Chapter 1

Esther had succeeded. Damon and Stefan were too late. Even when the connection was broken when Damon killed Bonnie's mother, the spell had already been completed.

As Esther staked Finn, all the Originals fell. And with them, so did every vampire ever created.

Obviously the supernatural didn't stay secret after that. Millions of bodies were found across the globe, some hundreds of years old. The wolves and witches used this opportunity to their advantage. They started terrorising the world. A few other species of supernatural beings also came out, this was a new world. A supernatural world.

Even though there are more humans than supernaturals, the strong ruled the weak. And it wasn't pretty.

And nature… nature was off balance.

When Esther had created the Originals, nature had to adapt to 6 vampires. When she killed them, nature had to adapt to the disappearance of millions.

Tsunamis, tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes and all manner of disasters plagued the planet. Two months after the death of all vampires, it had not stopped yet.

And for Elena and Bonnie, in between wolves taking over Mystic Falls and terrorising its citizens, the personal price was heavy. Very heavy.

Caroline, Stefan and Damon had fallen where they stood and the blood that Damon had given Abby to turn her was null and void. She did not wake up.

For Elena, the personal price also included Elijah. She didn't know what they had, or what was between them, but now she would never know.

So a plan was hatched in the dead of night, to avoid anyone over hearing and interfering. Bonnie would do a spell to send Elena back in time. Her consciousness would be flung back to the Ball. The night that Esther had taken her blood and tied the Originals together. She had to change the course of history. Not just for them as a group, but for the whole world.

So on a Tuesday night, just a little over two months after the Originals had fallen, Elena sat in a circle in Bonnie's living room, listening to Bonnie chant. The last words she heard before losing consciousness was Bonnie's whispered "Save us".

When she opened her eyes, she was standing in her room with a ball gown in her hands.