14' Poisoned Tree

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Wanda walks with Hayley into the kitchen sensing Kol and Elijah right behind them. Wanda went through the dishes as Hayley was going through the fridge, "Goodmorning" Elijah told Hayley as Kol helped Wanda get two bowls from the shelf down.

"Hey" the wolf smiled, "Look I know me and Hayley are the only ones in this house that drink milk, but would it kill any of you to make sure it's on the grocery list?" Wanda complained.

Elijah chuckled at her, "Speaking off, add bleach." Rebekah said as she walked back into the house, her gloves covered in blood.

Elijah goes through the kitchen as Wanda and Hayley pull out the ice cream. "You know, I do hope my siblings were hospitable to the both of you, in my absence." The older Mikealson said.

"And I am sorry for roping you into this feuding mess, Wanda." Elijah apologized, Wanda shrugged "It's fine, not like I had anywhere else to go." she said.

"Well, in your absence, as you like to call it," Hayley began but Wanda politely cut in "Which is a way-too-polite way of saying that your brother put a dagger in your heart..."

Elijah chuckled as Kol casually slipped his arm around the girl. "I have been attacked by French Quarter vampires, I've had to live in a house with a secret dungeon full of coffins, not to mention Wanda was also shot with arrows and I was nearly murdered by witches who are convinced my baby is Lucifer." Hayley informed.

Kol felt himself grow furious at the thought of those arrows in Wanda, Elijah sets the milk and cereal in front of the two girls.

"Ah, milk." the two said in sync, "They've been fine, your siblings are weirdly protective, I know I have you to thank for that. Plus Kol has been watching Wanda like a hawk." Hayley said smirking at the two, Wanda glared at her friend taking her bowl and starting to eat.

"Well I'm happy to see that your both in one piece, and I also thank you Wanda, Rebekah told me the many times you saved Hayley's life." Elijah thanked the redhead.

"What kind of person would I be if I let my pregnant friend get killed by lunatics?" Wanda grinned, Hayley rolled her eyes at the girl.

"Back to the murderous witches, I have some concerns." Elijah said, "I have plenty" Wanda said, Elijah smiled.

"They're evil. And, my life is still magically linked to Sophie Deveraux, which is not comforting." Hayley reminded. "Yes, I think it's time we took care of that little problem." Elijah smirked.

"I am all for it. As soon as they're unlinked, we get to leave this crap town." Rebekah says while dragging a girls body across the floor "Who do we have to kill?"

"Probably no one." Elijah said, "My dear older brother, that has and never will happen as long as one of us is involved, especially Nik." Kol said to Elijah. Hayley and Wanda raised a brow at Elijah as well.

"Alright, potentially everyone." he states then leaves.

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Rebekah was still scrubbing the floor as Elijah looked through his mothers grimoire, Wanda walks into the room catching Kol's eye.

"Why was I summoned here?" she questions, Elijah ignores her for the moment "Well, in exchange for my freedom, I promised the witch Davina that I would share a few pages from Mother's grimoire. To help her learn to control her magic. I thought we'd begin with a little unlinking spell." he says to his siblings and Wanda.

Klaus, Rebekah, and Kol give each others a knowing look as Wanda just stands there. "Wait, you want to use her to unlink Hayley from Sophie Deveraux?" Rebekah says.

"Sophie brought us here under false pretenses! She doesn't just want us to take down Marcel and his minions, she wants to take Davina back. So, she yolked her own cause to ours, with magic threats and half-truths! Well, no more. As of now, our deal with Sophie Deveraux is null and void." Elijah revealed.

The three siblings grin at their older brother, "Niklaus, Wanda I need you two to come with me. I need five minutes alone with Davina, you Niklaus make sure I am not interrupted, Wanda will come up with me to see Davina" Elijah knew his younger brother was about to throw a fit for taking Wanda so he quickly added "And Kol, Niklaus and I will not let Wanda get hurt you have my word."

Kol looked angry but Wanda locked eyes with him and gave him the smile that could make his dead heart beat again. The younger Mikleason sighed giving in.

"Rebekah, Kol you two stay here and watch Hayley." Elijah stated, "How did I get elected super-nanny?" the blonde questioned.

"More importantly, who put him in charge." Klaus whined as he and Wanda followed Elijah out of the room, Wanda laughed.

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Elijah and Wanda walked up into an attic, Elijah leans on the doorway and Wanda notices a petite girl drawing something with chalk, she had long brunette hair.

Davina looked up from her canvas to see Elijah standing at the doorway holding a spell, Davina's face lit up with excitement, "Come in!" she told the Original.

Elijah walked in but Wanda noticed the girl hadn't seen her yet so she made herself visible, Davina's smile fell. "Who are you?" she demanded.

"That, is my friend, Davina she will not hurt you." Elijah said to the girl, Wanda gave the girl a kind smile, "I'm Wanda Maximoff" She introduced herself.

