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TO THE INSTITUTE.

Salvatore Boarding School Property

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Salvatore Boarding School Property

Hope and Alaric, now wearing workout clothes, are on the dock overlooking the lake by the quarry, where they're training in close-quarters combat. Alaric is wearing pads on his hands to block Hope's punches and kicks as they come.

Grunting from the exertion, Hope brings up their current situation with Landon, "You didn't have to lock him in the cellar."

Alaric scoffs as he and Hope fight in what looks like a well-choreographed dance of sorts, "Where else was I gonna put him?"

The two continue to fight, with Hope leaning backward to avoid being hit in the face by Alaric's gloved hand, "Block with your hand."

Hope stares at him, visibly frustrated and annoyed as she swats his fist away from her, "I got it."

"If you got it then future me wouldn't have told you" Alaric stated, matter-of-factly. Also, angry at his future-self, his daughter was clearly struggling and here he was, with the daughter of the man who killed his girlfriend.

Alaric gives Hope a look as they circle around each other.

"If you had it, I wouldn't have to say it."

Alaric attempts to hit her with a right cross, only for Hope to dodge it and shove him away from her. However, when she spins to strike him in the shoulders, Alaric grabs her by the arms and spins her around, pinning her arm behind her back.

Annoyed, Hope mutters an incantation under her breath, "Dimiterre."

The spell causes Alaric to flip high in the air above her head before landing hard on his back behind her.

Bonnie looked in wonder at the magic she kept seeing. She made a mental note to try these spells when they were finished with whatever this was.

Hope uses her werewolf agility to do a front-flip into the air, landing with her legs on either side of his body and pinning him down to the dock with her hand.

"She's strong."

Alaric can't help but chuckle at this blow. "Cheater."

Hope smirks, "You should really let a vampire start doing my training. You're getting a little old for me to be breaking your human bones."

"Sassy, definitely a Mikaelson trait." Kol jokes, glancing at Klaus from the corner of his eye.

"How dare you!" Alaric gasps jokingly as Hope reaches out her hand to help pull him back onto his feet.

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