A/N: So chapter 2 is happening. This is going to be a long story so bear with me.

I have been asked who 'The TEN' will be, so far in chapter 1, we revealed Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah as 3 of the 10. But still no clue on whom the 7 will be. Of course, we all have our guesses whom they might be, I hope you're right…. remember the clue is in the prophecy-"the first and blood providence".

In this chapter, we will see a lot of interaction with our favorite mystic falls gang. Hope you like it.

A guest asked me if it was really Elena or was it Katherine inside Elena who is part of my story, well read on to find out. I really have no idea yet in my mind how the story will go beyond the first three chapters.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own TVD / TO. I only borrow some of the characters I like.

Damon, Stefan, Matt, Elena and Caroline where all at the Living room of the boarding house, each one left to their own thoughts when suddenly, the front door almost unhinged by the force it was opened. In walked the Mikaelsons, Elijah, Rebekah and Klaus.

At that moment, each of the five occupants of the room had varying degrees of shock on their faces. Klaus had stepped forward and stared at the faces one at a time, finally resting on Caroline and said "while I would never have thought to break a promise I had made, I find myself back at Mystic Falls with my siblings, unfortunately circumstances prevent a drawn out reunion, a matter of supreme importance has been brought to my attention."

End of recap of last Chapter

The arguments and disputes could still be heard downstairs the loudest of which belonged to Klaus and Damon. Caroline had stayed for a few minutes listening to Elijah and his monologue about a prophecy that apparently named Klaus, Rebekah and himself as well as Mystic Falls as the source of more 'participants' to this quest. She had caught Klaus just staring at her all throughout his brothers' story. Not even participating or interrupting him, so out of character of Klaus. She could not stop thinking about 'the woods' and 'the deed' that obviously happened in the woods. Did Klaus even know that everyone, well at the very least Elena, Stefan, Matt and Tyler, who was thankfully absent, knew of their tryst, she thought maybe not.

She could only take too much staring from Klaus so at the first sign of a break in Elijah's story she stood up and proceeded to the room occupied by Bonnie. To be honest, the romp was not the only thing occupying Caroline's mind although it occupied a large part of it. She was also worried about Bonnie. And after what Elijah had said, she could deduce that it was somewhat related to what Bonnie had told her. She however wanted to talk to Bonnie before informing anyone of this.

She was sitting beside Bonnie for more than an hour lost in her thoughts finally noticing that the noise downstairs had somewhat subsided. She however frowned at the footsteps she heard that paused outside the door of the bedroom. Startled by the knock, she took a moment before standing up to open the door, who she saw on the other side completely caught her off guard, "Klaus" Klaus cleared his throat "Caroline, may I come in?"

Caroline looked over to the still sleeping form of Bonnie, thought for a second and decided she was safe since Bonnie was also in the room, stepped aside to let Klaus enter then closed the door.

"Caroline I" Klaus started then paused to look at Bonnie.

"They know, they found out" Caroline told Klaus while looking at her feet.

"How? Did you tell them?" Klaus asked confused.

Caroline bit her lip "I short of told Elena, Tyler overheard and when I tried to explain it to him he got angry and Stefan had to stop him from doing anything rash but not before Tyler told Stefan. He probably told Matt too as Matt has been trying to avoid me. I told Bonnie about our thing too, I didn't want her to be left out"

Klaus smiled "so the secret is out of the bag, so to speak."

"Yeeeessss" prolonging the word, "you know you promised me you would never come back" Caroline pointedly reminded Klaus.

"Believe me love, I intended to keep my promise. But as I explained, dire circumstances" and took a step toward Caroline who was by the window, Klaus having previously confined himself to the back of the door.

Caroline took a deep breath "so about the destiny thing, did I hear it right, just four weeks before we all die and the middle realm or whatever come back and they get to stay?"

Klaus had to smile at Caroline's deduction "well, something like that. That's why we need all the help we could get to decipher the prophecy, we will need the Bennett witch."

Caroline felt protective of Bonnie "you know she's not a witch anymore, she doesn't have any powers, a consequence of her bringing back Jeremy and coming back from the middle realm. I don't really know how she figures in this"

Klaus shrugs "we all don't know how any of this figures but we are working with a time crunch. Elena mentioned that you told her Bonnie was seeing her ancestors before she fainted?"

