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A thousand years ago, before the Mikaelson siblings were born, Esther Mikaelson had made a deal with her sister.
Mikael and Esther could not conceive on their own. So Esther had went to Dahlia to help her have children.
That day, one deal was set in place. The firstborn child would be taken after five years, and she would be raised by Dahlia so she can grow her magic. She would never be seen again.
But a second deal was made.
For Dahlia to have immense power, she'd have to have firstborns continuing through the Mikaelson lineage. So she made a second deal.
For every Mikaelson that is born after Esther, they will have a soulmate.
Every soulmate born for each Mikaelson will be tied to Dahlia. She will be able to sense where they are. They will be tied to her until her ultimate death.
But they will also be tied to their soulmate, forever.
Every Mikaelson will be born with a mark, one their soulmate shares at their birth.
The Mikaelson's lineage will be long and wide.
Because when Esther turned her children into vampires, Dahlia had altered the soulmate bond that night.
The Mikaelsons will meet their soulmate one by one in the same time frame. They will all be born centuries from that day, but all will meet their soulmate before she comes for the creation of what is surely to come.
Dahlia had made sure that the Mikaelson line would continue.
She had altered the soulmate bond to the vampire species.
She had made sure the Original vampires could procreate with their soulmate.
And when they find them, Dahlia will awaken when it is her time to take that child they had created from them.
Esther had made a deal.
She broke it.
Dahlia made a new one.
And Esther has no choice in living up to it.