Originals 1. Chapter 1

1x11

"Do you believe in the harvest?"

The young witch nodded. "I believe."

Sophie slit Davina´s throat in a fast move, which made Hayley, Rebekah and me flinch and look away. "This is sick.", I whispered and earned a glare from Sophie. I hid my face in Elijah´s neck, as if that could make me forget what I had just seen: The death of an innocent girl. Elijah put an arm around my waist to comfort me, but all I could feel was the guilt, because I didn´t do anything to help that girl. Nobody had done a thing to save her! How could the witches live with theirselves, how could they even want to practice magic, if it came with that price?! This ritual brought so many bad memories with it, which is what made it even more unbearable. Davina´s body went limp and she fell backwards, right into Marcel´s arms. The vampire caught her and put her gently on the ground. The rain around us stopped, as Davina´s heart stopped beating.

After positioning the young witch next to the other lifeless bodies, Sophie spoke: "After the harvest, comes the reaping. The sacrifices were made and accepted, we call upon our elders to resurrect our chosen ones." Nothing... "We call upon our elders, to resurrect your chosen ones...Resurrect your chosen ones! Please? I beg..." Sophie started crying and I couldn´t help but do the same. I let go of Elijah and took a step forward, then I kneeled down next to the four bodies and Sophie and put an arm around her for comfort. I knew it was weak, the fact that I was crying was ridiculous but in this moment I couldn´t help myself...

Eventually, the cemetery emptied and Rebekah and I left too. While walking, we saw Hayley and Elijah...in a rather intimate pose: their bodies close, just like their faces. As the original sensed my presence, he let go of the pregnant werewolf and turned in my direction.

"Come on Beks, let´s go home.", I told Rebekah and we walked past Elijah, me ignoring him and his sister giving him a disapproving look. Over the few weeks the werewolf had been with us, I had noticed that Elijah felt some kind of attraction to her though I had refused to believe that it was something serious, until now...

"I´m sure it´s nothing.", Rebekah assured, but I´m not sure she even believed it herself.

It always came down to this, didn´t it? Heartbreak. Not long and Elijah would fall in love with the girl and move on from me. I had seen my coven-sisters get their heart broken over and over again, but never had I felt the pain myself. Rebekah put an arm around my shoulders as we were walking through the french quarter and sighed. "All this drama, Callie. Don´t worry, Elijah loves you."

"I doubt that, Beks. Look at me, I´m damaged, I have leverage, Elijah knows that. Hayley, on the contrary-"

The blonde vampire didn´t even let me finish: "Hayley is pregnant with Nik´s hybrid child! The way I see it, she has way more leverage than you."

I leaned against Rebekah and sighed. "Thanks, Rebekah."

_Flashback_

_Calliope gasped, as she saw where Elijah had brought her: a church. It was decorated with dark roses and though it was pompous, there was nobody there...it was empty. _

_"Calliope Iphegenia Torres, will you marry me?"_

_The girl turned around to face her first love and smiled. _

_"You know that I´m not religious, right?", she asked and looked down at Elijah. _

_The vampire chuckled and answered: "Only you could ruin this perfectly romantic moment."_

_Her whole life, Callie had been sorrounded by people, the coven had always made sure of that, but never had she felt this loved. Never had she felt this kind of love...it was eternal, she was sure of that. Elijah saw her, for what she really was: a strong woman and not just a girl from a coven of witches that practiced sacrificial magic. Elijah took her hand and lead her down the aisle, towards the altar and turned to her and kneed in front of her. "Calliope, I could promise to hold you and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health, I could say til death do us part. But I won´t. Those vows are for optimistic couples, the ones full of hope. And I do not stand here, on my wedding day, optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic, I am not hopeful, I am sure! I am steady. So this I am sure, you are my partner, my love, my friend, my heart, my heart beats for you. And on this day, the day of our wedding, I promise you this: I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands...I promise you me."_


	2. Chapter 2

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1x12

_Callie was watching the vampires closely, as they awaited Klaus. They were getting impatient, stirring around. The girl had a piece of paper in her hands that she was ripping into little pieces. Her frustration was obvious: Elijah and she hadn´t talked with each other since the thing with Hayley. The whole night she had been up, thinking about her relationship with Elijah. They had been happy and as much as Calliope thought back on all the times she had with Elijah and replayed them in her head, she just couldn´t find those first signs of trouble. When had he stopped loving her, had he even loved her in the first place? How could Elijah move on from her so fast?_

_"Dearest bretheren, your attention please. No doubt you´re all surprised to see Thierry Vanchure, who´s supposed to be rotting in the garden for the crime of killing one of our own. And I personally decided to issue him with a pardon. I hope you´ll all welcome home Thierry."_

_Thierry walked into the group of vampires that welcomed him and hugged his vampire-friend Diego. Callie watched Elijah, who had been observing the scene, but looked away when she saw his head turning towards her. The beauty walked down the stairs and stood next to Marcel, smirking at the original hybrid. _

_"You´re in a good mood.", she mocked. "Maybe you should visit Mystic Falls more often."_

_The witch knew where his good mood came from: Caroline Forbes. Klaus finally had sucess, like he had with all women._

_"As much as I would like to, I have pressing responsibilities here.", Niklaus answered, then he turned to the crowd and said something, while Callie put a hand on Marcel´s shoulder for comfort. _

"Today I saw Niklaus demonstrate mercy towards an enemy. Tell me that´s not progress."

Elijah smiled confidently, he was expecting Rebekah to agree with him and I saw his frown, when she answered: "Please Elijah, who do you think convinced Klaus to let Thierry out?!"

The original always saw the best in people, he was proud to see his brother changing for the better and that´s why he tried to ignore what Rebekah and I were expecting: Klaus would get angry about something eventually and then he would take it out on his siblings, if they stood in his way.

"Why would you do such a thing?", Elijah asked his sister, puzzled.

As Rebekah used to say, Elijah was a simple man, even now after his thousand year long life, I could see glimpses of that person. His mind was not as twisted as his siblings, he was an honest person and that´s what made me fall in love with him...

"Because despite Klaus´ reprieve, Thierry despises him. I like that about Thierry, I also like that he used to date a witch so he knows all about French Quarter Coven´s. Maybe he can lead me to whoever stole the harvest magic." Rebekah looked at me, smiling, then she turned to look at her brother, who was walking on her other side. I was relieved that Rebekah had not pushed me to tell her about the covens of the French Quarter.

"Rebekah we are all devastated by the outcome of this ritual-", Elijah tried to reason but he knew that his stubborn little sister wouldn´t let go of what had happened. Suddenly there was a lot of tension and I decided to interfear, because this conversation would probably end in a fight, which I was trying to avoid. I opened my mouth, but before I could make a sound Rebekah hissed:

"That´s just it! There was no outcome. We both know that power like that doesn´t just vanish. I say someone stole it and I´d like to know whom and then I´d like to make an ally out of them."

"To what end exactly?" Elijah stopped walking, as did Rebekah and I. Elijah glanced over at me, then looked at Rebekah, expecting an answer.

"I´m tired of being threatened and controlled by our tyrant brother. If you want to stop a bully, you need the power to stand up to them."

"I expected such a behaviour from Niklaus, it´s so very disappointing when it comes from you, Rebekah. Do you not see that in his way he is making an effort here? He´s invited us back into our family home, he yearns for our family to be reunited."

"He´s in a good mood now! But for how long? What if things don´t go the way he would like them to? It´s his trick, Elijah. He lulls you into a false sense of camaradie and kinship and then turns on you like a snake! Rebekah and you always wind up in a coffin with a dagger in your chest!", I spoke, before Rebekah could say anything that would start a fight and tried to sound as gentle as I could. I reached out and touched his hand, relieved when he gently took my hand into his own.

"I believe that he is approaching a resemblance of peace here! The leadership may be a good thing for him." Rebekah turned around to walk away, but I quickly grabbed her arm and looked at her, pleading to hear her brother out. "Now sister, please, I ask you, if you cannot support him, then at least do nothing to provoke him." The original glared at her brother and me, then she stormed off and left me with Elijah.

"Elijah, do you remember the day of our wedding?" The vampire nodded. "I was totally unprepared, I had just had my final exam and I wanted to go home because I hadn´t slept in 36 hours. I looked like that, too, do you remember what I wore, what I looked like? I was wearing some jeans that I didn´t even know I had and a sweatshirt with coffee stains on it. My hair was up in a bun but half of it hung out and I wore no make-up and I had bags under my eyes."

"You looked as beautiful as you always do." Elijah smiled, his thoughts back at that day, but he still didn´t look me in the eyes.

"And I came out of the university and I saw you, in a suit, as good looking as ever and I saw the girls and women that stared at you and I thought to myself: how lucky am I, to have this man in my life? Elijah, I don´t want all of this to have any effect on our marriage."

My voice was shaking, as I spoke because I was hoping Elijah wouldn´t turn me down.

"Me neither, Calliope.", Elijah answered. "If you´d like, we could go out tonight. Like old times."

"Yes, I´d like that. I have to go, Cami texted me." Elijah leaned forwards and kissed me gently on my lips but instead of a short goodbye-kiss, our kiss turned into a make-out session on the middle of the street. "People are staring."

Before I could say another word or make another move, Elijah had picked me up and sped into an alley where he went on kissing my neck. "Better?"

I groaned, as Elijah bit my neck softly. "Yeah, much better."

Grabbing Elijah´s chin, I lifted his face and our lips found each other again...

Cami sighed and removed her phone from her ear, after she had tried to leave a voicemail for Sophie. "Still no answer?", I asked as I looked for a beer but found nothing. Cami shook her head, clearly frustrated about knowing nothing. "Just give it up, we will tell you what happened, I promise." I sat down on a bar stool and thought about what had happened.

"Looks like I should have been here last night"

Cami jumped at the voice and grabbed a bottle of scotch for defence. We both looked at Marcel, who was standing in front of Cami and stared at me.

"Before you try anything, I´m on vervain.", Cami warned the vampire in front of her.

"Yeah, Klaus mentioned you broke free of his compulsion.", Marcel mentioned. His voice lacked it´s usual delight and happiness. Davina had really meant more to him than we all thought. Just like the Mikaelson´s, in the beginning I thought Marcel was just using the young witch for her power but now I started realizing how wrong I was. "Good for you. Is Sophie around?"

"No, we´re looking for her too.", I answered shortly. "Why?"

"I got witch problems, thought she might have answers " Marcel walked around Cami, who was still holding the bottle up, as if it would have any effect on Marcel. The vampire pulled out some money and threw it on the counter, then he took a bottle of tequila. "Mind if I wait?"

I stood and took two glasses so Marcel could pour us drinks.

"It´s a little early for day drinking. Let me guess, Klaus-problems. I thought you´d be on top of the world." Marcel and I nodded at each other and downed our shots. "And now that you have Davina back..."

Marcel stopped dead in his tracks, as I tried to lighten the mood by saying: "It´s never too early for drinking in New Orleans, right, buddy?"

"Davina is gone.", Marcel answered and ignored me completely.

"Was it Klaus? I told him if he hurt her-!" Cami stormed over to us, while she phrased the threat. Stupid blonde, as if she could stop an original.

"Cami, just shut up!", I hissed and glared at Cami.

"It wasn´t like that. The power that she had was too much, we tried to fix it with this crazy-ass ritual, something went wrong and now she´s..." Marcel throws a bottle against the wall.

"Marcel, I´m sorry.", I whispered and rubbed his back soothingly.

"Yeah, me too..." I poured us another shot and downed mine immediately, while Marcel sat there staring at his. Cami joined us, drowning her sorrows just like Marcel and I were. My thoughts wandered off to Elijah and what he was probably doing right now...

As we drank, Cami kept asking questions about Klaus, so Marcel told a story to Cami, who was very interested. Me, on the contrary, I started zoning out. After an hour or so, the doors flew open and revealed a man, bald, in a white suit.

"Poor Marcellus, You remain always in the shadow of your father. Climb out from beneath it, will you? So you can die like a man." Marcel and the stranger were standing opposite of each other, when Marcel slightly turned around to us.

"Callie, Cami, you need to run! Don´t look back, just go!"

Cami looked like she was ready to run, but after she looked at me, she changed her mind and stood next to me. I knew this man from somewhere, he had a connection to my ancestors...who were witches that used sacrificial magic. Before I could hold myself, I gasped: "Papa Tunde!"

Speak of the devil...

"Yes, cherié." Papa Tunde looked at me with narrowed eyes, then he started to smile. "You look just like your grandmère, might I say."

Marcel didn´t let me answer, he, again, urged us to run.

"I think they should stay. I prefer an audience and...I am about to put on quite the show."

Papa Tunde pulled out some kind of knife that looked like the rattle of a snake, as Marcel sped forward and tried to snap Papa Tundes neck, only to be shocked when the latters neck snapped back in place. The warlock grabbed Marcel by his throat and chocked him.

"You can not defeat me, I channel the power of an original vampire. Soon I will have all three, but first, I will take you.", the warlock threatened and began to chant. I recognized the french spells but I couldn´t remember the counterspell. Marcel´s skin dessicated and his eyes were all white. There was nothing we could do, I knew that, because I had seen the power that these dark witches posessed, Cami on the other hand...before I could stop her she took an empty bottle and smashed it over Papa Tundes head, who in return threw her through the bar. Cami landed on the ground, bottles with liquor breaking around her and cutting her skin. Papa Tunde turned around and smiled at me.

"How is your mother doing?"

"I wouldn´t know anything about that, last time I saw her I slit her throat and then ran away." The second I said it, I knew I should have thought about what I was saying, because not a second later the warlock was standing in front of me, his hand around my throat. "Are you sure you can kill me? You said it yourself, I look just like my grandmother."

Papa Tunde took a step back and swallowed hard. "You do."

"Grandma told me stories about you...you were destined to be together, she said. Sadly, she forgot to mention that you were a psycho but that didn´t stop her. You have a reputation, Grandpa."

A moment later, Klaus was holding Tunde in a tight grip. "I remember killing you. What a joy it is to relish old memories."

With his magic, Papa Tunde threw the original off his back and into a cupboard.

"You´re here. Good. I can crush you before the eyes of the son and then I will consume you both.", Papa Tunde grinned. As I tried to move so I could help Klaus, I realized that Tunde had put a spell on me, so I watched helpless, as Klaus tried to attack Tunde, who stopped him effortlessly and choked him. "This time, I am stronger"

My head started spinning and my sight went all black, as I tried to keep myself from falling unconscious. "Calliope, are you ok?" I opened my eyes to see Klaus kneeling next to Marcel, looking up at me.

"Where did he go?" Klaus turned around to see that the spot where Tunde must have been lying empty and shook his head. "I gotta find Rebekah."

She was the only person I could tell about this...

After an hour of unsuccesful searching, I saw Rebekah and Elijah in an alley, arguing. I took a few steps closer to hear what they were saying. Thankfully they didn´t notice me, they were too angry at each other to care about anything else.

"You always talk of Nik´s happiness! But for a thousand years he´s robbed me of any chance of my own. What about me Elijah, am I not a concern for you?" Rebekah´s eyes were filled with tears and I couldn´t help but pity her, because what she said was the truth but everybody always ignored that.

"We all make sacrifices in the name of this family, but know this: I will never stand against you or Niklaus.", Elijah calmly explained. Rebekah glared at her brother and said:

"What about Hayley? Nothing I conspire to do, nothing of my treachery will harm this family as much as your feelings for her! You´re a hypocrite, Elijah. You would choose love over family and then condemn me for doing the same."

I felt like my chest was too tight, my lungs couldn´t widen and breathing became harder.

Rebekah turned around to walk away, but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw me standing at the end of the alley.

"I guess our date is off." He didn´t answer, all he did was look at me with sad puppy-eyes and take a few steps closer. I put my hand on my chest out of fear that my heart would jump out of my body...

Rebekah moved so she stood next to me and linked arms with me. "Come on, let´s get you home."

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	3. Chapter 3

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_"Can I get you anything brother? A magnifying glass, a pipe perhaps?", Klaus asked his brother sarcastically. Elijah was kneeling next to Papa Tunde´s corpse and examining it, while Marcel and Klaus stood next to each other. _

_"You have a theory youd like to share with us Niklaus?"_

_"Back in the day when the witches wanted to send a threat, they´d just kill a chicken and leave it at your doorstep.", Marcel mouthed his theory, before Klaus could say anything. _

_Elijah stood up and tried to take Callie´s hand, who was standing opposite of Klaus and Marcel, but she pulled away and took a few steps away from her husband. They hadn´t spoken since Callie had witnessed the fight between Rebekah and Elijah. _

_"Alphonz isn´t a bloody chicken.", Callie snarled at Marcel, who was unaffected and just stared at her, then at Elijah. _

_"Papa Tunde defeated Rebekah with ease, almost got the two of us as well. If he was supposed to be their prize fighter, why leave him for dead in our front yard?"_

_Before anyone could answer, Rebekah, who had just entered sarcastically said: "Well don´t you all look cheery. Listen to this: a girl has exploded from the grave today as Sabine was giving her tour in the city of the dead. It was Monique Deveraux."_

_For a moment, nobody said a word, then Callie realized what the blonde had just said and gasped._

_"What?!"_

_"The tourists tought it was part of the show but the witches are celebrating it like it´s some kind of bloody miracle.", Rebekah snorted and shook her head. _

_"Maybe it is...they think that all hope is lost but suddenly a harvest girl is resurrected. This is how we are going to get Davina back! Kill the witch who took her place."_

_Calliope looked at the youngest vampire, her arms crossed in front of her chest, smirking cynically._

_"Of course all you would think about is how to get that little psycho back."_

_Before Marcel could answer and the conversation could change into a fight, the troup was interrupted by Hayley, who had obviously been listening to the conversation._

_"I have a theory who one of them could be." Hayley showed a drawing of a woman, then explained further: "Celeste. I mean its gotta be. Davina was trying to tell us! She was drawing pictures of Celeste. She was warning us that great evil was coming."_

_Hayley looked at all of them and waited for an answer. She looked a little too long at Elijah, for Callie´s liking, but the witch didn´t want anybody to know what she was feeling._

_"First Papa Tunde returns to settle old scores, now your old lover is back." Klaus said, pointing at Elijah. "This isn´t witches attacking vampires. Theyre declaring war on us!"_

_Again, nobody said a thing, because they were taking in the news. Callie tilted her head to the said and commented: "Great, why don´t we leave our favorite love triangle alone so they can solve the problem and be the heros. Marcel, Rebekah, time for us to leave."_

_Callie walked up the stairs and stopped, when Hayley started talking. "Callie, I´m sorry. I didn´t mean to-" "Shut up!" Before she could stop herself, Calliope was holding Hayley´s breath with her magic. She stopped, when she realized what she was doing and looked at Elijah, desperation and fear in her eyes..._

"Are you going to tell him?"

Before Cami could answer, the door of the church opened and revealed Klaus. Cami looked at me and quickly hid the blade under a book. "I got your text. Where is Kieran now?"

"In the attic. Resting, praying. He´s gonna go crazy and die isn´t he? Just like Sean...And we´ll still be in this stupid fight because he lied to me about the witches. And vampires. And you."

Camie looked like she was seriously thinking about stabbing Klaus with that blade. After all, she was impulsive and stupid when it came to people she loved.

Niklaus sighed and sat down next to Camille.

"Camille, I can see why you hate me. Truth be told I have done some dreadful things. But the lies your uncle told were meant to protect you. He is a good man with a loyal heart...and he´s your family. As for these witches...their attack on Kieran should be proof enough theyre the enemy and that we´re united."

Klaus looked at Camille, then at me and got up. Cami stood up too and drew the sword, but before she could make another move I stepped between Cami and Klaus.

"Klaus!" Klaus turned around and saw me standing in front of him and the blade in Cami´s hand.

He had a suspicious expression on his face as he stepped forward and pulled me into his side.

"This is Papa Tunde´s blade.", he said slowly. His hand was around my waist, holding me tight, just in case Camille tried something. The blonde slowly turned the blade and held it out for Klaus to take it.

