I woke up and my body was on fire. I forced my eyes open and saw rock everywhere. Rock? I tried to sit up but I realized my hands were tied behind my back. I was also tied to a rock bigger than Hulk and the ropes where stinging me. I tried to free myself but the vervain kept burning my skin. I looked around and saw Tyler passed out and tied to a different rock about the same size. 'This is awesome' I thought petulantly. 'It's our anniversary and we're both tied up to rocks and dying.' Gosh, of course I was thinking about my anniversary when I was on the verge of death.
"Tyler?" I ask. He looks up from his lashes and scans the cave.
"Where the hell are we?" he says in a wavering voice. I can tell he is trying to not to panic.
"My guess is that we're in the cave"
"The cave…?" he blinked confused. "The cave that Katherine was stuck in?"
"I think so…" I say while racking my brain for reasons why we would be captured here. There had to be a reason our enemy wanted us specifically. Me and Tyler… a vampire and a werewolf. Then the realization hit me. Katherine did this, it was so clear now, the Sacrifice, Klaus -
"Caroline?" Tyler looked at me concerned.
"I know who did this to us! It was Katherine, she is going to use us for the Sacrifice Ritual."
"Okay but why us? Katherine could've used anyone else"
"No, Tyler she couldn't have! The ritual needs a vampire and a werewolf and that's exactly what we are" I snap. Tyler looked away and closed his eyes. It felt like a century of silence was passed between both of us.
"How are you going to get out of here?" Tyler finally asked.
"How am I? Seriously Tyler? We both need to get out of here"
"No" he swallowed. "I have to stay here Care, it's a full moon tonight and I can't risk you getting hurt. I need to stay tied up – "
"You are not staying here to be tied up like a dog" I interrupt.
"Why not? I do this every full moon and time is running out" he pauses. "I can feel it; my bones are going to start breaking any second. We need to get you out of here and fast" I heard leaves crunching and turned to the opening at the cave. There was a guy standing there with dark hair and a smirk that never seemed to leave his face.
"Hey blondie" Damon said. I scowled and turned away. I still hated him for abusing me as a human. Unlike Elena, I wouldn't let his good looks affect my judgment. He sauntered in and took out a huge knife and cut open the rope around my wrists. I realized he had gloves on as he put the rope into a pocket in his leather jacket. "Thanks" I muttered. Damon grabbed my arm and started to yank me out of the cave.
"Wait! What do you think you are doing? We need to help Tyler!" I exclaimed while he rolled his eyes.
"No can do" he said uninterested. "My job was to save you. And look!" he smiled "You're untied! Let's go" he grabbed my arm again and I pulled away.
"What would Elena want you to do? She would want you to save Tyler – her friend!"
"Since when where Tyler and Elena friends?" he asked. I gave him a pointed look and he sighed. "Fine" Damon said. "You should be thankful that I decided to wear gloves today. That wolf better not bite me."
"Uh… that wolf has a name you know" Tyler said with annoyance coloring his tone. Damon ignored that and pulled out the knife again. "Stop" Tyler said forcefully. Damon raised an eyebrow and Tyler explained "I need to stay tied up otherwise someone could get hurt" he looked over at me as he said it.
"Ugh, we don't have time for this! Damon, untie him now! I'm not letting Klaus use you for some creepy sacrifice ritual" I say frustrated. Tyler tried to stop him but Damon was still faster and cut the rope quickly.
"We need to get out of here so wolf boy can go tie himself up somewhere where Klaus and Katherine can't find him" Damon said. He grabbed Tyler and ran. I followed him and once he saw I was outside, he started to run vampire speed. I kept up with him and we almost made it when Tyler started screaming and pushed Damon away from him. He fell to the ground and used his arms to cover his head.
"Tyler! Are you okay?" I couldn't help myself and I ran to him and pulled him into my arms.
"Caroline, get away from me!" he pushed me away with pain written all over his face. Crack! His bones were starting to break. I looked up and saw a full moon.
