A Hope through time

Hope shot awake with a startled gasp and a racing heart as she looked around in disbelief. The youngest Mikaelson was no longer in her bed with her wife but on a forest floor, alone. Hope groaned to herself as waking up in the middle of a forest was beginning to be a recurring theme.

The Tribrid quickly recognized a familiar dock that was near the Salvatore School and as she looked in the opposite direction she could see the school in the distance.

"What the hell?" Hope blurted out in confusion as she turned in a circle looking at her old school's grounds with both shock and surprisingly anger at the location.

"How the hell did I end up back here?" Hope spoke aloud as her eyebrows furrowed in frustration. "Stupid dreamscape." Hope muttered quietly to herself.

"Where is 'here'?" A voice that calmed Hope's nerves called out from behind a large tree closer to the school.

"Daph? … What? I don't understand. Why are you here?" Hope questioned in confusion, not expecting to hear her Mate's voice in this dream and more importantly at her old school in Mystic Falls.

"I don't even know where 'here' is. But if I was to guess by the building in the distance we are at your old school in America?" Daphne answered with a guarded expression as she joined Hope by the water with her arms crossed over her chest and her eyes scanning the area for any danger.

The Tribrid pushed some of her copper hair behind her ear as she sighed. "Yeah. This was my home for about half of my life. This wharf was where Dr Saltzaman would help train me."

Daphne's immaculate right eyebrow rose at that last part.

"You mean where Dr Saltzman would attempt to train you as a human and not the Tribrid you are, limiting your potential then berating you if you used any of your supernatural sides. You mean that 'training'?" Sarcasm coated the blonde's words so thickly that there was no way to interpret the Ice Witch's anger at Hope's former Headmaster.

Hope blinked as she turned to Daphne with surprise in her voice as she replied skeptically to the blonde next to her. "Okay, I know that I have some underlying hate towards Alaric but even I know that was way too degrading for my subconscious… At least I think it was. Anyhow, I thought that this was my dream?"

Daphne opened her mouth for a second before closing it with a click of her teeth as she thought about the circumstances around the dream and sighed. "Hmm, you have a point darling. I think we are in a shared dreamscape. I have no idea on how or why though."

Hope frowned as she considered the Greengrass girl. "Even as soulmates we've never shared a dreamscape before."

"So that begs the question… What is capable of forcing a dreamscape on two powerful witches with near unbreakable Occlumency shields?" Hope asked her Mate with a disturbed look on her face.

Daphne turned to observe the dreamscape with great scrutiny as she voiced her thoughts for Hope to help brainstorm with her as they needed to figure this out. "I guess that some magical creatures could potentially bypass our Occlumency shields like a Nundu for one, it's already managed to put you into a fugue state before, a Chimera possibly… those Elves that you freed from Emrys Castle. I highly doubt the last one though, I don't think the Elves would do anything to ruin the treaty we have with them after you freed them from their forced servitude."

Hope hummed in thought. "I agree with you in regards to the Elves not wishing to jeopardise the treaty."

"However, I find it hard to believe that a Nundu or Chimera could somehow break through our wards without alerting either of us, even if we were asleep. We would've been alerted to an attack but I don't think it was a magical creature." Hope added with an offended frown on her face.

Daphne narrowed her eyes as she considered Hope's reasoning. "You're right. Any presence of a magical core and we would've woken up, but there was nothing."

Something caught the Tribrid's attention from over Daphne's shoulder and Hope leaned to the side to watch as a dark fog rolled over the lake.

"What do you make of an ominous fog rolling towards us?" The copper haired girl asked in anticipation as she stood side by side with her Mate who had turned around with Hope to face the water.

"I imagine nothing good." Daphne replied cautiously as she observed the fog as it seemingly hit a barrier a few metres out from the end of the jetty where the smokey cloud would not cross.

Hope's eyes glowed a golden amber with Vampire veins edging out from around her eyes as she readied herself for a possible fight.

"Why do I have a feeling that we'll have to walk to the end of the dock before we will be allowed to leave this mental prison?" Hope managed to sass to her wife with a roll of her eyes.

"Mikaelson luck?" Daphne snarked back with a cheeky grin.

Hope turned to Daphne with a slight glare before she poked her tongue out at the Ice Queen. "Minx."

Daphne let out a musical laugh at the vexing insult. "I know, I know. You'll get me back later."

"Damn right." Hope grumbled quietly.

"Well then, let's find out what we are doing here." Hope concluded as she grunted in quiet pain as she semi-shifted her features to gain claws, thickened skin, elongated canines and fangs, readying herself for a fight.

Daphne swore as she quickly realised that her wand did not make it into the dreamscape. "Merlin's Sweaty Balls! I don't have my wand here!"

Hope snorted at the expletive as her Mate created twin ice rapiers and each step the Ice Witch took the water of the lake froze over.