"A witch gave it to me. Said it would cause tornment and untold pain, even to an original. She said if I stuck it in your heart she would heal Kieran.", she explained, looking at me. I nodded at her, signaling she had made the right choice.

"And yet you choose to reject their offer."

Cami looked back at Klaus and folded her arms in front of her chest and answered aggressively : "Maybe if I were more like you, I could do it...but I´m not-"

"A monster.", Klaus offered.

"I´m not stupid! If there is a war going on I wanna be on the winning side."

Klaus looked at the blade then answered: "Let´s see what we can do about saving your uncle, shall we." I could see the relieve on my human friends face and smiled at her. Then I saw her gaze on something next to me...or rather something on me: Klaus´ hand. He was still holding me by my waist. "Why don´t you go upstairs and sit with your uncle."

After Cami went upstairs, Klaus turned at me and asked: "Did you know she had the blade?"

I leaned against one of the benches and nodded. "She said a redheaded witch gave it to her."

"And you were just going to let her stab me.", the original accused.

"No, I had it under control."

"Yes, stepping in front of me and getting yourself killed is so much smarter."

Slowly getting angry, I took a step forwards and hissed: "If you´re trying to say thank you, that´s not the right way! But I´ll let that count this time."

Only when Klaus looked down I realized how close I was standing to him and swallowed.

Cami took my hand as Klaus was pouring his blood into a golden cup to give it to Kieran.

"Youve gotta be kidding me.", Kieran sighed at the irony of the situation.

Klaus smirked and commented: "A vampire is trying to reverse a witches hex placed on you and it´s the cup you find sacreligious."

Kieran took a blade and cut his palm, hissing in pain.

Camille closed her eyes and squeezed my hand. "You sure this is going to work?"

"Not remotely, but Klaus´ compulsion won´t do any good if your uncle has vervain in his system, so we need to bleed him out. Cami, I told you this wouldn´t be pleasant.", I explained.

The blonde closed her eyes and swallowed. "Just do what you have to do."

After an hour or so, the vervain was out of the father´s system and Klaus gave Kieran the cup so he would drink up. "It will heal your wound."

The father took the cup and exed it, then stood opposite to Klaus who started compelling him:

"You will overcome what the witches did to you. You´ll resist the dark urges of their hex."

Klaus let go of Kieran and Cami immediately took his place.

"Did it work?", the blonde asked nervously and put a hand on the father´s shoulder, who looked up at her.

"How do i know if it worked? All i know is that the vervain is out and I´m at the mercy of this murderous bastard. I bet you find that really funny, don´t you, Cami, you little-", the father started saying and got more and more aggerssive. "I´m sorry, I´m sorry, I don´t know why I said that."

"Well I guess that is our answer." Klaus turned around to walk away, only to be stopped by Cami.

"Wait! Klaus, where are you going? What are we going to do?", she cried and looked at the original desperately.

"I´m gonna find the witch who did this and I´m gonna do what I do best. Calliope, stay here with them." I nodded and watched Klaus leave.

After what felt like a century of waiting, Cami jumped up to go after Klaus.

"Cami, this is a really bad idea! Stay with your uncle, I will search for Klaus and call you when I find him.", I tried to convince her. Camille looked at her uncle, tears in her eyes. "He will be ok. We will find a way. I promise!"

I was calling Klaus for the umpteenth time, while walking down the streets of the French Quarter.

"Goddamn it, where are you Klaus?!", I was literally screaming on his voicemail.

This day had been awful and exhausting! First Elijah asked Rebekah to take Hayley away, so my best friend was on vacation with the girl who was stealing my husband from me and now I had to deal with Klaus´ short temper. I was about to give up my search for the original hybrid when I turned around the corner and saw him...lying on the ground, Monique, Sophie and another woman standing next to him. Without thinking I started to run towards him and fell on my knees next to Klaus. I shook him and started crying when he didn´t answer, while the three witches looked at me.

"I´ll take it from here.", the elder witch said to Sophie and Monique.

The two left, so Klaus, the witch and I were alone. "Please, help him. Yes, he has done some terrible things but he has a good, loyal heart."

"You´re a witch yourself, I can feel your magic, you´re powerful. Why don´t you do it yourself? Help him, take his pain and heal him." I looked down at my hands, then at Klaus.

Shaking my head, I answered: "No, I can´t. If I use my magic...it´s...I can´t control it."

The witch kneeled down next to me, wiping the tears of my face.

"Then, my dear, you´re of no use to me."

Slowly sliding of the bed, I held my head. The witch had knocked me out with magic, which was clearly leaving it´s influence. I looked around, realizing I was in Elijah and my bedroom. I stumbled out and saw a group of vampires standing in the yard. Hayley was standing opposite to me and was looking down too, observing...

Walking down the stairs, I asked: "What´s going on?!"

All the vampires, including Marcel and Elijah turned around.

"Klaus and Rebekah are missing.", Diego answered when nobody did.

I raised my eyebrows, demanding further explanation. "Don´t worry about that, Calliope."

Elijah took a step towards me, but I ignored him and looked at Marcel. "The truth, please."

Marcel hesitated for a second, then explained: "Turns out Sabine is Celeste. She planned an attack on both, Klaus and Rebekah and trapped Hayley inside the burning Mikealson mansion. Also...she poisoned Elijah so he wouldn´t be able to save all of them..."

"That´s enough for now.", Elijah stopped Marcel and looked at me with sorrow in his eyes. Slowly realizing what Marcel had just said, I looked up at Hayley, then at Elijah.

"You chose Hayley. You chose Hayley over your own blood! You left Klaus and Rebekah to die, just so you could save that worthless whore!" The werewolf looked at me in shock and went to answer me, but I didn´t give her any chance, when I turned around to the vampires. "Don´t you all have somewhere to be? You won´t find Klaus and Rebekah by standing around here!"

"We´ve already looked everywhere.", one of the vampires answered.

I closed my eyes, then opened them and screamed: "Then look harder!"

I started making my way back to my room, where I fell down the bed and asleep...

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	4. Chapter 4

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1x14

_"Calliope!" Elijah shook his wife, trying to wake her up, but it seemed like she wasn´t able to escape her sleeping state. He was getting more and more worried by the second, but tried to stay as calm as possible. "Calliope, wake up!" _

_The exotic beauty was sweating and screaming, her body was shaking. Elijah tried to calm her, scared for her, hugging her and pressing her against his body. He didn´t expect this to happen again, he hadn´t even tought about it for some time now, but he realized now that that had been a mistake. Suddenly, with a glass-shattering scream, Callie awoke. Breathing hard, scared and crying. The vampire took her face in his hands, trying to calm her. _

_"Calliope, are you alright?"_

_Callie looked at her husband, but it was as if she was looking right through him. _

_A name escaped her mouth, before she went into an unconscious state: "Niklaus."_

_Elijah looked at Callie, shocked and worried, not knowing what to think. She probably knew where his brother was, but he didn´t want to wake her, knowing that if he did, she would only get worse. He checked his wife´s blood pressure, then laid her on the bed and walked out of the bedroom he shared with Callie. Marcel and Hayley were standing in the hall, they both looked up when he walked out. _

_"Is Callie okay?", Hayley asked, genuinely worried. _

_"She´s resting." Elijah looked at Marcel, who had heard what Callie had said. He shook his head, signaling the younger vampire not to mention what just had happened. "I have to go."_

I was staring off into space, when Elijah stormed in and called me. "Calliope!"

As fast as I could, I got up and walked into the other room, where he was standing, taking his shirt off. Before I could say something, Hayley stormed inside, a little too excited for my taste. Either she didn´t realize that she had just sprinted in, or she just didn´t care that I saw how happy she was to see Elijah.

"Elijah, you´re back. Did you find anything?...What is happening?"

The pregnant werewolf stared at Elijah´s toned torso. I couldn´t blame her, he was eye-candy, but nobody was allowed to look at my husband that way. Especially not the girl who was pregnant from the other Mikaelson-brother.

"Okay, that´s enough! Hayley, could you maybe stop staring at my husband´s body?!"

Hayley looked at me, her mouth open, but not saying a word. Before I could scream at the girl, Elijah spoke: "Calliope, I need you to make a list of these names please."

Walking in a circle around him, I tried to find any familiar names, but none of these ringed a bell...

"What is this?", Hayley asked, now avoiding to look at Elijah. It was clear, that she felt some kind of attraction towards Elijah...

"I believe they represent the names of women Celeste has inhabited for the last 200 years."

Right then, Marcel walked in, giving an explanation: "It´s a riddle. Kind of oldschool. Witches use ´em to teach their kids. Solve it and it disappears."

Hayley looked at Marcel, then at me and Elijah. "Why? What´s the point?"

I crossed my arms in front of my chest and smirked. "Are you really this stupid or do you just act dumb because you think it´s cute? Let me tell you, it´s the opposite. Obviously, Celeste wants Elijah to make a choice between herself and his siblings. Now she is mocking that choice. It´s a game to her and the longer the game the more they suffer. The solution of the riddle lies somewhere in these names."

Marcel pointed at Elijah´s arm. "The name next to Sabine, Annie LaFleur. She´s the witch that was shunt from a coven just a year ago. I never knew why but I can find out."

Elijah nodded and turned to me. "Marcel and I will go find out more about this witch, you stay here and rest. Calliope, if anything happens, call me immediately!"

Was he seriously telling me to take care of Hayley, while he was out?! "What?!"

My hands formed into fists, ready to pound them on the original´s chest and scream at him.

"You had another episode this morning.", Elijah explained in a low voice. It took me a few seconds to realize what he was talking about, but then it hit me...I had a vision. That´s why I had been so exhausted when I woke up. "You don´t remember?"

Ignoring Elijah´s question, I gave him a kiss, then pushed him towards the door. "Go!"

_Hayley looked at Callie, the phone in her hand, telling Elijah what had happened. _

_"She had a seizure, I tried to calm her but she kept mumbling some names and after that she just fell asleep. Elijah, I think it´s better you come back as soon as possible."_

_"We´re on our way back. Turns out Annie killed herself."_

_The pregnant werwolf stopped dead in her tracks. "She killed herself?!"_

_She took a seat next to Callie, who was laying on the bed and waited for the original´s answer._

_"Yes. Celeste was clearly tired of the body and ready to take Sabine´s."_

_"How do you know that?"_

_"She left her to die in the very location that Celeste and I had our first kiss."_

_Calliope sighed in her sleep, making Hayley focus on her. "Poetic, I guess, in a creepy, vendetta kind of way. Elijah, hurry. I don´t know what to do with Callie. Also, I gotta ask you a favor, but we can talk about that later."_

_Twenty minutes later, the two vampires were back. Elijah immediately sat down next to his wife and waited for her to wake up. _

"I know her...I saw her in my vision...Clara was a nurse at the Fleur de Lis sanatorium."

Hayley zoomed on one picture and pointed at the woman, who was clearly the girl from my vision. I looked up, to see Marcel, Elijah and Hayley looking at the girl, when suddenly Marcel´s expression changed.

"Marcel?" Elijah and Hayley also looked at the vampire, also waiting for an answer. "If you know something, I advise you to tell us, or this won´t end pleasant."

Marcel looked at me and answered: "Sanatorium, that´s where you´ll find them."

"You sure? How do you know?", Hayley asked, just as curious as I was.

"If I´m right, you need to know exactly what we´re walking into. We did something, Rebekah and I. I think the witches are trying to use it against her. Something, you´re not gonna like."

So Marcel told us the story, how he and Rebekah used the witch Genevieve to summon Mikael. By the end of Marcel´s explanation, Elijah was so angry, his hand around my hip tightened more and more, until I hissed out of pain. "The better part of the century I wondered how father had found us, what foolish mistake that we had made destroyed our time in the one place we could finally call home. Do you know I even blamed myself for a time, Marcellus." Faster than I could react, Elijah had Marcel pinned to the wall, chocking him. "Niklaus treated you like a son. Rebekah-"

Hayley and I reacted the same second and nearly crashed into each other. I looked at her, annoyed and angry that she was trying to calm Elijah when clearly he would rather listen to me.

"I loved her, I still love her. All we ever wanted was to be together, but as long as Klaus was around that was never gonna happen.", Marcel explained. I took a step forward, putting one hand on Elijah´s shoulder.

"Elijah, come on, let him go. We´re wasting time, standing here and justyfying our actions in front of each other. If Klaus learns the truth, he´s going to let out his frust on Bekah."

The original let go of Marcel, then added: "When Niklaus learns the truth, the will be no end to his rage and I will not let my sister suffer that wrath."

Elijah, Marcel and I drove to the sanatorium, leaving Hayley behind, ignoring her protest. We all got out of the car, dividing and searching the building.

"Calliope, don´t walk off on your own." I looked at Elijah, annoyed by his protectiveness.

"Thank you, Elijah, but I´m perfectly capable of protecting myself!"

After a few minutes of walking, I was able to escape the original and go on on my own. It was only ten minutes after I had left Elijah´s side, when I heard a crash from under me. Running downstairs, I saw Marcel lying in one corner of the room, Rebekah in another, Klaus standing next to her. He held Papa Tunde´s blade in his hand, reaching down to stab Rebekah with it. Without thinking I ran in front of her, protecting her with my own body. Klaus stopped and looked at me, breathing heavily, just as I was. The hybrid pushed me aside and kneeled down. Again, I mirrored his actions, kneeling in front of him, Rebekah behind me.

"Nik, don´t do this. You´re better than that. I know you feel hurt, but you can´t let your momentary pain control you like this. Slay your demons, don´t let them control you." Not knowing what else to do, I reached out to cup his face with my hands. "The easy way isn´t always the right way. Sometimes you have to make choices that are hard, that hurt like hell."

Something in Nik´s expression changed, that made me know I had failed to convince the original and before I could say one more thing, he easily picked me up and threw me across the room...

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	5. Chapter 5

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1x15

_Calliope was walking towards the kitchen of the compound, when she heard two voices talking in Niklaus´ bedroom. The vampire had been unconscious this whole time, so she was able to avoid him. Elijah had apologized for what his brother had done to her, but she was still angry with Klaus. Callie didn´t know why, she should have expected this kind of behavior from Klaus, but for some stupid reason she had hoped that she could get through to the vampire...Callie walked into the bedroom, seeing Elijah and Cami. "What the hell is going on here?! What is Cami doing here?!"_

_"I have to get the blade out of him and because of all the people who could be here, she´s probably the only one he wouldn´t slaughter.", Elijah said and cut Niklaus open._

_Callie got goosebumps when she saw how he was doing it, after years of medical training, her body was demonstrating against the amateur-work her husband was doing. She didn´t comment on it, she was more worried for Cami than for Niklaus..._

_"Well, I´m not going to take that risk! Cami, leave!" The blonde immediately moved towards the door, but stopped, when she heard Klaus moan. Elijah´s hand was inside of Klaus, trying to get the dagger out. When he finally got it out, he said:_

_"Camille, stay here, please. Watch over him and feed him if you would, but slowly please...from your wrist."_

_Callie threw her hands in the air and pointed at Elijah: "Don´t you make her do this!"_

_"Don´t you guys have bags of blood in storage?"_

_"We do, but your blood is laced with vervain, so it´ll burn him, he´ll ingest it slower. Perhaps you could use the time constructively to convinve him to not murder his baby sister."_

_Elijah took a towel and cleaned his hands of his brother´s blood, then he walked over to his brother, who was now awake. Klaus was unusually pale and his eyes reflected the pain he was in._

_"Niklaus, it was not my desire to bring you pain, but I will not let you hurt Rebekah. Now I fear Sabine my be making a final move against us. I intend to find her and to end this." Klaus closed his eyes, still exhausted. Before Elijah could leave, Klaus whispered:_

_"Elijah...you will pay for this!"_

_Callie looked at Elijah, genuinely fearing for her husband´s life. Elijah took his jacket and left, leaving Cami, Callie and Niklaus alone. Calliope followed him into the hall and took his hand, before he could leave. _

_"Elijah, if you make me a widow, I will kill you.", she whispered and leaned against the original._

_"I know you will.", Elijah chuckled and kissed his wife. He didn´t fear death, he had lived a long, full life, however what he feard was leaving his wife behind in this world...he couldn´t bear the thought of her, standing at his grave..._

"I´ll call you later.", I told Cami and hugged her, then watched as she left. Looking up, I saw that Klaus was watching me. "Last time you and I were in the same room, I ended up flying to the other end of it. I´m hoping for you that that won´t happen again."

"Don´t worry, love, it won´t. When I´ve recovered, I won´t have time to play with you."

"She´s your sister, how can you hate her?!" I got closer, sitting down on the edge of the bed and offering Klaus my wrist to drink from.

"Because she has done, what no one has managed to do to me for a thousand years: Ripped my heart out!" I touched Klaus´ forehead, letting the memory flow through me. The memory showed a bar, back in the 20´s. Klaus was talking about Rebekah and Marcel, sneaking around behind his back. "I had let my guard down. And given in to happiness. Poor fool, I. Turns out they had already betrayed me and brought to town the one thing I had been running from for centuries. My father."

"So you´re consumed by revenge you´ll never achieve. Elijah implied Rebekah and Marcel could be anywhere in the world by now."

It was a lie, I knew exactly where Rebekah and Marcel were, the Original had texted me that they were returning for Davina, but for some stupid reason I still hoped I could convince Klaus that what I was telling him was true.

"Well, I´m not so sure about that. They know there´s no place in the world I won´t find them, so they´ll need a witch to help them. They´ll need a cloaking spell and for that, they´ll need a witch. There´s only one place they can go: home!"

"Okay, just lie down. You can´t go anywhere like this. Look at you, you can barely stand on your own." I helped Klaus lie down, then sat down in a chair and closed my eyes. All the stress, the thing with Rebekah, it had exhausted me. A few minutes later, I saw Klaus trying to get up and failing. Catching him in the last second, I helped him sit down on the bed. "You´re still weak."

"I´m still hungry." The moment the words came out of Klaus´ mouth, I realized how close my neck was to his mouth and how easily he could just drain me and leave me to die. Truth be told, I wouldn´t be shocked if he did, after what he did at the sanatorium."There´s a fresh blood supply in the kitchen."

"You won´t make it that far, so be a good little hybrid and get back into bed."

"If I had a quid for every time a woman tried that line on me-"

"You´d have like, no money.", I completed Klaus´ sentence before he could.

"I beg to differ, some women actually find me quite charming." Another memory flowed through me, showing Klaus and a woman in bed...and Elijah, interrupting. Honestly, I could understand that women found Klaus attractive, because I was one of them...but I was married, so...

"Of course you like opera.", I sarcastically stated referring to the tickets the woman from the memory had given them and ignoring that I had just seen Klaus Mikaelson in bed with a woman.

"Well, I always had a particular soft spot for le Guignol. I like the story...it was a tale of forbidden love. A romeo and juliet of sorts. On the day they are to marry, family and long-festering hatered and devine, thousands are massacred. A father even kills his own child, in the final act. I can almost appreciate the irony."

"Stay in bed, I´m just going to go call Cami." Klaus sat down, as I walked out of the room, calling Camille. "Hey Cami."

"_Hey, how are you doing?_", the blonde answered on the other side of the line.

"Okay, I guess."

"_Well, have you talked to Elijah?_"

"We talked, though it was not about what´s happened at the sanatorium. I think Elijah noticed that Klaus and I had a moment, but he tried to make up for it with-"

"_Okay, I don´t need to hear that. What about Hayley, is he still...you know..._"

"Hayley hasn´t been in the compound since the incident, I think she´s in the bayou. Anyways, Elijah´s off, looking for the preggo. Of course, only because she carries Niklaus´ child and not for any selfish reasons. Cami, I gotta go, I think Klaus is trying to get up again."

"_Keep me posted._"

I hung up and walked into Klaus´ bedroom, seeing him standing by the table with the booze.

"Now that you´re at it, you can pour me one too." I walked over and took the scotch. "Personally, I´m a big fan of drowning your sorrows in alcohol, though I know that Elijah doesn´t like it."

"Don´t speak to me of Elijah.", Klaus snapped, clearly frustrated.

