Having relocated to an Orchard, Clara stood next to Nik with Hope behind them in her car seat as they watched Dahlia get her materials all ready for the spell. No words had been exchanged between the two the whole rest of the night. The only thing that made Clara know that Nik was in fact in plan mode was when she opened the bed of the truck for him to put Freya in the back, and he slips a gold dagger into her jacket pocket when he hops down infront of her and kisses her suddenly. She was his plan, and she knew what she had to do.
"You two are quiet. Are you having misgivings?" Dahlia comments.
"I was just looking for a polite way to ask, 'What the hell is taking so long?'" Nik replies with an annoyed eye roll.
Dahlia moves to stand infront of the table before them, "Well, we can begin now." Seeing the look on Nik's face of sudden surprise at her response she smiles. "Once we're linked, I'll no longer have to sleep a hundred years again. Your concerns for my status will ease, and I'll finally be able to focus on Hope. I will only need one drop of her blood. And then her power shall be mine also."
Nik looks over to Freya, "What do you want to do about Freya?"
"She served her purpose." Dahlia replies, looking up to the moon, "So, tonight, at the moon's apex, I'll end her life, and once our link is severed, the bond that I share with your daughter will become permanent." she explains.
Clara could see how displeased Nik was with his aunts words, "Best to get on with it, then." she chimes in gaining their attention.
Dahlia smiles towards her, suspicion in her eyes. "I am glad that you had a change of heart Clara." she says earning a small smile from the girl.
"Lets begin, shall we." Nik says making his way to stand infront of the table, Dahlia follows.
She holds out her hand for Nik to take before begining the spell. "Medareno sometswar. Medareno sometswar." She begins to chant, filling the air with magic. Hope begins to whine as she feels the magic with worry.
The challances began to overfill with blood and slowly fill the infinity halves to were infront of each of them. Slowly Clara removes the dagger from her pocket and moves to keep it out of sight from Dahlia once the spell finishes. As the bloods finally connect in the middle the two gasp and release their holds on one another.
Nik sighs and makes his way over to Clara, earning a nod from her and he returns it before facing Dahlia who was still catching her breath. "With your strength, I will never need to sleep for a century again." she says a bit amazed.
"Well, maybe you can take one more nap." Clara says causing the elder witch to turn around confused, only to be met with Clara stabbing Nik in the chest with the golden dagger.
Dahlia moves her hand to stop them but the dagger was already taking its affect casuing her to drop. Nik begans to fall but Clara helps him down. "See you soon." she whispers before kissing his forehead as he dessecates.
Not even a minute goes by before Freya gasps awake in a panic. Clara quickly stands and makes her way over to her and her daughter. "We have a lot to talk about." she tells Freya who looks at her confused.
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After a quick phone call to Rebekah the two wait for someone to arrive to help with the two 'sleeping' people that were on the ground. Elijah arrives, clearly not pleased. "Well, my adage holds-- nothing good ever happens in a clearing in the woods." Freya says, trying to be abit light hearted as she helps Clara with trying to calm Hope down.
"Nothing good ever happens where my brother is concerned." Elijah says as he approaches the two, "With one exception." he says looking to Hope, before glancing to Clara. "How is she?" he questions.
"She's strong. Much like a Mikaelson." Clara replies, as Hopes crys change to soft whimpers.
"And how are you?" he questions.
Clara sighs, "Considering I just had to dagger Nik... I'm ready to be done with this."
"You daggered him?" Elijah questions as he looks over his brother.
"Dahlia was planning to bind herself to Hope. Nik offered an alternative. He's buying us time. For what, I'm in the dark about but here we are." Clara explains with a shrug.
"Rebekah tells me Klaus has a plan to kill Dahlia, that he knew our plan would not work?" Freya brings up confused.
"Yes. According to him, our ingredients were incorrect. Niklaus infiltrated Dahlia's mind. You didn't break her heart. We needed the blood of the witch she loved the most, and you are not that witch, that honor goes to our beloved mother." Elijah explains as he looks back over to her.