"Good thing you can perform wandless magic." Hope bantered with the Witch with a strange smile on her face. The Werewolf's fangs and angulated facial features altered the Mikaelson smirk into something a little more sinister than normal.

"The downside is that I won't be at full strength for whatever it is that we have to face. I'm not as powerful as you are darling" Daphne argued with a petulant pout on her face as the couple made their way down the pier.

Hope and Daphne reached the end of the pier and they both shivered at the mystery feeling from the fog that made them uneasy standing this close to the heavy mist.

The young couple shared a worried glance as they heard a groaning moan that reminded them of a hoard of Dementors approaching.

"Expecto Patronum." The Emrys pair called out.

Hope's Thestral galloped across the frozen lake to join them at the end of the pier and stood proudly between the Emrys couple and the barrier. Daphne's Fox raced out from underneath the wharf and circled the witches a few times before coming to a stop at the edge of the jetty, growling softly towards the fog.

"If we die. I'm going to haunt you from the afterlife for all of eternity." Daphne promised her other half with a smirk.

"If we die, I'll introduce you to my parents on The Other Side before hoping that my Tribrid Immortality will bring us back to life and we can find our potential soulmates and live long extraordinary lives, maybe a couple of kids or a pet… Other than Alexandria and Myrddin of course. I wouldn't mind a dog?" Hope countered with a sly smirk that echoed her father's evil grin.

Daphne could only roll her eyes at Hope's cheekiness but she couldn't stop smiling at the description that the Tribrid offered. "Sounds like a plan."

Hope straightened as she looked at Daphne with a serious observation as she listened to the genuine acceptance of Hope's vision for the future. A brilliant smile appeared on Hope's face.

"I can't wait." Hope announced quietly.

A louder groan interrupted the couple as a shadowed figure moved closer to the border as if waiting for the pair of witches to join whatever the cloaked figure was. Daphne's magic had enough time to spread across the lake, but just like the fog it hit the barrier with a soundness thud that seemed to echo through the air.

Neither fog or ice could cross the barrier, showing a very clear line between the darkness and the forest from which the girls arrived.

Hope allowed her wolf features to dissipate from her face but kept the claws out while Daphne lowered her blades so the points were facing the ground.

"Looks like we're doing the diplomatic route seeing that we can't pass and neither can the Dementor." Daphne regarded the barrier warily.

"Dementor?" An otherworldly deep, dark and deathly voice groaned out in amusement as the girls shivered uncontrollably at the ethereal sound. "Dear children, you underestimate me."

"Then who are you?" Daphne lifted her head high as she boxed her fear away at the appearance of the menacing being.

The cloaked figure chuckled slightly as it replied. "Death."

Hope and Daphne shared a concerned glance to one another. The Tribrid pulled Daphne back slightly as the immortal placed herself partially in front of her Mate. Daphne allowed the Mikaelson girl to stand in front of her, to protect her, considering that Hope was able to keep her wits about her even if Daphne could feel that Hope was afraid.

"Why did you bring us here? Because I can think of 2 strong reasons why we are here. One good, the other bad. The other option I have in mind is petty and it doesn't make sense for you to do this now. So I want to know if this will be a civil conversation or if we will be shedding blood…" Hope trailed off as she looked at the figure, wondering if 'Death' even had a body. "Or robes??"

Death made a noise that could be considered a huff of amusement in the back of it's throat but all the girls could see through the fog and cloak was complete darkness.

"I'm not human nor a God. So that eliminates the 'petty' option you considered. I don't particularly care enough to torture children with their dead parents." Hope and Daphne were shocked that the floating entity was able to rightly assume what the Emrys couple's thoughts were.

"This is my domain, girls. Not even your soulbond mind link is protected here and I didn't want you to think you were powerless so I allowed you both to keep your powers." If darkness could roll its eyes as it verbally berated the powerful magical couple while sounding like the deity was simply over them after being in their presence for a total of one minute.

Hope clicked her tongue to the roof of her mouth before biting her tongue in frustration.

"Oh… In that case should I say how kind of you?" Hope snarked uncomfortably at being thrown off her game.

"I would think so." Death responded as the cloak shifted ever so slightly to the side to regard both girls.

"Afterall, I owe both of you for destroying my gifts I had given the 3 brothers. The Peverells." It almost sounded like Death was trying to recall an old memory that was slowly slipping away. "The first of the Wizard-kind in this universe… Others had followed later, but this universe gained too much magical build up due to the lack of magical children and started seeping into children upon conception of 'True Love'."

"My lover wanted to shower me with more spectacular gifts, thus Magical Beings were created." Hope and Daphne blinked at the surprising information on the history of this world.

"I assume your lover is … Life?" Hope guessed as she tried to make sense of what she was hearing.

"You would be correct Tribrid." Death admitted with a long groan similar to that of a Dementor.

"However I'm afraid I can't explain more than that as time is against me."

"What do you mean?" Daphne finally managed to find her voice as she realised that this threatening presence wasn't in fact here to harm them.

