16 years ago
After walking into a room to see Annabelle standing in front of a group of terrified people, Hayley asked her, "Hey, you're Annabelle, right?"
Instead of responding to Hayley, Annabelle remained silent as she stared at the young men and women that were quivering in front of her.
As their shaking had increased, a smirk started to make its way onto Annabelle's face.
Just as she was about to lunge towards one of them, she suddenly stopped when Hayley had suddenly grabbed her arm.
In response to Hayley's choice of grabbing her, Annabelle quickly turned around and grabbed Hayley by the front of her neck, which got Hayley to scratch Annabelle's hands in an attempt to break free from Annabelle's grasp.
While tilting her head, Annabelle said to her, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd say that this wasn't your plan on what would happen after grabbing me." When Hayley only started to dig her fingernails into Annabelle's hands, she asked Hayley, "But I am right, aren't I? I mean, let's be honest here. I don't think any sane individual would actually plan on this happening and then, when it would happen, decide to dig their fingernails into my hands."
Hayley remained silent as she stared down at Annabelle with wide eyes.
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15 years ago
As she started to walk towards Hayley, Annabelle asked her, "Are you sure you're alright?"
With a nod of her head, Hayley replied, "Yes. I'm fine. Why do you even care?"
Annabelle told her, "Well, I would certainly hate it if my own niece or nephew was killed before they were even born because of your choice to break the curse that was put onto your apparent pack."
With a shake of her head, Hayley asked her, "But why?" When Annabelle didn't respond, Hayley said to her, "From what I heard, you killed your own husband and two children in cold blood."
As she watched Annabelle slowly narrow her eyes, Hayley asked her, "So why should I believe that you would want to go out of your way to protect my child?"
Annabelle replied, "Well, believe it or not, Hayley, but my killing them wasn't my choice. If it were up to me, they would still be alive."
Hayley asked her, "Then why are they dead, Annabelle?"
After hearing one of the wolves start to grow at her, Annabelle told Hayley with her veins on display, "Because of my mother. She saw to it that once I was turned into a vampire that I would be so overwhelmed by my own bloodlust that I would murder them and remember nothing of it. From what she said, she was doing it to protect me from something that would come and try to take my child."
With furrowed eyebrows, Hayley asked her, "Did she ever tell you what this danger was?"
After scoffing to herself, Annabelle replied, "What the hell do you think, Hayley?" When Hayley didn't respond, Annabelle told her, "The last time I saw that bitch, she tried to kill my siblings and I. As far as I'm concerned, that bitch could stay dead because if I ever do see her again, I will kill her and I won't care for what happens as a result of it."
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12 years ago
Hayley said into the phone, "Annabelle, we need your help."
With an eyebrow raised, Annabelle replied, "Oh, do you now?" When Hayley didn't respond, Annabelle said to her, "That's funny. Because last I checked, based on what Kai had told me before his disappearance, was that Freya and the rest of my brothers didn't even consider me family, so do tell me why the hell I should give a damn about whatever mess you and my horrible excuse of a family had dragged themselves into."
Hayley told her, "The Strix has taken Klaus and Elijah captive and we need your help to get them back."
After scoffing to herself, Annabelle asked her, "And what, you don't have anyone else you could possibly ask for help?"
Hayley said to her, "No, I don't. The only people I have are Marcel, Freya, Lucien and Stefan Salvatore. We need you, too."
After a couple seconds of silence, Annabelle asked with her head tilted to the side, "What was that last name you had just mentioned?"
Hayley replied, "Stefan Salvatore. Why?"
The most Annabelle did was chuckle to herself in response before she asked Hayley, "If I do this, does this mean I won't have to worry about my horrible excuse of a family trying to shove a dagger into my heart at the first chance they get?"
Hayley said to her, "Yes. And if they try to, they'll just have to go through me. I promise, Annabelle."
After a couple seconds of silence, Annabelle replied, "Hmm. Well, I suppose you can count me in, then, Hayley Marshall-Kenner." After a couple seconds of silence, Annabelle asked her, "Or is it just Hayley Marshall now? You know, seeing as how your husband was killed by Tristan de Martel of all people."
Hayley told her, "Just get here, Annabelle."
With a smirk on her face, Annabelle said, "It would be my pleasure."
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12 years ago
Just as Annabelle went to shove her hand into Stefan's chest, she suddenly stopped when Hayley told her, "Annabelle, don't. We might need him."
After scoffing to herself, Annabelle slowly backed away from Stefan before she started to walk back over towards Lucien, only to stop when she felt a sudden and blinding pain start to attack the inside of her head.
She quickly grabbed the sides of her head and started to heavily shake from where she stood, while she slowly turned her head to see that Freya was holding a hand out towards Annabelle with her eyes narrowed.
As soon as she saw the murderous look Annabelle had on her face, Hayley yelled, "Freya, don't!" When Freya didn't relent, Hayley told her, "I called Annabelle here to help us with getting Klaus and Elijah back. She's just here to help."
