Great hugs and thanks to my betas Anastasiadreams, Livingdeadblondequeen and EternityofKlaroline.

Also to the talented Klaroline-Fantasies for our amazing cover.

Love you all,

Jay


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Mystic Falls, Virginia

Katherine had been in Elijah's embrace all of 5 minutes before Klaus burst through the door. She looked at Elijah in shock while grabbing him tightly. Her face showed the doom she felt creeping up her spine.

"Niklaus, you are not going to drain her. I won't allow you to harm…" Elijah stoically began, only to be interrupted with a dismissive waive of his brother's hand.

"Save it, Lijah. I don't have time for this. All I need is a couple of blood bags. Then you and your doppelganger here can sail off into the sunset with my blessings.

Elijah gritted his teeth. "You're back to the idea of making hybrids?"

"Worry not, brother. I do not intend on making hybrids. If that were the plan, I would just use Astrid. Isn't that what you believe me capable of?" Klaus said, jabbing his brother and watching him wince. Klaus knew Elijah remembered that he had accused him once of planning to use his daughter to create himself an army.

Enjoying his brother's discomfort, Klaus continued, "I just need a couple of bags of her precious doppelganger blood. She can go to hell if she wants to or spend her life with you, which is, of course, no different."

"What do you need them for if not hybrids?" Elijah asked not convinced.

"I have my reasons." Klaus answered flatly.

After a few seconds, Klaus could tell Elijah knew what he was doing.

"Niklaus, you cannot continue to tamper with nature this way. Let Caroline go." His brother tried to reason.

"Elijah, either you let me take the blood peacefully and willingly or I promise you, I will take it by force and won't leave a drop in her," He threatened.

Elijah tried to speak again but Katherine stopped him.

"You can have the blood under the condition that after this, we are even. You'll never terrorize or haunt me again. I'm free."

"When did this thing between us become a democracy, Katerina?" Klaus mocked.

"It's time, Klaus. That's my only stipulation," she pleaded.

"Very well. You have my word," Klaus replied.

Two hours later, he walked out of the house with two bags of fresh doppelganger blood and a witch on his heels.


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Back to the present

It was the Winter Solstice, a sacred day. It was a night when nature was open to all the magic in the world. On this night, anything could happen if you possessed the right elements. Klaus had them all, including the aid of the full moon.

With Bonnie's guidance he had arranged for the 7 witches representing the 7 types of white magic —Talismanic, Ceremonial, Invocative, Sympathetic, Illusionary magic, Divinatory magic— as well as a Voodoo priestess. The crown piece was Lucy Bennett, who had agreed to help him at her cousin's request. She walked around in a circle dropping the little teeth out of the jar that Klaus had collected from the Forbes house.

The witches began the chant and Caroline appeared.

She was outside the circle, watching everything. She materialized out of nowhere and she couldn't move; she was grounded. She felt like had been sleeping. She saw Bonnie outside the circle as well and directly across from her. Her eyes were wide with confusion as she failed to understand what was happening. She tried to yell out to Bonnie; her friend was concentrating too hard to pay attention to her.

Her eyes shifted to Klaus and saw the flashes of yellow in his eyes. The full moon was affecting him but he was intent on what was happening in the circle.

Suddenly she felt a movement, a small tremble beneath her feet. Soon, she began to levitate. She looked around her and she saw the same was happening to Bonnie. They were shifted in four motions around the circle, north, south, east and west. Then, she felt herself being spun and lifted higher in the air, until she fell in the middle of the circle. Everything was being sucked out of her, leaving her immobile. Her eyes were still open and she saw Bonnie across from her.

The full moon reached its apex. Lucy asked for the blood. Klaus handed her a bag of the doppelganger's blood. Next, Rebekah came in with Klaus' baby girl. She handed Astrid to Klaus. She pulled a syringe and drew blood causing the child to cry. Klaus soothed her by whispering in her ear and patting her back as he held her against him.

Liz's blood was poured in first. Caroline felt as if something had been pumped into her. The doppelganger blood followed and then the baby's blood.

They needed the heart of a werewolf. Klaus signaled and two werewolves were brought in. One was a young, attractive dirty blonde man whose eyes widened as he saw the approaching Klaus. The other tried to run only to be blocked by Rebekah. Klaus pulled both their hearts out before they could blink. Both hearts went into the circle with the rest of the blood. He bit his wrist and lets his own blood drop in.

The earth began to shake.

Caroline was finally able to move and she reached for Bonnie's hand but they began to drift apart and away from each other. Bonnie mouthed, "it's ok." She then smiled and said, "I love you."

Rebekah stepped in and snapped Bonnie's neck. Caroline wanted to scream, but before she could open her mouth, she was lifted high in the air. She felt oxygen as it rushed through her nose and into her lungs.

She was breathing!

Before she could question it, she spun around and saw birds flying in every direction making a circle around her. Soon they began to fall. She followed suit as she fell into the ground.

She felt everything in the drop. The fear, the air, the cold and finally the pain of hitting the soil but was immediately rendered unconscious as everything around her went pitch black.


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Contrary to popular opinion, Niklaus Mikaelson did know how to be patient. The Original Hybrid knew how to bide his time, but the wait tonight was making him desperate. He paced the room going from one end to the next. He looked at the chair he had been sitting in for hours just waiting.

And nothing happened.

He walked to the window and looked out. It was dark outside and he wondered if it was merely a reflection of his feelings. He turned and looked behind him then back into the night.

He just needed to continue being patient. There was that word again.

