Keelin was sitting in the courtyard waiting for Freya.
"You look to be in distress," Klaus comments as he enters the courtyard. It was now later in the day and the two Mikaelson siblings had spent the better half of the morning arguing over how best to handle the situation with Elijah. "What seems to be bothering you?"
Keelin took a moment of silence, debating whether or not to voice her concerns to Klaus. "Freya," Keelin responds finally.
"Ah, I see. And what has my sister done to leave you so bothered?"
"She can just be so frustrating!"
"That does sound like my sister," Klaus replies with a smile as he sits down across from Keelin. "You can't really blame her though. Frustrating others just seems to be something us Mikaelson's inherited. We can all be frustrating."
"Yes, but at least you're an immortal hybrid that isn't facing a constant threat of imminent death."
"Well, I've faced my fair share of imminent death. But I do understand your point."
"I'm worried about her. I don't want to go behind her back, but I don't know what else to do. Freya is putting this whole thing on herself and she thinks she has to have the sole responsibility of putting your family back together."
"I understand your concern, but don't underestimate my sister. She's a very powerful witch. She's quite capable of protecting herself."
"I know that. But, when it comes to her family she has no limits. I'm pretty sure she'd kill herself performing a spell if it meant saving you guys."
"Perhaps before. Now, I'm not so sure. A certain werewolf has made it possible for my sister to have someone she wants to stick around for."
"Sometimes I just wish she did become a vampire. At least that way I wouldn't be so worried about losing her all of the time."
"Even if she were to become a vampire, I'm quite certain you would still worry about her. That's just what happens when you care about someone so much. My other siblings are practically unkillable, however, that doesn't stop me from worrying about them as well."
"I just wish she would take a break every once in a while."
"Not to worry. I've asked Vincent to come over and assist my sister in this new endeavor to create something powerful enough to hold the Hollow."
"You talked to Vincent?" Freya asks as she enters the courtyard.
"Yes and Elijah isn't in as dire danger as we suspected. He's been compelled."
"How is that possible?" Freya asks.
"According to Vincent he performed some type of magic to free Elijah's mind enough to be compelled by Marcel."
"They could have shared that with us before sending him off to an unknown life."
"Agreed, but I do think it's for the best."
"You think it's best that Elijah has no idea who he is or who his family is?" Freya asks.
"Yes, because unfortunately our brother has no control when it comes to family."
"Sounds familiar," Keelin says quietly.
"Elijah won't be able to stay away. So, our best option to save our brother is to figure out how to get rid of the Hollow and reunite our family."
"You make it sound so easy Klaus."
"It will be, now that I've gotten Vincent Griffith to agree to help."
"And how is he going to help us?"
"Simple my dear sister. He's another witch. He has power. Power that you will need if you don't want to exhaust yourself while performing a spell that will give us the answers we seek."
"What exactly is this powerful spell that you want to perform?"
"We've checked mother's grimoires and come up with nothing. I say we go directly to the source and ask the witch ourselves."
"You can't be serious," Freya comments solemnly. "You can't seriously be thinking about bringing back our mother."
"Of course not, Freya. Then you or I would have to kill her again and let's be honest we can only kill her so many times before it becomes rather boring."
"So then what are you suggesting?"
"We perform a spell to conjure up our mother's spirit from whatever afterlife she's currently residing in."
"What makes you think she'll even know how to beat the Hollow? Or that she would help us?"
"Our mother is quite the master of the dark arts. If there's a way to beat the Hollow surely she would know. And to answer your second question, I'm hoping our mother has turned over a new leaf now that she's found peace in the afterlife."
"I highly doubt that any type of peace would make that miserable witch help us."
Keelin looks at Freya questioningly. "I take it you guys really don't like your mother?"
"If you'd even call her a mother," Freya replies.
"Now, Freya. Perhaps this will be an opportunity for you to find some closure with mother. Maybe that will help you to be a bit less bitter," Klaus jokes.
Freya rolls her eyes in response. "I'm not bitter. I just don't trust the woman that bargained me over when I was five years old. Not to mention she's tried to kill the rest of you more than once."
"I understand your reservations. I don't trust our mother either. But, that doesn't change the fact that she might be able to help us reunite our family. We need her help."
Freya sighs as she responds, "If she can help us reunite our family, then I'll do it. Whatever it takes to get our family back."
"At a girl. Vincent should be here soon and then we can get started. Keelin?"
"Yeah?"
"You might want to go find something to do," Klaus says with a sly smile. "Unless of course you're ready to meet our mother?"
"He's probably right Keelin," Freya agrees. "There's no reason you should have to be subjected to meeting Esther. I'll understand if you don't want to stay."
"I'm not going anywhere," Keelin replies sincerely. "Besides, how bad can an old witch be?"
So, I really wanted to try to have all of the Mikaelson family in this story in some way. Let me know what you guys think or if you have any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks for reading!
