The Forgotten Mikaelson

Chapter 4

The room was quiet. Everybody was utterly shocked at the revelation that they had heard. But none was more shocked than Niklaus.

"How are you alive? It's been over a thousand years. This has to be a trick."

"I promise you brother, this is no trick. I am Henrik. I am your henrik."
Henrik replied.

Elijah, who stood rooted to the spot came forward and touched Henrik's face.

"My beautiful Henrik. Is it really you?"
Asked Elijah, with tears in his eyes.

"Yes it is."

Elijah then proceeded to hug his long lost brother with a hug that only a brother could give. Almost at once, the entire family came and hugged Henrik, engulfing him with a thousand years worth of hugs and kisses.

"By the gods! It is you! It is really you! We missed you terribly. How are you alive? Are you a vampire too? Are you an undead?"
Kol asked incessantly.

"One question at a time, please."

"Sorry, I just cannot by the life of me figure out how you are here."

"Well, when I died, I did not exactly cross over. As you know, our mother is a witch, a strong one at that and when I died, she cast a spell on you guys to make you immortal as you guys very well know. By doing that, our mother has unknowingly wrecked havoc on the natural balance of the universe and as such, all your witch powers were transferred to me as I was unaffected by the spell. Don't ask me how or why as I myself have no idea. Anyway , with my newfound abilities I used that power to bring myself back from the dead."

Henrik said matter of factly. Leaving the part where a certain auntie of theirs tried to steal those powers.

Everybody in the Manor sans Mathayus listened intently to the story that Henrik was telling, with a look of both awe and amazement on their faces.

"So what you are telling me now is that you are the powerful witch? The one that almost put me in a coma?" asked Freya.

"yeah, sorry about that. I would never do that to you if I knew who you are, I swear."
Henrik answered sheepily.

"Which brings me to my own question. Is this lady telling the truth ? Is she really our sister ? How do I not know her ? She isn't my younger sister is she ?"
Henrik questioned.

"No no no. Her name is Freya. She is our oldest sister. She was with Finn for the better part of her childhood until something unfortunate happen."
Explained Niklaus.

"Oh I see. Sorry for earlier. People tend to use our family name to invoke fear on people for too long, I just can't believe everybody who said they are the siblings of the fabled Mikaelsons."
Explained Henrik.

"It's okay. I understand."
Replied Freya.

"Which bring me to my next question.
Why is Mother , Father and our dear brother Finn trying to kill all of you ?"

"Well, Mother wants to kill us because she truly believe that by killing us, it would relieve us from the many sins that we had done or about to do. Think of it as some sort of twisted redemption. Father wants to kill Niklaus, not us. Since we won't allow him to do that, he decided to kill us as well. Finn on the other hand, just wants to kill us because he's a major douchebag and a big ol Mama's boy."
Explained Kol.

"Ah, well that explains everything."
Explained Mathayus.

"I believe we have not had the pleasure of introducing ourselves formally."
Niklaus said, suddenly becoming aware of the guest in his home.

"My name is Niklaus. These are my brothers Elijah and Kol. And my sister Freya. Our other sister Rebekah is currently out with Marcel, our ward. That there is Davina, Kol's mate."explained Niklaus.

"Hi. I'm Mathayus, Henrik's friend."

"You are more than a friend to me Mat and you know it." Said Henrik. "He is my companion, my friend, my brother. He's been with me for the past 1000 years. I trust him with my life and I hope all of you would be accepting of him in our family."

"Of course, little brother. Of course."
Assured Elijah.

"If we can tolerate someone insufferable like Davina in our company, having your friend Mathayus would be a breath of fresh air." Teased Niklaus, earning growls and sneers from Kol.

"COME HENRIK! WE SHOULD CELEBRATE" shouted Elijah, excitement and happiness evident in his voice.

As the evening turn into night, the conversations never receded. 1000 years worth of stories and questions regaled the Mikaelsons. Some of them made Henrik cringe and some made him smile ear to ear, especially the one where he found out he's an uncle.

"Where is she ? I want to see her."
Enquired Henrik.

"Unfortunately, we can't see her or Hayley for now. We need to hide her while we handle this family squabble between us abd our parents."
Explained Elijah.

"Ah, understood."
Henrik answered, visibly disappointed by the answer.

"Don't worry brother. You'll see my beautiful daughter soon . That is, after we kill her grandpa, grandma and her insufferable Holier-Than-Thou uncle."
Said Niklaus.

"Not funny, brother."
Elijah responded.