Family Above All

By: Aria

Summary: In 1992 Marcel Gerard legally adopted an infant-a newborn baby girl. Almost 19 years later the remaining Original siblings return home to quite a few surprises...including one Elena Gerard, the Vampire's Witch Princess. What does this mean for the siblings?

Pairings: unknown for now but there is Elejah and one-sided Haylijah with a splash of Klayley and Rebel-I'm open to suggestions

Disclaimer: I do not own

AN: each chapter title will have the title of the episode it's based off of and a shout out to all who loved this story in Aria's Ideas and wanted this into a story!

Also, thanks to bulldozed88 for the title suggested!

Prologue: THE ORIGINALS meet Elena Gerard

1992 June 22nd

The seventeen year old mother just left her two daughters-only naming one of them Nova Katherine-with their paternal uncle Grayson Gilbert.

She would never know-as will the Gilberts-that three vampires had taken one of the girls-the nameless one-and they would never see her again.

Marcel Gerard should have known by now that New Orleans is the capital of the Supernatural when he stumbled upon three vampires holding a human baby and discussing how they were going to 'be rid of it'.

If there was one thing that Marcel Gerard hated besides werewolves were people-no matter their species-that would not only harm children but kill them.

Before they could sense him, he ripped out their hearts and took the little girl with him to the church to meet up with the priest-Father Kieran O'Connell.

It took them five days of having the little girl-who Marcel affectionately named Elena-tested and sent through the database to see if anyone has reported a missing baby girl.

No reports, no…anything. It was like she appeared there for a reason and that inspired something in Marcel.

For what Klaus-and begrudgingly Elijah-did for him, he would do for this little girl.

For his new daughter-Elena Rebekah Gerard-that he adopted that very day after she was set in his arms.

(18 years later (s4ep20))

Elena Gerard sat on the rooftop of a building, watching dispassionately as her father killed Jane-Anne for using magic.

It was a shame, really. If Jane-Anne hadn't used magic and Davina hadn't drawn her when she sensed the now dead woman using magic, she'd be alive.

Then again, her father had other reasons for killing the bitch.

"May God have pity on your soul," the doppelganger-witch girl murmured. "Cause I don't."

"May I ask why?" she turned to see a man that looked like he blended in well with the darkness. He had short dark hair, suit with a tie, dark eyes and just a very…sinful…aura.

She recognized it instantly.

He was an Original.

"Sure Mister All 'B-A-M-F' Original but I'm not answerin' you." She replied evenly.

He stared at her in shock. No one even knew that he was in the city and yet this girl knew exactly what he was? It was unsettling him.

"Will you at least tell me your name?" he asked her. She looked him straight in the eye and he was startled to realize that she was an exact copy of not only Nova Gilbert-a vampire who is now emotionless-but that of Katerina Petrova herself.

"All you need to know is that Marcel is the only father figure I've had and ever known in my life." She answered before throwing a question out at him. "Will you tell me yours Mister Original?" the last part she drawled out like a real southern lady.

For some reason, this girl seemed quite surprising. "Elijah. Elijah Mikaelson." He answered.

She nodded and before she turned around to leave by using the fire escape, she kissed his cheek and whispered, "Elena. Hope to see you around Eli."

They both felt a spark that ran through their veins and made her heartbeat faster-like that of a parakeet's or a hummingbird's.

The second she was gone, he chuckled to himself. Apparently, he hadn't fallen for all the doppelgangers-no matter what his siblings believed, he never had feelings for both Nova and Katerina.

Nova reminded him a bit of Damon and Kol put together and with her emotions off, she channeled Katerina as well.

Katerina was more of a selfish bitch who wanted to use and manipulate him but throwing compulsions on them-like making Nova believe he didn't recognize her in that gazebo and kissing her while simultaneously making Katerina believe that they were in a relationship (he knew better this time around)-he never did feel that spark.

Though from that one little kiss on the cheek-a simple little kiss of all things-from the mysterious and yet beautiful Elena, he felt something burning in his veins.

He couldn't wait to see what it was.

Elena walked into the mausoleum in Lafayette Cemetery and stayed to the shadows. Being a witch, she could do amazing things as she practiced everything-Traveler, Ancestral, Spirit and other types except Expression-but as she watched this coven, she felt the need to break them.

