A/N: Have you seen the promos yet? Oh my god, they were so good! Well, despite the fact that there wasn't much new footage, but what they showed us was enough to see how the creature that 'posessed' Damon and Enzo looks like (or, rather, what it's arm looks like) AND we finally have a glimpse at a six-year-old (or seven, I dunno) Hope in The Originals promo! That's right, there will be a five year time jump. Huh, I guess I was even more cruel than Julie in this story, since I left Klaus suffering for ten years (which is twice as long!) Sorry ;(

Sorry for rambling that much, I'm just so excited for season 8 and season 4. If you're as excited as I am, leave it in the review. :)

Now, onto the story. As you may have noticed, I changed the rating quite a few times, but I finally decided to leave it as it is – T rated. Because, let's face it, there's not gonna be any smut in this story. If you expected it, I deeply apologise and if you want smut, just go read a story from one of our wonderful smut queens, there are a lot of them.

-Can't keep me inside-

The Neighbourhood – Let It Go

Klaus didn't even get to say anything before he was attacked by a hug. He could recognise her anywhere. Hope.

The girl hugged him with more strength than anyone her age should have, but Klaus couldn't think about that at the moment. He hugged her back, not bothering that there were about fifty werewolves watching them, including Elijah, who smiled, which was an indeed rare occasion.

"Look at you," Klaus said, as they moved away. "You've grown. Not to mention you've changed almost unrecognisably."

"Yeah, I turned, I know," Hope drawled. "But it wasn't Mom's fault, I swear."

Klaus made a mental note to have a talk with Hayley later.

"I see you've finally decided to grace us with your presence," Hayley said not-too-friendly, which earned a smile from Elijah. Although, the female hybrid smiled widely at Jacob, who was peeking from behind Klaus. "Hey you, I haven't seen you since you were a baby," she said, with her usual drawl.

Jake looked at the woman, trying to connect her face and a name. He simply smiled at her, but something stronger pulled him towards the girl next to his father. Tall, pale-skinned, with stormy blue eyes and her brown hair tied in a ponytail, she was very beautiful, and oddly familliar. Then he realised...

"Hope, this is Jacob. Jacob, meet Hope, your sister."

(x)

"Back so early?" Rebekah asked, as Alice walked into the kitchen. "I see no blood on your knife, that must mean your interrogation didn't go so well."

"Au contraire," the hybrid said with a smile. "It went spectacular. In fact-" she dropped the knife she was holding back into the drawer. "-we may now have another ally."

"Excellent, that makes... one ally in total," Freya deadpanned, making Rebekah shoot her a look. "Now if you girls excuse me, I must go shopping. My wardrobe is rather... limited."

She went to get up, but Alice stopped her. "Ah, ah, ah, drink this first." She handed her a vial.

"Oh of course, my daily portion of vervain," the witch said, before reluctantly downing the liquid and scrunching her nose at the taste. Alice tossed another vial to Rebekah, who observed its contents for a little while before drinking a tiny ammount, wincing as it burned her tongue.

"All of it, Becks."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I just never had vervain before, there was no need for it," Rebekah explained, still looking at the vervain as if it were poison, which, in all honesty, it was. "Yeah, I'm just gonna pour this into my tea."

"Goodbye sister, Alice," Freya greeted with a nod, before departing. Alice stared at the spot she was for a few seconds, before she looked back at the originals, who sighed audibly.

"Honestly, I don't even feel like going anywhere," the blonde said, as she took a delicate sip from her cup, coughing afterwards. Alice gave her an unimpressed look.

"Is it that, or are you babysitting me?"

"What'd you think?"

Alice cursed inwardly, knowing that there probably wasn't any chance of leaving the house, which had happened many times in the past.

"Oh don't look so glum, darling," Rebekah priped up. "Nik's just trying to protect you."

"Yes, well he keeps forgetting that I can take care of myself."

"I know, and don't think that I enjoy this. I could also use a change of wardrobe, but being the good sister that I am, I did my brother a solid and promised to, and I quote, prevent you from getting kidnapped, tortured and killed."

Alice scoffed into her vervain tea. "Like Marcel would dare to lay a hand on me. You're forgetting I'm older than him. And stronger."

"And yet, you got bitten," Rebekah pointed out. "Look, I know that you don't like this, but until this situation is settled, you will have to stay here, where it's safe."

"Ugh, now you even sound like Klaus," she said with a sigh, then got up. "Fine, I'll do something else to pass my time."

Maybe go through Esther's grimmoirs, she thought as she left the room.

Five minutes later, after she found a needle and some fabric, she began sewing a small doll, using her hair as thread and chanting words from the grimmoire in front of her. Esther may have been batshit crazy, but she was a genious when it came to witch accessories that were sometimes very useful.

They won't even notice that she was gone.

(x)

"So..." Hope said awkwardly, looking down at her fingernails. As if it was wierd enough that the brother she saw only once in her entire life (and thought was dead) was sitting next to her, he didn't spare her a singe word since he and Klaus came. Speaking of their father, he left them alone in order to 'bond', but they couldn't exactly do that when the boy didn't even want to speak to her!

"Has your magic developed yet? I could show you some cool tricks, if you'd like," she suggested, but her brother's eyes only shifted in her direction for a moment, before he returned to staring in front of him. "Can you even talk?" she asked jokingly, but there was still no answer. She sighed. This is gonna be harder than I thought.

"Just yesterday I met my father, aunts and uncles," Jake finally spoke. "It's just a lot to take in."

"I-I know," Hope said, a little thrown back. "I spent pretty much the last decade trying to find them with my mother."

"Your mother," jake said. "Not mine."

"That doesn't change anything," Hope said, ptting a hand on his shoulder. "It doesn't matter that we don't share a mother, we're still family."

"Yeah, I know, but... what if something happens? What if something tears us apart again?"

"I can't promise that our father's enemies won't go after us, but I can promise you this," she looked him in the eye. "I will not let anthing happen to the ones I love, including you. Together, we are powerful enough to stop this, to stop him." She lowered her voice so that no one could hear her. "The Beast."

"You kids getting along?" A werewolf asked, causing Hope to turn around to look at him.

"Yeah, we're fine. Like two peas in a pod." She said with a saccharine smile, ruffling jake's hair for good measure. The man just smiled and walked away.

"Who's that?" Jake asked, as he fixed his hair.

"Jackson, the pack's Beta," she said, rolling his eyes.

"Let me guess... you don't like him?"

"Hayley, my mom, was married to him for sime time, but until she fell in love for our uncle Elijah."

Jake scrunched up his nose at that.

"Yeah, it's messed up, I know. Anyways, he seemed to think that he was my father and even told me what to do and crap like that," she sighed. "Even now, when dad is finally back, he's still... doting."

"And I will kill him for that."

The pair screamed at the same time, not having noticed that Klaus had sneaked up on them. He laughed at their panicked faces, narrowly dodging the pot that came flying towards his head.

"Dad! What the hell?!" Hope complained, but Klaus only chuckled. "How long have you been there?"

"A while," the hybrid simply said. "Long enough to overhear your little conversation. Tell me, Hope, how much has your mother told you about Marcel?"

Uh, oh.

And there you have it. A short chapter indeed, but packed with some stuff. I'm conteplating in writing a FNAF (Five Nights At Freddy's) story, but I don't know if it'd have much attention. You guys let me know in the review.

'Till the next time,

Kisses