Chapter 2: It's not how big, it's how mean

Something woke me it felt like there was hot breath on the back of my neck. I looked around my room to make sure that there was nobody else here besides me, nothing I turned to my clock and noticed that I only had around 10 minutes of sleep left so I decided to get up and get ready. I was sitting at the kitchen table sipping my morning coffee when mum walked in. She looked surprised to see me sitting there already.

"I thought that you would still be getting ready"

"I got up early, is something the matter?" She had a troubled look on her face

"Just work related nothing you need to be worried about"

"Ok then" I forced a smile on my face but something made me uneasy about the way she was acting.

I grabbed my car keys and was just about to leave when my mum called my name

"Yeah mum"

"Caroline, I need you to do one thing for me!"

"Yeah what is it?"

"Can you just be careful there are things out there that want to harm you"

"Erm…sure, I've got to go, love you"

I left then, I was confused with mums sudden turn, when I got to school Tyler was waiting at my locker for me, and he kissed me on the cheek

"Hey, how was your evening?"

"Fine I just did some homework then went to bed, how about you?"

I could see the hesitation in his eyes before he answered me with a nothing.

"I got to go, I'll see you tonight"

I'd forgotten about the Mystic Grill plans mums words this morning had pushed them out of my mind

"Yeah sure"

Nothing out of the ordinary happened until my last lesson when I swear I saw two Elena's talking to Damon and my mum, why would there be two Elena's and why was my mum at the school she didn't mention that she would be visiting today. Maybe I was just going crazy, maybe I was more stressed than I thought. I made my way to the Mystic Grill and saw Tyler already sitting at a booth waiting, we ordered our food and I excused myself to go to the bathroom. I was touching up my makeup when I felt somebody behind me, I looked in the mirror and saw the mysterious guy staring at me,

"I guess you didn't pass on the message"

"No I didn't, who are you?"

"My name is Klaus and I really need you to pass on the message"

I found myself looking into his eyes and then everything went fuzzy and all I heard was his voice

"Tell Tyler to give up they won't outsmart me and if they do I WILL kill everyone in this little town"

The next thing I know is that I'm back at the booth and I'm repeating what Klaus had told me, Tyler had gone ghost white and was looking at me funny.

"What's the matter Tyler you look like you've seen a ghost"

"You don't remember anything of what you have just said"

"No, here comes our food I'm starving"

We ate in silence with Tyler looking over my shoulder every now and then. He walked me home and gave me a good night kiss before disappearing into the night.

I walked into the living room and almost screamed. Klaus was sitting on our sofa.

"Well done Caroline, I knew you just needed a little push"

"What do you mean and why are you in my living room?"

"That doesn't matter all that matters is that you passed on the message"

"What message?"

He smiled and stepped closer to me.

"Well, well your friends have been keeping secrets from you, your own mother included"

He was right people had been keeping secrets from me even mum and that stung, a lot.

"Well I bid you goodnight, love"

With that he was gone, something was going on with everybody and my mum new what it was. I stood there in the living room for ages with a thousand thoughts going through my head, 'what was with all the deaths, who were the Salvatore brothers, what was Tyler up to and who was this Klaus person?' My head began to spin so I decided to go for a sit down. I must of drifted off because the next thing I know is mum tapping me on the shoulder telling me to go to bed.

"Mum can I ask you something?"

"Yes sweetie"

"Are you keeping secrets from me?"

Her smile faltered before answering my question.

"Of course not, what would make you think that?"

"Nothing it doesn't matter"

But it did matter to me a lot. It was a unusually hot night and I couldn't sleep so I decided to go and sit in the backyard, as I was sitting on the swing and heard something rustle behind me, I turned around and that when I saw a pair of yellow eyes staring straight at me, I turned to run inside the house I got about halfway there when I felt jaws around my shoulder then a piercing pain. I didn't feel anything for about 10 seconds then it felt like my body was on fire I couldn't move with the pain I could barely let out a scream. Then my world went black as fire engulfed it.