Azazel entered the Salvatore school, surprised to find the opened door. "Hello?" He called out, wandering the corridors before a blonde haired girl jumped out at him.

Wings spread from her back as a puff of fire came out of her mouth, as she tried to take a threatening stance, "Who the hell are you?!" She demanded, not trustful of strangers after the incident with Eve Bloom, aka Aurora.

"Woah— you're a dragon?" Azazel asked, with complete surprise. "Yes, and I do not like intruders." The girl said as Azazel nodded quickly, "I'm Azazel, I'm Mazikeen's brother."

With that, the girl recognised the Parker and she composed herself as her wings disappeared. "I'm Clary O'Connell, I'm Lizzie's girlfriend." The O'Connell nodded. Azazel's eyes widened, but he quickly tried to relax, he didn't know the girl and didn't feel comfortable to tell her that Hope had killed her girlfriend.

"Mazikeen isn't here, if you're looking for her." Clary confessed as Azazel nodded. "I... I know. She's going after Hope." The boy explained.

"I just... Maze wanted me to go home so I'm away from Hope, but I can't. I can't just leave Maze completely, so I'm here to help. I want to help you guys deal with Hope and Maze."

Clary gave a nod, "Okay. Come with me, I have some people you should meet." She declared, before she walked away. Quickly, Azazel followed not wanting to fall behind.

Moments later, Clary had taken Azazel into the common room where Kaleb, Cleo, Jed, Ben, MG, Ethan, Jesse, Finch and Ari sat. She introduced the Parker to the group and they all welcomed him as Azazel filled them in on how Mazikeen had been since she left the school, as Clary signed for Jesse to understand.

Finch looked to Ari, knowing that this would effect her as she always spoke dearly of Maze. "That's horrible... Mazikeen would never have wanted this." The Mae sighed, her eyes welling with tears as Finch took her hand.

"And where is she now? And where is Hope?" Kaleb asked them.

"Right here." Hope announced, as herself and Mazikeen suddenly revealed themselves, as they'd entered the school only moments ago, hidden by a spell.

"Aah!" Everyone shrieked before Azazel got to his feet and rushed over to Mazikeen, who was poking her infected wound. The Parker looked up at her brother, who looked surprised but also concerned to why she couldn't just siphon it away.

"Before you ask, I've tried." Maze spoke, as if she could read her twin's mind. "It refuses to disappear... which I assume is because Hope is a tribrid and not an ordinary werewolf."

Jesse suddenly pushed past Azazel and hugged Maze, not seeming intimidated by her appearance. The Parker looked surprised and confused as she slowly hugged him back.

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Inside Mazikeen's conscious, the real Maze was trying to fight her darker self. Currently, the pair were well beaten up, covered in bruises and scratches... not to mention that they'd set eachother on fire many times.

They'd been fighting for what seemed like nearly an hour.

Mazikeen had thrown herself onto Dark Maze, as she hurled punches across her face, with so much force that Dark Maze found herself feeling a little hazy.

Meanwhile, Hope was talking to the other students after they'd asked Maze and Hope a heap of questions.

"This is a business trip. I'm here to make you an offer." Hope said as Cleo asked, "What kind of offer?"

"That is none of your business." Hope declared, "I'd rather talk to Dr. Saltzman. He'll be much easier to manipulate than you idealistic youngsters, especially with all the ammunition I have."

"Yeah well no can do." Ari spoke up, glaring at Hope. "He's dead, no thanks to you." The witch added. "Oh well... I guess Molly will have to do, is she around?" Hope asked nonchalantly, before she looked around.

Suddenly, Mazikeen seemed to jolt as if she'd been startled, catching everyone's attention. "Jesus babe, are you hallucinating already?" Hope asked, before she realised that the Parker seemed different.

Maze shakily inhaled and exhaled, realising that she had taken control of her body again. She knew it was only a matter of time before she'd have to go back to fighting her dark side to keep her away.

"You guys, I'm still in here!" Maze managed to say, as gasps were heard around the room. "I'm not sure that I can beat her, but if I can't I need you to kill me." She insisted as Azazel shook his head, "No! God, no. We can't—"

"Please, Azzie. She is dangerous and I'm in too deep— Aah she's taking back over." Mazikeen cried out in pain before her eyes darkened over.

Meanwhile in the subconscious of Mazikeen Parker, Dark Maze had shoved Mazikeen into a wall and strangled her violently. The real Maze felt her eyes shoot open as she was back inside her subconscious.

Mazikeen casted a spell, which launched her darker self across the dark abyss they were fighting in, as she elongated her fangs to try and threaten her again.

