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Niklaus opened the doors wide and the four of them walked in with their bags. Ace didn't expect everyone to be crowding the foyer waiting, Davina and Kol
stood next to Marcel and Rebekah and Freya and Keelin ran down the stairs seeing them. Rebekah let go of Marcel's hand and ran hugging Klaus and Elijah. ,
"You can't imagine how much I've missed you both." She whispered as the two brothers hugged their younger sister. Ace walked over to Davina. , "Uh h-hi we
haven't met, but I'm Ace." He said holding out his hand to shake hers. She smiled taking his hand pulling him into a hug.
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, "We did once, I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was the day the harvest girls were being chosen. You stood up for us, and told the head of my
coven that it was just an excuse to make the witches fear the harvest. Any year someone's sister, or niece or daughter is chosen, and they knew that, yet they
continued to do these monstrous things. You stood up for us even though you never met us, and you weren't part of the coven. I wanted to thank you." She
whispered as Marcel smiled. , "Been doing this hero thing a long time huh?" He asked as Ace hugged her back nodded softly. , "I don't think the harvest is a
good thing, nor is it the right thing for the witches, especially for younger witches. How do they expect you to learn magic, when your powers start to wane and
you await the sacrifice of innocent teenagers, just to get more power." Ace said as Marcel nods. , "But it's tradition, it's hard to break from tradition, it takes too
much to start the ball rolling." He said as he hugged Klaus.
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Everyone hugged each other and Ace scooted back sitting on the end of the banister. Everyone was catching up crying and hugged as Freya walked over
hugging Ace close, she slipped a piece of paper into his hand as he read it. , "Good job little brother." Was written in small print. He smiled putting it into his
pocket. Rebekah walked over kissing his forehead. , "You're doing so well." She whispered as he smiled hugging her. After everyone was finished crying and
hugging they all turned to Ace who stood up on the banister grinning. , "All four of you are Hollow free. Tonight I'm gonna kill it." He said as Rebekah smiled
touching his cheek. , "then you have to rest up little warrior." She said as Ace nodded. , "Hayley, Caroline called from Hope's school she finished all her testing
and she wants to come." Freya said as Hayley smiled. , "I'll call her back in the morning for now I vote a big family dinner." She said as all the siblings nodded in
agreement as Ace walked up to his room. He set out all of his treasures some of them were bound in paper and string with names on them, others were on
display for all to see. He laid down falling asleep until he was nudged awake for dinner. He walked down to the dining room finding every food imaginable. ,
"Wow." He mumbled as he sat down at a seat next to Elijah. , "Before we start I propose a toast to Ace, without him none of us could be here today. Everyone
raise your glasses to Ace." Nik said as everyone raised their glasses. Ace blushed smiling awkwardly.
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Everyone was coddling Ace making sure he ate enough, Freya and Davina forced him to drink cup after cup of foul tasting tea. After dinner was done, and the
dishes were cleared. Ace walked to the courtyard, this spell was a lot bigger than just salt circles and candles. He took a blood bag from the fridge and painted
the courtyard ground with symbols. A giant circle surrounded by a smaller circle, inside was a dissected four pointed star. He poured salt on the blood watching
it stick there and he nodded in satisfaction. He put the pendants in the four parts of the star as he set the paragon diamond candles around the circle lightning
them with matches. One by one the Mikaelsons walked through the door to the courtyard. Josh, Davina, and Marcel were there too. Davina walked over to Ace.
, "With the Harvest being so soon I don't have enough power to help if something goes wrong." She said softly as Ace nodded. , "I hope nothing goes wrong."
He said as the Mikaelsons stood in front of the circle as the clock tower in the town square rang midnight.
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Ace turned to the others. , "No interfering, I need to do this. I-I'm strong enough." He said his voice shaking as he took a deep breath. Hayley looked at him. ,
"The second I think you can't handle it I'm going to step in." She said as the others nodded. , "I am too, you don't have to do this alone Ace." Freya said as Ace
nodded. , "But if I don't need let me do it." He said as the others nodded. He took a breath as he started to chant. The wind started to roar around the circle,
the candle flames went from a normal size to that of flame throwers. Ace was concentrating on the spell, he could feel the pendants heating up, but as they
heated up the spirit of the Hollow struggled more and more. His nose started to bleed as he chanted louder his mouth bleeding as he winced in pain, for once
he knew he wasn't strong enough, the pendants were red hot, but the Hollow wasn't destroyed yet. He pushed himself further feeling his chest burn as his
magic drained.
