, he looked to Klaus for instruction. Klaus's fingers twitched at his side, motioning for Liam to go, and to take his sister with him.

"What about them?" Klaus asked, he wanted to know how Connor would play this, would the discussion be about the rings? Or would he make it about the children's newfound loyalty?

"The rings Klaus," Connor said, annoyed that he had to elaborate, "You gave two children the means to control the change! Now I've got half the pack clamouring for your attention so that they can get rings too. The other half want to get rid of them, thinking that they're not natural, they go against the core of who the werewolves are! You basically set off a bomb and are ignoring the damage!"

Klaus paused, genuinely shocked at the audacity of the wolf, "Are you saying that I should have let the children die? Because that's what would have happened if I hadn't gotten them moonlight rings! They're part of your pack, saving them should have been a priority of yours."

"There's a natural order to things Klaus! Yes, they're children, but the moment they triggered the curse they gained the responsibilities of werewolves! And with that comes the fact that there are consequences to actions, they killed, the pain is our punishment for taking innocent life, they're no different to the rest of us." Connor insisted, the Pack Elder was a traditionalist, and was unhappy with the discussions going around their people, Connor had been raised the same, wolves, were wolves, nothing should interfere in who they were.

"Except that they were taken by vampires, forced to kill so that they could activate their curse. They had no choice, and the fact that you don't understand that, is something I find very troubling. There is a difference between adults and children, and they are by definition children."

"Oh please! Since when do you help children? You are 'by definition' a monster." Connor said, twisting Klaus's words and using them against him, "You don't help anyone! Not unless it benefits you!"

Klaus's hand wrapped around Connor's throat and he squeezed, showing the wolf that no matter what he thought, there was only one person that had the power, and it wasn't an angry werewolf, no matter his position in the pack, "I'd choose your next words very carefully if I were you," Klaus said with an almost deadly calm in his voice, "Just because I've played nice these past three months, doesn't mean that you should forget who I am. I am a monster, there is no question about that, and I've killed for less, the next time you raise your voice to me, I'll rip your throat out."

Klaus kept his threat short and sweet, because he could hear a commotion in the distance, coming from the same direction the children had gone in. He dropped the Alpha and whooshed towards the noise.

Marcel was holed up deep in the compound, only his second in command Thierry and Diego had been allowed with him. He'd beefed up the security of his home, no one had seen Kol Mikaelson enter New Orleans, and no one had seen him leave, so he had no idea if he had a pissed off Original in town or not. He wouldn't admit that he made a mistake, something that he'd learned from Klaus no doubt, but he had miscalculated the significance Kol had placed in the Witch that had blown into his city all those months ago. He'd thought that because Kol had left her unprotected, alone, and surrounded by humans, that she wasn't important. Kol had a reputation of using and discarding Witches when they'd outlived their usefulness, and when he'd gotten reports of Kol leaving the country he'd thought that that was his chance. The NOLA witches were becoming a problem and having a witch under his control was something that he'd been looking into, sure the girl was young, but she was powerful, and creative, he'd thought that she'd be perfect to work for him. But he'd underestimated exactly how much interest Kol had in her, and with the hate that the Original harboured for him, there was no way that he'd leave it at just the 'warning' he'd received.

Marcel scoffed at that thought 'warning' right, he'd come home to find a massacre, something that none of his guys had had experience with before, because unfortunately, there wasn't a single one of them that was older than a century, they'd never come across an Original before, they didn't know the danger that the Old Ones truly possessed. Marcel had gotten sloppy, he'd forgotten what life was like with enemies, and back then, his enemies automatically became Klaus's enemies. Whether he'd like to admit it or not, Klaus had kept him protected, in fact Klaus had kept him protected from Kol, daggering his baby brother to keep him safe. Perhaps he should put out some feelers for the most dangerous Original, see if he was in a relatively calm state, and make himself known to the man he'd once called father…he'd have to think on it, he didn't have any powerful Witches to help him, so perhaps Klaus might do him a favour and put his younger brother down again for old times' sake…

In the three months that Elijah and Rebekah had been away from their family, they'd managed to destroy five of Lucien's facilities, and free the remnants of two packs in the process. The BasRoq and Paxon pack, both of which had been decimated by Lucien's people, it would take decades for the packs to grow to a safe size. Even once the pack members had healed, there was no way that they would be able to travel without being in serious danger, not while Lucien still lived. Elijah had provided the packs with one protected plot of land, along with a large home on the property.

