A/N: This was written at the end of Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries and before any showing of The Originals. So this will obviously not follow any storyline set following that timeframe.

Disclaimer: L.J. Smith is the creator of the characters and I own nothing.

CHAPTER 4

Elijah was already a step ahead of Klaus on locating the whereabouts of Rebekah. In fact he had been trying to keep tabs on her when she left the estate two days ago. She hadn't responded to any of his messages. So he set off immediately for Joseph's bar, her most recent suitor with whom she had been spending every moment with over the past four months.

Joseph worked in a small dark hole in the wall at the corner of Oak and Hillary. Not an establishment that Elijah would enjoy spending time in. He quickly spotted who he was looking for, when at the same instant Joseph noted him and ran into the back kitchen. Elijah practically laughed aloud before moving with vampire speed to stop the human from running away down the back ally.

"Did you really think that was going to work on me Joseph?"

"What do you want Elijah? If this is about Rebekah, I cannot help you. I haven't seen her since the party. I figured that was you or Klaus' doing."

He suddenly grabs Joseph by the throat squeezing his hand tightly, "I don't imagine my dear sister is far away however, not when she thinks so highly of you. So you will give her a message for me. Tell her we need her to come home. No more running. Her family needs her."

Joseph eyes grow wide, gasping for air while ineffectively pawing at Elijah's arms. "Let him go, brother." Rebekah says aloud as she walks out of the shadows.

Elijah turns to see his sister standing next to him in the ally and releases his grip letting Joseph fall to the ground as he continues gasping for breath. "Rebekah. Why haven't you returned my messages. I've been looking for you."

"I am not going back with you, not to help him." Rebekah rushes to Joseph's side and lifts up his head into her lap to make sure he is going to be ok, "Why are you always on his side? He hasn't done anything but make your life difficult."

"There are no sides, little sister, only family. And of that we are only one. I work to keep us together. Come back with me. There is much to discuss," he reaches his arm out to her. "I promise you that it was Niklaus that sent me to find you, he wants you home as well."

By now Joseph has recovered enough to stand and rest against the wall. Rebekah takes Elijah's hand and standing up she responds with suspicion, "Funny, that wasn't the impression I had when we last met."

—-

Caroline woke from her nap, feeling lazy and overall fatigued. A giant smile grew across her face as she remembered the the evening. She looked over to the other side of the bed to find Klaus watching her amused, "Good dreams?"

"Mmmmm… hmmmm" Caroline nodded in agreement as she moves closer toward him and begins placing a line of kisses along his bare chest. "I believe you had something to do with that."

He reaches down and gently places his hands on her chin before guiding her upward and meeting her lips in a kiss. Suddenly flipping her onto her back, with vampire reflexes, so that Klaus is straddling her body and leaning over. Twirling her blond curls between his fingers. "Good, because the day is still young, and we are not finished." His lips move first to her chest as her arms wrap around his back. Speaking between kisses, "Caroline… you have… bewitched me." Meanwhile his hands slide down her naked body.

Until the interruption of knocking and the sound of the door opening as someone enters the room, "Niklaus, excuse the interruption. But a word, please. It is time sensitive." Elijah stood in the room calmly.

Caroline watches Klaus' face as within seconds his demeanor changes, he clenches his teeth and his eyes narrow. "WHAT DO YOU WANT BROTHER?"

Elijah continued, "The Molineux family are presently waiting downstairs."

Klaus climbs out of bed, not showing any hesitation being nude in front of his brother. Before grabbing his discarded clothes and dressing. Caroline hugs the bedding to her chest, covering herself as she sat up questioning, "They are here? Now?"

For the first time since entering the room, Elijah turns his attention toward her, "Yes Caroline. And they are asking for you."

Caroline jumps out of bed, suddenly immodest to her lack of clothing, before dressing again. Bloodlust entering her eyes, "Good, because this ends now," as she suddenly darted toward the door.

Klaus being faster, stops her midway and pins her against the wall. "They are much older and stronger then you. And we already have seen that they have a way of getting into your pretty head. No. We do this my way." He releases her, "and that means, you stay here."

