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Guest: He knows what would happen if he forces the issue.

sammyleann: Klaus understands what's at stake when it comes to the wolves, and he also knows that he can't turn them all if he wants the species to continue in the future. I haven't made my mind up about Lizzie and Josie yet, mostly because from what little I've seen of Legacies I don't really enjoy it.

AvidReader2425: I think she's mostly worried about what would happen if she raises a child, Maya has seen what happens to the selfish, but also what happens to the selfless in TVDU. I found the idea that Klaus not having a plan to deal with enemies to be ridiculous, especially because when he first showed up he had back up plans, for his back up plans, and then in the Originals, they just disappeared.

mrs. morgan 35: It would help if he could visit them, but he's got plenty to do, and he can't take care of all of Maya's problems for her.

reineoueidat1: Thanks

Guest: Its not that she doesn't want kids, it's that she's never thought about having kids, because she never had the chance. Plus this time round she's young, and wants to be able to choose, which is what Klaus is giving her. But if there is a pregnancy, it's not a redemption for Klaus, because he knows what he is, he's the bad guy. No matter how much we love him, he's bad, and he doesn't need a redemption arc.

xotinkerbella: All Jo can see when she thinks of a Siphon is what Kai did, and he killed almost all of his family. Maya would definitely not let her kid fall in love with the vessel for Malivore, that's for sure.

TikiKiki: Thank you! The Geminis are just doing what they always do, and that's dealing with Siphons.

Twihardkarebear38: If they caught a break, then the story would be over.

Blu3b3rryT3a: Freya shouldn't have to hear about it! Kai soon, definitely soon, and yes Kai and Klaus, would be total arseholes, just different kinds.

CrystalAris: To be fair, Elena didn't do much this time round.

WiseGirlDivergence46: That's up to Maya and Klaus I'm afraid.

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Abbadon44: I haven't mentioned it, but I have thought about it. That's all I can really tell you about it.

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Klaus joined Maya at her home that night, he wanted to talk to her, but also guarantee their privacy, which could really only happen at the Sommers House. Shutting the door of her bedroom behind him, Klaus swept inside, gathering her in his arms and settling on the bed. "I hear you've been busy today," she commented, worried about the fact that he'd made the decision to search for more wolfpacks, "I thought you weren't going to go out looking for any more wolves, you have your pack."

"I wasn't planning on finding more packs just yet," he admitted, he had a lot to deal with and putting the spotlight onto packs, by changing them into Hybrids wasn't on the agenda.

"But…?"

"I know you haven't made your decision, and I won't make it for you," he said, "But just in case you decide that you do want to have a child with me, I want an army to protect that child."

Maya was taken aback, he was making plans for 'just in case' "And if I don't want to have a kid of my own, what'll they be for then?"

"Well, if you'll recall, I do still have two very young, very vulnerable children, who need to be protected at all times."

"…Are you sure that you won't be upset with me…if I decide I don't want…"

"Have you decided?" He asked, he wanted to know one way or another, mainly because if she wasn't going to have his biological child, then at least he wouldn't have to tell Rebekah that he would get the one thing that she had always wanted.

"No," she shook her head, "I have no idea what I want, I never thought about it before, I never thought I'd be able to have kids!"

He stroked her cheek with his thumb, "Take your time, this isn't something I can decide for you, and whatever your decision…I would never be angry at you for it."

Maya relaxed into his arms, "Thank you," she murmured, "You can't force those wolves to turn Nik."

"I know," he replied, "I remember what you showed me, my Hybrids won't betray me, not this time round."

"Good," she smiled, and kissed her, moving to lie her down, but her hand pressed against his chest, gently pushing him away, "Sorry Nik, no sex."

"What? Why?" he complained, his wolf had yet to be satisfied, and it was beginning to cause him a little discomfort.

"Because you have freaky super sperm," She replied, "I have a contraception…potion brewing, it's not ready yet, and I'm definitely not making my Mom a 34 year old grandma."

"Well how long will it take to be ready?"

"About a week," she shrugged and Klaus groaned in frustration, "Oh relax!" Maya pushed him onto his back and straddled him, "I can still take care of you." She gave him a cheeky grin, and his eyes followed her as she crawled down his body.

Freya went to Finn's room, where her brother was lying on his bed, daggered. It had been three days, Sage didn't have much time left to be healed from her Werewolf bite, and she knew that Finn would never forgive her if she died. Pulling the dagger out, she sat by Finn's side, waiting for him to wake. Since he hadn't been daggered long, it only took a few minutes for him to regain consciousness, and when he did, Freya explained to him what had happened with Sage.

