Cami almost didn't want to go home. They had an amazing week together. But when they got home Hope had to start getting things to go back to school. Cami and Hayley took her supplies shopping together. Then Rebekah and Cami took her to get some new clothes. Rebekah was helping Hope try on some things when Cami wandered into the baby section. She picked up a grey and white striped sleeper and smiled at how small it was. She didn't even notice Rebekah coming up behind her.

"That is adorable."

Cami turned and smiled. "I guess I never realized how tiny they are."

She nodded. "Have you and Nik thought of a name?"

"Are you kidding? We are trying to get through this solstice thing."

She smiled and looked at Hope. "So what do you want to wear on your first day?"

"I don't know yet."

Cami smiled. "Well why don't we get going?"

Rebekah snatched the sleeper off the rack and checked out. She smiled at Cami.

"Consider it a gift for my favorite nephew."

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Hope's first day of school arrived. Cami woke her up and smiled at her.

"Are you excited?"

Hope nodded. She slipped out of bed and walked downstairs rubbing her eyes. Elijah set a plate of French toast down for her. She crawled up onto a stool and smiled.

"Thank you Uncle Elijah."

He smiled. "You're welcome."

Hope ate quickly and then went back upstairs with Cami. She got dressed in a white chiffon tank dress with pink and purple bow print. She paired it with silver t strap sandals. Cami brushed her hair and swept the hair on the side of her face to the back. She secured it with a clear elastic. When she came back downstairs Klaus smiled.

"Where did my little girl go?"

She smiled. "I'm right here."

He chuckled and grabbed her. He kissed her cheek. "You look beautiful."

"Are you going to take me to school?"

"Do you want me too?"

She nodded. "Momma can come too."

Hayley smiled. "I would love to come."

Cami grabbed Hope's pink polkadot backpack. Elijah walked into the foyer and handed her the matching lunchbox.

"I packed you lunch."

Hope smiled. "thank you."

Cami nodded. "Are you ready?"

"Yup."

Klaus drove to the school and they all walked in. Hope held Cami's hand as they walked inside. They met her teacher and Hope settled at her desk. She motioned for them to go. They did. On their way out someone called Cami's name.

"Miss. O'Connell."

Cami turned and smiled. "Ms. Bowman. It's good to see you again."

Ms. Bowman nodded. "I see they placed Hope in Mrs. Call's class. She'll do very well I have no doubt."

Cami nodded and motioned to Klaus and Hayley. "These are Hope's parents. Ms. Bowman was Hope's teacher last year."

Klaus nodded. Ms. Bowman looked confused.

"I thought that you are Hope's mother?"

Hayley stepped in. "Cami is Hope's step mother. We were out of town for a while and Cami took care of Hope."

She nodded. "Oh well Hope is a very bright little girl."

Klaus smiled. "Thank you."

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"Camille what are you doing?"

Cami turned and looked at Elijah. "Trying to find something."

"Clearly."

She smiled. "I'm trying to find some things out about the baby. Some of the things that could happen."

Elijah grabbed a leather bound journal and handed it to her. "My mother's journal. You know you needn't worry about such things. We always protect our family."

She nodded. "I know but...I'm scared."

"I know. So is Niklaus, even if he doesn't like to show it."

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Cami and Vincent were sitting in Rousseau's talking when Marcel walked over.

"Cami. How are you?"

She sighed. "Fine. How are you?"

"Not so great. I was hoping to speak to you and Vincent in private."

Vincent was guarded but also curious. "Okay."

Cami followed Vincent closely Marcel led them into St. Anne's. There waiting for them was an older woman. Marcel snapped at her.

"Tell them what you told me."

She looked at him. "I told you that the future can always change."

"But you told the rest of the witches."

"Well they are my coven. It is my duty to protect them."

Cami spoke to her curious. "Protect them from what?"

She sighed. "The solstice is set to be when the planets are in Gemini. That will create a magical blackout. If a witch is born in the middle of that it will absorb not only the power of all the witches in the area but all the ansestors. They have already started to panic."

Cami felt her heart racing. She ran out. Vincent followed behind her but she whooshed to the compound. When she came in Klaus and Elijah both stood startled. Klaus saw how upset she looked.

