It was a good day to drop by Mystic Falls and have a little fun. Especially when the Salvatores were the true focus. Katherine was bound to have fun, toying with Elena, Caroline, and Bonnie, juggling the Salvatores.

A quick bite wouldn't hurt. Well, not her anyway.

She walked through the town to see who would be the lucky winner today. While searching for her meal, she bumped into someone. She looked up and the woman she bumped into spoke, "May I help you?"

Katherine gave her a look and said, "Maybe by watching where you're going. Sure."

"You bumped into her." Another woman standing beside her spoke.

"So maybe you should be watching where you're going." A third woman said.

Katherine rolled her eyes and began to keep walking before she saw a child standing next to the women. He looked afraid, fidgeting with his hands and shifting on his feet. She looked up at the three women and spoke, "Are you new here? I haven't seen you around..."

The taller one spoke, "What's it to you?"

Katherine took a step forward, effectively stepping into their space as she spoke, "I know a lot of people here, you aren't one of them."

The boy looked up at her, a hint of fear in her eyes. The fear wasn't for himself or for the women, it was for Katherine. He didn't want someone to get hurt. He softly cleared his throat, "What's the next thing on the list, Saoirse?"

The woman in the middle looked down at the boy, a small smile on her lips as she said, "Right. Let's go then, sisters. Leave her be." When Saoirse had bent over, Katherine snuck a look at the list in her hand. Those ingredients were definitely not for any humans.

"Witches? Should've known." Katherine spoke as the sisters passed her.

They turned around and the boy gulped. Katherine crossed her arms and tilted her head. "And a vampire. We already did know. Run along now. Don't want anyone getting hurt, do we?" The taller one said.

"Come now, Ciara, no need to get hostile." Saoirse spoke, "What is it you want, vampire?"

Katherine shrugged, "What are you doing with the boy?"

"None of your concern, really." The shortest one spoke.

Katherine looked at her and then back to the boy, who was very uncomfortable with the situation. "Did they hurt you?" Katherine asked. He shook his head. "Are they going to?"

He didn't do anything then, only looked at his feet. He didn't know how to answer, he didn't know if they were going to hurt him or not. "What are you doing with the kid?" She asked again.

The witches sighed, "If we tell you that, we'll have to kill you."

"Are you going to kill him?" She asked, unfolding her arms.

The shortest one shook her head, "Heavens no. We would never kill a child."

Saoirse rolled her eyes, "This is a young witch....for the most part. We need his power, then we let him go. That's it."

Katherine thought over their words. If it was just another person, she would have kept walking, she couldn't care less. But she wouldn't want a child to get hurt, no matter what someone would think. She sighed, "You take his magic and then you let him go? Where?"

"Back to his family, of course." Ciara spoke.

Katherine took another moment to think before she finally spoke, "If I help you find what you're looking for, you give me the kid and I'll take him back to his family. Unharmed."

The sisters exchanged a look, thinking it over with each other. They sighed and Saoirse spoke, "Fine. We have a deal. Here is our list." She waved her hand and added, "Our number is on the bottom of the paper. Call us when you're done. No delays."

Katherine gave her a look, not liking the fact that she was barking orders. "What do I call you?" She asked.

Saoirse gestured to her sisters, "I am Saoirse, this is my younger sister, Roisin, and this is my elder sister, Ciara. This is William."

The little boy looked away and Katherine introduced, "Call me Katherine."

~

Later on that day, Elijah and Y/N went to the Grill. Elijah, with all his calm, was able to keep Y/N's stress down with little chatter while they waited for something, anything to pop up regarding Ethan.

While they sat at the bar, a familiar voice popped up next to her. "Day drinking? I thought that was my thing." Damon said, taking a seat in a stool next to her. Y/N rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you have news or something? Or are you just trying to annoy me?"

Damon shrugged, "Do I need a reason?"

"Yes." Elijah and Y/N responded in unison.

Damon held his hands up, "Just came for a drink."

"Then sit over there. No need to sit next to me." Y/N told him.

Damon shrugged his shoulders and moved over a seat to give her the space she wanted. She sighed and looked back at Elijah, who gave her a smile.

A few moments later, more annoyance walked in when the other Salvatore walked into the bar. He walked up to Damon and asked, "Guess who's in town?"

