Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries. Or The Originals. I also do not own the characters. I just own the plot.
It's been ten years since Klaus has been working on trying to get New Orleans safe for his little girl and he has finally done it. His little girl won't be so little anymore. She'll be ten years old, but at least she will get to come and live a peaceful life in New Orleans with her family. All Klaus has to do Is go tell Hayley that everything is safe and they can go and retrieve their daughter. The
Is is the day they have been waiting for since the day they brought Hope to the orphanage.
Klaus vamp sped into the living room, where everyone was sitting, to give them the news. When Klaus entered the room, everyone looked up at him with anticipation, especially Hayley.
"Are you ready to go get our daughter, Hayley?" Klaus asked with a smirk playing across his lips, but really, he just wanted to jump with joy at the thought of his daughter finally coming home. Hayley's eyes went wide and then she jumped up from where she was seated.
"WHAT ARE WE WAITING HERE FOR? LETS GO GET OUR DAUGHTER BACK!" Hayley shouted in excitement as she ran to the SUV with klaus right behind her. As they left, Rebekah and Elijah turned to each other and smiled. Their brother was finally going to get what he deserved. Happiness.
Soon, Klaus and Hayley arrived at the orphanage, but not as fast as they would have liked. They were eager to see the little girl all grown up. They got out of the SUV and ran up to the door of the orphanage. They knocked and They were not expecting to see someone other than Sammantha at the door.
"Hello, my name is Ciara." The woman said. "What can I door for you?" Klaus looked angry while Hayley looked like a nervous wreck. Where had Sammantha gone? She was the only one who knew not to let anyone adopt Hope!
"Excuse me miss, but where is Sammantha?" Hayley asked nicely before Klaus killed the woman.
"Oh, I'm sorry. She is on vacation, so I was left in charge. Is there anything I can do for you?" The woman asked kindly.
"Yes." Klaus said sternly. "We are here to pick up our daughter Hope." Klaus said as he and Hayley brushed pass the woman.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The lady said sadly. "Hope has been adopted by someone already. It looks like you were too late." The woman said starting to get nervous by the way Klaus was looking at her.
"What. Did. You. Say?" Klaus said taking menacing steps towards Ciara.
"What he means to say is that there has been a mistake. We told Sammantha to not let anyone adopt Hope because we were going to come back and get her. We just needed a place for her to stay for awhile." Hayley said stepping between Ciara and Klaus before Klaus could rip of the woman's head in front of all of the children.
"Well she didn't tell me anything about that and there is no paperwork about who adopted her or anything. In fact, I can barley remember anything from the adoption. I just remember someone taking Hope and her things and the leaving. But don't worry, Hope looked quite happy with the arrangement." The woman said with a smile.
This time, Hayley was the one who was mad. "Are you telling me that my daughter will be calling someone else mom!" Klaus now had to step in between Ciara and Hayley.
"Everything will be fine Hayley. We just need to find the person responsible for this and then we will take back our daughter." Klaus said calmly. But on the inside, he was thinking of how many different ways he could kill the person who took his daughter.
"NO!" Hayley shouted. "Everything is not okay. Our daughter could be in danger, she could be being tortured, or should could already be dead, Klaus! Whoever the bitch is that took our daughter will pay! " Hayley said, sounding like she was about to explode. Klaus did think that Hayley had a point though. His daughter could be in danger and whoever took his daughter would pay.
"We will find her Hayley. I have that toy that I made for her and I forgot to bring it to her in the orphanage. So all we have to do is get Davina to do a tracking spell using the toy and we will find her." There was no way that he was going to let the person who took his daughter live. They had been waiting for this day. Waiting for the day that they would finally be reunited with their daughter and now everything is ruined.
Klaus and Hayley were sitting in the parking lot of the orphanage when the called Davina and asked her to do a locator spell to find Hope. Using the toy that Klaus made for Hope, Davina immediately found Hope and gave Klaus and Hayley the address of where she would be. As soon as Davina gave them the address, Hayley and Klaus were off to retrieve their daughter. Klaus was driving as fast as he could and Hayley was staring intensely out of the window wondering when they were going to get there.
Last week, Elena surprised Caroline by showing up at her penthouse. Elena said that she might be staying for a little while because she and Damon are taking a break and she has no where else to go. Caroline was of course happy to let her friend stay with her until she got back up on her feet. But what surprised Caroline the most was that Elena had a child with her that was about the same age as Skylar. Her name was Layla and she had dark brown hair down to the middle of her back with amazing green eyes. Elena said she adopted Layla from an orphanage in New York and the two are really close. The best part is that now Caroline and Skylar have someone around their age to hang out with in the house.
Skylar and Layla got along very well. In fact, since Layla and Elena moved in with Caroline and Skylar, Layla and Skylar have become best friends. They do everything together and they get angry when Caroline and Elena tell them that they have to do things apart.
Today was Caroline's first day back at work, so she needed Elena to watch over the two girls while she was gone. Elena knew exactly what Skylar like and disliked and she knew exactly what Skylar could and could not do, so Elena was the perfect babysitter. Plus she lived in the house with her, so that's a bonus.
