#hayley deals with what happened to her and how she feels about the pack vs mikaelsons situation

[aeruthien]

Summary: After her curse is broken, Hayley confronts Elijah about what happened in the woods. Why did he hold her when she was a wolf?

Pairings: Hayley Marshall/Elijah Mikaelson

[aeruthien]

1, 6, 7 11, 15

Thank you, anon <3

1. What themes would you like to write about that you feel don't get explored very often? In the fantasy genre, especially high fantasy, the general plot often revolves around good vs. evil. The heroes are chosen/take on Evil McEvil, who is a representation of everything bad happening in the world.

What I would like to see more of is other genres existing in the fantasy world (and I feel fanfic is really good at this): give me a rom-com except there are mermaids and orcs. Give me a heist-movie except it is in a steam punk setting. If I'm ever going to write original fiction I'll probably try to explore some of that.

6. What point of view do you tend to write in? Do all of your pieces use the same POV? Do you have strong opinions on the POV used in novels? I write mostly in third person limited. I feel like the voice of the narration changes based on whose POV you are writing in, and fanfic are mostly character-driven pieces. It is sometimes a challenge to determine from which POV the scene is the most interesting, or how the scene changes when written from another character’s POV, but figuring that out is also the fun part of it. In a third person omniscient, that personal flavour is lost.

For novels I don't really care, although I think it depends on the style/purpose of the book. It is a choice the author makes, and it should suit the story. In LOTR, the omniscient POV makes sense. In GOT, it does not.

7. Favorite description in your wip? (If asked more than once, respond with a new piece each time) This is set in between s3 and s4, Hayley dealing with her grief for Jackson, and the effort she is now putting into saving the Mikaelsons but never put in saving him. Hayley takes off, not following a particular path. Within minutes, she has left the village behind. The wind ruffles through her fur as she increases her pace. Faster and faster she runs, until her paws barely hit the ground. She continues on, before suddenly coming to a stop.

For a moment, the only sound she can hear is her panting, hard and fast, but as she catches her breath, the world comes alive around her. Animals scurrying back and forth in search for food, the wind rustling the leaves, water dripping down a small underground stream.

The heavy weight still sits on her chest, and she throws her head back and howls. The sound carries over the hills and fields, echoing back to her. They had sung together, her pack, she and Jackson, when they had been trapped in her wolf form. Sung to the moon and the stars.

But there was no one to sing with now. A deep sorrowful whine starts in her chest, and she lets it grow, infusing it with all the love and pain she felt for her pack and for her husband. How grateful she is, for all they have done for her and her child, for the pain she feels at their loss. It is an ode and a lament, for what was and what could have been.

But not for what it is. Not any more.

With the final notes, she tells them goodbye.

The valley is silent after she stops. Even the other animals seem to have paused, in respect for her song. Soon after, though, the scurrying and dripping and chirping continues, and Hayley knows that life will go on.

Always and Forever.

11. Set the scene for us. What are your settings like and do you have any pictures saved that represent them? Do your characters travel and see more than one? What are their names? If there is a real place I am describing, I tend to look up some references. For example for The Howling, or any of the flashbacks stories in TO, I did some research into which castles were build in the 10th-12th century, how people lived, what kind of houses there were, etc.. In the story itself the characters usually stay in one place, but my various WIPs do take place in different countries and in different time periods, so there has to be some kind of feeling for time and place.

15 Why physical quirks do your characters tend to have? Eyebrow raising, picking nails, biting lips, pacing, crossing arms, etc. Elijah tilts his head a lot, and his lips curl up in amusement (either warmly or coldly). Klaus is a master at smirking. Hayley does this thing where she clasps her hands in front of her when she is nervous, and Cami for some reason has a bag with her which she can clutch. I don't have any OCs, so I tend to picture the characters in my mind and rewatch some scenes of the original show to get their quirks right, but I am sure I have exaggerated some of them lol.