Chapter One

Caroline opened her eyes, gasping for air, her mind cloudy trying to figure out what happened. Then she remembered what had happened. She remembered Klaus sending a stake through her heart. At first she wondered if it was just a nightmare, until she saw the blood on the shirt she was wearing, his shirt, and the stake sitting next to her on the floor. Standing quickly she tried to figure out why she was still alive.

Though she figured she should first try and find a way out of here. Quickly finding her jeans on the floor she slipped them on deciding not even to bother finding her shirt, which she was pretty sure was somewhere in the living room. She then concentrated on an escape route.

She was about to open the window when she heard the door open behind her. Whipping around she was greeted by a baffled expression on Klaus' face. She was feeling hurt, angry, and betrayed, but when she looked in his eyes it went away. Not all of it obviously there was still this voice telling her to be furious, but she just couldn't.

He tilted his head stepping closer to her. "You're supposed to be dead."

She swallowed hard...why did she feel guilty? "W-why?" That was all she could get out of her mouth.

Klaus gave her a sympathetic look stepping towards her, when all of the sudden she fell to her knees a sharp pain in her head...and it felt like it was spreading through her body. She screamed, and he was by her side in a second, still looking at her with a bewildered stare. Not understanding what was happening. Then she felt her fangs slip from her gums, it was painful though, and it wasn't just her gums her entire body felt like it was on fire.

Caroline looked up to see his eyes widening in...was that understanding, did he know what was happening. "What's happening to me?"

"I didn't think it was possible." He said looking down at her with awe, speaking to only himself.

"Klaus!" She screamed feeling the pain in her head, and wanting nothing more but for him to comfort her.

He snapped back to reality instantly kneeling down next to her. "You're a hybrid." He said looking at her in amazement.

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Caroline was watching Klaus intently as he walked back into the room holding a small vile with red liquid in it. It took her only a moment to figure out What was in it. Elena's blood.

He held it towards her. "Drink." He said calmly, and she did. Looking up, her frightened features meeting his frightening features. The way he was watching her made her squirm, it was like from the night before to now he was a completely different person. Last night, and for the past few months actually, he was sweet and caring, and all over wonderful honestly.

Now he seemed cold calculating, for the first time in a long time he scared her again. Had her wondering what he was going to do with her. Would he kill her? He hadn't known she would become a hybrid apparently, so his original intention must have been for her to die. Though why would he waste Elena's blood which he had a limited supply of on her if he was just going to kill her.

Klaus had saved her the night before, from a werewolf bite. Why did he save her just to kill her? It seemed baffling to her.

She didn't ask any questions though, somehow she knew he wanted her to be quiet, so she did. It must have been the sire bond, she thought with a disgruntled frown. Caroline didn't like the idea of this man being in her head. This man who wasn't at all who she had thought he was, but at the same time she felt a feeling of loyalty, of gratitude towards him. A compulsive need to please him, and it terrified her.

He just stared down at her for another moment before extending a hand. "Come along. I want to try something." He said mischeviously. She took his hand followed him out the door and down the stairs.

"Where are we going?" She finally asked in a weak voice. He looked back at her and smirked.

"You will see soon enough." He said in a bright voice as he continued to lead her outside and towards the woods.