A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews! I have to say the next few chapters were my favorite to write! I did a bunch of flashbacks and you get to have more Kol scenes! I really hope you guys like it! Thank you all again!
More Past Revealed:
"So the Lockwood's really have no idea that these tunnels are underneath their property?" Beth asked as she went behind Elena and Alaric in the caves. Alaric had explained to the girls what Mason Lockwood had shown Damon before he disappeared and no vampires could get in. Apparently there was something pivotal to them that he had to show them. She was glad that Alaric was talking to Damon again though.
"Careful where you shine that thing." Alaric warned Beth and she pointed it down slightly to the floor. "Bat's hate the light." He said as he walked deeper into the cave, however, Elena stopped for a second.
"Wait, what?"
Beth laughed at Elena's scared tone when she heard about the bats in the cave. Alaric and her moved forward without her. But she had to admit; it was creepy being there. "Elizabeth." She heard someone whisper her name from behind her and she quickly turned around and saw Damon right behind her and he made her jump. She slapped him hard on his arm as he laughed at her. "Scaredy cat."
"You ass jerk!" Beth snapped at him before hitting him again, he just chuckled again.
"Once again, El. That's really lame." He told her throwing an around her waist as he guided her more into the cave and she rolled her eyes at him. "Seriously, I much prefer being called a dick or something like that but ass jerk? You could do way better."
"Consider it my special nickname for you." She told him with a smirk. He gave her a sarcastic look.
"Just ignore him, that's what I do." Alaric advised her and she smiled at him.
"So you really can't get in?" Elena asked from ahead to Damon.
"No. Seems to me like the ancient Lockwood's were anti-vampire." He told her letting them go ahead of him. Beth stopped and looked at Damon confused.
"What do you mean, ancient?" She asked.
"See for yourself." He told her holding out his arm for her to lead the way. Beth went ahead with Elena and Alaric. Damon stood firmly where he was though. "Well, this is as far as I get to go." Beth saw that deep inside the caves were markings of different symbols and writing. It looked really old to her too.
"What is all this?" Elena asked stepping forward.
"Well, as far as I can tell, a story. In simple, archeological terms, it's a really, really old story." He told them. He pointed to one of the symbols that looked like a bananas and a circle and Beth came to get a closer look at it. "That right there, is the moon cycle." He pointed to a symbol of a wolf and a human. "A man, a wolf."
"Yeah, it's the Lockwood diaries. Pictionary style." Damon said from the entrance.
"Wait, I don't get it. I thought the Lockwood's came here with the original founders sometime in the 1860's." Beth asked looking closer at the symbols on the walls. She wasn't born here like the rest of them were but she knew a good deal about the history of the town, thanks to Alaric. But he was just as confused as she was.
"I don't know. Maybe the Lockwood's did, but according to this wall, these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that." He said to the girls.
"How long?" Elena asked.
"Long." Damon said again. "It gets better. Show them, Ric."
Alaric walked closer to the walls, next to Beth. He shined the light from the flashlight on one of the symbols. "Names. They're not native. They're written in Runic, Viking script."
Elena raised her eyebrows. That must have been impossible. "Vikings?"
"This name here." He pointed the light to one of them. Beth took a step closer. "I translated it and it reads Niklaus." He told them. Elena and Beth looked at him surprised.
"Klaus." Beth said.
He pointed to light over to another name. "And Elijah," He pointed it to one more name. "And Rebekah."
"These are the names of the Original family?" Beth asked. She traced her hand over them. They looked weirdly familiar, especially one that she couldn't tell whose name it was.
"Carved into a cave that's been here since way before the founding of Mystic Falls. Or even the entire New World for that matter." Alaric told her.
"Okay, this has got to be one of Klaus' fakes." Elena decided and Beth rolled her eyes.
"That's what I said." Damon spoke up.
"That could be true, except the last name up here made us think otherwise." Alaric said and Beth raised her flashlight to the other name. "Mikael."
"Mikael? Mikael as in the vampire hunter who knows how to kill Klaus?" Elena asked. Damon filled her in about him. She was actually kind of happy they lost him. It wasn't that she was happy with Klaus or approved of what he's done but he kept her safe. He saved her life from those zombie hybrids on the mountains.
"Yep and I like to call him 'Papa Original'" Damon smirked. Beth knew that this was just the beginning as Alaric began taking pictures to help figure out what they meant. Beth just hoped they knew what they were doing.
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"Hey, Rebekah!" Beth called out her name as she walked onto the school property. Rebekah was chatting with the girls and she just saw Elena leave, probably to talk to her about what they saw in the caves. If they were to wake up Mikael, they didn't understand, what hell they would set loose. Not telling them anything would be better. She sighed as she met her halfway there. "Can we talk?"
"Is this about what you and the doppelganger saw? Cause I'm not in the mood." She said firmly. "I already told Elena, that waking up Mikael would be stupid, I just hope you're smarter than her to heed my warning." She assumed that if Elena couldn't get it out of her, Beth would try. And she was more stubborn than her.
"It isn't about that, actually. It's, um…. well I was just wondering if I could talk to you about your brother, Kol?" Beth cautiously asked her. They weren't exactly best friends, but they did have their moments. Beth knew that she wasn't completely evil or a bitch. She was just lonely and wanted to keep herself guarded. And right now she was hoping she could help her.
"Kol?" Rebekah was interested now. She should have known that she'd want to know about Kol. She knew him as well as his own family did. It was obvious that she was starting to remember some things as well. "Why on earth would you like to talk about my brother?"
