Chapter Five – Dance Back From The Grave
The sun shone bright, right into Klaus' room, where he and Caroline had fallen asleep last night.
Klaus remained silent, waiting for his beautiful Caroline to wake up.
All of a sudden, the door swung open, and in walked a very happy Juliet.
Well, her mood immediately changed after she saw Caroline and Klaus in the same bed together.
"What the hell is going on here?!" She roared, causing both Caroline and Klaus to jump and sit up.
"Juliet, it's not what it looks like," Caroline murmured.
"It's exactly what it looks like, you little bitch! You're trying to steal my boyfriend away from me!" Juliet yelled.
"Juliet, calm down," Klaus said as he breathed heavily.
"No, Klaus I will not calm down!" Juliet yelled.
"Not when that neurotic slut is trying to steal away my boyfriend!" She said and pointed rudely at Caroline.
Little did they know, that there were two people at doorway waiting for them.
Azalea stepped up as she walked into the room.
"It's rude to point, Juliet." She said, glaring at her fingers.
"Say that again!" Juliet roared, trying to scare Azalea off.
But she failed.
Juliet bent down and looked into Azalea's eyes.
"Lower down your volume, and don't point at Aunt Caroline, it's rude." Azalea said, not in a good mood at the moment.
"And if not, what are you gonna do about it, huh?" Juliet said, getting up.
"Are you gonna hear me out or not, Juliet," Azalea tried to ask calmly.
Juliet shook her head in confidence, thinking Azalea was any other normal 4 year old girl.
"Well you asked for it." Azalea spoke in a low tone, but the three vampires in the room, - Caroline, Rebekah, and Klaus could still hear her.
Juliet started cursing at Caroline, causing Azalea to fume up.
"I. warned you. Stop. Being. Rude with Aunt Caroline!" Azalea thundered, and as she started to yell, the floor beneath them started to shake.
And then, Azalea started screaming to the point where glass material, - like Klaus' mirror would break.
Luckily for the vampires, they couldn't hear anything, but Juliet could.
As Azalea screamed in a very high-pitched tone, the ground shook massively and she fell onto the floor, grasping to the sides of her head.
Her ears started to bleed, and then all of a sudden Azalea's eyes glowed.
"GET AWAY FROM HERE!" Azalea yelled, raising both her arms, and almost immediately throwing Juliet out of the room.
After Juliet was out, the door slammed shut.
The three vampires looked at Azalea in awe.
"Azalea, love. How did you do that?" Klaus asked, bewildered, having never encountered that kind of power before.
"She got me upset, Daddy. She rude." Azalea glared, her face obviously showing her anger.
"No, what did you do, Azalea? You made her ears bleed." Rebekah asked, walking toward Klaus.
"Is it a bad thing, Auntie Bekah? I'm sorry, I just didn't want for anything to happen to Auntie Care Bear," Azalea frowned in confusion.
"I suppose it's not a bad thing… After all you did try to tell her nicely." Caroline said, causing Rebekah to bite her lip, trying not to let a giggle escape from her lips.
Klaus smiled, and looked back at Azalea.
"Anyways, what did Daddy's little girls want?" Klaus smiled at Rebekah and Azalea.
Rebekah's eyes glowed in happiness, it made her feel loved, like the old times.
"Well… we were going to breakfast together with Uncle Steffy but I can see you are quite 'busy' now," Azalea smirked, turning to Caroline.
Rebekah giggled, sitting next to Klaus.
"Daddy…" Azalea naughtily smiled.
"Yes, love?" Klaus smiled, looking at Azalea.
"I love you." Azalea smiled, and hugged Klaus tightly.
His expression softened and he smiled, his dimples showing.
"I love you too, sweetheart." Klaus said, hugging his girl back.
"On second thought, Aunt Bex, let's just get McDonalds' takeaway." Azalea said, looking at Rebekah and Rebekah nodded vigorously.
"YES!" She cheered.
"Come on, let's go! Let's go ask Uncle Kol and Elijah if they want anything. Nik, Care, you guys getting anything?" Rebekah smiled, turning to them.