They had tried getting her to be a part of their coven from the time she was five years old (when Jane-Anne helped them kidnap her) till now and each time she kept rejecting it as she didn't believe in what they were doing.

When she witnessed Sophie cutting her hand and the mark appearing on the wolf girl-Hayley?-she concentrated and without them knowing, she broke the linking spell.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard Sabine speak. "Why do you still not want to join us Elena? We can teach you what you need to know."

Elena turned and stared at Sabine as everyone-even the Originals and the wolf girl-looked at her.

"I prefer my method of learning from books and not with toadies of 'balance' that enjoys blackmail, manipulation and all out genocide attempts." She said before she got real bitchy with them. "Did I just out your little schemes? I'm so very sorry about that." The sneer on her face didn't look good and the blonde Original brother shivered as he was reminded of Nova's sneer instantly when she helped Jeremy kill Kol.

Filled with rage, five of the witches went to attack her but she blasted them back towards the Originals who deftly moved out of the way and Elijah managed to flash over to stand in front of Elena.

"She is under my protection," he told them with a warning tone. "If I find out that any of you have tried to attack her without provocation then I will destroy you."

The witches shivered as did the wolf girl but Elena stared at Elijah like he was a puzzle.

"You will protect the bastard daughter of Marcel Gerard against us?" Agnes asked with a corrosive bite in her voice.

At his nod, Sophie stabbed her shoulder but when nothing appeared on Hayley, Elena smirked.

"I broke that linking spell."

The witches were furious with her but Elena didn't mind one tiny bit.

As the foursome walked away from the cemetery and was just about to enter the Quarter, Klaus spoke in his British accent.

"Who are you little witch?" Elena sighed.

"Marcel found me as a baby-I was a few days old and three vamps were planning on killing me." She looked at them and saw the shock on their faces. "He killed them and by the time I was ten days, he legally adopted me."

"Didn't anyone report you missing?" the werewolf asked. Elena snorted.

"No one reported missing a baby girl born June 22nd."

Klaus looked at her with a slight praise in his eyes.

"You must be a powerful little witch, huh?" She rolled her eyes.

"I'm not nearly as powerful as Esther-your mother, Grandpa Nik." She teased, causing him to shudder. "Marcel legally named me Elena Rebekah Gerard."

Marcel stared at his baby girl, the two Original brothers and his sire's pet werewolf with his eyes narrowed.

Apparently, Elena played with a lot of magic and had unlinked Sophie to the werewolf-Hayley Marshall-a few hours ago. Now, they want to know why the witches are, in other words, going against nature to kill innocents.

"We need to tell them daddy." His daughter's voice rang out. "They could try to help you."

"What do you know about a ritual called The Harvest?" he asked. At their blank expressions, he sighed.

It was going to be a long night.

There were a few things that didn't annoy both Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson but hearing about the Harvest Ritual made them slightly annoyed.

Add to the fact that the young witch both Marcel and Elena had helped-Davina Claire-who was a mere 16, the annoyance factor skyrocketed.

Unbeknownst to Elijah (who couldn't keep his eyes off of the beautiful Elena-his adopted granddaughter, which made Klaus shiver slightly), the pregnant wolf Hayley and Marcel, his eyes as he slept kept focusing on the paintings that young girl had drawn.

There was something about that sweet 16 year old girl and he was desperate to find out.

Later on that night, Elena was tossing and turning in her sleep when she groaned and left her bed to go onto the terrace that led from her room through glass French doors.

Looking around, she saw Elijah standing in front of the fountain in the same suit he was wearing earlier without the suit's jacket.

She did feel something for him but she knew that her father wouldn't approve of her dating the Original-that and the fact that he was way out of her league.

Turning around, she walked back into her room, closing the doors when she felt a whoosh behind her. She didn't turn around until a calloused hand grabbed her around the waist and brought her lips to his. After a few minutes, she pulled away and saw the desire, lust and love coating Elijah Mikaelson's eyes and knew that her eyes looked like his at that moment.

The second they kissed again, they fell onto the bed and forgot the world and everyone.

AN: between this story and Always and Forever, I will try to update them at least once or twice a week! Also, I just started typing up the first chapter and am writing out chapter 3 of this for you all!

Hope your Easter was awesome!