Chapter 9:
"Oh look-Female Klaus and wolfy are playing white knight and damsel in distress." Elena teased coldly as she stared at the blonde who let go of Hayley and made a line straight to her.
Rebekah was knocked down by Klaus and neutralized instantly. The dagger in her back was proof of it indeed. It was only a minute later that Bonnie came running outside. She noticed immediately that Rebekah had been daggered and her eyes darted to Kol with worry. Hayley thought she would be able to slip away in the confusion but Elijah grabbed her by the arm.
"Care, Lena," Bonnie smiled, "boy have I missed the two of you. Phone calls just don't cut it."
Kol, Hayley, Elijah and Klaus did see Caroline there, just hidden behind Stefan.
"I know that and I'm sorry BonBon." Caroline made a show of stepping out from behind Stefan in a little black dress. Hugging her, she smiled until they parted and her eyes were locked on Hayley and Klaus.
"I hear that I should say congrats but really, what's the point?" the blonde smiled viciously. Elena giggled and as she removed herself from Bonnie's embrace, she hugged Kol.
Hayley sneered at her but Elena pulled out her blade from her boot and twirled it in her hands.
"It's been coated thoroughly in aconite and one little slip..." she smirked at the wolf's newly pale face. "We don't want anything bad happening to you, now do we?" her voice took on a mocking tone. Bonnie looked completely floored. She had heard that Elena and Caroline had changed but hearing about it and seeing it first hand were two different things.
"Thanks for the heads up Elena," Kol grinned at her, "you were right. It turns out the baby isn't a Mikaelson. You're looking well though given the tension I might ask what you and Caroline are doing here?" He wrapped an arm protectively around Bonnie's waist.
"Stefan wanted to support the Hybrid bastard you call a brother," Elena ticked off her fingers. "I wanted to find someone to party with that wouldn't have a stick up their ass, Care wanted to visit Bonnie-I admit, that's another reason I'm here." She smiled and gave the other two Originals a mocking smile. "I also wanted to throw out threats to the wolf." She pouted. "You all had to ruin my fun."
Klaus glared at her comment about being a bastard while Elijah had to look down. He had a feeling that the words 'stick up their ass' was an insult to him.
Stefan had to step in between them to diffuse the situation.
"Let's all calm down and at the moment, pretend to coexist together." Stefan said in a calming voice.
"Well I'm sorry lovely Elena that we seem to have spoiled your evening," Kol smiled, " that was never my intention I assure you. I'm just happy to see that you've been well looked after and I won't have to remind Marcellus how to treat guests."
"What are we going to do with Hayley?" Bonnie asked as she realized they weren't alone. A moment later there were several cries of pain before Bonnie stopped dishing out brain aneurysms to people outside their assembled group. Marcel's nightwalkers were hiding in the shadows and making Bonnie nervous.
"Yes boys," Elena bit out harshly. "What are we going to do with your little pet wolf?" Klaus and Elijah just stared at her.
"You're much more vicious and vindictive this time love." Klaus remarked as he spared her a glance. She rolled her eyes.
"You do know that I've killed three wolves and numerous witches that were placing hexes on innocent people, right?" Elena told him with a cold edge to her voice.
"You surely have changed." Bonnie said softly. "In this case about the witches, I don't blame you."
"What about the wolves who were innocent?" Hayley shouted at her. Caroline snickered darkly.
"They tried to take a chunk out of me." She was acting like her old self until her eyes darkened. "So we took their hearts and heads."
Kol spared a quick glance to Elijah barely perceptible before grinning at the two of them.
"Darlings now I can definitely see I've been missing the party down here," Kol smirked. "Now as for the wolf I think she should be severely punished for her actions. However, I think death would be too easy for that kind of deception. Don't you brother?" He looked to Elijah expecting him to go ahead and indulge his dark side.
"I agree with you brother," Elijah smirked. "I think she should be a wolf...permanently." Hayley started to fight against Stefan who was currently restraining her and Klaus was looking at her with his evil grin.
"However, if there is even a chance that child has Mikaelson DNA I'll not see it left with her," Elijah furthered.
"Then who would carry that little baby?" Caroline asked him as she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Maybe Rebekah...she should learn some sort of responsibility." Klaus murmured as he looked at his brothers.
"Bekah's always wanted to be a mother," Klaus added as his brothers nodded. Bonnie leaned up and whispered in Kol's ear. He looked at her and she nodded.
"Bonnie says that Hayley's not too far along and Bonnie could change the DNA. The child would be Rebekah's," Kol offered.
"Who would be the father?" Elijah asked. This was a dangerous game they were playing but he wasn't about to let Hayley benefit from her crimes.
