Reasons that you should not mix alcohol, magic and discussing your favorite fairy tales. Oh, weekends away from college can be so eventful for Elena, Caroline and Bonnie, their friends, lovers and enemies. Beware: these fairy tales have a bite. Klaroline, Delena, etc…
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Hello, my lovely readers. So, I was having a moment and just wanted to write something for fun. This is what I came up with. Please, vote in Hypable's poll for Klaroline. The Last time I checked Klaroline has 48 % to the other couple's 52%, voting ends at 12 tonight. On with the show…
Chapter 1: Lost in a Fairy Tale
"The coast is clear." Elena called to her best friends, Bonnie Bennett and Caroline Forbes. The three young women, well, two vampires and a witch, snuck carefully up the stairs to the attic of the Salvatore Boarding house. They were armed with cleaning supplies and Caroline was armed with bottles of champagne.
"I thought we were supposed to be cleaning?" Bonnie eyed the bottles in the blonde's arms as she spoke.
Caroline shrugged. "I'm multi-tasking. Besides attics are spooky. And if I'm going to be stuck up here all day I might as well get drunk." Brushing away cobwebs, she made a face.
"Whoa, this place is a mess." Bonnie exclaimed, looking at all the items just laying around.
Elena picked up a top hat and cane. She began to do a little dance that reminded her friends of something out of Mary Poppins. Caroline set down the bottles and picked up a saber. Unsheathing it, she began to raise it and then spun around. "Hi yah." Bonnie jumped away from her weapon wielding friend.
"Stefan's diaries," Caroline called, picking up a book and dusting it off. "Oh, the 1920s version. He's talking about Klaus." She began to read to herself, shaking her head, her lips pursed. After a few minutes she shut the book and set it down.
Bonnie and Elena watched as Caroline's expression became thoughtful. Looking at each other they both felt curious about what caused Caroline to stop speaking. It seemed as if there was nothing that could cause the former Miss Mystic Falls to ever stop speaking. "Anything interesting?" Bonnie inquired, going through some old clothes.
"Nope," Caroline shook her head fervently but she still looked contemplative.
"Okay," Elena sighed not wanting to push the issue. Picking up a champagne bottle, she handed it to Caroline, who smiled wistfully at it.
"Our thing," Caroline whispered.
"What?" Bonnie called, looking through a box of old books. "Hey, guys look what I found." She waved her friends over to her. Pulling out a book, she blew the dust off the cover.
Caroline began to cough, waving the dust away and then took a sip from the bottle. "What is it?"
Elena began to smile when she saw the first illustration. "It's Neverland." She exclaimed with delight. "These must be Damon's and Stefan's books from when they were little." Reaching into the box, she began to pull out fairy tales and Caroline picked up Little Red Riding Hood.
Sitting down on the floor with her legs crossed in front of her, Caroline began to read her childhood favorite, ignoring her friend. There was just something about the big bad wolf. Flushing at the thought, Caroline began to sip at her champagne as she engrossed her herself in the tale. She hadn't seen Klaus in months and good riddance. He was the reason that she and Tyler had broken up and Elena was with Damon and the general reason for many bad things that happened in Mystic Falls.
Klaus was the Big Bad Wolf. The stupid guy, who went around killing people's mothers and friends and aunts. And then went around with his stupid dimples and his charm. And his sketches and his dancing. And his… Why was she even thinking about the crazed hybrid anyway? Oh, wait that's right. Because Elena wanted to go snooping in the Salvatores' attic to try to dig up information on Damon.
"I feel like there is so much about him I don't know," Elena had said.
Now Caroline was stuck up here in this musty attic with her friends on a perfectly good weekend away from campus. This just sucked. Staring at her friends, Caroline noticed that Bonnie was curled up with Peter Pan and Elena was reading Rapunzel. "Let down your long hair," Caroline called to Elena with a grin.
Laughing, Elena got up to retrieve the other two bottles of champagne. "I would if it were still that long."
"Really? Have you seen mine?" Bonnie scoffed, playing with her short locks.
"I like your hair, Bon," Elena replied. Getting back up, she exclaimed. "Come on, Wendy let's go see what other creatures inhabit this island."
Elena and Bonnie went further into the piles of artifacts. Bonnie came out in a dress which looked like it came from the Victorian period. "Whoa. You look like Wendy Darling," Caroline exclaimed, staring at her friend with a wide grin. Bonnie twirled in her dress.
