981 AD
They had been living in the new world and their new village called Valland for a year now, some months ago Mother had declared that she was pregnant and Morrigan was pleased it would mean more work for her but she didn't mind, Morrigan adored her younger siblings and so would love to welcome a new Mikaelson into the world.
Secretly, Morrigan was hoping for a little sister, not to replace Freya- none could do that- but to focus her pain into something productive. Father had no real reaction about Mother being pregnant and simply left her to it as he hunted and drank. Finn was excited to be a big brother again, the little boy was very smug about being the elder and therefore the wiser brother. Elijah just seemed jealous that the attention that was usually on him would be going to the new addition. Morrigan had taken to bringing Elijah around with her on chores and errands in order to spend more time with him, it pacified him for now.
Mother had grown heavy with her pregnancy so even more responsibility was placed on Morrigan's shoulders and she did find it difficult, she would wake before dawn and set out to make breakfast, travel to the river and fill the bucket before carrying it back, seeing to her brothers and then her chores with the animals and her lessons with mother before assisting with lunch and teaching Finn and Elijah along with some playing and then helping with dinner after that it was up to her to see them bathed and to bed.
Morrigan soon grew used to it all and never let a complaint pass her lip, she was the eldest after all, and it was her job to take the burden to make life easier for Mother and Father and to ensure the pressure wasn't placed on her younger siblings.
But today was different, Mother had gone into labour early in the morning, Morrigan was left to care for her younger siblings while Mikael had headed out for a hunt using that the birthing chamber was no place for a man as an excuse. Morrigan knew that father had been in the room when she and Freya had been born and that he'd hovered outside the door for the birth of Finn and Elijah, but she kept quiet. It wasn't her place to question her father.
Mother had screamed for hours while Morrigan distracted her siblings before finally as the afternoon came to a close, there was a scream of a babe. Morrigan perked up from her position slumped against a tree, Elijah sat on her lap, Finn leaning against her.
She spotted Ayana waving her over.
Shaking Finn who grumbled but stood, she picked Elijah up and placed him on her hip.
"Come on Finn" Morrigan encouraged before grabbing his hand and leading him over to Ayana while Eli babbled nonsense in her ear.
"Hello dear" Ayana smiled down at her, she was very much like a close aunt or a second mother to her, the woman was kind and very beautiful and very clever indeed, when Ayana showed her strength with magic, Morrigan was left in awe.
"Hello, Ayana, how is Mother?" she asked there was always a risk with childbirth, it was a reason why women who died in childbirth would go to Valhalla. Morrigan hoped Mother would never lose that battle.
"Your mother is a strong woman sweetheart" Ayana reassured quickly
"Is it a boy?" Finn asked eagerly, he was leaning on his sister's free arm heavily and it was only due to being used to it that she didn't topple over or drag Eli down with her, her little bear cub was a fat one, she was sure it would lead to Finn being a strong and powerful warrior one day.
"Yes, Finn your mother's given birth to a strong and healthy little boy" Ayana grinned at Finn's smug look as he turned towards his sister and immediately began bragging.
"See I told you it would be a boy, you thought it was gonna be a girl like you and-" Finn saw the pain in his sister's eyes and fell quiet, a shamed look in his eyes as he looked apologetic.
Morrigan sighed, Finn was always so empathetic. "yes Fee, just like me and Frey" She squeezed his hand to show she wasn't angry.
"I'll be inside," Ayana said as she heard Esther's weak calls for her.
Morrigan watched her go inside the house, her dark green dress swished against the floor.
"Hey, Fee?" she asked quietly
"Yes, Mori?" Finn questioned, looking up at her with hopeful eyes.
"You can't mention Freya in front of father or mother do you understand?" she requested of him, the last time mother had mentioned her father had flown into a terrible rage smashing furniture, thankfully Morrigan was the only one to witness this, he had struck mother across the face and coldly demanded that she never speak her name ever again. Morrigan did not want her brothers to make the same mistake and suffer the consequences for it, Papa only whispered about Freya when he thought Morrigan was asleep, she'd heard his tears and promises to do better for her.
Seeing the serious look in his sister's eyes, he nodded his head "Okay Mori"
"Right, let us go meet our new brother" she grinned, her dimples flashing as she jiggled Elijah higher on her hip securing her grip on Finn and walking through their house and into mother and father's room, Ayana took Elijah from her while Morrigan and Finn moved closer to their mother, she looked exhausted.