"In order to speak to you I had to pull you into my domain." Death reiterated as though it explained everything and Hope's heart dropped as she finally understood what the deity was trying to say.

"We're dead?" Hope spoke aloud as she narrowed her now glowing eyes at the entity in front of them as thunder boomed suddenly above them.

Daphne flinched at the knowledge before looking back and forth between the dark presence and her immortal Mate. The blonde witch quickly noticed that Hope's skin took on a blood-red tone, Daph looked down to her own body and noticed that she too was bathed in a deep red as well. The fog that surrounded Death also turned red. Another boom sounded causing Lady Greengrass to look up.

Daphne's ice-blue eyes widened as she watched bright red lightning streaking across the blood-red sky.

"Sweet Merlin." Daphne muttered to herself as she watched the sky itself rip apart.

A shot of pure unadulterated anger flowed through Daphne as she lowered her head to face Hope in shock. The Ice Witch could feel Hope's magic lashing out and somehow Daphne knew that it was Hope's magic that turned the sky red.

"Figured it out, did you Daphne? Your Mate is quite powerful isn't she? Somehow she is able to alter my domain against my wishes." Daphne jolted slightly at the ominous voice from the void in front of her but Death held her complete attention as it continued.

"Hope Mikaelson is certainly going to be a force of nature."

"You said we didn't have much time? What did you mean?" Daphne questioned as she kept a cautious eye on her Mate who was still glaring daggers at Death.

"By bringing the two of you here. I killed you both. The Tribrid is resurrecting herself and in turn, you as well Daphne since you are linked as soulmates." Death explained before groaning in what could only be interpreted as annoyance. "Albeit faster than what I would've liked."

"Why?" Hope growled out angrily. "Why did you kill us?"

Death somehow managed to sigh in regret. "I apologise for killing you. But your Vampire powers were already activating, slowly I might add, eventually you would have completed your transition on your own in about 3-4 years. I wouldn't have been able to bring you here once you became the Tribrid, considering a Vampire 'death' is an equivalent of a nap."

"I wouldn't have been able to repay you for returning my possessions, 'the Deathly Hallows' back to me."

"So what do you want to tell us? Seeing as you so desperately wanted to speak to us … or thank us for returning the Deathly Hallows?" Daphne questioned the entity with a slight frown on her face as she tried to figure out what was going on and how this became her life.

"Very well Lady Greengrass." The floating cloak straightened up, rising to its full height at an impressive 7 feet tall.

Hope and Daphne shared a look as the blonde's eyes rose in surprise as both girls had to tilt their heads up to view Death's hidden face made by the hood's shadow.

"For destroying the Deathly Hallows in the physical world. I will compensate the both of you by informing you that you both have two more soulmates. However, unfortunately for your unique quad, each of you are from a different universe and it could take years, decades or possibly even centuries to complete your soulbonds due to this bizarre occurrence." Death imparted with the 2 shell-shocked witches.

Hope's anger breaks at the new information and the sky returned to the otherworldly light that came from Death's domain.

"What do you know about them?" Hope blurted out as she moved closer to the barrier along with Daphne who was just as invested in Death's answer as her wife was.

"All I can say about them is their occupations. Everything else you will have to figure out for yourself. One of them is an archer. The other is an assassin." The shadowed deity shrugged.

"Sorry I can't be of more help. But not even 'I' am excluded from disobeying Fate. My partner and I are able to tell you this much." Death regretfully admitted to the magical pair.

The Emrys couple thoughtfully hummed in consideration before Daphne recalled her manners. "Thank you for telling us this Death"

The large cloaked figure bowed slightly at Lady Greengrass's acknowledgement. "I will leave you now but there are some people here who have crossed over temporarily for the two of you."

Death basically evaporated into thin air, disappearing into the fog like the ethereal being that the shadow was. Hope and Daphne blinked as they exchanged a concerned glance to one another. Wondering just what Death meant until they saw four human-like shadows approaching from the other side of the barrier.

"Hello, My Littlest Wolf." Came from a voice that the Tribrid could never forget and her heart nearly leapt through her chest at the pet name her father gave her.

"Dad?" Came a timid reply from the back of Hope's throat.

Daphne moved closer to Hope at the sound of Klaus Mikaelson's voice. A voice that Daphne committed to memory after she and the Flamel's had watched Hope's memories from before she arrived in this world.

Eventually the shadows were at the barrier that Death had created earlier to avoid the Tribrid's wrath. As they stepped past the final layer of fog the silhouettes formed into four very familiar faces. Klaus Mikaelson, Hayley Marshall, Elijah Mikaelson and Marcus Greengrass.

"Oh Hope, look at you. You've become even more remarkable than I could've ever dreamed of." Hayley nearly cried in such prideful joy as she pressed her palm against the barrier separating them.

"Mum…" Hope slowly observed all four of the deceased members of her family.

