Faith's P.O.V inside her own subconscious mind
Running. It feels like I've been running for days, maybe even weeks. The blackness is chasing me. I know if it catches me the black magic will take over my body. I can't let that happen. Not today. Not ever. I'm stronger than this.
Where am I? A field. A never ending beautiful field. I feel like I could enjoy it here, I mean, I know it's not real and it's all in my mind but still... it's beautiful. Well it would be, however everything the blackness touches dies. The grass, the flowers, the trees. Its killing them all in its tracks as it heads for me.
I can run much longer. My knees are becoming weak. I hold myself up as I avoid tripping over my own two feet. I am stronger than anyone thought, including myself. I don't have to keep running from this I am strong enough to fight back. I feel the anger of everything boil through my blood and I stop in my tracks. My eyes gleam orange as I turn to face the darkness.
"I'm not afraid of you! I'm strong! I am more powerful than anyone thought!"
Klaus' P.O.V
Hope had not left her sisters side. Its been days. The black veins grow on Faith's arms with each passing hour. He face seems full of fear. She should have woken up by now, but she hasn't.
I stand in the doorway watching the two girls. "Hope, luv, maybe you should go back to the Salvatore boarding school. Its not safe for you here." I sigh and look down, I know it's going to be a fight to get her to leave her sisters side. She looks up at me in completely disbelief. "I'm not going anywhere..." I sigh again. "Hope.." "No dad. Its my fault she is in this mess. How can I go and live my life when she's here suffered because of my mistake" I walk over to her, tears brimming at her eyes.
I take a seat next to her on the bed and hold her hands. "I know you feel bad and we have told you that not of us blame you for anything." I squeeze her hands for reassurance. "It's not safe for you to be so close to her. The black magic grows inside of her evey day, every hour. It's only a matter of time before it breaks off back on to you. We can't let that happen. Please. Go back to school. Live your life. Let us take care of Faith and handle this." I try to persuade her again. She looks at Faith, I can see she's hesitant about it. "Go pack your things. I'll get your mother to drive you." I hug her and she leaves.
I once again sigh and turn to my youngest twin daughter. I don't know why the black magic isn't affecting Hope the way it was with Faith when it was inside Hope. Freya says its feeding off Faith's power and it has recently come to our realisation that she is very powerful. I hold her hand. It's cold. The black veins run from her fingertips and up her arm. Her heartbeat is slow. Slower than it should be.
I lean over and kiss her head before leaving. I go to check on Hope who is packing her things. She gives me a small forced smile as I walk past her room. I walk down the staircase towards the main room. Elijah, Kol, Hayley, Rebekah and Marcel are sitting in what seems to be an uncomfortable silence. Freya and Davina are out looking for ways to remove the black magic from Faith without killing her of course.
"Hayley, you need to take Hope back to the Salvatore boarding school." I lean on the back of Rebekah's chair. All eyes turn to me "Nik do you think that's a good idea?" Rebekah asks me. "All I know is that she will be safer there than she will be here neat the black magic. Alaric will take care of her I know he will." I rub my forehead. "What does Hope think about this?" Elijah asks. 8 sigh and look over at him "She was hesitant about leaving her sister but she agrees it is in her best safety to do so. She is packing her things. You should all go say goodbye before she leaves" they nod and leave the room.
I pull out my phone and look for the contact. Alaric Saltzman. I press call...
Rebekah's P.O.V.
I make my way to my nieces bedroom and know on the door. "I'm busy" she shouts but I enter anyway after hearing the sadness in her voice. "I said I'm bus... oh hi Beks" she gives me a small smile when she turns to see me standing there. I walk to her and hug her, she hugs me back tightly. I pull away first.
"Are you okay Hope? How are you feeling?" I question her, she just sighs and sits down on her bed next next her suitcase. "I'm fine I guess. I mean, I know Faith's in pain I can partially feel it. But other than that I'm okay." I know she's lying. Not about feeling Faith's pain but about being okay. She blames herself for her sister being in such pain. I can see it in her eyes.
