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Prologue:
Everyone knew Caroline Forbes would go looking for him one day. That she would wake up and realise that all those stories he would spout to her weren't in fact nonsense but what she actually needed to hear. That she wasn't some small town girl and that the life of one wasn't going to be enough for her.
But no one thought she would put it off for so long. Seventy five years to be exact.
Her friends decided long ago that they would wait for her to realise that the reason she hardly laughed or had fun was because she was missing him, no matter how much they didn't like the man they couldn't deny the way he felt about her. Not even if the lady herself questioned him.
It was a twist of fate that pushed her closer to the man she longed to forget, longed to see.
So, when Caroline has but one choice to live will she take it?
Even if she has to go to New Orleans and beg Klaus Mikaelson for his blood?
Chapter One: In times of great need.
Caroline Forbes was never one to back down from a challenge, not even when that challenge was a gun and a wooden bullet.
A lot had changed since the time of the supernatural world being hidden from, most, humans. Now the hunt is on to end anything with an unnatural life span. More and more people are taking vervain making life that little bit harder for our blonde heroin and her friends.
So here she was in some woods, God knows where, with a tall brooding man holding a gun pointed at her chest, for everyone knew that this was where the real damage was done to a Vampire.
Caroline hissed at the man her body going stiff and defensive.
"Now, I don't think you should be doing that." The man warned pulling back the safety on the gun and grinning.
Caroline glared in return.
She could smell his excitement in the air, feel his blood pulse with raw thrill under his skin. She had to fight with the pain in her gums and stiffle a groan.
This wasn't how things were supposed to turn out tonight.
She was supposed to do some light hunting in the woods and meet back up with the others at the hotel they had all been staying at for the past couple of days. She refused to snack on the maid. Point blank.
"Now what are you doing out in the woods Vampire?" The man asked the gun still pointed straight at her heart.
Caroline gave him an icy stare in return, refusing to answer to him. It took the strongest of Vampires to make Caroline do anything, heck! Even the strongest had trouble.
A branch snapped in the distance, too far for the pitiful human hearing to pick up on it, but Caroline did. She let out a small unused breath.
Sure she could take down this human in a heartbeat, if her heart still has a beat that is, but not without spilling some of his blood and vervain or not she would drink him dry with the hunger she was feeling at the moment.
She decided to distract the man until the stranger approaching made themselves known, she could only hope it was one of her friends and not his.
"I was hunting." She said clearly. feeling no reason to lie.
The look of disgust that appeared on the man's face was instant and blanketed every feature. She had to suppress her eye roll.
"There are no humans here for you to feed on, monster." He snapped moving closer: the finger on the trigger tightening ever so slightly.
Caroline sighed.
"No, not human. But there are plenty of rabbits." She said with a wicked glint. The man retched and spat on the ground.
He took another step; this time no hesitation as he pulled the trigger but it was too late, someone had pushed his hand down making him miss his target - but only slightly.
Caroline yelled out in pain as the bullet hit her in the stomach causing blood to pull onto her white shirt.
Her rescuer called her name as she fell to her knees but she was very little aware of anything other than pulling the bullet out of her.
There was a dull crack and she knew the man was dead. She couldn't bring herself to be guilty.
"Care?" Stefan's soothing voice filled the silent and suddenly he was in front of her.
Caroline threw the bloodied bullet to the ground and pulled up her shirt not looking at the other Vampire, her gaze was fixed on the wound that wasn't healing. The would that seemed to bubble and grow redder by the second.
"Werewolf venom?" Stefan hissed also looking down at the wound.
Caroline finally looked up the youngest Salvatore brother with a terrified expression. She was going to die after all.
Unless, of course…
"We have to take you to Klaus." Stefan concluded helping the younger vampire to her unsteady feet and began leading her away.
There was no need to hide the dead bodies anymore, not now that everyone expected there to be plenty of them.
Caroline whimpered but not from the pain. It had been a long time since someone had mentioned the name Klaus in front of her. Though she had heard it whispered by the many supernatural creature they have encountered. The tales of New Orleans, the last safe heaven upon Earth; then again, it was only safe to those who Klaus wished it to be.
"He won't help me." Caroline said her voice not yet taking on the dry whispy sound she knew it would when the venom became too much. Right now she was only hurting like a bitch.
Stefan didn't reply only continued to pull her though the roots and muck back the their hotel.
Not that it mattered if he did help her, she managed to think, she would be dead before she reached New Orleans. She was sure of that.
"Caroline?" Elena yelled as Stefan dragged the ever dying blond into their shabby hotel suit. The commotion brought out the other Vampire, Damon, who watched the scene with surprise.
"What happened? The bunnies bite back?" Damon said moving closer only to be glared at by two angry Vampires he. He rolled his eyes and sat down on the edge of the bed beside Elena as Caroline was placed into the centre of it.
"No, actually. A shitty hunter." Caroline laughed enjoying the lightness of his forced tone. She knew he meant no harm after all.
"Care..." Elena began reproachfully her eyes full of worry. Even in her vampire life, after everything that has happened to her Elena Gilbert is still so caring. Caroline always hated that.
It seemed that everyone had the same thoughts as the broody younger Salvatore.
"I know," she managed to say back resignation settling in.
"I'll get us some plane tickets." Damon said standing and going to his phone.
Elena smiled down at Caroline before taking her hand in her own.
"You just have to hold on until we get there, then everything will be okay." Elena said nodding. Caroline knew that this was easier said than done. She wasn't sure how much longer she could hold onto the pain rippling through her body.
Stefan took the other side of the bed and smiled softly at the girl he once loved before looking back at his best friend. Caroline smiled as best as she could to calm his worry.
"Okay, the tickets are for in an hour. Let's get a move on." Damon said returning to the bed and slipping his phone into his front pocket.
"Yay." Caroline murmured before falling into a deep pit of darkness.