As Time Goes On

9

We spent three hours in the car, driving to the heart of Louisiana, and Nik had no idea we were coming. I had to admit, I wasn't ready to face him but I was going to have fun guilting him about what he did. Finn concentrated on the road as Luci ran her thumb up and down the back of his right hand. The two were very cute together, almost as cute as Alice and Jasper, but they didn't come close.

I leaned my head on Kol's shoulder as Finn pulled into a nearby garage.

"Are you sure you're ready to do this?"

I looked at Kol with a small smile. He knew how much pain I was in over the whole thing, and I loved him for being there for me through it.

"As ready as I'll ever be."

Kol grabbed my hand as the four of us walked through the gates of the Mikaelson Compound. It was strangely quiet for the Mikaelsons as I looked around the enormous courtyard.

"Damn, how many banks have you all had to rob to afford this place?"

I whispered to Kol underneath my breath as not to let the others hear. He chuckled quietly as I set my bag down, the sound of my heels clicking against the stone ground.

I looked at Kol who looked at the Courtyard with a bitter look on my face as I felt a searing pain in my head.

I gripped the sides of my head as a white-hot branding iron was stuck through it, bringing me down to my knees as I cried out in pain.

"Freya darling, let the girl go."

Tears rushed out of my eyes as the pain was lifted and I was brought up to my feet by Kol. I smiled at him as I looked at Elijah who stood in front of me, a blonde girl by his side.

Her blue eyes stared at me with curiosity and from what I could see, hatred.

"Well, that was one hell of a greeting."

Elijah chuckled as I went to bring him in for a hug. He hugged me close to his chest as I placed my head in the crook of his neck.

"It's good to see you again."

I smiled at the man as I pulled away, letting Kol hug his older brother.

"Bigger brother."

Kol smiled as Elijah rolled his eyes and brought his youngest brother in for a hug. I smiled at the reunion before footsteps broke that smile.

"What's with the commotion?"

Rebekah appeared at the bottom of the steps with a toddler on her hip. I couldn't help but notice her striking blue eyes that stood out to me more than anything. She was easily one of the most precious children I had seen in years, Ness being the obvious first.

Rebekah looked from Elijah to Kol to Finn and finally to me.

"Piper."

I laughed as the blonde girl handed the child to Elijah and sped over, bringing me into a bone-crushing hug. I smiled as I wrapped my arms around her neck, tears falling onto her shoulder.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you."

Rebekah laughed as we pulled apart.

"I could say the same about you."

She smiled at me as she went to go hug Kol and Finn, as well as meet Luci. It brought a smile to my face to see the siblings back together, there was only one person missing.

"Well if it isn't my little brother back from his five-year vacation."

I could practically hear his smirk as he walked down towards his younger brother. I immediately felt the hatred rise in my stomach as I watched him hug Kol. The anger that I'd been holding in at him for months had all come rising back to the surface. I glared at he brought Finn into a hug and smiled at Luci. There was nothing more than I wanted to do right now than snap his neck. I wanted to watch him hurt they way that he hurt me when he slept with this Hayley bitch and had a daughter. I wanted him to feel the heartbreak I did when I found out about his affair and his child. But most of all, I wanted him to love me the way he did all those years ago. I wanted to feel his arms around me again, to feel his lips on my neck as I leaned against his chest, the feeling of waking up beside him in the morning to him smiling down at me.

The moment that Niklaus looked over at me with his beautiful blue eyes I had snapped. The tears had come rushing out of my eyes as I looked at him, the memories we shared flooding my mind. I clenched my hands into fists as he continued to look at me.

Kol stood behind him with a smirk on his face as he nodded ever so slightly, signaling me that I could hurt him in whatever way I wanted, and I did just that.

Before Niklaus could even get one word out, I sped up in front of him and plunged my hand through his chest, wrapping my hand around his chest, squeezing ever so slight.

He gasped in surprise as Kol chuckled while Elijah held Frey back.

I continued to lightly squeeze his heart and smirk as he kept gasping. He let out a breath of relief as I release my grip, only to grasp his heart again and watch him double over in pain.

I finally brought my hand out of his chest, grabbed his chin and looked him in the eyes that I had once loved so much.

"That's how it felt when I found out about what you had done."

And with those words, I had snapped his neck, watching as his eyes rolled into the back of his head as he fell limp to the ground.