It was time for the trade. Klaus was ready, Elijah was with his wife, I think that is what she is, Hayley, Rebekah was with Kol and Freya and I was sitting in the corner waiting for instructions.
"Niklaus, please, calm down." I heard Elijah as he came down the stairs at a quick pace.
"Calm down? You ask me to calm down while I wait to see my daughter again? I spent 5 years in agony, those years where I not only saved your life but Kol and Rebekah and Freya's lives. I missed her grow up. I had to imagine her happy to get through it and right now she is not happy. She is scared and away from all she knows!" Klaus shouted gaining on his brother and I gulped.
"Let's not fight boys, let's just get moving." Freya announced and looked at all of us. "Who is taking Annie?" She asked and I stood up and waited.
"I will. Damon should be scared at what I might do." I tilted my head at Klaus as he waved me forward. I walked closer not caring about what he wanted.
"Where are we going?" Kol asked and I heard a sigh and then Klaus and I were moving. I focused around when we stopped and I felt Elijah, Hayley, and Freya just behind us and then Rebekah and Kol showed up. "Thanks for waiting a half a second." I heard him mumble and I rolled my eyes and looked around at the old warehouse.
"Call out." Klaus ordered and I looked from him to the building.
"Scared?" I asked and he gave me a curious look before shrugging. "Damon!" I shouted and had my voice break at the end and I gulped and looked towards Klaus.
"Let her arm go." I looked up to see Damon on the roof, a girl by his side.
"Damon!" I shouted and gave him a worried look and then to the girl who looked to be asleep.
"Vervain works on her too. Asleep like the little child that she is. Now, let go of Annie's arm." He shouted out and I ground my teeth together. Klaus unhanded my arm and backed away slowly.
"Damon... don't do anything stupid." I heard Elijah call out and I heard him laugh.
"You did something stupid when you messed with my daughter." Damon shouted back and stated to move the girl as if to wake her up.
"Damon, they let me go, not let her go." I called out moving closer and looking up at him.
"Let her go?" He asked and looked at the girl.
"Yeah." I nodded and he smirked as he looked at the family behind me.
"Okay." I saw her fall and I let my mouth drop open as I used my speed to catch her. I cradled her close and set her down as Klaus and Hayley came closer. I looked up and no longer saw Damon.
"Where did he go?" I whispered looking around and worried he would try to take me.
"Hope... wake up." I heard Hayley and I looked down at the girl who was beginning to stir and I backed away.
"Now..." I heard Stefan's voice as I felt a hand on my neck and I retaliated immediately. I elbowed him low and spun around and started hitting him and then he hit me back. Hard. I was sent to my back and I rolled until I was on my knees and he came closer. Before I could blink Rebekah was in front of me and grabbing him by the neck.
"Annie!" I heard Damon and looked to see him at the front of the building he had dropped Hope from and I saw Klaus speed to him and grab him by the neck.
"How about we all head home... I think I have a place for these two." I heard Klaus say and I looked towards his daughter who was crying in her moms arms. She looked so safe.
"Niklaus... Hope will not want to see them when she is home." Elijah stepped forward and I looked at the brothers before sniffing blood. Human. I looked around, feeling my stomach hallow. Elijah continued to talk Klaus down from taking them and I went on my hunt. My mouth was ready, my fangs sharp and my stomach hungry.
I found the little man, running away. He saw what happened in the small open space. He couldn't get away. I sped until was in front of him and grabbed him by the neck. His hand was bleeding, a small hole from a rusty nail. I licked my lips and slammed him against the wall. I compelled him not to scream and moved to drink.
I was draining him, and I finally realized what Klaus meant. He tasted so good. Better than before. I bit harder and increased the blood flow until there was nothing left in his body. I took a breath and stepped back before feeling pain in my stomach. Then my back. Then my arms.
I cried out and fell slowly to the ground. Gripping the cardboard boxes, then the dumpster. I felt someone behind me and a hand on my back and I turned trying to warn them away from hurting me and I saw Rebekah go wide eyed before she shouted something. It hurt my ears and I covered them before whimpering at the pain my knees and legs from being on the ground. I turned to my side and fell, I screamed out again and grabbed my arm.
The pain was everywhere, and then... I was asleep. Dreaming about running through the woods. Dreaming about being free and happy. Dreaming, picturing my mother, my real father. In a small house. Near a place with flowers and a garden, with horses and cows and then there was nothing. It was time to wake up.
I opened my eyes and saw a familiar ceiling. I looked around but didn't feel any more pain. Not like a vervain shot anyways. I felt sore. I looked to my left to see Damon standing stock still, my right had Stefan looking at me. Once we made eye contact he got up and went down stairs. I sat up and looked around. I was still in the same romper as yesterday and I got up to get in Damons face. I slapped him.
Hard.
His face turned to the side and went right back. I punched his chest, his stomach and just when I was about to kick him in between his legs I felt someone behind me. I turned and noticed Klaus watching me with a small smile. Like he was amused.
"Is your daughter okay?"
"Hope is with her mother. For now." He said and I nodded. "You... are remarkable." He said coming closer and I gave him a confused look and he laughed. "Do you know what happened last night?" He asked and I shook my head before remembering that guy.
"I killed someone." I whispered and he nodded. I moved to go sit back down and he moved and told Damon to go downstairs and stay there.
"You triggered your curse. Much like I did when I was turned. Though you didn't kill quite as fast as I did. What held you back from killing before yesterday?"