Anger and disbelief filled her face, "NO WAY. This is my life they have been fucking up the last twenty years." She pushes him ineffectively away, "I will NOT sit this out."

To be honest, Klaus was grateful for her anger and rejection of the plan, he wouldn't have expected anything else. "Alright then, but you remain silent."

Caroline glares back at him, but agrees. Both the brothers and Caroline leave the room to meet their guests.

—-

Elijah and Klaus enter the room, Caroline walks in behind them and stands near the older Mikaelson. She surveys the room and finds two individuals; one with long auburn hair standing by the window looking at some item on a table and the other seated on the leather couch wearing a suit.

"Aldric, Lianna, funny to see you here, what brings you to New Orleans?" Klaus remarks as he walks through the door and approaches the man at the couch.

The gentleman stands up and smiles, "Bonjour, mon ami. Il a été un long temps."

Klaus goes to pour two drinks and hands one to Aldric, "I believe it was in the court of Louis XIV, must have been at a party, they all blend together then. I may have let a few words slip. Hope it didn't go too badly for you," Klaus smirks and takes a drink.

Aldric purses his lips and pauses before turning it into a large smile and laughs, "Of course not, I am not one to hold a grudge lasting four hundred years." He then returns to sitting on the couch sipping from his drink.

Then without saying anything, Lianna walks through and approaches Klaus, she pauses for a moment while staring into his eyes and then quickly slaps him across the face. She then turns her back and walks to join her brother.

"My sister however, may still be a little upset."

Klaus' eyes briefly gleam yellow, "Lianna, you better be careful. I've daggered my own dear sister for less then that."

Aldric sits up, "And where is dear dear Rebekah. I was hoping we would have a chance to catch up."

"I doubt Rebekah would want anything to do with you. No matter she is no longer in the city."

"Funny, I thought I saw her earlier today around Oak and Hillary. No matter." It is then that Aldric notices Caroline. He stands up and walks over to her, getting very close and running the back of his hand down her smooth white cheek, admiring as if she were a piece of art. "I am so happy we finally get a chance to meet Caroline. I've been watching you for so long, I feel as if we are old friends."

Caroline pulls back and her eyes turn dark when his hand strokes her face, "Get away from me creep." And she tosses his hand away from her.

Aldric smiles and leans in toward her ear and whispers, "Time for that later then. But I will say that I have enjoyed the years with you, and the dreams."

Klaus tenses and his eyes briefly gleam yellow as he watches the interaction between Caroline and Aldric, holding his hands in a fist at his side. Interrupting loudly, "why are you here Aldric?"

Aldric slowly moves away from Caroline and returns to be near his sister. "Since we are old friends. Lianna and I wanted to give you a choice. You and your family can use the white oak stake on yourselves or we can kill you and your siblings."

Klaus suddenly lunges toward Aldric, planning to rip out his heart now and be done with it. But is forcefully stopped unable to go any further, frozen in position. Klaus is able to look around and see that Elijah and Caroline are also stuck to their spot.

"Oh yes, I forgot to mention. We have a little help. I am graciously giving you twenty four hours to comply, after that I will be forced to intervene." Aldric and Lianna then stand and walk toward the door. He pauses as he passes next to the frozen Caroline. "So pretty, I can see why he is attracted to you. Thank you for being so helpful during this process. I really could not have done it without you." He then leans in and kisses her softly on the cheek. Before leaving the room and moments later the building.

Once they have left the compound Klaus, Elijah and Caroline are released from their frozen positions. Caroline immediately wipes at her face. "UGH… who does that creep think he is?"

Klaus immediately jumps into action. "Elijah, just where is Rebekah?"

"I last saw her with Joseph earlier today, at the bar on Oak and Hillary."

"Get her here now. And bring me Circe," he growls as he storms out of the room.

Elijah leaves moments later onto his tasks. Leaving Caroline once again alone. She slowly leaves to go search out where Klaus went to.

She found him in his room staring at the wall lost in thought. He turned toward her, suddenly eyes gleaming yellow and rushes toward her, "How did you help him? What did you tell him?" Holding her in place by his iron grasp on her wrist.