Freya sighs in frustration. "So, we need Esther's blood? Well, that's impossible, I killed her." she tells them.
"This got more complicated." Clara says with a sigh.
"One incarnation." Elijah says with a thoughtful look. "Our mother is buried in New Orleans. Niklaus wants us to revive the original body"
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Arriving back to the compound, Clara was plesantly surprised by Rebekah in her original body. They had placed the two 'sleeping' individual in the living room while they discussed how to go forward with Nik's plan. "Nik is demented! Are we really to dig up our mother, burn her to ash, swap said ash with Kol's, and then trick Davina into using up her last chance to bring someone back from the dead? Not to mention we lose the opportunity to save Kol... if Davina doesn't turn us inside out!" Rebekah argues.
"Or, we dig a deep hole and leave both our problems at the bottom of it." Elijah suggests.
"I say we choose a more permanent option-- find the white oak stake, kill Klaus, Dahlia dies with him." Freya fires back.
Clara's eyes widen and raises her hand, "Hi, do I get a say in this? Cause I vote no to those two. Listen I don't want to bring back Esther as much as any of you but this plan could work. We just need a good approach with Davina."
"Yeah, well killing Klaus means that me, and every other vampire that Klaus has turned dies too!" Marcel reminds them, taking sides with Clara.
Rebekah looks down to Nik in confusion, "The dagger!" she says in disblief. "It's bloody melting."
Elijah sighs, "We have no choice but to finish the task that Niklaus has set."
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Marcel, Freya, and Clara have been tasked with finding Kol's ashes that was somewhere in the compound. "Elijah said Klaus kept Kol's ashes in a blue urn." Marcel tells the two as they enter one of the offices.
"Well that narrows the search field." Clara commetns as they began to look around through cubboards and drawers.
"Heaven forbid one thing not be a damn secert in this family.." Marcel also comments as he looks behind books on a shelf.
"And yet, here you are, casting your lot with Klaus. Is that because you think his plan is going to work?" Freya says as she wanders around the room.
"That is the Mikaelson paradox, you wanna love and kill each other at the same time!" Marcel explains.
"A complicated truth." Clara agrees with a sigh. "Hey, you think they'd hide stuff behind paintings? Like in the movies?" she jokes.
"Might not be a bad idea little witch." Marcel tells her before begining to move all the paintings. He starts to laugh in disbeilef when he found a blue urn. "Look who got Lucky!" he says as he shows Clara the urn.
"Woah." Clara says as they move to go to the other half of the room that Freya was in. As Marcel looks inside he frowns, turning it upside down, showing to the girls that it was empty.
"Either you have a curious definition of luck, or someone got to those ashes before we did." Freya comments.
Marcel looks a bit unsettled, seeing as they have been set behind some more, "Alright, we better find a way to stop that dagger from melting. Because if the thief is who I think this is, we've got a problem."
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The three make there way back to the living room that held the witch and hybrid. Freya quickly trying to do some spells while Clara tried to help, grabbing the dagger to drain the magic that Dahlia had placed on it. As Freya tensely released the spell she was trying to use to slow the melting, Clara got a slight burn suddenly making her let go quickly in pain.
"It's no use-- I can't slow her magic. Everything I'm trying fails." Freya says in disapointment as she catches her breath.
"Her spell has layers, I can't get rid of it." Clara says as she stands, watching as the dagger continues to melt.
Marcel watches the dagger with worry, "There's gotta be a way to kill her."
"There is." Freya says, gaining their attention for them to see her holding a white oak stake.
"No, Freya!" Marcel shouts, moving to stop her but she throws him back with magic keeping him in place.
"Freya. Please think this through. We can still do this right." Clara pleas, taking a step towards her her hands raised.
The witch looks to her new friend with saddness, "I'm sorry, but I see no other way." she says with fear in her voice.