"No!"

"Finn listen to me!" she stopped him from rushing out, "She still has time, you just need to bring her back here, and she can be cured!"

Finn frowned, "Niklaus's Witch will not heal her! She holds nothing but contempt for Sage!"

"Our brother can heal her!" Freya replied.

"What?"

"Now that he has broken his curse, he is able to heal Werewolf bites, Niklaus will save her, for the right price…"

"…" Finn didn't want to have to beg his brother for anything, but he knew that if he didn't, then the only woman that gave him a reason to live, would die. "Where is she?" he asked in resignation.

"My tracking spell puts her deep in the woods, I can show you," she offered, and Finn grabbed his sister, and sped out of the house.

Caroline and Kol were at the mansion, she wanted to continue her combat training, and Kol had agreed to train her, so they were outside, she was using her enhanced speed to try and get around him, but even with the extra boost from Maya's magic, she was no match for an Original.

"Damnit!" she scowled as he caught her in his grip again, pulling her in close.

"I keep telling you not to rely on your speed, Darling," Kol laughed, "It's nothing compared to how fast I am."

"Well what use is this then?!" she pouted.

"It adds about hundred years onto your speed," the youngest Original brother replied, "There are plenty of Vampires around that age that you can easily outmatch, but there are also many of us that are much older. You need to use your wits as well as the element of surprise Caroline."

Kol had his arm wrapped around her stomach, her back to his chest, and Caroline had an idea, "You mean like this?" she asked.

"Wha-"

She threw her head back to connect with his nose, and flipped him over her head, with the intention of throwing him to the ground, but Kol held on to her, dragging her down with him. He rolled on top of her, their lips millimetres apart. Kol could feel her breath on his lips, and for a moment he thought about kissing her, but he pulled back, standing up with a grin, "Nice try Darling, let's go again!"

Maya and Klaus were outside of the mansion, he was sat up against a tree, with a sketchbook in his hands, working on something that he wouldn't let her see, and she was lying on the grass, just in front of him, leaning up on her elbows, watching the children playing with each other with a smile on her face. A smile that quickly disappeared when she saw Finn and Freya appear in front of her, the Original was carrying a half dead Sage in his arms, and was walking towards them, with a determined look in his eye.

"Nik," Maya said, causing Klaus to look up from his work.

Snapping the sketchbook shut, he frowned, "Well, well, look who it is." He eyed Sage in his brother's arms and sneered, "Here to beg us to save your lady love?"

"Niklaus," Freya spoke softly, "Please," she whispered.

"Niklaus," Finn said, stiffly, eyeing both his brother and the red-head, "She's dying."

"She interfered in the ritual, tried to kill the doppelgänger before I could use her," Klaus replied.

"She was only doing what she believed I wanted," Finn retorted.

"That still doesn't tell me why I should heal her."

Finn's eyes slid to Maya for a moment, and she shook her head, "Don't look at me, she spilled my secrets to Stefan, it could have ruined everything."

"Niklaus, please, save her." Finn said.

"What do I get in return?"

"Nik-"

"No," he cut Freya off, "I have been working for a thousand years to break my curse, he could have ruined it all! And now here he is, begging for my help. I gain nothing from saving his 'reason for being'" he mocked, "Did it even occur to you that if I hadn't have broken my curse then I wouldn't be able to heal her?! And then you'd be begging Maya to save her and she neverwould!"

Maya sighed, she knew that ultimately, Klaus didn't want to be at odds with his brother, even if it was just so that it prevented him from being at odds with Freya. If Finn said the right thing, Klaus would save Sage, she gave Freya a subtle look, telling the Witch not to worry. "I will never work against you again," Finn said, "I swear to you. You know I cannot live without her. Please brother, save her."

Klaus took to his feet, and stood directly in front of Finn, "Now you call me brother?" Klaus sneered, "I saved you from a lifetime of trying to kill yourself without your 'precious Sage', and when father was dead, I woke you, so that you could be with her. And yet you still worked against me! I saved the only sibling that you ever cared about!" he gestured to Freya, "And you still tried to stop me from breaking my curse! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT FELT LIKE?!" he yelled. "Every full moon, I could feel it!" he revealed, "Every full moon was agony! All my wolf wanted was to be free! And when I finally, finally could be free, you tried to stop me!"