"Oh honey, I feel like I'm being threatened by a cupcake." Dark Maze laughed, getting to her feet before she floated off of the ground. Her veins blackened as did her eyes, and she charged at Mazikeen, who let out a scream.

As this happened, everyone was staring at Mazikeen's body as they had no idea what was going on. "My bad... I had to dispose of a certain pest." The Parker spoke, the darkness clearly in control once again.

"What do you mean dispose of?!" Ari demanded, getting to her feet as she went to approach the Parker. Hope held out her arm, firmly placing it on Ari's shoulder, "I wouldn't touch her. She's already fragile." The tribrid declared, referring to the werewolf bite.

"Hope? Mazikeen?" A voice asked, belonging to Molly. The duo turned to face her, as Molly's face dropped as she realised how dark the pair had become.

"Finally. You're just the person we wanted to see." Hope declared, grabbing onto Mazikeen's hand as she began leading her out of the room towards Molly's office.

Mazikeen pulled her hand out of Hope's grip, giving the Mikealson a glare which Hope returned with a smirk.

Now inside Molly's new office, the Hale closed the door and faced the dark duo with worry.

"As you've obviously heard, Lizzie is now a Heretic." Hope announced, as Molly opened her mouth in surprise, as this was news to her. "However, I may have also accidentally started a chain of events that has led to the gods returning to our world." The tribrid added as the vampire only looked more concerned.

"I'm sorry... gods?" Molly asked as Hope wordlessly nodded, "And I'm pretty sure those gods want me dead."

"Why is that our problem, Hope? Last time I heard, you wanted nothing to do with the Salvatore school." The Hale reminded her as Hope flashed her a faux smile, getting the point across that it wasn't the answer she wanted.

"Look, in my opinion this is no different from when Malivore came into our lives." Hope began, "The Salvatore School, it always sticks its neck out for the good of the world and all."

"Which is probably something Alaric shouldn't have allowed our students to do because look where it got them, and you." Molly declared, crossing her arms across her body.

"I'm not sure you have a choice, Moll." Mazikeen spoke up, "Because we need an army to face these gods, and yours is the only one with the appropriate skill set."

Molly shook her head, "No. I'm not making the same mistake as Alaric by making decisions alone." She declared, as it had been a huge flaw of the Saltzman.

"I think we need to ask the Squad whether or not they even want to be involved." The vampire decided, not wanting to force any of the students, which only annoyed Hope more.

"You are the adult, so be an adult." The tribrid snapped, "Make them do whatever it is that you want them to!"

Molly moved forward, her expression seeming more irritated now. "I will not boss around these kids and force them to fight for you, Hope. I'm not endangering their safety, I'm not Alaric."

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As Hope spoke to the super squad and filled them in on the existence of gods, Maze slipped away and found herself at the Old Mill.

The Parker had just gotten off the phone to Lizzie, when Azazel approached the brunette.

"Maze?" Azazel asked, taking a seat beside his sister. "Mhm?" Mazikeen answered, facing her twin. "Is the real you actually gone?" The boy asked nervously.

Maze tiredly looked to Azazel, flinching in surprise when she instead saw Kai.

"Kai!" She hissed, getting to her feet as Azazel jolted back in surprise. "What the hell are you doing here? You don't care about my brother and I, all you care about is the merge!" The Parker seethed.

"Maze! Maze it's not Kai, it's me— your brother!" Azazel pleaded with the girl, as Mazikeen did a double take and realised that she was actually talking to her twin.

"Fuck this... I'm already starting to hallucinate." Maze grumbled, before she tried yet again to siphon the wound. She could take away most of the effects of it, but it would still remain.

"I saw the school has an infirmary... would Hope's blood be kept there?" Azazel asked, knowing that the cure to a werewolf bite was tribrid blood.

Maze shook her head, "Hope removed the vials of her blood from the infirmary." She stated, knowing it was so Hope could still keep this power over her. "But... I may have another idea." The brunette girl declared, as Azazel looked at her curiously.

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Night had fallen, and after trying to form a plan with the super squad, Hope was off to bed.

Mazikeen spent time with the other students, as Azazel, Ari and Jesse in particular tried to appeal to her humanity. Meanwhile, Cleo, Finch and Ethan were interested to get to know the Parker, despite knowing she wasn't herself.

After enough socialisation, and shutting down Azazel, Ari and Jesse's attempts of appealing to the real Maze, the hallucinating heretic headed towards her shared dorm with Hope, with a plan in mind.

Upon entering the dorm, Hope was laying in her bed, facing the wall. Mazikeen's bed was opposite the tribrids, but the brunette instead walked over to Hopes.

