Hayley walked around the Quarter carrying some shopping bags. She didn't really have any clothes and she refused to wear most of Hayley's clothes, they were not really her style, so here she was, on her way back to the plantation after a productive shopping spree.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry." Hayley said as she walked into a woman that was closing an occult-shop.

"No problem." The woman murmured as she looked back at Hayley with a calculating look in her eyes.

"Oh by the way, do you sell dream catchers?" Hayley asked with a smile.

"Yeah, we do." The woman nodded.

"Great, I'll come back sometime in the next few days." Hayley informed her and as Hayley walked away, she didn't see the look the woman was sending her.

She was planning on how to make her protection vial things as she walked. She had already bought small glass vials and several herbs to fill them with. Anise: protection against the evil eye and bad dreams, Basil: protection against spirits and evil, Black Pepper: Against negativity, evil and jealousy, Dill: Against dark forces, Fennel: Against evil, curses and problems and finally Salt: to protect against basically everything.

Hayley didn't know if this worked or not but it wouldn't hurt to try, right? She rather be over prepared than get caught with her pants down. She was not going to let some pompous, arrogant witches scare her and make her cover for her life, she was fighting back and when the spell connecting her to that bitchy witch, she was going to enjoy killing her for threatening her baby!

When she got 'home' she placed the herbs and vials in the kitchen and brought the rest of her bags to the room she had claimed as her own. Hayley looked through her bags so she could change out of the clothes she wasn't really comfortable wearing and into something she actually liked. She finally settled on a white and brown corset, black skinny jeans, black heels and a white leather jacket.

Hayley knew she wouldn't be able to wear these sorts of clothes for long but she was going to wear it until the baby bump starts showing. She finished changing and walked down to the kitchen to start filling her vials with the herbs and stuff.

She didn't know if she was alone in the house but she didn't care as she started on of her playlists on her phone and danced along as best she could while doing her best not to spread herbs all around the kitchen.

After around an hour Hayley started to feel a bit... claustrophobic wasn't the right word but whatever. So, she decided to explore the city she was in even though Klaus had told her to stay put. Who did he think he was, anyway? The Queen of England? Well, the accent fit.

Hayley chuckled to herself at the picture of Klaus in a red, 1700s dress flashed through her mind. Then she choked on her spit as that brought back Hayley's memories of the night she spent with Klaus.

"Such a controlling man should not be allowed to look that good naked." Hayley murmured to herself as she stuck a stake in an inner pocket of her leather jacket and walked out of the house... mansion... thing. Now that she thought about it, the whole freaking Original family, at least the three she's met, were ridiculously good looking. It wasn't fair!

OGOGOGO

After compelling Josh to be his inside man, Klaus had made his way to a bar in the Quarter to plan and drink, sadly only one of those things happened. The bourbon was good, not the best he'd ever had, but acceptable. The planning on the other hand didn't work out because his thoughts were over run by a beautiful wolf that was allegedly carrying his child.

Hayley was not what he expected and he liked her fire and sassy attitude and from what he had seen since they had been living together, she didn't take shit from anyone.

Klaus was knocked out of his thoughts by Marcel sitting down beside him at the bar. He looked up and smirked at the look on Marcel's face, "I know that face – woman trouble."

"You're a dick, you know that?" Marcel huffed. "Why didn't you tell me your sister's back in town?"

"Well, what would have been the fun in that?" Klaus chuckled. "I thought it would be more amusing for you to find out for yourself."

"Is there anything else that I need to know?" Marcel looked at Klaus.

"Other than that, she's grown considerably more over the last century?" Klaus hummed. "Not really no."

"So, it wasn't her that killed my guys?" Marcel asked skeptically.

"Where there high school quarterbacks in the bar?" Klaus asked and when Marcel shook his head he continued. "Then I doubt she be interested."

Before Marcel could answer his phone rang, "Yeah?"

"Just got a tip – someone saw a werewolf in Bienville Park." The caller said quickly.

"Get a couple of night-walkers to run it down." Marcel ordered. "Bring me back its head."

