Present day, New Orleans.

Kol Mikaelson didn't like to think back to his human years. In fact, he despised them so much he had put the memories far, far away, and only on rare occasions would they pop into his mind again. Such as now. It was a rare sight; a desperate and distressed Kol, the Mikaelson brother who was usually described as the fun one. It didn't happen every day that he barged into their house in New Orleans with genuine fear in his eyes.

''Kol, what on earth?'' Rebekah said, startled by his sudden entrance.

''It's her,'' he said, ''she's haunting me. Erinya.''

1001, Mystic Falls.

''Go on, catch me if you can!''

I ran away from him as fast as I could, my skirt pulled up so I wouldn't trip over it as the sound of my laughter echoed through the forest. I could hear him closing in on me and soon felt his arms wrap around me from behind. He lifted me up and spun me around, then put me down again. I was slightly out of breath from running away from him, so I turned to face him and draped my arms over his shoulders as I allowed myself to catch my breath.

''Outrun by Kol Mikaelson, yet once more,'' I said with a wide smile, staring into his comfortingly familiar brown eyes. He smiled down at me and wrapped his arms around my waist as he pulled me closer.

''And so I shall every time,'' he added before planting a gentle kiss on my nose. I scrunched my nose up a little, earning a smile from him. I stood on my toes to close the gap between us and captured his lips with mine, the feeling of his soft lips all too familiar. I had kissed him a hundred times and would kiss him at least twice that much more, that's what I told myself.

''We should head back for the village, it is getting dark,'' Kol said in between kisses, though he didn't look like he wanted to leave the quiet and private surroundings of the forest at all.

''Must we go right away?'' I protested. ''Surely we can stay a little longer. I have been waiting for this all day,'' I said with a pout, knowing that it would win him over. He placed a kiss on my exaggerated pout.

''Oh all right, perhaps just a little longer,'' he told me. We spent our time in the woods walking and talking and kissing until the sun had almost completely set, and we knew we really had to go back to the village by now, as it wasn't safe during the night. I dreaded having to go back—I always longed to be alone with Kol.

Ever since I could remember, I had only had eyes for one man and one man only. Kol Mikaelson. It was unclear to me if it was the mischievous look in his eyes, the coy smirk on his lips or the way he looked at me—like I was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen—but it had always been him. The first time we had kissed it was when we both had had too much to drink during one of the bonfire feasts, and he more or less stumbled into me, sharing a clumsy kiss between the two of us. Ever since that slightly vague but ever so magical night, he had been all that was on my mind.

I knew that it couldn't last forever. His father was one of the wealthier and higher ranking men in the village, whereas mine was but a simple baker. It was a wild fantasy that Mikael would accept me as a wife for Kol, but until that decision was made, I would be his and he would be mine. Of course, we couldn't flaunt it around too much. Even tough everybody knew what was going on between us, we couldn't actually let it show too much in public, mostly for my father's pride, or what was left of it. Who would want their son to marry the poor baker's whore of a daughter? The question everyone asked themselves.

''What are you thinking of, my love?'' Kol asked, stroking the back of my hand. He had probably noticed the frown on my forehead. We were walking back to the village and I had been lost in thought, once again.

''Nothing of importance,'' I told him with a forced smile. Whenever one of us brought up the inevitable future, he always grew particularly tense. He had always said that he didn't care whether his father approved or not; we would spend the rest of our lives together. Oh, how much I wanted to believe him.

The village came in sight and we slowly came to a halt. ''I will meet you here again tomorrow,'' he told me, reaching up and stroking my cheek gently with his thumb, before leaning in and pressing a loving kiss on my lips. I kiss back and don't want it to end, but it does—as always.

''I love you, Kol,'' I tell him sincerely.

''I love you more, Erinya.''

Present day, New Orleans.

''Oh give it a rest, Kol, this is getting old,'' Rebekah huffs, rolling her eyes, though there was something about her brother that still managed to distress her.

''I am not making this up Rebekah, she is punishing me for what I did to her. Someone must have brought her back—Klaus, it has to be one of his schemes—''

''As much as I would love to take credit for it, this was not my doing,'' Klaus interrupted him after entering the room.

''How is that even possible, she is dead. She has been for over a thousand years, it would have been impossible to simply bring her back at this point,'' Rebekah reasoned with him.

''Nothing is impossible, sister,'' Klaus said with a sly smile, then held his hands up when Kol glared at him. ''Again, not my doing.''

Kol ran a hand through his hair as he tried to calm himself down. Scenarios from the past 1000 years ran through his mind, like little pieces of a millennium old puzzle. He knew for certain that it was her, there was no doubt about that, and now that he thought of it, this wasn't the first time she had visited him. He had encountered her before, he just hadn't realized it at the time.

''I am certain of it, Rebekah, it is Erinya and she—''

''Please,'' someone interrupted him, and Kol turned to face the woman he hadn't laid his eyes on in a thousand years. She still had the same caramel hair that draped over her shoulders, though shorter now, and the deep forest green eyes he used to get lost in. ''Erinya is so old fashioned. Call me Erin.

A very short introductory chapter to my new story! Yes I am working on a few different ones, but I got a sudden spurt of inspiration for this particular one. I have most of it plotted out already, so this should come along nicely in the next couple of weeks! I hope you enjoy.