whitecollarblackwolf – Thank you.

traceybuie – It is sad. But every time people tries he does something that's totally self destructive and they back away again. Lets hope so, cause Harry has made threats to him and so has Caleb and maybe even Draco. We'll see. I'm hoping Harry doesn't find out about this latests attack to Elijah from Klaus but I hope if Harry ever DOES talk to him he might get through. But this is Klaus, I'm not putting my bets on him but I'm still hopeful…I want them to be well too but trouble just keeps on coming. We'll see if they have time…Well Tyler is DEAD so too little too late for him.

DarkRavie – Thank you Dark! I'm happy you like it!

domsijohn – (Ch.1) That's ok if you wanted to switch for now. Hope you like this story and I hope you return to reading LOTUS OF THE NIGHT afterwards. I've already read all your reviews there and I'll be answering them soon. (Ch.2) The clouds would be with Caleb? You mean Klaus? (Ch.3) I'm trying to understand your review…Thanks for the props of Caleb… Harry and Elijah with be tops and bottoms in their relationship…Harry IS stronger than Klaus and he will be a role model for family…I didn't get the rest of the sentence. Sorry. (Ch.4) I'm hoping will grow out his hair. We'll see… (Ch.5) I have no idea what you meant. (Ch.6) Yeah! Elijah deserves something for himself! Thanks for the Caleb props. Exactly. Harry can do both. (Ch.7) Thank you for the props. Very appreciated. (Ch.8) Yes he is. (Ch.9) Maybe. Not sure yet. (Ch.10) Me too! (Ch.11) That WAS a good speech! (Ch.12) I wasn't expecting it either. That was a fun surprise. (Ch.13) Thank you. (Ch.14) I knooow! (Ch.15) Hope soo! (Ch.16) Thanks. (Ch.17) Thank you. (Ch.18) Yes she does! (Ch.19) He is! YES THEY ARE! (Ch.20) Umm… Let me see if I can follow. Yes Dahlia will appear. In Prt. II…Marcel might end up with Rebekah. We'll see. I know and agree about the body swap, IF I do it, I won't do it much. We'll see. (Ch.21) ? (Ch.22) Klaus needs to EARN his place in the family, and so far he's made a lot of mistakes. He gains their trust, then loses it, then gains it back and that's a hard person to trust. Don't get the rest of your comment. (Ch.23) I do too. He just needs to WORK AT IT. Loyalty doesn't grow overnight. He needs to get that. We'll see what happens. Thank you for the props. More is coming.

magicanimegurl – Yes. I believe deep down he is. His execution is horrendous. Thank you for the props.

ShadowWolf 15846 – Thank you Shadow!

domsijohn – (Ch.22) Really? A lot of people have been asking for that pairing. It's really interesting. We'll see.

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iHateHotWeather123 – (Ch.1) Ok. What does HAGGICAMI mean and what is the W***HALEY? …That's about all I can say.

OnceThereWasMe – Woooow! Love your excitement! I know you have been waiting for a long time so here it is. Hope you like it.

***Hi guys. I'm sooo sorry I've been MIA from Originals & Royals for so long, and my other stories, but I've been very busy with family issues (some have been in and out of hospitals needing special care and time), my mom got married so I've been traveling from my home in PR to Maryland for visits and I'm working on a novel while working on some artwork for $$$. So a lot has happened that has taken me away from my free time writing. I can't give concrete update times cause my adult life has unfortunately kicked in and like all adults, real life comes before fun. READ THE AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER FOR SOME NEWS. Hope you enjoy.***

MOON GRILL, NEW ORLEANS – On the way back to the Mikaelson Plantation, they'd packed up all of Hayley's clothes, Hayley Hermione and Elijah stopped at The Moon Grill, a creole grill restaurant halfway between the French Quarter and the Mikaelson house on the outskirts of the Garden District for lunch. Haley wanted to talk to the blond woman she saw at the bayou, who gave her the book on her family.

Elijah was outside talking on the phone when the woman arrived and sat down. "I'm sure you've got questions."

"Only a thousand of them." said Hayley. "Like who are you? Why are you following me?" She took a book out of her purse. "And if the people in this book really are my family what happened to them?" Eve looked at Hermione. "This is Hermione, she's a witch, a wizarding witch, and she's my friend."

Hermione flicked her hair while she chanted. "SILENCIO." Both Hayley and Eve felt the magical wave of magic surround them like a small dome. "It's a silencing charm, no human or vampire will hear what we will talk about. I may trust Elijah, but I don't trust any other vampire that works for him." She took out a small notepad and a pen to take notes.

That seemed to convince the woman. "I'm Eve." she said. "I'm following you because you took an Original to werewolf country."

