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The sibling relationship between the Original vampires, Kol and Rebekah Mikaelson.

Kol is the older brother of Rebekah and since Henrik's death, the two youngest Mikaelson siblings. The pair are usually "partners in crime" where Rebekah may be in "charge" and Kol does the dirty work for her. He is always there for his sister, despite their differences. Kol is protective of Rebekah and even stands up against Klaus to defend her.

Rebekah seems to know Kol better than anyone. She can tell when he is being sincere and knows what he enjoyed as a human, such as his favorite holidays. Like Klaus, Kol does not like any of Rebekah's lovers and seems to dismiss them whenever he comes into contact with them, especially Damon, Marcel and Matt. Though he already hated Marcel for taking his place in the family.

Rebekah and Kol bicker constantly, mostly because they are the closest in age, and Kol has made fun of her love life, but despite that, it is shown that they do love each other and are protective of one another. Rebekah mourned Kol after he died but didn't avenge him, which upset Kol greatly and he did resent her, especially when she betrayed him 100 years before. He punished her for her selling him out 100 years prior by putting Rebekah in another body and imprisoning her in the Dowager Fauline Cottage. But they have seemed to make up after saving their niece, Hope, from harm. Rebekah was deeply saddened by Kol's second death and has vowed not to leave the body she has taken over until she brings him back home.

Rebekah really wanted to help return Kol, and when she realized that she had no choice, but to return to her body, she thought of her promise and knew that she could not help Kol as she wants. Knowing that the only chance to return Kol will have to use to revive Esther. Rebekah was crestfallen that she really wanted this to be used to bring back her brother. But Klaus did not leave the choice to Rebekah, and she had together with Elijah crank out a plan to deceive Davina, and replace the Kol's ashes, with the ashes of Esther. Rebekah felt terrible breaking her promise, saying that she felt like a traitor. Later, Rebekah hears Davina comment that it's gonna be weird seeing him with his original face, and then Rebekah says that her brother Kol is handsome.

Rebekah says that Kol is her brother and she have loved him many lifetimes longer than Davina have been on this earth. She will stop at nothing to get Kol back, no matter what flesh she was in.

Rebekah returned to Eva's body and left New Orleans to use her power as a witch to search for a way to revive Kol. Rebekah found a spell to help bring Kol back to life, but it was destroyed by the Moroccan Witch. Eventually, Kol was resurrected but not by Rebekah. However, the two were reunited and traveled the world together after Davina's second death in, Season Three.

After reuniting with the rest of their siblings in Season Four, they decided to help Klaus and Hayley protect Hope from the Hollow, who was terrorizing New Orleans at the time. In the end, the only way to protect Hope was to host a piece of the Hollow's spirit within their bodies and to remain permanently separated from each other in order to keep the Hollow away from their niece. They are currently separated because of this.

History[]

Rebekah and Kol were born to Mikael and Esther. Rebekah is younger than Kol. Both were raised in the New World with their family and eventually were turned into the world's first vampires along with their siblings and father.

Rebekah and Kol were pretty amicable during childhood, as they are closer to each other in age, they played together in the catch, and Rebekah seems to know her brother better than anyone else, because she remembers his favorite childhood holidays, she also knows when he's lying and when telling the truth. As vampires, both were rather impulsive and unpredictable. Rebekah and Kol were both daggered repeatedly on separate occasions by their brother Klaus, almost always for disobeying him.

In 1002, Southern France, Kol and Rebekah with their brothers, Elijah, Finn and Niklaus along hunted in the forests of France, and hiding from people. When they met Lucien, Kol proposed to kill him, while Rebekah asked to let him live. The servant, Lucien, brought them into the castle and instructed them on how to properly behave themselves. Mikaelson's were very excited about the arrival of the castle, and almost have collapsed, but eventually accepted them.

In 1914, at the family's Christmas party, Rebekah found Kol rummaging through Klaus' things. He explained that he was looking for something Klaus had taken from him, a paragon diamond that he needed. When Rebekah pressed him, he tried to entice her to join in on his scheme, telling her that he planned to work with the witches to create a dagger that would work on Klaus. He assured her that Klaus wouldn't die permanently and that it would finally give her and Marcel alone time, appeasing to her desire to be with him. Rebekah agreed to be help, keeping his secret and telling him to get back to the party. During the party, Rebekah found Kol's date, a witch, who she told that Kol was not a good person to be around right now. When Klaus gave his speech to the party-goers, he revealed that Rebekah had told him about Kol's plan, much to Kol's horror. Kol tried to flee but was daggered by Klaus as Rebekah watched, satisfied that she got in good with Klaus.

