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I am honoured to share my first Klaroline fanfiction with you. I don't want to sum it up to you because I want you to see everything chapter by chapter. :)

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English isn't my mother tongue so hope you may accept my mistakes. :)

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Chapter 1:

After a 4-day honeymoon, we were eventually heading back to Mystic Falls. I let my blonde hair dance with the blow of breeze. Tyler had rented a drophead automobile for the honeymoon, just because I liked them so much. He seriously wanted everything to be perfect and he was the one who was so upset about ending it so soon.

I couldn't blame him for that since I was the one who thought that it was enough. I had never been apart from Katherine more than two days and it had been exactly four days since we started our honeymoon. I always felt guilty for that, it was like I was addicted to Katherine somehow. In fact it was how it appeared to others and I knew I was the one who showed it that way. I couldn't help but sometimes scared of something that could never happen. We, I and Katherine, spent our plenty of years running away. We had been through so many things and we were always together no matter what. So being apart from her was a lack of breathing to me. I felt like suffocating. I loved Tyler because he eased the feeling. He made me feel safe and sound for the first time. I felt belonged to somewhere since he had been in my life. As though I was important.

"You've been quiet lately." His masculine voice woke me up from my deep thoughts. We were almost in Mystic Falls, we had a little way more to go. Yeah, I knew that I'd been quiet throughout the car ride but those thoughts had always crossed my mind when they found time. He reached for my hand with his free hand and held it tightly. His looks wandered on my engagement ring. I had to confess that it was one of the most beautiful rings I'd ever saw. I was lucky to have it on my finger. We seeked for a beautiful ring and never gave up until we believed that we found the best. Tyler was a rich man and I was using the advantages as much as I could. He knew that I was a shopping addict so he never had a problem with my shopping at all. He gave me a full limited credit card, you know, it's actually the last thing you should give to a woman. In fact if she is totally a shopping addict. You can imagine either how much he trusted me or he got money. In either way, I owned a credit card and I could freely go shopping and buy everything I wanted. Meantime, he leaned to kiss my hand and put a soft kiss on it.

I turned my face towards him and smiled widely. Seeing his brown eyes shining of happiness was one of the best thing ever. To know that I was able to make someone happy… "I'm thinking." I murmured, shrugging. I rested my arm on the car while staring at the scenery for a little while.

"Thinking?" He asked surprisingly. I knew he was actually worried that I might not have liked the honeymoon at all. "Exactly of what?"

"Not the thing you think." I quickly replied to soothe his wonderment. "I am so happy for the honeymoon and I really had my best days there. I am also sorry that I was the one who wanted it to end earlier-"

"I know why you wanted it. You needn't give me an explanation about it, Carol." He cut me off. He turned his head to the road. I knew he was actually hurt and he sneakingly hated Katherine for it. I wasn't a lesbian and I didn't feel anything different from friendship to Katherine but somehow, I needed her. To be honest, I needed to be safe. I was afraid of being under attack and I was feeling lost. It was like some part of me was missing and I didn't even know what it was, let alone seeking for it.

I felt an urge inside of me which I was trying to avoid for a long while. Hunger. I had a lot of bloodbags for me to go around but all of them were in our house and I hadn't brought any of them. It was the worst part of our wedding. I was married to a human being and I had to be more careful than ever. I tried to convince myself that there was less than an hour to go and when I got home, I would drink as much as I wanted.

"Tyler, it's not just Katherine. I also miss Kevin, he needs me." I explained.

"Oh right, that orphan boy." He rolled his eyes at me. I once insisted him to adopt Kevin but it was so certain that he didn't want children in home. So I was visiting Kevin in an orphan house twice a week. Kevin was a 10-year-old boy who I met in a park. Since it was impossible for me to give birth, I was going to parks because I really loved children. It was totally coincidence and surprising how we got along in a short time. Then I started visiting him in his place once a week. He was cheerful, mature and full of life even though his life wasn't as easy as others and he experienced a lot when he was compared to other children in his age. It was why he was mature, I guess. When I was with him, I felt free. I forgot about my life for a while. It was like we had a different world together and we didn't care about anyone else. He always listened to me and I told everything about myself to him. In fact I told that I'm a vampire. I trusted him more than I trusted anyone and I knew he wouldn't give my secrets away to anyone so I didn't even need to compel him to forget. I was natural around him, I was myself. I wasn't Carol. Yeah, it took me long to get used to my new name; Carol. Even though it was similar to Caroline, whenever someone called me as Carol, I felt strange.

