[Some time before the events of The Battle of New Orleans, Hayley sits in a rocking chair in the baby's room, where she is writing a letter. Klaus enters the room and leans in the doorway]

KLAUS: Writing a love letter to one of your many suitors? So, who's the lucky recipient, then? [He smiles] Jackson? Or, Elijah? [Hayley rolls her eyes at him] Don't tell me it's me? [They both laugh] I thought I was out of the running ages ago! 

Merlyn gave a small smile, thinking they weren't so bad. 

HAYLEY: [laughs] And the award for "Biggest Ego" goes to...

[She gestures toward Klaus, who continues to laugh. Suddenly, she groans when the baby starts to kick]

HAYLEY: Oh!

[Klaus walks toward Hayley, looking concerned]

KLAUS: How is our littlest wolf?

"Wolf?" Those who didn't know about Merlyn's other ability said, confused. 

"She's part werewolf. Meaning when she kills someone, she'd break a 1500 year old curse on our bloodline, and after that on every full moon she'd have to turn into a wolf. But since she's also Klaus's daughter she probably won't have to do it every full moon, she could probably control it." Hayley said, shrugging.

"You can turn into a wolf too?" Arthur asked her, baffled. 

"No, only when she's killed someone." Hayley said, shaking her head at the man. 

"Why do you think he's asking?" Merlyn asked her with a sigh. 

"Oh..." Hayley said, frowning deeply. 

HAYLEY: Do you want to...?

[She rubs her baby bump expectantly. Klaus steps back, looking nervous, but Hayley gives him a look]

HAYLEY: Come on!

[She gestures again to her belly. Klaus reaches out and touches her abdomen, and he's startled when he feels the baby kick]

HAYLEY: [laughs] You feel that?

[They both laugh in amazement, but after a moment, Klaus suddenly feels awkward and stands up]

KLAUS: Right! I'll leave you to your secret letter, then! 

"Awkward." Gawine said and everyone snickered slightly in amusement. 

[Klaus rushes off, and Hayley smiles as she thinks about Klaus and the baby. In voiceover, Hayley narrates her letter as the scene cuts to Hayley giving birth with help from the witches]

HAYLEY: [voiceover] Dear Zoe...or Kaitlyn...or Angela. 

"Zoe?" Arthur asked in amusement. 

"Kaitlyn?" Leon continued in amusement. 

"I like Angela." Gwen said, a small smile on her face, and the others looked at her in amusement. 

HAYLEY: [voiceover] To my little girl. Your dad just asked if this was a love letter. I guess it kind of is. I never got to know my mother. I have no idea what she must have thought when she carried me. 

[In the present, Hayley, who is in the middle of labor, screams at Genevieve and Monique as they stand around her]

HAYLEY: AHHHH! Let go of me, you bitch! 

A few people jumped, not expecting the angry tone in her voice. 

HAYLEY: [voiceover] So, I thought I'd write to you, so you can know how happy I am at this very moment. How much your father and I can't wait to meet you... 

Merlyn sat up, wondering what the hell was going on. 

[In the present, Klaus limps into the church and finds the witches with Hayley, who is shocked and relieved to see him. Klaus lunges toward one of the witch guards and rips his head off.] 

"Oh my God!" People jumped in shock. 

[Abigail and Genevieve link hands and telekinetically pin Klaus to the wall]

HAYLEY: [voiceover] And, I want to make you a promise of three things that you will have that I never did: a safe home, someone to tell you that they love you every single day, and someone to fight for you, no matter what. 

"And that's exactly what I have." Merlyn told the woman honestly, causing the hybrid to smile slightly hearing that. 

[In the present, Klaus fights against the spell pinning him to the wall, but he cannot get free. Monique and Abigail anchor the spell and go back to helping Hayley]

KLAUS & HAYLEY: AHHH!

HAYLEY: [voiceover] In other words, a family. So, there you go, baby girl. The rest, we're going to have to figure out together. I love you. Your mom.

[Klaus and Hayley watch fearfully as Genevieve grabs the ceremonial athame that was used for the Harvest. Hayley continues to scream in agony and terror as Genevieve turns to address both Hayley and Klaus]

GENEVIEVE: You should know this brings me no joy. I promise I'll make it quick. 

"Make what quick?" People asked, not liking the sound of that. 

[One of the witches covers Hayley's lower half with a sheet]

GENEVIEVE: Let's begin, shall we?

[Hayley is still in labor, and the witches, led by Genevieve, assist Hayley in her birth. Hayley screams in agony]

KLAUS: [shouts] I will bring hell to your family!

GENEVIEVE: [to Hayley] One last push! Push! The baby's almost here!

