It was the day after and I had just gotten to school I was a bit late but fashionably late when I walked in everyone looked at me in awe.
Aurora: hello sir sorry I'm late I'm new here
Teacher: your name is?
Aurora: Aurora Mikaelson lovely to meet you all
Teacher: why don't you tell us something about yourself Aurora
Aurora: Aurora Mikaelson I'm from England I have 6 siblings but I haven't seen them in a while and I would like to try out for the cheerleading team
Teacher: really well Caroline here is captain
Aurora: perfect
Teacher: why don't you sit down next to Stefan
Aurora: I'd love to
I went and sat down class got boring so I decided to do a bit of magic for example I linked the chalk to my pen so whatever my pen does so does the chalk I wrote: this class is boring. The whole class laughed and I just sat there amused.
Teacher: that was a mistake I don't know how that happened
Aurora: oh well mistakes happen sir I guess it's just ...... a mystery
Teacher: yes I guess it is
I just smirked to myself when it was lunch I met up with Caroline for cheerleading try outs
Caroline: girls show us your best tumbles
Most of them just did back handsprings but not me I did a standing full
Caroline: well done girls and you Aurora
Aurora: thank you
Caroline: i wand your best jumps now
Most of them just did herkies not me I did herkie toe touch
Caroline: well done girls here's the list
The list:
Aurora Mikaelson
Elena Gilbert
Bonnie Bennet
Ecsetera
Aurora: oh my I can't believe I made it
Elena: are you kidding me
Bonnie: you kicked ass out there
Caroline: well you certainly had our asses kicked
Aurora: thank you do you guys fancy going to the Grill later today
Elena: yeah sure we'll see you there where are you living bye the way ?
Aurora: the Mikaelson Manor my family owns it
Caroline: wow okay see you later
Bonnie: bye
Elena: see you
Aurora: goodbye
It was the end of the school day and I went to the Grill and when I got there the girls were already there I walked over to them and ordered a drink
Aurora: hello
Caroline: hey
Elena: hi
Bonnie: how did you like school
Aurora: it was great I loved it
Caroline: want to have some fun
Elena: you thinking what I'm thinking
Bonnie: are you
Aurora: truth or dare ?
Caroline: Elena truth or dare
Elena: Dare
Caroline: I dare you to drop your drink down that guys pants and say it was an accident
Elena: let's go
She walked over and chucked the drink down the mans trousers
Elena: oh my god I am so sorry can I help you
Man: no it's fine just go
Elena: sorry
She walked back over to us and we laughed
Elena: Aurora truth or dare
Aurora: dare
Elena: I dare you to order 100 mushroom and pineapple pizzas to the Salvatore boarding house say it is a special delivery for Damon Salvatore
Aurora: done
I called the pizza delivery place
Aurora: hello please may I have 100 mushroom and pineapple pizzas delivered to the Salvatore Boarding house for a Mister Damon Salvatore say it is a special delivery
Pizza woman: okay sure they'll be about 1 hour if that's okay
Aurora: that's fine goodbye now
I hung up the phone and we all laughed we just messed around for an hour until Bonnie got a call from Damon she put it on speaker
Damon: can somebody tell me why I had a delivery of 100 mushroom and pineapple pizzas delivered to me
Aurora: It must be a mystery Damon
Damon: yeah right
Aurora: I should get home goodbye girls I will see you at school tomorrow.
We all said goodbye and went to bed
Flashback
Aurora: mother when will our brothers and father be back
Esther: your father is training them to be warriors
Rebekah: it is boring without them mother can we please go into the village
Esther: only if you stay out of trouble
Aurora: thank you mother
Esther: could you two please bring some milk home here is some money get some fruit for yourselves
Rebekah: thank you mother
Esther: just don't tell your brothers
Aurora: goodbye mother love you
Esther: I love you too my children be careful
Me and Rebekah walked into the village and joined in with the dancing when we were done we got ourselves some fruit and got some milk for our mother.
Aurora: we are back mother
Esther: did you bring the milk and did you get yourselves some fruit
Rebekah: here you go there is the change as well
Esther: thank you what fruit did you get
Aurora: we got strawberries because we could share them with you
Esther: thank you very much girls
We handed her the basket with the strawberries
Esther: how about we share this with your brothers and fathers because you know how grumpy they get and tired after their training especially Finn.
We chuckled a bit.
Aurora: good idea mother
We waited and talked with mother until our brothers got back but they were not very happy.
