Blinking away the tiredness from her eyes, Hayley woke up and opened her eyes only to be met with a blinding white light.

Immediately shutting her eyes, Hayley hissed at the brightness of the room.

But thanks to her werewolf side, her eyes adjusted quicker to the lights than Hailee did when she was a human.

So when she opened her eyes again, the brightness of the room didn't hurt.

Huh, she mused. This werewolf thing might come in handy.

It was daylight and as she sat up and looked around, she realised she was in Kol Mikaelsons room.

The same room Hayley Marshall had stayed in.

Guess some things never changed, she thought.

Bur that made her freeze.

Change.

Before she was stuck in the graveyard so she couldn't have done anything but glare at the witches who called her child an abomination but she was free now.

What should she do?

How could she change the timeline?

Should she change things at all?

Ayanna had told her to do what she thought was right and to do everything in her power to ensure that the Mikaelson Family's redemption was safe.

But at what cost?

A lot of the characters from the TVDU were either damaged, betrayed or had parental issues.

Many of them didn't deserve to suffer or die as they did. 

However she'll have to kill those who'll try to harm her child like Dahlia, Mikael, Esther, Inadu, Tristan De Martel, Lucien Castle and everyone else who would dare to try.

As of now, the Mikaelsons enemies had become Hayleys enemies.

While Hayley was thinking about the timeline, Klaus had entered the room.

"Good Morning Hayley. Or should I say afternoon? Enjoy your rest?", he asked teasingly to hide any traces of worry in his voice.

Hayley snapped her head to Klaus and blinked at him in surprise at him being there and then remembered his question and replied, "Yes, thank you for not waking me up. But how long have I been asleep?" 

Hayley was worried.

Not only about her child but because of the timeline.

How much time had she wasted?

"Two days."

Hayley's eyes widened.

She quickly lifted the covers to touch her stomach and (using her werewolf hearing) listened to her baby's heartbeat.

Ba-dum. Ba-dum. Ba-dum.

She sighed in relief that the baby's heartbeat was strong.

Klaus watched her in curiosity.

Why did this woman care so much about the child even knowing that it was his?

He stared at the hand she laid protectively on her growing stomach.

Where the child was growing.

Where their  child was growing.

Where his child was growing.

His child.

His daughter or son was in the her stomach.

The reality of the situation had been crashing down on him since Hayley had placed his hand on her stomach and he listened to the baby's heartbeat.

He wanted to deny it all but he listened to her heartbeat.

She wasn't lying.

And she never slept with Tyler Lockwood otherwise her scent would've changed.

His hybrid side.

He had only slept with vampires on his trip to Louisiana since he became a hybrid but never a wolf.

And his wolf side had only connected with her wolf and impregnated her.

Before he could think more on that Hayley asked him, "Klaus where's the bathroom?"

"Love, there's one in this room over there."

Hayley looked to where Klaus pointed at.

Oh.

She didn't see that door before.

She shrugged to herself and stood up to take a shower but unfortunately her body wasn't ready to move and she was falling.

Klaus was there to catch her again and when he held her from her waist she was forced to look into his eyes. 

How can anyone's eyes be so perfectly blue?, she swooned.

This felt like the moment in the graveyard.

That is until Klaus smirked at her.

Oh no.

That smirk meant one of two things.

Or both.

A comment that'll ruin the moment.

Or he'll say something that'll make her knees weak.

"Are you falling for me love?"

Moment's ruined. 

But knees are weak.

To cover up her reaction, Hayley rolled her eyes and scoffed at him.

Grabbing on his arm to steady her,  she guided him to help her walk to the bathroom so she wouldn't crawl helplessly to get to it.

Klaus guided her, thankfully with no complaint.

She entered the bathroom and turned to close the door until Klaus held it open with his hand.

She smirked at him.

Payback time.

Interrupting him from whatever he was going to say she leaned forward and asked, "Are you going to join me in the shower as well Klaus?"

At his shocked expression and eyes that were hinting gold, she chuckled and closed the door in his face.

She politely ignored the groan that came from the other side of the door.

Klaus couldn't keep in the groan as the enticing she-wolf closed the door on him.

Did she not know what she was doing to him?

Klaus had to busy himself to distract himself from hearing anything that would cause him to  take the seductress against the shower wall and have his way with her and make use of her wicked tongue.

So Klaus left the room to go find some clothes for the she-wolf.

Hayley slipped out of the clothes and entered the shower, wasting no time into cleaning herself because she positively reeked of the dead.

Tilting her head back, she couldn't help but groan at the feeling of the hot water hitting her.

(Skipping the scene cuz Imma give the girl some privacy cuz she's showering.)

After she was done with her shower, she wrapped the towel from the radiator around her body and was about to exit the bathroom until she saw a mirror.

