The Family Tree

By: Nikasilva

Disclaimer: I do not own the show or its characters.

A/N: Enjoy

A new plan was made thanks to the grimoire Hope found. Lisa, one of the half breeds and also another Clear Eyes volunteered to mask her own magic with Hope's, to lead Daliha to trace Hope's magic somewhere far from New Orleans. They knew this was a temporary fix, but it at least bought them some time to figure things out. Hope and Haley were walking through the streets of New Orleans with a couple of shopping bags in their hands. Although there were still threats out there, Haley felt that Hope needed a little break from it all.

Hope was showing some of the things she bought to Rebekah when suddenly there was a commotion coming from downstairs. When Hope and Rebekah went to see what was happening she saw Coryna and Wyatt trying to fight off Klaus and Elijah. At the sight of them, Hope grew with anger, but at the same time, fear struck hear as she feared that Klaus and Elijah would kill them. Despite what they had done, they were still her family. Hope rushed down and Rebekah and later Haley soon followed.

The entire room was in full chaos, then with one move, the entire room stood silent. Elijah had his hand in Coryna's chest.

"Uncle Elijah, Please!" Hope pleaded. Klaus pushed Wyatt to his knees as if to make him watch his wife's demise. Hope was trying to find a way to save them, she couldn't let them die no matter what they had done if she could stop it. Hope saw a change in Elijah's face and new if she had to do something she had to do it now. "Elijah, Stop! Please, you don't understand, She's your daughter!"

Elijah turned to Hope as her words hung in the air "That is impossible"

"It's the truth. Coryna is your daughter" Everyone turned to see Jasper walking through the compound. Hope was surprised that Jasper admitted it, it was the rule that they never wanted to break. "Let her go, Elijah, please!"

Elijah didn't know what to make of this new information, but he slowly pulled his fist from Coryna's chest and let her go. Coryna fell to the ground, trying to heal and regain her strength. The room was still quiet, no one really moving. Klaus kept his grip on Wyatt ready to attack if he needed. The only reason he didn't kill Wyatt already, was because of the fear in Hope's face. The last thing he would ever want is to be a villain in her eyes and he knew if he killed him that he may lose to one thing he cared about most.

Coryna slowly rose to her feet and started walking toward Jasper and Jasper did the same. Soon the were face to face.

"Coryna."

"Jasper." And that was all that needed to be said. Coryna and Jasper embraced one another, which shocked almost everyone.

"Just so we are clear, we are never doing anything like that again," Jasper said pulling away from the embrace. "You have no idea how many times, I almost blew this entire plan to make sure you guys were safe. Tell me you got what we need."

"You have no idea"

"Klaus, let him go, he is no threat to us."

"They betrayed Hope and you forgive them without a second thought."

"We didn't betray Hope," Wyatt said, "Everything we did was to keep her safe."

"This was planned out after that first meeting" Coryna continued "We needed to know what it was that Dalhia wanted from Hope and gain her trust to figure out her plan."

"We needed it to be convincing and the less who knew about it, the easier it would be to fool Daliha to give us the information we needed." Jasper finished off.