Hello, everyone! You may know me as I am the author of the fanfiction Always & Forever After. I am not done with that fanfiction but a great idea for a new story popped into my head as I've been watching The Originals and mostly the episode with The Casket Girls gave me the idea where the girls take a stand against men and if you watch this fanmade video ( watch?v=_3V0mIjF2WM) called "Haybekah- Queens of New Orleans", which is not mine, but is part of my inspiration, you will understand how the story will most likely be, with many twists. This fanfiction will be just like that and I hope that you will enjoy it as it is about my two favorite female characters and Queens of New Orleans, Hayley Marshall and Rebekah Mikaelson. It starts off a couple of weeks after Klaus has finally taken New Orleans back and is running it with Marcel at his side. Hayley is pregnant but she is not showing yet and Elijah has gone back to Mystic Falls for a while so we will not be seeing him much in this fanfiction. Enjoy and review, please and tell me what you thinking about this first chapter. Kisses to you all! 3

Klaus arose from the table and started his speech. "Let us begin with a toast to our shared gift: immortality. After a thousand years, one might expect life to be less keenly felt, for its beauties and its sorrows do diminish with time. But, as vampires, we feel more deeply than humans could possibly imagine." Hayley scoffed at the other end of the table where she sat with her arms crossed and mumbled, "You're not a vampire." They were sitting in the great dining room, a feast set before them at a banquet Klaus had decided to throw in honor of becoming King of The French Quarter. Marcel, the now defeated vampire was seated at the beginning of Hayley's right side of arranged seats and right next to Rebekah. Hayley started drinking some water as she looked at Rebekah. She caught her eye and Rebekah rolled her eyes and Hayley smirked as they continued to listen to Klaus' speech. He gestured towards a group of waiters and waitresses to have them join them at the table, one for each guest as he continued speaking.

"Insatiable need, exquisite pain..." The servants slit their wrists with knives, filling the cups with blood for the vampires. Hayley wrinkled her nose. Rebekah just accepted her cup without arguing. "Our victories and our defeats." Klaus catches Marcel's eye at that point. Hayley sat there wondering what the two could possibly be thinking about. Klaus raised his cup and said, "To my city, my home again. May the blood never cease to flow...?" "…and the party never ends." Marcel finished his sentence and raised his glass as well. Rebekah looked like she was from outer space, like she was lost as she continued to look straight ahead at nothing. Hayley was watching the expression on Klaus' face very carefully. How lucky for him that he is finally going to get everything that he has ever wanted. He is given power, loyalty and family, while she is held prisoner in his household along with his sister and Hayley's new best friend, Rebekah. At that moment, one of Marcel's most trusted advisors and friend, Diego raised his glass and exclaimed, "To New Orleans!" Klaus smiled mischievously and exclaimed "To New Orleans!", and then everyone raised their glasses and exclaimed "To New Orleans" as well, even Hayley, who had raised her own glass with plain water, as she was not allowed to drink in her condition. What seemed incredible was that Rebekah was looking at her when she exclaimed "To New Orleans!" and Hayley had looked right back while saying the same thing. They were both aware of what was coming and how this town would change due to the changes of leadership. Hayley started drinking along with the others and felt uneasy as she sensed Klaus' gaze on her at that moment. She touched the soft silky blouse on her body and felt herself flinch as remembered how on Earth she got this blouse put on her.

Hayley was brushing her hair in her room and touching her stomach, hoping that she could feel something, to get some sort of sign from her child that she was alright and she was growing inside her with no troubles at all. All of a sudden, the door opened and in marched Klaus with a box in his hands. Hayley nearly screamed as she tumbled over the stool she was sitting on in front of her mirror and stood up, holding the white towel tightly around her body, afraid that she would accidently reveal some intimate part. "What is wrong with you?" Klaus asked, frowning as he closed the door behind him. Hayley, having just stepped out of the shower, was still deciding on what clothes to wear so we just wrapped a towel around herself, never in a million years imagining that Klaus would just burst on her like this. "What is wrong with YOU? How can you just march in here without knocking first?" Hayley replied, still holding the towel around her, her cheeks turning a bit red and an angry expression on her face. Klaus just smirked as he set the box on her bed. He turned towards the door but pointed at the box and saying, "I expect you to wear that when you come down. I want you to be dressed fittingly for this banquet I have arranged." "What? You have the impression that I am not capable of dressing fittingly?" Hayley crossed her arms over her chest, feeling her own face burn up. "Not at all sweetheart, but seeing as the only thing you have on is a towel, I thought I could lend a hand." He continued smirking as he opened the door to leave. "I had a shower, you dimwit!"

