The sun shone brightly through the bay window, radiating across Carolines face. Groggily she rose from the duvet, stretching both arms out in front of her. The memory of what happened the night before came rushing back, panic crushing her chest. No! She said to herself No I will not be afraid anymore! I can protect myself, I have against many before! The feeling of determination washed over her as she pushed herself out of the bed and headed toward the shower. She slid out of her nightie and stepped into the warm shower, washing away the bad memory. Once she had dressed, Caroline made her way down stairs, hoping to find Klaus but he had already left. hmm now what should I do? She asked herself after drinking down the rest of the blood bag. One word...Shopping! She smiled as she tossed away the empty blood bag and made her way towards the front door. Just as she opened the door, she froze in shock 'Katherine?'
'Hey Carebear' the sassy brunette replied.

Klaus had awoken early this morning, it must have been about 5:30am he had been dragged from his sleep by the nightmare he had been having. The nightmare instilled a fear in Klaus he never thought he would feel, it wasn't fear for his own life, but fear for someone else, someone he had to admit he cared about, Caroline. Someone had been brave enough to break into his home and harm his guest, the person that did this clearly did not fear the consequences. Klaus knew exactly how he was going to punish the person responsible, although Kol was the best torturer, Klaus was also inventive when it came to inflicting pain upon those who had done him wrong. A familiar smell filled his nostrils and he jumped out of bed and quickly showered. As he got dressed, he could feel the throb begin beneath his gums. Making his was downstairs, he followed the smell of perfume down into the kitchen. There she stood, his favourite walking/talking blood supply. Klaus had started feeding from Tabitha a few weeks ago, the taste of her blood was like honey to a bee and he had come so close to draining every drop from her when he finally pulled his fangs out of her throat. Biting into his own wrist, he then encouraged the young girl to drink his blood to help her heal. The girl was only about 17 or 18 years of age, she had caramel coloured skin which reminded him of the mystic falls witch, black hair and amber eyes, eyes that reminded him of the wolf inside of himself. She was almost as tall as Klaus, of slim build with a heaving bosom, even at her tender age. She was at the sink, washing a cup ready for when her boss would come down for breakfast, she hadn't realised he was already there. He walked up behind her and moved her hair out of the way of her neck, she jumped when she had felt his touch. Before any words were spoken, he sunk his teeth into her throat, taking what could kill her but would sustain him. He felt her body become heavy in his arms, he had taken enough, enough to keep her alive and enough to keep him satisfied. He did not wish to talk with her this morning, there was far more pressing matters which required his attention. The next minute he was gone and he knew exactly where he was heading.

'I can't remember you being so rude Care, are you going to move so I can come in?' Katherine asked, hands on her hips
'What the hell are YOU doing here? Klaus will kill you if he sees you!' Caroline shrieked
'Aww, thanks for your concern, it means so much' Katherine replied, sarcastically placing a hand over her heart. Suddenly a horrible thought crept across Carolines mind, 'when did you get to town?' she demanded 'oh, Caroline, do you think i'm the one that snuck into your room and broke your neck?' Katherine sarcastically pouted before Caroline could say anything, Katherine continued 'No it wasn't me, i heard about it when i seen Klaus rip out some vampires heart this morning, he must truly like you which, for Klaus it is a little surprising!' Caroline was shocked 'Klaus done what?' 'He is trying to find out who attacked you, he seemed rather angry about it, and knowing Klaus like i do i know what he is capable of!' Caroline took a moment to process what Katherine had told her 'How long have you been in New Orleans Katherine?' Caroline narrowed her eyes at Katherine 'Well, if you have been runnig from someone for 500 years, if you want to stay alive, you follow them and that way you know what they are doing! But i have learned alot since i have been here. Did you know Klaus has a son like vampire here called Marcel? yeah, me neither! He raised him from a child then turned him as a man, Well aparantly this vampire-like-son took over this city when Klaus left many moons ago and now this Marcel is plotting against Klaus? Now normally i would be all for Klaus being killed but seeing as when the original dies their whole bloodline dies it kind of puts me on edge so i'd rather we don't let him die, i can help with this but this is a deal i want to make with Klaus, i tell him everything and help take down Marcels army and he, well after 500 years he just lets me ride off into the sunset' Caroline stood with her mouth ajar, taking in everything Katherine had just told her. Klaus life was in danger which meant that her friends lives were in danger, HER life was in danger. 'I'll talk to Klaus' Caroline replied dryly.

