Origins of Magic

Chapter 5 - The Black Family Origins

Warnings: I do not own the rights to the television series "The Originals", "Vampire Diaries", or "Legacies" and do not own any of the characters within the TVD universe, I am making no profit from this and have no intention for this fanfiction series except for readers to enjoy.
15+ Mild to Strong Violence, Strong Language, Witchcraft, sexual scenes, and sexual references.
F/F, F/M, M/M, Other.

A long time ago...before vampires and even werewolves there were witches and even longer time before that there were two covens known as the light and dark, the light served nature and were considered good and the dark drew it's magic from more twisted sources like death and were often considered evil.
These two covens were the first witches even noted throughout history, records of them being lost and long forgotten to the point as centuries went by the legend of them became but a myth. However, the existence of them was anything but a myth, their secrets hiding the mystery to the origins of how witches came to be.
Over the centuries these two covens grew into many different bloodlines creating all new branches of magic and powerful witch families such as the Bennet's, the Parker's and the Mikaelson's but very few believe their power descended from these two covens and even if they did it would be impossible to tell if they originated from the light or the dark.
Each of these covens had a supreme witch; the one regarded as the most powerful amongst them and one particular supreme witch, that of the dark coven had a very special connect to four powerful witches, after all she was their mother.
Annabella, Magnus, Kayne, and Primrose were the children of the dark coven's supreme witch Sapphire making the Black siblings' direct descendants to the original witches and therefore witch royalty, neither of them knowing who their father was due to their mother's disbelief in monogamy or disclosing any of her many secrets to her offspring.
No one knows how the covens were created or how they wound up separating or even the events that transpired afterwards, however Sapphire's children made the most of their royal heritage until it their claim to this self-created magical kingdom proved to be their undoing concluding in the death of the oldest brother Magnus Black.

"How is this..." Bella began to say as she, Kayne and Rose remained in shock, stood in their hotel room with their previously dead brother Magnus stood in front of them.
"Possible, yeah I bet when the three of you teamed up to murder me you never thought you would ever have to see me again." Magnus said, with a clear look of hatred in his eyes.
"Well yeah pretty much!" Rose admitted without hesitation. "Normally when you kill someone you do not genuinely expect to see them again."
"Rose..." Kayne said to his sister, urging for her to shut up.
"We had no choice you allowed the power to go to your head, you thought you were grander than what you were." Bella told her brother Magnus. "You wanted to be a king and if we let you then you would have burned the world to build your kingdom."
"Please," Magnus scoffed at his elder sister. "You and I both know Kayne and Rose do not care for this world or any other...that might be your motive, but they are far too vapid for something that deep or heroic."
"Well I cannot say you do not have a point." Rose replied to her eldest brother, fully admitting her own vanity without any sign of shame. "I just back up Annabella because quite frankly you got on my bloody nerves."
"You know why I had to choose their side and not yours!" Kayne revealed to his older brother, sparking curiosity from Rose and Bella who wondered what he meant.
"Yes, I remember the choice you made...it is a shame you were the only sibling I tolerated and you betrayed me for the vapid bitch and the wannabe leader of our twisted little family." Magnus answered Kayne, before turning his attention back to Bella. "You may have outwitted me once before, but it is time for round two dear Annabella!"
"No offense brother but it is three against one, so I do not fancy your chances." Rose warned Magnus.
"Not exactly..." Magnus replied with a sinister smirk. "You see when you three brought back the Mikaelson brothers you tore a rift within the worlds between the living and dead and well I got myself acquainted with some new allies upon my return."
Rose, Kayne, and Bella did not have to wonder for too long who Magnus may have meant before Henrik Mikaelson appeared at the doorway next to Magnus.
"I still find it weird you look like all those male doppelgangers but then again you are that immortal Silas' grandfather, I guess genes run deep." Henrik said to Magnus before turning his attention to Magnus' three siblings. "You do not know me, but I am the youngest Mikaelson and a very powerful witch...especially since I became one with the hollow."
"Oh god not another bloody Mikaelson." Rose complained. "Well I guess we now know why we did not get the hollow's power..."