Well, I have finally finished Chapter 9. The story has taken a new twist, one I myself was not expecting. I hope you all like it.

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Chapter 9: Power

After a few weeks in the past, I finally started to adjust and I thought about it a lot. Klaus's past is now my present and I was stuck in it for good. So many things about this place have gone through my head, like if I were to kill Klaus right away, I would have to hide out for about six months before I could get home. There was no point in doing that, I should focus on finding weak point among the family, get them all to trust me. Plus, I have a magic lesson with Ester, I wonder how it will go.

I descended the stairs to see everyone up and at the table finishing breakfast. I was the last one to wake up, again. I laughed to myself, any normal family wouldn't all be awake this early on a Saturday, but I shrugged and took my seat. There was enough food left for me, but only if I grabbed it before any of the boys had to chance to claim it as their seconds. Henrik and Kol both gave me pouting looks after I grabbed the last piece of bread from the bowl and shoved it in my mouth. Rebekah chuckled as I finished eating her mother started explaining everyone's schedule.

"Henrik, you're going to go to the Iroquois' village out by the east river and pick up those letters left by your father, it's only half a day's journey by horse. I have packed a sack of everything you need, it's by the door, so hurry up." She told her youngest child. He acted like he was about to complain, but then changed his mind and sighed. Henrik stepped outside, but not without one last bite of food, then went to fetch his horse. Once he was on his way, Ester started up again.

"Kol, the Smallwood's need and extra pair of hands, and I said you would end yours, off you go." She told him as she began picking up plates.

"Great, just what I wanted to do with my day." Kol answered with feigned enthusiasm, and also exited the house. I heard Klaus try to muffle his laughter from across the table, and I smiled to myself as well. Then Ester again started up with who was doing what.

"Rebekah, I need you to go to the orchard, I've arranged for so fruit to be ready to be picked up when you get there. Also, Ayanna needs some help collecting some herbs." Rebekah stood up and nodded, she gave my hand a squeeze like she was saying good bye, then left. Ester next went over to a desk, and pulled out a sheet of paper.

"Niklaus, I need you to go to Arisa's shop, here is the list of the things I need." She smiled as if she knew something most people didn't. "Please get the best price you can." She said as she handed him the piece of paper and a small sack of coins. Klaus flashed a devious little smile with the final sentence, then stood and left as well.

"Finn, Elijah, hunting." The last two boys looked at each other and laughed, then headed out. Finally after everyone was gone, Ester turned to me. I glanced up at her, as I finished the last of my food. She took my hand and led me to the back yard, which was rather small because of the encroaching trees of the woods that surrounded the village. Though there was a large blanket lying out on the grass, and she led me to sit. There were quite a few herbs and a couple of candles spread across it that I looked through as I sat. Slowly I looked around and I knew my lesson was about to begin.

"Now, magic is very unpredictable, and temperamental. If you're not completely focused it can backfire on you. You shouldn't jump into practicing magic unless you're prepared to dedicate yourself to it."

Here I am, with the Original Witch asking if I wanted to dedicate myself to magic. Ok, in a way I'm an assassin from the future, completely out of my element. I am barely getting by as it is in this time, and now she's asking if I want to pile on more stuff to worry about. This was too much to handle. If I told Ester that I didn't want to learn magic, what would happen? What would happen if I told her I did? The truth was I was scared, scared of what would happen, what else could go wrong. I'd seen what happened to Bonnie when she got too involved with magic, she has risked herself, for everyone, because of everything that had happened. Yes, it would be really cool. She had a kind of power I could only dream of having, but I knew there was some sacrifices that would come with these powers, consciences. And was I willing to risk the pain that Bonnie had gone through for the power I might gain? And would this all conflict with the original reason I was sent here? My mission to stop the Originals from terrorizing my time, and all the years before it, would learning magic help, or interfere with it? I had to think of the good and bad sides of this. The bads were distraction, like I didn't have enough of those, or getting too into magic. Ok, good, getting close to the Original Witch, learning more about the spell that she will use, use magic as an advantage in my mission. In the circumstance the good outweigh the bad. Though one thing was still bothering me, how much would what I gain cost me in the end?

