Living characters that died in the show, crossovers and more, just go along with it. :)
Somewhere in the end of S5, Klaus isn't in New Orleans anymore and no one can find him. Mystic Falls is where he's needed. Caroline's been bitten by Hayley (who never got pregnant) and the side effects are getting worse. Worse than any of the friends have ever seen. She has little time and Bonnie (who still has her powers) is doing everything she can to slow down the process, but leads Caroline to finding things she was compelled to forget, things that change everything.
Chapter one: Bitten
Caroline laid down slowly onto the couch in the Salvatore Boarding House as all of her friends stood around her.
Bonnie was the closest, as she would be doing the spell. "Stefan, try calling Klaus again," Elena said through her tears.
It had been an emotional day for everyone, as it was expected to be Caroline's last. Her mother sat on the other couch with Matt, who was sobbing as he reflected on the memories of his longtime best friend. And Tyler, who sat with tears and regret for all of the bad things he had ever done to her.
Damon hid his true emotions, but even he couldn't completely hide the sadness that had taken over everyone, he stood behind the couch, holding Elena up as her body was weak and shaky. He, too, had regret overpowering his strength to hide his true feelings, for how he had hurt innocent, human Caroline. It killed him, but he felt no pity for himself.
Stefan stood next to them, calling Klaus over and over again. "Matt, call Rebekah." Stefan suggested, watching Matt immediately take out his phone and start dialing.
Bonnie quickly flipped pages through her grimoire.
"Guys, I'm sorry but I need to clear the room." Bonnie said, sitting her Grimoire down.
"I don't know how you guys being vampires and this spell together will react," Tyler stood up from the couch. "And I think you guys should go too." She looked to Matt, Liz and Jeremy. "This isn't a memory you're going to want to have of Caroline." Liz covered her mouth.
"Should we say goodbye?" Elena cried. "No," Bonnie said, following the group out of the room to where Caroline couldn't hear her.
"But I'd start thinking of things to say if Klaus doesn't answer the phone soon." Bonnie frowned and waited for the crying group of friends to leave the Boarding House.
Bonnie entered the main room of the home where Caroline was still laying. She hadn't moved an inch.
"Okay, Care, how do you feel?" She asked as several candles scattered throughout the room lit. "Like I'm gonna die." She whimpered.
"Well, don't be so sure of it." Bonnie said. "I've got the power to keep you for hours, and the blood to heal you rests in a 1,000 year old Hybrid who just happens to be in love with you and willing to do anything for you." Caroline's face slightly brightened.
"We don't have to convince him to give us his blood for you, we just need to get in touch with him." Bonnie forced herself to smile.
"Now, this spell might hurt." She said as Caroline's forehead tensed. "What are you going to do?" Caroline asked.
"Stefan seems to think," Bonnie paused. "That you and Klaus have some connection." Caroline huffed out air through her mouth sarcastically. "What?" She asked.
"Think about it," Bonnie said. "1,000 year old merciless Hybrid and he only seems to care about you?"
Caroline's face softened and she seemed to be thinking.
"Not only does he care, he loves you. You helped kill two of his brothers and he looked over that and always protected you."
"How is it that he always knows when you're in trouble?" Caroline looked up at Bonnie, obviously in shock from realizing what she had overlooked.
"What I'm going to do is go through your head to try to get a message to Klaus. You and me will have to relive every memory you two have together, even some you may have been compelled to forget." Caroline's mouth opened, separating her dry, cracked lips.
"Are you ready?" Bonnie asked. "Yes," Caroline breathed as Bonnie began chanting immediately.
Bonnie raised her hands over Caroline's limp body, yelling words Caroline could never comprehend.
Suddenly Caroline felt flickers of pain throughout her body until there were no breaks between the flickers. The nonstop pain was unbearable and Caroline felt herself screaming like she was being tortured until suddenly, every thing went black.
Caroline could no longer feel the pain from the spell. In fact, she couldn't even feel her own body. She felt as if she was floating, and for a moment, she even thought she was dead.