In 1919, Rebekah mentions Kol in a conversation with the witch Genevieve. Genevieve admits that she likes Klaus and Rebekah looked shocked, then she said Genevieve, if her such a cute witch likes bad boys, she would love her brother Kol. After Rebekah says that her family's complicated now, and she asks for her to find some one. Genevieve considers that Rebekah wants to find Kol, but he at this time was a dagger after Rebekah had betrayed him. Rebekah asks Genevieve find their father Mikael.

Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series[]

In Bringing Out The Dead, Kol is undaggered by Elijah and they're reunited since 1914.

In Dangerous Liaisons, the Mikaelsons prepare for a ball in honor of their family reunification. Kol straightens his suit and asks Rebekah to tell him that he is handsome. However, Rebekah smirks and tells him that she can't be compelled. Later Klaus returns home and blames Rebekah that she almost killed Elena, Klaus threatens Rebekah to dagger her again, which Kol ridicules Klaus' habit of daggering them. Kol also offers Klaus go out and "talk." Rebekah and Kol kept each other at the ball, it seems unable to find a more suitable company. Kol asked where, Rebekah's date, to which she replied that Matt is flirting with his ex. Kol pretended to have forgiven Rebekah for her past betrayal, and was ready to do whatever she will ask. Then Rebekah playfully asked Kol to help his baby sister, she probably wanted to put pressure on his brotherly feelings, so he helped her to kill Matt. Kol of first pretends that stunned this proposal, but after grinning and saying that he is in. Rebekah smiled at him.

A little later, at the ball, Kol takes away Rebekah aside says that he wants to kill someone and do not understand what they expect, Kol looks at Rebekah conspiratorially, offering to make some dirty trick right here. Rebekah calls Kol an idiot and said that their mother would kill him. She turns saying they will meet outside and Kol smirks again after her. Rebekah lure Matt outside and they walk across the parking lot, Rebekah, looking back looking for Kol in anticipation killing Matt. But Matt is kind to her and Rebekah realized she did not want to kill him. Kol saw the scene and looked upset. Afterwards Kol intercepts Rebekah, and said that he was waiting for her outside. He asked in anticipation where Matt. Rebekah hesitantly says , that she decided not to kill him, and asks Kol to leave Matt alone. Kol contemptuously asked, did she liked this boy. Rebekah told him not to be rude, and leaves. As she was walking away Kol said "As you wish, sister."

In All My Children, after spending the night at Damon's, Rebekah returned home, Kol hurried to greet her, and blocking the way, began to poke fun at her, asking where was their girl. Rebekah asks Kol out of the way, but her older brother, is in no hurry to follow the advice and mocks further, saying that out all night, this is a scandal, after yesterday, Kol suggests that Rebekah spent the night with Matt, Rebekah threatened that if Kol does not shut his mouth, the next thing out of it will be his teeth. Kol only smiled and continued to stand in front of her until she pushed him aside.

Their brother Klaus was laughing at how childish behavior of his younger brother and sister, Rebekah then said that it was not funny, but Kol said that he was bored. Kol plopped down on the couch, Rebekah stood beside him, and Kol said that their sister is a strumpet, but she was having fun.Kol and Klaus later decided to go to the Mystic Grill, Rebekah tells them to leave because the house already has enough men rolling around in it. Kol turns to her and says that as well as she has. Rebekah throws her shoe at him.

In The Departed, Elijah explained to Elena that both Rebekah and Kol wanted Klaus' desiccated body to be given back to the family and that both had agreed to leave the residents of Mystic Falls alone once they got their brother's remains back.

In After School Special, Rebekah called on Kol once again after she discovered that Professor Shane knew the location of the cure. When Kol come back for of Rebekah, he was glad to see that she was torturing her "friends" and noted that she was even worse than Klaus. Kol abducted Shane from his office and brought the professor to his younger sister happily.

The two of them then questioned him but they discovered he couldn't be compelled due to his mental training so Rebekah had Kol torture Shane by dunking his head in water. Kol did so and finally Shane revealed that he wasn't interested in the cure, just Silas which spooked Kol who knew of Silas' great power but Rebekah assured her brother that Silas was just a bed time story.