She couldn't help but stare at herself.

Ever since taking this body, she hasn't seen herself.

But now looking at herself, it made her realise this was real.

She was no longer Hailee Michaels, events planner and mother to her beautiful 14 year old girl.

No.

She died due to hypothermia in the lake because her car brakes froze on her.

She would now have to become Hayley Marshall (or Hayley's birth name Andrea Labonair), Rightful Queen Alpha to the Crescent Wolves and mother to Hope Andrea Mikaelson, the first ever tribrid.

Hayley reaches down, stroking her bump, that will only grow more along with the baby inside.

A baby.

She smiles at the thought of it, well her.

"You look gorgeous."

Without letting go of her stomach, Hayley turns her head towards the voice.

Klaus.

He puts his hands up, "I did knock Hayley before entering. You looked deep in thought."

She sighed looking down at her stomach, "Just thinking on what to do next."

He nods. "You're not alone on that thought, Little Wolf." He added the nickname from Mystic Falls, silently hoping she won't lash out.

To his surprise, she chuckled softly and smiled at him.

The first genuine smile he's ever seen at her.

Unconsciously, he finds himself smiling back and without thinking he extends his arm, "Shall we love?"

And then Hayley does something she didn't think she was capable of.

She giggles.

Hayley fucking giggles.

She hopes he takes the redness of her skin as the aftermath of the hot shower she had and not her blushing at his charm.

She takes his arm as he leads her out into the room but when she leaves the warmth or the bathroom, she shivers from the coldness of the bedroom.

Klaus notices and says almost apologetically, "All female clothes in this compound are Rebekah's and they're all from 1910's, so I took the pleasure of gathering some of my clothes that would be able to fit you. Until we go shopping that is."

Klaus hoped Hayley couldn't see through his lie.

In honesty, he could buy the clothes in a second.

But he really wants to see Hayley wear his clothes and to stake his claim on her so everyone can back off because he's hers.

He doesn't know where this possessive nature of his had come from but surprisingly both his vampire and wolf side agreed on this matter, which is rare indeed as they have always been at war with each other since he'd become a hybrid.

Hayley. ex has stopped working.

Wear. Klaus's. CLOTHES?

What's next wear his necklaces that she 100% hates and finds totally unattractive. Totally.

Klaus turns around respectfully as she changes into his favourite black Henley and grey sweatpants he owned.

Hayley was surprised that Klaus even owned sweatpants. 

His clothes were really comfortable though.

"You can turn around now Klaus." 

And when he did, Klaus froze.

She was a work of art that had to be immortalised in paint and only by him should she be painted, he'd worship her. 

His clothes fit snug against her body, showing off her delicious curves.

But what took his attention was that her growing bump was noticeable. His child was growing in her and now everyone will know.

Mine, his wolf and vampire side growled out, and if anyone was to even think about taking her from him...

Hayley didn't know what happened,

One minute she was going to laugh at Klaus's shocked face and then the next minute his hybrid eyes came out, worrying her because she couldn't sense any danger.

She tentatively reached for his shoulder and asked,  "Klaus are you ok? Your hybrid eyes are out."

That snapped him out of it, mostly hearing Hayley's voice but the worry she felt about him.

He took her hand from his shoulder and kissed her fingers gently, deeply enjoying the blush that covered her instantly.

"I am fine Love, thank you for your concern."

And then he extended his arm silently asking but this time she grasped his hand.

"To steady myself more," she said to him after seeing his questioning gaze.

When she just wanted to hold his hand.

He nodded, not believing it, but was secretly ecstatic she wanted to hold his hand.

Elijah had just finished the food he prepared the pregnant she-wolf.

Pregnant.

Ever since finding out that Miss Marshall was pregnant with the one thing that could be the key to his brother's redemption, he fought hard for it.

He saw the vulnerability in Niklaus's eyes when Hayley had placed his hand on her bump and the worry and panic when she closed her eyes.

He thought his brother would leave her there and storm out to throw a rage tantrum as to how they were all plotting against him.

But his brother didn't.

Instead he immediately, almost instinctively, lifted Hayley into his arms carrying her bridal-style.

But that wasn't what shocked him most.

 Before leaving, he had turned to Sophie with his hybrid face out and threatened, "You have a deal witch but if any harm comes to Hayley or my child then I come for you and your covens heads."  

Then he came to the compound and placed her gently onto Kols bed and walked off into the parlour but not before staying for a while, his gaze transfixed on the wolf but his ears listening contently to the sound of the baby's heartbeat.

Bringing out a 3 bottles of scotch he sat down and drank from them all.

And when he finished them, he didn't smash them against the wall and begin his temper tantrum.

