Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries or any of the show characters.
A/N: I LOVE time travel stories, so I figured I'd give it a shot with some KC.
I've only seen the first couple of episodes of TO, so if there's something that doesn't make sense from there or Freya is OOC, it's likely because I haven't seen it and I've only read a few spoilers from over the years.
Things to keep in mind prior to reading:
1) If you love the Salvatores, my stories won't be for you because I usually kill them or get rid of them somehow in anything I write because they're completely pointless to me.
2) If you object to changes in canon to suit my purposes, probably not for you either.
3) I strongly object to Steroline because of how it's destroyed Caroline's agency, so I'm going to pretend like that crap doesn't exist.
4) I also strongly object to Klamille because a) it was all about Klaus and her needs/wants/cares didn't matter at all & that's just gross, b) she was basically a poorly written stand in for Caroline and c) the fact he didn't kill her at the beginning of season 1 of TO when she threatened to expose him was the beginning of a downward spiral of his TVD characterisation, so no thanks to that either.
STORY PREMISE: Caroline & the Originals end up thrown back to 1491 where things go awry and completely change the future.
1491
Chapter 1
Set a few months after season 6.
Damon had a werewolf bite, so Caroline was sent to New Orleans to get Klaus's blood and she planned to take her sweet time. She really did not care at all if Damon died and she didn't get why nobody else understand that. She wandered into the courtyard of the original compound and froze seeing the originals in the centre being chanted at by witches. Klaus's eyes met hers and they widened comically at the sight of her there.
"Caroline, run!" Klaus exclaimed - then it all went black.
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Caroline rubbed her head as she sat up and looked around feeling confused. They were in the middle of a field or something and she could see Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah, Hayley, Kol and two women she didn't recognise, one with light blonde hair and one with dark blondish light brown hair. They all seemed to be looking around confused then Klaus got sight of her and he moved up onto his feet then staggered over to her and landed on his ass next to her.
"The after effects of whatever that was is not pleasant." Caroline muttered.
"Indeed." Klaus agreed. "Are you alright?" He asked her concerned and she nodded.
"What's going on?" She asked him confused.
"We've been sent to the past." Klaus explained stunning her.
"On purpose?" Caroline asked with furrowed brows.
"Yes, it was a plot by my protege Marcellus to get rid of us. Though we were supposed to end up in the future to give him time to find a way to kill us. I think something went wrong with the spell, hence why we went back instead of forward." Klaus detailed. "What were you coming to see me for?" He asked gently.
"I was sent to ask you for blood. Damon's bitten again." She said dryly and he shot her an amused look.
"Perhaps it's the universe telling you to let him die." Klaus teased.
"Trust me, I took my sweet time getting to you. I don't care if that douche dies." Caroline scoffed amusing him.
"Oh my God!" The blonde shrieked as she sat up. "What the hell was that?" She exclaimed and Caroline made a face at her yelling.
"Calm down, Camille. There is no need to yell." Elijah dictated.
"Caroline?" Rebekah gasped seeing her. "How did you end up here with us?" She asked wide-eyed and those who recognised her were stunned to see her there with them.
"I got to the courtyard just as the spell hit." Caroline explained.
"It's good to see you, bitch." Rebekah admitted with a small smile that Caroline returned.
"You too, bitch." Caroline smirked and Rebekah flashed her a wicked grin while Klaus chuckled at the names - and the others looked a bit confused by them calling each other that affectionately.
"Does anyone know what time this is?" Freya asked confused looking around.
"By the smell of the air it's most likely pre-1700s." Elijah said surprising Caroline.
"Ooh, interesting." Caroline remarked and the shrieking blonde called Camille glared at her while the originals shot her amused looks.
"This isn't interesting, this is a nightmare." She said disbelieving.
"I must have missed the episode where you became God and have the ability to decide how I feel about anything." Caroline quipped and she deadpanned while Klaus, Rebekah, Kol and Hayley snickered at the blunt blonde.
"I'm hungry." Kol pouted.
"That's actually a good idea." Hayley mumbled.
"Let's get moving." Klaus bid then climbed to his feet and held out his hand to Caroline and she took it then he pulled her up to her feet and she stretched.
"Take it we're off to find some witches to threaten to send us back?" Caroline mumbled to Klaus who chuckled as did Rebekah, Hayley and Elijah.
