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Chapter 08 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat happened?\u201d When he saw his brother drive erratically and turning around as if something was wrong, they turned around as well and followed him, but when that yellow light came that Klaus had seen only twice before, he realized his question had already been answered. \u201cThey took her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol slammed the roof of the car out of frustration, creating a huge dent in it. \u201cI should have listened to her, I should have. She didn\u2019t think going to New Orleans was a good idea and I should have listened instead of insisting and telling her it was going to be alright and—\u201d He ran his hand through his hair and took a deep breath to calm himself. He was getting hungry and despite the cars driving around them, he could easily stop one and pull out a human for a snack. \u201cI\u2019m going to Forks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast time it took two weeks, Kol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know, Nik, but I\u2019m still going. As I told Bella, should anything like this<\/em> happen again, I was going to get her back and I\u2019ll wait for as long as I need to. They\u2019re likely telling her that she should not do something like this again and give her back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus let out a snort and shook his head. \u201cYou\u2019re in deep, brother. Good luck then, but don\u2019t feel offended when we\u2019re going to make a wager between us on how long your patience will last.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella gasped for air as if her life depended on it. She had felt as if she\u2019d been drowning, suffocated, and it had hurt, but everything was quiet now, she could take a breather. Once her head didn\u2019t feel like it needed to explode or as if it was on fire, she took a dare to look around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t in Charlie\u2019s home in Forks. She was somewhere else. Bella found herself staring at Hades, who had a stern look on his face and it just didn\u2019t match the personality she had encountered two days ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know, I know I said we were going to meet again soon, but this soon?\u201d Hades said in a disapproving tone, crossing his arms over his chest, staring her down. \u201cDo you have any idea what you did? After I told you that it\u2019s just me up here, that I have my minions in eternal slumber? It\u2019s just me here and you just gave me a shit ton of work!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She blinked at him then, not knowing what he was talking about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, the first time you sent a couple of souls my way, I let it slide. You didn\u2019t know what you were doing, but you should know better now,\u201d Hades was still sounding disapproving. \u201cAnd these aren\u2019t just a couple of souls, either! It\u2019s years and years of battles, natural disasters and murder victims thrown into the water. This is New Orleans we\u2019re talking about!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once she was certain the God had ended his speech, she spoke up. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Hades huffed as he pulled her to her feet and directed her towards a large window looking out over some courtyard, revealing a lot of people wearing clothes from different times. There must have been a thousand or more down there.\u201cYou can help ghosts to move on and usually, you\u2019re doing a pretty good job by reassuring them, one on one, having them know that they\u2019re going to be displaced for something better.\u201d He gestured to the people below them. \u201cNow, you tell me what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella could feel the color drain from her face. \u201cI told Kol that I didn\u2019t want to go to New Orleans, but he assured me— It started in the city ahead of New Orleans, Slidell, there were about twenty of them and rising once the word got out that I could see them and I told Kol to drive\u2026 hoping I\u2019d leave them behind\u2026 Before I knew it we were on the bridge and Kol telling me to look at the pretty view and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou were overwhelmed. Absolutely no control whatsoever. Well done. Now there are about a three thousand people ready to be directed to their form of afterlife and you\u2019re going to help me sort them,\u201d Hades replied and started to direct her towards the door. \u201cI was told you had your powers under control, Bella. I guess I shouldn\u2019t have trusted that lying bastard on his word. Tell me, did Helios train you, at least? Guide you? Tell you what you\u2019re capable of?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cN-no,\u201d Bella stammered. \u201cBut he did say that if I ever needed help—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTypical,\u201d Hades scowled. \u201cYou see, that\u2019s one of the reasons why we dethroned the Titan Gods all these millennia ago. Fucking everything with a hole, no control whatsoever and just mainly fucking about. And don\u2019t even get me started on your mother, she—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour own father ate you because he knew you were going to overthrow him. It was only that Zeus—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hades scrunched up his nose. \u201cQuite the trauma, being regurgitated. I can still smell the bile we were covered in. I was the oldest and therefor also the last being thrown up. All the pee and poop of my siblings—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEW! I so did not want to hear that!