I do not own The Vampire Diaries or The Originals.

Just for clarification…

Please note though this story will not follow the shows time line at all, Tyler is a hybrid. Any characters that are vampires on the show are vampires. They live in Mystic Falls, etc. Outside of that, while some parts of the show may come up, I am not following that time line or any events from the show since it is so far off canon, though some may come up from time to time.

For those of you who think Klaus is a bit soft, not to worry he is a bit soft where Caroline is concerned because he is afraid of scaring her or causing her harm when she is already so fragile...but, the more he learns about her time with Marcel and when Marcel finally meets Klaus face to face he's going to be hell bent on vengeance. He may have a little help for a couple of brothers we know and love along the way. Pairings are as follows.

Obviously Caroline/Klaus

Damon/Elena

Stefan/Lexie

Jeremy/Bonnie

Rebekah/Matt

Hope this helps.

Erin

I've seen the face of my affliction
of my reality
I'm being tortured by the future
of things that are yet to be
I'm being haunted by a vision
it's like the morning never comes

I feel the burden of confusion
always searching... on the run

Free me
before I slip away
Heal me
wake me from this day
Can somebody help me?

Now, I'm not a hero... no
but the weight of the world's is on my soul
these imagines burn my eyes
they're burning me up inside

Somebody Help Me by Full Blown Rose

One Year Earlier

"Caroline, I need you to stay away from Klaus."

"For the last time Tyler, there is nothing going on with Klaus."

"This coming from a girl who has a drawing on her nightstand and expensive Jewelry on her dress from the man. Sue me if I don't exactly trust you here, Care."

"Look, you haven't always been perfect boyfriend material. And Klaus gave me those things when YOU ran off to god knows where, then you come back with some girl I've never met and tell me that she understands you."

"She does, Care. She's like me. She knows what I've been through, things you can't possibly understand."

"But, I want to understand Tyler. Don't you see that!" Caroline pled.

"Well, you can't. You'll never understand. I owe Klaus for releasing me from the horrible transitions, but at the same time he used me to do his bidding. He's evil and I don't want you anywhere near him, understood?" Tyler commanded.

"No! It is most certainly NOT understood! I am not yours to command." She shouted.

"Caroline you will listen to me." Tyler growled as his eyes flashed yellow.

"Klaus is evil. I can't deny that, but he wouldn't hurt me."

"Your going to have to choose, because I won't sit by and be played by the two of you."

"I choose me. I am not some rag that the two of you can tug back and forth!" She shouted.

"That's great Caroline! You can find your own way home."

"You know what, Klaus is capable of horrible things but he wouldn't just leave me here without a way home." She cried.

"Then go ahead and call him, maybe he'll take pity on you!" Tyler shouted.

"Fine."

"You stupid little girl! He will hurt you, and you will have no one to blame but yourself when he does. If you're lucky he'll just kill you, but god knows he's capable of much worse." Tyler spat as he turned to walk away from her.

Gravel sprayed up as Tyler sped away from her leaving her alone at the lookout. She stared at her phone as she tried to decide who to call. She thought about calling her mom, but she knew that her mom would talk to Carol Lockwood and that certainly wouldn't make the situation with Tyler any better. Her next thought had been Stefan, but he was probably with Elena and Damon was out of the question. That left Bonnie who was more than likely with Jeremy or her ex which was kind of awkward, 'Hi Matt...Tyler just dumped me would you mind driving up to the look out to come get me?' Yeah...that would go over really well.

After about twenty minutes had gone by, and she was certain Tyler wasn't going to come back for her she called the only person she could think to come and get her.

"Well, this is a pleasant surprise." Klaus said as he greeted her.

"Please Klaus. I'm not in the mood for sarcasm. I just need you to pick me up." She said as she tried to keep her voice from shaking.

Caroline knew he would hear the distress in her voice, but she tried to hide the fact that she'd been crying anyway.

"Where are you?" He asked in a more serious tone.

Great, he totally knew she was crying. This day couldn't get any better.

"I'm at the look out." She answered.

"He left you at the look out, Caroline it's after midnight!" He growled.

"No, I just…."

"Correct me if I am wrong, but the look out is still where couples go to make out is it not?"

"Yes." She answered sheepishly.

"Then I am not wrong to assume that you were left there by Tyler Lockwood, am I?" He asked.

"No, but I really don't want to argue with you about this, too. Can you just pick me up, or not?"

"On my way, love." Klaus said as he sped towards her.

When he arrived, he sped around and opened the car door for Caroline who looked visibly chilled and she'd obviously been crying when she'd called him.

"How long have you been out here?" Klaus asked as he turned the heat up and directed the vents towards her before pulling his jacket off and handing it to her.

"Maybe an hour." She said through chattering teeth.

"Caroline, why didn't you call me right away?" He asked.

"I thought he might come back, and I didn't want him to be right."

"Right? About what?"

"He told me to call you when he left me there. We fought about you." She answered as she turned back towards the window putting an end to any further discussion on the subject.

Klaus felt a tiny smile curve over his lips as he realized that perhaps she thought better of him than he'd been led to believe. After all, she did call him.

When they arrived at her house, Klaus got out and walked her to her door.

Caroline whispered a brief thank you as she stepped through the door and started to close it before realizing she still had his jacket.