"He loves you.", I snapped back.

"Yes, he does and he prooves it time and again. Even when my father enlisted him to kill me." Klaus explained what happened the night the three Originals had to flee New Orleans.

"So Elijah risked getting killed, for you?", I asked.

"Elijah has always carried guilt for that night, for not stopping our father. I told him not to blame himself, when your father wants to kill you, he wants to kill you. Nothing you can do about it..."

Klaus´ phone rang, interrupting him. "Well, I hate to be know-it-all, but my sister and her lover have been spotted in town. So story-time ends here, I´m afraid." Klaus walked over to a little statue and knocked it over, making me jerk. He bent down and took something out of the statue...a white-oak stake!

"A white-oak stake?! I thought-"

"My own special version. And unlike my father´s, this one can´t be destroyed."

Before I could move an inch, Klaus was out of the room, too fast for my witch-eyes. I ran after him, though by now he was probably far away...running out of the doors to the compound, I saw him feeding off a human.

"Klaus, stop! Where do you think you´re going?!"

"Well, if you have to ask, you obviously haven´t been paying attention: I´m going to kill my sister. But first I needed a sustenance with a little less vervain in it. No offense."

If Klaus was out to kill Rebekah and he had a white-oak stake...he wouldn´t let anybody stop him in accomplishing his goal, he probably wouldn´t stop at killing his brother...

Looking into his eyes, I realized that I would be unable to convince him, but I couldn´t let him go off without trying to talk so sense into him.

"You know, when Cami had that blade, for a second I thought about taking it from her and stabbing you with that thing. But I stopped, I thought, I weighed. The good I see in you, versus the horrible things I know you´ve done and I knew, if I stabbed you, or let Cami stab you, I would be filled with great regret! And you will be too, if you kill your sister. You won´t survive it if you kill her, Nik."

"I´ll tell you what I almost didn´t survive, love. My sister, bringing the most vile creature to have ever walked the earth upon me."

Klaus had truly suffered under his father, I saw that everyday when he tried to gain respect from people by causing them pain and threatening them.

"Yes, your father. Mikael, the monster, monsters were afraid of. Isn´t that what you guys always say?! But by hunting Rebekah and Marcel down to the ends of the earth, by terrorizing them how you yourself were terrorized...don´t become your father!"

"You know, I´ve been called every shade of monster, but that´s new. Come, let me show you what kind of monster Mikael was." Klaus took my arm, squeezing it hard and pulling me with him.

"How did we get here?!", I asked, confused and looked around.

"You had another vision."

I closed my eyes, trying to remember what I had seen and choked, when I saw Elijah and Hayley in the bayou, having a moment...nearly kissing!

"Elijah and Hayley..." I could feel the tears, welling up in my eyes. If I cried now, there was no stopping, it would all come out... "Why did you bring me here?"

Klaus had brought me to a place in the French Quarter, where once the opera stood that Mikael burned down in 1919. He told me the story, of how his father took the last piece of humanity, he had left.

"That´s not true! What you´re feeling, Nik, it´s human...you´re human! Do you think I don´t see how you care for Elijah and Rebekah. If they meant nothing to you, if you had no feelings, then you wouldn´t feel betrayed right now...but let me tell you, anybody who has these kinds of human feelings, is also capable of forgiveness!"

Klaus looked deep into my eyes, then left, without any words.

"Great, can this day get any worse?!"

I saw Rebekah and Marcel standing in one of the entrances to the graveyard. Running towards them, I stopped when I saw Davina lying in Marcel´s arms.

"Marcel, go! Take Davina some place safe! Rebekah will join you, I will make sure of it."

The vampire nodded and left so fast, my eyes couldn´t track him.

"Calliope, what are you doing here?!"

"I´m here to save you...and if it´s the last thing I do.", I said, as I entered the graveyard. Of course Rebekah tried to push me out, confused when she couldn´t. "The witches created a boundary spell for the Originals, being part of this family and Elijah´s wife, I kind of am something like that too."

"Come on." Rebekah took my hand and we walked deeper into the graveyard.

We had been walking for only one minute or so, when we heard Klaus:

"Rebekah! Cherish the breath in your lungs, it´ll be your last."

The blonde beneath me looked at me in fear, tears in her eyes. She stopped walking, breathing hard.

"Come on, Beks! We have to find Elijah, he´s somewhere around here! Come on, keep walking! Klaus will find us sooner or later, we have to keep searching."

Rebekah nodded, closing her eyes and listening, so we could find Elijah. Swallowing, she looked at me and started walking, leading us to him. Turning around a corner, we finally saw him.

"Elijah." Rebekah and I walked over to Elijah. The Original pulled me over to his side, holding me by my waist. I wanted to shake his hand off and walk away from him, or slap him, or do anything to let him know how betrayed I felt, but I couldn´t move...the fear of loosing Rebekah, my friend, my sister, was too great.

"What are you doing here?! Rebekah, you should be on the other side of the world by now! And you should be at the compound, in safety!", Elijah said, looking at me in disapproval.

"You and I both know that wouldn´t have been far enough!", Rebekah answered. "As for Calliope, she is as trapped in here as we are."

Wanting to defend myself, I opened my mouth, but Klaus talked before I could:

"Get away from her! She´s mine."

Niklaus´ face started to change, eyes turning golden, fangs forming...


	6. Chapter 6

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_"Walk away." _

_Elijah took a few steps, so he was standing in front of his wife and baby sister. Callie took her sister-in-law´s hand to drag her away, when the other Original brother screamed:_

_"Don´t move!"_

_The witch couldn´t remember the last time she had been this worried._

_"Leave us now.", Elijah told the two women once more. He saw through his wife´s facade, he saw that she was worried and scared. _

_Rebekah squeezed Calliope´s hand, so hard, the witch feared it would break. _

_"I can´t. We´re stuck here."_

_Niklaus came closer, pointing at the three with the white-oak stake._

_"Elijah, he has the white-oak stake.", Rebekah choked, shocked._

_"I brought it for you, sister.", Klaus informed his baby sister, as if he had brought her a gift. _

_Calliope took a step backwards, pulling Rebekah with herself. _

_"Come on, your presence will only make him more angry. Elijah can handle him for now."_

_Klaus came closer, as Rebekah and Callie walked backwards, then disappeared in inhuman speed. _

_Rebekah ran into one of the many mauseleoms in the cemetery, Callie by her side. _

_The witch pushed her friend further inside, hoping she could protect her in case Klaus showed up. _

_"Call Marcel, ask him how far he is with getting you out of here.", Calliope ordered and stood near the door, looking out. _

Rebekah was talking to Marcel, while I stood by the entrance of the mausoleum.

Never had I seen Klaus so angry and it seemed like Rebekah hadn´t either:

"I´ve never seen him like this before, he´s out of his mind with rage! Up all night, howling one obscenity laced tirade after the next...he´s gonna kill me."

Klaus and Elijah had been running around the City of the Dead all night, Klaus trying to get closer to Rebekah and Elijah holding him off. Somewhere in the middle of the night, I had started crying my eyes out, fearing for Elijah´s life. Rebekah tried to soothe me as good as she could, but she was more worried about her own life, which I couldn´t blame her for...

"That's a brilliant strategy but given that dead bitch Celeste has trapped us in here til moonrise, my options are somewhat limited.", Rebekah answered Marcel sarcastically.

Marcel said something, which I couldn´t hear with my limited witch-hearing...but it was obviously something about what they would do after this was over." I lived for centuries looking over my shoulder, ready to run at a moment's notice, am I to go back to that?!"

Rebekah hung up, shaking her head in desperation.

"Everything will be okay.", I assured her, hugging her.

_Elijah and Klaus were standing in the cemetery, opposite to each other. _

_One brother with the white-oak stake, the other with Papa Tunde´s blade._

_"We´ve been at this for hours, to what end? Niklaus, I know you, I grew up fighting you. I can´t be beaten, nor can I be persuaded. You cannot get past me.", the older Original tried to reason._

_"I could get past you, although it might have to be over your dead body! You did stab me with that blade, forcing me to endure hours of unspeakable pain! Perhaps I should direct my rage toward you." Klaus pointed the white-oak stake at his brother, threatening him. _

_Calliope joined the two brother´s, walking forwards until she was standing next to her husband. Klaus looked at her, then took a look at his brother, hatred and anger in his eyes._

_"You should see yourself, the murderous expression, the self-righteous posturing, you look like father.", Elijah claimed, pulling his wife behind him, while talking._

_Klaus had a hurt expression on his face and opened his mouth to answer, but no words came out. Then he started screaming: "I´m not him. Rebekah´s betrayal justifies my anger, his was out of a madman. You were never the recipient of his cruelty! None of you were, not Kol, not Finn, none of you! I think you´ve forgotten what he was truly like." _

_Callie tried to take a step forward, only to be stopped by Elijah._

_"Please, Nik, there are other ways to solve this. The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. I see that strength in you!" _

_The hybrid lowered his arms and sighed. He was looking at his brother´s wife, his eyes not leaving her´s. They both didn´t notice Elijah´s look, they were too caught up in each other´s glance._

_"You ask me to show mercy to one who has wronged me. You really don´t know me at all, do you, Calliope?", Klaus asked his sister-in-law._

_Before the adressed could answer, Rebekah talked:_

_"Enough, whatever I have done wrong, my guilt is nothing, compared to yours. You want revenge, fine! But before you have it, I will look you in the eye and tell you why it was your cruelty, your spite, that led us to this!"_

_"Well, go on then! Speak your piece! And when you have finished, I will grant you the punishment you deserve...even if I have to go through those two to do so.", Klaus answered, speaking as if the moment between him and Calliope had never happened. _

Klaus was sitting on top of one of the higher graves, the white-oak stake in his hands. Rebekah and I were standing next to each other, while Elijah was sitting.

"Let it begin! The trial of Rebekah Mikaelson."

"What a relief: his ego is in check.", Rebekah commented.

Eyebrows cocked, I looked at the blonde. She was really pushing it...

"Just speak your truth. I´ll make certain he behaves himself.", Elijah assured.

"You stand accused of betraying your own blood. How do you plead?"

"I plead you to shut up and listen!" Rebekah smiled sarcastically.

Klaus was getting angrier by the second and his baby sister was only quickening that process.

She had already accepted that she was going to die, the only thing she wanted to live for was so she could see Marcel...

"You summoned our father, you brought him to our home! What possible defense could you have?!"

"I knew he was the only thing that you feared and I wanted you to run.", Rebekah defended herself.

"Because you hated me." I looked over at Elijah. Seeing he wouldn´t interfere, I decided to take matters into my own hands.

"I don´t think-", I started, but Rebekah interrupted me:

"Because you were hatefull! You denied me the freedom to love."

"Oh, so that´s your defense! You called Mikael, the destroyer, the hunter of vampires, because I detained you some dull suiters!"

Klaus threw his hands up in the air, very melodramatic, in my opinion.

"You were cruel and controlling and manipulative!"

"I was trying to protect you from imbeciles and leeches...not to mention your poor judgement."

Klaus tried to explain himself, but of course he had to do it that way, by insulting Rebekah.

"And what about the one you loved enough to call friend?! Why did you forbid me to love Marcel?"

The blonde knew she was pushing her older brother´s buttons, but still jerked when he got up.

"Do not mention his name!", Niklaus screamed.

"What has happened to you? I remember the sweet boy who made me laugh and gave me gifts, who loved art and music. I wanted to be just like you! How could you have fallen so far?!"

Elijah got up too, now interfering:

"You say you despise Rebekah for her betrayal and yet no one has stood by you for so long, not even I myself. Perhaps it´s you, that has forgotten. I remember the day father caught you whittling little chess pieces with his hunting knife. He beat you so mercylessly and for so long, I actually feared for your life. Do you remember, how Rebekah threatened Mikael, how she stood against him, for you?"

Klaus eyes were lying on his brother, but he was far away...remembering that day.

"You see, you would paint her as a loyal sister, but she betrayed me out of lust for Marcel. Perhaps that was why you did it, for love. Perhaps I might temper my rage, if Rebekah would admit she was a victim of her own idiocy. That her great love, Marcel, used her to oust this family and to take my city!"

"Marcel did not manipulate me.", Rebekah tried to defend her lover, but I could see that she was having doubts.

Klaus seemed to see that too, so he was clearly rubbing salt into the wound.

"You defend him and yet you can´t help but wonder, what if I´m right?"

I took Rebekah´s hand, squeezing it, trying to comfort her.

"We loved each other. It was your refusal to respect that, that led to your ruin."

"Then why didn´t he chase after you when you fled New Orleans?! Oh yes, that´s right, he was here! Stealing what I built.", Niklaus screamed at his sister, who had tears in her eyes.

Again, I tried to calm Klaus´ and Rebekah´s anger. "I think-"

"You want me to renounce Marcel, to beg for your forgiveness?! I won´t! Marcel is not at fault, I called Mikael!", Rebekah interrupted me again.

"Rebekah, you must-", Elijah tried to interfere, but Elijah had talked herself into rage:

"I was the one who brought him to New Orleans, because of your wickedness! I wanted love and happiness and you denied me the freedom to have either! Yes, I hated and I was afraid of our father, but he was a lesser evil than you! My bastard brother who loomed over me, threatening me as you are now!"

Klaus now too, had tears in his eyes and looked over at me, then back at Rebekah.

"I wanted to get rid of you...and given the choice, I´d do it again."

The hybrid ran towards his sister and pushed her against the wall of a mausoleum, choking her and holding the stake threateningly over his head. I ran between them, laying my hand on Klaus´ chest.

"Nik, don´t do this! You will regret it and I swear to you, that regret will eat you up!"

Before the hybrid could answer, Elijah ripped him from us and threw him away. The two brothers were struggling to get the upper hand, when Elijah was suddenly standing in front of us, both the white-oak stake and Papa Tunde´s blade in his hands.

"Sister, leave us.", Elijah demanded, his gaze not leaving his brother. I felt relieved, this meant that Elijah and Rebekah were safe...

"I´m not going."

"I said leave us, please...and take Calliope with you, while you´re at it."

Rebekah took my arm and pulled me with herself, knowing full and well that if she asked me I would never come willingly.

_"So what´s it gonna be? You hold both weapons, Papa Tunde´s blade to put me down, but the stake could finish me off for good." Niklaus cocked one eyebrow, mocking his brother. He knew Elijah wouldn´t hurt him if it wasn´t absolutely necessary._

_"Well, unlike you, brother, I have no taste for fratricide. I only hold this, to keep it from you." Elijah pointed at the white-oak stake. "This is just my ensurance." Then he pointed at Tunde´s blade._

_"Why must you defend her?" Klaus walked towards his brother. He knew that he couldn´t beat his brother, so his only chance was to belittle Rebekah. "Rebekah betrayed you as well, when she brought Mikael here."_

_"Because she is our sister! And because I like to remember her the was she was, before we became what we became: she was an innocent girl, quick to laugh and full of life."_

_"My memories serve to make her betrayal more painful."_

_"Can you not then accept some small part of the blame? After all, Niklaus, it was your cruelty that led her to do what she did!"_

_"Do you not see, Elijah?! She didn´t mean to chase me off, she wanted me dead.", Klaus ranted._

_"You´re wrong.", Elijah disagreed. Klaus was getting angrier by the second. He didn´t understand what he had done wrong to incur Rebekah´s hatred. All he had done had only served one purpose: to protect her. But for a thousand years she had hated him...it really was true: the saddest thing about betrayal really was, that it never came from ones enemies._

_"She has always hated me. You know that´s true.", Klaus accused._

_"You have no idea, do you? You have no idea what she was prepared to do for you! When our sister sees something that she perceives to be an injustice, she can be stubborn, impetuous and at times downright dangerous. And it was never more apparent as the night she tried to kill our father.", Elijah explained, his mind back at that night, in that one memory._

_"What is this? Some melodramatic fiction, designed to garner my sympathy?"_

_"It is the truth! I was there...and she would have done it, all to protect you! Had I not stopped her. I often wish that I could revisit that moment, complete the task myself..."_

_Klaus shook his head, still not sure what to believe. "Why are you telling me this now?!"_

_He turned around, walking a few steps away._

_"Niklaus, sometimes our sister acts without thinking. She´s short of temper, she´s quick to fall in love, but she loves you! Your melicious treatment has broken her heart. So yes, she responded by summoning our father. Yes, that was a mistake but I´m not entirely sure that I can blame her."_

_Klaus turns around, determined to make his sister suffer. "I can." _

_The hybrid ran again, trying to get closer to Rebekah, but Elijah stopped him once more, raising Papa Tunde´s blade._

_"Niklaus, so help me-", Elijah threatened._

_"Are you really going to stand against me? And not with that pathetic blade, you´ll just have to pull it out someday. And then I´d hate you as I do her. Now, if you want to protect Rebekah, you´ll need to use the white-oak stake." _

_Klaus walked towards his brother, he knew Elijah wouldn´t kill him. _

_"I don´t have to listen to this nonsense!"_

_"No, don´t pretend you haven´t thought about it. You look at me and you see everything you abhore in yourself. Sure you dress it up, with your fancy suits and your handkerchiefs. You, with your mask of civility and elegance, you´re every bit the abomination I am...or worse. Go on, Elijah. Go on, use the white-oak stake." Klaus was standing in front of Elijah, his arms wide open. The older Original watched his brother closely, then, without a flinch, threw the white-oak stake away._

_Both brothers didn´t notice Calliope standing on the corner of one of the mausoleum´s, wathcing them and fearing for her husband._

_"I´m not so cowardly that I have to kill you, Niklaus. But if I have to make you suffer to protect Rebekah, that is what I will do." _

_Klaus laughed, nodding at Elijah."See, I knew you couldn´t do it. You still cling to the hope that I can be redeemed. And if the bastard can be saved, well maybe there´s hope for you."_

_The hybrid looked at Calliope and winked at her, then stabbed his brother with inhuman speed. _

_"There, now you know how it feels." _

_Callie screamed, running towards her husband, only to be stopped by Klaus. The Original looked at her, seeming unaffected by the tears that were running down her face. The witch let her head hang, sobbing helplessly and fell down when Klaus let go of her, turning towards his sister that was standing a few steps away. Calliope crawled over to her husband and shook him, trying to wake him up. She looked up at Rebekah for help, but realized that the blonde wouldn´t be able to help her, seeing as she was dealing with Klaus. _

_"Stop arguing!" The sudden scream made both, Niklaus and Rebekah jerk. Callie was looking at them, her gaze full of hatred. "Stop thinking about yourselves for one second, one goddamn second!"_

_The witch looked back at her husband and started opening the buttons of his shirt, so she could see the wound. _

_"You´re a board certified surgeon, you can deal with that.", she reassured her self and wiped the tears of her face, smearing dirt all over it in the process. _

_Calliope was ready to cut her husband open and get that blade out, when she noticed that Rebekah had the white-oak stake in her hands and was holding it in front of herself to protect her from Klaus. The hybrid looked at Elijah and Callie, then pointed at them. _

_"Elijah lies suffering and I will allow you to help him. All you have to do is admit it!"_

_Rebekah started walking backwards, shaking her head. "You´re insane."_

_The blonde looked at her sister-in-law, seeing that she was unable to help Elijah. She had nothing to cut him open with, nor was she strong enough do get it out with her bare hands._

_"Yes! Yes, I am! A vicious, heartless monster and so you summoned Mikael to kill me."_

_"It´s not true!", Rebekah answered, her voice higher than usual. She truly was scared of her brother..._

_Callie tried to ignore the both Originals as good as she could, looking around for something to get the blade out of Elijah. Callie was walking around, looking for something sharp when she saw that Niklaus was holding the white-oak stake, with its end inside of Rebekah. She ran towards them, pulling Klaus´ shoulder, so he would let go of the stake. He did, but when Callie moved over to get the stake out of Rebekah, he shoved her away and took the stake himself. _

_..._

_It had been hours, the sky was dark once more. Elijah was still lying on the ground, Tunde´s blade inside of him, Rebekah was out too, Klaus was sitting, the white-oak stake in his hands and watching Calliope. The witch was still crying, leaning against a grave and staring at her husband. _

