It had been just over a century. Just over 100 years since he'd parted ways with her. The only girl who had ever gotten his attention in a more than purely sexual way. Caroline. Not a day passed that he didn't think about her, but he couldn't admit that to anyone because he was Klaus. He had a reputation to uphold.

Back in Mystic falls they had been together, shared passion and a bond so strong that most people will never get to experience, they were lucky. They had loved each other like nobody had loved before. That is, until Klaus realized he was no good for her.

It wasn't fair for him to be with her when she was so young. He wanted her to go out and experience different things for herself and then if she still wanted to be with him after, they would reunite. Klaus knew that she would never agree to this, she was stubborn, that's for sure. So, he compelled her to forget he ever existed and to this day, Caroline remember nothing of their love.

Klaus had just moved back to Mystic falls. He had been gone for over a century and felt it only right he return home yet again. He knew Caroline didn't live around these areas anymore. If she did, he would not have returned, not yet at least. He looked over to bar, looking for a meal. He didn't care who are what we drank from, but he knew he wanted to feed.

He went to the grill and sat down at the bar next to a young, brunette girl who seemed to be alone. "Can I get you a drink?" He asked her, turning to face her.

"No thanks." She said and rolled her eyes, Klaus chuckled.

"Oh, you have no idea." He said and turned her face toward him, catching her eye. "You will come with me into the back alley behind the grill, you will not question it and you will not fight or fear me." He compelled. The girl simply stood up and headed toward the back exist, Klaus started to follow when a clumsy girl bumped into him and her drink smashed on the floor. Klaus' anger started to build, who was this stupid mortal?

"Oh, I'm sorry!" She said and looked into his eyes. Before he had even returned the glaze, he knew who it was. His anger disappeared immediately. She shouldn't be here, he had checked 4 times before moving he that she no longer was a residence of Mystic falls. He looked into her eyes and couldn't look away. It was his soul mate, the love of his existence, Caroline.

"No, I'm sorry.." He replied, still in shock from seeing her after so long, she hadn't changed at all. Still so beautiful.

"Dude, you can move on now." It was only until this voice next spoke that Klaus realized she wasn't alone. His attention was drawn to the guy stood next to Caroline, he had his arm around her waist. He had hoped that he wasn't her boyfriend, but he had no right to say anything so he merely stepped to the side and let them pass him. He watched Caroline walk away this guy who Klaus did not know.

Now his anger was building again, not toward Caroline, not toward her friend (hopefully), but toward himself. He marched out into the back alley where his prey was waiting patiently and sunk his fangs into her neck. He sucked the blood out of her until she was dry, dead. He hadn't meant to, but he didn't care. Caroline hadn't recognised him, obviously as he had compelled her, but he was still hurting. He had done this to himself.

"Nik, you have to be more careful." He heard his sister say, approaching from behind, looking at the dead girl on the floor. Klaus picked her up and threw her in the dumpster, covering her with trash. He meant nothing to her so he didn't care.

"Rebekah," He said and turned around. "I didn't think you would be here until tomorrow." He replied.

"Well, you know me brother, always eager to return to Mystic Falls." she replied sarcastically. "I missed you." That part was genuine. He had barely seen or spoken to Rebekah since he had left Caroline, he didn't really want to be with people, he wanted to be alone. He had occasionally seen his family from time to time, but now that he was moving back he had invited them all to join him, so they were moving back to their mansion in Mystic Falls.

"That's not necessary, out family will be all together by tomorrow. No need to speak of the past."

"You didn't know that Caroline still hangs around here, did you?"

He grinded his teeth together at the mention of her name, remembering to boy she was just with. "I didn't. I had checked."

"She doesn't live here on record, she resides with the Salvatores."

"Ah yes, Damon and Stefan. I suppose Elena now too, yes?"

"Perhaps. I never got around to asking Damon questions.."

