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Maddie stared at her father with wide eyes, hardly believing that he was there. Her cheeks were stained with the few tears that had escaped her eyes and she could see her father, her father, give her a small smile.

"Hello love," he said softly, and Maddie's lips split into a grin as more tears fell. Using her super speed, she practically tackled her father to the ground, her arms wrapping around his shoulders tightly as her face buried into the crook of his neck. He only hesitated for a moment before wrapping his arms around her as well, bringing her close. This only made Maddie cry harder.

"It's alright," her father said softly into her ear, rubbing her back soothingly. "It's really me. We're here."

His voice sounded the same, and Maddie remembered all of the strange memories she had for that short period of time. She remembered her father telling her that she would be a great artist one day, or that he would never let her lose herself. Or even when he spoke to her about Henrik, who she had seen over the years plenty of times to know the stories by heart.

Oh, how she had missed him.

She pulled away, shaking her head as her blue eyes flickered over his face, still not believing what was obviously the truth. "I can't believe..." she breathed out before starting again. "Did Hayley save you?"

He nodded, still having that small smile on his lips. "Yes, and then we came here to find you," he explained.

Maddie nodded her head and looked at the both of her aunts, smiling widely at them as well. She went and embraced both of hem, sighing in content as she did so.

But then, she remembered why she had rushed home so quickly in the first place, and she looked around the room to see Kol sitting on one of the couches of the living room, looking a little nervous as he watched everyone hug Madelina. Maddie then realized that this was the moment where she would have to figure out how to make her family see sense and not kill Kol.

The first reason would be that she would never forgive them.

She had made a mistake at a young age, that much was clear. She had trusted Kol completely, and though that wasn't the mistake she spoke of, it was a mistake to leave her family behind blindly. But, now that she was older, she was able to understand what was going on better. She wouldn't have to rely on her uncle any longer, but she had grown up with him, more so than even with her own mother. If they killed him, she would never, for as long as she lived, forgive them. Simple as that.

Klaus followed her gaze to Kol and immediately, she watched every single feature darken as if the sun had died. He glowered at his brother, and Maddie's heart rate slightly skipped a beat as she tried to see what they would do to the man who had practically raised her in their absence.

"Did you come here to find me or kill him?" Maddie boldly asked, catching their attention and averting it from Kol. Maddie could see that her mother did not agree to it, but Klaus was so caught up in revenge that she wouldn't be surprised to find that he wouldn't hesitate to kill his brother. Rebekah and Freya looked angry, furious even, but they did not even compare to how bloodthirsty her father looked. Kol, on the other hand, didn't cower, but glared right back at the hybrid.

"We will not be killing anyone tonight," Mave finally said after a long and tense moment of silence. Maddie smirked when she saw Klaus's head whip her way, and they could see that Klaus did not agree. He wanted bloodshed, and he wanted it now.

But Mave, ever the peacemaker, only glared at Klaus. "Even if what Kol did was wrong, and it was," she said slowly, as if talking to a child fixated on taking something from another kid. "He is still Maddie's family, and we are not in any position to take that away from her."

Maddie tried to hold back the relieved smile on her face, but Mave caught it, and winked in her direction. Maddie couldn't help but be ecstatic that her mother was finally back.

"Aw Mave," Kol finally spoke up with a smirk, leaning back in the couch and crossing his legs while placing both hands behind his head. "I didn't think you felt that way about me."

Mave's eyes narrowed and immediately, the tiger had her claws back. "Oh please Kol," she scoffed, shaking her head. "If my daughter didn't love you whatsoever, you'd be dead already."

Kol's smirk fell and he glared, and Maddie decided that it would be best to interfere before anybody did something that they might later regret.

"Okay, okay," she said, her hands raised as if to calm them down as she looked at her uncle pointedly. Immediately, Kol rolled his eyes but didn't say anything in response to Mave's comment. "First things first, try not to provoke them into killing you."

Kol smirked at her and Maddie couldn't help but slightly smirk back. The sentence was a little funny to be honest. And to almost everyone's dismay, her smirk was identical to Kol's.

"Second thing," she said before looking back to her mother, thinking that she might have some words of wisdom to share. "Where is everybody else?"