"Are you a vampire?" Davina questioned, "No, actually she's a bit like you, Davina" Elijah said. Davina looked back at the girl her eyes a bit brighter "Are you a witch?" the young girl asked.

Wanda chuckled nervously "Not exactly, but I won't hurt you" she reassured. "You can come in" Davina told her. Wanda stepped inside taking in the room.

Davina turned her attention back to Elijah, "So! What spell did you bring me?" she asked excited. "Unlinking, you should get a knot for this spell." Elijah told her.

Davina nodded, looking around her room. "So if your not a witch, are you just a human?" Davina asked, Wanda helped the girl look for a knot "No, I do have powers, just not any that you might have seen or even heard of." Wanda told the girl.

Davina looked at Wanda, "Really? Can I see them?" she asked curious, Wanda nodded and held out her palm forming a small ball of chaotic energy, Davina's eyes widened and she looked mesmerized, Elijah also found himself looking at the girls magic.

Wanda retracted her palm, the red energy disappearing. "That's awesome!" Davina shouted finding Wanda's magic beautiful.

Wanda chuckled at the girl "Ok, back to performing your spell little miss." she said, Davina smiled and sat on the floor holding the knot. Elijah handed the girl the spell, "This is a sanguinum knot. The witches use it as representational magic. If you can unknot this using that spell, you will have taken a step towards learning control. This is one of my mother's later spells. It requires much more power than you realize. Now, if you can perform this, then I shall return with another page." Elijah said and went to leave, Wanda behind him.

"Wait!" Davina called out, Elijah and Wanda both turned "Can you come back too?" Davina asked Wanda.

Wanda gave the girl a warm smile, "Of course" she told her, Davina smiled brightly as the two left the attic letting the girl perform the spell.

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Elijah, Klaus, and Wanda walked into Rousseau's kitchen to find Sabine on the floor getting up. "What happened?" Elijah asked, "It was Agnes, her men took Sophie." Sabine said.

"Day one with you in charge, brother, and already the witch linked to Hayley has been abducted by zealots." Klaus says to his brother, Elijah ignores his comment.

"Where is she?" he asked Sabine, "If I tell you where Agnes is, you'll just kill her." Sabine said, "Isn't that obvious?" Klaus said.

"Look, I know she's a little...coo-coo, but she's our last living Elder. That might not mean a lot to you, but it means plenty to us. The Elders are the one ones who can do important spells." Sabine explained.

"Like completing the Harvest ritual?" Elijah said, Sabine looked at him "You know about that?" Wanda chuckled "You'd be astounded by the things they know" she told the witch.

"Allow me to entertain you with today's list of priorities. One, unlink your friend Sophie so she no longer controls the fate of the woman carrying my child. Two, convince my brother to accept my heartfelt apologies for some recently dodgy behavior. Three...there is no three." Klaus said.

"I believe what my brother is attempting to communicate, here, is that neither the life of this Elder, nor the Harvest ritual, nor your coven's connection to magic are of any relevance to him, whatsoever." Elijah said,

"But if you'd like we can Wanda to find out where Sophie is, I'm sure she'd love to go into you're mind" Klaus looked over at Wanda who had a small grin on her face "wouldn't you?"

"Now talk" Elijah said.

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The three found Sophie and broke her free from the chains. "Agnes stuck me with a needle. Cursed objects were created a long time ago. We use them so we don't get busted by Marcel for doing magic. The one she used is called the Needle of Sorrows. It was cursed in 1860 when..." Sophie starts to say.

"Jump ahead a few decades and tell us what it does, love?" Klaus asked impatiently. "It has only one purpose: to kill a child in utero by raising her blood temperature." Sophie revealed.

Wanda, Elijah, and Klaus were stunned and furious, "It's for a miscarriage." Elijah says. Sophie nods "How much time do we have to fix this?" Wanda asked worried.

"It will do what it's meant to by tonight's high tide. And believe me, it will work. I saw her use a similar object on a kid who went mad and killed a bunch of priests." Sophie said to them.

"I'd like to have a chat with this Agnes. Where can I find her?" Klaus asked, "You won't! There are a thousand places she could hole up to wait it out." Sophie said.

"That's precisely why we need to unlink you from Hayley. No more danger toward her or the child." Elijah stated, Sophie shook her head confused "No, what? If I am not linked to Hayley, I lose my leverage on you. We had a deal!" she said.

Wanda rolled her eyes at the witch, of course that's all she cared about. "We are not on the same side, Sophie Deveraux. Our deal no longer stands!" Elijah said.

A witch approached them "Originals!" They shouted, Wanda unleashed her powers creating a huge energy web, the witch was brought down to his knees and was forcibly getting crushed into the floor. She pushed her magic into the ground below the witch making him go under a few feet.

Elijah and Klaus watched with wide eyes at the hole in the ground knowing that witch was at the end of it, Wanda looked back at the two brothers and Sophie. "Don't just stand there, we need to get to Hayley." Wanda said worried for her friend.

Klaus went a separate way, having to take care of something as Elijah and Wanda made their way home, Sophie following behind them.

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