Prompt: Caroline goes to Klaus for some help to become a better vampire. Not with killing, but compulsion and the mind/dream thing.

"Caroline!" Klaus said cheerily from his chair by the roaring fire. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Can you cut the crap?" spat Caroline. She couldn't believe she was doing this, but she had no choice. Stefan was off Elena-longing and Damon would give her an extremely hard time if she asked him for help. Klaus was her last option, and her most eager one. She knew he would be thrilled and smug when she showed up to ask him for help with compulsion. "I need your help, and it would be great if you could do your best to not irritate me."

Klaus scoffed, feigning hurt. "I'm shocked you think so low of me, Caroline. You haven't even told me what you need help with, love."

Caroline sighed. Her pride was going to be severely wounded after this, she could tell. "I can't get the hang of compulsion. It's like it wears off after a while, and then of course there's the complications that come with that … And anyway, I was wondering if you could show me how to get the compulsion to stick."

Klaus, smiling widely, beckoned Caroline over. She moved across the expansive Mikaelson living room and seated herself on the couch next to Klaus's chair. "Leah!" he called, and a short, brunette woman came through the door. "Hello, love. I would be very appreciative," Klaus said smoothly, "if you could assist Caroline and me."

Leah smiled. Caroline knew that she was one of Rebekah's heavily-compelled playthings and that she was here to be taken advantage of for her training.

"So do you just keep humans roaming around here for amusement?" Caroline asked irritably.

Klaus raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, love. I was under the impression you needed some help."

Caroline let out an angry huff. "Fine. You're right."

Klaus smiled, satisfied. "Now watch and listen. It's all in your mind, Caroline. You've got to mean the words." Klaus took Leah's chin in his hand, their eyes meeting. "Leah, I want you to go shut the door and come right back and sit next to Caroline. Do you understand?"

Leah nodded, her eyes sliding out of focus. "I understand." She got up and closed the door to the living room and came back to sit on the sofa.

"Do you think you can handle it?" Klaus asked, an obvious challenge in his words.

"Yes," said Caroline cockily. She turned to face Leah. "Leah, I want you to get up and slap Klaus across the face. Do you understand me?"

"I understand," said Leah foggily. Klaus was laughing, ignoring Leah as she moved to smack him. Her hand connected with his cheek, and his head didn't move an inch. She sat back down next to Caroline.

"Well played, love," Klaus laughed, winking at Caroline.