Okay so this i my first olden days fanfic, so be kind aha x i guess this would be around the 1700's, at the beginning Hayley is 17 and Klaus is 19. So... yeah.. enjoy guys xx
Memories. Memories are the things that keeps us alive. And if we have no memories, were basically dead. No life, no nothing.
His eyes twitched, moving under his eyelids, trying to pry themselves open, attempting to reveal the blue that lay underneath them. Once they opened, the man sat straight up out of the soft bed he was lay on. The man he once was, was dead. His eyes scanned across the room, where the bloody hell am i?
Suddenly a whoosh of dark brown hair swept its way into the room, followed by the lovely, exquisite woman that bared it. She was beautiful, her hair was let loose, not like all the other woman in their kingdom that tried to look their best every second of the day. She was perfect, their couldn't be a more perfect woman on earth. Hundreds of these thoughts were smashing themselves into his mind, not allowing him to think about anything else, until the woman's sweet, calm voice interrupted him.
"you're awake, good, we were beginning to worry," his eyebrows knitted together. We?
She must have seen his confused look , because she carried on.
"I'm Hayley, my mother helps people who have been injured, she's a nurse, we found you when we were strolling the fields, you were severely injured, but we managed to fix you up nicely." She smiled at him kindly, she sat next to him on the bed and rested her hand on his head.
" you're a little warm, here." Hayley handed him a glass of water, which he gladly took, his throat was parched as hell. Once he had finished the drink, she took it back and looked at him, she opened her mouth to talk ready to ask him a question.
"what's your name?"
"Klaus"
" where do you live Klaus." He panicked, his breathing becoming faster, his hands started to curl up into fists, he couldn't remember, his memories were lost, just like him.
" I don't know, I don't know." She grabbed onto his hand and looked him in the eyes, trying to calm him down.
" it's okay, Klaus, it's okay if you don't remember."
" how can i not remember, why can't I remember." His voice was starting to crack, vague images were floating in his head of a blonde girl who looked a couple years younger than him but her face was blurred, and some boys, that were older and younger than him, their faces blurred as well , they were his family but he couldn't remember them. Tears were on the verge of falling from his eyes.
All Hayley could do was hold him as he sobbed, his arms wrapped themselves around her body, holding onto for dear life, her arms were placed around his neck, comforting him, she knew what it was like not knowing who your family was, her mother, adoptive mother had taken care of her since she as a baby, her family had given her up. Right now they were the only 2 people in the world that could understand what the other was going through.
That understanding helped them both, they both had someone to talk to, someone to hold on to when things got to upsetting. Over the next two years They had grown to become best friends, they were inseparable.
...
"Okay, so this is a bit of a stupid question, but do you ever try to remember them, your family I mean." They had just come back from the market, and had decided to go lay down on the grass, they were both exhausted. She turned her head to look at min and he did the same, he looked her straight in the eyes trying to hide the emotions on his face, he replied " all the time." Hayley immediately regretted asking him the question, she hated seeing him in pain, even if he was trying to hide it from her, she could always see past it. She rolled over onto her stomach becoming even closer to Klaus than before, she held his hand and whispered "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of asked, it's just i get curious as to why you haven't tried to get your memories back yet, it's been two years. " he sighed and rolled over onto his side, bringing them closer than ever before, he lifted her chin, making her look him in the eyes, he brought his hands up to her cheek and caressed it with his fingers, making Hayley shiver, causing goose bumps to arise on her skin.