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He felt someone grab his hand and he opened his eyes and Freya stood there. , "I'm not going to let you die to save our family!" She said as she grabbed his
hand, as Ace's body in an act of self preservation started to siphon from Freya. , "We do this together." Rebekah said as she grabbed Freya's hand. , "Always."
Kol said grabbing her hand as Elijah grabbed his. , "And." Elijah said as Hayley grabbed his hand, and he grabbed Klaus's hand. , "Forever." Klaus said as he
tried to reach his younger brother's hand, but it was out of his reach, there was a blur of movement, and someone grabbed Klaus's hand. He looked up and
there was Caroline Forbes-Salvatore. , "Looks like you could use a hand….love." She smiled softly at Klaus as she grabbed Ace's hand. Ace looked around the
circle. , "How much do we need to do for you to understand that you're family now Ace!" Hayley yelled over the roaring wind. Ace looked at her and smiled
softly. , "More fried chicken might be involved." He said softly as he resumed the spell, the circle of people glowed red as the power flowed from the circle of
immortals into him he pushed the spell further. The pendants turned from glowing red to white, from the pendants came flashes of blue light. Ace was struggling
as he pushed himself as far as he could. He started to chant the spell at the top of his lungs, the pendants shook slowly at first trembling, but the tremors grew
until they were shaking violently.
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The first pendant exploded into a ball of blue light, and Davina gasped in shock, he was doing it. Ace's mouth and nose were still bleeding but he wasn't going
to let it end this close. He let go of Freya and Caroline's hands concentrating all of his energy on the spell. The second pedant exploded joining the first creating
an even bigger ball of blue light. Third and fourth followed soon after as the ball of blue energy flowed into Ace. As the light extinguished Ace fell forward, the
candles going out. Hayley ran forward touching Ace's shoulder. He took a breath standing up. , "I-I-I'm okay." He said as he wiped his nose. His eyes were
glowing blue. , "Everyone think of your one wish I only have a few minutes to do the spell." Ace said as everyone closed their eyes thinking of their perfect
wish. , "I think we're all ready." Nik said as Ace raised his hands chanting the spell originally crafted by Esther Mikaelson, his mother.
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Ace concentrated as some balls of light came off of each person coming to rest in Ace's hands. There were five rings, a trio bottles, and four crystals two
wrapped with rings. He handed a ruby ring to Elijah. , "All your bad memories store in here, and you won't have to remember them if you don't want to." Ace
said as Elijah smiled nodding as he put the ring on. He handed a ring to Davina, and a bottle to Kol. , "Once you drink that your witch powers will come back,
you'll still be a vampire, but it should be more bearable. As for the ring it makes Davina immortal so you two can be together, forever." He said as Kol ruffled his
hair drinking the liquid in the vial.
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He walked over to Josh pressing a blue crystal with a silver ring wrapped around it into his hand. , "Throw it on the ground." He said as Josh threw it on the
ground a blinding light momentarily making everyone close their eyes. When the light went out and everyone could see again there was a man laying on the
ground breathing deeply as if in a deep sleep.. Josh knelt down and touched the man's cheek, as if to make sure he was really there. , "He'll be awake in a little
while his body just needs time to assimilate back to being alive, put the ring on him when he wakes up, and we can turn him into a hybrid so you two can stay
together always." He said as Josh nodded holding Aiden. He handed Rebekah a vial and another to Marcel. , "The vial will make it so you can choose when
you're venomous to vampires, Marcel. As for you Rebekah, it gives you the one thing you always wanted." He said as they both drank the liquid. Ace smiled as
Rebekah's stomach started to glow. She touched her stomach confused as Ace raised his hand as it glowed.
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A faint heartbeat could be heard it was soft and fast, but Rebekah and Marcel knew what that meant. , "The baby will be mostly human, until he or she reaches
puberty then they would start to convert to being a vampire, and the transition would end at eighteen with the end of the transition." He said as Rebekah
hugged him tightly. , "You have no idea how much that means to me." She whispered as he smiled. , "I understand, I'm glad I could help." He said as she
released him tears in her eyes. He walked over to Freya handing her two rings. , "Immortality rings for you and Keelin." He said as she kissed his forehead.
There were three people left, Hayley Nik, and Caroline. He pressed the other ring wrapped crystal into Caroline's hand. , "Take the ring off and throw it on the
ground." He said as she did as she was told by the young man. She had never seen such power, not even in Hope or in her daughters. The blinding light
returned, but it didn't last as long this time.
