Good evening :D

For those who saw last weeks episode of The Vampire Diaries was anyone enraged at what Klaus did? I mean, I personally do not like this girl at all! She is too...annoying for a lack of words. They keep trying to make her so important from her old series, and she shouldn't be. Rebekah, Caroline, Elena, and Katherine are all the girls we need thank you very much!

Enough of my little rant for now! I seriously love Klaus and Rebekah though! They are two of my favorite characters, and I love writing about them. Thank you to all of you who have reviewed, and favorited my story. It makes my day! Emjoy your night.

Disclaim: L.J. Smith, and Julie, producer of Vampire Diaries, owns all characters.

~Witch

Chapter Three: In the Abyss

Niklaus is ready to drop dead once the early crows start to sing, and the red sunlight appears into their den. His hands pull at his hair as silence mocks him on the other side of the wall. He has been at his parent's door since he had come hours ago and no words about his sister. Kol had come out earlier to go catch their breakfast, and try and beat Niklaus in their little game. Rolling his eyes, he stretches his arms above his head, and leans up to look at the roof above their house. The stone is nearly like the color Rebekah was laying on, reminding him of something he cannot but feel responsible for. Vibrations sweep under Niklaus and sooner then he would like, someone opens the door.

"Niklaus, get up at once." His father says in a cold voice that makes Niklaus want to flee from sight.

"Is Rebekah-"

"Hurry up and move yourself, Niklaus." Mikael says with a tone Niklaus always regrets hearing. As they are passing out their home Mikael grabs two swords and throws one at Niklaus.

"Do you feel like a man, Niklaus? You take what you want and need at any time you please." Mikael says slashing his sword as Niklaus barely raises his sword.

"Father I was-"

"You were just in sleep with your sister? I should very well teach you a lesson, Niklaus." Mikael says taking another step towards Niklaus with a sinister grin.

Niklaus jumps slightly to the left to once again doge his fathers blow. The lack of sleep is taking Niklaus to a new level of exhaustion, and he can barely keep up with Mikael.

"Come on boy fight like a man." Mikael says with absolute rage, and kicks Niklaus in the knee and jams his elbow into his ribs.

Niklaus takes a long breath before running to his father and going for his arm so he can no longer use it. He is able to land a scratch before Mikael swings and kicks Niklaus to the ground and stands over him smiling.

"You should be lucky I am thinking about sparing your life and not killing you right here and now. Some days I think I should have killed you years back ago. If you ruin this family's reputation I will certainly kill you." Mikael says before raising his sword above his head.

"Mikael, this is enough." Esther's voice says sharply, and Niklaus looks out of the corner of his eye with her hands on her hips.

Mikael gives Niklaus one last glare before heading into town with a scowl. Niklaus takes his time getting up, and shakes his head from the dirt lodged in his ear, and in his hair.

"Is Rebekah going to be okay, Mother?" He says following her as she nods her head.

"Rebekah should be fine as long as she stays inside and gets her rest." Esther says opening the possum cage and grabbing one out before breaking its neck. "I want you to cook this for tonight's supper."

"What about Rebekah? What was wrong with her?" Niklaus says stepping in front of her mother who gives him a menacing stare.

"She will be fine, Niklaus." Esther says pushing past him and going to her food preparation bowl.

"What happened to Rebekah?" Niklaus yells with force enough to shake his mother's glass necklace collection hanging in front of their casement.

Esther looks up at Niklaus and pours the last spoonful of water into her bowl and wipes her hands on her dress. "Rebekah had an ill mishap with the cold, and she needed her mother's love to heal her." She states grabbing the possum and grabbing out a bone that was sharpened to a point.

Niklaus does not believe his mother for one moment knowing what he has seen. Niklaus fully knows that there is something wrong with his mother. Maybe mother and father's talk of magic may not be such a tale after all?

"What about the talk of darkness mother? I have heard you and father talk about such evils as has Kol and Elijah." Niklaus says walking around the kitchen and towards his mother's room.

"We will talk about this later on, Niklaus. I must see to it that your father is alright from your earlier discussion." Esther says walking out, and Klaus eyes the door, and opens it and steps inside.

Inside is the stone bed his parents use for slumber, and there is Rebekah laying in it. He slowly walks over to her, and sighs in relief when he sees the rise and fall of her breaths. He lowers himself onto the bed, and lowers his head onto his knees.

