Chapter 5: Memories
I sniffled and stood up, facing him as I set my face into a hard stare. "Now, I would like to have a nice chat with you. I have several questions for you." he said and came toward me, but the doorway stopped him. He growled and I threw a broke vase at him. "Get away from here! Stay away from me!" "Why are you crying over Mikael? He was a monster, bent on killing all vampires. That includes you." "Don't talk about him! Keep his name out of your mouth." I hissed and bared my fangs, I was getting too angry, I wanted to tear his heart out right now. I wanted to tear his limbs from his body, I wanted him to scream in agony as my father had done. He needed to suffer.
"Come outside. Let's talk." he seemed to be toying with me, making me throw a table leg at him. He caught it and snapped it in half, his eyes shifting to yellow for a moment. I felt a pain in my chest as I pictured Mikael burning again, making my lip quiver and eyes water. "Explain it to me." he said as he sat down, leaning against the frame of the door that was barring him entrance. "What?" I asked, confused. "I know why I shed a few tears over that man. Yet you are far more torn about his death, so much grief. I would like to know why. That man shown no care for anyone in his life, so why do you cry for him?"
"Because I loved him! He was my whole world! I cry for him because he was my father!" I couldn't stop my emotions from spilling from me. Klaus's face changed…he was filled with shock and confusion. "Your father? Impossible. I would know you." I took a step back and he tried to come forward, but was stopped again. "Invite me in. Explain it all. Now." his voice was harsh now, he was getting angry but as long as I stayed inside, he couldn't get to me, he couldn't force me to tell him anything. I walked over to him, pausing just before the doorway. "Tell me why you hated him so much." my voice was low, but I felt I needed to know why he was like this toward Mikael.
"He was a monster. A terrible person. He's spent his life trying to kill his own children." "Only because he realized his mistake in creating vampires. We aren't supposed to be alive like this. It's unnatural. He was just trying to right his own wrong." "Oh, he's brainwashed you huh? You're a fool for thinking Mikael cared for anyone in his life." "He cared for me!" I shouted, almost tackling him but I held back, I was only safe if I remained in the house. "Did he? Or were you being used for his goal of ending his family? If he was your father, you must have known that he planned on killing you as well." I met his eyes and spoke in a quiet voice. "I did know that."
"You knew that he planned on murdering you as well as every other vampire and you were okay with it?! You helped him!?" I sighed, sitting on the ground and pulling my knees to my chest, knowing that Mikael never told me his plans for us once the others were dead, but I wasn't stupid. Mikael hated all vampires, even himself, he trained himself to live off vampire blood because he despised of what he had created and was. It didn't take long to put two and two together and figure out his words, I mean, he had never once said that we were going to be a free living family. In my heart, I knew that he would be the one to kill me in the end, and I was alright with that.
"We shouldn't be alive, Klaus. Esther was wrong for creating us. Nature will always find a way to balance it. Mikael took it upon himself to right his wrong. I understand him more than anyone else ever could." "You didn't grow up with him treating you like he did us!" he bent down in front of me, trying to look at my face as he continued to tell me that Mikael was a monster. "I saw how he was with your family, because I was there as well. On the outside looking in, seeing your complete family…knowing I was never going to have that." I didn't mean to let it slip out, but I was so upset that Mikael was gone, the only one that ever knew about me, that cared about me. I was truly alone in this world now.
I looked up and Klaus had sat down also, his face confused and perhaps a bit sad as well. "What do you mean?" I shook my head, I didn't need to be saying anything else. I've already said too much. "What is your name?" his voice was soft, he was just asking, not demanding. I chewed my lip as I stared at him, why did I feel like I could be honest with him? I hated him for killing Mikael. I wanted him dead. "Kara." I breathed out, and he smiled at me, it looked real enough. "Beautiful. I am Niklaus. Or call me Nik." "I know who you are. Like I said, I watched your family grow up." I scoffed and in that moment, he caught me off guard and grabbed a planting rod from the porch and jammed it into my chest, pulling me outside of the house as I died.
When I came back, I was lying on a sheet covered couch. I groaned and looked down, seeing the rod had already been pulled out and I sat up, looking at the room I was in, there was tools everywhere, the place looked like it was still being worked on. I scanned the room and found Klaus sitting in a chair, just watching me. "Kara…I would like for you to explain your life to me. Mikael was an honorable man, before he became a monster. So how is he your father?" he seemed to be honest and curious about who I really was. "Don't try to escape, sweetheart. My hybrids are everywhere and I'll put you down really quickly if you try."
I knew I could believe his words, after all he was known for his temper and doing things like he liked. Now that Mikael was gone, there was no one he feared now. I ran my hand through my hair and faced him, leaning back on the couch as my body was extremely sore from coming back from death. "He didn't speak much about how I was born…but I was told later on once turned." he didn't say anything, just waited and leaned back in his chair, his hands folded in front of his face as his eyes just bore into mine. "Ayana…the witch your mother learned from and was friends with. Apparently when Esther and Mikael couldn't bear children, he came to Ayana for guidance. But Ayana couldn't figure out why Esther was unable to have children. Mikael, wanting a family and wanting to make sure that it was real…went to a woman that had just arrived from a distant land, and he seduced her."
