AN:Here's chapter 3! Thank you for all of your reviews, favs and follows! Thank you specifically to my guest reviewers! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! :)
Klaus slams his fist down, causing Davina to jump. "It's been five long years, Davina. Tell me, why should I keep you alive when you have been no help in finding my daughter?" Klaus stares at the young witch, menacingly.
Davina gulps. She was never afraid of Klaus until now. For five years, Klaus has been forcing her to do spell after spell looking for Hope. And for five years, Davina has been failing him. "It's the necklace. It has to be." Davina spits out quickly.
Klaus takes a step closer to Davina and his eyes narrow at her. "The necklace you made to protect her?" Klaus clarifies.
Davina nods enthusiastically. "Yes. As long as Hope wears it, I can't find her."
"Can't you just deactivate it or something?" Hayley whispers from the corner. Whereas Klaus got angrier and angrier as the years went on, Hayley just got sad. She began to lose faith that they would ever find Hope.
"If that was possible, I would have done it years ago." Davina says with all the compassion she can muster. Davina can hear Klaus growling under his breath. "But I will keep trying. You never know when she might take it off and I will be able to locate her." Davina scurries away to go hide in the safety of Marcel.
"At least she is still alive." Hayley offers. "Davina would know if she couldn't find Hope because she is dead."
"Do you trust that just because Hope is alive, she is living a happy carefree life? She could be being held captive or tortured by one of my many enemies. How does that sound to you, Hayley?" Klaus throws a chair in Hayley's direction. "You have given up, but I refuse to." Klaus storms towards the door.
"You think I gave up?" Hayley screeches back. "I never gave up. I miss my daughter. I feel guilty for letting her go." Klaus sighs, his anger dying down a fraction. "It's your fault, you know." Hayley mumbles.
"My fault? How is any of this my fault?" Klaus roars back.
Elijah flashes into the room, with Kol and Finn on his heels. "Niklaus, Hayley. You both need to calm down." Klaus begins to laugh at the absurdity of his brother's command. "I'm serious. We will find Hope. But it will not help if the two of you are trying to kill each other by destroying our furniture."
Hayley has the decency to look ashamed, but Klaus continues to laugh. "Do you have any understanding how I, how we feel?" Elijah swallows thickly, knowing what is coming. But he revels in the fact that he has distracted Klaus from trying to kill his daughter's mother. "Has your flesh and blood gone missing? Been taken away to some place, where you don't know if they are even safe? Tell me, brother. Do you feel what we feel? To be able to tell us to remain calm." Klaus grabs another chair and chucks it at Elijah. Finn uses his magic to change the chair's path causing it to crash into many pieces against the wall. Klaus shakes his head and leaves his brothers and Hayley.
"Well, that was exciting." Kol remarks. Hayley glares at Kol and stalks out of the room. "I don't think she likes me much."
"Is that really of any importance?" Finn chides his younger brother.
"The main thing is that Klaus and Hayley are no longer trying to kill each other. But we still need to keep looking for Hope. Klaus will continue to morph back into his emotionless self if we can't locate her soon."
"I don't really want to have to help clean up his messes again." Kol replies.
"I will continue to reach out to some witches I have met. But Hope is well guarded, where ever she is." Finn leaves the room.
"If Hope really is Nik's redemption, then we will stop at nothing to return her. We are united in this task, Elijah." Kol grasps his brother's shoulder in a rare moment of honesty and emotion.
"Elizabeth Hope!" Caroline screams, as she storms down the hallway. "Get your little seven year old butt up this instant!"
Lizzie groans and rolls out of bed. "But I don't want to go to school, today. Mrs. Fields doesn't like me and Joey and Trent are mean to me." Lizzie whines.
Caroline opens her daughter's door and sits down next to Lizzie on the bed. "Mrs. Fields does like you. She just don't like that you talk to Clara during class. And as for Joey and Trent, they are missing out. You are a smart, sweet, fun, beautiful girl and if they would rather be your enemy than your friend, they are the ones losing out."
Lizzie smiles and rests her head against her mom's chest. "Thanks mom. You're the best."
"Yes, yes. I am wonderful. Now get dressed. I'll go make you breakfast." Caroline leaves Lizzie's room with a smile on her face. She absolutely loves being a mom. Adopting Lizzie was the best choice she ever made. The past five years have not always been easy, but Caroline would not trade them for anything. Caroline decided, with some input from Stefan, that she would not tell Lizzie about the supernatural until Lizzie was at least twelve. By then, it would be suspicious that Caroline has not aged at all.
"How do I look?" Lizzie asks as she sashays into the kitchen. Lizzie does a twirl to show off her outfit consisting of a red tank top, black capris and silver sparkly shoes. The outfit was topped off with her jade necklace, which Caroline had made sure that Lizzie kept. It was the one thing that Lizzie had from her parents and Caroline felt that was important. Lizzie knew she was adopted and she knew the necklace was from her birth parents, so she never took it off.
"Perfect." Caroline replies as she places Lizzie's breakfast on the table. "Now, eat quickly. We only have half an hour before we need to be leaving in order to make it to school on time."
Lizzie scarfs down her food and rushes through brushing her teeth. Caroline brushes out Lizzie's wavy auburn hair and pulls it into a pony tail. They walk out of the apartment and walk a few blocks down the road to get to Lizzie's school. "I'll see you after school, mom. Love you!" Lizzie calls as she walks into the school with her best friend Clara.