"No! No! No! You kill him, you kill me, too!" Marcel tries to plea.
Freya has tears gathering in her eyes, "I don't want to kill you! I don't want to kill him!"
"Then don't!" Clara tries to reason grabbing her wrist to stop her.
Freya looks at her conflicted. "I'm sorry. This is the family I longed for, but because of her, I'll forever be alone." she says before overpowering Clara's hold on her and moving the stake down.
But she barely moves before Nik's hand stops her. "Sister..." he says, earning a sigh of relief from Clara and Marcel. But the calm is broken by Dahlia gasping awake. She sits up furiously, as does Nik, glaring at her.
"I'm almost impressed by the lengths you'd go to for your little girl. Though, not enough to let bygones be." she says as they all stand up. Dahlia raises her hand, making the white oak stake go into her hold, causing them to tense.
"We are still linked, dear aunt. You may not want to punish me with that particular weapon." Nik warns her.
Dahlia looks at him amused, "Hmmm. I made sure that the link between us melted along with that dagger. Meaning, I'm quite free to kill you!" she threatens before pointing the stake towards Nik and using her magic to pull him to her.
"No!" Clara shouts closing her eyes not wanting to watch him die, but Marcel moves and tackles Nik out of the way, saving him. By the time they all look, Dahlia and Freya were gone. As they all look around they hear Hope crying. "Hope!" Panic refills Clara's body as she rushes up the satirs.
Nik and Marcel speed to Hope and see her room covered in Dahlia flower vines. Nik was quick to pick her up out of the crib by the time Clara got to the room. "Why didn't she take Hope?" Marcel quesions in confusion as he looks around the room.
"Because all she needed was a drop of her blood. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the vile harpy has fled to." Nik tells them grimly as he goes to Clara for her to take Hope.
Marcel sighs, "All right, go. Get Hope someplace safe. I'll track down your witch."
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As much as they didn't want to leave Hope. They had to see out that Dahlia is taken down, once and for all. Thankfully, Cami agreed to help watch over Hope in the anti-magic safe house. But for now they had a meeting with an original witch and a plan to figure out.
"Love are you sure you wish to continue with this? I would be more then happy to let you stay with Hope out of the face of fire." Nik says as they make there way to their location.
Clara glances to him, "I'm not backing out of this Nik. You seem to forget she's my daughter as well."
Nik stops them from continuing, turning her towards her. "I can't forget that she is our daughter. I guess... I'm still getting use to you being able to defend yourself. I haven't seen you in action, so forgive me for worrying over you." he tells her.
She smiles, "You'll still be able to protect me Nik. Be my white knight. But for now, lets just focus on finshing Dahlia. And protecting our daughter, together."
He gives her a small smile, "Lets not keep them waiting then." he says, kissing her forehead before the two continuing walking.
As the two enter the room that held Esther and Elijah, Nik decided to be a bit dramatic. "Ah, Mother. We've arrived just in time for another one of your deaths, and as much as I appreciate the front-row seat, I'm afraid I'm going to have to postpone the festivities." Nik greets with a smirk.
Elijah glares at his brother, "You're in excellent spirits." he comments.
"Lucky for you, as I'm the one needed to save the day." Nik replies with a smile.
"Is that what it's called?" Elijah questions, still rather aggiated.
"Why not? My plan's worked perfectly." Nik replies with a shrug, not bothered with his brothers slight hostility. But Elijah was more ticked off by his words, he lunges at his brother but Nik stops him before anything rash happens. "Easy, Elijah... I can see your red door swinging wide open, but our job's not yet done."
Elijah huffs a sigh, "So, we kill her and be done with it." he says turning away from him.
"To be clear, I do want her blood, but I want it on this blade" Nike says as he pulls out a long dagger from his inner jacket. "Which I've had bound with the soil from Dahlia's homeland, not to mention Viking ash. Mother's demise will have to wait. You see, I need her to weaken Dahlia's defenses." he continues to explain before leaning down to level with Esther who was seated in a chain, anti-magic chains on her wrists, "Bit of psychological warfare before I slaughter the both of you."