"Gods, how I miss all of you… And Uncle Elijah?" The aforementioned Mikaelson lifted his chin as he faced Hope's surprisingly peaceful expression.

The last moments he had with his niece were full of anger, guilt and pain. Nothing he could do now could change that. But if his niece needed to vent at him in order to feel better he would accept whatever was thrown at him.

But Hope surprised him. "I forgive you and I don't blame you for choices that were out of your control. I love you Uncle Elijah… Dad? Don't torment your brothers."

Klaus scoffed indignantly while his brother made a slight chuckle hidden with a smirk. Hayley couldn't help the grin that spread across her face at her daughter's carefree and sassy banter.

"Thank you Hope. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you are able to forgive my actions. I do have one request however. Tell our darling older sister not to overwork herself." Elijah mentioned as he placed a single hand into his suit pants with a kind smile as he looked down at his niece.

Hope internally grumbled to herself. Why did she have to be shorter than everyone in her family? Daphne's laughter seeped through the soulbond causing Hope to pout momentarily. Hope quickly reached over for Daphne's hand and interlocked their fingers as the Tribrid asked her father-in-law if she could borrow the blonde witch for a moment.

Marcus only smiled and gave a quick nod as he whispered as close as he could to the invisible wall between the living and the dead. "Trust me when I tell you my Snowflake. These 3 are an absolute riot when you're not on their bad side."

The former Lord Greengrass chuckled at his own joke while the Mikaelsons shared mischievous smirks to one another. "Thankfully for me, they seemed to know who I was to Hope and treated me with the respect one would with an in-law they don't know."

All the Mikaelsons couldn't stop the snickers from escaping as they all heard what the elder Greengrass said with their supernatural hearing. Daphne could only roll her icy coloured eyes at her in-laws.

Hope brought Daphne over in front of her family. "Before our time is up. I want you all to meet someone extremely special to me."

Shockingly enough each of the Mikaelsons gathered looked at Daphne with a soft look in their eyes as they regarded the blonde witch. One that is usually reserved for family. It brought a relieved smile to Hope's face, knowing that her family already liked her wife.

"Dad, Mum, Uncle Elijah. This is Daphne Greengrass. My soulmate." Hope announced both nervously and proudly at the same time.

Hayley was the first to speak as she knew that Klaus would probably attempt at least once to frighten the poor girl. "Hello Daphne. It's a real pleasure to meet you, despite the circumstances. I never thought that I would be able to meet my daughter's partner but I am so glad that you and Hope will be able to share that epic love that I had wished for Hope not so long ago." Hayley smiled as she pressed her other palm to the barrier. "I wish I could tell you that marrying a Mikaelson would be all sunshine and rainbows but I can guarantee that your life will never be boring with Hope at your side."

"Thank you Hayley. I'm forever grateful to finally meet you. Hope's showed me her memories of you. I feel like I already know you." Daphne shifted her gaze to the side to include the more well-known Mikaelson brothers. "All of you."

Daphne's ice-blue eyes locked with Klaus' familiar eyes, a reflection of his daughter's. Hope must've got her eye colour from her father as well as the shape of her lips. However most of Hope's facial features echoed Hayley's, although Daphne did wonder where Hope got the auburn coloured hair from when she was younger.

Hope's hair had finally lightened up over the last few months to a light brown. A perfect blend between Hayley's dark brown and Klaus' short sandy blonde hair. There was still the occasional highlight of auburn hair mixed in with the brown so when Hope stands in direct sunlight, the auburn highlights shine through giving the appearance of her former hair colour.

The Slytherin Ice Queen blinked as she pulled out of her thoughts and met Hope's father's gaze head on without flinching.

Klaus was pleased that the young Greengrass girl could actually hold his gaze, no fear depicted in her eyes. Respect, sure. Daphne's eyes even showed that she understood with great certainty what he was capable of. But the blonde wasn't afraid of him.

Klaus turned to his nervous daughter and gave her a smile that was only reserved for his Littlest Wolf. "I like her."

Hope's anxiousness left as soon as her father approved of her Mate and she let out a relieved chuckle. The corner of Daphne's mouth quirked up into a smirk at meeting the most paranoid Mikaelson's approval.

"Look after my daughter Daphne like your life depends on it." Klaus softly begged the blonde witch.

"Always…" "And Forever." Daphne promised before being joined by Kluas, Elijah, Hayley and Hope.

Hope shivered as she felt an otherworldly pull. Everyone seemed to understand that time was running out and shared quick goodbyes.

The deceased members of their family wished Hope and Daphne a wonderful life full of life, joy and love. Hayley was possibly the most upset that she wouldn't be able to meet her daughters other 2 soulmates but told Hope and Daphne that she would keep an eye on them.

Klaus surprisingly was the first one in the Mikaelson Clan to praise the Flamels for taking Hope in. Both of Hope's parents wished to share their appreciation and thanks to Nicolas and Perenelle for accepting Hope for exactly who she is without fear or prosecution.