"What's the catch?" The eldest member of the BasRoq packed asked, "You're vampires, I don't even know why you're helping us."

"Unfortunately the blame for your recent incarceration can be partially laid at my feet," Elijah admitted, ever the noble Original, he could admit when he made a mistake.

"What?" the wolf made an attempt to growl out, but she was too injured.

"I know the vampire that orchestrated all of this," he motioned to the facility that they were in, "had I killed him when I had the chance, you and your kind would have never been subject to such atrocities. I will be dealing with the vampire personally, he cannot be allowed to live any longer, but as a way to make amends on my part, I offer you the land and the home, to use as long as you and your pack see fit."

The female wolf scowled as Elijah held out the keys to two vehicles nearby and snatched them from his fingers, "I'll think about it," she said, there was no way she was going to accept another vampire's hospitality, not after what she and her pack had been through.

"There is one thing though," Elijah said, before she could leave, "I cleared out a similar facility a few days ago, the property is in use by the remnants of another pack, you would have to share."

She paused, "Who?"

"The Paxon pack." The woman stiffened, that was royal bloodline, just like her own, "It may interest you to know that the Deep Water pack were also held in a place like this. They're all dead."

She didn't say anything, just nodded and motioned for what was left of her people to leave, now she had no choice but to go to this property that the vampire had laid out for her. Three royal bloodlines had been taken and tortured, one wiped out completely, she needed to speak to whoever was in charge of the Paxon pack and find out what was going on.

"Well she was charming," Rebekah said, walking up to her brother, watching as the wolves left.

"She'd just been released from torture, I wasn't expecting much."

"Well the least she could do was show a little gratitude," the youngest Original remarked, she wasn't a fan of werewolves, and she'd been chasing after them for months. She wanted to get back to a life where she didn't have trudge through the woods in her designer boots, but alas, they'd only scratched the surface of Lucien's private torture chambers. "You know this would go so much faster if Nik and Kol would help out, instead of leaving us to do all the heavy lifting."

"Niklaus still hasn't called you?" Elijah enquired, knowing what his sister's real problem was, she'd lost her brother's trust, something that she thought that she'd always have, no matter what. And instead of reacting like he should have, he'd pulled back, pulled away, they'd never thought that it was something that their brother was capable of. Niklaus let out his rage, with violent words and actions, instead, apart from his initial outburst, he'd been quiet, he'd been hurt, and for the first time in centuries, he'd let them know it.

"No," Rebekah replied, "Sometimes I think I should call him, but then I remember how he looked at me, like I meant nothing to him."

"Sister you know that's not true."

"Isn't it Elijah? He didn't dagger us, he didn't even send us away, that was Kol, he just stopped caring."

"Whatever Niklaus feels for us now, it's only temporary Rebekah."

"Elijah-"

"No," Elijah shook his head, cutting her off, "If there was no chance of Niklaus forgiving us we wouldn't be here. He came when you needed help with those baby wolves."

"He came because Kol called him," Rebekah scoffed, Kol as the favourite, it was pissing her off.

"He still came to you, he could have insisted that Kol bring the children to him, but instead came to get them, I fully believe that it was to see you. You are our baby sister Rebekah, he can't hate you forever, he's just hurting."

"You truly believe that?" she asked.

"With every fibre of my being," Elijah replied.

"I said I'm fine Davina," Maya insisted, the young witch had video called her the moment she had some free time away from her mother. "It was one vampire, I could kill him in my sleep."

"If it was only one vampire then why did Kol do what he did?" Davina asked.

"What did Kol do?" Maya asked, she didn't even know that he was back in the country, "Wait, how do you know who Kol is? How did you know that I know Kol?"