"I just never did. Yesterday, I smelled him. He was bleeding. He hurt his hand and I tracked him. He saw us, what we did and he couldn't get away. He would tell." I said and covered my face thinking back. "I killed him and then I was in pain."
"Yes, you triggered your werewolf curse. You're a hybrid now." Klaus told me and I looked from him to the room and then the balcony.
"How?"
"Your mother or father must have been a wolf. And now you are." He said and came to sit down near the bed.
"I never knew-"
"Yeah, being an orphan, you wouldn't." He said and I looked away from him, angered by that tone and I sneered at him.
"You knew your mother and you didn't know, correct? So maybe you shouldn't be one to judge." I snapped and got up. I cracked my neck and moved my shoulder and moved to walk out of the room when a little one came running towards me. I stopped and she smiled at me.
"You're the one who saved me right? Mommy said that you had to sleep. But now that you're awake I can hug you and thank you." She said and I gave her a small smile.
"No need for thanks Hope. That man was wrong for taking you away from your family." I said and she moved to hug me tightly anyways.
"Hope." I heard Klaus just behind me and I turned so she would walk past me.
"Yes?" She asked blinking up at her dad.
"Go get Uncle Elijah." Klaus ordered and I looked from him to his daughter. "You saved her... and as a father that means something. So, we are going to help you find your pack." He said and I gave him a small look.
"I know family is a big thing around here, and though at one point I might have wanted to know, maybe even being into seeing what I can find... I would rather not. The family that chose me hates me, or would rather keep me locked away, so that isn't much of a plus. And my biological one gave me up over a 100 years ago. Why would the living ones want me now?" I asked and Klaus looked my face over and I waited.
"You need a drink." He said and I gave him a curious look and turned to keep walking.
"Annie, you're awake." I heard Elijah as I went down the stairs.
"And leaving. Glad I could help, Hope, you're a good kid... and now I just need to get away." I said backing away as I got to the end.
"But you can't leave yet! Mom said she had a gift for you-"
"I don't need a gift. Sorry kid, but I already did my part. I helped save you and now I have to get on the road." I gulped when I felt a lot of eyes on me as I backed out, and when I was outside I looked both ways before heading out of the quarter.
I wasn't a foot outside when I felt my neck being broken. I woke up chained and in a dark room. I looked around and tugged at my restraints before hearing someone coming. "You left Damon and Stefan with Klaus?" I heard Caroline before I saw her and I laughed.
"They messed with the Original family. They took a kid. They deserve what they get." I said and pulled on the manacles again as hard as I can. The chain broke on my right side and I turned to pull the left. Once that broke I looked back at her.
"He is your dad." She said looking at me and I sighed.
"And that innocent little girl has a dad. Granted it is Klaus. She has a mom. She has aunts and uncles. She deserves to be with them. Damon took her for what reason?" I asked getting closer to her and she looked away before focusing on me.
"Damon said he needed the witch to do a spell. For you." She said coming closer and I glared at her.
"What about me?" I asked and she looked down before looking around and then to me again.
"He said that he had a witch put a spell on you when you were 14, because he knew you were a wolf. He had a witch detain your anger, your jealousy, basically anything that might trigger your curse. He said that it was good for 100 years. And he is sure that it was wearing off." She said and I just watched her back away.
"He knew I was a wolf?" I asked and she gulped and nodded. I walked past her and out of the little place they found to keep me in before speeding back to the quarter. I got to the house, looking around for someone before seeing Rebekah. "Where is Damon?" I asked and she moved closer to me staring at the manacles.
"Nik is with him and Stefan. Who locked you up?" She asked and grabbed the side of one and ripped it open and let it hit the floor before helping with the other one.
"Caroline. I need to speak to Damon." I said and she gave me a worried look before waving me along for me to follow. We got closer and I heard pained laughter before a groan.
"Nik, he might need to be conscious." I nodded to Rebekah as I got closer.
"I thought we were leaving." Klaus said looking down at me, he didn't look as mean as I had seen him when dealing with Damon before.
"That was before I found out why Damon took Hope."
"You know and he won't even murmur it to me." He said and I titled my head.
"You should have talked to Caroline." I said and patted his shoulder before forcing him out of my way. I got closer to Damon and grabbed his chin making him look at me. "You knew I was a wolf." I stated and he blinked and took a strangled breath before nodding. "You had a witch bind most of my emotions so I would never trigger it while I was alive."
"Had to protect myself, and you." He groaned out and I felt hurt, and angry and I gripped his job tighter.
"You had that witch bind me." I felt the tears as I glared at him. "You could have found my real family."
"They're dead. They were slaughtered. I did find them." Damon muttered and I felt my emotions rise to a new height and I gripped his jaw and tugged until it cracked.
"Well now he won't be talking no matter how much I torture him." I heard Klaus behind me and I turned to him.
"He will heal." I stated and he grabbed my arm when I tried to walk back out.
"You said he had a witch bind your emotions." He said and I nodded and looked at Damon and then to him. "Did that break when you turned into a vampire?"
I thought about it. I wasn't angry, or sad when I was alone. I was just lonely and full of hope that Damon would come back. It wasn't until recently that I started to get angry and let my emotions rule over me. "No." I whispered and looked him in the eye. "That's why I was okay with being alone for so many years. I didn't feel things." I whispered and put a hand over my mouth and thought more about how I didn't feel anything but hunger.