"Caroline, you will be late for school!" Liz yelled before closing the front door.

The blonde beauty stared at the ceiling in that dazing state that she found herself on most mornings now. She got up from her bed slowly coming to the mirror and moved her golden locks; there it was, she touched the mark on her neck that she couldn't remember how she got.
She had a foggy memory and knew it was a bite but all she could remember was having sex with Damon like most nights for the last week. She rubbed this sore point in her neck and raised her eyes widening them as she saw him there behind her, looking at her.

Damon waved at her and then his fangs came out and he flashed to her, Caroline in instinct covered her face and screamed as loud as her lungs allowed her.

She woke up and gasped touching her neck that was burning; she closed her eyes remembering her vivid dream, it wasn't often that she would dream of Damon and his abusive days but she still had the dreams. She pulled her knees up and laced an arm around them trying to push the painful memories away when the deep voice brought her back into the current reality she was in.

"Are you all right?" he asked quietly.
"Yes..." she said pulling herself together and fixing her messy hair.

She quickly got up and fixed her smelly old dress as well, she didn't dare to look at him mostly because she didn't want him to use this on her later. She hopped that he hadn't listen to anything she might have given away in her agitated sleep.

Bonnie came inside the hut carrying a huge load of wooden logs, she dropped them tired and mad on the floor. Kol came in twirling a small log in the air; he smiled at Klaus happy that he had been able to get Bonnie so upset with only a few hours into the day.

The witch shook the dirt away from her beautiful dress and looked at Caroline with suspicion. "Are you ok?"
Her blonde friend nodded but didn't talk.

Bonnie came near her. "What happened?" she looked at Klaus at once.
The Original removed his boots from the chair in front of him and stood up, he picked one of the swords and gave Bonnie a look. "I was just telling Caroline that we need to go, today is market day and everyone will be at the village."

Caroline squinted slightly at him, he had no reason to distract Bonnie from her growing concern with her.
"I don't have all day sweetheart." He said annoyed and nodded towards the door.

Caroline gave Bonnie a small smile and touched her arm moving her still shaky legs, Klaus led the way and neither of them spoke, she was still caught in her nightmare and touched her neck again. She frowned realizing they had stopped, she looked around but she didn't see anything.

She sighed watching Klaus tilt his head and then he closed his eyes and seemed to be having one of those odd Nature moments, she sighed again loudly and covered her eyes, her head was pounding and she knew it was from the lack of blood. "Are we going to stay here all day waiting for the trees to talk to you?" she asked annoyed.

Klaus flashed and was behind her, he gently covered her mouth and she wanted to fight him because it would help her shake her stress away, at least a bit. But he rested his lips to her ear and his stubble scratched her face slightly. "Wait for it..."

She looked at him upset but he didn't move and just smiled, she hated herself for noticing the dimples. Caroline looked ahead of her and was speechless, the big deer came out of the green landscape ahead of them and looked in their direction; she smiled seeing such a big animal, they didn't have any this size back in present Mystic Falls.
And then she jumped slightly because a large grey wolf stepped out from the woods and easily flung himself at the big prey. He took down the deer without any resistance and even though she couldn't really look away she still looked down from the killing happening in front of her.

She didn't have to look at Klaus to know he was enjoying the show but actually he was looking at her. The wolf finished the killing but didn't indulge in his meal because he sensed the company. Caroline unconsciously backed away and melted against Klaus' hard chest. "Klaus…" she whispered between her closed teeth.

"Don't be frightened..." he whispered and she couldn't explain why it soothed her, why she believed him like she had that day when he helped her get away from evil Alaric.
"I don't like wolves…" she said slowly.

Klaus chuckled. "Judgmental doesn't suit you sweetheart."
She unwillingly let out a smile. "I almost died because of a wolf bite, so, sorry if I'm not ready to pet them."

"That was your boyfriend love, don't blame the innocent animals for the lack of will he had to resist my request."
She gave him a mad look as he stepped away from her back and knelt in front of the wolf. The wolf paced around sizing Klaus and he reached his hand to touch the grey powerful looking animal.

"I hope he bites off your hand." she hissed with an acid smile.
Klaus smiled. "I'm an Alpha love… they all serve… me." he said and the wolf sat on the ground resting his head on its paws.

Caroline gasped in wonder, she had no idea all this Alpha crap actually worked and with animals as well.
Klaus stroked the fur of the wolf that made a pleasing sound. "Besides animals are not like humans and its kind, they are loyal and never chew on the hand that feeds them." his words came out in anger.