Kol, determined to not make that nightmare a reality, impaled Shane in hopes of killing him which upset his sister greatly since that was her last source for finding the cure. Kol showed no remorse though and even had taken the white oak stake from Rebekah and then left.

In Catch Me If You Can, after Kol had compelled Damon Salvatore to kill Jeremy Gilbert, to further prevent Silas' release and the search for the cure, he went home only to be confronted by Rebekah. She threatened Kol with a White Oak Ash Dagger which visibly upset both of them, Kol even more so, who said how if she could really dagger him, she was no better than Klaus. He then said how the cure was ripping their family apart, to the point where Elijah was disgusted by them.

Rebekah retorted by saying it had been a fractured family for far longer. Kol then pulled the white oak stake on her in self defense and pointed it in her face, threatening to permanently destroy her. Rebekah was stunned by this and saved by Klaus before Kol fled, everyone seeming shaken up by the notion that Kol would be willing to kill his own sister. Though he was not in a right mind set due to what was going on with Silas.

In A View to a Kill, Klaus told Rebekah that Kol had run off with his daggers and wanted the last dagger, that was in her possession, to bring Kol down. Rebekah refused, not wanting to help Klaus hurt Kol despite Kol nearly killing her the night before. Later, Stefan managed to convince her to turn over her dagger so he could neutralize Kol after she explained that she wanted the cure so she could be human again. However, they were too late as Kol had been killed by Jeremy using the white oak stake. Rebekah was visibly shaken, tears rolling down her eyes and furious with Stefan for the part he played but Stefan reminded her that Kol was in the way of finding the cure and that without it, she could never fulfill her dream of becoming human again.

In The Walking Dead, when the veil to The Other Side had been dropped, Kol crossed over to the living world, in hopes of killing Elena to avenge his own death. He confronted Rebekah, who was with Matt, at the Mystic Grill and though she was visibly stunned to see her brother return, he ignored her seemingly gleeful surprise. He brushed off her reaction, reminding her of how quickly she seemed to get over his death. He questioned her on Elena's location and when Rebekah explained that she didn't know and told him to leave, Kol became hostile. He chastised her once again for her feelings for Matt before throwing a piece of a broken bottle into Matt's shoulder, departing and leaving Rebekah to attend to Matt's wounds. Their relationship has been strained due to Rebekah not getting revenge for Kol's death.

Throughout The Originals Series[]

In The Map of Moments, when Esther was attempting to put Rebekah into Camille's body, Kol helped Klaus and Elijah try to stop the spell. Coming up with a plan to finally bring down Esther, Kol gave Esther the white oak stake as Rebekah arrived, pretending to give herself over willingly. Rebekah was happy to see Kol alive, recognizing his smirk despite his new body. As the spell was being prepared, Esther revealed that she planned to destroy Rebekah's vampire body with the white oak stake after the transfer so all the vampires in her bloodline would die, much to Kol and Rebekah's shock. Klaus arrived and killed Esther while the spell happened, with Kol supposed to have rigged the spell so Rebekah could go into a temporary body that wasn't Cami. However, he revealed to Davina, that he was still rather bitter with her about her ratting him out to Klaus in 1914. Unknown to everyone else, he had put Rebekah's spirit into the body of a witch who was trapped in a mansion that Klaus had trapped his allies in years before.

In The Devil is Damned, after Rebekah had made it out of the house and Kol was cursed to die by Finn, he went to the compound to ask his siblings for help. Rebekah was initially still upset about the trick he pulled on her, wanting to slap him, but Kol brushed her off, telling her and Klaus about his current situation, though he was upset to find that they didn't seem to care. However, when Klaus forced his way inside Kol's mind in search of the spell Finn used, he saw that Kol was plotting against him secretly. Kol defended his actions, even what he did to Rebekah, telling her she deserved it. Kol left, upset about being the odd man out. He returned shortly after and knocked out Rebekah with magic powder before attacking Klaus. Once the fight was resolved, Klaus had convinced Kol to help them against Finn. Kol plotted with Klaus and Rebekah to overload Finn's magic by channeling power of their own. Using his vast knowledge of witchcraft, Kol told Rebekah that he was going to channel her power to help overload Finn. Seeing his helpfulness and cunning, Rebekah told her brother that this was the side of him that she liked. Kol promised Rebekah that he'd find a way to put her back in her own body. After their plan was successful, Rebekah called Kol a genius and embraced him.

