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𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊
The past few days were something Brinley desperately needed, after everything that happened with Davina and everything she's been through the last few months Klaus decided it would be a good idea if they went on a small vacation.
After the failed harvest ritual the witches were too busy to worry about Brinley leaving town so they took advantage of it and Klaus took her to Maine, after overhearing her talking to Rebekah about how she always wanted to go there and stay in a cabin in the woods.
So that's what they did it was 4 days of complete bliss, there were no worries. No witches trying to kill her and the twins, no vampires starting rebellions, or crybaby hybrids searching for revenge.
It was just her and Klaus together enjoying the peace and quiet. But as always, all good things must come to an end.
Brinley pouted the whole way back to New Orleans, which Klaus found funny but didn't dare say anything.
"Why can't we just run away and never come back?" Brinley asked as they pulled up outside the compound
"Because this is our city now love, I'm the king which makes you the queen and our boys the prince's. Everything here belongs to us." Klaus smirked leaning over to place a kiss on Brinley's lips making her melt
"I've always wanted to be royalty. We're like Kate and William just instead of ruling England you rule the supernatural community." Brinley teased and Klaus chuckled
As Klaus pulled into the compound, Brinley furrowed her brows when she saw a man standing outside looking at their car like he was waiting for them.
"Who's that?" Brinley asked as Klaus parked
"That is Marcels old pal, Thierry." Klaus smirked and Brinley looked at him with furrowed brows
"The one you set up when we were looking for Elijah?" Brinley asked and Klaus nodded. "What's he doing here?"
"Call it a peace offering." Klaus said getting out of the car and walking around to open Brinley's door
Brinley smiled at him and held his hand as Klaus led her towards the entrance where Thierry was waiting.
"Thierry." Klaus greeted making the other vampire clench his jaw
"Klaus." Thierry responded tightly, sparing a look in Brinley's direction giving her a small nod
"Follow me." Klaus said as he pulled Brinley with him
Klaus and Brinley walked hand in hand into the courtyard with Thierry walking behind them. Marcel and a few other vampires were already there.
"Dearest brethren, your attention, please. No doubt, you're all surprised to see Thierry Vanchure, who's supposed to be rotting in the Garden for the crime of killing one of our own, and I personally decided to issue him with a pardon. I hope you'll all welcome home Thierry." Klaus announced pulling Brinley into his side so he could wrap his arm around her waist and place his hand on her bump
Instantly there were smiles all around from the vampires making Brinley smile softly, even though she wasn't a big fan of any of them they did seem to care about each other. As everyone greeted Thierry, Klaus led Brinley over to sit on the couches where Marcel was.
"You're in a good mood. You should take Brinley away on trips more often." Marcel smirked
"That's what I'm saying." Brinley huffed making Klaus chuckle
"Well, as much as I might like to, I have pressing responsibilities here." Klaus said kissing Brinley's forehead before addressing the crowd of vampires. "Now, as you all know, the witch Davina is no longer with us. Without Davina, we can no longer monitor the activity of our witch neighbors. However, since their Harvest failed, their magic will soon be gone forever. Until then, I say we keep them on their toes. Diego, I wonder if you might lead a rousting in the cauldron."
Diego immediately smiles and starts to plan with the other vampires. Brinley looked over at Marcel who looked devastated at Davina being brought up as he grabs his bottle of alcohol and goes to storm away, but Klaus stops him in the doorway.
"Marcel, I'd hoped you would join Diego." Klaus said and Marcel clenched his jaw
"Nah. I'm gonna take a personal day." Marcel said pushing past Klaus leaving the compound, Klaus scowls, visibly annoyed at his attitude and Brinley stands up moving behind him and wrapping her arms around his waist
"Give him time Nik, he just lost the girl he sees as a daughter." Brinley said not able to imagine how Marcel felt, she was upset about Davina but she hardly knew her so she had no idea how Marcel felt right now
"Let's get you something to eat, you must be hungry." Klaus said changing the subject making Brinley sigh softly but nod nonetheless
Since moving back into the compound, Klaus made sure the kitchen was always stocked with food for Brinley since the other residents don't really need to eat "real" food.