Klaus made his way through New Orleans, heading straight for Bourbon Street. He had to visit an old friend. Once he entered the city borders he instantly noticed 2 men following him. He turned into a little side ally and at vampire speed left the ally at the other end, he couldn't wait to surprise them! As he heard their footsteps walking towards him he quickly appeared around the corner, grabbing both men, ripping one of their hearts out as he sadistically smiled at the other 'So, it seems you are following me' Klaus said 'Why?' He had his hand wrapped tightly around the mans throat, he new this was a vampire, but who had sent vampires to follow him? 'Oh come on, I can kill you slowly and find out myself, or, you can tell me and i'll kill you quick' Klaus growled at the vampire 'He sent me for your protection! Everyone knows who you are, Klaus Mikaelson, don't you think you have many enemies?' the vampire shouted back at Klaus. He then realised who this vampire had been talking about and he knew that there was no way he would send vampires for Klaus protection because he knew very well that Klaus cannot be killed 'Cheers mate' Klaus said before forcing his hand through the vampires chest, with the vampires heart in his hand, Klaus pulled back, as he watched the body fall to the ground, he let the heart roll off the end of his fingers so it fell back with the body he had just ripped it from. Klaus knew for sure now who had been behind the attack on Caroline, as if he needed MORE reason to want that vampire dead!
Walking through the street, he could feel the anger rising within him. It was anger at what happened to Caroline, anger that someone had been dumb enough to do it but mostly he was angry at himself for not protecting her. Finally he had made it to the place he knew he would find the arrogant vampire. Forcing through the front gets, a vampire from inside charged at him before momentarily gripping Klaus around the throat, Today is not the day to test my patience! he thought to himself before ripping out the idiotic vampires heart. Another vampire rushed over, but hesitated when he seen Klaus' eyes glow an amber colour before he sunk his werewolf teeth into the awestruck vampire. As he looked up he seen there was about 25 more vampires encircling him. Klaus smirked at them with a wild glint in his eye, he knew this pathetic excuse of an attack wouldn't last longer than 2 minutes, these puny vampires were no match for him, not even 100 vampires would be a match for him. 'Who will be next to die?' Klaus gloated, goading the remaining vampires to attack him. As 2 jumped towards him, he caught one in each hand ripping out their hearts, 2 more ran at him, 1 he grabbed by the throat as he sunk his werewolf teeth into the other ones throat, with a flick of the wrist he snapped both of their necks. He turned around and raised his arms at his side, waiting for the next attack when suddenly 'ENOUGH' was shouted by a dark skinned man.
Klaus looked at him and in vampire speed he was soon in the mans face 'Marcellous, tell me friend, why are you sending men to follow me? And what the hell are you doing sending one of your little minions into MY home to harm my guests!' Klaus was furious by now, he had grabbed ahold of Marcellous and forced him against the wall behind, causing the concrete to crumble where they had hit. 'I sent some of my men to protect you! The witches here are powerful and you know that! I was trying to watch your back! As for blaming one of my men for breaking into your house? Don't insult my intelligence Klaus, I know what the consequences would be if I'd made such a daring move against you!' Klaus loosened his grip on the vampires throat 'If you are lying to me Marcel, I will end you and your merry band of vampires without even blinking and you know I can' Klaus growled. 'I swear to you Klaus, I wouldn't have tried to hurt you, you taught me Family Above All and we are family are we not?' Marcel asked, trying his hardest to sound sincere but his anger starting to show through 'at least that is what I thought, until you killed 9 of my men!' Suddenly Klaus let go of Marcel and grabbed his own head, collapsing onto the ground in pain, he knew this pain all to well! Marcel must have a witch! As Klaus writhed around the floor in pain, the blood vessels in his head bursting over and over again, he could see the witch walking towards him but he couldn't see her face, suddenly everything went silent and he was plunged into darkness.