The door closed and suddenly, Hayley was pushed into a wall and Klaus had his hand prepared to strangle her but as he looked into her eyes with anger, he decided against it. He just pointed a finger at her as they stood there closer to each other than ever. "You will refrain from speaking to me in that tone, little wolf. I may have allowed it while we were living in the other poor excuse of a home but I will not have it here, and not now as I have become the King of The French Quarter! The only reason I am forced to tolerate you at this point is for the sake of the child you are carrying and nothing more! Do I make myself clear?" Hayley stared from him to the hand on her chest that had pushed her into the wall, nearly knocking her head to it. The tone of his voice and the manner of speaking only made her boil up inside even more. She wanted to yell, spit, and do whatever she did when she was angry but she knew that she would only be feeding the fire between them and she was in no mood to fight. "Crystal." she whispered as Klaus drew his hand back and angrily stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut. Hayley stood there for a few minutes, not moving and feeling hot tears spill down on my face. "What in bloody hell is going on?" Rebekah stormed inside wearing a pretty extravagant outfit and with make-up on. Hayley didn't say anything and just approached the bed where the white box with a purple ribbon tied around it stood. Hayley pulled away the ribbon and opened the box only for it to reveal a gorgeous black, blouse made out of smooth silk. "Wow. It's beautiful. Did Nik give it to you?" Rebekah asked. Hayley nodded and felt even angrier than ever as she stared at the blouse. "He said that I have to wear it tonight." Hayley scoffed and turned towards the bathroom in order to dress up. "Well, isn't he a charmer?" Rebekah exclaimed sarcastically. "He slammed me against the wall after I called him a dimwit. He warned me never to dare insult him in his home again, especially now that he has taken over New Orleans." Hayley said and then said, "Wooo! I am so afraid!" sarcastically. "Niklaus is pathetic when it comes to threats. I am sure you already know that by now." Rebekah walked around the room waiting for the she-wolf to get herself ready for the banquet that was about to start any minute then. Hayley stepped out dressed in perfectly gorgeous black pants and with Klaus' present blouse on, she looked absolutely spectacular. Rebekah had her mouth open in shock. "Nik has good tastes, though." Hayley nodded and rolled her eyes, "That is what I am so pissed about. Come on! Let's get going." she said to the blonde Original Vampire as they stepped outside the room.

Hayley was snapped out of her thoughts as Klaus continued speaking after they'd toasted. She pulled her fingers away from her blouse and looked at the father of her child as he continued to try and get in good with the vampires present that still didn't trust him. Marcel had taught him well to get to the vampires' hearts with sweet and caring words. Klaus had agreed to let Marcel rule by his side as long as he helped Klaus regain what he believed was rightfully his. "I understand that some of you may have questions regarding the recent change in leadership, and I invited you here tonight to assure you that you are not defeated. No, my intentions moving forward are to celebrate what we have. What Marcel, in fact, took and built for this true community of vampires." He grinned as he touched Marcel's shoulder and Marcel grinned back. Rebekah simply watched them and shook her head as they were both overdoing it. At that moment, Diego broke the ice with a question that sent chills up Hayley's spine. " What about her? The wolf." Diego pointed his finger at her and every single person turned to stare at her. Hayley felt herself shrink. Who knew what Klaus was going to say at this point. Judging by what happened in Hayley's room before the banquet began, it was not going to be too good.

Klaus left Marcel's side and started walking over to Hayley while saying, "Had you'd let me finish, Diego, you would know that there is, of course, one further matter I would like to address. As many of you know, the girl is carrying my child. Consequently, I trust you will all pay her the appropriate respect. However, I understand that some of you are concerned by this vicious rumor that I intend to use the blood of our child to create hybrids. I assure you I do not." Hayley flinched as Klaus touched her shoulder that she stopped drinking her water and set the water down. She had always been affected by even the slightest of touches Klaus seemed to give her. Still, as good as it felt to have his strong reassuring arm on her shoulder, what happened earlier in her room made her remember that she was still very much angry at him for how he reacted, so it didn't stop her from making a snarky comment about it. "Father of the year!" she exclaimed sarcastically with an amused smile on her face. Diego covered his face and started chuckling a little as well as the other vampires, the only one not saying anything was Marcel. Even Rebekah smiled her drink as she giggled, looked at Hayley and smiled. Klaus stood there shocked, his hand still on her shoulder and Hayley felt his hand grasp her shoulder tighter that it almost hurt. Finally he pulled his hand away and started marching quietly back to his seat, without saying another word. Rebekah gave Hayley the thumbs up as she watched her brother forcing a smile as he continued to say some other things about how all lives will change from that day on and what he and Marcel were planning for their future. Hayley and Rebekah listened quietly from then on.

