The morning of Azaleas eighteenth birthday, and Niklaus awoke alone, glancing to the empty wolf fur covers and sighed, running a hand through his slightly matted hair, getting to his feet and pulling on his tunic and leather trousers, heading down to the kitchen where Mikael was sat with breakfast.

Niklaus ignored the filthy look that was sent his way, but then-

"I do not approve, Niklaus. You and Azalea, and I never will."

"Fine." He just snapped back, not making eye contact as he yanked his leather boots on, ignoring the man getting to his feet, then Niklaus straightened up, showing no fear as he met his fathers angry sky colored eyes.

"Yes Father? You wanted something?" He snorted and the elder mans eyes narrowed. "Careful boy. Taking that tone will get you into trouble."

Niklaus just turned his back on him now, hearing a snarl, then being spun round to face him once more when-

"Mikael."

The man looked to his wife who had returned from the market, then let his son go, folding his arms, looking at him distastefully- he was like a fly he wanted to swat.

Niklaus left as fast as he could, not inclined to starting an argument with Mikael.

He wandered around outside until he found Azalea, stood on the hillside before a few wild horses, their manes wild... and she was giving them an apple each, stroking their muzzles.

For a minuet or two, he just watched, almost transfixed as she smiled, giving another apple to a white mare. But now their ears went back and as one trotted away, the others followed, stopping a little way away, lowering their heads to the lush field beneath their hooves.

Azalea looked around as they left and smiled, walking over to the young man at the bottom of the hill, next to the white oak.

"I should have realized it was you that scared them away." She chuckled, setting the last apple she had on the post for them to take later.

Niklaus looked to the horses, then just nodded to them. "Who are your new friends?"

"Oh, I was out picking apples and they started to come close. Never seen such friendly wild ones before." Azalea smiled, looking to the horses once more. "Beautiful are they not?"

"They are-" he leaned forwards and placed a kiss on her lips for a second. "Much like yourself. Happy birthday my love." He finished with a grin. Azalea blushed, then felt him take her hands, then look to the house to see Mikael walking out. She went to pull her hands away, but Niklaus' grip tightened, making her look at him with wide eyes, almost afraid.

The last thing she needed was Mikael starting a fuss. And on her birthday too.

"Come love- relax a little. We've a pairing to plan."

"Excuse me?"

"Elijah and Laurel of course. I refuse to be related to a virgin-"

"So's Rebekah."

"She's not twenty three. She's seventeen in two weeks."

Azalea chuckled, then moved her arms to around his waist, looking into his eyes and saying. "Fair point. Plus Laurel is more than a little attracted to him. She would truly not mind children and marriage with him."

"I wouldn't tell him these things. He'd bolt."

"I know. I'm letting her loose on him."

Niklaus scoffed, leaning down and kissing the tip of her nose. "That, my dear, is evil."

"Yes." She smirked, letting him throw her once more over his shoulder back to the house, parading past Mikael as he climbed onto his horse without a care in the world.

But Azalea still averted his gaze-

That man scared her at the best of times.

-AtS-

It was later that night that Azalea met up with her friend Laurel.

Laurel herself was bubbly and bright with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She'd liked Niklaus for so long Azalea couldn't remember, and knew that the girl was jealous of the relationship she had with him.

So she'd turned her attention to the other brother. The other that she'd soon become besotted with.

"Hello Laurel." Azalea smiled, hugging her friend at the festival, and she beamed. "Hello Lea. Happy birthday" She then looked to the young man next to her, blushing lightly. "Niklaus."

"Laurel." He nodded and then glanced behind him as Azalea did to see another young man walking forwards, then Laurels ever deeper blush.

"Hello Elijah." Laurel smiled at the man as he stopped next to his siblings. Elijah felt awkward as the girl stared at him, but took her hand and pressed his lips to it all the same. "Laurel. Lovely to meet you at last."

Laurel smiled, but to Azalea, she knew she was eye raping him.

"Come on Nik- let's get seats before they all go." Azalea smirked, leaving their elder brother to her friends mercy.

They took seats next to the open fire, Azalea feeling him take her hand as they sat there, snagging them two flagons of mead from a passerby, giving her one.

Azalea chuckled as she took a gulp, glancing around for Rebekah or Mikael. But mainly Mikael. He had an unfortunate habit of popping up whenever she kissed her lover.

She couldn't be doing with the man tonight.

"Do not worry my love."

She looked to her right at that to the young man, smiling faintly, nodding. "I know. It... I mean, Mikael will never approve of us. And I don't want him hurting you again."

Niklaus frowned a little, then raised a hand to her cheek, pulling her forwards and kissing her for a moment, tasting the mead on her usually apple lips.

"You should truly watch out. Mikael won't be too happy to see you both doing that in public."

Azalea chuckled, then looked up to her elder brother, saying while putting a hand over Niklaus' mouth so he couldn't speak. "We know Finn. Thank you."

The young man rolled his eyes a little, then looked over to the other side of the festival where a brother was calling him. "Happy birthday." He smiled once more to Azalea, then she watched him go, then removed her hand from Niklaus' mouth and sighed. "Maybe Finney has a point."

"You know he hates you calling him that."

