Everything
They find him on a full moon in Autumn.
All men in the village swear they've never seen a more beautiful child, except they suspect he's from the wolf men bloodline, so no one keeps him.
They take him to their chief, their chief reluctantly keeps him, he loathes the animals, more than anything, never the less he keeps him.
He calls him Niklaus.
7 years later…
It's snowing. Elijah, Finn, Niklaus and Kol are outside, shivering from either the biting cold or their mother's cry of pain.
Hours later, they are in, their mother is nursing a little blanket wrapped heap
"take a look at her" she invites them
They are all smiling at the little girl, and when at last Niklaus joins and lays eyes on her, he swears the sun never shone on something more beautiful, more innocent
"we are naming her Rebekah".
She grows along with him, under his wing, he plays with her and teaches her everything she wants to know; Niklaus, the impulsive, impatient "boy" like his father call shim has all the patience of the world when it comes to little Bekah.
Henrik comes last, he is the family's centre of attention, Bekah and Nik take it upon themselves to teach him everything they knew.
Years pass and everything is fine till Tatia arrives. Every boy and man of age lusts after her, including her bro... no Niklaus.
Mikael's intolerance to Niklaus grows as Niklaus grows, H e is pushing him to leave and boy he wants to, yet he takes it all. He can't stand to be alone, he can't stand to leave his brothers, he can't stand to leave her.
She hates Tatia with every inch of her heart; for stealing away Mikael, for turning Elijah against Niklaus, for trying to steal away Niklaus.
She tries to capture what Nik sees In her with her jealous, youthful, ardent eyes.
One day, she couldn't take it, she runs from Niklaus whilst reciting another one of his seemingly endless wooing speeches to Tatia.
She goes to her favourite spot, the caves, her sanctuary, she loves those caves, the place where they'd played, the place where she'd freely sing or wield a blade without someone snooping around, the place where he'd scribble on the wall, her place, no their place, she is crying freely without anyone prying on her, at least that's what she likes to think.
"Bekah" he calls.
He knows she is there, he knows she is having a tantrum, he knows she doesn't want to be seen this way, so he calls loudly, so she could collect herself, hide away her tears, pretend she is fine.
He walks in on her
"Did I do anything wrong?"
"no, Nik"
"your eyes are red"
"there was something in them" she defensively strikes back
"Alright then, bye Bekah" he pretends to get to his leave.
"Nik" he chuckles and turns back to face her
"I don't like you following her like a stray dog" her words take him by surprise, he eyes her suspiciously
"she is a thorn between you and Elijah, we are family; no one should stand between us" she quickly proceeds.
The months ensued; he became less attached to Tatia.
She was becoming happy again, light returns to her eyes, colour to her face.
Rebekah has become of age, and now boys in their village are eyeing her hungrily, except that Niklaus stares them down lowly, gruffly and scarily
"I am possessive of family" he chastises himself to Elijah
It is during one of the village festivities, that Rebekah's impatience reached its epitome.
The wench pulled Niklaus from beside her and kept hauling like a bad omen demon around him, luring him away from the rest.
She looks for him still and finds them in a very compromising position.
She just can't muster herself any more, she runs all the way to the caves, hot tears pouring from her turquoise blue eyes.
He ditches Tatia and runs after her.
"Rebekah"
He finds her racking in sobs
"don't you dare ask anything, Nik, Just leave"
"well, I am supposed to leave you in this state of mind, right"
"go away, Nik"
"No Bekah, no, not until I know what is going on, why did you run that way like you caught fire? we were so close Bekah, these days you seem to tiptoe around me ,what has happened to you?"
"What's more to her than me, Nik? is she prettier, smarter? What can she do that I can't do, Nik? What?"
Before he answers she lunges at him, crushes his lips with all her bottled up passion and jealousy, what really surprised her is he wasn't flinching, hesitant or pulling against her.
"Nothing" he answers as they break for breath
"you are better, Rebekah, far better in every way, that is why I can't claim you the way I claim her, I can't just fling with you once in a while, you are my brother's sister, Bekah, Mikael's daughter, the man who hates me like hell. I can't just blight you like that Rebekah"
"I am sorry ,Nik"
"I am not Rebekah; I love you more than you can ever comprehend Rebekah"
"Don't you ever leave me, Niklaus"
"Never Bekah"
They return back to the festivities, only Elijah notices they were missing.
The following day, Henrik is mauled.
The weeks follow and they are turned to the deadliest monsters the world has ever witness.
Despite all the Chaos, Nik and Bekah would steal some moments in the caves, dodgy, short yet enticing, magical as she'd call it.
Rebekah succumbs to her thirst first, She kills a man.
She runs to her caves, he follows.
She weeps her heart out. He holds his fragile piece of deadly artwork whilst she is weeping till she sleeps in his arms.
Elijah finds them and they carry her home.
He makes his first kill, he goes through his first transformation.
She finds him at dawn, on the outskirts of the forests, huddled. She lays beside him, holds onto him tight against her, indulges his scent rich of wild leaves and dew, Elijah comes to his siblings and assists in covering Niklaus and Taking him back to the village.
Their lives spiral more out of control. Mikael has grown insane, he terrorise Esther with his used to be buried doubts against her. He doesn't rest, no one rests at his discomfort.
She does what he asks of her without argument, She curses Niklaus, binds his werewolf side despite his screams of agony, his begging and pleads.
What he can't take is what he overhears along with Elijah .Bekah isn't Mikael's, the most shocking is she is ready to denounce Rebekah for Mikael's Sake.
He knows how Rebekah loves her, he knows how she looks up to her.
