"Oh, my god!" Selina said as she stumbled sleepily toward the front door. The knocking was insistent and annoying, especially for this early in the morning. "God!" She muttered. "Doesn't anyone sleep anymore? What could possibly be so important that I have to be troubled this early in the morning?" She tripped over a toy near the stairs, swore, opened the door and gasped. "Nicky? What are you doing at my front door?" She looked down and saw the carrier. "And with a baby!" She paused. "Oh, my god. Is that Felicity?"

"Yes," Klaus nodded. "Look, I know it's early and you're tired, but can we come in?"

"Sure," Selina yawned. "Why not?"

Klaus brought Felicity in and they all sat down in the living room. "So," Selina cleared her throat and pulled her pink silk robe tighter around herself. "Why do you have her?"

"Adrian brought her to me," Klaus said. "Just an hour ago. Asked me to raise her. Can you believe that?"

"No," Selina shook her head. "Why would he ask you to do that?"

"He says that if she stays with him and Helene, she'll never learn vampire and werewolf stuff, so it would just be best for me to teach her."

"Why can't he just teach her vampire and werewolf stuff himself?" Selina asked. "What's the problem?"

"Apparently, Helene won't let him." Klaus shrugged.

"So?" Selina frowned. "Has he become whipped or something? Why can't he just speak up and tell Helene that it doesn't matter what she thinks, he'll teach Felicity vampire stuff anyway? I mean, if I listened to Elijah and just obeyed everything he said, then what would the point of my life be, seriously? He should know better than that! I'm gonna have a talk with him in the morning and we'll sort this whole stupid mess out." She sighed. "Nicky, did you want to stay here? There's room, so you can."

Just then, Felicity started to cry. Selina reached out for her and Klaus put up his hand. "No," he said. "I'll handle this. You don't need to. You can go back to bed."

"Are you sure?" Selina asked.

"Yes," Klaus nodded, cuddling Felicity closer. "We'll be okay."

Selina watched them for a long moment and sighed. "All right," she said. "I'll get some lights on for you so you can see where you're going and then I'll go up to bed."

"And you're gonna see Adrian in the morning?" Klaus asked.

"Yes," Selina nodded. "I most definitely will." She turned on some lights and then came back down. "Colin's bassinette is still in the closet down here," she said. "You could put Felicity in that, if you wanted, and there are lots of empty rooms around. Just make sure, please, that you're as quiet as you can possibly be. It would be hard to get the other kids back to sleep if they wake up."

Klaus nodded. "All right. We'll be quiet. And Selina? Thanks for your help."

Selina nodded. "You're welcome. Good night, Nicky." She came to kiss Felicity on the forehead and Klaus tensed. "What's wrong?" Selina asked. "I wasn't gonna bite her. I was just giving her a kiss!"

Klaus nodded. "I know, sorry. Just a little nervous. Goodnight." Selina nodded. "Goodnight again, Nicky." She headed upstairs and then Klaus looked down at Felicity and sighed before taking her into an empty room that had been Colin's old nursery before Selina had moved him upstairs. Klaus carefully tucked Felicity into the bassinet and then climbed into the bed beside it. He thought he would just fall asleep, but he didn't. He lay in bed watching the dark shape of the bassinet and at even the slightest peep from Felicity, he bolted upright and came to take her in his arms. It was a hard first night, but he got through it. So did Adrian, but the next morning was a whole other story.

"Adrian! Adrian!" Sleepily, Adrian sat up at the sound of Helene's panicked, tearful voice. "What, Helene?" He asked. "What's wrong?"

"Felicity's gone!" Helene yelled. "She's not in her crib! We have to go find her! What if she got kidnapped?"

"Well, if that had happened, the second she sneezed, the kidnappers would have probably been terrified and brought her back, so that's not a problem. She didn't get kidnapped," Adrian said. "I took her to my dad's."

"Why did you do that?" Helene asked. "When did you do that? You have to tell me when you take her out of the house so I don't have a heart attack!"

"I don't know when it was exactly," Adrian said. "Probably between two and three this morning. But I brought her to Dad's and she's fine!"

Helene looked like she wanted to smack him. "Why would you take her to your dad's at a weird time like that?" She asked.

"Because you were asleep and wouldn't stop me, that's why," Adrian replied. "Helene, I'm doing what's best for her."

"How is taking her away from her mother 'what's best for her'?" Helene asked. "She's just a teeny little baby! She can't take care of herself! And your dad's hardly taken care of any kids! Your mom did all of that."

"You are fucking insane," Adrian said, his eyes narrowing. "You think that because you're the mother and a witch that you can just take over everything and raise the kids your way while I'm made a fool and have no say in the lives of my daughters whatsoever. Well, that's gonna change. I brought Felicity to my father so that he can teach her all the werewolf and vampire stuff you won't allow me to. And that's that. There's nothing you can do about it."

"Yes, there is!" Helene replied. "I'll tell my father. That's what I can do about it! He'll go see yours and demand that he give Felicity back and bring her home!"

