Okay this is my first story so go easy on me lol but please tell me what you think of it!

Klaus was irritated. This wasn't unusual for him, but today he was in a particularly fowl mood. He had been at the bars all night getting drunk but nothing seemed to help and he eventually got tired of the drunk girls and decided to return home. He was walking along when he suddenly heard someone crying in an alley a few blocks down from him. Curious to see if it was someone he could eat, he sped down to where he heard the noise. Curled up in the alley next to a dumpster he found he most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was badly beaten up and bleeding profusely, but even in the dark alley she radiated light. He raced to her side, his bitter mood forgotten, wanting nothing more than to help this poor girl he had never met.

"What happened to you" He asked he girl while examining her wounds. She flinched when he touched her and that's when he realized that her skirt was ripped and she had blood between her legs along with her other injuries. Klaus, unsure of what to do, tried to help her stand up. The girl passed out and he caught her in his arms. He realized that she had lost too much blood and that she would die soon if he did not do anything, so he bit his wrist and fed her his blood. He knew that he could not let this pure light die.

He took the girl in his arms and carried her back to his car so he could take her to a hospital. Klaus carefully strapped the girl, who was starting to regain consciousness, into the passenger seat and sped off in the direction of the hospital. Klaus drove as fast as he could to get her to the hospital fast when suddenly the girl shot up and started freaking out. She was crying and hyperventilating and trying to jump out of the car. Klaus was so distracted trying to calm the girl down and keep her safe that he never even saw the red light ahead of him.

Before he realized he had even run a red light Klaus felt the impact of another car hitting his. The car spun out of control and crashed into a nearby telephone pole. Klaus didn't even have time to try and save the girl this time, she was dead on impact. That's when he realized that she had vampire blood in her system and that she would awake soon. He had to get her out of there. Before anyone had time to examine to crash, Klaus and the girl where gone.

He took the girl back to his house and laid her on his bed. He discovered her name was Caroline from her driver's license. Caroline… he liked the name. He silently waited for her to awaken, but he didn't have to wait long. Caroline shot up from the bed gasping for breath and terribly confused. Klaus rushed to her side and quickly compelled her to calm down and tell him what she remembered from that night.

"I went to meet my boyfriend Damon at a bar down the street. When I got there he was completely wasted so I tried to get him to come home to sober up and he got really mad at me. He said I was being a buzz kill as always and that he was going to teach me how to have fun. He pulled me out of the bar by my hair and pushed me into an alley outside where he started to hit me and…" Caroline had to stop there because she started sobbing, but she didn't have to say it, Klaus knew what this asshole has done. Once Caroline had calmed down some she continued.

"Then I remember you found me in the alley and then I woke up in a car and that's all I can remember… Did you save me?" Caroline asked with innocence and admiration for her hero.

"I wish I had, love." Klaus said with regret.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that we were in an accident Caroline and something happened…"

"What happened?" Caroline straightened up concerned but still demanding to know.

"I'll tell you but you have to promise to remain calm and hear me out."

"Okay..?"

"Caroline when I found you in the alley you were hurt badly so I fed you my blood to heal you because vampire blood has special healing powers, but then we were in an accident on the way to the hospital and you died with the blood in your system so now you are transitioning into a vampire…" Klaus spoke quickly up until the end, waiting for her to freak out.

"So you're trying to tell me that I died and now I'm a vampire?"

"Basically… yeah."

"Okay you are obviously crazy, so thanks for the help in the alley but I'm going to be leaving now." Caroline shot up, grabbed her purse, and raced for the door, but Klaus sped in front of her blocking her way out.

"I can't let you leave, you could hurt someone."

"How the hell did you do that?" She asked referring to his vampire speed.

"I told you, I'm a vampire."

"Okay whatever I don't care how you did it just let me go."

"I told you, I can't."

"Okay look my mom is the sheriff and once she realizes I'm gone, she's going to find you so just let me go."

Klaus could tell she was scared, but she didn't show it. She was strong and he liked that.

"As you wish." Klaus said stepping aside. He realized that he couldn't convince her to stay, she was stubborn and he liked that too, so he decided to let her go and just keep and eye on her until you calms down and then convince her to feed. Caroline was out of the house the second he moved out of her exit path and was practically running down the street.

When Caroline finally returned home she was out of breath from running and covered in sweat. She went upstairs to take a shower to rinse off the sweat and blood from last night. When she was taking her clothes off she realized that she didn't have any cuts left on her body. She still had plenty of bruises, but some of those were from previous beatings from Damon. She still couldn't believe what he had done to her. He had always been violent, but he had never hurt her like THAT before. Getting lost in the horrors of last night she forgot out the cuts, or lack there of, and got into the shower trying to scrub away the memories.