Damon shrugged, "Do I need or want to care?"

"Probably. It's Katherine." Stefan told him, his voice irritated and tired.

Elijah's head snapped up and over to Stefan as soon as he said the name. "Would you mind repeating that?" He asked, standing from his seat.

Stefan told him, "Katherine's in town."

Elijah looked down at his glass on the bar and clenched his jaw once. Y/N felt a ping of jealousy as she saw Elijah's reaction. She asked, "Do you know her?"

"I would hope so." Said a female voice walking up behind them. They all turned around to see a...Elena?...walking up to them. Elijah clenched his jaw again as he let out a breath. Katherine gave him a smile as she walked up to him.

"Katerina." Elijah spoke. Y/N furrowed her brow. She looked exactly like Elena.

"Miss me?" Katherine asked, walking up and beginning to place her hand on his shoulder. Elijah's hand came up and grabbed her wrist before she could touch him. He took a single step closer to Y/N as he told Katherine, "Not especially."

Katherine looked between her and Elijah, raising a brow. "Her? You chose her? Elijah, darling, your standards are getting quite low."

Elijah clenched his jaw at her insult toward Y/N, trying his hardest to maintain composure. Y/N could help but feel a wave of jealousy roll over her. She was one of Elijah's former suitors.

Elijah spoke as calmly as he could, "I'd advise you watch your tongue."

"What are you even doing in Mystic Falls, Katherine?" Stefan asked her, breaking the rising tension between the three. She turned her attention from Elijah and looked back at him, a smirk returning to her face as she said, "I was coming to see you boys, but I ran into some...business."

"What business would you have here?" Elijah asked, narrowing her eyes.

She shrugged, "You first."

"Family business, your turn."

"What kind of family business? Did Klaus do something again? Is he here?" She simply said.

Elijah sighed, "That's really none of your concern, Katerina, you are not family."

"And she is?" Katherine said, pointing at Y/N. Y/N took a step forward, clenching her jaw and trying to keep her fists from clenching as well. She didn't want to fight in front of all of these humans, but she was ready to defend her family.

Elijah wrapped a hand around her waist and brought her back over to her side to calm her down enough, "She most certainly is."

Katherine clenched her jaw slightly and eyed Y/N. Damon spoke, "How about we go somewhere where there aren't humans watching us?"

Elijah and Katherine stared each other down before finally agreeing. They headed to the mansion. Katherine walked in behind the Salvatores and Rebekah and Klaus stood up. Rebekah sighed, "This is sure to be interesting."

"Indeed." Klaus agreed.

Y/N stood by Elijah's side as they got back to speaking. "Where were we?" Elijah asked, his gaze trained on Katherine once again.

Damon shrugged, "You and Evil Elena were staring each other down while we were trying to figure out why she's here."

Y/N sighed and Elijah placed a kiss to her forehead before turning back to the conversation. "Why are you here?" Klaus asked.

Katherine spoke, "I was coming to see them," she pointed to the Salvatores, "Then I bumped into a few witches and-"

"Witches?" Y/N interrupted, stepping away from Elijah's side as she walked over to Katherine. "Explain." She told her.

Katherine rolled her eyes at the order, "Something with a kid. Business."

Y/N tried to keep her voice as steady as possible as she asked, "Do you know the kid's name?"

"Said his name was William." Katherine responded.

Y/N's eyes widened, she took a step back as she took this in. Elijah didn't understand, so she explained, "Ethan uses that name as a cover."

Klaus, Rebekah, and Elijah stood up straighter as they walked closer as well. Katherine looked at each of them, wondering what they were suddenly on edge about.

"You know the kid?" Katherine asked.

"Family business." Elijah repeated.

Stefan and Damon exchanged a look and Stefan asked, "Are you helping the witches?"

"Yes, I'm trying to speed up the process to get the kid home." Katherine told him.

Klaus was in front of her in no time, holding her in a chokehold. She grabbed at his hand and Klaus hissed, "You're the bloody witches who mean to harm my nephew?"

Katherine responded between gasps, "I didn't know!"

"Put her down." Elijah said in a stern voice. Klaus grumbled and let her go, leaving Katherine to fall to the ground. Elijah stepped over to her, fury in his eyes as he said, "Let me get this straight. You are going to help these witches in removing the power from my son so they can have it for themselves?"

