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Chapter 1: Revenge
Blowing lightly on her cup of coffee, Caroline Forbes listened to her best friend, Bonnie Bennett gushing about her date. Nodding along, Caroline was smiling cheerily while on the inside she just wanted to go home. Bonnie had talked her into a back to school shopping trip and lunch at The Mystic Grill. "He was so sweet last night. Can you believe he let me pick the movie without some huge argument in which he throws someone through a wall?"
"Uh huh," Caroline said absently, swirling her swizzle stick in her mocha cappuccino.
"And then got up and started doing the Highland Fling in the aisle." Bonnie continued, narrowing her eyes. "Caroline, seriously, at least pretend you're listening."
Snapping out of her daze, Caroline blinked at her friend, who was frowning at her. "I'm sorry, Bonnie, I just haven't slept well since… since… the prom." Staring at her hands on the table, Caroline tried her best not to cry. She usually broke down once a day. Sucking in a deep breath, she said. "Okay. So, Kol was being awesome." This was Caroline trying. Ever since Klaus died during the prom, she was almost murdered and Elena and Damon ran off to Europe, every day was a struggle.
"It was great," Bonnie replied quietly. "I'm sorry, Care. I know being around Kol and Rebekah isn't easy."
Shaking her head, Caroline began to laugh. "No. They've been really supportive. Every time I need something one of them appears almost out of nowhere to help with whatever it is."
"Yeah, but it's still hard because they're like a reminder or something, right? And you have to wonder why Mikael hasn't come after them yet." Wrinkling her face up, Bonnie was curious about why the father of the Originals had not come back to finish his children off. She could only assume that he was tracking Elijah, who had disappeared after killing Klaus. It was also strange that Kol and Rebekah had not run. Everyone in the group was ready for another attack from the Original father, except his children.
"I'm sure Mikael is off somewhere planning his next move. He has to know that I'm the slayer. So, he won't be stupid enough to come back here anytime soon. Because if he did come back that would be the last thing he would do." Caroline's words were laced with the venom she felt every time she heard or thought the name, Mikael Mikaelson.
"Care, he's an Original. I'm not sure that fighting him is good idea." Bonnie stared at Caroline feeling genuinely worried about what her friend's plans were.
"Let's change the subject." Caroline raised her eyebrows and began to smile genuinely. "How are you dealing with your powers lately?" Over the summer Bonnie had begun to do more witchcraft. She had been working on the various spells. One of the spells was to make a sleeping potion so that Caroline could have a real night's rest. She had also been working on protection spells. At one point she accidently turned Stefan's hair white. Ever since Stefan had refused to be in the same room when Bonnie was performing magic.
Looking at each other, Bonnie and Caroline began to laugh at the memory. "He told me I would be paying for his hair dye." Bonnie informed Caroline with a grin. "And I told him that he could just go compel a hairstylist to fix it for free."
They began to laugh even harder when Jeremy Gilbert came over to them. "Hey, Care. Can you trade shifts with me tonight? Bekah has some kind of date at The Falls planned for us and she's going to be pissed if I can't make it."
Sighing, Caroline looked at her watch. The time was 1:30. "What time does the shift start?"
"5:00. Thanks, Care. You are a life saver." Jeremy told her while walking backwards and then turned to speed away from the two teenage girls.
"Did that just happen?" Watching Jeremy disappear, Bonnie added. "I can't believe they're still dating." Her nose wrinkled in disgust.
"Hey, judgy. You're dating Kol." Caroline pointed her swizzle stick at Bonnie with a smirk, causing her lips to turn upward.
Shaking her head, Bonnie began to laugh. "Yeah, I know. So, I have to go because we have another date tonight." Getting up, Caroline and Bonnie hugged each other.
Caroline walked home slowly, well aware of everyone and everything around her. When she got to her front door, she slipped a key in the lock and pushed the door open. Walking into her bedroom, she closed the door behind her firmly. Reaching under her bed, she pulled out the map. There were dots on the map following three different patterns.