"I'm sorry, here's your coat. Thank you." She said as she looked up at him and handed it over.

When his eyes met hers, he whispered, "You're welcome."

Their eyes remained locked for what seems like an hour, until he finally leaned down and gently brushed his lips over hers. When she didn't pull back of resist, he allowed his hand to slide through her hair and pull her closer until her fingers found their way into his hair.

They didn't break apart until she let go of a tiny moan that only he could have heard. When he opened his eyes, hers remained closed as her fingers found their way to her lips. Klaus could hear her heart fluttering wildly in her chest and he knew that kiss had felt as perfect to her as it had to him.

"I know Tyler was your first love, but I intend to be your last. Even if it takes a month, a year, or even a decade. I've got all the time in the world, love."

With that he gently guided her through the doorway and closed the door as she stared after him and drove away.

Caroline stood there for a few moments before she grabbed her car keys and took off. She needed some time to think.

An hour or so later, her phone buzzed and chirped with a missed call from Tyler and another from her mom. It sat untouched on the table just inside the door when her mom got home.

Present Day

Klaus watched Caroline as she slept peacefully on his bed, and thought back to the night that he'd last seen Caroline a year ago.

He remembered the conversation they'd had and he couldn't help reveling in the warmth his memory of that kiss held. It was magnified by the fact that it had been the one truth Caroline had been able to hold onto even through compulsion. It had helped her to fight, even when she was undoubtedly being compelled not to.

Unfortunately with that memory came another one. The morning after, when he'd first learned of her disappearance. He'd woken early to an angry pounding on his front door. It was the first of two interruptions he'd endured that day.

First, Tyler Lockwood came by demanding to know where Caroline was. That was easy to brush off, she wasn't there and he hadn't seen her since the night before when Tyler had abandoned her at the look out. A fact that displeased him very much, and he'd been certain to tell Tyler just how much it had displeased him. He may have even gone so far as to tell him what he might do should he mistreat Caroline in such a way in the future. The fact that she had not returned Tyler's calls did not surprise him at all.

The second interruption was a bit more disconcerting. Sheriff Forbes turned up on his doorstep holding Caroline's phone, apparently his number had shown up as the last call Caroline had made. What had been more alarming was that none of her friends had heard from her and her car was gone when her mother had arrived home from her night shift. That was when Klaus knew something was wrong.

He'd explained to Sheriff Lockwood that she had called him and how he'd picked her up and driven her home, even making sure she was securely inside the house. Sheriff Forbes had somehow read the distress in his voice, because she quickly went from accusations to a plea for help. She was well aware of the darker influences in Mystic Falls, and even that Klaus was responsible for a great deal of the things that went bump in the night, but it was impossible to miss the concern that was etched across his face or the urgency that his voice held when he explained his involvement in the prior evenings events.

She'd known she would need help finding her. The real panic didn't come until they found her car out near Wickery Bridge. That was when they'd searched for her body. A search that would prove futile, and what's worse was that only offered a tiny bit of comfort. He knew she'd been taken, and he could smell her fear in waves when they'd arrived. She had been alive and she hadn't been gone long.

His thoughts were interrupted as he heard a car pull into the driveway, it was probably Stefan with a daylight ring for Caroline, so he extricated himself from Caroline's grip and pulled the covers back up around her shoulders.

When he got to the bottom of the stairs, Stefan stood in the open doorway with an apologetic look. Klaus was momentarily confused when Stefan said, "She wouldn't make the ring without knowing who it was for."

Klaus simply nodded in acceptance until Elena, and Damon walked in behind Bonnie.

"And I figured, if she ended up letting you turn her something really awful must have happened." Elena said.

"I thought maybe you were going to have murder on the brain, and I love a good blood bath. Especially if the blood being spilled isn't mine. Besides, I think we've all missed Barbie."

Klaus nodded and waved a hand inviting them in.

"She doesn't know you're a vampire, Elena, and I'm also willing to be she has no idea that you switched to Team Damon either."

"I guess a lot has changed in a year." Elena said.

"It's changed even more for her, so lets keep the bomb shell revelations to a minimum until she's had a chance to acclimate." Klaus offered as he watched the two women climb the stairs towards Caroline..

He was annoyed by the additional house guests, but at least they could help to keep Caroline occupied while he made one very important phone call.

Klaus waved to Stefan and Damon as he headed out to the gardens behind the estate out of earshot from the witch and two newbie vampires.

"I need your phone." Klaus said as he held a hand out.

It didn't matter whose phone, as long as it wasn't his. He wanted to surprise the bastard.

When Stefan held out his phone, Klaus grabbed it and dialed. It was answered on the first ring.

"What can the King do for you?" answered the familiar voice.

"You can sit tight and wait in fear for me to come and find you, because when I find you, and I will I'm going to slowly pull every bone from your flesh and then heal you until I feel that I've returned the pain caused by every mark on Ms. Forbes' body ten times over. When I get bored of that, I'll compel you to self inflict each of those wounds on yourself again, and finally I'm going to tear your heart out and force feed it to you as I watch you desiccate and die!" Klaus spat.

"I see you recieved my present? You'll have to excuse me, but I didn't have time to put a bow on it." Marcel said with a confident laugh.

Evil...I know.

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Thanks for all of the reviews and messages. As always, they are appreciated.

Erin