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DISCLAIMER : I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING FROM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE ORIGINALS BUT I SURE AS HELL WISH I DO BECAUSE THEN KLAROLINE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

❇ PROLOGUE ❇

YELLOW

✳ HER ✳

Stars. It feels like those bursting gigantic balls of gas, burning billions of miles away from this apple are the only thing that seems to exist right at this moment. Nothing else matters. Everything, problems mostly, seems to float away everytime I set foot here. It must have been about a month since I found this haven. Yes. My very own safe haven. A place I escaped to whenever reality was much too overwhelming. That is so cliche but in all honesty, this place makes me feel at ease and home when my own house makes me feel like an outcast.

It's a not-so-little clearing in the woods, right outside of the town. Grassland, as far as the eyes could see. Surrounded by thick shady trees that I could almost call scary. There's a small gazebo here-fit for about three people-right on top of a small hill. It looks ancient but still firm like it was built only a few years ago. It has all these weird and symbolic carvings on its pillars and archway but it is beautiful nevertheless. I was truly captivated by it. The perks of having a hometown in the middle of nowhere, you never know what you might find in the deep side of the forest.

Hometown. True, this is my birthplace, but truthfully, I've never really been here, well only for as long as I can remember. My whole life-I've been living in a big city, so moving to this pony town, is kind of a big deal for me. It's a remote area in Virginia. Mystic Falls, got to say though, that's a pretty cool name for an unheard place.

My mother and I moved here just a few months ago, three to be more precise. We left Chicago because she got a raise and was promoted as Sheriff of Mystic Falls-or something like that. I don't know, she never confided in me matters of her work. There was nothing left in Chicago for me anyway, well if you minus the few most important people in my life, a few bars, shops, and a that I will miss hanging out at.

I graduated college and recently published my work about two and a half month ago. I'm on break. I'm supposed to be having the time of my life with my best friends right now, but things changed. They have their own life while I'm stuck in a rut at some boring little town because I don't want to leave my mother alone. But they promised to visit as soon as they're free and I honestly couldn't be anymore excited than I already am for holidays because, yes, I miss them that much.

So here I am, all cuddled up like my family's ol' bright bundle of joy, leaning against one of the pillars, drinking the hot cocoa that I brought along with me-humming one of Coldplay's song. I was staring at the stars again while getting lost in my own thought when my phone beeped. Checking the little device, I see that my time is almost up. I always come here around midnight and head home before two. Only when I needed some break and a breath of fresh air. I gather all my stuff and stood up, the red blanket loosely falls around my feet, creating a bloody halo on the ground I'm standing.

There is that feeling again.

You can say that I have a pretty accurate gut feelings.

When I was in third grade, I had this feeling that I won't enjoy school today. 'I shouldn't wear this new dress mommy just bought me but I love it so much I can't wait to wear it.' I got home crying because Johnny spilled paint water all over my new dress in front of the whole class.

It was Christmas and I got this feeling that it's not gonna be the best holiday this year. 'I shouldn't get my hopes up about the presents but daddy always give me the best ones.' My father didn't show up because the flight was cancelled due to the heavy snow.

I woke up dreading college and hating myself for getting drunk with my friends last night. God knows I need some of those heavenly caffeine in my system and a bite of that delicious cupcake right now but I grasped a feeling that it won't go well today. 'I probably shouldn't, sitting down and eating are gonna make me arrive late to class.' The barista is a new employee and an annoying one at that, he had no idea what he was doing and I ended up walking out of the coffee shop fuming.

31st of October, I knew this feeling. I started to welcome it. I embrace it. I trust it. I knew this night wasn't going to end up like a fairytale. 'I shouldn't.' That night, Tyler and I broke up.

But tonight it's different. Right now, I know something is about to happen. I've been getting it more often nowadays so I know tonight isn't just a mere coincidence. The usual feeling I get, it's uneasiness, anxiety, distress, dismay-but never this.. this jolt of delight, this stir excitement, this surge of enthusiasm, this restless feeling.

