A YEAR LATER...
Chapter 6:(Esther)
"Come on Henrik, our brothers are fighting again!",exclaimed Rebekah. Both of them went running excitedly, to watch their brother's duel.
"Oh look our little sister's arrived",Elijah said. "to watch my fast approaching victory."
"On the contrary, Elijah." Niklaus smirked.
They were fighting hand to hand or rather sword to sword, when Esther and Mikael arrived at the scene. In an attempt to show his father how skilled he was, Niklaus cut off Elijah's belt.
"I've come to laugh at you." Niklaus remarked causing everyone to laugh but Mikael's face turned cold and harsh, and his eyes burned with fury. Esther knew that Mikael hated the fact that Niklaus was not his son and thus held a permanent grudge against him.
"Relax Mikael", Esther tried to calm him "Niklaus means well."
"That's precisely my problem." Mikael told her and he took the sword form Elijah. "So? Why don't you teach me that trick, young warrior." Then he attacked Niklaus .Swords clashed.
"CLANG...CLANG...CLAT"
"Father," Niklaus explained "We were just..having fun."
"We fight for our survival and you fight time for fun!" Mikael spat "I want to have fun. Teach me, come on!" he said sarcastically.
"Father it was nothing"
"Aarrghh!" Mikael attacked him with such force and speed that even though Niklaus defended himself, he could barely lift his sword in time and watch helplessly as it skidded across. Then Mikael effortlessly pushed him to the ground and in seconds he had the tip of his sword pointed at his throat.
"You are foolish and impulsive, my boy." Mikael said
"What? No more laughter?"
The whole scene that had unfolded before them had frightened Henrik and Rebekah and even Elijah was somewhat uneasy.
"You made your point, Mikael." Esther said. She wanted all of this to stop.
Mikael thrust his sword into the ground near Niklaus' neck,barely missing him.
"Somedays its a miracle you are still alive. Boy." and with that he disappeared once again into the woods.
Esther had intended on telling Mikael about Niklaus's child. It had been a year since she was entrusted with her but somehow she couldn't gather the will to tell him. She had managed to hide Qetsiyah in one of the caves that their family frequented ,once a while. But things were getting much more harder for her recently . Qetsiyah was growing up and needed more of her time and attention. She couldn't just leave her so very child required proper care and nourishment which she was not getting and that troubled Esther more than ever.
She had always confided in Mikael and trusted the decisions he made but with the recent turn of events, she doubted her telling Mikael about the baby would improve his relationship with Niklaus. She also wondered as to whether Niklaus really knew about the child he had produced.
It was unknown what the future held for them but if the tension between Niklaus and her husband continued to brew, it was probably for the best that she leave Qetsiyah out of it. At least for the time being .