The five siblings stood outside the crematorium waiting for the hearse to pull up. They had been through this twice, each time getting harder.
The first was their father, he was a tough man. Not in the sense that he was physically fit, but in the sense that you had to work, hard to earn his love and respect. Although each of the siblings worked equally hard for the love of their father, he seemed to have his favourites. Often verbally abusing to older children, and once physically to the middle child. The youngest were more guarded from the harsh man that was their father.
The next time was when their mother has passed. Throughout their lives she had tried to be a good mother. Often taking some of the verbal abuse from her husband to attempt to make her children happier. Although she had failed in shielding her children from their father, she tried to make up for it by taking them out on day trips, giving them extra pocket money, and making sure they got what they asked for. Some would say she spoiled her children, but she made sure they understood that not everyone has the same lives as them so they should always be kind to others. All of this made her funeral much harder than their fathers'.
However, this was by far the worst. They had each lost a part of themselves. Their hearts had healed from the death of their parents. But they knew this would be one from which they never heal. Their hearts would always had a piece missing. Each of the siblings were feelings a range of emotions, however the one they all shared was pure and utter grief.
As the hearse pulled up each took a sharp intake of breath at the thought of their baby brother inside the casket. The four brothers stepped forward to carry the casket. Walking slowly and in step each lost in thought. Their sister following directly behind.
Once inside after the casket had been set down the siblings took the front row not noticing the rest of the seats being filled. A heavy weight was pushing down on every person in the room. All grieving for the loss of a light in their lives.
Throughout the ceremony each sibling got up and put on a brave face to talk about their love for their brother.
Finn spoke about Henrik's love for his nieces and nephews and about him being an amazing uncle that will be missed eternally.
Elijah spoke about how Henrik was a wonderful young gentleman, talking about Henrik always was told how charming he was from clients, whenever he helped out at the family company.
Klaus told everyone about the light Henrik had inside of him. He was always interested in everything, always kind. "Henrik was a much better person than any of us."
Kol spoke about how he loved bonding with Henrik over baseball, football and most other sports.
Rebekah was much more emotional in her speech than her brothers. Stories of forced fashion shows, races to the park, and of the day trips they had once their older siblings moved out. She spoke about how she feels she will never be whole again, her speech ending with how she doesn't know how she can go on without her best friend.
Once the ceremony ended, everyone made their way to Finn's house. They ate, drank and mostly spent the next few hours sharing stories of Henrik and the light he brought into their lives. Slowly everyone left, leaving just the five siblings.
The siblings sat in silence for a while before Rebekah got up and practically ran upstairs. Kol nodded at his brothers and went after her. He followed her to the room none of them have touched since it happened. Knowing he needed the support of his brothers for this he slowly went back downstairs and silently motioned for them to follow him.
Finn was the one to open the door after they stood in a line facing it for a few minutes. Inside they found Rebekah kneeling on the floor, cuddling a t-shirt, tears streaming down her face. The brothers simultaneously went to her wrapping their arms around each other, the five of them encompassed in a hug.
None of them know how long they sat like they crying into each others arms, before Rebekah finally broke the silence. Pushing her brothers off her to stand, she folded up the t-shirt and carefully lay it on the bed, before turning back around to them. Taking a deep breath she whispered the words that set everything into motion.
"I want to find our sister"
A/N Thank you for reading this! This is my first time writing a fanfiction so please be patient, however constructive criticism is welcome.