4 years ago

Caroline was walking down the familiar back streets of New York city minding her own business when she was suddenly slammed against a fairly hard wooden fence.

"Now now darling, I'd advise you not to fight back if you don't want this stake to end up in your heart." The man who was holding Caroline against the fence said as he smirked at her. He looked to be in his late twenties and the thing that stood out most to Caroline about this man was the scar that ran from the top of his right eye all the way down to his chin.

"What do you want from me?" Caroline whispered as fear gripped her heart.

"I want to know where Niklaus Mikaelson is."

"Klaus? I don't know where he is. I haven't seen him in over 11 months." Caroline said then she whimpered as the man pressed the sharp wooden stake against her chest. "Please, I don't ... I can't help you with Klaus."

"But I can." The man holding Caroline looked over his shoulder and all the colour drained from his face causing Caroline to panic. If this man was scared of whoever had spoken then should she be? "Now I would really appreciate if you would step away from Miss Forbes."

"How ... I ..." The man stumbled over his words but quickly caught himself as his grip on Caroline tightened. "What are you doing here Keira? Jordan told us that he made you leave."

"It's a good job that I didn't leave otherwise you would have killed Miss Forbes here. Now I'm asking one more time Daniel, step away from Miss Forbes or I will end you." The man, Daniel looked deep in thought then he slowly stepped away from Caroline but Caroline didn't move away from the fence, she was frozen in fear. Daniel took another step away from Caroline which revealed who the mysterious woman was. Caroline was shocked when she saw the woman's face. Impossible! Caroline thought as she recalled where she had seen a picture of this woman before. "Now would you like to explain to me why you are looking for the whereabouts of my best friend's brother." Caroline felt all the colour drain from her face as the woman confirmed what she had dreaded. The woman who had saved Caroline was not someone you wanted to be around. When Caroline lived in Mystic Falls over a year ago, she questioned Elijah Mikaelson about the woman who was in most of his pictures. Caroline trembled as she remembered what Klaus had told her. "Miss Forbes?" Caroline slowly looked up and was shocked to see this woman, Keira staring at her. "Did Daniel hurt you in any way?"

"Of course I didn't Keira, she's important to the ca ..." Caroline screamed as Daniel's limp body dropped to the ground. There was a hole in his chest and as Caroline looked up, she was horrified to see Keira stood holding Daniel's heart in her hand whilst wearing a sweet smile on her face.

"I'm sure Niklaus has told you all sorts of terrifying things about me Miss Forbes but do you really think that Elijah would be friends with someone so 'terrifying'?"

Present day in Mystic Falls

Elena had just gotten off the phone with Caroline about 30 minutes ago and she was starting to worry because Caroline hadn't turned up yet. Elena started pacing back and forth in front of the airport and constantly kept checking her watch whilst her fiance Elijah, and his younger brother Kol were stood watching her.

"She'll be here soon dear."

"She landed over half an hour ago Elijah, what if something happened to her?" Elena whispered as a look of panic appeared on her face.

"If I remember Miss Forbes correctly, she would have so many bags with her and that is probably the reason for her being a little late." Kol said as he tried to calm down his soon to be sister in law.

"Or maybe ..." Elena said but was quickly cut off by a voice Elijah and Kol instantly recognised.

"She had to wait until I got myself a hot chocolate." Elena, Elijah and Kol all spun around and both Elijah's and Kol's mouths dropped open as they stared at the woman in front of them. "Well are you going to introduce me to your fiance or do I have to do it myself Eli?"

"Keira." Kol whispered as he continued staring at her in shock. "You're alive."

"Elena, I would like you to meet my best friend Keira. Keira, I would like you to meet my fiance Elena Gilbert." Elijah said once he had recovered from the shock of seeing his old friend alive let alone in Virginia.

"It's nice to meet you Keira. I've heard a lot about you from Elijah."

"All good things I hope." Keira said then she smiled once she looked Elena over. "Not bad Eli, not bad at all."

"Oh my god, I can't believe you left me with all the bags." Everybody spun around to see a tired looking Caroline gasping for breath as she walked out of the airport.

"I'm telling you Care, the look on their faces was worth it." Keira said then she smirked as Caroline was suddenly attacked by a very emotional Elena.

"I've missed you so much Care."

"I missed you too Elena." Caroline whispered and Keira couldn't help but giggle as the two friends hugged. It was like they hadn't seen each other in years. Keira thought as she rolled her eyes.

"How are you alive? Nik saw you dying." Kol asked causing all eyes to landed on Keira.

"It doesn't matter how." Keira whispered as she was instantly transported back to that painful day. They could see the tears in her eyes but knew better than to point it out. Klaus may have lied to Caroline about how terrifying Keira was but he was telling the truth about one thing. Weakness! Keira didn't like to seem weak and if someone pointed that out to her, they ended up dead. It was best to just act like nothing was happening.