Kol Mikaelson – Journey To The Multiverse - Chapter 2

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The days turned into months and the months turned into years. On Kol’s tenth birthday, Mikael gifted him a two-handed sword and lessons on swordplay started from then on. It was right around that time when Mikael started to take him out on hunting trips with himself.

Nearly two years passed by and now Kol had spent four years learning how to fight. He didn’t take the rest even for a day unless he was too injured. He knew that this was his only road ahead. He didn’t have much time left before his parents would turn all their children into vampires.

Kol had started approaching a witch from the village named Ayana, an ancestor of the later Bennett family. It was easy to start a conversation because she was also a friend with his mother, Esther. Ayana was very kind. Her and Kol could be considered friends.

Kol had already separated the basic magic knowledge of the marvel world from all the magic information that he had. He found that if he concentrated hard enough, he could choose which magic knowledge to extract and he had already started extracting and sorting out the knowledge which could help him. He paid special attention to magic formations and the knowledge related to bloodlines.

Unfortunately, knowing didn’t mean being able to do magic, since his magic knowledge and talent were from a different world, not every spell would work here. He would have to adjust his spells according to this world and that would require him to become quite adept in it first, which would mean that he wouldn’t be able to do any magic until much of the magic knowledge was sorted out.

Kol needed help from someone to teach him how spells worked in this world so that he could adjust his own spells.

Kol decided to ask Ayana to teach him magic. Ayana was quite fond of this little friend of hers, who always conversed like an a.d.u.l.t. He was unlike other children his age.

To anyone else, Ayana would normally refuse, but Kol was someone who could be considered a friend in this town of Vikings where she was feared and respected but had few friends.

She checked his magic aptitude and unsurprisingly, he was found to have a high talent in magic. Ayana agreed to teach him and Kol decided to talk to his parents since learning magic would take most of his time.

On the same night after Kol talked to Ayana.

The following was the actual conversation that happened.

————Scene -Kol asking his family about learning Magic.

The dinner was nearly over and Kol spoke before Mikael could ask Finn to pass the wine after the meal.

Kol knew that Mikael liked him more, compared to his other siblings and quite possibly saw his younger self in him, so he decided to challenge his anger that he knew would not be directed at him.

Kol said “Father! I want to learn magic from now on, so I will not be going out with you as much.”.

The family was a little surprised by what Kol said.

Unlike his other siblings, Kol had been a perfect child prodigy. He dedicated most of his time to swordplay and hunting, but now suddenly he wanted to learn witchcraft!? Mikael was a little dissatisfied that his dearest son would make such a rash decision, but he still decided to ask him in detail.

Mikael asked, “Oh! And why would you suddenly want to learn witchcraft now? Do you feel the sword getting heavier already? Boy?”.

After a short silence and Kol’s perfect show of a disappointed face.

Kol replied, “Father! The fact that you would even ask me that makes me disappointed.! We all know the threat that the beast pack poses to us, especially during the full moon and they will only continue to get stronger as their numbers grow. The only way to fight them is witchcraft.”

Despite his rough behavior most of the time, Mikael was quite intelligent, so he understood where Kol was coming from.

Mikael replied with a softer voice, yet an expressionless face, “I am well aware of that, but we already have other witches in the village, not to mention your mother. If you are determined enough to learn, then as long as you don’t find excuses out of hunting trips, you can indulge your self. Your mother will teach you.”.

Kol replied with a hint of mocking expression, “My mother?!”, he paused, and then continued with a determined face, “No! Absolutely, not! I will learn from Ayana, and we can occasionally go for our bonding trips, but I will spend most of the time learning witchcraft.”

At this point, everyone was a bit surprised, especially, Mikael was alert as if he had sensed something. In their time together, no matter how cruelly Mikael had treated him, Kol never complained even once and he always only pushed himself even harder. Now, why would suddenly he refuse to learn from the kind and caring mother?

Mikael spoke with a serious expression, “Boy! Explain to me why you wouldn’t learn from your own mother? Why would you go to the town witch instead?”.

Kol knew that his biggest obstacle in learning magic was not Mikael or his siblings but his mother, so he needed to direct Mikael’s attention at her.

At this point, Kol made an expression like he wasn’t sure of himself, but then he replied with a decisive expression, “Isn’t it obvious father? I don’t trust her.”.

At this point, Esther seemed to have thought of something. She interrupted with a rebuking expression, “Kol! Is this because I refused to teach you witchcraft? You should know that it’s for your own good. Right? You don’t have much talent in it. Even if I teach you, it would be meaningless.”

