Time passed and after what looked like an eternity, Bella and Henrik awoke in their cave and they felt that Klaus' curse had recently been broken. Bella felt it first, through her bond and had seen it in her dreams. They confirmed it by using magic. Klaus had broken his curse but hadn't killed anyone innocent. Elena, the current doppelganger was still alive and the other sacrifices had been people who deserved to die.

"It's time now, isn't it?" Henrik asked her.

"Not yet but soon, the time is coming closer for sure. We won't be going back to sleep in here." She nodded with a very happy smile on her face.

This was it, the end of her journey was coming closer, she could feel that in less than 5 years, she'd be in Klaus' arms and that they'd be happy.

"So, we're closing the cave for good?"

"Yes. I'll do a few spells so we can get acclimated to this time period, find us clothes and get someone to transport us and everything we have to where Klaus is but it won't be far, I can sense that he's close." Bella smiled.

A few days later, Bella and Henrik watched as Klaus got on the road with the intention to make a few hybrids.

"Are we going to follow him?" Henrik asked her.

"No, there's no need. He'll be fine and if anything happens, I'll feel it. We'll work on getting acclimated to this new era and try to locate Dahlia and Mickeal. You also need to finish your potion if you want to give this to your siblings anytime soon." Bella replied.

"Why can't you just see him now?"

"Because, I want to have dealt with Dahlia when I officially meet him. I already explained this to you."

"I know, but I still don't get it. I would have done it differently." Henrik replied.

"As is your right but I hope you never find yourself in a position where you have to make that choice. I'll protect your from it." Bella smiled softly.

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For the next few months, Bella and Henrik worked on creating official lives and identities for themselves in this new era. When this was done, they went back to their task: Watch over Klaus and his siblings while keeping an eye out for any danger that might come their way.

Klaus had daggered all of his siblings over the last century and though it saddened Henrik, Bella understood. In his position, it was sometimes hard to trust people, especially with Mickeal still on the lose and trying to kill him.

"I can't locate Mickeal anywhere." Henrik complained.

"Because the spell you're using locates life. If he's daggered or in a similar position, it wouldn't locate him." Bella reminded him.

"What do we do then?" He asked her.

"We wait and stay in the shadow." Bella replied.

They were currently hiding in a small house on the edge of Mystic Falls until they were needed and could come out of the shadows. Klaus came back in town a couple of months after breaking his curse to take more blood from the doppelganger with whom he had done a pact: he'd kill Katherine Pierce, aka Katerina Petrova, as the vampire sacrifice and kill a werewolf they didn't like and, in return, Elena would donate a few bags of blood every once in a while. Everyone wasn't trilled about the pact but Klaus and Elena had agreed to it, so they kept their words and were on cordial enough terms, if a bit tensed. Elena understood that having someone like Klaus on her side would be a good thing. Her family and loved ones would be safe, as long as she kept her part of their deal.

At some point, while Klaus was away, someone had tried to attack Elena to get her blood but Bella intervened and saved the doppelganger. She had done so hiding her face and before letting Elena go, Bella simply told her that she had saved her life because of Klaus. She wanted Elena to know she owed her life to the hybrid that was taking her blood and it worked, Elena gave Klaus more blood and assured him, when he came, that she was thankful for his protection.

After her description of the events, Klaus understood that Ansel's goddaughter had saved Elena and was around and it made him smile to know that she was still around and that she still had his back.

Klaus had lifted the compulsion he had placed on Stefan Salvatore in the 20's and freed his sister so they could try to work on their relationship, which allowed Elena to get closer to the other Salvatore brother and created some discord and a few arguments among their circle of friends.

"I don't like being here, I don't like the Salvatore brothers or this Bennett witch. They're hiding something." Henrik told Bella after coming back home one day.

"I know but I can't see much here. All we can do is wait and be prepared to help." Bella smiled.

"How can we make sure that Niklaus is fine then?"

"By using modern technology." Bella smiled.

"You have a plan." Henrik realized.