\u201d Bella said appalled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe only let Helios out because Circe had managed to escape and impregnate herself with that Salvatore loser. We allowed him to stick around because for all intents and purposes, he was your father, after all. We tasked him with looking out for you and look! You fucked up!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t sound like a God, Hades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI may not get out much, but I do roll with the times, young Padawan,\u201d He lead her down a staircase and towards a row of clothing booths. That was the best way Bella could describe them, all with a different sign above the door. \u201cThese are portals to everyone\u2019s beliefs, their heavens, sort to speak. Or their hell, depending on what judgement they receive on the other end. Those with no preference stay with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGet crackin\u2019, Bella, because I\u2019m going to go and have a little chat<\/em> with your grandfather about you and by the time I get back, I want you to have sorted at least 500 of these lost souls. You freed them from their Earthly bonds, it\u2019s your responsibility to deal with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella swallowed hard. \u201cBut, what do I do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hades shrugged. \u201cI don\u2019t know, you figure it out, you\u2019re the smart one! You\u2019ve got everything under control!\u201d And with that, he disappeared, leaving Bella with all the people that she had moved and hadn\u2019t even been aware of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A desk appeared so she could stand behind that as some sort of barrier between her and them<\/em>, but she felt like such a loser right now. A child who\u2019s done something wrong and had been placed on the naughty step. But this wasn\u2019t even her fault. It was Kol\u2019s fault; he insisted in going to New Orleans and— <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking a breath, she stopped herself right there and then. Kol wasn\u2019t to blame for all of this; she could have told him \u2018no\u2019 and she could have gone somewhere else. Without him. But without him things were boring. And they were together. Then again; Kol should have listened to her, too. She needed to get to work; the longer she was away from Earth, the more time passed and Kol could do something incredibly stupid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was strange how the afterlife worked; all of a sudden she could speak all these kinds of languages and understand them and make herself understood. Most of the people she spoke to were good Catholics. There were a handful of Vodou practitioners and one of the newer souls, a tourist visiting New Orleans when Katrina hit, was Hindu, but she wasn\u2019t struggling with the workload just yet. By number 300 she was getting thirsty though. It was no wonder that Hades had a whole staff of people working for him in the times where the Greek Gods were still \u2018a thing\u2019, they deserved their eternal rest, Bella couldn\u2019t imagine having to do this day in and day out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a few tough ones in her first 500 souls; small children made her so sad. Who would want to kill them? Some of them died of accidental drowning, but another part were street urchins who died of the cold. Or were abandoned by their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hades returned when she was working on 499. \u201cHow many did you do?\u201d He demanded, relaxing his stance but crossing his arms over his chest and angrily looking at her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella watched as 499, Sarah-Jo Watson, walked passed her and into the Christian booth. \u201cNext one is 500.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToo slow,\u201d Hades said as he snapped his fingers. \u201cTwo hundred more before I allow you a small break.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella fought the urge to talk back at him. This was her mess, this was what she was supposed to clean up and she wasn\u2019t going to complain about it. And yes, it was likely that the quicker she worked, the sooner it would all be over and she could return to Kol. \u201cHow much time has passed on Earth?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, do I look like a timepiece?