The guests had left as quickly as they had arrived after they stuffed their faces with the food Klaus had ordered from them all. Rebekah showed them out the front door until the only ones left in The Abattoir Yard were Hayley, Rebekah, Klaus and Marcel. Klaus had opened up a bottle of scotch and poured a glass for himself and a glass for Marcel. "Cheers, mate!" Marcel exclaimed. "To the Kings of New Orleans!" Klaus exclaimed laughing and drinking up. Rebekah and Hayley approached them both with their arms crossed. "What is it that you are planning on starting now? An alcohol club? You two are drunk enough as it is." Rebekah complained. "I don't think that we are the only ones drunk around here, sweet sister. It is Hayley here who has decided that it would be amusing to mock my intensions towards my child in front of everyone." He eyed Hayley with a look that said "you are going to pay for this". Hayley rolled her eyes and uncrossed her arms, gesticulating with her hands. "I was saying nothing but the truth, Klaus. And someone needed to say something to lighten the mood or you would have bored us all to death with your "I'm so hot, powerful and invincible and I can't help it." speeches." Hayley replied and Marcel barked up a laugh. Klaus eyed him and Marcel quickly stopped, pouring himself some more alcohol. Rebekah grabbed the bottle from him and poured herself some as well. "I really need this." she said to herself. "I wasn't finished!" Marcel snarled at her. "Well, forgive me my King but this girl really needs it." Rebekah told him as she gulped down the whole cup. Klaus was staring right at me without blinking and playing with the glass that was still filled with scotch. Hayley looked at the ground, starting to cross her arms again and then looked back into his eyes.

Klaus pointed to the blouse. "You haven't thanked me for that." he said. "Oh! Was I really supposed to?" Klaus finished his scotch and stood up, walking slowly towards the wolf girl who was impregnated by him after a passionate night they spent back in Mystic Falls. He could feel the heartbeat of their child and the quickening heartbeats of its mother as he approached her. Once Klaus and Hayley stood as close as they possibly could, they glared at each other for a couple of minutes. Klaus' eyes softened for a moment as he slid his hand up Hayley's, making her shiver slightly, and finally cupped her cheek and made her anger go away, well most of it anyway. Then, in a flash, Klaus slid his hand back down and grabbed her wrist roughly. Hayley gasped and looked shocked at his sudden aggression as he pulled her even closer by her wrist. "Never disobey me again. I hoped our little chat in your bedroom had made that crystal clear." Klaus said in a whisper. "It has…Now let go of me!" Hayley said quietly and then pulled her hand away. She rubbed her arm and strolled up the stairs and back to her bedroom with Rebekah hot on her heels.

"My brother is a dick, Hayley. Don't let him work you up like this." "He infuriates me!" Hayley exclaimed, throwing an already shattered mirror across the room. "Easy there!" Rebekah laughed as she watched Hayley. Finally, the she-wolf relaxed and sat on her bed beside Rebekah. "What's going to happen to this city?" she asked the blonde vampire. "Knowing my brother, he is going to stop at nothing until he has everyone on their knees in front of him, including you, Hayley." She scoffed. "I want to see him try to convince me." "He won't even bother. He'll force you." "Well, in that case, let's see him try and force me into doing something I don't want to." Rebekah smiled "It's your funeral." "What is it about New Orleans that is so special anyways?" Hayley asked. "It was my home, the Mikaelson home. We built New Orleans, Hayley. You have no idea what it was like to stand there on top and watch with pride what you have created. Niklaus was the proudest one of them all. Marcel was just as proud of what he had managed to build, but his jealousy must have taken the better of him. We all loved each other like family but…" Hayley nodded, understanding perfectly what Rebekah meant.

Hayley rubbed the stomach where the unborn infant of the new King of New Orleans was resting and looked over as the blonde original Vampire started talking again. "Marcel chose to leave me in order to rule this city along with Niklaus. He has made his choice and I have made mine. Hayley, they are going to ruin New Orleans together. I cannot let that happen." "Then, let's do something about it." Hayley suggested and Rebekah grinned. "Let's do just that." But then, her smile suddenly vanished. "What is it?" Hayley asked her. "If we even try to get in the way, it is not going to end well for either one of us. You already have enough problems with Nik and I have enough problems with Marcellus. My own brother will dagger me, Marcel will stand around and watch and most likely, Nik is going to keep you locked in a dungeon for the rest of your pregnancy." It was Hayley's turn to grin. "I don't think so." she said and pulled out the only two antique stake knives Klaus had left. Rebekah looked at them for a moment and then nodded. "Alright, then. Let's do what we can do! New Orleans will not go down because of them." Hayley agreed with her.