break the curse

Elijah POV

It has been 9 month now since we have defeated Dahlia. Hope is safe and sound but my bigger concern right now is to break Hayley's curse. Nicklaus like always, manages to ignore her when she comes once a month to see Hope. He leaves the compound before she arrives and makes Freya cast a spell so she can't leave the compound with Hope.

Davina refuses to help us break the curse because of the all Kol incident when we swapped the ashes of Kol with our mother. Freya, although powerful, has been trying for months now to break the curse. She said that it could have been easier if Niklaus cooperates and let her in his mind. That way she could see how Dahlia cast the spell and undo it but my stubborn brother refuses.

I am desperate because Hope has grown up so much. Now she has started to call people by their names. I caught her calling Freya: mother which seems not to bother her aunt Freya. I wonder if she really tries everything to break the curse or if she is just stalling us and taking Hayley's place.

Marcel is once again King of New Orleans but knowing Klaus soon enough he will get bored and will want to be king again. Right now, he is dating Camille the brave bartender. I have always known the fact that he fancies her but with the Hayley's situation I think Nicklaus is trying by any mean to replace Hayley in Hope's life because she 'broke his trust'.

My pain for the loss of Gia has diminished over time as the wall between Niklaus and me has risen. We only talk to each other in certain occasion, usually about Hayley's curse, which never end well. I wish Rebekah was here so she could try to raison our brother but I understand that she wanted a life and creates her own family in her witch body.

Today is the full moon and I am driving toward the bayou to peak up Hayley and bring her some clothes so she can see Hope.

I waited in the car until she came and get in the car.

Elijah: "Good evening Hayley. How are you? How do you feel?"

Hayley: "Hi, Elijah. Like always I feel trap with this situation. How is hope?"

Elijah: "she is fine. I know Hayley. Freya is doing everything to remove this affliction. Hopefully tonight it will end. She had found a spell to extend temporarily the effect of the full moon. So instead of only one day you will have a couple more days in your human form."

Hayley: "its sounds good and it better than nothing. How is Klaus?" I was a little taken back by her question because just like Klaus she was ignoring him now. The first two months were rocky between them. I recall that every time she saw Klaus it turned into arguments, broken things, fight night and a crying Hope. Niklaus started to avoid her so Hope doesn't get upset.

Elijah: "he is fine. I guess. Him and Camille are officially dating. She spends most of her time in the compound with him and Hope these days. Hopefully she will get him to cooperate and help us broke the curse."

Hayley: " I don't think so. I am hundred per cent sure he is trying to replace me in our daughter's life and I don't buy this bullshit. No one will take my place in my daughter's life that I can guarantee you!"

Elijah: "Hayley calm down. We are getting to the compound and I am sure a crying Hope is not what you want." She sighed and looked at the window.

We get home and hear Camille laughing. I turn to look at Hayley and she was boiling in anger. I try to cool her down by saying: "Hayley! Calm down, you can control yourself. Let's find Freya"

We find Freya in the nursery with Hope. Hayley took Hope from her cribs and start to kiss her forehead at first Hope didn't want Hayley. She looked at Freya then back at Hayley and she rests her head on Hayley's shoulder. She falls asleep soon after. And Hayley starts crying. Freya comes forward to lay Hope in her cribs but Hayley roared at her and said "you have her already all the time and every month when I come I only see her for a couple of minutes before she fall asleep. The only thing I see her do every month! She is MY DAUGHTER AND IF BY NOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW IT YOU BETTER LEARN IT I WILL PUT HER DOWN WHEN I WILL FEEL LIKE IT!" she yelled and startled Hope who start crying .

Klaus shout: "WHAT IS IT WITH MY DAUGHTER NOW?" and he appears a second later at the door when he entered, Hayley and Klaus eyes met. Klaus looked away walk to her and took Hope in his arms. When Klaus took Hope he said: "its ok my littlest wolf daddy's here now" while he tape her back to sooth her. Hope stops crying immediately after that. Hayley crumble on the floor tears pouring out of her eyes.

Camille came and seeing the scene said: "I think I should leave now. See you tomorrow Klaus. Hayley" and she left. Klaus pass Hayley without even noticing her state, took hope blanket from her crib and said to Freya: "Hope will sleep with me today." He glance at Elijah and left the room.

Freya : "Hayley, I am so sorry about what you are living right now and trust me when I tell you that we will find a way to fix everything. The spell I am going to cast tonight will last for four or five days. Basically until the moon completely disappear from the sky. And you will be human during that time."