KLAUS: [shouts] I will bathe in rivers of your blood! 

Maybe I was wrong about them... Hope said, frowning at how the once sweet people could be like this now. She just wished she knew what the hell was going on. 

HAYLEY: No! No!

MONIQUE: I can see the baby!

GENEVIEVE: Push! Gently! Gently!

KLAUS: [shouts] You will die screaming!

[Hayley, exhausted, falls backward just as the baby is born]

GENEVIEVE: There!

[Both Klaus and Hayley stop screaming once they see their baby. One of the witches helps cut the umbilical cord, and Genevieve wraps the baby in a blanket]

GENEVIEVE: You have a beautiful baby daughter.

[Hayley and Klaus stare in shock]

GENEVIEVE: We must start the sacrifice as soon as the moon sets with the morning sky-- 

"SACRIFICE?!" Everyone who didn't know yelled, not liking that one bit. 

"They were going to kill you..." Arthur whispered, looking at Merlyn who was more than completely horrified. 

HAYLEY: --Please. Please, can I hold her?

[Genevieve brings the baby over so Hayley can hold her. Hayley is amazed by the sight of her daughter. She looks up at Klaus and manages a small smile before kissing her daughter on the forehead. Suddenly, Monique grabs Hayley by the hair, pulls her head back, and slits her throat with the knife. Hayley gasps] 

"Oh my God." Merlyn said, tears falling down her face as she watched the death of her birth mother, all because she was born. 

KLAUS: NOOOOOO!

[Hayley falls backward, and the witches grab the baby before leaving the church]

KLAUS: AGHHHHHHHH!

[As the witches leave, Monique twists her wrist, which causes Klaus to fall to the floor, neck snapped. His head facing Hayley's dead body above him]

"Oh my God." Merlyn continued to cry in horror, holding onto Aithusa with everything she had in her as Arthur put a hand on her shoulder in comfort and Lancelot pulled her into a hug. 

[Some time later, Elijah bursts into the church and looks around desperately]

Elijah: [frantically] HAYLEY!

[He stops dead in his tracks, panting and out of breath as a result of the werewolf bites, and struggles to focus his vision. Eventually, he sees that Klaus is sitting at the sacristy with Hayley's head resting in his lap. Klaus is near tears. Elijah approaches them with a horrified look on his face] 

Elijah: No. No, no. No...

[He falls to his knees next to Hayley and realizes that she's dead]

KLAUS: [numbly] She's gone.

[Elijah starts to cry, which causes Klaus to start to cry as well]

KLAUS: You've been bitten. Here.

[He bites into his wrist and offers it to Elijah. Elijah is stunned by this display of kindness]

"What...?" People asked confused, and Merlyn sniffed, wiping at her eyes. 

"How are you alive? They snapped your neck." Merlyn asked the man. 

"My siblings and I are Original vampires, we can't be killed. Haven't you noticed how you never get sick by any human means? You heal within seconds of any injury, maybe quicker due to both your werewolf and vampire nature unless there is magic involved, which takes longer but you still survived when you shouldn't have?" Rebekah answered before Klaus had the chance and Merlyn frowned deepened as the others looked at her, knowing she had a habit of doing just that. 

"Why are you giving him your blood to drink?" Mordred asked after a moment. 

"Our blood heals." Merlyn said and everyone looked at her. "If someone drinks our blood it heals them. Most of the time at least. Right?" She said, looking at Klaus who nodded. 

"Precisely." The man said. 

[Elijah lays Hayley's body back onto the table at the sacristy while Klaus sits nearby]

Elijah: [distraught] How?

KLAUS: [numbly] I was bested.

[Elijah's face goes from an expression of horror to one of fury]

Elijah: [quietly] You were bested. Huh. [He walks toward Klaus and stares at him furiously] You were BESTED? [Klaus looks at him in shock at his loss of temper, and Elijah shouts in exasperation] My invincible brother! 

"What are you yelling at him for?! You're not her father." Leon said, frowning. 

"No, he's not my father. But he loved my mother." Merlyn said to them, watching closely, as she tended to do. 

[Klaus pulls himself weakly to his feet and looks Elijah in the eyes]

KLAUS: They took the baby. But there's still time. We can save her.

[Klaus and Elijah rush around the cemetery in an attempt to figure out where the witches are keeping the baby]

Elijah: [frantically] The tombs are empty. The grounds are deserted. She's NOT HERE!

KLAUS: This is the only place they can be! We'll keep searching.

Elijah: They are NOT HERE, Niklaus! We're wasting time!

