Meanwhile back in Mystic Falls
Alaric's P.O.V.
It has been a couple of days since they left to New Orleans. I since have told everyone else where they had gone and why they went. They all seemed upset about it but I wasn't sure why. I was worried about the girls and Landon but I knew the Mikaelsons would make sure they were safe. I just hoped they aren't gone too long.
I was just sitting in my office, reading up more on the merge trying to figure out a way to save my little girls from having to go through it, when I hear a knock on my door. I closed the book and look up at the door. "Come in!" I called out and the door opened. When it did, I see everyone walk in and stand around me. "Alright what's going on here?" I asked, knowing something was up. "We want to go to New Orleans." MG spoke up after someone pushed him to say something. I'm guessing they made him the spokesman for their little plan. "And why do you want to go to New Orleans?" I asked and stood up from my seat. "We all think we could use a vacation as well after everything we've all been through. And we also want to be there for Hope." MG spoke up again and sounded more confident this time. "Well not all of us." Finch mumbled under her breathe but everyone was quiet so we could hear her. What was going on with Finch and Hope? Why did it seem like they hated each other when they barely knew each other? "I don't know guys. Hope has a lot on her plate and with everyone around it might make it worse." I said and MG and Kaleb both shook their heads. "We had everyone around to help us with this kind of thing after you found us and it helped. I'm sure it'll help Hope too." Kaleb said and I can tell MG agrees with him. "Plus I don't think the Mikaelsons would want a bunch of kids in their home." I said, trying to make up an excuse but I knew these kids better than that to know that they would figure something else out. "We can stay in a hotel or something. Just as long as we can be there for Hope, all while having a small vacation." Cleo spoke up and I started thinking about it. "You kids won't give up until I give in, will you?" They all looked at each other and then back at me with the same look on their faces, telling me no. "Alright fine. Go start packing, I'll figure out arrangements and stuff." They all got excited and left the room to pack. I knew this wasn't the greatest idea but I guess we all did need a vacation.
After a bit of time of planning out things, I managed to get everything scheduled for us to leave the next day. As I finished up one last thing, I see Ethan come into my room. It's still a little weird having him in my school when he was just a human before the whole Malivore thing. "Uh sir, there is a giant RV sitting outside the school." I get up and walk to the window to see he was right. "Thanks Ethan. I rented it because driving all of us to New Orleans would have been hard with a small mini van." I walked past him and headed down stairs to talk to the man who brought the RV and take the keys.
After getting everything settled, we packed the RV. Since it wasn't late like when the girls and Landon planned on leaving, we didn't wait another day. We all got in the RV and I started up the engine. I turned around to look at everyone in the back. "Do we have everyone?" I asked and everyone looked around to make sure they saw everyone and nodded their heads. "I think everyone is here." Kaleb said. I nodded and turned back around. I got on the road and headed towards New Orleans.
Josie's P.O.V.
It was the next day and Hope promised to take us around New Orleans. I still can't get what Lizzie was saying to me out of my head. Both her and Finch have said something about me having feelings for Hope. There's no way I do right? I get up and go to get ready for the day. I finished getting dressed and headed down stairs to see if anyone else was awake. I walk into the living room and see Hope sitting with her family, just talking. I'm happy she gets to be with them. I just hope she is feeling okay after yesterday. I smiled slightly to myself as I just watch them talking and looking happy. After a bit of time, I realize that I was staring at Hope way too much. I shook myself out of my trance, hoping no one had seen that. I decided to finally walk over to them. "Good morning." I said and when I did, Hope instantly turned to look at me and smiled at me. Why did I get a certain feeling whenever Hope smiled at me? "Good morning Jo. Is everyone else up and ready to go? We have to make it a quick little tour because my uncle wants to start my training." She said and I nodded slightly. "I have no clue about Landon but Lizzie is still trying to figure out what to wear." I see Hope roll her eyes, making me giggle softly but I knew everyone around me heard because of their heightened hearing. "Wanna join us?" Hope asked and I just nodded slightly and walked over to sit next to Hope. "What are you all talking about?" I asked. "We were just catching up some more, considering you all got here late at night and then literally the next day, Hope was gone for hours." Rebekah said and looked at Hope. "Aunt Rebekah." Hope said and gave her aunt a look. I wonder if it was because she didn't know that I knew where she had gone yesterday and didn't want me to ask. I don't blame her though. I know how she is, I don't expect her to tell me. As we continued talking, Kol