\u201d Hades nonchalantly shrugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a dick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like people,\u201d Hades pointed out. \u201cThe sooner you\u2019re gone, the sooner I can get back to keeping to myself\u2026\u201d A smirk then appeared on his lips. \u201cHmm\u2026 I have a great idea that I could do once you\u2019re gone and it involves your mother and the Chair of Forgetfulness. Oh\u2026 haven\u2019t used that one in a very long time\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella was about to open her mouth when Hades spoke again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho knows, I might allow you to play fetch with Cerberus for a couple of minutes once you\u2019ve done the 200 extra. He deserves some fun,\u201d Hades shrugged. \u201cAlthough he\u2019s not as big as you think he might be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thought of playing fetch with probably the most famous dog in all of mythology sounded absolutely fascinating. However, once she reached her extra 200, she opted to simply to keep on going, not to waste any time in fixing her mistake. Hades sometimes helped, but by the time she had gone through all of the souls, she was tired. Exhausted. She felt relieved, but she had the feeling that she could sleep for days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had attempted to try and make sense of the days in an attempt to figure out how long Kol was by himself with his siblings, but she had given up around the 1500th soul. She was unable to tell, why try to figure out a way anyway? She merely hoped that Kol wouldn\u2019t be daggered again because he pissed off the wrong sibling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as much as she wanted to sleep for days, she knew that Hades wasn\u2019t done with her yet and thus, wasn\u2019t allowed to go. \u201cAlright, I\u2019m done, now what?\u201d She sighed as she sat down against a pillar and looked at the God. \u201cAny more penance I need to do? I\u2019ve learned my lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you?\u201d Hades countered as he squatted down in front of her. \u201cBecause frankly, my dear, I think that you\u2019re in need of some control over this side of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even want it,\u201d she muttered. \u201cI mean, yeah, I brought Kol back to life and I\u2019ve done some good with it, but it\u2019s too distracting, too\u2026 much. I\u2019m not made for this shit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He smiled at her then as he reached out to ruffle her hair. \u201cThat\u2019s what you get for being raised a mortal and only grown into your powers when you turned 18. You have the mortal way of thinking and that\u2019s alright. I can help you with this. I can\u2019t exactly take it all away as it\u2019s a part of you now, but I could get into your mind and dial this gift way back. Maybe to only being able to see the spirits of loved ones? To help those you love, incase one of your vampires gets staked before their time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs that even possible?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hades nodded. \u201cHelios should have seen this coming a mile away. But I heard he only gave you two choices, huh? You like your vampires too much to leave the Earth and join him and his family and your abilities are so much fun, he should have offered to tone them down until you were full and ready, not to merely take them away.\u201d He rubbed his hands together in glee. \u201cWho knows? I might unlock some more abilities inside of you that are fun! Your mother loved transforming people into animals and that certainly has rubbed off on you, but that\u2019s not all she could do, can do. Let\u2019s find out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before she could object, Hades had slipped inside her mind and she could feel<\/em> him moving around, tugging on things inside of her, loosening other things, and she started to feel back to normal again. Herself. Not this person with a huge weight upon her shoulders. All the while, Hades was grinning like a lunatic. Bella wasn\u2019t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t even sure if she should allow him to mess around in her head, seeing as he was practically at odds with the Titan side of the family. With reason, too. While she was righting her wrong, Hades told her more about the Battle of the Gods, Titanomachy<\/em>, and the reasons behind it all. Compared to the Titans, the Olympians were innocents; well, apart from Zeus. He liked to sleep around with anything and anyone. There were stories Hades could tell her about his brother that weren\u2019t ever documented by scribes because they were so scandalous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Olympian Gods were far from innocent, of course, Bella knew that. But they were quite tame in comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of letting her go once he had messed with her abilities, Hades took the time to teach Bella how to control them; it took quite some time, regrettably, but it was necessary for Bella not to feel like a loose canon. She had believed she had been in control whenever she transformed people into animals, but as it turned out, it was so easy to tip the balance and make unwanted transformations; transformations that could actually kill her subjects when she didn\u2019t want them to die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of her new abilities was to turn invisible. Not to really turn invisible, but unnoticable; something in the corner of someone\u2019s eye, not being able to focus on and therefor not to be seen. Something that all Gods could do. To be somewhere but not, and nobody could tell, not even witches and not even the Ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had told Hades about her plans of going back to New Orleans now that she wouldn\u2019t be able to get overwhelmed by the dead anymore, now that she couldn\u2019t see them anymore. She wanted to go back to her boyfriend. Hades told her that the Ancestors