KLAUS: The Harvest was here! The Reaping was here! They're about to perform a ritual which will feed their ancestors for centuries! Ancestors who are buried HERE! 

"He's right, it's the only place they could logically be." Gaius agreed with the man. 

"Thank you!" Klaus said, throwing his hands up. 

[Klaus stops talking when he notices an angel statue on top of one of the tombs and sighs in frustration]

KLAUS: This statue-- we've passed by this three times, all whilst going in the same direction.

[Klaus and Elijah brainstorm silently as they examine the various tombs near them]

Elijah: They've fabricated some kind of illusion.

[Klaus vamp-speeds to the top of the tomb with the angel statue and tries to get a better view of the cemetery. When he looks out, there seem to be an infinite number of tombs, stretching out to make the cemetery appear to be endless, and his eyes widen in horror]

KLAUS: That's one word for it.

"Oh my God." Everyone said, getting worried. 

[Klaus and Elijah are still walking through the maze illusion in the cemetery, using a stone like a piece of chalk in order to mark the tombs that they pass]

KLAUS: [sighs] It's ingenious. I can see them, I can feel them, and yet they are not real.

[Elijah is still visibly distraught as he runs his hands through his hair]

Elijah: There has to be a way. Even if we could just push through--

KLAUS: --What we need to do is focus.

Elijah: [loses his temper] My only focus right now is that child and her safety, do you understand me? 

"Just because you're in love with Hayley doesn't give you the right to act like a asshole." Merlyn snapped at the man with a frown. "Can't you see he's worried enough about his child?! You don't get to add more to it because you're in the middle of grieving! You don't shove your stuff onto other people, that isn't fair to them. You either wait to explode untill after everything is done, or you don't speak at all. Because while I'm about to get killed you're standing there yelling at a worried father like he's a five year old and not a grown man, waisting time that nobody has!" Merlyn yelled at him as everyone either looked at her in shock or nodded in agreement. And then she trialed off, yelling in some old language that only Gauis, Balanor and the giant dragon seemed to understand. 

[He glares at Klaus furiously as his brother stares at him in shock for his outburst]

Elijah: This-- all of this-- this is the world that you created, Niklaus.

KLAUS: Brother--

Elijah: All of your scheming, the enemies that you have made every single day of your miserable life-- what results did you expect? That your child would be born into a happy life? That the mother would be alive to know her daughter? That we could live and thrive as some- as some sort of family? 

Merlyn frowned, glancing at Arthur out of the corner of her eyes, wondering if they did make it through this, if they did ever have kids, if this would happen to her as well. If because of the enemies she's made over the years, if her children would be in constant danger too. If this was the case, she wasn't sure if she wanted to have kids. 

KLAUS: That was your fantasy, brother, not mine!

Elijah: [enraged] NO, brother! This was our hope. This was our family's hope. 

"That's where your name came from." Gwaine said. 

"And you're not just their hope. Your everyone's." Mordred said in her mind and she glanced back at him with a quizzing look before nodding and turning back around. He seemed familiar, but she couldn't place the kid.

[He begins to hyperventilate and stops to try to catch his breath]

Elijah: And now she is gone. [His voice becomes softer] Do you understand? I let this person in. I let her in!

[He tries to hold back his tears, but ultimately fails]

Elijah: I don't let people in! You knew this. You've taken her from me! I needed her, and you've broken me. 

"He didn't kill her!" Merlyn said, getting angry with the man. It was safe to say she didn't like him one bit. 

[Elijah sits down on the stoop of one of the tombs and puts his head in his hands. Klaus quietly sits down next to him and grips his arm in comfort]

KLAUS: You can tell your niece how much you cared for her mother when we save her.

[Elijah looks at him, his chin quivering, as Klaus nods encouragingly]

[Hayley's body is still laying on the table at the sacristy where Elijah left her. Her neck looks as though it has healed. Suddenly, she awakens with a gasp and grabs her throat.] 

"What the hell?" People asked, baffled. 

"You're vampire blood not only heals people when they drink it, but if they die within 24 hours of drinking it they'll wake up hours later as a vampire themselves. All they'll need to do it drink human blood and they'll be immortal forever. More or less." Kol said, shrugging, as everyone else looked at a baffled Merlyn. 

"I knew if they drunk it they'd heal, I didn't know if they died after they'd be immortal." She said to them, shaking her head with a baffled shrug. 