"Caroline." She heard Bonnie's voice echo in her head. "Bonnie, where am I?" She asked spinning around to only see black.
"You're in you and Klaus' first memory together, it's just processing longer because apparently you were compelled to forget it." Her voice echoed again just before the image cleared up. "This was the night you made your first kill." Bonnie said. "That far back?" Caroline said, receiving no response.
Caroline found herself running towards the woods, the light from the carnival disappearing behind her while tears stained her pale cheeks.
What the hell do I do? She thought. Where the hell do I go? She yelled inside her head.
She was hungry and she needed blood.
She made a quick turn for a storage room and truck. She felt her face beginning to change and her teeth poke out from her gums.
Blood, she thought, turning towards a boy whipping blood from his nose. "Hey!" He said, "Are you okay?" He said after hearing her struggle and cry.
"I'm so sorry." She said. "What?" He asked, confused. She couldn't hold herself back any longer. She shot forward and bit his neck, forgetting whom she was and what she wanted to do, she did what she needed to do without hesitation. Like it was her nature.
She drank until he was dead.
"Ah, that's just how it's done, love." She heard an unfamiliar voice from behind her. "Who are you?" She asked, blood surrounding her mouth.
"My name is Klaus." He smirked at her with dark red lips and piercing blue eyes that saw right through her.
"What's your name?" He asked. "Caroline." She whimpered.
"Hello, Caroline." He smirked. "Hi." She sniffed heavily, still crying.
"Why are you crying?" He asked again, genuinely curious. "I just killed someone!" She cried as his smirk widened.
"Well when you look at it in that way it does sound pretty bad, doesn't it?" He crept closer to her.
"Think of it as survival. You needed something, and you took it." He sat next to Caroline on the back of the truck.
"We are the higher species, and we shall get what we need to survive and stay where we're at on the food chain." He smiled.
She realized by his use of 'we' that he was of her new kind, but she had to be sure. "What are you?" She asked. "I am an Original Vampire, only for now, at least." His smirk reappeared.
"What's an Original Vampire?" Caroline asked.
"I'm sure you'll find out eventually. However, I'm not ready to come around just yet." He smiled, pulling his sleeve down farther than his hand and gently whipping blood off of her chin.
"You're going to learn to control this," He told her. "With a beautiful face like yours and a vampire occupied town like Mystic Falls, I'm sure you'll find no difficulty finding someone to teach you." He smiled, his face close to hers as she slightly blushed and her tears stopped.
"I still feel bad for this." Caroline frowned, causing Klaus' smile to fade as well.
"That shows what kind of person you are, love." His smile reappeared, this time sweet and loving. "A genuine, warm-hearted, beautiful person." His eyes stayed locked onto hers as he lowered his hand, the blood whipped completely from her face.
"Thank you," She said, fighting a smile. She knew It would be wrong after what she had done.
"I should get going," Klaus began. "Will I ever see you again?" Caroline asked. "Of course, love." He smiled.
"This wasn't your fault, not at all," He compelled her. "You're going to get better at this, and you're going to make a good vampire." He said. "Forget my name, forget who I am, forget everything about me until I tell you to remember." He standing up.
"This wasn't my fault, I don't know your name, who you are or anything about you." She repeated back to him. "I hope I see you again soon, Caroline." He smiled. She suddenly felt relief in replace for her regret as a breeze of air rushed against her.
She turned to her right to see Damon standing next to her, whipping her hair from her face with the following events to proceed as she remembered already, but she didn't stick around for that.
She felt herself begin to float again, and everything returned to the black it was before.
Caroline was confused. Why wouldn't Klaus have her remember that after they had become friends? What else had Klaus made her forget?
"You two didn't see each other in your own physical bodies until months later, the night Klaus tried to break The Sun and The Moon curse. The night you were supposed to-" Caroline interrupted Bonnie, finishing her sentence for her. "The night I was supposed to be sacrificed." Her voice cracked, her throat dry and her body weak. "Exactly." Bonnie replied.