"The Bayou?" asked Hermione.

"Yes." said Eve. "It's also the same reason why everyone skedaddled. And if you want to know what happened to the people in that family tree, I will sum it up nice and quick…" She looked around. "Before he comes back…" She took a sip of her drink, Hermione and Hayley knew she was talking about Elijah. "Marcel happened."

"What did he do?" asked Hayley.

"He killed most of them." said Eve. "Later the descendant of the ones who dodged death, he strong armed a witch into putting a curse on them."
"What kind of curse?" asked Hermione. She had her pen ready to write.

"Swap nature around, inside out, made it so their natural sate was wolves." said Eve. "They only turn back human on the full moon."

"Sophie Deveraux told us that on the phone." said Hayley turned to Hermione. "So can it be true? Can that really be done?"

"I've never heard of it before." said Hermione, writing small notes. "Most of the magical community, over in Europe, still consider werewolves dark creatures. Due to their "condition" they are excommunicated with minimum right, left to fend for themselves. No wizard or witch with power, and rank, would even bother or care to perform a spell like this. They would consider it a waste of time and energy…" She looked at both werewolves. "Sorry…"

"It's ok." said Hayley. "It's not your fault."

"It's atrocious." said Hermione. She turned her attention back to Eve. "So, what, they flipped the curse…?"

Eve nodded. "They only turn human on the full moon."

"That and we get hunted by the marks we carry." said Eve.

"Marks?" asked Hermione.

"The crescent moon birthmark." said Eve.

"I've got one." said Hayley. She showed it to Hermione.

"That's why I got rid of mine." said Eve. She showed them the scar where it used to be. "I didn't want to get found out."

"This is completely barbaric!" growled Hermione.

"I also have a question about this book…" said Hayley. She opened the book. "Half of it is missing. Why?"

"I don't know the details." said Eve. "That's how it was given to me, passed on to me by my mom. All I know is that the other half was hidden away for protection."

"Protection?" asked Hayley.

"I think it's a family secret." Said Eve. "Something that not even we, who were instructed to guard that book, knew about. Something that could be very dangerous should our enemies learn it."

"Where is the other half?" asked Hayley.

"I don't know." said Eve. "Whatever it is, it's either good for us and bad for them, or bad for everyone."

Hayley looked at Hermione. "I have no idea." said Hermione. "But I'll see if I can help. We can work on that later, this curse is my main concern right now."

Hayley nodded, looking up she spotted Elijah. "Elijah is coming."

"FINITE INCANTARTUM." muttered Hermione, ending the silencing ward.

"Sorry I took so long." said Elijah.

"How are you doing?" asked Hayley.

"The wound has healed and the fever is broken…" said Elijah. "…as are the hallucinations."

Hermione looked at her watch. "We should be going."

"I thought we were going to talk." said Elijah.

"We already have." said Hayley.

"Oh, I didn't…" started Elijah, but he saw the look in Hermiones eyes and understood she took precautions. Whatever they spoke must have been serious. "I understand."

"I have to get Elijah back home, he's still not well." said Hayley, looking at Eve. "But I will want to talk to you more soon. I need to know more." She and Eve exchanged numbers.

"Keep that mark covered up." said Eve. She gave Hayley a small smile and left the restaurant.

"What did she say?" asked Elijah. "Who was she?"

"I think I just met part of my family…" said Hayley.

"What?" asked Elijah.

"We will tell you in the car." said Hermione. "Lets go."

THE PLANTATION – Hermione disapparated back home to The Adders Nest. Elijah and Hayley arrive at The Plantation to see Klaus angrily putting the dagger over Rebekah's throat. "You betrayed me!" Klaus argued. "My own sister!"

"Niklaus don't you dare." said Elijah.

Klaus pushed Rebekah away and turned to Elijah. "Or perhaps I should dagger you brother!" Hayley walking in quietly. "Stealing my child away with every fawning moment of tenderness and support you show to Hayley."

"This has nothing to do with Hayley." said Elijah

"It has everything to do with her!" Klaus yelled.

"She's adored you since she arrived, turning to you when in need of a supportive shoulder when she needs help. And now my child, my blood, will grow up to call you father." Argued Klaus pointing the dagger at Elijah.

"Is that what this is?" asked Rebekah. "You are, once again, worried that you will be left behind?" Klaus looked at her. "Has history taught you nothing?! We don't abandon you, Nick, you drive us away."