"I love you. Always and Forever, even in death, I will always love you." Hope vowed with water gathering in her eyes as the pull got even stronger. Only moments left before Hope's Vampire side activated and brought them back to life.

"We will always love you Hope and forever will. Now go back. Live your life. Be safe and love those soulmates of yours until the end of time." Hayley spoke for the Mikaelsons.

"Protect each other and those you consider family. Because they will be the ones that will be with you though all. The ups, the downs and everything in between." Klaus wisely added to Hayley's final goodbye.

"I'm sorry that I won't be around to meet your other soulmates Daphne. Take care of your mother and sister. Tell them that I'm at peace and that I love them. I may not have the words to express just how much I love you, your sister and your mother like the Mikaelsons have perfected over the last 1,000 years." Daphne let out a wet chuckle at the poke her father made against possibly the oldest family in the world.

"Trust me Dad. I know how much you love us." Daphne felt a powerful tug at her heart as she felt Hope's heart restart with an electric shock.

- - -

Hope and Daphne gasped awake. Shooting up in bed as they sucked in lungfuls of air by the dozen as they came back to life.

Daphne turned to Hope with a frightened expression on her face. "Hope?" Was all that Daphne could manage.

"Yeah. That really happened." Hope replied as she knew what Daphne was wishing to check with her.

Hope's hand came up to her mouth as she massaged the skin between her nose and upper lip as a look of pain flew across her face. "God damn! My gums are killing me."

Daphne's eyebrows rose, realising that Hope was truly in transition.

Hope Mikaelson. Daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson, the Great Evil of Mystic Falls and Original Hybrid as well as Hayley Marshall-Kenner, Alpha to the Crescent Wolves and Queen of New Orleans. Granddaughter to the Original Witch. Descendant of Inadu and Merlin, two of the most powerful magical families known throughout two different universes.

The legendary Tribrid was finally in transition to unlock her full potential as a fully activated Tribrid. The first of her kind.

The blonde girl shifted in bed as she quickly pushed her hair out of the way, clearing a direct path for Hope. Hope observed the action from her Mate and felt her mouth salivate at the clear expanse of skin. The soft thud of her Mate's heartbeat at her carotid artery captivating the brunette haired Tribrid.

Hope moved like she was under hypnosis as she slowly glided over the small amount of bedspread to reach Daphne's warm inviting body.

Hope's lips grazed softly against the witch's cool skin at her neck. "I don't know what will happen when I complete the transition." The transitioning girl hovered her mouth over Daphne's neck as her voice became whimsical as she trailed off in her thoughts. "I really do hope that I am able to keep my magic."

Daphne's hand came up to cup Hope's head as she brought her Mate closer to her neck, silently pleading with Hope to complete her transition.

"Considering the preview I've had while in this universe, through these past couple of years… I think I'll be okay." The transitioning girl admitted with a smile caressing Daphne's sensitive skin causing the other girl to shiver.

Hope hummed into Daphne's neck causing the blonde to groan in pleasure at the feeling.

"No." Hope announced confidently. "I know I'll be okay. With you, Freya, Nic, Nelle and Lizzie at my side."

"Of course you will Hope. We'll make sure of it." Daphne agreed in support as she did her best to contain her moans at the soft touch of her lover's lips moving across her sensitive skin.

"Thank you Daph for always being here with me." Hope murmured lovingly as she rested her hand on the blonde's shoulder to balance herself as she brought her mouth down on Daphne's cool skin as she trailed a few small kisses along her throat.

Daphne let out a tiny whimper at the touch of Hope's mouth on her neck. "I forever will be Hope."

The blonde woman tilted her neck further to the side as Daphne encouraged Hope to complete the transition. "Hope please? Please feed on me. I need to know that you will be okay. That you won't go through any unnecessary pain."

Hope purred into Daphne. "I love you."

"I love you too. Now, feed darling."

The brunette girl felt a burning in her throat that she knew she could sate if she bowed her head down just a little further and took the final plunge into Daphne's delicate skin.

Hope lowered her human teeth into Daphne's neck causing the other girl to groan slightly in pain until she felt Hope break through her skin and her blood welled up from the wound.

The taste of Daphne's blood on her tongue was undeniably euphoric and the best thing Hope had even tasted in her life. Hope had thought that Daphne's blood was amazing before her transition but now it was more vibrant and sustaining.

Hope's fangs made an appearance and her eyes turned an impressive burning orange as the amber of her Werewolf side mixed with the blood-red colour of her newly activated Vampire side and dark veins branched down from under the Tribrid's eyes.

Hope used her new fangs to pierce Daphne's skin again, right over her previous bite mark. Daphne moaned as Hope's elongated fangs lowered into her neck and the endorphins kicked in at the feeling of her Mate's teeth in her throat.

Daphne and Hope were so distracted with the pleasure coursing through their bodies that they didn't even hear the loud booms of rolling, repetitive thunder strikes above the house. Nor did the Emrys couple feel the house rumbling under the magical pressure building up around the Tribrid.

