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24 Hours Ago—Bayou
"Where is my little girl, Elijah?"
"Hayley, I implore you, calm down."
"Calm down?"Hayley repeated, eyes flashing amber."I have been a wolf for six months except for one day a month, my pack have been taken from their families, and I haven't seen Hope in almost two months. I thought Klaus agreed to allow you to take her to me?"
"Hayley-"
"Elijah," Hayley's voice softened, showing her emotional turmoil."Please. Tell me why I can't hold my baby girl."
Elijah sighed, walking over to Hayley and sitting down with her on a log.
"Niklaus won't allow me to take Hope away from him, even if it is for a short while, his paranoia has gotten worse."Elijah gently explained, causing Hayley to growl in anger."I can't get near her without him present."
He pulled out his phone, tapping on the screen a few times."But he did allow me to transfer a video to show you."
He handed it to Hayley, who softly smiled as she pressed play, her little girl showing up on the screen.
Hope was holding onto the chair as she looked at the phone, fingers in her mouth. She tilted her head, big blue eyes staring at whoever was holding the camera.
Then a young woman's voice could be heard as she tried to encourage the tribrid."Come on, kiddo, say it. Da..da!"
Hope did nothing, just continued to stare, a smile on her face. She giggled as the young woman sighed before laughing as Hope picked up Wolfy.
"Hope? Can you say dada?"
Hope, again, did nothing, just continued to suck on her fingers.
"Kiddo, it-Oh, my God!"
The camera shook as Hope took a step forward, then another, until she fell into Lola's awaiting arms. The phone shook, and the camera fell, showing only blackness.
The young woman's laughter was heard again as she praised the little girl.
"Oh, kiddo, that was so amazing! Your daddy is going to be so proud!"
The screen went black.
"Who the hell is with my daughter, Elijah?"
Hayley handed Elijah his phone, and he sighed, pocketing it as he tried to come up with the best way to tell the hybrid.
"Her name is Lola. She is eighteen years old and human."Elijah listed off as Hayley's eyes darkened."Niklaus no longer trusts Freya or me to be around Hope without him near so Lola, in the last month or so, has become a mother figure to Hope."
"What?!" Hayley hissed, eyes flashing amber angrily."He's given her a new mother?"
"No, not really. Niklaus swore that you are and will always be Hope's mother."
"Then why has he tried to force some teenager to become some second mother? Hope must be terrified that a stranger has-"
Elijah stood up with Hayley, who began to pace in front of him.
"Not really, Hayley."Elijah cut her off with a shake of his head."Lola wasn't forced or compelled. She wanted the job. She has no idea of what we are; she just knows that you aren't around and that Hope needs to be loved."
"I am Hope's mother!"Hayley shouted, pointing to herself as she cursed Klaus."He cannot replace me!"
"He isn't replacing you."
"Are you defending him, Elijah?!"Hayley yelled, stepping closer to the Original
"Of course not but we both have to take into account that Hope wasn't forced to be in the care of Lola, she picked her."
"What does that mean?"
"I'm not sure, but the wolf inside of Hope picked Lola to be, I'm sorry to say it, I dearly am, a mother figure."Elijah sadly said pain in his eyes as he watched Hayley's walls crumble."A mother figure to love her, rock her to sleep, colour with her, read to her and everything a mother does."
Hayley suddenly fell to her knees, shocking Elijah.
The usually strong willed, stubborn, headstrong Hayley Marshall-Kenner, began to sob her heart out.
And Elijah watched, unsure of what to do.
Present—Mikaelson Home
"Wolfy!"
Hope giggled, clutching her beloved knight in her right hand while bouncing her wolf plush on the ground. She, along with Lola, was sat on her play-mat and the elder woman was sitting cross-legged across from her.
Lola smiled at the tribrid as she also bounced Hope's other plush toy, a horse, behind the wolf. She clicked her tongue, trying to mimic the sound a horse made as she followed Hope.
"Are they friends, Hope?"Lola asked the little girl as she made the horse follow Wolfy."Can a horse and a wolf be friends?"
Hope, who had begun to speak a few more words, looked up at Lola. She tilted her head as if processing the words she didn't seem to understand then just nodded.
The two played for a few more minutes, Hope placing the wooden knight in the middle of the play-mat and grabbed the horse from Lola, putting her plush toys each side of the knight.
She then crawled over to her play box and pulled out more toys.
She handed Lola teddy bear, the little girl clutching a little bear under her arm.
"Thank you," Lola smiled at Hope, placing the teddy in her arm."Is this daddy bear?"
Hope answered by blinking up at Lola before she giggled.
"Lolly!"Hope suddenly spoke, pointing at Lola.
Lola smiled, eyes also smiling. Hope had been calling Lola 'Lolly' for over a week now, and Lola adored it.
Hope was adorable, and she was genuinely fond of the little girl.
"That's right, kiddo."Lola grinned."You're getting so good with your words."
Hope moved, shuffling closer to Lola and crawling into her lap. She sat comfortably, holding her wooden knight and Wolfy in her arms, looking up at Lola.
"My Lolly?"Hope asked, pointing at herself, tilting her head again.
The famous Mikaelson head tilt, something Lola noticed Klaus did whenever he observed her.
She looked down at Hope, gazing into her blue eyes. Ocean blue eyes.
Just like Klaus'.
They were eyes you could get lost in.
Lola smiled. She liked Hope's eyes and Klaus'.
Hope looked up at her, definite warmth in her eyes as she snuggled into Lola's embrace. Lola laughed, gently poking Hope's dimpled cheek, making the child giggle.
"Yeah, kiddo."Lola nodded, hugging the little girl."Your Lolly."
Lola smiled even wider when Hope hugged her, one of her little arms winding around the black haired girl's neck, her other arm keeping hold of her knight and Wolfy.
"Does that mean you won't be sharing Lola, sweetheart?"
The two turned their heads, eyes landing on Klaus, who straightened from leaning against the doorframe. He walked over to them; arms crossed over his chest.
"She seems to like your undivided attention."
Lola smiled, touched."Kids are like that. It's cute."
Klaus kneeled down next to them, and Hope reached out, little fingers locking around his index one.
He smiled lovingly at her before he looked at Lola."It's no surprise."
"Us Mikaelson's are possessive of what we deem to be ours, love," Klaus said, ocean blue eyes boring into Lola's.
Lola smiled widely, letting out a giggle.
It was as if she didn't understand what he really meant.
And he knew that she didn't.
He could feel it.
She just smiled at him, handing Hope her teddy.
Lola didn't break their gaze as Klaus watched her.
Klaus tilted his head, reminding her of what Hope did earlier and Lola couldn't help but smile.
Hope looked up, eyes flickering between Lola and Klaus.
She smiled.
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