"Your mother?" I nodded and looked at the ground. "Yes, she was charmed according to Ayana. And soon she was also Pregnant with me. Mikael now knew that the issue wasn't with him…but with Esther. As I came to term, the woman was cared for by Ayana in secret, Mikael didn't want Esther finding out what he had done. He wanted to give his love a chance to become pregnant. But it didn't happen, and I was born in secret, father was there for the last part. Just before my mother passed away from problems with delivery. Ayana told me that Mikael was so happy that I was born and that I was strong and healthy. It gave him hope that he could truly have a family. But battle called him away and I was left with Ayana to raise me, Mikael made her swear to keep me a secret from everyone."
"When he returned, he would visit and watch me grow, but his wife would come first as to protect his life with her. And soon somehow Esther became pregnant with ease then. Mikael told Ayana about Esther and asked her to find a family to take me in, but Ayana said she would keep me herself. And then Freya was born and Mikael didn't come visit for a while. Then came Finn and Ayana was my mother at that point, teaching me to stay away from the other people, putting me in a hiding spot when people would come to her for herbs and healing." I paused and looked up to see Klaus had moved closer, he was within a few feet of the couch I was on now. "Go on." he told me.
"War called Mikael away again and when he returned, Freya had been taken by the plague in the village. Esther was heartbroken with grief and Elijah in her belly. I was 6 at the time of her death and Mikael visited much more often, happy to see that I was thriving still. He enjoyed spending time with me and I began to ask him to stay instead of leaving, but it wasn't able to happen. He had his family. I told Ayana that I didn't want to be here anymore, she told me about where my mother had came from, telling me that was where I needed to be. However, I didn't know that she would also tell Mikael and Esther and that we would all go to this land together."
"So Mikael is your father and Esther is not your mother. So you are only a half-sibling to the others. And we share no blood at all. Do you call yourself a Mikaelson?" I shook my head, "Mikael wanted me to have the name…but only in secret, to keep me safe. In this new land, I did as Mikael and Ayana told me, everything they said, I obeyed. They wanted me to stay safe so it was my duty to not hinder them. Esther and Mikael went on to have the rest of their family…with you being the exception of being Mikael's child. Years and years went by with your family growing and enjoying their happiness and I was always watching from a distant. Seeing my father with you and your siblings, it woke a envy inside of me." "What envy? The bastard abused and treated us like the enemy instead of his children."
His voice was harsh, but from my memories, I never seen Mikael show much anger toward them. Klaus told me about when Elijah and him had been sparring, Mikael took over and nearly killed Klaus for being foolish. "He just didn't want to lose more of his family like he did Freya. He wanted you all to be strong to be able to fend off the werewolves." I saw his guilt in his eyes as he told me about the youngest of their children sneaking out with him to go watch the wolves and ending up getting killed. "I remember that, Mikael came to Ayana and me, making sure I was safe and sound before they hid me as Esther came to talk about how to protect their families now. Ayana refused."
"Yes yes, and our mother came up with the spell that turned us to Vampires. Mikael killed us himself. How did you turn into a vampire?" he asked and plopped onto the couch beside me, crossing his legs and his fingers brushed my shoulder. "I always did as Ayana and father asked…except for one night. I had overheard someone saying that someone else had died and I was curious. I snuck out and went to find Mikael. I wanted to make sure that he was safe, he was the only family I had. I couldn't find him and then he found me, ushering me away and giving me something to drink."
"Probably the same blood-laced drink he gave us." Klaus said and I nodded, "I asked why he was so upset and he hugged me, telling me that he was sorry and that soon I would be strong and he would let me join him and your family. And then later I woke up to see that Ayana was with me, she explained that Esther had upset the balance and Mikael had killed me. When he hugged me, he snapped my neck." "Ahh, so it was quick and painless for you. How lucky." Klaus scoffed and I met his eyes, he was still listening and it was calm and I actually felt safe for some reason. "Ayana told me to drink from her, telling me that I couldn't leave her, she loved me as her own."
"So you were turned when we were. Mikael snuck you some of the spell blood because you were his first-born. I see." he seemed to be finished with questioning me, not that it mattered, Mikael was gone, the only family I ever had was gone. I pulled my legs up and buried my face, I didn't want to be here, I wanted to be alone, I wanted to grieve my father by myself. "Just let me go…please…" I whispered, reliving the memories right after losing him was too much. I couldn't control my emotions. I was shocked when I felt his arms tug me into a hug and I looked up to see he wasn't looking at me, he wasn't speaking, he was just holding me. I couldn't stop the tears from falling and I held onto him for dear life, crying and soaking his shirt as I lost myself because I lost my father.