AN: Hi, so this is my first go at writing fanfiction, I have had this idea swimming in my head for a while now and finally had the confidence to write it. Basically this takes place in 4x20 of tvd when Klaus went to New Orleans; everything that took place in Mystic Falls happened e.g. Klaus becoming a hybrid, his family etc.… except Caroline since she is introduced in this story as a new character. Oh and no Hayley and no baby plotline, I have no problem with anyone that likes the plot and such but you will not find it in this fic. Anyway this is really just an experiment so please let me know what you think :) see you at the bottom. Also this is obviously not Beta'd so I apologise for any mistakes.
Description: AU Klaus an ancient hybrid with many a demon in his past calls upon the reigns to reclaim what was once his and set the chessboard in favour of his own. Meanwhile Caroline a 19 year old college student sets upon her own path to fight a destiny that was chosen for her and reclaim a normal life. Little did they know the journey fate would intwine them with.
Disclaimer: I don't own any TVD or the Originals characters…..even if I'd like to ;) the only characters I own in this story will be the made up ones unfortunately haha
She just wanted a normal life away from the cause her family set her upon, away from what she was brought up to believe, away from a destiny she feared to fulfil. He just wanted to have a place to call home. To reclaim what was his and put an end to those who dared to threaten him and that of his own. Funny thing about what we want and what we need, as to the cruel mistress known as fate, for in the end we are all her subjects and the road we take to avoid her usually reveals the path that takes us straight back into her razor sharp clutch….
Chapter One
"Welcome to the dark side of New Orleans, where the living is easily lost, but the dead stick around to play."
Klaus heard the tour guide exclaim and laughed at the irony in the statement, if only these humans such delicate creatures with such naivety knew of what really went bump in the night. In 1000 years Klaus had seen more than his fair share of horrors, but hey who was he to judge? He has committed most of them a hundred times over in cities all over the world just like this one.
Yet here he stood, back on the precipice of a place he once dared to call home, standing on the corner of St Anne's and Bourbon and ready to commit these acts of violence in tenfold all over again. Klaus had recently been given word of a threat posing against him and of course such foolery had to be eliminated immediately.
The name he searched for was that of a Jane Anne Devereaux…lovely, a witch he thought with a sigh recognising the ancestral name. Such pestering little things these witches, always meddling and scheming then defining their actions as restoring the balance of nature, such devious creatures. However nothing he couldn't handle, he just had to find the little witch bitch first.
Looking across the street among a sea of pretenders who claimed to see what the future spoils, a tourist trap he gathered and rolled his eyes. Luckily enough fate was on his side today as among the crowd he spotted his target, a real witch. Surely she would be able to lead him on the correct path; if not willingly then a good dose of implementing excruciating fear should do the trick, a weapon he has found quite useful and time saving among his years.
The witch caught his eye and he saw the look of trepidation in her as she gathered her things and tried to make a clean exit, Oh yes he thought with a smirk it is good to be home, time to have some fun.
Meanwhile in the quarter, Caroline a determined girl with an essay deadline typed furiously away at her laptop oblivious of the crowds rolling into Rousseau's; the bar to be where ample amounts of alcohol, great food and entertainment was provided for all.
Sophie a young witch of 22 who was also the chef at Rousseau's made her way across the bar and approached the blonde haired beauty that was set on driving herself further and further away from reality. Seeing as Caroline's attention was still elsewhere, Sophie not one for subtly, slammed a bowl that she was carrying down on the table that Caroline was currently sitting at.
Caroline jumped in surprise her red framed reading glasses going crooked on her face.
"Jesus Sophie are you trying to send me into an early grave? Because you know I'd haunt your ass forever right?" She exclaimed sighing taking the glasses off and laying them on table beside her books, then looking back up at the bohemian style girl with the long black luscious locks tied back in a scrappy bun and raising an eyebrow.
Sophie gave a bitter smile at the comment.
"Oh ha ha, you're hilarious, and this is the thanks I get for being concerned about your wellbeing?" glancing down at the bowl she had put down.
Caroline also looked down and saw the delicious looking food presented before her, she glanced back up to Sophie smiled excitedly and replied
"Your special Gumbo?"
"Only the finest. You've been in here for hours now and haven't eaten a thing; sooo I thought I'd drag you from your perfectly highlighted notes and bring you back to the world of the less boring." Sophie smirked.
