*This story is rather AU, since there are no vampires in it, everyone is human, save for the werewolf/ves
2000
Klaus walked down an old forest pathway behind his house, he had finally figured out how to break out of the barn.
'You're a monster, you know that don't you, a bloody raging monster!'
His father would be furious he had broken out, he was supposed to stay there all night during the full moon
'You're a murderer, you killed her, you, YOU!'
He wondered if his father had ever been a kind man once, he wasn't now though, not since Klaus had been born, 4 years ago.
'I may have promised her I'd look after you, but that doesn't change the facts, you're a filthy beast, every night I pray that something will finally put you down!
Klaus could feel the pull of the moon, calling him, caressing him, he tried to ignore her just a little bit longer, he hadn't found it yet.
'Why don't you just crawl in a hole and die BOY!'
Klaus sensed it; he smelled it, his father's scent.
Klaus looked up to the moon, and stopped fighting her, letting her change him into the creature he truly was.
'Why did you take her from me!?'
2012
"Caroline?!" Sheriff Forbes' voice echoed through their home.
Caroline groaned, she had been up late for the past two weeks studying for her exams, and was finally done, and finally could sleep in, why was her mother trying to wake her up at the ungodly hour of…12:30 pm.
…Okay, maybe it wasn't such an ungodly hour, but still.
"I'm up!" Caroline called back, her voice still sleep-addled.
"Can you come down, I need to talk to you!"
Groaning again, Caroline got up, dressed, and went down stairs.
When she got down, she didn't even look at her mother, she immediately zeroed in on the papers on the kitchen table, papers she'd seen before, papers she'd hoped she'd never see again.
"NO!" Caroline yelled out, knowing what was coming.
"Come on Caroline…"
"No, no come on, no it'll be different, no nothing! You have been having kids from the foster care system in and out of here for years, and each time, it has only brought trouble. Remember that Fredrick guy? He threw a plate at me!"
"He was suffering withdrawal symptoms,"
"Which only means that he was doing some illegal drugs, something I think you should have dealt with, considering you're the sheriff of these fine parts!"
"Caroline!" Her mother said, silently beseeching her daughter.
Caroline groaned internally, she knew that look, it was the look her mom had given her every single time, and it was the look that she'd always fallen for. She knew why her mom was doing this, but she had to try fighting back a little longer, even though she already felt her resistance crumbling.
"Mom," Caroline said in a much more conversational tone, "I know that you feel it's your duty to these kids because of what happened to you, but you have to remember that most foster kids don't turn out like you did. These kids, they're pretty screwed up."
"Not all of them are Caroline-"
"-No, just the one's we wind up with," Caroline grumbled
"-I've actually done some checking up on this guy, he's not all that bad. He's a very independent type, everyone describes him as an adult in a teenager's body, he won't be much of a problem. You won't even have to think of him as a foster sibling, more of a roommate that you rarely come into contact with."
"Roommate?" Caroline asked despite herself.
"Yep, he goes out wherever, whenever, shows up for bed, then goes through the process again."
After a few moments, Caroline asked,
"What happened to him?"
Elizabeth's posture suddenly became much more relaxed, as it always did when her daughter asked this question. She asked it when she was seriously considering, and when she was seriously considering, then she, Elizabeth, and already one.
"His father was killed by an animal when he was four years old. What kind of animal? They don't know, the amount of damage leads them to think it was a bear, or two, but there weren't any bears known to be in the area. He had no family members that the police could track down, so he's been in the foster system ever since. He's sixteen, just like you. He's been moved from home to home because most foster parents either only accept kids of a certain age, for a certain time, or a combination. Since he's so close to legal adult status, I thought that it would be nice for him to have some stability for the last few years he's under the system's jurisdiction."
Caroline didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, but that was enough for her mother, who sensed victory.
"I've got to get ready for school, exams are over and everyone is buzzing for the end of the year party."
Caroline brushed her teeth, and then drove to school, picking up breakfast along the way. Once at school she met up with her best friend Bonnie, and the two started walking to class.
"What do you think Mr. Saltzman is going to be doing with us?" Bonnie asked
"I don't know, but it's going to be fun, he always brings out the 'party' in the 'party-classes' at the end of the year."
"Speaking of parties and the end of the year, I heard a rumor going around that this end of the year party's theme was end of the world, and I was wondering if a certain student-body president could confirm or deny…" Bonnie prompted
"Sorry Bon," Caroline said, smiling at her, "You know that I can neither confirm or deny what the theme will be. The theme will become known to everyone twenty-four hours before the dance, as is the tradition at Mystic Falls High."
