Julie felt uncomfortable. She had never felt more out of place. This had nothing to do with her. Like Elijah had just said, this was "family business".

"I wanted it to be for all of us," Klaus said with a broken voice. She had never seen the hybrid like this. He was scared, he was weak and he had tears in his eyes. He didn't have the courage to look up at his brothers. "A place we could all call home. A place we could all be a family. None of us would ever have to be alone again."

"Oh, you're right," Elijah said. "None of us will be." Julie looked away from the hybrid and looked down at her feet. She had agreed to leave with them, to leave him alone and she knew this was his biggest fear. She felt like the most terrible person on the planet. The Original vampires walked away from Klaus and stood next to each other, all looking at him with despise.

"You're staying behind," Finn said.

"We're leaving you, Nik," Rebekah told her brother. "Right after I kill that doppelganger wench. And then you will be alone. Always and forever."

Julie looked up at the blonde who had every intention of killing Elena. She wasn't ok with that. But how could she stop her? It wasn't the right time to voice her objections anyway.

"If you run," Klaus said. "I will hunt all of you down," he threatened.

"Then you'll become everything you hate," Elijah said. "Our father."

"I'm the hybrid!" he shouted which startled Julie and she fisted Elijah's shirt a little more, not looking up from the ground. A few days ago she would have done anything to have Elijah and Rebekah back, but now she wished she was somewhere else. "I can't be killed! I have nothing to fear from any of you!"

"You will when we have that coffin," Elijah told him and Klaus' anger was replaced by fear. Julie frowned then looked up at him. Killing Klaus was never part of the plan. Elijah wouldn't look away from his brother. She then turned to look at Klaus, worried.

"Oh, you're girlfriend ok with that?"

"She has nothing to do with this."

Suddenly, the door opened and the noise made all of them turn around to see who dared interrupt them. Julie frowned as she saw a pretty woman with blonde long hair and a very old green dress enter the room. All the vampires were taken aback. She looked up at Elijah and she had never seen him so stunned.

"Mother?" Rebekah breathed out. Julie couldn't have been more confused. She looked at all of them and they looked like they were seeing a ghost. She turned to look at Klaus and she only saw fear. The Original vampires couldn't move their eyes from their mother as she walked pass them. She stopped in front of Klaus who didn't have the courage to look at his own mother.

"Look at me," she ordered and he painfully obeyed. "Do you know why I'm here?" she asked.

"You're here to kill me," he whispered. Julie was scared. This woman was a witch that had created the first vampires. She survived Klaus and after a thousand years she was still alive. She had every reason to be scared of that woman and even more that she was an elemental and Elijah had just told her that witches hated her kind.

"Niklaus you are my son," she said. "And I am here to forgive you." Klaus paused for a second. He couldn't believe it, he was speechless. All of them were. Julie didn't understand what was happening. The Original witch took her son's hand and turned to face her children. "I want us to be a family again."

At that moment, Julie wished she could just disappear. This was none of her business. Elijah let go of her and she looked up at him but he couldn't look away from his mother. She moved her hands on her arms, rubbing them like someone would do when they were cold but she wasn't cold, it was more like she tried to erase herself from the room. The witch's eyes fell on her and she shivered as their gaze met.

"I'm gonna..." she whispered. "Leave." She gave a look to Rebekah as she was about to walk away but Elijah stopped her.

"Mother, this is Julie," he said and she looked up at him. She quickly turned around to face the witch. She couldn't tell what she was thinking.

"It's nice to meet you...uh..."

"Esther," she said. "Call me Esther. It is nice to meet you as well," she nodded. "Could you give me and my children a moment alone?" she asked.

"Of course," she nodded energetically, she couldn't wait to leave the room. "Absolutely. I'm so sorry," she awkwardly apologized. She looked up at Elijah who seemed amused and then turned to look at Rebekah before she walked out of the room without turning back.

She got back to her room and sat on her bed trying to make sense of what had just happened. They were supposed to leave, obviously this wasn't happening anymore. Esther, Elijah's mother, was back from the dead and what was going to happen next was a total mystery. Julie sighed. If they weren't going anywhere, it meant she had to unpack, again.