She licked her lips feeling guilty that she had never really thanked him properly for saving her life and instead took part in plans to kill him. But wait, why was she feeling guilty?
This was Klaus, their biggest enemy to date and he was a mass murderer, she shouldn't be apologetic at all. She shook her head following him after he was done with his stupid lesson.

Kol placed the last wood inside the fireplace and looked at Bonnie. "Go on, do your thing."
She shook her head. "What thing?" she asked upset.

"Your witch thing, we need fire." he said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well caveman, I'm not a witchcraft device that you get to use when you wish." she said so mad that her teeth were clicking together.

"I'm sure cavemen didn't have a witch to make fire but luckily for me, I do." he wasn't being nice and funny now, he was upset too.
"First you wake me up at 5 or whatever in the morning to go fetch for wood that you being the vampire should have carried and now you want me to use my magic to light that fire? I'm not really the submissive type."

Kol smiled this time, her stern defiance was adorable. "It must be all this nature around me that brings out the primal side in me."
She narrowed her eyes at him in response.

Kol came near her smiling in a wicked way. "I suggest you start doing as I say without complaining before I drag you by your hair and really claim my caveman status darling."
Bonnie gulped down, his easy words were scarier than his mad ways.

He turned around and grabbed one of the knives lying around in the table. "I'm going out to hunt for lunch." She wanted to slap herself for finding him so hot as he pronounced the words but quickly changed her mood because he turned to face her with a huge grin. "And you are cooking it."

Bonnie grabbed a stray wooden log and threw it with force at him; he was laughing as he easily dodged the heavy weapon. It took her a few minutes to focus but she wondered if she could go far while he was out, they still had to find a way to get to that White Oak tree but it had been impossible to get away from the Originals.

Caroline said that the tree was just outside the village by the river and that it wasn't that far from where they were so Bonnie ventured through the woods. All she needed was one branch, one good branch that she would sneak back into the future.
She ran fast, this dress was a lot easier to run in and she was quick on her feet growing closer to the river. She smiled and stopped to catch her breath when Kol showed up in front of her with a dead serious look to him.

"What are you doing here darling?" he asked piercing her with his suspicious eyes.
Bonnie tried to keep her heart tamed and slowly smiled at him.

"If the village is that way, why are we heading towards some silly meadow?" Caroline asked following Klaus mad.
He didn't answer, he kept walking further into the woods.

"Jesus Christ, I'm never going into the woods again to hunt, I'm done with all this green." she mumbled.
It pulled a smile from Klaus that she didn't see but he was quick to hide it as well and turned facing her. "Stay here." he said sternly.

She gave him a look. "Why would I?"
"I don't want Tatia to see you, she will already rise too many questions as it is." he said and took a step closer to her. "Do I have to compel you to stay here Caroline?"

"No." she said looking at him determined.
He smiled. "Very well sweetheart, whatever happens, do not leave this spot."

She pouted as he headed to the meadow leaving her in the deep closed woods, behind the huge trees where she couldn't see or hear anything. But she was Caroline Forbes and no one told her what to do, specially the Hybrid and she quickly moved to the right, she walked slowly trying to find a good place to watch the show and she was happy when she found a tree that was good enough to climb. She wasn't much of a woods kid when she was growing up but being a vampire was definitely a bonus.

Caroline got comfortable, she couldn't really see his face perfectly but she would be able to listen to everything from where she was.
A girl came from the woods rushing to him and she figured that was Tatia, she was wearing a long purple dress and a piece of fabric over her head. When she unfolded the black fabric her long curly hair went free and Caroline was sure this was Tatia.

The girl walked slowly to Klaus now, suspicious. "What happened to your hair Niklaus?" she asked slowly.
Klaus smiled sweetly. "I grew tired of it."

Tatia shook her head and her wavy hair seemed to glow in the sun. "You are always so hasty in your decisions Niklaus…"
"I thought that's why you chose me." he said with a smile.

Tatia looked down on the ground with a guilty expression. "I need to talk to you Niklaus, that's why I came today..."
"I know, you came to tell me that you are in love with Elijah." he said.
Tatia shot her eyes to him and then looked down on the ground ashamed.

Caroline frowned, he clearly knew what day this was and he remembered everything obviously too well. She didn't miss the seemingly sad tone to him even if she couldn't see his eyes and wondered if it all was just a show.

"I'm sorry Niklaus but Elijah…" Tatia shook her head and looked up at Klaus again. "… he is so brave and kind and we had long talks walking down the river and it all has unfolded in a way that I was not expecting."
Klaus reached out his hand and touched her cheek, she didn't fight his touch and instead placed her hand over his. "When did you decide that I wasn't enough Tatia?" he asked and both girls reacted to the way it came out in pain.

