What if Emma Swan had a 17 year old older sister, who was taken to Neverland before the Evil Queen's curse? Cover Credit:@-lucyistyping

Mark Sloan; Womaniser. Manwhore. Heartless. Bonnie Teller; Screws like a whore. Sarcastic. Heartless. Both have no idea what life has in store for them when they end up as Derek's best friends. What if they become more? TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ this story will cover cancer, treatments of it and the emotional effects of it.

For a thousand years, the world has known the legend of the Mikaelsons-Freya, Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah, and Kol. The first vampires. The first hybrid. The family bound by Always and Forever. But legends leave out the truths that hurt the most. Serena Mikaelson, Klaus's twin sister and the second original hybrid, was erased from history the night Mikael returned to New Orleans. In the chaos of battle, Serena and Marcel fell, their bodies left behind as the family fled-believing them dead. Grief reshaped the Mikaelsons. Rage hardened Klaus. And the world moved on without the sister no one spoke of again. Except Serena wasn't dead. Hours after the family vanished, Serena and Marcel awoke in a ruined city with no ruler, no family, and no answers. Abandoned and heartbroken, they rebuilt New Orleans from its ashes-Marcel rising as king, Serena as his equal, his partner, his fiercest protector. Together they forged a new dynasty, one built not on bloodlines but on survival. They never expected the Mikaelsons to return. But when a pregnant werewolf arrives carrying Klaus's child, the past crashes violently into the present. The family who left Serena behind discovers she is alive-thriving, powerful, and no longer theirs. And Klaus learns the truth he was never meant to know: his sister didn't die. She was cursed. And when he broke his own curse in Mystic Falls, he unknowingly shattered hers as well... unlocking a truth Serena never imagined. She can have children. She can have a family. And she already does. Now the Mikaelsons must face the consequences of the night they ran. A forgotten sister. A betrayed son. A kingdom built without them. And a family Serena and Marcel will burn the world to protect. In New Orleans, blood ties are powerful. But the wounds of abandonment cut deeper than immortality.