After her shower, Caroline decided that she needed to go talk to Damon. She knew that what happened last night was wrong and that she should tell the police, but she wanted to talk to Damon. She was sure that he would apologize and that they would be okay. She jumped into her car and sped over to his house.

Klaus couldn't stop thinking about Caroline. This mystery girl that he knew nothing about but so desperately wanted to protect. He didn't understand why he cared. He was Klaus after all; he didn't care about anyone or anything. But for some reason he couldn't shake this nobody girl who was so full of light and strength. It had been hours since she had left his house and he decided that he should go check on her, but as he went to walk out the door he found Caroline standing on his stoop… covered again in blood.

"What the hell happened Caroline?!" Klaus asked while ushering her inside.

"I… I went to go talk to Damon about what happened last night and he suddenly started hitting me again and saying that I was a no good piece of shit and that the world would be better off without me… he started to choke me and I thought he was going to kill me!" Caroline sobbed. "And something just rose up in me and I got so mad and I pushed him away from and just started hitting him and I couldn't stop hitting him. I was just so mad! And then their was blood everywhere and I couldn't stop myself…"

"Did you feed on him?"

"Yes." A flood of relief washed over Klaus because now he didn't have to try to convince her to feed.

"Did you kill him?"

"No, once I realized what I was doing I ran here as fast as I could. What's happening to me?" Caroline started sobbing again and she fell into Klaus's arms. He awkwardly embraced her and then realized that it actually felt really good. Her embrace was warm and comforting and he was actually disappointed when she finally drew away. She looked up at him with expectant eyes and Klaus tried to think of the right words to comfort her.

"Everything will be okay," He started. "I'm going to help you through this, love." He reassured her.

"I just realized I don't even know your name."

"My name is Niklaus Mikaelson, but you can call me Klaus."

"Okay Klaus," Caroline said testing out his name on her tongue, "Where do we start?"

"First thing first we need to pack up your things and find a place to start over."

"Start over? Wait… you mean leave Mystic Falls?" Caroline practically screamed.

"Well yes," Klaus explained. "You're a vampire now, darling. There is nothing left for you here."

"Nothing left?! My friends are here, my school is here, my MOM is here! I can't just leave!"

"You have to, love. Soon people are going to start noticing that you aren't aging and they will become suspicious. Not to mention that mother of yours and half the town is on a council that works to kill vampires."

"WHAT?!"

"I'll explain later, love. The point is that you need a fresh start. A place where you can learn what being a vampire is all about and learn how to control yourself. You can't do that here with all your little friends around."

"Why should I trust you? I don't even know you!"

"Maybe you shouldn't trust me, but you do. That's the reason you came back here to begin with. You know that I am the only person who understands you now and you trust me." Caroline looked down in embarrassment for being called out on her actions.

"Okay… so when do we leave?"

"Go home and pack up some of your things. Don't let your mother notice though. Pack light, some clothes and personal things, we can get you more things once we have settled. Leave a note for your mom telling her you have runaway or something so she doesn't think you were kidnapped or something and send the cops after you. I come by tonight to get you around midnight and then we will leave."

"Where will we go?"

"My siblings are currently residing in New Orleans, so I thought we might go there. It's a lovely place and I actually have some business to attend to there."

"Okay… I'll go pack."

"See you at midnight."

Caroline could not believe this was happening. She was about to leave her home with some complete stranger and go to New Orleans! What the hell was she thinking! Actually she knew exactly what she was thinking. She was thinking that her life here sucked. That her boyfriend beat her up, that her mom worked all the time and that she was always left out in her triangle of friends. She was tired of her life in Mystic Falls and she wanted adventure, she always had, and now she had her opportunity. She also knew that even though she didn't know this Klaus guy from Adam, that she actually trusted him. She couldn't explain it at all, but something about him comforted her. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew that she would be safe with him.

Caroline started to gather her things. Her favorite clothes, a picture of her family before they were broken, and a few other memorabilia. She fit everything she needed into one large duffel bag that she used to take to summer camp. Then she sat on her bed and waited for midnight to arrive. She heard her mom come home from her shift and collapse on her bed. Caroline walked to her room once she was sure her mom was fast sleep and watched her for a few minutes.

She watched the woman who she fought so much with, who was never around, and who loved her so very much. A tear silently fell from Caroline's eye and she left her note on her mom's bedside table so she would find it in the morning. Then she kissed her mom on the forehead and walked out to meet Klaus and start her new life.

"You okay, love?" Klaus asked her when Caroline got in the car.

"I will be." She answered confidently and with that Klaus pulled out of the driveway and started toward New Orleans.