Truth Be Told

by MisfitShips

Klaroline AU. Niklaus Mikaelson, a notorious prisoner known around the world for his chilling crimes, has been transferred to a new facility run by a man named Elijah. While there, Niklaus' new psychiatrist Caroline Forbes is going to do whatever she can to learn everything there is to know about this man. Little does she know, there's more to the story than she thinks...

1. Prologue

London, 1924.

"Sweetheart, sweetheart, no, stay with me love," Niklaus ran to her, scooping her up in his hands and fighting the tears that threatened to fall as he witnessed the love of his life dying before his eyes.

She looked up at him, her eyes wide with shock as she felt the wood pierce her heart. Her vision started to blur around her and memories of her life began to resurface. She was ready to die. As long as she was in his arms, she could appreciate that they had spent an eternity together. Their own eternity, loving each other, traveling the world, and relishing every moment of life that they were granted. Reluctantly at first, they had embraced their new lives of immortality, and despite the running, despite the blood, despite the loss of a family that they had both longed for, to die by his side would be the best way to die.

Niklaus was cradling her in his arms and trying to stay strong as she started to grey over. He silenced when she brought her hand up to his cheek. "Always and forever," she mouthed, and that sent him over the edge. He was openly crying now, yearning for some help. Heaven knew he didn't deserve it, but if there was a god out there, or any sort of divine intervention that could save her, that could take him instead, he was more than willing. He would die for her any day.

Then the world stopped spinning. She stilled in his arms and his tears stopped falling. His face turned cold, hard, and he sat there with her in his arms, never letting her go, but deciding that at this point, this was the day the life he knew was over. He would never let this happen again. If this was what it felt like for your life to be "blessed" with love, if in the end it always ended in hurt, then love really was a vampire's greatest weakness. Love was not something that he could any longer afford, because he could never feel this pain again, and he would never let anyone lose their lives for him again. This was the day that Niklaus Mikaelson would become the heartless monster that everyone believed him to be.