The room took on a deep red tint as Hope gently sucked against Daphne's neck as she swallowed down shallow mouthfuls of Daphne's decadent blood as the blonde held Hope as tightly as she could against her body. Keeping Hope close as she moaned in absolute satisfaction at Hope's mouth against her neck and her warm breath tickling her skin causing goosebumps to rise.

A concerned sounding voice called out, almost like it was underwater. Hope didn't hear anyone enter her room but she felt the magical signatures of 4 very familiar people standing just outside of the threshold as though they couldn't enter.

Hope somehow managed to pull her head away from Daphne's neck and turned like a predator stalking its prey as she observed her family's shocked expressions at Hope's Tribrid face. Especially her eyes, a bright brilliant orange that could rival the most vivid sunset. A perfect mixture between a Werewolf's golden-amber eyes and the blood-red of a Vampire's gaze.

Hope tilted her head to the side as her super hearing picked up Freya's steady heartbeat along with Nic, Nelle and Lizzie's more erratic heartbeats at Hope's new appearance. Hope quickly realised that it was due to the power radiating off of her in raw waves of undiluted magic.

"Hope." The Tribrid moved her eyes to roam over Freya's surprisingly calm presence as the Immortal Witch called her name.

Daphne moved ever so slightly, gaining Hope's attention and also snapping Hope out of her predatory and aggressive trance as her eyes stopped glowing, reverting back to her natural eye colour. Hope blinked a couple of times as she regathered her bearings before groaning as she recognised the red light streaming in through the windows.

"Oh fuck, give me a minute." Hope muttered as she closed her eyes and focused on her magic crawling out of her body in uncontrollable waves.

Hope breathed in deeply through her nose a few times as she pulled the overwhelming amount of magic into her enhanced body. Hope felt the barrier at the door disappear and Freya quickly moved into the room to sit on the edge of the bed beside her niece but the older witch didn't touch Hope yet. Giving Hope the time and space she needs to bring her magic under control without interrupting her niece's concentration but providing support.

Daphne sat up and moved around until she was pressed up against Hope, not even bothering to cover the wound on her neck as two thin trails of blood slowly dripped down her pale expanse of her neck and onto her collarbone.

With each breath the Tribrid took the light in the room slowly dissipated from a deep red to a pale imitation of red light until it finally vanished and the thunder sounded like it was getting further and further away until it disappeared as quickly as it came.

Hope opened her eyes to reveal vivid but calm sea coloured eyes. The newly transitioned girl looked up to see her aunt's kind and supportive jade coloured eyes facing her and smiled. "Hi Aunt Freya."

"Hello gorgeous. You gave us quite a scare." Freya told her beloved niece as she carefully cupped Hope's cheek lovingly in her hand as she smiled back at her.

"I apologise for worrying you." Hope apologetically stated as she looked over to the Flamels and Lizzie who were now standing inside Hope's room.

"I'm sorry for worrying all of you." Hope mentioned as she placed a comforting hand on top of her Aunt's outstretched hand that was beside her, smiling at Freya.

"Hope, sweetheart? What happened?" Nelle cautiously questioned the now fully alert Tribrid girl in her care.

Hope gave a sheepish smile as the young girl bit her lip awkwardly. "Well… I can tell you right now that no one is going to like what I am about to tell you."

"No shit Sherlock! Obviously you died. But what we want to know is, how did you die?" Lizzie practically shouted at Hope with her arms folded across her chest.

Hope faced Lizzie and frowned sadly at her friend's reaction.

"Lizzie…" The brunette started to say before she sped off the bed to bring the blonde Siphoner into a hug. At first Lizzie tried to push the other girl away halfheartedly before collapsing into Hope's strong frame. "I'm sorry. Just know that I'm not going anywhere."

A swift Mikaelson smirk graced Hope's lips. "You can't get rid of me that easily Lizzie and I'm ashamed that you would ever think you could."

Lizzie let out a wet chuckle as she tightened her grip around Hope's shoulders as she buried her face in the space between Hope's neck and shoulder, muffling her sobs. "I know. How stupid of me to think that you would just go away."

Daphne, Freya, Nic and Nelle all made a small noise of amusement at friends' nervous banter. The Tribrid managed to pull herself away from Lizzie as she patted the Siphoner's shoulder reassuringly, rubbing her thumb over the tense muscle beneath her palm.

Hope turned back to her adoptive parents and smiled widely at them. "Nic. Nelle. You have no idea how grateful I am that you took me in and raised me as your own. In fact, both my mother and father wished to pass along their gratitude as well."

"Niklaus?" Freya barely managed to whisper as Nic and Nelle shared an understanding gaze before they heard the eldest Mikaelson's surprisingly quiet voice. "... Hayley?"

