Hey everyone! Happy Monday to you all :)
Heres another chapter for all those amazing people who have reviewed|favourited|followed
Hope you all enjoy this gift, it's the key to her future ;) HintHint xD

New Orleans had finally settled back down in time for Hope's birthday after a small witches revolt.

Davina stepped down from her role as Regent and Vincent reluctantly took over the position. Davina and Kol's little fling was the main reason in which her followers revolted against her and resulted in the breakdown of their relationship. She also wanted to stay a witch so it was better off to call things off in the beginning rather than getting in too deep. They were still friends and Kol mentored her from time to time.

Cami had been turned into a vampire just before the previous Christmas as collateral damage between the witch uprising and she did not take to becoming a vampire well, even after Davina had made her a daylight ring.

Marcel had not been happy about his vampires being killed so he was a bit distracted lately, gaining a new entourage and training them up.

The wolves had no intentions of getting themselves involved in the supernatural drama that had nothing to do with them. Jackson, with his alliance and tentative friendship with Klaus, voiced his opinions of the unnecessary drama around Hope. The pack was for her safety and not cannon fodder and surprisingly, Klaus agreed and backed him up.

Klaus still didn't have a long term alliance, but his friendships with Jackson, Marcel, and Vincent helped in be able to have a semi-peaceful kingdom. Klaus finally started to understand why connecting with others would gain him the loyalty he always wanted.

Something else he longed to thank her for.

Hayley, Freya, Davina, Rebekah, and Cami sat around the large, oak table in the courtyard watching Hope play with her new gifts and discussing their plans to take the birthday girl to Disneyland the next day.

"I don't see why we couldn't take her today?" Hayley wondered out loud to the rest of the group.

"Maybe because the men, and especially her Father, would like to see her today as they would never step foot in that place. We all agreed tomorrow would be better weeks ago." Freya answered back, sticking up for her brother.

Hope came running up to the group of women, halting their discussion for now with a pretty box they were all familiar with by now.

The family and friends gathered back around, small talks stopping as they all watch Hope open the decorated gift box. She pulled out a bright, multicolored friendship bracelet with a key charm and excitedly put it on straight away. She gave her letter to Klaus to read out to her while she played with the charm.

Miss Hope Mikaelson,

"Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said 'I'm here for you' and proved it."

-Unknown.

"A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes your smile."

-Unknown.

"A true friend accept who you are, but also helps you become who you should be."

-Unknown.

All my love.

Rebekah tried to take the bracelet off Hope to have a closer inspection, but it burned her after a few tries. One look at her father's panicked face, Hope managed to take it off herself before passing it over to Freya.

"This is absolutely amazing Niklaus! The bracelet has very strong, advanced and intricate spells placed on it. Only Hope can take it off as a form of protection and I doubt it could just break and slip off with age too. There is also a spell where I can zone in on her location faster and easier like a beacon signalling to me when she's distressed. Whoever had this made is completely powerful and focused on Hope's safety. I would love to find the witch who has placed these spells on the bracelet so I can see how she's done them." Freya explained to the rest of the room as she gave Hope back the bracelet, who secured it back in place with a nod of approval from her father.