A GIRL IN A GILDED CAGE

"YOU ARE HERE TO RISK YOUR HEART"


Four coffins were lined up against the wall, dark wooden exteriors fitting perfectly into the room, except for one.

There was one that was as white as snow, the smell of withered roses seeping through the cracks. The coffin was lined in pure gold and a big iron lock closed the coffin from any unwelcome visitors. With enhanced strength you could easily break it. They just hadn't tried.

The thought that there was also a spell on this coffin like the one on the fifth coffin was present and when they had to make a choice of which one to keep, they chose the brown one, because Klaus had been very explicit in saying that this coffin needed to be possessed by him again at all costs.

They were all curious of who was in that exact coffin and why Klaus was so protective about that person. That there were two other brothers and a sister was known. Finn, Kol and Rebekah Mikaelson were in those coffins. They were told about that, but they never mentioned any other living siblings and their father and mother were dead.

So they couldn't help but wonder which people were in those other two coffins, especially the white one.

But the time had come for them to know. At least, if they could get the coffin open.


'Who's in the white coffin?' Damon Salvatore immediately asked when they sneaked into the room. He had been dying to ask that question the second he had seen the object.

Elijah let out a frustrated sigh, 'A person that Niklaus would never throw into the ocean."

Niklaus always had been overprotective of her. They all were. And the only reason she was daggered in the first place was because he had wanted to protect her.

Niklaus had known she would never have stood against him. He often saw her as the only sibling he could really trust. That's why Elijah knew that he would never do anything to harm her. He just hadn't been certain about the rest of his family.

'What's that supposed to mean? Who is it? Family? Friend? His long lost love?' Damon joked.

He didn't get why Elijah had to be so secretive, he would see the person in a minute anyway.

They were moving from coffin to coffin, undaggering the siblings. Elijah had waited for this moment for centuries, to finally have his family be reunited again.

They stopped in front of the white coffin, both insure of what to do. The question was if it was cursed just like the other or that you could just simply break the lock. If it was the latter they had been stupid. Than they could have seen who was in it a while ago.

Elijah hesitantly reached out to the lock, fingers curling around it.

Just as he was about to rip it, Damon's hand shot out and stopped him. Elijah rose his eyebrow in an unimpressed manner.

Damon rolled his eyes at him. 'Who's in there? Answer first,' he demanded.

Elijah would have been entertained wasn't it for the fact that the longer they took, the more suspicious Klaus would be.

'Someone very dear to us,' Elijah answered finally, 'a sister actually.'

Damon's eyebrows shot up in surprise. 'Really? I thought Barbie was the only one,' he countered.

Elijah pressed his lips together in a firm line, 'Niklaus has had her daggered for a very long time. She was the first to be daggered actually. You didn't know about her because Niklaus is extremely protective off her. He didn't want anyone to know.'

With that he ripped the lock to pieces. It landed on the floor with a thud.

So there wasn't a spell on it. Good to know.

Elijah took a deep breath and gripped the latch, slowly opening the coffin.

Damon was looking over his shoulder, wanting to see this mystery girl. What he saw was a shock.

In the coffin was a girl. Her skin was pale but fair, her honey blond locks spread around the cushion like a crown. Her eyes were closed lightly, giving you a good view of her unusual black lashes. They weren't full or anything, they were actually quite short, but it fitted her.

The dress she wore had wide white sleeves with a golden line and the corset was made of a silky white satin. Some sort of pattern was laced into the dress and over the white under dress was a deep green over layer. All with all she looked beautiful.

Because of her looks you could almost overlook the silver dagger plunged deep in her stilled heart. But it was there.

It didn't seem in contrast with the innocent vibe she radiated, but knowing a bit about the Originals, she probably was just as cruel.

At least that was what Damon thought, but he didn't know her like Elijah did.

Elijah knew she was pure and truly innocent, always wanting the best for people and seeing the good in every living soul. She had longed to be loved and hold. He could clearly remember how his younger sister had felt when she had killed that boy. She had been devastated and she hadn't had a good night sleep since. He hoped that had changed.

He heard Damon whistle beside him and if Elijah wasn't so transfixed on staring at his sister, he would have strangled the man.

'She's a beauty,' Damon called out.

Elijah just responded by gripping the dagger and pulling it out of her chest with one fast movement.

All of his siblings were undaggered and Elijah couldn't help but feel thrilled about that.


The first thing she noticed when she slowly regained consciousness were voices. Her eyes were still latched close but the voices were clear as day.

Her mind was hazy and she wondered where she was, why she felt like she was squeezed inside of something and why her eyes were closed. Of course she could open them but quite frankly, she felt relaxed. And she hadn't been relaxed in a very long time.

So she just listened. She couldn't quite hear what they were saying, but she knew who the voices belonged to. It were her siblings.

That's when she decided to open her eyes.

Light flooded her vision and she had to blink a few times to let her eyes suggest. She was now aware that she was lying in a coffin and that the room she was laying in definitely wasn't one she could remember.

Slowly she lifted her leg out of the coffin, followed by her other. Her legs were dangling over the edge and then she jumped to the ground. Her legs were a bit wobbly by being not used for a long time. And somehow she knew she had been asleep for a long time.

The memory of Nik daggering her came fresh to mind and she had to bite back a scowl. She shouldn't be mad at him, he was only trying to protect her, but it still hurt her that he actually did that to her.

