Kaðlín POV:

I am awoken by howling, its night and dark but the full moon has illuminated enough for me to move about without walking into anything. Where am I? Nothing looks familiar, it's like I was dropped in the middle of the woods, who would do this? Was I kidnapped? I am distracted from my swirling thoughts when I hear the scream of a child. I whip around and see a wolf over a young boy. I look around and see a large rock I pick it up and smash the wolf over the head and grab the boy. We're running as best we can his leg is badly injured. I lift him on my shoulders and help him grab a limb from a tree so he can get to safety off the ground. I can feel the earth vibrating, and more howling getting closer.

"Henrik!" I hear shouting "Henrik!"

The boy above me responds yelling back, "Niklaus! Over here!"

Wait did he say Niklaus? I turn around to a figure running towards us, the sight of who it is makes me faint.

Elijah POV:

Yesterday my brothers did something incredibly stupid and now they were both paying the price for it. Niklaus under the brutal hands of our father and Henrik with the loss of his leg. It could have been so much worse if it had not been for the mysterious woman who came to his aid knocking one of the monstrous wolf men off him and getting him in a tree to wait for morning. Niklaus said she fainted, not surprising, she must have been very frightened alone in the woods but still she fought for my brother, a stranger, she must be very brave whoever she is. I can hear my mother and sister talking about her.

"Who is she?"

"I haven't seen around, have you?"

"No, and with that hair I would have remembered."

"Didn't the captain of the ship that brought us over also have fire hair, maybe she's his daughter?"

"Perhaps... we shall have to ask around."

It seems they don't know her either. Whoever she is, she will have my eternal gratitude.

Kaðlín POV:

I open my eyes to a very pleasant view, Daniel Gillies. But as soon as I register that I panic again. Last night I was in the woods fending off wolves and then Niklaus Mikaelson came running up to me, that was a dream right? It had to be. This can't be real.

"What can't be real?" My imagination in the form of one damn fine man asks... I must had muttered that last part out loud.

"This, I had a crazy dream last night, I was lost. Nothing looked familiar I have no idea how I got to the woods, I was scared someone had taken me... done something to me. But then I heard howling and screaming, a young boy... he was in trouble. I stopped thinking how nothing made sense and I just tried to protect him, it was all I could think to do. But waking up here, wherever here is, seeing your face... it wasn't a dream was it?"

Elijah POV:

The young woman opened her eyes, they were powder blue and breathtaking. Her face seemed serene but then it was like a fire had been set suddenly she sat upright and starting breathing heavily, she was panicking. I heard her murmur this can't be real.

"What can't be real?" I asked. The poor lass was so confused, apparently she had no idea how she had even gotten into the woods the other night, the thought of a man hurting her or stealing her virtue had me wanting to kill. She explained how she found Henrik and didn't give a second thought to how scared she was anymore only focusing on saving him. She had a warrior's spirit she didn't even know she had access to. She asked me if it was real. I had to tell her it was, she looked hopeless now, I didn't like seeing that look on her face and wanted anything to remove it.

"She's awake?" My mother came and asked. The young woman was holding her knees to her chest now trying to sooth herself.

"Yes, but she's very confused. She doesn't know how she ended up in the woods the other night. She remembers saving Henrik but nothing before."

"I'll talk to Ayanna, maybe a spell can help. Would you stay here with her until I return? Your sister has gone to sit with Henrik."

"Of corse mother."

I approached to woman again slowly not wanting to spook her.

"I am sorry you are frightened and don't understand where you are, but I promise I will not let anything bad happen to you. You have my word."

She looked at me and nervously inched her hand closer to mine, I took her pale hand in both of mine and tried to offer her comfort.

"What's your name?" She timidly asked. I couldn't believe myself, where were my manners?

"I beg your forgiveness, I should have introduced myself straight away, I am Elijah Mikaelson." At pronouncing the last syllable of my name, tears watered her eyes. She took her hand back and started to rock herself a bit. I couldn't help feeling I had said something wrong, but what?

Kaðlín POV:

"Elijah Mikaelson," He had said it, it was real now. I was scared... what did this mean, had I been in an accident, was I in a coma? Was I dead? Had I gone insane? I wasn't sure which was the scarier option but I felt very frightened and very alone, not even the handsome man next to me could calm my nerves.

Esther came back in with Ayanna. Would they know I wasn't from here, not from this time or world even? What would they do to me if they found out? I reached for Elijah's hand again not wanting to be left alone with them. His eyes turned sympathetic and he gave my hand an encouraging squeeze.

After performing some spells Ayanna asked to speak to me alone, I pleaded with Elijah, with my eyes at least, not to leave me but regretfully pulled himself away from me.

She burned sage and told me no one would be able to hear us.

"You are not from here, not this time nor this world." I looked at her panicked.

"The spirits sent you, apparently an unspeakable darkness will descend upon this family soon, if you wish to stay you must fight it."

"Why would I wish to stay?" I asked a bit unsure.

"Because, the reason you were sent here is not only to fight off evil but for your soulmate." She explained

"Soulmate?" I asked, making sure I heard her right.

"You will never know a love like this if you decide to do nothing and return home and Elijah will go on to have several lovers but all will betray him or disappoint him in some way, you will only know happiness together but to achieve that happiness you will have to face insurmountable odds. The decision is yours."

"Wait, Elijah is my soulmate? I can't believe that... it doesn't make sense, none of this..." I was getting myself upset again and needed to take a deep calming breath.

"What will you tell them?" I asked not ready to fully digest what she had just told me.

"Esther remembers the ship captain that brought them over here had red hair as well, I will tell her you are his kin like she suspected. He makes frequent trips, very nomadic. We'll say since blossoming he didn't want you on board anymore tempting the men and left you here."

"On my own?" I asked, Ayanna thought for a minute.

"Maybe we can say he plans to offer free passage to anyone willing to take you on once they arrive. Many still want to flee the plagues of the old world but not many have the means."

"Alright, what about my name?"

"Anker, will be your last name, that is simple enough its old Norse for anchor. What was your first name where you are from, it should be something close so you respond easily to it?"

"Kaitlin"

"The first viking K name that comes to mind is Kadlin, how does that suit you?"

"Kaðlín Anker, okay."

A/N: I see Kadlin looking like Katerina Martinovska but feel free to cast whoever you want in the role