You And Your White Horse
Lindau, Germany, 1029
It was barely dawn when the youngest member of the household woke up with a low groan, blinking tiredly at the sun as it started to rise into the pink shot with gold sky, the blue starting to seep through.
The young boy of nine looked over to the other side of the room now to the other person, his elder brother, who was currently still fast asleep.
Silently, he walked over to the dark oaken door and opened it, creeping out onto the landing and down the stairs, freezing for a moment as one of them creaked rather loudly.
But the rest of the house slept on, ignoring the incriminating evidence.
As he walked into the main room, he heard a quiet clatter and frowned, walking through the room and into the kitchen where he faced his mother.
"You are up very early Niklaus."
Silently, the young boy with long ragged blonde brown hair nodded, stopping in the doorway. "I could not sleep."
Now the young woman sighed, then walked over to her son and picked him up onto the table and asked. "Did you have another nightmare?"
The boy called Niklaus was silent once again, then nodded. "I heard wolves last night. And it was full moon..."
The mother laughed a little. "Niklaus, dear... you need not fear them. You know they would never come near our home."
"But they sounded so close last night... What if they sneak in while me and Elijah are asleep?"
She sighed now, then walked over to the fruit bowl and picked up a rosy red apple, turning back to the boy who was watching her with sky blue eyes.
"Here-" she smiled, handing it to him, which he took with a big grin. "Thank you." then bit into it, watching his mother push the wooden chairs under the long oak table that the rather large family sat around for breakfast and other meals.
But now she sighed. "Niklaus, could you please wake up Elijah? I need you both to go down to the orchard and collect more apples before the sun fully rises and ruins the new ones."
"But-!"
"Niklaus."
The boy pouted, then finished his apple and set the core down on the table, walking off upstairs with a scowl on his face, not caring if he woke the entire household up now.
-YaYwH-
"Elijah?"
"No... later on..."
"Come on, Mother wants us to go to the orchard."
The elder brother of four years older sat up now with a groan, his long dark brown hair pointing in every direction.
"Where are my boots?" he complained now, getting to his feet and patting his hair down while he grabbed his clothes and yanked them on, scowling a little at the sun that was glaring at him.
"Here-" the younger brother said, handing the fading leather boots to his brother who sighed and allowed his younger brother to follow him out the house and onto the estate where the orchard lay just beyond the gate and around the country lane.
"You still look tired." Niklaus smirked at his elder brother as they walked, stealing the sack from Elijah as he looked around. "Yes. Is it really that obvious?"
"Yes."
"Thank you (!)"
Niklaus's grin that came off more as a smirk widened as he started running up the narrowing lane, making Elijah groan and call after him.
"Don't wander off again! Father won't be so leniant with you again after you got lost last time!"
"I never get lost!"
The thirteen year old sighed once more and hurried forwards, knowing that his younger sibling would get lost again if he went of on his own.
It was inevitable. Niklaus was too outgoing for a boy of his young age.
-YaYwH-
The younger brother reached the orchard first, spotting the apple tree that was best for ripe apples and walked forwards, staring up at the fruit that were higher than even Eljah was tall.
He now spotted a way to climb up the tree, then bit his lip a little, glancing behind him for a second before grabbing a branch and pulling himself up into the tree, climbing further into the tree, reaching for an apple when he frowned, looking directly down-
It was a young girl of about his age sat with a book, occasionally saying the word out loud so she improved in her speech.
Niklaus smirked a little, then pulled the apple from the branch and aimed over her head, letting it drop and hit her on her head, making the girl jump and drop her book in surprise, looking up in shock.
The boy surpressed a laugh now as she picked up the apple, frowning, but then sat down once more.
Niklaus went to reach for another, then felt the branch under him snap, making him yell and grab the branch as he fell, hanging there for a moment until he had to let go and crash into the earthy ground, his elbow hurting.
The girl had gotten up once more, her deep emerald eyes wide in shock, honey blonde hair fluttering as she backed up.
"Are you ok?" she asked, wondering if she should help the young boy up as he struggled to his feet, rubbing his side.
"Niklaus!"
The girl watched him turn, then a taller boy with brown eyes and hair ran forwards and scowled. "What have you done now?"
Niklaus scowled. "Nothing!"
Now the girl scowled. "He threw an apple at me."
"She is lying." The boy insisted, folding his arm sulkily. Elijah rolled his eyes and just said. "Apologize."
"No!"
"Niklaus. Do you want me to tell Father about this?"
The boy now growled a little and turned to the girl who was still stood there. "Sorry." he said without anything genuine behind it.
Elijah gave up well and truly- getting an apology from his younger brother was nigh impossible, so he had to usually do it.
"I apologize for my brothers actions. He has not hurt you has he?"
The young girl picked up her book now and shook her head. "No. I am fine thank you."
Elijah nodded. "Good." then he wondered. "Why are you out so early?"
The pages rustled as she looked down. "I was practising my sounds."
The elder brother raised an eyebrow, impressed. "You are reading so well at your age?"
She nodded, then said. "I'm Leonie."
Elijah now put a hand on his brothers shoulder. "This is Niklaus-"
"It's Klaus!"
"And I am Elijah. We live on the hill."
Leonie nodded. "I know. Me and my family have a house on your land."
Elijah was silent, then nodded too. "Yes, your father was over yesterday about livestock?"
Niklaus listened with total and utter boredom now, then looked up at the sky and said, butting in. "Mother wants those apples now."
"Yes brother, you are right. But you needn't be so rude." Elijah chatsized, making the younger boy walk around to the other side, peering at Leonie with curious eyes- she was very pretty for a girl.
Leonie looked around now, then said. "I have to go." then ran off before either boys could speak. Elijah walked around to his younger brother and scowled at his brother.
"Why are you being so rude?"
Klaus shrugged, then picked up a fallen apple and put it in the sack with a grin.
He usually got away with it anyway.
He'd get away with murder if he had killed someone...
Yet.
Ok, so I was watching the ep 19 of season two again, and in the flashback to 1492, Elijah mentioned something about Klaus once caring and in love so to speak, and the reply was "Too many lifetimes ago to matter now." and this idea popped into my head:D so, hope you enjoy this little random idea:) next chapter up later I think:D reviews are very much loved:) x Nicc