Grace Mikaelson

-Chapter 4-

Girl in New Orleans

"Throughout the course of my life, I've encountered no shortage of those who would presume to speak of good and evil." Klaus is saying to Cami, but he's looking at a painting. I don't know what he's saying...

"Such terms mean nothing." Klaus continues. "People do what is in their best interest, regardless of who gets hurt. Is it evil to take what one wants? To satisfy hunger, even if doing so would cause another suffering. What some would call evil, I believe to be an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world."

"No offense, but I'm not following why you've invited me here." Cami says before she crouches down in front of me as I'm sitting on the floor, playing with colorful blocks. "Are you building a house?" She smiles at me.

"Uh-huh." I smile and nod.

"Because I enjoy your company." Klaus turns around and looks at her. "And I sense that you've the capacity for understanding someone of my complexity."

Cami stands back up and looks at him as he continues. "You see, I returned to New Orleans to investigate a threat posed against me. What I found was a little girl in need of protection. My brother, alway the do gooder, tried to manipulate me into helping her. He thought it might redeem me, trouble is, I've since learned that another young woman, a girl really, one with vast potential, held in captivity by a tyrant. I want to help both of them. Protect one, and free the other. So, tell me, Cami, does that sound evil to you?"

I pick up my teddy bear from off the floor and hug it tightly. I don't like evil, it sounds scary...

"I don't believe in evil as a diagnosis." Cami smiles and shakes her head. "I think you've unstable personal relationships, stress-related paranoia, chronic anger issues, fear of abandonment, I think you can benefit from talking to someone professionally."

"I think I prefer to talk to you." Klaus smiles at her before walking back to his table. "So, I'm going to offer you a job, as my stenographer."

"Okay, what are we writing?" Cami crosses her arms.

"My memoirs, of course." Klaus says before he sits down. "Someone should know my story. I never give us time to discuss other related subjects, like your handsome suitor, Marcel..."

"Excuse me, my private life..." Cami shakes her head.

"Your private life is, as it turns out, essential to my plans." Klaus interrupts her. "You see, Marcel wants you, and because of that, he will trust you, which serves me."

Klaus stands up and walks over to her before continuing. "The thing is, the French Quarter is on the verge of war. On the one side, there's me, and on the other, Marcel, along with a very powerful witch and an army of vampires."

"What?!" Cami sounds REALLY scared as Klaus quickly whooshes over to her.

"You're frightened, don't be." Klaus compels her.

There's a moment of silence before Cami frowns. "I'm not scared anymore..." She looks at Klaus. "That's amazing! How did you..."

"It's called compulsion." Klaus smiles. "It's a neat vampire trick, I'll tell you all about it." He says as he walks back to his seat. "But first, let's talk a little more about Marcel..."

Cami still doesn't look very comfy. I stand up and walk over to her. I pull on her arm. She looks down at me. "Are you okay?" My big blue eyes look up at her as I tilt my head up too.

"I... think... So..." Cami says, but she sounds as if she doesn't really know...

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"But I don't wanna!" My oval-heart shaped face pout whinily after Agnes tells me and Hayley to do something called a check-up.

"It's important." Agnes tells me.

"She's fine, Agnes." Hayley says. "She's vampire, werewolf, and witch. Honestly, what health problems can she possibly have?!"

"You're my only niece, Grace." Rebekah says as she walks into the room and picks me up off of the couch and into her arms. "And we're going to take good care of you."

I still remember that scary face I saw in my mind. I think Agnes is from the same place as that woman. "But I don't hurt anywhere." I whimper tearfully. "And I'm scared..."

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Rebekah tells me.

"And I know a great doctor out in the Bayou." Agnes says. "I even took the liberty of making an appointment for you. Tonight, after hours, just us. Vampires will never get word of it."

"Okay, fine." Hayley sighs loudly. "We'll take Grace to the Bayou children's doctor." She says before standing up and walking away...

Rebekah walks over to a computer and sits down with me on her lap before she starts doing something on the computer.

"Please, sister, tell me you're not still at it with the internet search." Klaus says as he walks into the room. "How does one begin anyway? Just type in anonymous attic?"

