Klaus entered the room. "Rebekah and Kol just landed. I just assured them we're mere minutes away from returning our brother to life. Don't make me a liar."
"We can't resurrect Elijah until we're certain his mind is whole," Freya replied.
"Well, you saved Finn with that very trinket." He gestured to the broken pendant on the table. "What's the problem?"
"When the pendant was shattered, Elijah's mind shattered with it. He's most likely retreated to the innermost of his consciousness."
"How do we find that?" Hayley asked.
Morgana glanced at Freya.
"I don't know," Freya sighed. "It could be anywhere in over a thousand years of memories, but if I try fixing the pendant before finding him and healing his mind, he'll be permanently fractured."
"It would be like casting a broken bone before it's been properly set," Morgana added.
"Spare me the medical analogies and fix him," Klaus growled.
Morgana raised an eyebrow.
"I need to go inside his mind and find him," Freya snapped. "Once I'm sure his mind is stable, then I can fix the pendant."
"Well then, stop talking and get in there."
"Klaus," Morgana hissed. "Go take a walk. Go to the bar. Just please let us work, for God's sake."
He spun on his heel and left. She blew out a breath of frustration. Hayley turned to them.
"Please tell me you can do this," she said quietly.
"He's my brother," Freya replied. "I'm not gonna stop until he's safe."
They spent the next hour preparing. Candles and herbs, as well as two salt circles with the necessary symbols, one around the pendant and a larger one on the ground.
"You actually think you can pull this off?" Hayley asked.
"I don't know," Freya admitted. "I've never actually tried this before."
Hayley glanced at Morgana, who shook her head. Morgana looked at Freya. "Given that there's a thousand years of memories to sort through, how are you going to know which is the correct one?"
"He'll recognize me," Freya replied. "If I can find the core of his being or whatever memory he's clinging to, I'll pull him out."
She stepped inside the salt circle and laid down. Morgana sat at the head and closed her eyes.
"Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz."
Freya shot up with a gasp. Morgana's eyes snapped open, and she and Hayley knelt in the circle on either side of her.
"What happened?" Morgana asked.
"I thought I found him," Freya breathed. "But he just vanished right in front of me. That's not our only problem."
She stood and walked over to the table. Morgana and Hayley followed suit.
"I can't search Elijah's mind and sustain the spell at the same time," she continued.
"What if you sent me in?" Hayley offered.
"That would require more power."
"You stay here and anchor the spell. He'll respond to me. Send me in, I can find him. Nobody's closer to Elijah than I am."
"To put you in the pendant, we would need another powerful witch to channel," Morgana said slowly.
She hesitated, glancing at Freya.
"Born of my family's bloodline," Freya finished.
"Hope," Hayley said. "No." She turned to Morgana. "You're a powerful witch, why can't it just be you?"
"I'm not of Mikaelson blood," Morgana explained. "If this is going to work, if we are to send you into the pendant to find Elijah, the spell needs the power of the Mikaelsons."
"She's too young for this," Hayley argued.
Freya took her hands. "She's young, but she's strong. Stronger than I was at her age. Hayley, I would never hurt my niece, ever."
"If there is even the smallest sign that something goes wrong, we'll stop," Morgana promised.
Hayley looked between them for a long moment, then sighed and went to get Hope. Morgana rubbed her temples and took a deep breath.
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"You don't have to do this if you don't want to," Hayley said.
"It's okay," Hope replied. "I'm not afraid."
Freya went over to them and took Hope's hand. "Ready?"
Hope nodded. They joined Morgana at the table.
"So he's just in there somewhere, clinging to broken memories?" Hayley asked, beginning to lay down in the circle.
"The core of his being has retreated deep into his subconscious, but yes, he's still in there," Freya replied.
"And I just search until I find him?"
"You don't have enough time," Morgana replied. "There are too many memories for you to just randomly search through. You need to figure out where Elijah would seek refuge. It's going to be somewhere that represents the fundamental basis of who he is. Hopefully it's a good place. But when you find it, draw him out and wake him up. And be careful, because his mind is unstable."
Hayley nodded.
"Mom?" Hope called.
Hayley looked at her over her shoulder.
"Be careful."
"I'll be right back, sweetie," Hayley assured her.
She laid down, and Freya and Morgana took Hope's hands.
"Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz."
Morgana heard Hope join in.
"Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz."
Something changed. Morgana cracked open her eyes. Hayley was shaking violently. Hope must've noticed the change in the spell as well, because she let go of their hands and ran over to Hayley, calling her.
"Hope!" Morgana called, rushing over to her.
"Aunt Ana, Aunt Freya, please, do something!" Hope begged.
"Hope, sweetheart, you need to focus on the spell," Morgana replied.
Hope wasn't listening. Morgana took her hands. "Hope. If we don't maintain the spell, we could lose her in there."
"Let me help," Hope pleaded. "I can save her."
Morgana glanced at Freya. Freya nodded. Morgana looked back to Hope.
"Okay. We need you to trust us, okay? We're gonna put you inside the pendant, and when you're in there, call out to your mom, okay?"
Hope nodded.
"When you're in the hallway," Freya added, "do not open any doors. Do you understand?"
Hope nodded again.
"Okay, lay down now, sweetheart," Morgana instructed. "We'll see you soon."
Morgana stood and went back to Freya. Her hands were shaking. She took Freya's hand and closed her eyes.
"Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz."
Morgana heard a gasp and opened her eyes. Hope was rushing over to them. "Mom said it's safe to fix the pendant."
Morgana let go of Freya and guided Hope to stand between them. Hope took their hands and joined them.
"Leigheas brotin. Leigheas brotin. Leigheas brotin. Leigheas brotin."
Another gasp. Hope let go and ran over to Hayley, who was sitting up. Hayley caught her. Morgana breathed a sigh of relief.