_After a while, Rebekah woke up and walked up to Klaus. "You missed my heart.", she stated._

_"Perhaps I did...or perhaps I never meant to kill you. Perhaps I just wanted you to feel a fraction of the fear I felt, when father came for me."_

_"Do you, yourself know the truth?"_

_"I know this, you accused me of being evil and yet you are the one who conspired to kill your own blood.", Klaus said, not caring for the tears in Rebekah´s eyes. _

_"You made our lives a living hell, you tormented us.", the blonde defended herself._

_Klaus got up from his seat. "I love my family. You, Elijah. I loved all of you. I know I can be difficult, but I did not make myself this way. It was Mikael who ruined me."_

_"He ruined me too! That´s what you forget. Centuries later, each of us is broken. You, with your anger and paranoia. Me, with my fear of abandonement...and poor Elijah, he dedicates himself to everyone but himself." Tears left a wet trail on Rebekah´s face, just as they did on Niklaus´ "We´re the strongest creatures in the world and yet we´re damaged beyond repair. We live without hope, but we will never die. We are the definition of cursed...always and forever! _

_..._

_Klaus was standing next to Elijah, who was shaking from the pain he was feeling. Calliope had fallen asleep, her head pounding, her eyes red from all the crying. Thy hybrid kneeled down to his brother and pulled the blade out of him, in one fast move. _

_"Now we´re even."_

_Rebekah was watching her brother, waiting for him to hurt her or kill her, or whatever he was going to do. She had no doubt that his revenge would be painful, but she would endure it._

_"We´re still trapped in here, whatever you´re going to do to me, do it know."_

_"You said our father ruined us and I can´t help but wonder, what if his father ruined him? The barrier is down."_

_"I know you hate me, but what´s done is done."_

_"What´s done is never done. It remains within us, the story we tell ourselves, so we know who we are. Vicious father, bastard son, the sister who betrayed him. Perhaps it´s time for a new story. What is it you want, Rebekah?"_

_"Same things that I have wanted since I was a child. I want a home, I want a family, I want someone to love me...and I want to live."_

_"Then go. Go far away and never come back. We´re far too damaged to remain together. There´s a family now that´s a volatile mix of ingedrients. New Orleans will be mine. I will raise my child here, in the city you took from me. No doubt Elijah will choose to stay, but you...sister, you´re free."_

_Rebekah looked at her brother, asking herself if his offer was a trap. The blonde took a deep breath and walked out of the cemetery and into her freedom. _

_..._

_Klaus walked into the compound, Calliope in his arms. She was sleeping like a baby, since she had fallen asleep on the cemetery. _

_"Is there a reason why you lot are loitering in my home?", he asked, when he saw all the vampires waiting around. He was clearly annoyed, but tried to stay calm...for the sleeping girl in his arms. He didn´t want to wake her up. She had gone through enough already, trying to protect her husband and sister-in-law from him. _

_"I asked them to be here.", Marcel revealed, walking up to Niklaus. "You and I need to settle this, out in the open."_

_Klaus turned around, smirking. "I thought you would have run off by now." _

_"Yeah, well, this is my town. You may want me to beg forgiveness, but I´m not sorry. I may not be able to beat you, but I came here to face you, to end this. In front of my people. If you´re gonna kill me for that, get on with it." _

_The hybrid looked at the younger vampire, eyebrows cocked, then walked away. He walked up the stairs, careful to not wake up the girl in his arms. When he heard Elijah come in and throw Marcel through the room, he stopped and watched from the balcony._

_"I trust, I need no introduction, after all this was once my family home. Tonight, I´m taking it back. Your priviliges here have been prevoced. Marcellus, out of respect for my sister, I will grant you this one mercy: I will allow you to keep your life. However, you´re hereby exiled." _

_Elijah´s voice made Calliope wake up. The witch blinked a few times, her eyes trying to adjust to the light. "What´s going on? Did you carry me here?"_

_Klaus let the beauty down, but catched her when her legs were too weak to carry her weight. He held her by her waist and watched the leaving vampires. After they had all left, Elijah looked up, seeing Klaus and his wife leaning against his brother. They looked rather intimate, like it was nothing special that Calliope was in Klaus´ arms...like they did this often._

_"Nicely done brother, you´re beginning to sound like me. I´m impressed.", Klaus commented, then picked up Callie once more. "Let´s get you into bed, love."_

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	7. Chapter 7

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_There was silence in the compound, nothing except soft moaning that was coming from a bedroom._

_Calliope was lying on the bed, enjoying the kisses her husband was spreading all over her body. The couple was naked, only a thin sheet was covering their bodies. _

_"I have to go, Elijah. Cami might need help with her uncle."_

_Elijah ignored her statement and continued placing kisses all over Callie. When Elijah made his way downwards, the beauty stopped her husband by pulling him up again. _

_The vampire sighed, a little annoyed. "I don´t want you going near Father Kieran. We don´t know what he might do under the influence of the curse. Him knowing that you´re a witch, makes him even more threatening to you."_

_Elijah pulled his wife into his arms, holding her tightly. He hadn´t been able to stop Callie, when she visited the father without telling him, which had been the cause of a few fights, but he was going to do everything in his power to stop her from now on._

_"You worry too much, Elijah." Calliope kissed the vampire on the cheek, then got up to get dressed. While choosing what to wear from her walk-in closet, she yelled: "You know, instead of worrying so much, you could go downstairs and make me some breakfast, honey."_

_"Whatever you wish, my queen.", Elijah said sarcastically, loud enough for Callie to hear. The witch grinned at the comment and finally pulled out a jeans to match her shirt._

_..._

Walking into Niklaus´ room, I noticed Genevieve sitting there, watching Klaus get dressed. The witch looked at me, smiling. Oh, how I hated that smile...

"Get out.", I ordered and pointed towards the door.

The red-head walked out, without an answer, not giving me the satisfaction of picking a fight with me. Klaus turned to look at me, finally, eyebrows raised.

"I see you´re enjoying yourself.", I commented, while approaching the hybrid. "Must feel good, not having any responsibilities and so on...oh wait, that´s actually not true! You do have responsibilities, you´ve just chosen to ignore them and let your city be ruled by chaos. Look out of the window Niklaus, is that what you wanted when you came here? When you dragged us here?! It´s always like this with you! We all have to make sacrifices, so little Klaus doesn´t cry and go on a rampage. Elijah and I could be anywhere in the world right now, enjoying our lives, but of course we have to be here, so Elijah can clean up the messes you make."

Klaus laughed sarcastically. "Of course that would be how you see it! Elijah, the saint, your lovely husband...except, that´s not how it is, is it? Don´t think you two being all lovey dovey doesn´t mean he will run back to Hayley the moment he sees her. Or have you forgotten Hayley already, because of all the mind-blowing sex you two are having?"

"Shut up!", I hissed, my mind going back to the memories of Elijah and Hayley.

The hybrid came closer to me, while I shut my eyes and shook my head.

"Why? You don´t want to hear this? Oh, I´m sorry for speaking the truth. These are the facts, Calliope, his love for you is long gone. You have been replaced!"

"Klaus, shut up, or god help me, I will-"

Klaus´ was coming closer, looming over me."What? You will do what? What can you do, Calliope? Nothing! There´s nothing you can do to stop Elijah from falling in love with Hayley."

"Shut up!", I screamed and pushed Klaus away, my magic getting out of control. Klaus fell to his knees, groaning and the sound of his breaking bones filling the heavy silence. "Don´t push me, Niklaus. Unlike Elijah, I have no problem with punishing you until I see fit."

...

_Calliope walked out of Klaus´ room, breathing heavily and with hands formed to fists. She was clearly angry about what he brother-in-law had said to her, but it hadn´t been her intention for her magic to get so out of hand. The witch sat down on one of the chairs in the middle of the compound and closed her eyes to calm herself. She didn´t notice Cami walk into the compound, up the stairs and into Klaus´ room. When Callie opened her eyes again, she saw Genevieve standing on the balcony and looking down at her, smiling triumphantly. Callie got up, the force of her magic blowing away the chair she had been sitting on and the little table. Because of her rage, she was unable to control her magic and it flowed out of her every time her anger boiled up. _

_"What are you so happy about, huh? Come down here and I´ll wipe that smile off your face!"_

_Callie was screaming, her entire body shaking and her curls flying around her head. She took threatening steaps towards Genevieve, when a hand on her arm held her back. Callie turned around, realizing the hand belonged to Cami and calmed down when seeing her human friend. _

_"Callie, calm down.", the blonde told her friend, turning her around so she couldn´t see Genevieve._

_The witch took a deep breath and held her head. Cami realized her hands were shaking from fear, when she let go of Callie, but tried to hide it from her. When Cami looked into the witch´s eyes, for a moment, she had seen pure and utter darkness._

_"Sorry, I didn´t mean to scare you."_

_"It´s ok. Come on, let´s get out of here."_

_Cami gripped Callie´s shoulders once more and led her out of the compound. The blonde led her friend towards the church, where her uncle was currently staying. During the walk, the witch had time to calm down and tell her friend what had happened. The girls walked up the stairs to see if the father needed anything, to walk in on him, putting chains around his foot._

_Cami looked at the chains and her uncle, desperation in her eyes. "Is that really necessary?"_

_"The curse is overtaking his ability to forgive. There is no knowing what he will do if he gets angry about the slightest thing and who he will take it out on.", Calliope explained to her friend, nodding at Kieran and watching him closely to see how much the curse was influencing him at this very moment. _

_"We´ll figure it out." _

_Kieran got up, taking a few steps towards his niece. "We tried to figure it out...with Shawn."_

_The witch could see the influence of the curse, now clear. Kieran was getting angrier by the second, because he couldn´t convince Cami to agree with him. "Father, you should rest now."_

_"No, there are things I need to take care of. Camille, you´re an O´Conell. They are going to ask you to take my place at the table...don´t! Just leave."_

_Callie pulled her friend back with herself, with every step Kieran took towards them. Father Kieran was stronger than the two of them in his normal state, she didn´t know how strong he was under the influence of the curse and she didn´t want to find out. _

_"I´m not going anywhere as long as there is a chance.", Cami replied, stubbornly_

_"How my times do I have to tell you? I can´t be fixed!"_

_"And how many times do I have to tell you, I will not stop trying.", Cami shot back at her uncle, getting more agressive. Callie noticed Kieran´s anger getting out of hand and pulled her friend once more, but she was too slow and he grabbed his niece. The blonde struggled against Kieran´s grip, while Callie looked for something to help her and saw a lamp. Taking it, she hit Kieran with it and sighed in relief, when he let go of his niece. Cami pushed herself away from her uncle, breathing heavily. _

_"Is he okay?", Cami asked and moved closer to her uncle, to check on him. _

_Callie held her friend back, shaking her head. "Not a good idea."_

_"Callie, I have to check if my uncle is okay.", Cami pleaded._

_The witch sighed, annoyed. "Then at least let me check on him."_

_She moved closer, while bowing down a bit,when he suddenly opened his eyes and attacked her. Jumping at her, she fell on the ground and he choked her, while sitting on top of her. Callie was too weak, to do anything and fell unconscious, then, second´s after that, Cami hit her uncle with a piece of wood. _

_..._

Walking into the compound, I joined the dancing people and moved my body to the beat. I had always liked to dance and party, something I shared with Klaus, Kol and Rebekah, while Elijah didn´t enjoy it so much...or at least not my dancing style. Thinking about him, I scanned the crowd to see if I could spot him and saw him standing on the balcony with Klaus. I walked up to them, passing through the crowd of dancing people.

"Guys.", I greeted. "I´m impressed, all this in only a few hours."

"Well, you have to thank my dear brother Elijah for that. He did this all by himself."

"Now all you need to do is hope that they don´t turn each other into shreds.", I answered Klaus, who grinned at me and left, leaving me alone with Elijah.

"You look beautiful.", Elijah whispered into my ear, looking down at my outift. It was a black skirt and a blue tube top and high heels. "As always."

Looking at Elijah´s suit and his handsome face, I smiled. "You look very handsome."

I leaned forward, gently kissing my husband on the lips. I would have given everything, to stop time in this very moment, but that wasn´t going to happen, which I realized when Elijah let go of me and looked at my neck. "Who did this to you, Calliope?!"

Before I could answer him, Elijah looked down at Diego and a werewolf, talking to each other in an agressive manner. "Go, we can talk later."

Elijah kissed my forehead and walked off. I looked around, to see Klaus watching me. He walked towards me and leaned down at the railing.

"He´s right, you do look beautiful. Considering..." The hybrid took the hair that was covering my neck and exposed the bruises that Father Kieran had left on me. "Who did this to you, love?"

Raising my eyebrows, I grinned at Niklaus. "What do you care? Going to avenge your sister-in-law? Is that concern I see in your eyes, Nik? Don´t tell me you´re getting soft."

"Believe it or not, Calliope, I protect my family and you´re part of my family too."

We walked up the stairs, to the balcony, from where we both looked down at the crowd in the centre of the compound. My eyes automatically searched for Elijah and I found him talking to Hayley´s werewolf friend. We hadn´t seen much from Hayley over these few months, but I went to the bayou a few times to check up on her and the child. It was a good thing really, because it gave my marriage time to heal...

"You two seem to be getting better.", Klaus commented, watching Elijah too.

I nodded. "You were right, earlier. If she hadn´t left, my marriage would have fallen apart. I can´t blame her though, I mean, if she´s in love with him."

"You were able to resist that."

Klaus looked into my eyes and I immediately knew what he was talking about...the memory´s of that day darkened my mood. It seemed like years, when in truth it had only been months since the day Nik and I had kissed. Since then, I had been able to ignore whatever it was that I shouldn´t be feeling for Niklaus, but seeing him like this with Genevieve...I didn´t like it. "We agreed not to talk about that."

"Elijah has feelings for Hayley, you forgive him, but you and I kiss and you fear Elijah won´t forgive you? I can´t remember that agreement, to be quite honest."

I turned to Klaus and stepped closer, trying to threaten him. "Don´t play with me, Niklaus."

The hybrid grinned and looked down at me and leaning closer to my face.

"I would never."

Putting on a fake smile, I answered: "Oh, of course you wouldn´t."

Without realizing, we had become too close. Closer than I should get to my brother-in-law. Klaus leaned down and put his soft, full lips on mine and our lips started to move in unison. Klaus moved our bodies into the shadows and together, we crushed into the wall, our lips never leaving each other. Our tongues danced with each other in a hot, passionate tango, while we hid in the shadows.

Suddenly, just as quick as Klaus had started the kiss, he ended it. Our lips parted, while Klaus´ thumb drew circles on my collarbone. The hybrid looked into my eyes and for a split second I could look inside him: see the warmth, the kindness and love he kept so well hidden...and for a split second I could believe that these emotions were directed towards me. And then he left, leaving me, standing in the shadows, breathing heavily.

Kissing Klaus was different than kissing Elijah in so many ways. When I kissed Elijah, I always felt safe, loved, while when kissing Klaus, I felt passion and danger...but it was a good danger, which it shouldn´t have been. Kissing my brother-in-law should have felt nothing but disgusting, but it didn´t...it felt good and I hated myself for feeling this way.

Taking a deep breath, I walked out of the shadows and down the stairs.

...

_Out of nowhere, a body crashed against a table with food and against the wall. Callie watched the werewolf she had seen earlier and Diego fight, before Elijah pulled them apart a split second later. He pushed the wolf´s face against the table, twisting his arm. Callie moved towards the three men, then saw Jackson, Hayley´s friend, with a piece of wood against Diego´s chest. _

_When she tried to push past the people that were standing around, she was pulled back by a hand on her arm. "Don´t, love. This party is just starting to get fun."_

_Callie looked at Klaus in disbelief and shook her head, but couldn´t do anything against the hybrid´s strong hand on her arm. Calliope watched Hayley talk to Elijah and everyone else that was listening._

_"Go ahead Elijah, do it. I mean, it´s not like he doesn´t deserve to die. I mean it was Oliver, who handed Rebekah over to the witches, so they could torture her. But then again, wasn´t it Diego,who led a werewolf massacre last month? And the witches cursed the wolves, and the humans laid back and let it all happen, so when you think about it, everyone here deserves to die."_

_"Are you approaching a point?", Elijah shot back, a little agressive._

_"My point, Elijah, is this: if we all can´t learn to get along, if our families can´t create some sort of community, then what´s the point? Kill each other and get it all over with."_

_Finally, Elijah let go of the wolf and Jackson let go of Diego. _

_"Disappointed?", Callie whispered at Klaus and grinned triumphantly about things working out the way she wanted them to. _

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	8. Chapter 8

_A/N: Sorry for not updating this story for so long but I was busy with school and all, but I should have time to update the next chapter in the next to weeks or so._

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_The witch walked into the mausoleum and saw the three harvest girls chanting. They were in rather uncomfortable positions and they had been for who knows how long. Callie used to do this with other girls from her coven, she remembered that this had been torture but she always endured it…and she always endured the visions that came and the headache after that. _

_Suddenly, Monique let out a scream and had a vision. Davina and the other harvest girl ran and sat next to Monique. Monique was talking in French, then, when the ancestors spirit left her body, she gasped and held her head. _

_"__Monique, are you okay?", Davina asked, she was seriously concerned._

_"__If you think this is bad, wait a few hours, the headache will get worse. Having visions, channeling the ancestors will do that to you.", Callie spoke and walked further inside. _

_…_

"You´re not allowed to hear this.", Monique hissed at me.

"Well, I speak a little French and from what I heard, it´s time for Genevieve to die.", I explained and leaned against the wall next to me. "I would like to help you with that."

"And how does that benefit you, or are you simply helping us out of the goodness of your heart?"

I smirked at Monique and shrugged. The girl wasn´t stupid, she knew that nobody in the quarter did anything that didn´t benefit them in some way. "Of course it benefits me. I want her out of my way… Girls, I´ll have to steal Davina away for a minute. Why don´t you think about how we can kill Genevieve, I don´t believe she will go willingly."

Davina got up and followed me as I walked out of the mausoleum.

"What is it, Calliope?"

"I´ll need to ask you for a favor."

The witch laughed sarcastically and shook her head. "Why would I want to help you?"

"Trust me, when I tell you what´s going on, you´ll be begging to help me. You know that Papa Tunde was my gramps? Well, he´s not the only crazy person in my family."

"No kidding.", Davina commented.

"My grandmother put a spell on my family, every time someone in my family dies, their powers go to the next generation. My step-brothers are dead, so basically I´m the only one from the next generation. I know you´re a smart girl, you know what´s going on with me."

"Black magic…it´s consuming you."

I nodded. "In other words: I´m going crazy. Every time I get angry my…darker side takes control and every time I use magic my darker side gets stronger. I thought that I could solve the problem by just not using magic but this is the French Quarter, there´s always something going on here. And I only need to get a little annoyed for my bad side to come out…it gets harder to push it back every time."

The young witch looked confused. "What do you want me to do? I don´t know any spell that-"

"I know. I´ve found a spell, it can work, you´re powerful enough."

"What´s the catch?", Davina asked, eyebrows raised. There was always a catch…

Marcel had been right, she was smart and adapting fast to circumstances.

"Nothing that concerns you. It´ll be painful for me, you have to bleed me out."

"And then? News flash, you can´t survive if I bleed you out!"

"Only if I´m strong enough while you cleanse my blood, I will survive. After that, I should be okay."

Davina nodded. "Meet me here later. Bring everything we need and I´ll do the spell."

The witch walked away and out of the cemetery. Relieved, I let myself fall on the cold ground. My jeans got wet and dirty but I didn´t care, the relief I felt was stronger than every other feeling. Tears started to run down my cheeks and I wiped them away, then I got up and walked out of the cemetery. This spell would either end my life or make it much easier…

…

"No child of mine will be born in a swamp.", Klaus said, as he was walking towards me and then passed me.

"What was that about?", I asked, as I let Elijah put a kiss on my lips.

"Nothing you need to worry about."

