8 parts Ongoing Alternative Universe!
Hope Mikaelson always knew her life was a constant whirl of chaos and entwined destinies. She's the daughter of the Original Hybrid, the last link in a legendary family, and the bearer of a power that makes her unique. But when the ancestral spirit of Inadu threatens to consume them all, her parents, Klaus and Hayley, make an unthinkable decision to protect her: the Mikaelsons must vanish. Each must assume a new identity so that Hope can grow up without the shadow of her destiny.
Cornered and out of options, the Mikaelsons accept help from a mysterious figure, a shadow who promises to keep Hope safe in this new, fragile reality. And though Hope remains unaware, her family will be much closer than she imagines, watching her grow from the shadows-a silent sacrifice for her well-being. Now, at the Salvatore School, Hope Marshall longs for normalcy. Loneliness is a constant shadow, and the memory of her loved ones-the laughter with Kol and Rebekah, Freya's guidance, and the painful absence of her father-is an echo that never leaves her.
Just when Hope begins to believe her destiny is a solitary existence, the arrival of two new students disrupts her monotonous daily life. Among them, a boy with eyes as kind as they are intriguing awakens a connection she can't explain. What Hope doesn't know is that this new reality isn't as simple as it seems, and the threads of her destiny are being woven by that very shadow with hidden motives, in a way neither she nor the rest of the world can even imagine.
Can Hope find happiness and love in an altered world, or will the truth of what's been sacrificed and the price of that "protection" come to light to change everything once more?
