The beginning of the summer heat radiated off the humans that they kept pushing through. The streets were filled with sweating bodies crammed onto the sidewalks. Nel praised her vampire senses that numbed the sense of feeling the temperature.

"Don't you think I should be leading, seeing as we are going to see my old friend Sophie," Nel said.

"I was just with her before you so rudely interrupted my drinking—"

"Your pity party."

"We agreed that they were celebratory drinks."

"We agreed on something?" Nel said incredulously. "Color me surprised." Before she knew it, they had entered a graveyard and were walking between rows and rows of gravestones. "I don't think Sophie's here."

"Trust me, she is." Finally they reached a rather large mausoleum and Klaus knocked on its door.

"Niklaus," Elijah said. He looked past his brother and his dark eyes rested on Nel. "What a lovely surprise," He gave her a gracious nod. "Nel."

"Sophie didn't tell you I would be coming?"

"She did." Elijah let the door swing open fully to let them walk inside. "I just wasn't sure if Niklaus would allow you."

Elijah always remained proper even after the many years of knowing him. Some memories raised too much hurtful remembrance. Nevertheless, Nel gave a small laugh and walked into the dingy room. If it was supposed to be a real mausoleum, it lacked coffins or anything that resembled a burial room. Only candles were mounted on the wall that gave off a warm, but low glow to the room. The afternoon light streamed in from the door behind them.

"So tell me why Nel is involved with all of this?" Klaus abruptly cut into the silence that had fallen on the room.

"We need her." Sophie emerged from a dark corner in the room.

"We agreed that we would take care of Marcel." Klaus' anger was beginning to surface when his voice rose. "No one told me of this!"

Nel was accustomed to his rage, so she quickly cut in. "Klaus calm down." Her voice matched his menace.

"Don't you dare tell me—"

"I'll do as I please! I'm here to help. And from what I've gathered from the one day that I've been back, you need all you can get." Venom practically dripped from her voice. "So, don't you dare tell me what I will and will not be doing."

Klaus stepped forward towards Nel. She knew he was looking for a physical altercation to take place. They had hardly been around one another for twenty minutes and it was about to be just like 1788 all over again. "Niklaus." Elijah's calm voice cut into the tension that had grown in the room. "Stop."

Nel and Klaus both stared at one another hoping that the other pounced. They were both fuming, which was why most of their reunions always ended in a fight that warranted a century or two for cool off.

"Yeah," another figured emerged from the dark corner Sophie had just come from. "All the yelling is giving me a headache."

Nel sniffed the air and within seconds she recognized the putrid smell. "You're keeping company with werewolves now?" She looked pointedly at Klaus.

"She has her uses," Elijah said.

"I'm not going to some sticky bayou every other day to just be a use to someone," the werewolf girl said.

Aggravated from her verbal spat with Klaus, she didn't care for the she-wolf and her woes. "My heart bleeds for you." The werewolf caught Nel's sarcasm, but didn't react, which aggravated her even more. "Does this were-girl have no bite?"

Nel stepped towards her, but Klaus sidestepped in front of the girl. His protective motion didn't go unnoticed by Nel, but Klaus quickly tried to cover it up by asking Sophie, "Why is Nel helping us?"

"She is going to help Hayley." Sophie grabbed the shoulder of the werewolf and gave it a reaffirming squeeze. Hayley gave a small smile in return.

"Help her with what?" Nel asked.

"She is carrying Niklaus' child," Elijah said.

Moments passed as Nel waited for everyone to start laughing at Elijah's joke, but surprisingly everyone kept silent. She could hear the slight increase of Sophie's breathing. She listened harder and heard a faint heartbeat in the room. Quiet as a mouse. Or more likely a miniature monster growing in the were-girl's stomach. "What the hell is this?" Nel turned to Klaus waiting for him to answer.

"It's the truth," Klaus replied.

"And you believe it?"

"It took some convincing to say the least," Elijah interjected.

"Do you have them juiced up on some of your dark witchy voodoo?" Nel stepped away from Hayley towards Sophie. "Because there's absolutely no way this is true."

"She is carrying his child," Sophie said.

"How 'bout we let the werewolf speak for herself," Nel said.

"I don't have to prove anything to you," Hayley retorted.