Mave looked to Rebekah, who stepped forward. Her blue eyes met Maddie's own. "They should be here soon. We called in case Nik really did want to end Kol's life and needed assistance," she said.

Kol glared at his sister but didn't say anything underneath Maddie's glare.

"They should be here in about an hour or so," Freya spoke up.

"And who exactly is everyone that's coming?" Maddie asked curiously, tilting her head so that her blonde locks slightly shifted over her shoulder.

Freya smiled at Maddie's curiosity and answered. "Finn, Elijah, Hayley, and Hope," she said and everyone there watched as Maddie perked up at the last name.

Her blue eyes sparkled like the sea, a small smile gracing her lips. "Hope's coming?" she asked quietly, and watched as they nodded.

It was silent for a moment as many emotions filtered over Maddie's face. Excitement, sadness, doubt, regret. None of the people present could see these emotions except for Kol though, knowing how she hid her expressions from others. He frowned slightly, not wanting her to feel any of the latter emotions.

The next words spoken were even quieter than the first, so much so that if Mave wasn't standing close to her, she wouldn't have heard it.

"What's she like?"

They all shifted a little uncomfortably at that, obviously having rushed to find Madelina so much that they hadn't payed much attention to the second Mikaelson daughter. Klaus, especially, noticed his mistake in disregarding Hope and immediately promised her to make it up when she arrived in California.

"She's beautiful," Mave finally said, placing a small hand gently on Maddie's shoulder, meeting her daughter's blue eyes. "Just like you."

Maddie gave a small smile before turning away, stepping out of Mave's grip. The mother immediately looked like a pain had struck her, but she covered it up quickly, not wanting Maddie to see it. The blonde teenager wandered over to a window, looking out at the setting sun as if reflected off the sea. Everything was as it always was, only her life had now completely changed.

Her family had returned.

She didn't know how she felt, because on one hand, she's missed them, like really missed them. But, on the other, they hate Kol, and if he slips up, there's a possibility that they won't hold back and might even kill him, something that Maddie will not be able to live through.

She turned back around to see everyone staring at her silently, and she blushed in surprise, looking away from their gazes. She furrowed her eyebrows together, feeling the awkwardness in the air and speaking before it could get too potent.

"So," Maddie said after a moment, looking back at her family. "What's next?"

She tried not to smile at her own bluntness, but she could see everyone else do so.

"Well, once everyone arrives, we'll spend a little time here before we all go back to New Orleans," Klaus said, leaning against a wall as he spoke. "Then we'll have to deal with Marcellus."

Maddie frowned, blinking in surprise as she raised her hands up. "Wait, hold on," she said, looking closer at her father. "You want to go back to New Orleans?"

Mave stiffened as she watched Madelina. The older woman knew that this would be a problem. She stayed silent as Klaus tilted his head, eyebrows slightly furrowing together.

"Well, yes," he said simply, and Mave could see Rebekah and Freya meet each other's gaze, also nervous about how this confrontation would go down.

Maddie shook her head, looking at the others to see them looking nervous at how she would react. She looked back to her father before she spoke. "No," she told him, sounding confident with the one word.

"No?" Klaus asked, surprised by how the conversation had turned.

"No," Maddie repeated, seeing her father straighten up from where he was leaning against the wall. "I have a life here. I have friends, school-"

"Don't forget boyfriend, darling," Kol spoke up, and Maddie turned to glare at him, seeing his smirk grow wider at her expression.

"Boyfriend?" both Rebekah and Mave asked, and though Rebekah had a wide smile on her face, Mave was frowning, similar to Klaus's almost murderous expression. Freya was trying to hold back a smile but Maddie could see it clear as day.

"And the award for the worst uncle ever goes to..." Maddie said, gesturing to Kol, who only rolled his eyes.

"Oh, you love me," he said before shrugging. "Besides, they would've found out soon enough."

Maddie rolled her eyes before looking back to her father. "But, as I was saying, I have a life here," she said again. "I'm not about to give that up just to enter another war zone."

Klaus had an unreadable expression on his face as he thought, and Maddie was a little uncomfortable in the silence before she saw Mave step forward, smiling slightly. "How about we talk about that later?" she suggested, and everyone nodded. "Great. Now, I would like to know what my daughter's been up to for the last 9 years."

