A/N: I'm back, I'm back! Sorry for the super long wait. I should have posted this months ago, but I totally forgot about posting. Sorry! I love you guys, I really do. Oh, and in case any of you were wondering, the poll that I put up on my profile page for you guys to vote on is still there, so vote, vote, vote (or PM me/review) for the characters from The Vampire Diaries that you want to see/see more of in "Revenge & Power!" I'll also be trying my very best to update at least once a week starting now so that I can finish up this story before the new season of TVD airs.

The first thing that Alyssa did as soon as she was free from Kol's house was run to Klaus's house in Mystic Falls. An hour ago, she had overheard a conversation that she was not supposed to have overheard and they had to know what had happened. She pounded on the door of the Mikaelson residence until Rebekah, who was her best friend from Alaric Saltzman's history class and practically every other class at Mystic Falls High School, opened the door.

"Seriously, Ka—oh! It's you," Rebekah said. She looked pleasantly surprised to see Alyssa standing on the other side of the door, rather than Katherine Pierce.

"Yeah. Hey," Alyssa said.

"I have so much to tell you!" Rebekah said happily.

"I know and I have a lot to tell you too, but I really need to—" Alyssa said. Rebekah interrupted her and swung the door open wider.

"Just come in already," she said. Alyssa did and saw Elijah just getting up from the couch in the living room, which was situated behind Rebekah, to her left. Elijah smiled when he saw her and was in front of her in a second.

"Alyssa. I've missed you," he said. Alyssa smiled back at him.

"I've missed you too, Elijah," she said as he drew her into a hug. She felt him press an affectionate, gentle kiss to the side of her face just before he let go of her. When Elijah took half a step backwards, away from Alyssa, she spotted an unfamiliar man descending the sweeping staircase.

"Who's that?" Alyssa asked Elijah and Rebekah. Both siblings turned around and saw the man who was descending the staircase.

"That is our eldest brother Finn," Elijah told Alyssa.

"Oh," Alyssa said. She was buying time for herself so that she could think of ways to tell Elijah and Rebekah what had happened and what she had overheard. Rebekah frowned at Alyssa.

"I know that look. What are you hiding from us?" The blond vampire asked her. Alyssa considered blurting everything that she needed to say out, but remembered Finn. She didn't know him.

"I'd rather...say everything that I need to say without him present," Alyssa said, referring to Finn.

"Don't worry. He's trustworthy," Rebekah said. Alyssa hesitated for a while before doing what Silas had once taught her to do: she got into Finn's head so that she could see how trustworthy he really was. She saw that Finn had betrayed his siblings once, but that it was for what he thought was a good reason. He wanted to be human again because he thought that he and his siblings were five of the most abominable creatures in the world, though he believed that Klaus was the worst of all because he was both a vampire and a werewolf. Alyssa realized that Finn would have wanted to take the cure for vampirism. She studied his face carefully and then withdrew from his thoughts once she was sure that he hadn't noticed her probing around in his mind. She thought she knew how he felt about being a vampire. Finn met her eyes and Alyssa quickly looked away.

"I overheard Katherine and that new girl in town, Violet, making a deal," she said to Elijah and Rebekah. Elijah frowned slightly and asked,

"What kind of a deal?" Alyssa hesitated.

"You can tell us. We'll handle whatever the problem is," Rebekah said reassuringly. Alyssa clenched her jaw just a little.

"No, I'll deal with it. Violet is going to help Katherine get revenge on all of the people who wronged her, and I'm sure that Katherine's list includes the two of you," she said.

"But Katherine and Violet are both human, aren't they?" Rebekah asked Alyssa.

"Yes, but Violet's a witch whose powers almost match mine because she's a hundred and nine years old," Alyssa replied.

"We know, but she's still human and so is Katherine," Rebekah said. Elijah didn't say anything. Instead, he looked deep in thought. Someone suddenly started pounding on the front door. Elijah snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at Alyssa.

"Who's at the door?" Elijah asked her. Alyssa felt for the mind of the person on the other side of the door and immediately knew the answer to Elijah's question. She looked back up at the Original.

"Klaus. He's probably looking for me," she replied. Elijah went to open the door and sure enough, there was Klaus standing on the outside.

"Alyssa!" Klaus said as soon as he noticed the witch standing close to his younger sister. He stepped into the house and was standing in front of Alyssa in a few seconds.

"How did you convince Kol to let you go?" Klaus asked as he cupped her face in his hands.

"He didn't let me go, even after I tried to make a deal with him. I had to…snap his neck," Alyssa said, somewhat guiltily. Klaus immediately burst into laughter while Rebekah and Elijah looked confused.

"It's not funny, Klaus! He's going to be angry at me when he wakes up!" Alyssa exclaimed. Klaus managed to get his laughter under control, but his grin remained on his face.

"I know, I know. I'm sorry. It's just that…Kol needs to grow up. He's still acting like a child even though he's not," he said.

"What happened?" Elijah asked Alyssa. She turned to him and told him and Rebekah everything that had happened.