"Text you the deets." Caroline said, and Rebekah nodded.
"Kaykays," Rebekah smiled like a little girl and skipped out of the room.
"Daddy, do you love Auntie Bekah?" Azalea asked after Rebekah had gone.
Klaus was silent for a while, " Of course I do, sweetheart. Aunt Bekah's my sister. Why? Did she tell you otherwise?" Klaus said, frowning slightly.
"No, but I pity Uncle Lijah, Daddy." Azalea pouted, looking down.
"Uncle Lijah? What happened to him?" Klaus asked, confused at what his daughter meant.
"You and Uncle Lijah haven't been exactly been on speaking terms, Daddy, for the past few years. I know that Uncle Lijah is disappointed and sad, and yet he has to deal with Auntie Bekah every night," Azalea sighed.
"Azalea, what actually happened every night to Auntie Bekah?" Caroline asked as Klaus nodded in agreement.
"Daddy, you didn't know?" Azalea said, and her eyes showed the look of hurt.
Klaus shook his head, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Auntie Bekah goes to Uncle Lijah to cry everyday, She's been doing that since Aunt Juliet hit her," Azalea explained, frowning at the thought.
"Hit her? What do you mean, Azalea? When did Juliet hit Rebekah?" Klaus demanded, making Caroline's eyes go wide in fear and anger.
Azalea refused to answer, and instead remained silent.
Klaus walked around and thought for a bit before he spoke again.
"Why did Rebekah not tell me?" Klaus asked, confused, because, as far as he was concerned Rebekah would always tell him everything. But this time, it was Elijah.
"Because Auntie Bekah didn't want you to get hurt, of course. First Juliet only threatened to slap Auntie Bekah across the face and stab her, but then after Auntie Bekah said that it was okay for her to do so Aunt Juliet said that instead she would try to hurt you Daddy. So Auntie Bekah agreed with her." Azalea said, catching her breath.
As if on cue, Rebekah walked in, wanting to borrow Nik's cellphone.
"Nik can I borrow your-" Rebekah started to say but Klaus cut her off as he flashed to her side.
"Rebekah what are you not telling me," Klaus growled, grasping her shoulders.
"No don't touch her there Daddy!" Azalea squealed, but it was too late.
Rebekah had already shrieked in pain. "Ah!" She yelled in pain, groaning as she slowly fell to the floor.
Klaus' eyes widened, not knowing what was happening.
"Davina!" Azalea yelled, when suddenly footsteps were heard, and Davina broke into the room, along with Elijah.
"What's happening to her!" Klaus demanded, his eyes slowly turning gold-ish.
"Niklaus, Rebekah is in human form at the moment, please, calm down." Elijah spoke, as he held Rebekah in his hands.
"Human form? What do you mean, brother?" Klaus questioned, glaring at Elijah and Davina.
"Davina casted a spell on her, to make her a living, breathing human for a week. Juliet was getting suspicious of why she wasn't breathing, so Davina just made her organs work again, but her blood is still vampire blood and Rebekah still cannot be killed. She still has supernatural advantages, but her bruises will only heal after she turns back into a vampire," Elijah explained.
"And when is that?" Klaus asked.
"Now." Davina said, casting a spell on Rebekah. Her body began to show all the bruises that had been left by Juliet on Rebekah's body, and it nearly covered her whole body.
Rebekah groaned in pain as the bruises slowly faded away.
"And you didn't tell me this why, brother?" Klaus growled, looking at Rebekah in sympathy.
Elijah was silent, and then he disappeared into thin air.
"I'm okay," Rebekah said, as her bruises had healed completely.
"Thank you, Davina." Klaus smiled, and Davina nodded and walked out.
Klaus looked at his sister, and examined her from head to toe.
"Never again, Rebekah." Klaus said, relieved as he pulled her into a hug.
Rebekah immediately smiled and hugged back.
"I love you, Nik." Rebekah whispered.
"I love you too, Bekah. Now go order your MacDonalds," Klaus laughed, letting go of his baby sister.
Rebekah nodded, and kissed his cheek before disappearing with his phone.