"I'm not leaving you here" I snap and I walk towards him. "I know you won't hurt me" I bring him into my arms again. He starts shaking and muttering "get away from me." Then his pain seems to leave him and all I see is a sadistic rage take over his eyes.
"GET AWAY!" he roared and I felt a sting at my arm. Before I could see what it was, Damon grabbed me and took off running. I tried to break away, but Damon was a lot stronger than me and he didn't stop running until we were in his house. He put me down and I pushed him against the door.
"Damon! Why did you – " I sputter angrily.
"Tyler bit you!" he snapped. I realized we were standing really close - too close. I couldn't let the painful memories of Damon biting me take over. I suddenly felt nauseous and sick. I stepped back quickly and looked away. I cleared my mind and kept my face neutral. I couldn't let him see how weak I was.
"No" I say shaking my head. I looked around the room, at the lamp, at anything but my arm. "Tyler wouldn't do that" Tyler was different, Tyler wasn't Damon.
"Caroline –" Damon said gently.
"Tyler isn't you! Okay? He would never hurt me!" I yell. His eyes flashed at me angrily and he grabbed my arm. "No!" I tried to pull away but he grabbed my arm with strength I forgot he had. He rolls the sleeve of my shirt up and there it was. A werewolf bite.
I forcefully pull my arm away the minute his grasp loosens. I start to study the carpet on his floor. I can't let him see the tears that were threatening to fall.
"I have to go" Damon said getting up. "Elena is at the ritual and I promised her I would keep you safe." I felt him grab me and I felt the stinging of vervain again. He had tied me to a chair with the ropes from the cave. He then took off his gloves and shoved them in his pocket. So that was why he decided to wear the gloves. I forced the lump in my throat down and glared up at him,
"What the hell? You untie me just to tie me up again?"
"Don't get any ideas blondie. I can't have you barging into the ritual. Elena can't lose you also"
"ALSO? Is Bonnie is there? I can't just sit here when all of my friends are at that damn ritual" I say.
"You are staying here. And of course Bonnie is there, she is actually useful" he grabbed a small glass vile from the desk and started to walk out.
"Oh so I'm useless?" I say. "I can help! I'm strong now"
"No you can't Caroline. You are stupid, weak, and still useless." He then slammed the door. I glared daggers at the door. Then the nauseous feeling returned and didn't go away. Then I saw Damon appear out of nowhere. He looked at me and blood was dripping from his mouth.
"No" I whimper. "Go away" I say and I swat him away. For some reason my hand goes right through him. "What?" I stutter. He ignores me and smiles,
"But I'm just so extremely hungry Caroline" he says seductively. Then he bites into my neck. The pain is so excruciating, it was a million times worse than all the other times Damon had bit me as a human. His sharp teeth felt like razors against my skin. I screamed and he just kept drinking. I felt his wet tongue all over my neck and I started shuddering. Please stop. Please stop. Please stop.
After what felt like an eternity of pain and disgust he was gone. I relaxed and the throbbing of my neck just disappeared. I looked around and saw that nothing changed around the house. It was probably a hallucination from the bite. But before I could relax I saw Tyler. He was looking at the wall with those unnatural golden eyes he got when he was turning.
"Tyler?" I hiccupped. He kept on studying the wall and said,
"Look, you know how I feel about Caroline Forbes" he said. Suddenly, he was talking to Matt. "She's an insecure, neurotic bitchy little twit." No, it was the bite that was affecting me, this wasn't real, and none of this was real. But the words kept of repeating in my head, tearing at my heart every single time. More words were said from Tyler, Damon, Elena, Bonnie, Stefan… I finally gave in and starting screaming and covering my eyes but the noise of their hatred kept getting louder. Damon was yelling in my ear telling me I was useless and superficial and I couldn't pretend I didn't care anymore. I cared too damn much about what others thought. My emotions where taking over me.
