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2.15

I was walking through the town with Mum. I smiled at the music and when she glanced at me, Mum smiled probably happy that I was enjoying myself on our trip. Her smile turned into a frown and I figured it had to do with Klaus and Elijah. We stopped to look at a booth when Mum looked up. She grabbed my wrist and muttered, "Let's go."

I didn't question her as she dragged me along with her. She dragged me behind her as we hurried through the crowds. Someone bumped into Mum's shoulder but he continued on while she stopped. I knew this was where the Mikaelson temper would get her in trouble. Mum snarked, "Excuse you too."

The man turned around to face her and I had a bad feeling. We immediately turned and started to run through the crowd. We eventually ran into an alleyway but it was a dead end. The two of us turned around and Mum pushed me behind her as the two men stopped at the beginning of the alleyway. Mum asked, "Are you two looking for something, besides a smack in the jaw?"

The two men walked towards us and the first one ignored her comment as he informed: "You will die for what you've done."

She tried to use magic but couldn't and groaned, "Stupid bloody magic."

I immediately started to try but found I couldn't. The first man pulled something out and shook it. Mum started to scream in pain and pressed her fingers to her temples before going to her knees. I knew that if I was angry enough I could generate enough magic that even multiple witches couldn't block. I focused but found myself thrown back.

Someone caught me in the air and I grabbed onto their shirt with my left since my right was around the person's shoulders. I looked up to see Zach. Both of the other witches were thrown to the side by Marcel. He looked at her and I made no move to get out of Zach's arms especially if he was going to run with me. Marcel informed, "There's more on the way." He turned to look at Mum and held out his hand. "We should probably go." Mum looked back at me before looking down. "Rebekah."

Mum questioned, "How do you know?"

Immediately Marcel bent down and pulled her up as he asked, "Can we talk about that later? We don't have all day."

I felt the wind hitting my face as Zach took off in a run.

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I sat on the couch as I watched Mum pace back and forth. Marcel poured himself a drink before looking at his watch. Marcel commented, "You have spoken a word for 30 minutes." Mum continued to pace. "31. Fine, I'll answer for you. 'Thank you for rescuing me, Marcel. It's so good of you to still care even though no one told you I was back.'"

Mum informed, "I asked them not to."

Zach looked at me in surprise. I shrugged as Marcel shook his head, "There she is. Why?"

Mum answered, "It's complicated."

Zach scoffed, "Our lives are always complicated."

Mum glanced at him before looking back at Marcel and asked: "How did you find me, anyway?"

That was my question as well. Marcel put his drink down before getting up and walking towards Mum. Marcel stated, "I knew you were you, I knew you were up to something, so I followed you. Ok?" I was curious as to why Zach was following me and if he normally followed me around when I wasn't with him. "And it's a good thing that I did. That market is bad news."

That confused me. Zach explained, "The Treme witches are not friendly to outsiders. What were you doing there?"

I thought for a moment before answering, "Looking for anything to help boost our magic." Zach raised an eyebrow at me. "Mum promised Kol to bring him back. She can't do that as an amuteur-hour witch." Mum looked at me in disbelief. "You are one. You literally just started practicing magic. I'd be glad to bring him back for you, but my powers are too uncontrollable."