Introduction

A/N: Obviously I do not own The Originals; all credit goes to the writers.

Summary:They left him buried in a coffin underground unaware of what he had done to free them. Twelve years passed before he was awakened by those who searched for him but those years had changed him more than expected. Can he forgive those who wronged him in a way he never thought imaginable, while protecting them from harm as only he can?

FACTS: Couple of things you need to know. Everything you need to know throughout the story is possibly here, let me know if you have a question that isn't answered.
- Mikael was abusive towards Klaus, though Elijah and Rebekah do not know all that happened. They believe that Klaus was disciplined as though they were.
- Mikael did hunt down Klaus and his siblings, though neither Elijah nor Rebekah knew it was so he could kill Klaus. They believed he was hunting all of them because they were vampires.
- Finn is dead, not sure if he will enter the story yet. This still stands as of now but may change.
- Kol is not dead, and he will at some point he will enter the story. His relationship with Klaus will not be portrayed as expected. He never wanted to harm Klaus.
- Freya is a part of the story, though you will see that she isn't fond of Niklaus.
- In this story Rebekah was turned at sixteen, though she looks a little older. Kol at seventeen, though he was nearly eighteen.
- Klaus and Cami will be a couple.
- Hope does not know about Klaus or that he is her father.
- Elijah was not the one to help hold Niklaus so that Ester could perform the spell.
- You should know Jackson isn't dead. Hayley did not marry him.
- Freya came to New Orleans because Dahlia.
- Kol was resurrected the first time, though he had no memory of who did it. He fell in love with Davina, caused a bit of drama but never wanted to do anything to hurt Klaus. No body swapping or anything like that.
- I did say at the start of the story that Finn was dead and I wasn't sure if he will enter the story. I may have changed my mind on that. We'll see how all this plays out before I make a final decision.
- The storyline before my story takes place basically consists of Hopes birth then Dahlia emerges straight away, Klaus had given Hope to Rebekah to raise yet that was probably the only time he held her other than that it was fleeting glimpse as Hayley kept her guarded she returned. In this Mikael is dead killed by Klaus himself. Dahlia was defeated by Davina, the spell could have killed her but Klaus fed her his blood which turned her. You'll probably notice, I am missing a certain parent out – I am not saying anything about Esther as I think I have a plot in mind for her depending on how I play Finn's character out.

Italics are memories.

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