She took one step forward and then another. She spun on her heel, looking through the room. She spotted the three other coffins and this time a scowl did appear on her face. Apparently he hadn't only daggered her.

She started moving towards the voices. Slowly she peeked her head through the door and was met with an empty hallway. Slowly but steady she started walking down the hallway to eventually stop by a door just when it opened.

Two young men stepped out of the door. One with raven black hair and menacing blue eyes. The other with golden brown hair and forest green eyes. She couldn't help but stare at them. They both were quite handsome.

They stared at her just as fascinated. She studied them curiously through her lashes, wondering who they were. She noticed that the clothes were really off and that's how she knew that a lot of years had went by.

After a few moments of silence she heard steps coming from the room and a voice began to ask, 'What is it?' when Elijah appeared.

She tilted her head to the side and stared into the wide eyes of her older brother. She wanted to hug him, but she knew it wasn't polite to not introduce herself to the two young men first.

So once again she faced them and gave them a small smile, 'I'm Skye Mikaelson,' she said politely.

Both of them opened there mouth but nothing came out. She frowned at them and when she realized they weren't going to say anything, she walked over to Elijah.

He was still staring at her, but his eyes had softened and a small smile was tugging at his lips. Her grin widened and she threw her arms around him. To her it wasn't that long ago since she had last seen him, but she was sure it had been years for him.

'Elijah,' she breathed in his chest. Elijah softly stroked her hair and when they stepped away from each other she noticed the two men had left.

She peeked beside Elijah and saw the faces of her family. She pushed herself by Elijah who was too late in grabbing her arm and she stormed into the room.

All their eyes were now on her, shocked to see her after all these years. They hadn't really paid attention to her coffin because they just expected she would still be daggered.

Elijah stepped in behind her and spoke, 'What, Niklaus? You would really think I would undagger all of our other siblings but keep her daggered?'

Her head shot from Elijah to Nik, who was still staring at her, and she noticed that Kol was holding him back.

She took the smallest step forward and then looked at Kol, 'Could you release him for a minute?' she asked gently.

Kol looked apprehensive by that but once he made sure that Nik wasn't going to run he let go of his arms.

They all looked at what Skye would do and then she lunged herself into Nik's arms.

Yes, she was mad at him for daggering her siblings, but she couldn't hold a grudge for long. She loved him.

Nik froze when he felt her arms around him, but then hesitantly wrapped his arms around her in return.

They stood like this for a little while until Skye broke away and took a few steps back towards Rebekah.

'What's going on?' she asked the question she had been dying to ask since the moment she awoke.

After staring at her for a small fraction of time more, Rebekah went to walk around.
'I love what you have done to the place, Nik,' she said sarcastically and then she picked up a crystal vase and threw it against a painting.

Skye cringed at that but stood her ground, wondering how the situation would unfold.

Nik was looking down and muttered, 'I wanted it to be for all of us. A place we could all call home. A place where we could all be a family.'

Tears shown in his eyes and Sky had the urge to wrap her arms around him again, but she held back, wondering what the others would say.

'Well, you're right. None of us will be,' Elijah spoke and she lifted her head to the side, she felt like there was a "but" coming.

Finn walked over with a glass of champagne in his hand, 'You're staying behind.'

Then Rebekah spoke, 'We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that döbbelganger bitch and you will be alone. Always and Forever.'

Skye's head shot up at that and now tears begun to fill her eyes, she didn't want to leave Niklaus. He was her brother and she didn't care about what he had done.

At least she knew she was staying right here because Skye wasn't that selfish. They would have each other, but Nik would have no one. She took a step away from the others and they all turned to look at her.

'What are you doing?' Rebekah asked.

'I'm not leaving Nik,' Skye stated determinately.

Shock filled their expressions, 'But he daggered you!' Rebekah called out.

'To protect me,' she bit back calmly.

Klaus turned towards her other siblings, 'If you run I will hunt all of you to your deaths.'

'Then you will become everything you hate. Our farther.' Elijah stated, all putting the little issue of Skye on hold.

'I'm the hybrid! I can't be killed!' Klaus called with fury and hurt, 'I have nothing to fear from any of you.' He laughed bitterly.

'You will when we have that coffin,' Elijah spoke and Nik looked honestly scared of that statement.

She wondered who was in that coffin. Not her father she hoped. They would never awaken him if he had been asleep.

There was a moment of silence and then the click of a door. They all spun around in shock.

Standing there was their mother.

Nik gasped for air and Skye felt like she couldn't breathe either. Their mother was observing them, dressed in the clothes Skye had last seen her in.

'Mother,' Rebekah breathed.

Esther, their mother, began to walk to Nik, all of them turned around to look at the scene before them.

Tears flowed down Nik's cheeks and his mouth was gaping wide open. He looked down, scared to face their mother.

'Look at me,' Esther spat harshly.

Slowly Klaus turned his head up and then looked in his mother's eyes.

'Do you know why I'm here?' Esther questioned him.

'You're here to kill me.' It was more off a statement than a question.

'Niklaus, you are my son. And I am here, to forgive you.' Their mother turned around to look towards her other children.

'I want us to be a family again,' she stated.

All of them looked at her in disbelief except for Skye. She had the biggest grin on her face because of her words and without a second to waste she ran towards her mothers and threw herself in her arms.

Her mother wrapped her arms around her in return and softly began stroking her hair. She moved her lips to Skye's ear and whispered, 'My little bird.'

Skye couldn't help but cry.