There were dark circles under her eyes which were dulled, her cheeks pale and gaunt and her hair was knotted and greasy, but her arms were tightly wrapped around a small bundle. And Morrigan felt her heartbeat pick up in excitement, anticipation running through her.
"Morrigan would you like to hold your brother?" she asked and Morrigan nodded eagerly, moving to sit with her mother who placed her brother into her arms. He was a tiny little thing, with red skin and a patch of blonde hair on top of his head, he rather looked like a fat little potato.
She loved him.
"What will he be named?" Morrigan asked looking up at her mother expectantly.
"I have a name, but he might not survive" her mother cautioned
"Yes, he will, he's strong like a wolf" Morrigan's voice was firm and confident, unbeknownst to her, a slight flash of gold took over before fading back into her normal green.
"Daughter?" Esther asked, her face had gone pale at seeing her daughter's eyes.
"He's going to be strong," Morrigan repeated firm in her belief before giving a demand "What is his name?"
"Niklaus, Niklaus Mikaelson" Esther declared in a quiet voice deciding to test her daughter's declaration and name her son now.
"Welcome to the world Niklaus" Her sister grinned down at him, her heart swelling with love as his eyes opened and sky-blue eyes blinked at her sleepily.
982 AD
Morrigan sighed as she sat by the tree, relaxing into the tree as she held Nico, keeping a careful watch over Finn and Elijah. Her father had not been pleased with Niklaus when he first laid eyes on him, he had declared him to be weak and said he would not survive when he did, proving him wrong, he grew more enraged and blatantly refused to have anything to do with him.
Morrigan thought it was due to his blonde hair, and not wanting to let go of Freya, Morrigan worried for Papa, his grief would soon poison him.
Mother had dived further into her magic and dragged Morrigan along, she loved to learn magic but even more had been piled on top of her. Father never saw them due to having to leave to keep their family fed and ensure that they were safe along with finding treasure and trade for them, she missed him dearly.
Morrigan now had three younger brothers with another on the way, before father had left for the most recent trade mother had announced she was pregnant, it had been almost ten months since father had left. Morrigan was now seven, Finn six, Elijah four and Nico was one year old.
"Mori, are you going to play?" Finn asked her as he paused for breath with Elijah, he loved to play tag and run around the clearing she had found for them. Their little clearing was beautiful, sheltered by tall trees, soft green grass, flowers dotted around and a little creek running through the meadow.
"I have to care for Nico remember Finn?" she reminded him gently, Elijah threw a small glare at Nico before he came stomping over, his little face had a storm brewing and she had to suppress a giggle. Elijah was used to being the baby and was not pleased about sharing his big sister.
"I wanna sit on your lap" Elijah demanded, stomping his foot while Finn rolled his eyes at the childishness of his brother, unlike Elijah, Finn was a big boy and knew how much his sister treasured her siblings, and Finn was certain he was the favourite. After all, he could help with chores, and help take the burden that Morrigan put herself under.
In fact, he'd pluck her some flowers! with a satisfied smile, he trotted around the meadow, plucking different pretty flowers for his sister.
"Of course, you can" Morrigan smiled indulgently at Elijah, resigning herself to numb legs as she carefully placed Nico on one leg, one of her arms supporting his neck and back as she beckoned Eli over.
His face lit up and he rushed over to sit on her other leg, his hands went out and he 'accidentally' shoved Niklaus, whose eyes filled with tears and his lips began trembling.
"Baby" he taunted while his sister went to calm him annoyed that his sister was focusing on Niklaus, she should focus on him! he was the baby!
"Elijah!" his sister's voice was sharp, and he looked at her in shock, Mori never chided them or got upset no matter what they did!
"I didn't do anything!" he protested while Niklaus snuggled up to his sister looking far too smug for Elijah's liking.
"You pushed Nico, Eli that's wrong, apologise" his sister commanded, she loved her siblings, after the death of her twin, which still burnt, she was a pushover for all of her siblings, whatever they wanted they got. She tried to split her time between them and her responsibilities evenly along with playing with them taking an interest in their hobbies and teaching them. It was exhausting.
"I don't wanna" he pouted indignantly at her reprimand; his sister was being unfair!
