Ansel looked at her carefully. "You know Niklaus?"
She nodded. Vincent walked over with Hope. He looked at the guy carefully.
"Cami you okay?"
She nodded. "He's Klaus's father."
Vincent looked as stunned as she was. Hope looked excited. She walked over and held out her hand.
"I'm Hope Mikaelson."
Ansel knelt down and shook her hand. "Hello there pretty lady."
"You're my daddy's dad?"
He nodded. "I am."
Cami gently grabbed Hope's shoulder and redirected the conversation. "I thought Klaus killed you?"
"He did."
He straightened up and started walking away. Cami stumbled after him.
"Did Esther bring you back?"
He didn't stop walking. "Well you are a smart one."
"She brought me back too."
"How did you die? Did my son kill you?"
"No. Klaus tried to save me."
"Well don't worry. I expect nothing but hostility from him."
"Klaus wants to know you. He only killed you to protect Hope."
"Did he now?"
Cami was struggling to keep upright. Vincent and Hope had stayed back and let her go.
"Look Klaus he's...a work in progress."
"That's an understatement."
"I know that you love him. I mean he is still your son."
Ansel stopped and turned. He looked at her. "You love him."
She said it out loud for the first time in a long time. "Yes I love him."
He sighed. Cami jumped at the opportunity to speak.
"Look Esther is back and she is going to try and take Hope. She wants to rebuild her family."
Ansel looked crestfallen. "And I am suppose to care?"
"She's your blood."
"If Niklaus wants my help all he needs to do is ask. You'll know where to find me."
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When Cami and Hope walked into the compound Hayley met them.
"Where have you two been?"
Hope smiled. "We went on a hike."
"A hike? That sounds like fun."
Hope followed Hayley into the kitchen where Elijah and Rebekah were preparing dinner. Klaus and Freya were sitting at the counter with books in front of them. Hope smiled.
"Hey Daddy guess who I saw."
He turned and smiled. "Who?"
"Your Daddy."
Klaus eyes widened as did the others. Klaus looked at Cami.
"Did Mikael hurt you?"
She looked at him confused. Hope explained.
"I told Daddy that we met his daddy."
Cami nodded. "Ansel."
Klaus looked at her strange. "What?"
"Vincent took me into the bayou to show me something and I saw this guy just watching Hope. I followed him and he told me his name was Ansel and he looked a lot like you."
Elijah spoke to Klaus. "I thought he was dead?"
"As did I."
Hope climbed onto a stool next to Freya. "He seems nice. Can we go back and see him?"
Klaus was at a loss for words. He walked out of the room. Cami hesitated before following him. He was upstairs in his room. She spoke quietly.
"What are you thinking?"
He glanced at her. "I just found out that a man I killed who happens to be my father is alive."
She sat on the edge of the bed. "You could go talk to him."
He threw her a look. she grabbed his hand and pulled him until he sat down next to her.
"Right now we need all the allies that we can get. Ansel knows how your mother thinks, maybe even better then you do. If he can protect Hope, then what is the harm in at least talking to him."
He sighed. "Perhaps."
"By the way, I now know where you get your stubbornness from."
He chuckled and kissed her softly.
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Klaus wandered into the bayou towards where Cami indicated. It didn't take long for him to sniff out his birth father. He wandered into his campsite. Ansel was carving something. Klaus announced his presence.
"At least I inherited better taste in clothing."
Ansel looked up stunned. "You actually came." He motioned for him to sit on a fallen tree. "I met your little girl and wife yesterday."
Klaus smiled to himself. "Camille is not my wife."
"So she is just carrying your child?"
Klaus looked at him surprised. Ansel cracked a smile.
"I figured with how she spoke of you..."
They were quiet for a minute until Klaus spoke.
"Why did you come here?"
Ansel shrugged. "It's where your mother dropped me. Besides I figured that I should be close by in case you needed me."
"Why would you think that I need you?"
"I heard your mother's plan. She is nothing like the woman I fell in love with."
"She is the mother I have known for most of my life." He hesitated before asking. "I need to protect my children. I would appreciate your assistance."
"My assistance? What makes you think that I am willing to help you?"
Klaus sighed. "Because I am asking you politely and I rarely do so."
Ansel raised his brows but nodded. "You have my help."
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Cami walked into Rousseau's and smiled at one of the bartenders.
"Hey Sheila is my order ready?"
"Sure is. Two party size gumbos?"
"That's it."
"I threw in some extra rolls for you."
"You're the best."
Cami stuck a twenty in her tip jar and went to walk out.
"So are you and Klaus playing house?"
Cami turned and looked at Marcel. She sighed.
"That's none of your business."
He went to talk but then he went quiet. His eyes widened and drifted to her stomach. "Your...?"
Cami walked outside. He followed her.
"How the hell are you pregnant?"
"Ask Esther if you happen to find her first."
He stopped walking. "Esther is back?"
