Chapter One

All she could hear was her own heartbeat. Her dreams of her children had dwindled in the past couple years as her children seemingly disappeared. So she mostly laid in silence with only her heartbeat and the soft drop of water that echoed through the cave whenever it rained. She didn't know how long she had been here in this cave, trapped by her sisters. But she did know that when she became free, not if, she would find her children, find her sisters, and get her revenge.

Her mind slipped into another dream and so she was unaware that her half-brothers Triton and Tyson had finally found where she was trapped and were even now summoning her father and close to finally releasing her from her prison.

She watched as her son, Niklaus, broke the curse that his aunt had placed upon him and couldn't help but cheer for him in joy. She was glad that he was now whole. And she was also able to see where her other children were and understood his reasons. He daggered them to hide and protect them from Mikael.

Percy never blamed nor hated Mikael for what he did to her as he was spelled like she was by her sisters. But she did however blame him for being cruel and even beating her children, hunting them to the ends of the earth. Percy's mind drifted in and out of her dream state as she watched her son and his new companion - the ripper - traveled the country looking for werewolves to turn.

Percy watched as her youngest daughter Rebekah was undaggered. Watched as the younger vampire betrayed her son for the doppleganger. Finally saw Mikael die at the hands of her son. Percy saw all of it… all up to all of her children except for her youngest and eldest once again together and undaggered. And Percy felt it when her sister returned from the other side.

And Percy finally felt herself awaken from her thousand year slumber.

Percy sat up with a gasp on the stone slab she had been laid upon by her dear sisters. Percy just continued to breathe and blink her eyes as her hands felt her body, making sure that this was indeed real. That she was indeed awake.

"Persephone." The almost long forgotten voice echoed around her. Percy flinched slightly but turned her head to see her father and brothers standing at the entrance of her cave. Percy couldn't hold it in anymore. She sobbed once.

"Daddy." Poseidon flashed to her side and drew her into his arms. Percy buried her face into his strong chest and allowed his arms to wrap around her in a protective embrace. She had missed his hugs, his warm protective hugs that made her feel like the ocean itself was wrapped around her. "I've missed you."

"And we've missed you." Her father finally pulled back and allowed her brothers to hug her as well. The two brothers had missed her almost as much as her father had.

"Now, tell us. What happened? How did you become trapped here?"

And so Percy told them. Told them of what her sisters did to her, and to her children. Poseidon began to grow angry and his emotions were reflected in the ocean around the world as several tropical storms started, the waves becoming unmannable.

"Tyson and I, along with others, will search for Freya." Triton rumbled out.

"And I'm sure your Uncle Hades and Thanatos would be willing to bargain for young Henrik. You go and rescue your other children, Percy. There is no time to waste. Let's teach these two uppity second rate witches what happens when you mess with our family." Poseidon growled. Percy smiled tearfully at them.

"Yes, let's." Poseidon snapped his fingers and Percy although was slightly disoriented found herself in front of the mansion that Niklaus had built for his siblings and her old viking attire changed to a white gown with a turqoise gold belt from Atlantis, cuffs that she knew could bare the strength of a kraken and still not break nor let her falter, golden sandles, a pair of golden earrings, and a golden necklace. Percy inwardly grinned. It seemed her father was trying to do a goddess effect on her. Percy could feel the energy of her sister inside, could feel her get closer to her son.

No more would she allow her sister to terroize or abuse her children. Don't worry, my children, mother is here now. She thought to herself before gathering her magic and blasting the front door open.

"ESTHER!" She roared as she stepped into the mansion and almost immediately entered the parlor room where everyone was frozen. Finn, Elijah, Kol, and Rebekah were gathered by another entrance to the room while Niklaus was standing in front of a lit fire place. Esther was standing in front of him with a look of absolute horror on her face.

"N-no! This is impossible! You shouldn't have been released! You can't even be alive!" She exclaimed. The original vampires were frozen in place, not knowing what to do as the woman they assumed was their mother and their true unknown mother faced off the former with horror still written over her face.

Percy smirked. "Well, same to you, dear sister." Percy snarled. Her last word causing even more shock to ripple through the siblings. They knew that Esther had one sister, Dahlia, that had perished along with their eldest sister Freya before Esther and Mikael had migrated to the new world but they had never even heard of this woman. "Didn't dear Niklaus rip your heart out when you placed that curse on him to trap his werewolf side? That was the best thing I've seen in the past thousand years, if I'm being honest. The second being when he placed a white oak stake into that heartless fiend you called a husband."

Niklaus almost looked proud at the praise but before Esther and the stranger could continue, Elijah interrupted. "Excuse me, but who are you?"

Percy just glanced at him and his siblings around him, her eyes holding longing and love towards them when before they had held nothing but hatred towards Esther.

"Tell them, dear sister. Tell them what you and your precious Dahlia did to me. You do not want me telling them the truth." Esther's eyes turned sly. Percy rolled her eyes. "Of course, I forgot who I was talking to. How about a little truth spell? Dic ad omnes quaestiones vero interrogavit." Rebekah moved as if to rush over but Kol and surprisingly Finn stopped her.

"She isn't doing anything harmful to her. She casted a spell that I and most likely Kol had casted many years ago. The woman is telling mother to tell the truth to all the questions that are asked." Rebekah relaxed.