When the door opened an hour later she expected to see Elijah but she met with Rebekah instead.

"I need clothes," she said. "I have to get out of this dress," she sighed. Julie chuckled.

"Nice to see you again, Rebekah," she smiled and the blonde smiled back.

"Glad to see that your survived my brother," she said.

"You didn't survive Elena," Julie said. "Are you going after her?"

Rebekah grinned. "You know me." Julie sighed.

"Are you going to kill her?" she asked, worried.

"She stabbed me in the back, it hurt."

Julie looked down, she had nothing more to say. "I don't think any of my clothes would actually fit you. You're taller than I am," she told her as she opened her dresser.

"I'm sure it'll be fine," she said.

Julie gave her what she needed and Rebekah didn't stick around too long, she left the house to look for the Gilbert girl and only one of her brothers could stop her. When Elijah came in the room he looked lost in his thoughts.

"Are you okay?" she asked. He looked up and nodded. "Rebekah left," she told him and he wondered why it was relevant. "To go after Elena." Elijah closed his eyes, disappointed and sighed.

"I should go," he said.

"Yeah..."

He smiled and kissed the top of her head. "I'm sorry about tonight. I know it wasn't easy."

"It was...unexpected," she said, trying to be funny and he laughed. "I'm just happy for you."

"My mother wants to stay here," he told her.

Julie nodded. "I doubt the Salvatores will be happy with that."

"We'll deal with the Salvatores tomorrow, now I have to deal with my sister," he sighed.

"Go," she said before she tiptoed to kiss his cheek.

"Don't leave the room," he told her, he didn't mean to scare her and he was pretty sure his brothers wouldn't hurt her but he didn't want to imagine her alone with them. Julie frowned but nodded.

"I'm exhausted," she told him. "I'll stay here." He smiled and kissed her forehead.

"I'll be back soon," he said before he left the room.

Julie woke up in Elijah's arms. She didn't fall asleep right away but she didn't remember Elijah coming back the night before. She tried not to move so she wouldn't wake him. She had been waiting months to have him back and she wanted to enjoy this moment as long as possible. The clock on the wall indicated it was 8:30. She listened to his breathing as she moved her finger on his chest, tracing invisible random patterns. He woke up half an hour after she did. She felt him move and looked up as he took her hand in his.

"Hey," she smiled.

"Good morning," he whispered.

"How did it go last night?"

"Rebekah wasn't happy I stopped her," he sighed. "But I had a talk with Ms. Gilbert."

"What about?"

"My mother. I informed her my family was settling here."

"This is so weird..." she said and he chuckled.

"That is the word." She smiled and propped herself on her elbow.

"What's going to happen now?"

"I don't know," he said, placing his left arm behind his head and stroking her hair with his other hand. "What do you want to do now?" he asked. She thought about it for a moment, it was a good question.

"I want to practice my magic," she told him. "I want you to tell me more about who I am." He smiled and nodded.

"I will."

He rolled over so she was lying on his back and he was on top of her. She laughed and placed her hands on each side of his face.

"What are you doing?"

He grinned and leaned to kiss her. This wasn't a simple kiss. The way he moved his lips on hers and his hands down her body surprised her. She had never been touched this way before and he had never kissed her like that. She had no idea what to do. She slid her fingers in his hair and kissed him back. His hands moved on her waist as he kissed her cheek and her jawline then her neck. She gasped at the unfamiliar contact of his fingers on her skin as he slid his hands under her shirt. His lips wandered down her throat and found her cleavage where no lips had been before. She had lost the capacity to think, at this moment, all she could feel was his hot breath on her skin and his fingers on her stomach. She moved her hands down the back of his neck as he kissed his way back up her throat and she gasped again when she felt his sharp teeth graze her skin. She might have heard him growled as she fisted her hand in his hair. He slightly moved away and looked for her gaze. He met her big innocent eyes and saw how red her cheeks were. He grinned and she would have blushed even more if it had been humanly possible. She moved her hands to his shoulders and gave him a shy smile.

"What?" she nervously laughed at his silence and he shook his head and gave her a quick kiss before he sat up. She watched him, still out of breath, get up and run a hand through his hair.

"Come on," he said. "We're late."