Tatia squeezed his hand and Caroline found herself squeezing a leaf in her hand, she knew this feeling so well.

"It won't always be like this Niklaus, you will find a good girl who will love you for what you are and I know that you feel like no one in your family loves you but you are wrong, they all love you. Even Elijah, he won't court me because he knows you are in love with me and he doesn't want to hurt you."
Klaus licked his lips slowly and cradled her face in his hands; Caroline found herself looking away not wanting to take part in their private moment, big evil or not, he had the right to his privacy and she only glanced once frowning because Tatia was answering his kiss; she wasn't fighting him at all.

Caroline climbed down from the tree shaking her head, for someone who just told Klaus she wanted his brother instead; she sure was enjoying that kiss. Caroline clicked her teeth, the nagging thought coming forward, Klaus was an amazing kisser; she knew that Tyler would never be able to kiss her like that. She had no idea a man could kiss like that.
The way she was lost in her thoughts made her trip on her dress and her vampire senses were of no help and she fell helplessly, the green blanket of plants waiting for her on the ground.

She closed her eyes waiting for the annoying sound of her back hitting it hard when she felt something smoothing her fall. She opened her eyes knowing it was Klaus who caught her but she gasped finding the wrong version of him.
"Easy there, sweetheart." he said with a smile.

Caroline was fighting her way out of his strong arms; she found it hard to be more scared of someone as she was of human Klaus and she couldn't rationally explain it.
He dropped her on her feet and casually rested his hands on his waist, one over his sword and the other on the leather black belt. "Are you all right sweetheart? You shouldn't be climbing trees like that." he said with a warm smile.

And she was terrified of him because he looked peaceful and that was hard to take in. "Why?" she whispered.
He laughed and she flinched, he had a rich loud laughter and long blonde hair, she was mesmerized watching the long wavy hair and the way it cradled his features and then her eyes wandered and she took in the vest over the white shirt that showed his chest and the primitive necklace, the leather that tugged his wrists and she couldn't really remember if she had to breathe to survive. It was all a bit too much for her right now.

"It's not very lady like..." he answered with a naughty smile and she finally recognized the future Klaus in him.
She smiled shaking her head from her intense inner monologue. "I'm lost and I was trying to see my way back." she said and her eyes were locked with his.

If she was scared before she was about to freak out because his eyes were so pure and sweet but full of this silent pain at the same time and they made her react to them.
"Someone is waiting for me so I can't help you but you shouldn't be alone in the woods." he said and she could see actual concern in him.

It made her gulp down; she expected the devil, the primitive evil in him and not the sweet, innocent man before her eyes. "I'll be fine." she said smiling and touching her long hair.
"What's your name sweetheart? I don't remember seeing you in the village before." he asked with a sparkle that she recognized.

She blushed because it was overwhelming that two versions of Klaus would look at her the way he was now. No one looked at her the way Klaus did. "Scarlett!" she quickly said amused with her chance to be her favorite book character.

He gave her a smile that was so different from what she had seen and yet so him. For a minute she wasn't scared anymore and she wasn't mad at the man who had killed so many close to her and then tricked her in Tyler's body.
Then she snapped, what was she doing? This was Klaus, their biggest enemy and she was having a nice first chat with him.

"I have to go." she quickly said and started running away, she waited until she was out of his vision to flash away.
Klaus squinted and laughed alone in the woods. "Such a strange girl… but intriguing." he added with a smile.

"I'm still waiting for an answer Bonnie." Kol said not a bit amused that she was just smiling at him.
"I came looking for the river." she said, the few seconds she won only gave her so much.

Kol gave her a look. "The river? To what purpose?"
"To… have a swim of course." she raised her hands in the air. "I could use a real bath instead of that silly thing we have back at the cabin or hut... or whatever."

Kol chuckled and shook his head. "You actually expect me to believe that poor excuse?"
"Believe whatever you want." she said and walked to the river. She chewed on her lip, ok, now she really had to do this.

After a discrete deep breath she took her dress off, she was trying not to blush because she knew he was watching. Then she convinced herself that he had seen so many women in their underwear that he would probably be looking away bored but just like the other time that he caught her getting dressed, he couldn't take his eyes away from her and he wasn't even pretending it was because he was supposed to keep an eye on her.