Mikael: you boy need to be taught a lesson
He was talking about Niklaus he was going to hurt him again but I could not let him so I stood in front of Niklaus and fathers fist hit me I cried out in pain I now had a red mark on my cheek
Mikael: what are you doing child
Aurora: I will not let you hurt him father
Mikael: you think you can stand against me child
Aurora: please do not
Mikael: you girl need to learn when to stop being so defiant
Rebekah: we got you strawberries father because we know it is your favourite
Mikael: you did Aurora is this true
Aurora: yes it is father we picked it out so we could share them with you
Mikael: I will let you off this once thank you my daughters
Mother put our food on the table and we all ate it was lovely it was a slice of bread and soup with a cup of milk each although my father had beer.
Nik: thank you Aurora
Aurora: I could not let him hurt you again Niklaus
Nik: I appreciate it
Aurora: I know
Mikael: where are these strawberries
Esther: right here
She brought out the basket and my father smiled
Mikael: we eat well tonight thanks to our daughters
Me and Rebekah smiled and we all had two strawberries each
Henrik: these strawberries are very sweet
Esther: your big sisters picked well didn't they Henrik
Mikael: they certainly did
This was one of the rare moments I felt like I was apart of a family like there was nothing that could change that my father was always horrible to Nik I just never understood why I was never told I had asked my older siblings a few times but they just shrugged it off as it it was nothing.
The next day we woke up and me and Rebekah went to go and play with Tatia while my brothers were looking after Henrik while father and Finn had gone to battle and my mother was staying with our aunt for a few days she left us some money and told us to be wise with it me and Rebekah decided that we would not eat very well while they were gone and when our parents came back we would prepare them a feast.
Tatia: come on let us make daisy chains
Rebekah: let's see who can make theirs the fastest
Aurora: 1,2,3 go
We started making daisy chains and Tatia finished first Rebekah finished second and I came last
Tatia: Aurora you should make one with red roses it would match your hair
Aurora: if I am not mistaken my brothers each got you a rose it is a flower of romance
Tatia: yes they did I think I am in love with Niklaus do you know why your hair is different to your siblings ?
Rebekah: our father said it was because his brother had that colour hair he passed away in battle.
Tatia: I am sorry for your loss where is Henrik
Aurora: he is with our brothers goodness knows what they are teaching him
Tatia: shall we meet your brothers tonight
Rebekah: do you want to kiss Niklaus on the lips Tatia?
Tatia: maybe
We all laughed and me and Rebekah said eww later that night my brothers and sister gathered around the village bonfire and danced with Tatia Nicklaus and her shared a little kiss but I couldn't help but look at how hurt Elijah was
Aurora: Elijah my brother are you alright
Elijah: I am fine thank you Aurora
Aurora: then we shall dance
Me and Elijah danced with each other then me Rebekah and Tatia danced with Henrik he clearly loved the attention he was getting and we all kissed him on the cheek. Me and Rebekah were confronted by many men but there were none for us. After a while we noticed Henrik was getting tired and he fell asleep in my lap so Elijah carried him back home and we all went to sleep.
I was the first to wake up so I put out buttered bread and milk on plates and put a little strawberry on Henrik's plate. Once everyone was awake we ate and all met up with Tatia and her brothers.
Nicholas: how about a game of tag
Henrik: I am going to win I am very fast
George: that you are
Niklaus: I think I am going to win
Aurora: I think Henrik will win
Tatia: so do I
Niklaus: Tatia I will admit I am hurt
We all laughed
Rebekah: one
Kol: two
George: three
Nicholas: go
We all ran around and Henrik won in the end
Aurora: well done Henrik
Tatia: I think I may change suitors
She playfully kissed Henrik on the cheek and we all laughed .
Aurora: you will get the prettiest girl in the village because you are the most handsome boy in the village
Kol: hang on little sister have you seen me
We all laughed and played around for a bit.
George: we must go home now will we see you at the bonfire tonight.
Rebekah: definitely
Aurora: goodbye
We got home and had some soup and bread for our dinner, we then went to the village bonfire and had a dance and a laugh with Tatia and her brothers our two families were the most powerful in the village all were scared of our father I was a little bit but not much. Me, Rebekah and Tatia were the most well thought of girls in the village and all the women went after our brothers me, Tatia and Rebekah danced with Henrik again and he saw a pretty young blond girl that he liked.
Aurora: go and talk to her Henrik
Tatia: yeah you can do it
Rebekah: you are the most handsome little boy in the village
Henrik: but I don't know how to
Tatia: let's go and ask our brothers
We went over to them all.
Nicholas: hello
Kol: what is it little brother what do you need
Henrik: I need help talking to a girl
Niklaus: a girl eh look who is becoming a man
Henrik: she is very beautiful but I do not know how to talk to her
Kol: you need to woo her
Elijah: do not listen to Kol little brother
Niklaus: be yourself turn on a bit of charm though
George: being her a red rose
Henrik: thank you
He walked over with a rose and started talking and dancing with the girl he came back when she had to go home.
