Summary:

It has been over a thousand years since Juliet Ambrosia had last seen her one true love; then again if it weren't for him, she wouldn't be the monster she was made to be. Nevertheless, once news reached her ears that vampires were at war – fighting to kill one of the Original Vampires so their sire line could rule, Juliet decided it was time to reveal her existence to protect her sire line; Klaus. Secrets come to light and a love reignites but will it last long?

Disclaimer:
I do not own any character from CW's The Original, nor the story line of vampires fighting for 'strongest sire line'. I do however own Juliet Ambrosia and any plot that involves her. Please have respect and do not, under any circumstance, take or plagiarize my work for I have worked hard to write this fanfiction.

Out of the Easy - pt. 1

As the lot stayed together, deciphering diverse ways on how to retrieve Rebekah, Juliet excused herself. With their minds occupied on finding one of their own, Juliet was able to slip through the door of the church and began making her way to where she knew Klaus and Aurora would be held up. Though the Mikaelson Compound – in Juliet's opinion – was not the ideal place to keep an enemy, she knew Klaus would be foolish enough to allow her to enter the house willingly. The woman knew she could use her accelerated speed since the Compound was not too far from the church, but Juliet took her time as she became part of New Orleans day life. Many would think the night life had the most tourists and residents roaming around, partying the night away. However, New Orleans during the day was Juliet's favorite time and crowd. Humans shopped and viewed the city's most precious architect. As she walked briskly to the Compound, Juliet's phone began to vibrate – Katie's name showing on the caller identification. "Yeah?" Juliet answered, knowing the only reason why Katie would be calling was due to Frederick; the man she had taken in.

"Hey Jules, I wanted to ask if I was able to leave the house just to grab some groceries; we're running a bit low here since Frederick is eating everything in sight." The woman couldn't help but snicker at the reasoning behind their lack of food and gave the okay for Katie to grab some groceries for them. After she hung up, Juliet looked up to see the Compound and all it's beautiful glory. Using her enhanced hearing, she could hear Aurora and Klaus within the walls. Raising a brow, Juliet shook her head as she entered the house.

While she walked through the building looking for Niklaus' room, Aurora's body lied sprawled out on her stomach on Klaus's bed while he sat on the floor in front of the bed frame, sipping on a glass of bourbon. After a moment, Aurora smirked playfully and leaned forward to start kissing Klaus' neck from behind, the expression on his face torn between pleasure and fury. The man fought mentally between ripping the woman's neck off and yet the tender touch of her lips on his neck felt comforting. As he finished his alcohol, Klaus jumped to his feet and spun to face Aurora at vampire speed, causing her to gasp in shock. He grabbed her roughly by the hair and began to kiss her passionately, which the woman returned. When he pulled away, they stared at each other breathlessly for a split second before Aurora noticed a woman standing at Klaus's doorway.

"Juliet?" Aurora collected the sheets and wrapped herself with them, hiding her bare skin while Klaus turned to find his old acquaintance standing at the door, her arms folded across her chest. "What in God's name are you doing here?" Aurora continued, still breathless. Klaus went to speak, but Juliet held up her hand – stopping him as she walked into the room, a look of disapproval. And just as Aurora was going to speak another word, Juliet flicked her wrist toward the girl, casting a sleeping spell over her. Klaus looked to Juliet with concern, confused on the actions he had witnessed from her already.

"Can I ask why you are barging into my home and-"

"Not another word from you Klaus," Juliet interrupted; her finger up in the air pointing at him. "When I led you to Aurora, I had it in my best interests that you were going to kill her. And yet, due to your incessant need to be and feel loved, you play into her desires and lay with her. What is it about the men I've known to be powerful suddenly becoming weak?" The question was more asked to herself, and yet Klaus felt he needed to prove her wrong. However, Juliet knew very well that she was more powerful than the mighty Original Vampire; she held up her hand, causing him to lose his voice – literally. "This was not how my plan was supposed to go, do you understand? You sabotaged everything that I worked so hard for. All you had to do was kill the wretched tramp and none of this would have happened. Now Rebekah is missing and it's all your fault."

Allowing her hand to fall back to her side, Juliet used her other one to hold her forehead, letting out a sigh. "If I may interrupt your very unnecessary rampage," Klaus began, the spell wearing off as Juliet dropped her hand. "Might I give a bit of assurance that though Rebekah is missing – as you say – Aurora here is the one who took her?" Juliet looked up at Klaus, then at Aurora. Just as she was about to go after her, Klaus put his hands on the woman's shoulders, stopping her. "I know Aurora; we won't get any answers by trying to force it out of her."

Pushing his hands off her, Juliet walked toward the opposite side of the room, her arms folded across her chest. "As for what just happened with Aurora falling in a slumber with the flick of your wrist and my inability to speak at the rise of your finger … how did you do that?" Klaus asked, finally breaking the silence about her powers. Niklaus had been one ruthless and aggravating person throughout the years; Juliet disagreeing with many of his decisions, but she learned Klaus always had a plan B, and even a C in place for everything he did which forced her to trust him. And even now, Juliet trusted him with the knowledge of her powers; her sire, the one who returned to ensure she died with someone by her side. There was never a day that went by when Juliet hadn't thanked whatever masochistic Gods were out there for Niklaus.

"I'm a Hybrid – just like you. Only I'm not half vampire and half werewolf, but half witch."

"The first Heretic?" the man inquired; Juliet nodded.

