A/N Disclaimer: I don't own The Originals or the characters. The honor goes to Julie Plec and the CW! You might have noticed this story earlier, but I relaized I had messed it up quite a lot because I'm not used to using this website! Hopefully it's all fixed! This is my way of fixing season 5, mainly in regards to Haylijah! Enjoy!

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Greta's hand was clamped over her neck, the older woman's fingers squeezing her airways slowly. Hayley gasped as Klaus entered the farmhouse, no doubt to rescue both her and Hope, though she was quite ready to tell him to grab Hope and run. Her gaze flashed from Klaus to Roman, who had refused to do his mother's bidding for once, and now stood protectively over Hope. Her hazel eyes met Klaus' for a second, and a silent agreement to save Hope transpired between them. But, just as Klaus was about to run to their daughter, Hayley heard him growl in pain and looked to see that someone – Elijah – shoved a wooden stake through Klaus' chest.

"Elijah…" she gasped upon settling her gaze on the man, though she should've known as she'd heard the hail falling from the sky and indication that another Mikaelson was around. And, the grunt of fighting had told her that it wasn't Rebekah or Kol. Elijah stopped briefly upon hearing her voice and she could see it in his eyes, the betrayal and the confusion flooding onto his face. Despite the many years that had passed between them, Hayley could read him just as well as before. But the moment was brief because Elijah shoved the stake deeper in Klaus' chest, causing the Originals hybrid to collapse. Then he moved towards the room where Roman and Hope were. And, Hayley hoped that he would by some miracle save her daughter, Hope, but he put his hand on Roman's shoulder and Hayley's heart broke into a million pieces. Then, as if on cue, Greta shoved her hand through Hayley's chest, causing the former hybrid to scream in pain and gasp breathlessly as Greta tightened her grip on her neck. This is it, Hayley thought, lifting her eyes up.

She looked at Klaus, blood dripping from his mouth as he struggled, the stake his brother used still impaling him. Then, she looked to her daughter, Hope, sleeping peacefully in Roman's arms. And, then, finally she looked at Elijah, the love of her life, her soulmate, the man she had once said she had felt everything for, siding with the enemy. But, this wasn't the same Elijah. This version of Elijah did not remember the countless promises he had once made. To always protect her. To never let anything happen to her. That man, who was so gallant, selfless, kind, eloquent, that man was gone. Then, Hayley's eyes lifted to the sky and her eyelashes fluttered slightly before she freed her hand and was about to rip Greta's finger, the one with the daylight ring, off. And, then there was light.

The farmhouse was flooded by light and Hayley tried to shield herself with Greta before there was a whizzing sound and an arrow was suddenly imbedded in Greta's neck, causing the woman to loosen her grip on Hayley. This also caused Klaus to look up and Hayley could make out two male figures entering the farmhouse. One pulled the stake out of Klaus' chest, the Original hybrid hissing in pain.

"Oops," Alaric Saltzman quipped smugly. Hayley breathed, relieved. Elijah left Roman's side to run at the so-called intruders but was met by several wooden bullets in the chest, causing the Original to collapse. Klaus, now free rushed towards Greta from the behind and Hayley managed to rip the woman's ring finger off before Klaus ripped her heart out. Hayley rushed in the opposite direction, shielding herself from the sun's rays. It was a veritable battlefield when Caroline Forbes-Salvatore entered the farmhouse. The figure beside Alaric turned out to be Jeremy Gilbert. Klaus turned to the three, and in a rare moment thanked them with tears in his eyes before rushing to her, his eyes searching hers.

"Are you alright, Little Wolf?" he asked tenderly. Hayley looked into his eyes and saw only concern and fear, and she didn't want to break him anymore, so she chose to tell only a few things.

"A little bruised and scarred, and I'm gonna need to wait for the sun to set, but I'm fine," she said, and Klaus gave a half-smile in response.

"What did they do to you?" he asked, though they both knew the answer to that particular question.

"Hayley?" came Caroline's voice, sympathetic and sad from the doorway. "You okay?" the blonde asked just as they all heard a grunt.

"Yeah, fine," Hayley murmured softly. "Could you, um, close the door? I burn in the sun now and…" she trailed off, awkward, but Caroline didn't say anything. Instead she closed the door before returning to her position next to Alaric. Elijah was still lying on the ground, Greta too, and Roman was still holding Hope, his face turned in the opposite direction. Hayley sped, though she almost collapsed, over to Hope and gathered her daughter in her arms. Caroline came to stand by Roman.

"Roman?" the blonde asked softly. "Are you alright?"

"Is she dead?" was the blonde boy's reply. "My mother?"

"I'm so sorry," Caroline said, though she really wasn't. [But, what else was she supposed to say?] Roman's head fell, curls a messy disarray and he looked at Hope.

"I didn't know. I had no idea your life was in danger," he whispered softly before speeding over to his mother's body. His arms wrapped around the older woman's torso and he sobbed, collapsing on top of her, blonde curls lying on Greta's lifeless chest.