"I never saw him until today, remember? I haven't told him anything. I didn't even know this was to do with you until I got here."

He let her go and went to pace around the room. He hates feeling uncertain of the outcome, of not having the upper hand. Worst yet Klaus was coming to the realization how strong his emotions are when Aldric was near Caroline. How he almost lost control then.

Caroline's eyes are full of concern as she looks at him and walks toward him, she places her hand to his face. "We will figure this out. Don't we always?" He takes a deep breath and she smiles encouragingly to him attempt to calm down, "Now how did they manage that crazy freezing trick?"

"We know he has some powerful witch working with him. Let us just hope mine is stronger."

—

Two hours later Caroline walks into the family living room where Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah were already in a discussion. The witch Circe is also present in the room but in the far corner. Caroline slinks toward the back of the room, the opposite from Circe and sits down in a chair trying to catch up on the conversation she walked in on.

"Their witch or witches must have a strong link to achieve that amount power. Here in our city, most likely means St. Louis," reported Elijah.

"Brother, may I ask the whereabouts of the elusive white oak stake," questioned Rebekah as she look toward Klaus.

"Rest assured it is in a safe location sister."

Circe appearing to ignore the conversation sat on the floor and threw the bones repeatedly. Pausing every time to read them with her hands.

"The pretty blond young one has more to tell," Circe mutters to no one in particular after the last throw of bones. "Although she doesn't know what she does."

The three Mikaelson's look toward Caroline, and Rebekah rushes toward her and pins her down in her chair, "What are you not telling us?"

"I don't know what you mean. I have told your brothers everything." Caroline answers without taking her eyes off of Rebekah.

"Caroline tell me what your dealings with Aldric and Lianna have been regarding," her pupils contract as she attempts compels her.

Caroline pushes her away, "Not going to work, I've been taking vervain for years. And I told you, I don't know what they are talking about. Or what this witch is going on about."

Klaus walks over to Circe, who is still reading the bones. "What more can you tell us?"

"You will find their witch in the cemetery. But you will not be able to take her alone, she is strong. But you must find a way if you wish to overtake the siblings. The young pretty one has strong blood. Different from yours. She can do it."

Caroline walks over to Circe, "You mean the all powerful original family can't touch their super witch, but I can? You must have some death wish with my name on it. I don't believe that for a second."

Circe looks up and stares at Caroline with her black eyes, "The bones don't lie pretty one."

Klaus takes Caroline by the shoulders and leads her toward the corner of the room. "Your witch has it out for me. You don't believe her do you?"

"I don't have many other options on the table, sweetheart."

"What do you expect me to do? Walk into the cemetery and go all Buffy on them? Do you even have a plan? Because as it stands, this isn't all that promising."

"Of course I do. The plan is that you, Elijah and I will head to the cemetery. Rebekah will stay with Circe and try to find more information."

"And then…"

"And then we stop this witch."

"That was what I was afraid of."

—

Twelve hours have passed since the Molineux family have started their threats, the sun has since set in the sky. Caroline has followed Klaus and Elijah to St. Louis cemetery and is walking around the vaults. Cemeteries always give Caroline the creeps, she never had an issue about ghosts in the past, but that was before she found out all this supernatural stuff is real. Now she feels like cemeteries are best avoided.

Elijah leads them to a small tomb in cemetery number one, before stopping and pointing ahead. Looking forward Caroline can make out shadows against the artificial light. Elijah holds his finger to his lips, indicating to her to stay quiet and continues to move forward. Still remaining hidden behind some tombs Caroline can now clearly make out the image of two adults. One kneeling on the floor chanting over a candle and the other standing further back.

Klaus suddenly rushes forward and twists the neck of the second figure, letting the body fall to the floor. Then stands over the witch. "This is too easy. Where are all your guards?"

The witch looks up, "I don't need guards to protect me." She stands and instantly Klaus and Elijah fall the ground both holding their heads and a small amount of blood dripping from their nose. Caroline can note a distant chanting voice, but whatever this witch is doing has not affected her.