I didn't say anything in return because I knew it was just going to something wrong. The last thing I'd ever wanted was to have an argument with Tyler. I sighed deeply and kept staring at the scenery. I could see Mystic Falls signboard now and that made me smile. I was home.

"Carol! Gosh, you're here." Katherine hugged me tightly as I arrived home after two hours travelling. Tyler was bringing the luggages into the house as Katherine ran towards me. She rested her head on my shoulder and her arms were still tight around my neck. "I missed you." She whispered to my ear. "You know, I hate to call you Carol."

"You should get used to it." I spat out, laughing. I didn't want to admit that I was actually hating to be called Carol as well. We needed new names to hide. At that moment, I gulped down and felt the hunger I felt for a long time again. "I need blood." I whispered to her.

She nodded in agreement and yelled at Tyler. "We are going to go to Mystic Grill, Tyler! I promise to bring your wife back until midnight!" She winked at him and waved her hand.

Tyler rolled his eyes at her. I hugged him laughing. "I will be back in two hours?" I said in a questioning tone with puppy blue eyes. I knew he would never resist it. It happened how I thought and he allowed me immediately. I quickly kissed him on the cheek and waved my hand. A tiny smile appeared on his face. He wasn't satisfied but he didn't want to upset me either.

Katherine grabbed my hand and we started walking to Mystic Grill. I told her about how my honeymoon lasted and I had to answer her embarassing questions. She just giggled as a reply. It felt like I wasn't here for a year. When we were walking through the bar, I wanted to visit Kevin and Katherine said she would wait me in Mystic Grill. I was sure that she could find a distraction to herself while waiting. She wasn't a type of women who liked being into serious relationship. She liked night-stand or relationships that lasted for a few days.

A few minutes after we left I was standing in front of the orphan house. I didn't hesitate to enter in. The woman who was taking care of children knew me so well thus when she saw me entering, she immediately called Kevin. "Kevin, Carol is here!"

Kevin ran to me as he heard my name. His green eyes were shining and it was obvious that he missed me as well. He hugged my waist tightly and leaned his head to my belly. I crouched down to his level so we could talk more easily. "I missed you so much, Caroline!"

Seeing his pretty little face gave me strength and joy. I started caressing his face and his blonde messy hair, wandering my eyes in every detail of it. "I missed you back, my little boy. Tell me what you've done while I wasn't around!" I suggested, taking his little hand and sitting on a chair.

He told about everything he had done. He showed his paintings which were really wonderful and he told about the things he had done with his friends too. He was a lovely kid therefore he was loved from his friends as well. I was really glad for that because his life would be rougher if he was all alone. "You are hungry, aren't you? You said that you wouldn't take blood with you." He said. He was as clever as he was sweet.

I nodded in agreement. "But I will have it in a while." I explained. It was actually bad that he reminded me of my hunger. But still as I said when I was around him, I was a human. At least I was feeling that way. "Do you hate me for that?"

He spat defensively. "Of course not! It's your nature."

I cut him off. "Shhhh." I put my finger in front of my lips. "We wouldn't want everyone to learn that I'm a supernatural, would we?" I winked.

He pouted and blushed uncontrolably. "I'm sorry." He added. "We can meet later. I don't want you to feel hungry around anyone. It might be dangerous for you because I know that the last thing you want is to hurt people, Caroline."

I raised my eyebrow. "Child, are you sure that you aren't my father? Maybe you have his sin." I giggled hard, ruffling his hair. I knew how right he was so I didn't insist to stay longer. "You are right, so see you later? This week, I'll come four times!" I informed him. I knew that he would be happy for that.

"Yay!" He exclaimed, clapping his hand. I put a kiss on his forehead before leaving the house. I thanked the woman and wished a good night. When I was out of the building, it was actually a dark night. However, I was a vampire so I had nothing to be afraid of. Dark is even easier for me than light, I reminded myself. If I didn't have a daylight ring, I wouldn't be able to wander around during the day.

Walking through Mystic Grill, I remembered about my past… the kingdom years. At those times, going out alone at night was the most dangerous thing for a woman. You should have been a freak to go out because they said drunk men were wandering through the streets and raping the women they spotted. I was apparently a freak because I wanted to see if it was true what they said by myself.