He tries to reason with her, along with Elijah, yet to no avail. In the heat of the moment. Niklaus pulls out her heart, leaving her heartless as she should have been.
They vow their always and forever.
Elijah doesn't speak a word.
Niklaus doesn't speak a word.
They shield her from the ugly truth.
Mikael is on their trail , he wants Klaus dead. So they run away.
He wants the hybrid curse broken.
He wants to settle down.
He wants to love Rebekah properly, as she deserves.
He never wants her to know he killed Esther, She'd never forgive him, so they keep running, along the way they dagger Finn.
Elijah no longer pretends he doesn't know their affections.
He doesn't scorn it, yet never bless it.
He knows both Niklaus and Rebekah. They love so much, Blindly, with all of their hearts. They are never rational in their affections that is why their affections consume them.
He knows with all their hidden past and secrets, they will inevitably destroy each other.
Yet he leaves them steal the chances and moments, where he feels they return to their human genuinely happy selves.
They separate from Elijah.
"I miss him, Nik"
She breathes against his face.
"Likewise ,Love, but I am not crawling back to him, not after e=what he had done"
"let it go Nik" she sighs "let it go"
Elijah comes across Mikael.
He begs him to leave them, to let go.
He begs them to let them live
"I won't do anything to the girl"
"And Niklaus"
"No, it is all about Niklaus"
They keep running, he daggers Kol.
She doesn't utter a word.
It is the twenties, she misses her brothers, and she keeps nagging him to let them out.
Along the way, they meet Stefan.
She enjoys teasing him with Stefan.
"Rebekah, stop acting like a bitch"
"Why brother? I never do, I am just enjoying myself, like you did with Tatia, and Katherine."
Their fight soon escalates, and he gives her a blow to the face.
"I am sorry, Bekah"
"Leave now, Nik"
She doesn't say it twice, he goes away, he knows the notoriety of what he had done.
It is Bekah, he tells himself the little toddler, he'd play with.
It is Bekah, the girl who cares for him,
It is Bekah, the woman who loves him.
It is Bekah, the light, Bekah the snow, Bekah every beautiful thing in eternity.
It is Bekah, his everything.
He returns to her at night, all wasted, all bloody and wild.
Blood on his mouth, blood on his hands.
He kneels; he holds her, his arms girding her waist, hands tainting her white night gown red, head against her abdomen.
He is crying, he is begging her not to leave him, he promises her the world, he promises he'll undagger all their siblings, he promises her always and forever.
She can't but comply.
She can't but forgive him.
She doesn't want to run anymore, she is tired.
He cannot risk it, he can not risk losing her if she stays and knows the truth, so he daggers her.
He undaggers her after the ritual is over.
He misses every part of her.
He misses every gesture she makes.
He misses his everything.
He tells her about Elijah, he tells her he is a hybrid, he tells her he will fulfil his promise of reuniting them once Mikael is dead.
"I want to see your wolf form" she says as she is nuzzled against his torso.
"Get dressed" as he gets up.
He takes her to their cave.
She sees the silver wolf in all his pride and glory
"you are so beautiful" she mutters as she cuddles his thick fur.
"He killed her Rebekah, then he made up this entire lie so he wouldn't lose you" the dopplegagner's voice rang
No, every fibre in her being is screaming No
No, it can't be.
No, Nik would never do this to me
She breaks down.
She agrees to help them
She sees Mikael again.
Elijah told him of their pact to protect her long ago, some how he doesn't tell her the truth.
Not in her so obviously distressed form.
He can't tell her a thing.
All he sees is the innocent bundle he used to carry around, his little girl he used to cherish every smile she gave, the girl he wouldn't stand seeing her tears, the little kind girl who would wait for him at the door when he came back from hunting.
She can't go through with it, not after all these years.
Part of her tells her he had a pretty good reason for what he did.
She can't do this to him.
She undaggers all of her siblings, she tells them what she knows, she asks their help.
Elijah tells her the truth.
After all he had a good reason to do it, her.
She is shocked, least to be told.
Long ago he told her she'd never comprehend how much he loved her,
Now she does.
The inevitable happened, Mikael and Klaus face to face after a thousand years.
Mikael taunts Niklaus, tells him of her betrayal, it hurts.
It hurts more than the pain inflicted by the curse, more than the pain of the first transformation, more than anything.
He can't hate her for it, he gives her every excuse in the world, he hopes she would feel better and move on after the inescapable death he feels coming after all he is a destruction machine, he self destroys himself and all who love him.
Damon rushes of with the stake towards him, behind him, however it is her that collides with the stake, she takes the final blow for him.
Time stops
He cradles her in his arm, he holds onto her like she is his lifeline.
All their siblings rush off to them.
Mikael freezes at his standpoint.
"Don't leave me now, Bekah" his husky voice breaking "not after a thousand years, you promised me always and forever, Bekah" he now knocks his lungs out.
Too late, she is gone.
His sobbing brothers practically pull him from her burning body.
"It is over, Mikael, Leave while you still can" commands Elijah.
Nik curls against the wall, before transforming to his wolf form and fleeing, all mystic falls hear the howls of a mortally wounded wolf against the autumn rain.
He pulled out the hearts of both Salvatores the same night.
He made sure the dopplegagner exists no more.
He has hunted down Mikael.
Elijah tries to contact him.
He lets him know he is in mystic falls.
The rest isn't hard for Elijah to guess.
It is winter, it is snowing.
He is at the entrance of their favourite place.
Elijah sees him from afar,
"Happy birthday, my everything"
He yanks his bare cold hand into his own chest and before Elijah could reach him, he is down, the snow is soaked with crimson, he is holding the object of his grief in his hands, looking at the sky throwing snow with a smile on his face.