I knew that this was about Hayley, in fact, I was a hundred percent sure. Elijah usually told me everything, except for things about Hayley. I could feel the anger in my gut, but I couldn´t think about Hayley now. I could be dead in a few hours, I wanted to say goodbye to the people that I loved.

"Elijah, I just want you to know: I know I wasn´t your first love and I won´t be your last…but you were my first love and you will always hold a special place in my heart. Never forget that."

Elijah looked at me in confusion and took my hands into his. "Is everything alright, Calliope?"

"Nothing you need to worry about.", I replied, repeating the words Elijah had used seconds ago.

The original still wasn´t convinced, but I stopped him from saying anything by kissing him. He wrapped his arms around my waist, while our tongues danced around each other. Elijah didn´t realize that this could be our last kiss but I did, so I put every bit of love that I felt for him into the kiss.

…

Elijah and I were standing in the entrance to the compound, when the Harvest Girls walked in. I was nervous, this could be the last time I was seeing Elijah…my life could be over by the end of this night. It wasn´t that I was scared because of myself, no, it was because of Elijah. I had lived a good life, I had found love, I had been happy, that was more than some people had experienced in a hundred years. The real thing I was scared about was, to be honest, the pain that my death would put Elijah through. But on the other hand, he would have people to help him get over my death. I was probably going to die, so there was no need to lie: after my death, Hayley and Elijah would hopefully become a couple. I couldn´t be selfish anymore, I was going to die and I wanted Elijah to find happiness and love once more. The three Harvest Girls walked past us, when Elijah stopped Davina.

"Davina, it´s lovely to see you…and under far better circumstances."

The young witch answered aggressively: "Is it? My friend Tim is still dead and your brother is still breathing."

"I´m sorry about what happened to your friend, Davina.", I said, stepping in when Elijah didn´t answer. "I´ll see you later."

Davina nodded, understanding what I was saying. There was a glimpse of pity in her eyes, when she smiled at me and then turned around and walked into the compound.

"Since when are you two getting along?", Elijah asked confused.

I shrugged, acting like it was nothing. "I guess it´s because Klaus makes both our lives hell. That kind of stuff brings people together, you know."

"Callie, I know that you don´t want to be here, but Klaus is the only family I have left. I, too, wish we could be somewhere else in the world living without any care in the world whatsoever…but that´s just not possible right now."

Sighing I answered: "I know and I realized that you had baggage when I married you but…I guess I just thought it wouldn´t always be this stressful. But it´s okay, I´ve lived a good life. I found a family that I loved, I have good friends and I found you. Sure we had bad days but you made me happy and I`m thankful for that."

Elijah pressed his lips on my forehead and wanted to say something, when somebody entered: Hayley, to be precise. Normally I would have reacted with a bitchy comment, but this probably being my last few hours on earth, I didn´t want to pick a fight.

"Hayley, hi.", I greeted.

"Callie, Elijah." The two looked at each other and then Hayley looked back at me.

"How are you, is the baby alright?"

The werewolf put a hand on her tummy and automatically smiled. "We´re fine, thank you."

"I´m glad to see that you´re doing well in the bayou, I´ve heard that you´re werewolf royalty."

Hayley shrugged and smiled and then she walked past Elijah and me.

We both watched her walk away, then Elijah asked: "What is it with you this evening?"

"What do you mean?" I knew exactly what he meant, but I couldn´t just tell him that I didn´t want to spend the last few hours of my life arguing with the girl that had a crush on my husband.

"Well, my other wife would have picked a fight with Hayley and she wouldn´t have been so nice towards Davina."

"Wow, your other wife must be a real bitch, huh? And by the way, you womanizer, you have another wife?", I joked as Elijah and I walked further into the compound.

Elijah acted as if he was shocked, then said: "You caught me! Calliope, I have been cheating on you…with another woman, she looks quite like you actually. Just a bit more feisty, temperamental and sassy."

"Elijah Mikaelson, I didn´t know you could be so hot while talking badly about your wife. You´re a man full of surprises!"

…

_Calliope spotted Klaus talking to Hayley and waited until they were finished, then she quickly walked over to talk to the original. Klaus nodded at her and handed her a glass of champagne, while he sipped on his own. "Klaus, there´s something we have to talk about. I need to ask you a favor."_

_The witch stopped talking when a group of men in white suites walked down the stairs while playing their drums. Callie looked at Elijah in confusion, who shook his head and in turn looked at Klaus and Hayley. "Was this planned?", Callie asked Klaus, who had a hand on her lower back. The original shook his head. The men stopped playing the drums and one of them spoke up:_

_"__Happy fete du benediction! We have a message, for all of you, from Marcel Gerard!"_

_The men all pulled out knives and slit their wrists. Everybody in the crowd gasped in shock. The faces of the vampires changed: their fangs started growing and little veins started showing under their eyes. Calliope turned her head sideways and looked at Klaus in horror. The original didn´t seem fazed at all and looked back at Calliope. _

_Elijah stepped forward, addressing the vampires:_

_"__You will control yourselves! This is a vulgar trick. We do not violate our agreement!"_

_Suddenly the lights went out and the vampires that had been holding themselves back started attacking not only the men in the white suits but also other humans. People started screaming, everybody panicked and most of the people fled the room. Suddenly, Callie was grabbed by one of the vampires. The vampire held Calliope tightly and moved his face towards her neck to sink his teeth into the delicate skin of her neck. Before the young vampire could get close to the witch´s neck, Klaus grabbed the vampire and snapped his neck, then he picked Callie up bridal style and rushed towards the entrance. In that moment, the lights went back on and the original stopped. Elijah, who was still in the middle of the room, spotted the two and his eyebrows furrowed. This wasn´t the first time he was seeing his wife and brother interact with each other in a rather intimate way. Klaus and Callie didn´t noticed Elijah´s look so when Klaus put Callie down, they didn´t move apart, they stood close together and looked into each other´s eyes. Callie was a little unsteady on her feet, so Klaus put a hand on her hip to help her stand. The witch, in turn, held on to his suit and put her forehead on his shoulder for a second. Then, Elijah spotted Hayley and helped the pregnant werewolf up._

_"__Are you alright?", Elijah asked the werewolf. Hayley nodded and automatically put a hand on her belly. _

_Callie looked away from Klaus and at Hayley. "Come on Hayley, I´ll do a quick checkup." _

_Elijah and Klaus watched the two women walk away. _

_"__Thank you for protecting Callie.", Elijah said and looked at Klaus, who tried his best to look bored. _

_"__She´s family, I´ll always protect her when you´re too busy looking after your crush, brother."_

_In truth, Klaus hadn´t protected Callie because she was his brother´s wife. He had protected her because he liked her, he just didn´t know to what extent and it bothered him that she was able to stir something in him…_

…

After examining Hayley, I told Elijah to get her back to the bayou. Elijah and Hayley left and I sat down on the stairs, sighing. "Well, that didn´t go as planned."

I looked up to see Klaus sitting next to me.

"It sure as hell didn´t."

The tears I was trying to hold back ran down my face and I was too tired to wipe them away. Klaus put his arm around me and moved closer to me. He wiped the tears off my face with his thumb and kissed me on my forehead. I put my hand into Klaus´ and our fingers intertwined, fitting perfectly.

"What was it you wanted to talk about before…the incident?"

Sniffing, I started to explain: "The short story is: there´s a spell on my family. Whenever a member of my family dies, their magic goes to the next generation. I´m the last of my family, so my family's magic is in me now. Only problem is, my family did black magic and that doesn´t come without a price…I can usually control my magic but when I get angry it´s hard to control it and myself and it gets harder to push my dark side back again every time I use magic. I´ve found a spell, Davina is helping me so I have a solution."

"But?"

"I have to be completely bled out and my blood has to be cleansed and meanwhile I have to survive with the little blood that will be left in my system. It´s kind of a test, I guess."

"What about vampire blood?"

I shook my head. I had thought about that, but the books said it wouldn´t work and it would´ve been too easy, to put it quite frankly. "No, that won´t work. I don´t need your help with that, Nik. It´s something else: if I die, make sure that Elijah doesn´t…make sure that he´ll be happy again. I see the way he looks at Hayley, I know she means something to him. You have to make sure that he will be happy, Nik."

The original nodded.

"And I want you to promise me something: Don´t hold yourself back from finding happiness. I never met your father, but I´ve heard what kind of a man he was. You´re not like him, you´re stronger than him. Don´t let anybody ever tell you you´re a bad person. Nik, I see goodness in you, you just have to let it out. The child…you have a chance to right your wrongs. I know you´ll be a good father and I know you´re a good person but make sure that the rest of the world sees that too. Mikael will always be remembered as the destroyer, promise me that you will be remembered as something better. Whether you´re good or bad, that´s your decision Nik."

It could have been the fear I was feeling or the shock that I was in because of what had just happened, but when I leaned forward and kissed Klaus it felt like the best idea I could have. The kiss didn´t feel like those we had before. Before, when we had kissed it had felt passionate and dangerous…like playing with fire. It was dangerous, you could burn yourself but you still did it. This time the kiss was more intimate, still passionate, but more loving.

"Callie, I don´t think you will die. If anything, I´m sure you will survive. You´re strong!"

I got up without giving an answer and walked towards the door. Turning around one last time, I smiled at Nik. I took a last look at the hybrid, took in the beauty of his eyes and looked at his lips, they were beautiful…and they were just as soft as they were beautiful.

If I died tonight, then I would die after having a good day. I had said goodbye to the people I loved…except for Rebekah…she would understand. She had done what she had to do, when she left the quarter and I was doing what I had to do now.

…

_"__Are you sure you don´t want to call Elijah to be here with you?", Davina asked for the fifth time._

_Callie was lying on the cold ground of a mausoleum on the cemetery, naked except for her underwear. "This is something I have to do alone. Come on, start."_

_"__Okay, I just wanted to be sure." Davina took the dagger and put it on Callie´s left arm. Callie tried to lie as calm and relaxed as possible, readying herself mentally for the pain, when Davina pulled back. The young witch was just as nervous as Callie. "Wait, where do I have to cut again?"_

_Callie opened her eyes and sighed. She pointed at the both sides of her neck, her wrists, and her inner thighs and on her belly. "Davina, I know you´re nervous, I am too but I trust you. If I die, then it won´t be your fault, do you understand?" _

_The younger witch nodded and started to cut Callie´s skin open. Callie gasped and hoped that she would fall unconscious soon. When the darkness came, Callie welcomed it._

…

"Niklaus, have you seen Calliope?"

The vampire looked up from his drawing and shook his head. "No, I haven´t."

I leaned against the wall, raising my eyebrows. "That´s strange, I haven´t seen her. She isn´t picking up her phone and I would have thought you would know where she is, seeing as you two are so close these days."

"Are you jealous, brother?", Nik asked me, smirking. The truth was, I didn´t like how close Calliope and my brother were getting to each other. "Should you have any reason to be jealous, Elijah? Surely not, because you´re so busy pampering her with your love, she doesn´t even have time to look at other men."

Klaus´ words felt like a punch in the stomach…but he was right, Hayley was distracting me from my wife. I didn´t know what, but something about Hayley was intriguing.

Klaus got up, walking towards me. "Do you think Callie didn´t notice how it wasn´t her name that you called in the dark? She might ignore your little crush on Hayley because she loves you, but when you´re in the dark calling the little wolf´s name, I´m protecting Callie…and she really appreciates that."

I felt a sting, when Klaus implied that Callie felt something towards him but then again, who was I to be jealous? I had given into my feelings for Hayley without thinking about the consequences…

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	9. Chapter 9

A/N: Sorry for not updating for so long.

"_Callie is at the cemetery…more dead than alive, for your information.", Klaus said._

_Elijah was confused and worried, he had seen her not two hours ago…she had been perfectly fine. "Some curse she had to get rid off."_

_Everything got clearer…that´s why she had been so nice to Hayley. She knew she could possibly die._

_Elijah ran off and arrived at the City of the Dead after a few minutes, though these minutes felt like the longest in his life. How could he have not noticed that Calliope wasn´t alright?_

_The original listened and heard two hearts, one beating fast in exitement, the other barely existent. Elijah found Davina inside the mausoleum, walking up and down. _

"_What did you do?"_

"_Elijah, thank god! She´s…I don´t know what to do. I´ve never done this spell before."_

"_Slow down, what is even going on?"_

_Davina stopped, confused. "You don´t know?"_

"_As it turns out, Calliope thought she could make this decision on her own. No need to consult me, her husband."_

_Davina held back the mean comment she wanted to make, she couldn´t imagine how Elijah was feeling._

"_There´s a curse on her family. Whenever a member of her family dies, their power passes on to the next generation. Seeing as Callie is the only living member, that power is passing onto her. When Papa Tunde died, the amount of black magic he had inside him…it´s too much for Callie. She needed my help with the spell. I had to bleed and cleanse her out. I did my part, if she wakes up…that´s up to her now"_

_Davina could see that Elijah needed a moment to process all that and walked closer to Callie and closed her eyes. She could feel magic, powerful magic flow around Callie´s body. When Davina reached out to that magic, she flinched and screamed. It hurt…this was good. Black magic was destructive, if the magic around Callie had been black, it wouldn´t have protected her._

"_This is good, she´s doing good. There´s nothing left to de except wait."_

…

_I could hear Elijah talking: "How could I not notice the change she was going through? I should have noticed and I should have been there to support her. Instead, I was busy with Hayley. I´m so sorry, Calliope. I promised to be there for you and now I have let you down."_

_Davina was sitting next to me, I could feel her. I could hear both of them talking, but I couldn´t answer. Even if I could, I probably wouldn´t have. I wanted Elijah to think about the last few months and about how our relationship had changed. I wanted him to feel guilty and to realise that he had been treating me badly. _

…

_In the middle of the night, Davina was asleep on the stone bench and Elijah was standing outside in the dark, Calliope opened her eyes. She didn´t move for a few more minutes, then she looked down at herself. She was alive._

_Calliope slowly got up and walked towards Davina. "Davina, sweetie, wake up."_

_Davina jumped up and stared at Callie in shock. Callie looked different…she was…glowing from withing. It was all that magic inside her. "Callie, you look…"_

"_I know, like a zombie or something. I gotta take a shower."_

"…_like an angel. You´re…I can see your magic."_

_Callie smiled at Davina, a little confused. "Go home, you must be exhausted. Sleep!"_

_Davina stood up and walked outside, followed by Calliope. Elijah heard them coming and turned around, barely noticing Davina. His eyes found Callie´s and the witch could see his relief. _

"_I´m gonna go. Text me, Callie."_

_Davina walked out the cemetery, leaving Elijah and Callie alone. Elijah took off his jacket to give to Callie. The witch was naked aside from her lacy underwear. She put on the jacket and stood there, keeping silent. Callie had come to a decision, she just didn´t know how to tell Elijah._

"_There´s something I have to tell you, Elijah."_

"_We can talk after you have showered and eaten."_

_Elijah picked up his wife and withing a few minutes they were back at the compound. _

…

I stepped out of the shower and grabbed a bathrobe to dry myself with. That shower had been much needed, I had been exhausted when Elijah brought me back to the compound…where Klaus had been sitting, grinning at us.

"Good to see you alive, Calliope." He had said.

I had felt Elijah tense up and tighten his grip around me, as if he wanted to keep me by his side. He carried me upstairs into the bedroom we shared. I had fallen asleep immediately.

I took off my robe and walked out the bath. When I walked inside the bedroom, Elijah was standing there with his back to me. He turned around as he heard me and looked at my naked body, as I looked for matching underwear. I put on black panties and a matching bra. I heard Elijah´s suit as he moved behind me and I could feel him standing behind me.

Slowly, I turned around and tilted my head a bit, as I looked at him.

Elijah looked into my eyes, still not saying anything. He didn´t know I had heard what he said at the cemetery, I was wondering when he was going to speak up. It seemed like it wasn´t going to happen now, as he pushed his body against mine and kissed me. My nipples brushed against the fabric of his suit, making me groan a little. Elijah picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist, as he pushed me against the wall. Elijah left a trail of kisses leading towards my boobs and sucked at my left nipple, then at my right and made me moan.

"Elijah-" again, a moan left my mouth.

The original rushed towards the bed and threw me onto it, then started to loosen his tie. I watched him take off his jacket, his tie and shirt before I pulled him on me. Our lips crashed and his tongue invaded my mouth, as I opened his belt and pants and pulled everything off.

Elijah pushed his body onto mine, trapping me under him and leaned up on his left arm. His right hand wandered from my neck to my breasts and massaged them, making me moan.

"Callie…"

I knew what he wanted to say, I had been thinking the same. "I know Elijah, me too."

I loved this man and he loved me and I had missed him more than I had realized.

Elijah´s finger pushed into me and moved, as I took a sharp breath.

I pushed Elijah back and turned us around, sitting on top of him.

Elijah grabbed my hips and pushed himself into me, as I threw my head back in ecstasy.

I began moving slowly, riding him and getting faster, until Elijah came moaning my name and seconds after him I.

After, we just lay on the bed. Elijah wrapped his arm around me and I snuggled up to him.

"Calliope, I´m so sorry. I broke my vow to you, I never wanted this to happen. With all this happening, I should have at least tried to keep our marriage intact. I destroyed everything."

"That´s not true. You still have me, Elijah. You will always have a special place in my heart."

Elijah put a kiss on my forehead and after lying there for a few minutes we got up.

"I should go to the bayou, check up on Hayley and the baby."

"I´ll join you."