Maddie gave a small smile, running a hand through her slightly damp hair. She was still dressed in her beautiful flowy dress, her feet bare and a little sandy from taking a small trip to the beach. Her hat that she had worn to school was also stuffed into her side bag along with her shoes, but she somehow pulled it together.

"Well," Kol said, standing up and grinning at Maddie, who raised her eyebrows in confusion at his sudden change in mood. "Guess what time it is, Maddie."

Madelina furrowed her eyebrows together before pulling her phone out of her bag, checking the time. Her eyes widened, looking up to see Kol grinning like a madman.

"No," she said, but he was already nodding his head.

"Oh yes," he replied simply.

"Can't we just skip today?" she whined, not wanting to do what he spoke of.

"What are the two of you talking about?" Rebekah asked, and the two bickering Mikaelsons finally noticed that everyone was staring at them in confusion.

Maddie sighed, but she answered them anyway. "Training," she said simply before looking at Kol. "Which I don't want to do."

"Go get changed," is all Kol said, and Maddie rolled her eyes but did as he said.

She walked past her confused but interested family members, quickly climbing the stairs to her room to get changed. She threw her hair up into a high ponytail, changing into shorts and a tank top, knowing that Kol won't show any mercy while their family was back in town. She brushed the sand off of her feet before slipping on some socks and shoes, sighing as she looked in the mirror. She looked relatively okay, but by the end of training, she doubted that she would look anything else other than exhausted.

Maddie made her way back downstairs quickly, seeing almost everyone in the same positions, though Kol was glaring at her father once again, and Klaus was glaring right back. When she reached the bottom floor though, everyone's gaze flickered to her, but she only kept her eyes on Kol, raising her eyebrows expectantly. He smirked once again.

"Let's get this over with," she grumbled, and Kol led everyone out to the backyard, the trees looking ominous in the setting sunlight. The light from the house was enough for everyone there to see, so that wasn't an issue whatsoever.

"What exactly is this training?" Freya asked the question they were probably all thinking, and Maddie turned, answering them.

"It's Hell, that's what it is," Maddie told them.

"Oh, stop being so dramatic," Kol told her, and she smirked at him.

"How can I?" she asked him. "You raised me."

He glared playfully at her, but she saw the small smirk on his lips, and she knew that she won that round. Kol stopped to grab something form a bucket settled outside. The security for the bucket was a code keeping anyone from stifling through their things.

Maddie turned back to her family members, already knowing what Kol was planning to get. She sighed, beginning to actually explain as everyone's eyes settled back on her. "Training consists of pretty much everything," she told them. "Only problem is, no supernatural abilities are involved."

They instantly became confused, not understanding the reasoning behind it. "Why not?" Rebekah asked, seeing Kol straighten up with a sort of syringe in his hand. Maddie sighed, holding her arm out to him while still explaining to her other family members.

"Uncle Kol thinks that with the amount of enemies I have, I have to be able to defend myself even without the use of magic," Maddie said before hissing at the sudden pinch of pain in her arm, knowing that Kol had injected the shot.

"And what is that?" Klaus asked, his eyes narrowed at Kol when he saw Maddie bite her lip in pain.

Kol smirked at them, taking the now empty shot out of Maddie's arm and throwing it away in a trash can. "Something to make sure she doesn't cheat," he told them and smirked when he saw Maddie scoff.

"Oh please," she said, ignoring the burning in her veins. "Even if you didn't just give me both vervain and wolfsbane, you would cheat way before I ever did."

"Vervain?" Freya asked at the same time Mave asked, "Wolfsbane?"

Maddie nodded her head, the burning in her veins becoming a regular thing nowadays. "Oh yea," she said bitterly as she followed Kol to the clearing in the trees, facing him and trying to focus past the annoying burn.

"Ready?" he asked and she rolled her eyes.

"Yea, yea, old man," she said, smirking at his frown. "Bring it on."

Despite her annoyance at having to do training, she was quite an excellent fighter, courtesy of Kol's never ending training. So, when Kol ran at her quickly, she smirked, following suit and running toward him as well.