Caroline rushes at the witch and approaches her from behind, placing a knife to her throat. "Whatever you are doing to them, I would prefer that you stop it."

The witch at first is surprised and then laughs, "I've been waiting for you, Caroline. Although someone must be helping you this time."

Caroline looks confused, "What is with all the crazy witches around here. You are the one with a knife to your neck. Stop hurting them. NOW." She presses the knife more firmly against the common carotid artery of her neck.

The witch lowers her hands and Caroline can see Klaus relax begin to recover.

Caroline keeps her pressure, "Now tell me what is going on here?"

Just then Klaus gets up and lunges at the witch, "No, now it is time for her to die." And he is about to twist her neck. Caroline quickly pushes the witch away from his reach. "NO… Info first."

Klaus is about to lunge at her again, before Elijah stops him. "Caroline is right. We need to hear out what this witch has to say."

Once released, the witch can control her powers and both Klaus and Elijah are again dropping to the floor.

"Will you stop doing that!" Caroline says in frustration as she heads toward the witch.

The witch looks at Caroline slightly from the corner of her eye but otherwise maintains contact on the brothers, "I do not understand why you are not affected. But no matter." By then the witches vampire body guard had awoken from his broken neck and has crept up on Caroline and twisted her neck.

With the witch's full attention on the Mickelson brothers, they too succumb to the pain that is being driven into their heads and become unconscious.

With all three down, the witch turns to her body guards. "Grab them, it is almost time."

—-

Back at the Mikaelson compound Rebekah has been keeping an eye on Circe. Who continues to throw her bones and every once in awhile chant something.

"Just like my brothers, to leave me here to babysit the child." Rebekah mutters under her breath.

Bored of watching the witch, Rebekah leaves to head to another room. When she hears something coming from the hallway. She turns to investigate. She enters her own room of the compound to find Lianna Molineaux standing there.

"Lianna, you shouldn't be here." Rebekah says surprised.

"I realize that. But I had hoped…" she rushed over to Rebekah and embraced her in a hug. "It has been so long."

Rebekah pushes her away, "You have to leave now. You and your crazy brother are trying to kill my family and I."

"NO, not you." Lianna protests. "Just your brothers. You are not part of it. I am here to save you. To give you your freedom from your brothers." She holds out her hands, "Come with me, my friend."

Rebekah quizzically looks to Lianna, "What are you talking about?"

"Help me find the stake. You can earn your freedom."

Rebekah paused, "Elijah has not done anything wrong. And I couldn't… betray Nik."

Lianna frowns, "But what have they done to help you? They haven't listened to you over the past thousand years, why do you think they will now? You are better off without them. Kill them and you will be free to do what you want."

Rebekah begins to walk toward Lianna, slowly as if you would walk toward a scared child. "Lianna, I will not kill my family. What are you and Aldric planning? Tell me."

Lianna begins to cry, "But I want you to be with me. Like the sisters we once were. You turned me to be your sister forever."

"Yes, and we had a lot of fun then. But you cannot ask this of me. Why don't we leave, just the two of us. It would be great fun, exploring again. No one will be able to stop us." Rebekah continues to move closer toward her friend.

Lianna looks up and reaches out to Rebekah and hugs her as she continues to cry. "Just like old times. My sister and I."

Rebekah feels an instant sudden pain piercing her back. Her eyes widen as she looks to Lianna for a moment, before falling to the floor. Standing behind Rebekah is Aldric who has plunged a dagger through her heart.

"Good thing I found that." He looks up at his sister. "Now lets find the white oak stake."

Lianna was about to protest, but then silently follows her brother.

—-

Circe was immediately aware of the arrival of the Molineux siblings into the Mickelson compound. She quickly reaches both arms out to her side and the doors and windows of the room shut and seal with magic. Sitting on the floor, leaning over her bones, she starts to chant repetitively. The unlit candles, instantly light and burn brightly.

Once the Mickelson mansion was empty of the vampire intruders. Circe threw the bones again to read them. Then standing up walks over to the burning candles and places her palms by the flames while continuing the spell.

A/N: I am so happy that you are enjoying my little story. This has been a fun challenge for me. I thank you for your encouragement.