Aaliyah Lockwood is back, after running away from her problems and taking a vacation to the one and only New Orleans, LA. Except where she's looking for answers is in all the wrong places.
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Klaus opened the door for me, and held out his hand. I took it smiling as he helped me out of the car. I looked up at the mansion and chuckled, "Just like back home." I joked as he guided me towards the house. I walked in as we hear, "About time," I smiled widely, "Hayley!!" I called out and we rushed to each other, "Aaliyah!" we sighed as we squeezed each other.
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I sat in my bed, as I looked through my grimoire, "I'm proud of you." I hear and I look up seeing Celia. "For?" I asked raising an eyebrow. "Following Klaus." She says as she looks out the window. "New Orleans was our home, my home.. Your magic will feel well fortified here.. The ansestors won't like that your here but.. thats part of the fun." Celia says making me chuckle as I turn the page. "Stay away from the co called Corey and Dubois witches Aaliyah, because I feel a strom is brewing, and we all better be ready when it does."
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"Morning my love." I hear as I walk in the kitchen and smile as Klaus kisses my head. "I'm taking Hayley out to the quarter. I can protect us both if something happens." I tell Klaus as Hayley walks in the kitchen. "So be it, just be careful." he says and I smile as he walks out of the kitchen. I turn to Hayley and smirk, "Breakfast? I hear theres a beautiful resturant called Rousseau's?"
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Hayley and I walked through the Quarter as I explained what was happening in Mystic Falls. I smile as we watched a jazz band and she says, "I've been dying to walk through the quarter again, I'm glad you're here Aaliyah." I turned to her and wrapped my arm around her, "I'm glad I'm finally here to!" I tell her smiling as we made our way back to the house.
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I walked into the compound and looked around as I called out, "Klaus?" I look through the rooms until I found him and another man. "There you are." The other man looked at my stomach then at me, "Celia Rae?" He asked, and I eyed him. "Who is asking?" I then felt Celia as she whispered, "Its okay, this is Marcel." I then bit my lip for a second, "Marcel?" I asked and Klaus was confused to. "I'm Aaliyah, Celia is my doppleganger. She's here." I said holding my locket. Suddenly another guy comes in, "Hey, guys, we got a problem."
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Thunder rumbles overhead as the guy I learned his name was Diego, leads Marcel and Klaus 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.
"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 says and I swiped away the salt circle as I walked over examining the mark. "That's two more of my guys gone. Nice job, Captain." I heard and turned as Marcel takes one look at his dead men, puts his hood up, turns around, and starts to walk away. I rolled my eyes as I placed my hand on the mark gasping, as Celia showed me who did it. "We're gonna find whoever did this, and I will show them what suffering is." I lifted my hand as Klaus rushed over to me, "I know who killed our guys."
-- We went back to the compound, as Klaus, Elijah, Diego and many more vampires congregated in the courtyard. I rush upstairs to find the books Celia was telling me about. I've seen this symbol before I just need to remember where. I rushed from the library to my own room as I opened one of my suitcases. I grabbed Celia's old journal that my cousin gave me, flipping through the pages as I found the same symbol. "Bingo." I whispered. Suddenly the book fell from my grasp as I fell to my knees screaming.
Elijah flashed to me holding my face, "Aaliyah, what is it?" He asked when I finally stopped screaming. "It's Rebekah."
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After taking dome time to recoperate, I went out to the court yard to find Elijah and Hayley. Elijah was talking to a guy as Hayley wrapped an arm around me. "Like a coward, you left her." Elijah snapped at him. "What was I supposed to do, fight some warlock that took out an Original?" I then stepped up, "Where was this, exactly?" I asked and they turned to me, "The docks, warehouse 57. I was just doing what she asked. You cannot tell Klaus about this."
Elijah waits a moment before snapping his neck and allowing his body to drop to the floor "I shall take that into consideration." ELijah says and Hayley and I both call out, "I'm coming with you."
"No. Stay here. The compound is safe." Elijah told us, "Rebekah is in trouble. I'm going." Hayley says and I nod backing her up. Elijah pauses for a moment and sighs "Do not leave my sight. Understand?" We both nod and leave for the docks. -- We arrive to where Rebekah's body was left and immediately run toward her. Elijah is also on the phone with Sophie, who is still with the other bodies "Rebekah!" Elijah called out as He goes to kneel next to her, but can't cross the barrier made by the salt "Oh, what's happening?" Hayley asked, "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." I explain to them, "So what are we supposed to do?" Hayley asked, "Me and you have to get her out of there." I tell her.
"We cannot enter the circle. There's some kind of confinement spell... If I can't remove her, we can't break the link." Elijah tells the girl on the phone, "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."
"What about the blood of a witch?" Elijah asked, confused the girl asks, "Do you have the blood of a witch?"
He turned to me, "I need a favor." I held my arm out, and Elijah takes it as he gingerly bites it to draw blood. We walk towards the magic circle together. Elijah holds out my wrist and lets the blood fall on the magic boundary line. It starts to fizzle and deteriorate. Elijah is able to get through, and he quickly picks up Rebekah and takes her out of the circle. He reaches for mine and Hayley's hand, and then he vamp-speeds out of there with Rebekah, myself, and Hayley in tow