Stefan raised his hand. "I will."
Elena looked and asked, "I'm needed here for what reason? I'm already bored." To prove a point, she faked yawned. "I could be feeding on some local cuisine or actually eating real food."
"You just ate." Caroline told her. "Besides-Marcel needs to be here to approve of any more magic so the spell should be done tomorrow." She gave Bonnie a sad smile. "He says that he wants to see you and watch any spells you do to make sure that you're not placing hexes on people."
Elena smirked. "Hope you don't mind boys." Her words were directed at Elijah and Klaus.
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Bonnie was apprehensive as she sat on the bed in the room she was sharing with Kol. He returned from the shower and found her lost in thought. He sat down on the bed and gathered her in his arms.
"That charm over the door means that what we say and do in here stays private," Kol reassured her. "What's on your mind?"
"I'm nervous about meeting Marcellus tomorrow. What if he objects to the spell? I saw how easily Rebekah wound up daggered. I couldn't stand to see them do that to you." He kissed the side of her cheek where he could reach her from behind.
"I'm working very hard to make sure that doesn't happen. Now let's make sure your blood is clean and ready for tomorrow."
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The next morning Bonnie was up early to go over the spell. As she walked through the downstairs she found the room with the coffins in in. One of the lids was open and she wandered in to see Rebekah lying there. It was unnerving.
"That's not who you're picturing there is it?" A familiar voice spoke and Bonnie jumped. She looked to Stefan as he joined her.
"No," Bonnie confided.
"You didn't touch the dagger did you?"
"Of course not." Stefan looked down at Rebekah.
"Why would you do it? Father the child?" Stefan reached out to trace Rebekah's cheek.
"I would have thought that was obvious," Stefan flashed a ghost of a smile.
"You love her," Bonnie finally realized.
"For a long time."
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"We should probably decide some things before this Marcel gets here," Bonnie suggested as she was eating something called beignets that Kol had gotten her. "Rebekah cannot be in a sleep state for me to transfer the pregnancy. Someone needs to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't do anything drastic afterwards too." She advised the brothers.
"Don't worry witchy," Klaus smirked at her. "I'll keep an eye on her because Elijah here doesn't trust her anymore like he used to."
"Yesterday she tried to escape out a window with Hayley and you daggered her brother. I don't think you trust her anymore than I do," Elijah said.
"I will take care of her," Stefan said. "How is this going to work exactly Bonnie?"
"Well it's an extremely powerful nature spell but I just chant and it's going to retrieve the life force from Hayley, re code it with the DNA desired and then settle it in Rebekah. Then the spell will nurse the pregnancy along until the baby is born." It was obvious that Bonnie was a little nervous though she was trying hard to hide it.
Elena caught it though. She stood protectively in front of the witch and bared her teeth at them.
"Go near her or attack her and you will regret ever doing it." She said wickedly. "Marcel's not even that happy that your entire family's here but as I told him 'life isn't really all that fair'."
"I could bite you doppelgänger." Klaus snarled. She looked him dead in the eyes with a malicious smile spreading across her face.
"Oh really?" She shook her head. "You do that and you will just reinforce the fact that Kol trusts you as much as I trust you."
"That means that she doesn't trust you." Caroline chimed as she stood beside Elena. "Also, I doubt that you're going to want to endanger the Queen of the Quarter-me-just to get back at Elena and Bonnie."
Bonnie felt really out of place and didn't even realize that she had started pacing until Kol pulled her up against him.
"When is he going to get here? I want to get this over with."
Elena looked at Caroline who flitted over to the other vampires. One of them nodded and was off. She flitted back towards them with a smile.
"I just sent the message. I can assume that he'll be here tomorrow at the earliest." She said brightly, a total contradiction to her earlier coldness.
"Queen love?" Klaus just couldn't believe that Marcel was the King and the beautiful Caroline was his queen. It had to be a joke.
"I'm her second." Elena said as she looked at her nails. "No one will mess with us as they're afraid."
"It's only because of the numerous hearts being ripped out and heads being removed from their bodies." Caroline quipped.
Elena nodded. "Those are from one the second best first impressions I've had. Decapitation by a slight of hand."
Elijah's eyes locked on hers. He flashed back to the memory immediately. She had been so beautiful and so bravely defiant standing before him despite the fact that she was human and he was a thousand year old vampire. She was defiant standing before him now but this was different. Now she was angry - bitter and he was to blame. Her gaze turned hostile and he looked away.
"What shall we do in the meantime?" Bonnie fidgeted. At the moment the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Kol.
"I don't know about you but I've starving." Elena let out a groan at Caroline who smiled prettily at her.