"In order, Kol killed 19 of Marcel's Daywalkers, he used 18 to spell out 'MAYA IS MINE!' on the compound floor, scattered the other one like a welcome mat, and pinned Marcel's right hand guy to the wall and left him there for Marcel to find. I know Kol because he introduced himself to me, he was leaving the compound and bumped into me, I freaked out a little because he was covered in blood, but then he told me that he was your teacher. Aside from the blood he was kind of charming…"

"I knew I shouldn't have told him about that movie," Maya muttered, before turning her attention back to her young friend, "Absolutely not Davina!" Maya exclaimed, wanting to cut the girl off before she said anything that Maya wouldn't be able to erase from her mind, "Don't you go falling for his charm! I already have Caroline mooning over him, I don't need you doing the same!"

"I'M NOT MOONING OVER HIM!" Caroline yelled from her room, finishing off her homework.

Maya rolled her eyes, "She totally is, I caught her texting him the other day," she whispered into the webcam.

Davina laughed and shook her head, "You don't have to worry about me," she said, "He kind of implied that he'd…you know… with one of my ancestors! That's a major turn off."

"Of course he would," Maya snorted in amusement, "Only Kol would casually drop that into a conversation and then still try to be charming." Shaking her head she got back to Davina's initial question, "And to answer your question, Kol needs to make sure that no one else is going to come after me, so he had to be particularly brutal. The Originals are kind of 'take no prisoners' vampires, you're lucky if you get a warning after you cross them, plus Kol has a very specific hate for Marcel, it goes all the way back to when Marcel was human."

"If you're sure," Davina said sceptically, it seemed like overkill if Maya hadn't been hurt by the one vampire that had been sent after her.

"I'm positive," Maya confirmed, "I don't want you to worry about me D, I have plenty of protection here, I'm more worried about you, in New Orleans all on your own."

"I'm okay, I have my coven to protect me," she said.

"I know, it's just… a coven operates on the whole 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' belief, I just want you to be careful."

"The needs of the- did you just quote Star Wars at me?" Davina frowned.

"Star Trek!" Maya corrected, wagging her finger at the screen, "Do not mix them up! I'll kick your ass!"

"She's a very protective nerd," Caroline snorted in amusement as she walked into the room, "Only reference things that you know about, otherwise you'll get stuck with a nerd lecture from hell!"

"Noted," Davina laughed, it was so nice to have people that she could talk to like this, without having to worry that someone was going to run to her mother to tell on her.

"You both suck," Maya pouted, "Jeremy understands me!"

"Oh who's Jeremy?" Davina asked, leaning forward, while Caroline had no problem talking about her exploits at school, she'd never heard Maya talk about a boy, "Is he your boyfriend?"

"Gross Davina!" Maya's nose wrinkled as she made a face in disgust, "He's my cousin!"

"Oh," Davina frowned, that was less exciting, "Is he like us? Can he do magic?" she perked up, she wasn't really allowed to talk to boys outside of the coven.

"No," Maya shook her head, "My magic comes from my father's side, Jeremy's my mom's sister's son, so he's just a regular human."

"That knows about magic now!" Caroline cut in, "That vampire came for Maya while we were all out, and Maya, genius that she is, killed the vampire with magic in front of him!"

"There was literally nothing else that could be done!" Maya replied.

"How old is he? Can I meet him? How much does he know? Has he seen you do other spells? Has he met your vampire friends?"

"Whoa calm down D, one question at a time!" Maya laughed, "He's 14, I will ask him if he wants to meet you, he knows pretty much everything Caroline knows I guess," she looked over at her blonde friend, who just shrugged in response, "I've done a couple of spells for him, but he keeps trying to get me to make his collectibles sentient, like that's just something I can do!" Davina laughed, he sounded like he was fun, "He's met Damon and Enzo, they had to come and get rid of the body."

"MAYA!" Maya's head snapped up as she heard her mother yell her name from downstairs.

"First name, you're fine," Davina dismissed.

"ALEXIS!"

"Second name," Caroline said, "Could be an issue."

"SOMMERS!"

