Chapter 1
Everyone tells stories about a charming prince that rescues a princess and they fall in love in that moment followed by marriage and a happy life but in the real world the truth is far away from that.
She was the princess that everyone wanted to marry and since she was an only child, her parents expected great things from her and not a simple peasant.
Esther was their 18 year old daughter and she was in love with a peasant, that simple but nobody seem to care about what she wanted and she wanted him.
Her parents force her into marrying Prince Mikael Mikaelson from a neighbor kingdom.
His kingdom was the most richest and powerful among all of them and theirs was just the one with more lands.
Mikael crave power and he got it after marrying Princess Esther and setting her pregnant with their first child, Finn.
Mikael didnt loved her as an equal, he just saw her as an incubator and something that assured him his position, nothing else.
A month after she gave birth to her first born Finn she got pregnant again with her second child, Elijah.
It was hard to keep up with the two small children but luckily she got help from a healer of the castle and a close friend, Abby Bennett.
But what nobody knew was that she was still in love with the peasant and that that peasant worked in the castle. They used to meet in secret whenever Mikael was away and she didnt felt guilty at all, she knew that he cheated on her whenever he was away.
After their last tryst she started to feel sick and moody and after a month her biggest fear became a reality, she was pregnant again but this one wasnt Mikael's.
Mikael knew that the child wasnt his and it only made him angrier. He sat down his wife and told her what will happen after the child is born.
After the child is born it will be taken away and given to a family of the kingdom and no one is to know about this child.
As the months pass and the queen's pregnancy started showing, Mikael reduced his personal to the least, leaving only the most faithful men and the threatend woman.
Nine months later the queen was sitting in her bedroom when she felt a pool of wetness between her legs. When she noticed that her water broke she shouted "Abby its time!"
Abby ran upstairs once she heard her shouting and closed the door of the queen's bedroom as she entered.
The birth of her third child was complicated and far more painful than the first two but she made it through like a warrior.
The piercing cry of the baby brought her back to reality and she knew that Mikael wasnt going to waste any time before he took her child away from her.
"Abby let me carry my child please"
she said and sat up a little on the bed resting agaisnt the headboard.
Abby nodded and walked to her side as she carefully place the baby in her arms "Its a boy, my queen"
A smile crept on her lips as she held his little hand around her finger.
"You deserve a name my little one, this is not your fault and yet you are the one that has to pay the consequences." she kissed his head "I will call you Niklaus and you shall never be afraid, you will never let one destroy your dreams and hope but most importantly, you wont let anyone take advantage of you because you are a Mikaelson after all." she said and by the end of her speech she had a thick single tear going down her cheek and then the door opened.
Abby turned around and saw Mikael entering the room walking straight to Esther.
Esther held Niklaus to her chest on instict and looked at Mikael with pleading eyes "Mikael have mercy, he is just a child and doesnt know what this is about"
"He is the living proof of my wife's unfaithfulness and i will have no one looking at me as the man who did nothing about it"
She flinched at his words and looked down at his son "Please Mikael, please atleast let me show him to his brothers. They deserve to meet him"
"No!" he said firmly "You think you will manipulate me into letting them see that and when he is gone they will blame me and i'll look loke the villain! Sorry to disappoint you but this is going to leave and nver return to our lives" he took away the baby and it started crying.
From the other side of the wall Elijah and Finn looked at each other after hearing their father's words. Elijah looked up at Finn.
"Why is father angry at Niklaus?"
Finn shrugged "i dont know but you have you keep your mouth quiet because we cant know about it"
He nodded "Is Niklaus really leaving?"
Finn nodded "Yes Elijah but re have to be strong for mother" he hugged his little brother "Lets go back to our room and we'll come back later"
Esther cried as she saw her husband walking away with her son crying.
"Niklaus forgive me!" she screamed as she cried and Abby hugged her "Atleats he'll have the chance to live, my queen"
Mikael took the baby to a family he had already chosen and gave them a small sum of money. Also told the family to change his name so his wife couldnt recognize his son if she ever heard the name so they named the boy Nik.