Then there was a shuffling sound before Elena appeared in a long gown that looked like it must have been from a costume party. Placing a fake crown on her head she walked forward giggling. "How do I look?"
"Like you just woke up in the wrong century and lost your spindle." Caroline retorted. Looking around Caroline began to search through the various things that the Salvatores needed to donate to a rummage sale. "Seriously," She muttered before she found it. "Oh, my God. Lena, Bon. Look!" Elena and Bonnie came over and gasped at Caroline's find. There in between plies of old clothes was a spinning wheel.
Walking over to it like she was mesmerized, Elena reached out to touch the needle when Caroline grabbed her. "What are you doing?" Caroline asked, shaking her head at a bewildered Elena.
Shaking her own head, Elena laughed. "I have no idea." Looking around, she spotted something in the corner, peeking out from a box. She pulled in out and held it up for the others' inspection. "Here's your cape." Handing the cape to Caroline, Elena and Bonnie clapped as Caroline tied the strings and struck a pose.
Hours later they were sitting on the floor once more engrossed in their individual texts. Having drunk the rest of the champagne, they were now discussing what would happen if they were ever in the tales. "I would stay in Neverland where things aren't as hard as they are here and I would steal Hook's ship to travel on," Bonnie declared.
"I would steal Rumpelstiltskin's wand and fix all the horrible things he did." Elena told them.
Caroline thought about her answer. "I would tame the Big Bad Wolf. I think he could be be better if someone cared about him."
Bonnie and Elena looked at each other and then burst into laughter. Caroline stared at them. "What?" Folding her arms over her chest, she began to pout.
"Is it the Big Bad Wolf you want to tame or is it the Big Bad Hybrid?" Elena teased Caroline.
"WHAT?" Caroline shouted indignantly. "Just because you choose the bad boy doesn't mean we are all attracted to the darkness?"
Shifting to watch her friends, Bonnie wanted to diffuse the tension but then Elena jumped to her feet. Then they really started to yell. Crawling away from them on her hands and knees, Bonnie found a spell book. Her eyes widened when she read the name Emily Bennett. 'Why would the Salvatores have a book that belonged to her family?' Bonnie opened the book and began to flip through the pages absently.
Finding a spell called. "Forgetting Past Wrongs." That sounded good. Maybe it would be a temporary fix but it might be enough to make Caroline and Elena stop fighting since they looked like they were about to hit each other. When veins started sprouting and fangs started growing Bonnie knew it was time for drastic measures.
Reciting the spell quietly, it wasn't until the last word fell from Bonnie's lips that Caroline turned around. "Bonnie, what are you doing?" And the lights went out and Bonnie fell asleep.
Somewhere Far from Mystic Falls
Waking up Bonnie felt groggy. Sitting up slowly, she noticed that the sun was up. Placing her hands down at her sides, she felt sand beneath them. Looking around her, she saw water on one side and a forest on the other. "Where am I?" Bonnie whispered.
"Bonnie?" A voice called. Why did it sound so familiar? Staring in the direction of the trees she began to scramble backwards when the person who was calling her name emerged. "There you are, Bonnie, we've been looking all over for you."
"Stay away from me." Bonnie warned as she continued to scramble backwards.
"Bonnie. What's wrong?" Kol Mikaelson asked, looking down at Bonnie, concerned.
"What are you wearing?" Bonnie asked, staring at the green shirt and pants clad vampire. Kol looked absurd.
"What?" Kol asked, still looking concerned. He started to move toward Bonnie again. She tried to use her powers to stop him but nothing happened. When he was right in front of her he placed a hand on her shoulder. She could fell his body heat through the flimsy dress. That was odd because vampires were cold and Kol's cheeks were rosy.
"Where are we?" Bonnie asked, staring at Kol in wonder. Did she die and now she was in some odd version of the other side?
"You must have hit your head. We're in Neverland." Kol told her and Bonnie passed out.
Not so far away:
"Bonnie! Caroline!" Elena called out to her friends, who had disappeared. She slumped down at the little stool in the room she had woken up in. 'How much had she had to drink? I will not drink again. Ever!' Elena silently chanted to herself when someone appeared in front of her.
"What's the problem, deary?" The former mayor of Mystic Falls, Richard Lockwood, clapped his hands together, cackling. Elena fell off the stool trying to vamp speed away from the green ghost.
"Mayor Lockwood?" Elena gasped.
"Well, most people know me by another name. But we'll go with that one." The mayor told Elena. "I am here to grant you a wish."