wouldn\u2019t like her presence in the city because she had the power to destroy them; something Hades really didn\u2019t want to dial down inside of her because she might need that power one day. The Ancestors didn\u2019t like it when someone was more powerful than they were, and he warned her that life would be hard for her in the city. However, turning invisible to everyone, would certainly work in her favor when it came to the Ancestors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Hades, the Ancestors were nothing but power hungry dead witches who required sacrifices each year. They didn\u2019t require it, but they did it as to \u2018give back\u2019 to those who sacrificed to them. There was this spell called The Harvest that required the practitioners of Ancestral Magic to sacrifice four of their young women every 300 years or so, to the Ancestors, to ensure that the witches could still channel their Ancestors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hades thought that was bizarre. Even at the height of the reign of the Old Gods he had hated the sacrifices and offerings made to him, or for him. It was unnecessary, and quite frankly, he had found them offensive. Just because he didn\u2019t like to show his face and his business was the Underworld didn\u2019t mean that he wanted black sheep sacrificed to him. Or blood spilled in his name. People had the power inside themselves to deal with things, they didn\u2019t need his aid at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella got slightly pissed off when Hades told her that almost two years had passed on Earth during the time she was with him, but accepted it because it had been her punishment, and in return, Hades had helped her a lot<\/em>. \u201cNow, before I pop you in New Orleans,\u201d Hades said with a playful smile as a bouquet of cornucopias appeared in his hands, \u201cYou have to know that I don\u2019t do party favours, but I really liked your company, Bella. I love your work ethic and you\u2019re an excellent student. Should you and Kol ever wish to have children, let me know and I\u2019ll make sure his swimmers can swim again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He handed her the bouquet of flowers and before she could say anything, she found herself in the middle of a square near the waterfront of New Orleans, holding the flowers. Freaked out, she left the flowers at the statue of Andrew Jackson and decided to get her bearings. She had absolutely no idea where she was, where the Mikaelsons were and in how much trouble she was with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t as if she could ask anyone where the famous Originals were living these days because that would draw too much attention. Bella was glad that Hades had returned her bag to her as well; her money and her phone were still safely inside of it so she rented a hotel room and decided to sleep for days first. No matter how badly she wanted to return to Kol, she needed to be awake and not walk around like a zombie. No, her head needed to be firmly placed on her shoulders and not still in the clouds. Or underneath the dirt or wherever Hades\u2019 underworld was located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took her a few days to familiarize herself with the French Quarter and it was only dumb luck that when she rounded a corner that she saw her Kol with a young brunette, holding hands, talking softly to each other with that goofy smile of his that Bella had only seen him using on her before and Bella\u2019s heart broke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she wasn\u2019t going to let this one go, Kol was hers. Not this floozy\u2019s. Taking a deep breath, Bella started walking. There was no way that she was going to let Kol out of her sight. She hoped to catch up with him and then walk off with him, leaving the young girl behind. Kol looked good, his ass filled those jeans very well and that jacket\u2026 she wanted to rip it all off and reclaim him as hers. Again and again if she had to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey!\u201d Bella said once she had caught up with them. \u201cAre you done playing? Can we go now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol turned around in shock. \u201cB-Bella? You\u2019re back?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, this is the bitch that left you?\u201d the brunette huffed, looping her arm through Kol\u2019s, staking her own claim on him. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t look like much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to clean up my own mess, Kol. What made you think I wouldn\u2019t return?\u201d Bella smiled at him, ignoring the midget next to him. \u201cBut I guess trading me in for a younger model answers that question for me. Tell me, did you even wait for me to come back?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA month!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWow, a whole month! I thought I was worth it to wait at least\u2026 two months?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNik needed me and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d Bella said, still not moving from her spot, now addressing the person next to him. \u201cIt\u2019s okay, you can let go of him now. He\u2019s going to take me home.