"I'm guessing she is who brought me back."
"Does she have anything to do with why the witches are so freaked out?"
Cami stopped walking and turned. "What?"
"The witches they are freaking out about The Winter Solstice."
"What about it?"
"Some kind of prophecy of when the solstice occurs when Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all in Gemini."
She cocked her brow. "And?"
"A child of the earth, a witch, born during the solstice will be a power like none have ever seen. It will absorb the magic of the witches around it."
Cami was stunned. Marcel then looked at her.
"Please tell me that you are not due in December."
"No I'm due the first week in February."
"So we're probably safe."
Cami nodded and rushed into the compound. She set the food in the kitchen the found who she was looking for in the study with Freya. Elijah, Freya, Klaus, and Vincent were hitting Esther's spellbook and also her journals trying to figure out how to find her. Cami rushed in after Hayley who handed Elijah a scotch. Cami spoke to Vincent quickly.
"What happens if the winter solstice occurs when Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in Gemini?"
They all looked at her like she had officially lost it. Except for Vincent who looked freaked out. He grabbed a piece of paper and started drawing out something. He then spoke.
"Oh shit."
Freya looked at him. "What?"
He ran a hand through his hair. "Who told you about this?"
"Marcel. He said that the witches are freaking out."
"I can understand why." He turned to the others. "We're looking at a week without magic."
They all looked shocked. Hayley spoke to him.
"How?"
"Nature has loop holes so that we do not have too much power. Every three hundred years an event like this occurs to make witches re-think their power."
Cami sat down and looked at him. "He also said something about a prophecy."
Hayley groaned. "Not another damn prophecy."
Elijah looked at her. "Did he say what it is?"
"A witch born during the solstice will absorb all the power."
They all looked panicked. She held up her hands.
"Well it can't be me because I am not due until February."
Vincent looked at her. "Well if Lucifer is who they're talking about..."
Cami groaned. "I thought I asked you not to call him that?"
"Well hey if the name fits."
Klaus sat down next to her and sighed. "The baby isn't due until February. Maybe the prophecy is not about us."
Vincent glanced over. "But if Lucifer is born then..."
Rebekah walked in and looked at him. "Who are you calling Lucifer?"
"Your unborn nephew. Would you prefer I go back to Dracula Jr?"
Rebekah looked at Klaus surprised. "The baby is a boy?"
"I have no idea."
Cami filled them in. "He assumes it is a boy because if Esther is recreating her own family then next in line is a boy."
They nodded. Hayley glanced at them.
"That actually does make sense."
Klaus groaned. "Great I will have a boring son like Finn."
Rebekah laughed. Later on Cami was laying in bed when Klaus walked in. She was crying. He sighed and laid down next to her. He wrapped his arms around her. She molded her back to his stomach. He kissed her neck softly.
"It's going to be okay."
She hesitated before speaking quietly. "If he is born during the solstice and absorbs all the power, more then just Esther will come for him won't they?"
"Yes."
"They will try and take him from us?"
"That's not going to happen."
She turned and looked him in the eye. "The witches will try and kill him?"
He nodded. "They won't get a chance to."
She nuzzled her head into his neck. He held her as close to his body as her baby bump would allow.
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Hope was coloring at the coffee table while Cami flipped through a book. Hope looked at her curious.
"Mommy what was Auntie Bex talking about?"
"I don't know what was she talking about big ears?"
Hope smiled. "I heard her and daddy talking about a soulitest and a baby and someone killing someone."
Cami sighed. "And I am guessing that everyone left right after talking about that?"
She nodded. Cami spoke to her calmly.
"Do you want to know a secret?"
Hope nodded.
"Daddy and I are going to have a baby."
Hope squealed in delight. "I'm going to be a big sister?"
"You are. To a baby brother."
"Yeah! But what is a soulitest?"
Cami laughed. "A solstice. Its a wiccan holiday."
"Oh like Christmas?"
"Something like that."
Later on Cami went to grab an apple off the counter and it exploded in her hand. It scared her. It only got worse. Josh walked in and smiled.
"Hey Cami."
She smiled. "Hey stranger. Where have you been?"
"Paul and I went on a vacation. Two blissful weeks in Miami."
She nodded. "Sounds nice."
"So how is Dracula Sr? Vincent filled me in."
She rolled her eyes but suddenly she had fire shoot out of her hand. Josh moved just in time. One of the curtains caught fire. Josh put it out and looked at her.
"What the hell was that?"
Cami looked at him stunned. "I don't know."
Suddenly a sharp pain hit her head. She gasped and fell to her knees. Josh rushed to her.
"Okay maybe I should get you to a doctor."
She shook her head. "Call Vincent and Freya."
He touched her forehead. "You're burning up." He grabbed his phone and dialed quickly. "Freya you guys need to get home now...It's Cami something is wrong...she threw fire at me...I don't know...okay."
He sighed. "They're on their way."
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