A/N: I'm answering another guest question - I'm not planning on taking everything from season 3 (i never actually finished watching it so...) Obviously certain characters will appear but i'm ignoring the main plot of the season with the warring sirelines, the prophecy and all that stuff.

Freya

We are currently in England. Once again I fear we are two steps behind Lucien. We almost caught up to him in Milan and I have found a letter from Elena that confirmed her presence there. She directed us to the UK as their next destination but so far I've found no signs of them and all of our contacts have proven quite useless. I wonder if Lucien has been using her in an attempt to misdirect us. If this is the case, then our trail has well and truly gone cold and I do not know where best to resume searching.

How are things back home? Marcel has sent me a few letters keeping me notified about the happenings in the quarter but I'm aware that he would never truly be able to see the suffering our brothers are enduring. Tell me that they're well? I worry about them constantly. I have enclosed Elena's letter in the hope that it might convince them she is unharmed and provide them with some form of comfort, however small. In truth, I fear greatly for our lost sister. The apartment that we found in Milan had a strong scent of blood, it appeared to have soaked into the very walls of the building. I worry that the longer we take to find her, the less chance we have of getting her back as she was.

If the letter doesn't work to help our brothers, perhaps it will do to strengthen your spells. I know you are trying your hardest and I am sure Lucien is making use of every resource he has to block your attempts. If only the witches would cooperate. They swore their allegiance to Elena yet they will not lift a finger to help her! It infuriates me!

Finn asks after you. I believe he takes the separation from you the hardest. He already lost you once and with Elena's absence, he does not wish to be apart from you as well. Kol has been employing his usual brand of charm and persuasion to attempt to influence the local witches into helping us but most are too fearful of our reputation to do anything more than the most basic of spells. They fear that a war is brewing and do not wish to be involved, which in a way I do understand. I worry about Kol. He is not the brother I once knew. He exists in a state of depression, with brief bouts of mania and aggression when we encounter yet another setback. I think this disturbs me most of all because I have seen him chase and abandon women frequently but this is the first occasion where he seems to truly know love. I feel that if he loses Elena permanently he will never be the same and in that case it may be kinder to place a stake through his heart.

Tomorrow we journey to Ireland. I know that Mikael found his witches there and that they employed a magic unlike that of the American witches. Kol believes that they may know of some spells in their strange Gaelic magic that will enable us to break through Lucien's barriers.

Until next time, my sister.

Rebekah.

My dearest Rebekah

It does my good to hear from you. Things grow worse each day. Marcel does his best to keep the vampires in line and Jackson has control of the werewolves. The werewolves are devoted to finding Elena and the vampires are willing to help as Marcel instructs them but the witches refuse on the grounds that they only swore allegiance to Elena and will not obey our family in her absence. However, there is hope. On Halloween they are throwing a large party and Elijah has offered to host it, believing that if we all attend and honour them, they will grant us a gift. Please, please return for Halloween? I know that it is asking a lot but if your search is drying up it may be our only shot.

Thank you for the letter. I tried to read it to the boys but Klaus refused to hear it and Elijah did not seem to believe the words. I am trying to use it as a link to her for my locator spells but it is not providing much help. I get brief glimpses of her now and then but these are too fleeting to allow me to hold onto her.

I miss Finn greatly, as I do you. I spent so long alone that I thought I could handle the separation but each moment seems like a century of agony. Please, take care of him (and of course yourself!). I do not want to lose another family member due to their recklessness. We will find Elena, I have no doubt of that but it will take patience and perseverance. Klaus does not seem to possess either of these attributes. He grows more enraged with each passing day, particularly as there is very little he can do in the city.

Elijah has been in contact with some old friends of his. He will not share the details but I believe he is attempting to convince them to use what resources they have to aid our search. With each day, he seems a little more disheartened though so it appears his efforts are not yielding fruit yet. I worry about him more than Klaus. Klaus wears his emotions on display. While those emotions largely seem to be rage, I can see that he is suffering. Elijah grows more withdrawn and I wonder how much longer it will be before he disappears inside his own mind entirely.

How did it go with the Irish witches? Dahlia briefly studied some of their strange magic and I do not trust it. It is undoubtedly powerful but also incredibly volatile and destructive. If the situation was not so desperate, I would strongly advise against pursuing that path. Then again, we all have to do dangerous and demoralizing things for those we love.

