Of a Lynx and a Fox

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘

977 Kingdom of Norway

"Please do not do this!" Esther pleaded to her sister, Finn was holding on tightly to her leg feeling the breeze of the cold winter air.

"You wanted a family! Fate said otherwise and so you came to me" Dahlia yelled back, grabbing onto Freya's arm as Finn curled more into his mother's side.

"And for a price, I granted your wish. Now I must collect." Dahlia sneered, grabbing Freya's arm tighter as she pulled it up.

"When Mikael returns from his journey I swear-" Esther began

"You will tell him Freya grew ill and died!" Dahlia spat back

"Dahlia-" Esther tried

"You were forced to burn her body to stop the spread of the plague." The elder women spoke strongly.

"Sister please, I cannot give up my child!" Esther yelled, holding onto Finn's side tighter.

"You've already offered me more than just this one child. Our bargain was for this firstborn and every firstborn to come. If you are to have a fifth-born the deal will extend to them as well."

Esther took a deep breath, staring into her sister's eyes for a moment. "If you do this, if you take my daughter I swear to you I will return to the Black Arts, I will grow in power as a witch and I will make you pay!" She screamed, Dahlia staring deep into her eyes.

"Your power is nothing against mine!" Dahlia retarded back "You knew the bargain you made and should you decide to find me, then I will take all your children. Including little Finn." Dahlia spoke strongly as Finn began to sob into his mother's side "Even unborn Elijah!" She sneered.

"No Dahlia-!" Esther called out as Dahlia picked the 5-year-old girl up and started walking away.

"Momma!" Freya called out, screaming for her mother. "Freya!" Esther screamed as Dahlia left.

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987 The New World (Mystic Falls, Virginia)

"Oh, dear sister..." Dahlia sneered just outside of Esther's new home. She had been watching for a while, it had only been ten years since she last saw her and Dahlia was ready to collect Esther's fifth-born, a boy named Kol.

"Dahlia..." Esther spoke softly, looking through the small view she could see.

"Mother?" Finn questioned, Elijah was near him as well. the fourteen-year-old and ten-year-old had heard many stories of Dahlia yet only Finn knew what had happened to Freya and the fear Esther had since Kol was born.

"Finn take Kol and run, Elijah, inform your father quickly." She spoke easily. The dawn had only just risen and most of her children were asleep. Rebekah, Kol, and Niklaus, her youngest children, were still quietly sleeping whilst Finn and Elijah had woken early.

Esther was afraid that her son would be taken and killed after only living for five winters, just as Freya had been.

It had felt long before Esther went towards her sister. "Why are you here Dahlia?" She questioned, attempting to keep the strength in her voice from fading much too quickly.