"You just had blood-from a champagne glass no less-right before we got here." Caroline rolled her eyes at Elena who spoke.
"Human food." She quipped at the brunette. "I'm starving for human food."
"There's still some left." Klaus said as he offered her his arm. She walked past him, nearly pushing him out of her way.
Elena whistled. "Damn. She's really hungry as well as angry." Elena followed her in but Elijah grabbed her arm.
She pulled her arm away from his grasp and gave him a dark glance.
"Let me guess...another deal or do you want to rework the one that's already in place?"
"I want to apologize for not considering that Katerina may have been at work instead of you," Elijah said gently. "You protected my family and for that I am eternally grateful Elena."
"I wish I could believe you," she turned her head away from him. "I really wish I could but it's too late." She brushed past everyone and went in.
Stefan grabbed Elijah's wrist. "She's still hurting and her emotions aren't really off-they're in between the two extremes."
"Oh she's still hurting? Poor her." Hayley sneered only for Elena to be in her face and her blade right to her throat.
"Sorry honey," she mocked. "I'm not that hurt anymore but you will be." She pressed the blade closer to her throat. "Did you know that your clan's been cursed so that every full moon they turn human? I did and I didn't have to do what you did to find that out."
"Now how do you know about her clan and yet she barely does?" Curiosity never suited the hybrid and knowing that the girl had the answers to Hayley's own clan was making him angrier.
"I talked to the witches and they told me-just like Marcel did." Was Elena's answer before she removed her blade. "If I had to pick a suitable punishment for you it'd be death but that's too nice."
Everyone was shocked at her words. Especially Elijah.
"Now, now, I think that permanent banishment to four paws and a fur coat is more than just," Kol smirked. "I hope you're the outdoor type." Kol taunted Hayley.
"Don't get her too agitated," Bonnie cautioned. "We wouldn't want her to miscarry under stress..."
Elena removed the blade and sauntered off.
"Yes, I know that I wasn't complaining about being hungry before though I just ate but really? The food here is to die for and that wonderful..." Her eyes were closed as she held a little childish smile on her face.
"I hope you don't mean that literally." Bonnie managed to get out and Elena rolled her eyes.
"It wasn't literal." She assured her. "But Bon-be careful." Her eyes flitted over to Kol before looking back at the other two Originals as well as Hayley. "As much as I trust Kol-I can't trust those two to hold back wolfy. God knows what she could do to you and I'll end up killing her."
"You're torn again love? Decapitation or ripping out the heart?" Klaus taunted.
"I would do that to you but there are some good people in your line that I can't see dead. Caroline, Stefan and Marcel being three of them." Elena sneered.
"Thank you for your concern as always Elena but I have gotten stronger and could likely take on Hayley without any issue. Not that I would have to," Bonnie said for she had every assurance that anything coming at her would have to get through Kol and probably even Elijah first.
"Why are we delaying until tomorrow? Can't we just have this over and done with? Or is it a case that you're bluffing and your witch isn't worth her salt?" Hayley growled.
"Do you see Marcel here wolfy?" Elena taunted. "No and besides your best friend is temporarily out of order so learn how to wait." The way she spoke to Hayley was like Hayley herself was a small child who didn't know anything.
Hayley's teeth were bared but Elijah pulled her back with a little warning growl.
"Elijah? Why are you doing this? Don't you believe me?" He shook his head in the negative.
About that time Bonnie's stomach chose to announce that it was lunch time. After a rigorous debate food was ordered in and soon everyone was eating. Hayley was returned to house arrest, this time in an actual cell Klaus had in a spare room. Bonnie and Kol slipped away for a bit to continue her detox therapy and strengthening her nature magic. Meanwhile everyone else kept awkward company. Later that afternoon Kol and Bonnie returned and Bonnie found ice cream. She began making a sundae with gourmet vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, nuts and rainbow sprinkles. She had just finished it when Kol relieved her of it. She glared at him a moment before calmly repeating the same steps over again.
"Are you seriously trying to make us stay here?" Caroline demanded of Klaus who was relaxed in his chair.
"Yes love I am." He answered her before she flashed over to him with a pillow and tried to suffocate him. Letting it go, she marched over back to where she had been sitting-on the couch next to Elena-when Jeremy spoke.
"As awesome as everything that's happened so far...how long is it going to take to get Marcel here to watch Bonnie do magic?"
"I'm unsure." Elena told him as she ran her hands through his hair. "But I do know that his favorite witch-Davina-will be with him."
"He's bringing his witch?" Kol asked and had he been human Bonnie's death-grip on his hand likely would have hurt. Stefan looked to Elena and Caroline. He could feel the already tense air in the room become almost suffocating.
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