To say that I was freaked out is a completely wrong statement. Instead of getting anxious, alarmed, or angsty, I'm completely calm about this whole thing and that is what scaring me most. Not the damn chills. 'You should.'

✴ HIM ✴

It's one of those nights again. Mikael is drunk and mother is crying. I can still hear their shouts and yells even though I'm already miles away from that hell. Maybe it's just their voices in my head. It's been a damn routine in that damn house. I'd prefer to stay home and try to stay out of it as much as possible. Okay that's a load of bollocks, honestly, you can never really 'stay away'. Everybody in that house will eventually gets involve somehow and the only way to make it all better is by becoming Mikael's own personal bloody-literally-punching bag and I, for one, are not really looking forward to be lying in one of those hospital beds again, even more so when Mikael always prefers me than any of my other siblings. Learnt my lesson the hard way.

Mikael, my father is a very influential man. He controls everything in this damned little town. Whoever has crossed him or made him upset, you can consider them as good as dead. Mikael is involve with some dirty business in England. Black market, selling weapons and firearms, who bloody knows what else. He never reveal to us all of his under wraps but that of course didn't stopped him from dragging our whole family into it. This town is just a big camouflage to mask his reputation. Because no one would ever suspect a Mayor to this small town to be one of the biggest drug lord at London.

My family and I moved here-to this pathetic little town decades ago. I was around seven. Things were so much easier back then. When father wasn't completely a madman and mother was actually.. well, a mother. Mikael started being bitter a year after we moved here. One night he came home drunk and started yelling and blaming us, about how we were always a huge burden on his shoulders. Mother never did anything to stop him when he raised his hands on us. Being the good little wife she is, obediently turned a blind eye to many horrifying situations Mikael has put us through. She'd just simply turn away whenever it gets too much.

My car broke down so I have to walk to get out of that house. Could this night get any worst? Of bloody course it can, it's pretty cold tonight and I forgot to bring along my frigging coat with me. Fabtastic. My mind was too set up to getting the hell out of that prison that I forgot to bring one of the most important thing. It's at time like this that I truly appreciate my high body temperature, at least I can withstand the cold.

Getting lost in my thinking, I didn't realise that I've been mindlessly following a trail into the woods. My home is nearer to the border of the town than any other houses. I'm used to walking by the trees, the mansion is practically surrounded by it. The only sounds engulfing me is the shrilling chirping of the crickets, snapping of twigs and the crunches of dried leaves as I walk deeper into the forest. Once the trail has reached a dead end, I realised that I've arrived to a clearing. The wind blowed hard and I crossed my arms across my chest, hugging myself, trying in vain to stop myself from shaking. The clouds are clear tonight. I looked up when I heard an owl hooting on a tree branch and then I saw it. Full and magnificent, in all it's glory. I didn't even know that it's a full moon night.

That's when I heard it.

The sound of bushes and tree branches slapping and hitting each other, it's obviously wasn't the wind blowing this time. My body tensed up and I immediately spun at the direction from where the noise came from. Then my ears picked up another sound.. footsteps, human footsteps but it sounded odd. With every step, it sounded heavier. Odd. Did one of my siblings followed me out here? No, I personally warned them not to, then who? Townsfolk? What are they doing here of all places at this time of the night? Knowing that it's not of some wild beast, I relaxed my rigid posture so I didn't came out as too intimidating but still feeling a little guarded because sometimes, the real monsters thrive within the human mind. Curiousity got the better of me, I step back a few paces and hide behind a tree. Waiting for the stranger to make an appearance.

"Seriously.." Caroline groaned when she looked down to her tattered jeans.

She was just on her way home when her foot got stuck in some roots on the ground, successfully tripping her into wild bushes and ended up tearing almost half of her jeans. Feeling more annoyed with herself by the second, she started stomping her way through the trees. Mumbling to herself along the way but acting a bit more careful now. With her cellphone on flash mode, using it as a source of light in the darkness of the forest.

As she was complaining about why couldn't humans have a better sight that can see things even in the dark, she stopped abruptly and stare at one particular spot in the trees. She could've sworn she just saw a silhouette of a shadow just now.

