The Original Wife

Chapter 1

She walked up to him slowly. He could hardly believe his eyes. She was so stunning, even though she had been pactically dead for six decades. Kol continued to restrain him, so that he wasn't able to stand up. She kneeled down in front of him. "Why? What did I do? I stayed at your side for a thousand years, and supported you all the time. And then you dagger me? What have I done to deserve this?"

He looked down in shame. "Cassandra-"

"Sixty years!" she screamed. "I spent sixty years in that damn coffin! And for what?! For telling you, that it isn't right to have your siblings in coffins?! Tell me, oh dear husband, what did I do to you?!"

"You tried to undagger them!"

"Because you refused to!"

"It wasn't the right time!"

She looked at him in disbelief. "It wasn't the right time?" She breathed deeply to calm herself. "You disgust me, Niklaus. You are the reason this happens. Now you will lose everything you ever wanted."

"I like what you have done with the new place, Nik." Rebekah interrupted and threw a vase at a painting.

"It was supposed to be a place for all of us. A place we could all call home. A place where we all could be a family. None of us would have to be alone again." Klaus defended himself.

"You're right. None of us would be." Elijah stated.

"You're staying behind." Cassandra explained. Kol let go of Klaus, who stood up.

"We're leaving you, Nik." added Rebekah viciously. "Right after I kill that dopplegängerbitch." she remained silent for a moment. "Then you will be alone. Always and forever." she added.

"You're wrong. I will hunt all of you down."

"And then you will become everything you hate. Our father." Elijah answered.

Klaus stayed silent. "I'm the hybrid! I can't be killed! I have nothing to fear from any of you!"

"You will when we have that coffin." Elijah responded calmly. Klaus looked to Cassandra. "Cassie ... " He took a step towards her.

"Don't come pleading to me! Did you already forget the sixty years I spend in that coffin?" she answered coldly. The door opened and everyone turned. Esther Mikaelson walked into the room, looking exactly the same like when Klaus ripped her heart out.

"Mother!" Rebekah whispered. Esther didn't say anything, she just walked silently up to Klaus, who gasped and looked down. "Look at me!" she demanded in a harsh voice. He did as she demanded and slowly looked up.

"Do you know why I'm here?"

"You're here to kill me." Cassandra bit her lip. She didn't want him dead, she wanted him to suffer, she didn't want him dead. She probably would have forgiven him after a few decades.

"Niklaus, you are my son. And I am here ... to forgive you." Cassandra gasped. Esther turned and looked at the others. "I want us to be a family again." Everyone stared at her. They could not believe her words. "But ... Nik killed you!" Rebekah stuttered. "And I've had a thousand years on the other side to forgive him." Esther answered. Rebekah wrapped her arms around her mother and sobbed. Awkward silence ensued. "I'll show you to your rooms." Klaus finally said. Casandra stayed silent until after the others had gotten their rooms. "I will not sleep in your proximity." she stated tersely. He rolled his eyes, but she was able to see the sorrow behind his eyes. "Are you ever going to forgive me?" he asked.

"Maybe." Hope filled his eyes. "Ask me in a few decades." It vanished. He sighed and showed her another room. "Do you need help with anything? I could show you, how it works." he suggested. Cassandra shut the door. She sank down on the bed. She covered herself with the blanket and stared into space. Slwoly the tears began to fall. She pressed a hand to her mouth to keep the sobs in, but she didn't succeed. After an hour she fell asleep. And on the other end of the corridor, Klaus asked himself, what he had done.