Third Person Point of View
Fletcher Baxter finds himself pulling his car to a stop in front of a church he distinctly remembers. He almost shudders but forces himself to push foward. He can hear Niklaus following close behind as he places both hands on the heavy oak door of the chapel.
"This is it, I can feel it." Fletcher mutters as the sound of two ther cars pulling up comes from behind.
"The other two were empty." August announces quietly to his twin. "And Kol brought his bat like you asked." He says and Fletcher nods quietly.
"Do you recognize this church?" Fletcher asks his brother in a quiet tone.
"This is the one that our parents helped to build, where our sister was supposed to get married." August says and then groans loudly.
"Can't people be clever for once? Why does it always have to be some dramatic meaningful place." August mutters and then looks over his shoulder to the Mikaelsons. Kol stands with a grin on his face and a bat on his shoulder.
"We don't know what he's done to her in there. But do not be merciful to him, lord knows he probably wasn't merciful to her." August says and Kol nods once, while Niklaus hides behind a thin mask of indifference. Fletcher pushes the doors to the chapel opens slowly so that they do not creak.
The only light comes from the almost thousands of candles lit around the chapel. Its quiet, save for the creaking of the old building in the wind. Across the chapel from the rescue group, a figure comes into view and Fletcher tenses. Charles Laurent comes into view and stops dead in his tracks. But he looks entirely unphased before letting out an almost psychotic laugh. Slowly, from behind him, a familiar figure comes into view. In a flowing white dress, reminiscent of the era in which she grew up, stands Emerald Baxter. Her eyes look glazed over and she stands quiet.
August looks around the room as if he's calculating something.
"Do you think she wants to go with you?" Charles asks with a mildly infuriating smirk on his face.
"The man who was supposed to be her savior, to let her be 'free' let her down. If he had loved her, he would have wed her the first chance that he got." Charles accuses and Niklaus takes a threatening step forward before Fletcher stops him.
"You seem to think that you know my sister. She was disgusted by you and by the fact that our father ever dared to allow you to marry her. You're a spineless worm so I suggest that you step away from my sister while you still have the ability to walk." Fletcher snarls looking angrier than he's ever been. From behind him, Kol holds out his bat and Fletcher takes it without hesitation. He crosses the floor of the chapel and in one swift movement the aluminum bat connects with the side of Charles' head. Charles stumbles after the first blow but comes back grinning.
In the commotion, Rebekah Mikaelson crosses the room to Emerald and pulls her to the side.
"Are you okay?" She asks sounding worried and her worry multiplies when Emerald doesn't respond. The glazed look in her eyes intesifying.
"Elijah!" Rebekah calls, trying to mask the worry as the others handle Mr. Laurent.
"What is it?" Elijah asks and then he takes a closer look at Emerald.
"There's something wrong with her." Rebekah whispers urgently.
"Are you okay?" Elijah asks and Emerald's eyes dart to his and she nods almost imperceptably. Then her eyes focus over his shoulder at the commotion going on behind him. Much like before, her nose begins to blled, dribbling down her chin in a matter of seconds and staining the stark white of the wedding dress she was forced into. She blinks a few times slowly before her knees give out and she begins to collapse.
First Person Point of View
I watch as Charles walks out in front of me and I find myself following slowly behind him. My heart skips when I see my brothers and Niklaus standing across the room from me. I want so desperately to scream at all of them, to show any sort of emotion. But I find myself trapped within my own head. A sensation that I wouldn't reccommend nor condemn anyone to. I listen as Charles accusses Niklaus of never having loved me. I can see as his demeanor changes from thinly masked anger to every muscle in his body being tensed in anger. But before he even has the chance to react I watch as my brother Fletcher crosses the room much faster than I had anticipated.
There was a small flash of silver and I watch as Charles stumbles and then I find myself being pulled away.
"Are you okay?" I can hear Rebekah asks me, but my mouth won't let me form any sort of words. I hear her call for Elijah and he comes to us looking concerned. But then he asks me the same question and I feel my neck untense long enough for me to nod once. My eyes focus over his shoulder at the site of Niklaus holding Charles' heart in his hand. I try to scream that somethings wrong, words catching in my throat and spinning around and around in my head. I can't even make the smallest whimper as my head explodes into pain. I can feel the warm sensation of blood dribbling down my chin before my vision begins to flicker in and out. My knees relax as my vision finally darkens and I can feel my body dropping towards the floor.
When I come to, I recognize that I'm in the Mikaelson house once again, but this time settled onto the couch. Kol's head pops into my view and then back out.
"She's awake." He says nonchalantly and I feel myself getting pulled upwards.
"Emerald." Fletcher says sounding concerned, but once again the words die in my throat. He shares a very concerned look with my brother.
"Do you think he had her cursed? Maybe so that she only has the right to speak if she gets married?" Fletcher asks August.
"It sounds like something he'd have done. But he should have known he'd have been stopped. And I'm not about to force my sister to get married as a test." August says and glances around the room.
"Anyways, I don't think we'd be able to convince Klaus to do it unless it was guarenteed to work. And then we'd have to face Emerald if it did." He responds.
Damn right they would have to deal with me, I think to myself.
"It's the only option that we have. They can have it annulled if they want to." Fletcher says and pulls me up and along with him. We come to a halt in front of Niklaus and his family.
"Klaus, we need you to marry our sister." Fletcher announces.