Maya got up, and came up behind him, brushing her hand against his, giving him her support, "Nik," she whispered, noticing that the commotion had not only drawn the children's attention, but also Kol's, Caroline's and Rebekah's. "The kids," she prompted.

Klaus felt himself deflate, just slightly, at the reminder, he wanted to give them a different childhood to the one he had, and to do that, he couldn't fly off the handle in front of them. "You'll do more than refrain from working against me, brother," he hissed.

Finn nodded in response, "Anything."

So far, Klaus's search for Werewolves had only spanned the Americas, but he knew that packs had fled to the old world and had established territories in Europe. He didn't know where they were, thanks to him and his siblings, Europe was full of Vampires, and the packs were even more hidden than they were in the USA. "You're going to go to Europe, locate the Werewolf packs, tell me where they are, and keep them safe."

Finn's eyes widened, he had grown up with his father's hatred for Werewolves, and in fact believed them to be savage beasts, ever since wolves had slain his youngest brother and now Klaus was demanding he protect them. "I…"

"Well, what's it going to be Finn? She doesn't have much time."

The eldest Original glanced at his beloved, who was shaking, Klaus was right, Sage wouldn't survive much longer, "Fine," he looked at his brother, "Yes! We'll do it!" he exclaimed.

Klaus gave him an evil smile, biting into his wrist and pressing the open wound to Sage's mouth, the moment she swallowed his blood, she began to heal. Sage's eyes fluttered open and she attempted to get out of Finn's grip. The Original settled her onto her feet, but before he could say anything, Maya had pushed him back with her magic, holding him in place, whilst Klaus captured Sage's gaze, and began to compel her.

"No!"

"Relax Finn," Maya said, "It's just an insurance policy."

"Sage," Klaus began, "You will never work against me, Maya, or our allies again," she repeated his words and he smirked, "You will keep an eye on Finn, and if Finn tries anything to work against Maya, myself or our allies, you will tell me immediately, after which, you will rip out your own heart."

"What have you done?!" Finn exclaimed after he'd be released from Maya's spell, and Klaus had let Sage go.

"After everything you've done, I can't trust you to keep your word, but from the look on your face when Sage nearly died, I can trust that you will never put her in danger again." Finn scowled at Klaus, and the younger brother threw his arm around Maya's shoulder, "Smile brother, you get to be free of our wretched family, just like you always wanted."

In the evening, after Finn had been banished, Maya, Jenna and Jeremy joined Caroline and Liz at the Forbes residence, it was the only place where most Vampires in town didn't have an invite. Maya wanted to speak to them all, without the Vampires bursting in and interrupting them.

She sat them all down, threw up a silencing bubble around the property, and then began to pace, she wasn't really sure how to say what she wanted to say. Jeremy was the first to break the silence, getting impatient, "Well, what did you want to talk to us about that clearly had to be a secret?"

Maya paused in front of them, "Okay, okay, okay," she sighed, "Okay, so you all know that Vampire's can't have children…biologically speaking, right?"

"Yeah," Caroline nodded, it was a hard subject for her to get her head around, that she would never be able to have children of her own, when that had always been the plan.

Maya looked at the other three, who nodded, they were well aware of that fact, Jenna had been relieved when she found out, because it meant that she never had to worry about an accident, when she wasn't ready to have another child. "So that's only like…99% true."

"What are you talking about?" Jenna asked.

"Um… so it turns out that now that Nik has released his Werewolf side from it's curse, he can have children…biologically…"

"How would you know that?" Liz asked.

"Oh. My. God!" Jeremy stared at her, "ARE YOU PREGNANT?!"

Maya's eyes widened, "What? No! No! No! No!" she rushed out, before her mother started freaking out, "I'm not pregnant!"

"Then how do you know?" Jenna asked, "Did Klaus cheat on you?!"

"No! There was no cheating, no one's pregnant, it's nothing like that!"

"How about you finish your story," Caroline said, "Without the interruptions!" she shot the other three a glance, telling them to keep their mouths shut, so that they could get all the information.

"Right, thanks," Maya sat in the arm chair opposite them, and gathered her thoughts, "So there's this creature, Malivore, it's existed for about 1000 years. It was created by a Witch, a Werewolf and a Vampire, it's powerful, and it's only weakness was it's creators. But they're all dead. We all know that Nature needs immortal things to have a something that can kill it."

"So, what can kill this Malivore?" Liz asked.