"Someone has to find Elijah." Rebekah says, not looking away from the computer. "Even if I have to search every bloody attic in New Orleans."

"Like looking for a needle in a rather large pile of needles." Klaus says.

"I remember details about the attic Marcel took me to." Rebekah says. "There were shutters on the windows behind Elijah's coffin."

"Well, that should narrow it down immensely." Klaus rolls his eyes as he walks over and picks me up off of Rebekah's lap and into his arms. "Myself, I prefer actual strategy as opposed to mind-numbing labor. Marcel's delay in returning our brother makes me suspect he's no longer in charge of the situation. If Davina's loyalty to Marcel is strained, perhaps the young witch will be open to discussing a new alliance."

"As usual, your power grabs are more important than rescuing your brother." Rebekah sounds annoyed.

"I prefer to think of it as killing two birds with one stone." Klaus smiles widely at her. "Rob Marcel of his secret weapon, bring our brother home."

Then, he turns to me. "Come, sweetheart, it's about time for lunch..."

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Agnes drives Hayley and I up to a small, lonely house. "This is the doctor's office?" Hayley raises an eyebrow.

"Dr. Page is only this far out because Marcel's men kept terrorizing her patients." Agnes says before smiling at me and Hayley. "Go on now."

Hayley sighs silently before she gets out of the car with me in her arms. I hug Hayley tightly. This place is scary. It's all dark and quiet...

I hear sounds from Agnes who's in the car with her cellphone. "Send him in now, and tell him to do it quickly..."

I feel goosebumps pop up my pale skin as something icy cold runs up my back. To do what quickly? Who's the him Agnes is talking about? I'm scared. I'm going to start crying soon...

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"Your heart rate is perfect." Dr. Page smiles at me widely after listening to my heart beats with her tool.

"Yes, well, she's a tough one." Hayley smiles back as I'm sitting on her lap. Dr. Page walks over to a table before Hayley speaks up again. "We're pretty much done here, right?" She sounds impatient.

"All Grace needs now are some immunization shots." Dr. Page says as Hayley's looking down at her cellphone. Dr. Page smiles silently as she walks out of the room to meet Agnes.

Just then, we hear a howling coming from outside. Hayley quickly stands up, picking me up with her. She takes me to the window with her before we hear the sound of a car stopping by outside.

Hayley looks a little nervous as Dr. Page walks back toward us with a smile. "Is something wrong?" I pull on her clothes to get her attention.

"I hope not." Hayley murmurs to me quietly before Dr. Page walks up to us.

"You know, Grace's not good with needle shots." Hayley tells her.

"Well, neither am I, truth be told. But I'll make it quick." Dr. Page chuckles before walking past us to the table just as three other men walks into the house. I don't know why, but I feel as if something scary is about to happen.

"Hayley..." I whimper quietly as I wrap my arms around her.

"We're going to make a run for it." She murmurs in my ear quietly as she hugs me.

Just then, Dr. Page walks back to us with a long needle in hand. Hayley quickly bumps her head with Dr. Page before my hand whooshes and grabs the needle in her hand and pokes the needle into her neck.

Dr. Page screams before falling to the floor. Mommy told me that I shouldn't hurt other people, but I REALLY don't like needles...

Hayley quickly runs and locks the room's door just as the three men start running towards us. I start crying a little as the men on the other side of the door are making loud noises as if they're going to break the door soon.

"Grace, can you get this window open?" Hayley asks quickly as she's trying to open a big window.

"I'll try." I sniffle and nod before I reach my arms out and pulls the window open. Hayley crawls out the window with me in her arms and starts running away just as the men opens the door loudly...

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It's dark and a little foggy and there are trees everywhere. This place is scary...

I hug Hayley tightly as we're hiding behind a tree. The three men from earlier runs past us carrying knives. "Hayley..." I whimper tearfully.

"Shh..." Hayley whispers into my ear. "We're going to get out of here."

Then, she quietly puts me down on the ground. "Stay here, I'm going to be right back..." She says before running off.

I gulp nervously as I listen hard. I can hear Hayley growling and her hitting someone with something as I hear the sound of people falling and groaning.