Aurora: what was her name
Henrik: Thea
Rebekah: that's a pretty name
Tatia: I see you charmed her you were dancing very well
Henrik: you and my sisters taught me
Aurora: when will you next see her
Henrik: I told her I would see her tomorrow at noon
Rebekah: better put on your nicest clothes then do you want a wash tonight
Henrik: yes please
Aurora: let's have a bit more of a dance first
Come let us find our brothers
We went over to them and they all smiled
Niklaus: did it work
Henrik: yes it did thank you
Nicholas: your very welcome
Kol: he is my brother though so is it much of a surprise he is charming
Aurora: a big one
Rebekah: a very big one
Tatia: a huge one
We all laughed and danced and Henrik fell asleep on Tatia, Rebekah and I he had himself stretched across us anyone else and I would have said no but he was my little brother and I loved him we all did. when my brothers were done dancing Niklaus picked up Henrik and took him back home where we all went to sleep.
I made sure to wake Henrik up early since he didn't bathe last night I got his best clothes out and woke him up.
Henrik: ugh why so early Aurora
Aurora: because little brother you are seeing Thea at noon and me and Rebekah must go out and prepare food for tonight when mother and father get home.
Henrik: fine
Aurora: eat your breakfast I put a little strawberry on there for you.
Henrik: thank you
He ate up his food and the others woke up and ate theirs then, I bathed Henrik and had Elijah take him to Thea just to be safe.
Niklaus was spending the day with Tatia, Finn and Kol had gone out somewhere and me and Rebekah went shopping for our feast tonight.
Rebekah: please may we have a basket of strawberries, chicken some flower, milk, carrots, broccoli and wine
The farmer handed us our stuff and we walked back home only to see a worried Elijah.
Aurora: Elijah what is wrong where is Henrik
Elijah: it is bad Aurora he is hurt he is on the grass.
Aurora: bring him here quickly
He brought him within 5 minutes and placed him on the floor in front of us.
Rebekah: where does it hurt Henrik.
Henrik: my stomach I fell over onto a sharp twig a-a-and it's still stuck in there
Aurora: You need to bring me something to cool him down
She brought me a wet rag and I placed it on top of his head.
Henrik was crying a lot and we were trying to calm him down.
Aurora: okay Henrik I am going to take it out of you this is going to hurt for a little bit okay
Henrik: I-I'm ready.
I took the twig out of him as gently as I could but he was still crying out in pain.
He continued crying but was in less pain
Aurora: it will help a little bit but we will have to wait for mother to return Elijah can you get our brothers please.
Elijah returned with our brothers soon after.
Niklaus: are you okay Henrik what has happened
Rebekah: he fell over onto a sharp twig and it got into his stomach Aurora managed to take the twig out we can only hope mother and father get back soon.
Aurora: Henrik look at me okay you are going to make it through I know it
Kol: you are a warrior little brother
Elijah: you can do this okay
Henrik: It hurts it hurts please do something
Niklaus: Aurora Kol has magic
Aurora: I need to syphon it but if mother and father will not be happy with me
Henrik: ow it hurts it hurts more
Kol: come Aurora take some of it whatever you need
Aurora: I do not need much just a little bit
I syphoned some of Kol's magic and did the spell
Aurora: to heal phesmatos to heal phesmatos to heal phesmatos
It worked
Niklaus: how do you feel Henrik
Henrik: It has healed and the pain is gone
Aurora: I can't believe it worked I had watched mother do it for father when he returned home from battle but have never actually tried it myself
Henrik: thank you Rory
Aurora: come and give me a hug you need to rest now while I clean your clothes before mother and father get back or they will not be happy
Niklaus: we mustn't tell anyone about this day understand
Aurora: we will say that you just had a bit of a cold but it wore off after you had some soup
Elijah: Henrik do you understand nobody can know what Aurora, mother and Kol are promise
Henrik: I promise
I hugged Henrik happily, walked over to the cleaning bucket and put Henrik's clothes into it while Rebekah got him changed and washed into his old ones.
Rebekah: all clean baby brother
Henrik: thank you Bekky
Henrik had always nicknamed me and Rebekah and we loved him for it.
Aurora: now we must prepare a feast for mother and father when they return.
Rebekah: okay so bread first ?
Aurora: yes I think bug sister we shall check mother's recipe though to make sure of it
We made out bread and then roasted our chicken which we had to pluck and cut but we got Henrik to do the gutting he said he was interested with science so we showed him the parts of the inside of a chicken. We roasted our vegetables and then we boiled and mashed out potatoes mother and father said they would be home by dusk and it was slowly approaching we tidied up the hovel and put the wine out and then, when dusk set we put out the food and wine.