Caroline waits outside the elementary school talking with some of the other parents. The kids are released and Caroline watches patiently for Lizzie to emerge. Finally, Lizzie comes running out of the building, tears flowing down her cheeks. "Lizzie, what's wrong?" Caroline pulls Lizzie into a tight hug.
"It's gone!" Lizzie sobs.
"What's gone, baby?"
"My necklace!" Lizzie wails. "I lost it. I looked everywhere for it and I couldn't find it!"
"Oh, Lizzie." Caroline murmurs softly. "Did you tell Mrs. Fields? Maybe someone will find it later and turn it in. All you friends know how important it is to you." Caroline tries to soothe her daughter, understanding just how distraught she is.
"I told her. And I told Miss. Evans and even Mr. Miller." Lizzie's tears begin to ease up.
"Then everyone will help look for it. Come on, let's go home and watch a movie. You can choose. And we will order some Mexican for dinner." Caroline nudges Lizzie to try to cheer her up.
Lizzie sniffles. "Ok, mom."
Caroline kisses her daughter's forehead. "Now, remember I have that meeting tonight." Caroline reminds Lizzie as they enter the apartment. "Abigail is coming over to babysit you. I'll let you stay up late. But you need to listen to her when she says it's time for bed."
Lizzie picks out her favorite movie and puts the DVD in the player. "Ok, mom. What time will you be back?"
Caroline sets down two cups of lemonade and snuggles with Lizzie. "I should be home around ten. Ten thirty at the latest." Lizzie nods and they watch the movie in peace. They eat their tacos and spend time talking and laughing. Around 6:30, Abigail comes and Caroline gives Lizzie a big hug and kiss. She walks out to her meeting, not knowing that her life is about to change forever.
"I found her!" Davina's screams of joy echo through the Mikaelson mansion. Vampires come flashing from all directions, startling the poor witch. Davina makes eye contact with Klaus and repeats herself. "I found her. I found Hope."
"Where is she?" Klaus asks, trying not to let too much of his hope and joy seep into his voice.
"She's in Dallas. If I get a map of Dallas, I can get an exact location." Davina says, hopeful that they will finally find the child.
"Elijah, go fetch Davina a map of Dallas. Hayley, let's go. Davina, call me when you have her exact location." Klaus demands as he marches out of the room. Hayley quickly follows, knowing that Klaus won't wait for anyone.
Elijah shakes his head and Kol chuckles. "I will grab you that map, Davina." Elijah smiles at the witch. "Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Niklaus may never express his gratitude, but let it be said. On behalf of all the Mikaelson's, we thank you."
Davina blushes at Elijah's sweet words. "You're welcome."
Klaus breaks at least eleven traffic laws as he barrels down the highway to get to Dallas. Hayley would have been concerned for her life if she wasn't a hybrid. Still, she is a bit worried that Klaus is too optimistic and that Davina might be wrong. They are within city limits when Klaus' phone beeps with a text message. Hayley reads the address and punches it into the gps. "Ten minutes." Hayley murmurs. "We will be at her location in ten minutes."
Klaus graces Hayley with a rare smile. "After seven years, these will be the longest ten minutes of my life."
"What is our plan of attack?" Hayley asks.
"Well, we are going to get Hope back."
"What if she is happy? What if she wasn't kidnapped by some evil vampires? What if-"
"Let's not get worked up, just yet." Klaus interrupts. "Let's see how the situation presents itself." Klaus turns the SUV into the parking lot of an apartment complex. The sun has set a long time ago and Klaus and Hayley need to use their enhanced hybrid sight to find the right apartment.
Klaus begins to pound on the door and it's opened by a teenager with short black hair and brown eyes. "Um, Hi."
"Let us in." Klaus compels.
"Come in." The teenager says.
"Abby, who is at the door?" Lizzie asks, walking out of her bed room, wearing her monkey pajama set.
"Oh my god. Hope." Hayley whispers. Klaus stares at the young girl and he has to will the tears to stay in his eyes. Even though they haven't seen their daughter since she was a baby, they both immediately recognized her.
"Who are you?" Abby inquires, taking a protective stance in front of Lizzie.
"Go sit over there and keep your mouth shut." Klaus compels and Abby obeys, sitting by herself in the dinning room.
"Hope?" Hayley calls.
Lizzie looks at Hayley like she is crazy. "Uh, Hope is my middle name. Who are you?"
"We are your parents. We are here to take you home." Hayley says with joy in her voice and tears in her eyes. Klaus stands back, quietly, watching his daughter.
"No you aren't." Lizzie exclaims. "You're not my mom. My mom is at a meeting."
"I'm your real mom." Hayley insists, taking slow, careful steps in her daughter's direction.
"Well, I don't care. I'm not leaving." Hope begins to get worried. "Abby? Abby, help me." She wonders why Abby isn't helping her and why these people want to take her away.
"Yes, young lady, you are. You have a family back in New Orleans waiting for you." Klaus adds.
"No!" Lizzie screams. "No! Help! Go away!" Lizzie begins to cry and scream.
Hayley and Klaus exchange looks, unsure of how to proceed. "We are not compelling her." Hayley whispers harshly.
"Then what do you suggest?" Klaus glares back.
Suddenly, the front door slams open and Caroline flashes in. Hayley and Klaus turn to see the intruder and they both are rendered speechless as it's none other than Caroline Forbes. With their attention off of Lizzie, the child runs past them into Caroline's waiting arms. "What's wrong baby?" Caroline whispers into her daughter's hair.
"They want to take me away." Lizzie points at Klaus and Hayley.
Caroline looks up and she can't believe her eyes. "Klaus, Hayley?"
"Hello, Caroline."