"So you all must be thinking why I sent your mother, Rebekah, and Henrik outside. The reason is they are humans and you all very thirsty for blood. And so you may lose control and harm them." Mikael says to the Mikaelsons who were inside the house.
"No, father we would never hurt them."
Finn says.
"That's what you think now. But being a vampire, every emotion, every sense is heightened. And that thirst of yours will in time increase and you will not think practically or logically anymore. You will just act on impulse. And believe it or not, you will go crazy." Mikaelson warned."
"Father how come that man was listening to everything you say?" Elijah asked.
"That's a technique I used called Compulsion." Mikael answers.
"Oh. What happens using that technique?"
"That's not to your concern now." Mikael brushed the topic off. Elijah nodded.
"Father, earlier you mentioned Equilibrium and Order. What is all that?" Niklaus asked to divert his mind off from his thirst."
"Yes, father. If we are here to pass our time, why not explain us and prepare us for what's to come?" Kol said.
"Okay sons, first I will tell you about the Equilibrium.
Around 100 A.D. when the first witch Its was created out of the earth, she nearly destroyed the earth because she had no control of her magic and there was no one there to teach her so. She was created from a deal with the devil made by her parents and so the devil gifted her with uncontrollable, dangerous powers.
She was always alone in her life, never made friends, or had any acquaintances. And as she grew older and older, the power she possesses grew more and more lethal and harmful.
A group of people decided to suit It's a man named Honen with a plan. As It's always alone when Honen showed a little interest and care for her, she fell for her and they were married. Soon, Honen threatened Itsen to give to share her blood in twenty different wooden-made vials. If she doesn't do as asked, he will kill her parents. So she did it. But Honen killed Itsen's parents anyways for creating Itsen. And after that, the same group of people killed Itsen too as it was part of the plan.
Then the group of people divided into twenty parts; each having a blood vial and scattered at different places on Earth and started forming a family of their own. By killing Itsen's parents and herself, each person of the group was blessed with something or other. And so they continued fighting the imbalances created in nature.
Creating a witch was a foul deed and itself an imbalance of nature but siring from a powerful person to protect oneself was a good deed too. And it has been written in scriptures that a good deed cancels out a bad deed so they felt nothing by siring new witches.
This group of people that killed Itsen and her family later became The Equilibrium. And since they are spread to almost every corner of the world, they are many. But there is one person who is the head of The Equilibrium but no one knows who the person is." Mikael said.
"So The Equilibrium are witches?" Elijah asked wondrously.
"Not all of them, no. But there are witches and we will be faced by some of them soon." Mikael answered.
"But the mother is a witch too. Does that mean she is a part of The Equilibrium?" Finn asked worriedly.
"No, Finn. Her ancestors were but she isn't. Because she along with other witches tried to destroy The Equilibrium as they were mistreating their power. Many were killed for them to be free of them. This made The Equilibrium realized that they performed a foul deed. And this is why The Equilibrium stopped siring witches; hence they all are not witches. And they also killed the person who initiated this siring plan to cancel out that foul deed. They now let nature decide who to make witches or who not to make."
"So father they will be so many and we are only eight. How will we win?" Niklaus asked.
"We will have ourselves the company of The Order with us," Mikael answered.
"Yes, who are they?!" Kol asked excitedly.
"Ever since the Ocle Miracle, White Oak became from a normal piece of wood to praiseworthy creation. Everyone glorified the White Oak. And the group of people who were part of the Ocle Miracle knew what the White Oak was capable of following its true order. And so that same group became The Order. But The Equilibrium knew if The order will keep on using White Oak, they will the most supreme group where people will follow them. And in time they will vanish The Equilibrium. And so, they cast a spell on people of The Order which put them in deep sleep and they could be awakened only if the White Oak is used in its true order. To prevent this, The Equilibrium made four adamants towards the White Oak: Offerings, gifts exchanges, unadorned rituals, and sacrificial rituals. If anyone would even try to use the White Oak beyond these four adamants, the Equilibrium will kill that person immediately.
And so when your grandfather and grandmother performed the immortality spell on me and uncle Ulrich using the White Oak; hence using it out of those four adamants, the used magic of White Oak woke the people of Order and when The Equilibrium came to attack us, the people of The Order saved us.
Each time the true power of the White Oak is used, the power in The Order gets stronger and stronger." Mikael said.
"But what is their power father?" Elijah asked.
"Their power is superior to everything son. It is rebirth. Meaning they can never die. No matter how they are dead whether they are burned, their heart is pulled out, they are chopped into pieces; they always come back to life." Mikael answered.
"My God! How is that power gained father and more importantly, why didn't we become a part of The Order?" Kol asked.
"Because that power comes when you decide to worship White Oak. And after the worshipping ritual, the person who wishes to be a part of the power, as to kill the person they love the most. And since we love our family most, we can't be so heartless to kill one of us and join The Order. That's why we didn't become a part of The Order." Mikael answers and Kol nods.
