Dear readers
The last bit of the chapter under hope is all written by JackXAmy and she has given me permission to put this into my book and if at anytime she tells me to take it down then I will. But if you don't believe she has written a book where you will find all the poems from here on by her. So please do check out her new book and enjoy the chapter.

TheOriginalLou
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~Esther~

I have fallen from my old ways of trying to dispose of my children and as a saw the life in Scarlet's eyes I could no longer despise them. I along with the first of the Rose Bloodline had found a prophecy of which we saw as a dream. But piece by piece the prophecy is starting to sound like a reading of the future. The prophecy said that she who was chosen would be love by the immortal and of course that was referring to Elijah. She is one of many talents and is a master of peace, if only Niklaus could take a page out of her book.

But Scarlet is different from the rest. She is not like the Petrova doppelgängers and she is certainly not like our remaining Salvatore but she does remind me of our late Salvatore, Stefan. So pure, so noble yet so damaged. And yet she will fight for those she loves and is willing to die to create peace. The least I can do is try my best to keep Celeste away for as long as possible, for Elijah's sake. He has only just got her back and with Hayley's passing he needs her more than he cares to let on.

On the other hand I had taken part in writing the prophecy of Scarlet's death. But I along with hundreds of elders that had the same vision/dream cast from Mother Nature herself.We called it finding life.

~All~

But now Celeste is backing the Mikaelsons into a corner of which not even immortals can fight their way out of. But that was the least of their problems Esther's return had almost indefinitely sealed Scarlet's death note. But there was still information Freya had held back about her trip to the city's archives.

It was about three months after Hayley's funeral and Scarlet was buried in a deep depression but she put on a brave face to the world. Her and Freya had included Esther in their plans after Scarlet's death. Freya and Esther had gained a sort of mother and daughter relationship. But Klaus was starting to get a whiff of the extreme effects of Hayley death and slowly he was losing his humanity. But like glue Scarlet pieced everyone back together and tried her hardest to hide her worries. For it was Christmas after all.

They could see the light in Scarlet's eyes and that's all they needed, a spark of hope in a long lost war. But that doesn't mean that they give up. It means that they carry on for as long as possible and Christmas was coming so why not?

And that's where our story picks up. At Christmas...

It was the morning before Christmas eve and Hope woke early to frosted windows and thick white snow. She knew full well that Christmas was coming but she didn't wish for toys and games. She wished for her mother. Hayley had be deceased for three months but all spirits have been kept high. Scarlet had tried her hardest to keep everyone sane and today she had her chance to refill Hope's happiness in time for Christmas. So why not try and act like a normal family for one day?

Elijah was the first of the household to wake and so he laid next to Scarlet for a brief moment before deciding that the beauty of Scarlet sleeping was not something to disturb. So he swiftly stood up from the bed and dressed himself. As he went to exit the room he saw Scarlet roll over in discomfort. But his feet guided him to library where he would wait for his sleeping beauty to wake.

But Scarlet woke alone a few minutes after Elijah had left. She woke to silky white sheets and like Hope she had seen the delicate frosted windows and the blanket of snow that covered the exterior of the abattoir. Elijah's place in the bed still warm meaning he hadn't left too long ago. Her facial expressions resembled those of a young child like Hope. Seeing the snow had reminded her of the fun her and Hayley had as a child. Her and Hope both shared the same Christmas wish, To see Hayley once more. Or if they were even luckier, to have Hayley back for good.

It was only moments after this when Scarlet decided to rise from the bed and dress into more suitable clothes. The compound was cold and the hallways of the home were dark due to the soft grey clouds covering the sky as snow gently decended from the Heavens above. But a soft gush of wind flew past Scarlet as she stood staring into the hallway. It was Elijah she could tell. She didn't know how it was that she could tell it was him, maybe the way he stood towering behind her will his breath against her neck or maybe the way that she could feel his glare as he stared at her every time he saw her. No matter what it was she knew it was him so without thinking she turned around on her heels of her feet to see the man she loved in completely mesmerised by her body.

Elijah is quick to snap of his trance, as his jaw dropped he saw his beauty standing before him. But he was quick to make conversation "Hello my darling...you look...stunning". Scarlet blushed as her soft brown hair sat upon her shoulders "I might say the same" she said as she looked down towards her light brown leather ankle boots.

Hope was the next to wake and once she heard the giggles coming from the hallway possibly leading to the library she decided it was time to start the day but only one thing was one her mind through out her trek to the library, her mother. Words could not explain how much Hope was missing Hayley.

Once Hope found the two adults in the library giggling away like little children. Scarlet put forward the idea of going to make snow angels. Elijah wasn't too fond of the idea but Hope jumped at the chance. So eventually after hours of playing in the snow both Scarlet and Hope rushed inside to the kitchen to find Klaus and Elijah drinking Hot Chocolate. Believe me this was a first, not Hope nor Scarlet had ever seen the two drinking Hot Chocolate and having a civilised conversation at that.

Later on ,when the day was coming in to an end, Elijah decided he would too revive an old family of tradition. Because not only was Christmas coming but it was bonfire season. So each member of the family (Kol, Freya, Rebekah, Elijah, Hope and Scarlet included) wrote down one wish.

Kol:
I wish only that I could see the beautiful bright eyed smile of Davina one last time.

Freya:
I wish that our brother Finn could return to us so we could be whole again.

Rebekah:
I wish for love and loyalty always and forever.

Klaus:
I wish for my two loves to rise again and stand by my side. How much I miss Cami and Hayley.

Elijah:
I wish I could conquer my fear of loss and tell Scarlet my truest feelings for her but I do not wish to lose her.

Scarlet:
I wish Hayley could return. I need her so badly, everyone is so sad. If it was me not her then they wouldn't be so depressed. Hayley would know how to fix this.

Hope:
They tell me I'm different,
That I'm the part,
Not like the others,
A powerful art.

But what's the use,
When with the sun,
To lose these blues,
Give back my mum.

With all of these gifts,
They just make things worse,
Instead of a blessing,
I just got a curse.

Girls and boys,
They all get to play,
But I don't want toys,
I want love to stay.

To get through this pain,
To get through this strife,
Bring back the woman,....who gave me life.