-fifty years later-
"you miss them" Finn pointed out quietly, removing his mouth from her wrist, fangs sinking back into normal-looking teeth
"of course, I do" she replied, her children had decided to spread their wings and travel by themselves- naturally she worried, watching her siblings gorge themselves on blood she had drained her own target but with Finn feeding off her, she would need to feed soon.
"you've taught them well sister" Elijah pointed out as he wiped at his own mouth finally sated
"there fifty years old sister, have daylight rings and they've been taught how to fight, compel and cover up a massacre what more could they need?" Kol attempted his own way of comforting his sister "now who's up for dessert?"
"glutton" Finn snapped at Kol who snarled
"coward! You feed off our sister like she was some wineskin! You'll find no control this way" he hit back and Morrigan got in between them
"Enough! Finn we're all working on our control, they've slipped up but it's okay and Kol don't antagonise your brother over choosing a different path" she ordered
"sister, these dresses are so pretty!" Rebekah interjected holding up an, admittedly, beautiful seafoam dress that would suit her perfectly
"Bekah…" Morrigan trailed off at her sister's hopeful look
"it has been a hundred years Rebekah we don't know how to fit into a new society especially with such finery" Elijah came to her rescue and she was thankful
"oh, don't be a bore 'Lijah, it could be fun and as much as I love the rustic lifestyle, I have delicate sensibilities" Kol argued enjoying stirring the pot.
"as much as I loathe to do so, I agree with Kol we've been nomadic for years now I could do with a warm bath" Finn sided with Olly who perked up
"well, like I've always said the eldest son is endowed with such wisdom- "he was cut off by Nico who had thrown a shoe at his head.
"no, we should carry on, we don't want anyone finding out what we are" he argued
"we did fine with Ivar and Leif" Rebekah argued
"we were moving every five years and constantly compelling people" Nico snapped back growing frustrated
"exactly, fun!" Kol grinned and they suddenly devolved into an argument
"hush!" Morrigan snapped and they fell silent as their sister moved into the conversation "what is that noise?" their heads tilted, and they located the low thrumming noise, a rapidly beating heart and the smell of fear.
Kol had moved swiftly reaching into the tipped over carriage and tossing something out.
"I found dessert" he declared childishly
"wait! We can use him for information" Rebekah interrupted standing in front of the man
"I don't know…" Eli trailed off
"why are we even arguing? It's sister's decision, in the end, she is the Queen after all" Nico mocked which received a sharp look from his sister in reprimand.
"Careful Nico" she warned, she was tired, starting to get hungry again and her patience was starting to thin "what is your name?" she demanded of the mortal
"L-Lucien Castle my lady" he answered his eyes were wide with terror as he glanced at them
"Hmm, who votes to have dessert and who wants to let him live and impersonate some nobles?" she asked glancing at her siblings.
"Let him live" Rebekah jumped in hopefully
"let him die, sister, we cannot allow him to live" Elijah interrupted
"let him live we can compel him" Klaus interrupted bored
"kill him! it'll be fun and sister dearest is still hungry or let him live it'll be fun to cause chaos" Kol interjected, happy with it either way
"Let him live" Finn voted everyone looked at Morrigan for her decision
She walked in front of him and crouched down maintaining eye contact she started speaking
"you will help us; you will keep our secret and you will not betray us" he repeated what she said in a monotone and she nodded satisfied with her work.
"w-what are you?" Lucien asked hesitantly
"Well my friend, this is Rebekah, Kol, Finn and Elijah all vampires, that is Niklaus over there, the original Hybrid and as for me? I am Morgana, the Phantom Queen of all supernatural" she flashed her golden eyes, the veins around her eyes darkening and gave him a dimpled, demonic, fanged grin.
He fainted, poor dear.
She glanced around at the hopeful look on her sibling's faces. Well, what was the worst that could happen?
A year later and Morrigan was severely regretting her decision to ever allow her siblings to interact with society ever again, it had all gone to Hel and she needed a break.
They had successfully managed to integrate themselves as the children of Count De Guise but Niklaus just had to start an affair with the count's daughter, get their compelled servant tortured then turned and then the other two followed after.
Aurora being turned by tricking Rebekah and Elijah somehow winding up turning the psychotic Tristan and compelling Aurora, but she had forced him to undo it.
She glared at her siblings who were lined up in front of her, Finn was smugly standing to her left and to her right stood the newly born 'trinity' as they called themselves, Lucien was throwing puppy dog eyes towards Aurora who was sending Niklaus obsessively love-struck smiles and her brother Tristan was attempting to skin Lucien alive with looks alone.
