The Mad Hatter'

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DARKNESS SPREAD RAPIDLY throughout the Grey's manor. Cornelius, who could be found in her study looking just about content with her surroundings was simply writing in her book about god knows what.

Cora's teeth seethed against the glass of wine she swished in her hand before jumping to the sound of a sudden ring that came from her desk.

Without wasting another second, she kept the glass of wine in her hand and her other swiftly picking up the phone, putting an end the repetitive sound that erupted from it.

"Hello." She spoke into the phone waiting for a response before quickly getting annoyed of the seconds of silence that felt like decades waiting for the person on the other end of the line to reply.

Just before she grew impatient and slammed the phone back to its respective place, a voice on the other end of the line could be heard faintly, but enough for Coras body to falter.

"Mom?"

"..Alora, is that you?"

Alora was scared, it had been seven whole years since she had heard her mothers voice and just from that, Alora knew it was her mom. The agonizing rasp that scarred the back of her mothers throat was present to her and just from those four words spoken to her, she could tell the yelling hasn't resided after all these years, but if anything got worse.

Seconds passed before Alora had cleared her throat and spoke into the device she held with a unsteady hand.

"I know its been a while but i miss you mom. I'm in Mexico and...well i want to come home." She paused before completing the sentence with a desperate plea at the end.

Cornelius sucked in her breath ready to end the call unprepared for another door of problems in her life to open. She loved her daughter but Cora was walking symbol of siphoning power.

Although, she would deny at first she knows deep down her long for unconditional strength.

She was a madwomen, evil and craved power above family, but she was also a crafty thinker. Before ending the call, she was struck with a idea that could potentially harness the little boy back into her grasp.

"Of course i miss you too, your my daughter Alora i would do anything for you. I will see to it that you have a plane flight to Chicago immediately. Send me your exact location."

Without another word uttered from either side, Cornelius didn't waste another second ending up the phone with a smile.

She knew exactly what she was going to do to get him back.

Of course there were a variety of ways to get the boy back, all of which Cornelius has already tried. Noren was smart in his own way, he covered his tracks and went so far as to doing a cloaking spell on himself.

The boy held immense power in his veins and
whether or not she cared to admit it, he was just a tad bit stronger then her making it a consistent problem for her every time she attempted to track him down.

So she prayed that this plan worked for the sake of the witches, but mainly herself. The last thing wanted was to be poked with a pitch fork then burned alive for losing the only dependant ally that the witches were able to get their hands on throughout the course of the many years lived.

"I am tough, i am tough, i am tough." She worded to herself repeatedly while taking a harsh gulp at the veeno in front of her. There is no way in hell she was going down without a fight, especially against some measly little seven year old.

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Back at Gloria's

The sound of sudden jingles startled Gloria as she wiped down her final table, looking up she saw the one person that could light up darkness within itself standing at the entrance of her bar.

"Jax." Gloria breathed out before running into his arms.

The pungent smell of cologne and mens body spray consumed her nose. His hands could be felt running throughout her now thick black hair as she snuggled her head into the crook of his neck.

Home. He was home and Gloria couldn't wait to call him home, forever.

As crazy as it sounds, never in the many years of her existence would she have thought she'd fall in love with a vampire. And even though her protests and harsh demeanour never went unnoticed towards the vampire community throughout many years, Jax just never seemed to quit. In fact, if anything it made Gloria more interesting.

"Goodness, how I've missed you darling." His voice muffled into her hair. The smell of her body wash and shampoo was overwhelming in the best way possible and always brought him into a consistent state of euphoria, something he believed he'd never get used to.

Putting her down after their long lasted moment, he looked at her for a few more seconds before questioning her about her discovery that will be a so called "solution to their problems."

She inhaled deeply before explaining to him the intricately important details about the Noren and how his existence is even possible. Furthermore she went onto explaining her plan and how he could be of use to her and their situation.

All she would have to do is win against the huge odds of her plan working and drain the boy of all his blood so she could obtain the immortality that she so desperately desires. Of course there was more to the ritual, but you get the idea.

Gloria knew it was quite evil now even saying it out loud. Looking up at her lover, she could see his eyes divert from her to the ground so quickly. Catching onto his hesitation and understandable fear he was probably feeling towards her in the moment, she grabbed his face before speaking

"We can do this, you and me Jax. I love you. Do this for me.. for us." She pleaded, looking into his eyes with anguish basically bleeding out of her bones. She didn't want to die again.

It was easy to do the first transferring spell, but now she was in a dying body so to say it felt impossible was an understatement.

She was only limited to basic magic, such as the spell she had performed while diving into see who Noren truly was.

"I have people, friends who could help me with this with the spell, we ju-" before she spoke any further, he cut her off before swiftly taking her hand off of his face.

Looking back up at her with what in the moment to her looked like sadness she hesitated before hearing him out.

"He's a Mikaelson you said, as in the original family?" He questioned doubtably unsure of the high off chances of this even being real.

Nodding slowly to his question he went to speak once again.

"And he's a twin... to the miracle child from the original hybrid?" She nodded once more. He stared down blankly before asking a rhetorical question that was obvious, but was in a way still genuinely asking.

"As in the one that supposedly going to bring death to all supernatural beings. Like us."

A few short seconds passed before Jax took the silence as a yes.

Gloria was terrified, sure she knew that this plan of her hers would have consequences, but the last thing wanted was for her lover to see her as some power-craving hungry witch.

"Okay, I'll do it. I will do anything for you Gloria St.Clair." He said with a soft smile before running his hand along her cheek.

Melting in his touch, she broke out into a smile of joy before wrapping her hands around his neck.

Returning the effect of passion back, he ran his fingers throughout her hair, before his smile quickly faded into a frown. Without even realizing it, he had pools of water building up in his eyes as he held his love in tight within his arms.

He couldn't let her hurt the kid, he wouldn't.

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A/n: *****tw long authors note but pls read lol*****

Hi guys, i know this is really confusing PLEASE COMMENT QUESTIONS. the last thing i want is for u to be confused. And i know Gloria's last name isnt st.clair but tbh i dont know her last name, if you do tho please tell me so i can correct it i just made it up cuz it flows together nicely with her name lol...

But once again, its so hard to fit everything into one chapter cuz im trying to balance multiple perspectives of each character in this book cuz it's important. Next chapter we're going to see Noren again I promise cuz sum stuff abt to go down ㋛

BUT LAST THING: everything will connect together shortly, which will also make writing easier for me...

Aaaaand sorry for any grammar mistakes too lazy to re read.

Love you all thank you for reading. <3

-A