"I've prepared another letter that I'm going to drop at Niklaus's house later today. In this letter, I'm telling him that in order to better protect him until I've vanquished the big evil and am able to come out in the open and introduce myself, I need him to set a few surveillance cameras in his home. Then I'll use them to keep an eye on his safety." She replied.

"Do you think he'll agree?" Henrik asked her.

"I know he has hybrids, but they can be compelled and are easily killed. I've explained in the letter that I want him even safer, I think it will convince him." Bella replied.

"Do you need my help?" He asked her.

"I'll be fine, don't worry, you can concentrate on making the potion and the spell to turn Kol, Rebekah and Elijah into vampire - witches hybrids if you want. Or you can take the afternoon off and watch one of the movies you've put aside to watch later." She assured him.

"Thanks, you're the best."

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Of course Klaus followed Bella's demand without complaining, it was because of her that he had been able to talk to his real father for over an hour a few centuries ago. No matter the reason why she was doing all of this, he trusted that it was for the best.

Following another one of Bella's advises, he started asking his hybrids to drink vervain and, on Homecoming, when Mickeal came to town, called by the elder Salvatore brother, the evil man wasn't able to compel them.

Of course Bella and Henrik were there and, staying invisible, they used their powers to make Mickeal suffer, forcing him on his knees in front of Klaus and help the hybrid kill him. Klaus smiled because, every time Mickeal said the words "boy" or "bastard", he received a magical headache. His angel was around.

"I have a message for you Mickeal. I don't know her name, but it's from the girl who was with my true father, Ansel, when you killed him." Klaus told Mickeal once his step father was pinned down and unable to move.

"The witch? News flash boy: she's long dead. I killed her. You'll never have the happiness you should have had with her." Mickeal spat, creating new questions in Klaus' mind.

Happiness? He quickly pushed his questions aside for the time being and concentrated on the man who had hunted him down and hurt him so much over the past thousand years.

"No, she survived. She wanted me to tell you that she'd make you pay. That she had ways of making you suffer, even on the other side. Apparently you took a lot away from her that night, and she wants revenge. I wouldn't like being in your position because even if I don't know much about her yet, I know this: she's one hell of a witch." Klaus smirked before thrusting the wooden stake in his heart and watching his father burst in flames.

"What now Klaus?" Rebekah asked her brother, not knowing that Bella and Henrik were watching.

"Now we un-dagger the family and wait."

"For what? Do you really think she'll come back after all this time? That she really will introduce herself one day? Come to you with answers for every question you've written down in that notebook of yours?" Rebekah asked him in a doubtful down, making Bella frown.

"I know she will and I trust that she'll explain everything like she promised, just like I know that she's around right now." Klaus smiled.

"How?"

"Do you really think that Mickeal dropped on his knees on his own? She's around, she tortured him with magic so that I could kill him. She was here, ready to protect me in case Mickeal got the better hand. She's got my back."

Klaus didn't tell his sister that every time his guardian angel was by his side, even just in the same room, he felt it in his gut... in his heart. He didn't know why and Mickeal's revelation surely brought up questions for him but he didn't want to rush her. She was among the few people that he actually trusted completely and he was ready to follow her blindly in enemy territory if she asked him. He didn't know why he felt that way but he did and he wasn't ready to tell his sister that.

"Do you think Henrik is here too?" Rebekah asked him.

"Probably."

"Can I give them a sign?" Henrik whispered to Bella who nodded.

With a smirk that rivaled his big brother's, Henrik grabbed some dirt, making it as invisible as him once it was in his hand and dropped it on his sister's head, pulling them at the same time.

"Dammit Henrik, you didn't have to do that to let me know you were here!" Rebekah exclaimed while Klaus laughed.

"Thanks for your help brother. As for you, mystery woman, I hope I'll see you soon." Klaus said with a charming smile that had Bella blushing and wishing she could just jump into his arms and relax.

"Come on, let's go. Now that Mickeal is gone, I feel we need to prepare for what's to come next. I want to try and locate Dahlia again. The millionth time is a charm, right?" Bella told him.

