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Chapter 28
Holly's P.O.V
The sun rose the next morning and everything seems to be fine, the orange light scattered across the village and it brought a peacefulness. Kol and I leave the cave, Sophie insisted on going with Sage and Finn, wanting to be with Amelia. She'd be a great big sister. Me and Kol are in our element, he has his arm wrapped around me and he is whispering silly things in my ear. A blush rises to my face as he continues to talk to me about my beauty and our marital life. We were in our bliss but it only lasted so long before the real world caught up with us.
"MOTHER!" A voice screamed. Niklaus. He was covered head to toe in blood but what made my stomach drop was the boy in his arms. Henrick. He was soaked in a deep red and he wasn't moving. I feel Kol tear away from me and run as fast as he could over to Nik, helping him lay Henrick on the ground. They both look scared to death, neither of them knowing how to help their baby brother.
"HENRICK." Rebekah screams, I run with her and we kneel by the body. I feel for a pulse. There wasn't one and I could tell by the way Kol met my eyes he knew his brother was dead. His face pales considerably.
"Out of the way quickly." I stand up as Esther comes bursting through the crowd. "What has happened Niklaus?" She asks him and he wipes away the tears.
"We snuck out to see the wolves, to see the men turn to beasts." he explains, a sob escapes his lips. "I'm sorry Mother." He says, Rebekah tries to comfort him by holding him in her arms. He stares at his brothers corpse, guilt evident in his eyes.
"Leave now Boy, before I embarrass you in front of the whole village." Mikael spits at Niklaus, Elijah looks at me and I nod, telling him to take Nik back to my hut. Elijah helps him up and drags him over to where its located.
"Come Nikalus." He pulls Nik along with us. "Let's get you something to eat and a fresh change of clothes." Elijah manages to drag Nik off and instead we are left with a broken family.
"We could've prevented this Ayanna, you're the reason my son is dead." Esther spits to Ayanna. "My boy is dead because you refused to help us, you should be ashamed that a 12 year old boy died at your hands."
"The spirits show us no way to bring your boy back Esther." Ayanna replies calmly, "there is nothing you nor me can do about it. I'm sorry." And with that said she leaves, she realises that staying will only cause more harm.
Esther is lay over Henrick's body trying to look for a way to make him come back. Mikael, for once, looks broken he is sat staring at his sons body. It's been ripped to shreds by the wolves, 3 deep gashes cover Henrick's chest, bloody still pouring out. The towns people look disgusted. Some of them offer their condolences to the Mikaelson family but that doesn't help, it's not going to bring their son back and it's certainly not going to take away the pain. For once I actually feel sorry for Esther, I couldn't image what it must feel like to lose a child but to lose two? It must be painful. I see tears floating in Kol's eyes and realise this is the time he needs me most.
"Love?" I try to get a response out of him but all he does is stare straight ahead. "Kol? Come on Love, lets get you back home. You can rest there, you can let it all out." I say, I take his hand and pull him in the same direction as Elijah had taken Nik. At the last moment I turn around and tap Rebekah, offering her a smile so she knows she can come back to ours. she stands gracefully to her feet and follows me. She hasn't said a word, I knew none of the Mikaelsons would be the same after this and to be honest, I doubt the village will be the same. Everything ruined and perhaps the happy ending I was hoping for was over .
When we enter the hut the first thing I notice is bloody clothes are torn to shreds on the floor along with dirty red water. I'm assuming that Elijah tried to get the blood off of Nik, then I hear the sound if water been poured into the metal tub, Nik is been given a bath hopefully. I fill up a metal bucket with water and place it over the fire, I then proceed to make cups of tea for us all. Nobody has yet to say a word. Although I'm heartbroken over Henrick's death I need to be strong for his siblings, I have to make sure they're ok before anything else. I have to make sure Kol is ok, he's is my rock and right now, I need to be his. I hear a knock on the door. Sage and Finn.
"Sophie and Amelia are with your parents, I didn't think this would be the right place for them to be in. Sophie does want you to go over later though, she understands Henrick is gone but I think she needs her Mother there. She looked heartbroken, but I made sure she didn't see his body." Sage tells me, I nod at her and move over so they can enter. Sage sets about making the tea while I pick up the dirty clothes and fetch some clean ones out of the trunk.
"I will later when things have settled down, I don't know how to explain that she will never see him again." I say, sipping in my tea. Finn, Kol And Rebekah are all sat around the fire, Nik and Elijah are still in the bathroom whilst me and Sage are sat at the table having a conversation on what to do next, none of them have spoken apart from Nik's occasional scream or sob. It's heartbreaking to see them all so broken. For once they look defeated. The sun begins to set, not much had been said over the day, it seemed to fly but this family was going to take some time to move on from this. Eventually I realise I should probably go and tuck Sophie into bed, I wont bring her home I think I'll leave her with my parents tonight; it might be for the best.
"I'm going to day goodnight to Sophie. I'll be home soon, ok Love?" I say to Kol and I only get a nod in return. I turn to walk out of the door.
"Tell her Papa loves her and he's sorry he cant say that to her right now. Wish her good dreams from me." Kol whispers as I turned to leave, I nod.
"Of course I will, ill be home soon." An with that said, I kiss his forehead. I then smile at Sage, "Are you sure you can handle this?" She nods, "Thanks Sage, I'll be home as soon as I can." She pushes me to the door.
"Go, you can stay here at night, I doubt Amelia will sleep through the night and she still needs feeding." She says and I leave the tension filled hut. I fill my lungs with the fresh air as soon as I get out.