"Late?" she frowned. "For what?" she asked, getting up.

"My mother decided to throw a ball to introduce us to the town," he told her. "Tonight."

"Tonight?" she echoed. "She works fast," she chuckled. In the next second, he was in front of her which startled her.

"Sorry," he smiled. "Would you accompany me tonight?" he asked and she smiled and nodded.

"Of course." He smiled back, kissed her forehead and started to walk away but she took his hand and stopped him. He wondered why she looked so guilty. "Is..." she cleared her throat. "Is Klaus gonna be mad?" she whispered. Elijah sighed. Of course she was going to worry about hurting his feelings. He cupped her cheek in his right hand and smiled.

"Don't worry about my brother," he said. "Don't worry about anything." She tilted her head and frowned, wondering what he meant. She took his hand and tiptoed to kiss him.

"I'm gonna get ready."

"I will be in the kitchen," he nodded.

She found Elijah with his brother Kol sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee.

"Hello, love," he grinned when she entered the room.

"Hello," she smiled. "Where's Rebekah?" she asked.

"Shopping for dresses?" he mocked.

"She's actually waiting for you," Elijah told her. "Jennifer made breakfast," he said, showing her the waffles on the table.

"Who's Jennifer?" she asked, walking towards him.

"One of Klaus' girls," he sighed. "You know nobody does anything around here."

"I'm just started to get that," she said, sitting down next to him. She took a strawberry off the plate and brought it to her mouth.

"So how did you two meet, exactly?" Kol asked with a grin. "Humans usually end up as our dessert not as our girlfriends."

Elijah frowned and laughed.

"It wasn't funny," she said.

"I know, I'm sorry," he laughed.

"You cut someone's head off in front of me. I passed out! It wasn't funny!"

"I know, I'm sorry," he repeated, turning his head to see her unamused face.

"Seems like an interesting story," Kol chuckled.

"Julie was kidnapped with Ms. Gilbert by two vampires that had helped Katerina escape."

"Why did they take you too?" he asked.

"I was a complication," she told him.

"But how did you two become a thing?" he asked. "Because I would've killed you before learning your name," he laughed.

"Kol," Elijah said with a threatening tone. His brother laughed and leaned back in his chair.

"I'm just kidding, brother. I won't hurt your girlfriend. I'm not Klaus."

"So..." Julie cleared her throat. "How come your siblings have an English accent and you don't?"

Elijah laughed. She changed the subject like his brother's threat was nothing. Maybe she was used to being threatened by vampires. Or perhaps she knew Elijah would protect her no matter what.

Rebekah entered the kitchen and interrupted them.

"I need a date," she sighed, sitting between his brothers and looking at Julie.

"And you're asking me?" Julie joked which made Elijah and Kol laugh.

"You're funny," Rebekah said, unamused. "Any ideas?"

"I don't know," Julie shrugged. "I don't have friends in this town, remember?"

"What about Matt?" she asked. "I never got to go to the homecoming. Do you think he'll still want to go out with me?" Her question made Kol laugh. "What are you laughing at?"

"You, sister. Why does it matter who you take to the ball? Pick a human good looking enough and eat him before midnight."

Elijah sighed. "Mother specifically instructed us not to hurt anyone," he reminded his brother.

"Mother doesn't have to know."

"You speak like an idiot, Kol," his sister told him. "What about you, Julie? I'm sure you're going to need a dress. Come with me."

"I'm eating breakfast," Julie told her as she brought a piece of waffle to her mouth.

"Don't you need a dress?"

"I do," she nodded. "But I'm eating waffles," she said which amused Elijah.

"You know I don't like to wait," Rebekah told her.

"You do know I need to eat, right?" she asked. Rebekah growled, sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Hurry up," she told her before she left the room.

"My sister likes you," Elijah told her.

"I like her too," she said, eating the waffle.

After breakfast, Julie met with Rebekah in one of the huge house's living rooms. There were plenty of suits for her brothers to choose from and many dresses waiting for her. Rebekah insisted they got their nails done before anything else so while Finn, Elijah and Kol were trying on suits, Julie and Rebekah were sitting on the couch, getting a manicure.

"Rebekah," Kol said as he was looking at himself in the mirror. "Tell me how handsome I am."