walked in and sat with us. "So little niece, now that you're a vampire as well, we should have a little match." Kol said and instantly I didn't like the feeling I got from his idea. "No Kol, you are not fighting our niece." Freya said and I could tell Rebekah agreed with her. "Oh come on. I want to see who's stronger." "We all know Hope would be stronger than you, so no fighting." Rebekah said and I felt a bit better that they disagreed with Kol. "Actually aunties, sounds like fun." I instantly turn my head to Hope. "Hope, you could get hurt." I said, worried about her getting hurt. "Jo, I'll be fine. My uncle would never do anything to actually hurt me and besides I am the tribrid." She said with so much confidence but I still didn't like it and I could tell her aunts didn't like it either. "Come on, let me show uncle Kol here what a tribrid can do." Hope said and looked at her aunts to get their okay. I looked at them and waited for their response as well but wanted the opposite response than Hope and Kol wanted. "I agree with Josie, it's dangerous." Rebekah said and Freya nodded her head. "But she is a big girl and more powerful than all of us, probably combined." Freya said, looking at Rebekah. "Plus it would be fun to see Hope kick his ass." I don't like where this is going. "Alright fine. One match. But Kol if you hurt her, we will deal with you ourselves." Freya said and glared at Kol. "Then let's go." Hope said and stood up. She looked down at me and held out her hand. "You coming?" She asked and I was hesitant because I didn't want to see her get hurt but if she did get hurt, I would want to be there for her. I sighed softly and took her hand, standing up. After her family went outside for the match, Hope grabbed ahold of my other hand and looked at me. "I promise you, I'll be fine. You don't have to worry." Hearing that, did make me feel a bit better but not much. I walk with her outside and sit with Rebekah and Freya. I still don't like this idea and I wasn't sure why I felt this much worry.
Hope's P.O.V.
I look at my uncle Kol who seems ready to fight. "I'll try and go easy on you little one. But one rule is, you're not allowed magic, it wouldn't be much of a fair fight." My uncle said and I scoffed softly. "I don't need my magic to defeat you uncle Kol. And I think I'll be the one going easy on you." I did a little stretching to get ready and smiled at him. "You sure you want to do this?" I asked and he rolled his eyes. "Oh bring on it little niece."
Eventually we started fighting. I knew my uncle would've probably brought up something like this when I became the full tribrid. To him and my dad, they always wanted to be the strongest but I think I've got him beat now. "You two be careful!" I hear my aunt Rebekah yell out to us. While I kept fighting, I hear Landon and Lizzie finally show up, questioning what was happening. I hear Josie explain to them but her voice sounded more worried than anything. Why did she worry about me so much? Since I got distracted with my thoughts, uncle Kol managed to get me on the ground. "Hope!" I hear everyone yell besides Lizzie. "Oh come on, she's fine." Lizzie sounded annoyed, probably because we weren't out in the town yet. I look up to see my uncle standing above me. "Had enough?" He asked and I smirked slightly. "Nope, I just got a bit distracted." I said and managed to quickly get up and jump over his head, ending up behind him now. "Over here." I said and quickly swiped my feet at his, making him trip and fall down. I stand over him and looked down at him. "Have you had enough?" I asked him and he rolled his eyes at me for basically stealing his words. "Not yet." He quickly got up and we continued the fight.
Eventually we ended the fight where my uncle was laying on the ground and I was just standing over him. I look to everyone else and see Josie no longer looked worried but like how someone would look at someone else when they were turned on by them. But there's no way Josie would look at me like that so maybe I was just imagining it. "And you thought you could beat the tribrid." Freya said to Kol. "Yeah yeah, but it was fun." "Hope, that was amazing!" Landon said and ran over to me. "Alright you three. Are you all ready to go out?" I asked and Lizzie stood up. "Finally!" I rolled my eyes and looked to Josie. She was still looking at me that way but why? "Jo?" I called out and nothing. "Josie!" I called again and she snapped out of it. "Sorry. What?" "Are you okay?" I asked and got a bit worried. "Uh y-yeah I'm fine. Just thinking." I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking about. "Are you okay?" She asked, sounding worried again. "I'm fine Jo, no need to worry. You ready to go?" I asked and she just nodded. "Hey Hope. Remember our lesson later. And how about a rematch as well?" I hear my uncle ask and I turned to look at him. "I will be back. And if you just want your ass kicked, that's all you have to say. You don't have to try and hide it by saying it like that." I smirked slightly at him and he gave me a look. "Love you uncle." I say and he smiled at me. "Love you too little niece. Go have fun kids." He says and then walked back inside with my aunts. "Alright let's go. First a bit of a tour and maybe some breakfast and then you can shop all you want Lizzie." I said and both Landon and Josie agreed but Lizzie scoffed and walked off.
