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~ FLASHBACK ~

"Klaus, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for doing this to you; it was to protect our family!" She cried out.

"Mother, I could protect this family from our enemies! And you block that side from me; you block the strongest part of me! Do you want us all to die!" Klaus beckoned, glaring at his Mother, almost making her wince.

"You're the enemy Klaus! On a full moon, you can't control the transformation and you know that! I needed to stop it, I needed to end it all" She whimpered as her eyes began to fill up.

He stared at her, not saying a word. He took a step back and slouched his back as if he were to pounce on her.

"It's your fault I'm like this, you was unfaithful to Mikael! That is why I'm like who I am! That is why I hate myself because I know I'm not welcome in this family, that is why I have to do what I've been set out to do for the past year" He clenched his fists, looking down at the floor, shadowing his face from his Mother.

"What? Klaus what are you talk-" She gasped, not finishing her sentence as she saw her son slowly raise his head to lock his eyes with hers.

She continued. "You're eyes. Klaus your eyes, stop it. STOP IT!" She backed away, slamming against the wall.

Klaus released a low growl, his eyes changed dramatically, for the worse. His anger had been tampered with, causing his werewolf side to kick in, to make him forget his humanity, to make him forget who he was about to hurt, or kill.

His eyes shone a flash of aureate gold, locking sight with his Mother, Esther.

Esther clutched her antique necklace and began to whisper a spell, closing her eyes tight, putting her into a trance.

Klaus watched her then gradually stood up straight, staring at her.

"Trying to kill me or something? MOTHER?" He called, he continued to watch her.

Esther stood still, proceeding on with the spell, ignoring his question.

"I'll take that as a yes" Before she knew it, he was in mid-air.

He pounced on her, yanking her from the wall and to the floor with no sympathy, causing Esther to exit her trance.

"No Klaus! This isn't you! This isn't YOU!" She cried out, scurrying back away from him as quick as she possibly could, she was too slow for him, he pounced on her yet again and pinned her to the floor, holding her securely in his grip.

He stared at her then slowly brought his head down beside her ear and whispered, sending a shiver down her spine.

"Rot in hell. Esther" Those words scarred her, they scarred her for the last few seconds of her life, and she closed her eyes, accepting the consequences, accepting death.

He brought up his hand, hovering it over her chest, then finally he went to strike towards her heart, every second felt like forever, Esther held her breath and slowly began to count to ten.

10…. 9…. 8…. 7…. 6…. 5…. 4…. 3…. 2…. 1… -

What? She was still alive; the weight of Klaus was… Gone.

Her eyes flickered, as she slowly turned her head to the left, she suddenly sat up and held her hands over her mouth, gob smacked.

"GET OFF ME!" Klaus cried out, scurrying under the dark figure, pushing at his chest with all the strength he had left.

"Don't touch her EVER again" He replied, clutching Klaus by the neck.

Esther frowned then it came to her who it was, wrestling Klaus away from her, saving her life…. Elijah.

His long, chestnut locks of hair hung down, covering Klaus' face, he spluttered, still struggling to push him off.

"Klaus! Listen to yourself! STOP IT!" He reached for a dagger, and clutched it in his hand.

"For our family Niklaus, I need to end all this" He spoke the words calmly, tempting to make Klaus understand he needed to do this. To save them all. But he wasn't buying it.

"Stop it! ELIJAH GET OFF HIM!" Esther ran over, and attempted to throw him off Klaus.

"Mother let GO!" He swung his arm, directly to her chest, the dagger made impact with her chest, directly into her heart.

"NO! No.. No.." He climbed off Klaus and yanked the dagger out of her chest, dropping it to the floor.

Esther looked deep into his eyes, all he could see was sorrow and betrayal, most of all, heartbreak. She brought her hand over the wound, but it was too late, she fell back and collapsed to the ground choking.

Elijah's legs began to tremble beneath him as he slowly began to stand, towering over Esther, taking in what he had just done to his mother, the woman who has raised him, the woman who had protected him from the worst, and this is how he repaid her. He witnessed her life drain out of her, the crimson red blood flowing out of her puncher to the chest; all Elijah could do was watch.

Klaus sat up with his hand over his mouth and crawled over to Esther. They both watched her, not making a move, or even a twitch to stop the bleeding, they both knew it was too late; she made eye contact with them both one last time before eventually passing away.

Elijah ran out hurriedly, he ran and ran and didn't stop, he didn't know where we was running; he just continued to run because he knew the consequences of betraying his family. He got to the top of a hill and fell to his knees and began to cry. All emotions and feelings were running through his head, cramming together to form one; betrayal.

Klaus traced his hand across the wound over his mother's chest and took a deep breath.

"All things come to an end Mother" he whispered, not feeling the slight guilt of hurting his Mother.

The door swung open and in he stormed, Mikael.

"Father, I can ex-" Mikael punched him around the jaw, sending him at an escalating speed into the wall.

"HOW COULD YOU! HOW?... Why…" He dropped to his knees, caressing Esther's face gently; a tear welled up and strolled down his cheek slowly, splashing onto Esther's forehead. He cupped her into his arms and embraced her, eventually crying into her.

"I didn-" Klaus paused and though of Elijah, how he was feeling right now, if Klaus took the blame, he would feel nothing, he was used to being pushed and shoved and hated in the family, the only person who did love him was Elijah and Rebekah.

"I know" He nodded once and slowly stood up, leaning against the wall.

"I'll take the consequences later Father. I would apologise, but you would not accept it, so. I'll leave you be" He hung his head low and wandered out of the room, leaving only the sound of Mikael's sobs heard for metres.

He reluctantly lifted his head as a smirk grew across his lips.

He had a plan, and it's not going to be pretty.

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