Hayley POV

I am emotionally tired right now. I am on the floor. Klaus has beaten me at this psychological game. And I am done. My daughter is the most important thing in my life and I can't even sooth her. That is the part that kills me the most. All I have done was in order to protect her and give her what I have never had. I hate to show that I am hurt or my vulnerability but right now I just need a minutes to take in what is going on. I am listening to Freya but what she is offering me is temporary. The only person that can help me right is Klaus and he doesn't even acknowledge my presence. He doesn't care at all. I need to pull myself together, reconnect with my daughter and convince Klaus to give me another chance and help me.

Hayley: "and what about after? Do I stay in my wolf form again?"

Freya: "This is where the tricky part came in. you are link with your pack by the unification ritual. You have transferred your hybrid ability to turn at will to the wolves through it. Now, I am going to use Jackson ability to procreate and the sire bond between you and hope to render your wolf part fertile for a short time. You will conceive And I will draw the power that makes wolves not to turn when they are pregnant to reverse the spell that was cast upon you. Hopefully it will work and you will be free of this curse."

Hayley: "If it works it means I will be able to have more kids then?"

Freya: "If it works in theory yes but remember it's a trick and your pregnancy will not be real. We don't know if your hybrid body can bear a child or support a full pregnancy till term. Remember hybrids are not natural being so nature will always works against that to maintain the balance. We really can't be sure at all. At least it will buy you some time with Hope if it only works temporarily."

Elijah: "Perfect I will fetch Jackson while, you sister will prepare the spell" and he left.

I stood up and say : " I am coming Freya. I need to talk to Klaus"

Freya: "I don't think it's a good idea Hayley and Elijah just left, if you two fight again I won't be able to concentrate on my spell and save you from Klaus."

Hayley: " Don't worry Freya I am not going to provoke him or get into a fight. I simply want to be with my daughter"

I walked toward Klaus bedroom and entered without knocking. I find him painting in his room. His room was different now as I noticed the crib on the corner of the room, a few diapers and toys here and there. Hope was sleeping in Klaus's bed peacefully. It makes me realise how much he has changed over the past months. Before, I was the one looking after our daughter while Klaus only used to come to the nursery late at night and watched her sleeping. Now it was my turn, I lied to Freya when I said that I was not looking for him for another arguments but I lost all my courage with what was before my eyes. Without looking at me he said: "Hayley if you do anything to disrupt my daughter's sleep I will lose my patience"

Hayley: " I didn't come here to fight Klaus , I want to talk. I am tired of us being this. Always at war, arguing all the time about how to raise Hope, I am tired! I don't want to fight against you anymore, I am done, you have won, I only want my daughter, I am sorry for what happen, I was scared that Dahlia will take our daughter away from me and I was selfish . I know that but I came here to apologise for my behaviour. I want to see my daughter growing up. I want to be able to sooth her and cradle her to sleep all those things I can't do." The more I was talking the more I was crying, Klaus stop painting turn toward me and in a blink he was pinning me against the wall by my throat he came closer looking right through my eyes and he whispered into my hear: " you are nothing to us! Why don't you go with your husband and just run together? Isn't it what you wanted before? wasn't it you who talked about the nobility of being a wolf? And I am not even saying about how many time you threaten to leave me. Now go than. There is nothing else for you here,love. you should be thankful cause despite everything you still breathing air while you wanted to steal from me my daughter!"

Hayley: "OURS! " I cried out loud.

Klaus: "you broke my trust! I invited you into my family and at the first trouble you left us. That is not what you do! Family are the people you fight for and the people who fight for you. You stick together through thick and thin. You don't run! Especially with my blood! "

Hayley: "Why did you want me to do?" "You and Mikael were the strongest vampire I knew and dahlia defeated you. Was I supposed to stay around and watch my daughter being taken from me? I did what any mother in my position would have done to protect her child! I try to offer her a better life"

Klaus: "and that better life of yours of course didn't include me in her life? Right?"

Hayley:" NO"

Klaus:"not another word Hayley I don't want to hear you "

He steps back and was about to go back to his painting when I grabbed his arm and draw him closer to me. Our eyes met and we start to kiss hungrily at first. I can't even tell who engaged the kiss but here we were kissing . My all body had been craving him more since the curse I had so many feeling for him and I could not deal with the consequences right now. I only wanted to enjoy this moment with him.