"A creature that is Witch, Werewolf and Vampire, a Tribrid…"

"And Klaus is the only one in the world that could provide that," Caroline said in understanding, continuing when she could see that the others were still confused. "Klaus is a Vampire, a Werewolf and the son of a Witch. He could get a regular human pregnant, and his kid would be all three."

"Yeah," Maya nodded, "So Nik can get people pregnant…he can get me pregnant…"

"Is that something that you want?" Jenna asked, her daughter had never spoken about kids, and when she had found out about Maya's past lives she understood, she'd never been a mother before.

"I don't know," Maya shook her head, "I've never had to think about it before."

"Is Klaus pressuring you into having his kid?" Jeremy asked.

"No," she replied, "His exact words were that he already has kids, and that this would be completely my choice."

"This is a once in lifetime opportunity for him," Jenna said, she knew that her daughter was going to become a Vampire to be with the Original, and that would mean that he definitely couldn't have a biological child later on.

"I know, he said it doesn't matter, he wants me to think about it, he doesn't want me to rush my decision."

"Don't you dare become a teenage mother!" Jenna exclaimed.

The Mikaelson siblings, minus Finn had gathered in the sitting room, Rebekah was flicking through a magazine, while Freya and Kol had their noses buried in grimoires. Elijah was reading one of his classics, and Klaus was busy sketching his children, who were sharing an armchair, whilst Liam was reading a fairy tale to Luna.

Rebekah finished her magazine and looked up at all of them with a wicked glint in her eye, she was bored, and that was never a good thing. "I saw you and Caroline outside today, Kol," she said, causing her brothers to snap their eyes to her, "You two looked like you were getting close."

Elijah raised a brow, "Did you kiss her?" he asked.

Kol shook his head, "The moment wasn't right."

"The moment?" Klaus said incredulously.

"Caroline's special!" Kol said defensively, "Our first kiss should be…earthshattering for her!"

"Awe brother that's so sweet," Freya smiled, not believing him for a second.

Klaus cocked his head to the side with a smirk, "He chickened out like a little bitch didn't he?"

"Yep!" Rebekah nodded; she'd had a front row seat to the two of them in the garden that day.

"I did not!" Kol protested.

"I have to agree with our siblings," Elijah said.

"You weren't even there!"

"Daddy?" Luna said sweetly.

"Yes, Little Love?"

"What's a bitch?"

Klaus stared at his daughter, eyes widened as Freya snickered in amusement at the sudden panic on her brother's face.

Maya was with Caroline in the blonde's room, "Are you okay, Sunshine?" Maya asked, she knew that that what they'd just spoken about was tough for her.

"Yes," Caroline nodded, "I love being a Vampire, and if I want kids in the future I can always adopt, Klaus has."

"Yeah," Maya nodded.

"What is it?" Caroline asked, becoming concerned at how quiet her friend was.

"It's nothing," she dismissed.

"Maya,"

"I just…I think that- I think that Nik loves me…" she said, she'd been thinking about it all day, after she and Nik had had a much more in depth conversation about their future, about him possibly giving something up forever to keep her happy.

"You think?"

"He's giving me a choice," Maya said, "Even when I know that he wants to have a kid with me…he's letting me choose. He doesn't do that for anyone! He could lose something that he never even dreamed of wanting until now, but he doesn't care. He wants me to be happy! The only logical conclusion is that he loves me!"

"Is that a bad thing?" Caroline asked.

"No," Maya shook her head, "It's just…I wasn't expecting that, I'm so used to telling him that I love him, and him not saying it back, I guess it's kind of thrown me."

"Why wouldn't he love you?" Caroline asked, "You didn't just help him break his curse, you've given him everything, his family, his pack, his freedom…if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have his kids! You didn't see him, when you got hurt, he was here in less than an hour, and he will never admit it, but he was terrified that you would die. I think that night…when he came to the hospital and saw you bruised and broken, he realised what he could lose, and he's never let you be in that kind of position again, has he?"

"No."

"Mai, I think Klaus has been telling you that he loves you, for a really long time, he's just never been able to actually say it."

It had a been a few weeks since Klaus had sent out the Hybrid to search for wolf packs, he'd been slowly making his way across America, and noticed that he'd picked up a tail, somewhere around Idaho. "Hi," a member of the Gemini Coven, one who wasn't particularly important, sat in front of Klaus's Hybrid, Carter, "I'm Jack."

"You've been following me," Carter growled, his orders were simple, find the packs, tell Klaus about them, and stay out of the way, he just wanted to get this over with as fast as possible, and hopefully, when Klaus had other Hybrids, the Original would forget all about him. He didn't know whether the man following him was one of Klaus's people, or someone else, either way, he didn't want to deal with it. "I suggest you leave, before I have to do something drastic."

