Here's the new story. I hope you like it so far. Chapter 11 of Brother's Keeper will be up soon.
He was your stereotypical bad boy - spoiled, selfish, cocky, arrogant - but he wasn't innately evil. No one really took the time to see that there was more to him than being annoyingly immature and self-centered. His siblings, even his baby sister, saw him as a child with no filter and common sense most of the time. They never took him seriously and so he never bothered to be serious with them. It was why he left them to go off on his own.
Kol Mikaelson was used to it. So when he met the mysterious little thing in Dublin, Ireland as he was traveling around, she was fair in every way and intrigued him greatly. What amused him the most was how she seemed to be immune to his charms and tantrums. She didn't put up with his shit at all, and he wasn't used to it. Still, he couldn't say he hated it. It frustrated him but he actually liked the challenge.
"Don't start, Kol."
He blinked as the warning broke his train of thought. He looked at the little blonde, surprised to find her glaring at him. Her eyes were currently blue in the lighting and serious. She apparently wasn't in a good mood at the moment.
"What am I doing?" he asked, confused.
"You're getting that look again," she said.
He raised an eyebrow at her, but didn't argue. Apparently when he got too deep in thought and started scheming out of boredom, he got this expression on his face that she described as impish and very bad. This observation amused him most days. Today, however, it irritated him. A lot seemed to irritate him that day. He just couldn't figure out why he was so on edge. He was all for telling her off when something — or rather, someone — caught his eye.
"I gotta go," he said, distractedly. "I'll see you tonight at the festival."
He didn't wait for a reply as he took off after the person he had seen. He couldn't believe it, figuring he was most likely losing his mind. Then he turned a corner and slammed right into his sister. She stared up at him seemingly just as shocked as he was. He frowned at her.
"Kol?" she asked.
"What are you doing here, Bekah?" he retorted, not really in the mood for the greeting.
"I-I'm here with Nik and Elijah," she said then smiled brightly. "They'll be so happy to see you. You must come home with me. Please?"
"What about Finn?"
"You should ask Nik," she replied cryptically.
He didn't like the mystery there, and that was the only reason he agreed to go with her. He would question Elijah or Niklaus about Finn. He knew Nik had daggered Finn centuries before but surely he wasn't still daggered. He was curious, though he had never been that close with the man. He was probably closest with Bekah, but even then not so much. It was strictly due to their close proximity in age. He couldn't stand her chipper and even flighty conversation style. He had never been able to keep up with it.
"Bekah, what took you so long?" came a familiar voice whining as they entered the house.
Kol raised an eyebrow at his sister. She really must have been off for god knew how long if her arrival was getting Nik to start whining. She seemed to ignore it and just kept heading toward their half brother. Kol followed to find him lounging on the sofa drinking what he assumed to be brandy or something. He nearly choked to death on it as his eyes landed on Kol.
"Hello, brother," he said.
"Kol," Nik answered. "What are you doing here?"
"I found him, Nik," Bekah answered before Kol could.
"Leave us Rebekah," Nik said, disregarding their sister entirely.
Kol watched her happy exterior diminish instant as she left the room. He knew her chipper tendencies could annoy him, but he had always had a problem seeing that upset. Of course, that was only the case if he wasn't the cause. Slowly he turned to Nik.
"What do you want?" he asked. "Where's Elijah?"
"I know Elijah told you about the doppelganger that escaped my clutches," Nik said. "I also heard that you had spotted her and lost her."
"Where's Elijah, Nik?" he asked again. "And Finn? Have you undaggered him yet?"
"He's somewhere around. Why does it matter? And no I haven't undaggered him. Happy? Now why did you tell Elijah about the girl and not me."
Kol shook his head in disbelief.
"Elijah asked me to tell him. You never asked."
Nik laughed and walked off. Kol rolled his eyes and lounged on the sofa to wait for his brother to come back. He didn't expect what was to come next. Standing up once again to face his brother, Kol tensed at the suddenly painful sensation in his chest. He looked down just in time to see the dagger before it all went dark.