It was a summer night in 1764 in Mystic Falls. I was just sixteen. Those days when you were over fifteen, it was your time to marry. Therefore I was in a perfect age for a wedding. I didn't come from royalty but my father was our king's henchman so you could say that I was living a rich life. The palace was my home but I'd never attended masquerades or other kingdom activities. Whereas it'd be the best thing for me. I'd always loved sparkles, beauty and royalty. My mother always said that I was too young for those things even though my friends were even attending them. I had never denied or opposed her word.

It was one of the times I'd been mad to my mother so I needed a short escape from the palace. They wanted me to marry a wealthy man to strengthen their power in the kingdom. However, I wasn't ready to marry yet. Especially, with a 30-year-old man who I'd never met. I'd wanted to marry someone I really loved. Because only that way, I could be loyal to my husband. I had wanted a great life with lots of children and even money didn't mean anything to me as long as I was happy.

I was wearing a golden-coloured gown with silver sparkles on it. I left my blonde hair down and I was wearing the star earrings that my mother gave me. I hadn't even worn a cloak to hide myself because I was rushing to run away. It was really so dark that you couldn't see where you were going to. There was a cold breeze but it wasn't chilling me at all. I started giving a whistle like whenever I was scared. I didn't know the places I was going and I was almost lost. It seemed like I was far away from the kingdom. I regretted that I left the palace in a rush at night and at that moment, I wasn't able to find my way back.

Meanwhile, I heard someone coming towards me. According to the masculine voices, there were some men. They were laughing loudly to something that I didn't know and they were probably drunk. Not to face them, I started walking away but as they spotted me, they started following me. "Hello beauty." One of them yelled. I was even scared to look back so I started walking even faster. They started running after me as I changed my way. It didn't stop them and they easily closed the ranks with me.

Unfortunately, it was a dead-end street and I had no way to go. I leaned myself to the wall and saw their faces for the first time while they were coming closer. "Please, let me go!" I screamed for someone to hear us. "Help me!"

A man held me of my arm and pushed to the wall. I fell down so hard and when I touched my head, it was bleeding. I started crying immediately and saying something to them to leave me alone. "Not that easy, ma'am." One said bursting into laughter. I was shivering and crying at the same time, closing my eyes and wishing to die.

"Please let me go." I cried.

When one of them lifted me up and bent his face to mine, I could smell the alcohol coming from his throat and it was one of the most disgusting thing I'd ever experienced. I tried to push him hard and scream at the same time as the last hope. "Someone help me!" The others only watched us like they were hypnotized. I knew my makeup was totally ruined because of the tears but the only thing I had cared at that moment was my life. What would I say if he raped me? My chastity would be disappeared with my dreams. Nobody would want me anymore.

Eventually, someone noticed me. I heard a horse coming towards us. I tried to withstand a bit more but it was in vain. He grabbed my arms and leaned me to the wall hard that I couldn't even move. I was doing my last prayer. I knew how crazy I was to go out at midnight alone, even if it was because of anger. I wanted to kill myself before anyone else.

"What is happening there?" I heard another masculine voice. It had an accent of court that it was probably a guardian from the palace.

"Please help me." I screamed with my last power.

I didn't remember what happened next. I was totally fainted. I shook my head to get rid of old memories because I'd spent my years to forget about them however it was never possible. The past is always following you till the end no matter hard you try. When I was nearly at Mystic Grill, I heard my phone ringing. It was Katherine.

"Katherine, I nearly-"

She was scared and breathing fast. "Caroline, hurry up! I need you. Please." She immediately said in a rush.

"What's wrong, Katherine?"

"He- he's here." She whispered.

"Who?" I yelled at her. She ended the call without answering. I was so worried about it. Who would she be talking about? We had no enemies. I was running fast when another memory crossed my mind.

"Hello, are you awake?" I heard that voice again. My eyes were shut and I felt the pain in my head again. I didn't know what happened since I totally lost my consciousness. His hand touched my cheek and slapped lightly to awake me.

"Ugh!" It escaped from my mouth while I was controlling my head. In the meantime, I opened my eyes. There was a young man standing in front of me. He had blonde hair and green emerald eyes. He was well-dressed which meant he was from an affluent family. I stared at his eyes for a while.

"Thank God, you're awake. I was worrying about you, sweetheart." He smirked at me.

I got really angry at him for calling me sweetheart. I immediately pulled myself together and stood up. "I'm not your sweetheart." I spat him. Because of standing so quickly, I lost my balance.

