So here it is, chapter one, I'm sorry if things seem a little bit fast paced, I can't seem to do a slow burn fic to save my life ;)

Alex

Somewhere in the 1700's

Consciousness returned back to me slowly, I groaned as I pushed myself to a sitting position, I was still in the middle of the forest, I looked around, I was still covered in blood and the dagger was still firm in my hand, I stood feeling better than I had ever felt before, which was weird because I was completely sure that I had died, or at least had been in the verge of dying. Apparently it was not the case, as I was feeling completely fine, if a little sore throated.

I sighed before sheathing the small dagger in the belt of my dress and decided to start walking, as sooner or later I was bound to find someone. I walked for what seemed an eternity wondering just where was I. Nothing seemed familiar enough and I couldn't remember anything that could have led me to a forest wearing a period appropriate dress. I had been at my brother's birthday party at my mother's insistence, then I had returned to my hotel and that was it. Nothing seemed to add up to me waking up in the middle of a forest drenched in my own blood with a dagger sticking out of my chest, nothing at all.

I couldn't honestly remember ever walking so much in my life, so by the time I could make the outline of a person in the distance I actually smiled and suddenly felt relieved. As the figure approached I realized that it was a man, a young man at that, a bit overweight but otherwise seemed healthy enough, he too was dressed in weird clothes.

"Excuse me sir?" I asked when he was within listening distance; he looked at me weirdly.

"I ain't a sir, lady" he said, I could see that his eyes rested on my blood soaked clothes "Whatever happened to you?" he asked and I realized that he hard a weird accent, I frowned before answering.

"I'm just looking for the exit, sir, LARPing was never the idea of a good joke, maybe a cellphone so I can call someone to come and pick me up" I told him, the strange LARPer, he man looked at me freaked out.

"I don't know what you are talking about lady" he said in that weird accent of his, I frowned.

"Where am I, good man?" I tried asking, the man gave me another weird look.

"Louisiana" he answered and I blanched, Louisiana… I had been in New York the night before, 2025 New York City, now I seemed to be in Louisiana probably in the eighteenth century, I cursed under my breath.

"Do you know where the closest town is?" I asked awkwardly, the man looked at me and nodded.

After a few more awkward words I decided to follow him to his house. While following an unknown man in some woods was not a safe idea, I was trying to do my best to figure out just what the hell was going on. The man led me inside a small cottage house in which he seemed to live alone, although I had seen woman's clothing outside hanging to dry. The man offered me a glass of water, which I took politely because surprisingly enough I was not thirsty. He then started talking about his family, a wife that was pregnant and probably picking up flowers for the house.

I listened to his story only making small noises of acknowledgement whenever I felt that they were necessary. It was all going well, too well until the man accidentally cut himself with a small knife while peeling potatoes. It took me less than five seconds to cross the small space between me and my kind host and sink my fangs, yes fangs, in his neck and sucking him dry, after the body felt to the ground dead and I returned to my senses I panicked, there was a dead man at my feet, I had sucked his blood, I was a frigging vampire, out of all things.

After the small breakdown I carried the body outside and decided to burn it, I didn't knew where I was, I was apparently a vampire, alas I could not just leave a body to be found. After burning the body I returned into the cottage and grabbed one of the dresses of the man's wife when I discovered another body, although this was not a fresh one, I frowned when I connected the dots and realized that the man that I had killed was probably a psychopath. I carried the woman's body outside and decided to bury it, after salting and burning her remains. The last thing I needed to find was a vengeful ghost or something.

After razing the now empty cottage and finding several gold coins and dresses I decided to try and find the town or something. So dressed in a dead lady's dress and with stolen money I decided to make my way.

I walked for several days, camping in the woods until I found what looked like a small civilization, all dressed in period clothes looking very posh, I observed them for a while until I made my mind about killing more people, the walking days had help me assimilate that I was most likely not in Kansas anymore and thus needed to adapt if I actually wanted to survive, and since I was now a vampire stuck in a place where blood banks were not an option, killing was going to have to work.

When night fell I decided to move my plans and so killed several douches and stole their gold, burning their remains afterwards. After much thinking I decided to go back to the cottage of the first man that I had killed and for the next few months it became my home. During those months I realized that I could walk in daylight, thanks to a small ring that adorned my hand, I recognized the blue stone and deduced that I was most likely in the Vampire Diaries universe, well since I was in Louisiana it was most likely The Originals verse, but I tended not to dwell on it too much.