Caroline looked at Bonnie "I think it's for Bonnie to decide what she wants to share"

Klaus raised his eyebrows "I think it's time to wake up the witch, or ex-witch, sweetheart" taking a step toward Bonnie.

Caroline blocked Klaus' path to Bonnie and found herself almost eye to eye with Klaus, locked in a staring contest.

And this was how Bonnie found them, as she woke up. Clearing her throat "excuse me."

Both Klaus and Caroline were startled and simultaneously turn toward Bonnie.

Trying to lighten the suddenly heavy tension Bonnie stated "wow, so it's really true, the electric tension between the two of you."

Caroline glared at Bonnie while Klaus just smirked "ex-witch, glad to see you are better" Klaus addressed Bonnie.

Bonnie turned to Caroline "Care, what is he doing here? I thought you said you made him promise that he wouldn't come back?"

Caroline sat down beside Bonnie "well, something kinda happened, or will kinda happen" and proceeded to retell Bonnie what Elijah had told them this time with Klaus interjecting his own thoughts from time to time.

Leaning back all Bonnie could say was "wow" taking a deep breath she continued "I'm not surprised, I should have guessed that something was up, even if I didn't have my powers back I could still sense danger."

Klaus took a sit on the chair beside the window "Caroline informed me that you were have conversations with your ancestors"

Bonnie quickly looked back at Caroline, who just shrugged then Bonnie turned to look at Klaus "ok, give me fifteen minutes to clean up, I will tell you about it downstairs. Caroline I assume the gang is here?" turning to Caroline.

Caroline looked at Bonnie "Yes, everyone except Tyler. Ummm…" looking at Klaus "Klaus brought along Elijah and Rebekah with him".

While Klaus and Caroline where upstairs with Bonnie, Elijah and Rebekah had gone back to the Mikaelson Mansion for awhile stating they would be back in an hour, hoping that Bonnie would have waken by that time. Matt for some reason had also gone with Rebekah leaving Stefan, Damon and Elena in the Salvatore living room.

"Once again the Originals descend on us and demand that we do their bidding" Damon sarcastically said before drowning a glass of scotch

"You heard Elijah brother, it's our lives at stake too. I don't think we should take this opportunity to work together lightly" Stefan responded.

Elena then flopped into the comfortable couch, "I for one am happy to see Elijah," looking at both Damon and Stefan, "I need a real man"

Stefan had looked at Elena as if she was mad, he was noticing that she was a little different after Katherine's death, sure she saved her brother Jeremy from the hands of Enzo, sure she showed some emotion after Aaron Whitmores' demise, but he had noticed small differences in Elena. Had he not been with her in the past, it would have gone undetected. Caroline had mentioned as much to him. It was a little weird that Elena was spending a lot of time with Nadia too. He wanted to figure out what was wrong with Elena but once again, 'saving the supernatural world' would take precedence. Instead, Stefan turned back to his brother who was in the process of walking toward the front door.

"Damon, where are you going?" Stefan asked.

Damon took two more steps toward the door before turning around to face his brother "anywhere but here. I really don't care anymore. If I die, then I die. You can team up with the Disney gang for all I care, I'm done"

Stefan raised his eyebrows "Damon, you know we can't do this without you" turning to Elena "a little help".

All Elena did was scoff at Stefan "he doesn't want to, typical Damon."

Stefan appealed to his brother "come on Damon"

Damon shot back "don't come on Damon me brother, this time I'm really done. I'm leaving, for good, am leaving with Enzo. He's better company that the lot of you anyway. And brother don't bother to 'try' to save me this time, you've got bigger issue to deal with anyway" and stepped out the door, away from everyone in Mystic Falls.

Elena who had been ignoring Stefan after Damon's departure suddenly stood up alert upon hearing the front door open, straightening herself up upon seeing it was Elijah and rolling her eyes upon seeing Rebekah and Matt together behind Elijah.

All eyes suddenly turned toward the stairway as both Klaus and Caroline descended with Caroline stating "Bonnie's awake and will be done in a few minutes" looking at everyone present, she frowned as she noticed "where's Damon?"

Taking a deep breath Stefan was about to respond only to be interrupted by Elena "gone, for good. Good riddance to him"

Caroline looked at Stefan and raised an eyebrow "seriously!" Stefan really didn't know if Caroline was referring to Damon or Elena, so all he did was shrug.