" I don't need those memories, to tell me who i am Hayley. The people from my memories, they could have looked for me and found me , but they didn't. I don't need them to tell me that i am a good person or to tell me of my true identity, because i can make new memories, with the people i care about, with the people who i know will look for me." She smiled at him softly, he sighed and took a deep breath, not knowing if he was ready for the next words to come out of his mouth.7
"with the woman i love." Her eyes widened, her eyebrows half way up her forehead in shock, Hayley opened her mouth to say something but no words would come out, but it wasn't like she could say anything even if she tried, Klaus quickly brought his lips up to hers and pulled her into a deep passionate kiss, she was hesitant at first, but relaxed as she realised she wanted this, she had wanted this since the moment she laid her eyes upon him. She wrapped her fingers into the curls in his hair pulling him down further to deepen the kiss. Losing his memories was the best thing that had ever happened to him, that he knew of, because if he hadn't lost them he wouldn't have met Hayley Marshall , the love of his life.
A year later they were engaged to be married. Hayley's mother had been wary at first because of Klaus, he didn't have any memory of who he was, he could already have been married or have a family who wouldn't approve of him marrying Hayley, but neither Klaus or Hayley cared, they were in love with each other and wanted to celebrate it, it had only been a small wedding, just a few people that they were friends with, and Hayley's mother.
...
"what if my mother's right, you could already of been married, you be cheating on her with me. Oh dear lord I'm a whore.." Hayley rambled on about Klaus's past, wondering if they had broken rules. But Klaus cut her off immediately responding to her foolish thoughts.
" Hayley, my little wolf, you're not a whore, i couldn't have been married anyway, when you found me , i wasn't wearing a ring, was i not ?"
" no" Hayley's face flooded with relief, she sighed and brought Klaus into a hug.
" see, there's nothing to worry about little wolf, and even if i was, i would do everything in my power to be with you, because i love you Hayley, more than you know." Klaus looked into Hayley's eyes with more love than he had ever shown her, more love than he had ever showed anybody, god was he in love with her.
2 years later
Hayley had been in that room screaming for last 3 hours, Klaus was pacing back and forth in front of the door, waiting for Hayley's screaming to stop so their Childs screaming could be heard, their child. He smiled in bliss, he couldn't have been any happier, it was finally here, the day their child would be born. He was so lost in his thoughts he didn't see Hayley's other come out of the room he had spent 3 hours walking in front of.
One by one Klaus took a step towards the room, and the sight he came across was one of happiness. Klaus walked over to Hayley who was panned out on the bed, her eyes drooping, she was tired, she was absolutely exhausted. But being tired didn't stop her from holding her daughter just minuets after giving birth.
Tears were streaming down his face, Hayley's as well, she just laughed, how could she be laughing after spending hours in horrendous pain.
" what's so funny." He asked whilst holding the head of their child whilst Hayley held them.
"you were right, it's a girl." She smiled from ear to ear, she smiledback "a girl?" his voice broke, his daughter, his little girl. He could wrap his head around it, his little girl and his wife. His family.
" do you want to hold her." Klaus gazed down at his little girl and nodded, Hayley shifted, sitting up and holding her arms out handing the daughter over to him.
"what's her name?" the new father rocked his little girl back and forth in his arms and Hayley gently laid back down, resting her head against the pillow.
"you choose." She smiled up at him, taking in the scene of her daughter and husband. Her family.
He lifted his eyebrows at her, Hayley wasn't this generous when it came to choosing things. She smiled knowing what he was thinking.
"Hope, her names Hope."
" it's beautiful." A tear escaped from her eye as she looked into his eyes.
" a beautiful name for the most beautiful little girl in the kingdom."
...
It was bizarre at first , it seemed impossible, if he was royal why didn't they have the entire kingdom looking for him. He refused to believe any of them, they had to be lying, playing a trick on him. But they weren't , his name was Niklaus Mikaelson, the Prince, his father was king, his siblings, all 5 of them, princesses and prince's.