"What do you fancy?" Klaus asked as Brinley took a seat on one of the island stools
"A cold turkey and cheese sandwich with mustard sounds amazing. With some grapes and a sprite please." Brinley smiled thankfully as she watched the hybrid construct her sandwich
Brinley had been in a phase recently where the only thing she could keep down were cold foods, she couldn't eat anything that was warm or hot. So sandwiches were quickly becoming her go to meal and sprite is the only thing that settled her stomach.
Even though pregnant women aren't really suppose to eat lunch meats or cold cuts, this isn't exactly a normal pregnancy. So she would take her chances because it was better than the alternative which is eating nothing.
"Here you go, love." Klaus said sitting her plate down in front of her and a cold glass of sprite
"Thank you. Oh my god this looks so good, my mouth is literally watering." Brinley hummed as she immediately dug into her food making Klaus watch her in amusement
"Have you thought anymore about names for our little devils?" Klaus asked leaning against the island
"A little, but I haven't really fallen in love with any yet." Brinley said as she popped a grape in her mouth. "I have had a list of baby names since high school though."
"Really?" Klaus asked surprised and Brinley nodded
"Oh yeah. My friends and I had these notebook and they were filled with our plans for the future. It had our dream weddings, dream houses, dream guys, dream careers, our baby names, it had everything." Brinley reminisced with a soft smile on her face
She missed those days sometimes, before her family died and her life changed forever. When things were simpler.
"I never thought much about children, as you know I always thought it was impossible for me to have any of my own. Marcel was the closest thing I ever had to a son, I named him you know?" Klaus said and Brinley looked at him surprised
"Really?" Brinley asked and Klaus nodded
"Yeah, he was a slave boy born from an affair with a woman servant and back then those children were dehumanized by not being given names." Klaus explained and Brinley scoffed
"The stupid ways of men never seize to amaze me." Brinley rolled her eyes, it's not like Marcel asked to be born he didn't deserve to be punished for his parents mistakes
"It was not easy being different back then." Klaus said before clearing his throat when he noticed Brinley was done eating. "I'm going to go talk to Marcel, do you want to accompany me?"
"Sure, it's not like I have anything else to do." Brinley shrugged accepting Klaus' hand as she slid off the stool
Brinley held Klaus' hand as he led them into one of the random rooms of the compound that Brinley hadn't explored yet. Marcel was sitting alone on the couch drinking straight from the bottle.
"Ugh, is this what's it's come to? I bear the full weight of our kingdom while you pout like a child." Klaus spoke up
"You wanted to be king. Besides, you look like you got it covered." Marcel shrugged
"If the men see you shirk your duties, they're likely to do the same." Klaus retorted
"I told you, I am not in the mood for vampire hijinks." Marcel gritted his teeth
"No. You'd rather sit wallowing in sorrow for your lost little friend." Klaus said and Brinley elbowed his side in warning as Marcel stood up angrily and points a finger at Klaus.
"Don't push me right now." Marcel warned
"I am sorry Davina is gone, okay? I'm sorry. But this mournful attitude is unworthy of you, and it's boring to me." Klaus responded and Brinley sighed as Klaus and Marcel glared at each other
Diego enters the room to join them, looking worried gaining their attention.
"Hey, guys, we got a problem." Diego said nervously
"Stay here." Klaus told Brinley who scoffed
"No way, you're not leaving me here bored out of my mind all by myself." Brinley said making Klaus clench his jaw in frustration
"Fine. Just stay beside me." Klaus said and Brinley smiled in triumph
Thunder rumbles overhead making Brinley lean closer to Klaus because of the eeriness as Diego leads the two vampires and pregnant hunter to the Cauldron to show them what he found.
There are two vampires, both desiccated, and both with the same magical symbol carved into their forehands. Their bodies lay inside a magic circle created with salt, with runes drawn inside.
"Woah." Brinley mumbled never seeing anything like this before
"We came to mess with the witches, just like you said. And these two, they went missing. Found them like this, not even staked. Just dead." Diego informed them
"That's two more of my guys gone. Nice job, Captain." Marcel told Klaus sarcastically as he looked at the two vampires before moving to walk away
"Where are you going? Someone has to account for this!" Klaus stated firmly
"You want revenge, get it yourself. That mark is tied to some bad mojo." Marcel said before he turns to the rest of the vampires who were gathered around. "Any of y'all got any brains, you'll head back to the compound and stay the hell out of this."
