The Forgotten Salvatore Book 6

Gather Up the Killers

St. Anne's Church

Vincent is stood in front of a massive crowd of people. "It's a beautiful day outside. Streets are packed with tourists. They're drinking beers, they're chasing beads, headed out on the vampire walking tour of New Orleans. They think it's just a myth. Just part of our city's charm. Well, we know better. Just like we know that there's a storm coming. This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. Five years of peace. And we paid a high price for that peace." Vincent said.

"We witches we earned that peace. We snatched back our freedom, we severed our link with our ancestors. To take back our city, we backed Marcel Gerard. Now, since then, we fought hard to build this community. And in the next week, as we celebrate our independence, that community will be challenged because every year we get visitors." Vincent continued with his speech.

"Vampires from all over the world. They come here, and they want to see firsthand the suffering of Klaus Mikaelson. Now some of those vampires, they're gonna be well-behaved. Others... not so much. You see, out-of-town vampires they don't care about our city. They don't follow our rules. They will instigate trouble. They will attempt to upset our peace and the only way that we're gonna get through that is if we get through that together." Vincent carried on.

"Now, this ain't the first time that we faced conflict. Each and every single one of us here has faced their fair share of monsters. I swear, I feel sometimes the city just has evil lurking in the shadows. For a long time, we've managed to keep our monsters buried. And now we've got to make sure that they stay buried." Vincent said. "Otherwise, we will lose everything that we've built... we will lose it, forever." Vincent finished off.

Hayley's Safe House

Hayley is walking up stairs to the second floor. Through a small opening into the attic, she hoists herself up and spies the coffins with the sleeping originals. She opens one, Elijah is seen slumbering. An older hope is in her room coloring as Hayley returns and they hear a vehicle approaching. "Is that her?" Hope asked. "Let me check. Stay inside." Hayley said. Hayley went outside and saw that Mary had arrived at the house. "Well, now, aren't you a sight?" Mary asked. "You're sure no one followed you?" Hayley asked.

"I've been avoiding trouble since well before you were born. Now, where's that little boy and girl?" Mary asked. "Did you find it? Mary, please. After all this time, I am this close to getting them back. I found a cure for Freya's poison, I got a witch to siphon Rebekah's hex." Hayley said. "So you're really gonna do it? Cure 'em and then wake 'em up? Did you ever stop to think, Hope might be better off without 'em?" Mary asked. "I made a promise." Hayley said. "To who? To Elijah?" Mary asked.

"To my daughter. I promised her a home where she would feel safe and protected by the people that love her. Mary, she's a Mikaelson, too. She's inherited all of their enemies and a power that I don't understand. She needs someone to teach her to control it. Daniel is already on that front as well as Emma occasionally. I can't do this on my own and Daniel and Mia have to take care of their son." Hayley said. "You told me to wake the Mikaelsons you needed to find all seven werewolf packs. You found six. The last one, the Malraux, I thought they'd been killed off. According to this, there might be one left. Hayley. You looked for five years. You found nothing. Suddenly, I get word of a lead. What if someone else found it, too? What if it's a trap?" Mary asked. "Then we'll be prepared." A voice said.

They both looked over and saw Mia stood behind them. "Where's Daniel?" Hayley asked. "With Aaron in the backyard." Mia said. Hayley nodded. In the backyard, Daniel was looking around the garden. "Come out, come out wherever you are." Daniel said. He heard a heart beat and knew who it was. He sped over to a tree and picked up a 7 year old boy. "Gotcha!" Daniel exclaimed. The boy laughed out loud and Daniel carried him as he ran around the yard. "Dad, stop!" The boy said. "Why? Is it not fun?" Daniel asked. The boy shook his head. "No." The boy said.