"Yes, well, perhaps you should've thought twice before teaming up with your psychotic mother, you fool!" Klaus growled at the teen vampire. The hybrid then sped to him and was about to bite him or rip his head off when he was stopped by a certain curly haired blonde.

"Klaus! What did I say about keeping calm?" Caroline hissed, resulting in a snicker from Jeremy Gilbert.

"Yes, well, I only agreed to such madness when I thought my daughter had simply run away with a "handsome" lad from school. You failed to mention he was the son of the man who once murdered werewolves by the dozens, love!" the Original hybrid yelled, dark blue eyes blazing as he turned his attention to the blonde vampire.

"I had no idea Greta was the one who kidnapped Hayley! And, besides, given the amount of enemies you've amassed over the past… oh, more than a thousand years, I couldn't have known she was one of them. Last I checked, you're not the World's Most-Beloved Hybrid!" the blonde vampire yelled, crossing her arms as she glared at him.

"Only…" Hayley whispered softly, almost inaudibly, a tear falling from the corner of her eye at the mere idea that she was no longer a hybrid.

"Well, love, I never claimed differently," Klaus quipped, smirking wickedly at Caroline.

"Um, while watching the two of you flirt is entertaining, there's ice falling from the skies. I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say that's because the three of you Mikaelsons are together," Alaric piped up. This resulted in everyone to suddenly grow quiet and look up. There was a deafening silence as Klaus' eyes drifted from Caroline to Elijah, from Elijah to Hope and Hayley, then to Roman and Greta.

"I'll leave," the older Original brother said from where he was half laying on the floor. Everyone's attention turned to him. Hayley's eyes flashed with pain as they settled on him. "I'll take Roman and Greta's corpse with me – Antoinette will want to see her mother," Elijah said.

"What were you saying, little wolf?" Klaus asked, snapping his attention to the mother of his child.

"Nothing, I'm fine," Hayley said because Klaus was in enough pain as it was and Elijah was lying on the ground and she couldn't – wouldn't – add more to the already horrible situation.

"Alright," Klaus said kindly before snapping his attention over to his brother. "We let you go and you'll stay away?" Klaus asked, almost disbelieving, as if a part of him was hoping that Elijah would say something along the lines of 'No, of course not. We protect family always and forever' but no such luck because Elijah merely nodded.

"Now, could someone please remove these bullets out of me?" Elijah asked bluntly and Caroline bent down to help him, her small delicate fingers searching around the amnesiac Original's chest.

"You should leave too, Klaus," Hayley said softly looking up at her daughter's father.

"I will, soon," Klaus responded but Hayley shook her head.

"No, Klaus. Now. You have to leave now," Hayley said, her voice firm though it still shook slightly. "You can't be here with Hope, or-" she continued, but Klaus cut her off.

"Yes, yes I know all about the biblical blood in the water and all that, Hayley! I don't care! I want to be there for her!" Klaus snapped and Hayley sighed heavily. She was not in the mood to argue with Klaus, her gaze instead drifting to Elijah, who sat up, dusted himself off before grabbing Roman and Greta's corpse and vamp-speeding out of the farm house. Hayley tore her gaze away from the spot Elijah had just been before looking over at Klaus.

"Klaus," she hissed, "go. You have to go," she glared pointedly at him, but Klaus would not budge. "Please," she begged, her voice barely above a whisper. "Go. Just go. Please, for Hope."

"Alright, Little Wolf, I'll go. Bloody Hollow. Protect my daughter, take care of yourself or I will send someone to do it for you," he said, resigned. He took a step towards the door, before turning to her. "Hayley?"

"Huh?"

"She's amazing," was all he said, and Hayley imagined that was all the compliment of her motherhood skills she would receive from him. "C'mon, love!" he called out to Caroline before whooshing out.

When night falls, Alaric and Jeremy drop her and Hope off back at the compound and Hayley tucks her daughter into bed before making her way to the balcony, her mind racing, playing memories of her and Elijah like a broken record. There's a soft knock, and she turns to find Freya standing in the doorway.

"Hey," the eldest Mikaelson sister says softly, stepping further into the room.

"Hey, Freya," Hayley greets back. "What's up?"

Freya opens her palm to reveal a delicate lapis lazuli ring, "here," she says softly. "This is for you. I can't imagine how difficult it is for you right now, but I hope this will help a little."

"Thank you," Hayley replies, fitting the ring on her right hand ring finger. "Klaus left with Caroline and I haven't- we didn't get to really talk about what happened. Enough has happened today, so I just…" she shrugs sadly.

"This won't be forever, Hayley," Freya says with conviction. "I'm going to figure something out. You'll be back to being hybrid in no time," she reassures, though Hayley isn't sure she wants to believe her. Silence settles between them as Hayley gazes out over the Quarter before Freya finally breaks it, "have you… have you fed? Maybe you should-"

"I'm fine," Hayley cuts her off. "I'm fine."

"Okay, well, I'm gonna go meditate. Try to get some rest," the blonde suggests, turning around and walking out.

"Freya?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you," she says finally before returning her attention to the Quarter, her mind drifting, like it always seemed to since the incident, to Elijah.