[As she sits up, she's overwhelmed with flashbacks of being in labor, the baby being born, Klaus being pinned to the wall, and Monique slitting her throat. She realizes that the baby is still alive, but has been taken by the witches, and she calms herself down before leaving to find her] 

[In some hidden tomb full of lit candles, Genevieve, dressed in a white dress, sets the swaddled baby in a basket. Behind her, Monique and Abigail, also in white dresses, watch her. Genevieve looks up and through the skylight to determine the time of day]

GENEVIEVE: The moon has almost faded from the morning sky. [She grabs the ceremonial athame from the table] I need to prepare.

[Abigail and Monique wait until Genevieve leaves before they begin to talk privately]

ABIGAIL: She'll go through with it. The ancestors promised her her life.

MONIQUE: What about their promise to us? Four Harvest girls sacrificed, four girls returned. But her friends hijack it, and our friends have to stay dead? Cassie was our friend. I hope she doesn't go through with it. Then, you and I can do what the Ancestors want, and they'll give us Cassie! And drag Genevieve back to where she came from. 

"I'd just kill the bitch when she wasn't looking and let the baby go." Merlyn said, frowning in confusion as everyone either nodded in agreement or gave her a wide eyes look. 

[Abigail nods in agreement. Monique grabs the baby in the basket, and she and Abigail go to join Genevieve] 

[Genevieve walks down between rows of tombs to the front steps of the lycée, upon which a stone table has been set up to serve as their altar. Lit torches line the aisle as she lays the athame onto the altar. Abigail and Monique follow behind her carrying the baby in the basket in their arms. Once at the altar, they each take their places-- Genevieve behind the altar and looking out toward the aisle while Monique and Abigail stand on her left and ride side, respectively. On the altar is a circle made of salt, with designs made within it's lines] 

GENEVIEVE: It's time. 

[Genevieve lifts the baby into the air, while Abigail and Monique hold up their hands toward the baby and begin their spell]

GENEVIEVE, ABIGAIL & MONIQUE: [in unison] Nouvelle vie, nouvelle âme, mélange avec nous. 

[Klaus and Elijah are breaking their way through the illusion by destroying the tombs. When they reach a room full of candles, they stop and catch their breath]

Elijah: [sighs] We've passed through here twice already. We're running out of time.

[He punches through a wall in anger and frustration]

KLAUS: Then we move faster. 

"Or smarter." Merlyn said with a shrug. 

[He marks the wall with a third tally using a large rock just as a familiar female voice calls out from behind them]

HAYLEY: Or smarter. 

Hayley smiled to herself at the fact she and her daughter both said the same thing. Merlyn had a small smile at that fact as well. 

And Hunith, although she always feared this day would come, she was truly happy for her daughter. The day she gave up Merlyn so the young witch could follow her destiny in Camelot, was the hardest day in her life, but the moment Merlyn came back with Arthur, Morgana and Gwen... She knew it was the best thing for her. And even though it broke her heart to let Merlyn leave for a second time, she did so, knowing that it was the best for her. And this was no different. No matter what Merlyn chose to do concerning this new family, she'd be supportive, and happy for her. And she knew that Merlyn would never do anything to hurt her, or ever try to replace her. She was Merlyn's mother, and this knew mother wouldn't change that, and they both knew it. But that didn't change the fact Hunith was planning on welcoming them to the small family with open arms. 

[Elijah and Klaus freeze when they hear her voice, and turn to see the source of the sound. Hayley stands in the doorway, dazed and exhausted-looking]

Elijah: Hayley.

[Elijah and Klaus are shocked to see her. Elijah rushes over to touch her face to make sure she isn't an illusion]

Elijah: How are you here?

HAYLEY: [dazedly and numbly] I woke up in the church. I felt this hunger... I knew what I needed. I can feel her. She's here. I can feel my baby.

[Elijah looks confused, but Klaus realizes what has happened]

KLAUS: You died with the baby's blood still in your system. [He turns to Elijah] She's in transition.

Elijah: [horrified] Which means she has to drink the blood of the child if she is to survive. 

"What?" Everyone asked, baffled. 

"Just werewolf vampire hybrids. Anyone else turned with your blood can finish the transition with human blood." Hayley told the girl who nodded slightly, but didn't say anything or remove the wide eyes from her face. 

KLAUS: [overwhelmed] To be reborn a hybrid. 

HAYLEY: I don't care about me. I'm gonna go find our daughter. 

[Hayley leaves, and Elijah and Klaus rush after her] 

[Hayley leads Elijah and Klaus through the maze of tombs in the cemetery's illusion toward her and Klaus' daughter. Meanwhile, Genevieve, Monique, and Abigail continue their spell around the baby] 

GENEVIEVE, ABIGAIL & MONIQUE: [in unison] Nouvelle vie, nouvelle âme, mélange avec nous. 