\u201d She couldn\u2019t believe how bitchy jealousy made her feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girl opened his mouth but Kol spoke before her. \u201cBella, your home is wherever it is. Forks, or wherever. It\u2019s not with me. You left me and I\u2019m with Davina now. Deal with it. Go home. Leave me and the rest of my family alone, which should be easy because you\u2019re so good at it,\u201d his words dripped with venom and Bella was slightly taken aback by his words. She couldn\u2019t help but watch him and Davina walk off and by the time she had recovered, she knew that running after him wouldn\u2019t be a good idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While his rejection had hurt, she could feel the tears burn behind her eyes, something felt off, and she was going to do everything in her power to make sure her family was alright. And to start with that, she had to disappear and regroup. Observe. Learn things. Find out where everyone was and do some more observing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sucked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBit silly of you calling a family meeting when you, the one who called for it, shows up late!\u201d Klaus scolded his youngest brother as he walked into the courtyard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, step off, Niklaus, it\u2019s not as if you have anything of importance to do,\u201d Kol shot back at him. \u201cAnd to those who do, Rebekah, Myriam, I am sorry I\u2019m late but I had to be sure I wasn\u2019t followed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a snort as she settled in Klaus\u2019 lap. If anything, she didn\u2019t quite mind leaving her place of employment for a little while; the smell of sex and the energies in her brothel usually made her horny as fuck, and she was going to drag Klaus off to his bedroom as soon as this meeting was over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol had sounded worried and scared when he called her and she was glad that there was at least one thing Klaus had taken from the whole Silas situation a few years back and that was to listen to his siblings, especially Kol, when something was going on. Kol didn\u2019t scare easily, so whatever it was, it was going to be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t connected to the current werewolf problem the Mikaelsons had been dealing with for the past couple of months, otherwise it could have waited until there was more news. The whole thing was interesting as hell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProceed, Kol,\u201d Elijah encouraged him from his spot near the bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never thought the day would come where I\u2019d say this, but for once it\u2019s not one of your deranged exes that have come to town,\u201d Kol pointed at both his brothers. \u201cDavina and I were minding our own business today when Bella showed up thinking I\u2019d take her back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella\u2019s back?\u201d Klaus wasn\u2019t surprised by this. Before she disappeared they had been a family, he had considered Bella to be family, but as time progressed and she didn\u2019t return like the first time she\u2019d disappeared like that, he knew that she had abandoned them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, he had feared that his brother Kol would turn to his old ways, but soon after Klaus had recalled him to New Orleans to deal with the witches, Kol found his new girlfriend, Davina, who seemed to be more sane than Bella. Also, she was a witch and easier to kill should she betray them like Bella had. A witch who had her powers under control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus liked it that he was back to being the one to fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granted, Bella was entirely different from them. She played by different rules, and time progressed differently for her when she wasn\u2019t on Earth and she couldn\u2019t be blamed for having been gone for so long. But she did abandon them; she could have fought harder with Kol for not going to New Orleans because she didn\u2019t have the control she needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who was to say she had control now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elijah tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose. \u201cWe can\u2019t deal with her now, we have a lot on our plate already with the Guerrera\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know that, and I told Bella to leave. To leave us alone. I know that she probably won\u2019t do that as she\u2019s so obsessed with us, so me and Davina are going to work on a few spells that will hopefully be able to contain Bella for a long time. Or at least to slow her down so that we can think of a permanent way of dealing with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a bit overkill, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Klaus spoke up, not entirely surprised by Kol\u2019s eagerness to make sure that Bella wouldn\u2019t do anything to them, but it did sound a bit too harsh. \u201cHas she ever done anything to purposely harm us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven time, it\u2019s likely she would have or will,\u201d Elijah replied. \u201cWe\u2019ve been over this, Niklaus. She\u2019s an immortal demigod, she has powers we haven\u2019t even begun to understand and she doesn\u2019t either. Sentiments aside, she has the power to cause major destruction and we\u2019ll be unable to stop her. Demigods aren\u2019t known for their