Within a minute mother, father and Finn were all back.
Esther: what is this my children
Henrik: Bekky and Rory prepared a feast
Mikael: is that so it just so happens I am hungry
Finn: me too father this meal smells delicious thank you sisters
We all ate and laughed together then me and Rebekah went out to get the apple, strawberries, grapes and pineapple
Esther: oh my goodness how did you have enough money for all of this
Aurora: we didn't eat very well while you were away so we could make you a feast when you got home
Mikael: well I do appreciate it this meal was lovely
Esther: even better than mine I think my daughters
Finn: I absolutely adored it this is just what I needed.
Rebekah: was the battle difficult?
Mikael: it was easy my daughter you see I am the most feared warrior of this village Rebekah and Finn did very well
Finn: I learnt from the best father
Henrik: I want to be as good a warrior as you when I grow up father
Esther: you will be the best warrior this village has ever seen and then you will get the prettiest girls
Henrik: I already have mother
Mikael: have you really what it her name?
Elijah: her name is Thea
Esther: have you spoke to her ?
Henrik: my siblings and Nicholas, George and Tatia helped me
Mikael: very good my son I am proud of you
Aurora: he's becoming a man
Finn: that he is
Esther: thank you for this meal my daughters it has been lovely but we must sleep now me and your father are tired do not go out because it is a full moon
Mikael: yes none of you are allowed out do you understand
Aurora: yes father
We all agreed and mother and father went to bed as me and my siblings spoke quietly in the next room, Henrik had fallen asleep on my lap with his head cuddled into my chest, I was stroking his long black hair and then he woke up.
Henrik: I want to see the creatures of the night
Aurora: no Henrik it is too dangerous
Niklaus: I will take him and protect him with my sword
Rebekah: no you are not to go
Elijah: it is too dangerous
Finn: you cannot even I would not go there
Henrik: but I want to go
Aurora: I'm sorry Henrik but the answer is no I'm sorry but you are too important to us
He cried into my chest for a while until he fell asleep.
Niklaus: here I will get him you all go to bed
Aurora: goodnight my brothers sleep well
I hugged and kissed Henrik in the cheek and went off to bed we all did. I fell asleep instantly and when I woke up Henrik was not there nor was Niklaus I went outside and heard Niklaus shouting holding Henrik in his arms he was bloodied I had never seen worse wounds.
Aurora: mother father come quick Henrik is hurt I fear for his life
I ran over to them and Niklaus layer him down in front of me he was crying in pain it was awful to hear and I knew he would not make it tears rolled down my face.
Aurora: calm down Henrik I love you okay always and forever you will be at peace now my little warrior I love you Henrik forever.
Henrik: I love you too
He chocked those words out and took his final breath me I layer in his chest, stroked his hair and sobbed.
Esther: no Henrik no what has happened
Niklaus: I took him to see the beasts of the night and he was attacked
Niklaus had tears streaming down his face
Niklaus: it is all my fault I am sorry mother
Mother started sobbing and I cried with her in her arms
Mikael: what has happened
Niklaus: it was my fault I took him to see the creatures of the night a-and they attacked him
Rebekah: no
She ran sobbing and hugged me and mother tightly as we cried together I did not blame Niklaus as much as I wanted to it was not his fault what the beast did to him.
Elijah: It's Henrik
Kol: no my little brother
Finn: this cannot be
We all shed a tear but Mikael instead the stood in-front of Niklaus ready to strike him with his blade he was about to but I jumped in front of him with tears streaming down my face and a pleasing look with my father.
Mikael: get out of the way he needs to be punished
Aurora: no father can you not see we are all hurting what will happen when mother looses another child and we loose another brother father. You cannot hurt him I will not let you it was not his fault he is your son you raised him he may have done something delinquent that cost our brother his life but Henrik chose to go with him and Niklaus did not ask the beasts to attack Henrik so father I am begging you do not do this for me do not do it
We were all now sobbing and father had not yet said anything instead he went out and we did not know where he had gone.
Niklaus: thank you my sister
Aurora: it is fine Niklaus we are family no matter what
We all hugged each other and cried for a bit
Esther: thank you Aurora you saved your brothers life I do not know what I wound have done if I had lost another child
Aurora: it is okay mother we will have somebody dig a grave for Henrik
Tatia: what has happened
Aurora: Henrik was murdered by the creatures of the night
Tatia cried and hugged me
Tatia: I am so sorry I will alert my brothers
Aurora: thank you
It was nightfall and mother said she wanted to do a spell that involved all of us when father got back he was all bloody and he had clearly been fighting.
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Quite a long and quite a sad chapter I hope you all enjoyed it.
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