I am sorry for my last chapter, for some reason whenever I tried to edit it the cursor would jump around or copy paragraphs. It got really annoying fast. Anyways here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Thank you Guest for your review, sorry about the repeated paragraph. And I had realized that it sounds like a better KlausxOC but the Muse and I have some disagreement on that. I guess we will find out which one will work out.

Black Star I am glad you liked the scene between Keira and Freya, it was just so much fun to write. Sorry that it was a little weird, I think I was overthinking that chapter.

Militato thank you for all of your reviews! I really enjoyed reading them. And I will try to write a chapter when you review...lol...but with all the things going on I am not sure how fast I can get them out. Hopefully this chapter answers your question on chapter 11.

Two Worlds Collide

The Mikaelson siblings were still frustrated and worried about Klaus' escape, and his possible alliance with Dalia. The Cursed One didn't know if it was true or not, but She knew of Klaus' willingness to do anything to protect his daughter. An alliance with the very witch who threatened his daughter did present a few interesting possibilities. One of which would be that he knew there was no way of defeating her and so was trying to get whatever he could from her by allying himself to her. The other would be that he was trying to get as close as possible to her and then stab her in the back, possibly literally, with Klaus there was no sure way of knowing.

She watched, slightly envious, as the siblings bonded even closer together. Her family had been destroyed and She was the only one left. There were none that She could call her own family, yet in Hope She felt a possibility of that closeness. She knew that she would do whatever it took to keep that baby alive.

As She waited in position, ready to attack Dalia, She could feel the power of the approaching witch. The day had come, Klaus' plan and his siblings' would intercept, and She was caught directly in the middle.

Her body thrummed with adrenaline as the witch came into sight. With her enhanced senses She could hear Klaus just out of Elijah's range, She knew that something was going to happen soon.

Sure enough, when the illusion crumbled and Freya's face turned to horror, fear, and then resolve The Cursed One charged with Elijah towards Dalia. before halting when her master collided with a fast-moving projectile that She just knew was Klaus, the ring fired off its pain in retribution for her hesitation but She resisted. She watched as Klaus spoke to his brother than flung him up onto the balcony. The ring was telling her to protect her master, but his will held her off.

She watched as Klaus held his brother up by his throat. Elijah tried to reason with his brother, but Klaus would have nothing of it. Finally, in desperation, Elijah turned to her.

"Keira!"

"Oh don't bother calling out to her brother," Klaus said, exerting more pressure on Elijah's throat causing him to give a grimace of pain. "She is mine now, I took it off of you when we collided" He showed Elijah the ring that was now on his own hand.

"How?" Elijah asked, voice breaking at the pain in his arm and the struggle against his brother's strength.

Klaus leaned in close to him. "That little spell I did not only kept the ring on your hand after Finn temporarily killed you, but it also seems to have made me the master of it! Keira was only too kind to let me know about this the other day while you lot were getting so cozy with the witches, so, back to the matter at hand, watch dear brother as I take everything from you, just as you tried to take everything from me!" Exerting still more pressure on his brother's arm he forced Elijah down and held him up against the railing.

He turned to The Cursed One. "Keira! Be a good girl and go get my brother's surprise I left just outside the door"

"Yes, master." She said, turning and walking out to the courtyard, surprised to see Gia there waiting. She led Gia into the courtyard and stepped back, waiting to see what would happen. She could hear the agony in Elijah's voice when he cried out as he was forced to watch Gia go up in flames. She raised her eyebrow at the sheer brutality of the act, She supposed if she were a better person she would feel sorry for her former master, but in order to protect Hope She knew that it had to be done.

Whatever it takes was the mantra that ran through her mind.

When Elijah reacted against Klaus She moved to defend her master, but again his will kept her back. When Elijah laid there on the ground She shot Klaus a questioning look but he shook his head. She shrugged and turned to Dalia, keeping watch on the biggest threat to Hope. She could see that her presence surprised the witch, a look of recognition spread across her face, but before The Cursed One could make something of it footsteps sounded, bringing both of their attention to Camille who bravely, or rather stupidly, had decided to face off against Klaus. Trying to remind him of his inner decency. She almost made to move forward to do what she didn't know, but She stopped herself. She watched as Camille dropped to the floor and felt a brief flicker of sympathy for the woman that had let her hold and get so close to Hope, but She suppressed it. Whatever it takes. She thought. Whatever it takes.

Once Camille was dealt with and then Marcel and Rebekah and Dalia had completed the spell to find Hope they were ready to set off. They found a truck and were soon on their way to the Bayou.

"Now that we on the way, perhaps you can tell me just how you managed to acquire my precious little Keira." Dalia stated it more as a command than a question.

"Well, I guess you could say that she was a recent acquisition from a recent rival of ours. In case if you were wondering that rival is no longer a factor of concern for my family, so I would be very careful if I were you if you were planning on double-crossing me."

"As long as I get what is owed to me then you shall have nothing to fear from me." Dalia said.

Klaus nodded. "Now that I have answered your question perhaps you might clear up something for me?"

Dalia nodded. "Of course, if we are to remain partners, then quid pro quo, as it were."

"You called Keira yours, care to clarify how she is, in fact, yours?"