"is Finn the only one capable of behaving?" she chided them
"Sister!" Kol complained from his place inline
"Why are you standing there?" she asked
"old habits die hard" he sassed
"ah, and Kol? Kol genuinely behaved! You're worse than Kol" she accused, and they all gasped in offence while Kol looked smug and then insulted
"It just got out of hand" Rebekah weakly defended themselves
"you're over a hundred years old! You're nearing two hundred!" Morgana said
"I do believe I know a way out" Elijah piped up
"and how's that?" she snapped sarcastically, the three who were in trouble shared a look before pulling a puppy dog face towards her
"fix it for us?" they asked in unison, their gaze pleading
"ugh, this is the last time" she pointed at them and they nodded eagerly, knowing she would fold like a house of cards whenever they needed her.
She turned towards the three baby vampires.
"right, I'll allow you your life and immortality I have also generously given you daylight rings and you've all been given a crash course in how to be a vampire" she announced and the three nodded
She walked over to Aurora and spoke compelling her "you do not love Niklaus, he isn't good enough for you, you deserve someone who adores you" Aurora blinked rapidly as the compulsion took hold, she threw a glare at Tristan "allow Lucien the chance to prove himself, he has forever to do so…" she flashed forward gripping him by the throat and flashing her other face at him "…if you ever threaten my family again I will unravel your very soul, I am the phantom Queen and I do not allow for usurpers do you understand?" she threatened him viciously and he nodded rapidly
"Vel er þat," she said cheerily and dropped him to the ground "get out of my sight" and they were gone in a flash.
12th century
Morrigan smiled as she took in the bright Italian day, she did hold a deep love for this country, they had been travelling throughout the old world and had come to settle in Italy for a while, she and by extension, her family had been avoiding Norway.
She sighed as she watched Rebekah flirt with Alexander, Elijah was stood next to her, his face disapproving.
"I really don't like this" Elijah repeated himself
"I know brother dear; you've made yourself explicitly clear" she replied with a weary sigh
"then why aren't you doing anything?" he demanded
"because Rebekah threatened Sage if I did anything towards her beloved Alexander, and Sage makes Finn happy I won't risk it" She explained
"Sister! You're the most powerful being in creation, you could easily defend Sage" Elijah pestered her and she cast a longing look at Nico and Olly who were happily sipping on wine in the Italian sunshine.
"yes, I could but I want bekah to be happy" she replied softly
"he's a hunter a potential danger! Why not just look and know for sure?" he asked
"When I look, there's the potential that I fix it into place, what if I look and I see one of you die? Then you will die you know this; I must be careful when looking into the future" Morgana snapped fed up with the interrogation
He looked chagrined "I'm sorry sister I only wish to help, I don't want anything harming our family," he said
She sighed and nodded "look we just have to deal with that stupid dinner, Rebekah will lose interest soon enough and we can move on"
Later that night Morrigan exited the carriage dressed in a long blue dress with wide scooped sleeves that fell over her hands, Elijah was dressed in a red tunic with golden threading, Nico in a blue tunic and Kol in a green tunic, they looked like nobles and the wealth dripping off them showed it. Nico was a very savvy businessman and with an eternity to live, they needed the money to support them and Nico refused to live as anything less than a royal.
Snob.
"do we have to be here?" Kol moaned in annoyance tugging at the tunic he wore
"We just have to play nice for now" Morgana responded
Nico snorted "we could just kill him, he's a hunter and no good for our sister"
"yes, and break her heart in the process, so help me any of you make our little sister cry I will snap your necks and toss you in the ocean" she threatened them
"we'll play nice, we need to know what they're up to anyway" Elijah sided with his sister like always
"Finn and Sage aren't involved" Kol muttered petulantly
"they're on their honeymoon" Nico replied dryly "if you would like to involve yourself in that feel free"
Kol shuddered dramatically "she makes him…ugh, smile"
Her brothers chuckled but she merely rolled her eyes as they were ushered into the welcoming hall of the Five's mansion.
"ah Alexander, how are you?" Niklaus greeted cheerily taking the lead, he and Kol enjoyed being centre of attention while Morgana and Elijah enjoyed being underestimated.
"I am well Lord Mikaelson and yourself?" Alexander greeted politely, his 'brothers' flanking him, Morgana believed their names to be Domenico, Borso, Paolo and Sigismondo.