Bonnie stepped into the water and shivered because it was cold but she had to go through with this and quickly covered her body with the clean water. She got used to the temperature quicker than she expected and took her time enjoying the river, it reminded her of the times she went to the Gilberts summer house and played with Elena in the river.

She missed her friend and she wondered how she was coping with her new life as a vampire.
She gave a soft spin in the water and looked to the shore, she saw Kol and he was sitting there, just watching her. She shivered again but it wasn't from the cold water.
There were two ways she could do this, she could try to run away from him again or she could try to use the womanizer side to him.

Bonnie knew she wasn't totally indifferent to him and she could use that to her advantage. She kept her eyes on him and stepped out of the water; she wasn't ashamed of her body, she knew how to use it if she needed and she kept her green eyes locked with his hazel ones.
He stood up and handed her the dress. "You should get covered, it's not good if someone sees you wearing underwear that hasn't been invented yet."

She took the dress and smiled leisurely at him, she covered her chest with it and swiftly took her strapless bra off, she handed it to Kol with a smoldering look on her bright eyes. "Better not take any chances then." she said in a low voice.
The action took Kol by surprise and she saw him gulp down as he reached out for the sexy item dangling in her hand. He opened up to a smirk. "Are you trying to seduce me Bonnie?"

She smiled at him and got dressed. "Not really." she said easily. She was going to pull the dress over her right shoulder when she felt his hand on the fabric. Bonnie looked at him with a hint of surprise, the back of his hand grazed her skin all the way up to her neck as he pulled the dress up.
She tried not to shiver with his smooth touch but he was smiling at her now that his fingers were tracing her chin slowly. "Because that would be silly of you."

Bonnie didn't fight his touch, she smiled at him instead. "I know better than that."
Kol softly laughed. "Then, what are you doing?"

"Weren't you supposed to be hunting?" she asked him ignoring the flirt between them.
"You were supposed to be in the hut waiting for me." he was upset again and removed his hand from her chin.

She smiled wider. "I may be back in the past but I'm still me and I am done doing what others want."
"Very commendable darling." he teased her.

She gave him a look and followed him, she wasn't getting near the tree today but maybe she had a chance if she played her cards right. He vanished into the woods and came back quickly with a deer.
They made their way back in silence but she kept looking at his back and the way his body was fit, curving in the right way as he walked and she smiled, maybe this wouldn't be such a huge sacrifice.

Caroline walked back to the hut shaking her head and the bad thoughts in her mind.
"I thought I told you to wait for me in the place where I left you." Klaus said easily catching up to her.

"I got bored." she said refusing to look at him.
Klaus was upset, she could tell from the way he was breathing hard next to her but she ignored him and kept walking back to their sleeping shelter.

"Would it kill you for once to do what I ask of you?" he said obviously not giving up.
"Would it kill you for once to get into your thick skull that I don't let guys do as they please with me anymore?" she snapped at him.

Klaus looked offended with her words. "I'm not Damon." he simply said and left her standing there with an open mouth.
She took a little to react but rushed after him. "How much did you hear?" she asked him as she came closer.

"Enough..." he said without looking back.
She licked her lips. "You can't tell Bonnie."

"About what he did to you?" he asked still not looking back.
She walked behind him thankful that he wasn't doing so. "She knows that Damon used me for sex and blood, she doesn't know I still have the nightmares, no one does."

Klaus closed his eyes taming his rage, Damon had his days numbered, he was coming for him as soon as they returned.
"Klaus… I'm talking to you." she sighed when he didn't react to her words.

He took in a deep breath and then looked at her. "Whatever you wish Caroline."
She smiled at him and it wasn't a forced smile this time, she actually meant it. "Did you get the blood from Tatia? Or were you too busy kissing her?" she asked with a smirk now.

Klaus laughed and she hated him instantly because he sounded too much like the innocent man she just met minutes ago. "I was busy but I compelled her to meet me by the river tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow night?" she narrowed her perfect eyebrows at him. "You are keeping us trapped in this place for another day?"

"Yes." he simply said and turned away.
"Klaus!" she yelled mad but he was smiling and happily ignoring her.

"KLAUS!" She called after him louder but he didn't look back.

"I can't believe you made me cook..." Caroline pouted.
Bonnie gave her a look stuffing a bit of bread in her mouth. "We are stuck in Viking age with the two Original cavemen, no way in hell I'm going to be the only one doing chores around here."

"But you are used to cook back at home, I am a master of ordering take away and heating things in the microwave." Caroline clasped her lips still upset that she had to learn how to prepare deer meat.
"Look around Care, all we have is fire, two morons listening to our talk and Bambi on a stew."