We head off into town. First we head to a diner to get some breakfast. After we eat breakfast, I take them around and show them all my favorite places and many different stores that Lizzie could go crazy in. After a while of showing them around, it starts to get harder for me to be around all of these people. And New Orleans was always crowded with people, it was rarely quiet. I guess Josie and Landon noticed because they both looked at me with worry. "Hope, are you okay?" Landon asked and I nodded my head. "Uh yeah. I'm good." I said and they both could tell I was lying. "Hope, don't lie to us." Josie said, not mad at me for lying but sounded worried. "It's getting harder around all these people. I think I need to head home and start my lesson." I said and turned to walk off but then felt someone grab my arm. I turn to see Josie holding onto my arm. "Do you want us to come with you?" I shook my head. "No, you guys have fun. If you can't find your way back, just give me a call and I'll come get you guys." I said and Josie let go of my arm. I quickly headed back home to start my lesson.
Josie's P.O.V.
After Hope left to go back to her house, Lizzie, Landon, and I started exploring a bit on our own. Lizzie of course went shopping and dragged me with her to help her pick out outfits. I have no idea where Landon went to, probably some book store or somewhere he feels at home in. I sit in a chair of a clothing store, as Lizzie shows me more and more outfits. My mind starts drifting off to what Lizzie had said from before. Did I actually have feelings for Hope? No it couldn't be possible. But if it wasn't possible, why couldn't I stop thinking about that question? If I didn't have feelings for her, that question would have left my mind the moment Lizzie put it in my head, so why was it still there? Maybe I'm just over thinking it. "Josie!" I hear and look at Lizzie. "Uh yeah?" Lizzie looked at me, probably wondering what I was thinking about. "I asked you, what do you think of this one?" She asked and I take a look at the outfit. "It's nice." I simply said. "Hey, I'm gonna go walk around a bit, call me when you're done." I said and got up and walked out for the store before she could stop me. I start walking down the sidewalk, looking around at the many people and businesses in this town. It may not have been a huge town but it surely was crowded. Hope did say it could get worse then it is now, especially during holidays. It was so crowded, it was hard for cars to drive through the streets. Why did this place have so much hype? I kept thinking about random shit, trying to get my mind off of that question, but it just kept coming back to me.
I was lost in thought until I heard a familiar voice call my name. I look up and see a giant RV and MG sticking his head out the passenger side window. "MG? What are you doing here? And what's with the giant RV?" I asked and then he moved so I could see my dad in the driver seat. "Dad?" "Hi sweetie! Everyone wanted a vacation as well and also wanted to be here for Hope so here we are." Lizzie and I can never get away from my dad for too long. "What's with the RV?" "Well that little mini van wouldn't carry everyone." "Everyone?" I asked and suddenly the side door opened and I see everyone inside. My eyes landed on Finch. She seemed upset at me still and I knew we would have to talk. I try to distract myself by directing my attention back to my dad. "Does Hope know you're here?" I asked and he shook his head. "No. Do you think she would mind if we parked in her driveway?" This was crazy. My dad and my friends, all in an RV together. What could go wrong with that? I sensed my own sarcasm. "She may not be excited about that idea but maybe."