The fire erupted inside Nel again and she stepped toward Sophie even closer. "I could just rip her heart out," Nel motioned to Hayley. "Because if this is true, there's no way wolf girl is doing it alone."

The room remained silent and Nel looked over to Klaus. They locked eyes for a few moments and she read his glance immediately.

"Or," Nel stated lightly. "I could just let you live. Plus, I want to see you try and take down Marcel."

Both Sophie and Hayley let out their breath in relief. Sophie was quicker to compose herself and stepped towards Nel and said, "Good, because we need your help with finding a witch to help Hayley."

"Help Hayley how?" Nel asked.

"Stop from turning," Hayley said. "We can't be sure that the baby will survive the transformation."

"Well, I think that is where Klaus comes in."

Hayley quickly interjected, "No. I'm not becoming one of his hybrids."

"Don't see any other options."

"You know a witch named Violet," Sophie replied.

"Perhaps."

"She caused a lot of trouble in the werewolf community by causing werewolves to change whenever she cast them to."

"Sounds like her," Nel said while a smug smile crept onto her face.

"It's a tragedy," Hayley said hotly. "She destroyed a pack and forced them to turn against their will."

"Like the moon?"

"It was still—"

"Will you get to the point," Klaus interrupted sharply.

Nel glared at Klaus hoping she transferred the sentiment: This is not my problem, it's yours.

"We were hoping she could reformulate the forced transformations into something that would stop Hayley from turning during the full moon."

Nel quickly surveyed the room, meeting the glances of four very different people. "Fine. I'll see what I can do." She ran her hands down her tight white dress to smooth out the wrinkles caused by the heat. "I have to say this was all very—"

"Unprecedented?" Elijah finished.

"Odd," Nel said. "I'd say odd. I'll keep in contact. Now if you'll excuse me."

"We'll walk you out," Klaus said. Elijah motioned for the mausoleum door and opened it for Nel. They all filed out one after the other.

Once they had reached the outskirts of the cemetery, out of earshot of the werewolf, Nel asked, "You trust her?" She couldn't even be sure which she she meant.

"No," Klaus said.

"But you trust that the child is yours?"

"I do."

Without hesitation Nel burst into a laugh. Both Elijah and Klaus stopped walking, "What's so funny?"

"I was just thinking that it's a good thing you didn't break the curse 500 years ago," Nel said between giggles. Both brothers didn't seem reciprocate. "Come on, this whole situation is a bit ridiculous don't you think?"

Finally, both Klaus and Elijah smiled in return. Klaus asked, "So you'll help us?"

"Yes," Nel said. "You just have to tell me where Rebekah is."

"Rebekah?" Elijah asked. Klaus' jaw tightened at the mention of his sister's name.

"Yeah, Rebekah is the one who introduced me to Violet. And seeing that Violet and I had our differences, I think it would be best if Rebekah came."

"I think that's going to be difficult," Klaus said through tight lips.

"Why is that?"

"She wants nothing to do with New Orleans."

"Where's Rebekah?" Nel asked again.

"Mystic Falls," Elijah said. "Virginia."

"Perfect," Nel said.

"I'll join you," Klaus said quickly.

"Not so fast," Nel said. "I really don't want this sibling spat to overtake the reason for the trip. So I'll ask you nicely to stay"

"She has a point," Elijah said. He gently grabbed his brother's shoulder. "You can visit Mystic Falls another time."

Nel watched the interaction between the two of them and was intrigued by Klaus' reaction to Elijah. Klaus almost looked disappointed that he couldn't accompany Nel on her trip to Mystic Falls. She was sure it wasn't her company that he'd miss, or that fact that he missed his sister, seeing that he didn't flinch at the idea of putting her in a coffin for ninety years. The travel to Mystic Falls seemed more interesting by the minute, even more so than a werewolf carrying one of the Original's children.

Thanks for the interest! I have a whole fic planned out, so this is probably going to be a long one. I plan to have Nel, Klaus, and Elijah in almost every chapter with other characters from The Originals popping up. Nel has an interesting past that is connected with every Original sibling, which I'll write about more!

Coming Up: Mystic Falls and the gang. Will intersect with most of the characters and possible run-in with Silas!Stefan…

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