[Genevieve holds the athame above the baby, preparing to complete the sacrifice] 

"Oh my God." Everyone said, horrified. 

"Oh, calm down, it's not like it's the last time my life has been in danger. And It's not like I'm sitting right here!" She said to them all with a pointed look. 

"True, but we're still worried." Gwen told her and Merlyn sighed to herself, but didn't say anything. 

[Hayley, Elijah, and Klaus are still searching through the cemetery for the baby. Genevieve is about to sacrifice the baby]

GENEVIEVE, ABIGAIL & MONIQUE: [in unison] Nouvelle vie, nouvelle âme, mélange avec nous.

[Hayley, Elijah and Klaus turns a corner and see Genevieve holding a knife above the baby's head]

HAYLEY: NOOO!

[Elijah picks up an urn and lobs it at the witches, which slams against Genevieve's hand and knocks the athame onto the ground. The three run toward them, so Monique and Abigail hold each other's hands and channel the ancestors' power to throw them backwards while Genevieve goes to find the athame]

ABIGAIL: La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur... La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur...

MONIQUE: You fools! To come against us in our place of power in our strongest hour? You don't face three, you face us all!

[As they continue to use magic against them, Elijah and Klaus can see that hundreds and hundreds of the dead witches have come together to protect them as they complete their sacrifice] 

"Oh, bollocks." Merlyn grimaced. 

[Hayley, Klaus, and Elijah are still fighting against the witches' magic. Klaus and Hayley each run in opposite directions, while Elijah continues to rush straight towards them, in hopes of overpowering them]

[Hayley finds Genevieve picking up the athame, and starts to fist-fight her to keep her from using it against the baby. She once again knocks the knife out of her hand and into the ground]

[Klaus gets cornered by the spirits of Papa Tunde's twin sons, who telekinetically throw Klaus into a tomb, shattering it]

[Hayley knocks Genevieve down and runs toward the baby, but Genevieve casts a pain infliction spell on Hayley, which makes her fall onto her knees. Meanwhile, Monique and Abigail are still using their powers combined powers to channel the full strength of the ancestors]

[Elijah fights to get close enough to them to get the baby. Klaus pulls himself out of the tomb and angrily rushes toward the action]

MONIQUE & ABIGAIL: La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur... La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur...

[Klaus sees a wrought iron fence, and breaks off one of the spikes. He throws it forcefully toward Abigail, which impales her through the stomach and kills her, breaking the connection that she and Monique had to the ancestors] 

Everyone grimaced seeing the girl killed, but they all knew it was probably for the best. 

[Monique quickly runs to grab the athame to finish the sacrifice herself. Klaus and Elijah vamp-speed toward her, but she uses her magic to block them using a wall of fire]

HAYLEY: Noooo!

[Genevieve continues the pain infliction spell to prevent her interference. Just as Monique is about to sacrifice the baby, she's hit with the Devil's Star, which embeds itsef in her stomach. Her body becomes covered in cuts, and she coughs up blood before falling to the ground. Klaus and Elijah turn around to see that Marcel was the one who saved the baby. Before they can say anything, Marcel vamp-speeds to the baby, and then vamp-speeds away with it. Klaus follows after him] 

"Thank you." Hunith told the man, getting up to hug him as Marcel kind of froze before hugging her back lightly. 

"Always." Marcel told the woman, and after a moment Hunith let go and went to sit down. And when Marcel did he noticed Merlyn looking at him, 'Thank you', she mouthed at him and he nodded back, as they both exchanged small smiles and she turned back around. 

[Klaus enters the compound to find all of the bitten vampires dead and strewn across the courtyard. Marcel is holding the baby in his arms as he sits by the fountain, waiting for him] 

"Oh my God." Everyone whispered, seeing all the bodies. 

MARCEL: I was too late. There should have been more time.

[Klaus looks around the room and takes in the carnage that surrounds them]

KLAUS: Looks like the wolves came back and finished what they started.

[The baby stirs and coos, and Marcel stares down at her]

KLAUS: You took my daughter so I would heal you and your friends.

[Marcel looks at him weakly, but Klaus just laughs and shrugs before holding out his wrist to him]

KLAUS: Here.

[Marcel pulls away from him]

MARCEL: This bite, all this... [He looks over at Diego's dead body] I know it didn't come from nowhere. This is the last note in a song that I started a century ago when I brought your dad to town. And for that, I am sorry. 

"What does his dad have to do with anything?" Gwaine asked, frowning in confusion. 

"Nothing, ignore it." Marcel said, knowing Klaus wouldn't want to tell a stranger. 

