aphotic [ ey-foh-tik ] adjective 1. lightless; dark How can a life change so drastically, just from one single event? An event that sets everything in motion; a spiraling trail of lies and hidden truths, laughs and tears, flowers and bruises. A trail that, walking down it in oblivion, finding love and hate and all that's in between, leads to a dark pit with no distinct way out.

Elena Gilbert gets the surprise of her life. So, she, Bonnie, and Caroline heads down to The Crescent City to track down Elijah Mikaelson. Now, she is forever bound by the Mikaelson family. Elena takes on a new challenge with new loves, enemies, and being a vampire. Elena x ? Caroline x Klaus Bonnie x Kol.

Klaus is on a mission to break his curse while there are others, including his own family, who are trying to stop him and save the doppelganger. What happens when Klaus finally comes to Mystic Falls to break it? Find out in the first book of 'The Original' series. WILL BE RE-WRITTEN IN THE FUTURE