"Hey colour coordination is important." Caroline wagged her finger at Sophie but then smiled sweetly and replied "but thank you, I am actually starving, and could use a break from the woes of college student academia." They both laughed.
Caroline picked up the spoon and tucked into the mouth-watering food.
When she realised Sophie was still hanging about and had started playing with the strings of her red apron nervously, Sophie didn't do nervous, she did defensive, brazen and snarky but never nervous Caroline got suspicious.
"What's wrong? You look pensive all of sudden." Caroline raised her eyebrow curiously.
Sophie sat down opposite her, took a breath and replied "Well you know how I mentioned Jane Anne had an idea about what to do with…"
Caroline rolled her eyes; she saw where this was going
"No" she replied firmly
"But Caroline if you would just…"
"No Sophie I know very well what you and the other witches are planning and I want no part in it, I told you I was done with that and I really don't think this is a good idea, you know what happens when we break the rules."
"Yes Caroline I do know, and that is exactly why we have to do this, there shouldn't be rules, we shouldn't be worrying about our every step, and we should be free to practice our nature as intended for us, as our ancestors have done for generations." Sophie confirmed exasperated.
"Your nature, your ancestors, I'm not a witch, I'm not tied to this city like the rest of you and I sure as hell plan on leaving it one day."
"….and how are you going to do that if Marcel won't allow it?"
Yes Marcel their current problem, Caroline and Sophie had known he was a threat since they were children what with his reign of the city and control of the vampires; however the witches had always been able to hold their own. Well up until recently that is when Marcel acquired the power to control the witches and stop them from doing magic. Any witch who didn't abide got punishment of death, something both Caroline and Sophie had learnt the hard way.
Caroline huffed, she knew Sophie was right but she thought maybe one day she'd be able to leave, maybe Marcel would grow bored and realise she was of less threat if she was far away from the quarter. For now however she didn't have an answer for Sophie, she shrugged her shoulders.
"Exactly, like it or not you are just as stuck in this as the rest of us, regardless of who you are or what you are Marcel still sees you as a threat and would have you under lock and key to stop you from using your gift."
"It's not a gift." Caroline exasperated and pushed the bowl of gumbo to the side suddenly with loss of appetite.
"It's a curse, and I don't want to use it, in fact I want to be as far away from it as possible, so forgive me in not seeing the point in following through with this plan if the end result won't be anything but the loss of more innocent lives."
Sophie looked down guilty remembering the lives of those within the community that have been took, ones closest to heart that have been lost in this war.
"Look Caroline I know you don't like being what you are and the weight you carry with it." She took Caroline's hand. "But we need you, I need your help, I need my friend in this. Besides you are the one that showed me the way, what we have to do in order to take back what is rightfully ours."
"Which I regret every day since the moment I shared that with you, and you broke my trust when you told the others…...oh and by the way while we're on the subject I also told you it will bring nothing but chaos."
Sophie shook her head and looked away.
Caroline sighed and squeezed Sophie's hand to bring back her attention and spoke softly "You are my friend Sophie, but I'm sorry, I can't be a part of this and if you know what's good for you get your sister to step down before you end up losing each other and start something that can't be stopped trust me."
Caroline let go of Sophie's hand, stood up and gathered her things.
"Thanks for the food." She murmured before walking away.
When Caroline reached the door she looked back and sighed at Sophie who was still sitting there with a look of disappointment on her face, shook her head and left into the thick hot air that swept within the Big Easy; determined to make her way back to her apartment and away from the ongoing problems that fell within the quarter.
Unfortunately for Caroline her heart would be heavy with these issues no matter how much she tried to push it from mind and deny it. However she had spent a lot of time fighting her truer nature and that thing that people liked to refer to as destiny, throwing the word around as if it was as light as a feather…It's not, and Caroline was not about to succumb to it any time soon. Little did she know that fate would be knocking at her door and demanding action in the days to come; her life was about to take a drastic turn far from the one she claims she wants.
Music:
Fever ray- If i had a heart
AN: Bites teeth nervously….how was it? If you're confused about anything don't worry you're supposed to be haha, Sorry for the shortage of Klaus in the first chapter and I know it just showed what you have already seen in the show but trust me it will be very different as all will be revealed ;) So I hope this first chapter wasn't too horrible, please let me know what you think :)