"I'm sorry, Rebekah." He mutters and strokes her cheek waiting for her to wake up.

Rebekah is tired. Not the tired that requires a small amount of sleep, but the bone-aching, eye drooping, hallucination seeing tired. Rebekah can't move anything at her will it's like an invisible force is weighing, crushing her. She can't escape this prison of darkness keeping her trapped in this state of nothing. An abyss of silence and agony as all her emotions play out in a circle. Grief, anger, sorrow, but also happiness, joy, and ultimately, love. I'm sorry Rebekah her faintly hears, and tries to open her eyes once more. It's a little easier this time, and a bright light burns her vision as she coughs shaking to get up.

"That's right, easy now little sister, you can do it." Niklaus whispers as she feels support on her back lifting her up, and into the arms of her brother.

"Where am I?" Rebekah whispers as they look around at their parent's forbidden room.

"Mother and father's room you don't remember last night?" Niklaus says as he looks into her eyes.

She slaps his hand away, and crosses her arms. "I remember last night, Nik, and I'm well aware of what you did." She says as her voice is still scratchy, and she looks as if she is in pain because of it.

"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry, Rebekah? I threw your dead animal, and I said I'm sorry." Niklaus says taking her arm, and helping her stand so she can walk.

"You took advantage of my love for things." Rebekah argues limping with Niklaus and takes a seat on their animal covered stone.

"That's what big brothers do, love. I take what I want and when I want." Niklaus says kicking his feet up and giving her a wink.

Rebekah rolls her eyes, and hides her smile shaking her head. "I cannot believe how full of yourself you are, Nik."

"You would be to if you were me, sister." Niklaus says and they both share a laugh.

"I think I would much rather be Elijah, Nik." Rebekah says as Niklaus puts his finger to his lips, and eyes the bowl where their mother left the delicious treats like berries and herb soup.

Another laugh escapes Rebekah as they grab the bowl, and flee into Rebekah's room. Since Niklaus shares a room with his brothers, and Rebekah is a girl, she gets the only room to herself. They spend the next number of minutes eating berries and cold soup.

"Now would you rather be the stick in the mud Elijah or your daring and outgoing big brother?" Niklaus says leaning over and whispers something into Rebekah's ear.

"Yes, yes, we all know what a harlot Kol is, Nik." Rebekah says as tears spill out of her eyes, and her stomach has small pains from continuous laughter.

Voices can be made out, and Niklaus guesses by the deep voice it is mother and father.

"Where in the bloody hell is Rebekah?" His mother shrieks causing another fit of laughter between the two siblings.

"Shh, love, shh, we will play a game." Niklaus says covering Rebekah's mouth and leading her under the skin of elk and deer they use for warmth. "They will never find you here." Niklaus says as Elijah passes by, and gives Niklaus a confused look.

"He is in here mother." Elijah says and Niklaus bites his thumb at him. Only a wimp like his brother would do something as childish as tell on him. That is something a child would do not an adult.

Esther and Mikael see Niklaus shushing a body under the wrap of skinned animals, and sigh.

"Rebekah, come out at once." Her mother snaps, and shakes her head in shame as Rebekah comes out with a fit of giggles.

"I see they got into our secret stash of goods, Esther. What punishment should they receive?" Mikael says cracking his knuckles.

"None of that talk tonight, Mikael. My sister spirits has been giving me signs something wrong has been going on, and our fellow neighbors has fallen ill. Talk of the town says it is some sort of deadly disease. If we harm the children now we may lose them forever. Now, let's gather the family for dinner." Esther says grabbing her youngest, and only, daughter off the floor giving her a lecture.

"What's wrong with our brother and sister?" Finn asks his mother sitting down next to her, and she strokes his hair.

"They just got into something they were not supposed to. Now, let's eat supper." Esther says as all her children gather around her. She is unaware that Rebekah and Niklaus, even in their state of delirium, heard every word of such darkness. It's approaching before anyone can predict, and the happy times will be over quickly.

Just to clear things up, Niklaus and Rebekah were drinking, and eating what our modern times would be alcohol and weed. Just a fun little chapter before it goes downhill. Brace yourself! The dreaded Monday is coming! Enjoy your night everyone.

~Witch