I own nothing related to Vampire Diaries. This chapter contains spoilers from the last episodes of season 4. Eventually there is a death of a character later on in the chapters. This is my first Vampire Diaries fanfiction so I hope that you all enjoy and check out my other stories.

Caroline put down her red cap and gown by the stage. The football field was empty with the chairs still placed in front of the stage. She smiled at the gown thinking, wow she did it! She made it through high school! A familiar presence appears behind her. She wasn't surprised to see Klaus standing just steps from her. She smiles back at him as he stood with cool detachment, clearly happy to see her.

"How did you get here so fast?" she asked softly.

He took a few steps toward her.

"I was already on my way."

She tilted her head in confusion. He reached inside his coat pocket, pulling out an envelope.

"I received your graduation notice…very subtle," he smirked.

She giggled.

"So I take it you'll be wanting cash?" he asked her.

"That….or a mini fridge." She smiles at him.

"Well, I thought about offering you a first class ticket to New Orléans," he said but his demeanor changed to calm and soft, "But I opted for something that I knew you would accept."

He was in front of her now. She listened for him to speak again, not sure what to expect..

"Tyler is free to return to Mystic Falls," he finally said to her. Her face brightened with happiness and shock.

"What?" she asked him, not sure it she heard him right.

"He is your first love," he said watching her glow, "I intend to be your last."

He leaned forward enough to kiss her tenderly on the cheek, "Congratulations, Caroline."

She smiled at him at how sweet and gentle he was with her and only with her.

"Come on, let's go before 12 angry hybrids come to pick a fight," he said leading her away from the football with her giggling as they went.

Klaus said his final goodbyes as he vamped away from sight. Caroline waved as he went, feeling her inner excited little girl moment making her want to jump up and down with joy. She spun around with glee. She quickly grabbed her phone and called Tyler.

"Tyler? Klaus is letting you come back! You can come back. You can come home….to me! Please, come back." She hangs up with her phone to her heart and a tear rolling down her cheek.

Tyler listened to Caroline's voicemail. He could not believe it! He could go home!

"Tyler? Who was that?" Hayley asked with a sheet wrapped around her body. Tyler sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. What had he done? As far as he was concerned, Caroline has no idea. He turned his head around.

"Caroline. Apparently, Klaus is letting me go home."

She walks over to him. She could sense his dilemma.

"Tyler, can you really go back there? Your mother is gone and that town has brought nothing but drama and suffering. You have a family here with the pack."

Tyler sighed. Since he was chased out of Mystic Falls, he's gathered small wolf packs together and was named alpha male. He had responsibilities to up hold, but does he not owe something for Caroline? He sighed again. He missed her so much. He punched the wall and sat grudged on the chair nearby in frustration.

"You are going back to Mystic Falls, aren't you?" Hayley asked. Tyler looked up at her.

"I owe her that, Hayley. After everything, I owe everyone that."

A week later, Caroline was driving back from running an errand for her mom. There was still no word from Tyler. She sighed at the memory of him with her. Was he okay? Did he even get her message? This whole drama with the Silas problem was not helping her either. On top of that, Jeremy was back and Bonnie is a ghost. Ugh! So much goes on here. Can they not have a month without anything being a supernatural catastrophe? She parks her car as her phone bleeps that she has a text. She looks down at her phone.

Tyler: I'm back in town. Meet me at the old Lockwood property.

Caroline smiles from ear to ear. She didn't even bother driving. She bolted vampire style to the woods where she would meet Tyler. She paced the woods, scanning the area for him.

"Tyler?"

No one was there. Then she felt a presence coming toward her. She looked to see Tyler walking over to her.

"Tyler," she whispered knowing he could hear her.

"Caroline."

She zoomed to him and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back.

"Oh my god! I thought that I would never see you again! I missed you so much!" she choked back tears. He stroked her hair.

"What made Klaus decide to let me back in?" he asked her.

"It was a graduation present. He's gone. He's in New Orleans! We can be together now!" she said leaning in to kiss him passionately. He stopped her.

"What's wrong?" she asked him. He sighed and turned away from here, walking a few steps. "Tyler?"

He turned around to face her. "A lot has changed since I left, Care."