"I and my siblings are well, I thank you" he replied
"where is our sister?" Kol asked sharply bored already with the polite chatter, he had a glass of wine in hand and eyeing up one of the servants
"she's currently getting dressed, probably delayed with all those womanly trappings" he laughed at his joke, but Morgana wanted to sink her teeth into his throat.
"of course, sister does enjoy arriving when she deems important" Elijah gave a fake smile as his eyes shined with suspicion.
They went into the dining room to eat and drink, Morgana enjoyed it for the most part, but she and her siblings were not stupid they knew something was going on.
As they were about to start the main course, the four brothers stood and left, Alexander cleared his throat and their attention shuffled over to him.
"I must apologise, I have been remiss in speaking to you, of my purpose, of ours…you see our purpose was gifted to us by a powerful witch who had a vision of you all, how powerful you were and so she created these-" here he branded a silver dagger and as her siblings went to stand, they had similar daggers shoved through their chests "-this one is for you, Morgana, it's unfortunate of course, however, you are natures abomination and I will end it" he lunged towards her and stabbed her through the heart, for a minute it was like being trapped back in that house and she didn't react.
However, Nico did and soon enough there were five dead hunters, and a heartbroken Rebekah, while she was thankful to her little brother for doing what needed to be done, she still confiscated the daggers of him.
14th century
"what's the price?" she asked feigning boredom in front of the witch, three hundred years it had taken to track down this bloody family line, she had almost found them but then the whole debacle with the five occurred and then Nico's attempts to murder himself for nigh on a hundred years before the hallucinations stopped.
"I want protection and money but there would also be a cost to you" the witch replied Selena was her name and she was a part of a family line that worshipped the moon and used solar rarities to perform spectacular feats of magic, like a permeant connection between two to share their magic, something Morgana was after.
"fine, done" Morrigan answered with a careless shrug waving a hand forward, her newest additions, Benjamin and Isaac moved forward with payment while their sister Cecilia watched attentively, she had rescued all three from a foul coven who had treated them horribly, she hadn't met any like them before but her and Kol had taken them in and cared for them, Kol called them Heretics but she called them Siphoners.
When they had decided to be turned and become part of her sire line two things were found out- one, Siphoners could still Siphon after their transition and two- they had formed a sire-bond to her.
"There will be an alignment of the planets and there will be a meteor shower this month, that is the time to do it"
Morgana nodded in acceptance and took her leave.
She breathed deeply in the cold air, her breath fogging white in front of her, she glanced around at the ritual that had been prepared, Selena was dressed in a white shift, her feet bare and skin glowing in the light of the full moon. At the nod of permission from Selena, she stepped into the circle and sat upon the altar.
"This will hurt worse than anything you've ever felt, I'm taking your magic, your soul and essentially splitting it between two vessels, one half with you and one half in this amulet that will attach itself to Kol and can never be removed, you will become his anchor, his connection to mother nature" Selena explained "this is a permeant connection and cannot be undone" she gave the final warning
"I understand," Morgana said, and she did but it was worth it, for Kol to get his magic back? It would be worth anything.
As the meteor shower began in the skies above, Selena began chanting, the power thickening in the air and her skin and eyes beginning to glow while her hair writhed in the air around her. The magic that had been building, turned and directed itself directly at Morgana before sinking into her body and tearing her apart.
She snarled viciously, fighting against invisible restraints but Selena ignored her and chanted louder, more demanding, her snarl turned into a loud scream, she felt like her soul was being torn in half, but she kept the face of Kol in her mind, how heartbroken he was, the devastation of dealing with being a vampire, how the spark in his eyes dulled and became apathetic, that without his magic it seemed like he lost his soul.
It felt like an eternity later, when the pain finally receded, a low groan escaped her bloodied lips, as Selena leant over her.
"it's done," she said, and Morgana sat up, her body already recovered but mentally and emotionally she was exhausted.
She stumbled upright keeping a tight grip on the chained necklace with the Mikaelson Crest, a fox wrapped around the M, instead of the dragon, 'a promise kept' inscribed on the back.
"Now, leave" the witch ordered, and Morgana was happy to comply flitting back towards the family mansion.
Not bothering with changing, she simply collapsed on top of her ostentatious four-poster bed, torn bloodied clothes and dirtied leather boots staining her sheets.
The amulet was clutched tightly in her iron grip.
Sunlight woke her the next day, blazing down on her face and she grunted in annoyance before sitting up, cradling the amulet in her hands, she grinned giddily. Finally, she could give him what he desired.
Washing and dressing quickly she floated into the dining hall.
