Severity

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It the next day, since Nikolai couldn't talk to his family the previous night as they all had went to sleep, he now summons them to breakfast.

"Sorry for the delay, I was touring your city." Josiah crossed his arms with a small smile.

"Right anyways. Last night, I saw our parents." Nikolai jumped straight to the point.

"What?" Hayes responds first.

"Huh?" Then Klaus.

"What do you mean you saw them?" And Hayley.

"Well I went to the flower field to relax a bit then I had this weird vision about the taller mom then ended up in another world of some sort. I was attacked and chased down this girl to then get attack by the small mom. I obviously didn't recognize them until I saw the tall mom." Nikolai explain.

"You chased down a girl?" Freya questioned.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure she is our sister. She looked just like them, but it wouldn't make sense since brunette mom is a vampire right?" Nikolai wondered.

"Well I don't know, her curse mark probably made her part wolf to the extent that she can reproduce." Kol suggested.

"The curse mark doesn't make the host a wolf per se, only that they more so share the power of the wolf from the person they mated with." Hayley reveals.

"Maybe because they aren't exactly existing on the same plane as us that the rules in their other verse is different from ours." Davina declares and they shrugged.

"So we have a sister, do you know how to get back?" Hayes asks.

"No and I told you, I just saw a vision of mom and was in their world." Nikolai rolled his eyes.

"Then you found your connection, you connected to your parents and were able to project your mind or body to wherever they are." Josiah spoke and Nikolai eyebrows rose.

"I truly thought you were more like Hope, knowing you are more connected to Josie is interesting." Klaus formulated.

"Well he did kill her." Rebekah shrugged.

"Rebekah!" Hayley scolded.

"Jesus." Marcel sighs.

"No offense, grand-nephew." Rebekah puts up her hands and Nikolai was still in deep thought about his connection to Josie.

"I should try again, I'll go to the flower field and see if I can get back." He declares.

"I'll try to." Hayes nod.

"Alright, be careful, if you somehow die in their world then you can die here." Nik pats their back before they make their way to the garden.

Once at the site, they lay down, letting their mind and body relax. After a few more moments, the two woke up to a much grander flower field. Hayes couldn't feel his connection with his parents but with the help of his connection with his twin brother, he was able to succumb to the projection. They each stand and Nikolai leads them to the base camp where their parents and sister would be. When arriving, Eileen is the first to spot them and holds her bow and arrow up at them.

"Woah, hey. It's just me." Nikolai put up his hands in defense.

"Wizard?" She questioned.

"Yeah wizard." He nods and she set her weapon down.

"Oh, is he also a wizard?" Eileen questions and Nikolai looks to his brother who shrugs then smiles at the younger girl.

"Sorta, he's my twin brother." Nikolai tells her and she smiles

"Hey, I'm Hayes." He introduces.

"Nice to meet you Hayes, I'm Eileen." She nods then sat down once more, continuing her previous tasks.

"Where are ou-your parents?" Hayes decided to ask.

"Mom is out hunting and mommy is bathing." Eileen continued to create an object out of the bones of their food.

"Can we join you?" Nikolai wondered.

"Sure wizard." Eileen smiles at the boy and he sits down next to the girl with Hayes doing the same but next to his brother.

"What are you making?" Nikolai ushered.

"Art." She cups a handful of dirt.

"Art?" Hayes asks.

"Yeah, I call it the prison realm." Eileen finished making the planet before placing the boned lid of the boned boxed onto.

Nikolai eyes were widened and he looks to his brother who held a similar expression.

"Ei—" Hayes was about to speak when they hear a voice from behind them.

"Who's this?" Hope asked in a low tone.

"He's my brother, Hayes." Nikolai held up his hands, Hayes doing the same.

"Hm...To be frank I don't trust you two so keep away from my daughter." Hope growls and they quickly move away.

"Mom." Eileen frowns.

"They are strangers Eileen." Hope sighs.

"No they aren't." She argues.

"You don't know them sweetheart." Hope scolds.

"I do Mom, I do." She crosses her arms.

"Nonsense." Hope shakes her head at her daughter's antics.

"Oh you're back." Josie spoke, releasing the tensing.

"M—Josie, hi. This is my brother, Hayes." Nikolai introduced and Josie stares at the boy, a sense of familiarity washes over her, but it just as quickly vanishes.

"So there are two of you, that's lovely, I would hate to be in this world alone. Will you be able to join us for lunch this time or will you vanish like last time?" Josie walks over to the food she had brewing for when Hope returns from her hunting.

"We can stay for such." Nikolai nods.

"Yeah." Hayes agreed while Hope rolled her eyes and Eileen smiled happily.

Getting their food and sitting down, they had a casual conversation until Eileen turns to Hayes.

"You are my brothers right?" She whispered and Hayes eyes widened.

"How did you know?" He wondered.

"You look like our parents, what happened to your eye though?" Eileen pointed.

"It's a marking, like the one on our mom to help protect me." Hayes smiled to himself.

"Sounds cool." She smiled.

"It's pretty cool." Hayes shrugs with a small chuckle.

"What are you two whispering about?" Hope squinted her eyes, while Hayes can sense why.

"Believe me, I'll never be interested in your daughter. Ever." Hayes nearly puked having to say those words.

"God forbid it." Nikolai pulls a face of disgust.