Marcel turned and left and Brinley stepped closer to the salt circle and knelt down beside it, she had seen some pretty weird stuff especially from witches but something about this spell was completely unique.
"We're gonna find whoever did this, and I will show them what suffering is." Klaus said before holding his hand out to Brinley and pulling her to her feet
Brinley took one last look at the bodies before allowing Klaus to lead her away.
When they got back to the compound everyone gathered in the courtyard to talk about their latest problem, Brinley was sitting on the couch with her feet propped up on the coffee table in front of her as everyone else stood around.
"Someone will die for this." Klaus said frustratedly
"Remarkably, I don't disagree. However, I would like to know where they learned such dark magic." Elijah cut in
"I had hoped never to see that symbol again. I recall it is the signature of a fool who once stood against us." Klaus said, a look of recognition across his face
"Clearly, some upstart witch is salvaging old tricks." Elijah said
"I'll do for him as I did the other." Klaus said before he turned to Diego. "Diego, when night falls, I want you to gather every vampire in the Quarter. Get me the head of whoever did this and put it on a stick."
"Yeah. That's gonna be a problem. Everyone is freaked out, man. We haven't had witches killing vampires in a long time. Marcel made sure of that." Diego shook his head and Klaus clenched his jaw
"Marcel has run off like a scared child. You lot are left with me. Now, who of you will fight to defend our home?" Klaus looks around to see that no one comes forward. "Not a single one of you will stand with me, so afraid are you of this new threat? You should know better. I'll handle this myself."
Klaus kisses the top of Brinley's head before storming out of the compound leaving everyone to watch him leave.
"That went well." Brinley said sarcastically
Everyone scattered after Klaus left and Brinley wandered upstairs to find Hayley sitting in Davina's old bedroom looking through some of the sketches she had done.
"I'm surprised you're not out and about." Brinley commented as she leaned against the doorway
"Yeah, well since there's a vampire killing witch on the loose who doesn't even have to use a stake. I figured it may be best to stay in doors." Hayley said looking up at her friend
"Good plan." Brinley said before gesturing to the sketches. "Those are the sketches Davina drew of Celeste right?"
"Yeah. Still have no idea why she decided to draw Elijah's ex flame, but I'm sure it's nothing good." Hayley sighed
"You're probably right. Speaking of Elijah, is he still icing you out?" Brinley asked and Hayley frowned
"Yep. I get what I did was wrong, I know I shouldn't have invaded his privacy like that but I really thought he'd talk to me by now." Hayley sighed dejectedly and Brinley smiled sympathetically
"He'll come around Hales, I'm sure of it." Brinley said
"I hope so." Hayley responded
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Brinley was sitting in the courtyard with Elijah who was on "babysitting duty", she had been trying to call Rebekah for the better part of an hour and was starting to get worried.
"Hello, Rebekah whatever your middle name is Mikaelson! You have a cellphone for a reason, when it rings answer it especially if it's me, your friend and the woman carrying your magical nephews! Call me back!" Brinley said in her voicemail before hanging up with a huff
"Rebekah still not answering her calls?" Elijah asked sitting down the book he was reading
"Nope. I swear I'm downloading find my iPhone on all of yours phones because apparently 1,000 year old vampires have no idea how to answer them." Brinley responded and Elijah raised his brows in amusement
"Alright then." Elijah chuckled
"Should we be worried? You know with the person who killed those nightwalkers still out there, I mean even Hayley's stayed inside and she hates this place." Brinley said and she saw how Elijah's expression faltered when she mentioned Hayley
"Frankly, I'm worried that Rebekah had something to do with this. She's very displeased with Niklaus, perhaps even conspiring with others." Elijah spoke thoughtfully before noticing Thierry who was drinking alone at one of the tables. "Thierry, is it?"
Elijah walked over to where Thierry was sitting and joined him and Brinley followed behind him.