"So they will be coming to fight with us?" Niklaus asked.
"Yes, your mother performed a spell and transmitted our call for help. And since our recent immortality ritual gave them more power, they will have no hesitation to help us." Mikael answered again.
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Outside Esther, Rebekah and Henrik were walking around; roaming around when suddenly Rebekah said,
"I am scared, mother."
Her mother gets surprised,
"Oh? But why?"
"Seeing my brothers thirsty for blood. I saw their eyes when they were feeding. It was dark brown and there were those veins around their eyes, those fangs.... They looked, scary mum. What if they go out of control or what if I go out of control when it's my time?" Rebekah confesses tensely.
"You know Rebekah. This was expected. I mean you saw your brothers like that and you know you are going to be like that one day too. And you might do some insane things because you couldn't help yourself. But I believe in your father and I know he will train you all properly. He will not let you become what you fear. Your father is many things but the one thing he exceeds in is smartness. He knows what he is doing. He will take care of you always." The mother tried to bring comfort. Rebekah smiled gladly and peacefully.
"So, what kind of man are you looking for, Rebekah?"
"Someone like Davian," Rebekah said with a sad chuckle.
"You loved him."
"I did. I believe as much as you love father."
Esther frowned and gave a nervous smile.
"What, mother?"
Esther shook the head,
"Nothing." She said with a smile.
"What about you Henrik? What do you want to do before you become a vampire?"
Henrik thinks for a while as answers,
"I want to feel the pain of hurting someone. Because once I am a vampire, I will never experience any sort of pain."
Esther waved a hand on Henrik's hair,
"That's very good."
After some five or six hours, the vampires were in very bad condition. They were sweating and their head was hurting. They couldn't see properly and couldn't breathe also.
"What's happening to us?!" Kol shouted.
"You're desiccating," Mikael answered.
"What!" Kol shouted again.
"You're killing us?!"
"No, son. I was just trying to let you be without blood for some hours and now I think I should let you feed something. You all sit here, I'll be right back." Mikael informed.
"Is it done?" Mikael asked.
"Yes. The kids won't come out." Esther replied.
"Good. They couldn't be trusted in this situation."
"How much longer father?" Henrik asked.
"Not long son," Mikael replied. "I am going to fetch some rabbits so that they can feed on them." Esther nods and Mikael leaves.
Rebekah twitches her tongue in irritation. Esther asked the reason and Rebekah replied frustrated,
"The rabbits!" both Henrik and Esther chuckled.
"I need blood!" Elijah complained.
"We all do brother." Niklaus joined.
"Yes, but I still don't want to harm anyone," Finn said.
"Brother you are such a bore! Of course, nobody wants to harm anyone but we don't have a choice."
"Yes, we do." Finn counter-backs.
"No, we don't! I am thirsty. I wonder how father left us believing we won't leave. I know I'll be sorry and my neck will be snapped but for that, I'd have to be alive. And I am going out." Kol argued and informed.
"Is someone going to tell him?" Niklaus asked Elijah and Finn.
"Let him have his fun," Elijah replied and Finn nodded.
Kol got up shakily and tried to get up and was determined to go out and feed. But he was unable to. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't set his foot outside.
"What's happening?!" Kol shouted.
"Brother, dear mother cast a spell of course," Finn informed and all three of them laughed weakly.
"Goddamn it!" Kol sits again in disappointment.
"Here comes the swearing." Elijah teased and they all except Kol laughed again weakly while Kol mumbled.
Mikael entered the house with rabbits in his hands. He threw one to Finn, the other to Elijah and the other to Niklaus, and the last to Kol. They all immediately growled and started feeding on them greedily. Within a few seconds, they dried them of blood.
"Better?" Mikael asked.
They all nodded.
"Good. Was it tasty, satisfying?"
They again nodded.
"Good. Because that's what you all will be feeding on. Someday it will be something bigger but it never will be humans. Understood?!"
They all nodded. "Good."
Then Mikael asked Esther, Rebekah, and Henrik to enter. They all did; nervously but when they saw the vampires in control, they hugged each other and started talking, laughing. Mikael kissed Esther's head and they were all having fun.
Suddenly an arrow of fire was shot on their home. And within a few seconds, more arrows were shot and soon their home was on fire. Esther could control the fire but that would take time and her family could get hurt. So her Mikael's first instance was to get them out and so from the back, they all got out and hid in the forest.
"Who are the father? Are they The Equilibrium?" Elijah asked once they were hiding safely.
Mikael nodded. "Now their number is more and hence we cannot do anything."
"Everything is ruined. Our home is destroyed." Esther deeply expresses.
"Don't worry, Esther. We will fight, win and rebuild our home." Mikael said.