"Fine," Bonnie said, before noticing something down the hall, "Look, it's the fan club."
Caroline glanced, and sure enough, a gaggle of guys were surrounding the Pierce twins (or Gilbert twins, Miranda Pierce had married Grayson Gilbert, and the kids joined together).
"Idiots," Caroline whispered to Bonnie, while making sure to avoid eyeing the crowd, headed by the two Salvatore brothers, directly, "They have to realize that neither of those two are going to go out with any of them. Elena is so focused on her 'future', the only guy who has a chance with her is Matt, who is friend zoned, and Katherine…"
"Katherine is too much like a cat playing with mice to ever actually be with either of them." She finished
"Ouch Care Bear," A seductive voice came from behind them.
Caroline and Bonnie turned around to find Elena and Katherine standing right behind them. Elena, dressed for success, and Katherine, dressed to seduce.
Caroline shifted uncomfortably, she wasn't exactly close to either of them, but she and Elena had formed a fledgling friendship of sorts after she helped Caroline get the courage to tell her mother about Fredrick, but it hadn't really gone anywhere after that.
"Come on," Elena said abruptly to her sister, "We're going to be late, it's party day, and Mr. Saltzman always delivers."
The four walked to class in silence, until they sat down, and then Bonnie turned and spoke to her.
"What's up, you're not usually this snippy."
"My mom's doing it again." Caroline said simply, leaving Bonnie shocked.
Before she could say anything, Mr. Saltzman came in, carrying packs of pop and bags of chips.
Class was fun, and everyone knew that lunch was going to rock. On the last day of classes, the school bought a ton of food, on discount, from the Grill, the nicest restaurant in the county, and everything fit the party theme. Caroline however, was dreading lunch, since it would be the first time that Bonnie would be able to talk to her since she told her.
Sure enough, the moment Bonnie found her, the questions commenced
"How is your mother getting another foster kid? I though you said you would do whatever it took to make sure she didn't do that any more!
"I did," Caroline sighed, "But, she's just so sincere when she's trying to do this, she really is trying to help these people, these kids. She did a background check on this guy, and he doesn't seem all that bad, so, why not?"
"What's his name?"
Caroline thought for a moment, "I don't know, I never actually got to asking that, come on, all the food is going, and I want some of the steak."
Over the next few days, Caroline busied herself with final plans for the party, despite the rumor, that she started, the theme had nothing to do with the end of the world, quite the opposite, the theme was embracing the future.
Subtle signs were everywhere that this guy, Niklaus Mikaelson she had learned, was coming. The old room was getting cleaned out, put into a neutral state that was open to any sort of redecoration, extra supplies was being bought, since there'd be three people now instead of two. Everything was being done quietly, so Caroline didn't actually realize how close the date was, until it came.
"Wait! He's coming today!?"
"Yes Caroline, he is," Elizabeth said, wondering what was so surprising, she had told her daughter the date several times, "What's so surprising."
"But, the party, it's in two days!"
"Great, he can get to know everyone, he is going to your high school next year. Now, do you want to do your inspection here, or at the airport?"
"I'll go with you," Caroline groaned.
The two of them drove about forty minutes to the airport, where the waited about ten minutes until a young man came walking out of the gates. He seemed to recognize Sheriff Forbes, because he began walking towards her and Caroline.
Caroline took the time to appraise him. He wore old-looking black jeans and a grey long-sleeve shirt. He wore a necklace around his neck with what appeared to be a claw attached to it. All of his clothes seemed worn down, as if they had been used a lot.
'Well, that's going to change, no one under my roof is going to be wearing the same clothes every day' Caroline thought to herself.
She looked up to his face and audibly gasped in shock; she had never seen eyes like that before. His eyes were ice blue, and were so visibly strong it was like they were glowing.
'He has to wear contacts', she thought to herself, 'there is no way that that eye color is real.'
Klaus heard her gasp, and noticed her looking at his eyes, and immediately looked at the ground, he didn't like it when people looked at his eyes, he didn't like people getting a glimpse of what he actually was.
"Hi, Niklaus, I'm Elizabeth, and this is my daughter; Caroline."
Niklaus gave a small smile and said,
"Niklaus is the name my father gave me, please, call me Klaus."
So, what do you guys think of the first chapter? Please review and tell me what you think, keeping in mind it's only the first chapter