"So where is everyone else?" My dad asks. "Hope was having a hard time around all these people, so she went home to start her first lesson. Lizzie is shopping, obviously. And Landon, no idea. Probably some comic book store or something like that." I suddenly hear Lizzie. "What the hell is this?" She asked, walking closer. When she got closer, she was able to see who was inside the RV. I look over at her and see her carrying as many bags as she could. "Daddy?" "Hey Elizabeth!" Our dad says and MG smiles at Lizzie. MG quickly got out and helped Lizzie with her bags, putting them in the back. "Be careful MG!" The real question is when is Lizzie going to give him a chance? He literally just got out and took her bags for her. How could she not give him a chance? "We can't get even a week without him." Lizzie mumbled to me, making sure no one else could hear her but we both knew MG and Kaleb heard her. "Now we just have to find Landon and then we can head to Hope's house and surprise her." I knew my dad meant well but this wasn't the greatest idea. Hope didn't need so many people around, especially ones who would eventually get on her nerves and make her lose it. Her emotions are heightened so she could lose her temper even easier than before. "At least I don't have to walk back." Lizzie said and got into the RV. "Come on Jo, we'll find Landon and head over to Hope's." MG said and I sighed softly. I get into the RV and close the door. I sit next to Finch and look at her. She still looks pissed at me. I would talk to her about it now but we weren't alone.
After driving around a bit, with the many stops we had to do for people to walk, we eventually run into Landon. "Dr. Saltzman?" He didn't question much. He just got in the RV and dad started driving to the Mikaelson mansion. Once we got there, I got out and looked at dad. "I'll go let Hope know. If she's still doing her training, a bunch of people may not be a good idea." My dad agreed by nodding his head. I go inside and run into Keelin. "Hey, uh where's Hope?" I asked and she looked towards the back door. "She's having her lesson out back." "Thank you." I said and went towards the back of the house to go out.
When I walk out, I see her and her uncle fighting again. "Hope?" Is all I could say. I see her quickly flip her uncle and then walk over to me. "Hey Jo, you're back sooner than expected. Did you guys have fun?" I ignored her question. "Why were you both fighting again?" I couldn't help but worry that she could've gotten hurt, even though I did know she was the tribrid and that she was strong. "Well the lesson went okay. But he thought a rematch would help get my mind off of the hunger for a bit. Plus I couldn't let him think he could beat me." She said and smiled at me. "Are you okay?" I asked. Why couldn't I stop worrying about Hope's safety and well being. "I'm fine, I promise." Before I could tell her who showed up, her uncle got up and walked over. "I've been thinking Hope." "About what?" She asked and I was curious myself. "It's kinda hard to believe that the almighty tribrid is having hunger problems. I wonder if your mind is trying to distract yourself from something else that you don't want to admit." When he said that, Hope looked confused. "Well what is there that I wouldn't want to admit?" "That's only something you can figure out little one. But it is just a theory." His logic, made question it too. Now to think of it, it is hard to imagine Hope having a hunger problem. She's so strong and never affected by the things other wolves or vampires but hunger? "Anyways, Josie seemed she came to you for a reason so I'll leave you two to it." Kol said and then walked off. Hope looked to be deep in thought. Is there something she won't admit to herself? Is that causing the hunger problem? "What is it you wanted Jo?" Hope asked and snapped me out of my thoughts as well as hers I'm guessing. "Oh right. You'll never guess who showed up." It didn't take long for Hope to respond. "Your dad?" She asked. She knew my dad just as well as I did so it makes sense she would assume him. "Close." I said and she raised an eyebrow at me. I took her hand and lead her back out to the front.
Hope's P.O.V.
When we got back to the front, I see everyone standing around an RV, besides Lizzie, MG, and Ethan grabbing her bags to take inside. It's almost as if the boys were fighting over Lizzie's attention and love. "Dr. Saltzman. Everyone." I said and was more confused than happy to see everyone. "What's with the RV?" I asked and he just smiled at me. "We all wanted to be here for you and the mini van wouldn't fit us all. Plus with the RV, we can sleep inside it and then we wouldn't be taking up space in your home. We don't want to intrude too much." I didn't know what to say. "Uh that's great." Before I knew it, Dr. Saltzman walked over and hugged me. Eventually everyone else that was with Dr. Saltzman joined in the hug but Finch. I look around everyone and see Josie and Finch walk off. I wasn't sure why but my blood started to boil from the sight of that wolf with Josie. Was my uncle right? Is there something I won't admit to myself?
Author's Note; It wouldn't have been right without the others eventually showing up. Especially since my plan needs certain people in the group. Also I know I keep saying that I hope everyone is enjoying the story but even if you guys aren't, I'm not going to stop writing it. I mean even if no one likes something you make, you shouldn't stop if it's something you really want to do and I really do want to continue writing this story. Also like I said before, if there are any typos just ignore them, I type pretty fast and forget to check it sometimes.