Farewell

Caroline sighed as she opened the door of her house and she threw her bag in the dim light of the hall.

She had spent the whole day with Elena, who was struggling with her new vampire nature. She was now a vampire and not even the most powerful spell could change that, the sooner she accepted it the better. She had completed her transition a few months ago and since then Caroline had been the who had helped her through this rather unstable phase of her life.

She had been her teacher and her anchor, in fact she was the one who could better understand how Elena was feeling since she had been a vampire only for a couple of years and besides, shortly after the transition, Stefan and Damon left Mystic Falls because Elena had made clear that she could no longer choose one of them, she didn't consider herself worth breaking the brothers' bond beyond repair.

That's how Mystic Falls, hometown of obscure and deadly creatures had been cleaned out. The only vampires left were Caroline, Elena and the Mikaelson family, that for some secret reason had decided to settle in Mystic Falls even after Klaus' evil plans had miserably failed.

There was something different in her house on that night, but Caroline was not sure of what caused the hair on the back of her neck to stand on end. She stood still trying to catch any noise or scent coming from inside, being the Sheriff's daughter she had learned to be careful, for danger hardly ever had its name sent in. Her supernatural senses made her aware that there was something wrong within the house, someone had broken in.

She got ready for the fight -living in a city like Mystic Falls she always had to be ready to confront an enemy. She looked around expecting an armed member of the Council ready to shoot her with vervain.

She wouldn't have been surprised, the Council had been creeping around her for months now waiting for the moment to catch her by surprise, unaware that even when she wasn't paying attention, someone else, much older and stronger, was looking out for her, ready to go on a killing spree in order to protect her precious existence.

Suddenly a shadow appeared on the top of the stairs and Caroline immediately jumped towards it baring her fangs. She was lead by a brutal survival instinct telling her that the only way she was going to come out of that battle alive was to take it by surprise.

She wasn't strong and her technical skills were rather rough and predictable, that was why she was often used as a bait. She knew how it was to be knocked out unexpectedly and it was time to reverse roles.

The shadow, which apparently was that of a man, noticed her immediately as if it had been waiting for her. He was much stronger and slammed her against the wall.

"I wasn't expecting such a warm welcoming, Love" Sweet British accent. Of course it was him -him paying unexpected visits at her house in the dead of night.

Caroline rolled her eyes, she should have imagined that it was Klaus. She had done her best to avoid him since the day he had got his own body back, she couldn't help but blaming him for Tyler's death and for having tricked her into kissing him while he was controlling his body.

Bonnie had done her best to make the spell work, but after trying to save Elena she was just too weak to succeeded in the body swap. She had barely enough strength to put Klaus back in his own body, but she couldn't get Tyler back in his own. His soul slipped away and his heart stopped beating. Caroline was broken beyond repair.

"Would you mind keeping your claws away from me, Niklaus?" She groaned annoyed.

Klaus let go of her, but he stayed close to her body, so close that Caroline could see the reflection of her face in his eyes.

"So..." She asked getting slowly farther from him "To what do I owe the... Let's pretend it's pleasure?"

"I'm leaving" He answered peacefully.

Caroline tried to act cool, but a part of her was willing to beg him to stay: it didn't matter how much she acted annoyed when he got close to her, she liked to think that no matter how many times she walked away from him, he would always follow her. She took comfort in the thought that, after all, he was becoming less of sociopath and she cherished the hope that someday he would have changed.

"Wh... When?" She stuttered.

She wanted to bite her tongue, she didn't mean to sound so desperate! After all he was still the Evil Hybrid who had destroyed her friends' lives.

"Tomorrow night" He told her with that wicked smirk of his. A smirk that Caroline shouldn't have known so well "and I want you to come with me"

She shook her head "I can't, Klaus" She answered trying to sound firm and convinced.

"I wasn't asking" He replied softly, trying to persuade her to follow him by her own will. He would have hated to take her forcefully, but he would have done it with no regrets if he had no other choice.

"I have to stay here, Elena needs my help and I have to keep an eye on Matt to make sure he's safe with your sister and Kol... And then there's my mom..." She babbled confused.

He wasn't trying to compel her, but his eyes were so magnetizing that she found it hard to think straight when the only thing she wanted was to pull him close to her.

"They trust me, I can't disappoint them" She told him, gathering finally the strength to deny her feelings for him and her desire to follow him wherever he wanted to lead her.

"I understand it" He told her caressing her cheek and pulling his face closer to hers "but I can't leave, knowing that the Council is after you"

If Caroline's heart could still beat, she was sure that by that moment it would have already jumped off her chest.

"I will be okay, Elijah will be here I'll turn to him if I need help" She told him, trying to persuade herself, more than him, to believe her own words "You don't want to snap my neck and kidnap me, do you?"

He ignored her question, which was supposed to be a joke even if her shaky voice made her sound frightened. His baby blue eyes bore into hers, scanning them for any trace of conflicting emotions. There was plenty of it.

Her skin was on fire, she felt like she had a fever and Klaus' lips were the only remedy. But he did not kiss her, not on her mouth anyway, he just caressed her forehead with his lips and then he pulled away gazing intensely into her eyes for a moment as if he was waiting for her next move.

But Caroline didn't move, she just stood there looking at him dumbfounded. She wanted to take him back and kiss him deeply, but her body did not respond her, it was like her own will had left.

"I guess this is a farewell, Love" He sighed sadly.

Then he disappeared quickly leaving Caroline with the sensation that she had only imagined him.

As soon as she found herself alone she could start to breathe again, of course she didn't need to, but she couldn't help but maintaining such a human habit.

The girl walked to the open window and pulled away the curtain blowing with the chilly night breeze. She inhaled the mellow scent of the upcoming rain and she gazed sadly into the night, realizing that now nobody would have taken care of her.

What will Caroline do now? Will she follow her heart or her voice of reason?

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