Niklaus Mikaelson just saved my life.

I saw some witches having trouble a small distance behind said Mikaelson so I just gave him a nod (which he returned) and a 'Thank you' and went to burn the witches.

I burned one witch, suffocated another and drained all the water from another. But then I realised that I should be looking for the person who had called me a tribrid and kill him first. I went on hacking witches, staking vampires and burning werewolves. For some reason no spells worked on the vampires so I had to stake them rather than burning them. This made my work a bit harder but, it was possible.

Except for the fact that even my healing spells weren't working so I was wounded and losing blood fast. There was a gash on my forehead, a shallow cut on my cheek, a deep cut on my left forearm and the old scar on my back had reopened. I was losing blood fast but there wasn't anything I could do.

I stumbled past the last few people fighting in the front at the edge of the clearing and saw the man I was looking for standing there with his hands behind his back. He was... waiting for me. He looked uninjured and his clothes were clean which meant that he hadn't fought in the battle. Coward.

Letting his people fight for him and instead of doing it himself.

"Ilaria Mikaelson..." he started.

What?!

But I decided to play along and act like I was Ilaria Mikaelson. I could ask the Mikaelsons if she was related to them later.

"That," I replied "Would be me."

He laughed. "Do not act. You do not know your true origin. But, you are Ilaria Mikaelson. The original Tribrid."

I felt nervous. Who was this person? How did he know, that I am a Tribrid?

"Who are you?" I asked.

"My name is Adolphus. I was born in Rome, in 1778. I was a soldier in a war. I was almost dead once, when an enemy soldier took me with him and turned me into a vampire. I served as a soldier again in the battles for teritory of the person who turned me. He died and then I was free from the sire bond.

I did to many others what the man had done to me. Turned them and made them my soldiers. Only one survived. You killed him now."

I raised my eyebrows and said "Interesting history. What do you want from me?"

He smiled so cruelly I wondered if he was even a bit human or not. "You ask the most relevant question second. I want you by my side. I will make you my queen. You and I together will be stronger than anyone. You will rule the world with me. A King and a Queen."I blinked once. Twice. A third time.

"Two things. The first. Assuming that I am Ilaria Mikaelson, what makes you think that I'll turn my back to my family without knowing them?" I paused. "And second, what if I decide to not be a part of this fancy plan of yours?"

His eyes hardened. They were hard before but they were harder now. Iron to diamond "Then, against my will, I would have to kill you."

I knew this was coming. So why was I surprised?

I paused to make it seem as if I was contemplating my choices when I had already made the choice.

I turned around to look at the people. The battle was over. Our side had won. But this man... Adolphus, he could be a threat. I looked at the Mikaelsons, were they really my blood? But now wasn't the time to think that.

I looked Adolphus in the eye. "I have made my decision."

He smirked at me.

So sure that I would side with him.

"By my honor as a witch, werewolf and vampire, As a tribrid, I challenge you" I pointed at Adolphus "Adolphus, Soldier of Rome, to a duel to the death."

He was so shocked he took a step back. Because he knew that I was a formidable opponent. I looked like one too.

Black leather pants with a black top made of similar material was the sacred dress code of supernatural war which I had donned. My hair had come undone from its braid and had dried blood in it. I had two swords sheathed at my hips along with stakes and wolfsbane tainted knives in the back of my boots and since there was no doubt that I was a tribrid, I had magic at the fingertips and a control of weapons that would put the most experienced weapon master to shame.

I smirked at him. That made him come back to reality. He had a determined expression on his face and there was nothing else in his eyes. "So be it." he said.

While I had trained, I had two years of experience and that from a human. This wasn't my first battle but I had never faced an opponent like this man and he had centuries of practice. And he was a spell caster.

How nice.

Before, I had always turned away from my vampire and werewolf instincts. Now, I decided to let them take over. My eyesight was suddenly bright and more powerful than before. I felt raw power in my limbs. I felt... thirsty.

