GOING BACK.

CHAPTER 2

Hayley looked out the darkened window of the coach, the sound of the horse hooves on the dirt road lulling her, as her and Marcel travelled to London to find Katherine, Elijah had written in the Mikaelson Journals that Katherine had been staying at the Half Moon Inn, in London, Trevor had first seen her there, they would arrive in London two days before Trevors supposed arrival date.

"Are you and Rebekah okay Marcel?" Hayley asked softly.

Marcel looked at Hayley his expression, melancholy, "She was impatient for children and had started with the whole, get the cure from Damon Salvatore, talk again, when we knew Hope was close to finding the spell for Vampires to have Children, now I'm 500 years in the past, and who knows Hayley what will happen, we are all adrift here."

"I know, we will take one step at a time, having Katherine's blood will give us leverage." Hayley replied.

"I don't envy you going up against Klaus at this time, and you are right to keep Hope away from him for now, she may have had a glimpse at the real Klaus Mikaelson, during the time of the Hollow, but that will be nothing compared to now." Marcel said looking at her.

"I know, but Klaus is in there, no matter what time we are in, his armour is just thicker now, lets get some sleep, before we arrive in London." Hayley announced, as Marcel put his head back and closed his eyes.

TADCASTER CASTLE....

"Niklaus," Elijah greeted walking into the room Niklaus painted in, Elijah looked at his Brother sprawled on his chair several whiskey decanters empty on the floor beside him, as Klaus looked at his Brother, eyes slit, his mood black,

"What is it Elijah?" Klaus demanded, in no mood for his Brother's lecture.

"There has been whispers of a Doppelganger sighting, I have sent Trevor and some other trusted Men to seek out information." Elijah informed Niklaus as he sat up, his gaze penetrating as he looked back at Elijah.

"You would not come to me if this was false Brother, do you finally think, after all this time, I may be close to breaking this bloody Curse, Mother binded me with?" 

"From all my reports it would seem so Niklaus, we will know within the week." Klaus smiled, his smile more a sneering snarl, as he inclined his head to Elijah dismissing him.

LONDON....

"This is a shit hole," Marcel said stepping down out of the coach, and helping Hayley down, unused to her long dress with yards of fabric around her legs.

"You grew up in a time, close to this didn't you?" She asked looking around, at the dirty Streets and crammed together wooden buildings, as a mass of people moved around them, yelling, spitting and stinking.

"New Orleans was cleaner fresher and not as densely populated as this, and 200 hundred years later, innovations were still progressive, even for that time, this is basic and densely compacted1, and the people are poor, sick and overworked," Marcel said to her as he put her arm through his to guide her through the mass of people, stopping a Man walking towards him, "Excuse me, where can we find the Half Moon Inn?" 

The Man with a broad accent responded, "Keep walking almost the the end of the Street it will be on your left." Marcel nodded and thanked him, moving he and Hayley on.