Chapter 40: A Letter From The Dead

All the formalities of the funeral was over. People came and paid their respects to Shanyra. The originals were no different. They came, paid respect and hastily wanted to leave without much interaction with anyone. They've already decided to leave everything and everyone here in this town behind, so why linger? The longer they'd stay, the more difficult it'd be to leave. However as soon as Caroline saw Klaus, she came over to him.

"Klaus, we need to talk." She said with such seriousness that it made him curious right away. They went to a more secluded place within Lockwood mansion. It was where the funeral was taking place. As soon as they were alone, Caroline turned around to look at the hybrid and asked-

"Where's Kol?"

"Daggered, as you should've realized since he isn't killing everyone in this town." Was Klaus's straight reply.

"Well, as much as I hate this idea but we need to undagger him." Caroline said, making him frown at her with confusion.

"He'd be too violent for us to keep under control as soon as he hears about Shanyra." He stated the obvious.

"I agree with you but turns out my sister thinks otherwise." Saying that she handed Klaus a letter. Once he read it, he was shocked to no limits. There were two letters that Shanyra left behind. One was for Caroline and another one for Kol. Caroline let Klaus read the letter given to her.

"Shanyra has a sister." The original stated what he read from the letter.

"Yes, half sister. She was born during the time aunt Eleanor lived her life under Kol's compulsion. She actually died after giving birth to her. The girl's been growing up in an orphanage since her birth. None of us knew about any of it. But Shae had asked Katherine to search for Eleanor once she learned that she has to sacrifice herself in order to destroy Zuriel. She wanted to say goodbye to her mother and tell her that she has forgiven her. But instead of Eleanor, Shae found her little sister." It was all elaborately written in the letter.

"And Shae wants Kol to be the girl's guardian?" Klaus asked even though it was clearly stated in the letter. It was just this all seemed rather ridiculous to him.

"Forgive me Caroline but Kol would never accept this replacement." He stated without hesitation.

"This little girl is not a replacement Klaus. It's an attempt from Shae to prevent Kol from flipping his humanity switch off." Caroline said defending her sister.

"If she cared so much about my brother's humanity then perhaps she shouldn't have played sacrificial lamb in the first place." Klaus immediately shut up knowing he went too far with his statement. Caroline's enraged glare confirmed it.

"I'm sorry-" He began to apologize but she cut him off right away.

"My sister sacrificed herself so that all of us could live. If you don't appreciate that, fine I don't expect you to either. But I'll do anything to fulfill my sister's last wish. She wants her sister to live a happy life, under protection and care. And she wants Kol to have a purpose in his life so he may prevent darkness from entering his heart again. I came to you because I wanted your help with calming down Kol knowing he'd be very confused and destructive as soon as he wakes up. But I guess you're not interested." Saying that Caroline began to walk away but Klaus stopped her.

"Caroline stop. I'm sorry for what I said. It's just Shanyra's loss is hard for us to accept too. I'll help you in anyway I can." Caroline didn't say anything and only nodded her head. Then they left the Lockwood mansion together.

A couple of hours later, Klaus was standing over Kol's daggered body. He wrapped his fingers around the hilt of the dagger and pulled it out with one swift move. Then he put a letter in Kol's hand and walked out of the room. It didn't take long for the original to wake up from his temporary death. Kol gasped out loud as he opened his eyes. He was about to start panicking as he remembered Shanyra daggering him but the letter in his hand got his attention. He got out of the coffin and quickly tore the envelop to read the letter inside.

"Dear Kol,

If you're reading this letter then I'm no longer within your reach. I can only imagine what you must be feeling towards me after my betrayal. I know I broke all the promises I made to you. I'm truly a horrible soul mate. Still I dare to hope that one day you'd find it within your heart to forgive me. But here's the truth, if we were capable of going back in time, I'd sacrifice myself all over again in order to protect you and all the people I care about. Zuriel would've never let us know any peace. She was going to kill you which I couldn't let happen. You may doubt my love now as I've left you like this but funny thing is, it is because I love you so much that I couldn't be with you. Sometimes we hurt those we love the most because we think that protecting them is more important. Anyway, I'll defend myself no more. You've a right to be angry with me and hate me. I understand. But I assure you with time, all your wounds will heal.

I remembered you telling me once that your biggest fear was losing me because if you lose me then you'll lose the purpose of your life. That you'll lose the reason to be good. Among many promises I made to you, one promise was that even if I'm no longer in your life, I'll leave a purpose behind for you. Thankfully I'm able to keep that promise. I've recently found that I have a sister, barely five years old. She has no one since mother is already dead and there's no record of who her father is. I want you to let go of me and make her the new purpose of your life. A new reason to be good. I know you'll take good care of her as you used to take care of me. Give her a good and happy childhood and find your own happiness within her happiness. This is my last wish.

I'll always be with you,
Your soul mate."

Kol folded the letter back. He held onto the coffin and stood still for a long moment. Some would think he was in shock. Some would think, he was too angry to react. And others would think, he was thinking deeply about something. But only Kol knew what it was he was actually thinking about or perhaps his mind was completely blank and he wasn't thinking of anything. After that long moment of silence, Kol inhaled a deep breath and exhaled heavily. He finally moved and slowly walked out of the room he was in. When Kol came out in the living room, he saw his siblings, Caroline, Stefan and a little girl holding Caroline's hand. She looked very much like Shanyra with her brunet hair and deep brown eyes. But there were plenty of differences too.

Kol slowly walked up to the girl so that it wouldn't look threatening. Everyone was watching him like a hawk would watch it's prey. It was because no one knew for certain what Kol was thinking. How he'd react? Would he comply with Shanyra's last wish or would he take out his anger on this little girl and say that he never wants to see her face again? Nothing could be said for certain. But then to everyone's relief, Kol couched down before the girl.

"Hello." He said softly.

"Hello." The girl said back nervously.

"I'm Kol Mikaelson. What is your name?" He asked curiously.

"Sophia Elizabeth Forbes."

"You're Caroline's cousin, aren't you?" Kol asked and the little girl nodded her head.

"Do you know who I am?" He asked.

"My sister Shanyra said you'd be my guardian angel." She replied confidently. Kol smiled at that and said-

"Yes, she was right."

THE END