In I Love You, Goodbye, experiencing severe effects of Finn's hex after practicing magic, Kol calls Rebekah asking her for a favor. Later that day, we see Kol and Rebekah chanting inside the Claire tomb, attempting to find a way to break the hex. After the spell fails, Kol begins to lose hope, believing that nothing will work. Rebekah is shocked at his behavior, a dramatic change to the "boy who laughed death in the face", and Kol says he changed after his first death. He bitterly reveals he hated it the first time, being a vampire, and that he preferred life as a witch, with no blood lust or heightened emotions, much to Rebekah's surprise as she is left speechless.

Not long afterwards, Rebekah is rifling through several spells with Davina in a feeble attempt to find one to heal Kol or jump him into another body, although obeys Kol's request for him to have a moment alone with Davina. Once she leaves, she returns home to inform Elijah and Klaus that she cannot help Kol, and that he will not last the night.

She returns to the cemetery with Klaus and Elijah in tow, just before Kol is heading into one of the tombs, not allowing him to die alone. Inside the tomb, Kol is gasping in pain on the floor, and begins to cough, managing to reveal to his siblings "all I wanted, all my life, was for you to care about me". His condition quickly worsens, and Rebekah moves closer to hold him and promises that she will not return to her body until she finds a way to bring Kol home. Klaus, Elijah and Davina watch on with Davina crying out loud and Klaus silently in tears as Kol dies in Rebekah's arms.

In They All Asked For You, Rebekah tried to find the right ingredients to awaken her magic. Rebekah told Marcel that she can not just give up because promised to help save Kol and return him from the dead.

In Save My Soul, Rebekah came to Davina ask for help to get back control over the body of Eva, but Davina said that she was busy here trying to resurrect Kol and hoped that Rebekah would do the same as she had promised.

In Exquisite Corpse, Rebekah had problems with the body of Eva in which Kol put her and Eva again regained control over her body. After Eva was killed by Rebekah, and she was able to return to her own body, she refused saying that she was not going to forget about Kol because she can not even try to save her brother if not being a witch.

In City Beneath The Sea, when Rebekah, Camille and Davina have worked together to protect Hope, Rebekah found an altar with dead pigeons and asked what this. Davina seemed angry on Rebekah and chided her confessing that it for Kol, brother whom Rebekah vowed to save. Rebekah said she was going to fulfill his promise and immediately recalls the doll on which Kol tried to throw his curse. Rebekah hit upon the idea that they should make the doll bait to cheat Dahlia. From which it follows that Rebekah something to learn from Kol.

In Fire with Fire, Klaus compels Marcel to kill Rebekah in her mortal body if she tried to escape. Then Rebekah realized that she was trapped, and that if she dies in the body of Eva, then wakes up in her original body. Rebekah immediately worried that now she will not be able to keep the promise she gave to Kol, and eventually killed herself.

In Ashes to Ashes, Rebekah returned to her original body, and found that she was now unable to help Kol, as well as Klaus discovers that the plan was to give Davina ashes of their mother, to Davina resurrected Esther. Rebekah was disappointed by this turn of events, because she knows it's the only chance for Kol. Later, Rebekah and Elijah come to the tomb of Esther, dig her body and burned. Rebekah bitterly says that she promised to return Kol and now she broke her promise. Among the family members Rebekah distressed that he could not return Kol, more than the others. She is a in the cemetery to Davina, and diverts her attention order to Elijah could replace Kol's ashes on ashes Esther. Rebekah explains Davina that because of Klaus, she returned to her body, but Davina, does not seem to want to listen to her and angry, while Rebekah strictly Davina and says that Kol - her brother, and she loved him many lifetimes longer, than Davina has been on this earth and Rebekah will stop at nothing to get him back, no matter what flesh she is in. Rebekah says that it is very important to revive her mother, not Kol, but Davina becomes enraged and says that this is the only chance to get him back. Rebekah pleads Davina listen to her, but Davina breaks Rebekah's leg and says that they are all liars, then she breaks Rebekah's neck. Davina begins to cast a spell of resurrection, and resurrects Esther. Seeing Esther, shocked Davina asked that Rebekah made, but then Elijah appears and says he did it. Rebekah neutralize Davina saying she promised to return Kol, but not today. Rebekah back to Eva's body, and decided to leave New Orleans and fulfill her promise to return Kol.

