INTERTWINED FATES

100 years prior Niklaus Mikaelson made a promise to protect his mate. He thought he would never be capable of loving her, but when he meets her he can't deny the pull between them.

Disclaimer: All rights go to the writers and creators of The Vampire Diaries. I own nothing.

PROLOGUE

"Shit!" He shouted, throwing the chalice against the wall. He never imagined that he would be stuck in this predicament. He knew you that his actions would have consequences, but he didn't realize that it would result with a forbidden child.

He knew the moment he saw Elizabeth that she was pregnant. She was glowing with a light only his child would illuminate. He felt the power radiating from her and reality sunk in, he couldn't tell her that she was pregnant. She was clearly oblivious to the child growing in her womb. He also knew that he could never be in his child's life and it hurt him. He weighed all the possible outcomes of abandoning his coven over abandoning his child, but he knew he had to obey the bylaws. No matter how much he wanted to be there he understood why he couldn't. He had a duty, not only to his coven but to natures balance.

Although forbidden, he looked into his unborn child's future. He had to know how his child would turn out if he couldn't be there.

She's going to be beautiful, almost a spitting image of Elizabeth. He couldn't help but notice her quirky attitude and obsessive nature, and it mimicked him all the way. He smiled at the fact that his daughter would be so beautiful and courageous. Seeing what she becomes reassured him. But as he followed her though the years that's when he saw it, his daughter being murdered. The light and life flowing out of her body caused his stomach to turn. He focused intensely on the scene presenting itself.

"Caroline!" He cried.

"Caroline, love can you hear me?" He asked while shaking her lifeless body. He lifted her shirt uncovering the hidden bump only to begin sobbing.

"I promise we will find who did this them, brother."

"No, they all must pay!" He seethed, his eyes glowing yellow.

It disgusted him that his daughter and grandchild would be killed by a war she had no idea was brewing, but the worst part was she would be mated to Niklaus Mikaelson.

He tried to figure out what his next move would be. He knew from experience that changing the past or the future always has a price, but no consequence would be enough to deter him. The world depended on the survival of his daughter. Only one person came to mind when he thought about helping his daughter - Anya. It had been 50 years since the last time he saw her and that didn't end well, but she's the only person he trusted enough with his child's life. Although not on good terms he always tried to keep tabs on her, but his search turned up empty.

He regretted involving himself with Elizabeth. If they didn't meet she wouldn't be pregnant right now, and he wouldn't be torn. He didn't continue to sulk because he felt the presence of someone walking down the corridor before knocking. "What is it?" He asked while rolling his eyes.

"You have a visitor sir." Jennifer cautiously saw the crazed look in his eyes, and heard the anger in his tone. She had never seen him like this in her 30+ years of being in the coven, and it scared her.

"Tell them to come back later. I'm in no mood for an unannounced guest." He snapped.

"It's Anya, sir." She mumbled, afraid of his reaction. She didn't know the full history of Clarence and Anya, but she did know that the two were married and Anya ran away from him. No one ones why, and no one dares to ask.

"Anya? Send her in immediately!"

He sat at his desk and tried to slow his heart rate. Its been 50 years, and she just pops up? He didn't understand why she was there, but it was a welcomed surprise.

"Hello Clarence." Her voice rang. He could tell she was hesitant, her body language gave her anyway.

"Anya, its been too long." He responded in a nonchalant manner. She looked the same. Long black hair, petite, smooth cocoa skin, and mesmerizing green eyes. He immediately caught himself and tried to push any impure thoughts out of his head.

"I don't think its been long enough actually, but I'm here now so what do you want?" She replied while sitting in the chair in front of his desk.

He knew she felt his helplessness and came. After all the years, she was still the same person she was when they first met, and he felt relief.

"I know this is a lot to ask, but I need your help," He began. "I looked into the future of my child, Anya. She will be so strong, and more powerful than anything we've ever seen before."

"Your child?" She questioned. He couldn't help but pick up on the distaste in her voice.

"Yes, Caroline will be her name. She's still in the womb." He mumbled. He felt ashamed that he had to tell her this, especially after their last encounter, but she is the only one he trusts.

"Well, I'm failing to understand why you wouldn't want her to be so strong, and powerful." She mocked him, while rolling her eyes and folding her arms across her chest. She wanted to knock his head off. He got another woman pregnant, and now he was asking for her help.

"She will be met with her death before she reaches her 21st year, by the hands of a witch. I saw the moment everything went wrong, and we must find a way to alter it."

"Changing anything goes against everything we stand for. I am with you no matter what, you must know this, but you must help me understand why we're putting everything we worked so hard for in jeopardy."

"Niklaus Mikaelson will be her mate, Anya! Once she is murdered the entire Mikaelson family will wreck havoc on Earth. This problem is far greater than the love for my child."

"Niklaus is an abomination! If your daughter is met with death it will be because of him. He is a monster incapable of love. We should not interfere with this, it is our job to protect balance, not throw it off any more than it already is. Whose to say changing everything will cause Caroline to become just like her mate, and now we have an even larger situation on our hands?"

"Do you not think I understand the consequences of changing fates, Anya? But I will not subject our world, or my daughter to stay on its current course. We are taking a great risk, but I know it will pay off. Niklaus will love and protect her."

"He doesn't protect her well enough if she ends up dead."

"Anya..." He begged.

"Fine, but we do this my way. I can't have your feelings clouding your judgement."

"This is my child we're talking about."

"Now you care about a child of yours? You look like the same man from fifty years ago, but you don't sound like him."

"What is that supposed to mean? You know everything I was facing back then."

"That doesn't make it right, but this isn't about us, it's about your daughter. I swear to do everything in my power to protect Caroline as if she is my own, but I must also protect balance."

"That's all I ask. So, where do we begin?"

Thank you all for reading. If you've been here since the beginning, fair warning, I've made a lot of changes. You may not see this with the Prologue, but you definitely will with the next chapter . My fic was plagarized and I lost all of my inspiration to complete it. A few months I was flooded with so many different ideas and different ways I could take it, but I received a lot of backlash from sharing it. I love and appreciate all my readers, but I won't be bullied into changing my ideas to appease everyone. If you aren't a supporter of my writing please don't send nasty emails and reviews, it's really disappointing seeing that we're a community.

-Autumn