"Sweetheart, Damon is irrelevant to the business at hand so his little tantrum for attention can wait" Klaus placed his hand at the small of Caroline's back to usher her to the couch, proceeding to sit down very closely next to her.

Elena sat down at the chaise lounge, "seeing everyone seemed to have partnered up, I have Stefan and Elijah to choose from, this could either be a 'supreme 3-way' or a load of 'self-help', what will it be boys?

Caroline once again made eye contact with Stefan as if to say 'what the hell." Elijah chose to clear his throat while walking as far away as possible from Elena positioning himself at near the fireplace.

Everyone was relieved to hear a noise from the stairway as Bonnie descended, looking a little intimidated by the presence of three Originals, Bonnie squeezed herself beside the person she felt most comfortable with. Caroline for her part tried to give Bonnie reassurance my squeezing her hand.

"Ms Bennett, I trust you are recovered from your ordeal? Elijah every the gentleman asked.

Bonnie gave a tentative smile "Yes, I think." Looking at the faces around the room, Bonnie continued "Caroline and…..Klaus" after a brief hesitation "have updated me on what has been going on, and I wanted to also reveal to you what some of my ancestors, I think, wanted to tell me. It has been a little difficult for me, as you know, I'm not a witch anymore so the usual communication channels for me to access my ancestors don't work. They had to be a little more creative" glancing once again at Caroline who nodded her head as if to encourage Bonnie to continue "my ancestors, Ayanna and Grams have revealed to me things that correspond with the prophecy that witches of New Orleans have revealed to you" referring to Elijah, Rebekah and Klaus "they also talked about a coalition of firsts and blood providence. I did not have the time to check the grimoires but I think the coalition obviously refers to an alliance"

Klaus put his arm around Caroline's shoulder "an alliance amongst parties to achieve common goals, that's about right. Once upon a time adversaries," looking at Caroline "linked together", then looking at everyone "I think we will need to pair up for this, look through the grimoires, chase all leads, to achieve goals sooner." Pointing out the pairs "Rebekah and the quarterback can work with the doppelganger and Elijah to read through the grimoires, I suggest you work from the Mansion as there are more grimoires there" looking at Stefan "ripper can help the witch contact her ancestors," and we, looking at Caroline "can visit some witches to get more information," after an eye roll from Caroline "we can convene back at our Mansion in two days.

Elena scoffed "how convenient for you Klaus, two days with Caroline, more than enough time to charm your way back into her pants."

Caroline's eyes widened, Stefan faked a cough and both Elijah and Rebekah had looked at Klaus, then at Caroline, who was looking at her feet, in a way that meant "I finally discovered your secret".

Elena once again directed the attention back to her saying "oh I'm sorry, was it supposed to be a secret? I mean Tyler knew, that's why he is suspiciously absent, as if anybody cares. Besides, the way you two act" gesturing between Klaus and Caroline "it's pretty obvious you want to get it on"

Before Elena could even finish her sentence, Klaus had his hand wrapped around her neck, blocking her airway "Doppelganger, have you turned-off you humanity switch again! Don't you dare talk to Caroline that way!" screaming in rage.

Stefan was the first to react unsuccessfully to pull Klaus away from Elena. A second later, Caroline finally moved from her trance like position, touching Klaus' arm "Klaus, don't" which caught the attention of Klaus who looked at Caroline like she was crazy. Then as if the situation couldn't get worst, the front door burst open with Nadia walking in and taking the whole scene in, suddenly blurted out "Katerina!" After that scene, several things happened at the same time. Klaus let go of "Elena", Stefan replaced Klaus' hand to now strangle "Elena" and Elijah stepped forward, toward "Elena".

Klaus then flashed to Nadia and proceeded to strangle her while demanding "explain yourself!"

Haltingly, Nadia said "she's Katerina not Elena. Since Katerina is a traveler, she jumped into Elena's body before her body died."

- End of Chapter 2 -

Hope you like it. Yes, its Katherine inside Elena. Yes, Damon will be absent for a while as he has gone off with Enzo. Let's get some Klaroline and Kalijah on in the next chapter. Sadly to Stebekah yet, she's still rediscovering her love for Matty.

Love and Kisses All Around the World

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