Prequel:
Elijah Mikaelson was running through the woods not far from his new temporary home, when he suddenly heard a little girl's voice screaming in terror.

He heard a resounding slap and an angry woman's voice saying "Shut up you little monster, we will finally be rid of you now. You have caused nothing but trouble since you were first placed with us"

He heard as the little girl tried to suppress a terrified whimper and somehow, that little sound went straight to his dead cold heart.

Without conscious thought, he started running towards the sounds. He came upon two adults and one child, the child was bound and gagged with tears streaming down her face. The two adults were standing above a hole in the ground, it was quite obvious what they had planned.

The little girl was the first one to notice him and her eyes widened in, was that recognition? Her eyes was a light brown colour, she didn't look much more then 5 years old. How could anyone think of her as monster?

He put a finger to his lips to tell her to be quite, she slowly nodded her head.

Elijah cleared his throat loudly, the man and woman turned to face him, they looked nothing like the little girl, if the were related, it could only be a distance relation.

"My apologies for interrupting you, but I believe I will have to stop you from committing this grievous act you are in the process of making" he stated calmly

"Who are you" the man yelled, with a distinct lack of manners, Elijah noted.

"Is it not polite to give ones own name before asking, ohh well. My name is Elijah Mikaelson, not that you will be alive long enough to appreciate it" with that said, he moved. One second he was there in front of them, the next he stood behind them with a heart in each hand.

He slowly turned around to look at the girl while dropping the hearts.

"Are you all right" he asked.

The girl nodded slowly, there was no fear in her eyes, only caution. This surprised Elijah, she had just seen him rip to hearts out.

He went over to her and kneeled on the ground before her.

"I will take of the gag and the ropes, if you scream, I will become very annoyed, do you understand?"

The girl nodded again.

He carefully untied the gag and the ropes, she kept completely silent the whole time.

"What is your name and why did they do this to you?" he asked.

"My name is Cassandra and they did this because I know things, things I shouldn't know"

"Explain"

"I know the past, present and future, though I comes with a price" she looked down sadly.

"Tell me something about my life"

"My I borrow your hand Mr Mikaelson, that will make it easier"

"Of course" he held his hand out and she took it in carefully hers. She closed her eyes for a moment then they snapped open. Elijah had to fight with his own body not to jank his hand out of hers.

"You were born over a thousand years ago, your mother was a witch who were afraid to lose her children, so she cast a spell to make you immortal. You are known as the honourable of the Originals" she started swaying a little and he could hear her heartbeat start beating dangerously fast.

"You must stop now Cassandra" he said, as he slowly took his hand from hers. Her heartbeat started slowing down again.

"It seems I have trouble going that far back" she said, sounding exhausted.

"What is the price you pay for this gift of yours?"

"My sight, I will slowly go blind. I already have trouble seeing things"

Elijah looked at her for a moment deciding what to do.

"Would you object to coming with me" he asked.

"No we are meant to travel together" she answered with a smile.

"I see, then we had better be off" he stated, lifting her op in his arms, then he started running.