This is my first fanfic so let me know what you think. I'm working on the other chapters so I want to know if you even like where this story might go. More reviews the longer the chapters will be later on. Thanks!


Chicago

Buzz. Buzz. Natalie couldn't stop the incessant buzzing. She knew it was her phone but she couldn't think straight after last night's binge on booze and blood. She felt around under some clothes by the bed until she found it. As she looked down at the caller id through hooded lids and saw E was calling. She knew it must be important to warrant a call from Elijah. She was immediately awake. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing child. Why would you expect that?"

"You never call unless it's something bad. Last time you called was to tell me Niklaus was dead. Only then did you later text that he was alive. So what is it now Elijah?" Natalie rolled out of bed and strolled towards the kitchen to warm herself up some blood.

"Well I have a favor to ask of you, it might give you the forgiveness you've been looking for." That got Natalie's attention quick. She blurted out "I'll do it." Before she even realized what she'd agreed to.

Elijah laughed softly into the phone, "Still so quick to appease Niklaus even though he abandoned you and cast you out more than two centuries ago."

"Please Elijah. What can I do to get him to forgive me?" Natalie was tired of being exiled she wanted back into the fold and she'd do whatever it took to earn back the Original family's trust.

"I need you to travel to Mystic Falls and accompany a young woman by the name of Caroline Forbes to college. I'll need you to protect her from harm but she cannot know of your connection to us."

Natalie stared blankly at the opposite wall of the kitchen, "Why, what makes her so important?"

Natalie could hear the pause at the other end of the line and knew Elijah was debating whether or not to tell her the truth or to feed her a lie, she stopped him before he could do the latter, "I've no time for games Elijah tell me why this girl is so important?"

"She's part of what will give Niklaus back his humanity. He…loves her. Imagine that." Natalie let her heart sink. She loved Klaus and would gladly die for him and he didn't care or trust her and know she had to go and protect the one person he finally decided to love.

She huffed out a breath, "He truly loves her?"

"Yes more than I thought him capable of."

"Then I'll protect her with my life."

"Thank you Natty. I promise you'll earn back our trust. Always and forever?"

Natalie choked back a sob and replied, "Always and forever, Uncle Elijah."