"Ah, yes. You expect me to walk willingly to my death." Esther says with sarcasm in her tone as she looks at her son with a light glare.
"Well, your willing participation would have been a bonus, but it's far from necessary. If needs be, I'll drag you there myself." Nik replies with a grin before standing again.
Entering the room suddenly was Rebekah, gaining everyones attention. Esther and Nik look at her shocked not expecting her back in her real body it seems. "Yes, dear Mother, you do not not have a choice. Then again, why should you be any different from the rest of us? We're all dancing puppets in Nik's end-of-days marionette show. He forces every move we make." she says as she joins them giving Nik a pointed look.
"And how long are you gonna stand there and pretend you don't need me to? The both of you have fought me at every turn, leaving me no choice but to act alone!" Nik argues with his siblings, slamming the dagger onto a table. "We're no strangers to disagreements on the battlefield, but we also have a very long history of doing whatever it takes to win the war."
Clara bites her tongue on his words on being alone, but knew he was focused on his family. After his stunt, they were still a bit bitter. "And what of Gia?" Elijah questions, calmly but the fury in his eyes showed he was not calm. "Hayley?"
At that, Clara was confused, "Wait, what do you mean Hayley?" she questions, during all the fear and Dahlia drama she had forgotten about Hayley.
"Collateral damage." Nik replies to them both, not looking to Clara to see her reaction. They hadn't exactly had a proper moment to talk about his harsher points of the plan.
At his words Elijah punches Nik, causing his head to turn to where Clara stood, to see her wide eyes, full of confusion. Nik's anger rises as he turns back to his brother who circles him, "You claim your actions are part of some ruse; this was punishment." Elijah speculates.
"Punishment? Whatever for? Perhaps the dagger you put in my heart?" Nik replies his voice rising.
"You brought that upon yourself! No, we have fought together for centuries, and once again, to break your enemy, you broke your family." Elijah raises his voice to get his point across, "Well, know this; whatever the outcome tonight, you will no longer see me by your side. You want to be alone?" Elijah questions, backing away from Nik, as if proving a point, "Well, congratulations. You have your wish." Elijah finishes calmly, walking to Esther and grabing the shackles. "Come Mother." he say leading her out of the room.
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They were fufilling the plan, having tracked Dahlia and Freya down to a warehouse. In the middle of the room, Dahlia had surrounded the two in a ring of salt. "So, however you thought you might mend me, please know you never could. Whenever I looked in your eyes, I saw your mother, the sister who turned my heart to stone. And, with that stone, I will crush every one of her children." Dahlia lectures to Freya.
At that Nik, Rebekah and Clara make their presence known. Nik speeding into the room first while the rest slowly enter the room to be on either side of her to make their own entrence. "Isn't there a saying about stones and glass houses?" Nik says to her.
"In case the analogy is lost on you, I believe my brother is calling you a hypocritical bitch." Rebakha says, gaining her aunts attention in surprise.
Dahlia glances at Freya and the siblings with an amused look. "Hmm. Bringing vampires to a witch fight. Someone hasn't learned their lesson."
"Who says they didn't bring a witch?" Clara says as she walks out, earning a raised eyebrow from the elder witch.
"I'd like to think on this occasion, I'd say I took your lesson to heart." Nik comments with a smirk as Elijah enters with Esther earning a look of surprise from Dahlia.
"My sister... in chains? Hahaha! Is... is she to be a gift to buy your freedom? Because I brought something." Dahlia says with a bit of a crazed look in her eyes pulling out the white oak stake.
"One stake, three of us. Even if you don't hesitate, the other two will rip you in half." Nik warns her, trying not to seem tense at the sight of the stake.