[Klaus looks at him sympathetically and kneels in front of him]

KLAUS: No. You saved my child's life, Marcel. For that, you deserve this.

[He holds out his wrist, and Marcel bites into it and drinks his blood]

KLAUS: We will take down whoever brought this upon us, I swear it.

[Marcel looks up at Klaus in shock, finally healing. Klaus looks at his daughter in awe and relief]

KLAUS: May I?

[Marcel hands him the baby, and he takes her]

KLAUS: Shhhh. Oh! Hey! Hey there.

[The baby looks over at Marcel, and he smiles from joy. They laugh.]

Merlyn smiled to herself, it was in this moment she knew that she could trust these people. They were no different than she was. Though they might have been more bloody in their ways, they were only protecting those they loved, much like she always did. It was this moment that she knew they were good people, with kind souls, even if they didn't always seem to show it. And she knew they were good people for her to call family. 

[Klaus is holding the swaddled baby as he stands in the baby's nursery. He lays her down in her crib and watches her with interest. Mikael climbs up the stairs with the stake. Mikael is about to walk in the nursery when he freezes, blocked by an invisible barrier. Behind him, Davina appears. When Klaus walks out of the nursery and into the hallway to investigate, Mikael and Davina are gone] 

Everyone who didn't know who that was glanced at each other, and then at Klaus and Davina, neither of which looked to be willing to explain. 

[Elijah and Hayley are shackling Genevieve in one of the tombs to get information from her]

HAYLEY: [furiously] Why?

GENEVIEVE: The Ancestors left me no choice--

HAYLEY: [appalled] You were willing to sacrifice an innocent baby for more power! 

GENEVIEVE: No, not just power! It was the Ancestors' decree. It was her decree. 

"Whose?" 

[Elijah grabs Genevieve roughly by the face and forces her to look at him in the eyes]

Elijah: It was whose decree?

GENEVIEVE: [smiles weakly] I'm surprised you have to ask. [She laughs darkly] After all, you were the one who convinced your siblings to consecrate her on New Orleans soil.

[Elijah lets go of her, visibly disgusted, when he realizes who she's talking about. Hayley, too, seems to have figured it out as well]

HAYLEY: [stunned] Esther. 

"Who's that?" Merlyn asked, confused. 

Elijah: So, not even death can stop my mother from seeking the annihilation of her own flesh and blood. 

"My grandmother wanted me dead?" Merlyn asked, baffled. "And let me guess, your dad was the man in the hall? He was the one coming to kill us?" 

"Yes." Klaus said stiffly, and Merlyn sighed and shook her head in bafflement. 

"This is just as crazy as everything with Agrivaine. Maybe more." Arthur said, shaking his own head. 

"Yeah, no kidding." Merlyn told him. 

GENEVIEVE: [anxiously] This isn't the end. As long as that child lives, the witches of New Orleans will never stop coming for it. [She starts to cry] Esther will never stop coming for it. It has been decreed-- your baby will be consecrated among her ancestors. She will not live. 

"I'm starting to be happy that I was sent to the past." Merlyn muttered, but everyone heard her. 

[Hayley and Elijah just glare at her. Genevieve begins to bleed from her eyes]

GENEVIEVE: They're coming for me, I can feel it. I failed them. Understand-- I just wanted to live. Tell Klaus... I'm sorry.

[Genevieve starts to choke up blood. Hayley watches her for a moment before sighing and stabbing her in the stomach with the athame and cutting her abdomen open]

HAYLEY: [furiously] I'm not.

[Hayley walks out of the tomb, as Elijah follows behind her. Genevieve dies, still restrained by her wrists against the wall]

"Oh my God." 

[Klaus and Elijah sit in Hayley's room, while Hayley sits with the baby in the rocking chair in the nursery, located right off of her bedroom]

KLAUS: We should have felt our mother's hand in this. We should have known she would not be bound by anything as obvious as death. And now she has control of the witches. They will never stop.

Elijah: No.

KLAUS: Nor would I expect the Guerrera wolves to back down. Hayley and the child are wolf royalty, and as such, they are a threat to Francesca's claim to the leadership. 

"I'm royalty?" Merlyn asked, baffled. 

"This'll go to your head, won't it?" Arthur asked her. 

"Hush now, peasant." Merlyn said cheekily as everyone from Camelot snickered in amusement. 

"Clot. Pole." Arthur said to her, unimpressed. 

"Cabbage. Head." Merlyn said back, a bright smile on her face. 

[Unbeknownst to the brothers, Hayley is listening to them talk from the nursery]

KLAUS: They will never be safe. [He pauses for a beat] What was it you said to me earlier? That I have made enemies every day of my miserable life? Well, the worst of them are within these borders, brother.