Klaus sat down next to Caroline, and smiled.
"What's gotten her into such a happy mood," Klaus laughed, reffering to Rebekah.
"She's happy, Klaus." Caroline said, looking into his eyes.
"Really? Why so?" Klaus questioned.
"As much as I hate to say this… but you were showing your humanity earlier. I think it reminded her of when you guys were human, don't you think? It's been a while since you've embraced her in a hug like that," Caroline explained, finally smiling.
Klaus was silent for a moment, thinking over his actions.
"Nik. It's okay, to care. It's okay to want something. It made you feel good about yourself, didn't you?" Caroline told him and grinned, rephrasing what Rebekah told him. Only this time, he actually listened.
"Yes actually, I do feel good." Klaus smiled, looking at Caroline.
"There was a time when Rebekah was 6, Kol was 8, I was 10, and Elijah was 12. We used to play together, Henrik wasn't born yet and Finn always denied Rebekah's request to play with us. Elijah, despite being moral and all still took and found the time to indulge in family bonding time. We would chase each other in the woods, and get lost in time, until our Mother called us back for dinner." Klaus explained as the memories of them running in the woods together flashed though his mind.
What happened then?" Caroline asked, curious.
"Then Henrik was born. 12 years later, Mother turned us into vampires." Klaus sighed.
"I'll have a talk with Juliet." Klaus said, getting up.
"Now let's go bathe." He smirked, and Caroline laughed and got up.
"NO!" Kol yelled, and Rebekah laughed.
"NO, NO NO NO NO! Elijah NO! Bloody hell…" Kol said, making Davina and Rebekah crack up.
"Kol, admit it. Elijah's better than you in this 'Subway Surfers' game," Davina laughed, patting his shoulders.
Kol pouted, crossing his arms.
"Hey Kol, how about another game of Candy Crush?" Rebekah smirked, and Kol shook his head violently.
"No bloody way in hell will I ever play with you again, sister. You already beat me 35 times in a row!" Kol groaned, causing Rebekah to throw her head back and laugh at her brother's siliness.
"Sucky player." Rebekah whispered.
"What was that?" Kol growled, glaring at Rebekah.
"Nothing, nothing at all," Rebekah said, and giggled with Davina.
The doorbell rang, and Caroline got down, along with Rebekah and walked together to answer the door.
As they walked, Rebekah asked Caroline if she knew where Stefan was and Caroline told her no. As they opened the door, both blondies gasped and yelped in laughter.
"McDonalds' delivery, Delivery for Ms Mikaelson?" The muscular and tanned guy spoke.
"Oh My Lord, Stefan what the bloody hell are you doing in a McDonalds uniform?" Rebekah laughed, glancing at Stefan who posed as the delivery guy.
"Do you want your food or not?" He asked, chuckling.
Caroline nodded, and grabbed the food from him.
They then slammed the door in his face. It was quite mean, they were aware.
"HEY!" Stefan yelled from outside, and the girls laughed.
"Just kidding, Stef." Caroline and Rebekah laughed and allowed him to walk in.
"BLOODY HELL! Rebekah!" Klaus yelled, causing everyone in the house including Azalea to speed down to the kitchen.
"What is all this?!" Klaus roared.
"I'm learning how to cook Nik, duh?" Rebekah said, dumbfounded.
"Bekah what exactly are you making?" Klaus asked, looking at the mess before him.
"Sunshine sides up, why?" Rebekah smiled, looking at the frying pan.
"Because it's Sunny Side Up, not Sunshine sides up, Rebekah dear. And I presume that you do not need flour and sugar to make a Sunny side up," Klaus said, pinching the bag of flour with his fingers and throwing it in the bin.
Caroline laughed, and walked into the kitchen.
"Here, let me and Hayley help you," Caroline smiled, throwing the broken eggs away.
"Come on, let's bake." Hayley grinned, and Klaus rolled his eyes at the excited Rebekah and Caroline.
"J-Just, Clean when you're finished." Klaus said, deadpanned, and then walked away.
The girls giggled and laughed.
"So, what are we making?" Rebekah asked, obviously ecstatic.