I had watched the shows, so I knew how it turned out. Meeting the Original Vampires was not in my bucket list. During the weeks that followed I started testing my newfound powers such as strength and compulsion. What I was not expecting was a paper to my side to catch fire while I had been concentrating on something, after several tries I realized that I was not only a vampire, but a Vampire/Witch hybrid, which was creepy enough and way out of line as I didn't recall a single Vampire/witch hybrid in the show, I also didn't knew who had sired me, if such a thing had been done, as I had woken up in the middle of nowhere with a dagger to my chest.

Several weeks later I had a few theories running around, such as a deity wanting to fuck with my life and me being an original something. An Original Catastrophe; probably. In those weeks I also managed to amass a small fortune that I kept under a loose floorboard and so started going out more and buying more dresses and generally just hanging out more around the village.

"Just the apple, thank you" I said with a smile handing the kind woman a gold coin, she smiled at me and handed me another apple, I took it and nodded at her "Have a nice day ma'am"

"You too, careful of the devil that roams at night dear" she said, catching my attention.

"The what?" I asked confused.

"This town is cursed, a devil has been killing our men at night, and more arrived a couple of days ago, be careful girl" she said, I nodded at her before starting to walk in the small marketplace again, and everything was fine until I bumped into someone almost falling down, had the person not hold me in place.

"I'm so sorry," I said as I looked up coming to find myself looking into the eyes of Elijah Mikaelson, just my luck.

"No harm done my lady" he said, his hands still on my shoulder, I smiled at him trying to just get my nerves away "Are you new around?" he asked, I tilted my head to the side.

"No sir, I've been living here for quite a while now, just live on the outskirts" I explained softly, Elijah nodded and offered me a polite smile, he let go of me and I curtsied before leaving, as I walked away I could feel his eyes glued to the back of my head, so much for not catching anyone's attention.

Luckily for me I didn't see Elijah again for a week. It was night and I had been 'hunting' in the village before I decided to just get back home, when I saw him this time with Klaus, he recognized me immediately and walked towards me.

"My lady" he said as he took my hand and placed a kiss on my knuckles, I smiled at him and then at Klaus.

"Sirs" I said politely, Klaus was eyeing me strangely.

"What brings such a young lady out at this time of the night?" asked Elijah, and I actually felt myself blushing like a schoolgirl.

"I like walking, it clears my head, I suppose that I got distracted by the scenery, the shades of green are marvelous in this side of town" I explained, Elijah seemed pleased by my answer and strangely so did Klaus, "If I might be bold and ask what your name is sir, is the second time I see you and I'd like to be able to put a name to your face"

"I'm Elijah" he said with a small smile, I grinned at them "This is my brother Niklaus, and you are?" he asked.

"Alexandra" I answered before looking up at the sky "I must go back, it was a pleasure seeing you again Elijah" then I looked at Klaus "Niklaus" before turning and leaving.

"it is not safe for a lady to be walking around alone at night Alexandra" Elijah called after me, I turned with a grin on my face unsheathing my dagger.

"My father didn't raise a fool, Elijah, I'm a big girl and such can take care of myself" I said, Klaus laughed next to him.

"I like you" he said; I shrugged.

"I'll be seeing you then" I said before actually leaving this time.

Meetings with the brothers kept happening whenever I ventured into town, I could also safely say that they knew where I lived as their paranoid selves had found out the cottage while trying to learn more about me. In the next few months as they built New Orleans we established a small routine. Whenever I ventured into town I found Elijah in the marketplace and we walked together for a while until Niklaus found us and joined us.

During those walks I also met Rebekah, she was nice enough and it was extremely good to have female company every once in a while. While I felt comfortable with the Mikaelsons I also always told myself to be careful, as I knew of Niklaus happy-killing ways.

"Alexandra" said a voice behind me as I was sitting on a boulder with a book in my hands, I turned to see Elijah standing a few feet away from me, I smiled at him.

"Elijah, what a surprise to see you here" I said, he nodded his head and walked towards me.

"You don't seem at all surprised Alexandra, in fact Niklaus pointed out several things about you that make me wonder what are you exactly" he said as he got closer to me, I tilted my head to the side trying my best to look confused.

"I'm just a girl trying to read a book and understand this world a little bit more" I answered, he smiled slightly before suddenly moving and pinning me against a tree with his vampire strength, his hand firm around my throat.

