LIBEROSIS:
o. the eleventh chapter !
' flashback to the past '

ANCIENT TIMES
"Ingrid, be careful. Let me have at it!" Nicklaus demanded, as he watched his little sister carve into the stone wall of the cave.

"Quiet, Nicklaus! It's just a little blade it's not going to do any harm. Plus Rebekah did her's just fine." Ingrid mumbles, carving her name into the wall.

"Father is not going to be happy finding out you two were handling a blade." Niklaus spoke out with fear.

"If we want to wield a blade, then we shall welled a blade! Father need not know." Rebekah shot back at her brother.

"He will find out. He always does." Nicklaus muttered.

"That's because you always tell him." Ingrid mutters, trying to concentrate on her sculpting.

"I cannot help it....he frightens me." Nicklaus sighed.

"He frightens us all, Nicklaus. That's why we need to stick together as one. No matter what." Ingrid spoke while getting down from the rock.

"Always and forever."

PRESENT TIME

"These are the names of the original families?" Elena questioned looking at the cave walls.

Alaric, Damon, and Elena went down to the old Lockwood tunnels, trying to figure out what all the relics meant on the wall. They were already trying to wake up Mikael to kill Klaus, so they were holding these relics could tell them something.

"Carved into a cave that's been here since way before the founding of Mystic Falls. Or even the entire New World, for that matter." Alaric whispered, to focused on what was in front of him.

"Okay, this has gotta be one of Klaus's fakes." Elena states with disbelief. "That's what I said." Damon mutters.

"That could be true, except the last name up here made us think otherwise." Alaric concluded.

"What's the name?" Elena questions.

"Mikael." Alaric announced, before snapping some photos.

Alaric, Elena, and Damon went back to Alaric's home to analyze all of their discoveries. Alaric ended up taking photos of every carving on the walls to discover what the meant.

"These images at the very least might tell us what that weapon is to kill an original vampire." Alaric thought out loud.

"Then all we have to do is find out what they mean." Elena declared.

"Fine! Fine! If I am being irritatingly optimistic like you two...how do you suppose we do that?" Damon questions, rolling his eyes.

"Well I'm meeting Ingrid later at the grill, actually. If it's about the original family living here, then lets go right to the source." Elena announced.

"Wait, when did you and Ingrid become friends?" Damon questioned.

"We aren't...it's a long story. I need to go she's probably already there." Elena stated, before grabbing her stuff and heading out the door.

Ingrid sat and tapped her fingers in annoyance that the doppelgänger wasn't there already. She scanned the bar looking for her next victim, since Elena was taking her sweet old time.

"Ingrid, hi I'm sorry I'm late!" Elena huffs as she rushed to take a seat in front of the blonde.

"Took you long enough. The one time I'm nice you're bloody late." Ingrid spats.

"I-I'm sorry I got ca get up with something." Elena sighs.

"Okay, well whatever you were caught up with isn't important. So, can we just talk about this whole Stefan thing?" Ingrid questions with a stern tone.

"Well before that I need to ask you something..." Elena pauses while she digs through her purse.

"I'm curious why you and Klaus have spent a thousand years running from your father." Elena asks pulling out the photo of Ingrid's name on the wall.

"How the hell did you get this?!" Ingrid growls.

"Maybe I'll ask Mikael when we are him." Elena says confidently.

"You're lying! You have no clue where he is. No one does." Ingrid seethed.

"So, then who's rotting in that old cemetery in Charlotte?"

Ingrid grabs the butter knife from the napkin besides her and jams it into Elena's hand, casting the brunette to help in pain. Ingrid pulls the knife out, watching the blood ooze out of Elena.

"Don't ever threaten me, Elena. I thought we already went over this. Now what the hell are you up too." Ingrid spat, as Elena groans in pain.

"What the hell?! Why isn't anyone reacting?" Elena questioned, panicking.

"Because I compelled them just in case something like this would happen. I'm always one step ahead of you, sweetheart."

"Why don't you want me to wake Mikael?" Elena groans in pain.

"Because we are all doomed if we wake him."

ANCIENT TIMES
"Ingrid, Henrik! Come on, our brothers are fighting again!" Rebekah calls for her other siblings.

Ingrid grins at her youngest brother, and grabs him by the hand, as they rush over to Rebekah. They stop in the middle of town as they see their two brothers, Elijah and Nicklaus, sword fighting.

"Oh look, our sisters have arrived to watch my fast approaching victory!" Elijah exclaims.

"On the contrary, Elijah..." Niklaus smirks, before swinging his sword and cutting of Elijah's belt form his waist. "They came to laugh at you."

"You'll get him next time, Elijah." Ingrid laughs, as her other siblings join in.

As the siblings laughed with each other, Esther and Mikael came into view. Esther tenses up instantly, knowing that her husband was angry with Niklaus.

"Relax, Mikael. Niklaus means well." Esther reassures her husband.

" That is precisely my problem." Mikael spoke while gritting his teeth.

Mikael approached his children, causing everyone to go silent. Mikael snatched Elijah's sword out of his hand without his permission, and directs it towards Niklaus.

"So, why don't you teach me that trick, young warrior?" Mikael taunts, swinging his sword at Niklaus.

"Father, we were just having fun." Niklaus spoke, sighing the sword.

"We fight for our survival! And you find time for fun?! I want to have fun! Teach me! Come on!" Mikael shouts, continuing to swing the sword at him.

"Father, stop!" Ingrid yells, but he still continues to swing.

Before animals could speak another word, Mikael disarms him without any effort, and slams him down onto the dirt path. He sets his sword on Nikaus's neck, causing Ingrid to shriek.

"Father, stop it!" She screams, running up to him.

She puts her hand in his shoulder, but Mikael huff in rage and pushes her off harshly, causing her to fall to the ground with a shriek.

"The next time you do that, it will be more than a push." Mikael growls, before turning his attention back to Niklaus.

"Pathetic, Nikalus. Having your baby sister stand up for you and see where it gets her? You put everyone in pain." Mikael spats.

"You've made your point, Mikael!" Esther sternly spoke.

Mikael takes the sword and stabs it in the ground right next to Niklaus, causing him to hitch his breath.

"Some days, it's a miracle you're alive, boy." Mikael spats before walking away.

PRESENT TIME
Ingrid snaps out of her memory and shakes her head. If Elena woke up Mikael not only would her family be doomed, but everyone else. Maybe if she gave her what she wanted, they would work things out. She watched as Elena wrapped her hand in one the napkins. She lucked up at her in risk disgust.

"You know I'm just gonna go." Elena announces grabbing her bag.

"Wait, Elena." Ingrid sighs. "What do you wanna know?"