All summer long, Caroline had been on the internet searching for anything that might tell her about where Mikael had gone to. She would go out to the towns surrounding Mystic Falls to track vampires and to beat them to a bloody pulp trying to find information. When she got nothing of use, she would stake the vampires.
Staring intently at the map, Caroline focused on the purple line. That was Katherine's. She was determined to find Katherine, figuring she would be a good source of information. The funny thing was that the purple line seemed to be headed in the direction of Virginia. Maybe Katherine would come to her.
The red line was where she thought that Mikael might have gone. There were stories of a man who was draining vampires of blood. That line was tracking a blue line which Caroline had thought was Elijah.
Now, she wasn't so sure because the blue line seemed to be tracking through what she had found out was werewolf country when Tyler's uncle Mason came to town and Caroline had a chat with him.
Why would anyone want to attack werewolves had been the question on Caroline's mind. Running a hand through her hair, she sighed. Laying down, she set the alarm on her phone and turned on the radio. The station was playing David Gray's "The Other Side." 'How ironic,' Caroline thought bitterly as she laid down to attempt to take a nap before her shift at the Grill.
Caroline had taken the job so she could pay for her trips out of Mystic Falls. She was saving up money to go on a longer trip to find the person or people or vampires who were creating the blue line on her map. Falling into a dream state, Caroline found herself standing in front of the Mikaleson mansion. Staring at the open door, she walked inside slowly.
Heading up the staircase, Caroline wanted to leave but her feet would not obey her wish. Walking into the studio, she found him sitting in front of his desk, his feet propped up, with his back to her. His fingers were moving quickly across a sketch pad. Caroline moved over to stand beside him. "Sketching again? Don't you have any other hobbies?" she quipped causing the man to chuckle.
"Why give up on a good thing, love?" Caroline could feel his eyes on her now but she didn't look back.
"You're just a dream. You're dead. And you're not coming back." Walking away from the man at the table, Caroline walked over to the window.
"Maybe," Klaus whispered into her ear. Caroline shivered as he wrapped an arm around her waist and placed his head on her shoulder. "Maybe not."
Trying to pull away from him, Caroline scowled. "You are just a dream. So, just stop haunting me, Klaus." Not being able to pull away, Caroline turned in his arms. "Please, I can't keep doing this." Feeling warm tears trail down her cheeks, Caroline stared up at Klaus.
Without a word, Klaus pulled Caroline over to his desk and pointed at his sketch. Caroline peered down at it. Her jaw dropped open as she stared at the lines. It was a perfect replica of her map. "Look harder, Caroline," Klaus whispered into her ear. "What do you see?"
Closing her eyes as Klaus placed a hand to her head, her mind was filled with images. Standing in the middle of a wooded area was Klaus. He was biting into his wrist and forcing someone to drink his blood before he snapped his neck. Caroline wanted to pull away but she had to see more.
Now, Klaus was talking to someone over his shoulder but she couldn't see the person. When he turned she was not shocked to see Elijah. 'Of course,' she thought.
Suddenly the bodies began to move. Klaus seemed to be pleased as he forced them to drink from another person who hadn't turned. Waiting along with Klaus, Caroline had so many questions as she watched the new hybrids eyes begin to bleed and for Klaus to begin to shout. Then he began to kill his hybrids. This time Caroline couldn't take it anymore and she opened her eyes.
"Now, do you know what happened, love?" Klaus asked, looking into Caroline's eyes.
Nodding, Caroline stared up at him. "But how are you still alive?"
Chuckling, Klaus pressed his forehead to hers. "Now, that you have to figure out on your own."
"Are you really here?" Caroline asked hopefully.
Shaking his head, Klaus smiled at her. "No, sweetheart. I'm not really here. This isn't one of my mind control moments. Otherwise I wouldn't do this…"
"Do what?" Caroline asked as Klaus disappeared and Elena appeared in front of her. "Caroline, save me," Elena pleaded. "You have to stop Klaus or he'll kill me."