"Third name you are in deep shit." Davina said, having heard the older woman even through the webcam and mic.

"HOW DARE YOU NOT TELL ME THAT JEREMY KNOWS ABOUT YOU!"

"Awe shit," Maya looked mildly terrified, she'd never been tripled named before, "I'll call you later D, that is if I'm not dead!"

Klaus arrived at the scene of a couple of younger wolves, in their teens no doubt, gathering around Liam and Luna, "Let us try it out!" one of the teens said, holding their hand out to Liam. "It's not even a full moon, we just want to see!"

"I said no!" Liam exclaimed, "It's not for you, and it won't work on you!"

"Bullshit!" One of the older teens commented, "If it works for you, it'll work for us! We're a pack, we share everything!" the older boy came closer and tried to take the ring off of Liam's finger, but was zapped by the spell that Maya had put on it. "Ah!" The teen shook his hand, his palm had a very clear burn on it, "What was that?!"

"I see you've discovered the anti-theft spell I had my witch place on these rings," Klaus said, making himself known and the teens backed up in fear, they'd all been told by their parents who the vampire was, "This may be a pack, but I know for a fact that stealing is not allowed, no matter what." He growled, letting his vampire show through, "If I catch you bothering the little ones again, I'll demonstrate the punishment for theft in my time, here's a hint, it involved the loss of a limb." He made to lunge at them and the teens ran off in fear.

Klaus straightened and felt Luna tug at his jeans, "Yes little one?"

"Did you really cut off people's hands?" she asked.

Klaus raised a brow, "Maybe, why do you want a history lesson?"

"…Yes," she said finally, she was curious about Klaus, "But I'm hungry now."

"Then run along and get something to eat," he dismissed.

"But I'm sooo hungry! What if I faint?" she clutched at his leg tighter and pretended to be dizzy.

"You remember three months ago, when you wouldn't let me near you?" Klaus asked, the girl clearly wanted to be picked up. She looked at him with wide innocent eyes and Klaus sighed, "Bloody hell," he muttered, picking her up, he settled her on his side.

"Don't forget Liam!" she cried.

Klaus rolled his eyes and looked down at the young boy, he still wasn't up to a healthy weight, Liam tried not to look like he wanted to be picked up as well, but he was a child who missed his parents, Klaus was the closest thing he had left. "Fine," Klaus muttered, but pointed a finger at them both first, "You tell no one of this, are we clear?" When both children nodded, Klaus lifted Liam, putting him on his back and then whooshed towards the communal area the pack usually ate food in.

Kol was sat in his study pouring over his mother's grimoire, the one she'd put Klaus's curse in, he'd come up with a few ideas on how to avoid activating the failsafe, but he couldn't be certain of any of them without the help of Freya, this was blood magic, and could only be broken by a witch of Esther's bloodline. Sighing as he thought about his older sister, he stiffened as there was a knock on his door, and it opened, "Kol?" Freya asked, "May I come in?"

He looked over at her, he couldn't sense Finn nearby, the two siblings seeming to lose a touch of their closeness the longer Finn obsessed over stopping Nik, "That depends, are you here to try to convince me to join you and Finn in your belief that Nik should never be free of mother's curse?"

Freya sighed and walked inside, closing the door firmly behind her so that if Finn or Sage came back, they wouldn't hear her, "I don't believe that he shouldn't be free Kol," she said, "I just…I hate our mother for what she did to me! Undoing something that she's still trying hard to keep intact, that would be something that I have no problem doing. But you and Niklaus have me on a leash, what am I supposed to do? Help when you've tied me down."

"Technically you wouldn't even know about the leash if you hadn't have attacked Nik," Kol replied flippantly, "It was put there to stop you from attacking us, I mean, we have no idea who you are, not really. We'd have to be stupid to blindly trust you."

Freya nodded, "I understand that, but how can I trust you and Niklaus? All I know about my younger brother is that he is a violent psychopath, and I've seen it. How can you want to help him after what he's done to you?"

