Disclaimer: I do not own the Originals, all the rights belong to Julie Plec and the CW.
This is a AU story. Hayley existed when the Originals were created and her name was Andrea instead of Hayley. I hope you like this story. I am not a writer at all! But I love Haylijah so there it is...
Chapter 1
Andrea Labonair was aloof. She didn't fit in with her pack. But she always got attention for being extremely beautiful. Being beautiful was her curse besides her werewolf gene. It's actually because of her beauty she ended up killing her uncle who tried to molest her when she was 15 years old. She became a werewolf that night. As her family were alphas of the pack, the incident was not only dismissed but she was applauded for it. But she never felt more guilty. All she wanted was someone to understand what happened to her and not be happy that she fulfilled her destiny like the other members of her pack.
Two years since the incident, bearing the consequences of her curse on every full moon night, Andrea still felt strange being morphed into a werewolf. She didn't like it. She also didn't like the fact that her parents wanted her betrothed to another wolf pack for a stronger alliance. She tried to stay away as much as possible from her pack, wandering the forest for some mental peace. She knew she can't go beyond the pond to the other side where the humans live. She can't mingle with them even though she was human until recently.
Her daily routine was to rise with sunrise, greet her parents and go about her day in the forest looking for something that would make her feel different. And today was no different as she went for her long walk into the forest, but the most unusual thing happened to her. She saw someone that she had never seen before, yet she wanted nothing more than to see him again. He was hunting a boar and had travelled to deep into the forest. He looked glorious with his long hair and muscular body. He had probably sensed her presence as he tried to look in her direction. Andrea hid from the fear of being caught . She did nothing wrong but she was still afraid to be caught by him. It was an odd feeling. He left to hunt the boar and Andrea tried to catch her bearing as she felt dizzy because she had caught her breath for too long. The man came back with the boar, only to be reprimanded by his father for being too careless about the beasts in the forest. She hated being called that!
She went back to her village. But she could not stop thinking about the man she saw just hours ago. She wanted to see him again. Tonight. Sneaking out of her village wasn't too difficult. She had done that before but she had never travelled too far south to be in the company of the humans. That was the scary part. But was determined. She needed to see him again because for once in a long time she felt less lonely.
She reminded herself to be cautious, that she should remain in the forest if she needed to run. She just hoped she could catch a glimpse of him again. But halfway through her journey towards human village she heard celebration. That's when she pieced it together that is why the man was hunting the boar. The humans were probably celebrating the harvest of the year. This made her more afraid as every possible human would be out celebrating. She thought of going back. But then she realized that she may be able to blend in because of the frenzy. She compelled herself to try to meet the man.
She came very close to the village and she saw bonfire and humans dancing around it. She saw the man dancing with a very beautiful woman. That's when it hit her that she didn't consider the fact he could be married. Why wouldn't he be? He seemed the age. Tears came rushing down her face. But she didn't move. She wanted to look for a while and ignore her feelings for just some more time. She wanted to feel less lonely for just some more time.
Her daze broke when he looked at her. He looked straight at her and she was certain about it. He left the woman he was dancing with and came towards her. She could not have been more afraid in her life. Does he know that she was a werewolf? Was he going to harm her? All that ran in Andrea's mind. And that's when she ran for her life. She ran and ran and did not look back. She came to the pond and cried her eyes out. She laid there for a while. She didn't hear any mob with fire charging into the forest to kill her kind. She relaxed herself. She was safe. She wondered what did the man want to do when he saw her? He didn't alert his village for sure. Could he just wanted to meet her? Like she did with him?