Chapter 3
A couple of years later Caroline became a woman and turbed sixteen. Her mother ofcourse, prepare her a big feast and party which almost all the village assisted.
She was still in her room fixing her braid and playing with a few curls nerviously. This was finally happeneing, she had always dreamed of this day and it finally had come. Now she will be presented to everyone as a young woman and not as a child.
"You look stunning Carebear" she heard a voice coming from behind her and when she turn around she saw him.
"Thank, um you look pretty good yourself too" she said blushing and looked down at her hands.
He smirked and walked up behind her, carefully placing something around her neck making her jump slightly at the contact.
She brought her hand to her neck and felt the small pebble that hang from her neck and looked at herself in the small mirror "Oh Lord, Nik is beautiful" she smiled "But-but how did you got this? It must have cost you a fortune"
He shrugged and shook his head "Ive been saving for a while, besides you are worth it" he smiled at her and she grin back looking at him through her mirror.
"Nik thank you so much, i love you" she smiled "I love you too Carebear" he said and went to peck her cheek but she turned around and accidentally peck her lips.
Her eyes widened at the sudden contact but then slowly closed again as she kissed him back. He felt her lips moving agaisnt his and he pulled away shocked
She looked at him blushing and bit her lip as he shifted uncomfortably from one foot to another. "Carebear i-i didnt mean to-"
She cut him off by placing a hand on his chest "Nik its okay" she smiled "it felt kind of nice but please stop calling me Carebear, im not a little girl anymore" she looked deep into his eyes.
He stare at her blue orbs and brought a hand to her cheek, stroking her porcelain skin softly "I know you are not a little girl anymore and trust me, ive noticed that you've changed" he smiled and kissed her forehead "You are a beautiful, smart, fun woman that i have grown to love and protect, Caroline"
She smiled and held his hand "Nik i need to tell you something, i fancy you" she said shyly, looking down to hide the blush that crept up her cheeks.
He smiled "I fancy you too Care" he said and kissed her but this time he kissed her meaning every movement of his lips. She returned the kiss with as much feeling as him, tangling her hands through his messy curls that she loved so much. And with an accidental peck on the lips the begining of their lives together started.
After the inocent kiss between them things started growing from there and he eventually hed the courage to ask her to be his girlfriend.
It has been their little secret and they would only kiss when they were alone on in the woods. They only share inocent sweet kisses since she vowed herself to stay a virgin until marriage like any decent lady in the village would, and ofcourse he respected her desicion.
He took her delicate hand and placed a kiss on her knuckles before holding her hand in his bigger one making her giggle.
She looked at his sweet gesture and leaned forward to peck his lips but she pulled back when she heard the sound of a trumpet, but not any kind of trumpet, the royal trumpet. Each time the trumpet was heard that meant that the royal family was in the village.
Caroline looked at Nik and smiled hopefully "Nik lets go, i want to have a better view of the Queen. She always rides the most beautiful horses. Please, you know how much I fancy them"
He couldnt held but chuckle, she was sure adorable and who could say no to those sky blue eyes "Alright love"
They walk to the marketplace and stood between some stalls as they heard the sounds of the trumpet getting louder and louder.
As the man in the horse with the trumpet pass by, he was followed by the Queen in her white horse and beautiful bage dress that fell from the left side of the horse.
Caroline looked at them in awe. She always had a sweet spot for queens and princesses and it made her remember the stories her mom used to tell her before she went off to sleep.
Watching her from a small distance he could see how happy she was for seeing a real queen this close. Only a few times a year the Queen and her children went into the village and Caroline's mother never let her go see them.
The Queen passed by the marketplace in her horse with her chin held high, her husband told her to never let them see that she was weak. Her oldest son rode his horse behind her and so on with her other three children; Elijah, Rebekah, and Kol.
The princes and the princess followed theor mother's pace except for one of them that was pulled back by a pretty blonde.
The youngest prince stopped his horse and got off him as he walked closer to the blonde.
Caroline's eyes widened and she held the hem of her simple long dress and vowed for the prince "My prince" she said respectfully and from the corner of her eye she could see that Nik hadnt even bothered to vow at the presence of the prince.
"Nik show respect" she hissed at him through gritted teeth and he vowed slightly, not breaking eye contact with the prince.
The prince smirked and took Caroline's hand and kissed her knuckles "No worries sweetheart, most of the people in this village are primitives and unlike you and I they lack manners...and brains" he say coyly and looked up at Nik.
