Bonded (Niklaus Mikaelson)

Aftermath

3rd person's POV

Death is something everyone experiences whether it's the death of a loved one or a version of their former self. Death will always find you. For years Mikaelson's have managed to outrun it. They've inflicted it, perhaps felt it at times but never experienced it the way they did when Adelaide died. The whole house had fallen into deafening silence, as if every fraction of the house was mourning with them. They've each fallen into their own grief stricken routines each one equally as bad as the other. But then again no one can blame them as some have lost a sister and one has lost a lover.

Elijah's POV

It's been 2 days since Adelaide died. Niklaus hasn't left her side, the house is silent. I've only left my room twice, I thought Adelaide might want someone to tell her friends about her death. I haven't been able to speak to anyone so I wrote a letter instead. Jeremy, Davina, Osa, Bonnie, Caroline and Damon have all come to see her, to make sure it's true, each one of them crying at the sad realisation. Kol might've been one of the worst out of all of us. I don't think in his 1000 years of living he's ever experienced grief, he never cared enough to feel it.

Rebekah's POV

Mystic falls has been silent, there's been no sign of my mother or the Scooby gang. Adelaide is still dead, every time I visit her I expect her to pop back up like nothing happened but she doesn't. We haven't even buried her, burring her means she's dead and I don't think I can accept that. She was my only friend. I've tried finding a witch to bring her back but they keep rambling about nature's balance. That's not the answer I wanted, I might've made a few more enemies in the past few days trying to find a way for Mari to come back but I don't care. As long as I have her back I'm sure everything will be fine

Adelaide's POV

The other side is boring, I haven't encountered anyone in the short time I've been here. I haven't even seen Sheila which makes me wonder where everyone's hiding. I've been watching everyone from the other side and I honestly can't tell who's taking it the worst. Elijah's stopped speaking to everyone, Nik doesn't leave my body, Rebekah's going on a wild goose chase trying to find some miracle spell that doesn't exist and Damon is drinking his endless supply of bourbon which has proven to not actually be so endless.

Kol has been going on a blood rampage feeding and killing anyone who dares to even walk near him. I really wanted to help him maybe send Caroline his way to cheer him up but then again Caroline isn't in the best of moods either. Caroline and Osa spend their time rummaging through my things and crying on my bed while Davina and Bonnie spend their time with their time looking through grimoires to find a spell to bring me back. Elena is the only one I haven't visited yet mostly because I don't know where she is which is completely ok because I am suddenly the most available person ever or ghost rather.

Jeremy is the one that breaks my heart the most, he spends his day denying the fact that I'm dead then crying out to me while clutching the little teddy bear I used to use to sing him to sleep. The others have support they have family, Jeremy's alone. Even though Jenna is there she buries herself in her studies and from what I've seen of the house Elena is never there. I would've hoped at least one of my friends would've taken Jeremy in and consoled him but no one seems to have visited him.

I walk down the streets of Mystic falls staring at the empty roads until I reach my house. As soon as I open the door I feel a wave of power, I almost turned around to run until I realised I'm dead there's nothing this person can do to me. I walk up to my room to see a tall man looking at a picture on my desk his back facing me

"Can I help you?" I ask leaning against my bedroom door

"This is not how I imagined the house to look after all these years" the man says, he looks about 6,2 with dark brown curls and brown eyes. His face is a bit wrinkled indicating his age and he looks to have a small hunch

"Who are you?" I ask

"You shouldn't be here" he says

"Neither should you" I say and he chuckles

"I mean on the other side. You should be alive, it's not your time yet" he says

"Are you going to tell me who you are or..."

"No one. Not to you anyway" he says shuffling around my room

"Well if I'm gonna be stuck her for all of eternity I might as well make friends" he walks towards me and towers over me in an intimidating stance

"I don't want to be friends. You need to leave. You shouldn't be here"

"Don't you think I would've left I could" I say getting frustrated

"No. You may not enjoy being here but your not exactly fighting to get back there"

"Oh I'm sorry was I supposed to will myself back to life?!" I ask sarcastically

"Your weak that's why you can't get back. You don't want to go back"

"Ok so if going back was a question of strength, why are you here Mr Judgey"

"Your strength, Adelaide. How can you be one of the most powerful beings and still be so limited? Some of us don't want to leave, some of us don't have the power to. You do. And yet you wander around like a lost puppy"

"How do you know my name?"

"That's not your concern" he starts to leave the house

"Then what is?!" I ask trying to follow him

"Leaving" he says

As soon as he rounds the corner he disappears and I'm left by myself again. There was something strange about the man, it was like I knew him and yet I didn't. I continued wandering aimlessly trying to see if he would pop up again to explain to me how I can get back.

"Mari"

I snap my head to the voice to see Sheila Bennet standing with a smile on her face

"Grams, I've been looking for you" I say

"I thought so, come we have much to do" Shiela leads the way and I follow behind her

"So you've been here for a long time, you must know like almost everyone here by now right?" I ask

"Yes and before you ask he is not your concern" she answers

"Can I at least know his name, I swear it feels like I know him, but he's so rude and why does everyone keep saying it's none of my concern instead of answering the question"

"Because if you knew you wouldn't do what you need to"

"And what do I need to do?"

"Leave"

"Wow I've been in your company for 5 minutes and you're already sick of me" Sheila chuckles but continues walking

"You aren't supposed to be here Mari, it's not your time yet. Forget the man and focus on getting back"

"I can't, once I'm curious about something it won't leave my head until I find answers" I say

"I know. That's exactly why I'm not telling you" I stop walking and Sheila turns around to see why I'm not walking with her anymore

"Too many people keep restricting the amount of information I can learn, if I go back I'm not going to get any answers to my questions, the person that could answer them would still be stuck here"

"Mari. You need to get back"

"In the most respectful way possible, no, not until you tell me" I stand my ground

"If I tell you, you have to go back, no detours, you come with me and we get you back to the land of the living" Sheila say and I nod my head eagerly waiting for an answer

"Noah Martin"

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