7 Awake at last.

4 years later.

"Mom look." A young girl with long auburn hair and blue eyes smiles up at Hayley while holding a drawing up for Hayley to see.

Hayley looks down and smiles sadly. The drawing is of her, Klaus and then Hope and her brother. "What a beautiful drawing baby girl." Hayley quickly changes her sad smile into a proud one. The picture was beautifully drawn considering Hope was only 4. She definitely got her talent for painting from her father, Hayely thinks to herself.

Hope smiles at the praise. "I'm going to draw more mommy." Hope says excitedly and runs off.

As Hayley watches her daughter run off her thoughts drift to her son, her son who has been in a coma for 4 years now. She's tried everything to save him but nothing works. She truly regrets allowing her son to save Cami, as much as she likes Cami she'd do anything to have her baby boy wake up again even if that meant letting Cami die. However she won't deny that she's glad Cami survive. Cami's been very helpful in her search for a cure for their family. While Cami held some resentment towards Elijah and Freya for the part they played in Davina's fate, she still loves Niklaus and is desperate to save him from Marcel, and she knows the only way to do that would be to cure his family, inspite of what they did. Hayley thinks she's found a cure for Freya's poison, that's why she called Mary to look after Hope and Alex while she hunts down the cure.

Just above Hayley inside one of the rooms of her home lay a young boy. The boy looks to be about 5-6 years old. He has long flowing blonde hair that reaches the lower end of his back. He's tall for his age but his body seems thin, frail even. The boy's laying completely still, you can just barely see his chest moving up and down telling you that he's still alive, this is Alex four years later.

Hayley walks into the room where Alex is unconscious. She walks over to his bed and gently caresses his gaunt face, it hurts her to see him look so frail. She can feel the tears starting to form but she holds them back because this is not the time for tears. Hayely kneels next to Alex's bed. "Mommy's going away for a little while Alex. I'll be back soon, hopefully with a cure for your aunt Freya and hopefully some way to wake you up aswell." Hayley leans over her child and kisses his forehead for a few seconds before pulling back. "I love you baby." She smiles sadly at her son before getting up and walking out of the room. Unbeknowst to her as she left the room, Alex's hand twitched slightly and his eyelids fluttered for a second.

I open my eyes, surprised to be laying under an unfamiliar roof.

I had the strangest dream, one where I was born in a land called England. My name was Alexander aswell and I lived a normal life, void of magic. It was nice actually, but I became obsessed with something called anime, which was filled with cool magic, magic that was more interesting then the magic I've read about. I wonder if I can recreate that magic here in real life, I'll have to try it sometime soon. The dream felt so real, real enough that it's hard to tell if it was a dream or not but just feeling the magic around me, I can tell that it was a dream and I'm back in the real world. I wonder how long I've been asleep considering I'm in an unfamiliar house. I sit and swing my legs over the side of the bed, I look down at my body and notice how skinny my legs are. I must have been asleep for some time, I think to myself as I look around the bare room I'm in. The room is basically empty, just a bed and a closet with a window next to my bed.

"Arghhh". I groan as I get off the bed, my body feels stiff from being asleep for so long. I look out of the window and see a beautiful open field filled with all sorts of colorful flowers, I notice some white fences in the distance which. We must be on some sort of farm, I assume. It reminds me of the house we lived in when I first met my parents.

"Ohh!!" I hear a surprised gasp come from behind me, it's a familiar old lady.

"Grandma Mary?" I ask.

A smile appears on Grandma Mary's face. "You're finally awake." Grandma Mary walks and gives me a tight bear hug.

"Ah!" I utter in surprise at the old lady's strength, I sometimes forget that she's a wolf too.

"How long have I been asleep Gradma?" I ask her.

"You've been asleep for 4 years, your mumma's going to be so happy when she gets back." Aunt Mary says delighted, her smile still present on her face.

Wow 4 years years huh. "Where is my mum?" I ask inquisitively.

Grandma Mary looks at me confused. "You have an English accent now?" She asks.

Oh my, it must be the dream. I spent what felt like 20 years in that dream talking like this so my accent probably warped due to that.

"Your mom, went on an errand for a few days." Grandma Mary explains.

"What kind of errand?" I ask curiously.

"I'm not sure kiddio but she promised to be back soon."

"Where's Hope?" I ask wondering if my simple minded sister still remembers me.

"Well, she's actually listening to us from the door."

I lean to the left to look around Grandma Mary.

I see a little girl with Auburn hair and blue eyes similar to mine peaking shyly at me from behind the door frame.

I wave at her. "You may come in Hope." I smile kindly at her.