"Your son?" Katherine asked. She looked over at Y/N, who was trying so hard not to have a panic attack. "My son." Elijah repeated, his voice harsh.

Katherine looked away as she thought about what she'd been told, "How is this even possible?"

Y/N spoke up, walking over to Katherine, "I was pregnant with him before I turned. While I carried him, I was made a vampire and it passed through him. I've managed to keep my son safe for nearly a thousand years and you're going to come by and mess it up by helping bloody witches take his power!"

Y/N smacked her then, so caught up in her rage to control herself. Katherine's head turned at the hard blow to her face and she held her face where she'd been struck. Elijah pulled Y/N back into his chest, kissing her forehead. "We'll get him, I promise." He whispered to her. She nodded, "I know."

She took in a calming breath and told Katherine, "You're going to help me save my son, whether you like it or not."

Katherine looked at Elijah, whose expression was just as hard as Y/N's. She nodded, knowing she had no choice in the matter. She pulled out her phone and showed them the screen. "This is where they live. They needed ingredients for the spell and I got it for them. I brought them over earlier. They said they'd been doing the spell tomorrow there. They told me to meet them at one o'clock sharp."

Elijah clenched his jaw and walked away with Y/N, headed away from everyone else so they had a moment to breathe. Klaus told Katherine harshly, "Leave. If we need you, we'll call."

She left just then, leaving a rush to get away from the danger of the Mikaelsons. Stefan and Damon exchanged a look and said, "Now that that's done with...we'll get going." The two followed Katherine's lead, leaving as quick as possible.

Elijah sat down with Y/N, pulling her to his chest. "Shh, don't worry, dearheart. We'll save him. They won't be able to hurt him."

She nodded into his chest, "I know." He spoke to her softly, "I love you, my dear."

She smiled, "I love you, too."

He bent down, capturing her lips in his. Oh, how they missed these kisses. They missed being with each other more than anything in the world. Throughout their time apart, it was like they couldn't breathe, but now they were inhaling. Everything was so clear now that they were together again.

But they couldn't be complete without their son.

~

That night, Niklaus had contacted the Salvatores, Caroline, Elena, and Bonnie. They arrived at the mansion in no time and they were all going over the plan.

"There's a cottage somewhere in the woods that the witches have taken shelter. They're going to perform the spell tomorrow and we need to be there before they do that." Klaus spoke.

"So what do we do when we get there? Walk in fangs blazing?" Damon questioned.

"We'll need Bonnie to invite us inside of the house. The witches are bound to have the place warded." Elijah said, turning to her. Bonnie shrugged, "Seems easy enough."

"These witches are very powerful, we'll need to take them out quickly. But the first and top priority is my son. Anyone who's able to, grab him and run. We'll deal with the witches, just make sure to get him far away from them." Y/N told firmly told them.

They all nodded, understand the loose plan. Going into detail with this plan would seem to guarantee a failed mission, they all knew that. "Feed, gather your strength. You'll need it." Klaus told them all.

~

That morning, everyone regrouped and headed out to the woods where the cottage was. Katherine had been debriefed beforehand by Stefan, so she was ready to go in with everyone else as well.

The house was quiet. Bonnie moved closer, peeking through the windows to see when it was safe to enter. She gave a thumbs up to them all from where they were in the trees and climbed through one of the windows.

A few moments later, the door opened and she invited everyone in. "They've already started." Bonnie said, and it was confirmed a moment later when chanting was heard from another room. They all rushed in quickly, going around the area they had started chanting in.

The witches stood with their eyes closed and their hands joined in a circle around Ethan. While they chanted, Damon sent a signal for Stefan and Caroline to come closer. They walked up quietly, and just as soon as Caroline went to grab Ethan, Saoirse reached her hand out, pointed at Caroline. She was sent flying into the wall.

Ethan looked up, his eyes now opened as the spell they were performing halted. He looked around at everyone and his eyes widened when he saw Y/N hiding behind a corner. She put a finger over her lips and he nodded, looking back at everyone else. Roisin spoke, "Did you think we were stupid? We knew you'd come for him. We knew Katherine would be unreliable. All the bloodsuckers are."