"Huh?" Elena felt confused and scared of the mayor, more so than when he was alive and that was saying something. Pushing herself to her feet, Elena ran out of the room and outside into an unfamiliar lawn, where there was nothing but grass and woods. "Where am I?"
In other tale:
Caroline woke up rubbing her hand over her eyes. Sitting up, she found she was in the middle of a road with a basket beside her. "That's weird?" Looking around, Caroline found that there was no one around. "Hello?" She called to hear no response. "Bonnie? Elena? This is not funny."
Rolling her eyes, Caroline got up and started to vamp speed and found she got two feet ahead. Trying again, nothing happened. "What the hell?" She moaned in frustration. Then someone appeared from the woods with an axe.
Seeing Mikael Mikaelson, Caroline screamed and bolted. She dropped the basket but she didn't care. Wherever she was, she would not be hanging around to find out why Mikael had an axe and who he planned on using it on.
Back in Mystic Falls:
"It should be in the attic." Damon called, over his shoulder as Klaus Mikaelson and Damon's younger brother, Stefan, followed him up the stairs. When they got to the attic Damon didn't think too much about walking inside. Klaus and Stefan walked into the attic and woke up somewhere else.
In Neverland:
Blinking at the incredible sunlight, Stefan shaded his eyes. "Bonnie?" He called, seeing her with what looked like Kol Mikaelson in a pair of green shorts.
"Stefan," Bonnie called, running toward him. Stefan would have sped over to her but his powers didn't seem to be working. Seeing he was no longer in possession of his day light ring, Stefan began to panic.
"Bonnie, what's going on?" Stefan asked the witch, who was also wearing a costume and her hair had grown out really quickly.
"We're in Neverland," Bonnie told him slowly.
"Oh," Stefan said before looking at Kol. "Peter Pan?"
Kol nodded. "Yes, but now I go by Kol."
In a Kingdom:
Waking up, Damon sat up in the middle of a large room. "Your majesty? Are you alright?" Looking over Damon saw Alaric looking down at him in concern. "What?"
"You looked like you might have, um, swooned…" Alaric smirked down at Damon. Before he could continue Damon jerked him into a hug.
"You're alive." Damon exclaimed, clinging to his friend.
"Yes, I am. Now, your majesty, your parents would like to see you about matter of some urgency to the kingdom." Alaric informed Damon, pressing his jacket down.
"Oh, and what's that?" Damon asked, wondering where in the heck he was.
"They want you to find a princess, sir," Alaric informed him slowly.
"Oh. That all." Damon replied. "Point me at them." He fully intended on telling his so called parents in this land he wasn't getting stuck with some random chick. He needed to get back to Elena.
In a forest:
Klaus jumped to his feet, growling. Staring around the road he had just woken up on he was intent on finding Damon and ripping his head off. Striding forward, he began to make more detailed plans of what he would do to make the elder Salvatore suffer when a girl in a red cape flew into his arms. "Help!" The girl squealed.
Feeling his lips quirk upward, Klaus thought that maybe he had time for a snack. Reaching forward, he pushed the hood back. He was not expecting to come face to face with Caroline Forbes. "Caroline?"
Gasping, Caroline stared up at Klaus. "Klaus?" She whispered. Placing a hand on his cheek like she didn't believe he was really there, Caroline blinked back tears before she turned her head. "Of course, because the story isn't complete without the Big Bad Wolf."
"What?" Klaus asked as Caroline pulled her hand away and began to step around him. "Caroline." Reaching out Klaus spun her around and grasped her face between his hands. "Where are you going?"
"Away from you." Caroline declared, shoving him away with a surprising amount of strength given that she smelled… human? She began to walk away from him when someone came down the road with an axe and she turned around, shoving Klaus ahead of her. "Run!" She screamed at him.
"Why? Whoever it is I will rip them apart if they touch you." Klaus told Caroline, who continued to shove him from behind.
"You don't understand. It's the woodsman. He kills the wolf in the story. You have to run." Caroline shoved Klaus again harder.
Turning around, Klaus was about to tell Caroline no man would ever scare him when he saw Mikael with an axe. Without thinking, Klaus picked Caroline up and threw her over his shoulder. He ran into the woods as Caroline complained with every twig that hit her. As much as he loved to listen to her he currently wished she would shut up. When he vocalized this wish he got a knee to his solar plexus which left him winded but he forged on in the hopes that he would lose Mikael by night fall.
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Peace,
LL