The Gemini was undeterred by the hostility, especially when he knew that the Hybrid wasn't happy with his current predicament, "I've been watching you," Jack confirmed, "And do you know what I've seen? Someone very reluctant to do what he'd been ordered to."

"You tell Klaus that I am doing what he told me!" Carter snarled.

Jack laughed, "You misunderstand! I don't work for Klaus! In fact, I'm working against him… and I'm here to help you…"

Elijah was at Jenna's home, the two of them had planned a date night every week, and this week, he was cooking for her, she'd be home as soon as she finished work, the food was nearly done, when he heard a frustrated scream from upstairs. Raising a brow, he whooshed upstairs, finding Maya in her 'Sanctum Sanctorum' as she called it, throwing something across the room. "Something the matter?" he asked.

Maya jumped at the sound of his voice, she hadn't realised that she hadn't closed the door, "Elijah! What are you doing here?"

"It's date night," he replied rather simply, she knew that, and her agreement with her mother meant that she would be out of house tonight.

"Aren't you early?"

"It's six thirty," he pointed out.

Maya looked at the clock in surprise, "I'm sorry, I got caught up."

"Is there a problem?"

"No, yes, I- I'm not sure!" she sighed.

"Well what do you think is wrong?"

Maya ran a hand through her hair, pausing for a moment, should she talk to Elijah? It would be nice to get an objective perspective, "It's not just one thing."

"What do you believe is the most pressing?"

"I'm worried about Esther's body being here," she replied.

"Why? Mother is very dead. Not to mention her coffin is sealed." Klaus had explained that one of the reasons that he couldn't just bury their mother, was that he couldn't take the chance that some Witch found her, and tried to channel their mother's power.

"Yeah but Ayanna put a preservation spell on her body, and that seal, can easily be opened by two Bennett Witches."

"There's only one left," Elijah shrugged.

"Not true! Lucy Bennett is Bonnie's cousin, she's still around, not to mention Bonnie's mother, if she came back to Mystic Falls then she could get her magic back!"

"Why would she come back? And why would Miss Bennett even attempt to open mother's coffin? I thought that you and she had a truce."

"We do!" Maya exclaimed, "But your mother got to Bonnie through her dreams before, she was even able to take control of her body, if only for a short period, who's to say she wouldn't do it this time round?"

Elijah knew that she was referring to her visions of their family without her, and if his mother could get to the Bennetts, that was troubling, "So we move her body," Elijah said, it was an easy enough fix, "The Martins owe us a life debt, since we spared them, we'll have them spell wherever we choose, so that no one can get to her body."

Maya deflated a little, that was a good plan, keeping Esther down until they needed her blood was crucial, "Okay," she nodded.

"I will speak with my siblings, we shall decide where to keep her coffin."

"Thank you."

Elijah could see that his mother was only part of the problem, "What else is wrong?"

"You know that Caroline and I have a business, with our friend Davina from New Orleans?"

Elijah nodded, he did know that, he was the one that held degrees in accountancy, law and business, so both girls had come to him when their business had taken off, looking for advice on how to deal with all the financials and regulations that came with it. "I do."

"I haven't been able to get a hold of Davina, for like, the last month, and I know she said that she was busy with her Coven, that they had some rituals that were coming up, so she may not be in contact… but she was making our newest product, and she missed delivery. I've tried to contact her using the phone, email, magic! And she's nowhere!"

"You believe she's in trouble?"

"She's got a way to contact me, or Caroline in an emergency, and she hasn't used it…"

"But?"

"But every time I think of her, I get this pit in my stomach, I think something's wrong, but it's New Orleans! The last time I was there I pissed off Marcel, and then Kol did, and used my name! And I know that Nik is furious with him, but Marcel is still his son, I don't want to be the reason they're at odds…"

"You think that if you go to New Orleans then the results could damage their relationship," Elijah was pleasantly surprised at her reasoning, given the last time he'd worked with her, out in the world, she was chaos, it was nice to see that she wouldn't take that chance with his brother's relationship with his estranged son. Elijah knew that Klaus still loved Marcel, if he didn't, then the moment that he'd found out that the younger Vampire had been part of the reason why Mikael destroyed their lives in New Orleans, he would have killed him. Instead, Klaus had opted to hang back, allow his temper to cool.

"But if Davina's in trouble, I can't just hang her out to dry! She's, my friend!"