After quickly lowering her hand, Freya replied, "Fine." Then she told Annabelle, "If you screw up in any way that results in the deaths of our brothers, I'll make you wish that you were actually daggered months ago."
With her eyes narrowed and her head tilted to the side, Annabelle retorted, "I would like to see you try, Freya."
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12 years ago
After turning her head to look over at Annabelle, Hayley asked her, "Are you all set on what you need to do?"
With a forced chuckle, Annabelle replied, "Oh, yes, of course I am. You want me to stay here and protect the sister that I couldn't care less about and who had actually told Rebekah that I was no longer a part of the Mikaelson family. I'm sure that will be lovely, having to be around the very person I honestly don't even care the slightest bit about."
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12 years ago
Hayley went to pull the bars to the cage apart, only to stop and let out a hiss before she said, "What the hell?"
After forcing out a chuckle, Annabelle said, "I guess Lucien managed to get himself some wolfsbane in liquid form and poured them both inside and outside of this cage. Well, that and it seems he found himself a witch to make it so I can't get out of here, no matter who tries to let me out." When Hayley went to kick at the cage, only to let out a yell as she was thrown back, Annabelle sighed to herself before she said, "Looks like I won't be getting out of here for a while, Hayley."
Hayley replied, "Hey, don't give up on us yet, Annabelle. One way or another, I'm going to find a way to get you the hell out of here and back home. You hear me?"
Instead of responding, Annabelle asked her, "Do you happen to have a blood bag on you? I'm starving." When Hayley only shook her head in response, Annabelle sighed to herself before she said, "Yeah, I figured you wouldn't. I'll see you around, Hayley. Well, unless Lucien kills you for breaking Klaus out of here."
It was then that Klaus told Annabelle, "Don't worry, little sister. We will break you out of this cage. It doesn't matter if it takes us a hundred years to get you out of there. It will happen."
After scoffing to herself, Annabelle replied, "That's if Lucien hasn't already killed me by then."
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7 years ago
Hayley turned to Annabelle and said to her, "Do me a favor and make sure your brother doesn't do anything stupid while we're gone."
With a nod of her head, Annabelle replied, "No problem. After all, this gives me a better chance than any to get to know my niece, while you lot are trying to find out what the hell this Hollow wants with Hope."
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1 year ago
With her eyebrows furrowed, Hayley asked Annabelle, "You're engaged?" When Annabelle only nodded in response, Hayley said, "Huh. Well, I didn't see that coming."
After seeing the look on Annabelle's face, Hayley said to her, "No offense."
With a shrug, Annabelle replied, "None taken."
After a couple seconds of silence, Hayley asked her, "Does anyone else know about your, uh, engagement?"
With a nod of her head, Annabelle said, "Yes. Kai and Dorothy know, and now you know. So that makes three people."
Hayley asked her, "Why haven't you told anyone else about this? I mean, Klaus and everyone else has been your family for over a thousand years. Why tell me before any of them, Annabelle?"
With a sigh, Annabelle told her, "Because through Hope, you are family, too, Hayley. And I know that our, shall we say, relationship didn't start off that well when we first met fifteen years ago, but you've grown on me. I would hate it if I were to get married as soon as this Hollow business is done with and you aren't there for my wedding."
With a scoff, Hayley replied, "If you really think that I'm going to be your flower girl or whatever the hell it is you want me to do, then think again, because it's not happening."
With an eyebrow raised, Annabelle asked her, "Does that mean that if I were to ask it of you, you wouldn't agree to be my bridesmaid, Hayley?"
With a sigh, Hayley said, "I don't know. The only thing that I'm really focused on is Hope and the fact that her dad has been away from her for six years now. I won't be able to think of anything, much less a wedding, until this Hollow business is done for good."
After letting out a sigh of her own, Annabelle asked her, "Will you at least think of it, Hayley? Because aside from Davina Claire and Dorothy Sullivan, you are the only other woman that has a connection to this family that I could even consider to be a good friend. I doubt Davina would want to be anywhere near Klaus after everything that has happened between them and Dorothy would be far too busy trying to keep Kai from setting anything or anyone, for that matter, on fire."
After letting out yet another sigh, Hayley replied, "Fine. I'll think about it, but don't have any high hopes about it, Annabelle. Because if it does happen, just know that I'm not going to be one of those girly types that is obsessing over your day."
With a grin on her face, Annabelle said, "Of course you won't. That's why I've already made sure that Joseph understands that he can't force you to wear anything and that you can dress however the hell you want at my wedding. And if you really want to, you can bring that boyfriend of yours." After tilting her head, she said, "Declan, was it?"
In response to Annabelle's words, Hayley simply stared at the Original with narrowed eyes, which got Annabelle to do nothing but chuckle to herself in response and Hayley to simply sigh to herself as she wondered just why the hell she was even friends with Annabelle Mikaelson to begin with.