Littlest Wolf

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My dad picks me up and we all run out of the house. Josie grabs my hand as Lizzie comes into sight also grabbing my hand. They both siphon magic from me. "Sutas Incenda!" They both say at the same time. As the fire disappears I feel the storm inside me strengthen. "Hope! You can't keep doing this! You're going to hurt people!" My father yells. "When are you going to learn to stop!" My mom yells and I feel a sharp pain in my heart. "Hope you're going to kill people!" Lizzie says and I clench my fists. "You will destroy everything." Alaric says and I drop to the wet grass screaming. People start coming out of their houses and look at me. MG and Kaleb stand next to me with the rest of us. I'm still crying on the ground. Josie sits down on the ground with me, along with Lizzie, and they both hold me. As I shake in their arms, Josie hums to me. "I just can't. I just. I just. I don't know. There's wrecking balls inside my head. And there is a ball of fire in my stomach ready to be put out. I'm sorry I'm such a fuck up!" I almost scream and I'm ready to die. Bonnie gets down in front of me and makes me look at her. "Hey. Shhh. You're okay baby. It's hard to be the strong one I know. I have to do it a lot. But in the end I don't regret it. I learn to love it and learn to let it be apart of who I am. Think of Freya. She's just as dangerous as you. She's probably the strongest, oldest, witch out there." Bonnie says as I nod. "And don't be mad at your parents. Because they really do love you. They just don't understand what you feel inside. That's why you have to talk to someone about it. Even us supernaturals have to express our feelings. It's okay to not be okay Hope." Bonnie continues as the wrecking balls and fire slow down inside of me. "And it looks like you have two great friends to help you out in your journey. Lizzie and I have had our 'appointments' plenty of times." She says nudging Lizzie. "We love you Hope." Lizzie says as Josie nods. I look over at Josie and give her a small awkward smile. I stand up with Lizzie and Josie by my side. I look at Alaric, Mom, and Dad. "I think I'm ready to talk." I say and they all nod. I grab my necklace out of my shirt and put it in my hand. "No more magical necklace. No more taking my powers away. No more changing me." I say and they all three nod. "I am Hope Mikaelson. I'm a witch, werewolf, and a vampire. I am a tribrid. I am the only one of my kind. I am me." I say and everyone smiles. "And no one can change that." I say and my mom hugs me. "Does anyone know a spell to reverse my necklace back into like just a normal necklace? Because I thought about destroying the necklace but it's my favorite one." I say and we all laugh. "I'll get that for you." Bonnie says taking the necklace from me and doing her job. She gives it back and I put it on. "You still can do magic!" She says and I nod. "Thank you." I say smiling and my dad glares at Bonnie. "You aren't tricking her are you?" Dad says and Bonnie rolls her eyes. "Trust me Dad. I can still feel the magic." I say as he nods.

When we get back home I know someone is going to blow up. I know my parents are bickering. "Klaus you cannot tell her that! She is fragile!" I hear my mom yell in a very angry voice. "EXACTLY! MY DAUGHTER IS NOT FRAGILE LIKE A FLOWER. SHE IS FRAGILE LIKE A BOMB!" I hear him scream even louder. "OUR DAUGHTER KLAUS! NOT YOURS NOT MINE! OURS!" Mom screams and I want to rip my ears off. "What are they screaming about this time?" Elijah says coming into my room. "I almost burnt down a house. In the city with a bunch of drunk teenagers in it. I almost got Lizzie and Josie killed. And a 500 year old vampire named Tucker was trying to kidnap me." I say and Elijah nods with no emotion on his face like usual. "Nice. Did you have the necklace on?" He asks and I shake my head. "I took it off to fight Tucker." I say and he nods. "You put it back on?" He asks and I shrug. "It doesn't have power over me anymore. Bonnie took it off. I don't need it. I am who I am." I say and he smiles. Elijah Mikaelson smiles. "Yes you are who you are. And you are my wonderful niece. You are our Hope." He says and I smile. "We all love you very much. We are just all so scared of losing you. We don't know what will happen to us all if something happens to you." He says and I nod. "I get it. I do." I say as he nods walking out of my room. He's always so odd and mysterious. No wonder why my mom likes him so much. She wants to know his story. Which she does I think. "Niklaus." I hear Elijah say calmly. The screaming and yelling stops instantly. I imagine Mom and Dad both turning there heads startled by Elijah's calmness. Calmness is usually the scariest for us. I walk down stairs and my parents both look at me. "Hey." I wave a little and they both give me a sad smile. "Hey baby girl." Mom says rubbing her hands together. "I may be fragile like a bomb but I'm as strong as a tank." I say and my dad smiles. "We know." He says giving me his most proud smile. "Where is Cami?" I ask and his face drops. "Uh she back to New Orleans for a little bit." He says and I shake my head. "Are you guys okay?" I ask and he nods. "Of course we are. I want to marry her." He says and I nod. "I want you to marry her too." I say and he nods. "But..." He says and I shake my head. "Dad no buts. Love is love." I say and he shakes his head. "Yes yes I know. But I always think of Caroline and how things would be if I was with her and if she would have just accepted me a long time ago." He says and I nod. "Dad just think of how sweet and great Cami is. She's always there for you." I say and he smiles. "Camille." He says with a goofy smile. He is definitely bipolar. "Enough about her. What are going to do about you?" He asks and I shrug. "You're the Dad." I say and he laughs. "Yeah well you're the know it all daughter who doesn't like to be told what to do." He says and I laugh. "Unless it's mom who is telling you what to do." "Unless it's mom who is telling me what to do." We both say at the same time. Mom laughs and rolls her eyes. "I'm scary." She says and Dad and I both nod in agreement. "Yeah she really is." Elijah says smiling a little. "Geez I miss Rebekah." Mom says and we all laugh. "She's always on my side." Mom says and I smile. I love this. I love us just joking around and having fun.