"How about blueberry pancakes?" Hayley smiled and the girls nodded.
"You guys do know how to make them, right?" Caroline asked as she started to take all the utensils out.
Hayley and Rebekah looked at each other in confusion and laughed.
"Of course not," They laughed.
"Seriously?!" Caroline looked at them, bewildered.
Caroline sighed. Phew, this was gonna be one heck of a day.
"Azalea, love. What are you up to?" Klaus smiled, coming into her room and walking up behind her.
"I'm thinking, Daddy." Azalea said, looking at her father as he walked across her room and sat down beside her on the bed.
"Thinking about what?" Klaus smiled, looking at his daughter.
"I'll tell you Daddy, but you have to keep it a secret." Azalea smiled, placing her finger in front of her lips.
Klaus nodded. "Of course, love. Now, tell me what is it on your mind."
"Daddy, have Uncle Stefan and Auntie Bekah dated in the past?" Azalea asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
Klaus thought for a while, to either honest to his daughter and tell her the truth or not.
He hesitated before saying anything, "Yes love," He paused.
"Yes, Stefan and Rebekah have dated in the past." Klaus said, looking at his daughter, who's jaw dropped.
Azalea just nodded, and then smiled when someone entered her room.
"Mommy!" Azalea squealed, getting off from the bed and running to the now grown up werewolf, Hayley.
"Hey sweetheart, did you have your snacks yet?" Hayley asked, bending down to kiss her daughter's temple.
Klaus watched and smile as he saw their bond.
"Not yet, Mommy." Azalea said and shook her head.
"Well okay, I'll get some Cheddar Goldfish Crackers then?" Hayley smiled, and her daughter started to bounce up and down in excitement.
"And what drink do you want? Juice, Tea, Smoothies… You need something healthy, honey." She asked again, causing Azalea to think.
"Hm, surpwise me?" Azalea laughed and hugged Hayley. Hayley nodded and smiled, and then kissed her goodbye.
Klaus watched from her bed, admiring their bond, and he smiled.
He was glad that they both got along so well with each other.
"Come on, Vina. Let's go," Kol smiled, leading her out the door.
Davina nodded, following his lead.
Rebekah smiled as she closed the door, locking it.
"Auntie Bekah, I finished my food, should I do the dishes?" Azalea smiled, coming up behind her.
"No, Azalea. It's perfectly fine. Serafine can do it, now why don't we join Daddy and Auntie Caroline in the living room," Rebekah laughed, picking the little girl up and spinning her in her arms.
Rebekah and Azalea walked gracefully into the living room, and they smiled when they saw Caroline and Klaus asleep together near the fireplace.
They decided to go upstairs and join Hayley and Elijah, as they needed to wait for tea.
Someone knocked on the door, and their housemaid, Consuela, went to answer it.
As she opened the door, she immediately realized who they were from Caroline and Stefan's pictures.
"Excuse me, does Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes happen to stay here?" Bonnie asked.
"Yes, they do. I presume you are Bonnie Bennett, Damon Salvatore, and Elena Gilbert." Consuela said in a bulgarian accent.
They nodded. "May we see them?" Elena asked politely, while Damon rolled his eyes.
She nodded, and invited them in.
Bonnie thought she sensed another witch's presence, but she shrugged it off as the presence was not strong.
They did a locator spell, and they found Caroline and Stefan to be here in this house.
Little did they know, that they weren't living alone.
"Please, follow me." Consuela smiled, leading them to the living room where Caroline and Klaus were at.
They were awake, and they were talking and laughing.
The vampires sped into the room, gasping at the sight of Caroline and Klaus.
"Klaus.." Elena said, flabbergasted.
"Elena? Damon? Bonnie? What are you guys doing here?" Caroline asked, shocked.
Bonnie, stronger than ever, lifted Klaus into the air in anger.
"I will finish you, once and for all." Bonnie screamed, thinking that Klaus had kidnapped Stefan and Caroline.
Just before she was about to do it, Azalea, Rebekah, and Stefan came in, Azalea sitting in Stefan's hands, laughing along with Rebekah and Stefan.