"Exactly."

Niklaus rolled his eyes, then pulled her into his arms once more, saying into her hair. "What do you want to do?"

But at that moment, the music started up and the pair looked up to see people getting to their feet, making one big circle around the massive bonfire. Azalea laughed, then yanked Niklaus to his feet, running with her hand in his to Elijah and Rebekah, squeezing between them, grabbing Elijahs hand while Niklaus took his sisters.

Azalea wasn't the only one who was laughing as they spun around the flames. Eventually, they broke away from the main circle and the four made their own, feeling more than foolish, but they didn't care. They were family. And family did crazy, stupid things.

"Laurel is looking for you." Azalea smirked to Elijah, and he nodded, breaking from the circle without a word, making the trio watch as he walked over to the girl, making her scream in surprise as he picked her up, kissing her.

Azalea leaned over to Niklaus and asked. "Did you spike his drink?"

"Yes."

"Thought so." Azalea scoffed, then asked. "And me?"

"I don't need to put something in your drink. One word and I'd have you in my bed."

"Oh-? Bold words for a boy who has only had sex once."

"Twice."

"The first doesn't count. Unless you want to ask Mikael (?)"

Rebekah listened in something almost like disgust, then scoffed. "Please- leave this kind of talk for the bedroom only. I do not want to hear it."

"Only because you have not slept with a man yet."

Azalea slapped Niklaus' arm at that, scoffing. "You, my love, are drunk."

"Indeed." He smirked, going to kiss her, but Azalea pushed him away and onto the floor, laughing. "Go and fetch more drinks. Wench."

At her words, he pouted, but still stumbled to his feet and made his way over to the other side of the festival.

Rebekah sat down next to her sister, chuckling. " How do you put up with him?"

"With great, great difficulty."

"I agree. Now... where is Elijah?"

Azalea looked around- there was Finn and Kol. Mikael was with his wife and Henrick was talking with a friend.

"More like 'where is Laurel.'" Azalea muttered, smirking. Rebekah rolled her eyes, then snorted. "It is quite amusing to finally see Elijah letting go quite like this."

"I agree. And I swear if they are back at our house and on our bed... I will cut Elijahs hair off so close to his head he won't be able to leave the house for ten years."

"Ooh, what a threat." She smirked, then looked around. "Niklaus is taking a while. Where is he?"

"Probably drinking the barrels." Azalea sighed, then got to her feet, taking her sisters hand and pulling her over to the mead, talking as they went...

But it soon stopped.

Azalea let Rebekahs hand in shock as she saw a young woman locked at the lips with a man... and that man had long blonde-brown hair.

"Nik!" Rebekah snarled, dashing over and yanking her brother back by his hair, making him growl. "Bekah-!" But then he looked to the girl he'd been kissing, then at the one stood in floods of tears.

Oh shit...

"Lea, I don't-"

"Save it Nik." Azalea just said, the tears rolling down her cheeks. Rebekah watched her sister run off now into the trees towards the house. She looked to her brother and snarled. "What were you thinking-! You stupid bastard!"

Rebekah turned her back on her more than drunk brother, leaving him stood there feeling more guilty than he'd ever been in his life.

Maybe he had drank too much...

-AtS-

When Azalea crashed through the front door, she stood against it, then shook her head- what was Niklaus thinking-? On her birthday too-?

She went upstairs now, in no mood whatsoever to put up with any shit, so when she walked into her room and found a pair already on the bed, she snarled violently. "Out! Now!"

Elijah jolted at that, yanking the covers over himself and Laurel, going. "Lea, I-!"

"I don't fucking care! Get-out-now-!"

He noticed she was in floods of tears and knew it was best to leave as fast as they could before she went completely mad. Niklaus had obviously done something.

Laurel got to her feet, covering herself with her clothes while Elijah did the same, getting out as fast as they could and into the room opposite.

Azalea just sat down on the end of the bed now, tears still rolling down her cheeks-

How could Niklaus do that to her-?

"Lea-?"

"Not now Bekah."

Rebekah walked in all the same and sat down next to her sister, taking her hands and sighed. "He didn't mean it. You know what he's like when he's drunk. He'd probably snog Finn by the end of the night. And that's taking bromance to the next level."

Azalea wasn't in the mood to laugh, and only said as Rebekah frowned, reaching down and picked up a pair of trousers. "Are these Elijahs?"

"Yeah. He's busy with Laurel in the other room."

Rebekah sighed, closing her eyes and just tossed them out the room in front of the opposite closed door. She looked back to Azalea to find her curled up on the bed, staring at the opposite wall.

She put a hand on her shoulder for a second, then left the room, closing the door quietly behind her. And Azalea could only think-

Happy birthday to me (!)

And the next! Glad people are interested and reading:) So the names of the other two Original brothers have been released Finn and Kol (KOL-! LIKE WTF!) The guy playing Finn is Casper Zafer and Nathaniel Buzolic is playing Kol. Well hello there hotties;D Anyway- silly stupid drunk Nik-_- and Elijah finally sleeps with a girl! What a birthdayXD anyway, this will only be updated as long as people are interested:) Thanks! And reviews much loved x Nic