"Okay, don't freak out, don't freak out. I'm sure you were just imagining things. I mean, seriously, who would be here at this time of hour? Oh." she half-laugh, half-sigh at her own little pun. Little did she know that she is being watched by the very shadow that she thought she was imagining.

Klaus expected earlier was a beast, but he certainly didn't expect the beauty in front of him, to find a such gem in a place so unruly and wild. Her lucent blond locks seems brighter when bathed in moonlight. Her sweet voice lingers in the air as she keeps talking to herself. He decided to keep himself hidden. Watching her like a predator hunting it's prey. He couldn't deny that if the situation were a tad bit more different, where he doesn't seem like a stalker and the location were much more pleasant, he wouldn't be hiding himself like some creep behind this hard wood. He pushed himself off of a tree he was leaning on and started to walk in circle behind the trees around her.

'There it is again, I could have sworn I saw something moved just now!' Caroline thought to herself. Bracing herself, she started walking towards the direction she saw the shadow went to.

'Why am I doing this? I should've just run! Run like hell,' With every step, her heart beats a little faster, if a human heart can detonate then she's pretty sure that her heart would be bursting in any second now. There was the brushing sound again. Breathing deeply, she bent down to drop her bag with a soft thud and picked up a branch about an arm size from the ground and hold it up in the air like some kind of a baseball bat. Counting to three, deep breath, closing and opening her eyes again, she run straight towards the figure that she saw standing behind a tree.

Klaus knew she was following him. 'Brave little bird,' Klaus thought to himself. Feeling amused with her action, he decided to lead her on. He's been going in circles until he stopped behind one distinct tree. Waiting for her next move. What he didn't expect was the flurry of gold rushing towards him with a club looking weapon-where in the god's name did she got that from-aiming towards his head. He honestly didn't anticipate the attack. He guess he should have-because who wouldn't when they thought someone or something is following them around in the forest? But hell, he was honestly surprised by her bold move but just as quickly he recovered and dodged the deadly blow. He ducked to the side and grabs her from behind.

Caroline is hyperventilating now, she just attacked someone, she just actually attacked a person. Human! With a tree branch nonetheless. 'A rapist?' She sure hopes not 'If he thinks I'm just going to stand idly by, letting him following me around, just waiting to jump on me when there's finally an open opportunity then so help me god, I'm going to show him just how truly wrong he is.' She was just about to deliver her next hit when she was grabbed "what the he-" by the waist from behind and her hands are locked in vice grip. Not firm enough to hurt her, just to stop her from cracking his skull open.

"Let. go. of . ME." with every word she struggled and squirmed against him. Doing everything she can to 'save' her life, hitting, biting, stomping.

"Bloody hell, woman! Are you crazy?" Klaus whisper-shouted at her after he finally released her when she bit hard on his arm.

A squeak escaped from Caroline as she fall face-flat down to earth after he released his hold on her. She groans. How dare he. Furious now, she stood up and spun around facing him-ready with her fighting stance-just to find him glaring daggers at her. 'What the hell?! I'M the one who should be ANGRY, I'm FURIOUS.' Her heart is beating so fast, it's a miracle it hasn't burst out of her chest yet. They stared at each other for what felt like hours when only a mere seconds passed. As if something just finally clicked in her mind, she explodes. In a sudden spurt of fury, waving of limps, and face flushed red with anger.

"ME? YOU were the ONE creeping around BEHIND TREES. YOU HAD IT COMING." Caught off guard by her little outburst, Klaus suddenly lost his intimidating composure and raised his palms up to his front as if trying to calm down some wild animal-to show that he is not a threat to her-which looks pretty comical seeing so and she would've flushed or laugh at his surprised and panicked yet worried expression if it weren't for the situation they're currently in. Caroline is breathing heavily from her little stunt earlier.

Not many people had ever talked to him like that. Even less had dare to ever defied him like that. To say Klaus is confused doesn't even begin to verbalize it. Caroline's eye keep shifting between his face and the surrounding woods like she's waiting for another ambush to knock her out or something, and she's preparing herself for it. But when her eyes caught his, she saw the honest berwilderment and agitation in it.