He threw the first punch, but it didn't hit its designated target, Maddie moving out of the way just in the nick of time. She threw a punch back, but he moved quickly out of the way as well. Neither of them were using their vampire speed, but to a human, it would seem as if they were superhuman. They moved with fluidity, and never hesitated during their sparring. She threw in a surprise and kicked Kol in the back of his knee when he moved away from her punch. He immediately stumbled and Maddie landed on top of him as he brought her down with him. She used her knees to hold down his legs, her forearm pressed against his neck and her other hand placed over his heart, as if she was going to tear it out.

"Got cha," she said, smirking, but her confidence slightly went away when her uncle only smirked in response.

Surprisingly or not, Maddie wasn't sure, Kol used his vampire strength and threw her off of him. She flew through the air but landed in a crouch, glaring at him.

"Stop expecting the battle to be fair," he told her, his smirk gone and replaced with seriousness.

She growled at him, annoyed that he, once again, cheated. He always did this, and though it would help her out in the long run, it annoyed her immensely whenever he did it.

She ran at him again, moving quickly, but he caught her easily, slipping past her and kicking her feet underneath her. He landed on top of her when they once again both fell to the ground, and the breath escaped her in a rush. Her arms were pulled painfully behind her, but she wasn't going down that easily. She brought her foot up and heard him grunt when she hit his stomach roughly. His grip loosened slightly and she slipped her arms out of his grasp, flipping over and throwing him off of her, getting to her feet as well.

Without saying anything else like before, Kol used his vampire speed and ran to her, grabbing onto her throat and using it as leverage to lift her up and slam her back onto the ground. The harsh landing, added with the vervain and wolfsbane coursing through her veins made for her body feeling like it had just been hit with a semi-truck. She gasped, feeling her healing try to stop the few cuts she had gotten from the twigs being stabbed into her body. Kol squeezed her throat tighter, cutting her airway off almost completely. She tried to push him off of her but he only caught her hands with his free one, and her legs were pinned underneath his own. She was trapped and they both knew it.

Before she lost all of the air in her lungs, she used a single finger and tapped lightly on his hand three quick times. Immediately he released her and she gasped, getting the air she desperately needed, her chest heaving as Kol got off of her and stood up, walking away.

"Dick," Maddie bit out, knowing that this was just the beginning.

"Get up," Kol told her, using his cold voice, or as Maddie called it, his Elijah Voice. "Again," he said.

"Kol, is this really necessary?" Rebekah asked, and Maddie looked over to see them all looking uncomfortable and a little angry toward their brother.

Kol ignored them and turned to look at Maddie, gesturing for her to come at him. She sighed, but did as he asked, running toward him.

Once again, he cheated. And then again, and again, and again.

Maddie huffed out in frustration, stumbling to her feet once again.

"Again."

"Enough."

Maddie raised her eyebrows at the anger in her father's voice. Honestly, for most of the training, she forgot that her family was even there, but she should've realized that they were still there. Mave came toward her, asking in a hushed tone if she was alright. Maddie nodded absentmindedly, but most of her focus was settled on the showoff about to happen between Kol and Klaus.

"She isn't finished-"

"I say she is," Klaus cut him off, his eyes blazing a bright blue.

Kol glared at his brother but knew that Maddie was tired and finally shrugged. "Fine," he said, pushing past them and entering the home aggressively.

Maddie rolled her eyes, chuckling and trying to make light of the situation. "He's such a drama queen," she commented, and saw as her aunts smiled, as did Mave. Klaus, however, was still a little on edge, having spent the last hour watching his daughter get thrown around like a rag doll.

"Why does he push you so hard?" Klaus asked, surprised that Kol of all people was being so uptight about something like training.

Maddie sighed, looking back at the house and knowing that her uncle was probably fuming at her once again failed training. "He just worries a little too much," she said, looking back at them to gauge their reactions.

"About what?" Freya asked, remembering what Maddie had said earlier about her enemies.

"All of his enemies are mine," Maddie told them, shrugging. "One day, they're gonna find us even with my magic blocking anyone from using a locator spell, and he wants me to be ready."

They were quiet at that and Maddie hated the silence, so she cleared her throat before gesturing to the house. "Let me take a quick shower and I can make dinner?" she asked them before adding. "There are some blood bags in the fridge too, but I like cooking so...yea."