"That's right." Thierry nodded looking between the two nervously
"My sister is rather fond of you. Strange, she's not typically drawn to unremarkable men. Would you care to explain your sudden magnetism?" Elijah said and Brinley had to hide her chuckle behind a cough
"I don't know what you're--" Thierry started but Elijah, annoyed, cuts him off by grabbing him by the throat and pushing him against the wall
"Oh snap. Shit just got real." Brinley chuckled moving to stand next to Elijah
"You can either tell me what you know, or I can distribute tiny pieces of you throughout the Quarter." Elijah threatened shoving Thierry further into the wall
"She asked me to keep an eye out on witch stuff. I found something, and when I showed her, we were jumped by some guy. He desiccated her with his touch." Thierry admitted with a sigh making Elijah and Brinley look at him angry
"Like a coward, you left her." Elijah snarled
"What was I supposed to do, fight some warlock that took out an Original?" Thierry asked
"Maybe pick up the damn phone and call someone!" Brinley exclaimed glaring at him
"It all happened really fast alright! I wasn't thinking!" Thierry defended himself
"Where was this, exactly?" Elijah sighed
"The docks, warehouse 57. I was just doing what she asked. You cannot tell Klaus about this." Thierry pleaded
Elijah waits a moment before snapping his neck and allowing his body to drop to the floor making Brinley jump in surprise.
"I shall take that into consideration." Elijah said looking down at his body
"Alright, chop chop. Let's go then!" Brinley said before turning to walk away only pausing when Elijah sped in front of her
"No. Stay here. The compound is safe and not only will Klaus kill me, but I would never forgive myself if you got hurt." Elijah shook his head
"You seem to forget that I'm still a hunter, I can take care of myself. Plus I'll be with you." Brinley retorted
"I can't worry about you and Rebekah at the same time." Elijah said and Brinley grinned
"Ok." Brinley shrugged before turning her head. "Hayley!"
In a split second Hayley sped in front of the pregnant girl with a concerned look on her face as she did a quick glance across Brinley's body to make sure she wasn't hurt.
"What? What's wrong? Are you alright?" Hayley asked worried
"Oh yeah I'm fine. You're coming with Elijah and me to rescue Rebekah." Brinley said before turning to Elijah with a sense of triumph. "Now we have Hayley to help keep an eye on me. You can thank me later for making your job easier. Now let's go!"
"Fine. But you are to not leave my sight, understand?" Elijah asked and Brinley nodded
"Yes captain." Brinley mock saluted the original making him huff in amusement
The trio wasted no time in heading for the docks to rescue Rebekah. Elijah had called Sophie on the way who was with the other bodies at the Cauldron.
When they arrived at the docks it was eerily quiet, Brinley was squished between Hayley and Elijah who had their guards up. They walk inside and immediately rush towards Rebekah who was lying desiccated inside a salt circle much like the other bodies they found.
"Oh my god." Brinley gasped covering her mouth
"Rebekah!" Elijah exclaimed going to kneel next to her, but paused when he realized he couldn't cross the salt barrier around her
"Oh, what's happening?" Hayley asked looking around the circle in alarm
"Some kind of boundary spell. Someone is channeling her. Typically, it's a lethal process, but because she's an Original, she can't die. Instead, she's an endless source of power." Elijah exclaimed making Brinley take a deep breath, worried for her friend
"So what are we supposed to do?" Hayley asked
"We have to get her out of there." Elijah answered before putting the phone on speaker phone so he could move around. "We cannot enter the circle. There's some kind of confinement spell... If I can't remove her, we can't break the link."
"It's a convoluted spell. It's like a witch's recipe. You can spoil the balance by adding a more potent ingredient. A mystical binding agent. I don't know, volcanic ash, rock salt... anything up to and including eye of newt." Sophie explained over the phone
"What about the blood of a witch?" Elijah asked pausing thoughtfully
"Do you have the blood of a witch?" Sophie asked and Elijah turned to Brinley who looked at him confused before it dawned on her
"The babies." Brinley realized and Elijah nodded
"I need a favor." Elijah said and Brinley immediately nodded
"Of course." Brinley said pulling her knife out of her pocket
Brinley flipped the blade open and handed the knife to Elijah who gently took her wrist and cut the palm of her hand. They both walk closer to the boundary while Hayley keeps a lookout, Elijah holds Brinley's hand over the salt and allows her blood to drip down onto the line that immediately starts to fizzle and deteriorate.
Elijah gently drops Brinley's hand and quickly gets through the barrier and picks Rebekah up before bringing her out of the circle. He looks at Hayley who nods and grabs onto Brinley's hand before they both sped away with Rebekah and Brinley in tow.
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When they got back to the compound everyone went their separate ways, Brinley went to her and Klaus' room and took a hot shower before changing into more comfortable clothes.
