Chapter 42

Bringing down the house

It all happened so fast. Zora couldn't even saw them moving. They all attacked Mikael. He was fighting furiously. Zora looked at Esther. She was casting a spell. The curse… Zora knew she had to stop her. She closed her eyes and let her instincts take over. She wanted to live. She wanted to protect those who she cared about. That was all that mattered.

For the first time in her life, she didn't hold back. She used all her strength. The whole house was shaking. The walls were coming down and the floor started to crack. The roof was suddenly gone. There was a huge tornado right above them. Zora didn't even notice that her feet didn't touch the ground anymore. She opened her eyes and saw everyone looking at her. They had stopped fighting. Her energy was holding Esther still. She landed right in front of her. Zora touched her face with both of her hands.

"No!" Mikael shouted. Klaus was standing behind him holding him still.

Esther was shaking before she fell on the floor. She didn't move.

"You bitch! You killed her!" Mikael shouted.

Zora shook her head.

"No, I didn't."

Esther opened her eyes and started to gasp for air. She stared at Zora.

"I could have taken your life but I didn't", Zora said calmly. "That means that I have shown you more kindness than you were going to show me. How ever, your powers I did take. You don't deserve to have them."

Esther's eyes widened.

"How dare you… You don't deserve to live!"

Zora looked at her calmly.

"I can understand why you think that. Sure, I am a freak, abomination, but you know what else I am? I am sick of being pushed around! I didn't ask for this but I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. If you can't accept that, it's your problem."

Esther stood up and looked at her children.

"Look what she has done! Can't you see how dangerous she is?"

"We are all dangerous", Elijah said. "We could all cause a lot of damage if we would want to." He turned to Zora. "Do you want that Zora?"

"No", she replied determinedly. "I have never wanted to hurt anyone and only reason I would do that is to protect my family."

There was a moment of silence. Zora walked in front of Mikael.

"I wish no harm to you either but I am warning you, if you ever try to hurt my husband, his siblings or me, I will hurt you. And believe me, I can do that."

Mikael scowled her.

"You arrogant little bitch…"

Klaus threw him against the fireplace.

"Don't you dare speak to my wife like that!" he snapped.

Esther went to Mikael and helped him up.

"If you do not wish us harm, will you allow us to leave then?" she asked.

Zora nodded.

"Yes, I'm not going to stop you. But I also won't let you hurt anyone who I care about. You should remember that."

Esther looked at her.

"I understand. But I will say the same to you, if you ever hurt my children I will find a way to destroy you."

Zora smiled.

"Fair enough."

Esther looked at her children. None of them said anything. Mikael took her hand.

"We are better of without them", he said and kissed Esther's cheek. "You all better hope that our paths won't cross again."

Mikael lifted Esther in his arms and zoomed out.

There was a long silence. Kol was the first one who spoke.

"That was awesome!"

Everyone turned to look at him.

"What? It was!"

Klaus walked in front of Zora and touched her face. She smiled at him.

"I remember now", she said and kissed him.

"Everything?"

Zora nodded.

"And sorry about the house."

Klaus laughed.

"That's alright, love, I was thinking about renovating it anyway."

"Was it wise to just let them leave?" Finn murmured.

"I doubt that they are coming back", Elijah replied. "Although father would never admit it; I could tell that he was afraid."

Zora looked at him.

"I swear that I would never…"

"I know", Elijah interrupted her. "I am not afraid of you."

"Me neither", Rebekah said.

Klaus wrapped his arm around her waist. Then Zora remembered something.

"Nathan! I have to go and check on him!"

Klaus nodded.

"I come with you. Although I think that he's going to be a little upset with me when he wakes up."

"That's true, he had never liked vampires." Zora sighed. "And now he is one."

Klaus touched Zora's hair.

"I had to do it, love, he asked me to do it. But I knew how much he means to you so I couldn't just kill him…"

"I know and I appreciate that. I just hope that Nathan will eventually see it the same way."

Klaus smiled.

"Right then, let's go and find out."