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The first chapter is based on 3x11 with my own added information to what I thought could of happened. Next chapter hopefully won't be based completely on TVD.

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"Klaus! Please, you gotta help her! She's dying and it's your fault!" Tyler went into vampire mode. He was angry at Klaus, but mainly from the fact that he was still sired to him.

"You're love is not as strong as I thought…" Tyler looked at him with confusion, "You see, when I had compelled Stefan to kill Elena, he fought it, his love for her was so true… Don't worry, I will see to Caroline, I promise. But not for you, for her." A grin appeared on Klaus' face.

"I love Caroline!" Tyler tried to prove that he loves her as much as Stefan loved Elena, but Klaus still didn't believe it. "Well if you did, do you think she'd still be in this situation?"

"You're the one who told me to bite her!" Tyler exclaimed still not backing down. "Do you even know what love is?" Klaus paused before he replied; he forced his hand around Tyler's throat and pushed him to the wall.

"I think it's time you left. Go on a little holiday Tyler, far away from Mystic Falls. Leave for a few weeks, maybe a few months. When you come back, you will stay away from Caroline." He dropped ' stern expression got angrier as he stood there watching.

"LEAVE! NOW!" With that, Tyler flew out of the door and into the night. Klaus finished his glass, and also bolted off into the night, although he had his destination: the residence of Caroline Forbes.

He knocked on the door lightly, only to be faced with a furious Matt.

"Matt, Tyler came to me straight after, poor thing. I sent him away to sort his head out. I'm here to help." Klaus tried to act as polite as possible, knowing he needed to be invited in.

"Tyler wouldn't of done this, you sired him! This is your fault!" at this moment, Klaus caught sheriff Forbes appear in behind Matt.

"Yes I did, but I'm here to make things right, the longer I stay out here, the closer death is coming to Caroline. Sheriff, if you'd please invite me in…"

"I know how this works, you want something in return." She said while trying to put a brave face on, knowing that he was the only one that could save her daughter.

"Only your support."

"Come in." She was hesitant but knew it was the right thing to do. Klaus smiled; he could now walk in the house whenever he liked, and this gave him an extra ego boost, although he didn't need it.

He walked up to Caroline's bedroom; there he saw her. Lying, close to death, he felt pity on her; this in fact was his fault. He knew it and so did she.

"Are you going to kill me?" Caroline didn't know what to say as she saw the figure appear in her doorway.

"On your birthday? You really think that low of me?" Klaus didn't expect this; a lump came to his throat, although it soon went away after her quick reply.

"Yes." She said it fiercely, not regretting what she had basically said.. Yes I do think you would because you're such a lowlife. Why would you care if it was my birthday or not! But just the simple 'yes' explained all that.

Klaus admired her braveness and honesty; he had not known Caroline at all, only meeting her once or twice while he was trying to hurt her friends. This was also a reason he accepted what she thought of him; she had no other reason for her to think otherwise.

He gently sat on the bed next to her, moving the sheet away from the bite. "That looks nasty." He looks at Caroline. "I'm so sorry my dear, you are what we call, collateral damage." He dropped the sheet back down, brushing his hand against her cheek. He then notices the charm bracelet on her wrist. He flicked it to feel how cheap it was. "I love birthdays…"

"What are you… a billion or something?" He chuckled; even when dying, she could make silly comments like that. "No. I'm not." he smirked at her; she had never really spoken to Klaus before; his voice, the accent, it was enchanting. She just wanted him to keep talking, but she then remembered who he was; the original hybrid. The reason they were both here. She caught the charm bracelet from the corner of her eye; she started to frown, also remembering that it was Tyler who gave her the bracelet, also the one that bit her.

"Why so sad, love?" Klaus truly wished to know. "What's the point in living anymore?" She looked up, into his eyes, "I mean, I fail at everything! Especially when it comes to my love life…" she looked back down after her last comment, only to be moved straight back up and reached the sight of Klaus' eyes. "But you are free; you could go anywhere…" He was quickly interrupted by a tearful vampire, "No. I'm dying."

Klaus had thought about his next words very quickly, "And I could let you… die. If that's what you truly wanted. If you believed that your existence has no meaning." He moved in closer. He hadn't been this open to someone in a long time but felt like he could with this one girl. "I had thought about it myself once or twice over the years, but I saw what the world had to offer. Caroline, there is a whole world out there waiting for you, filled with great cities, art, music… Genuine beauty." Caroline was so intrigued by his words she had forgotten about who she knew him to be, and discovered a whole new side of him; a side she knew he hadn't shown to anyone before.