I looked at Adolphus. I could see his scars and weapons. A sword and a spear. But that wasn't what I wanted to see.

I forced myself to look past that. To see what his weakness was.

So I looked into his eyes. I looked into his soul.

I saw a mixture of emotions. Determination. Hatred. Anger. And... loneliness?

He was lonely. So he wanted me to be his queen and rule beside him. He was angry because I had refused to go with him. Determination to make me sit beside him on his throne and kill me. But the hatred probably wasn't for me.

I decided to use my telepathic abilities and looked into his mind.

'I am alone. I thought she might want to rule the world if not be with me and so she would agree but she does not. It does not matter. I will make her mine. By hook or by crook. But I do hate that Niklaus Mikaelson. If he hadn't turned up to protect his daughter I would have kidnapped her. But even that I cannot do.'

I withdrew from his minds and laughed aloud. So Niklaus Mikaelson was my father. But if he had abandoned me... why?

My right hand unsheathed one of my swords as I simultaneously twisted to my right and dodged his thrust at my hip only out of instinct.

I was shocked but I had no time to recover as he took a swipe at my cheek. Intending to deepen the cut.

I in return feinted a blow to his stomach and thrust one of my knives into hip but he grbbed my wrist and stopped me from going any further. It was a struggle of strength and in the end he won.

I tore way from him with a savage growl and for a moment we only stared at each other. Then he threw a knife at me.

When had he taken the knife was a mystery to me. But I didn't dwell on it. I bent my knees to their full extent as I balanced on my toes and came up in a jump as I bent my knees to save my legs from his second knife but I couldn't stop the third.

It embedded itself in my shoulder. The pain was terrible and I gasped but did not fall to the ground. The fact that it was my left shoulder and not my right was a small comfort. But a comfort nonetheless.

I pulled the knife out of my shoulder. A move which I regreted as soon as it was done. The blood flowed more and I was in an extreme degree of pain. I looked at him again. Really looked at him. What or who did he fight for? Why did he fight? If I had the answer to those questions, defeating him would be easy. like

A touch, a taste of his mind was required. A careful inspection.

I looked at him. His eyes. And let out a tendril of my telekinesis like a hand that wanted nothing more to do than pull a person out of water but instead was pushing the hand into deeper water. I had to be careful that Adolphus would not realise that I was in his mind. If he realised...I'd rather not think about what would happen.

I reached his mind and went into the back of his head to see his memories. I saw a woman. She had Adolphus's head in her lap and was stroking his hair. She was humming a tune. Then I saw Adolphus restrained by chains as Niklaus Mikaelson tore out the heart of that woman. He was screaming in agony. Niklaus Mikaelson smirked cruelly.

"I took your love for your crimes. Now live without her for the rest of your immortal life." Then I saw a different memory. Adolphus was writing in his diary.

'Niklaus took what was dear to me. The love of my life. Now, I'll take what he treasures most. His daughter. But I won't kill her. I'll have her beside me and I'll watch as she kills him. That will be my vengeance.'

I came out of his memories to see him. He glared at me.

"You looked into my mind."

I nodded. Too stunned to speak. I was really Niklaus Mikaelson's daughter?

How?

"You saw my memories. You saw what he did to my love. My Angela. For my crimes. And what had I done? Daggered his brother Kol. He daggers him for ages. For something he would have done himself, which I had done, he killed an innocent." he spoke softly. Threatningly.

"I will kill you!" He shouted ferociously.

He charged at me with his sword. I ducked as I spun to the side and raised my sword. Our swords banged against each other. He rotated his sword in a way that I could stab him. But if I did so did he.We exchanged a few blows and by some trickery he managed to stab my stomach. I groaned and pushed him away. Then I called upon my magic and snapped both of the major arteries of the brain. But the energy it required of me was too much. Especially after that stb to my stomach. I fell on my knees and so did Adolphus. Then his body slumped over and I knew he was dead. I saw someone standing next to me but before I could recognise his or her face, my body gave out and I fainted.

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