Caroline was jolted from her bed by the sound of a struggle, she ran to the front of the hut and came across Elena viciously feeding from Herbert's neck. The scene shocked her, the front of Elena's dress was soaked through with blood and the room was trashed. As she got over the initial shock she flashed over to Elena and threw her from the man who dropped to the floor in a heap.

Caroline knew he was dead before he fell to the ground because she could no longer hear him breathing. She turned to Elena who was crouched in the corner in hysterics as she realised what she had done.

"What have I done!?" she shouted to herself as she rocked back and forth.

Caroline looked at her with pity remembering how she herself felt when she was out of control when she first turned into a vampire and killed a man at the carnival. She didn't know how Elena was going to cope with this on top of all the guilt she was already carrying.

She knelt down and brought her to her feet then went to collect two new peasant dresses because she herself had gotten blood on hers and led her to the lake to clean the blood off her face and body.

As they reached the lake Elena wordlessly took her dress off and started wiping her arms and her face to clean the blood off.

Caroline gave her some space and cleaned herself before putting her dress on and waited for Elena to speak. She watched silently as Elena got dressed and sat against a big rock.

"I killed him, Caroline" she whispered looking into her eyes "I woke up to the smell of blood…he must have cut himself…I didn't know what I was doing" she cried onto Caroline's shoulder.

Caroline felt helpless but all she could do to comfort her friend was be there for her so she held her tighter "Shhh, It's ok. Shhh"

After a while Elena stopped crying and they just stared at the lake as the morning rays hit it making the water glisten.

Caroline shot to her feet as realization dawned on her "Oh no…" They fed the man their blood yesterday, he had vampire blood in his system when he died. "Stay here" She flashed back to the hut as she realised that she was expecting Klaus.


Nicklaus couldn't help smiling as he headed to Caroline's hut, he couldn't wait to see her again. She was so different to any other woman he's ever met. He couldn't wait to tell her that Ayana has agreed to meet with her later that evening.

As he approached the hut he called for Caroline but there was no answer, he was about to walk back to his own hut as he caught the sight of blood coming from the bottom of the material that acts as a door. He panicked, unsheathed his sword and ran into the hut. What he saw shocked him, the room was a mess and there was blood on the floor covering the body that he knew as Herbert. He rushed into the other parts of the hut looking for Caroline but when he couldn't find her he crouched down to the body of Herbert and inspected his wounds. He guessed that he was attacked by an animal by the bite mark on his neck. He was wondering where Caroline was when Herbert gasped in air and sat up, looking around wildly. Klaus was shocked, he was positive that he was dead.

"What happened? Where is Caroline?"

The man just looked at him weirdly then looked down at his bloody hands. Klaus looked at him confused as he brought the bloody fingers to his mouth and started to suck them clean.

"What are you doing?" he asked incredulously as he stood up to get further away from him.

As Herbert noticed his movement he cocked his head and stared at him. His face started to transform and he flashed towards him.

With wide eyes Klaus raised his sword and watched as Herbert impaled himself. Klaus pulled back his sword and watched as Herbert fell to the floor.

Klaus composed himself and knelt down beside him.


Caroline flashed inside the hut just as Herbert was about to lunge at Klaus. She shot her hand through his back and ripped out his heart, throwing it across the room.

She turned around to find Klaus looking at her with wide eyes.

She decided that she would have to tell him the truth, or at least part of it. She couldn't compel him because he would remember when he turned. But first she needed to bury the body. She went to the far end of the hut and picked up his heart then went to his body and swung it over her shoulder effortlessly. As she was about to leave she looked over her shoulder and looked at Klaus.

"Please do not be afraid, I will tell you everything you want to know but you have to follow me" As she walked out of the hut she was thankful that the hut was far enough away from the other huts and close enough to the woods to not be noticed. She kept up her pace when she heard Klaus' footprints behind her.

They walked for a couple of hours until she thought that they were far enough into the woods for the body to not be discovered and dropped it from her shoulder along with the heart.

She turned to Klaus not sure of what to say so she blurted out "Animals will get to him before anyone finds him and if they do the body will be unrecognisable"

He just looked at her with a wary expression on his face. "Why did he attack me?"

She thought that coming straight out with it was the best way "He was a vampire"

He looked confused and asked "What is a vampire?"

"A vampire is an immortal creature that lives on the blood of humans"

He seemed to consider this then asked "Are you a vampire? Is that why you are so strong?"

"Yes."

"Why did you save me?"

She decided to ignore that question and ask her own "I led you deep into the woods, you knew I was dangerous yet you followed me anyway, why?"

"I'm not afraid of you" he said stepping towards her.

"You should be."

"You won't hurt me. You wouldn't have gone through the trouble of saving me if you were going to kill me"

She just looked at him for a while and waited for me questions which would surely come.

"What happened back there?" he pointed back the way they came "There was blood everywhere, when I arrived Herbert was dead. How did he die?"

"If you die with vampire blood in your system you come back as a vampire but only if you drink human blood to complete the transition, he must have drank his own human blood. As for his death..." she debated on whether to tell him about Elena or not when she decided that it wouldn't hurt being a little vague on the details. "My friend is also a vampire, she is fairly new and doesn't have her blood lust under control yet."

He thought about her words for a few moments and then asked "Do you kill people?" he didn't seem disgusted when he asked, he seemed generally interested.

She looked down at the ground and thought back to her first few days as a vampire "My first night as a vampire I killed a man. I lost control of my blood lust" she paused with regret in her voice and carried on feeling as if she could confess all of her sins to him. "The other times has been to protect my friends" she looked up to him and said "I'd do anything to protect the people I care about"

They seemed to be lost in each other's eyes when she finally looked away and said "There are some things that I cannot tell you just yet. For all of our sakes…I have no right to ask this of you but I would be grateful if you kept my secret. It is dangerous for people to know yet."

"I appreciate the honestly, Caroline. I will keep your secret."

She smiled relieved as they both headed back to their village.

It's late so I apologise if there is any mistakes. PLEASE REVIEW, it motivates me to update quicker!

Review if you love it, hate it. I will gladly take healthy criticism so long as it is not abuse! _ I'm thinking of writing a hot sex scene between human Klaus and vampire Caroline, what do you think? And don't worry, I will be writing Elena/Elijah interactions pretty soon and also what everyone is doing in the present time!