He grabbed me again. "Okay." He remained smirking at me. "What were you doing here at night?" He asked, changing his expression into a worried one.

"I needed some fresh air." I lied.

"Hope you saw that here isn't a decent place to get some fresh air, love." I was about to say that I wasn't his love but he cut me off. "You're not my love. I understood you. My apologies, it's just a habit." His accent was calming me though.

"I had better go home now." I murmured, taking my arm away from him. "Thanks."

"I could walk you home, lady." He offered. It was like he didn't want to understand that I was trying to get rid of him. When I turned to him, he was smirking as always. "Where do you live?"

"In the palace." I spat quickly. I was proud of myself because I knew he would now give up on me.

He looked at me in a daze. "I've never seen you around." He offered me his hand. "We shall try again. I am Niklaus Mikaelson."

When I heard his name, my heart skipped a beat. I looked him again, this time carefully and yes, it was definitely him. He wasn't wearing a crown this time and maybe that was why I didn't recognize him. I immediately bow down. "My apologies, Your Royal Highness." I felt my cheeks blushing because of the situation. Could I be sillier? I had just spat out to a prince. I didn't think there was someone braver than me.

"It's fine, apparently you didn't recognize me. Otherwise you wouldn't dare to spat a prince, would you?" He teased. Since the situation between us was different, I couldn't dare to say a word. "You haven't told your name yet."

"Caroline, sir." I replied sharply but as kindly as possible.

"Caroline…" He smirked, looking up. "A beautiful name for a beauty." A cunning smirk appeared on his lips. "So, Caroline, don't you want me to give you a walk? It's not safe here. By the way, we are going to the same location." He raised his eyebrow.

I knew it was so hard to reject a prince. Particularly, after being rude to him in the first place. Also, I wasn't a daredevil. "Sure, sir. I wouldn't refuse your polite offer." I smiled lightly.

His lips curled more when he heard my response. I watched him picking his horse from the tree he tied. I folded my arms around my chest and sighed with relief. If he weren't here, I wouldn't be able to survive. I owed him my life. I owed my life to a prince. It was even darker at that moment. However, you could distinguish the stars perfectly. I stared at the sky for a while. He might have noticed because his words cut me off. "Do you fancy stars?"

I turned my gaze at him immediately. "Yes, sir." I felt like explaining a bit more. "They are so independent there. I wish I was like them. Careless, beautiful, free…" I sighed.

"You are beautiful." He complimented. "It appears like you are actually free."

I cut him off. "I ran away."

He tried not to laugh. "I won't ask why, don't worry." He continued. "You can have all of them." He got closer to me and he was looking serious now. "All you have to do is to ask."

"To ask whom?" I replied. There was no one that could let me free. We were all kind of slaves to the kingdom.

He looked away and then, changed the topic. "We have had enough for now, Caroline." He placed a smirk to his face again. He was totally complicated. "Now, we'd be better off going home back. Come and get on the horse."

I hesitated. "I prefer walking, sir."

He raised his eyebrow in surprise. "Okay, love. We could walk."

When I got rid of my memories, it was already dark.

I was at the front door of Mystic Grill. I tried my best to come as soon as possible. It had been 5 minutes since Katherine called me. I entered the bar. Everything was the same. Some were playing billiards and some were drinking. It was too noisy as usual due to the laughters and people's voices and most of the people were flirting each other. My eyes searched for Katherine but couldn't see her at first sight.

I could smell the cigarettes, alcohol and blood at the same time. All I wanted to do is learning who Katherine was talking about and leaving. I heard her voice somewhere and looked around immediately. She was at the corner of the bar, sitting next to a man. I could see only his back though. I got closer to them with a worried face. The more I got closer, the more familier he became. I didn't want to be sure before seeing his face.

Because of the noise, I had to shout. "Katherine, what's wrong?"

"Caroline." She stammered, shaking at the same time. It was one of the rare moments I'd ever saw Katherine that weak. "He-"

He cut her off. As I heard the masculine voice, I recognised him immediately. His accent was giving him away. How could he be alive? I couldn't help but started shivering. I closed my eyes before he turned to me. "Caroline." I could guess he had a smirk on his face as usual. "What a surprise."

My heart skipped a beat. I opened my eyes to face him in disbelief. "Klaus." He was really standing in front of me. The same face, the same voice. Nothing had ever changed. "You- you are alive." I tried to say. It sounded like a whisper instead. My nightmare was standing in front of me.

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Sevval ( somerholish)