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Tick. Tock. Tick, screams echoed through the city of New Orleans.

Tock, agonizing screams over lost loved ones.

Painful screams due to toxins flowing through veins like sandpaper, tick.

Panicked screams crying out for anyone to hear, tock.

Tick, angry screams and desperate attempts to get free, tock. Tick. Tock.

But the screams weren't loud enough. Tick, with everyone screaming no once could hear. Tock. Still goes the broken Church clock, nothing moves but still it goes.

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

The pleading screams that came from Hayley Marshall brought tears in Juniper's eyes. Both women thrashed as hard as they could but it was useless against the iron grip the witches had.

Hayley was dragged in first, the baby was coming now. There was no more time. The witches couldn't get to the City of the Dead to perform the sacrifice.

Juniper was next. Thick heavy spelled chains prohibited her from calling upon her demons for help. With Lucifer gone, she was powerless. There was no more time.

The two Harvest witches and Genevieve had to get the baby out now. They had no more time. Hayley still fought for her's and her daughters life as Juniper once did. There she laid on the steps of the Church with the baby ready to come out.

Monique and Cassie, the two Harvest witches, held down Juniper with one hand while Hayley was moves to the alter. The Queen of Demons had no more time.

The ball in Juniper's mouth kept her from summoning her own demon which was held in place by its own thick metal bar wrapped around her head.

More thick metal wrapped itself around her hands preventing her from clawing her way out of this situation.

Her feet bound together so she wouldn't kick.

Two heavy metal bands bound her arms to her side. She was chained like a rabid dog .

When the powerful witches were needed they switched places with five regular witches. The Harvest witches focused on Hayley while the five continued the sacrifice from years ago.

With the many many hours of perfecting the spell that transformed the simple witch that once was Juniper Claire came planning. They waited for the right time, and now they had it.

Still both women fought. They fought till there was no more time left.

Juniper was the first to go.

The five witches were quick with their spell. The eldest took hold of the axe that rested on the Church bench. Juniper cried to Hayley saying that she was sorry. But sorry wasn't good enough, it wouldn't stop the loud ticking of the Church clock that taunted them.

Tock.

She ran out of time.

With one clean chop the Queen of Demons was no more.

Niklaus Mikaelson stormed inside the Church, freezing when he sees his little demon dead on the floor. Her black blood staining the Holy place.

Tick.

Tock.

Hayley's time was running out but that didn't stop him from decapitating the five witches who killed the woman he promised to love. He threw the axe at the three powerful witches. But they caught it.

Tick.

They made the Mikaelson's back lay flat against the wall gluing him to it. The baby was coming. The new parents were running out of time. Hayley had to push the child out of her while begging for the witches not to kill her daughter.

Niklaus roared promising threats while fighting the magic as best as he could but like Juniper. He wasn't strong enough.

The baby was delivered. Both the mother and father gasped at the sight of their precious daughter. The soft cries of their beloved new born made both parents tear up.

Hayley was granted a second of motherhood before her time ran out.

Tock.

Monique sliced Hayley's throat while she held her daughter for the first time. There was no more Hayley Marshall.

Soon there will be no more magical miracle baby.

~

The Queen of Demons did have her own personalized hell regardless of the deal that was made with Lucifer all those years ago.

It shouldn't have been much of a surprise when she woke up in her hell but it did.

She was supposed to be dead. Technically she was dead, her body laid headless in the graveyard that once was for lively spiritual worship.

Juniper watched as the seventeen year old witch laid on a table dying. But it wasn't just any witch, it was her. Five witches surrounded the young her, chanting. Her mother held the small fetus that she was supposed to call granddaughter in one hand and a knife in the other.

Reliving the moment that her most precious loved one died.

That was Juniper Claire's personal hell.

No matter how hard she fought, she was forced to watch her child's death over and over again.

Regardless of the thousands of times that she hung there bound by the tight chains watching she still screamed.

She screamed withering every time as if that could make a difference.

Lucifer appeared in front of his favorite psychopath, frowning at the awful sight. He unchained Juniper pulling her in for a much needed hug. She sobbed in his chest falling to her knees bringing Lucifer down with her.

"Please! Ple-ease make it stop! I-I just want it to stop," Juniper shook as she sobbed.

"This will always be your hell, my sweet sweet demon. But I can grant you something else." Lucifer petted Juniper hiding his malicious smile when she raises her head looking at him with wide puffy eyes.

"Wh-at is it?" She croaks out.

"I could give you a new child, one that they cannot take away. With the new child your precious Lily can live as the new child's right hand demon. You'll get to see both of your children grow." Lucifer says smoothly pushing June's dark hair out of her face.

"I-I get to see both children grow up?" Juniper asks.

Lucifer's soft words sounded like angels singing to Juniper.He nodded. Her dark heart fluttered with hope at the thought of not just having one child but two. She would have her Lily back and a whole new baby to love.

This is exactly how he made a deal with her the first time. The torture, the manipulation, all they had to do is seal the deal. And Juniper was falling for it all over again.

It was such a sweet deal how could Juniper not take it. She would have a new child and her old one. Lucifer would have an heir to the throne, a replacement for Juniper. Even if she said no Lucifer would have done it anyways.

It was the prophecy after all.

~

The Queen of Demons woke up in the empty St Anne's Church.

Cracking her aching neck Juniper's own dark demon shows herself.

Juniper Claire transforms into Macaria, letting the joyous pain over flow her veins.

The hellish demon lurches Juniper back, some of her bones popping out of place.

The chains that bind her black claws are broken.

Her wicked black elegant sharp wings protrude from the Queens back slicing through the thick metal bars around her body.

