The Youngest Mikaelson {A TVD FanFic}

Chapter 3: Do You Not Remember?

Roselle's pov

"Okay, how about this?" I ask, opening the stall door and twirling around. Rebekah smiles and nods, making me smile. Nik and Kol look very... bored.

"And why, again, are we here?" Kol asks. I stick my tongue out at him and resume my clothing hunt.

"I would like a couple of mens' opinions." I answer simply. Kol smirks. Oh, now what is he on about?

"You want our opinions, yes?" He asks. I nod with a roll of my eyes. "Well, my opinion is that you are showing much too little. What say you, Nik?" Kol asks Nik. Now Niklaus smirks.

"Yes, yes. I agree, Kol. She's showing much too little." Nik replies. I huff in aggravation and storm out of the clothing store. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Niklaus compel the woman and chase after me. I pick up my pace and run across the street to the gloriously huge cottage, also known as the Mystic Grill. Nik knows that what he and Kol said is a sensitive subject for me. As I run into the Grill, tears streaming down my face, I bump into a tall, burly boy, about sixteen, probably a few months older than me. He looks alarmed and runs after me as I run into an abandoned corner in the Grill. I start to quietly sob as he comes closer to me.

"Hey, hey are you okay?" He asks me. I nod, drying my tears with a napkin.

"Um.. yes. Yes I am. Thank you." I say. He shakes his head.

"I know something's up. What is it? I'm Jeremy." He says.

"Rose-Roselle," I stutter. "And it is nothing. Just my older brothers are being arses." I reply.

"Oh," Jeremy starts. "Who are your brothers?" He asks.

"That'd be us, Baby Gilbert." I hear Nik say from behind Jeremy. Kol and Rebekah are next to him. I groan.

"Leave me alone, Niklaus." I say sharply, narrowing my eyes at him. Jeremy looks to me and then stands in front of me, shielding me from my siblings' view.

"You heard her, Klaus." He says protectively. Klaus chuckles at Jeremy's attempts at scaring him.

"Roselle, sweetheart, I suggest you come with me before I rip Jeremy's head off." Nik growls dangerously. I stand up shakily and begin to walk towards him. I look back to Jeremy.

"I do not want you to die." I say to him. Once I am within Niklaus' grasp, he holds onto me by my waist and blurs off back to the manor. I knee him in the jewels and run up to my room. Crying, I slam the door and run into a corner and huddle up into a ball. I hear a knock at my door.

"Go away!" I shout. The door opens anyway, and I look up to see Niklaus. "What do you want?" I ask.

"Why did you run away again? It was only a joke, Roselle." He says. I scowl at him.

"Then it's cruel joke at that, Niklaus. Do you not remember the incident with Father's 'friends?'" I ask him. His eyes widen.

"Roselle, sweetheart, it's been so long, I didn't remember." He says. I stand up and slap him.

"You were the one who stopped them from going too far!" I yell in his face.

~ Flashback ~

"What... what are you doing here?" I ask Father's three friends.

"Your Father sent us to watch you whilst he and your brothers are hunting." Replies the tallest with a smirk. I have a bad feeling about this.

"O-Okay." I stutter, walking to my bedroom. I hear them following me to the room Rebekah and I share, making me nervous and frightened. I have never trusted Father's friends, and I was not going to start now. As I reach my room, I try to shut the door behind me, but one of Father's friends places his foot in the doorway. I slowly back away from them into the corner of my room, whimpering in fright.

"Take it off." One of them says.

"Wha-What?" I stutter.

"Your corset, you stupid girl." Says another.

"Either you take it off, or we will." Says the third. I shake my head and the biggest one comes forward and rips off my dress. I cry in pain as he pushes me onto the bed. No... they were going to rape me.

"No, no! Please, no!!" I scream but the man still comes forward and smirks at me. "HELP!!" I scream loudly, making the man above me slap me. I whimper. Suddenly, the man falls to the ground, dead. Niklaus was standing in the doorway, holding his hunting bow. Elijah and Father are behind him, deadly expressions on their faces.

"Leave." Father growls at them, his tone dangerous. The remaining two run away and I start to silently cry. Niklaus rushes forward and wraps a blanket around me. He then embraces me and I my sobs become louder and louder. Niklaus saved me.

~ End of Flashback ~

Tears are silently running down my cheeks. That incident may have happened 1050 years ago, but it was two weeks before I was frozen. Nik's expression softens and he envelopes me in a hug. My sobs rack on louder as I am in his embrace. Nik sits me on his bed and cradles me to his chest.

"Shh, Roselle, sweetheart. That will never happen again..."