At this point, Kol raised his voice a little bit. He replied with an angry expression, “For my own good!? Yes! We are all your little kittens, mother. We don’t have any intelligence to make our own decisions. You can groom us, feed us, raise us and whenever you feel like, you can just eat us up. Is this why you gave Niklaus that bird necklace too? The one that you created with your witchcraft to weaken him?”

At this point, his siblings either had a shocked and doubtful expression or shocked but contemplating expression. Esther and Niklaus were just shocked for different reasons. Niklaus couldn’t believe that his mother would do this to him, and Esther wasn’t expecting this at all.

In the first place, the very reason Esther had refused to teach Kol was so that he wouldn’t find out about Niklaus. Kol’s talent in magic was so good that Esther got worried, so she decided to lie to him instead. In fact, she already taught Finn. But Finn wouldn’t tell anyone even if he found out about Niklaus bird Necklace. He was a mamma’s boy, unlike Kol.

Mikael was also shocked and doubtful, but he spoke with an angry expression, “Wife shut up.! Boy! Explain this clearly. You can not accuse your mother of something like this for no reason. Speak clearly and tell me everything. Why would you come to that conclusion?”

Kol replied with a stoic face, “Father! You should know that I wouldn’t say it if I wasn’t sure enough. Although, I don’t know anything about witchcraft, I can still feel the flow of mana in a magical item such as, this bird necklace, and I can tell what it does. As for the proof, didn’t mother say just now that I don’t have any talent for witchcraft? Well, then I guess you could talk to Ayana about that. You might as well take that necklace along with you.”

Kol knew that he risked exposing his mother’s indiscretions, and Niklaus having a werewolf father this way, but that was only if Mikael did actually took both Niklaus and that necklace with him to Ayana. Otherwise, based on the necklace alone, he would wonder about it at best and neither Ayana nor Mikael would know the truth. Not to mention that there would be plenty of time for the cunning Esther to come up with an excuse.

At this point, Mikael’s angry face turned into an expressionless face with cold eyes and Esther was a little fearful, but clearly more quick-witted. She immediately interrupted with a stoic face, “There is no need for that! I enchanted this necklace for protection. Because Niklaus is not like the others. He is naturally weak and kind-hearted. But if you feel that the necklace is the reason for his weakness, then I will recheck it and see if it has any side effects. I wouldn’t harm Niklaus deliberately.”.

Mikael still looked angry, but he had calmed down his impulses. He knew that Esther would never harm their children. However, this incident did still raise issues. If the bird necklace did indeed have problems, then that would mean that Kol was right. So, he was talented in witchcraft and Esther was wrong twice. Mikael knew that his wife had stopped practicing witchcraft after they had met and had just recently taken it up again. Perhaps he gave her too much credit, and she wasn’t as good a witch as he had thought. So should he let Kol learn from her.?

Mikael raised his voice and replied with an expressionless face, “Alright. This discussion stops now. Kol, you should know that your mother means well.”.

Kol replied with a rebellious face, “Father! I know she that mean well, but I don’t want to become a helpless little animal who can’t make his own decisions. I currently need a strict teacher, not a caring mother. Someone like you. I care very much about learning witchcraft, as I do about the ways of combat. I will not discuss this issue any longer until you take that necklace to Ayana.”.

At this point, Mikael was already half convinced. He had always been worried about his other children, who were more influenced by their mother than he would like. He then looked at Niklaus. When this boy was born, Mikael was very happy. Niklaus had the eyes of a warrior. He thought this one would be different, but that hope turned into an utter disappointment when the boy grew up. Now, whenever he sees that boy, all he sees is his own failure Could it be because of that necklace, or perhaps Esther’s influence?

Mikael rebuked Niklaus, “Boy! Take that necklace off already. Did you not hear anything? It’s faulty. I’ll take it to the town witch tomorrow. Also! Wife! You will not practice witchcraft on our children anymore.”

————Scene END———

The next day, Mikael took the necklace to Ayana and Kol was allowed to learn witchcraft.

Kol spent most of his time learning magic from Ayana, and sometimes Mikael or others would come. Esther came as well, doing her ‘good for you’, routine. Kol was still displeased.

Months later, Kol had already sorted out the basic magic knowledge from the marvel and DC world and even learned some basic spells that doctor strange likely learned in the movie in the beginning.

Eventually, Kol learned a more advance meditation technique and a spell that would strengthen his thinking ability, temporarily. Since then, he found that it became easier and faster for him to sort out his magic knowledge.

Kol did not learn this world’s spells to use them, but he only altered the spells he already possessed, so that they would work well in this world. He spent most of his time learning magic formations and even paid a little attention to energy conversion.