Elena was turning seven-years-old and it seemed that she couldn't be more excited. She was with Rebekah who had bought her a ball gown for the special occasion. Of course, the turnout would be minimal. Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah and Klaus would be there and that would be it and although Klaus did contemplate un-daggering a few more siblings, it seemed irresponsible to have two brothers who wanted to kill him out on the little girl's birthday.
It was clear now that Klaus had given up and really had let the girl into his heart without her own knowledge. He still knew he had to kill her but it didn't seem as bad when, for now, he could care for her as if she was his own.
He still planned on going through the ritual, whether it killed her or not, but he did have minions searching for revival potions and Elijah getting in contacts with the people he knew to obtain the phial of the potion he had offered to give Katerina.
It seemed trivial that he would keep the girl alive but he was the one, along with his siblings, who would raise her and he would raise her well. It seemed a waste if she was just going to die at the end of it, whether it was for his own gain or not.
Still, if the potion could not be brought, he would have to kill Elena. His curse was more important than the doppelganger and that was the bare truth.
Back to where Elena and Rebekah were getting ready, it seemed that the finishing touches were being made and she really was going to be the princess she dreamed of being.
She still had not gotten over her Alice in Wonderland obsession, though she now saw Rebekah as the white queen not the red, and had based her party off of the Mad Hatter's tea party.
Rebekah, following the theme, had worn a simple white, floor-length dress whilst Elena had a beautiful, layered blue ball gown with white fabric hand sewn into it by Rebekah to represent the apron.
Klaus and Elijah, unfortunately, were not as happy to dress up but nonetheless, Klaus put on a top hat with a card writing '10/6' on it and Elijah wore a lab coat to represent the men in the asylum due to a fear of being forced to dress up as the rabbit if he could not think of another sane character.
They were now both ready and dressed, waiting in the parlour for Elena to finally make her grand entrance. Rebekah was the first down, leading the way before stopping herself and holding a hand out for the princess behind her.
Finally, after a day of not seeing a glimpse of her, she was revealed to the boys and they were stunned, to say the least. She was only seven and yet she came across as an elegant adult. Her mature nature and poised posture could pass her as older than a teenager and overlooking her size, she wasn't juvenile enough to be seven. That did not change the fact that this was her seventh birthday party and despite the small amount of guests, they would make it the best party a seven-year-old could dream of.
In the rather large house, they had decorated the whole parlour with blue and white ribbons along with hundreds of balloons and of course, the largest chocolate cake you could imagine- though still delicate looking at the layers of fondant covering the entire four tier article.
Elena squealed just looking at it, it was beautiful. Ribbons matching the ones on the walls were wrapped delicately around the fondant and on the top was a small figurine of Elena herself.
'Who made this?' She asked, wide-eyed in amazement.
'I did. The figurine and all.' Klaus piped up smiling and let Elena fall into his arms, squeezing him tight- although she still only did make it up to his hips.
'Thank you, thank you, thank you!' She shouted out, overjoyed. The other siblings watched and smiled at the scene, watching their brother smile as he did so often lately.
His siblings wanted so badly to be mad at him but they just couldn't, not when he smiled like that, not when he acted just like he was in his youth.
It was fine now, anyway, his siblings had forgiven him a year or two ago, seeing their brother give remorse after what felt like too long. Well, it could barely be called remorse but it was the first time he had even muttered the words sorry even if Elena was mouthing it to him whilst pulling on his trouser leg. Despite his reluctance, they knew he meant it, he wouldn't say it if he didn't, he wasn't that kind of man.
Elena finally let go of Klaus and smiled up at him, going on her tippy toes as if to reach his height, which she definitely could not compete with.
'Anything for you, little one.' They smiled at each other when Klaus grabbed the knife, the feeling odd in his hand when it wasn't being used for non-PC purposes, and brought Elena's hand to his, cutting it like a wedding cake.
Elena immediately grabbed the slice and stuffed in her mouth making both Rebekah and Klaus laughed. Elijah remained impassive but crossed his arms and let his mouth curve into the smallest smile. 'I thought I taught you manners, Elena.' He commented, finally letting his lips curve into a smile.
She giggled and swallowed even though the piece should have been enough to last minutes.
'Thank you. This is the best party ever!' She addressed the room, her smile growing even bigger.
The room grew silent as if they were unsure of what to do but they all nodded in acknowledgement and continued the party, the whole family happy- that's all they really wanted.
Always and forever.
That was their promise and they would keep it, whether there were more or less of them. It could definitely be said that there was one more Mikaelson, Elena.
word count: 1000
published: 31.01.17
A/N The chapters will soon correlate to her age so she won't be young forever, despite the name of the book XD Hope you enjoyed!
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Fanfiction''my youth, my youth is yours,, Klaus needs a doppelganger and he has one...a five-year-old one. A quick decision and a huge mistake brings him together with a young Elena. His preparation for the ritual is complete but never did he think that this...