benevolence, either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHercules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, please,\u201d Elijah rolled his eyes at his brother. \u201cIn comparison to him, then yes, Bella\u2019s a saint. But Gods can\u2019t be trusted. I\u2019ve read everything we have on Gods and ordered first editions of other books that I\u2019ve read too, and Bella does not fit in with the characteristics. She\u2019s an unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd she hurt us all by leaving,\u201d Rebekah replied, getting up from her chair and let out a breath. \u201cVery well, I will have my guard up. Thank you for informing us, Kol, but I have to get back to the animal shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDavina and I will handle this when she comes back again, I promise,\u201d Kol said sincerely. \u201cI will not allow her to mess with our family again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good thing about being invisible was that she could move around without being noticed and encounter people doing embarrassing things. Bella felt like a private detective as she roamed the streets of New Orleans with her notebook. She followed the hushed whispers of the witches as they spoke amongst themselves about a family of drug trafficking werewolves who had been at odds with the Mikaelsons for quite some time now and they were now going to end it for once and forall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella was shocked to find out that they had managed to get Klaus\u2019 blood and fabricate rings that would allow the wolves to control their transformations during the full moon; much like how some vampires were able to walk in the daylight without burning. It angered her, as one of the wolves she\u2019d followed was happily chatting on the phone telling the other person that through this, they had weakened the big bad hybrid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had followed Elijah to City Hall where she watched him bribe – no, compel – a city worker to do something and Bella realized that the Mikaelsons were readying themselves for war with the wolves by making sure the Guerrera\u2019s didn\u2019t have any place to hide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She needed to work fast. It was likely that they weren\u2019t going to fight in broad daylight and seeing as night was about to fall, Bella had to go before blood was spilled. It was easy enough to get inside the house, all she needed to do was to slip in when the door opened and everyone was conveniently gathered in the same room as they discussed their battle with the Mikaelsons. Bella could tell the rings were spelled with Klaus\u2019 blood. For some reason, she could feel it deep inside of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella smacked everyone against the wall; some went through a wall, but that was alright, she had hit them hard enough to knock them out, for now. She ripped the rings off the fingers of the wolves and put them into a nice velvet bag that she had acquired in a gift shop before taking one of the smaller guys and extended her invisibility to him after turning him into a harmless little puppy that she could carry with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite her being immortal and part God, her strength, her physical strength, was that of an ordinary human. Bella figured Klaus wanted to spill blood for what these wolves had done to him, so she was going to leave him a little present. If he and his siblings wanted to kill the wolves she\u2019d knocked out, then that would be their decision, their choice. Not hers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clutching the still unconscious puppy underneath her arm, Bella decided to make a run for the bus. The full moon was already out and she wanted Klaus to be at full strength and happy when he\u2019d join Elijah, Kol and Myriam in their fight against the wolves. Then again, it was also very likely that Klaus would stay at home and use her offering\u2019s blood as paint. With Klaus, things could go either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also wasn\u2019t sure if the mere act of taking the rings off of the werewolves would have restored Klaus\u2019 strength or that if they needed to be destroyed. It was best to remain hidden for now, Kol had been angry with her as it was, and she was certain that Klaus would know this gift came from her, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half an hour later, she slipped inside the building and carefully made her way through it, trying to find where Klaus might be hiding out. Bella merely hoped that Kol had gone with Elijah and not stayed behind to look after his brother, because that would certainly be awkward. She froze in her steps when she heard scuffling behind her, steps, and when she turned around, she saw that it were the rest of the wolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not knowing if Klaus had protection or not, she smacked the wolves against the brick walls of the building, and the handful that a hard head, she smacked them twice. Knocking them unconcious. There were more on top, but they were being held back by an invisible force. Kol\u2019s harlot was the source of that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scowling, Bella managed to find Klaus in his study, quietly painting and seemingly no longer under the influence of people wearing his blood in