"Would it make you feel better if I went to New Orleans to see if I can find her?"

"You?" Maya asked in surprise, "Why would you do that?"

"Because you're worried, and if you're worried, then Niklaus is worried, and I'd much prefer it if he wasn't."

"You've gotten comfortable with the peaceful life." she said in understanding, "You know it won't last, right?"

"Well I'd like to keep it relatively peaceful for as long as possible," Elijah replied, "And if checking on your friend helps, then I'm happy to do it."

"Are you sure?" she asked.

Elijah raised a brow, "Would you prefer Kol go?"

"No! Absolutely not!" If Kol went, he'd terrorise the whole town, especially because it would piss Marcel off, and Kol loved to do that.

"Then it's settled, I'll go, perhaps I'll take your mother."

Maya's eyes widened, "I swear to you Elijah, if you introduce Marcel as her grandson, she will kill you!"

Klaus was packing a bag, he'd just received a call from his Hybrid, telling him about a pack he'd found in Portland. "What's going on?" Maya asked, seeing him throwing his favourite shirt in the duffle, "Where are you going?"

"Carter called," he said, "He found a pack."

"I see, are you going on your own?"

He shook his head, "You have pressed upon me the importance of giving the Werewolves a choice, I believe they'll make the right choice when presented with my successful Hybrids."

"So you're taking your Enforcers."

"Just the Hybrids," he shrugged.

"You still didn't say where you're going."

"Portland," he zipped up his duffle and turned to face her fully.

"Portland? That's on the other side of the country! What about the kids?"

"The children will be fine, It'll be a few days and then I'll be back before they even notice that I'm gone."

Maya opened her mouth, and then closed it, he seemed so sure that everything would be fine, and she wanted it to be fine, "I know you want this, I know you want an army, but we're powerful, especially together, you don't need this, not anymore."

"And if I want this? If I want the security that an army of Hybrids will give me, will give us. Will you stop me?"

Maya shook her head, "Of course not! I love you!" She reached for him, "If you want this, then I'll support you, but I need you to be sure. I just don't want things to turn out like…"

"Like your vision," he finished. "Love, you showed me the mistakes I made, and have I not learned from them? I'm giving Bekah her freedom, and Kol my trust, and I didn't throw Finn into the ocean like I wanted to. Trust that I'll do this the right way."

"Okay," she replied, looking up at him, "I'll trust you."

"Excellent, now," he gripped her waist and pulled her in, "What would it take, to get you to come with me?"

"I can't just up and leave! I have things to do, problems that need to be solved!"

"From what I understand, you have Elijah handling some of those problems."

"He offered," Maya shrugged, "It would have been rude to say no."

"My point, is that you are free now, and it will only be a couple of days. You and me, all alone."

"With your Enforcers."

"They'll leave us alone, and you can put up a silencing bubble."

Maya rolled her eyes, "How romantic, you really want me to come with you?"

"Portland is known for its food…" it was the perfect thing to say, she was a total foodie, she loved to cook, and go out to eat, it was something that she hadn't done in her past lives before.

"Fine! I'll go pack, and tell Mom."

Olivia and Luke were in their first year at Whitmore, they had no idea that their older sister worked on campus, so when they were asked to keep an eye on someone in the next town over, they didn't know that they weren't the only ones. "Dad," Luke said, as the alert he'd set up went off, "The girl's left town. Is there something I should know? Why are we following her?"

"It's none of your concern, go back to school, I'll take it from here." Joshua hung up the phone, and looked at his second in command, and the Hybrid that had spent days changing over, and over again, working to break his sire bond, "They're coming."

The group arrived in Portland two days later, Klaus and Maya heading in one direction, the Enforcers in another. They were walking in the woods, when they came across a clearing and Maya paused, "This…looks familiar," she said.

Klaus looked around and couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, "What is it?"

"I don't know…" her eyes darted across the area, "Something feels…off." She took his hand and siphoned a little magic from him, "Revelate!" she whispered, but nothing happened, nothing changed, nothing revealed itself.

"I don't hear anything," Klaus said, he'd strained all of his senses but everything seemed exceptionally ordinary.

"I think we should go," Maya said, "I don't think this is right." She made to leave, when a high pitched sound overtook her and she crumpled "AAH!" she screamed. Klaus caught her, and tried to speed out of the clearing, but he hit an invisible barrier. He turned around to head in the opposite direction, and was suddenly met with fifteen people, surrounding the two of them, chanting.

"Shit!"

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