When she is sure that he is not going to try anything, she relax slightly her stiff posture. To show that she is still on her guard if he decided to do anything. She dropped her arms stance and shook her now messy hair, deciding not to ask any question if it's just some weird stalkerish guy. She should try to get away from him as fast as possible. 'Yes. That's what I should do,' Spinning around and swiftly picking up her bag where she left it, she starts walking away quickly.

"No need for the power display love, I wasn't going to hurt you." Not a second later a smooth voice said. Great. The stalker's got an accent. A sexy, british one for that. He ran after her and try to walk alongside with her.

"Somehow I find that hard to believe and of course it was necessary, what if you were a rapist, a serial killer or even a kidnapper? I have to protect myself." she scoffed, turning her head facing him with crossed arms while walking. She squinted to see him better because, hello it's really dark here, and she wasn't really looking at him before. Now as she finally see him-truly look at him-her eyes went wide and she was frozen in her steps, a soft gasp unwillingly escaped from her lips. Holy Jesus son of Virgin Mary. He's fucking hot. Even in the dark, she can clearly see that he has the most beautiful eyes she's ever laid eyes on and his lips, that pink full lips that looks so soft and inviting-it makes her wonder how would it taste like if she were to kiss him right now. How it must feel to run her fingers over that stubble of his. That thought made her bit her lower lip. He must've noticed her reaction, because now he has a very smug look on his face and-oh how dare he winked at her. 'Son of a-' it makes Caroline want nothing more than to slap that look from off his face. As if reading her mind, he shrugged it off and bravely meet her own stare.

"What?" She asked gruffly as she turned away and continued walking quickly to avoid anymore conversation with him..

He followed her again. He realised that he's been staring so he turns his head facing the trees. Licking his lips he added "Pray tell, what were you doing here?" He tried using a tone of indifferent, hoping that it didn't come out as eager as he thought. He doesn't want her to think that he's interested or something. Hell, he barely even know her.

"That, Mr. creeper, is none of your business." She scoffed. As if she's going to tell you.

"You should be nicer to me, you were the one who attacked me first. I can make a report on you, you know." He replied pompously and grin at her.

"Oh but wouldn't that hurt your pride? Being assaulted by a lady in the woods. Hm, that would make a pretty big hit headline." She said it with such a sweet fakeness and repeatedly bats her eyelashes at him. He was distracted by her action for a moment but then a scowl is marking his beautiful features when he finally registered her words. Seeing his face, she let out a some kind of incoherent half-snort half-huff, the huffing one does through the nose when there's something mildly amusing or ironic, the one that always come along with a wry smile.

Caroline must've realized that she unconsciously enjoyed the stranger's reaction for she suddenly glares at Klaus. She doesn't want him to think that they're suddenly cool now, so she goes back to her act on ignoring him and giving him the cold shoulder.

As they walk through the simple wood, after a few sarcastic and snarky quips from both side, silence befalls them. It's not the awkward type, thankfully, it's more like.. almost comforting. Both of them just enjoying the other company-not like both are going to admit it. Caroline's not sure if she's glad to have his company but if she ever gets lost at least she wasn't alone but she sure hope he knows the way around here. While he just love to watch her. Every once in a while he would throw a glance in her way and stares at her for a few seconds, and each time she'd refused to make any direct eye contact. That just makes him all the more curious about the mysterious blonde bombshell beside him.

"If the lady don't mind, may I ask a question?" Klaus asked. Trying to be polite although the reason for his behavior is lost to him.

"You are already asking." she sigh annoyed.

He grits his teeth, what is wrong with this girl, he's trying to be nice but it's getting harder by the second. He decided to ignore her attitude and speed up his pace so he can walk in front of her with his back facing the trail and his front is to her.

"Are you always this lovely?" he said sarcastically.

"Nope," she answered, popping the p. "Only when it's Tuesday.. or when there's a hot guy around," She knows there are odds that he might realize she copied that line from a movie she watched a few days ago-but she decided to take the risk. She said it innocently and flashed a big smile his way before rolling her eyes and increases her walking pace too, hoping to walk around him.