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They were in the middle of town, there was supposed to be a royal announcement, turns out that Prince Elijah was engaged to a girl called Camille, it hadn't been long, but it had been long enough for his siblings apparently. He and Hayley were looking up at the stand watching the royal family stand there as they shared their good news, when suddenly he caught the eyes of princess Rebekah, she looked away, but back again, not believing what she had just seen, Rebekah focussed her eyes at the man, recognising his face immediately. She didn't care that everybody was looking at her, she walked straight into the crowd ignoring her mother's voice. She barged passed everyone insight until she stood right in front of him, her eyes wide in shock. Once she had stopped walking, multiple gasps could be heard from the stand, the queens face quickly submerged in tears. Klaus was confused, she looked so familiar, the blonde hair, the curls, her blue eyes, he had seen them before, on himself.
He took deep breaths, trying to keep his heart slow, what was wrong with him. Suddenly the crowd was being cleared by the guards, he looked around grabbing onto Hayley, making sure she didn't get swept away with the hurrying crowd. Suddenly it was just them, Klaus Hayley and the royal family.
"Niklaus." The blonde girl asked with a shaky voice, her voice breaking,
"who are you." Was all he could say, and once he said it, everyone ran to him pulling him into hugs, he was shocked, how did they know him.
"what do you mean, who are we, Nik were your family. You've been missing for 5 years, we've been looking for you ever since the battle, how can you not remember us." His breathing hitched in his throat. His family? He was a royal?
"i found him, after the battle, he was injured, i took him home and cared for him, when her woke up he didn't know anything except for his name and a few other things" Hayley spoke after being silenced from shock for the last 10 minuets.
"thank you for looking after my brother... I'm sorry i didn't catch your name." Rebekah pulled Hayley in for hug, something Hayley didn't expect to get in her entire life of a royal.
" Hayley, I'm Klaus's..."
"she's my wife." Everyone was silent, they shared looks with one another , looks that didn't look good to Hayley or Klaus.
...
A month later they had moved into the castle, alongside Klaus's family, they were wary at first, they didn't want any trouble from the king, who they heard was supposed to have become angry ever since his son 'died'. The Mikaelsons were very shocked to have discovered that there brother and son was still alive and that he was married with a child. None of the Mikaelsons had mentioned the facts, they had only just got Klaus back and didn't want their father to do something outrageous to Klaus because he was married with a child, a daughter. But they were wrong, Mikael didn't care, he couldn't have cared less about Klaus being married to a commoner and having a child with one, which shocked the Mikaelson family even more, Mikael loved hope, more than his own children everyone suspected. None of them could have been happier.
Over the next 5 years, pieces of Klaus's memory were returning, he could remember his tenth birthday and he could remember playing in the royal garden, and kol breaking his leg from jumping off one of the statues, it wasn't until the day of Mikaels death that he had really remembered everything.
...
He and his mother were waiting outside the room, the doctor was inside doing everything he could do to help his king, but there was nothing he could do, but help the king pass peacefully.
The doctor came out of the room, with his head down. " I'm so sorry..." was all the doctor would get to say, his mother broke down, she collapsed into his arms, tears overflowing onto her cheeks, Klaus held her in his arms and held on for dear life. Everything felt like it was in slow motion, the doctor walking away, him breaking away from his mother, him walking towards his and Hayley's room, the memories hit him one by one like a ton of bricks, he started to breathing was shallow, his heart felt like it was in the back of his throat, she saw him and wrapped her arms around him, he did the same, just like the day he had lost his memories. They held onto each other, comforting each other, he pulled his head from the crook of her neck, and looked her in the eyes, " I remember, i remember little wolf, i remember running around these halls as a little boy, i remember being shot during the battle, i even remember you finding me. "
"Im sorry about Mikael.. i know you loved him so much, even if you didn't remember, I'm so sorry."
"Promise me that you will always find me little wolf. Promise me that no matter what happens that you will always love me, for whoever i am."
"i promise Klaus, i will always look for you, i will always bring you back home." Klaus captured the little wolfs lips with his and kissed her more passionately than he had ever kissed anyone. She was his rock, the key to him, she was the reason he had his memories, because if she never would have found him he would never be here. She was the key to his memories, she make him alive again.