[Elijah sighs in frustration, clearly feeling guilty]

KLAUS: [sadly] I have brought into the world a weapon they can use against me. 

"And the world took the weapon away, so it couldn't be used against you. And never will be." Merlyn told the man who gave a small smile hearing that she'd never do anything to harm him. And for once he truly believed a person who said they wouldn't hurt him, and he was hoping, with everything in him, that he wouldn't regret it. 

Elijah: Then we will arm ourselves! Brother, we have fought every adversary in this town, and we have won. And we'll fight them again, no matter who they are! We will make this home a fortress.

KLAUS: [lowers his voice] I will not have her live her life as a prisoner.

Elijah: Then we leave here, together. All of us.

KLAUS: Wherever we go, however far we run, those who seek power and revenge will hunt us! They will hunt her. She has inherited all of our enemies with none of our defenses.

Elijah: So, whether we stay, or we leave-- we condemn her.

[Hayley suddenly appears in the doorway with the baby in her arms]

HAYLEY: There's a third option. I grew up in a warzone.

[Klaus and Elijah looks surprised as they turn to face Hayley, who looks wrecked]

HAYLEY: My parents thought they could protect me. But, in the end, they were slaughtered, and I spent my childhood alone and unloved. 

Merlyn looked at the woman sadly, no matter what happened to her, she was never alone, and she was never unloved. She couldn't imagine how that could have felt for her. 

[She looks down at her daughter and smiles at her, while trying to hold back tears]

HAYLEY: I made a promise, to my baby, and to myself, that she would not grow up like I did. That she would grow up safe, and loved. And yet, here she is, on her first day in this world, with a grandmother who is bent on sacrificing her--

[She starts to stutter as she cries]--

HAYLEY: And a-a mother who has to drink the blood of her own baby to survive transitioning into a hybrid. And I'm the one who loves her the most.

[Klaus and Elijah just look at her, saddened and devastated by their current situation]

HAYLEY: I think the only thing to do is... send her away... while we stay behind and clean up the mess that we've made. 

Elijah: No! This is insane. You heard Genevieve-- so long as she lives, that baby will be hunted. 

[Klaus suddenly stands and joins Hayley and the baby in the doorway] 

KLAUS: Not if no one knows she lives. 

Elijah: [confused] What is it you intend to do, brother? 

KLAUS: Whatever it takes to save our family. 

"And you did." Merlyn told the man, honestly, tears in her eyes and a few rolling down her face. 

[Cami approaches the memorial wall on Rue Dumaine, where a crowd of people have gathered to pay their respects to all of the citizens who died in the (covered up) Battle of New Orleans. People cry around her as Cami scans the photos and notes stuck to the wall. She sees a framed sign that reads "In Memorium: Baby Mikaelson" on the wall, and gasps in horror] 

[Klaus is standing on the balcony over the courtyard, mournfully staring down below, when Cami rushes into the compound]

CAMI: Klaus? The baby?

KLAUS: She died. A few hours after the Guerrera attack.

[Cami gasps and covers her mouth with her hand before she bursts into tears]

CAMI: This is-This is all my fault!

KLAUS: [numbly] I can assure you it is not.

CAMI: No! If I hadn't hesitated, I could have uncovered Francesca's plot in time to stop it!

KLAUS: And how would you have stopped the coven of witches in league with her? [He begins to tear up] No. If anyone is to blame, I am.

CAMI: I am so, so sorry.

[Klaus finally turns to face her]

KLAUS: Camille. I appreciate you being here, but we cannot be friends.

CAMI: [confused] What?

KLAUS: You had me pegged from the start. A man, damaged by his demons. And those demons are not dormant-- they're hell-bent on killing me, and everything I find beautiful. [He walks closer to Cami] And you? [He sighs] You are beautiful. [beat] Please. Please, just go. 

"Oh damn." Gwaine said, tears filling his eyes. 

Merlyn gave a watery laugh, as did a few others, "Way to ruin the mood, Gwaine." Merlyn said, trying to easy some of the tension. It only half worked. 

CAMI: Klaus--

KLAUS: [in tears] Go.

[Cami leaves. Klaus sadly watches her go]

[On the other side of the courtyard, Elijah watches Cami leave from the balcony, where Klaus joins him]

Elijah: Did Marcel play his part?

KLAUS: He managed to locate a stillborn baby in a hospital in upstate Louisiana.

Elijah: I trust he agreed to the terms.

KLAUS: He has agreed to allow me to compel him to forget what he knows of my child. In exchange, he wants vials of my blood. 

