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Chapter 2

The next morning HMS Dauntless had finally reached Port Royal. The sun was shining, the ocean's waters were crystal clear. Caroline had never seen anything like it. Port Royal wasn't a big settlement, but it was captivating nonetheless. Vegetation surrounded the settlement, and flourished within it as well. Everything was so tropical, and alien to Caroline. Port Royal was nothing like London with its city-like structure and temperate climate. London was just as dull and cold as Port Royal was exquisite and warm.

"My god, Bill. The sun is scorching," Elizabeth complained to her husband as they descended from the ship. She opened her umbrella and shaded herself from the sun. Caroline found the sight absolutely ridiculous. Umbrellas in London were for the rain, but here they would be better used for the sunshine.

"Welcome home," Tyler said, holding his arm out to Caroline with a big smile. Her eyes shone with excitement as she gazed open her new home. At first she had been reluctant to leave the only home she had ever known, but Caroline's curious and adventurous nature got the best of her. She wanted nothing more that to get out of that dreary place and explore the rest of the world.

Caroline locked her arms with Tyler's and the two friends followed after their parents. At the end of the docks, the Gilberts were awaiting their arrival, something Caroline was not expecting. John Gilbert, his wife Isobel Gilbert, and twin daughters, Elena and Katherine, had all come to visit Port Royal a month prior, and postponed their departure once they heard that the Forbes were coming.

John, Richard, and Bill were all childhood friends in London, but went their separate ways once they became adults. Richard came to Port Royal where he worked his way to becoming Governor. John and his wife traveled to America where they founded a town in Virginia known as MysticFalls. Elena and Katherine were born soon after.

Although the three friends had lived so far apart from each other, they seized every opportunity they could to see each other, and that is how Caroline had grown to know her close friends Tyler, and Elena. Caroline only tolerated Katherine for Elena's sake.

"Caroline!" Elena shouted as she ran up to her, unable to hold her excitement. She all but tackled Caroline to the ground, "Oh how I've missed you!" She suffocated Caroline with an air tight hug before turning her focus to Tyler.

"Elena, you act as if we haven't seen them just two summers ago. Compose yourself," Katherine spat as she approached them. Caroline shot Katherine a deadly glare, and was about to open her mouth to say something she would most likely regret when suddenly she saw crewman carrying Klaus's unconscious body past them. Her eyes remained glued to him until he was carried onto a carriage and out of her view.

"Who was that?" Elena asked.

"We came across a ship wreck last night, and Caroline spotted the boy in the water," Tyler informed her nonchalantly, as if it was an everyday occurrence.

"A ship wreck? Oh my, do you know what happened?" Elena didn't mean to pry, but she was very curious.

"I'm not sure," Tyler answered. "I didn't get a chance to ask my father, but I think they were attacked by pirates. It happens a lot with merchant ships around here."

That was a piece of information Caroline was not aware of. She knew that Klaus was a pirate, and wasn't quite sure what he had been doing on a merchant vessel, but it made sense now. He was probably on the pirate ship that attacked the vessel, and was some how left at sea during the attack.

That left Caroline with conflicted emotions. She made everyone believe that he was probably a merchant's son, traveling with his father on the vessel when the ship sank. Now she realized that the boy she had saved and protected was most likely involved in the sinking of the vessel, and the deaths of the men on that ship.

"Children," John Gilbert called, "Come, the carriages are ready."

Back at the Lockwood Manor, everyone was gather in the living courters as the men discussed all of the occurrences that they had missed since their last encounter. The women sat together and engaged in meaningless chitchat, and the children were expected to stay put and behave themselves. It was all miserably boring to Caroline. She wanted nothing more than to go outside, and explore what excitement Port Royal had to offer.

"All is going well in Mystic Falls. It has grown to be a very independent and stable town. My brother Grayson, and his wife Miranda are currently in charge during my absence, but still I fear I have been gone for far too long, my friends," John explained.

"Completely understandable, John. When will you be leaving us?" Richard inquired.

"This afternoon." Bill Forbes got up from his seat, a grim expression clear on his face, which got Caroline's nerves going.

"Gentlemen, a word if you will? In private?" The other men got up from their seats as well, and Richard Lockwood led them to another room just down the hall, so that they might speak in private. Caroline was dying to know what was going on in the other room.

"Mother?"

"Yes Caroline?" The ladies stopped their chatter, and centered their attention on the young girl.

"May I please be excused? I need to use the bathroom," Caroline stated bluntly, and could see the distaste on her mother's expression. Carol Lockwood was the one who answered.

