Inside MALIVORE | HopexClarke |Legacies

9 | Totally Impressed

HOPE'S POV

"What's your middle name?"

"Andrea.It's my mom's birth name,but then her adoptive parents named her Hayley."

Clarke had an idea that we play 20 questions but I suggested playing "Would you rather" now we're playing both together since we obviously had NOTHING to do here,it's actually getting frustrating.25 days in a black pit makes you go half crazy.I wonder if Clarke wasn't here,what would I have done all this time?

Yesterday,Clarke let me look through his mind.It's something I learnt from Aunt Freya.But letting you look through your mind,all your deeds,past,present,all your thoughts,is a big deal.That proves how much Clarke trusts me and honestly I feel pretty honored

He keeps saying that maybe he knows the way to get out this place but he just can't point it out so he let me search his brain for some spell or something.This made me realize even more how much Clarke does not deserve the life he's living.He deserves a normal functional life because throughout his entire life history,I could see only two things which could seem as "bad" to people.One being when he teamed up with the witches to put his father down,which I don't see as a bad thing but if you count betraying your evil father a big sin then maybe.And the second one was when he came for the artifacts to raise his dad and put Landon in trouble.

Apart from that,all he did was just like any other normal person,besides,most of his past is just filled with darkness of this place,so there wasn't much to see.I am really grateful that he's trying to give his all to get us out of here but now even I am getting demotivated.It's been nearly a month in here,not to mention,probably SO nuch longer in the outside world.

Unfortunately,I didn't find anything in his memories regarding getting out of Malivore WITHOUT the vortex,now how can there be any other solution that Malivore's own son wouldn't know?

"What's the wildest thing you've done?" I ask him.

"Probably when I once jumped from the top of a mountain just to check how long it takes for me to reform."

I look at him with amusement,"Either you're really stupid or you're really stupid.Why would you kill yourself just to test it?"

"I had to know,Hope. It took me three minutes and twenty-three seconds exactly to come back to my senses.What about you?What's the wildest thing you've done?"

"I think..when I killed that Dragon,the first monster from Malivore.Or when I burst the car windows of Connor with my magic,who was bullying Landon."

"There's Landon again." He rolls his eyes.For some reason,he gets irritated whenever I talk about Landon,like,he doesn't hate him THAT much that just the mention of his name will irk him then why?

"When did you guys even meet first?"

"Oh he used to work in a cafe.I went there a few times, and those guys would always bully him until my uncle Elijah motivated me to be a bit baddass to teach them a lesson."

"Isn't Elijah Mikaleson the noble brother and all?" He doesn't realize he's speaking of him in present tense.

I look down,"Was.And yeah, he was the noble brother.But he had his own different way of dealing with people "

"Sorry,I just..."

"Let's not get sad over it.Okay would you rather look like Malivore,like an actual golem with all his powers and strength Or look like a human and be like this?"

"I mean,the whole point of me raising Malivore is so that he can finally seal me like this so my golem self doesn't come out through the cracks.But again,who wouldn't want the power of being invincible?"

"Tough choice?"

He thinks for a while then finally says with confidence,"I choose the latter.I mean,if THIS face and THIS body is gone,the ladies will be missing out on so much.If this is gone,how will I impress ladies?How will I impress YOU?" He nudges my shoulder and winks.
That was seductive....seriously, Hope?

"Yeah right,you wish." I quickly say sounding quite unsure.

"Is that a challenge,Hope Andrea Mikaelson?" He stands in front of me arms crossed with a challenging look.

"I mean..." I shrug.

"Challenge accepted,then."

With that,he takes my hand and places it on his shoulder,then does the same with the other.Then his hands travel to my waist and he starts to make us sway.

"What are you doing?"

"Trying to impress you with the limited facilities here?Now look at me." I do,I look straight in his eyes and he starts singing,

"I'm in my bed
And you're not here
And there's no one to blame but the drink and my wandering hands
Forget what I said
It's not what I meant
And I can't take it back, I can't unpack the baggage you left"

We sway to the rhythm of his singing and pretended to have music around.But honestly,him singing without anything else is the best thing.

"What am I now? What am I now?
What if I'm someone I don't want around?
I'm falling again, I'm falling again, I'm fallin'
What if I'm down? What if I'm out?
What if I'm someone you won't talk about?
I'm falling again, I'm falling again, I'm fallin' "

When we finish dancing,he looks at me expectantly but I am still lost in the moment.Him singing,us dancing,it just seems beautiful.

"Hope??I know my charm is irresistible but does that mean you're impressed?"

"You have to try harder,Clarke.But..you do get some points for this." Lie.I am TOTALLY impressed.

"What will you do after getting out of here?If Malivore has indeed risen,now what?"

"Well,there's no doubt I hate him with every bone in my body,but I just hoped that making him rise might empower me.He'll go around finishing monsters,actual monsters,not those who Triad Industries consider monsters.It'll help ease my guilt for initiating Triad in the first place.And me being his son will have some power or something,I don't know?I just had to give it a shot,I couldn't live like this,with an imperfect,flawed form."

"Who said you have an imperfect form?" He places his hand on his cheek and harshly rubs it.And it's like the skin came off,his mud form revealed through the cracks.So because Malivore was never meant to create more like him,when he did,the body wasn't created properly,it remained incomplete.

"That doesn't make you imperfect,but again,being perfect is too unrealistic and only described in tales.So I guess a little bit of imperfection is good.Doesn't mean you're flawed,or you deserved what he did to you." I place my hand on his cheek and caress it.Then when I remove it,the skin is made intact again.

"What did you do?"

"Just a concealing spell,so you don't think again that you're flawed."

"Thank you,Hope.What about you?What will you do after getting out of here?"

"You know,I've traveled the world so less.Born in New Orleans,then came to Mystic Falls to get admitted to this school.So now that everyone has forgotten me,I don't think I can go back to school or anything now,at least for a while.So I might do some travelling?See the world?"

Clarke smiles,then suggests,"Someday,I'll take you on a long drive,into the sunset without knowing where our destination is."

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Y'all they really need to go on that long drive into the sunset.What do you say?

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Song:Falling by Harry Styles.

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