Chapter 31
Mother, I have sinned
Zora was just pouring herself some water when she felt it. Klaus was in trouble. She dropped her class and ran to the living room as fast as she could. She saw a blond girl who looked like she had just jumped out from some musical or something. She was wearing an old looking costume. Then there was a dark-haired guy, also wearing a costume. Klaus was fighting with them.
"Leave him alone!" Zora shouted.
The girl and the guy both looked at her.
"And who is this Nik?" the girl asked mockingly. "Your whore?"
Zora could felt a strong energy coming from Klaus. It flew the girl against a wall.
"Don't you dare speak about my wife like that!" Klaus yelled.
"Your wife?" the guy said. "How sweet."
He moved towards her with his vampire speed, obviously trying to hurt her, so Zora used her own energy to throw him across the room.
"Stop it, all of you", Elijah said.
Zora hadn't even noticed him before. There was also some other man standing next to him but Zora had more urgent things on her mind right now. She had to help Klaus. She took his hand and felt their energies merging. The whole room started to shake.
"Enough!" someone said before the girl and the guy managed to attack again.
Zora turned to the door. She saw Nathan and some woman who was wearing some kind of medieval costume. Was everyone going to a masquerade or something? Then Zora noticed the sudden change in the room. Everyone seemed shocked, like they had just seen a ghost.
"Mother", the blond girl said.
The woman was smiling warmly.
"My children", she said and touched the girls cheek. "Rebekah, my beautiful daughter."
"Mommy…" the girl mumbled. There were tears in her eyes.
Then the woman moved to the dark-haired guy.
"Kol, my handsome boy." The guy looked confused.
"Elijah, my firstborn", the woman said when she touched Elijah's cheek.
Wait, what? If she was Elijah's mother then she was also…
"My darling Finn", she said to the man who was standing next to Elijah. Surprisingly he was also wearing a costume, maybe medieval, Zora wasn't really sure.
"Mother", he said smiling.
Finally the woman turned to Klaus. Zora was still holding his hand. He was looking at the floor. Zora could tell that he was upset.
"Niklaus…" the woman said. "My dear Niklaus. Look at me."
Klaus raised his head very slowly.
"Mother I…"
He couldn't continue. The woman took a step closer and touched his face. Her touch made Klaus flinch.
"Everything is alright my son. I forgive you."
Klaus looked at her disbelievingly.
"How could you forgive me? What I did… I'm so sorry mother."
His mother smiled at him.
"I know my son, I know. It is time to heal all those old wounds."
She turned to her other children who hadn't move.
"My dear children, I am here because I want us to be a family again. We will not spill each others blood any more. Is that clear?"
"You don't know what he did to us", Kol said.
His mother turned to him smiling.
"I do know my son and I don't expect you to forgive your brother right now but there will be no more fighting. Do you understand me Kol?"
He didn't look happy at all but he nodded. Suddenly the woman was looking at Zora.
"And you must be my son's wife. I am Esther."
"Hi, I… I'm Zora", she managed to say.
Esther took her hand and smiled at her warmly.
"Welcome to the family Zora."
Zora looked at Klaus' siblings who had just attacked him. Kol was looking at her suspiciously. Rebekah's look was kind of malicious. Finn on the other hand didn't seem to care if she was there or not. Elijah just seemed confused. Well, at least Klaus' family wasn't boring…
"Thank you", Zora said trying her best to sound polite. Then she noticed Nathan who was still standing at the door. She couldn't interpret his expression. He looked very calm. Zora didn't know should she stay with Klaus or give him and his family some privacy. They probably had some catching up to do. It didn't seem that Klaus was in any danger though, so she might as well leave. But when she tried to leave Klaus grabbed her hand. He didn't have to say anything, she understood what he wanted. It seemed that she was staying then. Great.
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2 hours earlier…
It was done. Elijah had got his siblings back. The coffins had been in a secret room that had been built next to the wine cellar. And there had been some heavy magic protecting the coffins. Elijah had just gone upstairs with his siblings. Nathan had said that he needed to do some cleaning and Elijah had been too occupied to ask any details. He didn't know about the fourth coffin. Nathan did. And now it was safe to lift the spell and reveal it. Nathan hoped that he was doing the right thing. But he really needed some help and she was definitely powerful enough. Nathan performed the ritual, just like Esther had told him to do. She had appeared to his dreams ever since he arrived to this damn house. But he had always known about his family's history. He had never told anyone, not even Lucilla. When the ritual was done, Nathan opened the coffin and hold out his hand for Esther.
"Ma'am", Nathan said and bowed.
Esther smiled.
"My dear Nathaniel, there is no need to be so formal. We are family after all."
"Yes I suppose that's true. But please call me Nathan, my mother is the only one who had ever called me Nathaniel."
"Alright, Nathan then. But never the less I am glad that you were named after my dear brother."
"Yes ma'am, that name had been in our family for generations. But I would appreciate if this could be our secret."
"Of course, if you wish so", Esther said smiling.
She looked around and saw the empty coffins.
"Where are my children?"
"Upstairs, everyone except Klaus. He should be back soon."
"We better wait for him then. In the meantime you must tell me all about this mess my son have caused."
"Yes ma'am." Nathan hesitated. "I hope you know that I'm only doing this for Zora. I want to protect her from your son."
Esther's smile was very gentle.
"I understand perfectly my dear. You did right by awaking me. This mess needs to be cleaned and that is what mothers do best."