They remained dead silent when they noticed that they had guests.
"What are you doing here," Stefan hissed at his brother.
"The question is what are YOU doing here." Damon snapped back.
Azalea, slightly confused, took a step backwards.
Bonnie, furious by now, took the chance to kill both Rebekah and Klaus.
She lifted them into the air, and threw them into the walls.
"Stop!" Azalea cried, looking at Bonnie.
Bonnie obviously didn't, despite Stefan's warning.
"Bonnie, don't! Stefan yelled, but she ignored him.
She was torturing them, trying to make them choke blood out.
"I said, STOP!" Azalea screamed, her voice echoing.
Bonnie stupidly continued.
Azalea hissed, growing mad.
"STOP!" Azalea yelled loudly, throwing her hand in front, causing a brightening beam.
Someone was blocking her magic.
Bonnie realized it was the little girl, and she turned to her.
Trying to over power the little girl, Bonnie chanted loudly, but Azalea's magic was too strong.
Azalea added another hand, causing the beam to hit Bonnie and throw her against the walls.
As Bonnie's conscious body fell onto the floor.
Azalea walked to her, and then glared at her.
"What are you?" Bonnie asked, shaking in fear.
"Greetings. Nice to meet you, I'm Azalea." Azalea smirked, and Klaus walked up to her.
"Get up, and we'll discuss everything over tea," Klaus said.
Rebekah sped up to the balcony to meet everyone, and Klaus helped Bonnie up.
Damon and Elena stood there in shock, looking at the little girl who stood in the middle of Stefan and Rebekah, holding both their hands.
"Hello, you must be Aunt Elena and Uncle Demon," Azalea smiled sarcastically, looking at Damon.
"Damon, Azalea," Stefan warned, slightly chuckling at the little girl.
Rebekah tried to hold back her giggle.
"Right. Damon. Forgive me, Uncle Damon and Aunt Elena, shall we? Uncle Lijah does not like it when we're not punctual." Azalea smiled gracefully, and led them to the balcony.
Kol and Davina had returned from their walk.
They were sitting at the balcony, chatting as they waited for Elijah.
They were laughing, until Bonnie entered the room.
Davina, panicked, immediately stood up in over-protectiveness.
"Davina sweetheart, calm down. Bonnie and her group of friends are here to talk," Klaus smiled, sitting Bonnie across from his seat.
Davina nodded but grunted, and sat down.
Kol patted her back, glaring at Damon and Elena who were led inside by Rebekah, Stefan, and Azalea.
"Hello Davina, Uncle Kol." Azalea smiled, turning to them before informing Damon and Elena about where they should sit.
"Niklaus, I see you have guests." A familiar voice sounded from the back.
"Elijah." Elena said, and turned to see him with Hayley.
"Hello Elena, Damon. What brings you and your witch friend here?" Elijah smiled, sitting down with Hayley.
"Mother," Azalea greeted, and smiled as Hayley sat next to her.
Elena, Bonnie, and Damon gasped in shock.
"Mother?" Elena said, trembling in fear.
"Elena, Damon, Bonnie, I would like you all to meet mine and Hayley's daughter, Azalea." Klaus smirked.
They were all too shocked to say or even do anything.
"Anyway, we came here to take back our friends." Elena said, turning to Klaus.
"First of all, Stefan and I are not yours to 'take back' and second of all, who the hell said I was going anywhere with you?" Caroline snapped, tired of Elena's nosiness.
"B-But, Care," Elena started.
"Don't. The point is I'm happy here, and I'm not coming back just yet." Caroline said, frowning at the three.
"Neither am I." Stefan said, looking at Elena.
Elena desperately looked at them, and sighed.
She turned to Damon, giving him the 'We're-going-to-have-to-do-this-the-hard-way' look.
Damon nodded, and flashed to Stefan, and Elena flashed and grabbed Caroline.
The Originals stood up in alert, but Bonnie sat them back down.
Davina and Azalea, panicking, stood up against Bonnie.
"NO!" They yelled simultaneously, releasing a HUGE amount of power, causing Bonnie to fall unconscious onto the floor and Damon and Elena to get thrown into the walls.
