"You don't have to do this if you don't want to" Hayley says to Hope

my little sister turns to me "It's okay, Sam won't hurt me"

"Ready" Freya asks

"so he's just in there somewhere, clinging to broken memories" Hayley asks

Freya tells him "The core of his being has retreated deep into his subconscious, but, yes, he's still in there"

"And I just search until I find him"

"You don't have time. There are too many memories for you to randomly search. You have to think, where would Elijah find refuge? It has to be somewhere that represents the fundamental basis of who he is. Hopefully, that's a good place. When you find it, draw him out and wake him up. But be careful, his mind is unstable"

"Mom? Be careful" Hope says

I pull Freya close to me while they are talking "You take from me more then Hope. I don't care if it kills me"

she gives me a look

"Okay"

we all link hands

"Tillato ulaz. Tillato ulaz" Freya and I chant then Hope starts chanting with us

"Freya!" Hayley shouts after awhile

we still chant

"Freya! Elijah. Please. Stop!"

still chanting

"Mom!" Hope chants

I grab her "You need to focus on the spell because if we don't maintain the spell we could loose mom"

"Let me help. I can save her"

I give Freya a look that says lets do it

"If we do that it might kill both of us" auntie whispers

"If we don't Hayley and Elijah will be stuck in there" I whisper back

Freya sighs then nods

I bend down "Freya and I are going to put you in the pendent. When you're in you need to call out to mom. Don't open any doors. Do you understand"

Hope nods

"Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz. Tillate ulaz" Freya and I chant

after awhile they come out Freya and I pass out

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I walk into dad's room to find him sketching

"I thought you didn't like me that I'm unbearable"

my head hangs "I didn't mean that....you know how it is when you say things you don't mean"

he smirks at me "Is this you're way of apologizing"

"I don't apologize" I state "Because I'm not wrong just sometime but that does not mean I'm wrong"

dad gets up, walks over, and hugs me "I forgive you, Sammy."

didn't expect this

"It's Sam"

finally I hug him back

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Freya is easy to find alone

"Sammy" she says

"Sam" I fix "I have an idea to get rid of the Hollow that nobody is going to like"

she turns around

"The Hollow is in spirit form without a body and to kill the body her soul has to rest in something like a totem. Once the totem is destroyed it is stuck in spirit form, has to inhabit a body"

"Where are you going with this" Freya asks

"Put her in my body and I'll leave to find a way to destroy the Hollow" I gulp "Hope deserves parents, both of them. Besides I know who the other side of my family is and I want to find out more"

Freya's eyes are watered

"We can find-"

"In time?" I ask "Or is she gonna kill you all?"

now she's full on crying "You-you can't"

"I can" I state "I will for the family. Always and Forever right. Another thing we don't need to tell anyone else"

Freya nods and then attacks me with a hug "You've turned out to be such a good boy"

I gulp again "You need to tell them about the totem while I go pack some stuff"

more like do the spell to make the Hollow come into me and be trapped

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The totem breaks and I feel the follow jump into me

oh the Hollow is a girl

I am Hope's older brother and I'm stronger then you

then I shut her voice out

now that the Hollow is part of me I can bring Elijah back

putting my hand on the pendent "Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât, Près settât"

putting my backpack on my back I open the door to go down the stairs and out the door

everyone is at the bottom of the stairs well except Kol

my eyes flicker between them landing on Elijah "Spell worked then? That's good"

"You brought me back" he laughs "You're always saving this family aren't you"

shrugging I say "Freya told you"

silence

"I'll be back someday....sometime.....I'll be back."

"I was thinking and you're mothers name was Erzulie Hellfire" dad says "Which explains why she would have given you to me. They're someone always after them like us"

Hope has tears running down her face "don't leave"

"I've got too" I kiss her forehead "For everyone's safety"

Freya hugs me again "such a good boy"

"He's not a boy" dad says "He's a man"

I hug Finn

"Try to get the stick out of your ass, ya"

he chuckles "I'll try"

next is Elijah

we just look at each other

"I still don't like you" I tell "You're the so called noble one but that's only when it comes to dad and Rebekah. The rest of the time you're a right bastard. Tell me when you realize that so we can work on a relationship"

he turns his head side ways "I hope you the best"

I skip dad for Rebekah

"I still think you a hoe" I tell "But if those men don't see how much you're worth then leave them in the dust"

she's crying with tears as she forcefully hug me "You're such a little jerk"

Hayley is after this

"Mom" is all I say "I know you love Elijah but...Elijah"

she laughs as she is also crying "Elijah is a good man who needs a little work on seeing himself she hugs me "Rebekah's right you're a little jerk"

my eyes flow to dad "Don't make the same mistakes with Hope that you did with me"

his eyes look sad

"I made a lot of mistakes with you didn't I?"

I smile "They made me who I am today, and I know I don't need you but Hope does. Rebekah does. Elijah does. Hayley does. Freya does. The list goes on. You can be a good dad for Hope, and don't worry about me. I've got about a million dollars I've stolen from you lot over the years"

they all laugh

Finally the only one left is Hope before I stop by and see Marcel and Josh

"Little sister"

tears are streaming down her face "You promised always and forever"

my lips purse "I know but you need to be with your parents....when you're older...maybe we'll do something together"

she hugs me "You don't have to go"

"I do" I say "I really do"

walking out the door I head towards the other side of town where Josh and Marcel's apartments are

Marcel's is first

I knock on the door

he's on the phone when he answers then just hangs up when he see's me

"Rebekah just told me"

my face does not change "figured. I just wanted to say bye to my brother"

his eyes roll "brother, huh"

"Ya, dad raised you just as shitty as he raised me" I tell "Although, I'm not the one throwing a fit about it"

his eyes narrow "Bye, Sam"

all that's left is Josh

he opens the door

"What are you doing here, Sam"

"I'm leaving with the Hollow. You happen to my favorite person in this town and I wanted to do something before I left"

he doesn't move

that's when I fucking kiss him