Other Tribrid

9. What Was Hope Doing In Your Dreams?

It's now 2 am and Hope and I are still in Dr. S' office. "How long do you think it'll be before the next monster shows up?" I ask "It's hard to say. I've never actually seen an artifact glow before. Where did you hide the urn, by the way?" Dr. S asked "I'm not sure I should tell you, either of you." I say "Excuse me?" Hope and Dr. S asked in sync. "Isn't it safer if only one of us knows where it is?" I ask "Then that one of us should be the adult." Dr. S said "Funny, because I thought it should be the one with the dark magic powers. What do we tell everyone else?" I ask "We should probably warn them before a cyclops crashes exam week." Hope said "It's usually best to start with some form of the truth." Dr. S said "What about those times the truth is the one thing you can't say?" I ask "Are you sure you two want to keep all of this from Landon? I mean, I understand you wanting to protect him, but..." Dr. S said before Hope interrupts him. "He's been wondering about his mother his whole life. He finally meets her and then she dies. If I can keep him from knowing what that feels like, then it's worth it. Look, it's my secret to keep, Dr. Saltzman. Please." Hope said "Okay." Dr. S said "Thank you." Hope said

"The trick is to give everyone the right amount of information without giving away too much. We've been through this before with the knife, so it shouldn't come as too much of a shock. This is our chance to do things differently, more responsibly. Also, Khalia, we need to do your appointing your beta ceremony thing just incase anything happens." I nod and he then calls an emergency meeting. I am standing beside him at the podium."Before I get into the more pressing matters of this meeting, as you all know Khalia Mikaelson became alpha and all alphas get a beta choosing ceremony. Because of the information I will be giving you all shortly, I have chosen to go ahead and give her the ceremony." He turns to me. "Khalia, have you chosen a beta?" Dr. S asked "I have." I say "Then please announce for us who your chosen beta is." Dr. S said and I turn to the crowd of students. I know they are probably all thinking Rafael but I'm about to prove them all wrong. "My chosen beta is Jed Tien. Jed, you know the drill." He nods and walks up to stand in front of me. "Do you accept this position as chosen beta?" I ask "I do." Jed said "Do you agree to help me lead this pack to the best of your ability?" I ask "I do." Jed said "Then I hear by appoint you as the beta of the Salvatore Boarding School werewolf pack." I say as we clasp hands and our eyes turn amber. There's cheers from the werewolves in the room.

I nod at Jed and he goes back to his seat. I turn to look at Dr. S raising my eyebrow and he shakes his head so I stand beside him once again. "Now onto the more pressing matters. Yesterday, I came into possession of another Malivore artifact. It was my hope to finally a method of containment before it signaled another monster, but given the emergency meeting I've just called, I'm sure you can guess how well that went. But rest assured we are taking every precaution. Sheriff Donovan has been kind enough to open the doors of the Lockwood Mansion to us, so Mr. Williams and Ms. Tig are now in the process of evacuating our students from the lower grades." Dr. S said "Why don't we just evacuate the damn artifact?" Kaleb asked making Dr. S look at me for help. "Because we are much more well-equipped than the world at large to handle the arrival of a monster. Once we know what we're dealing with and the problem is contained, than we can reassess what to do with the artifact." I say "If any of you would like to evacuate, please talk to Dorian or Emma. However, exam week will continue as scheduled, wherever you are. I know. I'm sorry. I can't exactly call the state accreditation board and tell them that we're cancelling the exams because of monsters. We'll get through this, I promise. Try and get some rest, okay? Good night." Dr. S said before walking back to his office.