Once they were back in their temporary house, Bella and Henrik spent a few days working on trying to locate Dahlia and when it turned impossible, Henrik went back to working on his personal project.

"Bella, I have a problem. For my potion, I need a few ingredients but we'd need to leave town for a few months in order to track them down." Henrik told his traveling companion.

"Don't worry, I'll leave Klaus a note telling him that I'm leaving for a while and that I'll be back sooner than last time." She simply said.

Bella quickly wrote a letter and rushed to Klaus's mansion, entered it and found him with his sister, Kol and Elijah. She saw the last coffins, Esther's and Finn's, in the back of the room so she quickly added something on her note before she walked closer to Klaus. Once again, he sensed her presence and stopped talking. Bella smiled and, still invisible, made her letter to him visible so he could grab it. He opened it quickly and read out loud:

"Klaus,

I have to leave town for a while and if I'm warning you, it's because I feel that you'll need me sooner than later. My cell-phone number, along with Henrik's, are written in the bottom.

Yes, you guessed right, Henrik is alive and with me and if we're leaving, it's because he's working on something for Elijah, Kol and Rebekah and is in need of a few things. You could see him now but he wants to stay with me, he doesn't want me to be alone again and he knows that he'll get to be with all of you soon. Everything will be explained in time (and the time is coming).

If anything happens, send me a message and I'll do my best to help you.

I won't answer your call and neither will Henrik. Please just send text messages and keep them for emergencies, everything else is painful and hard for me. Please.

If your mother is ever awaken, don't tell her about me. If Finnik is ever awoken, don't tell him about me. Don't trust them, ever.

Congratulations on getting rid of Mickeal, you did good and I'm sure Ansel is proud of you right now.

Be wary of the Salvatore brothers, they are both plotting something, but I don't know what. Don't kill them but keep an eye on them and don't let them fool any of you. If you ever need leverage against Stefan, just know that they still have a living relative, a teenage girl named Sara that's he's been keeping an eye on and that Damon isn't aware of. She's their nephew Zack's daughter.

Rebekah, Matt is sincere, he won't play with you so don't play with him, or else...

Try to keep the blood spilling to a minimum while I'm gone, please.

Have fun.

Your friend."

"Okay... Have a safe trip." Klaus nodded, feeling that she was still here.

"She wants us to have fun and to refrain from spilling blood? This is going to be hard." Kol joked before an invisible hand slapped him on the back of the head, making everyone chuckle.

"Before you go, the painting by the door is for you, please take it." Klaus spoke, unknowingly facing Bella.

She didn't reply, instead she smiled silently and took the painting, opened the door and left.

Once she was back in the house, Bella took the time to look at the painting. It was one of her eyes, in the bush, with a young Niklaus in front of it and, in the background, an older Niklaus waiting for something in front of the same bush.

"Klaus made this for you?" Henrik asked her.

"Yes, he wants me to know that he still believes, that he has faith in me." She smiled.

"And maybe he even guessed why you're doing this?" Henrik suggested.

"Maybe, but even if he did, he's keeping it hidden for now."

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Once again, Bella and Henrik went on the road and, for about a year, they gathered ingredients until Henrik had completed his potion and was confident that it would work.

During that year, Henrik received a message from Elijah, telling him that Esther and Finn had been brought back by the Salvatore and that they were having a 'family reunion ball'. Beside the information, it was obvious that Elijah wanted to invite Henrik to the event but he assured his brother that they had kept his living state a secret from their elder brother and their mother.

"It's too far away, we'll never make it in time anyway." Henrik frowned, obviously wanting to go.

"You forget that I am part Traveler Henrik. I know how to jump into someone else's body temporarily and I can take you with me." Bella smirked.

"You have something in mind."

"I do. I'll take over Caroline Forbes body and you'll get into Tyler Lockwood's."

"Don't you need to prepare the bodies or something like that first?" he asked her.

"Don't worry, I took care of it before we left, just in case we needed to step back in town quickly." Bella smiled.

"Should we warn them?" Henrik asked her.