"I died the very moment a witch was slaughtered," she lied. "And because her powers could not get consecrated, they traveled to me," the woman finished. Though she was willing to speak regarding her powers, Juliet was very keen on sharing how she received them. "And during my transition, it was the powers which helped me with my lust for blood … when I finally realized I had them." Juliet and Klaus stared at each other, both their expressions softening as they both remembered the horrific way the woman's soul left the earth. It was because of Ester that the werewolves attacked the village; killing Juliet in the process.

"There was so much blood," Klaus whispered, looking down to her exposed collarbones where a small necklace of a carved bird laid. Many years ago, when Juliet was attacked, her collarbones were exposed – the skin ripped from the teeth of the werewolves. Klaus reached out, his fingers finding the back of Juliet's neck. They stared at each other for a split second more before the man embraced her in a tight hug. It took all of the woman's strength not to allow tears to silently stream down her pink cheeks; the feeling of Klaus' arms around her again felt like home. Juliet wrapped her arms around his bare torso, burying her face into his chest. "You still smell of rosewood," Klaus whispered, his face burying in her hair. "How'd you manage to keep that?" Juliet let out a soft snicker as she pulled away, shrugging. "You're beautiful, you know that?"

"You always thought so," she replied, looking over to Aurora. "Now enough with the touchy-feely stuff and let's get down to business." The woman nodded toward the unconscious red-head lying in Klaus's bed. It was then when the two of them heard Elijah's voice echoing from the common area through the Compound. Klaus and Juliet rolled their eyes in sync as Klaus mentioned he'd take care of it. And while he went off to meet his brother, Juliet took the sleeping spell off Aurora and grabbed her by the neck. "You are one major pain in the ass."

"Niklaus!" Elijah stood in the middle of the court yard, calling loudly for his brother. Unamused, Klaus appeared on the balcony behind his brother, letting out a sigh.

"You shout loud enough to wake the dead," Klaus mocked, running a hand through his hair.

"Can't pick up your phone? Your sister is missing," Elijah retorted, annoyed. Before Klaus could answer, Juliet walked onto the balcony beside Klaus, holding Aurora forcefully. The Hybrid sighed in embarrassment as Aurora was dressed in one of his button-down shirts.

"Well, she's not exactly missing. Aurora here has her hidden somewhere," Juliet spoke, keeping her grip on the girl.

"And, as long as everyone behaves themselves," Aurora began, ripping the shirt from Juliet's grip. "You can trust me to tell you where she is." Klaus offered a tiny smile to his brother in hopes that he would understand a plan had been put in place, but Elijah simply stared at him, clearly appalled by Aurora's presence. The girl's faked nice tone of voice disappeared and was instantly replaced by a more sarcastic tone as she addressed Elijah. "Hello, Elijah."

"Give me my sister. Or perhaps I can pay a little visit to your brother, Tristan," Elijah answered, glaring at her furiously.

"Elijah, please. Aurora and I have come to an agreement," Klaus informed in brother, exasperatedly. The Hybrid placed a hand on Aurora's back while Elijah continued to gape at them in horror as Aurora linked her arm with Klaus's free one – offering Elijah a territorial glare. Juliet shook her head at the image and rolled her eyes, shrugging at Elijah who briefly looked in her direction.

"Yes, Nik and I find now that your vile act of compulsion has been revealed, there's really no reason why we can't pick up where we left off a thousand years ago." Klaus pulled Aurora closer to him – close enough for their faces to be inches apart.

"Go on, love. I need to have a word with my brother." Aurora smiled and nuzzled her nose into his neck before she began to leave. But before she could make it far, Juliet grabbed hold of her arm.

"I can't touch you, but remember love; there are many other ways of torture without touching." Juliet glared at the red-headed woman while Aurora offered her an amusing smile. Letting her go, Klaus shot Juliet a look before he followed Elijah to Klaus' study.

"Am I to assume that you've gone completely mad?" Elijah asked, pouring himself a glass of Bourbon.

"You say madness, I saw method," Juliet interrupted, taking a glass of her own.

"And that method would be what? To fornicate with the she-devil who took Rebekah?"

"To be clear, The Stryx took your sister. Aurora simply hijacked her," Juliet corrected, putting her glass of dark liquid in the air before taking a sip. It upset her to have had to resort to extreme measures, but when it came to the safety of the siblings she did care about, Juliet needed to do what had to be done. Elijah furrowed his brows at her, confused as to why she was on Klaus's side.

"I will get Rebekah back. Trust me; keeping Aurora close garners the goodwill we need," Klaus finished, pulling the attention of his brother onto him. Elijah considered his plan as both Klaus and Juliet sipped their drinks in unison.

"Well, it is a bold – if lecherous – plan. Will you employ the same tactic when it comes time to retrieve the medallion from Lucien and Tristan?"

"They're not really my type." The brothers snickered at each other as they realized something. As both their gazes found Juliet's, she looked up to them with concerned eyes.

"Oh no, don't look at me for that. I'm all up for devising a plan but I will not stoop down to Klaus's low," the woman immediately spoke, shaking her head to their idiotic plan. "Besides, Aurora will always protect Tristan. And, given that he and Lucien are aligned, the three of them together have a distinct advantage on the lot of you." Klaus and Elijah exchanged glances as Juliet's face lit up; a lightbulb turning on in her mind. "Unless we break that advantage."

"Now that's an idea I wholeheartedly endorse," Elijah spoke, placing his glass onto the table. "What do you have in mind?"

"It's Thanksgiving. Let's invite them for a friendly meal, systematically turn them against one another and then devastate their pitiful alliance." Klaus grinned devilishly toward Elijah, the two tapping their glasses against each other in toast.

"I can feel the holiday spirit already."

Author's Note:

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