For a moment, all I wanted was for an emotionless murderer to kill me. Klaus. I wanted him here to kill me. I've never met him before but I imagined him to look as terrifying as he was. I knew he was heartless and had no emotions. Dying seemed like the best way to escape the pain and grief that haunted me. I felt the thumping of my heart and the words, so many words slicing into me. I closed my eyes and whimpered "Please make it stop"
I opened my eyes and the words stopped, they were gone. I almost sighed but I froze when I saw my mom and my dad. They were fighting again, yelling about money and having to pay for their baby girl. But this time they both had guns and they were aiming them at each other.
"You tore our family apart" dad said to me in a strained voice. "You did this to us, if you hadn't been born, we would have never had issues with paying for rent. We never would have fought like this."
"Daddy, please, I'm so sorry"
"No you're not" he said and he shot my mother.
Time seemed to stop as my mother fell limp. Nausea started to take over, suffocating me. I forgot how to breathe and I fell to the ground still attached to the wooden chair and crawled towards her. My heartbeat was thumping thumping thumping. Tears clouded my vision. I wanted to lie down next to my mom and die with her. I heard gunfire and next thing I knew my daddy was dead.
"NO!" I screamed. "I'm so sorry" It was like I was a broken record machine that couldn't seem to stop apologizing. "I'm so sorry for existing" It felt like I spent eternity just inhaling. The pain eventually took over me and all I saw was darkness.
I woke up in a moving car. My body was still aching from the hallucinations I got last night. At least, I hoped they weren't real. The bite made it hard to see what was real or not. I saw Tyler and tried to sit up. Apparently, the bite had made me so weak that I was unable to move. I whimpered and saw that Stefan was driving. Tyler heard me and whispered "shhh" into my ear; he then pulled me into his arms. Was this really happening right now? "If Klaus knows a way to heal you…" his voice cracked "I need to get out of town Caroline, I can't risk hurting you" tears filled his eyes and he continued "I don't think I will ever be able to live with myself if I hurt you again." I tried to say something but he interrupted, "If you end up dying because of me," he swallows and looks away.
"Tyler, if I die –" I say weakly.
"Don't talk like that Caroline! I can't, I can't live with this guilt"
"Yes you can Tyler, I know you and you will be able to get through this. If I get healed then we'll just forget that this ever happened. Okay?" I say hopefully. Tyler just shook his head and kept staring at my arm, at the bite.
"Nothing will ever be the same again" he said as Stefan stopped the car. Tyler then carried me out of the car and onto the porch of a large mansion.
Stefan looked at me with pity and knocked on the door. I hated that look.
"Klaus, it's me Stefan" he said. I heard footsteps slowly getting louder and louder. An extremely hot guy opened the door. He was the type of guy that people would stop to stare at. He smiled at Stefan and I couldn't help but notice his dimples.
"Stefan" he said in a British accent. "What a lovely surprise" I was not attracted to him. At least that was what I kept telling myself.
"This is Klaus?" I heard Tyler say which snapped me out of my trance. Stefan nodded and it took all of me to not drop my jaw. Seriously? Did all bad guys have to be ridiculously attractive with gorgeous accents?
"Where are my manners" Klaus said looking straight at me. My heart did a flip as he said, "Please, come in" I had to lean on Tyler because I was so weak. But as we started to walk, Klaus said "Allow me" I had no idea what he was going to do until he picked me up and started to carry me bridal style into his house. A gasp escaped me, my heart was racing and I realized I was staring and quickly looked down. He was a murderer, and I couldn't – would not fall for him. I saw Tyler's jaw clench and he stared at us. Klaus set me down on a couch.
"I need to ask you for a favor" Stefan said.
"Really? Another favor?" Klaus said as he started to pour himself some whiskey. "Because I remember it was just yesterday when I spared your life and your brother's life."
"You also killed Jenna and Elena" Stefan said angrily.
"What?!" I squeaked. They were all staring at me now. Great. I cleared my throat. "Elena and Jenna are dead?" I asked shakily.
"No," Stefan said and I relaxed. "John sacrificed himself to save Elena, Bonnie performed a spell to save her. Unfortunately, Jenna is dead." I stiffened and glared at Klaus. He either didn't see me glaring or pretended to not notice.