"Sister" Elijah greeted happily as he read a new book, deciding on spending his immortality on collecting new knowledge, after the disaster with Rebekah and her first love, none were eager to risk it, apart from Finn who was still disgustingly in love with his wife Sage.
"Brothers dearests" she greeted delight in her tone sending a smug grin to Kol, who arched his eyebrow intrigued.
"what have you done?" Finn asked "your incredibly smug so early in the morning"
"Indeed, I am my darling bear, now Kol, my wily fox, just how much do you love me?" she asked playfully and Kol grinned
"why sister, you're my favourite sibling, and my love for you knows no bounds" he perked up at her delighted laugh while she popped the box in front of him.
"Open it" she sung happily, and he did so, happily ripping into the box, he deflated slightly at the amulet.
"oh, thank you?" he asked in confusion
She laughed at him "touch it" she encouraged bouncing on her toes in impatience, he did as she ordered, and his hand jerked backwards, and his eyes widened and focused on her.
"No…" he trailed off
"yes" she beamed euphoric
He took the necklace and hooked it around his neck, he glowed briefly before it settled in and the connection flared to life between them.
"incendia" he commanded with old ease and every candle in the room flared to life brightly and Kol laughed in delight.
"haha how?! I have magic again!" he grinned delighted and the spark she adored was back and brighter in his eyes, like a star in the night sky.
"I made a deal with a witch and essentially split my own magic, it's connected to both of us and we have a collective strength of a six hundred year old witch rather than my three hundred years, as we grow older, we grow stronger" she explained simply, Kol's eyes filled with tears and he swept her up into a crushing hug.
"thank you" he whispered voice cracking
"Always little brother" she replied softly before their siblings piled on them.
15th century
It was 1492 and Nico was celebrating his five hundredth and eleventh birthday, Nico always went all out on birthdays he and Rebekah loved throwing parties and being the centre of attention. As Nico caused them to enter a little late and garner the spotlight. Her eyes narrowed as she spotted the person stood next to Trevor who was Nico's newest sycophant.
Over the years it had been cultivated that Niklaus was the strongest and oldest amongst them while the others were his foot soldiers- she had laughed when her title of the Phantom Queen passed into legend- if only they knew, Finn and Sage dipped in and out of their family dynamic. Sage always desiring adventure and Finn always following her. It worked well as Sage, Nico and Rebekah did not get along well.
Kol, while he stuck close to his family, was prone to wandering off to research magic, she and Kol had set up several covens throughout their time and Kol enjoyed spending time and immersing himself with them and training them, he was affectionately referred to as the fanged witch by several in their coven.
But spotting the replica of Tatia, with the long brown hair, big brown eyes and innocent smile, she wanted to burn the manor down, no good would come of this clone.
She was right, when in her life would she be proven wrong? Elijah was slumped on the couch looking heartbroken and never will she get used to that look-from any of her siblings and already she was planning on the ways she'd make Katerina Petrova pay, Niklaus was destroying the room in rage while ranting and raving of Elijah being a traitor. She and Kol just watched by the sidelines.
"Nico will you calm down?" she asked her eyes on Rebekah who looked terrified, and he turned towards her in a rage
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN! MY BROTHER BETRAYS ME AND LETS THAT WHORE ESCAPE, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO HELP YOU HAVE ALL BETRAYED ME!" he screamed, face red and spittle flying
"Are you going for the title of being the drama Queen of our family?" she questioned sarcastically as she moved over to the large family portrait that hung over the fireplace.
"what the hell are you on about?" he snapped
"do you think me so idiotic that I didn't have multiple backups? That I would allow the moonstone to be so easily stolen? That I would not have compelled her? Taken her blood? We still have mother's grimoire which includes the curse on you. Kol and I have found a way around it along with having the power of immortal siphoners on our side" she wondered watching as Nico calmed down and hope finally entered his eyes.
"so, the curse can still be broken?" he asked quietly, his voice fragile
"of course, by tonight, your curse will be broken, and you will be as your meant to" she collected the ingredients, kissed Nico on the cheek and flittered away with Kol.
Kol used the doppelganger blood and the life of a repugnant man to help break the curse while the heretics siphoned the curse of the doppelganger when it tried to take control.
By the time the moon rose high that mild autumn night, Niklaus was finally reunited with his wolf after a long five-hundred-year wait.
A/N:
thanks for the reviews! it means a lot I hope you enjoy this chapter
I still don't own Doctor Who, The Vampire Diaries or Originals.
"Vel er þat" - translates to 'good is that'