The rest of the chains are ripped off before Macaria leaves the Church knowing exactly where the sacrifice is going to happen. She was out for blood.

Macaria lands a few feet away from the sacrificial alter Genevieve prepared her wings spread wide. The two Harvest witches threw back the Mikaelson brothers and the transitioning Hayley.

All of their eyes widen at the sight of the vengeful Demon Queen.

All confidence that the Harvest witch, Monique, had was washed away by dread.

The witch ancestors that aided this sacrifice was no match for the hungry demon.

Macaria's jaw unhinged as she let out an deafening screech making all the ancestors vanished within seconds.

Hayley fought Genevieve while Klaus, Elijah, and Macaria fought the witches. The Original Hybrid threw a torn off spike at Cassie. Within seconds Cassie was impaled spitting up blood all over her white dress. She didn't stop chanting until her head was ripped off by the Queen of Demons.

Monique ran to retrieving the lost knife.

She froze seeing the demon holding the baby in her arms. Thick flames held the Mikaelsons back.

Genevieve stopped Hayley using her powerful magic to restrain her, she yelled at Monique to finish the sacrifice.

Lunging for the child with the knife raised Monique tried to attack but was unsuccessful.

Marcel Gerard threw the Devil's star at Monique.

The deadly antique pierced her heart leaving her last few moments of life to feel the sting of a thousand cuts.

Marcel sped towards the distracted Queen of Demons. Macaria gently runs a claw over the baby's cheek. Marcel takes advantage of the distraction snapping her neck and stealing the baby. Macaria falls down to the floor dead.

~

Juniper wakes up sucking in a deep breath of air.

Her mundane brown eyes scan the room she's in.

The half painted canvas sits on the easel.

A small smile makes its way on Juniper's lips, her shaking hand rests lightly on her flat stomach.

Voices from the other room steal her attention from her happy moment.

Juniper leaves Klaus' bedroom not realizing that she was in a fresh pair of clean clothes. The voices get louder as she approaches Hayley's bedroom.

Leaning against the door frame she listens to their conversation, Hayley cries holding her unnamed daughter. "I think the only thing to do is send her away while we stay behind and clean up the mess we made."

"No. This is insane. You heard Genevieve so long as she lives, that baby will be hunted." Elijah protests standing up from his chair.

"Not if no one knows she lives." Klaus stands next to Hayley.

"What is it that you intend to do, brother?" asks Elijah.

"Whatever it takes to save our family." Klaus answers.

"You sure about this decision?" June asks her gaze flickering between both parents.

"Yes." They answer at the same time.

Juniper nods agreeing with the plan that she's putting together in her head. "Okay. I have a place a couple of states over. Get her bag packed and ready we leave tonight. Marcel knows about the baby being alive he has to know about this plan."

"We?" Niklaus asks grateful tears weld up in his eyes. June avoids his gaze.

"Yes. We. The baby and I. And-" Juniper hesitates to say the final name looking at all three of them, her eyes lingering on Klaus. "And Rebekah, if you'll have her. I know things between you are rocky but its a smart move." Juniper had to leave town regardless.

"Won't people ask about you?" Elijah questions.

Silence fills the room for a few seconds as June thinks of a reason for her disappearance.

She clicks her tongue pointing at Elijah.

"Not if we lie. Say Klaus and I were secretly dating when the baby 'died' he broke up with me and as a result I leave town to go on a killing spree across the states.

Then every couple of weeks or so I let my demons have their fun where ever they want. "

"Okay. Then its settled. I'll call Rebekah, June talk to Marcel about this plan." Klaus nods leaving the room.

Everyone does as told going their separate ways for now.

~

The grim sunset couldn't have come faster. Before everyone knew it goodbyes were being said in the dead of night a couple of towns over. Juniper leaned her head on Niklaus' shoulder as he held his daughter.

Bright white headlights shined on the two. Rebekah Mikaelson stepped out of her ruby red car offering both of them a small smile.

The big bad Niklaus Mikaelson says goodbye to his delicate newborn child. Promising her to make New Orleans a safe home once again. He plants a soft kiss on her forehead then her tiny cheek. The baby is handed to his trusted sister so he can say goodbye to his love.

The two psychotic rulers hold one another tightly. Right when they let each other in they have to be torn apart. But it was against their will,but the prophecy had to be fulfilled. A long bittersweet kiss was shared between them.

Juniper pulls away, "Klaus I-" she hesitates, Lucifer's words echo through her head. "I promise to take care of her with every bone in my body I will protect her. I promise to love you-" June freezes.

Those words haven't left her mouth for anyone other than Davina in a long time. And she means every word of it. The psychopath standing in front of her did something that she thought could never be possible yet here she is confessing her love to him as they say goodbye.

"I promise to love you too, Juniper Claire." Niklaus pulls her in for another kiss.

A final meaningful kiss is shared between the Queen of Demons and the Original Hybrid. Tears rolling down their cheeks joining together as one before falling onto the dirt road.

Juniper sniffles. "Goodbye, princess." She flashes him a sorrowful smile.

"Goodbye, little demon." Niklaus returns the same smile watching her grab the bags.

Juniper Claire drives into the night with Rebekah Mikaelson and the magical miracle baby named Hope Mikaelson.

A/N: So this is the end of the book. It'd be really great to know how you guys felt bout the ending or had any questions about Klaus and Juniper's relationship.

This is just the beginning of Juniper's story I have a lot planned for her and I can't wait.

Editing will happen very soon I just want to get book two started before I start editing.

That being said book two should be out soon.

Thank you for reading. I hope you've enjoyed this book as much as I did.