"Rumor has it that you know how to cure a werewolf bite" Tyler said.
"Ah… yes I do know how to do that" Klaus took a sip of his drink amused that we needed him so much.
"You mind telling us how?" Stefan asked. Klaus looked up from his drink and glanced at me then he smiled.
"Katerina?" he said. Then Elena walked in. Wait no, it was Katherine. Elena would never wear something that low cut. He caressed her neck and I couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealously. I seriously hated myself right now. I had a boyfriend, Tyler, and he was in this very room. Klaus bit into Katherine's neck and she gasped and pushed him away. He then bit into his own arm and force fed his blood down her throat. The bite slowly disappeared.
"Your blood is the cure" Stefan realized.
"Nature works in strange ways" Klaus smirked.
"Can you heal Caroline then?" Tyler snapped. Klaus turned around sharply and but Tyler kept his ground.
"Can I heal her? Yes I can. Will I? No." he said.
"Why not?" Tyler yelled. Klaus grabbed his neck and lifted Tyler off the ground. I screamed and tried to get up but I was so tired and weak that I was barely able to push myself up. I fell back onto the couch when Klaus said,
"I am an Original vampire. You should treat me with a little respect. Why would I want to help the werewolf and vampire that inconvenienced my ritual?" Tyler's face starts to turn an unhealthy shade of purple and was gasping for air when Klaus threw him across the room. Tyler hit the wall, then got up and tried to lunge at Klaus when someone else grabbed him from behind. "Finn! Thank you" Klaus said to the man that was holding onto Tyler. The man said nothing and just nodded.
Stefan ran to attack Finn when a blonde tackles him to the ground.
"Remember me?" she smirks. Apparently he didn't because he glanced at me with a look that clearly said 'Who the fuck is this?'
"I should really kill all of you. You barge into my house asking me for yet another favor, and treat me with such low respect" Klaus says. My arm starts tingling and I scratch it. Please let this be a hallucination. I close my eyes but when I open them I'm still here and Klaus is still yelling threats at Tyler. My arm starts to become increasingly itchy and when I glance at it. The bite was gone.
I kept scratching it and even checked my other arm, afraid that I forgot which arm it was on. I felt strength slowly return to me as I was able to get up. Nobody else seemed to notice as I walked up to Finn who was torturing Tyler.
"Don't touch him" I say. I barley recognize my voice. Finn looked at me confused.
"You are threatening me? I'm Original vampire!" he laughs. Then he kicks Tyler in the stomach and Tyler says something along the lines of "Caroline get out"
"That's cute" Finn said chuckling. A new rage was building up in me. Was I really that useless and weak? All the memories of Damon abusing me, my father leaving started rushing back. The memories where flooding into my brain and I couldn't control the racing of my emotions. I felt like screaming and ripping down this whole entire house. I grabbed Finn and was about to attack him when I realized that he was screaming at my touch. The part that scared me was the fact that I liked it. It felt like power was coursing into my veins. I dropped Finn and he fell to the ground, dead.
"Nobody touch her" the blonde girl said pulling Stefan back protectively. Klaus started to walk towards me and said,
"You killed my brother" his voice emotionless.
"I –" I started
"Don't even apologize. I know you liked it, I saw it in your face" the blonde said angrily. "Don't give us that innocent look either. You're like a Venus fly trap, appealing and pretty as a flower on the outside and a monster on the inside."
"More like a Venus vampire trap" Klaus said amused.
"Nik! How can you be so forgiving?" the girl said. Klaus looked at me fascinated.
"Because my dear sister, I think this girl will be very useful to us" he then turned to her and said, "Rebekah, I think we can use her to kill Mikael. Plus, Finn was never faithful to us" The girl seemed to consider this and studied her dead brother on the ground.
"How about we strike a deal?" Rebekah said looking up at me with a cold, calculated stare. "You help us kill one person and we won't kill your little boyfriend." She puts her foot over Tyler's neck.
"No!" I yell as I reach out to push her away from Tyler.