Sacrificing time

Twilight / The Originals

Bella / Klaus

What would you be willing to do in order to protect the one person you know is your soul mate? What would you be willing to sacrifice to guarantee the happiness of this one person who is perfect for you and for whom you are perfect?

My name is Bella and I sacrificed my life, my time as a normal woman. I stayed away from him in order to prevent him from falling in love with me and stayed in the shadows, preparing a plan so I could protect him, save him from the terrible fate his parents imposed on him.

My plan was to go gather enough power to go back in time and prevent his parents from cursing him, save Ansel and live happily ever after together as the family we were meant to be.

Of course everything didn't go as planned and I had to adapt my plans accordingly.

Six centuries after the fateful night when my love, Niklaus, was cursed and when his father, Ansel, was killed, I found a way to go back in time and to fix everything. I even had the necessary power. It did require a couple of sacrifices on my part and it would trigger my werewolf half but it was worth it for him. My witch side would keep the wolf in me in check anyway. The pain didn't matter, not when he was concerned.

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing but that very same day, I found out that Esther's first born was still alive and I found out what Dahlia had done and what she was planning to do.

I knew the spell she used well since I had used it as well to stay alive long enough to find the answer to my question and fix everything but what she put Freya through, what she was planning to put my Niklaus through... I couldn't let her do it, I couldn't allow her to succeed, especially since I had seen that Klaus would father the next first born of Esther's bloodline.

With renewed conviction that I was doing the right thing, I did my spell to go back in time, except I didn't go back to the night Niklaus was cursed but 5000 years before that. I needed to be strong enough in order to stop her, to fight Dahlia and protect Klaus and to do that, I needed to be a much stronger witch than she was.

By going that far back, I'd be able to be truly immortal and remain a witch by the time she came out of hiding to gather Klaus' child. I'd manage to do what she was planning to do, without having to kill anyone or take anyone's powers away, especially not a child's, not Niklaus's child. Even if his first born isn't mine, I can't let it die.

Being the Hybrid was Klaus's destiny and I couldn't find it in me to take that away from him.

I will let Esther change him and her children, I'll save Henrik and keep him with me. He's a witch too and will be able to stay with me until it's the time to reunite everyone. I'll bring back Ansel when the time is right and after Klaus's first child is born, Dahlia will finally come out of hiding and I'll be able to take her down, along with anyone who dares come against Klaus and his loved ones because, let's face it, Dahlia probably won't be the last or the most powerful one.

Magic always has a price though.

Dahlia's price is that she can't, ever, have children of her own. Her own punishment for the pain she caused other people, including members of her own family.

Mine is that I'd have to watch Niklaus' life when I slept, let it be for one night or for a century. I'd have to watch it all: his happy moments, his sad moments, his killings, his despairs, his angers, his nights with other women...

It won't be easy but I have to do it and I absolutely refuse to let him know about me or my plan before it was all over because, if anything goes wrong, if I end up dying, I don't want him to feel the terrible and agonizing pain that would be my loss.

This is only an introduction to the story. It's been stuck in my head for a few days and refused to leave so I wrote it down and here it is.

Everything will be explained at some point, even who and what Bella is. If you're wondering why Bella just doesn't go back in time and kill Dahlia, it will also be answered in time.

Don't forget to review and let me know what you think so far. This story should be 7 chapters long. I've already written 6 of them and the only way it could be longer would be if my inspiration got wild in the end (which is very possible).

Lorelei Candice Black