Cami woke up the next morning with sun streaming in on her bare back and her head on Klaus's back. She looked up and smiled. He was fast asleep. She quietly slid out from under his arm and searched for her discarded clothing. She then stepped into Hope's bedroom. Hope woke up and looked at Cami.

"She's coming."

Cami paused and looked at Hope. "What Princess?"

"She's coming for us."

Cami felt a chill run down her spine. Hope sat up and looked frightened.

"Mommy is she going to kill me?"

Cami sat down next to her and held her. "No one is going to hurt you. I promise." She then smiled at Hope. "Can this be our little secret? I don't want to scare your dad."

Hope nodded.

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Cami stared at her name still engraved in granite. Vincent walked up next to her.

"Why did you want to meet here?"

She glanced at him. "I didn't want the others to worry." She motioned to her grave. "Look at this. This is all I am. My whole life down to a dash between the day I was born and the day that I died."

"Yeah I probably should get rid of that."

She sighed. "Don't bother." She turned and faced him. "Hope saw Esther. She's coming for me."

Vincent's eyes widened. "Is she sure?"

"I drilled her all day. She's positive. I have convinced her not to worry the others but..."

"Cami we may need Freya's help."

"I just got them back. I am not letting Hope go through that again."

"Well lets see what we can do before we need to involve them."

They started looking through everything they had on Esther. Most of it she had gathered from Elijah's journals and what Klaus had told them. She sighed and slammed a book shut.

"There is no possible way to figure out what she wants from me."

"Well she obviously brought you back for a reason so what reason could that be?"

"Other then the fact I know her kids..."

His eyes widened. "What if that is it? Cami you must realize by now that you are one of the few people that Klaus actually gives a damn about."

"So?"

"So what if she brought you back as leverage to get something from Klaus?"

"But she could have used Hope for that. Or Elijah, or Rebekah..."

"Well then what can you give her that no one else can?"

She thought. "I was his therapist. He told me a lot of stuff about his past."

"Yeah but that isn't enough for her to bring you back. What is she going to do? Pick your brain?"

Cami checked her smart watch. "I need to get Hope from school. I'll see if I can figure anything else out. In the meantime see if you can sense her."

He nodded. "Watch your back. Remember her favorite trick is to jump bodies. She could be anyone."

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Cami walked through the door with Hope. They found the Mikaelson's in the den. Klaus was sketching on the sofa, Hayley and Freya were reading, Rebekah was playing the piano, and Elijah and Kol were playing chess in the corner. Elijah narrowed his eyes before smiling and moving his knight.

"Check mate."

Kol groaned. "Another game?"

"Why not." He looked up and smiled at Hope. "How was school Little Princess?"

She shrugged and grabbed her crayons. "Good."

"Just good?"

She nodded. "We had gym. I hate gym."

Freya smiled. "Why is that?"

"Because I am not allowed to use magic to cheat."

All of them laughed quietly. Kol spoke as he moved a pawn.

"Wait until you're in high school. Then you can use magic because most people will be on steroids."

Cami rolled her eyes. She grabbed Hope's folder out of her backpack to check and see if she had homework when she found a drawing. She looked at it closely. There was a man, woman and two children. When Hope came into the kitchen for a snack Cami asked her about it.

"Hope what is this?"

She pointed. "That's Daddy, you, me and the baby."

Cami raised her brows. "What baby?"

"The baby in my dream."

"What dream?"

"I have had it a lot lately. You and daddy holding a baby. Then the lady tried to take it."

Cami sat down shocked. She texted Vincent to meet her at Rousseau's. Hope looked at her.

"Is this another thing that is our secret?"

Cami nodded. "Yes it is. Can you be good and let daddy put you to bed tonight?"

Hope cocked her brow but nodded. "Yeah. Where are you going?"

"Mommy needs to go talk to Uncle Vincent."

Cami walked upstairs and laid out Hope's pajamas for the night and wrote down her bedtime routine. She then grabbed her jacket and came back into the kitchen. She kissed Hope's forehead before poking her head into the den.

"Hey will you guys be okay with getting Hope dinner and in bed?"

They all looked at her stunned. Elijah spoke.

"I believe we can handle that."

"I laid out her pajamas on her bed and I wrote down the bedtime routine."

Klaus looked curious. "Where are you going?"

She floated on the truth. "Vincent needs to talk about some witch things. Probably more about the rings."

He nodded. "We've got Hope."

"Okay. I'll see you all later. I'll be on my cell if you need something."

She ducked out the front door.

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Cami walked into Rousseau's and quickly found Vincent in a back corner booth. She slid in with him. He looked at her over his drink.