Both Klaus and Kol laughed from the other side of the table indeed amused with their talk.
Caroline sighed and took the wooden mug in front of her. "At least we have this." she drank happily.

"It is a great wine Nik… where did you get this tasty little thing?" Kol asked enjoying the raw strong beverage.
Klaus played with his mug, only Klaus was able to make a rudimentary wooden mug look so sexy but Caroline shook her head and refilled her mug; she was definitely getting tipsy if she was thinking like this.

"From Breakfast this morning, they had a generous table." Klaus informed the group.
Caroline scolded his smirk and his easiness but buried her shame in more wine.

"You are quite the cook Bonnie, thank you for the lovely late lunch." Klaus bowed his head to Bonnie.
"This wine is really good, it's making you nice." she raised an eyebrow and pushed the food away, she was done eating the sweet deer. She focused on the wine and reached out her mug so Klaus could refill it.

He smiled. "I am a nice man, when people aren't busy trying to kill me and plot to get in the way of my flawless plans."
She chuckled in response and looked at Caroline that stood up.

Everyone looked at her and she simply buckled her knees and bowed her head. "If you will all excuse me, I need the fresh air."
It pulled a joined laughter from everyone and she was smiling as well when she stepped outside.

Bonnie picked her plate and then looked at the man busy carving his name on the table with a small knife. "Are you twelve now?" she asked frowning at Kol.
There was a smirk on his lips and he didn't take his eyes from his task. "You are such a good witch that you made me regress to my childhood when you brought me back to hell."

She rolled her eyes on him and Klaus slowly left the two of them knowing this was escalating.
He found Caroline outside playing with her hair, she was trying a braid that she had seen on Tatia, a braid that would go around her face and leave the rest of her long hair free, she quickly gave up when she saw Klaus.

"I had to compel her to come back tomorrow because you didn't stay where I asked you to stay and I almost run into my old me." he told her calmly.
She smiled shaking her head. "You always do things on your own terms, you were going to explain yourself but on your own time..."

"I don't explain myself to anyone Caroline."
She was serious now, why did he always do things different with her, why was she so special and different?

He was walking away and she went after him, they couldn't see the hut anymore when Bonnie called after her. The blonde looked behind and saw Bonnie and Kol.
They all followed Klaus, the girls were mostly giggling still from the wine and Kol was playing with a sword he brought from the house. This was never his thing but he was determined to keep himself busy while stuck in here.

They reached the waterfall and Bonnie was obviously mesmerized by it, she loved the place and they easily spent the rest of their day here.
Klaus had enough with Kol's silly use of a blade and taught his brother how to properly handle a sword, though Elijah was the true Master in it, he still was pretty good at it.

Caroline braided Bonnie's hair beautifully and placed a flower in it when she was done; Bonnie looked stunning, the dress was so beautiful and Caroline smiled that at least one of them was looking good. She still had her smelly dress, it was dirty from her early fall in the woods and she looked and smelled awful but she didn't show Bonnie how she truly felt, she was an expert in hiding her feelings by now.

Both girls were unaware of the looks that the two brothers would glance their way; both ready to say that they were just watching them so that they didn't do anything silly, both ready to lie.

Kol smiled at Klaus when he finally won a battle between them.
"Klaus let you win, you know that, don't you?" Bonnie crushed Kol's ego fast.

He looked at her in dismay while Klaus just laughed.
"He did not." Kol said appalled.

"Back at being twelve, I see..." she said folding her arms.
"Tell her that I won fair Niklaus." Kol said using his full name upset.

"You don't sound so mature now." Klaus said holding back a grin.
"I bet that even I, can win in a sword fight with you." she pressed on.

"By all means." Klaus handed her his sword.
She smiled and took it, she had a hard time holding it because it was heavy but instead of yelping like a powerless little girl she giggled.

Kol sighed and buried his sword in the ground and moved to her, he placed himself behind her and his hands over hers; he was so fast that she didn't have time to fight him and then she wasn't interested in shaking him away anymore. He easily taught her how to hold the sword and she smiled feeling his warm hold on her hands, there was a strength in Kol that she felt soothing and she looked at him.

Kol returned her smile. "I'm not really the best one to teach you, I'm not very good at this."
"Is there anything you are good at Kol?" she asked but it was done in a soft way.

He smirked at her and tilted his head in a knowing way.
"Oh, for Christ sake Kol." she snapped but she wasn't mad, she was laughing.
And they both laughed easily and not sure who was playing who.

Soundtrack:

Sympathy for the Devil – Guns N Roses