The Dark Ember

Hollow Hope Pt 2

She took me to St. Anne's church and we stood in front of all her followers. I whispered to her "What are we doing here?" she smiled at me "Taking over the world of course." the man my dad killed was laying on the table, I heard her in my head 'We are gonna revive him to show our power.' i stared at her 'He attacked me and my sister' she thought 'No he was trying to retrieve you two, not harm you, he kind of fancies you.' i thought 'Gross, I'm a kid, but fine let's get it done and over with.' we put our hands that were not connected over his body making him gasp awake. He got up and smiled at us bowing slightly before standing to my right side and took my free hand.

He said "All of you, know that this is the power of the Hollow. The power to transcend death, and destroy all who stand against us. And this is the lovely Dark Ember, she is the hollow's twin." they bowed to us we all headed to the cauldron, now you may be wondering how come I am not fighting her at every turn and the answer is... I am biding my time for my family to save us, they couldn't unlink us in time so I need to make sure Hope stays alive. Unfortunately, she has a hold of the darkness in me and it's kind of painful because she is trying to use it to power her, and I am trying to keep it locked up. 

Dominic appeared with a few followers and he started to talk to the witches "Witches of New Orleans. I ask you to join your one and true savior. Pledge your loyalty, and she will free you from oppression." people started to run from us one woman said "Let's get out of here!" a man said "Watch those girls. They kill witches." she got pissed and raised her hand so I copied her and we destroyed street lamps. Dominic stared at us... or me proudly I cant tell. 'He was definitely staring at you and not me.' i stared at her in shock then got distracted when I heard mom running toward us shouting "Hope! Emberlyn!" we stopped and turned to face her mom said "Baby, I know you can hear me. I need you to fight her." the hollow said "Hmm, You think you can stop us?" mom said, "I'm not gonna let you take them." 

The hollow said "Them? Ember is already mine, I only need to take Hope." I was starting to be able to sense what she was about to do so when she raised her hand, I did as well. Mom was raised into the air and then her neck was snapped. She fell to the ground and we turned to our followers. We went to the church again, and I was so bored I thought 'What are we doing? You may be old and immortal but keep in mind I'm 7 this is boring just standing around, can't we play or something?' she looked at me 'Don't worry, this will get interesting soon if you bored talk to Dominic' i shrugged and turned to Dominic who was looking at me again, I said "So Dominic, what made you want to be the follower of two 7-year-olds?" he said, "Well Ember, you both are very powerful and I believe that you two will rule the world and I like to be on the winning side of things." 

I said "Smart, the winning side generally keeps you alive." he said, "Can I ask you a question?" I said "Sure." he said "Other than her being in your sister's body, why do you help the Hollow?" that, of course, got her attention and I said "Well at first I fought it, but I've always been drawn tot he darkness so when she grabbed the darkness in me and coaxed it to the top it made it harder to fight. I am powerful magically but my sister is the one who is stronger in a fight." Dominic grabbed my free hand pulling me behind him a little bit when we heard Marcel say "Quite the party."

They walked toward us and Dominic said "Marcel Gerard, king of New Orleans." they collided with the boundary wall and Dominic said "Accompanied by his top advisor. Well, I trust you've come to grovel and bow before the power of the Hollow and the Dark Ember." Marcel said "Actually, we came to make a truce. The way I see it, we both have the same enemy: the Mikaelsons. Now, you help me get them out of this city, and maybe there's a world in which we all live happily ever after." Dominic said "Diplomacy. A wise choice." I thought 'Diplomatic today may not be tomorrow, he flips sides like a pancake in a pan.' she glanced at me and I could see her thinking it through Dominic slowly turned his head to us and she nodded making him release the boundary spell. 

She said "We want the king to kneel before us." he kneeled and Dom said, "Behold, covens of New Orleans, even the great Marcel Gerard is nothing in the face of the Hollow and the Dark Ember." Marcel raised his head and blew magic dust into her face causing her to fall asleep. It didn't affect me because Dominic was directly in front of me. Her hand fell from mine and Dominic backed me into a wall. My dad appeared next to the alter after Marcel grabbed Hope's body and left. My dad saw me and said "Hear ye, hear ye, all disciples and acolytes of the evil Hollow. Now that your master has been subdued, the power she promised you has been revoked, rendering you helpless, and bringing this pitiful coup to a rather abrupt end. This dark object has the astounding ability to seal you in the room. I will be taking her with me." the girl killed Dominic and my dad grabbed me.

He took me right outside of the church after dropping the book trapping the followers inside. Uncle Elijah said "Which is very inconvenient indeed. Particularly when one considers the architectural composition of the structure. And so, with very little effort..." he lit it on fire and continued his speech "This place becomes an inferno." he dropped the bottle and stood with dad who had me in his arms as everyone screamed and died. They took me home and mom grabbed me and hugged me tightly to her chest saying "Oh my baby. How do you feel? Are you ok? Did the hollow or the followers hurt you?" I said "Im sorry mommy." dad said, "What did it do baby?" I said "It pulled the darkness up, I tried to fight it, it hurt mommy, I hurt you, but I didn't want to. The darkness in me sensed what she wanted and I reacted but I tried not to." 

Dad and mom hugged me and mom said "You are not to blame for snapping my neck, you and your sister were being controlled in different ways. Nothing that happened is your fault." I said "But it is because she didn't take me over, she simply used what was already in me. Which means I am bad because the bad is already there." Dad said "Hey Emmy remember what I said in Hope's mind. You are not bad, sometimes we do bad things, with the darkness inside us, but we are not bad." he kissed my head and he said, "I love you, princess, I am gonna go check on your sister." I nodded "I love you too daddy." he walked away and I laid my head on mom's shoulder. I said "This is why I don't like magic." mom said "You and Hope will be going to school with Ric and his daughters, where you will learn how to control your magic and the darkness. One of his daughters also has trouble controlling it, they are also twins." I said "So it's a twin thing?" she chuckled "I don't know baby." 

Mom walked around with me rocking me to sleep when we heard dad say "You and Emmy are my daughters. You're Mikaelsons. And you are strong, and brave, unlike anyone I've ever known. In fact, you both have helped me believe in something your uncle once said. Family is power." he kissed Hope's forehead, then he turned and saw us and came to us mom said "You're a good dad, Klaus. And you deserve the truth. There is something that you need to know about the ritual. Vincent didn't want to tell you because he didn't think that you'd go through with it, but I know that you will. I know that you'll do anything for them. Even if it means never seeing them again." dad looked shocked but he kissed my head before looking at my sister who was chained to the bed. I fell asleep as mom rocked me and dad rubbed my back.