"Well, I guess that solves the mystery of the murdered riffraff." Klaus spoke up after Marcel had ended the call. "At least my sister's in the clear."

"About that. I do not have time for Mikaelson family drama." Marcel said as he stood up and started to leave. "You're my guest – keep your sister in line."

"I'd have a greater chance of draining the Mississippi with a straw!" Klaus called after him with a smirk.

As Marcel had left Klaus thoughts turned back to Hayley and hoped that it wasn't her that had been the werewolf sighted, that would just ruin his good mood.

OGOGOGO

Hayley walked slowly through Bienville Park. New Orleans was truly an amazing city and she sort of regretted not coming here in her last life. Wonder if it had been created and built up by vampires in her last life to? That would have been really cool!

"Dumb move, coming into the Quarter." A vampire was suddenly standing in her way. "You're coming with me, wolf."

"I have had it with people telling me what to do!" Hayley sneered. "So get out of my way and you won't get hurt."

"You are only dangerous to us on a full moon." The vampire laughed mockingly.

"With an IQ that low I think that who ever you work for will be grateful that I got rid of you for them." Hayley chuckled darkly and then, quicker than the vampire expected, she showed the stake that she had in her jacket into his chest, straight through his heart.

Hayley dusted the imaginary dirt from her hands and turned to leave when two more vampires where in her path. "Seriously? Can't you people just leave me the fuck alone?!"

"Now, that is no way to treat a pregnant lady." Rebekah spoke up from behind the vampires and quickly ripped the heart out of one and broke the others neck. "I do so hate bad manners."

"That was pretty badass." Hayley chuckled.

"Thank you." Rebekah tossed her blond hair over her shoulder, then she gestured to the vampire Hayley had staked. "Not bad."

"I try." Hayley smirked and together with her arm through Rebekah's they make their way back home, just looking like two young women that had been out on the town.

An hour later Hayley stands on the porch and watched as Klaus throws the final body onto a small pile in the front yard all the while he's berating Rebekah and Hayley.

"This is why I told you to never leave the house. Werewolves are banned in the Quarter!" Klaus growled at Hayley while she looked at him coolly. "I had a plan and your little nighttime stroll put it all in peril!"

"You listen to me Niklaus Mikaelson and you listen well!" Hayley walked over to him all the while glaring angerly. "I am not a pet or a slave you can order around. If I want to take a walk through the Quarter then I'll take a walk through the Quarter, understood?!"

"Don't test me, little wolf." Klaus growled at her as he got right up in her face.

One small part of her wanted to back down in front of this Alpha but a bigger part protested the thought of submitting to an Alpha who had not proven themselves. Somehow Hayley knew that she was a female Alpha and the only one she would willingly bow down to would be an Alpha that had proven, without a doubt, that they were stronger than her.

"No, you should not test me, little hybrid." Hayley growled back. "I can make your life a living hell if I so choose, remember that."

Klaus felt heat pool in his lower stomach, no one had challenged him so fearlessly before, not even Caroline, and it made him want to take her until she screamed in pleasure. He was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Rebekah starting to walk towards the pile of bodies – seemed like one was still alive.

"Leave him!" Klaus ordered. "You've done enough, don't you think? Leaving a trail of bodies like a road map to my door?"

"If I hadn't overheard this lot bragging about werewolf heads, everyone here would be screwed." Rebekah complained loudly. "And while I was pleasantly surprised by how well Hayley staked one of the vampires, she would have been killed by the other two!"

"No faith!" Hayley felt a little offended.

"And don't give me that crap about having a plan." Rebekah ignored Hayley. "You've had all the time in the world to execute a plan and no one's seen you do a damn thing! Elijah made a deal to protect your child, so that it could save you from your selfish, rotten self."

"Rebekah!" Hayley called out. "That is just needlessly cruel."

"But you obviously don't give a damn about the child or Elijah, because what have you done to honor it?" Rebekah plowed on, paying no attention to Hayley's reprimand.

"I have done everything. Let me spell it out for you, shall I?" Klaus glared at his sister even as he felt a warmth fill his chest at Hayley defending him. "From the day I arrived, Marcel hasn't trusted me. From day one, he's had his vampire ingest toxic vervain which, as you know little sister, protects them from my compulsions."