"So you find me attractive?" he blocks her way so she can't walk past him and smirks victoriously when she seems to give up and let him walk backwards in front of her.

"Hmm, no. Actually, it's already tuesday, smartass." she throws at him after pretending to be deep in a thought, rubbing her chin lightly. He thinks she looked adorable doing that but her reply made him stop in his tracks. With a dumbfounded face he turns his head watching her walking away figure after she pushes him away when he stop walking.

'Thank god he must have not know that movie,' she thought to herself as she makes her way through the forest ground.

He chuckle lightly to himself, low enough only for him to hear. Not many girls has ever called him that, none in fact, other than his little sister. Interesting little thing, she is. She makes him want to follow her around all day, he feels strangely amused just watching her. So he follows her again, walking alongside her this time.

"Okay stop, why are you following me?" Caroline stopped walking and turns around facing him with her hands perched on her hips

"Whoever said I was?" Klaus walks slowly up to her and stops directly in front of her. Okay, obviously this guy don't know what personal space mean. Their breaths hitting each other's face now. He's a foot taller than her and their eyes are locking with each others. Fiercely. She was so lost in it, it felt like she's drowning in those lovely blues and she couldn't care less about it.

All too soon, she blinked and she shift her eyes to the dirt on the ground. The spell was broken, just like that. Feeling a little disheartened by the broken eye-contact, he cleared his throat once and step back as to give her space back.

"I need to go." with that Caroline spun around and starts walking towards her car she parked just outside the small forest.

He didn't even realized they've arrived at the end of the trail and are already at the rear of the forest. He's still standing there, like an idiot, trying to figure out what the hell just happened. When he finally came to, her car, it wasn't by the road anymore. She's already gone.

When Caroline arrived to her home, she couldn't help but replay the memory of the night with a certain smug stranger again and again in the back of her mind. 'Oh my god. Who is he anyway? He could be dangerous. How could I be so stupid as to trust him so easily?' She doesn't know how to feel about that. 'So many things could've gone wrong tonight. Seriously!' Maybe he's the reason why she keeps getting all those weird feelings in her stomach, because she was going to meet him? 'But nothing bad happened..?' She could almost hear a distinct yet at the end of her thought but she doesn't ponder about it. She got lost in her own line of thinking as as she climb up the stairs and got inside her room. She changed out from her clothes into something more comfortable and head downstairs, turns a corner and went into the kitchen as she checked her phone.

Two missed calls and one voice mail

Her eyes narrowed. When did she missed that? Was she so lost in her thoughts that she really didn't hear her phone ringing? Hmm. She left her phone on the island countertops and walks around it, strolling her way to the fridge on the other side of the kitchen. Opening the fridge, she scans the interior for a moment and when she finally made up her mind, she pull out a bottle and lift it, weighing it. The content is almost empty so she shrugs and drink right from the container, not even bothering to get a glass. 'Screw it, it's almost finished anyway. No need to waste time washing the glass later,' and throw the now empty juice box into the trashbin.

She spun around and makes her way back to the island. Hops up a little to sit down on the countertops with her legs left dangling in the air under it. Swinging her feet around, she slides up her phone screen to unlock it, clicks a few buttons, she place the device beside her ears and waits patiently for the voicemail to play. A familiar voice came through as soon as the playing starts.

"Caroline, when you decide to pick up your phone, please call me back because I might just have a good news for you." A man's voice sounded. Stefan. She smiles.

"And I hav-" there was a rustling noise, a few ouch and yelps and then she heard it.

"Carebear, Stef and I have great news! Call us back, ASAP!" a woman squeals into the phone and starts rambling about how much she misses her. Katherine. She must've snatched the cellphone from Stefan's ear. Caroline laughed at this because she can imagine the situation very vividly.

She really does love them both. Katherine's been her bestfriend since she was still in pigtails and wears Barbie brands, their parents are good friends since they are both from Mystic Falls. She met Stefan later when she got sent to a different highschool than Kat. She sighed when the voicemail ended.

