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MALIA TATE
TWO— NEW IN TOWN

It had been a month or so since Elijah had disappeared from New Orleans and broke his promise to Malia that he would always protect her. Malia hated that she had trusted the original brother so easily, only to be devastated when Klaus told her that he left. Hayley thought something weird was going on since the rumors about Elijah Mikaelson said he never broke a promise and was completely devoted to all things involving his family, but Malia knew that rumors weren't always true. After all, the rumors about her say she's a ruthless killing machine but she doesn't kill unless she needs to.

Klaus was distant with her as well, not knowing how to interact with the woman carrying his child and instead choosing to stick to the shadows as he watched over her from afar while also building up his relationship with Marcel so he could stab him in the back later.

Malia didn't tell anyone from back home that she was pregnant, only telling the Hale family. She would've told Kira and Scott but she didn't want them to have to keep secrets from the rest of their pack, her former pack. She didn't want anyone else to know, especially not Stiles or Lydia after everything that happened. She wanted them to have no part in her life at least for a while longer. The betrayal still stung even though she swore she wasn't impacted by it anymore.

Hayley and Malia got to spend a lot of time with each other since they were both stuck inside the mansion. While Hayley was free to leave and not come back, she refused to leave her best friend and pack mate behind, the girl she saw as a little sister and even almost like a wolf pup(or, in Malia's case, a coyote pup).

They had been spending time together in the upstairs living room when both picked up on a new scent entering the mansion, smelling like the death scent Malia knew from Klaus but a lot more sweetened. "Vampire" Malia muttered to her pseudo sister, ready to fight. Hayley grabbed a poke stick for the fireplace that was for the fireplace while Malia let her claws out before they made their way to the staircase.

When they reached the top of the staircase, they saw exactly who the intruder was. It was a female with light blonde hair and blue eyes, she looked a lot like Klaus did which clued both girls in that this was probably his sister, Rebekah Mikaelson. Malia retracted her claws back but was ready to fight just in case.

"Who the hell are you?" Malia growled out just in case it wasn't Rebekah. The blonde whipped around and look up at the top of the staircase to see the two brunettes glaring daggers at her as they waited for her to attempt an attack on them.

"Oh, you must be the maids. My bags are in the car, get them, will you?" Malia decided to flash her Werecoyote blue eyes at her words, hinting that the original was wrong. It hadn't scared Rebekah like most people when she did that, the original vampire only grinned back in the realization of who these two girls were.

"Right, you're the werecoyote girl, my brother, Klaus knocked up. I was expecting to see some kind of supernatural, miracle baby bump. Guess you're not showing yet. It's Malia, isn't it?" Rebekah turned her attention to the werewolf. "And you're her werewolf companion, Hayley?" Hayley nodded as she lowered the fire-poker. She had heard the stories and rumors about Rebekah Mikaelson, the girl who was almost a complete mix of both Elijah and Klaus personality-wise.

"You have your brother's manners," Hayley said dryly, still cautious. "And his temper too, so watch it" Rebekah hinted before getting back to her reason she had arrived at the mansion. "Where's Elijah?" She questioned, eyes moving to glance at both girls as she waited for one of them to say something.

"He left" Malia's blunt answer threw Rebekah off-guard, knowing it was far from what Elijah would really do. He talked to his sister on the phone quite a bit after hearing of the situation and he seemed very invested in protecting Malia and the little pup growing inside of her, not even just for his brother's redemption.

"What do you mean he left?" Rebekah's voice rose in denial and frustration. "He left. He promised he would keep me safe and blah, blah blah...he backed out" Malia kept her time neutral and acted as if it didn't bother her but both Hayley and Rebekah could tell that it did, that she had created an instant bond with Elijah and was hurt by him disappearing on her.