"And what if he doesn't?" Adrian asked. "What if he sides with me and says that you've overstepped your boundaries? He already mentioned after you gave birth to Felicity that he thinks you've overplayed your hand with Lenora."

"I have not overplayed my hand!" Helene shook her head. "I've done everything right! It's you who's done stuff wrong. You were the one who abandoned Lenora and me while I was pregnant! What kind of a jackass does that?"

"A jackass who's tired of being dominated by his controlling shrew of a wife!" Adrian said. "That's what kind of a jackass does that! I'm doing stuff I should have done a long time ago, but I didn't. I didn't stand up for myself until now. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Helene asked. She and Adrian were now standing nose to nose.

"Because I remembered you in the hospital when we were kids," Adrian told her. His voice was quiet now. "I remembered what you looked like in the hospital after I really let myself go and attacked you. All the gashes you had. All the blood you lost because of me. I swore I'd never let that happen again. So I've restrained myself all this time. Let you call the shots. I know that was my choice, but what you've shown me over the years is that I don't need to restrain myself against you. I need to let myself use every ounce of power that I have because you certainly do that with yours. It's the only way we'll ever be even!"

Helene tensed, muscles in her face twitching as it turned an ugly purple color. "You want us to be even?" She asked. "You don't like the way I'm handling things with the girls? Fine. I'll make it so you don't have to deal with it anymore!" She raised her hand and brought it down, turning Adrian into a fuzzy white bunny rabbit. She panted, looked down at the bunny, and it started hopping away just as Lenora came into the living room.

"Why were you yelling?" She asked. "Were you and Daddy having a fight? It woke me up!"

"I'm sorry, sweetie," Helene said. "You can go back to bed. It's all over. Your Daddy and I won't fight anymore."

Lenora looked down at the bunny. "Where did that come from?"

Helene shrugged. "Um, I don't know. But would you bring it here? We don't want it hopping all over the house, do we?"

"Where's Daddy?" Lenora asked.

"Oh," Helene's face became the picture of sorrow. "That fight we were having earlier, it was about Felicity. Your father thinks that I have too much control over you and your sister, so he took her to your grandfather's without asking me because he believed that your grandfather would do a better job teaching Felicity about vampire and werewolf stuff. Isn't that the silliest thing you ever heard?"

"Why don't you let Daddy teach me vampire and werewolf stuff?" Lenora asked. "I really want to learn! Damon's taught me some stuff, but I want to know more you and you can't teach me any of that cause you're not a vampire or a werewolf like Daddy is."

"I just don't want you to do something with your vampire powers that you'll regret doing later. Like killing people," Helene answered. "Wouldn't you feel bad if you killed someone, Lenora?"

"Actually, I thought I did, once," Lenora replied. "When Damon and I were back in time. I got hungry and there weren't any blood bags around, so I went into the woods, and there was a man there. He was dirty and smelly but I ate him. By the time I let him go, he was practically dead. I got scared and I ran to get Damon and tell him what I did, and when we went to the spot where I left him and made him forget what I did, but I didn't do a good enough job and he told everyone that I bit him, so then Damon and I had to leave."

"See?" Helene said. "This is exactly why I want you to be careful when you use your vampire powers. You could hurt someone or be hurt yourself."

"If I had known how to make people forget stuff better, then he wouldn't have been able to tell on me," Lenora pointed out. "And when you're a vampire, you have to hurt people if you're gonna eat. How else do you get blood from someone?"

"You shouldn't get it from someone," Helene told her. "You should take it from bags like I told you. That's the civilized thing to do."

"I don't think talking about vampire stuff is any of your business," Lenora said. "Cause you're not a vampire and you don't know how it works or what it feels like. Daddy and Damon actually are vampires. They know what they're talking about. I'd listen to them before I'd listen to you. Where's Daddy? I wanna talk to him."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to," Helene said. "Your daddy isn't able to talk right now. I suppose you could try talking to him. But good luck getting a bunny rabbit to say anything."

Lenora picked up the bunny, who was doing its best to hop away from Helene. "This is Daddy?" She asked. "I don't like him this way. Turn him back!"

"No," Helene shook her head. "Not until he learns his lesson."

Lenora's eyes narrowed. "I hate you!" She yelled at her mother. "I hate you, you're crazy and I don't want to live with you anymore! Now I know why Daddy ran away."

"So you'll do the same thing?" Helene asked. "Fine. Go. But you'll come back. You have no where else to go."

"Yes, I do!" Lenora said insistently. She held tight to the bunny and went to her room, throwing clothes in a bag. "Whatcha doin'?" The cat asked. "Are we going on a trip?"

"No," Lenora didn't look up at him as she continued to throw clothes into the bag. "I'm running away. I don't want to live with my mommy anymore."

"So where are we gonna go?" The cat asked.