"I couldn't find Esther. She could have cloaked herself."

"Probably but I think I figured out what her plan is." She grabbed Hope's picture out of her bag and showed it to him. "Hope drew this today."

He looked. "Whose the other person?"

"A baby. She says that she has been having a dream where Klaus and I are holding a baby and the woman tries to take it away. Klaus is her only kid that can procreate."

He paused. "Holy shit. You think that she wants...you to give her bac her family some how?"

"What if she wants what Dahlia did? A coven?"

"Her kids did abandon the practice except for Freya."

"But they all abandoned her."

"So what she wants a fresh start? Like things went so well the first time?"

"I don't know why she wants it but she does."

"And she wants you and Klaus to give it to her."

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Hope was sitting at the dining table with Hayley, Klaus, Kol, and Elijah. Rebekah came downstairs and cocked her brow.

"What is this?"

Hayley shrugged. "Freya wanted a nice family dinner."

Freya then walked in with a lasagna in hand. She set in down and then grabbed a basket of garlic bread. Kol looked at the lasagna and made a face.

"You cooked?"

Freya smiled. "It was pretty hard but I figured it out."

Hope whispered to Elijah. "She took a lasagna out of a box and stuck it in the oven."

He chuckled quietly. They all ate and then Hayley smiled at Hope.

"Okay did you do your homework?"

"Yeah."

"Do you need me to check it?"

"No. I traced my name."

She walked over to her backpack and grabbed her folder. She pulled out her worksheet and handed it to Hayley. She looked at it and smiled.

"Good job."

"Thank you."

She took it back and put it in her folder. Rebekah looked at the time.

"You better get ready for bed little one."

"Okay."

Hope walked upstairs and changed into the pajamas that Cami laid out. She then brushed her hair and her teeth before walking back downstairs and fixing herself a small cup of water. She then looked at Klaus. He glanced down.

"Goodnight."

She raised her brows. "I need a story."

"Alright. Go ahead and pick out a book."

"No a real story."

They all looked confused so she elaborated.

"The Seashell Story? Or the waves?"

Freya made a face. "Excuse me?"

"The Cottage by the Shore?"

Klaus stood and grabbed her. "Well how about a new story?"

"Okay."

He carried her upstairs and tucked her into her bed. It was the first time that he truly looked at her room. It still had the paintings that he had done. He smiled and sat down next to her.

"Once upon a time there was a group of siblings growing up in a small town in Virginia. They were very close and always stood by eachother. Yet they were all terrorized by the evil king. He ruled with an iron fist and frightened his children. They lived in terror of his mood swings. Until the day the siblings decided to flee the only home they had ever known and branch out on their own. Three promised to stick together Always and Forever. They went many places but their favorite was a city full of lights, art and music. They lived there in harmony until they were forced to flee. But they returned many years later to make it their home once again. It was also there that the best thing in their lives happened. A beautiful baby girl was gifted to them. She renewed their hope that they could work through their differences and stand united as one. They kept their promise to eachother to stand together Always and Forever."

Hope looked at him and smiled. "Not bad."

He chuckled. "Well what kind of stories does Mommy tell you?"

"Tales of the Prince and Princess."

"Oh?"

She nodded and grabbed her sea shell off the nightstand. "This is one of the kings special shells."

"How is it special?"

"The princess use to bring him a sea shell everyday. When he died she found that he kept all the sea shells that she had ever given him. Inside the box that he kept them it said, I love you more then all the waves in the sea and all the shells upon the shore."

He smiled. "He must have loved her very much."

"As much as you love me?"

He kissed her forehead. "I love you more then my own life."

She smiled and kissed his cheek. "I love you Daddy."

"I love you too Hope."

Once she drifted off to sleep Klaus flipped on her nightlight and shut her door. Curiosity led him into Cami's bedroom. He noticed a big trunk by her window and brought himself to open it. He grinned when he did. Inside were hundreds upon hundreds of tiny seashells. He then looked on the lid. She had made a collage of some form. There were tons of pictures taped around the same words Hope had told him from the story. He grabbed one and smiled. There was a little blonde haired girl on the lap of her father. They were sitting on a porch swing overlooking the ocean. He flipped the picture over and read, "Camille age 6 and David". David? David must have been her father's name. She never really told him that before. He set that picture back and grabbed another. It had the same man and little girl but there was also a little boy who looked very similar to the girl and a woman with short curly blonde hair. He flipped it over again. "Sean and Camille age 7, David and Sydney". So her mother's name was Sydney. Cami never really mentioned what happened to her parents. Klaus had assumed that they had both died. He set the photo back and closed the trunk. Cami was still so much of a mystery to him.

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