Opening my eyes, I gasp awake and sit up straight. My eyes wander around my surroundings to find I am in the exact position I had been when I died on the Nemeton. Reaching for my chest, I search for the wound that had just pierced me, only to find nothing. Not even a drop of blood.
Deaton and Isaac are nowhere to be found, meaning it must have worked. I'm in the veil. Now I need to find Kol before my time runs out.
Stepping away from the Nemeton, I begin my trek for my brown-headed brother through the thick fog coating the air. The path ahead is too hazy to see where I am going, but I continue forward anyway, not allowing anything to stop me from finding my brother.
Taking a left turn into what looks like a graveyard, I pause at the sight of an outline of a person. Taking a few steps closer and squinting my eyes a bit, I come to the conclusion it's my dear brother staring back at me.
"Kol," I say with the relief of finally seeing him after so long. I wish it could be under better circumstances, but I'll take what I can get. His hair had been cut differently from the last time I saw him and his attire of a green jacket and jeans are exactly what I would expect from him; Plain, yet dashing.
He scoffs, "So you do remember me."
My eyes squint out of question from his accusation and my smile deflates, "Of course I do." How could he say such a thing? I would never forget my own flesh and blood.
His head tilts to the side and his eyes squint like he usually does when he is displeased, "You could have fooled me." His voice is rough and stern. His demeanor screaming anger. I can understand why he would be angry with me. After all, I left him here.
"Kol, please," I plead, taking a step closer to him. "I do not wish to argue."
"I have been condemned to an unknowable hell while you cozy up next to a mutt, and you expect me to not be irate?" he argues accusingly. "All that sex and puppy love has truly gone to your head."
"Can you not see that I've tried?" I beseech. "I am still trying-"
"No," he interrupts stepping away from the mausoleum I had found him at and inches closer to me. "You are doing nothing, sister."
"I'm sorry," I apologize as tears fill my vision. All week all I could think about was seeing my brother again and how guilty I have been feeling about him being stuck in this hell. I want him home with me. I want to introduce him to my new life and show him he can change as I have and be happier without having to worry about our burden of a family. We can live a new life without them.
"Me too," he nods, then furrows his eyebrows. "For having you as a sister. You're just as disgraceful as the rest of our siblings."
A whimper escapes my throat as I try to speak, "You don't mean that, Kol."
"Ah," he breaths out lifting his right hand in the air with his index finger pointing towards the sky. "But I do. You're as despicable as the rest of our family and you prove it every second you acknowledge that lesser fraction you call a lover. You're weak. And you bring shame to our family name because of it."
"Who are you? Niklaus?" I say incessantly, shocked by the words he used to describe Isaac and I. "I would expect such remarks from him, but you? I cannot believe the words I am hearing. I may deserve your malicious insults, but you have no right to bring Isaac into this. He has done nothing wrong."
"Have I struck a nerve, dear sister?" He smirks.
"I haven't seen you in what feels like years and you wish to argue for the small remaining time we have together?"
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Contingency~TW/TO~ Lahey
Fanfiction{Book two} Renee Mikaelson only wants a free domesticated life, but living in Beacon Hills slings her back into the complications of the supernatural. With the Alpha pack in town and tormenting human sacrifices happening, Renee tags along with the w...
