Welcome to my story, and thank you for taking the time to give it a try!

I just have a couple of disclaimers and things to take care of, so it's totally your choice whether to read this or just skip to the actual story.

First thing: The title is up for debate. I came up with it just before publishing the first chapter, and it might change the deeper I delve into this story.

Second thing: It surprises me how few fanfictions there are surrounding this plot, especially since people were kind of upset about throwing the whole Alaric-Caroline-twins thing into the plot just because Candice was pregnant. But whatever.

Third thing: You may or may not notice something about the titles in this story (as I'm writing this with only one chapter published... you'll get what I'm talking about as I publish more XD), and how they all coordinate. Hint: at this point, they're all Queen songs. That's it. That's the whole third thing. Might have to throw some other song titles in there if I run out, but whatever.

Fourth thing: I haven't watched all of TVD. I'm only a couple of episodes past where this story starts, and I haven't had time to keep watching it. So bear with me. I shouldn't be too bad, though, since I have such a terrible habit of constantly giving myself spoilers for things that don't happen for seasons upon seasons. XD That being said, I haven't even started The Originals. And I never plan on doing so. Don't get me wrong, I love Haylijah, and I would really like to see their story in the plot rather than just YouTube clips. However, I don't want to suffer through Klamille or whatever-the-hell-his-ship-name-is-with-Aurora, and I certainly don't want to watch the series finale in context. It's heartbreaking enough to watch in Klaroline edits. So, because I don't ever plan on watching it, I'm taking a few creative liberties with this fic. Namely, Kol is already resurrected by the time Caroline goes to New Orleans, in his own body instead of Kaleb's. Because as shitty of a person as Kol is, I wanted to put him in there.

(EDIT) 4.5: Hey, so remember when I said I would never watch The Originals? That was a lie. As I mentioned a few minutes ago when I posted the second chapter, I did start watching it. I'm only watching maybe the whole first season. Maybe. We'll see how much I like it. Don't get me wrong, Elijah, Rebekah, and Klaus are 4, 5, and 6 of my top 6 characters, and I love the idea of a show centered around them and their family. And Hope is awesome. But like I said, I just can't stomach Klamille or anything else of that nature. So the only reason I'm doing this is to give myself more information on the plot of TO before this story starts, since I am following canon TVD up to this point. It's only fair.

(EDIT) 4.75: Also, very nice choice on their part starting the first episode off immediately with Daniel doing a voiceover. Yes to Elijah's voice. Just yes. I stumbled across a Pin the other day about how Elijah saying "Katarina" was the most blessed sound ever, Klaus saying "love" being the only thing to rival it. 1000% agree.

Fifth thing: Hope's timeline on the Wiki is funky (she was conceived in March of 2011 and born in May of 2012), but I'm going to keep her birthday the same and just push her conception date to a regular timeline (about 9 months). Mainly because I share her birthday (born 12 years earlier, but the same day), and that's just another awesome feature to add to my birthday. National Harry Potter Day? Sam Winchester's birthday? Hope Mikaelson's birthday? Yes, please!

Alright, I think that's it, now. Onto the story!

EDIT:

WOW. I never expected my story to be this popular, especially not with just one chapter posted. Certainly not a chapter that's about 1/4 canon dialogue. XD Thanks so much to all of you, though! You're awesome!

Also... After telling one of my best friends that I wrote this story, she reminded me that I never actually gave a disclaimer. So, if it wasn't obvious, I don't own The Vampire Diaries. All characters (with the exception of Klaus and Hayley's second daughter, who obviously won't show up until much later in the story) belong to people that are not me, as does some of the dialogue in the first couple of chapters (group discussion in the first chapter, Katherine discussion in the second, and Tyler discussion in the second).

Oh, one more thing. My current update schedule is every other Sunday (I really want to keep at least one chapter on reserve in case I get behind), so plan on that unless I change it in the future.

I think I'm done now. Thanks again! Bye~!