"Well that's certainly not how my noble stag acts, look at Fee my loyal bear and Nico being such a good wolf pup, I guess you're no longer my noble stag perhaps you can be an ox seeing as how you're stubborn as one" she ruminated and Elijah's eyes widened
"NO! I'm good, I'm a stag, I'm sorry Niklaus" Elijah apologised, and his sister smiled and rewarded him with a kiss on the forehead.
Morrigan was once again called on by Ayana and she struggled to stand, staggering under the weight of Eli and Nico who both clung to her, Finn laughed, and she stuck her tongue out at him. like last time Morrigan was offered to hold the babe first and she was introduced to her newest brother, Kol.
Finn had even offered up a bluebell for Kol to have, the rest going to his gently smiling sister.
984 AD
Morrigan groaned as Nico and Olly started slapping at each other again, she bounced her legs to disrupt them and they both looked up at her with innocent eyes but her raising an eyebrow quickly turned their expressions sheepish.
Morrigan was now nine, Finn eight, Elijah six, Niklaus three and Kol was two.
Mother had yet again fallen pregnant, with her father neither caring nor interested, Morrigan had noticed he had started getting even worse with her siblings, shaking them and shouting viciously, just the other day he had thrown a mug at Elijah's head who had ducked in time.
He was harsh towards them, forcing Finn and Elijah to train before the sun came up, and go and do their chores before they trained again usually for most of the day. Morrigan always tried to ease their burden, often doing their chores or covering for them while they took a break, Father didn't get angry at her. So Morrigan kept stepping in the way and calming him down.
"Little pup, little Kit we don't slap each other" she chided softly, her voice resigned but with a hint of amusement, it would seem there was an adjustment period for these two just like there had been with Eli and Nico.
"He hit first" Kol pointed a chubby finger at Niklaus, tears threatening to fall.
"He said you didn't like me" Niklaus cried back, his cheeks flushed.
Finn and Elijah snickered from where they were playing with wooden sticks both delighted at their younger siblings getting caught, they were close with each other and considered themselves Morrigan's responsible little minions, which they were. It was easily ignored how the pair of them had acted whenever introduced to new siblings, they were mature now, big boys.
"Little wolf, use your words and little Fox don't use words to antagonise" she lectured, knowing exactly what her siblings had been getting up to. It's like they thought she was deaf!
"You don't tell them off" Nico pointed towards Finn and Elijah
"Because their behaving" Morrigan laughed at the mulish looks on her little brother's faces.
Once again after several hours of her keeping them distracted, they were called in to meet their newest sibling.
This time there was a little surprise as Mother had given birth to a little girl whom Mother named Rebekah.
-Six years later 990AD-
Morrigan huffed at her brothers who tumbled throughout their meadow roughhousing playfully, whenever their father left for a raid, the Mikaelson siblings were at peace and Morrigan didn't have to run interference. It was all so tiring, Morrigan felt as if she was the mother, or an old, old maid at least. Of course, she would never regret taking on the responsibility of her siblings but still...
It had been thought that Rebekah would be the youngest of the Mikaelson clan, so it came as a shock when Mother announced yet again, that she was pregnant. Morrigan had no idea why Mother kept having children, she never cared for them, just left the duty of raising babies to Morrigan.
Morrigan was a true maiden at fifteen, Finn at Fourteen, Elijah at twelve, Niklaus being nine, Kol at eight and Rebekah considered herself a big girl at six years old.
Morrigan had grown into one of the most beautiful girls in the village, she was petite standing at five feet with an hourglass shape, long honey-coloured hair at her waist, clear pale skin, full bow-shaped lips, button nose, freckles and long eyelashes that framed sparkling eyes as green as a blade of grass.
Finn had grown too, at fourteen he was all hands and legs, with a lanky body, and shoulders that hinted at a strong, broad frame in the future. He had lean roped muscles from all of his training, his brown hair hung to his shoulders loosely, his jaw similarly hinted at being broad in the future but for now, he was lanky with a cracking voice, his face was always solemn and he was a quiet Mikaelson. An empathetic obedient boy that followed after his sister, a protective shadow at her back glaring fiercely at her attempting suitors.
Elijah thought himself to be rather grown at twelve and he was starting to lose his puppy fat and was quickly catching up to his older brother, he had passed his elder sister to his great delight standing a little taller than her, he was a dutiful boy with brown hair and deep oak brown eyes that gleamed mischievously as he cleverly set up pranks and traps that were never led back to him, though Morrigan always knew.