Klaus proceeded to tell them about Tian and Josh. How he killed them and then how he had compelled Josh before Marcel could make him drink vervain.

"And this one..." Klaus grabbed the vampire that was still alive from the body pile. "...I'm going to drain of vervain, compel him to believe his mates found religion and moved to Utah, so that he can explain to Marcel why he lost three more vampires tonight."

As Klaus dragged the vampire into the house, Hayley and Rebekah followed him inside. "Does anyone have any more questions?"

"Yeah." Hayley piped up. "Can I help?"

"Help with what?" Klaus looked slightly confused.

"Drain him of vervain?" Hayley gestured to the vampire in Klaus's grip. "I mean, he did try to kidnap and/or kill me so..."

"We shall see." Klaus muttered but inside he felt impressed. "What where you doing in the bloody French Quarter in the first place?"

"I was starting to feel claustrophobic, sort of, so I just wanted to get out for a while." Hayley explained. "And I needed to show off my new outfit anyway."

"It's a good outfit." Klaus raked his eyes up and down Hayley's body appreciatively.

"Thank you." Hayley beamed and then she laughed. "I'll have to use the corsets I bought before I get a baby bump."

"Is a walk the only thing you were doing?" Klaus demanded to know, trying to ignore the way his stomach fluttered as Hayley smiled like that at him.

"What else would I have been doing?" Hayley asked. "Skinny dipping?"

"It's okay to worry and care. It's okay to want something." Rebekah reassured her older brother. "That's all Elijah was trying to do, all he's ever wanted for you. All we've ever wanted."

Klaus slowly backed up to sit down on the stairs, reeling from being confronted with his feelings. He quietly said, "I gave Elijah to Marcel."

"What?!" Rebekah exclaimed.

"Marcel was nervous. It's bad enough one Original returned to town, but two?" Klaus tried to explain. "His crew was getting antsy. He wanted Elijah gone, so... I gave him a peace offering."

"You bartered our brother?" Rebekah screeched.

"Rebekah, shut up!" Hayley ordered loudly, then she turned to Klaus and asked softly, "Why did you barter you brother?"

"I have a plan. Gain Marcel's trust, dismantle his empire, honor Elijah's wish that that baby be born." Klaus hurried to explain, grateful that Hayley gave him a chance and then he turned to Rebekah. "I am executing that plan the only way I know how. If you don't like it, there's the door. See if I care."

Klaus stood up and started to leave after he gave a grateful nod at Hayley, while Rebekah leaned back with a sigh.

Around two and a half hours later, Hayley walked out on the back porch to see Rebekah sitting there looking up at the sky.

"I know you don't know me very well, or at all." Hayley muttered the last part. "But are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Rebekah muttered as she looked up at the stars. "I'm just so tired of Klaus killing or threatening my boyfriends away from me."

"You're his little sister." Hayley chuckled softly. "In his eyes, no one will ever be worthy of being with you. That and he seems a bit overprotective in some instances."

"But that doesn't mean he has to scare them away!" Rebekah looked annoyed.

"That is not all on Klaus though." Hayley told her. "One day you'll meet someone that will love you whole heartedly and will choose you over everything. The person will love you so much that they won't let Klaus scare them away and they will fight to stay by your side even if your brother threatens to kill them."

"You really think I will meet someone like that?" Rebekah asked hopefully.

"Yes, I do." Hayley stated strongly. "And when you do meet that person, the time you have waited and all the heart break will be worth it."

"Thank you." Rebekah murmured.

"By the way, if you know Marcel has Elijah, why don't you just get him back yourself?" Hayley wondered.

"Because, if I cross my brother, there's still a coffin downstairs with my name on it." Rebekah explained.

"Are you really going to let that stop you?" Hayley raised her eyebrow, keeping the find of the daggers to herself. "And even if he does dagger you, I promise to undagger you."

"You would do that?" Rebekah looked at her. "You would risk angering Klaus to undagger me?"

"Absolutely." Hayley smiled. "What are friends for?"