In Beautiful Mistake, in the cafe Rebekah and Freya to discuss to agenda and to share with each other news: Rebekah is pleased to announce Freya, that she had found a witch who can help bring Kol back. Freya glad that they will be able to reunite the family. However, after Freya left,Aya appeared and cut Rebekah's throat, killing her in Eva's body. Rebekah wakes up in her original body and then told Aya, that now is not enough simple apologies, because she needed Eva's body. Rebekah attacked by members of The Strix, but Freya is helping her. Later, Elijah insisted that Rebekah returned home, but she refuses. Rebekah says she doesn't go away, when she's so close to return Kol. Freya said that Kol will wait, and Rebekah reluctantly agrees. Elijah disappears, and Freya warns that arrive for Rebekah first flight. Rebekah then frankly tells her sister that she is too close to her brother's return, and because she has lost witch body, she is going to return the spell, with which it is possible to ressurect Kol. Freya reminds Rebekah that she promised Elijah to go back home, but Rebekah puts her promise for Kol first. They come back for the spell and Rebekah says that she is now needs is Kol's ashes and blood of two his siblings. However, the Moroccan Witch arrives and incinerates the spell using magic. Aya then arrives and Rebekah asks if the spell was ever actually real, to witch Aya replies that it was real.

In The Bloody Crown, Rebekah and Kol ally together, with the rest of the Mikaelson family, in trying to end Marcel Gerard's war against Klaus and the rest of the Mikaelsons. Rebekah tries to assist Klaus and Freya by trying to get through to Marcel while Kol slowly dies from a lethal bite, caused by Marcel's newfound vampire-Beast abilities. Rebekah stands by though as Klaus sacrifices himself to be subject to Papa Tunde's blade, forced onto him by Marcel in the end. However, when Klaus is put in this neutralized state, it also affected the rest of the Mikaelson siblings. Kol and Rebekah are currently in a neutralized state and are together inside another dimension with the rest of the neutralized Mikaelson siblings, created by Freya herself, until Hayley can find cures for the entire family.

In Gather Up the Killers, Kol and Rebekah are awoken from their slumber by Hayley and Freya. They are unable to control their hunger and feed off screen.

In No Quarter, Rebekah, Kol, and Elijah feed on prisoners and prison guards in order to regain their strength to save Klaus. At first Kol doesn't think that they should return to New Orleans that day. Rebekah tells him that Klaus has suffered enough. While Kol agrees with her, at the same time he has died twice and does not want to risk a chance at a third time. Kol says that they should lure Marcel out of town and make enough cure, then save Klaus. Elijah makes the final decision that they will free Klaus today, which Kol visibly disagreed with. Later, Kol learns from Josh, who received a coded text message from Marcel, that Rebekah was in danger and threatened Josh that if anything happened to her or his family he would burn the city to the ground. He breaks Josh's neck and runs to help Rebekah. Rebekah is being constantly staked by Sofya, who Marcel told to keep Rebekah safe. Kol arrives and kills one of Sofya's guards and sends Sofya running away. Kol pulls the arrows out of Rebekah and welcomes her back, then four more vampires arrive and Kol begins to engage them. Rebekah wakes up and joins the fight and kills one of the vampires, while Kol continuously punches the last vampire in rage until Rebekah tells him to stop. He asks her if they can now leave New Orleans and she asks him where Elijah is.

They are then seen waiting for the rest of their family outside of a drainage pipe. Rebekah is trying to call Elijah, while Kol thinks they should leave because they've been waiting too long, Rebekah tells him that they will not leave their family. Kol says that Marcel could be killing their family but Rebekah insists that they will come. She then thanks him for rescuing her. The rest of the Mikaelsons arrive with Klaus and they begin to leave but Marcel stops them. Kol tells Marcel that he was never a Mikaelson, which angered Marcel and he started to approach Kol but Rebekah got in his way and said if he killed one of them then he'll have to kill all of them. Klaus then makes a deal with Marcel to leave and never come back, and Rebekah and Kol leave with the rest of their family.

In Haunter of Ruins,

In Phantomesque,

In The Feast of All Sinners, for most of the episode Rebekah tries (unsuccessfully) to call Kol on the phone because they need him for the ritual. Even when he shows up, they don't talk directly to each other.

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Season Four[]

In Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found,

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