enchanted stones. Jerk. Had she been that worried about him over nothing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella made the little velvet bag holding the rings visible and threw it at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus turned around and caught the little bag, a smirk on his face as he peeked into it. \u201cI thought you were told to leave,\u201d he said playfully, looking around in the hope to see her, but she wasn\u2019t there, or was she? \u201cLearned a new trick, I see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She kept quiet as she turned the puppy visible and released it on the floor now that it was conscious. Bella then turned it back into a normal person and she saw the smile on Klaus\u2019 face grow wider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, you shouldn\u2019t have! I want to bet that his color will be the right color that I\u2019m missing in this painting!\u201d Klaus launched a brush at the werewolf\u2019s neck and penetrated it, causing the werewolf to fall down instantly. \u201cWonderful!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella didn\u2019t understand why Klaus was being nice<\/em>. Was Kol the only one of the family who wanted her gone? Or maybe, whatever the reason was for Kol not liking her hadn\u2019t rubbed off on Klaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHurry along now, CeilingCat,\u201d Klaus quietly sang as he focused on his painting, using the blood of the slain werewolf. \u201cThis will be our secret, for now. But do know that we don\u2019t need your protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She did as she was told and while dodging more werewolves, and, Davina, she managed to get out of the building undetected. She hopped on a train car and rode it for awhile, until she was certain she was as far away from the French Quarter as possible before getting off and made herself visible in an alley. She needed to eat, and think about what Klaus had said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scratch that, her next order of business would be to delve into Davina\u2019s life. She had already sussed out where most of the Mikaelsons lived, worked and hung out, and now it was time to focus on the bitch who stole Kol from her. It was likely that she had to do something with Kol\u2019s attitude towards her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe this was the case with vampires in general. She wasn\u2019t sure. Picking at her food, she decided to call the best vampire she knew outside the Mikaelsons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon\u2019s phone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella blinked at the sound of the voice she heard. Really not the person she expected. \u201cStefan?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella? Where have you been?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFixing my mistakes, why do you have Damon\u2019s phone?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, seriously, we\u2019ve tried calling you, where have you been?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStefan!\u201d She had a bad feeling about this. \u201cDid something happen to Damon?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot just Damon. I mean, they have to leave Katherine alone because she\u2019s the Anchor to the other side, but we\u2019re all at risk of getting caught. Especially me, however, for some strange reason they\u2019re leaving me alone, too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m coming to Mystic Falls,\u201d she said as she shoved her plate out in front of her. The Mikaelsons could wait, Damon was more important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, don\u2019t. Whatever you\u2019re going to say, or whatever you want to do, you have to let us handle this. It\u2019s still my job to make sure you\u2019re safe and as of right now, I really can\u2019t guarantee your safety in Mystic Falls. There\u2019s this coven of witches called the Gemini and they\u2019ve mostly died out, but a handful still remain. According to Alaric, they\u2019re known for creating prison worlds where they put the most dangerous of creatures and we suspect that they put Damon in one. They\u2019re like the witchy police. Bonnie\u2019s working on finding a way of getting him out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListen to me, Bella, we\u2019ve got this. I promise you that I\u2019ll have Damon call you when he\u2019s back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella scowled then, taking a sip of her drink. \u201cI\u2019m not fragile, you know. I could kick ass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know, but should they find out about you, who knows what would happen? Now, what did you need Damon for?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d she sighed, pulling the plate back towards her to finish her food. \u201cI mean, I know Kol\u2019s reputation and how he used to be, but are vampires really that fickle? He saw me disappear before his own eyes once before, I can\u2019t help it that it took me nearly two years to get back! And Klaus, he\u2019s acting somewhat normal, but is this kind of behaviour normal? I mean, didn\u2019t I mean anything to Kol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan sucked in a breath. \u201cI can\u2019t say for sure, I\u2019m not him, but he\u2019s Kol Mikaelson, anything is possible. It\u2019s very easy for a vampire to fall back into old habits. Maybe that\u2019s what he\u2019s done without you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut he changed, Stefan. He was sweet and kind and all\u2026 manly,\u201d Bella\u2019s cheeks flushed by the sheer memory of him naked in front of her. \u201cI thought what he and I had was something worth waiting for. If not, at least knowing what I am, understanding why it took me so long to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat about the others? Have you spoken to them?