…

_Elijah and Calliope walked into the wooden house to see Hayley lying on the ground with Eve next to her. _

"_Callie, thank god you´re here. Eve wants me to give birth here! In the bayou." Hayley said, relieved to see the two and sat up._

_Elijah handed Callie her medical kit, as the witch kneeled next to Hayley and pushed the pregnant woman back down. "I´m sure that will be ok. Many women deliver at their homes or places they feel comfortable. From what I know, this is the way of the wolves, isn´t it? You are a wolf, after all, Hayley. I will get everything here in time, it´ll be alright."_

_Callie took about fifteen minutes to check both Hayley and the baby, before she packed up. _

"_So, is everything ok?" Eve asked._

"_Yes, they are both fine. I don´t think there will be any medical problems, you´ll give birth to a perfectly healthy baby."_

"_Let´s just hope she doesn´t get her father´s craziness." Hayley muttered, at which Callie smiled. _

_Elijah spoke up: "Hayley, we would like to talk to Jackson, Oliver and you." _

_Hayley sighed and nodded at Eve, who walked out to get the two men. A few minutes later, they walked in, looking at Elijah and Callie who stood together._

"_You´re making a grave mistake." Elijah said to them, as soon as Eve shut the door behind herself._

_Oliver laughed: "So you´re just worried about us, is that it?"_

"_Look, Elijah, we know all about your brother´s reputation. But if there is even a chance, that these rings can help us take control over our curse-"_

"_Our gift." Oliver interrupted._

"_Then honestly, we don´t care what he´s really after. Won´t have to." _

_Callie stepped forwards. "You idiots, do you really think he´s helping you. Whatever Klaus has planned, you will regret ever making deals with him. You might know about his reputation, you know nothing of how he is. Trust me when I tell you, the stories are much nicer than the reality. You´re stupid if you go through with this."_

_Oliver moved towards Callie threateningly, who was pulled back by Elijah, as Oliver was held back by Jackson. Elijah adressed Hayley: "You signed a pledge, or did you already forget?"_

"_We don´t want to fight, Elijah! We just want a better life." The woman explained._

_Elijah sighed. "An allegiance with Klaus, will bring you anything but a better life." Callie exclaimed._

_Jackson was about to answer, when they heard the sound of an engine._

"_What the hell?" Jackson looked at Callie and Elijah in suspicion. He walked out, followed by Elijah right behind him. Outside, they saw a man on a motorbike. Callie stood next to Hayley, who looked at her in confusion. The witch shook her head to clarify that she had no idea what was happening. _

"_Which one of you is in charge?" the biker asked._

"_Who´s asking?" Jackson shot back, not receiving an answer, only a smirk. _

_Then everything happened in a flash: Elijah ran towards the man in inhuman speed, as the bike exploded. Out of instinct, Callie moved in front of Hayley. She was smaller than the werewolf but because Hayley ducked, Callie shielded all of Hayley. The sound of the explosion rang in Callie´s ears, then a second after, she felt a sharp pain in her back. Something must have hit her… _

_Hayley looked at Calliope in shock. "Callie, are you ok?" _

_The witch got up without answering and looked for Elijah, who was just getting up. Hayley gasped when she saw the piece of wood in Callie´s back. She ran to the young woman and helped her stand. Judging by her height, if Callie hadn´t been standing in front of Hayley, that piece of wood would have impaled her baby. _

_The two women spotted Elijah who walked over to them. "Callie, are you alright?" _

_Callie didn´t have a chance to answer, when Hayley turned the smaller woman around. _

"_Elijah…"_

_The original took a sharp breath. "Callie, sit down, we have to get this splinter out."_

_Hayley looked at Elijah, this was far more than a splinter. Callie sat on the ground, Elijah behind her. The original pulled the piece of wood out in a fast move, making Callie flinch in pain. Elijah helped his wife stand up and feed her his blood, making her heal. _

"_We need to help the others!" Callie said, breathing heavily. "Elijah, you´re the fastest. Take the most heavily injured, I´ll stay here and help." _

_When Elijah hesitated, Callie gave him a push. Hayley and Callie watched as Elijah left with one of the injured wolves. "Thank you, Callie. You saved my baby."_

"_I think that allows me to call myself aunt of the year, don´t you think."_

_Hayley laughed. "Yeah, yeah it does…I owe you."_

_Hayley and I spotted Oliver, who was walking towards us. _

"_Oli, are you ok?" Hayley asked and received a short nod. _

"_Vampires…they don´t even have the guts to do their dirty work themselves. I mean why bother, when you can compel some poor son of a bitch to do it for you. I say we hit them back…hard!" Oliver ranted. _

"_You don´t even know if it was vampires! If you hit them back, it will start a war!"_

_Hayley nodded. "Callie is right. I´m gonna go, if this attack came from the vampires, Marcel must know about it. Oli, stay here and help the others."_

_After Hayley left, Calliope started looking for her husband, finding him with Jackson. Elijah put an arm around Callie as the witch bent his head a little to look at a cut on his neck. She carefully pulled out a piece of metal and watched as the wound began healing. _

"_Are you in pain?" Elijah whispered, so only Callie could hear him._

"_No, I´m fine…you?"_

_Elijah nodded and put a kiss on the top of his wife´s head. _

"_Has anyone seen Hayley?" Jackson asked._

"_She left, had something to take care of." Oliver explained, intentionally leaving out that she was going to see Marcel. He knew that Jackson and Elijah would probably try to stop her, but he wanted to know if this was vampires. So he could have his revenge. _

_Jackson nodded. "It´s a good thing the bomb went off where it did. This could have been a lot worse. People could have gotten killed."_

_The group walked towards the rest of the pack. Callie watched as people looked at the rests of the explosion in horror. "Unless…get everyone out of here!"_

_Callie followed Elijah´s gaze and saw…there were other bombs. This first one had only been a distraction. As the bombs exploded, Elijah pulled Callie into him to shield her from any harm. _

"_Elijah!" Callie pointed at Oliver who was trying to get Eve out from under a trailer. Elijah quickly walked over and helped the wolf. _

_Hours later, every injured person was in the hut and being taken care of. _

_Callie and Elijah were standing on the pier next to each other. The original had his arm wrapped around Callie, who was leaning against him. When Elijah heard Callie´s stomach growl, he sped inside and got her something to eat._

"_When is the last time you drank?" Callie asked, but she knew she wouldn´t receive an answer. Elijah secretly liked drinking Callie´s blood, it made him feel close to her but he didn´t want to expect that from her. However, the witch knew he felt this way and she felt the same. Sometimes, him drinking her blood made her come, just like that. "Elijah-"_

_The original picked Callie up and in a second, they were in the back of his car. They couldn´t be seen through the darkened glass. Callie was sitting on Elijah´s lap with one leg on each side of him. She put her hair up and tilted her head. When Elijah bit her, she grabbed his shoulder, pulling him closer. The original used his right hand to open the button and zipper of Callie´s jeans and started rubbing his fingers against the fabric of her slip. Callie moaned and took a sharp breath when Elijah pushed two fingers inside her. She started moving her hips against Elijah, who was still sucking on her neck. After Callie came, her body loosened and she leaned against Elijah. _

"_Are you sure that´s enough?" the witch asked, when he stopped drinking. _

_Elijah nodded and leaned his head back. Callie only noticed his erection now and smirked, moving her body against it. She went down on him and minutes later, he came too. _

…

It was hours after the explosions. The dead werewolves had been rounded up and laid to rest somewhere in the woods, the injured were resting in the hut, the rest of the pack was standing outside around a fire. Oliver was walking around amongst them, pushing them, holding a speech, clearly angry and aggressive.

Elijah and I were standing farther away with him leaning against a tree and I against him. I was exhausted, to say the least. His head turned to the side, before I even knew why.

"Hayley." He explained, when I shot him a look.

The pregnant woman walked up to us, watching the scenery.

"What´s happening?"

"Your friend over there is trying to start a war. He wants the pack to fight back, to teach those who would do this a lesson. Great idea, we don´t have enough problems already. Let´s make it worse." I sarcastically answered. Elijah raised an eyebrow at me. He knew I was tired by the way I had answered.

"Go, be with your pack. Callie and I will go home now." Elijah said to Hayley. He took my hand and we left, walking towards the car.

We didn´t talk much during the drive, both too tired and upset. After a look at my phone, I saw that I had missed calls from Cami and Klaus…

At the compound, Elijah and I went into the office. I lied down on the couch to rest my body, minutes later I was asleep.

…

_Klaus walked into the office, where he had heard Elijah and Callie._

_He looked at Callie, who was sleeping on the sofa. She looked like an angel, with her glowing skin and full hair. "First Marcel´s massacre, now bombs in the bayou. I assume you´re ready to give up this doomed treaty."_

_Elijah took a sip of his drink before answering: "This alliance with the wolves, if it is to succeed. I believe you want this." _

_He handed Klaus the grimoire that had once belonged to their mother. _

"_And who do I have to thank for this change of heart?" Klaus asked, as he took the drink Elijah handed him._

"_If I have to choose a side in this war…to our victory, brother." _

_The two originals clinked glasses and drank…_


	10. Chapter 10

_Callie was woken up by Elijah thrashing around in the bed. Confused and with sleepy, swollen eyes, the witch sat up on her side of the bed. Elijah was tangled up in sheets, only wearing boxers on his sweaty body. "Elijah?"_

_The original gave no answer except for a tormented moan. Callie softly shook him, but he wasn´t waking up. The witch put a hand on his forehead and used her magic, making him calm down. Minutes later, he woke up. Elijah´s hand shot forward, grabbing Callie by her neck. _

I gasped, looking at Elijah in shock. His hand around my neck was chocking me. Once he realized what he was doing, Elijah let go of me and sped to the other end of the room, breathing heavily.

"Calliope, I´m so sorry."

Getting up, I was sitting on my knees and waited for Elijah to calm down. Eventually, he sat down next to me and put his arms around me, hiding his face in my neck.

"What did you dream about, love?" I asked calmly, while stroking his cheek.

"My father…"

"I´ll do a spell tonight, you won´t see him again." Elijah nodded. I hadn´t seen him this vulnerable in a long time. "Let´s get up; the memorial is in a few hours."

…

_Elijah and Calliope walked into the bar, where there was music playing and people talking and laughing. They spotted Cami, who saw them and walked towards them. Callie pulled the blonde into a hug and rubbed her back soothingly. "I´m so sorry, Cami!" _

_Elijah nodded at Cami. "I´m sorry for your loss, Camille."_

"_Thank you both for coming."_

_Cami was approached by the elder women and started talking to them, while Elijah and Callie walked around. When Callie saw Klaus, she took Elijah´s hand and pulled him towards the table where the hybrid was sitting. The two sat down, Callie in between the two originals. Elijah got two tumblers and bourbon then sat back down._

"_Seems rather uncivilized: laughing and dancing around the body of a loved one."_

"_I don´t think the father would have wanted us all to sit around and mope…like some of us are doing." Callie said, shooting a look at Klaus. _

_The three looked up to see Hayley, who just then sat down at their table. _

"_Just a heads up, Hayley, Klaus is in a particularly bad mood today." Elijah greeted sarcastically._

"_Sod off!" Klaus muttered under his breath. _

_Hayley leaned forward, ignoring the two. "What´s the deal with these moonlight rings? Oliver is trying to set a revolution every five seconds, people are scared and angry…and frankly, I´m tired of stalling."_

"_It´s a day of peace, Hayley, try and enjoy it. In the meantime, you´re moving back in with us. With all these unknown enemies, we can´t risk anything happening to you."_

"_Awesome!" Hayley commented. "And we´re going to do that thing where you lock me in the tower, I escape and there´s going to be drama and you all will realized that I´m very capable of looking after myself." _

"_The rings are in progress, I will live up to my word, we will find and punish whoever launched the attack on the bayou and you will return to the compound for your own safety." Klaus ranted._

"_I have to agree, with all this going on, it will be better for you to live with us for a while. Hayley, nobody is saying that you can´t protect yourself, all we´re saying is that we can help you with that. Plus, when you´re closer, I can make sure the baby is ok." Callie argued, trying to convince Hayley to come back willingly. _

"_In the meantime, I´m going to finish this bottle and the next in the hopes of drowning the demon that has chosen today to haunt me today. Cheers, Mikael. Impeccable Freudian timing!"_

_Klaus started drinking out of the bottle, until Callie snatched it out of his hand. Angry, the hybrid tried to grab it. "You´ve been dreaming of Mikael?!"_

"_Go ahead, have a good laugh." Klaus hissed, leaning back. _

"_I can assure you there is no piece of this that we find even remotely amusing, Niklaus. Especially considering, I´ve been dreaming of him too." Elijah explained. _

_In that moment, Hayley saw Genevieve walk into the bar. _

"_Guys…" she pointed at Genevieve, when the witch turned around. _

_When Klaus moved to get up, Callie grabbed his arm, holding him in place. "Not here." She warned._

_The four waited for about an hour, until Genevieve left and got up too. _

"_Hayley, please stay here." Elijah pleaded. The werewolf shook her head, moving towards the door. _

"_Elijah, handle this. We´ll wait outside." Klaus ordered and took Callie outside with him. _

_Once outside, they waited for Elijah to come out the bar. _

"_Nik, we didn´t have time to talk. I wanted to thank you…for being there for me, when-"_

"_When Elijah was too busy with Hayley?" the hybrid interrupted. _

_Callie sighed. She took the hybrid´s hand and squeezed. "Thank you for being there for me when it counted and I needed it most. If you ever find yourself needing help, don´t hesitate to contact me."_

_Klaus looked at Callie, who was directing a warm smile at him and smiled back, with just as much emotion. _

…

I followed Klaus and Elijah, who walked inside a voodoo shop. We entered, finding Genevieve alone. A little spell and she was on her knees, holding her head in pain.

"Stop your little mind games, or this headache will be the least of your worries, Genevieve."

Klaus stood in front of the redhead, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look up at him.

"Would you care to explain why you would choose to torment us with visions of our father?" Elijah asked.

"You father? I-I wouldn´t?" Genevieve looked at me. "You seem to forget, I´m not the only witch in that house. Perhaps you should look for the cause of this somewhere closer to yourself, Elijah."

Elijah was in front of Genevieve in a second, a hand around her neck and yanked her up.

"Don´t!" he hissed. "If you don´t stop this, I will rip you apart, limb by limb."

"This wasn´t me! But…if you have both been seeing him…I can provide you with answers."

Elijah let Genevieve go and nodded, looking at Klaus for confirmation. Genevieve nodded and left, practically running away.

I hadn´t expected Klaus to be okay with this, from what I knew, his visions of Mikael must have been far worse than Elijah´s. "Why did you agree so easily?" I asked suspiciously.

"We need a witch for those moonlight rings…one that can control her powers." Klaus answered.

Crossing my arms in front of my chest, I walked by Klaus and out of the shop. That had been a low blow and he knew it.

I didn´t wait for Elijah, once outside, I started walking back to the compound. He could outrun me easily. Though I didn´t like admitting it, Klaus was right…I wasn´t able to control the amount of power I had and it was going to be a problem. With everything that was going on, I would have to learn to control my magic because I would be forced to use it eventually.

When I walked into the bureau of the compound, I saw Klaus standing there, pouring himself a drink.

"I´ll have one of whatever you´re having." The hybrid poured me a drink and handed it to me. I sat down on the sofa, with my legs stretched out. Klaus sat down and took my feet into his lap. "This can´t be easy for you, from what I know, Mikael was always hardest on you."

Klaus was staring into the air, hesitating to answer. "I´m sure you have enough problems of your own, no need to concern yourself with mine. You should handle your witch problems first, before trying to help me with something I can handle myself."

I pulled my feet away and sat closer to Klaus, my body facing him. Klaus didn´t move, he still wasn´t looking at me. "Why are you doing this? You know I wouldn´t judge about your problems with Mikael. Klaus-" I put a hand on his face, cupping his cheek and forcing him to look at me. "I don´t know how often I have to tell you before you believe me: I´m here for you, I will listen if you want to talk to me about anything. It´s okay, you can trust me."

Klaus looked into my eyes and leaned closer. I thought he was going to kiss me, but he stopped in his movement. When he spoke, his lips brushed against mine: "I don´t have anything to talk about."

He got up and finished his drink, before walking out the bureau.

I leaned back into the sofa, huffing in frustration.

…

_Hours later, Genevieve arrived at the compound. At the sound of her arrival, the two originals sped into the bureau, where Calliope was already sitting. _

"_So?" Elijah demanded, standing behind the sofa. _

"_I asked around, it´s not just your father. The purgatory, where supernatural souls are trapped is disintegrating." The red head explained. _

"_What do you mean, it´s disintegrating?"_

_Klaus spoke up: "She´s right, more or less. It´s more like it´s imploding. I made a call to a rather reluctant Bennett witch in Mystic Falls, who said the same thing. The dead are being torn away into nothingness and the not interested in going quietly…"_

"_So you´re saying that our father faced with permanent extinction has decided to spend his remaining time tormenting us…how delightful." Elijah commented. _

_The original reached out to Callie and put a hand on her shoulder. Klaus followed the movement and then forced himself to focus on the problem at hand. _

"_Well, if it´s imploding…then soon we will be rid of him, right?" Callie concluded, shrugging._

_Genevieve listened to the original family, before she spoke up:_

"_Am I in the clear now, or is there another conspiracy you three would like to threaten me over."_

_Elijah smiled at the witch. "Yes, one more thing: earlier this evening, you accused my wife of being the cause of our visions of Mikael. Now that you know that isn´t the case, I think the only right thing would be to apologize to her."_

_Genevieve hesitantly looked at Callie. "I´m sorry for falsely accusing you, Calliope."_

_The red head looked at Elijah, who nodded at her in approval. She walked by Klaus but stopped, then turned and quietly said:_

"_I have to get back to the girls. Perhaps tomorrow after the funeral, we could spend some time together…alone."_

_The hybrid smirked and looked at Callie, who was watching them closely. He looked into her eyes, while answering Genevieve. "I suppose we´ll have to see."_

_After Genevieve had left, Klaus turned around to walk out the bureau._

"_Please tell me you have an actual plan. How are you planning on controlling her, by playing hard to get?!" Callie asked Klaus, getting up from the sofa. _

"_Let that be my worry, dear Calliope."_

…

_Elijah and Callie were lying next to each other in their bed. Callie was reading a medical article, Elijah was watching her. "Stop staring." The witch said, grinning._

"_I can´t, you´re too lovely."_

_Callie giggled and put the magazine away. She killed the lights and lied back down. Elijah pulled her close and Callie intertwined their legs. "Elijah, have you heard from Becks?"_

_The original sighed. He knew Callie had been trying to reach his sister, but she hadn´t been answering the witch´s calls. "No, she didn´t pick up last time I called. I know you miss her, I´m sure she misses you too but she´s living her own life now."_

"_I know, I just…whatever, let´s sleep."_

…

"I can stay with you tonight, if you need me." I offered Cami, as the funeral procession was moving down the streets of the French quarter.

"Yeah, I´ll think about it. Thank you, Callie."

We walked on in silence, when Hayley joined us. I stayed back a few steps so the two could talk in private, when Hayley suddenly collapsed. She hit the ground, as I ran towards her.

"Klaus!" I called into the crowd. The two originals were next to me in a second. Klaus picked the pregnant wolf up and we rushed to the compound, Genevieve had followed us.

"I can help." The red head offered. "I know a spell."

"Don´t touch her!" Elijah hissed, while I put two fingers on Hayley´s neck. "The baby´s heart is beating, hers isn´t."

Elijah reluctantly let Genevieve help me, as he got my medical kit.

"I have to get the fluid out of her lungs." Genevieve beside me started handing me the things I needed immediately. While I worked, Klaus and Elijah were hovering behind me. "GUYS! Step back, I can´t work like this."

We got the bloody fluid out of her lungs, but Hayley´s heart wouldn´t start beating again…

I moved away, nodding at Genevieve to start her spell.

The witch started chanting, but this too didn´t work. Klaus angrily bit his wrist, feeding Hayley his blood. "Still nothing."

Elijah walked a few steps away and then suddenly, he threw a chair against the walls in frustration. I hadn´t had time to pay attention, but Elijah seemed pretty affected by this. He noticed me watching him and tried to calm his breath, while moving to stand next to me. I closed my eyes, sighing, then opened them and pushed Klaus away. "If I deliver the baby, she will survive."

"What about Hayley?!" Elijah asked in shock.

"What about her?"

"Are we going to let her die?!"

"She is dead already! I´d rather have one corpse than two. The baby has a chance, Hayley doesn´t."

Suddenly, Elijah´s hand was around my arm and he forcefully pulled me away. His grip on me was tighter than it needed to be. I knew this would leave a bruise.

Backing away, I stood a little away from the rest of them. A few minutes later, Hayley woke up with a gasp. "I saw him! I saw Mikael and he tried to kill me."

…

_Callie left silently, which Elijah didn´t notice, but Klaus did…_

_The witch went upstairs into a random room and onto the balcony._

_Tears were running down her face. She wiped them away, when she heard someone enter and turned to see Klaus. "I thought everything was going to be okay. I thought that Elijah and I would be okay, because Hayley was gone and I tried to keep away from you. Now Hayley is back and I still feel this pull towards you." _

_The hybrid didn´t speak, he took Calliope into his arms and sat down with her on his lap. _

"_Elijah is a fool for not realizing how lucky he is to have you. Talk to him, tell him everything. I´m sure you will find a solution." _

"_Klaus, do you feel this too or am I an idiot?! Do you feel something for me?"_

"_I do, but you´re married to my brother and I know that you´re still in love with him."_

_Callie leaned her head against his shoulder. "Then why are you not telling me to leave him?"_

"_Because I can´t be selfish about this, not with you." Klaus whispered. _

_He rubbed Callie´s back and breathed in her scent. Tears were still streaming down Callie´s face, as she slowly calmed down. "I think I´m going to stay with Cami for the night. She needs company right now and I do too. Well, I can´t stall anymore. I´ll go talk to Elijah."_

"_Come find me after, I´ll walk you to Cami´s."_

…

I found Elijah in the kitchen, pouring himself a drink.

"We need to talk."

The original turned around, nodding.

"Calliope, what was that today?"

"I could ask you the same. You seemed very affected by Hayley´s death, which could have been because she is carrying the child of your brother. But then again, if it was just that, you would have encouraged me to save the baby."

Elijah shook his head. "I can´t believe you would say that. I´m not used to that kind of behavior from you. I thought you were getting along with Hayley."

"I´m getting along with her because she is pregnant with Klaus´ baby! I´m a doctor, Elijah, I tried to do my job! Which would be saving whoever I can still save. I cannot understand how you could let the baby die just because you didn´t want Hayley dead."

"Is this what you have to say?"