Marcel sighed, he should have never agreed. He should have helped them in their plots, not agree to erase his mind. 

Elijah: The witches will have to believe this. Soon, that fourth Harvest girl will resurrect. The coven will rebuild. If they sense that your child lives, they will hunt her.

KLAUS: The witches will buy what we sell. We just have to sell it properly.

[The two stand in silence for a long moment]

Elijah: Well, then, all that remains is to say goodbye.

[Elijah and Klaus continue their conversation over a montage of clips to wrap everything up]

[In the nursery, Hayley packs up the baby's bag with the letter she wrote to her. Elijah helps her lift the baby out of her cradle and into her arms. Hayley looks away as Elijah gently sticks the baby's finger with a pin to release a large drop of blood. Reluctantly, Hayley kisses the blood off of her finger to complete her transition] 

Merlyn looked at her finger and ran her thumb over it as she frowned, looking back up at the screen. 

[A crowd of people gather for a candlelight vigil for the deceased community members. Elijah and Hayley arrive to set a bouquet of flowers by Baby Mikaelson's spot on the memorial wall]

KLAUS: [in voiceover] They will be watching us. All of them. The three of us leaving together will draw too much attention. I will go alone. Take your mourning public when I am gone.

Elijah: [voiceover] I don't imagine that will be too difficult. Grief, after all, is grief. 

Merlyn nodded in agreement, knowing that was more than true. 

[Francesca watches as Hayley approaches the memorial. She breaks down in tears and kisses her fingertips before touching them to the plaque that announces the baby's "death." Elijah, who has been standing behind her, holds out a hand to Hayley, who finally stands up and takes it]

[On a country road, Klaus sits on the hood of his SUV, holding his swaddled daughter, as he waits for the person who is taking in the baby for them]

Elijah: [voiceover] In what world will she be safe without her father? Who can protect her better than we? 

"I can think of someone." Merlyn said with a small smile, looking over to Hunith and Gauis who both smile slightly. 

KLAUS: [voiceover] There is one person.

[A car pulls up to Klaus, and Rebekah gets out. When she sees her brother and her newborn niece, she smiles. Klaus smiles back before greeting her]

KLAUS: Hello, sister.

[Rebekah gently touches the baby, and stares at her in wonder]

REBEKAH: Oh, she looks like her mother. [She smiles] Maybe there is a God after all. 

KLAUS: [laughs] Well, she has a hint of the devil in her eyes. That's all me. [beat] I need a witch you can trust to cast a cloaking spell.

REBEKAH: I'll get one.

KLAUS: No one can ever find her.

REBEKAH: I know what to do, Nik. [They both look at the baby] Perhaps we'll get a white fence. I think that would be lovely.

[Klaus holds up the baby to get a last look at her before she leaves with Rebekah, and lowers his voice to a whisper as he says goodbye]

KLAUS: This city would have seen you dead. But, I will have it your home. And every soul who wishes you harm will be struck down, just as sure as my blood runs in your veins.

[Rebekah looks horrified, but Klaus just looks devastated]

KLAUS: [to the baby] You will return to me. 

Merlyn gave a small smile, knowing that's how she feels, and acts, when it comes to those she loves. 

[Klaus kisses his daughter on the forehead and the cheek before handing her to his sister. Then, he gives Rebekah and the baby the tiny wooden knight that he carved for Rebekah a 1,000 years ago, which causes Rebekah to grab his hand and start to cry]

KLAUS: In spite of our differences, Rebekah, there is no one I would trust more with my daughter's life.

[Klaus hugs Rebekah and kisses her on the cheek]

KLAUS: Be happy, sister.

REBEKAH: [smiles] She will be happy, Nik. I promise. [They smile at each other] What's her name?

KLAUS: [pauses for a moment] Hope. Her name is Hope. 

Merlyn gave a small smile. 

[He starts to cry. Rebekah leaves to put the baby in her car, as Klaus watches, but as she turned a white light took the baby away, causing them both to become horrified, and three women show up next to Rebekah's car] 

KLAUS: Where is my daughter, witches?! 

Woman #1: We are not witches. 

Woman #2: We are the fates. 

Woman #3: And your daughter's fate resides somewhere else. 

Woman #2: A different place. 

Woman #1: A different time. 

Woman #3: The world needs her there. 

Woman #2: But you will see her again one day. 

Woman #1: This we promise. 

[The disappear in a whirlwind before Klaus can make a move against them. Klaus is devastated and Rebekah is baffled] 

Everyone else is just as baffled and confused as Rebekah was. 

"And now, we watch Merlyn's life." The voice said before disappearing as the screen changed.