They charged at them, but they raised their hands and narrowed their eyes, Damon, Caroline, Katherine, and Stefan shrinking in their spots as they clenched their heads. "Unhand him!" Klaus yelled, beginning to run toward them.

"We are finishing this spell and there's nothing you can do the stop us." Ciara said. Bonnie began chanting, holding her hands up as she directed her spell toward the sisters. They joined hands once more and began chanting to deflect the spell.

The spell failed and the witches chanted. Ethan looked around as he panicked, he looked at his mother who gave him a small smile. His breathing had picked up and Saoirse told him calmly, "Don't look at them. Close your eyes and relax."

He didn't listen, he only continued to look around at everyone in the room. His eyes fell on Elijah and Rebekah. Elijah put his hands in front of him as he signaled for Ethan to calm down, he gave a small nod. Ethan slowed his breathing, listening to Elijah as he did was he was told.

Ethan closed his eyes and let the witches continue. They began chanting again and Bonnie spoke, "They've created a shield around them. I don't have a spell to pierce it!"

Klaus rushed over to the witches, Rebekah at his side as they went to snap their necks. Ciara opened her eyes and looked at them, and the two went into the same state as Damon, Katherine, Caroline, and Stefan.

Elena grabbed Bonnie's hand as they moved closer. The air had picked up and turned into a whirlwind in the house as the sisters' spell continued, their chanting getting louder and the magic around them getting stronger.

Ethan slumped, he could feel some of his strength begin to leave him. As Elena and Bonnie moved their way closer to the witches, the power of the forcefield was too strong for them. As soon as they got close, they were sent flying across the room.

"Their magic is already too strong! We won't be able to get them from here!" Elijah told Y/N over the sound of the wind.

"What is there to do? We can't just leave him! I won't!" She yelled back.

"We won't! But we can't get close to them without ending up like them." He yelled. He looked back at the sisters, "Their spell is almost complete."

"What can we do?" She asked, turning back to Ethan, "I can't lose my son. I won't."

Elijah thought, trying to figure out what they could do to save Ethan. Elijah's eyes widened when he saw her necklace, "Y/N, the necklace is pulsing."

She looked down and the eyes of the snake were lit up and blinking slowly. "It's probably trying to help."

Elijah thought, "The necklace protects you both from harm, correct?" She nodded. "And when the necklace was taken off, Ethan's power was exposed?" Again, Y/n nodded.

Elijah finally spoke, "So, it probably keeps Ethan's powers dormant. Whatever they are getting now, is what the necklace doesn't protect. They can only get what they can sense... If you take off the necklace, Ethan's magic will awaken. If it's as powerful as I believe, they won't be able to contain it."

"So?" Y/N questioned.

"They either have to give up their magic or die." He told her.

Y/N looked at the necklace and sighed, taking it in her hand. She spoke to Ethan, "We'll be okay. I promise."

She took in a deep breath, clenching the necklace in her fist. She ripped the necklace off and the thread that allowed her to wear it disappeared, the snake falling to the ground. Y/N looked down at it and took a large breath in as she stomped down on the necklace, crushing it under her shoe as it shattered into tiny pieces.

Ethan's eyes opened as he threw his head back. The witches had done the same and they slowly began to rise in the air. Everyone else slowly stood from their places, the spells on them lifted as they watched what was happening.

"Hold on, sisters! We can take it together!" Saoirse exclaimed as she felt the power inside of her.

"I'm not so sure, sister!" Roisin responded.

"Keep going!" She yelled.

As the witches tried to hold on to the magic, Y/N could see the veins beginning to rise to the surface of the witches. They yelled as the pain of the magic burned across their skin, killing them slowly.

The veins reached their heads as their eyes burned in their skulls. They screamed one last time and fell to the ground. The magic that had been taken from the witches rushed back to Ethan, who began falling from the air.

Elijah rushed over and caught him before he could hit the ground. Y/N rushed over quickly, moving the hair from his face as she spoke, "Ethan? Ethan, are you okay, buddy?"

Ethan's eyes slowly began to flutter open, still feeling a little weak from the whole ordeal. He looked over at his mother and father and asked, "Is it over?"

She nodded with a smile, tears filling her eyes as she said, "Yes, yes, it's over. It's all over. You're safe."