It's been an hour since we've gotten home. I'm in the living room watching the news. "A sudden house explodes in fire and extinguishes on its own after a teen house party. No one was hurt and house seems to be in fair shape." The news reporter says and I get nervous. Dad and Mom surround me, along with Elijah. "I saw it happen! I saw it happen! It was a it was a girl! She did it! She was a witch!" Some crazy guy comes out of nowhere with giant eyes. "She had red hair and and blue eyes! She was so scary! She was crazy!" He says and the news' security takes him away. "Sorry about that Mystic Falls. No girl with red hair and blue eyes has been seen and witches are not real!" She says laughing a little. I let out a breath and want to literally leave. "Fuck!" Dad yells and I flinch. My phone buzzes and I look down at it.
Bri: Hey girl! Loved partying wit u! U r great! That fire was kinda scary tho! They are saying it's a gas leek now!

Bri texts me and I smile at her silliness. "Brianna just texted me." I say showing the text to my parents. They take a deep breath and nod. The front door opens as Landon and Rafael stumble in. "And then she was like 'oh my god!' And I was like whoa!" Landon says slurring his words. I feel anger rise inside of me. While I was all alone dying tonight he was out drinking! "Landon Kirby!" I say standing up and he looks at me with a huge smirk on his face. My dad and mom both hold their breath. It's like everyone is ready for me to blow. "Tick tick tick." I hear my dad whisper to my mom. I almost laugh at his dumb joke. Raf looks scared. "When you said that you were going out with the boys I didn't think you meant this!" I say motioning my hands in front of me. "Babe babe. Shhhh." He says almost falling over. I look at Raf and he seems to not be drunk. "You let him drink?!" I almost yell and Raf looks at me with no emotion. "No. Well yeah but no." He says nervously. Raf is holding Landon up. "What do we do?" Mom whispers to Dad. "I'm not sure. I've never dealt with this behavior before." Dad says and I'm waiting to rip out Landon's heart. "The poor boy doesn't know any different. He has no parents to tell him what to do." Mom says and I roll my eyes. Even though it's true I feel like he should know not to get drunk. "We will talk to him about it in the morning. He will not listen to or remember a thing we tell him." Elijah says and while my parents agree. "Hopefully Hope will knock some sense into him." My dad whispers and I roll my eyes once again. It's like they act like I'm not here. They all walk up stairs and I scowl at Landon. "Uh can I put him somewhere?" Rafael asks and I nod. "His room is up here." I say walking to the stairs. We walk upstairs and I end up taking Landon's dirty clothes off because Raf felt awkward doing it. "He's asleep. Thank you for bringing him home." I say and he nods. "He's my brother. Thank you for giving him a home." Raf says and I smile. "You're welcome. He's pretty great." I say looking at him. "Even though I could literally kill him with a snap of my fingers in 0.3 seconds." I say as Raf laughs. "Don't be too hard on him. He was having a rough night." He says and I turn my head in confusion. "What happened?" I ask and he looks away from me. "Rafael tell me what happened." I say sternly. "Okay before you blast me away with your wolf eyes can we sit down somewhere?" He asks rudely. He's testing me right now. "Yeah. Come in here." I say walking into my room. "They let you have rooms right next to each other?" He asks looking around my room. "Yep. Spill." I say sitting down on my bed while Raf takes the chair. "Well he was just upset about you kissing Eli. And then Eli showed up and then Landon punched him in the face. Eli tried punching back a few times but Landon's magic wouldn't let him." Raf says and I get knocked out of breath. "Oh my god." I say feeling horrible. "So this is my fault." I say feeling like I'm going to cry. Raf doesn't say anything. He's probably too scared to say the wrong thing. Which I don't think I like it when people are scared of me if they are my friends. "Can I go back to the school now? They are probably looking for me." He says and I nod. "Yeah thanks again." I say and he nods. "Oh and Hope?" He says popping his head back into my room. "Hmm?" I ask and he looks down to the floor. "We all miss you at school." He says and I smile. "I miss you guys too." I say and he walks out with a nod.