He placed it onto the table and then sat in silence contemplating something.

The silence wasn't really quiet since the werewolf and her cubs' heartbeat was the one thing the brothers could concentrate on.

"I was going to dagger you brother," his brother confessed quietly and if you listened carefully you could hear the hidden tints of shame in his voice.

Elijah snapped his head toward his brother and saw that Niklaus was still staring at the bottle, so he kept quiet and his brother took this as a sign to continue speaking.

"I wanted to give you over to Marcel so he could then not see me coming and reclaiming the city as ours again and then I would awaken you or you would've been awaken by the witch, Davina Claire, -the one who has the witches of the city unable to use their magic- and you my charming brother would have convinced her to join our side and then we'd be untouchable. But now I have a child. A child Elijah." He breathes out.

Elijah stood up to walk to his brother but Niklaus misinterpreted the move as Elijah leaving and hugged Elijah stopping him from going.

"Please don't leave Elijah, I can't do this. Not alone. Finn and Kol are dead. And Rebekah has left to see the world and I just- A baby Elijah. My baby. How can we take care of a baby? We were ruined by father and mother? And you saw what happened with Marcel and -"

Elijah interrupted his brother by returning the hug and held onto his brother, to reassure him that he was there with him.

"Together Niklaus. That is how we will do this. Together. This baby, your son or daughter, my niece or nephew is a Mikaelson." 

He lets go of the hug and begins his speech.

"Don't you see brother. This is no trick. This is your chance. Our chance to start over, take back everything we lost, everything that was taken from us. Niklaus, our own parents came to despise us. Our family is ruined. We were ruined.  And since then all that you have ever wanted, all that we have ever wanted, was a family. Family is power Niklaus. This is why I'm asking you to stay here in New Orleans. I will help you. I will stand by you. I will be your brother. We will build a home here together, a fortress to protect your child, a kingdom where we will reign once again."

He turns to Niklaus and asks again, "Do you not see Niklaus? This can be the last thing that could bring our family together once again, our last chance to finally become a true family again. In Mystic Falls, when all our siblings were awaken you told us about how you wished us to be there. As a family. To build a home. To no longer be alone. This is what we have been waiting for and someone out there is watching over us, begging we take the chance given to us. I am ready Niklaus to accept the baby and the wolf-mother into our family. The question is are you?"

Elijah followed his brothers gaze as he turned his head to face the open bedroom where the she-wolf lay, unconsciously holding her stomach protectively.

"She's an orphan brother." Niklaus began, "She came here looking for family. I sent her here when I saw the look in her eyes, when I said I knew where her mark descended from. It was the same look I've seen in myself many times. The longing for family, the mark of abandonment branded on her and the desire to end her loneliness." 

Niklaus turns his head to face Elijah and continues, "I was ready to accept Hayley and the cub the moment I realised she was telling the truth about the child being mine. In honesty, I would have daggered you or disowned you if you had dared to disapprove since we are having a child out of wedlock. I am ready to fight for the things you have mentioned brother because you are right. That child is a Mikaelson. Which means that they will inherit all the enemies we have made in our lives. I am ready to wage war on the city, the world if I must. The question is are you ready for the fight of your life?"

The bloodthirsty grin Elijah had given matched Niklaus's gave him his answer and then the Mikaelson brothers began to plot on how to overthrow Marcel and get their kingdom back.

Elijah angled the plate and polished the silverware again and checked again to ensure that there was no alcoholic beverages on Miss Marshall's side.

He felt them before seeing them.

He turned to see them descending down the stairs and they looked like royalty, the very fibre of their bodies radiating power.

Niklaus and Miss Marshall reached him and noticed that she was wearing his brother's clothes and holding his hand.

Elijah had to stop himself from smirking at the situation, his brother was trying (and failing) to discreetly make his claim on Miss Marshall.

"Please sit down. I assume you must be hungry, Miss Marshall."

"Call me Hayley and yes I'm starving."

Klaus had directed Hayley to the table once hearing that.

He couldn't have Hayley be hungry, let alone starving.

Hayley took one look at the food and well not even 9 minutes later nearly the whole table was cleared out.

"I'm eating for two," she whined out seeing Klaus and Elijah's amused expressions and.

The brothers laughed and Hayley joined in.

If you looked you would think that they were just a normal family, not supernaturals who had the weight of the world on their shoulders and horrors that many humans couldn't even fathom the thought of.

Klaus grasped Hayley's hand sometime when they were laughing and when Hayley beamed at him, well he's sure to say that there is truly no greater feeling he had ever felt than how he felt in that moment, being the reason she smiled like that.

But that's the thing.

These quiet moments of peace where they can be themselves and not hide behind a façade are rare and are always interrupted.

