A/N Hayley is pregnant with Klaus's child. She is still a wolf and living in the bayou with her pack. It is stand alone story independent of all the fan fictions right now :)

Once upon a time there lived a king in New Orleans. This king was hybrid – part werewolf, part vampire and his name was Klaus. He was very lonely even though he had his siblings who loved him but he was still missing something in his life. He wanted someone with whom he could spend his life with, share his secrets, his desires, his hopes. He had to do many things to maintain peace in his kingdom which might not have been seen as good deeds by some but he was willing to do that for his kingdom and in doing so he had made many enemies. A few friends which he still had were also not very happy with him because of his way to run his kingdom but he didn't care. As long as his kingdom was running smoothly with him being the king he was fine with it but recently he had started to find an empty hole in his life. He had come to realize that hole can only be filled by someone who would accept him for who he is but he knew that was not possible as very few people liked him and none of them except for his immediate family were willing to spend an eternity with him.

He was waiting for Hayley, the current leader and the queen of Crescent wolves and the mother to be of his child, for their meeting. He was having a particularly tough time handling Crescent wolves and his own pack.

He looked up when Elijah, his brother, entered the room with Hayley and Jackson.

Klaus looked at Hayley and his eyes unwillingly went to her pregnant stomach. He was surprised to see that it had grown in size. 'Has it been that long?' Klaus thought. He then shook his head and said "we have to wait for Cary to come and then we can start…" As if on cue Cary entered.

"Klaus this animosity between these two packs cannot be resolved unless both parties talk calmly" Hayley said with frustration

"I happen to agree with you love" Klaus said with a smile

"It cannot be resolved period" Jackson said "I have a solution to this problem"

"I don't understand what the root problem is?" Elijah asked in frustration "both packs are werewolves. Crescent wolves have been living here for two generations and your pack" he turned to Cary and said "just moved here and is across the bayou so what the issue is?"

"The issue is not just territory now. It is the baby" Cary interjected

"What?" Klaus and Hayley both said in a loud voice together

"Both pack think that the baby belongs to their pack" Cary said looking at Jackson who looked at him angrily

"I told you Cary to let it go" Jackson got up angrily which earned him an angry stare from Hayley who said "You knew"

"Yes I knew and I thought that this fool will keep his mouth shut and talk to his pack" Jackson said angrily

"This is my … our baby not a thing that belongs to someone. It only belongs to us" Hayley said looking at Klaus.

"As long as you live with your pack you are putting this baby in danger" Cary said

Klaus got up angrily and whooshed to him and held him by his neck "Say that again and I will kill you without giving a second thought"

"Niklaus" Elijah said

Klaus stepped back letting Cary go who massaged his throat and said "If not me then others will do it Klaus. If you really want to protect your baby from all threats then there is only one thing to do"

"We can protect our baby" Klaus said angrily

"You don't even know how many people are against your baby" Cary said "Ask Jackson" he turned to Jackson and said.

Everyone turned to Jackson who continued to look at him angrily.

Jackson caved in to everyone staring at him and said "yes there has been an issue within the pack. There is trouble between members of two packs and in between too"

"Like I said I have a solution" Cary said again

"Which is?" Elijah asked

"Combine the two packs" Cary said.

"How can we…" Elijah asked and then it hit him what Cary was saying "No"

"If we don't do that then come this full moon the two packs will rip each other apart" Jackson said

"What are you talking about?" Hayley asked in confusion

"The situation is not pretty Hayley" Jackson said

Klaus looked at Elijah who was staring at him in anger. He asked him "what?"

"Don't you understand what Cary is proposing?" Elijah asked angrily

"No I don't" Klaus said

Hayley suddenly understood what Cary was saying and she looked at Jackson who nodded his head to confirm her reading of situation.

Jackson said to her "You are the queen of the pack and every queen or king need to do best for their kingdom. Under the circumstances this is the only solution. If you don't want the bloodshed to happen in two days then do it otherwise be ready to bury a lot of people you have come to love"

Suddenly Klaus started to laugh and said "you have got to be kidding me. Us getting married will solve the problem?" he pointed at Hayley and said "she cannot even stand me let alone marry me"

Hearing that just made Hayley lose her temper. She walked to him and said angrily "yes I cannot but as the queen of my pack I am willing to go through this terrible ordeal too"

"What?" Klaus was as much taken aback by this as much Hayley after finishing her sentence.

Elijah said in surprise "Hayley"

Hayley turned towards Elijah and asked him "do you have a solution?"

"No, but this is not the solution" Elijah said walking towards her

Klaus recovered from his shock and looked from Elijah to Hayley and said with a laugh "well this is turning to be a really interesting meeting"

"Don't be a jerk" Hayley said and then continued "you wanted to be a king of New Orleans. As a king what are you willing to do for your kingdom?"

Klaus said "You have got to be joking"

"No Klaus I am not. I don't want to see the bloodshed. Do you?" Hayley asked him seriously "Many rulers do this for their kingdom. Marriage of convenience" she absentmindedly put her hand on her stomach. The movement caused Klaus to look at her stomach and he realized that it was not just the prevention of the bloodshed of their individual packs but their baby's safety also dependent on his decision. He looked into her determined eyes, said "marriage of convenience" and nodded.

Rebekah told little Hope in her laps "And that is how you parents got married honey. They married for the benefit of their packs and then they fell in love with each other"