Liliana Salvatore (The Salvation) "Wind Of Forever" // Wattys 2019

"Keepers of the House"

We were at the compound in New Orleans and Vincent was chanting then Lucille woke up "mommy?" Then she ran to me and I hugged her "oh my sweet little girl" I sighed "go see daddy" then when she walked but a dead crow fell in front of her and a bunch of them fell from the sky until there was a circle of dead crows around Lucille "Do you hear that mommy?" Then I ran to Lucille and turned her to me "what do you hear? Baby tell me" "whispers they're saying a name Kru-na- han And dragon and....my mom..you" then I hugged Lucille terrified "what does that mean?" I asked "the hollow it means the hollow is coming I'm guessing since you and your daughter are the most powerful beings on earth it wants your magic".

I walked downstairs to see Klaus and "how is she?" Klaus asked "the fever is back but she's not in any pain she's asking for you" "well make an excuse I'd rather my daughter not know I'm off to murder witches" "we cannot be reckless Klaus" "and how would you have me respond? Should I delegate my child's safety to someone else?!" "I will handle Marcel, out of the two of us he won't kill me on arrival" then I went to walk away but Klaus grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him "do I need to remind you that Marcel buried a dagger in your stomach that made you suffer imagine what he'll do to you this time" "Let go of me!" "I'm not letting you go on a death mission Liliana" then I pulled my arm from his grip and turned around "Liliana!" Then he grabbed my wrist "I'm not going to stand here and listen to you tell me how I can and can't protect my daughter!" "Our daughter" "right ours I'm doing all I can" then I tried to walk away but Klaus held me back "Niklaus let her go" I heard Elijah say and Klaus went upstairs "Liliana listen to me whoever Marcel is now, he's no ally" then I walked away.

I was with Marcel "You are no friend to witch's" the girl said "you don't trust him I get it but one of those kids is my daughter she's eight she likes to paint, catch fireflies, make up stories all I know us that she's sick right now, I don't care about him he past, I'm just a mom asking you to help me" I said "there's a girl named Lara I saw her draw the same symbol with blood" "a witch?" "She's your kind, A Wolf, she ran off to the bayou" then me and Marcel left.

I was walking in the bayou with Marcel "listen Liliana I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry" Marcel said but I ignored him "I know you don't believe me but I am- "save it Marcel mistakes were made I'm past it right now, I'm worried about my daughter I'm trying so hard to keep myself together because all I want to do is cry, I have been away from my brothers and my sister and all my friends for a year I just found out that Hayley is my sister, so, I have more things to worry about then stand here and listen to you apologize for the things you've done" I growled and walked away.

I found Lara by the lake and I walked up to her "Lara? I'm Liliana I don't know if- "I know who you are I've heard stories about you Liliana Salvatore Mikaelson I know why you're here you're because of the kids, I'm sorry I really am, but they're as good as dead I didn't know this was going to happen I didn't know they were going to bring children into it" "it's okay just tell us why 'they' are" "those that serve the hollow followers of the blue light I thought we were doing something good trying to take back our city" "back from what?" "From him from Marcel, from the vampires for One year we kept quiet watching you lord over this city like it was yours" "hey I spent a year keeping the peace- "IT IS NOT YOUR CITY TO RULE!" Lara yelled pointing the knife at Marcel "New Orleans belongs to all of us and the hollow offered us the power we needed the Hollow wants power the kind that only comes from sacrifice those kids and you will die so it can get stronger And it will feed. And it will rise. And we will all bow before it. The great beast even Marcel will bow before it. My only mercy is I won't be here to see it"
Then she stabbed herself in the neck and I caught her before she fell to the ground.

I was with Vincent and Elijah and we found the kids "if I link you to the kids and kill you temporarily it will break the link to the kids" Vincent told me and I nodded then Elijah broke a branch from the tree and Vincent started chanting "Elijah do it now" Vincent said and Elijah stabbed me in the heart and I felt myself start to desiccate as I fell into Elijah's arms.

I was in me and Klaus's room and Klaus was sleeping and I facing him and I felt someone put and arm around me and I smiled when I realized it was Lucille.