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo\u2026 but I might have eavesdropped on Rebekah and Myriam when they happened to cross my path\u2026\u201d Bella sighed again. \u201cIs it possible that I believed that there was a real connection going on when there really wasn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh yeah, especially considering you involved yourself with a Mikaelson.\u201d <\/em>Stefan sounded way too happy about that and she imagined her next fry to be him and bit his head off. \u201cOn the other hand, you involved yourself with a Mikaelson and they tend to have powerful enemies. You\u2019re going to have to do what you started out with here, observe. Learn. See if something\u2019s wrong. Stay out of trouble.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah\u2026 okay\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd one other thing; from what I saw from your relationship with the Mikaelsons when I was\u2026 well\u2026 not entirely sane, they do like you. They like you a lot, enough for them to open their home to you. To give you money so you can have things. In all honesty I was glad that Klaus gave that to you because you\u2019ve always refused me or Damon helping you out financially. You were family to them, and they don\u2019t take that word lightly. They wouldn\u2019t have turned their backs on you that easily.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo there is something fishy going on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a great chance something is wrong, yes. So, as I said; observe and learn. Stay out of trouble and you\u2019ll soon be knowledgeable enough to fix things. I have to go. I will have Damon call you when he\u2019s back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks Stefan,\u201d she smiled and disconnected the call, feeling slightly better than before. If something was wrong with the Mikaelsons, she was going to find out and make sure they would never do that to them again. No matter if she had to shed blood to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next few weeks, Bella did her homework. She had plastered a large piece of paper on the wall of her hotel room and drew lines from names to names; mostly following Davina around and seeing where she went. She often went to a little tea shop near the Seamen\u2019s church, a shop lovingly ran by a girl called Ann, and upon further inspection, it was one of the<\/em> places to get herbs for spells without being frowned upon by other witches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was something that Bella had noticed; Davina wasn\u2019t really favored by the other witches in the Quarter; the word was that she had left the coven to start out on her own and then there was this story about how she nearly destroyed New Orleans by not wanting to participate in the Harvest. Now that Davina was hanging out with vampires, she had completely fallen out of grace, but it was Ann who managed to restore a little bit of Davina\u2019s grace by selling her herbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella was in the middle of eating a beignet on her way to the Regent\u2019s house when she received a message on her messenger app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>I would have figured you\u2019d contact me sooner. K.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Been a little busy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>We need to meet. Come meet me at Jackson Square and let\u2019s look at some paintings?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>When?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Now?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Don\u2019t you think that\u2019s inappropriate? Sneaking behind Myriam\u2019s back to meet me?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>It\u2019s just a meeting, Bella, I have some information for you that you might find useful.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Jokes are lost in text, aren\u2019t they? Meet me in my hotel room. Hades gave me a little present to ward against prying eyes, as an apology for keeping me there so long.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Now who\u2019s being inappropriate?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>I\u2019ll admit you’re hot but my heart belongs to your brother.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Well, Kol will be sad to hear that you\u2019re secretly in love with Elijah.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Ew.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Of course, should things not work out between you and Kol, and should Myriam and I have a falling out, there\u2019s always the chance that we could try and see if we\u2019re compatible?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Just come meet me!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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