Caroline works at the theatre around the corner teaching children basic acting techniques and skills. She gets paid a decent amount of money for it as well, so it gets all her basic needs and bills paid for on time. Caroline got dressed in some worn out light blue jeans, a plain white t-shirt, and a red and white plaid button up shirt, that she kept unbuttoned over the plain white t-shirt, along with some high tops red converse because today they were painting the set for the new play and she didn't want any of her real clothes to get all messed up. Caroline put light makeup on and pulled her hair up into a cute messy bun.
When Caroline walked out of her bedroom, she saw Skylar, Elena, and Layla sitting on the couch watching 'SpongeBob Squarepants' on their wide flat screen television.
"Hey guys! I'm gonna head out to work now. Have fun! And Skylar," Caroline said pointing a playful finger at Skylar. Skylar just giggled. "You be good, okay?" Caroline said giving Skylar a kiss on the cheek.
"I will. I promise." Skylar said. Caroline had no reason not to believe her. She was a good child and they told each other everything, so Caroline believed her. They were like best friends. Caroline just wishes that her and her mom could have been this close when she was younger.
As soon as Caroline left, the doorbell rang.
"Coming!" Elena shouted as she opened the door. Elena was shocked and kind of scared by who she saw at the door.
Klaus and Hayley arrived at a giant apartment complex with a huge penthouse at the top and Davina said that is where Hope should be. Hayley and Klaus were so excited to see their baby girl but they were also angry at the person who took their daughter. They sure hoped that the person who took their daughter had a good reason or else they would end up dead.
Klaus and Hayley arrived to the very top floor that had only big double doors that stretched all the way up to the ceiling. Klaus knocked on it so hard that he was surprised that he didn't leave a dent in the door. When the door opened, Klaus saw a face that he hadn't expected to see in a long time.
"Elena?" Klaus and Hayley said in unison.
"Klaus? Hayley? What are you two doing here?" Elena asks still in shock.
"Hey Elena! Can we play Just Dance 2?" Klaus and Hayley hear a voice shout from behind the door and they know exactly who it is. But why does Elena have her? Hayley is angry, while Klaus is confused and angry.
"Yeah sure!" Elena shouts back. Elena turns around to see both Hayley and Klaus looking at her angrily. What did she do? She didn't do anything wrong. Did she? Before she has more time to think about it, Klaus and Hayley brush right past her and into the living room.
"Um, excuse me. You guys just can't come in here without my approval. Especially while there are kids in here. You could freak them out or something!"
"Well we just came here to get what's rightfully-" Hayley started to yell but was cut off by a voice coming from the back of the penthouse.
"What's going on in here?" Caroline was really confused by what she was seeing. She came back because the background painting was canceled until next week due to a termite infestation. When she got home, she sees Klaus and Hayley in her house. What the Hell is going on here?
"I'd like to know the same thing." Hayley said walking towards Caroline menacingly and stopping right in front of her.
"Look." Caroline said sternly. "I don't know what you're talking about, but-"
Caroline was cut off from a squealing voice coming from Skylar's room. "Mommy! You're home! I thought you said you weren't going to be home for two hours!" Skylar ran up to give Caroline a big hug and kiss.
"I was but-" Caroline is cut off by shouting coming from the living room.
"Skylar! Come on!" Layla shouts.
"Oops. Gotta go. See ya! Skylar says as she skips happily to the living room.
Klaus and Hayley watch Hope in awe as she skips back to the living room. Their daughter was so beautiful. Klaus and Haley were in a trance by Hope until Caroline cleared her throat, and they were brought out of their trance.
When they all made sure that the kids wouldn't be able to hear them, they all looked at each other angrily.
"Well love, it seems you've made a mistake." Klaus says with a smirk plastered on his face, but Caroline is anything but amused. She glares daggers right at Klaus.
"I don't know what you two are doing here, but you need to leave before you draw unwanted attention. I don't want my daughter, Skylar involved in any supernatural crap." Caroline declares.
"Yeah, and I don't want any supernatural crap around my Layla either. We try very hard to keep them away from all things supernatural, besides the people we can trust, and you two are just going to ruin everything by being here." Elena said from begin Caroline. She didn't want Klaus and Hayley to attract unwanted attention, so they could just go back to New Orleans.
"Skylar! Who the hell is Skylar! Her name Hope and-"
"Maybe we should go into another room where we can talk about this." Klaus suggested.
Caroline led them to the guest room in the penthouse and she closed the door behind them. Now the conversation could continue.
"So what were you going on about Hayley?" Elena asked, her voice full of disgust.
"I was saying that you two took my Hope! That is my daughter! We only put her in the orphanage so we could go and get her back when everything was safe in New Orleans! But when we got to the orphanage, she was gone because you two stole her from Klaus and I! I want her back! I'm not leaving until-"
"Hold up!" Caroline interrupted looking furious. "You come to my house and demand to have your daughter back! The least you could do is ask me first. I get that I accidentally took her from you, but you don't have to act as if I was going to try and kidnap her. I didn't mean to take your daughter away, but-"
This time Hayley interrupted Caroline. "So are you going to give us our daughter back or not!" Hayley asked rudely.