I had to make a choice, and if I didn't now, the opportunity wouldn't come again, I was sure of that. I only had so much time, I might as well try to get the upper hand as much as I could. I looked into Ester's eyes, and I was startled to see that they were filled with a warm compassion. She somehow saw the choice I was battling with. She had been so closed and distant when I first came, but ever since the fire she has changed. She seemed to see me in a different light, like I was a whole new person. Like I was slowly becoming a part of her family.

I had to take a risk, a chance, if I was going to learn anything more. The confidence that I had before was slipping away, but something told me I was doing the right thing. I looked back at Ester and tried to smile. She returned my quivering attempt, and brought her hands out for me to clasp. When I did my eyelids slammed shut, I had no control. It felt like I was floating, in some sort of nothingness, no light, no ground. All I could do was follow the hands I was holding from the direction they came.

It felt like I had no senses, no sight, sound, smell, taste or touch. All I had was a gut feeling telling me what to do. The hand I was holding suddenly slipped my grasp, and my fingers and toes started tingling until soon, I couldn't feel them at all. A breeze of fear soon crept through me. Slowly I couldn't feel my arms and legs, and my stomach learched. My will was fading from the fear, the unknown, and I collapsed to the non-existent floor.

I was startled when a bright light laminated the air. It was ethereal and alien, glowing in a harsh, bright tone. The light seemed to be only a few yards away, and it was like a floating ball, of abnormal light, constantly moving in some direction or another. I reached out my hand for it, as it twisted and turned, and surged with power.

As my fingers came inches from its surface, it stopped moving, though it was still floating in mid-air. I brought myself closer to it, and brought up my hands as if they were holding it up.

"What is this?" I asked even though there was no one around to answer. Once my fingers touched the surface it seemed to solidify, and soon appeared to be a crystal ball. The crystal started to flash, with colors I had never seen let alone be able to name. Once the ball touched the palm of hands I felt power, the raw power that was surging through it. It was similar to the power of the white oak, but so much more powerful, the source. This was the power that nature granted those who obey. This power was so much greater than what Bonnie had ever held, this is what Ester tapped into to change her family, and the reason she came back to take it away. The power that was here was a life force of its own, life and death, right and wrong. It was here to keep the world in balance, and it seemed to approve of me. It saw everything, and saw why I was here. I could see a face when I looked into it, and it seemed to smile, all I could do was quiver, shake in fear, in acknowledgement. Once again my hands started tingling but from a different cause, the ball was releasing some of its magic, giving it to me. Yet, I was receiving more than just power, I was receiving knowledge, learning to understand.

I closed my eyes and suddenly it felt like I was falling, falling back to the earth, back to the ground. The hands that I once was holding seemed to return to my grasp, and my eyes flew open. I was sitting on a blanket in the back yard of the Mikaelson's home, and Ester was sitting across from me, with a pleased smile covering her face.

I couldn't figure out why she was smiling, I was still confused of how I left and came back here. She continued to smile, and she motioned for me to look around. I did and I saw that all the rocks and herbs in the yard were floating, as were the candles, though they each had a burning flame.

"How?" I heard come out of my mouth, though Ester just chuckled.

"Breathe, calm down, and will for everything to come back to its previous position." She responded. I didn't understand what she meant by willing things to do stuff but I did take a deep breath and tried to calm down. I closed my eyes and with all the strength I had, which was surprisingly more than I thought, I told everything to return to how it had been, and when I opened my eyes again, everything was back to the way it was when I first sat down.

I burst out laughing. I felt different, nothing like the power I had as a vampire, but I felt like I was at peace, and harmony, and all I could do was laugh. Ester smiled at me, with a proud gleam in her eyes.

Then the ruckus came, shouting coming from the street and I ran, with Ester on my tail, to the front of the house to see what was going on. There was a fight, and it was not at all what I expected.

a/n: Well I hope you all liked this chapter, please tell me what you think, or if you have any questions/suggestions. I'm stilling trying to find a place to have a scene with Finn and Elijah, any help?

Thanks for reading my story.

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