I await your next letter eagerly. Each one that arrives fills me with a little burst of sunlight. I know that one day the letter will come with the news we all await. You are strong, Rebekah. You will find her.

All my love

Freya.

Freya

Your warning was correct, although a little poorly timed. The Irish witches did not provide much help and we may have also incurred their wrath. I say 'may' as I do not know how many of them are left alive after last night. We met with their coven leader but she was far from helpful. She knew of Elena, and it turns out that the witches that Mikael made use of were from their own coven so she was not predisposed to be friendly. We did learn one thing from her, which was Lucien's intention. As Elijah suspected, he is trying to recreate the spell that linked Elena to us and allowed her to birth vampire children. I am now truly glad that Elijah executed the witch who performed the spell when he had his suspicions. We can at least spare Elena that pain.

After the witches refused to help us, Kol fell into one of his moods and he slaughtered all that he could find. We are returning home to regroup, we are truly out of ideas. We have no more leads to follow, no charity events under Lucien's name, no sightings. It is as though Elena and Lucien have vanished from the face of the planet.

Part of me fears that he may have given up on his plan and just ended her life. I do not think he would go to the trouble of taking her and incurring our wrath to abandon his plan though… but I have no way of knowing.

Still, at least this means I will be home for the witches' party. I think that it is stupid that we have to grovel to them and their continued refusal to help infuriates me. Perhaps it would be best if I were to avoid the party come to think of it. I might act as Kol did and slaughter them all.

I know you probably thought of this but I wondered if Elena still had some connection to the dead witches that you could make use of? It is a long shot, particularly since last time she used that connection so was possessed by Esther, but I truly do not know what else to suggest.

Did Elijah mention a name of the friends he was trying to contact? Perhaps I could visit them in person to aid in his persuasion?

Speaking of Elijah, your reports concern me as well. I know my brother, he will throw his entire being into one task and it will consume him to the expense of everything else. Saving Klaus was such a task. When he fails, it inevitably destroys him. He needs you now more than ever. Make sure that he stays strong and does not lose himself. We will be home soon but I am counting on you Freya. You are a rope in their stormy sea and without you they very likely will be lost. Your letters do much the same for me. They ensure I keep my faith, keeping fighting and don't succumb to the temptation to give up. We cannot. Elena needs us.

Rebekah.

My darling Rebekah

Your return home cannot come soon enough. Elijah has left. His attempts to persuade his friends (he never mentioned a name I'm afraid) were unsuccessful so he went to see them in person. I attempted to dissuade him but he left in the night so I was unable to prevent him. I remain here with Klaus and he is steadily growing more out of control. Please, all speed my sister before we lose control here.

I am sorry that the Irish witches were of no help, although I can't say that I anticipated much different. Now that we know Lucien's goal, I am attempting to compile a list of anyone who might know spells of similar effects that he could exploit. Although, my fear is that we may already be too late. I saw another flash of Elena. She was in a church of bones surrounded by witches. They were incredibly powerful and I was only able to hold contact for a second, not long enough to get a location, but enough to play a minor disruption. I will keep trying. If I got through once, I am confident I will be successful again. Next time I will be better prepared and I will find her. What scared me the most is the things I felt. Elena is fading Rebekah. I fear we do not have much time. Her soul is dying. I felt no light inside of her anymore, just… a black void of emptiness.

I only hope she will last until Halloween and that the witches will agree to find her. With their combined power and the connection they share to her they will be able to overwhelm any blocking spell, I am confident of that.

Your suggestion of the ancestors was a useful one but I am unable to perform such a spell. The ancestors of New Orleans are linked to their witches and I am not bound to them, so I cannot seek their guidance no matter how much I try. The other ancestors are too powerful for me to draw on alone. I would risk being stuck on the other side for eternity and I would be of no use to anyone there. However, I received a message from Jackson. He said that for the past few days a solitary wolf has been seen in the bayou, attempting to lead people somewhere. No one has followed it very far but he believes it may be some kind of message from the wolf elders. They most definitely favoured Elena and I am trying to discern a spell to enable me to find out what the wolf is trying to say.

Perhaps this is an exercise in futility but I have to try. I miss you greatly. Hurry home, sister, we need you.

All my love

Freya