Chapter One

A/N: This is Romeo and Juliet with a vampire Diaries twist. I kind of see Klaus and Caroline as more Romeo and Juliet than Caroline and Tyler ever were, even though that's how Julie Plec described them. So I wrote this story. Sorry if I'm betraying my Forwood fans. I jumped ship. But anyway if you're familiar with Shakespeare, here are the character equivalents:

Romeo: Klaus

Juliet: Caroline

Friar Laurence and Friar Friar John: Esther and Abby

Count Paris: Tyler

Rosaline: Meredith Fell

Tybalt: Alaric

Benvolio: Finn and Kol

Mercutio: Elijah

The Nurse: Rebekah, Elena and Bonnie

And I wrote in parts for Stefan, Damon and Matt that don't really fit into Shakespeare's world.

So stay tuned because maybe my version will have a happy ending or maybe it won't. =D. R&R!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Klaus will be mine one day muahahaha.

Chapter One

"Dear brother. It really has been a long time hasn't it?" Klaus said, looking over his shoulder at his older brother.

"What are you on about?" Elijah said, furrowing his brow.

"We've been alive for centuries I mean. Do you think it will ever end?" Klaus asked.

"Yes, if you keep daggering me every chance you get." Elijah rolled his eyes.

Klaus grinned slightly and looked back at his drink. It really had been a long time - almost a thousand years. Klaus couldn't help but lament that he had nothing to show for it except for a legion of easily-killed hybrids and a broken curse.

"So I trust that you are going to behave at dinner tonight?" Elijah asked.

"Of course. When do I not?" Klaus replied, almost feeling hurt. "Dinner was my idea after all."

Elijah looked at his brother. This had happened before. Klaus had a pattern of slipping into a strange depression every few centuries. Elijah knew it was nothing and that it'd pass with time, so he chose not to push it. There was business to attend to anyway. He didn't have time to worry with his baby brother's nervous breakdown.

But he had to wonder if it was different this time. Now circumstances were changed. Klaus had killed Mikael and he was a full hybrid now. Those were his two goals for the thousand years he'd been alive. Now that he'd achieved them, what now?

Klaus surveyed himself in the mirror. Aside from the length of his hair and his clothing, nothing had ever changed. There was a slight line under his left eye, almost like a wrinkle, that Klaus liked to believe formed over the years from age or stress. But it probably was there the day he was changed. He sighed and retreated to his newly renovated dining room where his guests were waiting.

He peaked in to see who was there before he made his entrance. Damon, Stefan, Elena, Bonnie and Elijah were there as expected. But Klaus did not expect Caroline and Tyler to show. Alaric was also there with a guest. Klaus had never seen her before but she was stunning. Her brown hair fell around her face and her lips were full and permanently pursed - permanently awaiting a kiss.

Klaus was taken aback by this stranger in his house. She instantly changed something in him. He felt that he should indeed be on his best behavior but not for Elijah - for her. But that didn't mean his guests had to be on the same good behavior. And he knew just the perfect guests who had no problem being bad. Dinner with the Originals wasn't dinner at all if there wasn't at least a little chaos.

He ducked into his basement and gazed upon the shiny coffins containing his siblings. He opened them all and looked at the gray, drained faces of Finn, Kol and Rebekah. He pulled the daggers out one by one and poured a little bit of a blood bag in each of their mouths to quicken the process. As he waited he could hear his guests growing restless.

He left clothes for each of them and kissed Rebekah on the forehead before he went upstairs. Katherine had joined the party he noticed. He took a deep breath and entered slowly. The room went silent and cold at the sight of him. It made him slightly sad that no one was there because they truly liked him. It was all fear and leverage.

"Hello, everyone." Klaus said, feigning bemusement. Everyone looked at him with hate behind their eyes as they all stood behind their chairs at the table. He went and sat down and everyone else took the cue and followed suit.

Alaric and Elijah were on either side of him. Because of what happened at dinner the last time, Elijah made sure he had a buffer of Klaus between him and Alaric. But Klaus was thrilled. That meant that the mysterious woman Alaric had brought was right near him.

"Hello, love. What is your name?" Klaus asked her, his eyes flashing yellow.

"Dr. Fell." Alaric interjected harshly before she could answer.

"You can call me Meredith I guess." She said nervously.

"I'm not the one to fear tonight, Meredith." Klaus smirked. "I've invited some guests."

Rebekah, Kol and Finn ghosted in and silently took seats on the opposite side of the table. Their silence was eerie.

"Everyone welcome my brothers and sister." Klaus said.

"What are you doing?" Elijah whispered. "This is not the time! They could kill everyone in this room."

"What, you don't miss me, big bro?" Kol said, feigning hurt.

"Yes, lighten up Elijah! It's a family reunion! Wine anyone?" Klaus asked, uncorking a bottle with his teeth and taking a large swig. He looked over at Caroline and smiled at the fact that she was wearing the diamond bracelet he gave her, but his face contorted into a look of disgust when he saw Tyler's charm bracelet on her other wrist.