As the evening was drawing in, Caroline wondered where Klaus was, after the events of last night she was sure he would have stayed close to her to ensure nothing else happened to her but he had left the house just after sunrise and he still hadn't returned after the sun had set. She had tried to call him a few times but every time it went to voicemail. Caroline had decided to tour the house since she had been left in it alone. She explored the ground floor, first the living room. It was fairly modern with walnut laminate flooring throughout, there was 3 large black leather sofas in a U shape infront of the fireplace, a black glass top table in the middle of the sofas, on the far back wall was a floor to ceiling book shelf what Caroline could only guess contained about 1000 or more books. There was a lovely large bay window which over looked the beautiful gardens. There was a door in the right corner which Caroline walked over to next, as she opened the door she realised this room must be Klaus art studio/office. He had such a talent for creating beautiful pictures, she knew he put a little bit of himself into every drawing he done as they were always personal, they portrayed loneliness, hurt and longing. Klaus was a very complex person, there was only one word which could describe him, Caroline thought, Enigma. She stepped back out of the door, knowing Klaus would not be happy if he knew she had let herself in there. She felt her phone buzzing in her back pocket, she took the phone out and answered the call
'Bonnie!'
'Hey Care' Her best friend replied 'How is everything going?
'Well I assume Elena spilled her guts and told you where I am' Caroline replied, a little ice to her tone 'Everything is great' She lied, she didn't want to tell Bonnie how she was attacked, how Katherine had shown up and how Klaus had been gone all day, she didn't want her friend to worry. 'How is everything with you and your mum?' She quickly asked so Bonnie wouldn't ask her anymore questions.
'We're ok, Abbie has learned to control her blood lust so we are getting on better now. We are just travelling around America at the moment, I think she is trying to make up for abandoning me for all those years!'
'Aw Bon, I am glad and your mum are getting on better. She was young and made a huge mistake but atleast she is there now'
Caroline and Bonnie spent the next 20 minutes talking, Bonnie telling her all the places she and her mum had visited and talking about Elena and Damon who were having the time of their life together. Caroline was looking forward to them all being together again at College. They had already planned on a triple room, whether they had to compel there way to get it they didn't care. They had chosen some classes together and although Elenas mum had wanted her to become a journalist, Elena had decided she would prefer to be a doctor so whilst Caroline had taken Journalism as she wanted to become a broadcast journalist, Elena would be taking Biology/Physiology. Caroline had also taken Psychology as that is also something she is interested in. Caroline headed for the kitchen to grab some supper when she realised she hadn't eaten all day.
Walking down the curved staircase into the kitchen, she couldn't believe the size of it! There was a big breakfast bar in the middle of the floor, 9 seats tucked underneath. Every appliance was black and gleaming, not 1 speck or dust or dirt on any surface. The counter tops were all black granite, the floors white marble and the cupboards and draws made of white oak. To the left was a little arch way leading into another little room, the wine cellar. Every shelf held 50 bottles and there was about 100 shelves. The whole place was beautiful, so much detail had gone into every room. Walking back into the kitchen, Caroline opened the fridge and started pulling out ingredients.
'Excuse me miss?' Caroline jumped, she hadn't heard anyone walk in behind her
'Who are you?' Caroline asked, suspicious at this unexpected girl, she was only young, 18 at the oldest, she had the same colour skin as Bonnie but she had amber eyes, a colour familiar to the werewolf eye colour.
'I'm Tabitha' The girl answered 'I am Klaus house maid. I was just about to fix some supper, would you like me to make you something?' Sensing Carolines scepticism at the young girls age, she quickly added 'Trust me, I make the best po-boys in New Orleans' Caroline smiled politely and nodded eagerly although she was a little unsure what a 'po-boy' was.
The young girl started pulling out the ingrediants she needed, French bread, roast beef, gravy. lettuce and tomato
'Would you like it dressed?' Tabitha asked
Caroline wasn't sure what it meant, she didn't even know what a po-boy was! 'Umm no thankyou' she replied. She watched curiously as Tabitha began putting the roast beef into the French bread then adding gravy, GRAVY of all things. Tabitha sliced it up delicately before placing it on a small china plate and bringing it over to Caroline.
'Here you go, the best po-boy in all of New Orleans although you truly are doing it an injustice not having it dressed' The girl said with a shrug of her shoulders before walking back towards the counter to tidy away all of the ingredients. Caroline looked down at the sandwich on her plate, unsure is she even wanted to try it.
