The Dark Ember

Goodbye Momma!

I was dressed in this.

We got off the plane Hope and I were hand in hand, Once in the french quarter Hope said "Where's Dad?" Freya said "He'll be here soon. He's just waiting on Ivy to help him with the astral projection." Hope said "Everyone else?" Freya said "Marcel should be here. Vincent. There's Josh." I said "What about Declan? Please tell me someone told Declan." Freya said "He's in Ireland. I-I was so focused on everyone else..." Hope and I said "Oh, my God, Freya." she said, "I'll fix it." I said "This is all wrong. She didn't even know all these people." Freya said "Your mom made a mark on this city. Everyone's here to honor her." Hope said, "But where are all of her friends?" Freya said "Marcel, where are you?... Cover for you? What the hell are you doing?" I said, "This is all wrong."

Freya said "Josh!" dad appeared and said "Freya!" who said "Klaus!" another vampire showed up and Josh said "Emmett. What the hell are you doing here?" Emmett said, "Where are Antoinette and Elijah?" Josh said "Probably under a rock somewhere. Maybe you should join them." Emmett said, "We're not going anywhere till they're returned to us safely." Freya said "Hope. Ember. We've got to get out of here." Hope said "No." Freya said "Hope." Hope said "I said no. This already sucks enough. Look, I'm not gonna let them ruin it more. Bruciare supe terram, faciendo ignis ga praemium." Hope blew up a van with vampires in it making Freya scream "Hope!" Emmett screamed, "Weapons up." Hope continued her chant heading for Emmett's van "Bruciare supe terram, faciendo ..." Freya screamed "Josh!" Josh whisked her away as I faded into the crowd Emmett said "They're gone. Let's get out of here." They left and I ran home knowing that's where he had taken her.

I ran in and pulled her into a hug, she hugged me tightly as dad appeared and said "Hope. Emberlyn." Hope said "Go away." dad said, "There's no magic that can fix this." I said "She said leave." he said, "Please don't push me away." Hope said "You deserted us. You left us all by ourselves when you promised us that you would be there." he said "I wanted to be there. I only just found out how dangerous this is. I could kill you, and Em would turn to the darkness." Hope said " Then let me die! Let her turn! Our mom is dead. She's dead. And it's my fault. And we need more than some half version of you. We can't do this. Dad, we can't do this anymore. We can't live like this. We don't want to live like this anymore." he said "Please don't say that." I said "You need to go. Just go." 

Hope kissed my cheek then ran up to our room, I sat in a chair in the courtyard holding a picture of me, mom, and Hope from our last school break. She was so happy, to have us home, she sent the picture to dad but he never answered. Freya was close by so I heard her side of the entire conversation she said "I looked into the prophecy and as far as I can tell, it's real. Every moment our family spends together leads us one step closer to our deaths. It won't kill Ember as she isn't a firstborn but she'll wish she were dead... She's in her room, searching for a spell that doesn't exist to fix a problem that can't be solved, Ember is curled up with a picture of Hayley, her, and Hope. I feel like I can't do anything right today. Just... feel so... Listen, um... we're going to be heading to the bayou in a few minutes. Are you... Klaus, there's something you should know. Marcel and Vincent decided to take Elijah up on his offer... And I don't disagree. All of this happened because Elijah doesn't know who he is... I'm so sorry. Um... but it's too late."

She hung up the phone and I said "Let me guess, dad?" she came and sat next to me and said, "He wishes he could be here." I said, "Part of me wishes we were never born..." Freya said "Ember..." I said "Let me finish aunt Freya. I just mean, we were born and witches tried to kill mom and Hope, then we were 6 months old and our aunt Dahlia tried to steal Hope, then at 7 years old the Hollow tried to take over Hope and steal me away, what it actually managed to do was take our dad, two of our uncles, and one of our aunts away from us, now mom is dead and we still don't have our dad. All of this hurt and torment for two little girls seems a bit much. If we'd never been born the Mikaelson's would be fine or as fine as they could be. We cause more trouble just for existing than we are worth." 

Freya said "Don't even think that, you and Hope are worth more than the whole world to this family, so we sacrifice. All we care about is that you both are happy and healthy and grow to do what your heart desires. It's time to go. Hope!" Hope came downstairs and held her hand out for me. I grabbed her hand and we went to the funeral. Once there Hope said "I know how much that you've lost over all these years trying to get our family back together. And... I know that you think that there's nothing else that we can do. But I believe that there is. There has to be. We have to save each other. We have to save always and forever. You've taught us most of what we know about magic, and... ...if you're up for it, we'd really like your help figuring it out." Freya said, "Anything you need." 

Hope said, "Do you think that I could, um..." Freya said "Yeah. Absolutely." Keelin walked up "Freya." Freya said "Keelin. Oh. Oh... How did you..." I walked to the water's edge and sat down pulling my knees to my chest Hope wasn't that far from me and said "Goodbye, Mom. What are you doing? You can't be here." I looked at who she was talking about and saw dad who said "Yes, I can. Just for a moment. Our family has infinite struggles ahead, but right now, I need to be here with my daughters. I'll always be here for you girls. Even if I can't truly be by your side, holding your hands, I'll call and I'll write. And Freya will allow us some time together with her magic. But you have to know, this is the last time we can do this. Come here, sweetheart." he held his arms open and so we both ran to hug him. He held us tightly as we cried, Hope, said "I'm gonna fix this for us." Dad said, "I hope that you do." I said "We shouldn't let the fire reach land. You should go." he said "Just one more minute. I love you both." Hope and I said, "I love you, too."