1992, June 22nd

Seventeen year old Isobel Flemming had left her Firstborn Daughter, Emily Miranda Gilbert, with her Father's older Brother, Grayson Gilbert and his Wife, Miranda Gilbert Née Sommers and then she left Mystic Falls with her Secondborn Daughter, Elena, only to stop in Richmond and place her on the doorsteps of a Mansion.

Elijah Mikaelson, the Noble Original Vampire of the Mikaelson Family, was reading a book in his living room when he heard the sound of someone knocking on his door. Pausing mid sentence, Elijah shut his book and placed his book on the coffee table before he stood up and went to the front door.

Opening the door cautiously, only to purse his lips into a thin line as he saw no one there. Just as he went to close the door, he heard a soft whimper in front of him. Freezing, Elijah glanced down at his feet and found a Newborn baby in a basket, whimpering and looking ready to start bawling it's doe brown eyes out.

Eyes wide, Elijah quickly bent down and scooped the baby up in his arms, rocking her gently in his arms. Glancing around once more, but there was no sign of the person who could have left the Newborn on his doorstep. The only explanation was the note attached to the baby's blanket.

To whoever lives here,
Please take care of my Daughter.
I can't look after her as I am only a teenager.
Her name is Elena.

Elijah scoffed. Teenagers. He thought in disdain, shaking his head before noticing that the baby, Elena, was not longer whimpering or looking on the verge of bawling her eyes out, but was looking at him. Elena suddenly squealed and smiled brightly at him, shocking him.

A small smile formed on Elijah's face as he looked at her. There was something about Elena, something special, that made him feel, almost at peace. Using his free hand to close the door, and locking it, while still rocking Elena in his arms as he returned to the living room and sat down with Elena in his arms.

"Don't worry, Elena, I'll look after you. I'll keep you safe."Elijah mumbled gently, drawing out the E, as Elena yawned cutely."You're mine now and I'll always protect you."

Shortly after Elijah took Elena in, he decided to move to upstate New York, living out in the country side, away from Humans, who would notice that he never aged, and into a lovely mansion. Elijah had gotten all of Elena's baby clothes handmade by compelling a Seamstress.

After the compelled Seamstress was finished making Elena's clothes, Elijah took Elena, who started fussing, up to her Nursery. While Elena wasn't an active baby, she, like many other babies did not like to sit still.

Setting down on the carpet near her crib, Elena made a beeline for her many toys that Elijah had gotten her. Elijah smirked as he leaned against the wall. When he had been Human, he had always wanted a Family of his own but that was taken away from him the moment his parents had turned him and his Siblings into Vampires.

Now, however, Elijah had this beautiful little baby girl before him. She was his to raise, to protect, to love, as a Daughter, yet something, his Beast, kept nagging at his mind, telling him that she was not to be seen as his Daughter but as his Mate. Ignoring his savage Beast, Elijah continued to watch Elena play with her toys.