I take the short walk across the village to my parents house, I notice that Henrick's body has been moved and can only assume that Mikael took it to the crypts where Esther would free the spirit. It hurts knowing that Henrick will never know his niece or nephew, he was such a great uncle to Sophie it was hard knowing he was never going to get the chance to be an uncle again. As I approach my parents house I notice candles still in the windows, an indication that everyone is more or less likely to still be awake. I make my way up the path and enter without knocking, I find my Mother sitting in my Fathers arms and Sophie sat in her lap, they're all asleep. I walk over to them. I lift Sophie out of my Mothers arms and take her through to my old chamber, where Aria is asleep. I pull back the furs and place her gently in the bed, I then pull them up to her chin and kiss her forehead. She stirs in her sleep and I try to say still as to not wake her.
"Mama?" She murmurs. I stroke the hair away from her face.
"Yes My Little Witch." I say back to her quietly, trying not to wake Aria.
"What happened today? Where is Papa? Will Uncle Henrick come back?" She asks so innocently it causes me to cringe, how do I tell her she will never see him again?
"You know how I told you the beasts were dangerous?" She nods. "Well Uncle Henrick snuck out to see them and... And um." I pause for a moment trying to gather my thoughts and stop the ears from falling. "Uncle Henrick, well he is not coming back. He died Sophie, do you know what that means?" She gives a small nod.
"Grandpa told me, he said that I had to be a big brave girl because that's what he would've wanted." She says to me looking down.
"Hmm, he would have also wanted you to know how much he loved you. How special you were to him because you were his first niece." I say, I move the furs and reposition her so she is sat in my lap and we are against the wall with the furs wrapped around us to keep us warm. "Come now, lets get you to sleep. Papa will be around soon and he will want his favourite girl well rested wont he?" She nods. "He told me that he loves you and he wishes you good dreams tonight." I say to her and she smiles at me, a sad smile though. I feel a wet patch on my chest. Tears. "Hush now Little Witch, everything will get better I promise." I just hold her in my arms, occasionally rocking us back and forth. Eventually her sobs stopped and her breathing became shallow. I lay her back into bed and pulled the furs back around her, I hated leaving her but at least now she was asleep and hopefully I would be back before she woke in the morning. I blow out the candle and leave the room closing the wooden door behind me. I return to where My Mother and Father were asleep and gently make my way over to them.
"Mother, Father?" I whisper as I gently shook them until my Father opened his eyes and a light smile appeared on his face.
"Are you ok? " He asks me.
"Of course." I look down at my feet. "Are you?" I ask.
"Yes but I'm not the one who has just lost someone dear to me, Sophie was distraught when Sage brought her here. I'm glad Amelia don't older, they don't deserve this pain." He replies. He speaks gently so he doesn't wake my Mother. "How is Kol?" I shrug.
"Pretty upset, he hasn't said much though." I take a deep breath. "We will get through it, we always do." He smirks.
"That's such a Blake thing to say, my Daughter." He gives a deep chuckle. "So tell me when are you telling him?" I give him a confused look. "Holly, I have been around your Mother every time she was pregnant, I was around you and many other people in the village. Its obvious if you look carefully and watch you. You look slightly bloated, but we both know that you are not bloated" He pauses "Well that and the fact your Mother has had a suspicion for a few weeks and kept on at me and Sage to ask you." He looks at me. "Tell me am I wrong?" I shake my head. "I didn't think so, so tell me. Boy or girl?" I laugh.
"I'm not sure, I need to tell Kol first and I'm not sure how I'm going to do that at the moment." I shift on my feet. "I'm sorry I need to go and make sure they are all ok. Do you need some help waking her?" I look pointedly at My Mother, he shakes his head.
"No, you go home and get to bed, you need to rest. Its not just you anymore." He says as he stands with my Mother in his arms, carrying her bridal style. "If I wake her now, she will never get back to sleep." I nod and laugh, "You go and don't do too much, tell Kol and he will understand. Promise?" He asks me.
"Promise." I reply and he smiles before carrying my Mother through the hut to their chambers. I leave the house closing the door behind me and making my way back home. I stroked my stomach wondering if there was something wrong, I mean I was so small with each of my pregnancies, only finding out when I was around 6 months along. It gave us such a short amount of time to prepare. I decide to visit Ayanna.
She greets me with a sad smile on her face, "Holly, how can I help you?" she asks as I sit down.
"I was wondering if you could tell me why I am so small through my pregnancies?" I tell her, she nods. She motions for me to lie back and she lifts up my gown and feels around my lower stomach.
"Don't worry about it Holly, its natural with some women, its the way baby is positioned. Your children like to grow facing your back, which explains why you don't grow as large. How long did you say you were?" She asks me, feeling my abdomen.
"I haven't had my moons blood in 5-6 months." I tell her. She looks at me.
"More like 7 months my dear." Ayanna takes another feel of my stomach, "I would say last of the 7th month, start of the 8th, you should have your child sooner than I think you expected." I stare at her in shock. I frown, could I really be that far along and not notice? Clearly.
"Oh right." I say, trying to clear my throat.
"Don't worry everything will be fine, Sophie's birth was easy and this one should be too. Now go home and tell your husband, Gods know he needs this good news. Take care of yourself." She says and pushes me towards the door. "Go." And with that final push I leave the hut and return to my own, to find it dark, everyone in bed. I curl up next to Kol in our bed and soon fall into a deep sleep, one that was very much needed.
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