'So how long have you worked here Tabitha?' Caroline asked
'I have been in Klaus services for the past 4 months, I ensure he has everything he needs and wants and when he is away from home, I keep his home up together ready for his return. If you don't mind me asking miss, how is it you know Klaus?' Tabitha asked
Caroline looked again at the food infront of her before reaching out her hand, picking the sandwich up and bringing it to her lips. She grimaced as she put the roll in her mouth, anticipating the awful taste. As she sunk her teeth through the bread and meat she tore a piece off and began chewing it 'Wow, this is really good! Thanks! and my name is Caroline by the way' Caroline was surprised how much she actually enjoyed it. 'So anyway in answer to your question, I've known Klaus for about a year now after he came to my home town of Mystic Falls in Virginia, he caused a lot of trouble but we became friends. He recently left Mystic Falls to move back here and as I am on summer break he invited me so I thought, why not?' Caroline said matter-of-factly. She couldn't tell the truth on how she knew Klaus, most people didn't know the existence of vampires and werewolves were real let alone hybrids, witches, curses and human sacrifices, and they are better off!
Tabitha walked over, a childish bounce in her step 'Have you slept with him?' She asked with an excited girlie tone
'NO' Caroline quickly answered 'It isn't like that between us' Caroline said, but she realised she was trying to convince herself more than this girl she barely knew. Tabitha gave Caroline a warm smile as she leant forward, placing a hand over Carolines 'It's nice to have another young woman in the house to talk to! But I must go. I have to light the fire in the living room and finish a few of my chores' Tabitha said before quickly wandering back up the stairs. Caroline sat in silence for the next 15 minutes, enjoying this sandwich she was sure she would hate before washing her plate and putting it back in it's rightful place. Caroline began climbing the stairs back up into the entrance hall, she had phoned her mum since she had arrived here so that was top of her list of things to do. As she made her way up the main stairs to go to her room, the front door opened, as she turned around she seen Klaus walking through the door. Blood stains across his arms, dirt on his clothes and blood on his mouth.

Klaus woke with a terrible pain in his head, his body felt weak. As he opened his eyes he realised he was in a small room, chains were wrapped tightly around his wrists holding him to the wall behind him.
'I am glad to see you finally awake Niklaus' Came a voice in the darkness
'Do you honestly think these chains will hold me down?' Klaus growled
'Perhaps, but I leave nothing to chance. The chains are spelled so you may strong but you will not break through those chains' the voice gloated
'Show yourself you coward' Klaus yelled. From the pitch black cove by his side, came the body behind the voice, it was a woman, in her 40s, wearing nothing but a long white gown. She had dark hair tied into a bun on the back of her head. Her eyes were dark, almost black and her facial expression was as cold as ice. As Klaus opened his mouth to speak, the woman shushed him
'My name is Mariana. I have heard many a tale about you hybrid, your sadistic traits, selfish antics, murdering people not only for blood but for punishment for any small slight they cause you. You are a plague on this earth and one of which I intend to destroy. Now before you tell me you can't be killed, please know I am aware of the white oak stake you have within your possession which CAN kill you. Perhaps killing you isn't my ultimate goal, but that is a story for another time' Mariana began chanting, Klaus began to yell, pain searing through his head, he couldn't move his body. He felt his wrists open up as blood began to drip from the gaping wounds, Mariana placed 2 small bowls beneath to catch the blood. Once both small bowls were full, see stopped chanting. She had taken what she had needed and now all she had to do was disappear.
When Klaus awoke again, the chains that bound his arms had been released, he was free but he was weak. As he lifted himself from the ground and left the place he had been held captive, he realised it was only a few minutes from his home. He knew searching for the witch would not work, he was to weak and he needed blood. Stumbling down the path, he noticed 2 people. He rushed over to them and before either could move he compelled them to stand still, he sank his teeth into the throat of the man first, feeling the warm blood burst into his mouth and glide down his throat, it felt euphoric. But within a few minutes there was no blood left to take so he let the dead body fall to the ground with a loud thump. The woman was stood staring at him, her mouth ajar and tears in her eyes. The veins beneath his eyes began to darken, moving the hair from the womans neck he quickly bite her, she didn't even scream which a part of Klaus admired, she was brave even though she faced certain death. It reminded him of Elena, the night of the sacrifice. She knew she was going to die so she didn't attempt to fight him. Once Klaus had drained the last few mouthfuls of blood from the girl, he let her body fall with her friends dead corpse. Licking his lips, he made his way home. The anger bubbling underneath his skin. He would get revenge on the witch who had done this to him.