Clicking a few buttons again, she waits for the other line to pick up. Not long after the third ring, he answers it.

"Hey, Stef. What's up, broody?" She said cheerfully with a big smile eventhough she knows that no one was around to be able to see it.

"Home so soon, Nik?" A voice immediately interrupts his thought as soon as he takes one step inside the house. Klaus groans.

"Oh come on, you were smiling just a moment ago." His younger brother, Kol, added with a sing-song voice.

He was smiling? No. He quickly shook his head. He was not smiling earlier and he is certainly not smiling now either. "Don't be ridiculous, Kol. I am in no mood for you tonight." He replied simply while locking the door.

He frowned and turns his head to where his younger brother's voice came from when he didn't got any snarky replies. Kol is in the lounging room, just beside the front room so he can see the entire vast room quite clearly. He peeks his head though the doorway to see his brother is sitting in a leather armchair beside the fireplace, with his foot on the coffee table. Pouting. Arms crossed with frown deep on his forehead. He raises his eyebrow at Kol as if to say 'really, Kol?'

"Don't mind him, he's been acting like that since before you left the house. Brat." Another voice piped in from behind him. A woman, about 5'7 ft with flourish blond hair comes bouncing into the room, slaps Kol's foot off the table and drops herself loudly onto the sofa, all the while playing with her phone.

"At least I'm not a strumpet like you, dear sister." Kol smirks at the blonde, proud of his comeback and ducks his head when a pillow was thrown his way.

"If you don't shut your mouth, the next thing to come out of it will be your teeth." She hissed. Klaus just continue watching his siblings bicker while he lean against the doorway to the parlour.

"Truth hurts, Bekah. But harming your charming of a brother won't change that. Not like you can actually harm me though." Quipped Kol before he jumps out from the armchair and ran upstairs to his room before any damage could be done to him.

"You're an idiot, Kol!" Rebekah screech sounding from the living room. She huffed and looked down to her phone again.

"Are mother asleep? How long did it lasted this time?" Klaus ask her. Rebekah lifted her head and waves her phone at him.

"Oh, wasn't long if compared to last week. Which is unusual. Anyway, you didn't reply to Kol earlier, you're back early tonight. Usually you'd stay out all night whenever father and mother got into another fight." She replied nonchalantly, like it was the most normal thing in the world. Well, guess it is a pretty normal occurrence in this family.

"I got bored, and it's freezing outside. I forgot to bring my coat along with me." He said easily and rubs the back of his neck while he makes his way towards his little sister. He decided not to tell anyone about the blonde beauty from ealier. It's not a big deal anyway. No one is going to die if he kept quiet about it. He pushed the thought of the said stranger from his mind, sat down next to his sister and then the conversation keeps flowing smoothly like a river near the falls. They talked until Klaus said something that made Rebekah upset and she decided to get up and starts marching into her room.

well that was pretty long for a Prologue, lmao. I got carried away, I just realized that prologue doesn't necessarily need to be as long as the upcoming chapters but oh well, I already have the next chapter saved so yeah *sweats drop*

So this is the rewrite of this story. You have to idea how badly I cringed when I re-read the original one, it was so cheesy and ugh, bad, just bad. This is my very first attempt (or should I say second?) at writing a fanfic, hell I hate doing essay but all of a sudden I have all this idea and motivation to write this. My teacher should be proud of me. To explain this story, as it was written in the summary, this will be an absolutely all-human fic. About Klaus when he looked up to the moon, it was also stated that this fic is an alternative universe of tvd so yeah, because in another universe, he is a half werewolf-vampire breed so he is somehow attracted to the moon lol. I hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say here. About the apple, when I wrote that, what I meant by 'this apple' is the earth. Not an actual apple. Just thought maybe I should put it out here so people doesn't get confused and thought why is there an apple there and where the hell did it came from-God knows I did at first lmao-and no, Caroline was not eating an apple.

Im sorry if there's any grammar mistakes, unfortunately English is not my mother tongue. Please leave your review if you liked it, I'd really appreciate it. That's all, thank you my lovelies. xoxo

- Soph -