Fire & Flame | Klaus Mikaelson

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20. The Originals

"She's the calmest desiccating vampire I've ever seen" Damon complained as he poured himself and Stefan a glass of bourbon each while the two brothers stood in the Salvatore's library, discussing humanity less Elena who they had trapped in their basement cellar, "I remember when you starved me down there for three days, I would've wept at your feet for an orange peel".

Stefan took the glass of bourbon from Damon's hand, "Look, she's not gonna beg for blood, begging means desperation, emotion, she's still in no humanity zone".

"How hungry does she have to be before we can torture some feelings back into her?" Damon wondered.

"A lot hungrier than she is now, apparently" Stefan said, taking a sip of the bourbon in his hand.

"So, what are we supposed to do in the meantime?" Damon asked.

"Maybe I can provide a little excitement", both Damon and Stefan turned towards the entrance of their library and immediately frowns appeared on both on their faces seeing Katherine standing there.

"Katherine" a confused Stefan said, wondering what was the Pierce vampire doing here, she hasn't been in Mystic Falls because of Klaus.

"The one and only" Katherine said, "Sort of, so when's the welcome home party?".

"Wow" Damon comment as Katherine walked over to the bourbon, "Look who went and got bold, last time I checked, Klaus was plotting your eternal demise".

"Well, it doesn't matter anymore, because Klaus and his little girlfriend, your so called best friend Stefan, they are both gone" Katherine informed.

"They're not gone, they're just taking a small trip to New Orleans" Stefan retorted, him and her mother being the only two Lily informed before leaving town.

"Trust me Stefan, once Lily and Klaus find out why the witches are plotting against them, they're not gonna be coming back here" a smug Katherine stated, hearing Katherine's words, immediately caused worry to start raising in Stefan's heart, he really hoped going to New Orleans wasn't going to land Lily in some kind of trouble.

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New Orleans

The moment Klaus and Lily arrived in New Orleans, they both decided to separate and meet each other at night as they both had two different goals in their mind, Lily had to find Hayley and Klaus had to find the witch plotting against them, and they knew they'd get things done faster if they went their separate ways but promised to keep each other posted.

"Third time in here this week" the bartender told Hayley, who sat on the bar doing some work.

"I'm obsessed with the gumbo, Jane-Anne" Hayley praised.

"The old ladies in the ninth ward say my sister Sophie bleeds a piece of her soul into every dish" Jane-Anne informed as she poured a drink into a glass, she placed the glass infront of Hayley but before Hayley could grab it, someone else did.

An annoyed Hayley looked at the person who grabbed her drink and her eyes went wide seeing Lily, "Lily".

"Hayley" Lily greeted, she downed the drink and placed the glass on the bar counter and took a seat next to Hayley.