Everything becomes silent again as Hayley runs back to me and picks me back up. "Come on, we've to run!"

But just then, another scary man is walking towards us. Hayley backs up from him slowly before Rebekah suddenly whooshes behind him and snaps his neck.

"I've to say, I'm impressed." Rebekah pants to Hayley.

"How did you find us?" Hayley asks.

"Your text got me halfway. Vampire hearing did the rest." Rebekah says as she looks around. "Who are they?"

"Witches, warlocks, whatever..." Hayley sighs. "Grace was definitely their target."

I don't know what it means to be someone's target, but it sounds scary...

Just then, I hear many more footsteps coming towards us. "There are more of them." Rebekah says before looking at Hayley. "Take Grace and run!" She says before Hayley runs off with me still in her arms.

"If I had a dollar for every mess my family's gotten me into..." I hear Rebekah say before hearing her scream as she falls to the ground.

"Rebekah?" Hayley calls out worriedly as she puts me back down on the floor before she gasps loudly as she's shot with something.

Hayley falls to the floor, but her hand lands over my mouth and makes me lay on the floor too. "Shh..." She whispers to me quietly before her eyes close.

I quickly start crying as my something in my tummy feels like it's rolling up into a tight ball...

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I quiet down a little when I hear Rebekah coughing quietly. I stand up and whoosh over to her to see her pulling out two arrows that are stuck in her body before she sits up slowly. "Auntie Rebekah?" I cry and whimper quietly. "They hurt Hayley... I'm scared..."

Rebekah groans as she pushes herself to stand up before whooshing over to me. "Shh... Come here." She picks me up quietly. "Let's go take a look at Hayley."

"She's over there." I point a finger toward where Hayley is laying, but when Rebekah whooshes over, Hayley's gone...

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Rebekah's holding me in her arms as we're back in Dr. Page's house. Rebekah's staring at Dr. Page, who's still laying on the floor before we hear a quiet whooshing sound from behind us.

Klaus is standing by the door as he looks at us. "Wow, you abandoned your quest for power to help out your family." Rebekah doesn't sound happy to see him. "Having an off day?"

"Who attacked them, Rebekah?" Klaus asks.

"I don't know." Rebekah shakes her head.

"What do you mean, you don't know?" Klaus sounds a little angry as he walks closer to us. "And who killed their attackers?"

"I don't know." Rebekah says, sounding a little mad. "I had an arrow in my heart. When I woke up, Grace was crying and when we went to check on Hayley, someone took her seconds before us." She frowns before continuing. "If Hayley wasn't the one who killed their attackers, then..."

A howl from outside stops Rebekah from saying anymore as she and Klaus just look at each other. I tilt my head sadly. "Are we going to find Hayley?"

"Yes, darling." Rebekah almost smiles. "I think we are. In fact, perhaps her cousins will know where she is." She says before she rushes outside of the house with me still in her arms and Klaus behind her.

But just as we get out of the house, Hayley walks toward us. "Hayley, tell me what happened." Klaus says as he quickly walks over to her.

"I don't know." Hayley shakes her head quietly. "I can't remember."

"How did you escape?" Rebekah frowns. "You were all alone, unarmed, you would have been ripped to shreds."

"I think it was the wolf." Hayley sounds as if she doesn't really know either. "I think it was trying to protect me."

"The witches were supposed to protect Grace." Klaus growls a little angrily. "When I get my hands on Sophie Devereaux..."

"It wasn't Sophie." Hayley interrupts him. "It was Agnes."

"Fine." Klaus says impatiently. "Agnes, Sophie, it's all the same to me. I'll slaughter the lot of them."

"Not if Elijah gets there first." Rebekah says.

"Elijah?" Hayley frowns at Rebekah. "Did you find him?"

"We've been in touch." Rebekah says to Hayley. "And he has a plan, only asked that we take care of you and little Grace here."

I bite down on my red lips. "Is uncle Elijah coming back soon?"

"Yes, pumpkin." Rebekah smiles at me. "Very soon..."

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Author's note: hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in a while, but here's the next chapter. I know a lot of you guys are looking for more Klaus and Grace moments, and I promise that will come soon, so please remember to review!