I took a few steps towards Elijah so I was standing directly in front of him. "No, what I have to say is that I don´t think this marriage is going to work out. You have feelings for another woman and I´m not feeling the love either. However, I wouldn´t act the way you did. You laid hands on me! When you were choking me this morning, I wasn´t angry not the least…and you were sorry, but when you grabbed me like that. You haven´t even apologized for leaving a bruise on me!"

"Callie-"

"No, don´t give me a half assed apology that you don´t mean. I know you´re not sorry because you think you acted right."

"I didn´t mean to hurt you! I was scared for Hayley and the child, I didn´t think I would hurt you." When I turned around to leave, Elijah stopped me. "What about me holding a special place in your heart? Are you just going to walk away?"

"Don´t accuse me of not trying, Elijah! Because I did, I really tried. We both did and I don´t want us to separate badly."

Elijah took a deep breath, before nodding. "Me neither."

I turned around, walking out the kitchen.

Klaus was waiting for me in the entrance of the compound and smiled when he saw me.

"Let´s go."

We walked out the compound and up the streets to Cami´s.

"How did it go?"

"Well, it wasn´t a complete catastrophe. I just don´t understand why Elijah is acting the way he is. He is dragging me along, but on the other side he has feelings for Hayley."

"He doesn´t want to lose you…I can understand that." Klaus answered. I moved closer to him and took his hand. "Callie, there´s something else…Hayley is moving into the compound."

I nodded. I had already anticipated. "Yeah, I guess that´s the best idea right now."

"You´re suspiciously understanding."

I laughed. "It´s because I love spending time with Hayley, she always brings out the best in me. I don´t particularly like it, but I want the baby to be safe, so I´ll have to be okay with this."

Nik smiled. We stopped in front of Cami´s. "Have a good night."

He leaned forward to put a kiss on my cheek. When Klaus moved away, we both hesitated for a moment. We were both thinking about kissing each other. I laughed, putting a hand on his chest.

"Not a good idea, Nik."

I turned around and walked into the house, taking the stairs up to Cami´s apartment. When the blonde opened the door and saw me, she sighed in relief and let me in.

"This day, was one of the worst I have ever had."

I laughed bitterly. "Tell me about it…"

_A/N: Hey guys, thanks for the reviews, favorites and follows. I hope you liked the chapter, also: I would be thankful for any comments on my writing style. Please tell me what you like about it and what I could improve._


	11. Chapter 11

_A/N: __Thanks to everyone that favorited, followed and wrote a review._

_Callie woke up with sweat covering her whole body. She was at Cami´s, sleeping on the couch. _

_When she got up to look for the blonde, she found her still asleep. She left a note saying that she was headed back to the compound and took the liberty to make herself a coffee before leaving. _

_The witch still couldn´t decide how to feel about what she had seen…_

_She knew that she had no right to be jealous, however, she still felt the green eyed monster stir inside her. Everything was so fucked up…Callie wished she could have had a simple life, however that hadn´t been possible since the day of her birth. If her grandparents hadn´t done crazy ass black magic practices, she could have had a normal life. Maybe her mom would have been one of those witches that rarely used their powers and she would have taught Callie to live her life like a normal person…_

_Callie was nervous, when she walked into the compound. She would have to go into the bedroom she shared with Elijah to get clothes…hopefully he was already awake and had left. However, fate wasn´t on Callie´s side, because when Callie entered, she found Elijah half naked. He was standing with his back to her, shirtless. As he turned around, Callie couldn´t help but look at his defined torso and chest. _

_She looked towards the bed to see if someone had joined him the night, to find it empty. _

"_I spent the night alone." Elijah said, following her eyes. _

"_We´re not…you don´t have to explain yourself. I just came to get some clothes, I´ll get the rest out later. Sorry for just barging in." _

"_Your things aren´t here anymore, Klaus had them brought to another room in the compound. I suppose that is his way of saying you can stay here, which I agree with."_

_Callie nodded. "I, um, I´ll go look for Klaus then. Ask him where my stuff is."_

_The two looked at each other for a few more seconds before Callie turned around and walked out. She let out a shaky breath, before going to Klaus´ quarters. She found them empty, he wasn´t there. However, Callie didn´t leave, she walked inside to look at his paintings. She loved that he painted and drew, that way she knew what he was feeling. Klaus didn´t show his emotions often, even with Callie. It was a few minutes later, that Callie found a sketchbook and a charcoal next to the bed. She opened the sketchbook to find a few snippets of a woman´s face. Hers, to be precise. Callie grinned and looked at them. This was so cliché and cute._

"_It´s very rude to snoop around." Callie jumped, startled._

_Slowly, she turned around with the sketches in her hands. "I think you owe me more of an explanation than I owe you. First moving my stuff around and now these drawings. I didn´t know I have a secret admirer."_

_Klaus walked up to Callie and took the sketches out of her hands. "Your belongings are in a room down the hall, I will show you there in a minute. First tell me how your night was. How is Cami doing?"_

"_She´s trying to be ok." Callie didn´t mention the whole story with the key that her uncle had left behind for her. Klaus wouldn´t react well, he would probably just go and kill some people to solve the problem. Cami and Callie could handle this on their own. "My room, please? I would like to take a shower."_

"_You can do that here." Klaus offered with an evil smile. He moved closer to her, cupping her face with one hand. Their lips touched softly, Callie a little shy at first. When Klaus deepened the kiss, she opened up and pushed her body against his. Klaus put a hand on Callie´s back to keep her close to him, as her hands wandered into his hair. The two broke the kiss and Callie leaned into Klaus. She put her forehead on his shoulder and sighed in content. "How is it going with the ring?"_

"_Genevieve isn´t sure if she will be powerful enough to do the spell with so many stones."_

"_What do you mean with so many?" Callie leaned back to look into Klaus´ eyes. "We just want the ring for Hayley, don´t we? Klaus, what is your plan?"_

"_She will be making about a 100 rings, if she´s powerful enough."_

"_What for?! So Hayley can wear different designs?! Nik…are you…you´re building an army of werewolves…"_

"_I´m not doing this for myself, Calliope. This is for my daughter, for you!"_

_Callie sighed and took a few steps. "How does that army benefit anybody but yourself?!"_

_She should have known that Klaus always some secret plan to get the most out of every situation, it was in his nature._

"_This is for your protection, Callie. I don´t ever want to worry about you or my daughter being in danger because of my enemies." Klaus took Callie´s hand and put it on his chest. "I mean it, Callie. I want to know that you are safe. I could never forgive myself if something happened to you because of the person I am."_

_The witch nodded. She knew he was telling the truth, even if it was only partly true._

_Their moment was interrupted by Callie´s ringing phone. It was Cami…_

"_Cami, what´s up?"_

"_Hey, I have a situation here. Can you come over? I´m at the bar."_

_The blonde hung up, not explaining anything. Callie knew Niklaus had listened to the short conversation "I have to go, Nik. I´ll handle it."_

…

I walked into the bar to find it empty, only Cami sitting inside. "Hey, what´s happening?"

The blonde threw herself at me, hugging me. I put an arm around her, worried and confused.

"Francesca Correa came here. She told me that she wants the key my uncle gave me and that I have until tomorrow to give it to her or next time she won´t ask so friendly. She said it´s hard to survive in the Quarter without friends."

I didn´t like Francesca Correa, not only did she think she could get what she wanted. I didn´t like the way she behaved and talked and I didn´t trust her.

"Cami, it´s okay, she won´t hurt you. You have friends, you have me and you have Marcel. Josh, Davina…" Cami nodded.

Another five minutes passed as I calmed Cami, when my phone rang again. It was Davina, this time.

The young girl was hysteric, as she talked. "Callie, I need your help! Klaus, he bit-he bit Josh. Please, I know he will listen to Elijah! Josh will die if Klaus doesn´t give him his blood…please, Callie."

"Davina, calm down. Where are you?"

I hung up after promising her that I was coming to her as fast as possible.

"Cami, I have to go, I´m so sorry. Call me, if anything happens."

As I made my way over to the Lycée, I thought about what Davina had said. That Klaus would listen to Elijah…I doubted that, but I could probably get through to Klaus. Though I probably shouldn´t tell her that, maybe it was better if we kept whatever we had a secret for now…

"Callie, thank god. Did you reach Elijah? Josh is in pain, please…"

I put a hand on Davina´s shoulder, trying to calm her. "I´m going to call Klaus, I couldn´t reach Elijah."

Davina sat next to Josh, who was asleep, covered in sweat.

"I´m busy right now, love." Klaus said after he picked up.

"Well, drop what you´re doing, come here and give Josh your blood! That poor boy, did you have to involve him in this?!"

"I needed to know where Marcel was, Joshua was my leverage."

"Klaus, fix it!" I demanded and heard Klaus chuckle.

"I probably will, just not now."

Davina looked at me with pleading eyes. I turned around and walked away a few steps so the witch wouldn´t hear what I was about to say. "Nik, please, don´t do this to him. He didn´t ask to be pulled into this mess, I know what that feels like and I don´t want anybody else to suffer that."

"Good to know how you feel about all this."

I could hear the hurt in his voice. "Hey, I didn´t mean it like that. All I´m saying is that if I had the choice, I would have liked for us to meet another way. Can we not discuss this now, please just help Josh."

Klaus didn´t answer for a few seconds. "We´ll see."

That was more than I had expected, to be honest. "Thank you. Where are you, by the way?"

"At the docks, we´re going to get Jackson. Apparently Marcel thought it was a good idea to take him and the stones. I´ll see you later, love."

I walked back to where Davina and Josh were sitting. "He´ll be ok…"

"When will Klaus be here?"

"…That I don´t know…"

"Callie, what if he dies until then?!"

"He won´t, I promise. I will do everything I can to help you, after all, I owe you."

Josh stirred in his sleep, mumbling something. "I´m sorry, but that means nothing. This is Klaus we´re talking about. None of us knows what he´ll do next."

Tears ran down Davina´s cheeks. "I´ll go talk to him…now stop worrying and be with your friend."

Davina leaned against Josh, taking deep breaths to calm down.

…

_Callie found Klaus and Elijah in one of the warehouses by the dock. She walked in to see Jackson tied to a chair and wood boxes around him. _

"_Looks like you have everything under control." The witch commented sarcastically. The two originals turned around. "What is going on here?"_

"_Marcel and the stones are nowhere to be found and we´re having some other problems here…you wouldn´t happen to be able to defuse a bomb?" Klaus asked._

_Of course, they should have expected for this not to work out. In New Orleans, something always went wrong…_

_The hybrid started opening the boxes, as Elijah received a call from Hayley. Callie walked towards Klaus and stood next to him. "When are you going to heal Josh?"_

"_Calliope, I don´t have time to worry about that right now." Klaus went on opening boxes, when he found a note in one. "This is for Thierry." _

_There was a warning beep, as Klaus and Elijah suddenly moved in inhuman speed. Klaus picked Callie up, while Elijah took Jackson and they sped out of the warehouse that exploded behind them. _

_Klaus let Callie down when the two originals stopped, though he didn´t let her go completely. _

"_Are you alright?" the hybrid whispered in concern, relieved when the witch nodded. _

_The two looked at Jackson, who was leaning against Elijah in pain. _

"_Let´s get back to the compound." Callie said. _

…

_When the four of them walked in, Hayley stormed towards them, hugging Jackson and leading him to the sofa. She looked at Callie in concern, who nodded that she was ok. _

"_Thank you." The pregnant woman mouthed at Elijah. Klaus and Callie stood next to each other, the witch leaning against Klaus. "So where are the stones?"_

"_Marcel took them…" Callie answered, sighing. _

"_Marcel is no fool, he knows an empowered werewolf army would mean the end of vampires in New Orleans. The explosion is his way of saying he means to prevent that. For all the good it will do him."_

_Klaus said, then took a sip of his drink. _

"_Well, it did him pretty damn well, didn´t it?!" Hayley hissed. _

"_This is my fault, I will fix it." Jackson tried to get up, only to get pushed back down by Hayley._

"_No, Jack, you´re hurt and no one is blaming you."_

"_I´m blaming you." Klaus commented with a mean smirk. Callie gently slapped his arm. _

"_You should stay here, Jackson. You might be a werewolf, that doesn´t mean you can´t get a concussion." Callie advised. _

"_Those stones will be hard to replace, fortunately I always have a back-up plan." _

"_That is Klaus´ way of saying you should stay here, rest and recover." Calliope claimed._

_Hayley took care of Jackson, while Klaus went to make a call. _

_Sometime later, they all heard someone enter and walked into the inner yard to see Francesca Correa with a few men following her. "Are you serious?!" Callie complained upon seeing the leader of the humans. Francesca Correa was one of the last people she wanted to see right now._

"_Greetings, Miss Correa. I see you brought company."_

"_These are my brothers; I always include them in delicate business matters." Francesca explained. _

"_Please, call me Klaus. All my friends do." Klaus said with a smirk on his face. _

_Hayley and Callie glanced at each other, not liking the situation at all._

"_I don´t know if I would call us friends. But if you and Marcel are planning a little throw down, I´d prefer my family to be on the same side as the inevitable victor." The woman replied, as she took out a little black bag. Callie could hear the stones clicking against each other, as the human held the bag in her hands._

"_Did you get me what I asked for?" Klaus demanded, as he took the bag._

"_Not enough for an army at such short notice, but it´s a start."_

_Callie took a step forward in anger. "Why does she know about this?!"_

"_Our price for business is full disclosure." Francesca looked down at the smaller Calliope and smiled arrogantly. _

"_Now that we´re talking prices: the price for threatening my friends is not a very enjoyable one. If you ever say something like that to Cami again, you will regret it."_

_Before Francesca could answer, Elijah spoke up. "And how does this benefit the Human faction?"_

"_I only want to solidify our allegiance to the ruling class." Francesca smirked at Klaus. "It´s good for business."_

_Klaus nodded. "If only everyone shared your capacity for reason."_

_Callie scoffed and turned around, walking away a few steps. _

"_Sadly they don´t." Francesca answered, referring to Calliope. "Marcel is being especially vindictive. I´m worried he might come after me or my family just for meeting with you. It might be in our best interests if we combine our efforts."_

"_Perfect." Callie mumbled, clearly annoyed. Klaus ignored her, nodding. _

"_So be it. The more bodies we have defending the compound the better. Let´s get started, shall we?"_

_Klaus knew Callie was angry about this, he would have to soothe the temperamental woman later._

…

"_Elijah, there is something that I need to tell you." Hayley started, with a tremble in her voice. Elijah noticed her racing heart, she was nervous. "My family wanted me…I was supposed to be betrothed to Jackson. I wanted to tell you sooner, I-I just didn´t know how. It´s this insane-"_

"_You don´t need to explain…I understand the need for one to make sacrifices for one's family."_

_The original nodded at Hayley to emphasize his point._

"_Oh come on, Elijah! For once in your immortal life, can you just not be so noble?!"_

"_What would you have me do?" _

"_I just told you that I´m betrothed according to some backwater arrangement by some people that I never knew! Tell me that you think betrothals are stupid; tell me that I have a choice!"_

_Hayley took a step towards Elijah. "Hayley, this is too complicated. Calliope and I just broke things up, I still don´t feel like I´m doing right by her if-"_

_The pregnant woman took Elijah´s face into her hands. "Callie is with Klaus, she is moving on. So why shouldn´t you be allowed to do the same?!"_

_The two kissed, holding onto each other. Hayley put her arms around the originals neck, pushing herself against him. To Elijah, this kiss felt wrong. He still didn´t know how he felt, on the one hand he loved Calliope, on the other he clearly had feelings for Hayley. He knew Calliope and she knew him, they supported each other in every situation. He loved Calliope for the fire she had in herself, the fire that he saw in Hayley too. It was what sparked his interest in the werewolf._

_Elijah gently pushed Hayley back. _

…

Genevieve reached for my hand, grabbing it with hers.

"What are you doing?!" I pulled my hand away in confusion. I didn´t trust Genevieve.

"I´m not powerful enough to perform this spell on my own, you on the other hand are. If we combine my skills with your power, we will be able to perform the spell."

Sighing, I put my hand into the redheads. "I still don´t trust you."

"Are you ready?" Klaus asked, walking in.

"The last ingredient is personal. As the spell is designed to control transformation, I need the blood of a werewolf who doesn´t turn on a full moon. My first thought was Hayley because of the pregnancy-"

"Out of the question!" I interrupted. "I don't trust her, who knows what she´s planning."

"I´m half wolf, I control my form. Use my blood!" Klaus commanded, standing next to Genevieve.

"Nik, I don´t think that´s a good idea." Klaus shook his head at me, telling me I shouldn´t worry.

Of course he wouldn´t worry about himself, after all he was mighty Klaus Mikaelson who could handle everything…Genevieve took the dagger on the table to cut Klaus´ hand.

In a sudden move, Klaus grabbed the redhead´s arm and squeezed.

"If you fail," he threatened. "to uphold your end of the deal, the consequences for you will be apocalyptic."

I smirked, knowing that Genevieve was in fact scared of Klaus, although she was trying to hide it. The witch took Klaus´ hand and slid the dagger across, then let his blood drop on the stones on the table.

She then took my hand and started chanting. I suddenly felt dizzy and tensed, suspicious about what she was doing. A few minutes later, Genevieve huffed and opened her eyes. I looked at her in confusion. "If you don´t let me access your magic, this won´t work!"

I took a breath and tried to relax. I could feel Genevieve using my magic and I could feel it exhausting me. She went on chanting, as I watched her.

A few minutes later, Elijah, Hayley and Klaus joined us. They stood, as Genevieve chanted and I concentrated on letting her access my magic. Suddenly, Francesca stormed in.

"My people tell me Marcel is on the move and he´s bringing friends." She warned.

Genevieve opened her eyes but didn´t stop the spell.

Klaus nodded. "Get Hayley to safety." He told Elijah.

He looked at me, silently asking if I would be ok. I nodded, smiling at him to try easing his worry.

Elijah followed him, taking Hayley´s elbow to lead her out. "Come with me."

"No!" the pregnant werewolf spoke up. "Someone needs to watch her."

"I´m here, it´s ok." I interrupted, my words coming out slurred.

"Go, help Klaus." Hayley softly ordered. I didn´t hear her clearly, it was as if there were cotton balls over my ears.

"I´ll stay here, Elijah." Francesca added. The original looked at me, then at Hayley and Francesca, then he left. We heard fighting outside, as Genevieve worked on finishing the spell.

Sometime later, my phone vibrated. When I took a look at my phone, I could barely read, everything was blurred. "It´s Cami." Hayley explained in a whisper.

I put my phone away, only for it to go on buzzing. When Genevieve let go of my hand and the spell was finished, I sat down. "The stones are finished. I´ve done my part, now it´s up to you."

"Hayley and I will get them to the bayou." I said as I tried to get up.

"Actually, she was talking to me." Francesca said and stood next to Genevieve.

Hayley and I looked at each other. What would Francesca want with the stones?!

"What the hell is this?!"

Francesca smirked, taking the stones. "Call it a side deal."

I knew we shouldn´t have trusted Genevieve. I had thought she wouldn´t betray us because of her fear of Klaus, but also because of her attraction to him, but I had underestimated her…

"You´re mad if you think humans will be able to go up against Klaus"

Francesca pulled out a knife and slit her guard´s throat. "I´m not human. I´m like you, Hayley."

She took a step towards Hayley, who in turn took a step back. As I raised a hand to chant, Genevieve turned towards me. My chanting seemed to have no effect on Francesca…

"You took my power?!"

"No, I didn´t. That much power, it would kill me. However, I weakened you significantly. There is a barrier between your mind and your magic. Good luck breaking it."

