Robert and Cora Crawley have been happily married for 15 years. After, losing their 4-year-old son from pneumonia they moved from the home they loved for a change of scenery and to start anew. Cora will be teaching at East Sussex high and Robert will continue with his family Financial firm. an they navigate the prejudice against Cora's American heritage and the loss of their son?

Everyone in Downton Village knew the Grantham. Lord and Lady Grantham were a very noble couple with even finer children. Lord and Lady Grantham married a while back and many still wondered just how Lord Grantham convinced himself to marry Lady Grantham. Some wondered just when the beautiful young ladies would marry. For Lord and Lady Grantham had not one, not two, not three... but four girls! 4 of them. Oh yes, 4! Mary, Edith, Lydia and Sybil. All with their discerning quirks and personalities There was Mary the eldest who was snobbish and elegant then there was Edith the older of the twins who was second best to everything by Mary and Lydia the younger of the pair always clung to her older twin, and then the youngest one Sybil had causes, and she gets too invested in the idea than the reality on how it would work out. Was it a wonder why the Crawley family interested many as well as drew people to them??

Selena is sybils twin sister who was away for school but made it home just in time to witness the drama unfolding at home upstairs and down

Laurence Ellis Levinson, the son of Cora Crawleys younger brother Harry and his wife Marie, had a normal happy childhood with his parents in America, until the robbery that was. The spring of 1908 was a though time for the young boy, between losing his parents and his left eye and being sent to live with his Aunt and her family in England, life was bleak. But he smiled, he always smiled through it all no matter what. Even becoming friends with one of the servants, and maybe over the years they would become more than just friends, maybe.

AU - We meet the Crawley family in the midst of World War I. Lady Grantham Running a convalescent home and the Estate of Downton on her own as her husband is fighting in the war. She has the help and support of her mother in law and 5 children, but it's still a long road for here as the wives of soldiers of the village start looking to her for help. In comes Isobel Crawley, wife of the earl's now deceased 3rd cousin. She tries to take over everything and Cora needs to join forces with Violet to handle her.

AU - Cora and Robert's first child was a boy. Benjamin loves to learn and fears disappointing his parents. Some characters will be the same but different

Victoria Crawley, attempts to navigate her life as the youngest child of Cora and Robert with the help of her brother, Patrick.

Major AU in Downton Timeline and how Cobert met. Starting in 1888 with Cora and family taking a train trip through the alps before the London season starts. She meets the Earl of Grantham's son, who's family is also going to Paris. The trip takes a turn for the worse when there's a landslide and the train crashes into a boulder on the track. Robert and Cora are separated from their families, who may be dead. Will eventually flow into canon.

AU Lady Florence Crawley is Mary Crawley's twin sister. The two are as different as night and day. Florence is more attentive to the needs of her family and their estate. Mary is all about position for herself. When the heir and Mar's fiancée perish on the Titanic a new heir is invited to meet them, but he has his sights set on sweet Florence after starting on the wrong foot with Mary. Meanwhile Cora is 5 months pregnant.