"Of course, sweetheart." Klaus agreed with a smirk and she shot him an amused look while Camille stared at them looking constipated the way Klaus was smiling at her - even more so when Klaus cheekily cocked his elbow to her and she chuckled and slung her arm through his then they wandered off together with the others trudging behind them. Rebekah smirked at Hayley who smirked back seeing Camille scowling at Klaus and Caroline's backs, both of them knowing that Camille would be completely forgotten now that Caroline was in Klaus's grasp again.
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Klaus caught Caroline up on what had been going on in New Orleans then she did the same with Mystic Falls and he was very sorry to hear about her mother. He'd practically forgotten all about the others behind them because he was so pleased to have Caroline there - holding his arm as well. They walked for hours before they found a small village and they stayed in the shadows as they watched.
"By the clothes, it looks like we're in the 15th century." Rebekah whispered and Klaus, Kol and Elijah nodded their agreements.
"We need to change clothes or we're going to stick out like sore thumbs." Caroline mumbled to Klaus who nodded.
"Alright, everyone split up and find clothing. We'll meet back here in a few minutes." Elijah whispered.
"You stay here, I'll bring you something." Hayley said to Camille and then they all disappeared in a flash leaving Camille alone and she huffed at the fact they'd left her alone as Elijah had taken Freya.
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Caroline found a little seamstress's house and she compelled her way in and got the seamstress to dress her. A few minutes later, she had her own clothes in a little leather satchel and she stepped out of the house finding Klaus waiting for her. She looked him up and down and was hit with a bolt of lust. He was in black trousers, a black tunic that had silver detailing along the hem and neck, he had arm armour on over the tunic and his necklaces on display with a leather belt and sword holster, a long sword attached to him. He smirked seeing her seriously checking him out biting her lip.
"You fancy me in this." Klaus teased and she chuckled in disbelief.
"Fine. You lot hot. Like a dark knight." Caroline agreed amused and he flashed her a cheeky grin then pulled her closer by the hand looking her over himself. Caroline was wearing a white medieval dress that had black and silver embroidery along the hems and up her arms and over the dress she had on a matching black and silver waistcoat then a red velvet cloak on top with her long curly hair down.
"And you're beautiful, sweetheart." He smiled fondly and she shot him an amused look.
"I love the dress." Caroline admitted and he nodded with a smile.
"This isn't the worst spell ever." Klaus teased and she chuckled.
"Why? Because we're stuck together in the past?" Caroline questioned amused and he winked at her. "Where are we anyway?"
"England, 1491." Klaus replied and she stared at him.
"Isn't that around when you found Katherine?" Caroline tested and he nodded. "You're not going to do something silly like change history, right?" She checked.
"Catching her running away before she could turn has crossed my mind." Klaus confessed and she nodded.
"Klaus, if you change it, I won't be born." Caroline said and he looked stunned.
"What? Why?" Klaus questioned confused.
"Because when Katherine turned Stefan, he killed a bunch of the founder's including my ancestor's fiancé in the process." Caroline explained. "She then went on to marry Sheriff Forbes' son which is my line." She stated and he understood.
"So if Stefan doesn't turn, she'll marry the other one meaning your entire line will cease to exist." He said wide-eyed feeling a chill going through him at the thought of that.
"Yeah." She nodded and he gently squeezed her hand.
"Then I won't interfere and things can happen the way they did the first time." Klaus promised her.
"Really?" Caroline asked surprised, figuring that he could have come up with another solution.
"Caroline, I will never risk you not being born." Klaus said very seriously and she gave him a small smile. "Not for anything. Not even my curse." Klaus said and she felt her stomach flutter then she leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you." She said sincerely and he gave her a small smile as his cheek burned where she'd kissed him. "We totally match." She observed motioning to their clothes and he chuckled then held out his elbow again and she took it amused then they disappeared back to the tree. Caroline was surprised to see that Hayley, Camille and Freya were in really plain looking khaki green dresses and they looked at her confused.
"Where did you get that?" Hayley pointed to Caroline's dress.
"I found a seamstress. I'll show you if you want." Caroline offered.
"Do the dresses really matter?" Kol asked confused.
"Yes." Rebekah agreed when she appeared in a stunning red and white dress that was as beautiful as Caroline's along with a dark green cape over it. "Just because we're in the past doesn't mean we need to dress like peasants." She quipped and her brothers chuckled at her unsurprised while Caroline shot her an amused look as did Freya and both Camille and Hayley rolled their eyes at her being a total snob.
