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the evening with my boys,

Wait when did they become my boys.

Shoot I'm getting attached to them, I need to maintain my distance.

But anyway, after spending the evening with the guys, Enzo and Damon spoke with each other and they've become friends again. Enzo and I then went back to my house for the evening despite the numerous requests to stay at the boarding house.

Cass?

Yes Little One?

Is Niklaus in town yet?

Yes he arrived last night.

Wow that was quick, he still has three more days until the spell needs to be completed. Is he in Alaric's body?

Yes he is currently in possession of it.

Thank you Cass.

Hmmm time for a trip to New Orleans me thinks. I don't want Niklaus to kill me just yet for killing Katerina.

Sighing I get out of bed and start to get dressed in my rudimentary jeans and hoodie.

'Enzo?' I call out to him, I'm sure he's up by now.

'Yes love?' He grumbles at me, I think he's still cross about the whole British Crumpet thing.

'Fancy a trip to New Orleans?'

'Yessssss!'

We quickly call Damon and it turns out that he and Elijah are watching Elena as she's on house arrest.

It's funny because I thought somebody else did that, certainly not Elijah.

Must be repercussions of me changing the plot.

We quickly drive over there and I find a sulking Elena sitting on the couch while Elijah and Damon are in the kitchen looking bored.

'Honey I'm home' I mockingly call out.

Instantly Elijah's and Damon's faces light up and they race over to hug me.

'That's a nice reaction, I must say. I didn't think you'd be baby sitting Elijah' I tell them as I ignore the glares Elena is sending me.

Jeez that girl has to calm down.

'Damon persuaded me and promised he'd buy me a bottle of my favourite bourbon' Elijah grimaces while Damon just rolls his eyes.

'Well I came over to say I'm popping to New Orleans with Enzo for a day, to sort out some witches and to meet somebody. Damon I know you'll want to come but I want you to stay here and make sure Elena doesn't do anything stupid, plus you need to hold a meeting with everyone, discussing Niklaus'

'Hey! I'm trying to stop Klaus from killing-' Elena starts to protest at my words and I just cut her off.

'Elena shut it. You're not as involved in the spell as you were before, Klaus won't kill members of you family so long as you cooperate' I snap at her.

'Easy tiger' Damon softly says to me and I feel myself calming down at my mates presence.

'May I join you to New Orleans?' Elijah asks, polite as always.

'I would love for you to but you can't as I need the person I'm meeting to not realise I'm the mate of an Original' I tell him sadly as I want to spend equal amounts of time with them but it's more difficult than I thought.

I hear somebody coming down the stairs and I assume it's Jenna or Jeremy so I don't turn around to acknowledge them.

'Damon can we-'

'Who are you?' I hear a familiar voice say.

I feel a warm tingling on my left hip and I spun around to come face to face with none other than Little Gilbert.

'Umm, I'm Crystal Waters' I quietly tell him.

He's staring at me with an intense look on his face and I can't remember if he knows about the supernatural or not.

'Jer, she's the one I told you about' I hear Elena whine from the couch but he's not playing any attention to her as we just stare at each other.

He moves forward in one big stride and wraps me into a hug.

I hear growls all around me and he's suddenly ripped off me. My face is against Damon's chest as I hear Enzo and Elijah growling at Jeremy.

'Uh calm yourself guys, he's one of my other mates' I tell them as best as I could as my face was currently being smushed into Damon's chest.

'Damon let her go' I hear Elijah sigh.

'Okay what just happened?' Elena glares at me and I send a strong gust of air that topples her backwards into the floor.

'Oops my bad' I smile sweetly.

'You're my mate?' Jeremy looks at me with a soft look on his face.

'I am but how do you know?' I ask him confused, his knowledge of the supernatural world isn't that big at the moment.

'Elena needed to blow off some steam and Stefan told her about mates and that you have six of them' He said sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck.

Awww he's so adorable!!

'It's true I do and you're one of them'

'Jeremy, go with her to New Orleans, it would be better if she had protection' Damon tells Jeremy with a fierce look on his face.

'Hey what am I?' Enzo mock hits Damon on the arm as I giggle at his reaction.

They start to mock wrestle on the kitchen floor and I can't stop laughing at their childish antics.

'Damon, Enzo stop it. Jeremy please accompany Crystal to New Orleans to protect her and to spend some time together' Elijah scolds Enzo and Damon, before looking at Jeremy with a bit of expectation on his face.

'Yeah of course I will' Jeremy happily says, it'll be good for him to get some time away from this god forsaken town.

'Wait Jeremy no! You can't just run off to New Orleans with her. You have to stay here' Elena tries to tell him but my bear won't take it.

Yes that's right, he's my bear because he's all fluffy like a teddy but is as fierce as a bear.

