AN: I hope everyone likes this story. It is different than most stories. Klaus has a daughter that has been used in a guinea pig her whole life and he has tried everything to get her away. When she finally breaks free, Victoria is thrown into a who new world. With the help of her family, she learns what it means to live.
3 Days earlier…
The figure of the girl stood between the doctor holding the syringe and the guard with the rifle. She looked at them with fear and desperation behind her brown eyes. Why could they not let her be?
"Come, Victoria, it is just a sedative." The doctor cooed, causing her to shiver at his tone. "We both know that it is not." She replied, making him chuckle.
Her eyes went to the scalpel on the tray and then the guard. Before either man could stop her, she plunged it into the guard's neck. He choked on his dying breath as he dropped to the floor.
Then it happened, her brown eyes suddenly turned yellow as her bones snapped into a strange position. Victoria screamed in pain as her body started to change. She had triggered the wolf gene.
The doctor watched in terror as he dropped the syringe, seeing the girl change into a werewolf. Her blonde waves soon turned into a beautiful coat of dark brown and white.
Suddenly, the door opened to reveal her mother and more guards. They were followed by the Director of the agency. Her eyes went to her mother, wondering what was going to happen next.
"Damn it, Henderson, you were told to put her to sleep before giving her that." The Director yelled, looking at the girl. "I tried, she woke up before I could. The anesthesia burns through her system too fast." He replied.
Victoria growled, viewing them all as threats except her mother. All she knew was she needed to get away and to her father. He lived in Virginia in a little town called Mystic Falls. That was three days from where they were. She could make that.
Before they could form a plan to put her down, the newly turned wolf started tearing into the guards like they were nothing. She wanted to make the doctor and the Director suffer before she got away.
When it was all over, the Director pulled her mother in front of him and pulled out a gun. She stared in terror as he put the barrel to her mother's head.
"You've been very naughty, Victoria." He taunted, watching as the female wolf bared her teeth in a menacing snarl.
"David, stop. She is going to kill us all." Dr. Henderson told him, shakily standing to his feet. "No she won't, not after this." David replied.
"I love you, Victoria. Get to your father." Ashley told her, knowing what was coming.
The room was silent as she watched her mother get shot in the head, killing her instantly. The sound echoed off the walls as she crumpled to the floor.
"Show me what you got." David smirked, as the girl finally showed him.
When it was all over, the girl dropped to the floor, exhausted. She was naked and too weak to move at the time. All she wanted to be remain by her mother's side.
But her words echoed in her mind, telling her to get to her father. Victoria stood on shaking legs and walked over to the shower in the back of the room, quickly rinsing all the blood off her body. She grabbed a pair of scrubs and her mother's cell phone. Before she left, she changed the fingerprint lock so she could open it.
"Good bye mama. I love you more." Victoria whimpered, placing a kiss on her cheek before leaving.
Now…
The room was silent as the Mikaelson siblings watched their mother enter the room. None of them knew she was alive again. Klaus stood there, tears running from his eyes as he watched her approach.
"Do you know why I am here?" Esther asked, making him look down, "Look at me." "You're here to kill me." He replied, tearfully. "I am here to forgive you." Esther replied, "I want us to be a family again."
The others stared, too in shock to make another comment. But the silence was interrupted by the ringing of Klaus' cellphone. He looked down to see Ashley's name on it. He frowned, knowing something was wrong.
"Is everything alright, love?" He said, answering it.
Meanwhile, Victoria stood outside the house that matched the address in her mother's phone. She was amazed to see the stunning mansion. This was where her father lived. Victoria dialed his number, hoping she was right.
"Is everything alright, love?" Klaus asked, not knowing it was his daughter. "No...Please tell me you're the one that live in the mansion in front of me." She asked, making him gasp.
Klaus' blue eyes went to Elijah as his brother heard the voice. What was she doing there? Elijah started to head towards the door to see if she was out front.
"What happened, darling? Where is your mother?" He asked. "Mama is dead...they killed her out of retaliation for me….I triggered the werewolf curse." She told him, tears falling from her eyes.
He closed his eyes, wishing he had not heard that. That was the one thing he had hoped to protect her from doing at all costs. He failed at keeping his daughter safe.
"Oh love...when?" He asked, "Your Uncle Elijah is going to meet you out front." "Three days ago...he cut his hair." She replied. "Yes, I'll see you in a minute." Klaus told her.
He hung up on her just as Victoria saw Elijah standing in front of her. Elijah saw her dressed in only scrub pants and a tank bra shirt that she grabbed from her room and barefoot. She had her bail bag and her mother's burn box in it.
"Oh little one...what happened to you?" Elijah said, taking his jacket off. "Uncle Elijah...I'm scared." She cried as he pulled her tight. "You're freezing, let's get in you inside." He replied, flashing inside with her in his arms.
"They killed her...I got my mother killed." She said, the realization hitting her.
Elijah frowned as she started to break down. He caught her in his arms and pulled her tightly. Victoria did not cause her death at all, no matter what happened the night she triggered the curse.
"No...No you did not." Elijah said as Klaus ran into the room. "If I had not killed the guard, none of this would have happened." She whimpered. "And then what, it would have happened sooner or later. They wanted her dead for a long time, so they could hurt you without her defending you. Victoria, you did what you had to survive." Elijah said, rocking her. "But, I killed fifteen people and I don't feel bad...especially the director and Dr. Henderson." She told him.