Hope's face became remarkably soft as she observed her shocked aunt. "Yeah. I also saw Uncle Elijah on the Other Side as well." Freya's eyes lit up at the mention of her brothers. "Dad and Uncle Elijah wish you all the best and are very thankful that you are looking after me. Mum says the same… So do I."

The youngest Mikaelson rejoined her aunt on the edge of the bed and wrapped her arm around Freya's shoulders while she took one of her aunt's hands into her own, rubbing soothing patterns into Freya's soft skin, feeling the fragile bones under her fingers.

"You are so very important to me, Aunt Freya. I know I don't say it as often as I should. But you have been the only other constant in my life other than mum and I appreciate everything that you have done to look after me and our family." Hope softly spoke as she pressed a kiss against her aunt's cheek.

"Thank you Aunt Freya. For always being there for me. Through the good, the bad and everything in between." Hope exclaimed with so much love and pride in her voice that everyone else in the room could help but smile at the wholesome moment between aunt and niece.

"You don't need to thank me Hope. I will always be here for you or any member of our family. Which now includes our resident Ice Queen, a French Immortal couple and a snarky as hell Siphoner Witch." Freya promised with all her heart.

"Might need to add a couple more to that list in the future." Daphne quietly inputted after removing herself from their bed and settling herself beside Nelle with a calm expression on her face.

"What do you mean Elsa?" Freya questioned with a small frown on her forehead.

Lady Greengrass smirked slightly as she shook her head with a barely there motion at the nickname. "Hope and I discovered that we have two more soulmates out there, somewhere in the universe, waiting for us."

"I think the correct terminology would be multiverse." Lizzie helpfully supplied as she butted in.

Daphne blinked a couple of times before turning to Hope who looked thoughtful at the choice of words from her blonde friend. Hope nodded her head after a few moments. "Actually I think you might be right. Does that mean that we are in another multiverse and that we didn't travel through time?"

Lizzie opened her mouth for a second to reply but quickly realised that she didn't have an answer to that question and as she thought about it further Lizzie's jaw dropped as a look of utter confusion swept across her face.

"Holy shit… I never considered that." Everyone turned to Lizzie as she spoke aloud. "Different universes move at different speeds so it could be possible. But that doesn't explain the different time periods we ended up in. Freya went in first in our timeline but popped out after Hope."

"To be fair, I was stuck in Malivore. Hope jumping into the Malivore pit weakened the hold it had. Some of the prisoners could've bled through at a slower rate. Whereas Hope was simply shot out immediately?" Freya theorised.

Hope literally believed that she heard Lizzie's mind explode as the Siphoner left the room muttering about timelines and alternate universes. Hope chuckled as Lizzie left the room. "That will keep her busy for hours. Lizzie and our friend MG had a tradition of watching all these nerdy movies and TV shows that explore… well similar experiences that we are currently going through at the moment."

Hope tilted her head in thought before turning back towards Freya. "Maybe Lizzie can help us with our equations to get back home?"

"I'll ask her about it." Freya offered. "Now can you explain how you triggered your transition?"

Hope and Daphne shared an awkward look as they wondered how to explain what happened. The Tribrid got off the bed to stand next to Daphne to provide a united front.

"I didn't trigger it… 'Death' did." Hope attempted to explain with a few strange looks on her face.

"Hope." Freya breathed in exasperation at the non-answer.

"I think what Freya is trying to ask is what killed you to trigger your change? Or did your Vampiric side just activate throughout the night?" Nic wondered as he wrapped an arm around his wife.

Hope pursed her lips as she nodded her head knowingly. "Yeah, I know." The Tribrid muttered under her breath.

"My Vampire side didn't activate on its own. Daph and I were… summoned?" Hope turned to her Mate with a questioning look in her eyes. "Is that the right word?" To which Daphne nodded with a shrug of her shoulders. "We were summoned by… the personification of 'Death'."

Nic and Nelle's eyes widened dramatically at their daughter's nonchalant delivery of an impossible scenario that they never thought was possible.

Freya looked like she was ready to murder someone. "And pray tell my darling niece. How did this 'Death' summon you exactly?"

Daphne noticed that Hope was obviously avoiding answering her aunt after almost 5 seconds of suffering silence and rolled her icy eyes. "By summoning us into his domain." Freya's hard jade eyes landed on Daphne at the sound of her voice and she made a motion with her hand for the other girl to continue.

Thankfully after being around the 1,000 year old witch for just over a year now, Daphne understood what Hope's aunt was after and explained what happened to her aunt-in-law. "Since only the dead, dying or temporarily dead can enter Death's realm, Death killed us and brought us into their world to thank us, I suppose, for destroying/returning the 'Deathly Hallows'."

"'Death' killed you, both of you, to 'thank you'?!?" Freya gritted out angrily between clenched teeth as she could barely restrain her frustration.

"Yeah. Sounds about right. Although Death was grateful for our efforts in returning the 'Deathly Hallows' that they told Daph and I about two more soulmates existing in another universe, well, two other universes."