"Oh, Kol you know I can't be compelled," she answered which amused her brothers.

Klaus burst in the room, opening violently the door which banged on the wall.

"You went after Elena," he growled at his sister. "What is wrong with you?"

"Here we go," she smiled and sighed.

"Do you want another dagger in your heart?" he threatened which made Julie roll her eyes and sigh.

"Again with the dagger threat?" Kol asked. "Don't you have any other tricks?"

"Oh, go back to staring at yourself," Klaus said.

"And who are you? My father?"

"No, Kol, but you're in my house."

"Then perhaps we should go outside," Kol said.

Julie watched the two brothers fight worried they might actually hurt each other. The two of them were interrupted by their mother who entered the room.

"Enough!" she said, loud. "Niklaus, come," she told her son but she was looking at Julie. When she stepped out a few seconds later, Julie noticed she had stopped breathing and she took a deep breath and brought a hand to her forehead as a sudden headache blurred her vision and made her feel like she was going to pass out.

"You okay?" Rebekah asked. Julie cried out as the headache got stronger before it disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Elijah asked, worried, squatting down in front of her.

"Headache," she said, confused and a little scared. "It's gone..."

"Does that happen often to you?" Rebekah asked.

"Never," Julie shook her head. "I don't know what happened. Maybe I haven't eaten enough," she told the blonde who rolled her eyes and shrugged. Elijah still looked worried and she gave him a small smile. "I'm fine," she assured him.

"Maybe you should rest," Elijah told Julie. She didn't hear him right away, confused and lost in her thoughts. She knew his mother had something to do with what had just happened, but had she done it on purpose? She nodded and left the room without saying anything.

"Humans are so fragile," Kol chuckled.

"Julie is not human," Elijah told his brother but it's all he was going to say.

"What do you mean Julie's not human?" Rebekah asked.

Julie wandered in the house, distracted. Witches and elementals never were the best of friends. She felt Esther didn't like her, even though they had only spoken once the night before. She lied down on the bed and tried to relax. Maybe she was just paranoid and Esther had nothing against her but she just couldn't ignore the feeling. A few minutes had passed and she didn't move as she heard the door open. Elijah walked towards the bed and put a hand on her shoulder as she was lying on her side and he faced her back.

"Are you feeling better?" he asked. She moved so she was lying on her back and gave him a small smile.

"I'm fine," she told him. "It was just a headache."

"It seemed painful," he said and she saw he was worried.

"Elijah, I don't know what happened," she told him. "I'm sure it's fine. It never happened to me before."

"But if it happens again..."

"I'll tell you," she said. "I'll be fine," she smiled. He sighed and nodded.

"My sister is looking for you."

"Why?"

"She wants you to come with her to the Grill."

"Why?" she repeated.

"I don't know," Elijah sighed. "But she's waiting for you."

"I'll go then," she sighed. She kissed his cheek before she left the room. He watched her walk away, still worried. Julie found Rebekah waiting for her in the hall, she looked nervous.

"What is this I hear you're not human?" she asked. Julie frowned, confused.

"What?"

"My brother said you weren't human. Did you figure out why you couldn't be compelled while I was daggered?" she asked.

"Oh, that," Julie sighed. "Yeah..." she nodded, walking pass her.

"So? What are you?" she asked.

"I'm...an elemental," she said, opening the front door. Rebekah followed her out of the house, thinking she had misheard her.

"What? That's impossible!" she said. "Elementals are extinct!"

"What do you want me to say?" she asked.

"I can't believe this...So...What element can you control?" she asked.

Julie kept answering the blonde's questions as she drove to the Mystic Grill. She left out the part where she was friend with Katherine and that's how she had found out she wasn't human. When the two friends entered the restaurant Rebekah immediately spotted Elena and Caroline, talking at a table. The blonde walked towards them and Julie followed her, knowing she wasn't stupid enough to try and hurt Elena in front of everyone.

"Careful Caroline," she interrupted the two friends. "It's all well and goof till she stabs you in the back."

"What are you doing here?" the doppelganger asked. "I know your mom's rules, no hurting the locals," she said, moving her eyes from the blonde to Julie then back to the vampire.