And with that, she knocked me out…

…

_Callie woke up with a pain in her head. She must have hit her head against the table when Genevieve knocked her out. The witch got up and walked out with weak legs. When she saw the inner yard, a gasp left her mouth. There were bloody bodies lying everywhere, Marcel´s vampires…_

_As she rushed down the stairs, she saw Marcel, Elijah and Cami standing in the yard. _

"_Genevieve, she betrayed us." The witch whispered, before falling against Cami. _

"_Callie, are you ok?" the blonde asked, as she helped her stand._

"_Yeah, just a little weakened. Genevieve knew that using that much of my power would exhaust me."_

"_She didn´t take your powers?" Elijah asked. _

_Calliope shook her head, clearly relieved about that. She didn´t like being a witch, she would have preferred to be human but on the other hand, her magic was a part of her and that much power could be dangerous in the wrong hands. "She said she wouldn´t have been able to handle that much power. We have to find Hayley; Genevieve took her and I don´t think it´s because she wants to take care of her."_

_Before Callie could say anymore, she collapsed._


	12. Chapter 12

_Callie was asleep at Cami´s place after collapsing at the compound. Elijah had brought her there out of fear that she wouldn´t be safe at the compound. After all, he still cared for her deeply. _

_After, Elijah quickly made his way over to the church, he ran inside to find Klaus sitting in front of the altar with Hayley lying next to him. Elijah let out a sigh of relief, as he first thought the young woman was unconscious. Then, when he listened closer, he realized: Hayley wasn´t breathing, she didn´t have a pulse. She was dead…_

"_She´s gone." Klaus said, staring onto the ground. Silent tears left his eyes, as he stood up and walked away so Elijah wouldn´t see them. After all these months, Hayley had grown on him, although he wouldn´t admit it. The hybrid wiped away the tears, trying to control himself for now. "You were bitten, take my blood." _

_Elijah drank his brother´s blood to heal himself, then he turned back to Hayley. He picked her up and put her body on the altar, pushing her hair out of her face. Elijah noticed his brother call someone, he just couldn´t bring himself to care about that right now. All he could think about was Hayley and how her dead body was lying in front of him. He had failed her…he should have been there to protect her. _

_Sometime later, Callie arrived at the church. Elijah assumed Klaus had called her. The witch walked towards Niklaus and took him into her arms, letting him bury his face in crook of her neck. She was surprised to feel warm tears running down her shoulder and hugged the hybrid even harder. Callie hadn´t expected Nik to be this affected by Hayley´s death. _

_The silence was interrupted by Elijah, who was staring at Niklaus and Callie. "How?"_

_Callie let go of Klaus though she took his hand and intertwined their fingers. _

"_I was bested." The hybrid explained._

"_You were bested." Elijah repeated. He had been sad before, now he was just angry and he didn´t know if it came from seeing Callie and Klaus together or because of what happened to Hayley. Probably both… "You were bested! My invincible brother!"_

"_They took the baby."_

_Elijah´s expression changed; there was shock and fear evident in his features. _

"_There´s still time, we can save her! Preparing the sacrifice takes time, enough time for us to save her!" Callie explained, looking at Klaus, then at Elijah. _

_The two nodded and after Klaus picked up Callie and pressed her to his side, they rushed to the City of the Dead in supernatural speed. When they arrived there, the two vampires listened closely._

"_Are they here?" Callie asked, frustrated about not having enhanced senses._

_Elijah shook his head in anger, as they started walking. "They´re not here. They must be somewhere else, we have to go on searching. We´re wasting time here!"_

"_Their harvest was here, the reaping was here. They´re about to perform a ritual which will feed their ancestors for centuries. Ancestors who were buried here!" Klaus was nearly screaming as he answered. The hybrid let his head fall back to collect himself. When he opened his eyes, he noticed the statue of an angel they had passed two times before. "We´re trapped here. We have walked by this statue the third time now."_

_Callie looked up to see the figure Klaus was looking at. She knew this, from her own coven._

"_This is an illusion. Back when witches and warlocks were tested, there was this spell that the elders used. It was kind of a test, problem is: I never had to do it."_

_After hours and hours of wandering around, Elijah stopped walking. _

_Klaus touched the wall of a tomb next to them once more. "It´s ingenious, I can feel them, I can see them and yet they are not real."_

"_There has to be a way, even if we could just push through." Elijah mumbled._

"_What we need to do is focus." Klaus answered._

_Callie hadn´t said a word in hours, she was silently following the two and trying to remember a way to get out of here. _

"_My only focus right now is that child and he safety, do you understand me. This, all of this is the world you created." _

"_Elijah-" Callie tried to interrupt, but Elijah ignored her. _

"_All of your scheming! The enemies you have made, every single day every single one of your miserable life. What results did you expect?! That your child will be born into a happy life? That the mother would be alive to know her daughter? That we could live and thrive as some sort of family."  
"That was your fantasy, not mine!" Klaus tried to defend himself._

"_No, brother! This was our hope! This was our family´s hope and now she´s gone. You have destroyed everything. I let this person in, I let her in. I don´t let people in. You knew this, you´ve taken her from me. I needed her and you´ve broken me."_

_Klaus looked at Callie, then at Elijah. "Is it Calliope you mean, or Hayley?"_

_Callie lowered her eyes onto the ground so she wouldn´t see Elijah´s reaction. She was afraid because she knew he would choose Hayley. Elijah loved Hayley, she had realized that when they had talked and broken up. However, Elijah hadn´t been referring to Hayley and that realization dawned on him when Klaus had asked who he meant. Elijah had been referring to Callie and when he looked at Callie, Klaus had his answer. The young witch wasn´t looking at them, so she didn´t see Elijah´s eyes on her. _

_She would rather not know, than know and feel the pain. _

_Klaus nodded, he had understood and though he tried not to show it, he was glad Callie hadn´t seen Elijah´s answer. Elijah was a much better man than he was and if Callie knew that Elijah still wanted her, she wouldn´t hesitate to leave Klaus for his brother. _

"_I can try something." Callie announced. "A spell to destroy illusions, I don´t know if it will work."  
"Will you be able to perform the spell? You can´t control your powers yet." Klaus asked worried._

_Callie hesitated, then answered: "It´s not dangerous."_

_Not for you, she added in her mind. Callie was about to start chanting, when she saw a figure emerging. "Hayley?!" _

_Elijah ran towards the young woman and took her into his arms._

"_How are you here?"_

"_I woke up in the church." Hayley started explaining. "I felt this hunger. I knew what I needed. I can feel her, she´s here. I can feel my baby." _

"_You died with the baby´s blood still in your system, you´re in transition." Callie explained._

"_So, if she´s to survive, she has to drink the blood of my child." Klaus said. "To be reborn a hybrid."_

_Hayley looked at Klaus, shaking her head. "I don´t care about me, I´m going to go find our daughter."_

"_Running around here won´t help, we´ve been doing that for hours. I´m going to do a spell, see if I can break us out of this illusion." Callie told Hayley. The witch started chanting, trying her best not to use too much of her power. The ground beneath them shook and the graves started crumbling apart and into dust. Klaus, Elijah and Hayley looked around to see the real City of the Dead around them. _

_Calliope opened her eyes and sighed in relief. "I can hear them." Hayley said. The four of them started running, to find Genevieve, Monique and Abigail with the baby on an altar. _

_They had already started chanting and Genevieve had a dagger raised above the baby´s body. _

_In a second, Elijah reacted and threw a vase at Genevieve, who was thrown back and the dagger flew out of her hand. As Genevieve was on the ground, Monique and Abigail joined hands and started chanting. Elijah, Klaus, Callie and Hayley were thrown against the tombs. _

"_You fools! To come against us in our place of power, in our strongest hour. You don´t face three, you face us all!" Monique hissed. _

_Still pressed against a stonewall, Callie closed her eyes and felt the power of her own ancestors. This was good, she could use that. As she channeled, their powers, she started directing it at Genevieve who gasped in pain and fell onto the ground. Callie pulled Genevieve up by her hair and pushed her up so she could look at her. "You´re disgusting! Killing a child, how low is that?!"_

"_Wait, wait. This wasn´t me. She, she wanted me to do it. Esther is behind all this." Callie hadn´t expected that and was confused. Genevieve used that distraction and attacked Callie, making her scream as blood poured out her eyes. Callie fell down in front of the red head and blindly grabbed her, channeling her own spell onto her. Genevieve struggled with all her power and was finally able to push Callie away. When she wanted to use her magic against Calliope again, she was unable to. "What did you do to me?"_

"_Remember that block you put between me and my magic, I figured out how to break it. The key to doing that was to accept my powers as a part of me, which was what I feared most. The key to breaking your blockage is to accept what you fear most: death." _

_Genevieve stopped struggling, she just stared at Callie. The younger witch had outsmarted her!_

_Meanwhile, the two originals and Hayley had been dealing with Monique and Abigail. When Callie got up and walked to the altar, she saw Marcel standing with them. Before any of them could react, Marcel had taken the baby and left. _

"_Brother, take Calliope and Hayley to the compound. I´ll deal with him." _

_Elijah waited for Hayley and Callie to collect themselves, then he took them back to the compound. Hayley had fallen asleep on the way back and Elijah put her on a bed in the guest bedrooms. _

_When he walked back into the bureau, he saw Calliope pouring herself a drink. When she heard him enter, she filled up another tumbler and handed it to him. _

"_About what I said at the cemetery-"_

"_Elijah, I can handle it. You love Hayley, it´s ok. This wasn´t how I expected things to turn out but you can´t choose who you fall in love with and I know that. I wish you all the happiness in the world, because you´re a good man and you deserve it and I´m trying to be happy too, I just need a little time to deal with everything."_

_The original then surprised Callie by pushing her against him and nibbling on the shell of her ear._

"_I don´t want Hayley, I want to be with you. I was confused, I admit but I know what I want now and that is to be with you like I promised you."_

_Callie gently pushed Elijah away. "I can´t do this anymore, one moment you´re pushing me away because you´re in love with Hayley and the other you´re telling me you love me and want to be with me. Have you thought about what this feels like to me?! I don´t know what I´m feeling right now and you´re confusing me even more!"_

"_Confused? Calliope, don´t you love me anymore?"_

"_I do! I´ve told you this before, you were my first love, you will always hold a place in my heart…but I feel something for Nik too. Something strong, and I know he feels like that too."_

_As Callie turned around to flee the uncomfortable situation, Elijah´s voice stopped her once more:_

"_Regardless of what you say, Calliope: I won´t stop fighting for your love."_

_The witch didn´t turn around, she simply walked away. _

…

"_She´s beautiful."_

_Klaus looked up to see Calliope standing behind him, looking at his daughter. He picked her up and softly put her into Callie´s arms. The baby looked up at Callie with big eyes, as the witch stared back down. Minutes later, she had fallen asleep and the witch carefully placed her in her cradle. _

"_How are you doing?" Callie softly whispered._

_The hybrid pulled Callie close and breathed in her scent. "Good."_

"_Nik, you don´t have to act around me."_

_Klaus´ face changed and suddenly, Callie could see all the sadness and exhaustion in his eyes. _

"_Elijah was right, because of me, my daughter will never be safe. Because of the man I am and because of the many enemies I have made myself in my immortal life."_

_Callie gently pushed Klaus towards the window of the room. _

"_Look outside, what do you see?"_

"_A city that is at war."_

"_There´s more than that. When I look outside, I see a war between vampires, werewolves and witches. You´re part vampire and part werewolf, who could be better to rule them all than you? This is your chance, to build your daughter a kingdom, to make her proud. And besides, if she is anything like you and Hayley, she will kick anyone´s ass who gets in her way."_

_Klaus turned his head and smiled down at Callie, who was slightly behind him. _

"_If I am to be king of this city, then I need a queen."_

_The witch moved in front of Klaus and put a gentle kiss on his lips. "Then you will get a queen."_

_Klaus pushed Callie against the window, as they kissed. Their tongues danced around each other, playing each other, teasing each other. Klaus gently bit Callie´s lower lip, to which she responded with pushing her body against his. The hybrid enjoyed the feeling of her curves against him. _

_When their lips parted and the two looked into each other´s eyes, Callie was a little out of breath._

_Klaus smiled that smile he rarely showed and broke into a grin when he heard Callie´s heart beating faster. A second later, they were interrupted by Elijah and Hayley. _

"_Ugh, do you have to do that here?! Next to my innocent daughter!"_

_Klaus laughed, taking a step away from Callie. He watched Hayley pick up the baby and sit down on the rocking chair. Callie waited until the newly mother was distracted before she motioned for Elijah and Klaus to follow her. When the three were out of Hayley´s ear shot, Callie started explaining:_

"_Before I…killed Genevieve, she told me that this was Esther´s doing. By consecrating her in New Orleans, we made her an ancestor. She was behind all this."_

_Elijah and Klaus took a moment to process this information. _

"_Great, even from beyond the grave, our own mother is trying to ruin our lives." Elijah muttered._

"_We should have felt our mother´s hand in this. We should have known that she wouldn´t be bound by anything as obvious as death and now she has control of the witches. They won´t ever stop. Nor would I expect the Guerrera wolves to leave Hayley and the baby alone. They are werewolf royalty and as such they are a threat to Francesca´s claim to leadership. They will never be safe. What was it you said to me earlier, brother, that I have made enemies every day of my miserable life? Well, the worst of them are within these borders, brother."_

"_That won´t do us any good now, Nik. Yes, you´ve made mistakes in the past but we should focus on fixing the problem at hand right now. We will protect her and we will defend her with our lives. She will have a family that will stand by her. We saved her from the witches, we will save her from the rest too." Callie stated her opinion. Klaus was surprised with how much determination she had said those words and how determined she was to protect his daughter. _

_The hybrid shook his head. "Yes, we barely saved her! I will not take that risk. She has inherited all our enemies with none of our defenses. There is no way we will be able to run far and fast enough from those who seek power and revenge."_

_As Elijah was about to say something, Hayley walked in with the newborn in her arms. "There is another way. I was born in a warzone, my parents thought they could protect me but in the end they were slaughtered and I spent my childhood alone and unloved. I made a promise to my baby and to myself: that she would not grow up like I did! That she would grow up safe and loved and yet here she is on her first day in this world with a grandmother that is bent on sacrificing her…and a mother-a mother that has to drink the blood of her own baby to survive transitioning into a hybrid. And I´m the one that loves her the most! I think the only thing left to do is send her away and I will stay behind and clean up the mess that we have made." _

_Hayley had started crying and her sobs shook her body, as she struggled to talk. _

"_No, this is insane." Elijah disagreed. "You heard Genevieve, so long as she lives, that baby will be hunted."_

"_Not if no one knows she lives." Callie threw into the room, shrugging. "We send her away…and use another baby's corpse to cover it up. Nobody will hunt a dead baby."_

_Klaus nodded, liking the way Callie thought. "She´s right. I´ll handle things." _

_Hayley nodded and walked away with her daughter in her arms to spend some time alone with her. _

"_Elijah, you don´t seem convinced." The witch stated. _

"_How do you suppose we implement this plan?" _

_Callie hesitated before saying: "I know for a fact there is someone who would be more than willing to take the baby and keep her safe. Someone we all trust because she´s part of this family."_

"_Rebekah." Elijah realized and earned a smile from Callie._

…

_Callie was sitting on Klaus´ lap, trying to comfort the hybrid. _

"_This is the best decision for her. Besides, when she´s old enough, she can come back here and live with you." _

_Klaus didn´t answer, he hadn´t talked since he put their plan in motion. "I will never be able to see her first steps, hear her first words. Everything important in the first years of her life, I will miss." _

_The hybrid had tears in his eyes, when he looked up at Callie. She could feel her heart break at his sight. The witch planted a comforting kiss on Klaus´ lips and let him hug her. _

"_Calliope, I think I need to be alone for a while." _

_Callie nodded and got out of his room. There was nothing she could do now; she had tried her best to comfort him. _

…

After we had been driving for hours, Klaus finally stopped the car. I let out a shaky breath, as I tried to calm myself. Hayley and Elijah had stayed in New Orleans so our disappearance wouldn´t be too noticeable. Klaus got out the car and sped to my side to open the door of the car, because I had the baby in my arms.

"Take her, say your goodbyes." I said, as I handed Klaus the bundle and stood next to him.

"She´s beautiful." Klaus murmured, as he caressed his daughter´s cheek.

About fifteen minutes later, another car came to a stop in front of ours and Rebekah got out of the car. I walked towards her, not being able to wait.

The blonde pulled me into her arms and hugged me tightly. "I´ve missed you so much, Becks."

"Me too, Callie. I´m sorry I didn´t answer."

I nodded, I had been angry at first but now I was coming to understand why she didn´t.

"It´s ok. You have your own life now, I understand that."

Klaus walked up to us and stood next to me. "Hello, sister."

The hybrid grinned at the blonde in front of us. Rebekah smiled back, then looked down on the baby.

"She looks like her mother…maybe there is a god after all."

Klaus laughed, looking down at his daughter with loving eyes. "Well, there is a hint of the devil in her eyes…it´s all me. You´ll need a witch you can trust, cast a cloaking spell. No one can ever find her."

"I know what to do, Nik." Rebekah assured her brother.

Klaus nodded, then he spoke to his daughter. "The city would have you dead, but I will make it your home. And if a soul wishes you harm, they´ll be struck down, just as sure as my blood runs in your veins. You will return to me." He put a kiss on the baby´s forehead and cheek, before putting her into Rebekah´s arms. "In spite of our differences, Rebekah, there is no one I would trust more with my daughter´s life. Be happy, little sister."

Bekah had tears in her eyes, as she wiped them away, she asked: "What´s her name?"

Klaus looked at me and hesitated for a moment. "Hope. Her name is Hope." I answered instead.

A small smile spread across the hybrid´s face, as he nodded. He took a step back, before turning around and walking to the car.

"Hey baby girl!" I whispered to Hope. "Aunt Bekah will take good care of you, I´m sure of it. You´re going to stay with her for a while, until we can make sure you´ll be safe with us. We will see each other again, until then, know that I love you very, very much. There´s not much I can do for you, but this I can promise you: there will always be someone in this world who loves you and is willing to protect you. I saved you once, when you were in your mom´s belly, I will do it again. As many times as I need to."

Rebekah put a kiss on my cheek and then she turned around and left.

I got into the car, where Klaus was waiting for me. As he started the engine, I put a hand on his.

"Can we not return yet? We could find somewhere to stay for the night. I just need a pause from all the stuff that´s happening in the Quarter."

Klaus smiled and nodded. At the first motel we saw, he stopped and got us a room for the night.

…

_Callie was lying on the bed of the motel room, waiting for Klaus to get back. She had sent him to get her food while she quickly showered. _

"_I didn´t know how much you wanted." The hybrid said, after he had opened the door and entered. _

_He handed Callie four cheeseburgers, a big milkshake and fries. _

_After the witch had eaten, she sat on the bed next to a lying Klaus. _

"_This was a good idea, I´m glad you thought of it."_

_Callie smiled at the hybrid. "Me too. We´ll have enough time to deal with everything in the Quarter tomorrow. Plus, I don´t think our problems are going away, so we can take a break."_

_Callie yawned, stretching her body and in the process exposing the skin of her stomach. When she opened her eyes, she noticed Klaus looking at her skin. In a second, Klaus had the witch on her back and himself on top of her. The hybrid started kissing Callie´s stomach and left a trail of kisses going up her stomach and towards her breasts. Klaus ripped open Callie´s shirt and took her left nipple into his mouth, sucking it and softly biting. "Oh god, Nik!" _

_Low moans left her mouth, making Klaus grin. Klaus then took her other nipple into his mouth, pleasing Callie some more. The witch pulled Klaus up to kiss him, while taking of his shirt and opening his jeans. _

_Klaus´ erection was pressed against Callie´s leg, making her shiver. The hybrid grabbed her hips and flipped her over. He teased her with his erection against her core, not entering just yet. When a demanding moan left Callie´s mouth, he thrust his member into Callie. The witch was propped up on her elbows, her back bend, giving Klaus a pleasing sight. He rhythmically moved his hips, while holding Callie´s and got faster with every thrust. Finally, they came together, moaning each other´s name. The hybrid turned Callie around and took her into his arms and covered them with a blanket._

_The two fell asleep like that, sleeping through the whole night._

A/N: Thank you to everybody supporting this story and motivating me to update faster and write more. As for those who left constructive criticism, thank you too, I will try to work on all my mistakes.


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Originals, Hurt-Comfort, Romance