"It was back in 1214 when Freya was still having problems controlling her powers, and was fighting me at every turn, when I first chanced to hear of a vampire and werewolf hybrid. I thought that bonding myself to something that could live forever would give Freya and myself an opportunity to live forever. Keira was just a child, not at full strength yet and would be easy enough to control. Unfortunately, I underestimated her vampire father's protectiveness. On the day I finally was able to acquire her he sacrificed himself so that she and her mother could get away. I was unable to leave Freya for very long, but when I could I tried to find her again. Her mother was successfully able to hide her until Freya and I went to sleep again. When we woke up a hundred years later, and I was able to leave Freya, I searched for her again. Keira was able to hide for a long time, but eventually, I was able to find her. However, by that time she was strong and in full strength, it would take quite a lot to be able to mold her to do my bidding. I made a deal with a nobleman who was well known for his particular sadistic tendencies. He was to break her and in return he would get control of her for a time. I created that spell linking Keira to that ring and allowed him to use her to his gain. It was a thing of beauty the way he was able to turn such a strong willed woman into an obedient little thing.

The Cursed One could barely refrain herself from attacking the woman. Only Klaus' will kept her from unleashing her rage on the woman instead. She struggled against her master's will, but it was no use. She snarled at Klaus but settled down and contented herself with glaring at the woman and imagined just how She could enact revenge upon this woman who had destroyed her life so many years ago.

Dalia turned and stared at her in the back seat smiling at The Cursed One's rage.

"When it came time for me to collect Keira from him I found that she had moved on to another master. Intending for the ring to come to me I created a claus that would give her to me on the very moment of his death, should I have a need to kill him if he didn't give up the ring, instead I found that the spell allowed the ring to move on to another once he was killed, and yet still another. She was lost to me for the rest of time, until where should I find her but here with my sister's own children. My how fate seems to work in our lives."

Again only Klaus' will kept her from attacking Dalia. She continued to nurse her pain and anger under silence, glaring at the woman, knowing that there was nothing that She could do to her yet. The woman was too powerful and the ring's control over her was too strong for her to attack Dalia right now. The Cursed One looked out the window and tried to keep her attention on the passing scenery in order to distract herself from trying to kill the witch.

They reached the Bayou and set about hunting down the wolf pack that was trying to keep Hope from her father. It was night by time they found the pack, and it made it all the better for their attack to begin.

She loved the sounds the wolves made when they screamed out their pain as She and Klaus each killed a wolf, drawing the others towards them. She shared a deadly smile with Klaus before launching herself at the approaching wolves. She placed herself at Klaus' back as he talked with Jackson then once they finished She proceeded to rip apart the wolves as they attacked.

Blood flew as her claws raked and tore apart flesh. She smiled, her face splattered with blood. Oh, this was marvelous finally, let out to fight, with just Klaus there it might have been a longer fight, but with her fighting alongside the wolves didn't even stand a chance to make it a challenge.

"Don't kill them all!" Klaus commanded her.

She paused, shrugged and threw the arm to the side that she had been holding. "Oops." She said grinning unrepentantly at Klaus. She knocked a charging wolf unconscious before placing herself next to Klaus' side and faced off the last wolf standing, Jackson. While Klaus talked to him She could hear an approaching enemy. She smiled and launched herself, colliding with Hayley just when Hayley would have connected with Klaus, pinning Hayley to the ground.

"Hello, princess." She said, smirking down at the snarling woman. "Haven't we done this dance before?"

The Cursed One stepped back and let Hayley get to her feet. Once up Hayley launched herself at The Cursed One and She met the attack head on. More blood went flying as they both attacked with their claws, slashing here and there at exposed skin. The Cursed One received a slash down her face and She snarled before digging her claws into Hayley's stomach and tearing upward. Hayley cried out in agony and backed up for a moment. She did not give Hayley the opportunity to recover herself instead, She stepped forward and slashed Hayley's own face , then sped around her. She grabbed Hayley by her hair, forcing the woman's head to look up, before slamming her own foot into Hayley's leg and breaking it. Hayley cried out again and sank to the ground, groaning in agony. The Cursed One grabbed Hayley by her arm and none to gently dragged her over to her husband who was by now moaning on the ground.

She could see that Hayley's spirit was not broken and that Hayley was gathering herself to try to fight some more, but that was when Dalia showed up.

The Cursed One backed up and allowed Klaus to take his moment of revenge, She herself was content to watch the agony take over Hayley's body, and to hear the sound of bones breaking again and again as the couple's bodies reshaped themselves to go to their wolf forms.

Now that Hayley and her pack were taken care of She was only too happy to reunite with Hope

She watched as Klaus gave Dalia his ultimatum, confused as to just what he was trying to do, but willing to follow his lead.

"Linking myself to you would certainly stop my sleep, but what is to say that I can get more out of it for myself if I link myself to Keira as I had originally intended?"

"Well you certainly would get the same result from her, but then how could I trust you? You see this is a guarantee for me that you won't just double cross me in the future."

"True." Dalia said, clearly thinking it over from all angles. "Very well you have a deal."

The Cursed One watched, glad that she would not be forever linked to the witch who had haunted her previous life, and gave her this cursed existence. She knew that Klaus could have just as easily spared himself of being bonded to Dalia and passed it onto her, but either he was rewarding her for her continued allegiance to himself, or he had a plan behind this. Her bet would be on the latter.

Once again I hope that you all enjoyed this latest chapter. Please review and let me know what you think!

The Title is taken from Burning Heart by Survivor