Ethereal ~ The Originals [1] ✓

{11} The End... At Least For Now

The Hollows stood in front of all of their followers in St. Anne's Church. They were facing away from them, but then turned to face them. The Hollows walked toward them as they took a cloth off of a dead body. It was the body of a man and one of the followers sprinkled something over his body. The Hollows held hands and raised one of them up then suddenly the man gasped as he was resurrected. The followers that were gathered around the body were shocked at the miracle that happened.

The man, Dominic, sat up and walked to the Hollows' sides, "All of you, know that this is the power of The Hollow. The power to transcend death, and destroy all who stand against us." Dominic and the followers bow down to the two girls.

***

The Hollows are walking down the slightly busy road. Dominic and a few witches walked down the street as well and the Hollows approached them. Dominic spoke, "Witches of New Orleans. I ask you to join your one and true savior. Pledge your loyalty, and she will free you from oppression." Instead of the people doing what they wanted them to do, the ran away from the group. They ran inside of buildings trying to get away from the Hollows and their followers. This made the Hollows mad so they used their magic to set some light posts on fire.

"Hope! Skye!" The Hollows heard a voice call out. They turned to see Hayley running toward them and her shirt had a blood stain on it. She stopped a few feet in front of the girls, "Babies, I know you can hear me. I need you to fight them."

The Hollow Catori laughed, amused, "And do you really think that you can stop us? Because all we see is one of you and a lot of us."

"I'm not gonna let you take them." Hayley shouted over the wind. Catori looks over to Inadu gesturing for her to do the honours. Inadu raised her hand, lifting Hayley off of the ground and then snapping her neck, dropping her.

***

The Hollows and Dominic stood in front of the followers back at the church. There was a table in front of them and items were being placed on it by the followers. That's when they heard someone say, "Quite the party." Everybody turned to see Marcel and a woman walk toward them. The followers were murmuring things to each other as Marcel walked down the isle.

"Marcel Gerard, king of New Orleans." Dominic stated. Marcel and the woman were suddenly stopped by an invisible wall. The two backed up and the followers backed away from Marcel and the woman. "Accompanied by his top advisor. Well, I trust you've come to grovel and bow before the power of the Hollows."

"Actually, we came to make a truce. The way I see it, we both have the same enemy: the Mikaelsons. Now, you help me get them out of this city, and maybe there's a world in which we all live happily ever after." Marcel suggested to the three standing in front of him. The Hollows stared at him with a blank expression while Dominic did all of the talking.

"Diplomacy. A wise choice." Dominic nodded at Marcel. He then looked down at the Hollows as they looked up at him. The two girls nodded at him and then turned back to Marcel. Dominic held up his hand and the invisible wall disappeared. Marcel and his advisor took a few steps forward and walked around the table with items on it.

"I want the king to kneel before me." Inadu demanded. Marcel did as the Hollow said which made Catori smirk.

"Behold, covens of New Orleans, even the great Marcel Gerard is nothing in the face of the Hollows." Dominic announced to the followers who were watching. Marcel quickly raised his head and blew some dust into both of the Hollows' faces. They're fell forward and Marcel caught them both, vamp speeding away with them.

***

In Hope and Skye's bedroom, Inadu and Catori were laid on the bed, completely passed out. The two of them had iron shackles on their wrists to keep them from using magic. Klaus stood over the girls' bed and stared down at his little girls, "I know you're both in there. And I know you can hear me, so I want you two to listen very carefully," He leans over them and takes their hands with tears in his eyes. "You are my daughters. And you both are strong, and brave, unlike anyone I've ever known," Hayley comes from around the corner and watches Klaus talk to their daughters. "In fact, you girls helped me believe in something your uncle once said. 'Family is power.'" He kissed Hope on the forehead and then did the same to Skye. Klaus turns to see Hayley standing behind them and they walk away from the girls to talk.

"You're a good dad, Klaus. And you deserve the truth. There is something that you need to know about the ritual. Vincent didn't want to tell you because he didn't think that you'd go through with it, but I know that you will. I know that you'll do anything for them," Hayley looked past Klaus and at Hope and Skye. "Even if it means never seeing them again." Klaus is completely taken back by what Hayley said. He looks like he was about to say something, but didn't because he couldn't find the right words.

***

Hope and Skye wake up from their sleep and finally they have control over their bodies again. They looked around with blurry vision and they see their mother looking down at them. Hayley moves their hair out of their faces, "It's okay, babies. You're okay."

"Mom." Hope whispered as her and Skye sat up. The two of them looked over to their father who looked so sad. Skye wondered why her dad looked so sad, what could've happened?

"Daddy? Daddy, what's wrong? What's happening?" Skye asked a little worried.

Klaus sent a sad smile toward his daughters, "Hope, Skye. I love you both." Hayley held onto Hope and Skye a little tighter. The lights were starting to flicker and finally, Klaus vamp speeded away from the girls and the Abattoir.

"Dad? Dad!" Hope called out desperately.

"Dad! Daddy!" Skye called out as well. The little girl felt tears come into her eyes as she stared at the spot where her father previously stood.

***

Freya was knelt down in front of Hope and Skye with two necklaces with M's on them. "Your Aunt Rebekah asked me to give you this. She loves you both so much," Freya put one necklace around Hope's neck and then put the other around Skye's. "Family heirlooms are very important. They remind us where we come from, and that no matter where we go, our family is with us. I love you two."

"We love you, too, Aunt Freya." Hope and Skye said as they reached our and hugged their aunt. Hayley walked down the stairs with her suitcase, Hope's backpack, and Skye's backpack. Freya helped Hope and Skye put on their jackets and they took their backpacks from Hayley. Hayley turned to Freya and hugged her.

"You ready?" Hayley asked the twins.

"Yeah, yeah." Hope replied while Skye only nodded. Skye took one more look around the big place as she, her sister, and her mother all walked out the door. Oh, how she was going to miss this place. She was going to miss playing with Aunt Rebekah and Aunt Freya. She was going to miss everyone here, but there was one she was going to miss the most. That person was her father and she would never stop missing her family.

***

{Salvatore Boarding House School}

Hope and Skye were talking to two girls at the school that Alaric opened up. So far, they really liked it here and they already made some friends. Hope and Skye looked toward their mom and waved at her smiling. Hayley waved while smiling back at them and she just watched her daughters enjoy themselves.

That is the end of this story, but... is it really the end?