"It's not your fault you know Hope." I look at her but she continues to look anywhere but at me "Black magic is a nasty thing. You can't control it. Once it takes a hold of you you can't control what happens." She listening but she doesn't believe me. I put my finger under her chin to lift her face and make her look at me.
"This is not you fault" a single tear falls from her eye as she closes them.
"Yeah well I don't think my dad agrees. As much as he tells me it's not my fault I can see it in his eyes. I slight look. He hates me. I don't blame him. That's why he's sending me away.speaking of which..." she wipes her hears and stands up to continue packing her things. "You're father doesn't hate you Hope. He loves you. So much." She doesn't say anything else so I take it as my cue to leave. I walk over to her and kiss her head "Stay safe Hope. I love you" I say before leaving the room.
I walk down the stairs to see Nik walk back into the main room towards us all. "Alaric said he will watch Hope. Keep an eye on her and make sure she is doing okay. He understand the situation." He says and we all nod. "Have you all said your goodbyes?" He asks and we all nod again. "Well if you'll excuse me, I suppose its my turn" he walks past me but as he does I grab his arm and he looks at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Nik.. she.. thinks you hate her. She said she knows you say it isn't her fault but there is a look in your eye. She really believes you hate her and that is why you are sending her away." I warn him before he goes up there. "Thank you sister." I see the sadness in his eyes from my words as he heads up the stairs.
Klaus' P.O.V.
I get to Hope's door. It's open. She is sitting on her bed next to her suitcase looking at a picture of me, her, Hayley and Faith A few tears fall from her face and land on the picture frame. I wipe my tear and knock on the doorframe. She instantly looks up and stands to put the picture in her suitcase. "Dad..."
I walk over and sit where she had been sitting. She avoids looking at me and walks around the room grabbing her last few things. "I love you Hope." I tell her but she still doesn't look at me "I know dad. I love you too." She zips her suitcase and puts it on the floor and walks back over to her dressing table. "Hope..." I say as I stand, she looks at me. I wall over and grab her hands, she finally looks at me.
"Aunt Rebekah told you.." she sighs "..look dad it doesn't matter I get it I hate me too. This whole thing is my fault. I'm sorry. I would take it all back if I cou..." "Hope! I don't hate you" I cut her off as she rambles. "I could never hate you. We all make mistakes, luv, I have made plenty in my thousand years. We are going to fix this and everything is going to be okay. I promise. I don't hate you okay. I love you with my whole heart." She doesn't say anything. A tear falls slowly down her cheek and she hugs me.
"I am sending you back to school to keep you safe luv. I don't want this black magic getting back at you. We need to get rid of it for good. So go back to school. Get an education. Make friends and have fun. I will keep you informed and updated I promise. I say into the hug as I kiss the top of her head. She pulls away and nods. She walks towards her suitcase and heads for the door. "I love you dad. Always and forever." She gives me a small smile. "I love you too sweetie. Always, and forever." I tell her before she leaves.
I walk out of the bedroom and watch from the balcony. Once she gets downstairs she says her final goodbye to everyone and then her and Hayley head for the door. Right before she leaves she turns and looks up at me and waves. I wave back with a small reassuring smile. Hayley takes her suitcase and leads her outside to the car. A few moments later I hear them drive off.
I head back to Faith's room but when I get there something is different. Her heart. It's stopped beating. "FAITH!" I scream as I run to her getting the attention of my other siblings who come racing up the stairs towards the room. "Faith! Breath! No! No!" I begin to give her CPR and feed her my blood. "It's not working! WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?" I shout towards my siblings. I feel tears stream down my face and I continue to try bring my daughter back for what felt like hours. In reality it was only 5 minutes.
Elijah comes to my side and pulls me off her but I fight it. "Brother she is gone. There's nothing you can do"
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Sorry for another cliffhanger. But I hope you like it!
Also sorry I haven't undated in over a week! I wrote a longer chapter for you all to apologise thou lol!
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