Kol let out a small laugh, "If you'd been listening that night, you would know that each member of our family has done terrible things to one another. We all hurt each other, but we're immortal, Niklaus is my brother, am I supposed to hate my brother for eternity? This is the first time since we became vampires that we haven't had to run, we can be ourselves without fear. I want to know who my brother is without the constant fear of death hanging over him. Can you understand that?"

All it took was another month for anarchy to descend, the second full moon that the children lived through without changing caused a massive ripple effect throughout the pack. On the one side was the Alpha, an advocate for the traditional way of the werewolf that had endured since the beginning of their existence. On the other the Beta, who wanted to elevate the pack's status among every other werewolf out there, he wanted moonlight rings for everyone, and he wanted his pack to be rid of Klaus. But then there were the younger members, they didn't get a say in what went down in the pack, and they didn't really know who Klaus was, all they'd heard was stories of a violent vampire, who made his enemies tremble in fear, and yet, they'd seen nothing of the sort. Sure they'd caught glimpses of his temper, but nothing that scared them, nothing that was out of the ordinary for a werewolf, plus there was a rumour going around the pack that soon Klaus would be able to turn werewolves into Hybrids. They wouldn't just be able to stop being forced to change, they would have double the strength of a vampire, with access to their deadly venom, and for some of them, that sounded like heaven, they would be at the top of the supernatural food chain, they wouldn't have to constantly stay on the move, they could finally put down roots, have lives outside of the pack.

Liam and Luna trailed behind Klaus as he walked through the pack territory, everyone had been summoned for a meeting by the Beta, of course Klaus hadn't been included in the summoning, but the children were a part of the pack, so he accompanied them to the gathering. He had a feeling that the meeting would breakdown fairly quickly and he wasn't about to let either of the small children get caught up in the fight…he'd deal with that feeling later. He watched as the wolves argued amongst one another, throwing insults and rules and traditions in each other's faces, some even bold enough to mention him by name…those wolves he'd punish when he became Alpha.

"ENOUGH!" the Beta, Daniel, yelled, "THE ALPHA DOESN'T RUN THINGS ANYMORE, HE COWERS BEFORE A VAMPIRE! TAKES HIS CUES FROM ONE WHO ISN'T EVEN PART OF THIS PACK! I CHALLENGE YOU FOR THE RIGHT TO RULE!"

Connor growled, "YOU THINK YOU CAN RULE?! YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?!" He entered the loosely formed circle of wolves, "MY BLOODLINE HAS ALWAYS RULED! I WILL KILL YOU!"

"I CHALLENGE YOU!" Daniel shouted again, before charging at Connor.

"Is Connor going to lose?" Liam asked Klaus, "I can't pledge to Daniel, he won't be a good Alpha." Daniel only thought about the present, he didn't think about the consequences to his actions, he'd lead the pack into ruin.

"It's doubtful," Klaus replied quietly, in truth he wasn't worried for the fate of the Alpha at all, Connor was the superior specimen, stronger, faster, there was no way that Daniel could win without help, and if he had help, his challenge would be forfeit. "He won't be able to win without assistance."

What Klaus neglected to mention was the fact that Daniel did have help, he could smell the wolves that had attacked Damon spread out in the group, along with a few others, they'd taken over the front of the circle, in place to prevent anyone from stopping them when they interfered. The battle between the Alpha and Beta had started out fairly evenly, they trained together, they knew each other's moves, but it quickly became apparent that Connor had both the strength and size advantage. The Alpha was winning when the Beta's men attacked, three of them rushed Connor, attacking from every angle, it was a bloodbath, other members of the pack tried to get involved, but it appeared that the Beta had amassed quite a following and they were keeping them at bay.

"Klaus!" Liam exclaimed, grabbing his sister and latching on to the vampire, "What's happening?"

Klaus frowned, he wasn't expecting such a large reaction, he hadn't realised exactly how many wolves the Beta had on his side, he snatched the children up and whooshed them away from the fight, he set them high up in a tree, "Stay here, keep your sister safe, don't come down for anyone but me, understand?"

