A New Chance

The Sacrifice

Hope POV:

I showed Elijah where Elena lives, and then returned home with him to Freya and Theo. I stood outside the door with Elijah. I knocked on the door and Freya answered. "ELIJAH!" She yelled, jumping into his arms. "Sister!" He said picking her up. "We have got to do something with this hair." She said playing with it. He batted at her hands. "Stop it!" He said laughing.

Theo stood in the entryway. "Good to meet you sir." He said waving. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced. I'm Elijah, you are?" He said offering his hand. "I'm Theo. Hope took me in a while back." He replied shaking his hand. "Welcome in Elijah, we have much to discuss." Freya said. We all walked in, I was making dinner for the lot of us.

"So what do we have to discuss?" Elijah asked between bites. "Well I know where Katerina Petrova is. I think that after five hundred years of running from you and Dad is enough. I think that Rebekah should get to torture her for what she did to both of you. The point being though is that she lives. Dad will be coming, along with your coffined siblings." I said, taking a break to get a drink.

" I will be helping him break his curse, I have the Doppelgänger, we can turn a vampire, and I have two werewolves locked in my basement. We will be waking your siblings up immediately after he finishes his run, let me do the talking though. We all know Dad can be a stabby prick when he wants to be." I continued.

"What am I to do in the meantime?" Elijah asked. "Compose lists of werewolf packs and locations. Use the witches or whatever means you have at your disposal." I told him. "He will be coming soon, it's best for you not to be seen. I have a feeling that Katherine is going to need to take refuge here. Dad will probably kidnap and torture her." I explained.

It was four days later, having invited Katherine into the house, letting her stay here protected from Dad. Katherine spent several hours talking with Elijah, explaining why she ran. Elijah understood, he didn't forgive her for breaking his heart but he understood. I had been keeping my eye on Alaric, knowing Dad's tricks.

I had gone over to the Gilbert house to see Jeremy and Jenna. Elena answered the door, I had removed being kidnapped with me from her memory. "Hey Elena, is Jenna home?" I asked. "Yeah, let me go get her." She said, jogging up the stairs. I waited at the door, Jeremy came down, "Hey Hope, what's up?" He asked.

"I'm waiting for Jenna and Elena to come down, you'll need to hear this too." I told him as we waited for the others. Once they came down, we sat in the kitchen. "So I wanted everyone to know that Alaric has been feeling a little off. Best not to invite him inside. You haven't invited him in have you?" I asked everyone. Each of them shook their heads. I then compelled Elena and Jenna to not invite him over until I said otherwise.

Jeremy left the house with me, heading to Tyler's house. I then went on to let Tyler and Carol know that Alaric will be acting off. I explained that he had gone through a rough breakup and was finding new medication to cover for him while he was possessed. They agreed to let me know if he was acting odder than usual. Damon would be watching him closely.

I returned home to find Katherine sitting close with Theo. "Oh hell no." I said, as I grabbed her by the shoulder, digging my nails in so she couldn't escape. "What I'm not allowed to talk to him?" She said, groaning in pain. "No you aren't. I know you better than you think, you are still trying to find a way to fix this for yourself. If you would just trust me that I'm going to fix it for you, then I won't have to hurt you as much as I do." I told her as I smacked her upside the head repeatedly.

I grabbed her by the ears, "Do not touch Theo, do not talk to Theo, don't look at him. Am I clear?" I said as I started ripping her skin. "YES! YES! WE ARE CLEAR!!" She said clawing at my arms. I released her ears, "Good, now go get ready, lunch will be ready soon." I told her. When she went into her room, I soundproofed it so that she can't hear us and we can't hear her.

"Elijah, if you are going to spend time here, I need a couple things from you." I told him, helping Freya make lunch. "What can I do?" He asked, rolling up his sleeves. "I need you to teach my people how to fight. I also need you to teach them how to contain their rage and be diplomatic when they need to be." I said, passing him a stack of plates to lay out.

"Not a problem, we can do trainings after school and diplomacy on the weekends. I'll need someone who knows them well to get them mad, that way we can see where we need to start with each of them." He told me, laying out napkins and forks. I felt relief knowing that my people will be taught how to be mature in the supernatural world. Everyone would be going to these trainings.

4 months later

Alaric had started dressing better, walking tall like a king, must be Dad. "I want him to meet me, without the violence and magic. I can track him now, The Martin witches should know that Greta is voluntarily working with Dad." I told my family. "Is that the best idea? You know what he's like with strangers, you know what he's like with us." Elijah voiced his concern.

"There is nothing in this world that can kill me. Anything that tries ends up dead. Mikaelson's are resilient in nature." I responded. "I'll find him, gradually bring him in. If I don't he will see it as a threat or a trick." I continued. "Elijah, I have something that should really be in your possession. But you have to promise to not use it on your siblings. I know you have daggered Kol in the past." I told him sternly.

He looked confused, but sad at the memory. "I have a dagger."  I said pulling it out of my bag, handing it to him. "Like Dad, they don't work on me." I continued. "Thank you, this has been used on me quite a few times. Kol several times more." He replied, pocketing the dagger.

"You should know, Finn is awake. He's been awake for quite some time. Besides Freya and Henrik, you will all deserve his wrath, you should have done more to help him." I said getting up to people watch. I had seen Greta walking around, trying to be incognito.

Damon had unfortunately not noticed Alaric acting differently. I found them at the Grill drinking. I texted Stefan that Alaric had been possessed, to let Damon know when he gets home and to not message him. Since Stefan has been compelled by me, he has become a lot more fun. Especially since he started dating Caroline.

I had explained to Jeremy that Elena had to be sacrificed but she would live. He was very conflicted with the idea of her dying, but he knew that I kept my word and I had made his life better in the end. I had still been collecting Elena's blood.

I had enough to make dozens of Doppelgängers. Getting Dad to trust me will be interesting. Even if he gets violent or hurts me, he doesn't know it's me. He will understand eventually, once he comes out of the paranoia.