Elena is hanging a festive wreath on the front door of their safe house. When she returns inside, she finds Elijah leaning against the fireplace, thinking. I can tell him now, she thought.
Elena: Well, isn't this place rather nice!
She says cheerfully. I'll work my way into it, she thought. Elena picks up a bottle of wine and examines it.
Elena: Klaus must have compelled a wine-lover to keep it up, because I found a 2005 bordot! Fancy a sip?
Elijah: I appreciate the sentiment, Elena, but I do recognize when I'm being handled with kid gloves.
He says annoyed. Elena sighs and puts down the wine.
Elena: How are you feeling?
Elijah: Patronized.
They both look down at Hope, who is laying in her play pen, cooing.
Elijah: I am here to protect you.
Elena: I know you mean to, Elijah-
Elijah: And yet, you find it necessary to render me unconscious before bringing me here?
He interrupts.
Elena: Well, you weren't yourself! And I needed to get us out of that diner. What happened back there?
Elijah: I don't know. Niklaus sent me to protect Hope. My job is to keep her safe.
Obviously tense. Elena sighs.
Elena: There's something else, Elijah.
He nods his head for her to continue.
Elena: I...ummm...we..I don't know how but.. You know what? I'm going to start from the top.
He nods while they sit facing each other.
Elena: We were together the night before I had to take Hope and go on the run. On the second week, I got sick and I was throwing up every morning. I had constant mood swings, I was more hungry for, not only blood but human food too, I had to use the bathroom more often.
He frowned a bit as he pieced it all together and his eyes went to her stomach which was still hiding it's true size beneath the long black jacket. He listened and heard another heartbeat come from her.
Elijah: It's been 9 months...
He trailed off, still looking at her stomach, not really caring how at the moment.
Elena: Yes. 9 months, Lijah. I'm pregnant.
She smiled and removed her jacket to reveal her very pregnant stomach. He brought a hand up to her stomach.
Elena: I don't know how this is even possible. I couldn't risk asking a witch..Or any supernatural for that matter.
He smiled and looked her in the eyes.
Elijah: I don't really care how at this moment. I'm just happy.
Elena smiled and let a few tears fall.
Mikaelson compound...
Davina and Kaleb/Kol are performing a spell involving a small cauldron full of a potion and a large straw poppet. The two chant together as they dip the poppet into the contents of the cauldron.
Kol: Protéger sa scandalum subsisto...
Davina: ...Se pa toi inquia subsisto l'écoulement...
Kol: ...Subsisto venenatis impedit l'écoulement.
They put down the doll and look at each other.
Davina: It's finished, but I'm afraid it's not enough to protect Cami's body from Esther's magic.
Kol: I might know a way to distract you from your troubled mind?
Davina smiles and laughs. Marcel storms into the room and glares at Kol
Marcel: You can take this seriously, or I can lock you in a coffin like your brother Finn, if you prefer.
He says unamused.
Kol: No. No, I'd prefer you to bugger off, because this spell needs time to cook in peace.
Marcel: Cami doesn't have time. Esther can jump anybody into her body right now. You know she might already have someone for Elena.
Kol: Yeah, yeah, yeah, but she's not going to jump anybody. She's going to jump Rebekah, who just happens to be miles away, now. Esther couldn't even figure out Rebekah was here, what with all the spells to keep Esther away. Esther won't get to Elena either. But, fair dues, Marcel, I think I'd be a bit testy, too, if my old ex was about to jump into my new ex. I think that would be a bit, uh...
Cami: ...Awkward?
Joining them.
Kol: I was going to say kinky, but...
He shrugs. Marcel, angry, vamp speeds toward Kol and grabs him by the collar of his shirt, but Cami pulls him off of him before things get violent.
Cami: I appreciate the chivalry, Marcel, but he'll have an easier time protecting me if he's alive.
Marcel sighs in frustration and turns back to Kol, glaring at him in annoyance
Marcel: Keep working.
Marcel and Cami leave Kol and Davina to their work.