"What does that mean?" she asked him. As if on cue, Hayley appeared with a few other werewolves behind her. "Hayley? Tyler, what is going on here?"

Tyler walked to step in front of the werewolf group.

"While I was away, I found werewolves who needed help. I brought them together and became their leader. When I heard your voicemail, I was excited but yet sad. It reminded me of the past and what I lost because of this town."

"Tyler, what are you saying?" Caroline asked him.

"I'm saying that I have nothing here for me. I can't stay here without putting more people in danger and I can't leave these people. They have become a new family for me, Care."

"You had me!" Caroline started crying.

"No, I lost you when you found out about me and Hayley, when I saw that drawing Klaus gave you, when I bit you and when Klaus kicked me out of town. You don't deserve me, Caroline."

She vamped to him, "No, Tyler, please don't say that! We can be together and be happy again! Please don't leave me again!"

Tyler went up to her, kissing her forehead. He hugged her one last time.

"Find someone, Caroline. Be happy. Live your life."

She started crying. In that instant, they were gone with her crying in the grass.

Caroline didn't know how long she had been there crying but eventually she stood up with her phone ringing. Elena was calling her, probably wondering where she was. She picked up the phone as she started telling her best friend what happened.

Klaus wandered the streets of New Orleans, observing the rich culture and music. These were things he wished Caroline was here to see. Then something twinges his heart. He felt something was wrong. The first thing that came into his head was Caroline. Was something wrong? Was she in danger? Then again it was Mystic Falls and she was probably mixed up in another drama fest between supernatural beings. No, this was different. She wasn't in danger. He waited to sense something. He suddenly felt sadness and betrayal. He looked toward the direction that Mystic Falls would be. Caroline was upset and someone betrayed her. He picked up his phone, still facing the same direction of her town. After a few rings, she answered the phone.

"Klaus, I am not in the mood for phone stalking," she tried to say in a straight voice. Klaus could sense her despair.

"Caroline, what happened?" was all he said to her. He heard her pause and sniff with a sigh.

"It's nothing, okay? Nothing."

"Come now, love. Something is bothering you. You can't hide it from me."

He heard her sigh with a shudder.

"Caroline, please answer me," he said tenderly.

"Tyler came back and….." she choked back tears fighting to be released, "he only came back to tell me that we couldn't be together." Klaus growled at the sound of her struggling to keep it together.

"Why would he say that?"

"He said that he found a new family and it looks like he's back together with Hayley. He said that he didn't deserve me and that there was nothing for him back home anymore."

Klaus put the phone to his side to sigh back his rage. How dare Tyler betray her! She has done nothing but dodge his advances so she could remain loyal to Tyler. All her efforts and struggles were wasted and she knew it. If he ever saw Tyler again, Klaus would surely avenge her pain for her and only her. His instinct was right about her feelings.

"Caroline, listen to me. Tyler was not worthy of your caliber. He dishonors you with this. You deserve much better than someone weak like him. You deserve everything the world has to offer you," he said to her softly.

"Thank you," she said finally in control of her emotions, "I have to go now, Klaus."

"Alright, love. My offer for you still stands. All you have to do is ask."

With that she hung up. He put his phone away with a bit of hope on his face. He hated how it happened but was hoping that one day he would have a chance with her again. He sighs and walks through the crowd of people.

A witch steps out of her hiding spot in the ally. With the phone to her ear, she listens for him to pick up.

"Josh, I know how we can to Klaus. Find what you can about this Caroline. I think that since he was last in Mystic Falls, she might be there. Find her and do what you can to hold her until I get there with the others. …..Yes, in order to get his cooperation we need the leverage. Text me when you find her. I'll be seeing you." She puts her phone away and walks into the shaded ally alone.

Caroline walked out of the Grill with Elena beside her. Jeremy walked with them. With Tyler leaving her and Bonnie now a ghost, everyone was in depression mode. Jeremy tagged along to help the friends take to each other. He was not pleased with what Bonnie did to bring him to life again.

"This town is just cursed," Elena said. The others nodded in agreement.

"There has not been a drama free moment. Nothing seems to work out in the end," Caroline said.

"I would say that none of this would have started if I hadn't met Stefan but none of this was his or anyone's fault but mine," Elena said taking a seat on a nearby picnic table.