"We're in England, 1491." Elijah said looking at Klaus while both Kol and Rebekah stared at him waiting for a reaction.
"Yes, I suggest we get out of the area as soon as possible to avoid changing our timeline." Klaus confirmed and his siblings gaped at him.
"You don't want to change it?" Kol asked wide-eyed.
"No." Klaus denied.
"Because of Hope?" Freya asked and he stared at her.
"Yes. That's why." Klaus answered surprising them because he was clearly lying and looked like he'd forgotten about that part.
"Why else?" Elijah asked suspiciously.
"That's irrelevant. We need to go find witches who don't know who we are." Klaus said pointedly and his siblings looked so confused. "What about that Russian line?" He suggested.
"It'll take us months to get there." Rebekah said disbelieving. "You have an arsenal of witches in this time." She said like it was obvious.
"We cannot go meet our past selves. It could change everything." Klaus said like that was moronic.
"What about the Irish witches?" Kol suggested.
"They know who we are." Klaus said like it was obvious.
"How would we even get to Russia?" Rebekah asked deadpan.
"A boat across the Channel to Germany then we'll ride up. It won't take that long." Klaus commented dismissively.
"Wouldn't it be faster just to swim across?" Caroline asked doubtfully.
"Not for her." Kol smirked pointing to Camille and Caroline inhaled.
"You're human." Caroline said with furrowed brows as she couldn't possibly understand why the originals would keep a human around.
"So?" Camille asked defensively.
"Don't be rude." Klaus said to Camille annoyed and she looked like she'd been slapped while Kol, Rebekah and Hayley shot him amused looks for being so protective of Caroline.
"Anyway, we should find some horses and get going." Elijah interjected.
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They found a horse stable area then compelled themselves some horses. Rebekah pulled herself up on hers side-saddle and Caroline understood that's how women rode in that time, so she did the same on hers and Klaus smirked at the sight as he trotted over to her. Hayley was sitting behind Elijah because she'd never ridden before and Camille was sitting behind Freya since Klaus was completely ignoring her to talk to Caroline - it was infuriating her.
"How do you possibly know how to ride side-saddle?" Klaus asked Caroline amused as their horses walked side by side on the dirt track leading out of the village, with Elijah and Kol riding ahead of them and Freya and Rebekah riding behind them.
"I grew up riding horses and I was a total Disney princess as a kid, what do you think?" Caroline teased and he chuckled at that understanding that as a little girl she'd had princess fantasies. "Part of me is very tempted to go find a castle and compel myself into being queen of it." She admitted amused and he cracked a laugh.
"We could if you want." Klaus teased and she giggled at him.
"And you'd be king?" Caroline smirked.
"Always." He winked and she shot him an amused look.
"We're not going to get very far travelling this slowly." Rebekah muttered.
"What's your rush? Do you smell the air?" Kol questioned. "It's glorious." He grinned amusing his brothers.
"It really does smell so good." Caroline said kind of in awe and Klaus flashed her a smile. "So roughly where in England are we?" She asked Klaus curiously.
"We're in upper Wiltshire." Klaus answered. "Approximately the modern day equivalent of Swindon. We're not far from Bristol." He explained.
"So that's close to Wales, right?" Caroline asked and he nodded with a small smile. "So are we going to get a boat from what would be Southampton?"
"Yes, we're more likely to find a suitable boat there." He agreed.
"How many miles is that?" Caroline asked curiously.
"Probably about 60 miles. It's not far." He said and she nodded.
"Take us about two days to get there?" She asked him and he looked at the horses.
"The horses are fit so they should be able to travel a bit further than 30 miles in a day, but on the other hand do we really want to spend the entire day galloping?" Klaus asked her doubtfully making her chuckle.
"You could just pick the human up and we could run there." Caroline pointed out amusing him.
"If humans travel too far at our speed they get ill and the last thing we need is her vomiting everywhere for hours." Klaus countered and she scrunched her nose while Camille deadpanned as she'd faintly been able to hear him say that. "Are you in a hurry?" He asked her curiously.
"Actually no, not personally. Maybe I'm weird but I'm super excited about being in the 15th century. Few people can say that." Caroline flashed him a grin and he chuckled fondly at her.