"Elijah doesn't break promises, Malia. Which means Niklaus has done something dastardly and Klaus-like" She explained to the girl before calling out for her older brother to arrive. "Klaus! Get out here and tell me what you've done with our brother, you narcissistic, back-stabbing wanker!" Rebekah screeched, making Malia wince due to her semi-sensitive hearing.

Klaus entered the room, swinging the doors open dramatically as he did so. "Enough with all the shouting, little sister" He stopped walking before shooting his sister a knowing look. "I should have known. I assume the six dead vampires were your doing?" After all, Klaus knew his little sister all too well.

"They were very rude. Trying to victimize a poor, innocent girl just trying to find her way to the Quarter. So sorry, were they friends of yours? Oh, that's right, you don't have any friends" Rebekah mocked back, always on edge around the original hybrid.

"I do have friends. I have Marcel" That name struck a chord with Rebekah, remembering the vampire who she had once been hopelessly devoted to. "You remember him, don't you? Yes, of course, you do. He fancies himself the 'King of the Quarter' now, and he has these rules about killing vampires. It'll be fun to see what sort of punishment he comes up with for you" Rebekah scoffed, not caring about her former lover or her brother's antics at this moment. She wanted to make sure her other brother was alive and well without a dagger in his heart.

"I don't care about Marcel or his rules. Elijah doesn't welch on deals. What did you do to him?" Rebekah got straight to the point of her arrival, wanting to make sure Elijah wasn't daggered again, which she suspected is what happened. "Perhaps he's on holiday...or taking a long autumn nap upstairs. Well, go on. Take a look around. You remember this house as well as I" Rebekah, who had gotten up to leave, turned around toward her brother as the memories of living in this mansion came forward in her mind.

"I remember everything" She snapped before describing what happened a few centuries ago. "I remember how the drunken fool of a governor hid away all of our vampire sins in exchange for gold. I remember the lavish parties the governor threw as if to impress you. I remember finding a moment of affection with the governor's son, Emil. And I remember that even Elijah was happy" Rebekah then went on to describe how Klaus ruined his sister's happiness by killing Emil, the one Rebekah loved, as he usually ended up doing. There are very few of Rebekah Mikaelson's former lovers that survived the wrath of Klaus.

"Well, he wasn't good enough for you" Malia shifted her feet awkwardly, wrapping one of her arms around her barely visible baby bump as she and Hayley, who was also visibly uncomfortable, stood there and listened to the sibling's argument. "No one was ever good enough for me, Nik, you made sure of that. Now, where is Elijah?" Klaus' phone buzzed, distracting him from his sister's constant questioning. The hybrid looked at the message before getting ready to leave the mansion.

"Where are you going?" The blonde snarled, demanding answers from the evil hybrid. "It appears the night is not quite over, yet. I'm off for another drink with Marcel" Rebekah frowned at the mention of her ex and her brother hanging out even though Klaus is trying to overthrow his spot as King of New Orleans' supernatural community.

"Elijah told me about your plan to take apart Marcel's empire piece by piece. I don't remember it involving you two drinking New Orleans dry together" Malia was suddenly overwhelmed with the drastic change of Rebekah's scent, the anger she held both at Klaus and Marcel finally hitting her, making Malia's nose wrinkle at the weird smell.

"I know you don't have many friends, Rebekah—" The female Mikaelson held back the urge to roll her eyes at her brother. "—but what some friends do when they get together is they drink. And when they drink, they tell secrets. Marcel has somehow found a way to control the entirety of witches in the Quarter, and I aim to uncover the 'how' so I might take it for myself. Finding Elijah didn't make my to-do list today" Klaus walked to the door, paused, and looking back for a moment.

"Oh, and welcome home, little sister" He finished before finally shutting the door, leaving the mansion just as dramatically as his entrance. Rebekah stood there for a moment, letting everything sink in before turning around to face the two girls who didn't know what to do or how to react to any of what they had just seen.

