A/N: Here is the first chapter of a new story. I hope you guys will like it. This is now my fifth story. Finished with two and two others in progress, so that means I will be updating three stories weekly. I hope I have the time, I promise no to abandon any of my stories until they are complete.
This is the first story I did a lot of research and background checking on, and will continue to do so as I am not an expert of the ancient realm. I will need your inspiration and your continuous feedback to provide me with the motivation.
The General plot: A prophecy has been revealed, in the year 2014 the Mortal Realm will be obliterated, witches against werewolves against vampires against hunters against ghosts. It will take the combined forces of "The TEN" who are destined to lead the war. Klaroline, Kalijah, Kennett, Stebekah.
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any TVD / TO characters. I just borrow the once I like.
I however ship Klaroline and a bit of Kennett and Kalijah hence the absence of some other characters in a large part of the story.
PROLOGUE
The MORTAL REALM – the Mortal world inhabited by Supernaturals and Humans.
The MIDDLE REALM – a place inhabited by all Supernaturals beings who have not yet crossed-over to the Final Realm
The FINAL REALM – the final destination of all Supernaturals
The Middle realm is buzzing with the news of a prophecy that was written almost a thousand years ago.
"14 years after the second millennia the divide will be none. Fire, water, air and earth
will merge as one. Only the coalition of ten, the first and the blood providence
can preclude the written"
The council had been meeting frequently since the witches had revealed the writings of ancient scrolls. Alliances had been negotiated. Interests have been revealed. The powers to be have stamped there approval against the few who have now been branded as dissenters. The privileged council, a coalition of the Original witch—ESTHER, the Original Vampire—MIKAEL, the Alpha Werewolf—RALPH, the Original Viking Hunter—SKALLAGRIM and his wife BERA, CHEPID—the ancient succubus, the MORAI trio of witches—who spun the loom of fate and the 2,000 year old witch—SILAS, the TEN from the Middle Realm. All have already passed on from the Supernatural Mortal realm and have been trapped in the middle realm, all refusing to passover to the Final Realm.
It has been part of the prophecy that should the "TEN", referring to the coalition in the Mortal Realm, be unable to fulfill their destiny within the year, the gates of the middle realm will unlock forever releasing all its inhabitants back to the Mortal Realm.
In the beginning two ancient and powerful witch lines had been part of the privileged council, however it had been perfectly clear that all of the other council members had vested personal interests in preventing the Mortal Realm TEN coalition from ensuing their destiny, sealing the fate of the Middle World TEN to return to the Mortal Realm once again.
The dissenter witch lines—the Bennett and La Fey lines have since distanced themselves from the Middle Realm council choosing to plot on their own with the goal to create a status quo on the realms. Believing that if the Middle Realm council and their followers where to return to the Mortal Realm, the balance would forever be obliterated. It was therefore up to the dissenters to find a way to work with the Mortal Ten, beginning with ensuring they have at least the chance to alliance together. It will not be without difficulty however, since three of the ten are actually in the Middle Realm, currently under heavy guard by the Middle Realm council
The assist from the dissenters will however need to be very minimal, as every move they made was being monitored and followed by the council. They will have to work with veiled clues and hope the clues are interpreted accurately and timely.
In the meantime in the Mortal Realm, the Originals—Niklaus, Elijah and Rebekah were still dealing with the aftermath of the harvest. The surprising request by Celeste and the other witches to meet in the graveyard, neutral ground so to speak, was the current topic of debate between the siblings.
"Niklaus, don't be rash. We have to think this through. We are vulnerable right now. We need to be united. You have to learn to trust Rebekah and I. I know we made a mistake of not putting our trust in you in the past but after all we have been through, give us the change to be a family" Elijah trying to be the voice of reason was almost pleading with his brother.
"Don't waste your breath Lijah, Niklaus will never listen. Not to me. And not to you. He would rather wallow in misery, alone, instead of with his remaining family." Rebekah scoffed.
Klaus proceeded to thrash the hanging paintings before turning to his siblings "How dare you talk about family to me. To me! When both of you have turned your backs at me. Plotting against my back, making alliances in the pursuit of my demise!"
"Enough Niklaus. How many times will you make us ask for forgiveness. Bekah had made a mistake in judgment, I have made an error in assessing the sensitivity of the situation. We regret the acts and now seek to act united. Always and Forever" Elijah appealed once again to his brother.
Filing a glass with bourbon, "Always and Forever, I wonder brother what that means to you" looking at Rebekah "to you sister", shaking his head and swallowing the liquid in the glass "I was struggling with the concept of Always and Forever because my family, my own siblings, seem to define family differently. In everyone else's eyes we are a family of three but within us, I realize I am alone. I have always been alone"
Elijah approaches his brother slowly beckoning Rebekah to do the same "all this time, the need for an army of hybrid, the sire bond, the thirst to be King, it was all so you won't be alone. Brother, it was never our intention to make you feel unwanted, alone, abandoned. I am mostly disappointed in myself in not being a better big brother to you. I had hoped with Fathers death, we would have had acquainted more. For that slight, I can only offer remorse and I implore you to put it all behind us and let us move forward unified, Always and Forever."