"Elena, you can't blame yourself for what you have no control over," Jeremy said, "And Bonnie agrees."

"But that's the thing. Because I'm the doppelgänger, we have had nothing but death, pain and suffering. It's like I'm a homing beacon for supernatural beings. Even with our plans, they always seem to backfire against us in the worst way. Now none of us can have a normal human life. We were all somehow affected by vampires, werewolves and magic. We have lost so much in the past two years alone."

"Elena, please stop feeling like this. Sure that you and I are vampires, Tyler's a werewolf, and Jeremy can see dead people and Bonnie is a witch, but things happen for a reason. You can't beat yourself up every time something bad happens to us. We are in this thing together. We can overcome anything, Elena. You just need to keep holding on to hope," Caroline said trying to liven up the atmosphere.

Elena gave a fake smile and sighed.

"I wonder what Silas will do now that Katherine took the cure. He can't die now. There's no reason to intimidate us anymore," Jeremy wondered out loud.

"I don't know, but we haven't seen or heard from him since then. I bet with our luck that he will try to find some way to get back at me for giving her the cure. She sure as hell isn't happy with me either," Elena replied playing with a leaf on the table.

"I would have loved to see her face! She probably thinks that everyone will just kill her now so that must mean that she took off. I truly think that she won't do anything to us anymore with her being human again," Caroline smirked with that picture in her head.

Then a strange guy walks up to the group. He was semi tall with black hair and dark skin and eyes. He looked to be in his early 20s. The group watched him approach.

"Hi, Josh," Jeremy waved.

"How do you know him?" Elena asked.

"He was at the Grill the other night. We hung out and played pool. He's moving in town."

"If I remember correctly, I beat you five times," Josh smirked.

"Wow, beating Jeremy five times?" Elena mocked.

"Okay, first of all it was three times and second I had a bad pool stick."

"Riiiight," Caroline rolled her eyes.

"Alright, Josh this is Elena, my sister, and her best friend, Caroline."

"Nice to meet you, guys," Josh smiled.

"Josh is a warlock," Jeremy added.

Both of the friends' eyebrows shot up.

"Really?" Elena whispered.

"It's all good, I already sensed what you guys are," he noticed the vampires' worry looks, "Look, I'm not here to do anything. I'm just trying to do what you guys are doing, trying to live a happy normal life."

"Well, you picked the wrong place for that," Caroline scoffed.

"I bet, but this town will better tolerate me than others," he smiled. His phone went off. He checked his message. It was from his mother.

'Did you find her?"

"My mother," he explained to the others.

'sitting w her now.' He sent and put his phone away.

Caroline's phone went off.

"Mom needs me for something, I'll talk to you guys later," Caroline said standing up to leave.

"Nice meeting you, Caroline," Josh said as she left.

Gina walked the streets of New Orleans. She walked around the crowds and tuned out the obnoxious noise of the night's party. She had to find Klaus. She was following him today since Josh texted her. She had him in her sights but Klaus must have gotten lost in the crowd. She rounded a corner when she saw him, standing right in front of her.

"You've been following me all day," he said then grabbed her by the neck and thrust her against the wall in the ally, "And I want to know why a witch is following me."

She grabbed his arm with little hope of being able to get him off her. She tried to talk but he held her too tightly. He must have noticed because he threw deeper inside the ally way.

"Tell me, NOW!" he snarled as he advanced to her.

She gasped as she pushed herself away from him before reaching in her pocket. She pulled out her phone.

"I need your help," she choked.

"And what makes you think that I would even consider helping you with anything?" he growled he grabbed her by the collar of her jacket pulling her up to his face.

She quickly typed in her phone, "Because…." She showed him the front of the phone, "Because if you don't then Caroline will never see the light of day again."

Klaus looked stunned to see that video of Caroline talking with her friends near the Grill. The image of her made him let go of the witch, holding the phone in his hands. His eyes softened at the sight of her smiling.

"I need your help, Niklaus. That is all I ask of you," the witch said as she watched him look mesmerized by the video.

"And what is it that you need my help with, witch?" he growled slightly.

She adjusted her outfit, brushing the dirt off her.

"It's quite simple," she walked over to him as she regained her cool, "I need your help imprisoning Silas again."