Ever since the big scare and Klaus saving her without asking questions or anything in exchange, Rachel had a hard time resisting the urge to go and see him to beg for another chance for a successful date. She tried to keep busy by filling and sending her NYADA application but once that was done, there wasn't much more she could do except for singing, reading and doing homework.

"Rachel, I have some news." He father said seriously as he invited her to sit by his side.

"What is it daddy?" she asked him.

"I found out by Sheila that Bonnie's mother is back in town. Apparently Bonnie went looking for her to open the locked coffin."

"But she can't! Esther would try to kill everyone out of revenge! She'll kill Klaus!" Rachel exclaimed.

This couldn't be happening, Klaus couldn't die before they even had time to see if they could work out together.

"I know and I think that's their plan but Bonnie doesn't want to hear anything about it. They're planning on using tonight's full moon to free her. I know they are hiding the other coffins at the witch's house. Now, I'll go and try to delay Stefan, you go and warn Klaus. He should bring a few hybrids with him. Maybe you should go with him too, the spirits of the dead witches won't do anything against you..." Damon suggested.

"I'll go right now...We only have a couple o hours before the moon is full... Be careful daddy."

"I will honey, don't worry. You be careful too." Damon replied before he kissed her forehead.

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Rachel drove as fast as she could and once her car was parked in front of Klaus' house, she ran to the front door.

Klaus must have heard her coming because he immediately opened the door, even before she had time to knock. He looked surprise but had a real happy smile on his face. He was happy to see her and for a second she forgot why she was there and she enjoyed the knowledge that Klaus was as happy to see her that she was to see him.

"Rachel, what's wrong? What's the hurry?" he asked her, looking for bite's mark all over her.

"Bonnie found her mother and brought her in town to open Esther's coffin tonight as soon as the moon is up. Daddy is trying to find out where they are and to delay them while we go and get the other coffins at the witch's house. Come on!" She said quickly before she went back to her car.

"It could be dangerous, you're not coming!" Klaus exclaimed.

"The spirits of the dead witches won't hurt ME! Even if they tried, I'll be able to keep them at bay. Now come on, my car is already running, we'll be there fast. Call Tyler on the way and tell him to come with us, we'll need the extra hands." Rachel suggested as Klaus nodded and followed her, thinking that if it worked between them, he would have to kiss his Alpha male days goodbye.

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When they arrived at the old broken house, the spirits tried to attack Klaus and Tyler but Rachel managed to calm them down and keep them at bay while Klaus and Tyler went to look for the coffins and came back carrying two coffins.

"We can't put them in your trunk..." Tyler realised.

"We'll tie them up to the roof, it's not that long of a drive back to the house." Rachel replied.

Klaus and Tyler nodded before they did as she suggested.

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An hour later, Damon, Klaus, Tyler, Rebekah and Rachel were in the hybrid's living room, waiting for Sage and Finn to come back.

"How do you think they'll react?" Rebekah asked her big brother as they all stared at the opened coffins.

Indeed, as soon as they had arrived, Klaus had opened them only to realise that they had been undaggered already.

"I have no idea... They'll both be pissed but they might calm down when they see you, Sage and Finn free and in peace with me." Klaus replied.

"We should probably go, it's family buisness after all... Call me tomorrow Rebekah okay?" Rachel suggested as her blond friend nodded.

"Again, I'm sorry I wasn't able to stop them from freeing your mother Klaus... If there is anything we can do..." Damon started to say.

"Don't worry about it, it's not your fault." Klaus smiled back as he watched Rachel leave his house, hoping that one day he might win the right to keep her in his arms for an entire night, without letting her go.

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Soon after Tyler, Rachel and Damon left, Sage and Finn arrived and soon after that, Kol and Elijah woke up.

Of course they had been pissed but Elijah was reminded that he had betrayed his word to Rachel and deserved to be put in a coffin for trying to kill his brother after promising he wouldn't.

Kol got a sincere apology from Klaus and a promise that he would try to make up for it.

They however didn't have much time to talk and try to catch up as a family before Esther came into the house without being invited first and claimed that she wanted them to be a family again and that she had forgiven Klaus for everything he had done.

None of them knew if she was saying the truth but since she was powerful, they didn't really have much choice but to do as she said. As Esther was organizing a room she had decided would be hers in this house, Rebekah texted Rachel the last news of what had happened.

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Rachel was just done reading Rebekah's message to her father when Santana entered the house.

"I'm home! Now, I love Lima, Brittany and my family but I really missed this place a lot! I thought I would talk with my family, explain everything to them and everything would be fine but as it turned out, they aren't fine at all with what I became and they were super freaky... Anyway, I stayed at Brittany's and I swear her cat is supernatural. Well, long story short, I don't think my parent will want me to come back for some family time anytime soon. So, what did I miss here?" She asked as she sat her bags down in the doorway.

She looked very happy and Rachel looked at her father, wondering who would be the one to tell her what she had missed.

Was Esther really looking for peace with her children or did she want to kill them? Would Rachel be strong enough to fight against the thousand years old witch that she was? Rachel's head was full of questions and as her father explained the latest events to Santana, Rachel prayed that Klaus, Sage, Finn and Rebekah would get out of this alive and well.

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