As he neared the property, his phone began to ring
'You have a nerve Marcel, a deathwish if you will' Klaus voice was surprisingly calm, but it was dripping with malice
'Klaus, I had to, you would have killed all my men, they are my men I protect them, they are loyal to me because I stand by my word!' Marcel replied
'You forget who created you Marcel, who saved you from the whip, raised you, but know this, I will kill every last one of your men, every vampire in this city who has pledged fealty to you will suffer' Marcel cancelled the call without responding to Klaus threat. A sarcastic grin tugged at the corners of Klaus lips, he would take back this city, it was his city! With Klaus as king, he would need a queen and who better than the beautiful infuriatingly stubborn blonde he had waiting at his home.

As Klaus had left Caroline all day without a word, she was angry with him. She didn't want to talk to him, to hear his pathetic excuses of where he had been. She had been attacked only the night before and he had left her alone. She went straight to her room. She went straight into the bathroom to shower before putting on her new pink silk nightie and sliding into bed.
'Hi mum, I know it's late but I just wanted to let you know I'm ok. I am in New Orleans and the house is stunning you would love it. It has been a quiet day today but I am going out sight seeing tomorrow and then Stefan is coming to see me in a few days! Anyway mum, I just don't want you to worry about me. I will speak to you soon ok, love you' Caroline put her phone down on the bedside table before amercing herself in the big soft duvet.
As her eyes started to get heavy, she started to drift to sleep when she suddenly she could hear raised voices coming from downstairs. Caroline sat up and tried to listen
'This is my city Klaus, you either leave my people alone or my men will tear you apart'
'I am the original hybrid, I can't be killed!' Klaus shouted
'No you can't Klaus, but that does not mean great pleasure wouldn't be taken from seeing you being tortured for the next few years until I am bored and then I will bury you alive in' Caroline suddenly heard a smash. She jumped out of bed and using her vampire speed ran down the stairs to find a dark skinned man standing in the entrance hall whilst 6 other men were taking turns punching and kicking Klaus who suddenly grabbed one and ripped his heart out. Caroline ran over and grabbed one of the men, breaking his neck. Klaus met Caroline's eyes and he smiled. A wave of fear passed through her when she seen Klaus eyes change colour to the golden brown she had seen many times before, when Tyler had turned into a werewolf! Klaus grabbed another of the men and bit into his throat, spilling blood across the white marble floor, Caroline jumped onto one of the other men, sinking her teeth and tearing out his throat
'ENOUGH' yelled the dark skinned man 'Klaus! Stop!'
The last 2 men standing moved back toward him.
'Enter my home again Marcellous, not only will I tear out the throat of all of your little minions, I will tear out yours! Once you were like a son to me and now, you stand here in MY HOME thinking you are king IN MY CITY! You are lucky I am letting you leave with your life' Caroline realised this is the man Klaus had vaguely mentioned, Marcel the 200 year old vampire which Klaus had created, the vampire Klaus thought had died when Mikael came to New Orleans 100 years ago and tried to kill them all. 'My people are everywhere Klaus, perhaps even under your own nose' Marcel spat, then within a flash, Marcel and his 2 bodyguards had grabbed the 4 men on the floor and vanished.
'Are you ok love?' Caroline span around to see Klaus stood beside her. He had blood spread across the bottom part of his face and over the neckline of his light grey t-shirt. Caroline's heart was pounding, the adrenaline was rushing through her veins
'what the hell was that about Klaus?!' Caroline demanded
'My enemies are everywhere Caroline, not just Mystic Falls' Klaus informed her. Seeing the worry in her eyes, Klaus continued 'but you are safe with me, I would die before I let anyone hurt you and I cannot be killed!' She could feel his hand on her arm again and then she remembered she had literally jumped out of bed and came down to help Klaus, she was still in her skimpy pink silk nightie! Suddenly she felt embarrassed but she was still angry with him.
Klaus could sense her anger towards him and quickly removed his hand, placing both behind his back before heading back into his office. Caroline debated if she should follow him or not but quickly decided it was best to leave him alone for a while. When Klaus lost his temper, the wrong people always tended to get hurt. She again went to her room, as she closed the door behind her she sensed someone was in the room with her, quickly turning she let out the breath she hadn't realised she had held in, it was only Katherine.
'I have some information for you carebear, and you're not going to like it' Katherine said in a serious tone, something she never used. Caroline was worried, she knew it was going to be bad.

Thankyou for the reviews and for reading my story.
I hope the wait was worth it :-)
The next chapter will follow within the next few days and as I have now set for myself the whole storyline from beginning to end, I will hopefully finish the whole story within the next 2 weeks.