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Laying on the ground was a young woman with cocoa brown skin and long silky dark hair. Caroline put a hand over her mouth. , "Oh my god Bonnie!" She said
holding her friend. , "Like Aiden she needs some time to get used to being alive, but here's an immortality ring for her." Ace said as Caroline hugged him. , "I
don't know you, but you have done something that I will never be able to thank you enough for! You brought my best friend back." She said as Ace smiled. ,
"I'm Ace, it's nice to meet you." He said as Hayley hugged Caroline. , "What are you doing here?" She asked as Caroline gave Hayley a look. , "I've been trying
to call you for two weeks now! I needed to tell you Hope wanted to come home, but every time I called Freya said you weren't home. So I got worried and I
came to investigate just as you were blowing up jewelry." She said exasperated as Hayley smiled. , "We were out of town, Ace and I. That jewelry you saw us
blowing up with magic? Those were the four pieces of the hollow. Hope can come home, and everyone can be together again." Hayley said as Caroline hugged
Hayley.
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, "Oh my god I'm so happy!" She said as she hugged Ace again. , "You are amazing! I have no clue where you came from, but you just made a teenage girl's
entire year!" She said as Ace laughed. , "I'm glad. As for now I want to finish my gift giving." He said as he handed Hayley a crystal, unlike the other ones it was
bigger than the others it was more of two crystals fused together. , "So I just throw it on the ground?" She asked as Ace nodded as everyone covered their
eyes. The blinding light lasted longer than the ones before. On the ground were a pair of people and Hayley smiled. , "My mom and dad…" She said with a soft
smile as she hugged Ace. , "You deserve to know where you came from." He said as she smiled. , "You surprise me every day." She said as he walked over to
Nik.
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, "Now it's your turn Nik." He said as Nik pulled Ace into a hug. , "You didn't have to give us all our greatest wishes, you deserved to keep something for
yourself." He said as Ace nodded. , "I-I know, but I didn't want to take anything I had to." He said as Nik smiled. , "You're family now Ace." He said as he threw
the dark green crystal on the ground as he pulled Ace into his chest covering his eyes as the light shown again. When the darkness returned there was a boy
laying on the ground, he was sixteen or seventeen years old. Nik smiled softly, Kol looked shocked, Elijah looked solemnly relieved and Rebekah ran forward
touching the boy's face checking to see if he was breathing. , "Who is that?" Caroline asked as Nik smiled. , "Caroline, Hayley, Freya, everyone meet our
youngest brother Henrik Mikaelson." He said as Ace smiled. , "I'll be back in a little bit, I have one more thing to do." He said as he pulled away. Freya and
Hayley both looked up. , "Where are you going?" Hayley asked as she walked over.
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, "I have one more wish to finish, Davina's." He said as he turned to Freya. ," Call Vincent tell him to tell all the witches to come to the cemetery I have one
more thing I need to." He said as she nodded and called Vincent. , "He wants to know when." She said quietly and Ace stood on shaking legs. , "Half an hour."
He said as he walked out of the mansion Hayley and Freya following. , "You just did a spell and almost died we aren't leaving you alone." Hayley said as they
walked into the cemetery, already hundreds of witches were congregated Ace saw Vincent at the front and walked over to him. , " Everyone is here." Vincent
said giving Ace a fist bump. , "excellent, thank you vincent." He said as he walked to the front of all the witches using a small spell to make his voice louder.
, "Witches of New Orleans on this very night the Hollow was destroyed and I have part of her power still running through my veins. Your traditions are bent
around sacrificing teenage girls to the ancestors in the rituals of the harvest. But Tonight I give the magic of the hollow no longer tainted by her dark soul back
to the soils of New Orleans and every full moon the magic will be restored. The moon gives powers to the werewolves and the vampires it's time for the witches
to do the same. We shouldn't rely on the slaughtering of our own people for power, we need to start a new tradition, one that doesn't involve death and
bloodshed. Instead let us toast to the ancestors who gave us life, instead of relying on their acceptance of our magic!" He said putting his hands against the
ground as blue light traveled into the dirt to the other witches until all of them are flowing pale blue. Vincent stood by Ace. , "From this day forward every full
moon we celebrate the gift we have been given and to give thanks to the ancestors for delivering this boy to our City. Ace you'll always be a son of New
Orleans." Vincent said as he shook Ace's hand. Ace smiled. , "That means more than you could ever know Vincent." He said as Hayley touched his shoulder. ,
"Let's go home okay?" She asked as he nodded.