"Is that so?" asked Klaus. "What have I done lately, other than cooperate? Like bow down to you brother, to make up for daggering you for the greater good of our plan to reclaim our home. Like support your relationship with Harry Potter, a wizard creatures like us can only dream of being with…" He looked at Rebekah. "Look the other way sister while you repeat the same cycle with Marcel, falling again for a man you shouldn't be with, while he control the empire that we built, that he took! Now I make no excuses for past sins, but in the one moment when you two could have chosen to stand by me. To believe in me, and believe my intentions for my own child were pure. You chose to leave me to face my enemies alone." He walked up to Elijah. "I wanted our home back. Now I have it. So I'm going to live there, and the two of you can stay here together and rot." He leaves his siblings alone.

FRONT PORCH – THE PLANTATION – Klaus stormed out, Hayley sat on the recliner on the front porch. "You're coming with me little wolf."

"Why would I go anywhere with you?" asked Hayley.

"Because Hayley Marshall, that child you carry is the only thing on this earth that matters to me." said Klaus. "Now, you can fight me on this, but you will lose. As will anyone else that tries to stop you from getting in my car."

"You can come visit whenever you want Klaus." said Hayley. "It's your house. But I will not be returning ot the city until things settle down. And if things get worse, including your tyrannical behavior, I will take the next step and move into The Adders Nest with the Potters for good. At least there I have peace and quiet and some pleasant civilized conversation"

THE ABATTOIR – The following week Klaus hosted a dinner a the now newly restored Abbattoir, the Mikaelson Home that was once Marcels Manor. The dinners primary guests were Hayley, Marcel, Diego and six other vampires in attendance. 10 in total, including him. He gets up to make his opening speech, before dinner. "Lets us begin with a toast to our shared gift, immortality. After 1,000 years, one might expect life to be less keenly felt, for its beauties and its sorrows to diminish with time. But as vampires, we feel more deeply than human could possibly imagine…" He gestures with his fingers and 10 waiters, some girls some boys, walk over to the table. Each one standing next to one of the guests. "Insatiable need, exquisite pain…" Each of them slice their wrist and hold them over the soup plates and fill them with blood. "Our victories, and out defeats." He raised his glass. "To my city, my home again. May the blood never cease to flow."

Marcel raised his glass. "And the party never end." he added.

Diego raised his glass. "To New Orleans."

"To New Orleans." Everyone chanted with their glasses in their air, everyone except Hayley.

"I understand you have questions regarding the recent change in leadership." said Klaus. "And I invited you here tonight to assure you are not defeated. No, my intentions moving forward are to celebrate what we have."

Diego pointed at Hayley. "What about her, the wolf?"

"Had you let me finish, Diego, you would know that there is of course one further matter I would like to address." said Klaus. He got up and walked to the other side of the table, where Hayley at the head chair, and stood behind her. "As many of you know this 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."

"Father of the year." said Hayley sarcastically.

"It appears I will have to earn your trust." Said Klaus. He stormed back to his chair on the opposite head of the table. "Very well, we will eliminate the root of your anxiety. You see, how can I sire any hybrids if there are no werewolves alive in the bayou to turn?"

"What?" asked Hayley. "Klaus, no…"

"So eat drink and be merry!" called Klaus. "And tomorrow I suggest you have yourselves a little wolf hunt. Go ahead, have fun. Kill them all."

THE ABATTOIR – Hayley is trying to sneak out of The Abbattoir, after the disaster of a dinner Klaus had forbidden her to leave the manor, but is caught by Diego. "Going somewhere?" But before he can do anything to alert the other vampires, Harry arrived and snaps his neck, leaving a handprint burn scar on his neck.

"Harry." sighed Hayley. "You shouldn't be here, Klaus has his vampires watching me."

"Oh I wouldn't worry about them." said Elijah. Two vampires came were knocked against the stone brick wall by Rebekah.

"We mustn't linger children." said Rebekah. "Talk and walk. Now."

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine." Said Hayley. "I've been deemed under protection by the almighty Klaus. It's the werewolves who need help."

"He ordered a wolf hunt as some jacked up peace offering to Marcel's crew." Said Hayley. "You have to help them."

"What are you doing here Harry?" asked Hayley.

"I came to invite you to lunch." said Harry. Hayley looked around her. "You're coming dear."

"And if he gives you trouble?" asked Hayley.

"He can take it up with me, anytime." Said Harry. "I'd like to see him try."

"Here here." said Elijah.

"Come on!" said Harry. He took his wand and chanted. "ACCIO HAYLEY PURSE!" In a moment Hayleys purse flew into her hand. "Lets go!" He took Hayleys hand and escorted her out of the building.

"Will you two be alright where you are going?" asked Elijah.

"Yes." said Harry, kissing Elijah on the lips tenderly. "Draco and Neville are joining us."