Klaus chuckled at that, he knew that Rebekah could get anybody she wanted, but she always managed to fall back into bed with Damon Salvatore. He didn't much care for the Salvatore brother, he has given up on his Hybrid army once he was with Caroline because he had another reason to live, so they were no longer at war. Elena meant nothing to him anymore because his Hybrids meant nothing to him anymore so he never really questioned what had happened to her, whether she had grown old and passed or whether they had turned her and she had picked a brother. By the sounds of it, if she had been turned, she must've chosed Stefan if Rebekah had just been with Damon.

"Oh my sister, you always know just how to get what you want." He said. "Join me for a drink?"

"Of alcohol?"

Klaus laughed again. "Yes, of alcohol."

They returned inside the grill and headed straight for the bar. Klaus was trying to listen in on Caroline's conversation with her male friend while trying not to make it obvious to his sister and whoever else may remember him.

"So, babe, do you want to head back to my place? Or better yet, we could just go out into the alley.." Her friend had said, how disgusting, if he were to go with her in the alley, Klaus would not be able to hold in his rage. Caroline laughed which make Klaus ease up a little, he loved the sound of her laugh.

"Jared, you've only been in town an hour and you're already trying to bed me?" She replied. So Jared was his name. Klaus knew he was a vampire as he didn't have a heartbeat. That's another thing Klaus loved about Caroline, she wasn't easy at all. If a guy wanted her, he would have to work for it, she wasn't the type to have one night stands. But, then again, people can change in the space of 100 years.

Jared laughed with her. "Come on, you know we could have the hottest vampire sex anyone's ever had." That was just false, Klaus knew that his and Caroline's sexual relations were the best she could ever have, because there were actual feelings there, and he knew her body like the back of his hand.

"You know I don't think of you in that way, Jared, don't ruin our night." She replied and they ordered shots.

"I don't understand why you don't just go over and let Caroline remember everything." Klaus snapped out of hearing their conversation when Rebekah started talking.

"I have no interest in a relationship." Klaus replied, it was obvious he was lying.

"You know you can't lie to me, brother."

Klaus looked at his sister, he knew she could see right through him, but he admitted nothing. "She's not interested in him anyway, she said so herself."

"Well, maybe not him, but what about the next guy you see her with? It looks like they're leaving anyway so we'll soon find out."

Klaus looked over and saw them heading out the side door, why that way? He stood up immediately and followed them. He didn't walked out yet though, only listened at the door to see if he had to.

"You don't have to walk me whole, Jared, I'm not strong than you but I can handle myself."

"Who said anything about going home?" Jared replied to Caroline, footsteps sounded as if he was walking closer to her.

"Uh.. You did? You just said and I quote, 'Let me walk you home'." She replied, laughing slight but confused.

"Oh come on Caroline, if we were gonna walk home together we'd have gone out the front door, lets have some fun." Then Klaus her kissing sounds, but Caroline continued talking so he must be kissing her neck.

"Jared! Stop it!" She shouting and there were hitting noises like she was trying to push him away, he just laughed in retured, Klaus' anger was already high and building.

Jared laughed. "No way, we're doing this." He said.

That was all Klaus could listen to. He burst through the door and grabbed Jared who and backed her up against a wall. He slammed him into the wall, Jared was trying to fight back but couldn't. Klaus punched him square in the face and watched him fall, then he continued to kick him stomach while he was down and smack Jared's head against the concrete wall. He wasn't going to kill Jared straight away, that would be doing him a kindness, so he twisted his arm round and kneeled down pressing it against his back, Jared called out in pain.

"What the fuck!" He screamed. Caroline didn't know what to do. She was grateful for this stranger to be helping her and getting her out of being raped but didn't understand why he was being so forceful.

Klaus leaned down to whisper loud enough for Jared to hear but quiet enough so Caroline couldn't hear.

"You made a huge mistake, you shouldn't have touched her. You hurt her, you deal with me. It's too late for you now anyway, your time is up. Goodbye." He said and snapped his neck, making Jared pass out. He then stood up and turned to face Caroline. "Are you okay?" He asked her, she nodded. "Than-" But before Caroline had a chance to thank him, he was gone and she was left in the alley with the unconscious vampire. Who was this stranger who had just saved her? So many questions were running through her head but the most important one being why had he done it?

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