He was willing to pay more but since the young couple didnt know that he stood quiet. He would do anything to keep that boy from ever becoming king.
Their traditions were different and one of them was that the first child who became a parent first would be crown King or Queen along with their partner and Mikael wasnt going to take the risk of his bastard 'son' becoming king.
A few years passed and Niklaus grew up looking at Alaric and Isobel as his 'parents' but he knew that they werent his blood parents.
At first it was all love and kisses and hugs but after five years they had their own daughter and Nik was pushed to a side.
He wasnt jelous of the little girl because he loved her like a sister but he felt abandoned once again.
When he turned fourteen he was allowed to walk through the marketplace by himself and so he did. He walked around looking at the many stands filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, fine jewlery, exotic clothings, and healing herbs.
He stopped infront of a stand where he saw a bead necklace that he liked. "How much?" he asked the man and the man just laughed "Too much for you so leave before you start scaring away all my customers"
Nik muttered something under his breath and walked away. he looked to his right and saw a stand with fruits. He walked as close to the stand as possible and stole an apple, hidding it under his clothes but the man saw him.
"Thief! That boy just stole from me!" the man shouted and two guards heard him and started running after Nik.
"Bloody hell" he muttered and ran faster, hiding between the stands until he felt someone pull him back and he had to held a scream. When he turned around to look at what or who pulled hil he saw a blonde woman in her thirties that told him to stay quiet and to hide under the table.
He did so and looked outside from under the table and saw a guard stop infront of the stand were he was hiding.
"Good morning M'am we are looking for a boy who came running toward this direction, have you seen him?"
"Yes sir, i saw him running down the hill in direction to the river"
The guard nodded "Thank you M'am, have a nice day and you two little miss" he said to the little girl and she blushed.
The guards ran down the hill to the river following the woman's directions and when they were far enough she told the boy to come out.
"Its safe, you may come out now"
she aaid in her sweet voice and the girl looked under the table "Mother said that you can get out" she shot him a wide smiled and he got out.
"Thanks, sorry if i cause any trouble"
"Its okay dear but you better be careful next time, your luck may run out one day"
He nodded and sighed "I know, well i better get going" he said and before he left the woman stopped him "Do you want to earn a few coins?"
He smiled "Yes, what do i have to do?"
"Just help me in the stand selling my vegetables and i'll pay you"
"Sure no problem"
At the end of the day Nik helped the woman and the girl take the remaining vegetables back to their home. He and the little girl had te chance to talk and damn that girl sure talked a lot. She told him about her hopes and dreams, about the stories her mother told her before going to sleep and even about her fears.
He chuckle as the girl kept babbling about how she fell on the river the other day in her new pink dress and then stopped infront of their house.
"Sweettie be inside before sundown" her mother said and entered the shack leaving the two kids outside.
"Hey i never catched your name"
"im Nik"
She smiled "Im miss Caroline Elizabeth Forbes, im 11 and i love pink!" she swuealed at the end and Nik chuckle
That girl sure was special, she had a bubbly personality, a positive mind, and he even dared to say that the girl was beautiful with her blonde braid that had a few flowers interwined and one or two curls that fell over her face.
He smiled and looked at the sky "I should get going before its too dark"
"Okay but next time we will be talking about you Nik"
"What? Next time?" he asked confused.
"Yeah. Friends tell friends everything and i've already talk about me today so next time you will be talking" she smiled widely.
He smiled at the thought of having a friend and looked at her "So we are friends?"
"Duh! Well i have to go now, bye!" she kissed his cheek and ran inside.
"Goodbye, friend" he smirked and went back home.
A/N
Hey so this is my new fanfic, please REVIEW it and FOLLOW it and FAVORITE!
Yes there will be a while before Nik grows up and the real plot starts but its important i know how they met and their childhood.
BTW. If you havent read my other fic 'The Right One for Me' please read it. Its complete and soon i'll post the final part of the Epilogue!