"Will you help me with the werewolves?" asked Hayley.

"Out in the bayou?" asked Rebekah. "Do we look like a bloody vampire rescue squad?"

"Ignore her love." said Harry. " No sense in begging others when they don't want to help." He put his hand on her shoulder. "We'll think of something." He looked at Rebekah. "Unlike some people, we Potters try to help those in need when we can."

As they walk off leaned in to Hayley. "Can you drive? Hermione lent me her car."

"Are you sure?" asked Hayley, taking the keys to the car. "Sure." They get in Hermiones car and drive off. "Draco and Neville aren't joining us for lunch are they?"

"Nope." said Harry. "They are shopping for potions supplies."

"Why did you ask me to drive?" asked Hayley.

"I'm going make an important phone call…" said Harry, taking out his phone. "…and ask someone to join us for lunch."

"Oh?" asked Hayley.

"Well, your werewolf problem is gonna take a few weeks to fix." said Harry. "But I know someone that can help us in the meantime."

"Help us how?" asked Haley.

"Just do some vampire pest control." said Harry. "…to buy us time." Hayley nodded and focused on driving.

BAYOU – Late that afternoon, Diego and his vampire crew arrive at the entrance to the bayou. Elijah and Rebekah appear and tell them to stop. But Diego said he had his orders from Klaus. As they take a step into the bayou land their feet start to burn and quickly step back. They all notice, Rebekah and Elijah included, the small narrow creek of quickly flowing water. Diego kneels down and puts his hand in the water and yells out in pain as the water burned his hand with 2nd degree burns. Diego asked what was going on. One of his vampires said they suspect it's dark magic, they don't know from where. Elijah and Rebekah looked at each other discretely, they suspected very well where it came from.

Another vampire whooshed next to Diego saying the creek goes all around the border of the bayou, magically dividing separating the territory making it impenetrable for vampires.

"Search the city, find the witch that did this!" said Diego. "Klaus will want answers." He took one last look at the quietly dark bayou land and whooshed away with his crew.

Elijah and Rebekah sense a wolf, they look and see Eve walk out fomr behind a tree in the bayou. Elijah Hayley sent him and Rebekah to protect her and the werewolves. Eve said they arrived too late, Hayley sent someone ealier that afternoon.

"Who?" asked Elijah. Eve smiled before she stepped back into the shadows of the bayou, without saying a word. He sighed. "Great…" On the car ride home, he got a text message from Eve telling him to meet him at THE MOON.

THE MOON GRILL – Eve met with Elijah and showed a map to Elijah and Rebekah. "I just wanted to let you know that 3 more packs of wolves have come down from the mountains and into the bayou for sanctuary." She pointed the mountains out to him. "From these mountains here."

"Why have they come now?" asked Elijah.

"They came not just because the bayou is vampire safe now." Said Eve. "But also because of Hayley's pregnancy.

"I really don't care for werewolf business." said Rebekah.

Eve looked at Rebekah. "That is exactly why Hayley sent someone to help her people."

"Who?" asked Rebekah.

"Someone who does care." said Eve. As she got up to leave she looked at Elijah. "Give this to your brother…" She gives Elijah a ring. "Tell him that though some of us may be controlled by the witches, the majority of us are not. Not all of us are magical puppets or psychotic killers like him. This ring is proof there are some wolves out there who might, with time, care for him too. But considering who and what he is, it won't happen overnight…" Elijah gave her a nod. "Consider us, in the bayou, a support system for Hayley should she need us." With that she left

Elijah and Rebekah looked at the ring. "Is that…?" asked Rebekah.

"I believe so." said Elijah. His cel phone rang. "Hello…When?" Rebekah looked up at him. "Where is Hayley? … We are on our way." He got up. "We need to go." He left some money on the table and they made their way out.

"What happened?" asked Rebekah.

"There was a werewolf massacre on the outside of the quarter." said Elijah.

"Nick…" sighed Rebekah. "And Hayley?"

"She's at The Abbattoir." said Elijah.

"Does she know?" asked Rebekah.

"I have no doubt." said Elijah.

***Ok! That was interesting! It's becoming like a mystery caper! Wonder how Klaus will react and handle the new mystery werewolf ally. Who can it be? Also, why is half of Hayleys family book missing? Where is the other half and most important, who has it? … Leave your theories on who they can be in your comments and reviews… NEWS – I do hope to write at least 2 may 3 more chapters, more or less, before the end of August. I say August and not July to give me a broader time to keep my promise. Again, real life has taken over and it's unavoidable and a part of life. Thanks & hope you understand. PLEASE SUMBIT YOUR REVIEWS AND COMMENTS!***