"I kind of had a dream, it's complicated." Beth sighed out. Having the dream the previous night before made her curious. It was just Rebekah and Kol, arguing with each other but she could see that they were close. And she hoped that if she might be inclined to help her. She really didn't want to do it right out in the open. She'd rather it be just them. "Can we talk like after school?"
Rebekah thought about it for a minute. She liked Beth and she didn't do anything to get on her bad side yet and knowing Nik, he probably didn't tell her a lot. "All right, come by the boarding house sometimes after school. And I'll answer your questions." She told her before walking off. Beth was happy that she'd finally get something answered.
xxxxx
Beth entered the boarding house, that she's came in countless times over.
"Beth, what are you doing here?" She looked over to see Elena coming out of the library. She seemed to be confused. She never told them she was coming over, especially since she knew Damon wouldn't be here,
"I'm here to talk to Rebekah about something." Beth told her smoothly as she walked closer to her. She put her bag down on the couch like she always did.
Elena was worried though. Rebekah was angry right now and she didn't want Beth to push her and have her snap, especially if no one else would be here with her. "Are you sure you want to do that? Alone?"
"I believe that Elizabeth is perfectly capable of taking care of herself, Elena." Rebekah had walked out of the library behind her and Beth could see she was irritated by whatever conversation they had. "It's not like I would hurt her anyways. Goodbye, Elena." She gave her a glare. Elena threw Beth a warning look before leaving the two girls together. Rebekah and her stared at each other before she spoke. "Let's go in the library." She turned on her heel and walked off with Beth walking behind her. Rebekah went back to the bottle she was drinking from. Beth took a seat on the one of the chairs and shrugged off her black jacket. "So, why do you want to talk about my brother? I'm guessing Nik didn't tell you everything." Rebekah leaned on one of the desks.
"He told me some but Klaus is very vague." She admitted. She ran a hand through her wavy hair. "I know some from Elijah and some from Klaus but I don't know who to believe, especially since Elijah barely mentioned Kol and then Klaus comes out and say that he was supposedly my 'greatest love' or whatever. So what's true?"
Rebekah mused that over as she took a sip of the wine. "Well, Nik's not wrong. I saw my brother, Kol with a lot of women over the decades, but you were the only one he kept overnight, and not to mention still alive. He didn't seem to want to kill you, or turn you either. It was very odd for Kol, that you can believe."
Beth nodded, kind of understanding. So Klaus was telling her some of the truth. Elijah didn't even tell her that much. "So does that mean Klaus was lying about the whole "Greatest love" thing. They only kept me around cause I was a witch?"
Rebekah laughed at that. It was really funny how clueless she was. I thought she'd for sure remember everything that happened. "That's rich. My brothers were head over heels for you, Elizabeth, especially Nik." Rebekah could remember how he would steal every moment he had with her, when she wasn't with her or her other brothers.
Beth started to choke on air and coughed violently. It sounded like she was implying that Klaus had feelings for her, which had to have been wrong and she just slipped up on her brother's names. She must have heard her wrong. That was it. "What did you just say?"
Rebekah rolled her eyes. "He didn't tell you that part? Ha, typical Nik. He was obsessed with you as much as that bloody awful curse. Drove Kol bloody insane. Hell, no one even knew that Elijah liked you like that until later. You saw never saw him as more than a friend. But it was obvious to us all that you grabbed Nik's attention." It was just like Nik to leave her in the dark like that and of course tell her nothing. She understood why she came to her now. Elijah and Niklaus both told her only what they wanted her to know, which had to be frustrating to say that least.
Beth still couldn't believe any of this was true. "We are talking about the same person right? The psycho territorial hybrid who blackmailed me into coming with him, then took my blood and ditched town?" To her, Klaus having feelings for anyone other than his family seemed very unrealistic.
Rebekah obviously felt differently. She gave her a look that said that was her brother. "Nik's a lot of things, believe me, I know but he wasn't completely heartless. There was a time when you knew that and believed it. He just doesn't know how to really love something, or someone." Her brother could feel something for others but he felt it would make him weak, which is why he wouldn't let himself.
"Sorry, I understand." She apologized. She would be the same way if she was in her position but she just couldn't believe all of this, especially the fact that all of them liked her. "Are you sure? All of them? Cause that makes me sound like a bitch for leading them on like that." More than anything she felt guilty.
Rebekah chuckled. She remembered there was a time when she thought that was a perfect way to describe her for what she did to her brothers. She came to learn it wasn't her fault. "Believe me, I thought you were a bitch for the longest time, actually. But you never led any of them on. You truly did love Kol with all your heart. He was just Kol and he screwed it up." Her brother lost practically the only thing that made him better. He should have known better. Elizabeth made him happy and that made his sister happy.
"So what was he like? Your brother told me he cheated on me." She didn't like to say it cause just knowing it, made her feel bad.
Rebekah scoffed. That was his worst mistake and it cost him but of course, he had some push. "I blame Nik for that one. He got Kol drunk on one of their 'manly' nights out. Besides, that bloody awful mistake, he was sickingly in love with you. It was awful to watch, believe me. He would not leave your side unless someone daggered him and locked him away."
Beth didn't believe that. "You don't have to sugarcoat it for me, Rebekah. From what Klaus told me, he just got bored of me."
Rebekah couldn't help but laugh then, that was the exact opposite of their relationship. "Hardly! My brother was like a starved dog every time you entered a room he was in. I know my brothers, and Kol did not once consider being tired of you. You challenged him every day and he loved that." She took a seat next to Elizabeth. She offered her a sip of the wine and she took it this time, she definitely would need it.