Caroline smiled slightly when the prince took her hand but it fell from her face the second she heard him talking about the villagers and she pulled her hand away "Im sorry my prince but i differ with you on that"
The prince laughed and moved closer to her and grabbed her wrist tight "You dare to reject me, YOUR prince, you dare to reject me?"
She shriek when she felt his strong hand gtipping her wrist and Nik moved forward and pushed him away from her "Just because you are the bloody prince doesnt mean that you can touch my lady like that"
Kol watched him from the floor and growled at Nik as he stood up and brushed off the dust from his fancy clothes and walked to Nik.
"Do you know that i can have your head for what you have just done?" he said and Caroline moved intinctly infront of Nik and looked at the prince with pleading eyes "Your majesty please forgive him, he is deeply sorry"
"I dont care what you have to say, i deserve an apology from him and then i might reconsider it" he said as he looked at Nik and Nik scoffed "The only thing you deserve is my foot up your royal-"
"Nik!" Caroline cut him off and when she turned around she saw as Kol launched himself at Nik and pushed him to the ground and started punching him as dirt began to rise around them and people gather around them watching the fight.
"Please stop!" Caroline cried as she watched the two men fighting and her cried caught the attention of the curious princess.
She stopped her horse and listened carefully "Please your highness let him go!" she heard a woman's voice and then she realized "Mother! Mother!" she called out and the four of them went to the crowded place
"Everyone move!" Elijah shouted and everyone moved away giving them enough space as Finn pulled Nik away and Elijah pulled Kol away from Nik.
"Kol!" the Queen yelled at him and he stopped fighting "Mother he disrespected me!" he tried to reason but Esther shook her head in disappointment "I think its time to leave" she said before she glance at the man that Finn held away and she gasped.
Those eyes. His eyes. Her Niklaus' eyes, she thought. She had a flashback of the day he was born, she remembered that the first thing she noticed on her son was his eyes. He had his father's eyes, his real father's eyes and she was brought back to reality when Elijah spoke to her "Mother, mother what do you want us to do with him?"
She shook her head "Let go of him Finn! It was all Kol's lack of manners" she walked closer to Nik as Finn released him.
Nik looked at her and he could swear that he saw something familiar on her but he shrugged it off.
"My apologies young man, my son has quiet a temper. And i apologize to you too lovely lady if my son disrespected you in any way"
Nik had an arm around Caroline protectively as he nodded at the Queen and Caroline whispered with glassy eyes "Thank you.."
The Queen gave him a sad smile before they all left back to the palace.
Once the arriaved the palace the Queen went strainght to the library to stand infront of the tall glass window that gave her a great view of their kingdom.
Elijah and Finn followed her and entered the library and Elijah spoke first "Mother are you alright?"
She sobbed and turned to look at her children "It was him, he is alive"
Finn looked at Elijah and then at his mother a sif she was crazy "Mother we dont know that for sure, it could have been just another common villager"
"It wanst any common villager, it was my son!" she shouted at him with thin tears falling down her cheeks. "Didnt you noticed how he was dressed and how he looked? He has been living in poberty and who knows what else he has gone through while his family is royalty!"
Elijah sighed and looked down as well as Finn, they knew their mother was right and the truth hurted.
"I understand mother but what do you suggest we do? We cant just bring him from his misery life to live here and pretend we are a happy family. Our brother tried to kill him and father will be back shortly from his crusades and then what?" Finn said as he took the charge that his father had placed on him as head of the family while he was gone.
Esther looked ag his son "Finn dont let him get into your head like that, he may be your father but that doesnt mean that you have to be like him" so cold, she finished in her mind and walked past him and Elijah stare at Finn "Brother we need to do something about it, he is our brother-"
"Didnt you heard what i just said Elijah?! Drop it, he is a man and thats his life now. This isnt some fairytale like the ones mother tell Rebekah, this is real life and reality is cruel" He finished and walked pass Elijah but he stopped him
"Mother is right, you are starting to sound like father" Elijah said and gave him a disgusted look before exiting the room as well.
A/N
Hey im baaack! Sorry for the late update, ive been busy with school and it'll take longer to update but please REVIEW and FOLLOW my story to give me more support and also ideas or any suggestion!
BTW. Read my other ff 'The Right One for Me' its completed and i'll be posting the last part of the Epilogue by Tuesday or Wednesday so stay tune!