Author's Note: Okay, so I lied. It doesn't have really any action in it as I had a bit of a writer's block and decided instead to start re-posting; The Village Vampires. So go read it people! :)
The New World - Middle Ages - ca. 1018
Kol is dragging Paget into a collection of caves. Paget groans about the lack of light and knowledge of where he is taking her.
"Kol. Where?" Paget's voice shakes as she attempts to speak.
"Where am I taking you?" Kol questions her.
Paget nods and Kol grins.
"A place we must keep secret from Father."
They finally reach a bigger cave with small beams of light coming through the ceiling. Rebekah is using a knife to carve her name in Runic into the cave wall; Klaus is standing behind her, watching.
"Rebekah, let me have at it!" Klaus says, pacing back and forth.
"Quiet, Niklaus! I am to have more concentration if I am not to slice off a finger." Rebekah replies.
"Now, Rebekah. You know, father will not like you handling the blade." Kol chips in
"Kol, If I want to wield a blade, I shall wield a blade! Father need not know." Rebekah says to him, clearly annoyed and then continues in sign language "Paget, come stand here and help me."
Paget walks over and stands infront of her sister, blowing the dust away as Rebekah inscribes her name.
"Paget. You know father will find out. He always does." Niklaus signs nervously to her.
"That is because you always tell him." Paget signs back before taking the tool Rebekah is using to scribe and passes it to Niklaus.
"I cannot help it... he frightens me." Niklaus signs and then walks towards the wall.
"He frightens us all. That is why we stick together as one, always and forever. Right?" Rebekah says and then she links her arms with Paget's, they then stand where Niklaus stood, watching him inscribe his name into the wall.
"Okay. Kol, Paget, Niklaus. You two finish it, I am to help mother with the meal tonight." Rebekah states.
"Yes, go tend to dinner, and leave the blades to the men, little sister." Niklaus says
Rebekah retorts by slamming the knife blade-side down into his palm, slicing it open. This surprises all of the Mikaelson siblings whom are in the caves.
"Agh, Bekah!" Niklaus winces
"It's just a little blood. Be a man about it." Rebekah smirks and takes her leave.
"Well, I know what not to say around our little sister." Paget signs
Kol and Niklaus laugh and continue with their work on the wall. But not before long Kol turns to Paget and signs
"Shouldn't you be helping with dinner also, Paget?"
"Oh piss off, Kol." Paget says outloud before stomping off in much the same fashion Rebekah left in.
"I wonder who taught her those words." Niklaus says before narrowing his eyes at Kol.
"Our sister is not an invalid nor an child, I'm sure she picked those words up all by herself." Kol replies.
"I really much doubt that." Elijah says as he walks into the cave and continues "however I would like you to respect that our sister is trying to learn the language of the common people which you both are making it more of a struggle for her. She cannot hear, however she wishes to speak and by doing so she is entrusting you both to teach her words that she can use to communicate. Now, I care deeply for our sister and do not wish to see her be the highlight of the both of yours idea of a joke, is that clear?"
"Yes brother. She struggles everyday doesn't she?" Niklaus says.
Elijah walks around the cave and then replies
"Indeed she does. We need to come together as a family and make this easier for her. Our mother is concerned for her as am I. Father has been watching her, he wishes to marry her off however no one will take a woman for a wife if she cannot speak. Now I as much as the rest of us do not wish to see our sister be taken from us before she is ready.
Niklaus ponders this for a moment before asking
"But what can be done?"
Kol quickly chips in
"We have to convince father of course. He cannot just marry her off like some slave or property. He has to be reasoned with."
"And are you going to be the one to do it then?" Niklaus replies angrily.
"Kol is right, Niklaus. We must put our fear aside and confront our father. We have done it before and I believe it's right that we do it again." Elijah says, studying the newly inscribed names on the wall. "I believe this wall is missing something." Elijah takes the tool from Niklaus and begins to inscribe his name.
Elijah remembers back to when Paget was 4 years of age.
- - - - The New World - Middle Ages - ca. 1004 - - - -
"It's against nature. My own child, unable to witness the sounds of this world. It should not have lived past the day it was born."
Mikael is carrying 4 year old Paget into the woods with him. Esther carrying 4 year old Kol, Elijah, Finn, and Niklaus follow him. Esther pleads for her child's life.
"Mikael, she is our child. You would really forsake her?" Esther asks him, unsure of his intentions.
"But what good will she be? A child without the ability to hear. Why, she would be an outcast in our village. I will hear no more. She is to be given back to gods." Mikael had made his mind up.
Elijah had enough. She was his sister. They had waited long enough for a girl to be born into the family. Right before Mikael has the chance to reach the river, Elijah runs infront of his father and holds out his arms, blocking his way.
"Move, boy." Mikael said, eager to rid himself of the child.
"No, father. She is our blood. You tell us stories of the great triumph's of families. The mighty adventures they had to endure. Why can't Paget be this family's adventure? Why must you clean your hands of any work she may be?"
Niklaus walks infront of Elijah and the two siblings stand strong together.
"We can take care of her. Elijah is right, she is our blood. We must see to it that she lives a life as good as any of us, no matter the cost." Niklaus says, giving Mikael a stern stare.
"Fine. Take her. But, I assure you this, my sons. You know nothing of the world, nothing of the pain this child will have to bear." Mikael places Paget on the ground and she starts to walk towards her siblings.
Mikael shoves past Esther and Finn and makes his way out of the woods.
"Thank you." Esther whispers, looking up at the sky.
Author's Note: Please read and review as usual guys! Oh! and a big shoutout to 'Guest' and 'Jana'! Thank you for such awesome reviews! Oh and incase you haven't noticed, I have been going back through the chapters and correcting any error's I may have made.
-SnowBurden