Grey Areas {TVD}

Chapter 4

Nick POV 

"You're a Mikaelson?!" Bonnie exclaimed, "All this time you've been speaking of the Originals as evil, awful, but you grew up with them!" 

I shook my head, "I never said they were all awful. Klaus is yes, but the others..." 

"So you know more about the Originals? More than any of us?" She scoffed, "And you've kept it to yourself?"

"What would you rather? That I expose every secret of my family? That I give you the very means to destroy us all?" I exclaimed, "There is only one member of my family who threatens you, and we will deal with him as I see fit" 

"Who put you in charge?" She laughed, 

However my glare was unyielding and I saw a shiver run down her spine, "How about the fact that I could rip your head from your shoulders and your ancestors wouldn't be able to lay a glove on me" I growled, 

"Nick" Caroline soothed, laying a hand on my shoulder, "It's okay" 

I placed my own hand atop hers, "I'm sorry, when it comes to family I can get..." 

"Homicidal?" Bonnie offered, "Psychopathic?" 

"Yes" I answered, "My history with the Mikaelsons is more complicated than anything. It brings out the worst in me, whereas Caroline, thankfully, brings out the best" 

"But if you are a Mikaelson, shouldn't you know who this other child is? The one who was actually blood related?" She questioned, 

Shrugging I turned back to the rock, "The Originals had no clue of this place, so I doubt even they know what the prophecy refers to. We need to take pictures of this, send them to Tobias. He can use the library to translate them more accurately" 

Immediately, we tried. Unfortunately, whatever was interfering with our torches was also interfering with all the other technology we possessed. 

"Shit" I groaned, "I guess we need to think of something else" 

"This can't be it?" Bonnie suggested, "Just one stone, we were told something here was more powerful than an original?" 

I lay my hand on the rock once more, this time attempting to sense any power within it, "There's nothing" I whispered, "This rock has no magic within it" 

Caroline began laying her hands along the walls, as if looking for some secret passage, "In all those films. Indiana Jones and stuff like that, there's always a hidden passage or doorway. Something like that" 

"Bonnie" I called out, placing my hand out for her to grab, "Secretorum Demonstratum" 

She grabbed my hand and did as I said, Sparks flashed from where our hands met and flew through the air. They collected in the sky, forming a golden spiral before smashing into the rock. The rock glowed a bright blue before the wall behind it groaned and lowered, 

"More Mikaelson secrets" I groaned, "Brilliant" 

We headed into the passageway, another corridor lay beyond it. Although unlike the previous one the pictures along the walls were much more detailed. And there was one that caught my eye in particular, 

"Forbsey" I called to her, "What does this look like to you?" I asked, 

She approached the picture and observed, It was a tree surrounded by seven figures, the full moon just above, "I don't know" She answered, 

"Do you remember what I told you about the origin of Vampires?" I asked, "How Esther created them?" 

She nodded, 

"Well a large tree with a family of seven surrounding it, on a full moon. In a cave full of Mikaelson prophecy" I continued, "This looks like that very creation" 

"Yes" She agreed, 

I pointed to a picture next to it, "Then what the hell is that?" 

It was a sapling, different to the one pictured in the creation of Originals. The tree was white in that depiction, whereas in the second one there was a red sapling. A baby was pictured beneath it, also beneath the full moon, 

"The child of the originals?" Caroline suggested, "Created on a full moon, using red oak" 

"But Mikael killed esther as soon as the originals were turned, no way she could have done such a thing" She reminded me, 

I nodded, "I need you to do me a favour" I asked her, "Scribble this down for me, It doesn't need to be perfect I just need to consult Elijah and Tobias" 

Once she had done so we continued down the corridor with Bonnie until we reached the next room, "How come you changed your name?" she asked me, 

"What?" I asked incredulously, surely it was obvious? 

"If you love your family so much and are so protective of them, why become Nick Grey?" She asked, 

Sighing I waved the torch in front us, trying to investigate what we would find, "I love my family, but that doesn't mean they haven't committed atrocities. Then there's the fact that I share the name with Klaus. Eventually, after a certain incident with him, I changed it. Became Nick Grey" 

"What happened?" She continued to push, 

I shook my head, "Long story" Was the only answer I gave, 

"Nick you need to look at this..." Caroline called out, 

I approached her, holding the torch so we could see exactly what she was looking at, "These names..." 

It was a family tree, written in old runes, "The names of my family" I explained, "In old runic language, a dialect of the old vikings. These names I recognise but this one..." 

There was an extra name beneath those of the Originals, 

"Leif Mikaelson" I read aloud, "That's not possible I'd know of him" 

"We need to talk to Elijah" Caroline decided,

 "Because this Leif Mikaelson could be the key to stopping Klaus"