Davina: What is it with you two?
Kol: Eh, it gets a bit old, playing odd-man-out in me own family. You know, Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah... might as well add Elena, now, they were always a party of three, now four. No room for me at the table, but there always seemed to be room for Marcel.
He watches as Davina starts cleaning up the herbs and salt from the table.
Kol: You know that diamond, the one that I showed you?
Davina: Mmhmm.
Kol: Well, that was the baby version. The one that we need to do the dagger spell, well, that has to be a lot bigger. A hundred years ago, I had it in my hand, and Marcel ratted me out to Klaus and they took it. He probably bloody well kept it.
Davina: Then, let's steal it back. It's a good chance to snoop!
She smiles.
Kol: It's like you're in my mind, Davina Claire!
He says pleased. She smiles and laughs cheerfully.
The bayou...
Starlings fly around the woods while Mikael kneels on the ground in the woods and viciously feeds on a battered and bleeding werewolf. He notices one of the birds as it flies away, and suddenly, Lenore/Esther appears behind him.
Esther: You're making a mess of my werewolf sentries, Mikael.
Mikael: And you're up to your old tricks.
He stands to his feet and approaches her with a wicked smile.
Mikael: Esther. I've missed you, wife. Have you missed me?
Esther: As much as you've missed me, I imagine.
She sighs impatiently.
Mikael: That would explain why you brought your lover back from the Other Side without so much as a thought of me. I will slaughter every single wolf I see until I am taken to the dog you saw fit to bring back from the dead!
Esther: You can stop looking for Ansel. Klaus killed him. Klaus may not be your blood, but he certainly has picked up a few things from you along the way-
Mikael: DO NOT MENTION THE BASTARD SON!
He says enraged.
Esther: Resolution through violence. You are nothing if not consistent.
She says amused. Mikael glares at her furiously.
Esther: Go ahead. Strike me. I imagine you've been waiting a thousand years to do so.
Mikael lunges for her, but she vanishes, revealing that Esther was only in the Bayou in the form of an astral projection. She laughs at Mikael's predictability.
Esther: Apparaitre apparebis.
Esther starts chanting. Mikael growls and turns as Esther reappears behind him.
Esther: Now that you've gotten that out your system, we have things to discuss about our children and Elena.
The safe house...
Elijah is sitting on the porch with Hope, who is sitting in a baby seat. Elena comes out and leans on the front door frame.
Elena: It's alright, Elijah. She won't break. Everything you did was in the name of protecting her. I'm not worried.
Elijah picks up Hope and holds her.
Elijah: Hi, sweetheart.
He says to Hope. Elena walks over to them, sitting down.
Elijah: Fleeing from one of our deranged parents. A Mikaelson tradition. It's a peculiar thing..never to be tired, yet forever exhausted by the sameness of things. Why is our family always at war?
Elena smiles and touches Hope's hand.
Elena: I don't know. But, being away with her made me see things differently.
Elena rubs her stomach. She lowers her voice as she gently talks to both Hope and Elijah.
Elena: We're not so bad. We're not the monsters that your parents think we are. You helped me see that whenever I was feeling down on myself, it's time I return it.
Suddenly, Klaus's black SUV speeds down the driveway, and Klaus doesn't even get the chance to park before Hayley rushes out of the car and sprints toward Elena, Elijah and her daughter. She stops in her tracks as soon as she sees Hope, as though she can't believe her eyes. Elena and Elijah both smile at her as Klaus and Rebekah catches up with them, and Elijah wastes no time handing a smiling Hope to Hayley.
Hayley: Hi!
She says to Hope. Hayley hugs Hope tightly and breaths a sigh of relief. Behind her, Klaus, as well as Rebekah, is near tears and too overwhelmed to move. Hayley, turns so Klaus can see his daughter as well. Hope coos happily, and Klaus and Hayley both laugh as they smother her with kisses. Rebekah smiles as she wipes a few tears away, while she walks to Elena and Elijah, no one noticing how swollen Elena's stomach is.