Dahlia looks amused at his words, "Sound thinking. But... small thinking." she hold up the stake, thunder and lighting could be heard from the outside. The stake goes into the air and explodes into almost snow like particles floating in the air. The group looks up confused and in worry at what she was doing.
In one fluid motion Dahlia gestures her hands at the three siblings forcing them to inhale the white oak particles. The three began to cough, falling to their knees as the white oak affects them from the inside out.
Clara watches in shock, looking at Freya and Dahlia, unsure of what to do, This wasn't the plan. "You're killing them!" Freya cries out in desperation.
"Now, sister, let us watch together as I burn your children from the inside out." Dahlia says, as Clara goes to Nik's side trying to see if she can focus on removing the magic on the white oak but not being able to.
"You still carry around so much anger for me after all these years?" Esther questions after look back at her children and Clara on the ground.
"You broke your vow. We were to stand together, always and forever, and you left to marry that brutish Viking imbecile. You ended my family, and they were the result." Dahlia replies angrily.
The three originals continue to cough, gasping for air. Their skin begans to almost desicate, but red instead of grey. "No no no no." Clara whispers in a panic not knowing what to do.
"You call this my wrong doing? You made me bargain away my firstborn child! My daughter!" Esther argues with her sister.
"Not just this firstborn, but every firstborn!" Dahlia corrects. Nik tries to sit up, pulling out the long dagger. He tries to get up, going past Clara, determined to kill Dahlia. "And even then, you found a way to deny me that which you had sworn to be mine! How do you think that felt?" With the flick of her wrist she tosses Nik back making him drop the weapon when he attempted to jump towards her.
"Nik!" Clara makes her way to where he and the dagger had fallen. Nik groans in pain but looks to her and looks to the dagger. "No, I'm not strong enough. I- I can't kill." she whispers, her voice waivering.
"Now, Esther, say goodbye to the last of your children." Dahlia says, causing Clara to look back over her shoulder to see her magically choke Freya.
"Sister, wait! Wait!" Esther shouts, gaining her sisters attention and lossening her hold on Freya. "You've won, Dahlia. You have everything you ever wanted, including the firstborn of a new generation! You have bested us all. At least let me try to make amends." she says, walking towards her sister, face to face. "Let me share with you the glorious freedom that I have found... in death." she declares, quickly moving her chains to choke Dahlia, dropping her hold on Freya.
Coughing Freya looks to Clara and motions to the salt. Understanding, Clara turns on her knees, and uses her magic to remove the seal that blocked Freya from using her own magic. Freya quickly uses her magic to release her siblings from the white oak death. They all cough up the dust, healing internally at this.
"Elijah?" Esther calls out.
Elijah grabs the dagger and hands it to Nik who was quick to speed over and stab Dahlia through Esther. Killing them both. Their body turns to ash at this. "Seems we're officially orphans." Nik says with a sigh.
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"Are you upset?" Clara questions as she enters the art room that Nik stood in, overlooking the city.
"Why would I be upset?" Nik counters, not turning to face her.
"Because your siblings are leaving?" Clara brings up, not beating around the bush.
Nik sighs, "A little bit. But I have you here with me. And our wonderful daughter." he brings up turning to her with a small smile.
She looks at him amused, not fully believing him. "You forget, that I have a wedding to go attend. So you will be alone for a couple days." she reminds him.
"You don't want me to be your plus one?" he questions, moving to be infront of her, placing his hands on her hips.
"As much as that would be very fun. My family are not very welcoming. And knowing you, if one of them even breathes on me wrong, a war might just break out before the first dance." she says with an amused smile causing him to laugh.
"Alright, you got me there. I guess it will just be me and Hope then." Nik replies.
"Yup. You two can have some daddy daughter bonding time." Clara tells him as she wraps her arms around his neck.
"Far over due in my opinion." he comments.
"We have a moment of peace with our daughter. Lets make the most of it." Clara says, finally feeling calm since the whole Dahlia thing came up.
"Yes, lets." Nik says before kissing Clara.
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