"What is wrong?"

She spoke through her tears. "I know why Esther wants him. If he is born during the solstice he will not only have all the quarter witches power but also the power from the ancestors."

They both looked stunned. Elijah spoke to her quickly.

"Where did you hear this?"

"A witch that Marcel talked to. She had a vision."

"About the solstice?"

She nodded. Klaus grabbed her and held her close. Vincent rushed in and spoke to her.

"Cami you didn't wait to hear what Marcel had to say."

She turned. "I don't care what he has to say."

They all looked stunned. Marcel walked in behind him. He looked extremely uncomfortable. Klaus forced Cami behind himself and spoke through his teeth.

"What are you doing here?"

Marcel held up his hands. "I just want to help."

"Why?"

He threw Klaus a look. "May I remind you that I liked Cami before you had ever even met her? I don't want to see her killed again because she crawled into bed with the wrong vampire."

Cami threw him a look. "You are lucky this kid's powers are bound."

Elijah placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her. Eventually Rebekah, Kol, Freya, and Hayley joined the conversation. Klaus sat in his chair at the head of the dining table like it was a throne. Marcel sat next to Rebekah and Vincent. Cami decided to hover behind Klaus. Klaus looked at Marcel.

"Tell us what you know."

Marcel spoke quietly. "I swear I do not know where Esther is, but I've heard rumors. She is recruiting witches to help her."

Freya cocked her brow. "Help her do what?"

"Steal the baby and kill it for it's power."

Cami put her hand on her stomach. Klaus tensed. Marcel continued.

"She wants the power of the ancestors. She is promising the witches that she can protect their powers."

Cami had heard enough. She went upstairs and checked on Hope. She was fast asleep. Cami readjusted her blankets and kissed her forehead. She then walked into she and Klaus's bedroom. She seized Esther's journal and started reading. What she had written was crude. It didn't make a lot of sense. She then started noticing something, it was as if Esther tried to write badly. She stepped into the study and started trying to decode the journal. An hour after she started Klaus walked in.

"Do not worry about Marcel."

She sighed. "I can't bring myself to trust him."

"I know. But he is offering to help protect you. I figure between he and Ansel we have some allies that Esther will fear."

She nodded. he sat down next to her and looked at the journal.

"I've been over it a dozen times. there is nothing."

"Read that page."

She indicated to the page it was open to. Klaus read and shrugged.

"Same rubbish I have obsessed over for a thousand years."

She was still unsure. "It's like there is something beneath the words. Like she tried extremely hard to place every letter just so."

He smiled and kissed her forehead. "You think way too hard."

He walked away leaving her to it. After a while she finally cracked a page. It translated to what sounded to Cami, a prophecy.

When three planets burn as one, magic will rest for seven nights. And on the holy day a blessed child will be born with the power of those before him.

Cami was obsessing over the prophecy all night. She didn't even realize that it was morning until Freya walked into the study and sighed.

"Cami we've been over mother's journal hundreds of times. There is nothing in there that will help us."

Cami shook her head. "Not until you look underneath the words."

She showed Freya what she was working on. Freya's eyes widened.

"How did you crack it?"

"I remembered that Mikael was a Viking. You have to translate the page to Viking script and then back to English to get the message."

Freya yelled. "Brothers? Sister?"

Soon Elijah, Kol, Klaus, and Rebekah walked in. Only Elijah was dressed. He looked at his sister.

"What is it this early?"

"Cami cracked the code in mother's journals."

Kol raised his brows. "Well what did they say?"

Freya read the first page Cami translated. "When three planets burn as one. Magic will rest for seven nights. And on a holy day a blessed child will be born with the power of those before him."

Rebekah's eyes widened. "So magic will be gone for a week and a child will be born."

Cami sighed. "But he isn't due until February. Maybe Esther got things wrong?"

Elijah shook his head and spoke grimly. "No if mother wants this child to be the holy child she will take matters into her own hands. Even if it means killing Camille in the process."

Klaus placed his hand on Cami's shoulder and squeezed gently. "She won't get close enough to. My son will be born in February."

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