The Mikaelsons discuss the newest revelations they've just learned while they start to build the bonfire, including Elena's pregnant.
Rebekah: Curse on the first-born? What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?
Elena looks frighten and places her hand, protectively on her stomach. Elijah hearing her heart rate increase, puts an arm around her shoulder to comfort her.
Elena: Please, explain.
Klaus: Well, according to Finn, our sister Freya didn't die of plague. She was taken as payment by our aunt Dahlia, who then cursed all Mikaelson first-borns for eternity.
Hayley: Is any of this true?
Elena: Please say it isn't.
Both concerned.
Elijah: It is if we are to believe Finn, who learned it from the bastion of truth..our mother.
Rebekah: Well, no wonder Finn hates us. He lost the sister he adored, and instead got a judgy pack of siblings who found him unbearably dull.
Hayley: Great. So, is there any chance of us running into your loony aunt Dahlia any time soon?
She says sarcastically.
Elijah: The fable's over a thousand years old. Dahlia is long dead.
Elena frowns.
Hayley: Like Esther?
Elena: You do realize that you Mikaelsons don't stay dead, right? She's probably alive and well.
She says annoyed. Rebekah looks over at her, raising an eyebrow.
Rebekah: Mood swings?
She says amused. Elijah nodded for Elena.
Klaus: No one's going to hurt Hope or Elena and Elijah's little one, because no one's going to find them.
He pauses for a beat.
Klaus: There's enough wood, Rebekah. You'll burn down the whole bloody state of Arkansas.
Rebekah rubs her hands together excitedly as she returns to where her siblings and in-law to be, are standing.
Rebekah: Well, we're just missing a key ingredient!
He sighs.
Klaus: No, we're not.
Rebekah: Yes, we are, Nik! Back me up, Elijah!
Elijah laughs.
Elijah: I suspect Niklaus would rather choke on the ashes.
Hayley: What are you all talking about?
Elena: I wanna know too.
Rebekah: Well, before we light it, we write down our wishes for each other to burn for luck! It was Kol's favorite part when we were kids!
Klaus: It's further evidence as to why we should ignore it!
Hayley: Hope's first bonfire season. I like it!
She smiles.
Hayley: We're doing it!
Elena: I agree!
Hayley rushes inside for paper. Rebekah, pleased, turns to her brothers and smiles smugly. Elena gasp and looks down. Eyes wide she looks up at everyone.
Elena: Umm, guys? My water just broke.
Everyone turns to her with wide eyes.
Rebekah: Get her to your room, Elijah. Klaus get me a bowl of water and a face towel. I'll get some towels.
Everyone went and did as she said, 2 minutes later, they were all in Elijah's room: Elijah laying next to Elena, holding her hand, Klaus next to the bed, setting the bowl and towel on the night stand, Rebekah placing the towels next to her as she was sitting with her legs underneath her, as she was giving Elena as much comfort as possible. Hayley came to be emotional support, after she put Hope in a nearby room, she didn't want Hope so close to Elena giving birth. Within hours Liv Mikaelson was born.
Rebekah: Liv and Hope's first bonfire season.
They all smile.
AN: So anyone else think that Elijah was just in love with the idea of Hayley on the originals? Like maybe he saw some things that reminded him of Elena in her. I also don't think he was really in love with her. He never smiled like he does when he smiles at Elena or said 'Always and forever' to Hayley like he has with Elena. I also feel like Elena isn't in love with Damon, I think she thinks she had to choose between him or Stefan, that she didn't have a another choice. I think they had such a hold over her that she forgot what love is. Her and Damon are toxic. He always says stuff like she's being stupid or shakes her while trying to control her and get her to do what he wants. I also don't think their marriage will last even if they don't show them in Legacies. And he'll just go to jail if something doesn't go his way. If you think about it, he treats her likes she's a prize to win. He kept saying 'when is it going to be my turn'.
I came up with a way to update every book I have out. I'll start with this one but I'll go from the first one I put out, and go in that order. I'll write new books if they come to me while working on the others.