"STOP!" Azalea roared, and for a little 4 year old girl, she was very scary.
She tossed Caroline back into Klaus' arms, and let Rebekah help Stefan up.
Elena, obviously angry, came for the girl and started running towards Azalea, but Davina stopped her in time.
"GO AWAY!" She yelled, causing Elena to scream in pain as the high pitched sirens filled her hearing.
"Ah!" She groaned in pain, clutching her head and kneeling down on the floor.
"Elena!" Damon yelled, wanting to run to her but obviously failed as Azalea flung him into the air.
Damon hit his head against the concrete wall, and passed out, again.
"No one hurts my family." Azalea said, frowning.
"NO ONE!" She thundered, and and the sky started to get dark.
Lightning zapped everywhere, and the massive amount of thunder booming everywhere was unbelievable.
The others, including Davina could not believe their eyes.
How did this little girl posses so much power?
Azalea put her hands together, gritting her teeth.
Her veins could be seen, and she was stressed.
As Damon started to gain consciousness, Elena did too.
They charged for Azalea, attempting to save Bonnie but in the process, before they could do anything really, Azalea flashed in front of them, with two wooden stakes in her arm and stabbed each into Damon and Elena's groin.
They groaned in pain, and as they thought she was finished, Azalea's eyes turned gold and also red.
She bent down and bit both of them on their shoulders, causing them to scream in pain.
Everyone was watching in terror of the little girl.
Bonnie, alert of what was going on, stood up and tried to cast a spell on her.
Azalea turned, and the white beam that was charging at her almost hit her, until she used her palm to block it, and as she did, she threw the massive amount of power to the side, creating a very big hole on the wall.
"The magic's not working on her," Bonnie said, shaking in fear.
Bonnie took a step back, surrendering.
Azalea calmed down a bit, and stopped everything that was going on.
The thunder stopped, and she went to Klaus and Hayley, hugging them.
"What is going on?" Kol asked Davina who was having hallucinations.
"Klaus," She said fearfully.
Klaus nodded.
"Are you alright, love?" Klaus said, flashing to her side.
"I'm alright. But Azalea's not." She said, clutching her head, and yelping in shock.
"Something's coming," She said, sensing a huge amount of energy.
"Klaus, you are no longer the strongest supernatural being on this Earth," Davina grunted, slowing down as she got more sightings.
"Rebekah, you are no longer the strongest female supernatural being on this Earth," Davina warned.
And last but not least, Davina opened her eyes in shock and said, "Your mother is no longer the most powerful witch in history." She said, her eyes widening.
"What?" Klaus said in disbelief.
"She is." Davina said, pointing at Azalea, who had passed out in Caroline's arms because she was too tired.
"What, is she?" Klaus said, fearing the answer.
"She's a hybrid." Davina explained.
"But also a witch." She said, ending her sentence.
"How?" Elijah asked, confused.
"Yes, there is no way in bloody hell that a vampire can practice witchcraft, let alone a hybrid." Klaus and Rebekah explained.
"Your mother was a witch, right? That means she has the witches' bloodline." Davina explained, and Klaus nodded.
"Apparently, she was also born a hybrid. How is that possible?" Davina said, furrowing her eyebrows.
"Yes, according to every witch in history, a werewolf or a vampire practicing witchcraft is almost impossible. Azalea's not dead yet, is she?" Hayley asked, scared.
"No she's not... It's impossible. She breathes." Davina says, trying to make all of it make sense.
"That's because I gave her my life. Your baby, almost died in the womb. That triggered the werewolf and vampire gene. But then, I gave her my soul. Well, half of my soul, to be precise. If she dies, I die. But seeing as she's immortal, that's impossible." A voice said from behind them all.
All the Mikaelsons gasped in fear and astonishment, not believing for a second that the person speaking was the person who they thought it was.
No. Impossible. It's been a thousand years, Rebekah thought.
They all turned to the mysterious voice, shaking in fear.
The familiar face smiled.
"Hello everyone," He said.
Tears immediately fell from Rebekah's eyes.
"Henrik?"