Note

If you have not read 'Long Lost Love', then still feel free to read this story because I will be reintroducing my OC characters and you will not be confused in anyway :) You are not required to have any knowledge of the characters or the storyline in Long Lost Love to understand what is going on :P

This is a prequel story where I will be including all of the flashback scenes to the 1920's from Long Lost Love, and combining them into Eliza and Klaus' story of how they first fell in love. There may be a few changes to some of the flashbacks, as I will be improving the writing and adding much more depth, and hopefully you will all learn more about Eliza's relationships with everyone (e.g. Rebekah, Stefan, Lexi and her sister, Annabelle Petrova.

I created this story because I felt as if I only touched upon the past slightly in the main story, yet I had so many ideas for what Eliza and Klaus' past was actually like and what happened. Sadly not all of this detail could be included in the main story because it wasn't necessary, so I decided to make this.

This story has been created as a thank you to all of the fan's of Eliza and Klaus' love story, the people who have really made this story come to life. I could have never imagined at the beginning that Long Lost Love would gain as many hearts and as much support that it now has. I love everyone single person who reads, follows or comments and I can't explain how much this all means to me.

Anyway, enough of the rambling, and on with the story...

Enjoy ;)

Antecedent

A thousand years was a long time to live in a world, especially one that has a harsh reality. For Klaus, it all began with a mother witch who grew afraid to lose another of her children, thus deciding to do the only thing she could do to ensure that they would never die; place them under immortality. All magic came at a price and the Mikaelson's paid very dearly; the children grew into monsters, feeding through the mortals within their town and terrorizing it until it was no longer there. Every emotion, sense, personality was heightened to the extreme, bringing out the evil in every one of them. However, Klaus could not just blame vampirism for his pain and self loathing. He had much more than that to blame; his father, his siblings, all of his losses. His mother is the author of everything Klaus is, his father is the destroyer, his siblings are the preservers and his losses are the consequences. Everything equated down to this moment - this moment of pure happiness, human happiness.

" Mummy? Daddy?" Klaus paused as he heard his 'name' called. He was halfway through creating a new painting; a forest filled with light and laughter, that was soon to be overtaken by demons and darkness. His wife, Eliza Mikaelson, was sprawled across the sofa, immersed in a crime/thriller novel that she had been reading for at least an hour. Upon Kyra - his 4 year old daughter - and Ethanael's - his 4 year old son - arrival, both Eliza and Klaus instantly turned their attention to their children, who instantly came jumping onto the plush sofa eagerly.

Eliza and Klaus lived in a large, country mansion on the very outskirts of New Orleans, the city they had now resided in for 5 years. After ridding all of the evil and finally settling down in the city, Eliza and Klaus had managed to create an eligible home for their family, in which they lived, as well as Elijah, Hayley, Rebekah and Marcel. Each of them had their own part of the house to live in separately, as the house was so big that it could house a whole street full of people.

" How is my princess? Is your brother treating you well, sweetheart?" Klaus asked his daughter softly, placing his paint brush aside and joining his family on the large, four seater sofa. The golden haired little girl beamed up at her father and clambered into his lap, giggling softly.

" Uncle Marcel was teaching Ethan to sword fight!" Kyra exclaimed in a high voice as Klaus' arms wrapped around her protectively.

" Daddy! Daddy! I can beat all the evil monsters!" Ethanael told his father proudly, settling himself down in his mothers lap, who brushed the mud from his face.

" That's my boy," Klaus smirked at his son, ruffling his hair affectionately.

" I hope that Uncle Marcel wasn't encouraging you to fight young man... what have we told you before?" Eliza asked, earning herself an eye roll from Klaus.

" That fighting is bad and I should never hurt someone," Ethan echoed the phrase that his mother had taught him over and over again.

" Good boy," Eliza grinned down at him causing a large smile to grow on Ethan's face. " Now is it time for story time before you both go to bed?"

" Yes! Yes!" Kyra exclaimed, jumping up and down on Klaus' lap again.

" And what story are we telling them today Daddy?" Eliza turned to Klaus, happiness filling her eyes. It was fulfilling for Klaus, after all this time, to see only happiness in Eliza's eyes all day, every day. It had taken a whole century for the two to finally create their own perfect dream world; a century filled with heartbreak, danger, death and so much more. Finally, Klaus didn't have to worry about Eliza's safety every second of the day, he didn't have to fight for her to be his. They now had their own beautiful, perfect children who they both loved, they now had each other without any problems to get in their way. Elijah was happily married to Hayley and the same for Rebekah and Marcel. Klaus' self loathing and killing days were behind him; though he would switch back to that character if anyone posed a threat against his family, for now everything was safe.

This life for Klaus, the one he had constantly dreamed of as a child and had had to wait more than a thousand years to get, had all started back in the early 1920's. At the time he was running from his worst enemy, his father Mikael, and was determined not to settle down anywhere. There he had found love, something he had never thought that he would have since the death of his first love, Tatia, and a source of happiness after many century's of misery...

" I have the perfect story," Klaus announced, genuinely smiling at both of his children. After leaning over and placing a swift kiss on Eliza's cheek, Klaus moved his mouth over to her ear and whispered his idea into her ear. Eliza chuckled and nodded her head, causing Klaus' smile and happiness to grow.

" Daddy is going to tell you a very special story today," Eliza told her children, who now sat on their parent's laps, looking up at their parents eagerly.

Klaus unclasped on of his arms from around his daughter and placed it around Eliza, while looking at his daughter, his son and Eliza before speaking. " Many, many years ago, when the soul of music was at it's greatest and the magical cities were only just coming to life, a charmingly handsome, yet evil monster, who drained human's dry and left them scattered across the land without a remorseful thought, who deceived his foes and caused destruction wherever he was, met a beautiful, innocent woman and he somehow learned to love her..."

This is the very first chapter of antecedant and I hope you all have liked it so far. For those of you who are new to Eliza's character, welcome! Next chapter you will learn much more about how she was as a human and who she actually is.

For those of you who aren't new to Eliza and her story, are you as excited as I am for this story!? I am sooooo excited to write it and I was so happy writing about Eliza and Klaus' children. This is a slight insight to how Long Lost Love is going to end so I hope you all enjoyed it.

Thank you so much for reading this and please comment to tell me what you think! :)

-DareToDream