"Don't lie to me Alexandra" he said, his voice still calm as if he was not probably about to kill me.

"Not lying Elijah," I managed to choke out, he softened his grip on my throat and I took a deep breath, I looked into his eyes before talking "I don't lie, you just never asked what I was, I woke up several months ago in this forest covered in blood with a dagger in my heart, I don't know how I got here as last thing I knew is that I was in New York with my family, not in Louisiana, then I met this man who lived in the cottage that I know use, he invited me inside his house to help me until he accidentally cut himself while he tried to peel some potatoes, I killed him and the found the corpses of his wife and baby, I burnt their remains and buried them in the yard" I explained softly, Elijah's eyes never leaving mine as I told my story "Then I decided to check the village, and as I needed to feed I killed several men who had hurt women and stole their gold, been doing that for quite a while" I finished, Elijah let go of my neck and I took another breath.

"You don't know who turned you?" he asked, I shook my head.

"Last thing I remember was being with my family, my mother and my father in New York, just that, then really scared as I walked through to the forest while bleeding out, then I died, but not really as I am standing here with you, unless this is some kind of heaven, or hell" I said, Elijah seemed to ponder my words before looking resigned.

"And your parents? Why not search for them?" he asked, I looked down.

"They're dead," I said softly as tears suddenly came into my eyes, I had tried not to think about my parents and the life that I had lived, as every time I remembered that I was not going to see my parents again, or be with my friends, Elijah placed a finger under my chin lifting my face so his eyes could meet mine again, I could feel as a tear rolled down my cheek, I breathed shakily as Elijah tried to find his answers.

"I am truly sorry" he said softly, I shook my head trying to take a step back only to find myself bumping into the tree that was behind me.

"I am scared" I said after a while, Elijah seemed confused by my choice of words "I have killed people that did nothing to me, I am alone in a foreign city, I am scared, I want my parents back, I want to go back, I don't want to be a monster" I managed to say before I started sobbing.

I didn't care that Elijah stood there panicked by my outburst, I had reached my breaking point, I wanted to go home, I wanted my life back, I did not want to be in TV land with the vampires, no matter how much I had liked the show I wanted to go home. I suddenly felt being pulled into an embrace and my sobs grew as I buried my face in Elijah's chest as he held me.

"You won't be a monster" he said softly after a while, forcing me to look at him again, he gently wiped away my tears.

"I've killed people" I murmured.

"Only because you need to survive Alexandra, that is the circle of life, now come, I can't bring your parents back, nor take you back to your old life, but I can make certain that this one is enjoyable" he said pulling me gently, he picked up my book and guided me outside of the forest.

We stopped by the cottage and he helped me pack all of my stuff, as he explained that I was to be going to live with them from now on. He seemed surprised by my gold stash and dresses and I quietly explained that I liked to dress up. By nightfall we arrived to the house that they were occupying. It was by the outskirts of town too, just on the other side. When we entered Rebekah and Niklaus were sitting in the parlor, they looked at me and I suddenly realized that I was holding Elijah's hand as it if was a lifeline.

"Alexandra!" said Rebekah standing from her spot and pulling me into a hug when she reached me, I hugged her back with my free arm and smiled at her when she let go of me, I could see from the corner of my eye that Niklaus was standing too.

"She will be staying with us from now on" announced Elijah looking at Niklaus, who gave me a strange look.

"So I was right" he said, I tightened my grip on Elijah's hand, tensing.

"She is indeed a vampire, and was turned a few months ago, she's been feeding on the scum of our city, men with low morals that have hurt some of the ladies around" Elijah explained, Niklaus seemed amused.

"And where is the trail of bodies?" he asked staring at me, I looked into his eyes keeping my fear at bay.

"Burnt" I said and he grinned at me.

"Smart girl, are you not?" he cooed, I raised an eyebrow at him, he then looked at Elijah "The more the merrier brother, who turned her?"

"She doesn't know, the events of her turning are a mystery for now" Elijah said before looking at me "But I believe that we will find out in time"

"This is fantastic, I've always wanted another girl around, us girls have to stick together" said Rebekah with a grin on her face. "We will be fantastic friends"

"I hope so," I said with a small smile. The Mikaelson siblings exchanged glances and smiled.

"Welcome to the family, Alexandra" said Niklaus with a weird grin on his face.