Percy decided to ignore what her eldest son said for the moment.

"Now, sister, tell the truth." Percy giggled at her own little joke. She decided to get the one she wanted answered first out of the way. "Who are the true parents of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Niklaus, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik?"

The Originals stiffened again. They were all afraid to even consider the possibility of what that question could mean until they heard the truth from Esther's mouth.

"Mikael is the true father of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik. A werewolf alpha is the true father of Niklaus." Percy pierced her sister with a stare as she tried to keep the next words in. "And the true mother of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Niklaus, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik is Persephone, my youngest sister. You."

Percy didn't once even look at her children who were now looking at the two sisters with horror and shock. "And how did it all happen? Tell them what you did to me, to Mikael. Tell your niece and nephews what you did to me."

And Esther had no choice but to comply. And the Mikaelson siblings knew that every word that dropped from Esther's mouth was the truth as they all knew that truth spells such as the one Persephone used was strong and to the point. Once Esther finished talking Percy turned to her children, Niklaus having joined them at some point during Esther's talk.

"Is there anything you would like to ask Esther or I before I put her to sleep?"

Niklaus stepped forward. "Yes. I have a question. How are you alive?"

Percy smiled slightly at her paranoid son. "I shall answer your question, any of your questions, after Esther is asleep. She doesn't desrve to hear them, especially since her use is almost at an end."

Kol stepped forward and Percy frowned slightly at the lack of magic that was emanating from him and Finn, the two besides Freya that had strong magic. She had been visited by Hecate in her dreams long ago and she had said that she allowed her two sons to keep their magic… where was it now?

"Why did you do this? To her? To us?" Kol asked Esther.

Esther looked at him coldly. "Because we could. I wanted children, just didn't want to put in all the work of birthing you all. And she may be your birth mother, but it was I that clothed you, bathed you, fed you, gave you immortality!" Esther screeched sounding half crazed under the truth spell.

Percy interrupted before anything else could be said. "Kol? Finn? Why don't I feel any magic from the two of you?" The two former warlocks froze and looked at their birth mother. All of the siblings had been subconsciously examining this woman that was their true mother and all could see where they had her features in themselves and how she had a different aura around her. An almost caring, motherly one that Esther never had.

"When we were turned into vampires, our connection to our magic was lost." Kol ground out. He didn't want to be rude or heartless to this woman, his mother, that had been trapped in a cave for a thousand years because of his aunt. Although it wasn't their fault, the brothers felt guilt for not having known and rescuing her sooner.

Elijah noticed that Percy was puzzled by Kol's words. "You are puzzled, why?"

"Just one moment. I'm trying to figure it out. As Niklaus is a werewolf-vampire hybrid, Kol and Finn are supposed to be warlock-vampire hybrids. The two of you are supposed to be the only ones that keep their magic as you got your magic from me and from my father's side of the family… Esther, what did you do to their magic?" Percy snarled as once again the Originals were shocked. How many more surprises were they going to recieve tonight?

Esther cackled. "I already had to curse the one, so I figured why not the other two? And we didn't get our magic from father, we got it from mother."

"Didn't Ma and Da ever tell you? We only shared one parent and it was mother. My aunt on my father's side gifted me with my magic. And I passed that on to my children although Freya, Finn, and Kol are the only ones that ever truly took to it. Now, what did you use to bind them? What spell?"

"I used the paired doppleganger blood, a heart of a witch, witch hazel, and my necklace to lock it all. Only a pint each from the dopplegangers were used. On the night of a full moon I cast the binding spell. I'm sure, bastard sister, that you can figure out how to unlock it."

"I can. And I think I know whose witch heart I will be using for the spell. Somnum."

Esther slumped over onto the hard floor, no one bothering to stop her fall. "She will sleep until I wake her." Percy said turning to her sons and daughter. She hesitantly took a step towards them stopping when she noticed they stiffened. Percy closed her eyes and turned her head away from them. She didn't want to show how much that hurt. Once again she cursed her witch sisters for all the pain and suffering they caused her and her children. "I understand that I am an unknown, that you all are used to underhanded attacks or backstabbing. But know that if you all will have me, I would like to get to know you outside of the dreams that I've been shown by a distant cousin of you all. And eventually if you could find it in yourselves, I would like to become a family… even if that is impossible, which it might well be, I will still break the curse on Kol and Finn. And if after I do that, you all wish me to leave, I shall do so. Niklaus, I don't wish to impose, but is there anyway that I could shower and claim a bed for the night?"

Percy not once looked at her children during her mini speech and so did not see the heartbreak that shined in their eyes at the hurt they were causing her. Barely having met an hour ago, they all felt a bond forming with their birth mother and knew if they let it grow, it would become strong.

Klaus took in a deep breath. "Yes of course. I'll show you. Come."

Percy followed him glancing back once and the ones left behind saw the faint wetness on a cheek from a tear she had let fall. They hoped that she was genuine. That she could come to care for them all, truly care, not the hidden dislike Esther harbored towards them. They hoped that they could become a true family. What they didn't know was that Percy hoped that too. And Percy also hoped that soon Freya and Henrik would be reunited with them. She could only pray that her lost children would be returned to her.