"You won't be when it hits you that there are no showers or deodorant or equal rights for women." Rebekah commented and Caroline shot her an amused look over her shoulder.
"Yeah, but we can eat any human guys that give us shit. Who cares?" Caroline smirked at her and Rebekah flashed her a cheeky grin as did Klaus while Kol, Elijah, Freya and Hayley chuckled and Camille was still grumpy as hell about this vampire she'd never heard of before.
"So true." Rebekah agreed amused and Caroline winked at her.
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After a couple of hours of riding, Camille started complaining about being hungry and Klaus was kind of amused by Caroline deadpanning and rolling her eyes but she bit her tongue. Eventually they came to a little town, so they tied up their horses then went to an alehouse and got some food. Klaus drained someone into a pitcher then poured glasses of blood for each of the vampires while Camille scrunched her nose in distaste as she shovelled down her food.
There was an inn nearby but there were only three rooms, so Camille and Hayley shared one, Rebekah and Freya shared one and Elijah and Kol shared the last while Klaus and Caroline said they'd go find a human home to sleep in for the night.
"Where are you going?" Klaus asked confused, seeing Caroline wandering towards the woods.
"I want to run and breathe in the woods." Caroline smiled looking a bit enchanted by the time period and he smiled at her at little.
"Do you want time to yourself?" Klaus queried and she shot him an amused look.
"Race you." Caroline teased then disappeared and he smirked then bolted after her - he did love the chase after all. He appeared in front of her about a mile later and she chuckled as she stopped. "Cheater." She teased and he shot her an amused look.
"No, really, Caroline." He paused as his brows furrowed. "Are you okay?" He asked gently.
"In the back of my mind I'm a little freaked out that time travel is even possible let alone that I'm in a time that's literally five hundred years before I was born." She admitted. "But it's not scaring me or anything. If we're stuck in the past, I'll deal with it but I'm not worried because you're here. You wouldn't let anything bad happen to me." She said without a doubt and he smiled as his hand gently cupped her cheek.
"I would never." He promised her. "We're going to be just fine." He assured and she smiled and nodded.
"I know." Caroline agreed gently. "But I have to ask you something." She said and he nodded for her to continue. "How do people wash in this time?" She tested.
"Unless you were filthy rich with your own well it consisted of basically boiling water on a fireplace then filling up a wooden tub which took ages or doing a sort of sponge bath." He explained.
"Well the rivers are clean in this time, right?" Caroline asked amusing him.
"Yes." He agreed with a nod. "Why? Do you feel like you want to do that now?" He queried.
"In our time I shower twice a day." Caroline admitted and he nodded.
"Likewise." He agreed surprising her. "Well, you don't want to sleep with the day's residue on your body nor do you want to spend the day in your dried in sleep sweats, so it's only practical."
"I know, right? Everyone thinks I'm weird but it's just common sense." She agreed amusing him.
"I don't think that's weird." He shook his head and she smiled. "There's a river not too far." He motioned behind him and she stared at him. "Nothing I haven't seen before, love." He smirked and she shot him an amused look.
"Fine." She nodded amused.
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Caroline hung up her dress and cloak on a tree branch to avoid them getting wet then she stripped off her bra and underwear and hopped into the deep river where Klaus already was leaning back, running his hands through his hair to rinse out the day's gunk, his clothes lying on top of the satchel he had for his modern clothes. Klaus looked up when he heard her groan and saw that she was cupping her hands in the water then drinking it amusing him.
"Very fresh water." Klaus agreed amused.
"It's amazing." She said wide-eyed and he nodded amused. "Humans totally suck for destroying the planet." She muttered making him chuckle.
"There are plenty of places that still smell like this and the water tastes like this." Klaus replied surprising her. "But the thing that you'll really notice a difference with is the blood. Human blood in this time is clean and pure, free from toxins, preservatives and pollution."
"Yeah, I have to admit that blood at dinner was mind-blowing." Caroline agreed then dunked under the water. She came back up then brushed her wet hair back away from her face. "Do you want to just sleep in the woods?" She asked and he nodded.
"Yes. I haven't slept in nature in years." Klaus agreed fondly.
"So what's the deal with the random human? Is she Hayley's friend?" Caroline questioned curiously.
"No, she's friends with me, Hayley, Elijah and Freya." Klaus replied surprising Caroline. "We met her through this other vampire in New Orleans called Marcellus as they were briefly involved." He explained. "She's usually alright company but I have to admit she's really getting on my nerves today. She hasn't stopped whining all day." He muttered amusing Caroline.