"She's right, Blondie," Damon told her appearing in Klaus' chair.
"She's always right." Alaric told Caroline appearing on top of the desk.
"Blah blah blahm doppleganger." Katherine said, staring at Stefan.
"Beware of the witch," Rebekah called from behind her.
Bonnie appeared in front of Caroline. "Something wicked this way comes." And then she began to cackle as her eyes became black and she pulled out a knife. Plunging it into Caroline's chest. "Good night, Care."
Sitting up in bed, Caroline stared at the alarm clock which was beeping at her. Getting off her bed, Caroline grabbed her work clothes and got dressed quickly. Walking toward the Grill, she pushed the events of her dream out of her mind. When she got to work there were various couples at tables having Saturday dinner dates.
Spotting Kol and Bonnie playing pool, Caroline smiled to herself. "Hey, guys," she called to them.
"Hey, Caroline," Kol greeted her with a kiss on the check. "I love the way you fill out the uniform of this place."
"Kol," Bonnie gasped, slapping him on the arm.
"It's okay, Bonnie. Your boyfriend is a pig. We have all come to accept this as a fact of life," Caroline replied, patting Kol on the back as she slid his cell out of his jacket pocket.
"I'll see you guys after my shift," Caroline called over her shoulder as she slipped into the backroom. She began to scroll through Kol's list of contacts. Toward the bottom a contact labeled "Unstoppable Evil" under two other names "Kill Joy" right above "Strumpet" who were the only ones not listed with proper names.
Punching "Unstoppable Evil's" number Caroline sucked in a deep breath. When the line began to ring, she thought this was a huge mistake. More than likely it was someone else's number.
"Hello, Kol, what do you want?" Klaus snapped into the phone. "I am quite busy. So, you had better have good reason for bothering me."
Tears began to trail down Caroline's cheeks and she gasped feeling like she couldn't breathe. She began to sob, dropping the phone to floor as she slid into a sitting position. "Caroline!" She heard Klaus shout over the phone. "Caroline, what is going on? Love, are you there? Caroline?"
Staring at the phone, Caroline hit the end call button. She got up slowly. Feeling the cell begin to vibrate in her hand, she wiped away her tears and walked over to Kol. "Tell your brother it's on," she told Kol as she walked away and back to work. She had a lot of things to do and right now the last thing she cared about was what the lying, psychotic hybrid had to say for himself.
Tourquiseblue: Since this fic is called the season of the witch I do believe that a certain Original witch will be making an appearance as we progress in the story. And trouble is coming for sure.
Rose: Thank you, I shall bow because I hate to curtsy. I will try to answer as many questions that you want to ask as I can without giving away too much of the plot. As for Kol/Rebekah/Caroline friendship it's a somewhat more complex than to say that yes or no the Mikaelson siblings were faking the friendship. They have an uneasy relationship with Klaus. Therefore they both have trust issues. And now that Caroline knows about Klaus' being alive and that Kol knew it will become tense between the three. How that plays will be interesting. I sound like JP right now. :O
Oh, and thanks you for the pineapple.
Deepie: Thank you, I aim to shock and delight my fans. And sometimes I aim to squeeze every last emotion out of readers as well myself.
Ilyread: Thank you. That was really nice. I wondered if readers would feel strong emotions when Klaus died because that was really hard to write especially when I was looking at from the Caroline in the stories' view point. It was just a very raw moment. So, you can imagine how she feels when she finds out that he is still alive as you can see in this first chapter.
Fallen Witch Angel: I hope I didn't disappoint.
Avari20: Thank you for the reviews. I know the Klaus training Caroline to fight him is a slightly off moment but Klaus is not always logical. To add to that love makes most people a little crazy. You can end up doing things that you're not sure why you're doing them. Like Klaus knows he's supposed to kill Caroline but he that is not what he wants. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the sequel.
Jeremy Shane: I forgot to thank you for reviewing chapter 21.
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LL