Klaus had not been happy when he found out that Brinley had left with Elijah and Hayley on Rebekah's rescue mission and refused to let her out of his sight now.
So she found herself standing next to Klaus in front of the group of vampires in the courtyard.
"Not long ago, you all united against me. You failed. Since then, in my benevolence, I have wiped the slate clean. Yet, it seems clear you think that I am the one who needs to earn your respect, your loyalty. You're mistaken. It is you who must prove yourselves to me. Our community is under attack. I require soldiers. I need warriors, not cowards. Each of you has a decision to make. You either fight alongside me or you leave now." Klaus said looking at the vampires in front of him
"We don't owe you anything. If staying in the Quarter means living under your rule, I'd just as soon get the hell out." Thierry spoke up
"Then don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out." Brinley said shooting the vampire a glare, still mad about the Rebekah incident
Thierry shot Brinley a glare before turning to leave along with a handful of other vampires, Brinley had to say that she was surprised when she saw that Diego decided to stay knowing how he felt about Klaus.
Afterwards Brinley was dragged up to the study upstairs by Klaus to talk with Marcel and Sophie, two people that she really didn't feel like being around at the moment.
"I got to admit, I thought you'd lose a lot more guys than that." Marcel spoke up
"Well, good riddance to them, I say. We've no room for slackers or cowards in our kingdom. Now that you've regained your composure, let's move on to the next item of business, shall we, with a little help from our dear friend Sophie." Klaus said shooting Sophie a sarcastic smile
"I got no reason to help you, and I sure as hell don't have a reason to help him." Sophie said looking between the two vampires
"Don't tell me you have forgotten how you kidnapped me, linked yourself to me, and almost got me killed multiple times. The only reason you aren't dead is because you may be of some small, small use to us." Brinley said crossing her arms over her chest
"I did what I had to do." Sophie told Brinley who scoffed
"I am still very sore about everything that happened because of you, so get this through your head. You'll only live as long as you're of use to me, and right now, your best use is to explain why a witch I killed has come back for revenge. Come on. Resurrected witches with vast power?" Klaus asked wrapping his arm around Brinley's waist
"It's the Harvest. To die and be reborn. I don't know how, but someone jacked that power, and they used it to bring back four witches... Just not the right ones." Sophie explained making Marcel sit up straight
"So there's still a chance? If we can get that power back, we can save Davina." Marcel said making Brinley smile softly, she would love if they were able to bring Davina back
The young witch didn't deserve the hand she was dealt.
"Let's concentrate on the immediate problem, shall we? Papa Tunde wants revenge. He'll continue to attack us, channeling power from the vampires he sacrifices. He kills, he grows more dangerous. So how do I end him? He needs sacrifices to gain power." Klaus said
"Hmm. You keep him from killing any more nightwalkers, that's a start." Sophie said
"Unless he finds the one place with a load of vampires ready to be sacrificed." Klaus realized sharing a concerned look with Marcel
"The Garden." Brinley realized with wide eyes
The place where Marcel condemns all the vampires who break the rules to desiccate and suffer for the rest of their eternal life. Which would be the perfect place for Papa Tunde to find plenty of power to channel.
"We're going to check it out." Klaus told Brinley who nodded
"Be careful please." Brinley said and Klaus nodded kissing her forehead before speeding away with Marcel
Brinley didn't stick around after Klaus and Marcel left, she just went back to the bedroom and climbed into bed turning on the tv. She just settled on Gilmore Girls and sunk into the mattress pulling the blankets up to her chin.
Something on the nightstand caught her eye and Brinley furrowed her brows and reached over to find a spiral notebook. She opened it before smiling softly at the sticky note stuck to the first page.
Incase you want to make a new list for baby names or plan a wedding. I must say that I do hope I'm your dream guy.
~Nik
Brinley chuckled happily, it touched her heart how thoughtful Klaus was. She had missed writing things down in her old notebook, it always soothed her to write down her dream life. It gave her things to work towards.
Suddenly, a name popped into her head. One that she remembered being number one on her old list. She immediately grabbed the pen on the nightstand and wrote the name down.
James
While Brinley was cozy in bed looking at the name she just wrote down in her notebook, Klaus and Marcel had arrived at the garden just to see that they were too late. All of the vampires are dead, sacrificed by Papa Tunde and they had no idea of the enemy they were about to face.
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