Red (TO & Legacies) Hope Mikaelson

Chapter 24

To the Hell and Heaven, Sunshine!

Third pov

"Until this moment, she made me thinking how I'm the lucky one. Not her..."

Hope went quiet for a minute, staring down at her sudden-interesting shoes before inhaling deeply and looking up at the Goddess. "If you ask me back then, I would say "yeah, sure, I love her. What's not to love from her?" she shrugged her shoulders, "but right now in this moment, I can only give you, "I'm the lucky one, not her. I'm the dumb and the blind one between the two of us. I learned my lesson and trying to mend all the hurt I've given, I should love her as much as she loves me. Or maybe twice or thrice bigger than hers."

The Mother nodded her head like she was proud of herself, "it's her decision, not mine. That's the question you should ask her, not me. I'm sorry, I've lost my right the moment I keep and keep hurting her."

"Let's play 'What if' question, Hope. The rules is simple, be honest and relax. Do you think you could play this game with me?" Hope narrows her brow in confusion as, at this moment, she has completely lost with the Goddess. 

"Uhh, I'd try?" she answered unsure.

"That's good enough, let's start... What if she chooses to walk away?" the Goddess started then biting her inside cheeks to prevent a smile as she wants to know the real tribrid without the presence of Lucienne. 

"Ugh, that's a tough one... Like I said, she has every right to leave, I won't hold her from leaving. I guess, I deserve it." 

The mother scrunches up in amusement as she continues, "what if she chooses the opposite, she stays but nothing mends between you two?"

"Then it's completely my fault for letting this happen," she simply answered.

"Which leads me to my next question that I've been wonder, have you found yourself? I knew how you look at yourself, Hope... Who are you really, Hope Mikaelson?"

"I'm learning, bit by bit... I used to see myself as the answer to Malivore's and Ken's problems, yet now I have a different perspective. I'm no longer the answer nor someone's hero. I'm Hope Mikaelson, Morningstar if I'm lucky enough, the child of the big bad hybrid, Klaus Mikaelson, and the alpha queen, Hayley Marshall. An heir of the crescent alpha pack, the first born of Mikaelson, the dumb one between Luci and myself a-and..." she broke down, sobbing. "And I don't think I want to know or find out what's next for me if she leaves."

The mother summons a handkerchief before handing it to a crying mess of Tribrid, "I don't want her to leave me, I don't want to see her with someone else but me." She snotted, then looked up to the mother with glassy eyes. "She couldn't leave me.... I love her."

Picking up the handkerchief carefully with her thumb and index finger, she throws it away before it burns down and becomes ashes. "We once told you, the future of yourself and Lucienne would be rough." Cupping Hope's cheeks softly and wiping the tears with her thumb, "nothing will be handed in gold plate to you two, and you had face the storm together. Beautifully... You can pick the ripe one now."