"Tyler, could you please escort Caroline to the bathroom? Make sure she doesn't get lost?" Tyler obeyed and the two of them left the room. Caroline walked past Tyler and headed down the hall in the direction her father had gone. Tyler raised a brow in confusion.

"Caroline… the bathroom's this way."

"I'm not going to the bathroom, Tyler. I just needed an excuse to get out of that dreaded room." She could hear voices coming from within a room up ahead. Tyler hurried after her, something he'd found himself doing quite a lot.

"Then where are you going?"

"Eavesdropping of course." She stopped just outside the Governor's study, and turned to face Tyler. She pressed her finger to her lips indicating for him to stay quite and he complied. The two listened in on the conversation, and Caroline could make out her father's voice.

"Richard, you have failed to fill me in the pirate situation before I agreed to come with you."

"Details Bill. This is what I meant about no one being competent enough to fill my shoes. I thought you a man capable of handling a small pirate problem, which is precisely why I asked you. Unless I'm mistaken?"

"Of course not. I'm not worried about dealing with pirates. I'm worried about my family's safety, Richard. I'm sure you could understand. I would not have brought them here if I knew that these waters have been plagued with pirates," he spat the last word like it was poison. John Gilbert spoke next.

"Elizabeth and Caroline are more than welcome to come with my family and I to MysticFalls. It's a very safe town, nothing out of the ordinary happens there, I can assure you."

"Brilliant idea, John!" Richard exclaimed. "Elizabeth and the child will leave with the Gilberts this afternoon, and you won't have to worry about their safety." Bill was weary.

"I don't know… I dragged them both out of our home in London to a new home here, only to relocate them to another strange place, without me." Caroline agreed with her father. She wouldn't want to be taken to some town without her father. It wouldn't be right for him to abandon her like that.

"It would only be temporary," John assured. "Once the pirate activity dies down, they can return."

"We need you here Bill," Richard pleaded, something that was not like himself. "It will only be temporary, and it will be for the best. For all of us." Bill mulled it over for quite sometime before coming to a decision.

"Alright, fine. It's only temporary," he repeated, trying to justify what he was doing to his family. Caroline's stomach dropped, and she started to feel herself on the verge of panic. She didn't want to go to America. She'd heard stories about savages that lived there. Weren't they just as dangerous as pirates? At least here she'd be with her father. But then her mind wandered to another matter. The necklace. She thought she'd have the chance to return it to the boy once he'd recuperated, but now that she was leaving in a few hours she had no time to wait.

"Caroline," Tyler whispered. "Are you alright?"

"Where are they keeping the boy we found?" she asked urgently, ignoring his question. Tyler was taken aback by this; it was the last thing he expected her to say. He couldn't help but feel a little jealous at the fact that the first thing that came to her mind was concern over this boy she barely even knew. Wasn't she upset that they would no longer be "neighbors"? Wasn't she upset about possibly being apart for another year or two or at least until her father deemed Port Royal safe? Those were all things he had been concerned about.

"He's in the infirmary. It's on the far side of the manor. Why do you ask?"

"I need you to take me there immediately," she said determinedly.

"But why?"

"Just take me there, Tyler!" Caroline felt sorry for yelling at him like that, but she was still overwhelmed with what she had just heard, and she had no time to waste. Tyler nodded his head, and took Caroline to the infirmary. Once they finally managed to get one of the nurses to take them to the boy, they were shocked to find his bed empty. He had some how managed to escape.

"Well, it appears he's well enough to walk now. No point in looking for him. He'll be fine," the nurse stated as if a burden was lifted off her shoulders. Caroline couldn't help but be slightly angered by this.

Caroline hugged her father goodbye, and fought back the tears. She knew her mother would be angered if she caused a scene. "Goodbye, daddy."

"Goodbye, sweetheart," he smiled solemnly. "Don't you worry. It will only be for a little while, before you know it you'll be back. John will take great care of you and your mother." He kissed his daughter's forehead one last time before heading back to the carriages.

"Come on, Caroline," Elena held out her hand, her eyes sympathetic. "I'll tell you all those stories you love to hear, that'll cheer you up." Caroline couldn't help but smile at her friend's attempts in making her happy. She took Elena's hand the boarded the ship. For once Caroline was not thrilled at the thought of traveling at sea.

A few distances away, Klaus hid in the shadows, watching as the nameless little girl he had encountered boarded the ship. He strained his eyes, but could see that there was a chain around her neck. His chain. "Dammit," he gritted his teeth in frustration. It was too late. The girl was already on her way to god knows where, and so was his necklace.