"To be with my Aunt Lucy," Lenora told him. "I'm sure that when I tell her Mommy went crazy and turned Daddy into a bunny rabbit, she'll understand and let me stay." She finished putting her clothes in a bag and then grabbed the bunny. "Are you coming?" She asked the cat. He jumped off her bed and came to stand beside her. She shut her eyes, muttered, and in no time at all, heard a yell of surprise from Damon.

"What are you doing here?" He asked. "And with a duffel bag and animals, no less?"

"I ran away," She said quietly. "I didn't want to live with Mommy anymore cause she doesn't want me to learn how to be a vampire. And she got mad and turned Daddy into a bunny rabbit cause the two of them got in a fight about Felicity. Do you think Aunt Lucy will let me stay here?"

"I don't see why she wouldn't," Damon replied. "I mean, I already think it's okay and the house belongs to both of us. We both have to decide whether you're gonna stay or not."

"Okay," Lenora nodded. "When you ask her, should I come?"

"Sure," Damon nodded. "Why not? And you can even bring your rabbit and your cat with you."

"The rabbit is my daddy, remember," Lenora said as she followed Damon. "Don't forget about that!"

"Oh, no," Damon shook his head. "I don't think that's possible."

Lucy was in her studio. She usually didn't like to be disturbed while she was in her studio, but Damon thought that this was worth making an exception for. He went up to the closed studio door and knocked on it. "Lucy!" He called.

"Is this an emergency?" Lucy called back. "Can it wait?"

Damon gestured for Lenora to come closer to the door. "Mommy turned Daddy into a rabbit and now I don't want to live with her anymore," she called. "Can I stay here?"

Lucy didn't say anything, but they heard a thump and then a few seconds later, the door to the studio opened. "What did you say your mother did to your father?" She asked, looking shocked.

"She turned him into a bunny!" Lenora held him up. "See? He's right here."

"Why did your mom do that?" Lucy asked.

"Cause they had a fight about Felicity," Lenora said. "But that's all I know. Do I have to go back and be with Mommy even though she's insane?"

Lucy sighed. "No, I guess not. It would be better for you to stay here."

"Thank you!" Lenora said, giving Lucy a hug. Then she turned to Damon. "I get to stay!"

"I figured you would," Damon said. "Why would there be any doubt?"

Lenora shrugged. "I would say no, but who knows? So what are we gonna do now?"

"How about we go find you a room?" Damon suggested. "You can put your things away."

"And then I can eat something!" Lenora said. "I'm hungry."

"What kind of hungry?" Damon asked as they headed away from the studio and Lucy closed the door again.

"I'm hungry for waffles," Lenora decided. "Do you have any waffles?"

"I don't think so," Damon replied. "But after you get unpacked and we take care of your pets, we can go to the grocery store."

They found Lenora a room and she magicked a cage for her father while the cat made a space for himself at the foot of Lenora's bed.

"This is a nice place," he said. "I think I'm gonna like living here."

"But you can't talk around Damon or Aunt Lucy," Lenora reminded him.

"Have I ever talked around anyone except you?" The cat asked indignantly. "You don't have to tell me twice."

"I know, but I just wanted to be sure," Lenora told him. "Damon and Aunt Lucy can handle lots of weird things, but Aunt Lucy is too practical to be able to handle a talking cat."

"She's a pretty woman," the cat said. "What I wouldn't give to cuddle up with her..."

Lenora shook her head. "Aunt Lucy is not for you," she said. "You're a cat. She is a person."

"I wasn't always a cat," he said.

"But now you are because you've misbehaved and you have to take the punishment," Lenora told him. "You stay in my room."

"Fine," the cat said. "Whatever."

Lenora nodded with satisfaction and put her clothes away. She made one last check on the cat and her father the bunny, and then she and Damon went to the grocery story to get waffles.

Selina knocked on the door of Adrian and Helene's house. When Helene answered the door, she said, "Is Adrian here? I want to have a talk with him."

"He's not here," Helene said. "He went out with Lenora."

"Oh," Selina nodded. "Well, I know what he did with Felicity and I just...I'm sorry. You must've been really worried when you found her missing."

"Yes," Helene nodded. "I was terrified. I don't think I've ever been so scared of anything in my whole life. Would you like to come in?"

"Sure," Selina nodded. "Thank you." She followed Helene to the kitchen. "Want a drink?" Helene asked.

Selina shook her head. "No, thanks. I'm fine."

Helene sat back down. "When Adrian told me that he'd brought Felicity to his father's, I was nervous too. I mean, I've known Klaus a long time and you have to admit that he's not the most reliable person when it comes to dealing with children."

"You know, ordinarily, I would agree with you," Selina said. "But after Adrian dropped Felicity off with him, he brought her to me, you know, just to tell me what happened, and when I offered to take charge of Felicity, he got really possessive and told me he was perfectly capable of taking care of her himself. He might actually be in it for the long haul this time."

"Even if he is, would you keep a close eye on him?" Helene asked. "Or get my father to? Cause Felicity's really little, and-"

"I understand that you're worried," Selina told her. "But I promise that between Nicky and me, nothing bad will happen to your daughter."