"I will." She nodded before she grabbed her cell phone and texted Klaus:

"Unfortunately, Henrik and I are too far away to come to your ball but Caroline Forbes and Tyler Lockwood will be happy to join you. Make sure they have something nice to wear for the occasion." She texted him.

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As soon as he received his angel's message, Klaus told Elijah, Kol and Rebekah and while Kol and Elijah went to get a suit for Tyler, guessing that Henrik would be the one in it, Klaus and Rebekah made sure that Caroline would be the prettiest of the ball. They made sure that Esther and Finn wouldn't find out about this unplanned guests.

"Are we even sure it's going to be her in Caroline's body?" Rebekah asked.

"Why else would she tell us that?" Klaus replied with another question.

"Right. But won't it be weird for you to dance with Caroline and know it's actually someone else?"

"It would if I actually cared for Caroline Forbes, but it's not the case. And what makes you think that I'll dance with her? Maybe she won't want to. She might just be coming to watch over Henrik and make sure he's fine." Klaus replied.

"Please!" Rebekah chuckled.

Later that night, Tyler and Caroline arrived together at the party, which wasn't exceptional since they were dating except for the fact that their arrival caught the attention of 4 Originals.

"Caroline, Tyler, welcome." Klaus said cordially with Rebekah, Kol and Elijah by his side.

"Come on now Brother, we both know that I'm not Tyler." Henrik replied, smirking, from Tyler's body.

"Is it really you then Henrik?" Kol asked in a whispered voice so that Finn didn't hear them.

"It is. Missed me?" Henrik smiled.

"You know we all did." Kol nodded.

"And who might you be?" Klaus asked Caroline.

"I think we all know who I am." Bella replied from Caroline's body.

"But I still can't see what you look like." Klaus commented, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Just be happy that she's here at all, she almost changed her mind and stayed back there. And don't ask her anything about who she is or why she's doing anything or she'll just vanish back to her own body and you'll find yourself alone with Caroline." Henrik warned his brother before hugging his siblings and leaving to have a drink, followed by a cheerful Kol.

"Would you like to dance with me then?" Klaus asked Bella / Caroline.

"That's what I came here for." She replied, smiling.

They made their way to the ball room and danced for a couple of songs, keeping the conversation light.

"So, is this too hard for you?" Klaus asked her.

"What do you mean?" She asked him.

"You said before that it was hard to be around me, to see me..."

"Oh... Well, it's complicated. I... One day, you'll understand." She replied.

"I'm sure I will. How long are you here for?" He asked her, guiding her to get refreshments.

"I think I'll leave this body soon. I... I can't stay too long." Bella replied.

Dancing with Klaus and being in his arms should have been a happy moment for Bella but it wasn't. She could see him but she couldn't really feel him. She couldn't enjoy his touches like she could have if she had been in her own body. She also knew that she wouldn't be able to remember the way it feels very well.

"But I'll get to see you for real soon?" he asked her.

"Yes, you will. Live your life the way you want to, I'll be there when you need me most. I always have your back." Bella replied before she whispered a spell in the Traveler's home language and went back to her own body, leaving a confused Caroline behind.

Klaus quickly compelled Caroline and went back to the party, happy with the way things were.

Henrik regained his own body much later than Bella but he understood why she left so quickly.

"Did you have fun?" She asked him.

"I did, yes. I drank with Kol and talked with Elijah and even danced with Rebekah. Once you left Caroline's body, I even danced and flirted with her. Apparently, i'm a much better kisser than Tyler usually is." Henrik told her.

"I'm glad. You deserved a little break." She smiled.

"So do you."

"I'll get my break when everything is over." Bella replied gently.

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Less than a month after the ball, Bella felt that something was wrong with Klaus and quickly learned that he had been desiccated by Tyler, Damon and Stefan. Angry, she quickly traveled back by flying on a broomstick to where he was and arrived in front of Klaus's desiccated body just in time. While Damon and Alaric, apparently made a vampire by Esther, fought together, she cast a resurrection spell on Klaus. It would look like he was burning but once Alaric was gone, Klaus would rise, as strong as he had been when they desiccated him.