Niklaus was nine years old and desperately wanted to impress his father but he seemed incapable of it, father seemed to hold a special resentment towards him. Niklauswas only spared his father's true wrath because his sister constantly stepped in between them, he also loved to use berries and charcoal sticks to create drawings which his sister loved but his father called weak and useless, but on this, he'd defy their father to see his older sister smile. He was a very handsome boy with golden curls, big blue eyes and dimples framing a bright smile.
Kol was eight years old and a brilliant boy, he had shown a great aptitude for magic, and there was nothing he loved more than to use his magic, especially when he and his sister did magic together and their magic would interact, his sister was a powerful witch and he wanted to be just as powerful warlock. He looked rather like Elijah with brown hair and eyes, but his brown eyes always sparkled with mischief, he was always winding someone up, playing pranks and causing trouble. He usually wasn't found out because half the time he used magic and the other half he hid behind his sister's legs, no one wanted to risk upsetting his sister.
Rebekah was six years old and a very beautiful little girl, she had the same spun gold hair as her elder brother (and unbeknownst to her, Freya) with sky blue eyes and dimples. She was a romantic girl who dreamed of finding her true love who would treat her like a Queen, she also adored her sister and wanted to be just as pretty as her. She was optimistic and kind-hearted, she also shared a special bond with Niklaus both of them looking almost like twins, which was painful for Morrigan to see and only angered their father when it was pointed out.
They had a strong sibling bond united by their eldest sister who they all adored and she loved them fiercely back, happily giving them what they wanted and comforting them, acting more like a mother than their actual mother, she only grew upset with them when they started infighting and they all despised upsetting or disappointing her, she was the heart and the head of the Mikaelson siblings.
There was a loud yelp and Morrigan's head jerked up accidentally tugging at her sister's hair, with a soft apology she tossed a glare at her brothers.
"Play nicely, I don't want to be wasting my healing magic on your lot" she teased lightly but with an edge of command that had them obeying.
Kol perked up, he rather thrived when people were playful "Well sister dearest, you know I'm a better warlock than you"
"Only because they weren't considering witches" Morrign teased back finishing off the crown braid Rebekah had requested, pressing a gentle kiss to her sister's cheek who was smiling widely.
"Because they're so inferior" Kol replied haughtily
Morrigan's eyes narrowed and with a sudden gust of wind Kol was hanging by his ankles in the air, he let out a shriek of surprise before laughing wildly, hands brushing against the grass below.
"Well, if your so superior get yourself out of that mess" she sniffed, her eyes twinkling at her brothers' roars of laughter and Kol's cries for mercy, Rebekah was giggling madly while she calmly wove flowers into her hair, she had wanted to look pretty for their newest sibling and she did look radiant.
"Remember brother you never test the Queen" Nico mocked greatly enjoying his brother's face turning red, picking up a stick and poking Kol in the stomach with it.
"Ah, yes like that time you went to catch a fish in the river for our sister as in your words 'she was clearly incapable of fishing' and ended up drinking the river" Eli interjected dryly enjoying the pink flush of Nico's cheeks.
"What about that time when you tried to pick her flowers and ended up ruining Ayana's garden?" he retorted quickly
"Never mess with a witch's garden" Finn snorted in amusement as Elijah looked chagrined, it was not his finest moment and he'd rather not relieve it, though the kiss from his sister made it worth it. The poison Ivy was horrible though.
"Oh, you lot, what am I to do?" Morrigan smiled gently at them and she undid the spell on Kol and softly righted him on the ground.
"I behave Mori" Bekah protested
"of course, you do, my sweet horse" She grinned at her sister, Fee was her strong bear, Eli was her noble stag, Nico was her protective wolf, Olly was her wily fox and Bekah was her sweet horse. She was excited to see what animal she'd assign to her newest sibling.
Ayana soon hunted them down and they all trooped back to the house, Morrigan grinned and rushed to greet her new brother as Ayana had let slip when they walked back.
"His name is Henrik" her mother informed her and Morrigan nodded taking Henrik with practised ease.
"Hello Henrik, I'm very happy to meet you" she greeted him he had a dark mop of hair and brown eyes, he was the image of Kol and Elijah.
A/N:
Yeah still don't own vampire diaries or Doctor who
Edited 22/09/2023
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