"You were fighting to live, little wolf. What could you have done?" Klaus said, making her look up. "But, mama is dead." She replied as Elijah kissed her forehead.
They both knew no matter what they told her, that pain would not go away for a very long time. Ashley and she were close.
"I know...I promise that I will bring her back here to bury. She will not be left there to rot on the cold floor." Klaus told her. "Pinky promise." She replied, holding her pinky finger out. "Pinky promise." He replied before holding his arms out to hold her.
Elijah released her as she went to her father. He smiled at his brother, knowing this was the time to show their siblings he had changed. That girl had changed him for the better.
By then, the other had moved to the doorway of the dining room as they watched Klaus hold the blonde girl. They heard what had happened and saw how ragged she looked. Esther suddenly realized that she was his daughter, but there her sister was not there for the girl. Could it be that she did not have magic?
"Who the bloody hell is that?" Kol asked, watching Klaus hold the girl tightly.
Elijah smiled as he saw his niece start to relax in his arms. But, he knew that it would be a long time before she completely unwound.
"That is your niece, Victoria." Elijah replied, making them look at him with shock. "Niece...he had a child?" Rebekah asked, sound a bit upset.
"He is part wolf...that must be a loophole." Esther said, making them look at her. "Indeed, but she is part vampire as well. I know for a fact that she needs blood. But, unlike us, she cannot handle it in large amounts. Her body rejects it." Elijah told them.
Finn saw that she was almost grown, mid-teens. She was beautiful, even with the massive amounts of cuts and bruise that peppered her body. She had beautiful blonde curls that reminded him of Rebekah's hair and eyes that were just as dark as his and the others. But, he also saw the fear and pain of the years of torment she had gone through.
"Will she be staying here?" Finn asked. "Yes, her mother was murdered before her eyes. I think that she needs to be around family. Niklaus and I have been trying to bring her home for years. I for one don't intend on letting her go." Elijah replied.
Klaus adjusted his hold on his daughter as she stared out into space. She was completely shattered by what had happened to her mother. Elijah heard him start humming softly to her the same song Ashley did when she was young. Slowly, her guard dropped as she started to fall asleep in his arms.
"Elijah, can you bring her up to my room. I don't have it all set up for her yet." Klaus asked, unable to stand with her in his arms. "Of course...you do remember that she is a blanket thief, don't you." He teased. "That is because she takes after her mother." Klaus replied.
Elijah took her and flashed away to his brother's bedroom, the master bedroom that had the biggest room. He set her down on the large bed, tucking her into the warm blanket. Victoria curled into the soft bedding, slipping further into the realm of sleep. He placed a kiss on her forehead before leaving the room.
When he reached the others, Klaus was sitting outside, alone. Elijah saw that the others were watching him, concerned. Esther turned to see his stare and smiled sadly.
"He really loves that child." Esther said. "Of course he does, he has done everything he could to get her out of there. That child has changed him." Elijah told her.
"It is strange to picture Nik as a father." Rebekah said, seeing her brother move and start attacking a tree. "At first I thought the same thing, but then I saw the tenderness in his eyes when he first laid eyes on her. He would have given his life to make sure she did not turn. I too had hoped she would not have turned." He replied. "You should check on him, you've been the only one to get through to him." Finn told him, hearing his brother's shouts of agony.
Elijah nodded as he opened the patio door and walked out into the cold air. He found his brother on his knees, breathing heavily.
"Why her...why my daughter." Klaus said, knowing he was there, "What did Victoria do to deserve that."
Elijah knew the pain he was feeling. He too was struggling to keep it hidden. All of them left children out of their games because they were innocent.
"I don't know." Elijah replied, softly. "We were supposed to protect her. I was her father, I was supposed the knight in shining armor, protecting her from those monsters." Klaus yelled, slinging a branch through a fountain in the garden. "You still are...Victoria knows you love her. We need to be strong for her. This is going to be an emotional time for her. She will come out of this happy and stronger." Elijah told him, pulling his brother close. "I feel like I have failed her, Elijah. I can't do this alone." Klaus said. "You won't be alone from this. You have my word." He vowed.
He smiled as his brother, glad to know that he was not going to be alone when it came to putting his daughter back together. Elijah loved her like a daughter as well and he knew that it pained him just as much.
When they walked back in, the others were sitting around talking. Finn smiled when he saw his brother back inside, not as distraught as before.
"All will be well, Niklaus." Finn told him. "Finn is right, if your child is just as stubborn as you are, she'll come back swinging." Kol grinned, making Elijah roll his eyes.
"How old is she?" Rebekah asked. "15, Victoria turns 16 the day before Elijah's birthday." Klaus told him. "Does that make him the favorite uncle?" Kol teased.
"As of right now, absolutely." Elijah replied, as Kol grinned. "Not for long." Kol said, silently laying down a challenge. "Behave Kol. You are not going to scar her the way you did Marcellus." Klaus growled.
Esther listened to them, a plan silently forming in her head. The child did not have magic, there for she was not a threat to her ridding the earth of the abominations she created a thousand years ago.
AN: I hope that everyone likes this story. Please remember to review and tell me what you think.