"You, coyote girl and her pet wolf—" Hayley's growl at Rebekah's nickname for her was ignored by the vampire but her sister grabbed her arm as if to stop her from doing anything dumb at that moment. "I'm going to search this house inch by inch until I find what my evil brother has done to my good one. You're both helping" The two didn't like following her directions but didn't say anything, both not wanting to upset the deadly original vampire.

They tagged along, following behind Rebekah as they went through the house to wherever she was taking them. "The governor had lots of secret rooms. I'll show you his favorite" She brought them into a room that felt more like a dungeon due to the cobwebs and coffins littering the room around them, "How original" Malia scoffed at the irony before turning her attention to Rebekah. "What, do you think he killed Elijah?" Rebekah only laughed at Malia's lack of knowledge of how the original family couldn't be killed by most things.

"We can't be killed, silly girl. That doesn't stop Klaus from finding ways to torture us" Her humored expression turned dark as she continued. "He has a set of mystical silver daggers. One in the heart sends us into a deep slumber. Klaus gets his jollies from keeping us in a box until he decides to pull the dagger out. That must be what he's done to Elijah. This one's mine" She gestured towards the coffin she had been placed in many times by her brother when she angered him enough for him to decide to dagger her.

"He keeps your coffin on standby" Hayley and Malia both shifted closer to the other. "He likes to be prepared for when his family members inevitably disappoint him. Elijah's isn't here, he must've stashed him elsewhere" Malia wrapped her arms around her barely visible baby bump, something she's been doing a lot lately, uncomfortable and starting to get nauseous.

"I feel sick" She muttered mostly towards Hayley as another wave of nausea hit her. "Welcome to the family, love" Rebekah said directly to Malia before speaking to both of them. "You both should've run the second you realized Elijah was gone," Rebekah told them, feeling sympathetic to the two.

"The witches put some sort of hex on her. As long as Malia's carrying this baby, she can't leave unless she wants to die" Rebekah frowned. "Well, knowing Klaus, he's planning a box for both of you the second you give birth, Malia.  I'm leaving as soon as I find Elijah. Being daggered in a box for decades sucks, trust me" Rebekah directly looked at Hayley before saying, "you'd best find a way to break that hex, take your pregnant friend, and run".

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Malia was distraught at everything that they had found out. Klaus kept his family in coffins with daggers in their hearts? When nobody was down in that room, she snuck back and stole two daggers that were supposedly for Rebekah and someone else, deciding to give it to the original later when she came back from wherever she had been. For now, Malia and Hayley were left alone once again in the mansion, a reoccurring theme, she had noticed.

"I'm surprised that Peter Hale hasn't stormed into New Orleans after finding out that you were pregnant and dragged you back to Beacon Hills," Hayley said, popping a handful of popcorn into her mouth after finishing her sentence. Malia, who had been finishing her handful of popcorn that she had shoved into her mouth, snorted in amusement.

"Imagine that. Peter Hale, the former serial killer werewolf, coming to New Orleans because he's finally ready to become a true dad" Malia knew that Peter was a lot better now mentally than he had been the last times she had seen him, but he still had a lot to make up for(such as trying to kill her friends on multiple occasions, using Malia as a pawn in his game to take Scott's power back, and just being an overall "Satan in a v-neck"). He even admitted to Malia that he wasn't ready to take on that dad role yet after everything that happened and she agreed that it wasn't time yet.

They sat in a moment of silence between the two before Hayley spoke again, almost hesitant in her words. "Mal, can I ask you something?" Malia furrowed her eyebrows at Hayley's question before nodding, a hint of concern in her eyes for whatever seemed to be troubling her pseudo older sister.

"Do you want to have this baby? I'm not judging you or anything, but I don't know if anyone's given you the option to not have the baby if you want. It's your body, your choice. You don't have to go through with the pregnancy just because everyone else assumes and wants you to" Hayley asked, worried about the younger coyote who probably wasn't even aware that it was an option for her to make. Hayley didn't want anything forced upon the Hale girl, especially not something she wasn't ready for.