"I was a bit surprised how quiet Hayley's been." Caroline commented.
"We don't get along very well considering we want each other dead." Klaus remarked and she chuckled in disbelief. "And the witches have our daughter, so she's probably just worried. I am as well." He said with a sigh.
"I'm sure she's fine." Caroline said sincerely. "And we'll find a witch who'll send us back to the moment we left then you can kill them all." She reminded him and he smirked.
"Indeed." He agreed. "That's why I'm not worrying too much because whether we are able to return magically or we just have to wait, we can still walk in at the moment we were sent away then stop them, so it'll be fine." He decided.
"Are Hayley and Elijah a thing?" Caroline asked nosily.
"She seduced him while she was pregnant to ensure that he would protect her from me, he stupidly fell for her manipulation, believes he's in love with her then mere days after my daughter's birth she shagged him." Klaus said with distaste and Caroline's jaw fell open. "She married a werewolf and she's cheated on him with Elijah a few times I think." He shook his head.
"Why marry someone if you want to be with someone else?" Caroline asked confused. "There's literally no excuse to cheat." She stated.
"I agree." Klaus nodded.
"Well, I suppose we both have more reasons to feel that way." Caroline commented.
"Why do you?" He asked curiously.
"My dad cheated on my mom with a man for seven years before she found out about it then he left us for him." Caroline replied surprising him.
"There's certainly no excuse for that." Klaus agreed and she nodded.
"I know. I don't know how people who cheat can sleep at night knowing they're actively betraying someone who trusts them." She sighed and he watched her.
"I could never imagine you doing that." He remarked.
"Never." She shook her head. "No matter how cute his dimples." She smirked and he chuckled.
"Is that a dig, love?" Klaus asked amused.
"Not a dig, just teasing." Caroline smiled.
"But to clarify, I didn't want you to cheat on Tyler." Klaus pointed out with a smirk and she knew that he'd wanted her to leave Tyler for him.
"Kind of redundant now." Caroline countered.
"You didn't get back with him?" Klaus asked curiously and she shot him an amused look.
"No." She denied and he stared at her.
"So you're single." Klaus realised and she snickered at the calculation in his eyes.
"Yes." She agreed amused and he smirked wickedly.
"Now I'm definitely in no rush to return to the future." He teased and she chuckled at him.
"You live in New Orleans." Caroline reminded him amused.
"So?" Klaus asked. "I have a plane." He reminded her.
"I'm insecure and jealous. Long distance wouldn't work for me." Caroline pointed out and he flashe her a small smile.
"You know fine well that I'd never even notice that other women still existed." Klaus countered amused and her stomach fluttered involuntarily. She stared at him then sighed in realisation.
"We're totally going to end up having sex in the woods again." Caroline realised and he chuckled at that as his arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her flush against his naked body and she stared into his eyes.
"That was the best afternoon ever." Klaus teased and she giggled as her insides fluttered again.
"Well, you definitely didn't waste your time on earth." She commented amused and he chuckled. He stared into her eyes as his hand ran over her cheek with a small smile on his face and Caroline saw the pure adoration in his eyes and she'd forgotten how the way he looked at her affected her.
"I'm not going to push you into anything, sweetheart." Klaus promised sincerely. "I don't want you to be with me through pressure or manipulation or seduction, I want you to choose me." Klaus explained gently and her stomach fluttered. "So as much as I look forward to our next woodland romp." He smirked and she giggled. "It won't be tonight." He said fondly then kissed her cheek and she couldn't help melting a little bit because he was so sweet to her.
"Maybe we should seize the opportunity to really get to know each other while we're stuck in the past." Caroline put forward and he smiled surprised.
"Well, I would certainly like to do that." Klaus agreed fondly and she smiled.
"Me too." Caroline agreed and his insides fluttered with excitement because it was a step forward finally. "Though maybe we should stop the naked hugging. I do have baby vamp hormones remember." She teased and he cracked a laugh at the blunt blonde then let go of her and she giggled then splashed him with the water.
"Two can play at that game, love." He smirked wickedly then lunged at her and she squealed then ducked under the water and swam away from him and he chuckled then followed her - as always.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this and if you have any suggestions or requests for scenes or character interactions, I'd love to read them! :)