She nodded to them before flashing into the house, wanting to get away from the awkward space as fast as she could.

She reached her room and immediately went to her bathroom, turning the shower on and taking one of the fastest showers she's ever taken. She didn't want to keep her family waiting for so long, and used her vampire speed that had returned to her now that the vervain and wolfsbane weren't as strong. She then got changed into her pajama shorts and a loose, white t-shirt that ended way below her butt. She let her damp, blonde hair fall down in waves and took up her phone, texting Jace that she probably wouldn't make it to the party tonight and that she would explain what was going on tomorrow.

When she finally went downstairs, her family was speaking in hushed tones, and Maddie knew that Kol was off sulking in the library of the large home, so she deduced that she wouldn't see him until tomorrow. When she appeared from the stairs, the hushed tones stopped and they smiled at her. Maddie narrowed her eyes but smiled anyway, moving toward the fridge.

"What?" she asked them, referring to what they were talking about.

"Hope should be here tomorrow afternoon," Mave told her and Maddie's smile widened, getting excited once again.

"Great," she told them, but frowned. "I have school but I can skip my last few classes?"

"You really do go to public school?" Klaus asked as she pulled out some stuff to make her signature mac and cheese or just regular marinara sauce pasta.

"Yep," she said, popping the 'p', before looking over at them. "It took years to convince Uncle Kol, but after I got everything under control, he finally let me."

"How is your magic?" Freya asked her, remembering how afraid Madelina had been of herself and her magic before they went to sleep.

Madelina chuckled a little nervously. "Still stronger than I think I can handle, but surprisingly," she said. "I actually have it under wraps."

"That's good," Mave commented, sitting on the chair at the kitchen island next to Rebekah. "Do you still get your visions?"

They all noticed the way that Madelina flinched, as if recoiling from the question, but she recovered quickly, avoiding their gaze as she turned to the stove. "Um, yea," she finally told them. "Yea, I do."

"And what of those?" Rebekah asked gently.

She was silent for a moment before turning to them, holding up two sauces. "Do you guys want marinara sauce or just cheese?"

"Madelina," Freya said gently, knowing that she was avoiding the question.

"Not tonight," she said stiffly, shaking her head as her blue eyes flickered over all of their faces. "Soon, but not tonight. Now, marinara or just cheese?"

Knowing that she was still getting used to them being back, Klaus spoke up, not wanting to push her too much. "Cheese is fine, love," he told her, and she nodded before turning to the stove once again, noticing that her father was drinking a glass of the blood she offered earlier.

It was quiet for a long moment before Maddie sighed, turning to look at her family. "I get that you want to know a lot, but I'm not ready to say all of it out loud," she told them softly. "But, Uncle Kol basically filmed every moment of my life, so I can show you the videos if you want?"

Mave smiled at her daughter. "That would be wonderful, Madelina," she said.

"You can call me Maddie," she replied, smiling at them before she turned back around. "Madelina is just such a mouthful, you know?"

They laughed behind her, and she was happy with the easygoing vibe in the kitchen, knowing that in the near future, it probably wouldn't last.

Most of her visions appeared when she was asleep, but there were the special few that came when she was wide awake. One had come to her during her second period class and almost scared the life out of her, but she managed to keep up a facade as the images rushed past her. She saw herself, surrounded by a wave of water on both sides, and her eyes were pitch black, nothing else. Her body had been filled with black veins covering every inch of her skin and her blonde hair had been floating above her shoulders as she smirked wickedly. She had almost screamed in her math class when she saw the vision, but held it together.

Because whatever that was, it would be coming soon, and Madelina was, for the first time in a long time, afraid of herself once again.

And it seemed only to happen if she remained with her family members. The only way that she could escape whatever that was would be to run far away and never look back.

So she had to choose between her family or her sanity, and being a Mikaelson, you could only have one.

Okay guys, there it is!

I know this took literally forever to write and I also know that the end of this chapter was kind of a surprise but I needed to add some kind of drama in this relatively fluffy update! Please tell me what you think of Maddie's vision and how you liked the family being reunited once again. I would love to hear some of your thoughts so please review and I hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for reading!