Daddy's Home

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(3rd POV, in France with Klaus and Caroline)

Caroline and Klaus stook surrounded by dead bodies as she said "You can't be serious." Klaus said "I've never been more serious. It's my experience that those who are wronged seek revenge. And since many have long memories, I am determined to systematically annihilate each and every one of our enemies. And the heirs of our enemies." She said "But... that list is endless." he said "It's the only way to protect Elijah. In his current state, he wouldn't know an enemy if they sat down at his piano. And it... it passes the time. Though why we're bothering with all of this, I don't know." She said "It's a historical building. Just take this. Start here. You may have started out playing crazy to make your enemies fear you, but now I'm not so sure that you're pretending. This isn't right, Klaus, even for you."

He said "I find I'm not good without Elijah. I mean, we've been... parted before, but not like this. This is worse than if he were dead. I've lost my brother." she crossed her arms "But you still have two daughters." he said "Theyre better off without me. I know what it's like to be raised by a monster." she got annoyed "Oh, my... Come on, that was, like, a thousand years ago. Really? "Mean dad"? Newsflash: The guy's dead. Get over it! Stop using Mikael as an excuse to be a bad father. I also know what it's like to be a kid missing her father. You may not be able to be in the same room with them, but there is this... this ancient gadget called a telephone. Use it before you lose your daughters and they lose you. Because... I happen to think that you're someone worth knowing. I'll see you at the next parent-teacher conference." she left him to think about what she said.

(Ember's POV in New Orleans)

I over heard mom say "Look, I... I really... hope one day that you'll talk in person. I do. But until then, just... try not to judge him too harshly." Hope said "So... We can't judge our deadbeat dad, but you can judge us?" mom said "I don't judge you or your sister; I judge your actions. I'm your mom. I love you, and I would forgive you for anything. But that's not... that's not a blank check for bad behavior." Hope said "I did one thing." Henry and a bunch of people stormed into eh courtyard making me back up to just under the balcony mom and Hope were standing on. Henry said "Hope! Ember! I... I made a mistake." Poppy laid dead in his arms making me gasp Greta said "No one wants any trouble, Hayley. We just want the hybrid."

Lisina said "You're not getting Henry!" mom said "Let me handle this." Josh hugged me as he said "Remember that that hybrid is just a kid. But Poppy was just trying to walk home from work, and she was our friend." Lisina said "He's not going anywhere." Josh said "Hayley, you might not have a choice." Henry quickly moved to Hope mom said "We need to be rational." Greta said "Should they go back and tell Poppy's mother her daughter's killer's free, but at least we were rational?" mom said "Peace is complicated. We haven't had it all this time because we've been perfect. We've had it because we haven't overreacted when we're not. Revenge isn't justice. Do we really want to sacrifice a... a kid to assuage our fear?" Greta said "He's not just a kid. He's a hybrid. With the power to kill any vampire he chooses." mom said "I'm a hybrid. I'm not a threat to anyone. And after I teach Henry self-control, he won't be, either. Look, every death is a tragedy. And I'm truly sorry for Poppy and her family. But we've evolved beyond an "eye for an eye" mentality. This is a test. Don't... throw away all we've accomplished." 

Aunt Freya came into the courtyard where Hope and I were hanging out, mom went outside to call Declan. Freya said "Hey, jailbirds." Hope and i said "Hey." Freya said "I've got some news about me and Keelin. Where's your mom?" Hope said "I don't know. She said she'd only be gone a few minutes, but then she never came back." Freya said "Where'd she go?" I said "Outside to make a call. Auntie Freya?" The fountain turned to blood making me move to my sister. Freya went outside and came back in holding mom's phone. She said "I found this in the street." the screen was cracked. It started to ring and 'Klaus' popped up on the screen along with a picture of him and us the last time we saw him when we were 7.

Hope answered it on speaker and we said "Dad?" he said "I was looking for your mother." Hope said "Yeah, so are we. Um..." i said "We don't know where she is. She's missing." he said "I'm on my way." and hung up the phone. A few hours later we walked into a room as Freya said "Tried every locator spell I know in every language I know and I don't..." Hope and i said "Dad?" he turned to face us and i felt it, the Hollow in him yearning for the darkness in me. i said "I cant do this." i turned and ran for my room. 

A few days later i was getting dressed in this.

I was gonna put my shirt on but Hope said "Hey Em, look at this

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I was gonna put my shirt on but Hope said "Hey Em, look at this." i looked at something she found and it was a picture of a little boy. I said "Oh that must be Henrik, dads little brother that died before they turned." i heard someone say "Marshalls... Ember you've been holding out on me." Roman grabbed my hand and held it out to look at me in jeans and a bra. I said "Excuse me, shirtless here." he said "I know you look good." he was checking me out i shoved him and said "Your gross. Now give me back my shirt." Hope said "Uh... Roman. You're at our house." he said "Yeah. I-I needed to talk to you, so, uh... Oh." I said "Um, how do you know where I live?" he said "Oh. Well, Saltzman's got parent contacts in his file cabinet. Which is where he keeps his emergency bourbon, so I'm intimately familiar." i rolled my eyes "Of course you are."

He said "Can I come in?" Hope said "Mm-hmm." he said "You know I'm a vampire, right?" Hope nodded Mm-hmm." he said "So I, uh... kind of need you to say it out loud." i said "Right. Yeah. Come in." he looked at Hope "Cute jammies." he looked at me and said "Cuet bra, do the pantie match?" I said "Yeah wanna see?" he said "Yes i do." I said "Are you sure? It involves a stake." he said "You wound me Em." Hope said "Um, so why do you need to talk to me?" he said "Yeah. Um... Look, people are saying all this stuff about Henry at school. That he died. And that he killed himself." i said "You know, your friends bullied him all the time. He went through hell." he said "I know. Okay? That's why I'm here. I should pay my respects or something. I let them push him around. Make fun of his poetry, his clothes. And now... I can't sleep."

Hope said "Henry's not dead. He's fine. Look, I have to get dressed, I have somewhere to be. Could you, like, turn? And give my sister back her shirt?" he said "Oh. Yeah." he tossed me my shirt and turned around i put it on and he said "Where are you going? It's barely even dawn." he said "Lizzie Saltzman said she saw Henry jump from the turret. A werewolf wouldn't survive that kind of fall." Hope said "Yeah. Well, Lizzie also said that I exploded an orphanage with my brain when I was eight. You can, uh, look now." he said "Yeah, I-I heard that one. I also heard you're both long-lost Romanian princesses. So... what is your secret, Marshall?" Hope said "Could y... could you maybe wait here? I won't be long." he said "Yeah." she said "They've got me all wrong, you know. Truth is, I exploded an orphaned Romanian princess with my brain." I said "Brat had it coming, though."

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