Klaus never saw her but he knew that she was the reason behind his rising and he was thankful. She had saved his life, he owed her again.

At some point, a few weeks later, Bella received a message from Klaus, asking her if Silas' was really a threat and if the cure was real. Using her magic, she sent him a long letter where she explained the entire story of Silas and everything she knew about the cure. In the end, even though no Mickealson went after it, the Salvatore still tried to get it for Elena and they ended up freeing Silas.

Bella contacted Silas and, once he knew how strong and powerful she was, Bella ordered him to stay away from the Mickealson's, which he did as long as she didn't interfere with his plan to reunite in death with Amara.

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Bella and Henrik went back to Mystic Fall's a few months after Klaus almost died and, since the Mickealson's had left town, they packed everything they owned. Before leaving, Bella went to the Mickealson's house in Mystic Fall's and looked around with Henrik, feeling like there was something she needed to see in there.

"There's a note for you Bella, it was in Klaus's office, in front of another painting of your eyes." Henrik told her, bringing both of them to her.

"It's from Klaus. He's informing us that they moved to New Orleans, and he even put two addresses." Bella smiled.

"Two?" Henrik asked.

"Wait, make that 3. One is the house they're currently occupying, the other one is the one that Marcel is living in that he's planning on getting back and the other one is of another house that's apparently just for us." She smiled.

"Will we go there?"

"We'll have to check it out first but I think so. He writes here that he won't look for us, he just wants us to have a place near his where we can be without having to look. I trust him." She replied.

Henrik came over and read the letter over her shoulder.

"So he's having a child... This is it, isn't it?" He asked her.

"Yes, it is. Dahlia will soon come out of hiding and we'll be able to free Ansel and kill her." Bella replied, feeling the end of their lonely lives coming.

"And are you okay? With the fact that he's... you now... having a child with someone else?" Henrik asked her.

"I'll be fine. He doesn't love her, every thing else doesn't matter. This baby is innocent and I will protect her with the same devotion I have when I protect Klaus." Bella assured Henrik.

Finally, she'd be able to let Klaus look into her eyes, fall in love with her. Soon, she'd have his arms around her and she'd be able to cry with relief and happiness, feeling complete for the first time in over 6 thousand years. She didn't care of Klaus had a child with another woman, she knew that Hayley was just a one night stand. She might be a 6600 years old virgin but it didn't mean that Klaus had to be one as well.

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Quickly, Bella and Henrik packed everything and had them delivered to the address Klaus had given them.

Once in New Orleans, Bella used her powers to connect with the witches of the town without being detected and she learned that Klaus was having a daughter and that the mother, Hayley, was someone she'd never get along with. Not only that but many things were happening at the same time: Davina was bringing back Mickeal, Esther and Finn were back and Hayley was about to give birth while in the clutches of witches.

Once they settled in the house, not making themselves too comfortable in hope that they'd soon be out of it, Bella established a list of things to do. She quickly placed a temporary protection spell on Klaus's baby, this way, she'd survive, nobody would be able to harm her for the next 3 days. After that, Bella would have the time to place a much stronger and permanent protection spell to protect the innocent little girl.

The first thing Bella did after that was bring back Ansel. She wasn't nervous, she was well prepared and knew that she could do it. Henrik was by her side and he was being the perfect assistant, handing her everything she needed before she even needed to ask for it and soon, a man he had never seen but that Bella obviously recognized appeared and became solid in front of them.

Henrik could tell that Bella was moved and the strong woman he had come to know over the years was slowly turning into an emotional young woman who looked like she would crumble down any minute. He knew that it was just temporary, he understood that she was just moved because her godfather was back but seeing her crying like this right now made him feel a bit uneasy. He almost felt like he was intruding on something he shouldn't be witnessing.

As soon as he was back, Ansel rushed to hug Bella, comfort her for the sacrifices she made for his son and thank Henrik for choosing to stay by her side when he could have joined his siblings about 2 years ago. Bella guided him to the house Klaus had reserved for her and his brother and, once he had washed and changed, they sat down to speak about what had gone down now.