The corners of Malia's lips slightly curved upwards, grateful to have someone like Hayley in her life who wanted Malia to be able to make her own choices. "I want this baby, Hayley, my baby" Was all she said to confirm that Malia wanted this child. It was her kid, not just the Mikaelson miracle baby. It was the newest addition of the Hale family.

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It had only been a few hours later that Rebekah and Klaus returned to the mansion, voices shouting at one another. Apparently, a rogue witch who was against what Sophie Deveraux was doing told a few vampires about the fact that there were werewolves in New Orleans and, luckily, Rebekah had been near and killed the few vampires before they could tell Marcel or anyone else in general. Klaus was angry at Rebekah for killing Marcel's men and putting his position with Marcel in jeopardy.

Malia and Hayley made their way downstairs after hearing all the screaming, concerned about what was going on. "What's going on?" Malia questioned, glancing at both Mikaelson's who looked pissed off at each other. "My dear brother is upset that I ruined his evil plans by saving you two" Rebekah summarized.

"You save our lives?" Malia and Hayley looked grateful at this, an arm curling around her stomach as a habit now. "Don't let her fool you, love, she might've just jeopardized the plan with the witches to sa—" He stopped himself, not wanting to admit that he cared. "To take down Marcel" He failed at smoothing it out, now obvious that he wanted to save Malia and the baby inside her womb.

Rebekah gazed at her brother with a knowing look as she realized that he was struggling to hide the fact that he was becoming protective of his child and the mother of his child. "It's okay to care. It's okay to want something. That's all Elijah was trying to do, all he's ever wanted for you. All we've ever wanted" These words hit Klaus hard, a moment of weakness he'd describe it as, while others would describe it as his humanity showing.

"I gave Elijah to Marcel" Klaus admitted, looking a bit shameful. "What?" Rebekah voiced what all three of the girls were feeling, shocked that he would do something like that to the brother who had always been there for him. "Marcel was nervous. It's bad enough one Original returned to town, but two? His crew was getting antsy. He wanted Elijah gone, so...I gave him a peace offering" Klaus' voice was still a lot softer than usual, his humanity still showing as it appeared as if he regretted what he did.

"You bartered our brother?" The change of tone in Rebekah's voice changed Klaus' mood back to his usual self, erasing his moment of humanity. "I have a plan. Gain Marcel's trust, dismantle his empire, honor Elijah's wish that that baby is born. I am executing that plan the only way I know how. If you don't like it, there's the door. See if I care" He refused to make eye contact with any of them, especially Malia, as he stormed off, leaving the three girls still shocked at everything that had just been uncovered.

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Malia made her way to the porch where she knew that Rebekah was at, her scent a mixture of anger and sadness. "Hey," She greeted the original, hiding the daggers she had stolen previously next to her side as she sat down in the other chair right near Rebekah's. She got a somber smile in return for her greeting.

"Thank you for what you did back there" Rebekah turned her body to face Malia, curious about what she meant. "For killing those vamps to save Hayley and I. You don't know us and yet you did anyway" Rebekah's somber smile turned into a real one. "Us girls have got to look out for each other" She stated.

"Elijah's a good person, he got me to trust him when I only knew him for a few days. He cared for us without knowing who we were at all. I felt betrayed when Kaiden told us he left" Rebekah grinned at Malia not knowing her brother's name still as well as what she had said about Elijah. She had spoken on the phone with Elijah when he first found out about Malia and she could tell how captivated he was over the werecoyote who was pregnant with their brother's child accidentally. She could see what he saw in her.

"I want Elijah found as much as you, so..." Malia grabbed the two daggers that she had hid previously and handed them over to Rebekah who took them in surprise. "If those are the only things keeping you from going to save your brother, then there's nothing stopping you now. I'd do the same for Hayley, she's my sister in all but blood" The two girls shared a smile, bonding over what they'd do to save their "older sibling" who they adored.