One minute Hayley was laughing on the with Klaus and Elijah, her hand stroking her stomach, Klaus stroking their intertwined hands and Elijah who had his hand clasped around Klaus's shoulder, and then they were all sucked into a vision of some kind.

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(A.N. They're speaking in English but the subtitles are Norwegian)

It was snowing and two women were arguing each holding a child. 

The blonde holding a boy and the dark-head holding a girl.  

"Please do not do this." the blonde woman begs. 

Elijah and Niklaus recognise her to be a younger version of there mother. And when they looked carefully at the crying boy it was Finn, they realised.

"You wanted a family!" the dark haired woman argues back dragging the blonde girl as she moved forward to Esther.

Niklaus and Elijah were confused as to what was happening and why their mother was arguing with someone.

"Fate said otherwise," she continued, "And so you came to me. And for a price, I granted your wish. Now I must collect." 

And to prove her point she grabbed the girl as indication of what the price was.

"When Mikael returns from his journey I swear," Esther begins to threaten but was interrupted by the dark-haired woman.

"You will tell him Freya grew ill and died!"  the woman shouted back.

The Mikaelson brothers froze at the name.

Freya?

As in their sister that died of the plague?

They both turned to the little girl and now looking closely, could see the resemblance between her, Niklaus and Rebekah.

"No, Dahlia." Esther begs.

Finally a name for the woman, Elijah thought. 

"You were forced to burn the body to stop the spread of plague," Dahlia continued.

"Sister please I cannot give up my child." Esther pleads.

Give up?, Klaus stared at his mother with shock as to where this discussion was going.

"You've already offered me more than just this one child. Our bargain was for this first-born and every first born of each generation that is to come, for as long as your line shall last." She reminded Esther.

Klaus and Elijah were in shock.

Their aunt, their mother's sister, was to take every first-born of their bloodline. 

Esther stepped forward and threatened, "If you do this, if you take my daughter, I swear to you, I will return to the black arts. I will grow in power as a witch and I will make you pay!" she shouted out the last words. 

Klaus and Elijah stared at their mothers protectiveness and wondered what had happened to this version of their mother who would threaten her own sister. 

"Your power is NOTHING against mine!" Dahlia retorted. "Foolish girl," she carried on, "you knew the bargain you made." she stepped forward to Esther, "And should you defy me, then I will take all your children." Dahlia ended in a final tone.

Before turning her head down to the child next to Esther and while looking at him added, "Including little Finn." At the mention of his name, Finn had started to cry out so Esther consoled him while maintaining eye contact with her sister.

And when Dahlia looks at down at Esther's growing stomach, she hissed out "Even unborn Elijah."

At the mention of his name, Elijah had tensed.

Esther began to talk, "No Dahlia." to try and persuade her sister to destroy the bargain made but Dahlia had grabbed Freya, hoisted her on her hip and was walking away with her.

"No.." Esther whimpered.

"Mami!" Freya shouted out.

"No Dahlia! Freya PLEASE!"

"MAMA!" Freya screeched out to Esther, begging her for help.

"MAMA! MAMA!" Freya screamed but her mother stood there with tears in her eyes watching as Dahlia disappeared with her firstborn. 

The brothers were sucked out of that vision but entered another one.

"I want to see more than the same trees! To see your face everyday! I want to see people! I want to see more!" As the blonde woman, talked the weather began to become more violent.

The brothers stood in shock.

Was this their sister Freya?

Dahlia casted a pain-infliction spell on Freya without her knowledge making Freya think that she was doing it to herself and her nose to bleed.

She gathered her into her arms and consoled her before knocking her out.

Klaus was going to rip the arms off of this woman for manipulating his older sister into thinking she was safe with her.

But as he advanced toward the pair he and Elijah was taken to yet another vision.

Dahlia making them immortal:

Freya after finding out she killed her child:

And then Dahlia consoling her but Freya running:

The brothers then heard Freya, "I loathe Dahlia more than you could possibly know."

"You don't see that light in me. That's because she snuffed it out."

"I was 5 and she was the devil."

"I ran from her and came on the first boat to New Orleans."

" I put myself to sleep so I'd wake and resume the search for my younger brothers and sisters."

Dahlia finding Freya in the modern times:

The brothers were brought back to reality.

Klaus was throwing vases against the walls whilst Elijah sighed and put his hand on his forehead.

Their older sister was alive and had been searching for them as she ran from their aunt.

"Oh God," a whimper interrupted the brothers thoughts.

Their heads snapped to the other inhabitant in the room, who they had forgotten due to their thoughts of the visions they had seen.

Hayley's eyes were glazed over.

Her hand was resting protectively over her stomach even as she was shaking.

Realisation struck the brothers and that had soon turned to horror.

Hayley had see the visions.