"What do you want?" Hope asked, sensing Mazikeen's presence behind her, though the heretic didn't answer as she climbed into Hope's bed and placed her arms around her.

The auburn haired girl seemed confused, before she rolled over to face Maze. "You have your own bed." The Mikealson reminded her, as Maze shrugged. "I'd rather sleep in yours." She said, taking Hope's hand and kissing the top of it.

"What are you trying to do, seduce me?" Hope asked, deadpanning the heretic, who simply smirked at her. "Is it working?" Maze asked coyly, as she leaned forward, placing a kiss on Hope's neck.

She didn't stop there, as she trailed kissed up her neck, each one sending shivers down Hope's spine before she reached her lips.

Maze gazed into Hope's emotionless eyes, which flickered with emotion in this moment, as she wanted to continue what was happening between them.

The heretic then moved forward, placing a soft kiss on Hope's lips. The tribrid closed her eyes and kissed back, allowing herself to put these walls blocking her emotions down for just a moment.

As Maze pulled away, Hope shifted her position so that she was hovering over Mazikeen now, before she collided her lips with the heretic's once more, this time being more passionate.

They continued to make out for some while, before Hope broke away to remove her shirt, tossing it to the floor. Maze decided to sit up, in order to take off her shirt also.

The ex girlfriends made eye contact again, before Maze moved forward and lightly pushed Hope onto her back. The tribrid smirked slightly before Mazikeen's lips were met with hers again.

As Hope had her arms pinned above her shoulders , Maze intertwined their fingers, as the pair continued to kiss passionately, and it felt as though nothing in the world mattered, except for them.

The heretic eventually pulled away, and began to kiss Hope's neck once more, though this time she pulled the strap of Hope's bra down off of her shoulder.

Hope hummed in excitement, believing that Mazikeen was going to remove her bra and that things were going to get more heated, though what she didn't expect is as her ex trailed kisses along her collarbone, was for her to pull away and then sink her fangs into Hope's neck.

Hope let out a gasp, as Maze soon pulled away, meeting the tribrid's eyes as blood trailed down her lips. The wound on Mazikeen's forearm then began to heal, right before their eyes.

"You tricked me." The Mikealson confessed, quickly sitting up. "Consider me impressed, though I could simply bite you again." Hope admitted, her fangs elongating as Maze shifted backwards.

"You know, I am willing to help you... providing that you don't bite me again." Maze suggested, telekinetically whipping her shirt from the floor and dropping it in her hands.

"You would really stand by me, and help me to defeat the gods?" Hope asked, seeming surprised that Mazikeen would willingly help her as she had killed Lizzie right in front of Mazikeen's eyes.

Maze nodded, "Providing you don't boss me around like some minion, or bite me." She demanded, "And you'll also leave my siblings the hell alone."

Hope nodded, "That's fair enough." She decided before she smirked slightly, "Why don't we seal the deal by finishing what we started?" The tribrid suggested.

Mazikeen smiled smugly before she nodded. Abandoning her tshirt, as she moved forward so the pair could share another passionate kiss. Hope smiled into the kiss before she used her vampire speed to shift the pair around, so that she was hovering over Mazikeen while the heretic laid on her back.

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By the cemetery, a certain tombstone began to shake, as the grave below it began to move as though there was a small earthquake.

Ripping through the dirt, reaching for the surface was a werewolf. Upon being out of the ground, the werewolf transformed back into it's human form, revealing to be a teenager with long brunette curls. It was Jade Hale.

Laying by her grave, Jade coughed up some dirt as tears rolled down her face. She was given a second chance, something that her and Landon had been fighting with Alaric for.

Jade had decided that Landon should take it, knowing that if anyone could tame the beast that was Dark Maze, it would be him, but at the last possible second Landon had Jade sent out of limbo and back to the land of the living.

Panting as she tried to catch her breath, Jade couldn't help to cry. She was so happy to have a second chance at life, but she was so angry at Landon for giving it up for her.

"God damn it Landon!" She grumbled, once finally able to talk. The Hale punched the ground in anger, before she looked up at the Salvatore school.

"I'll bring you back, bird boy... That's a promise." The Hale thought, as she got to her feet to approach her former school, from two and a half years ago.

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AUTHORS NOTE

So some people has said that they want this story to continue past Season 4

I was going to end it at Season 4 but now I'm interested, if I was to continue this fanfic what sort of things would you like to see?

In order for it to go on, I need ideas to help make a plot so please, share anything you like and I may consider working it into a season 5 plot!

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