"I don't want to die." With this, tears fell from Caroline's eyes and down her cheeks. Klaus gave a small smile before gently lifting her up and offering his arm. "Have at it, love." Caroline bit him; the taste of his sweet blood. The feeling of it rushing down her neck.

"Happy Birthday Caroline." He stroked her back after her release. "Now, rest and you'll be fine." He let go of her, gently lying her back down onto her pillow, and then re-laid the quilt so she was comfortable.

He turned to leave, but was stopped when he felt her hand holding his. "Thank you, Klaus." He hated the fact she had just thanked him, because he hadn't deserved it. "Please, this is my fault, there is no need for thank you. Rest." They gave each other a sad smile, and then he let go of her hand, leaving her to fall asleep peacefully.

The moon shone brightly over Mystic Falls. The stars in the sky twinkled, just like her eyes. What did he think he was doing? Even opening up slightly to Miss Caroline Forbes. The Vampire Barbie. Miss Mystic Falls herself. He regained the image of her sleeping, smiling only for a split second, before smashing his glass at the wall. His face now turned into vampire mode. He turned, attacking one of his hybrids, holding them 6 inches above the ground with his left hand while ripping out their heart out with his right.

"Having a bad day?" He could see a figure smirking from the corner of his eye. "What do you want Stefan." Klaus let the useless body fall from his hands, although still holding the heart and staring at it.

"Well first, I want you to suffer; seems like that is working. And then I want you to leave this town. And never come back."

"Too bad, because I will get my family back Stefan. Why would I want to leave; I enjoy it here. You forget this was my home before it was yours." With that, he dropped the heart and turned towards Stefan with a smirk on his face.

"Is that all you came here to say?" Stefan greeted Klaus' question with the same smirk Klaus had just given him. They stood there in silence. Klaus got impatient, "Well? I'm a busy guy Stefan, even at this time. I have somewhere to be." Stefan just nodded and flew out of the door. This made Klaus un-easy, especially with the events that had just happened with Caroline, Stefan was the last person he wanted to see.

He also rushed out of the house, and didn't stop until he arrived at Caroline's bedroom window. Luckily the window was open; he stared at her with gentle eyes, a grin appearing on his face as he watched her sleep. He placed a long black box on her bedside table, then lightly brushed her cheek and shot straight back out of the window into the night.

Caroline awoke from her dreams the next morning; she felt different. She placed her hand towards where the bite had been rubbing it in relief to feel her healed skin.

She then thought of Klaus; confused at the memory that he had just saved her, with nothing in return.

She tried to make herself believe that she was part of a plan; it was him who told Tyler to bite her anyway.

Something caught the corner of her eye as she shook her head in disbelief. On her bedside table there was a long, black jewellery case. A note lay upon it, 'From Klaus.'She opened up the case to find a stunning diamond bracelet inside. She was shocked at what the hybrid had given her; it was so beautiful.

The words 'Genuine Beauty'replayed over and over inside her head. It was like an enchantment; something that was so magical it couldn't be right in front of her. It certainly couldn't have been given to her by the most thoughtless man she had ever known.

What did this mean? That the hybrid wasn't such a lowlife after all?

"Shut up Caroline, of course he is." She spoke this out loud, quickly closed the case and shoved it in her bedside table draw. She slammed her head against her pillow and sighed with frustration. Even Klaus had a good side to him.

A couple of days had passed; Caroline tried to forget about Tyler and Klaus. It was hard though, because every time she closed her eyes, she saw him. What didn't help was that when she spoke to Elena, she was constantly reminded of Klaus.

Elena was getting suspicious; Caroline hadn't spoken over 10 sentences in 2 days.

"Hey Care, are you okay? You don't really seem yourself lately…" Elena could always tell when there was something wrong. "Is it about… Tyler?" Caroline nodded her head; this wasn't exactly true, but it wasn't a lie either. She had been sad that her ex had bitten her, but the thought of Klaus… she just couldn't understand him.

"Yeah. It's just…. every time you mention Klaus, I think about him. Tyler that is." Tyler was the perfect excuse for Caroline to not hear any more about Klaus. She thought she'd finally gotten away from him.

After she arrived home, there was a knock on the door. She opened it only to find a box with an envelope which had 'Caroline Forbes' written on it in fancy writing. She only knew one person who had handwriting like that. Klaus. She took the box to her room and opened the envelope. Inside was an invitation to the Mikaelson family ball. On the back it read;

'Save me a dance.

Fondly,

Klaus'

She dropped the invitation on her bed in disgust, "Why would I want to dance with him! He might of saved my life and gave me a beautiful bracelet, but why should I be seen in public with him?" Her attention drew to the box; curious to what might lie inside. She gasped at the sight of a ravishing blue dress. "Oh… my… God."

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