When her mother announced they were moving once again, this time to a small town in Virginia, Emma assumed it was just one more search for a fresh start in a perfect place. But Mystic Falls was far from perfect, and her assumption far from correct. But by the time she realizes it, it will be too late. Without really looking for them, Emma will stumble upon all of the secrets hidden within the town as well as within her own family. And of course, once you're roped into the world which hides beyond the shadow of night within the small town, it is hard to get out of it. So it's good that Emma doesn't want to. Something keeps pulling her in, or better said... Someone. ----- [Kol Mikaelson / OC] [Book I in The Life Trilogy] [The Vampire Diaries: Season 3 - 4] [Completed: March 10th, 2022]

For a thousand years they roamed the Earth. And for a thousand years they thought of her. Because how could you forget the one person who brought light even into the most dreadful of times? The one person who seemed to be intertwined with their very beings? How could you forget the person you blame yourself for dying? How could you forget the person your own schemes had killed? How could you forget the person who died for your secrets? How could you forget the person who died because you wouldn't leave her? How could you forget the person you've only ever loved from afar? And how could you forget the person who was continuously there? They would lose her, grieve and miss her for centuries... And then she'd be there again. Coming to the one who needed her most. Becoming a solace and becoming home. Only to be lost all over again. The Mikaelson couldn't forget her. But Jane Harmon could. It was an odd thing, thinking that one might forget themselves. But that was what happened. That was how it went every time. And each time she did not realize it until she found them again. Because that was what her soul seemed most intent on. Finding them. Like it was searching for pieces of herself that had been scattered throughout space and time. Never to be complete again. Until now... Until this life... The one which would be her last. ----- The Vampire Diaries [Season 2+] The Mikaelson siblings / OC AU elements at certain points

Nearly a year ago, Emma had stepped into Mystic Falls for the first time in her life, never expecting that a small town in Virginia would have the power to change the course of everything. But it did. And then it all fell apart. Four months later, she's done with hiding. She's done running and living in fear. Emma's settled; in the one place that came closest to being home. The French Quarter came with its own dangers, but with right friends and the right allies by her side, Emma has nothing to fear. At least until familiar faces start showing up in the streets of New Orleans, bringing with them not only a shift in power, but memories Emma had been working hard to move on from. To forget. And just as the last time, her life will change in so many ways that Emma isn't sure if she's truly ready for it. ----- [Kol Mikaelson / OC] [Book II in The Life Trilogy] [The Originals: Season 1 - ?]