Hey Darlings,
This Klaroline story is based on a favourite movie of mine 'Tuck Everlasting'. Enjoy and leave reviews please!
Dedicated to Dallascena on twitter. I love you loads! Hope you love it! No copyright infringement intended.
To Live Forever
PART 1:
~ By Nat ~
For some time passes slowly; an hour can seem an eternity. For others there's never enough. For the Mikaelson's it didn't exist.
Time is like a wheel; turning & turning, never stopping & the woods are the centre; the hub of the wheel.
It began the first week of Summer, A strange & breathless time where accident or fate brought lives together.
Where people are lead to do things they've never done before.
On this Summers day, not so very long ago, The wheel set lives in motion. In mysterious ways.
It's what sent Ester Mikaelson to the village of Mystic Falls to visit her two sons, like she did every few years.
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Ester was perusing the shop fronts of Mystic Falls' Town square in pinafore green dress & apron with un-matching patches sewn here and there. Her hair pinned under her hat anticipating the arrival of her boys. Although they were grown. Elijah a tall slightly brooding man with brown eyes & hair. His brother still fairly young barely 18, blonde & green eyes.
"Mother! Mother" Klaus called waving his arms frantically to get her attention. He ran to hug her. "My darling boy, how long its been" she wept before kissing his cheek. She released him after moments to greet Elijah. "Iv missed you so" Ester sighed happily. Arm in Arm they mounted the wagon and set off to the woods. They worked a small farm all their own where they could live at peace, but hidden from the rest of the world.
You see the Mikaelson's had a secret!
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Caroline Forbes; was the sixteen year old daughter of William & Elizabeth Forbes. The Forbes family was very well respected in Mystic Falls and was one of the wealthiest families within all of Mystic Falls. She hated being a Forbes. Everyday was the same. Her studies, elegant tea parties & cotillions that required the wearing of a horrible contraption known as the corset. "vous devez souffrir pour être belle" her mother would say. Along with he mindless chatter amongst the ladies & their daughters that her mother insisted she get spend time with. Caroline was happiest when she was outside in the fresh air and lying in the grass breathing the earthy & floral scents around her. "Caroline get out of the dirt, come inside this instant!" her mother ordered from the front porch. Caroline had been caught on many occasions doing un-ladylike things such as climbing trees and playing with children below acceptable social ties.
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Later in the comfort of their home Klaus told their parents all about their adventures around the world. He showed them gifts & knick-knacks from their travels. The excitement was lost it seemed on his older brother his arms crossed, a slight scowl on his face. "We're being tracked" Elijah said gruffly. Silence filled the room like a thick black cloud over their heads.
"What do mean son?" Mikael asked gently forcing Elijah into a chair at the table next to them clearly concerned. "Somebody's onto us, we're being tracked, a man keeps following us. We've lost him several times but he keeps coming back," Elijah let out a ragged breath rubbing the back of his neck as he recounted the time they had jumped a train to escape him one night.
"Our time here is almost up, the woods are closing in every day, we cant risk being discovered". Mikael told his family as he wrapped an arm around his wife's shoulders.
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"Caroline sweetheart, it is high time you be taught the ways of a proper young lady" her mother informed her as she poured the tea for them both. "I don't want to be one of those girls! I wont go!" she cried angrily. "This is not a choice Caroline! You are going and that's final, I wont have you stay here and ruin your chances for a respectable future". Caroline just tore from the room in tears with no idea where she was heading.
Caroline Forbes felt like she had been imprisoned her and her parents were her captors.
Before she knew it she was wandering through the woods. She felt safe there, it was peaceful and seemed far away from the world she just left behind. 'I wont go back, I just wont' she thought to herself. As she made way deeper and deeper she wondered what secrets it held and what life dwelled there. Suddenly the snap of a twig disturbed her from her peaceful state as she lay there amongst the dead leaves, bolt upright she searched the world around her. Fear suddenly striking her in the gut, without warning Caroline was flattened by a pair of arms & legs, as she heard a horse gallop past.
"Get off me, get off me!" she pleaded pushing the body away she now realised was a boy no older than herself. The boy coughed awkwardly as he stood up dusting himself off. "I'm sorry Miss, my horse has a mind of its own sometimes" he laughed offering his hand to her. Caroline scoffed "I don't need your help! I'm fine!" she snapped getting to her feet quickly. Klaus couldn't help but notice her beautiful eyes; the shade of cornflowers and her long blonde curls down her back. She was so beautiful. The sharp sting of his hidden fangs becoming all to evident as he heard the soft rhythmic thump of her heart pumping blood. He swallowed hard forcing the urge deep down "Well may I point you home at the very least, consider it my apology". He had to get her out of harms way before his brother or parents discovered her. She would be dead within seconds if they knew. Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Fine, but what are you doing all the way out here?" she asked. Caroline had a knack for asking questions when she shouldn't. "I could ask you that". Helping her onto his horse before himself. "Klaus, brother who is this charming young lady?" came his brothers voice. he was on his own horse. "I was taking her home, Elijah please she means no harm". Elijah looked at them both. "You know the rules Nicklaus, Father said no exceptions".
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Mr & Mrs Forbes were worried sick, their daughter was missing. It had already been hours of searching town square & the surrounding areas. Mr Forbes had raised the alarm with the sheriff for help. Every deputy was out looking and doing their part to bring Caroline home safe and well. Mrs Forbes was distraught as any mother would be when their only child goes missing.
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NIGHTFALL
"Please let me go home!" Caroline cried. Ester knelt down beside Caroline. "Its alright child, no harm will come to you, I promise" her voice almost soothing to Caroline ears, it scared her to her very core. "My name is Caroline Forbes, my family can give you anything". The mikaelsons whispered with each other. the blonde only capturing but a few words here and there which made no sense. "The child must stay here, we must be able to trust her before-" Mikael began before Elijah interrupted him "Trust her, we cant trust her or anyone! She'll turn on us" Elijah bellowed. "No she wont!" Klaus shot back.
Ester was setting up a place for Caroline to lay her head for the night while she undressed into her under garments. "i hope you'll be comfortable Caroline, you being here reminds me of a time when I wished for a daughter". Something in the way Ester and the rest of the Mikaelson family spoke seemed to calm Caroline rather than instil fear in her. It was strange how kind they were and for a split second she thought it might be nice to stay here. Away from her old well pruned life and the suffocating expectations of her parents and society.
"Goodnight" Caroline whispered to Ester. The woman smiled "Good night my child".
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So that is part 1, don't forget to leave a review. ill fix any typo's as soon I can. Part 2 shall be up within a few days.
As Always till later my darlings.