'No Elena, you aren't deciding what can or can't do in my life. I am going to New Orleans with Crystal because she is my mate and I would do anything to protect her.' At this point Damon and Enzo have stopped wrestling and are standing next to Elijah, they all have a look of pride on their face at Jeremy's words.

'Come on Enzo,Jeremy. New Orleans are awaiting!!' I hug Damon and Elijah goodbye before dragging Jeremy and Enzo our the door. 'Good riddance Elena!'

Say goodbye to your magic New Orleans witches, I'm coming to town.

It doesn't take long but me and my boys make it to New Orleans with no scratches.

We've booked in at a hotel and now we're going to Rousseau's to meet the person I want to see.

We walk in and it's already pretty full, I see my target and I quickly perform a spell I've been sitting on for a while.

'I'm going to go to the bar to meet Marcellus, can you find us a table?' I say to Enzo and Jeremy.

They nod their heads and Jeremy gets out his phone while following after Enzo.

I sit down next to Marcellus at the bar and he raises his head at looks at me.

'Hello Marcellus' I greet him.

'H-h-how?' He splutters at me and it's quite amusing.

'It's magic' I grin at him.

He narrows his eyes and I see his men tense up in the corner of my eye.

'You're a witch?' He growls.

'Yes and no but I wanted to tell you that I cut off the quarter witches from their ancestral magic as they were using it for bad things.'

I flag the bartender down to bring me a drink and I get off the bar stool to head back to my boys.

'You did what?!' He hisses.

'You heard me vampy pants. Be nice to Davina still otherwise you heart will no longer be with your body' I quietly snarl at him, while raising my hand and making a clenching motion so then he feels the pain I'm creating around his heart.

I head over to the table that Enzo and Jeremy have got, they raise an eyebrow at my actions and I just shrug.

'The witches were doing bad things and I had to stop them, threatening Marcellus was just a bonus' I tell them, chuckling slightly.

'Crazy girl' Jeremy smiles at me and Enzo nods in agreement.

'But you love me for it'

Damon,Stefan,Elijah,Caroline,Elena,Bonnie and Alaric were sitting in the living room of the Salvatore Boarding House listening to Damon explain the possible threat of Klaus arriving.

'Crystal did change the spell successfully but we still don't know if he wants to kill Elena. We also know it's a possibility he will want to kill Crystal' Damon explains to the confused group of people.

'Crystal? Why?' Bonnie speak up, she knew that the mysterious new girl had caused a stir with Elena but she didn't understand about Klaus.

'Our little mate killed Katerina' Elijah calmly told them.

Gasps filled the room and horror struck faces stared at a calm Damon and Elijah.

'She did what?!' Elena and Stefan cried, although they didn't like the vampire doppelgänger, they still felt resentment at the fact Crystal killed her.

'It was perfectly reasonable of Crystal' Elijah told them with narrowed eyes at Stefan and Elena.

'Wait, you said our mate' Bonnie realised.

'Crystal Waters'

Alaric suddenly sat up at these words, not that anyone was playing enough attention to question it.

'Is mine,Elijah's, Jeremy's and Enzo's mate. Plus two more unknown individuals. Hence why we want no harm to come to her' Damon informed the group.

A ding rang through the room and Elijah pulled his phone out of his jacket pocket.

A rare shocked and worried look appeared on his face surprising everyone, particularly Alaric.

'What is it Elijah? Is it Crystal?' Damon panics, gaining more surprised looks from Elena and Stefan.

'Please I'm sure she's fine, not that it matters anyway' Elena scoffs, rolling her eyes at Damon's behaviour.

'Damon, Jeremy texted who Crystal was meeting and what she did' Elijah says just as Damon was about to tear into Elena.

'Who?'

'She cut off the quarter witches of New Orleans from their ancestral magic and she threatened a vampire named Marcellus' Elijah told him.

Alaric took a swift intake of breath at the name he hadn't hear for many years, again his strange behaviour going unnoticed by the group.

'Elijah do you know him?' Damon quickly asked, guessing that he did from the shocked look on his face.

'He was particular close with Niklaus and my sister Rebekah. It's why Crystal didn't want me to go with her as she knew I wouldn't let her speak to him' Elijah realised out loud, memories of his time in New Orleans flashing through his head.

'She can't just cut witches off from their magic! She needs to be dealt with' Bonnie cried, Elena nodded her head furiously, thrilled to have someone else that dislikes the newcomer.

'I wonder Ms Bennet if you know the reason behind it?' Elijah calmly states, his usual collected self returning.

'There's no reason good enough' Bonnie furiously states.

'How powerful exactly is this girl?' Alaric speaks up for the first time that evening.

'More powerful than you could imagine, she's a hybrid' Damon states, looking Alaric straight in the eye.

The room quieted at the new information and Alaric wondered exactly what he was up against.