Hi! So, this is my first story, it's an idea I had that I decided to write down. I got the idea while listening to the song Clarity by Zedd, hence the title. This first chapter is a bit confusing, so sorry if you get confused. It's starting later on in the story and then as it continues it explains itself. Hopefully. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Vamp Diaries or the Originals, obviously. It's just awesome and I love Klaroline XD
Caroline's POV:
Everything was still. There was a distant pounding below, but it wasn't too loud and it didn't, couldn't, distract me from the man who was with me. He was holding me on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, and I was scared. He scared me. But the feelings I had for him scared me more.
His arm had snaked around my waist, his other hand had me in a choke hold. I couldn't see him, but I knew he was trying to hold himself away from me.
"Why would you do that? Do you have any idea what I just went through? Of course, you planned it, you and your friends. I should have killed the whole bunch of you when I had the chance. But no, for you, Caroline, for you I've done so many things." Klaus suddenly spun me around, moving his hands to my shoulders and shaking me. All I could do was sway like a limp doll.
"And how do you repay me!" He shouts in my face, for once opening up and letting himself feel. "How do you thank me, how do you react?" As if all his strength left him, Klaus lets go of me and drops to his knees. I'm so surprised by the release of pressure on my shoulders that I almost miss what he says next. He whispers it in such a low voice that I almost miss it, even with my vampire hearing.
"You know exactly how I feel, Caroline," he doesn't look at me. "The magic tonight, I've never felt such power. That... That was something that could have ruined me. And you just stood there. Again. How many times must you betray me?"
I collapse next to him and say, in an equally quiet voice, "But I didn't. Not this time."
I take Klaus's face in my hands and lift his chin, forcing him to look at me. One of his hands reaches up and tugs a leaf from my hair. His hand untangles my lock of hair and pushes it behind my ear. It's strange what things you notice in a time like this. I stare at him, and his pupils dilate slightly. Listening, I wait for Klaus to compel me, but instead images flash through my mind. Of him and me, the times we fought, the times that I felt like we were connected. It all came rushing back, passing in a blur, but then I heard it.
One word.
Said with so much emotion. The voice wrapping itself around me, enveloping me.
"Caroline..."
I know they're a bit out of character in this chapter, but I felt like starting with an emotional scene. Later on Klaus goes back to his tough self. This story is pretending that he never left Mystic Falls, it's before everything with the witches happened. If you really want a specific time, think after episode 4x18, if he never got the letter from Jane-Anne. I know this is really short, but the next ones should be longer. Thanks for reading!