Freya's eyebrows rose along with Nic and Nelles'. "Sounds like the two of you are going to be busy." Lizzie remarked from the doorway with a sly smile.

"Hopping around the multiverse to locate your soulmates. Sounds romantic." Lizzie added suggestively causing both Hope and Daphne to blush.

"Don't give them ideas. I'm not particularly keen on jumping around the multiverse until we have a destination in mind… Well other than our universe of course. Keelin is going to kill me when we get back home." Freya groaned as she fought off the visions she had of dealing with other universes problems that had nothing to do with her or her family since she knew that Hope would no doubt find a way to bring them into that universe's drama.

Hope tried to keep a straight face as she spoke. "Keelin wouldn't do that, Aunt Freya." One of Freya's eyebrows rose at Hope's words and mischievous grin. "First she would kiss you until you couldn't breathe before slapping you over the head, then she'd shift into a wolf to brutally murder you."

Freya rolled her eyes. "Yes. How could I forget the order in which my wife would kill me?" The older witch rhetorically asked as she threw her hands up in the air in annoyance causing the Flamels to finally pick up their jaws after learning about Death to laugh at eldest Mikaelson's misfortune.

The Immortal Alchemist moved away from his wife as he approached Hope and placed a hand on her shoulder, instantly gaining the brunette's attention.

"Hope?" He quietly spoke, somehow gathering the room's eyes and ears. "I'm just wondering, are you okay? After your transition, I mean… and Daphne how are you? You mentioned that you died as well."

The bedroom went rather solemn at Nic's query as all gazes turned to the Emrys' thoughtful expressions.

"I feel fine. Better than fine, actually." Hope responded as she regarded her family. "I've never felt stronger." Hope grinned brightly as she expressed her giddiness. "I still have my magic. I'm so happy that I didn't lose my magic."

"That's understandable. You've had your magic your whole life. It would be a shame to lose your magic after all this time. It's been your constant companion throughout your life, even if we did sometimes mute your magic to stop the Hollow from taking over you. It was always present." Freya mentioned softly as she recognised the seriousness of Hope's worries.

Nelle moved around her husband to give Hope a motherly hug as she whispered in the Tribrid's ear. "I am so proud of you Hope. Never forget that."

Hope reciprocated the hug and leaned into it. "Thank you mum."

"What about you Elsa?" Lizzie asked as she approached the other blonde haired girl holding her arms out as an invitation for the older girl.

Daphne blinked at the open arms from the other interdimensional traveller. The Ice Witch moved forward on their own accord and she wrapped her arms around the young Siphoner. "I'm okay. The soulbond between Hope and I is a truly powerful thing. Although I will admit, I was expecting death to be painful."

Freya scoffed bitterly as she recalled her own deaths. "Be grateful that you didn't have to deal with Niklaus on a bad day or at the top of his paranoia. Having your neck snapped is not a fun experience."

The room turned to face Freya with concerned eyes, all except Hope, who had a knowing look on her face as Freya had told her about her father killing her within their first week of knowing one another. "I'm sorry, he what now?" Nelle managed to spit out.

"Yeah… Dad had a terrible habit of temporarily killing his siblings." Hope uncomfortably mentioned with a small embarrassed blush on her face.

"Except that one time he snapped my neck when he didn't trust me. Nik wasn't expecting me to actually come back from that death." Freya grumbled with a roll of her eyes and a cheeky smile on her face to show her amusement as the entire screenplay played out in her mind. "Ah Nik. Always one for the dramatics."

The mix-matched family of witches and wizards from different times, universes and backgrounds eventually made their way out to the living room to discuss Hope and Daphne's trip to the Other Side. Hope and Daphne sat on the ornamental table in front of the twin leather lounges, Nic and Nelle on the first and Freya and Lizzie on the other.

Myrddin was perched on Freya's shoulder looking intently at Hope. The Tribrid had noted that the midnight Phoenix could only blink in fascination at her as though he couldn't believe that she actually existed. Surprisingly it was Alexandria's loud whistle that broke Myrddin out of his trance before turning his head off to the side in embarrassment.

After nearly a full hour of talking into the early hours of the morning Lizzie frowned thoughtfully as she looked outside then back to the couple sitting in front of her. "So out of curiosity, but why did the sky turn blood red and crack down streaks of red lightning?"

Hope and Daphne faced one another and could only shrug.

"Honestly. I have no idea. I just know it's connected to me. I did the same thing on the Other Side but I have no idea how." Hope answered as truthfully as she could.

"Does that mean that you're going to be the next big evil? Because from my knowledge, turning the sky red isn't exactly screaming 'I'm a hero'." Lizzie questioned with an amazing amount of sass that caused Hope to chuckle. "Cause if you are, I want the first go at fighting you."

Hope rolled her eyes. "With all of you at my side, I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to turn evil. You wouldn't let me."

"Damn right!" Was the symphony coming from everyone in the living room including the light and dark birds whose whistling echoed in the Tribrid's mind.