Hope walks into the room slowly, looking slightly nervous but approaches me.

"It's been awhile big sister." I give her hug hoping to ease her nerves.

After a few seconds, her tense shoulders ease and I feel her tiny hands wrap around me reciprocating my hug.

I pull back and find us both smiling.

"Mom's going to be so happy you're awake." Hope says excitedly.

"What about you, did you miss me?"

"Of course I did. I come to your room everyday hoping you wake up. It's boring being the only kid here." Hope explains.

"Where's dad?" I ask Grandma Mary wondering why he isn't here with us.

Grandma Mary sighs. "Your father's in New Orleans."

"Why isn't he with us?" I ask with a frown.

"I... I'll let your mom explain." Aunt Mary tells me.

Okay, I'll have to wait for mom then, if I want an answer. I know this stubborn old goat won't tell me anything.

"Come Alex let's go to my room, I wanna show you my drawings." Hope grabs my hand and starts pulling me out of the room.

"Okay." I agree and let her pull me whereever she wants to go.

The rest of the day was spent in a blissful peace as me and Hope played together for the first time in 4 years.

The days flew by and Hope and I were sticking to each other like glue, well it was more like Hope wouldn't leave me alone, even sleeping in the same bed as me, claiming she had a 'nightmare'. I think she just didn't want to be separated from me, maybe fearing that I'd go back into a coma. I didn't mind her clingliness, we shared a special bond as twins and it actually felt weird being separated from her. I also started practicing magic with Hope by my side, so we ended up practicing together. I was trying to recreate some of the magic I'd seen in my dream, but it was proving a difficult task and I have not yet had success as of yet.

On the fifth day since I've been awake my mother had returned.

While Hope and I were playing hide and seek, I was doing the seeking and was counting to 10 but before I finished my count, I felt myself whisked into the air and pulled into the embrace of a familiar scent. "Mummmmm!!!!!!" I cry out in happiness and instantly hug her back.

"Oh Alex you're awake!" My mother says while sobbing. "You're awake! You're awake!..." My mother keeps yelling over and over again, while holding me firmly in her arms.

Her sobs cause tears to start falling from my eyes because I didn't realize how badly I missed her.

We cried in each other's arms for a few minutes, Hope joined us too but I'm not exactly sure when she did. The three of us higged/cried it out for a good 20 minutes before we pulled away from each other. Hope had fallen asleep sometime during our crying session and my mother put her to bed.

After she did that, we sat in the living room with the TV on, but I had questions for my mom.

"Mom, where's the rest of our family?" I ask.

My mother suddenly becomes gloomy for a second, but quickly gathers herself and a smile appears on her face.

Before she can feed me a lie, I cut her off, something must of happened to our family while I was asleep. "Don't lie to me mother." My voice is as serious as it can be considering I'm 5.

My mother grimaces. "They're asleep Alex." My mom says.

"Asleep? why are they asleep?" I ask intrigued.

"Remember what happened to aunt Cami?" My mom asks.

I nod quickly. How can I forget the most painful experience of my entire existence, I can still feel that terrible burning sensation and the suffocating aura that magic had.

"Well, some of your uncles and aunts are suffering from the same fate. Your aunt Rebekah has a hex placed on her and your aunt Freya is poisoned.

Oh, well with my ability to siphon magic it'll be easy to save them, especially since I'm stronger now. I can't help but feel terrified at the prospect of siphoning that terrible magic, but I should be able to withstand its effects now that I've grown a little. I can feel that my body while thin, is actually quite sturdy and I've noticed that I don't tire very easily either.

"Okay, where are they, I want to save them as soon as possible." I say eagerly and determinedly.

"No!" My mother yells hastily. "You won't be doing anything of the sort Alex, I will not allow you to fall into a coma again." My mother denies my help.

"But..."

"No buts, promise me you won't try it, promise me!" My mother looks at me with desperation.

Even though I know, I'll most likely be able to help my family, I can't guarantee that I won't fall into a coma again if I try. "Oh...okay mum." I agree reluctantly.

"Good." My mother says relieved and pulls me into a hug again.

I need to make myself stronger, strong enough to defeat the person who hurt my family. I'm filled with determination but I had one question.

"Who... who did that to our family?" I ask.

My mother sighs and seems to contemplate whether or not to tell me. "Don't worry about it Alex, let me, your father and aunts and uncles worry about them, you just enjoy your childhood." My mother decides against telling me.

I wasn't exactly happy with the answer, but I decided to leave it be for now anyway and just enjoy spending time with my mom and Hope.