Rebekah had touched the arm of Klaus to get his attention away from Elijah and with her brothers glance took the opportunity to look him in the eyes then take the last step to embrace him "I'm sorry Nik, I truly am"
Stepping out of his sisters' embrace, he turned to his brother tentatively and said "Let us try this family thing one last time, know that I have been burned so many times especially by the people whom I have trusted the most, who have claimed to love me. Let us all go together to the graveyard. Send word that we will be there in an hour, enough time to send a cavalry of spies ahead of us to ensure we are not being led to slaughter"
An hour later, they were surprised to find Celeste and the other witches making the effort to act contrite which in itself was intriguing. After the first few minutes, it was clear that they were being summoned by the witches because they were needed by them.
"The prophecy has been written in the ancient times. It's impossible for any of us to manipulate the scrolls. At first I myself had been ignoring the calls of my ancestors. But we all know New Orleans witches practice ancestral magic, every single witch has been getting the same message from their own ancestors. The middle realm is making a strategic move, and we, the supernatural of the mortal realm only have four weeks to decipher the prophecy. You and your siblings are somehow in the center of this prophecy."
"14 years after the second millennia the divide will be none. Fire, water, air and earth
will merge as one. Only the coalition of ten, the first and the blood providence
can preclude the written"
Celeste continued "we believe that the first refers to you and your siblings. However, we are all confused by what 'the coalition of ten' and 'blood providence' actually means. They may be a collection of ten supernaturals, we just do not know who. We know that you three are part of the tem, we only have to figure out who the other seven are"
Klaus attempted a laugh that had come off as a sarcastic scoff "what makes you think that if this prophecy was in fact authentic, that we would want you to be involved"
Celeste and the witches then noticeably fumed, a heated argument ensued with Elijah finally stepping in "you put us in a very difficult position, you have done nothing but undermine our good intentions for the city of New Orleans by allowing the balance of supernaturals to co-exist. We cannot work with beings we cannot trust particularly because of the time element indicated. We will figure this out for ourselves. But I will open the window of opportunity for us to consult with you if we will need to, in our terms not yours."
Satisfied with Elijah's assurance, the witches retreated their stance. As the siblings turned to walk away, Celeste once again caught the attention of Klaus "Klaus, our ancestors have left us a message to for you specifically. They said you bloodline is the key and the alliance can be found in the place of your birth" With a nod from Klaus signaling is understanding of the message, he and his siblings headed back to the mansion.
After the siblings had made themselves comfortable in the parlor of the mansion, they contemplated the prophecy and messages from the ancestors of the witches with Klaus considering the situation "my understanding is that certain supernaturals trapped in the middle realm would like to make a comeback, with the failed attempt to return when the veil was down, they look at this prophecy as a last attempt for that to happen. And it would seem the answers we seek are back in Mystic Falls"
Picking up where Klaus left-off, Elijah inserted "then we better make haste, if we only have four weeks to stop this from happening, it might not be enough to decipher, assemble then do battle, particularly because we still don't know who are the seven we need to alliance with.
"Well, it seems all that need to be done immediately is to pack. We leave for Mystic Falls in 30 minutes." With that Klaus flashed to his bedroom and soon after both Elijah and Rebekah followed.
Bonnie, Caroline and Elena had been in Whitmore College the day before but had rushed back to Mystic Falls because Bonnie was not herself. She had been alternating between burning up and collapsing during the last two days. They were trying to figure out if it had something to do with Bonnie being the anchor of the other side or if it were another catastrophe about to happen. Bonnie had been coherent enough earlier informing Caroline that she had been talking to her ancestors Ayanna and Grams but that was all she said before collapsing.
Elena for her part was suspiciously uninterested, almost unsympathetic of Bonnie's plight. It had taken Caroline's a lot of perseverance to get Elena to even come back to Mystic Falls with her to help Bonnie. Now that they where back in Mystic Falls, in the Salvatore Boarding House, all they had to do was wait for Bonnie to wake up.
Damon, Stefan, Matt, Elena and Caroline where all at the Living room of the boarding house, each one left to their own thoughts when suddenly, the front door almost unhinged by the force it was opened. In walked the Mikaelsons, Elijah, Rebekah and Klaus.
At that moment, each of the five occupants of the room had varying degrees of shock on their faces. Klaus had stepped forward and stared at the faces one at a time, finally resting on Caroline and said "while I would never have thought to break a promise I had made, I find myself back at Mystic Falls with my siblings, unfortunately circumstances prevent a drawn out reunion, a matter of supreme importance has been brought to my attention."
The End of Prologue
-Chapter 1-
I hope you like it. This may be a long story. I hope to do a weekly update for this like I said in my A/N, a lot of research is up ahead for me to get the chapters out. It's going to be an adventure.
Love and Kisses All Around the World
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