Klaus stepped between the two girls glaring at each other. It was getting out of hand and he too wanted his daughter back, but they had to figure out a way to get Caroline to willingly give Hope back to them. "What Hayley meant to say was, will you please allow us to at least see our daughter and ask her if she wants to come and be with her family." Klaus said hoping that both girls would agree to this.
Caroline nodded, but Hayley just had to say something rude. "Of course she's going to want to be with us. We are Skykar's, wait, I'm sorry, Hope's real family." Caroline turned around looking as red as a tomato.
"We are Skylar's real family! Just because I didn't give birth to her, does not mean I am not considered her mother because I am!" With that, Caroline turned around and headed for Skylar's door with Klaus, Elena, and Hayley right behind her, but when Caroline opened the door to leave, Layla came rushing in.
"Why is Sky upset?" Layla asked worriedly.
"What? She's upset? How do you know?" Caroline asked nervously.
"Well we were playing together when Sky had to go to the bathroom. When she left the room, she was fine, but when she came back, she sat on the couch and just stared blankly at nothing." Layla then turned around and started walking out the door, before she said, "Caroline, will you please come and talk to her. I don't like seeing my best friend upset."
"Yeah, I'm coming." Caroline said as she walked briskly towards the door. Klaus and Hayley were about to follow her when Elena stepped in their way.
"Let Caroline go and deal with this. Skylar will feel uncomfortable around you two because she doesn't know you that well yet." Elena said with a hint of anger in her voice,
Klaus glared at Elena and growled. "Let us go see her Elena." Klaus said menacingly.
"No! You two may be her parents, but you are only going to make things worst! Just let her be with Caroline for a bit." And with that, Elena turned and left out of the room, slamming the door right behind her.
Moments ago
"I will be right back Layla. I have to go to the bathroom. Bad." Both girls giggled as Skylar skipped out of the room.
When she finished using the bathroom, Skylar was going to return to the room, when she heard her mom speaking to those two people who showed up at her house.
Because Skylar was extremely curious (although her mother just called it nosiness) she just had to hear the conversation. Skylar put her ear against the door, but she quickly regretted it. She heard her mom saying things like "we are Skykar's real family" and "demand to have your daughter back." Then she heard the man say "at least see our daughter" and "come and be with her family." Skylar didn't know who they were talking about until she heard the other woman say "we are Skykar's, wait, I'm sorry, Hope's real family." And that's when she knew.
Caroline had always told Skykar that she wasn't her real mother and that she was adopted and Skylar thought Caroline did the right thing by telling her that. But the thing is, Skylar never really cared to know who her birth parents were because they basically abandoned her. She loved Caroline and she would only ever consider Caroline her real mom, not some lady who just showed up randomly at her house. And they could forget about asking her to go back home with them because she would definitely say no! She wanted to stay with Caroline, Elena, and Layla and no one was taking her away from them.
Skylar felt heartbroken, confused, betrayed, upset, angry. She felt a whole mix of emotions and she didn't know what to do. So she turned around and headed back to the room with Layla.
When she got back into the room, Layla looked towards her happily "What took you so long? I thought you ditched me or-" Layla stopped mid sentence when she noticed how upset Skylar looked. She tried asking what was wrong, but Sky just sat still on the couch, staring blankly at nothing.
Layla didn't know what to do, so she just decided to go tell Caroline to come and talk to Sky. With that thought Layla turned around and headed towards Caroline's voice.
Hayley was outraged that Elena would just shut the door in her face. Hope is her daughter, so she should be the one in there talking to her and trying to make her feel better! Not Caroline! Hayley was pulled from her thoughts when Klaus started talking.
Klaus looked angrier than Hayley. "I love Caroline but sometimes she makes me want to kill her." Klaus said honestly.
"Well I just want to kill her and even more now that she is keeping me from seeing my own child. So, how are we going to take our daughter back? I'd be happy to just kill both Elena and Caroline and take our daughter back." Hayley was not kidding. She was going to get Hope back even if she had to rip her from Caroline's grasp.
"We are not going to kill anybody. We just have to get Caroline to willingly give Hope to us."
"And what if she doesn't? Then what? Will we let her have our daughter Klaus? If you won't fight for our daughter, I will!" Shouted Hayley. She couldn't believe that Klaus wasn't doing anything to get their daughter back!
Klaus was extremely angry. Did she really think that he would just sit by and let his daughter get raised by someone else? He didn't mind that Caroline has taken care of Hope, but he wanted Hayley and himself to get a chance at raising their daughter. Hope is their daughter after all.
"If you really think that I would just sit by and let my daughter get raised by someone else, than you are highly mistaken! We will get her back. We just have to give it time."
Guys, I am so sorry if this chapter or even this whole story so far is messy or all over the place. But especially this chapter, I feel like it's all over the place, and if it is, than I am so sorry. I sometimes stop working on one part and start working on another part which causes my writing to be extremely messy sometimes. So, again, I am so sorry about that. Also, I'm not very good at imagery, so if you are wondering why there isn't a lot of detail in this story, that's why. Okay, that's all, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter even though it's not that great. :)