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Hope

As I rushed back into my room to start packing my friends followed me. I packed clothes, bathroom essentials, grimoires, spell ingredients, and other necessities.

"Hope, slow down. Let's figure everything out first," said Josie.

I zipped my luggage shut and faced my friends.

"There is no time! My mom is missing and I need to help find her," I told them.

"Well if you are going then so are we," said Lizzie, everyone nodded in agreement.

"No way. It's too dangerous."

"Sorry Hope, but we weren't asking you. We were telling you," said Penelope.

"What would we tell your parents?" I asked Lizzie and Josie.

"Nothing," Lizzie smiled.

"Oh yes, because that is such a good idea. Your parents hate me enough as it is," I sighed.

"Look we are either coming with you or you aren't going at all," said Henry, giving me an ultimatum.

I groaned.

"I really don't have a choice do I?"

MG smiled at me.

"Nope."

"Ugh! Fine, but hurry up and go pack. We need to sneak out before morning. Can't have any of the teachers catching us. I'm going to go talk to Roman," I told them.

They all nodded and left my room to pack.

I left my room and started walking down the dimly lit hall until I found his room. I lightly knocked the door. Within seconds, Roman answered the door. He was wearing flannel pajama pants and a loose fitting Pink Floyd t-shirt.

"Oh, did I wake you up? I'm sorry," I whispered to him.

He smiled softly.

"Not at all, frankly I can't seem to fall asleep after the strange events that occurred tonight," said Roman sarcastically.

"Yeah, that's actually why I am here. I want to explain what happened," I told him.

Roman moved away from the door and told me to come in. He shut the door behind me and I took a seat on his desk chair.

"I don't really know where to begin," I told him.

"Maybe you can start by telling me who that guy was," he said.

"Right. Well, um, that guy was my father," I whispered.

His eyes widened.

"Your father? I thought he wasn't in the picture?" asked Roman.

"He isn't. Well kind of. It's really hard to explain. All you need to know is that he left and he isn't coming back," I told him.

"Okay. So does that mean I don't have to worry about doing this?" he asked as he pulled me closer to him.

"No," I whispered.

"Or this."

He lifted my chin up and kissed me softly.

"No," I whispered again.

"Or th-." he was cut off by the sound of someone entering his room.

"Hope, we are ready t-. Oh, I'm sorry was I interrupting something," said Henry, awkwardly.

I quickly broke away from Roman's embrace and started blushing profusely.

"Uh no we can go. I'll see you later Roman," I said quickly, pulling Henry along with me.

"See you later Marshall," said Roman and shut the door.

"God you have the worse timing," I whispered to Henry.

"Sorry H," said Henry, who was keeping his eyes to the ground.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Nothing! Come on, everyone is waiting for us outside," he said, pulling me along.

"Finally! What took you so long?" asked Rafael.

"Another steamy make-out session with Salvatore's Most Eligible Bachelor, Hope," tease MG.

"Something like that," mumbled Henry.

"HOPE," shouted Lizzie, Josie, and Penelope excitedly.

"Shut up you three you are going to get us caught!" I whispered.

"Too late," said a deep voice.

I turned to see Kaleb leaning up against a wall.

"Where are you lot off to at this time," asked Kaleb, curiously.

"None of your business," I snapped at him.

"Well then, I guess I should go get Saltzman and Forbes," he said walking off.

"No wait! Look my mom is missing and we are off to New Orleans to look for her," I told him.

He paused for a little bit.

"Sounds like fun, I'm in," he said walking back towards us.

"No way," I replied.

"Well then I guess I'll just have to go tell Saltzman and Forbes about what you all are doing," he threatened.

"Ugh, fine just keep up," I groaned.

"How are we getting there anyways? None of us drive," said Penelope.

"Lucky for you guys, I do. It is a Jeep though so you all are just going to have to squeeze in," he said, leading us to his car.

"Hope you are up front since you know where we are going, the rest of you have to squeeze in," said Kaleb as he opened the passenger door for me and helped me inside.

As we all got settled in the car Kaleb started driving. Because he was going with us I had no choice but to tell him who I really was and who my father really was.

"Well, shit Hope, I always knew you were weird but I didn't know you were this weird," he teased.

"Thanks," I replied sarcastically.

"I have a question, Hope. Why hasn't your dad been in your life?" asked MG.

I sighed.

"That, MG, is a very long story," I told him.

"Well then it's a good thing we have a long drive ahead of us," said Kaleb.

I began to tell them all about Lucien, Aurora, and Tristen. About how the Ancestors created that super vamp serum, about how Lucien killed my uncle Finn, about how my uncle Kol killed Davina and how my aunt Freya used the Ancestors magic to defeat Lucien. About how Vincent gave Marcel the serum and how all of my uncles and aunt were poisoned. How my dad sacrificed himself to save his siblings.

"After that my mom and I were on the run I guess you can say. My mom spent 5 years looking for a cure for each of my uncles and aunts. Eventually we found them and my mom saved them. Together thy rescued my dad from Marcel," I told them.

"That explains why he wasn't there when you were young but why isn't he here now?" asked Rafael.

I then began telling them about the Hollow and how she slowly rose in power. How she got control over my dad and Marcel. How she eventually got complete control over me and terrorized the city.

"My family was eventually able to kidnap me and was able to find a way to save me from the Hollow. But it wasn't without great personal sacrifice. In order to save me, they split the Hollows power in 4 and placed each piece into my uncle Kol, my uncle Elijah, my aunt Rebekah, and my father. Because they each held a piece of the Hollow they can no longer see each other as long as that piece remains inside of them. The also cannot see me. It would put not only me in danger but everyone else as well. So, that's why my dad isn't in the picture," I finished, sadly.

"That explains why he isn't here but that doesn't explain why he never writes or calls," whispered MG.

I tear fell down my cheek, I quickly wiped it.

"I don't know why he doesn't either, to be honest. Last night was the first time I've heard from him in 7 years," I responded.

Josie put a comforting hand on my shoulder.

"You don't need him anyway, you have us and you mom. We are your family," she smiled.

"So where exactly in New Orleans are we going," asked Kaleb as he passed the 'Welcome to Mystic Falls' sign.

"Our goal is to remain unnoticed. Since I haven't been in New Orleans in years chances are that very few people will recognize me. We just need to avoid running into my brother, his friend Josh, my aunt, and of course my dad," I told them.

"So, where are we going to hid out until we are ready to make our presence in New Orleans known?" asked Lizzie.

"A small bar called Rousseau's My mom's boyfriend, Declan, works there," I responded.

"Well, everyone get comfortable. This is going to be a long ride," said Kaleb as he yawned.

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