Yet, dawn was coming.


~0~

Rebekah was thoroughly enjoying herself. She smirked as she watched her. She would only trade this chance to be in the room next door at the right moment. Though, this is incredibly amusing to her.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Bonnie paused and asked clearly not happy being stared at. She went back to sipping from the blood bag.

Rebekah's eyes widened and her mouth opened in mock shock. "Bonnie Bennett, I am shocked. Using profanity like a common wench and drinking like a bonafied blood slut."

Bonnie rolled her eyes. She was currently lying in the Mikaelson guestroom bed with Rebekah sitting on the side of the bed making sure she had everything she needed. Rebekah sighed, thinking of the irony.

"Is she…" Bonnie asked, changing the subject.

"Not yet. Nik's with her. But go ahead; don't let that stop you from sipping." She smiled maliciously.

"Don't you have anywhere else to be?" Bonnie asked, looking vexed.

"I do. But I prefer spending time with you." The Original smiled brightly.


~0~

Darkness surrounded her and though she tried to focus her eyes, she couldn't see a thing. She didn't know how long she had been here, but panic was beginning to set in. What if this was her new forever? Alone in the dark. Where was Bonnie?

Then she heard it. It was a desperate scream. A child.

She gasped awake. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes darted everywhere at once like marbles rolling. All she could see was a thick haze. She clutched her heart to find no beat, no comfort. She could discern light. It was soft like candlelight. In other circumstances, she would have found it soothing but she was disoriented and it was all blurry.

There was a movement and someone approached. She opened her mouth to ask who it was.

Then her eyes focused and he was there.

Klaus

He leaned towards her, touching her cheek. She felt his hand, leaned against it, cherishing the warmth.

"You can see me?" she asked finding her voice.

He smiled and leaned in further. She watched his eyes widen., She smiled even though she was confused.

"How is this possible?" She whispered as his hands touched her face.

Klaus touched her features as he had only done a few times before, both times after he fed her his blood to save her life, and that fated day in the woods. He had memorized everything down to the perfect imperfections that composed the face that haunted him since the first day he met her.

He kissed her then, because nothing could have stopped him. It was slow and sweet. Her hands reached behind his head to pull him closer as her lips parted of their own accord. Her fingers slowly traced the side of his head, the shape of his ears. His tongue entered her mouth slow, almost shyly but once it felt the flicker from hers, it became unleashed. It was like storming through your house, knowing every corner of it. His hands crushed her to him and the kiss became heated, passionate.

It was becoming frenzied and they grabbed at each other, trying to meld into the other person.

But just as sudden, she pulled back. "Bonnie!" She began to get off the bed.

"She's fine. I promise you. I wouldn't harm your friend. You'll see her soon," he said grasping her arms.

She nodded believing him. Then her body heaved forward.

"Something's wrong," she whispered then grabbed at her throat.

He realized he was running out time and explained everything.

"Caroline…It wasn't easy to bring you back. I had to do things..." he paused, not quite knowing how to relay everything.

She looked confused and her body was beginning to react.

"I brought you back through a spell. You have the werewolf gene in you now but if I don't turn you, you will die. I need to make you into a hybrid. We don't have much time," He said quickly.

She began to shake her head. Her mind asked a million questions, she was too panicked to verbalize. She started to cry and pull at her hair.

He grabbed her arms and looked into her eyes.

"It was the only way, love. It was my fault you died. I didn't get there in time. But listen to me, if I don't turn you, you'll die. You once told me you don't want to die. Is that still true?" He asked tensely.

She stared at him for a while, not saying anything, then finally nodded her head.

He exhaled in relief. It was better if he didn't have to force this on her, which he would have if she refused.

He bit his wrist and offered it to her. She took it and drank his blood.

Once she removed her mouth from his wrist, he asked, "You remember what's next?" She had to die all over again. She nodded.

"I'll call Rebekah to do it…" he started to tell her but she stopped him.

"You do it," she said resolutely

"I can't be the one. I won't be the one to snap your neck." he said,

"You have to. I don't want anyone else, especially not your sister," She insisted stubbornly. "It's either you or no one at all."

He accepted, having no other choice.

"I'm sorry," he muttered before reaching quickly behind her and snapping her neck in one swift motion. Horror filled him immediately and he was disgusted with himself. He did it the thing he said he never would do.

He killed her.

He tried to brush it off telling himself he was being ridiculous. She would soon wake up again. Then, he would make it up to her. She would be alive again and that's what mattered.

Dawn was coming…again.


~0~

He waited, as always. He was always waiting for Caroline it seemed. In the time she had been asleep, he had gone to check up on Bonnie. Now he just needed her to wake up so they could complete this process and begin the new phase of their lives.

She woke up with a gasp for the second time, eyes wide. She looked around the room until her eyes focused on him. He walked to the bed and handed her a small vial.

"Drink it quickly before pain sets in," he told her.

The smell of blood assailed her and her hands reached for the vial and downed it immediately. As she looked up, her beautiful blue eyes flashed yellow and her fangs dropped. He'd never seen anything so beautiful in his life. He found his voice.

"Welcome back, love," he whispered softly, touching the veins around her eyes.

Her eyes, so cold now, turn on him and she swats his hand away from her face.

He's taken aback by the move. "How do you feel?"

"What do you care?" She replied with dark venom in her voice.


Vulkodlak - is a word that comes from Serbian Folklore. It refers to both Vampire and Werewolf...I've taken liberties with it.

So...Our girl is back!

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