"You have two choices Ansel, like Henrik. You can go to Klaus, but keep silent about me or you can stay until I've dealt with Dahlia." Bella told him.

"If I go to Klaus, you won't let me see you until it's done, will you?" He asked her, already knowing the answer.

"I won't. Not until Dahlia is dealt with. But if it's anything to you, I want you to go to Klaus, be by his side, help him, advise him, protect him and make sure he doesn't lose faith." Bella told him.

"If that's what you want, I'll go to my son, because I know that Henrik is here for you and that you can take care of yourself. I'm proud of you Bella and I can't wait for you to let Klaus see you so we can be a family." Ansel told her before he hugged her and asked Henrik to keep an eye on her.

Before he left, following Bella's directions to Klaus's house, they talked a little while longer about what was to come and what Klaus needed to know. Ansel was confident that Bella would be safe but he couldn't help but worry, she was like a daughter to him and deep down, he just wanted her to go with him and let Klaus into her life.

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Hayley could have become a hybrid and she had just refused to complete the transition, she didn't want to be a hybrid. She knew that Klaus's mysterious woman would keep her daughter safe and that she wasn't needed and since she didn't feel like living with the Mickealson's forever, she simply said goodbye, wrote a letter to her daughter to explain her decision not to go on and let herself fall asleep forever.

"What do we do now brother? How do we keep Hope safe?" Elijah asked Klaus.

"By letting family help." Ansel said, letting them know that he was present in the house.

"Father! How... Are you real?" Klaus asked, hugging his daughter closer to his chest while his brother stood in front of him.

"Didn't she promise you we'd see each other again?" Ansel reminded his son with a smile.

"Is she here then? Is this it?" The hybrid asked while Elijah moved a bit to stand by his side.

"Here in town? Yes. Here in this house? No, not yet." Ansel replied.

"Not yet?" Elijah asked, curious.

"She wants me to tell you that your daughter has been cloaked from anyone who'd wish her harm. She's safe here. My advice would be for you to stay here with your daughter, take care of the werewolves that are trying to take over your city and let her handle Esther, Finn, Mickeal and anyone else who's going to come after your daughter." Ansel replied, coming closer to see his granddaughter.

"I'm just supposed to stand by and let her handle everything? Really?" Klaus asked.

"Already she disabled the rings Esther made for the werewolves. They won't weaken you. Trust her, she's much stronger than she appears. " Ansel chuckled.

"I wouldn't know since I've never seen her." Klaus frowned.

"Don't worry, it won't be long now. The bigger evil she wants to protect you from will come for your daughter. This person is the reason your mother wants your daughter dead." Ansel replied.

"Are you allowed to tell us the entire story?" Klaus asked.

"Yes but, before I do, you should call Rebekah and Kol back to town. I know they're not far but they need to be here for this. It concerns you all." Ansel advised and Elijah nodded, took his cell phone out and left the room.

"You know, I always knew you'd give me a grandchild, but I didn't expect it to happen this way, even after you were changed... My grandchild's mother was supposed to be..." Ansel started to say but stopped before he said too much.

"Was supposed to be who? It's her isn't it, the witch that's been watching over me for so long, the eyes in the bush, your goddaughter... It's her you're talking about, isn't she?" Klaus asked him after placing his daughter in her crib.

"I'm sorry son, I promised her I wouldn't answer." Ansel replied.

"It explains why she did it, why she protects me and helps me... Is she... Are we, somehow, meant to be or something? Is she in love with me?" Klaus asked his father.

"You'll know soon, son." Ansel replied, discreetly nodding.

"So, since we can't talk about your mysterious goddaughter or who is after my daughter and why, what can you tell me?" Klaus asked his father.

"I can tell you that I'm proud of you and that I'm here to stay." Ansel smiled, making his son smile as well before Elijah came back in the room, announcing that Rebekah and Kol would be there soon and that Marcel was coming as well.

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