Liam nodded and Klaus whooshed back to the fight, he arrived just in time to see Connor held down by two wolves and killed by the Beta. Cary cried out when he saw his father die and got taken down by some of the Beta's lieutenants. "Sorry Cary, but the only way we stay in power is if the bloodline is gone, for good."

The Beta came up to the young man, he was the last of the Alpha bloodline, no other line had ruled the pack before, the Beta was about kill him when Klaus finally stepped in. Snapping the Beta's neck and the necks of the man and woman holding Cary, "ENOUGH!" Klaus yelled, his voice rising above all of the noise. He sped through the pack, separating the wolves as he went until everyone was still. "YOU ARE, ALL OF YOU, CHILDREN! You stand here, spitting and scratching like infants, and not one of you was able to stop the Beta from murdering your Alpha! Not a single one of you was able to save the last of the Alpha Bloodline!" he gestured to Cary, who in a very short time was bruised and bloody, "You had to leave that up to me! Well let me make one thing clear to all of you! You have no Alpha, you have no Beta! All you have left is me. This pack belongs to me now, and if any of you have a problem with that you can leave, this is your once chance, because I do not take insubordination lightly!"

The pack was silent, Klaus wasn't a wolf, but they could feel the power radiating off of him, and technically, he'd killed the one who killed their Alpha. Most of them shifted from foot to foot, uncertain as to what they should do, while a few others, those who had been loyal to Daniel or Connor, Klaus didn't know, pulled away from the group.

"We won't bow to vampire!" one of them spit out.

"Then you best leave, before I kill you," Klaus said, frighteningly calm, "But know this, I come across you again, I won't be so pleasant." The veins under his eyes raised and the vampire came to the surface with his rage.

Several of the wolves left at that, they could not, and would not, be ordered around by a vampire pretending to be a wolf, Klaus Mikaelson had no right being the Alpha of a pack, and any that followed him were idiots, or at least that was the thinking.

Klaus sneered at their retreating forms before he turned to those who remained, "Bury the dead, and pack your things, we leave tomorrow." He stalked off to retrieve the two children he'd kept safe from harm, pulling them down from the tree he'd kept them in, he set them on their feet and directed them to their tent, "Gather anything that is important to you, we're leaving soon."

"Klaus?" Luna asked, "What happened? Do we have a new Alpha?"

"Yes," Klaus replied, "I'm the Alpha, now run along, there's still much to be done," he gestured for them to leave as he saw Cary and few other young wolves head in his direction.

"Klaus," Cary said, holding his ribs tightly with one arm, while the other dangled uselessly at his side, "The others want to know where we're going, we've never moved without a plan before."

"Arizona," Klaus replied, "I have an estate there with plenty of land, we could all use some warm weather and time to decide how to move forward."

Cary nodded and motioned for his companions to go, they would spread the word around camp, "Klaus," he hesitated for a moment, "Why did you save me?" he asked, "You could have let Daniel kill me, and then there would be no other that could claim this pack as theirs."

Klaus's eyes snapped to Cary's, the younger man holding back a flinch, "My father's blood runs through your veins Cary, it might surprise you to learn that that means something to me. Family is important, no matter where it comes from." Klaus made to move to his own tent, it was next to Liam and Luna's, having being put there for their safety, "Get yourself seen to, you'll be no use to anyone if you can't move that arm."

"So how are things going with Originals?" Jenna asked her daughter, the two of them having lunch together, with no one else around.

"They're good," Maya said, she and her mother had a weekly lunch, where they could catch up on anything that they missed, "The pack has settled in Arizona with Nik, things are a little 'touch and go' for him there, but he's a vampire, they're wolves, there was always bound to be some tension.

"And Kol?" Jenna asked, "What's going on there? You two are always on the phone to one another, talking…texting…"

"Oh gross mom! There's nothing going on with us! He's my magic teacher, that's all! Besides, he's pumping me for information on Caroline, he's totally trying to get into her pants."

"Caroline!" Jenna exclaimed, "She's not falling for it is she? Because that man is clearly a player, in fact he probably invented the term!"

Maya laughed and nodded, taking a sip from her drink, "Probably, but no Care's not giving him the time of day, I think that's why he likes her so much, she's not 'falling for his charms'."

