Hayley's POV
A few weeks have passed since me and Elijah had the argument. We made up and carried on as nothing happened. He apologised for everything that he said and so did I. I haven't turned since then, because I know he doesn't like it. I think that's because of what happened to his little brother Henrik. This is a relationship and I have to take into account his feelings, but he has to too. I have to be honest though. When I apologised my heart wasn't fully in it. I shouldn't have to be sorry for wanting to turn.
People might think in the afterlife there is nothing to do, and sure, you can't go watch a movie or something, but everything is there like in life. There are pubs and libraries. Swimming pools, shops. Just yesterday, me and Cami went to a pub and played pool. Even though we don't need to eat or drink, we still can if we want to, so we drunk lots of alcohol. I knew I missed Cami, but I didn't realise how much until I finally saw her again here. She is a great friend and is an important person to a lot of us.
Flashback
I was in the woods. I could still feel the flames burning my skin but it was slowly fading. My eyes were streaked with tears, and I felt empty inside. HOPE. Oh my god. Hope. I just died and Hope could be in danger. That boy who she trusted let his mother try and kill her and me. She could be hurt. Klaus wouldn't let anything happen to her though. He would stop at nothing to protect her. He tried to save me. He cares for me. Everyone said he did but I only thought he cared about one person other than himself and that was Hope. He would have saved me and Hope if it wasn't for Elijah. Elijah. He didn't help. He just looked at me. And let me die. More years pour out of my eyes and my breathing starts to get heavy.
"Hayley?"
I look up and I make out a blurry blonde walking towards me. I blink a few times and I see her. "Cami?" I run up to her and hug her.
"What are you doing here? Hayley what about Hope and Klaus. You shouldn't be here." She looks me in my eyes and takes a step back, but doesn't let go of me fully.
"Some vampires tried to kill me and Hope. A witch suppressed my wolf side and so I was just a vampire. Hope was unconscious and I tried to fight but I was too weak."
"Oh, Hayley. What happened to Hope?"
"I don't know." I start to break down and I fall to my knees. "Klaus. Klaus was there and h- he tried to help. But Eli- Elij-" I couldn't carry on anymore. I started screaming and Cami kneeled down and hugged me. Brushing my hair with her fingers, she repeated over and over that everything was going to be ok and that Klaus would kill everyone who was apart of what happened.
End of flashback
Cami helped me so much. She told me that Josh was here and Jackson and everyone. She was there when I had a breakdown and never left my side. I healed as much as I could because of her. I told her all about Hope and Klaus. How he never forgot her and he missed her so much. When Elijah turned up a year ago and told us that he and Klaus died together I comforted her when she needed it. I told her that she would see him again in the afterlife and he would be here for her. She just smiled, but I could see the hurt and sadness in her eyes when he never showed up.
I didn't blame her that she was upset. She loved Klaus and after everything he died for, he should be able to reunite with her. I got my love back. I thought that with them being the Originals and with the fact that I thought all the white oak had been destroyed, I thought I would never see him again. I count my blessings every day that I am with him. I know it isn't fair that he had to die so we could be, but he had 1000 years alive. Well, mostly being a vampire but you know what I mean. Elijah did a lot of bad stuff. Not as bad as Klaus, but he never blocked it out like Elijah did. Behind the red door was something I never thought I would see in Elijah's mind. When I saw it I was scared. Hope was only little and I didn't want her to be near him.
That wouldn't be fair if I kept him away from her because Klaus has done unimaginable things, but he was honest and didn't keep things hidden. I know Elijah had forgotten all about the red door, and that was the purpose of it, but he still never told me everything. He kept to what everyone said about him. The Nobel Elijah. That helped to affect how Klaus was perceived even more.
After all of the bad things Klaus did, he was a good person. He deserved to find peace and be with his brothers. Finn died with good in his heart. After he came back to life and spent time with his siblings just before he died, it was enough for him to get here. When Elijah came, Finn came to see him and spend time with him. As I said before, the afterlife is like what it is in life. So you can go anywhere. Today Elijah is with Finn. He just wanted to see his older brother. I guess having him in a coffin for centuries, he wants to make up for it now.
It's not just Finn that is back though. Henrik and Esther are here. We have never seen them but Finn has. I guess when Esther killed her sister to save her children, she was able to come here and reunite with her son again. Even though Henrik was never a vampire, he was a witch. If Rebekah ever took the cure, she would be in the afterlife, with her mother being the greatest witch ever. I hope I don't see any of them for a long time though.
Mikael is definitely in hell or somewhere like that. He deserves to rot for the rest of existence. He tried to kill Hope when I was pregnant with her. Esther wasn't any better than him, but in the end, she truly loved all her children. She saved them all. She made them vampires because she lost her youngest. She had already lost her oldest and that pushed her to the edge. Mikael lost his daughter and I know he didn't deserve that, but he had a son to look after and another one that had just been born. He didn't care for any of them, and he hated Klaus even when he thought he was his father. He should have never been a father and I am so glad Klaus killed him. Again.
With Elijah away, it might be the only time I get in a while to turn. I don't want to lie to him, but with him not here I can just be myself. Sometimes Jackson turns, and my parents and that's fun. I never really played games or anything as a wolf, so I guess that was a good thing when I reunited with everyone again.
I undress and shift to wolf form. Everything seems brighter and clearer. The smell of the grass, the birds flying above. Nothing to harm or change it. Just nature being what it should. I run for miles, thinking about Hope and my parents. Jackson and Mary. The pack. The Mikaelson's. Klaus scent. Wait. Klaus's scent?
My mind must be playing tricks on me. I shift back to my human form and standstill. I didn't realise how far I had come, because I don't have any clothes to dress round here. This is the downside of being a wolf. Always coming back naked.
I walk a bit further. So what if I see anyone around here. Most of them are wolves and so they know what it is like. The grass crunches under my feet as I look around. I can't hear anything and with hybrid hearing, that means no one is there. The sun glares down, and the heat shines on my back. Suddenly, the wind blows through the air, making my hair go in my face, blocking my view.
"You're a new face."