I'm Scared to Death There May Not Be Another One Like This [Niklaus Mikaelson]

It all makes sense to me now

As soon as we reached the bottom of the stairs, Niklaus was there right in front of us and he did not look the least bit happy. On the contrary, he looked murderous, his jaw was clenched, making the muscles on his jaw pronounced and tight; you could see that he was trying really hard to hold it together.

He walked up to Kol and pretended to smile, so as not to alarm the guests that he was practically about to kill his brother. “You, in the library, now” was all he managed through his gritted teeth. I saw from the corner of my eye that Kol visibly paled and he looked momentarily scared before his façade turned into a poker face.

Rebekah and Elijah saw what was happening so they followed after me. I was following Niklaus who has Kol by his collar at this point. Thank god we were already by the halls or I honestly think Esther would curse us to the next century for trying to cause a scene during her Ball. “Niklaus do not be rash” Elijah screamed after his little brother. Rebekah added “Niklaus, please.”

“Shut up” was the only reply from Niklaus and he was sounding more and more murderous by the minute. I was full on sprinting by now yet Niklaus and Kol were still much further ahead. Niklaus opened the library doors with such force; I was surprised it didn’t come off its hinges.

“I’m going to give you 2 minutes to explain because you’re my baby brother so I’m going to give you that courtesy, at the very least” he spat through a tightly clenched jaw and he shoved Kol so hard that he fell to the ground. “So tell me Kol …” he started, pacing around the room “what makes you think you can take my wife to mother’s fucking Ball? Who or what gave you the right to do that?” he screamed this last part that all four of us flinched and Rebekah ran up to me and held onto my hand.

Kol took his time to answer. He got up from the floor and pretended to brush off some dirt off of his tuxedo. He then cracked his neck from left to right and looked at Niklaus straight in the eye. “Look Niklaus, I didn’t mean anything by this. I didn’t think you’d be such a pansy ass idiot about it. I mean come on brother; Nicky hates you. She hates you - do you get that? Is that processing in your mind right now? She doesn’t want you; she doesn’t want to get back together, so all things considered, she’s really not your wife anymore. Stop prancing around being all protective and thinking she's still yours to take care of. You two are not together anymore, there's nothing between you two now. It’s only such a shame they didn’t have divorce back then, but considered you guys as divorced now.” Kol said confidently, and she was smirking like some kind of frat boy that just scored with the hottest sorority sister.

Bad move. At a split second, Niklaus thrusted his hand into Kol’s ribcage and had Kol’s heart clenched tightly in his hands. Rebekah and I screamed while Elijah screamed “Brother, stop what you’re doing!”

“How dare you say such words to me? Who do you think you are? How dare you assume to know more about us than you do? Nicky and I have gone through so much more than you think. You don’t know anything about us so don’t go pretending otherwise. She and I have walked this earth together for centuries. Together, she and I. You disrespected me tonight Kol. You dare disrespect me in front of our whole family, in front of everyone that's been invited tonight? I am the Original Hybrid - nobody does this to me. I am your brother and she is your sister-in-law, you could've atleast respected that. How dare you make a fool out of me?” Niklaus screamed in rage. At this point I was sure everyone in the great hall could hear him; he was just THAT loud.

I started crying for many reasons, one: Niklaus was willing to kill his own brother because he thinks he was losing me or he thinks that I could be taken away. Two: because Kol might actually die right this second and I love Kol like a brother, he is practically my brother. “Niklaus, please don’t do this, don’t give me another reason to hate you” I touched Niklaus’ shoulder lightly and the tears kept flowing down my face.