"Well you make sure he knows that if he messes with her, he's going to have me to deal with!"

"He's a thousand-year-old vampire mom, I doubt you scare him."

"No, but all he has to know is that I'll sick my daughter on him! My kid's pretty powerful."

"She is, is she?" Maya smiled, she loved being able to just sit with her mother and enjoy their time together, lately it felt that all she was doing was putting out one supernatural fire after the other. It was nice to get back to normal. "How do you know she could take him?"

"It's just a feeling I have," Jenna shrugged, returning the smile, "She's kind of a badass, I'm very proud of her."

Maya beamed at the compliment, "Well I can tell you that she has never been more grateful to have such a badass role model in her mother." And that was the truth, Jenna had done what very few women in their small town could do. She had a daughter at the age of seventeen, and instead of giving it up, or having her parents raise the child, Jenna had taken the responsibility in stride. She hadn't cared how it had made her look to the town, she finished high school, worked two jobs so that she could pay for all of baby Maya's needs, and scraped together enough to pay for her own college education, refusing to let a teen pregnancy stand in the way of her hopes and dreams.

"So, if it's not Kol, then it has to be Klaus," Jenna said, "Damon mentioned that on your last meet up there was definitely some flirtatious looks, and feels."

"Oh my- Mom! I am not talking about this with you!"

"Aha! So I was right!"

"So quick question, not that I don't absolutely love the fact that we're moving to town so that we can be close to Maya," Enzo started, "But why are we moving all of a sudden?"

"You mean why is she suddenly cool to let me of all vampires hang around town in a more permanent fashion?" Damon responded.

"Well yes," Enzo zipped up his suitcase, he'd already packed several bags, Mystic Falls being in the middle of nowhere, he wasn't about to suffer the loss of some of his favourite things.

"She said that she had a feeling that I needed to come to town, she doesn't want anyone to know that we're there yet, but she wanted us close. And you know what that means?" he asked excitedly.

"You finally get an invite-"

"I finally get an invite into the big house!" Damon cheered, cutting Enzo off, "Jenna's been keeping me out on purpose, but now, now! She has no choice but to let me in!" It had been a running joke with all of them that Damon was not allowed in the house, Maya said that as far as invite privileges went, only Jenna was allowed to offer them, because she was the only human. That of course meant a very pouty Damon, never allowed in the house, whilst Enzo got to bask in the warmth of the home. But now, Jenna had to let him in, and he couldn't wait to start annoying her.

"You may want to hold off on annoying Jenna, I'm sure she'll get Maya to find a way to uninvite you."

"Bullshit, can't be done!" Damon replied, picking up his one suitcase and handing it off to the compelled help.

"If anyone could figure out how to do it, Maya could."

Damon paused for a moment before shaking his head, "She wouldn't, she loves me too much, she said so herself."

"What?!" Enzo asked, head snapping up to look at the older vampire, "When did she say that?! I demand to have the exact date and time!"

"Just face it Enzo, you are no longer the only vampire that she loves!" Damon wiggled his eyebrows and dodged a flying shoe Enzo sent his way.

"Shut up Damon!"

"Hah!" he whooshed out of the room, but not before calling out, "Won't be long before she's saying that to Nik!"

Growling, Enzo chased after him, "You take that back!"

"No!" Damon laughed, it was always so easy to rile Enzo up when it came to the Siphon.

"Damn it!" Enzo tried to catch Damon, but the older vampire was faster than him, "I hate you!"

"You love me," Damon replied.

"No I hate you!" Enzo called, not seeing the other man anywhere.

Damon appeared right in front of him with a smirk, "You love me," he said again, this time leaning forward and pressing his lips to Enzo's.

The younger vampire responded almost immediately, a hand in Damon's hair, bringing him in closer and deepening the kiss, "Okay," Enzo whispered, lips barely leaving Damon's, "I love you."

"I love you too," Damon said, tearing Enzo's shirt off and pushing him back towards the bedroom, so what if they'd be late for their flight? This was a long time coming, and Damon planned to give Enzo everything he deserved.

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