Sire Bond (The Vision)
Chapter Thirteen
The King Awakens
Niklaus retrieved Hayley from her bedroom vigil and brought her into Elijah's study, leaving Trevor to watch the king and Hope. There, she found Rebekah, Kol, and a human stranger. Klaus introduced them to each other. "This is Elijah's queen Hayley, and Hayley, this is Elijah's sister Freya." Hayley was immediately confused. "His sister? I didn't know he had another sister."
"Neither did he," Freya explained. "They all thought I had died as a child."
"Oh, well I'm happy to meet you and that you're not really dead," Hayley replied, still perplexed at why she was meeting another member of the Mikaelson family at this moment of crisis. Klaus answered her unspoken question. "As you can no doubt tell, Freya is human. She is also a witch…"
Hayley's eyes grew wide and her anger began to rise. "You're Tristan's witch? You're the reason my husband is in a coma? You kidnapped my daughter?"
"You might want to explain things to her, and do it quickly," Rebekah advised her sister. "Hayley, like our brother, is a hybrid. And, she can control when she turns into a wolf."
Freya understood the urgency and told Hayley, "I will tell you all the full story when Elijah is awake. But I promise you, I would never have harmed him or let anyone else do it either. He will be fine when he wakes. And as for my niece Hope, I was very careful and she did not suffer at any point. I only used one spell on Jackson so he would call Elijah and lure him to the Bayou."
Hayley seemed to accept her at her word and looked at Klaus, "Where is Tristan anyway?"
"Held prisoner by the witches of New Orleans. He's not going anywhere."
Hayley was momentarily satisfied with both their responses. She turned back to Freya. "You will wake him up, right now." Freya smiled at her sister-in-law. "I will, gladly."
Hayley moved Hope to another room before they all rejoined Elijah in the bedroom. Freya removed a vial from her pocket and opened the top. "What is that?" Hayley asked.
"The antidote to the sleeping spell," Freya answered.
"That you put on the arrow," Hayley commented.
"No, apparently when Elijah snapped Tristan's neck it activated the spell," Klaus interjected. "But speaking of that arrow, where is it Hayley?"
"Right here," she replied, retrieving it from under Elijah's pillow and handing it to Klaus.
"And where is the rest?" Klaus then asked Freya.
"I destroyed it, I swear. Give me that piece and I'll get rid of it now," she requested, putting the top back on the vial and putting it back in her pocket. Klaus handed her the arrow, and she dispatched with it quickly, leaving a trail of smoke wafting into the air.
"Do you promise there is no more white oak, nothing left that could harm us?" Klaus inquired.
Freya nodded her head. "The horse was the only piece I saw in my vision. I'll tell you more about that when Elijah is awake. So if there are no other matters left…"
"I wonder if your spell prevented the red door from opening," Hayley mused.
Freya was confused. "Red door; Am I supposed to know what that means?"
"I'll explain it to you sometime," Rebekah offered. "Hopefully you won't find about it before that. Please wake him."
Freya retrieved the antidote from her pocket again and walked over to her brother's bedside. She studied his handsome face. "Hello brother Elijah, it's been a long time." Then, she opened the vial and poured the remedy onto his lips.
Elijah opened his eyes with a start. He sat up and realized he was home and in his own bed. "Careful, Sire!" Trevor exclaimed, moving towards him. "He's fine," Hayley stated, looking closely at her husband to be sure that he was OK.
He was calm, and relieved to see her, but unsure of what had happened to him. "You're home with your family," she informed him.
Elijah looked around and saw that Klaus, Rebekah and Kol were there as well. He did not see Tristan DuMartel. "Tristan…did you kill him?"
"No Sire, we did not, per your instructions," Klaus replied. Elijah was relieved. He was still unsure how to deal with Tristan without harming any of his progeny. "Sophie Deveraux has him trussed up for us. You've got plenty of time to decide how to punish him."
The king nodded his head with approval, and swung his legs off the side of the bed. "And what about his witch? I hope she's 'trussed up' as well." His siblings and wife all looked at each other, and Hayley decided he'd take the news better from her. "Not exactly. But she is here. She woke you up and is now waiting to see you."
Elijah was now even more confused. "See me?"
"It's complicated," Hayley continued. "Apparently, she's someone you used to know."
"A witch I knew in Europe?" Elijah searched his memory.
"You'll never recall her unless we tell you who she is," Klaus interjected. "But you did know her when you were very, very young..."
"Freya is alive?" Elijah was incredulous. "How is that possible?"
"She'll explain everything to you, to all of us," Hayley told him. "But first, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. That arrow did nothing to me. It was only when I snapped that traitor's neck that I fell, at least I assume that's what happened."
"That is what happened," Klaus informed him. "Apparently our sister didn't put any sort of spell on the arrow, but did put one on Tristan. If anyone who shared her bloodline hurt him, or attempted to hurt him, they would fall into a coma. She assumed you'd be the one to do it since she lured you out to the Bayou."
"She wanted to protect him?" Elijah asked, feeling betrayed by the sister they'd only just found again.
"She wanted to protect herself," Rebekah took up for her sibling. "Tristan had filled her head with lies about you. He told her that you wouldn't accept her, and therefore none of us would. She thought if she could win us all over first we could convince you to welcome her to the family."
Elijah was furious. "Of all his crimes that might be the worst. I will always be here for my family."
Rebekah, Hayley, Klaus, and Kol all smiled and looked from him to each other.
"We know that brother," Klaus reminded him. "Always and forever."