Bow Down - the originals [1] ✔️

q u a r a n t e - t r o i s

song for this chapter: back to black - acdc

ville sous la mer

 We define ourselves by our family. From birth, we share their names. Entrust them to protect that which we hold most dear. We value them above all others, and yet we are inevitably forced apart. Promises are made and left unkept. Children, in particular, turn their backs on those who raised them, seeking lives of their own. The bond of family is not a bond forged on choice. In fact, some would see family as a terrible burden.

Suddenly, Klaus awakens with a gasp,  grasping onto a now awakening Marie only he is no longer laying daggered in the compound-- instead, he is laying on the ground in a village near a forest where he is half-leaning against a stone wall that wraps around a small cottage. He breathes deeply as he takes in his surroundings, and eventually notices that Dahlia is standing in front of him with a small smirk on her face, " And thus, Niklaus, Marie you find yourself here with me."

"Dahlia." Marie states unimpressed.

He looks down at his chest to find that the dagger is gone, but he is still bleeding from a wound right in front of his heart, " What have you done to Marie and I? Where is my daughter?"

He lunges for Dahlia, but she vanishes into thin air, only to reappear behind him. This only makes Klaus more frustrated, "Get out of my head!"

" I'm not in your head. You're in mine. And, seeing as you lie daggered by your own beloved brother and Marie, you are linked to Klaus thanks to yours truly, you have no choice but to listen.  I have a proposition for the two of you! Come along." She beckons.

She starts to walk away from the cottage, farther into the village, and Marie and Klaus look unhappy and suspicious as they reluctantly follows behind her. As he does so, the sound of Dahlia's song played on a violin is heard around them

Marie and Klaus continue walking behind Dahlia as she leads them into a village, "Spare me the agonizing boredom and explain what it is you want." Marie scoffs, kicking the leaves around her.

"Quiet." Dahlia snaps.

The three stop when they make it to the end of the village square. It immediately becomes clear that they are not solely in Dahlia's mind, but are also in her memories; this one specifically takes place in the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century, some time before Esther sought Dahlia's help in 972 A.D. There are young children running around while adult women clean and cut fruits and vegetables and men tend to their livestock, "We have no use for demented dreamscapes."

"Niklaus, Marie listen." Dahlia stops. Klaus sighs and focuses his hearing, eventually realizing that the village is being attacked by Viking warriors, who are violently and mercilessly attacking the locals. Klaus and Dahlia watch as young Esther, wearing a yellow dress and a flower crown, and young Dahlia, in a rose-pink dress, scream as they run away from the fighting and hind behind a large barrel of hay

"The Vikings came while you were in the garden!" A young Esther whispers terrified.

As she speaks, dead men, women, and children lay motionless on the ground while the Viking warriors rush to take down anyone they can find