As I promised, the next chapter. ;)


Enter the Wicked

Chapter 4: Girls on the run


"Long time no see, princess." Elijah told her. He stood right in front of her and after seeing his unchanged face after more than 200 years unwanted memories made their way up into Caroline's mind.


Flashback:

Katherine and Caroline, or Katerina and Carolina as they were called originally, once again decided that they needed some time apart as living together let to fighting each other more often in the last fifty years. Therefore Caroline was on her own and traveled around. Currently she was living in France as she was fascinated by art and the development of the country under Louis XIV.

It was December, 1682. Louis XIV moved to Versailles in May, 1682, and as he had a passion for dances to show his wealth as well as to keep his minions in check a great winter ball was insinuated.

Caroline had this big golden dress on customized only for her, thanks for compulsion, and had the time of her life. Even though most feared Louis Caroline found him very entertaining as she had the chance to meet him in person. She participated in a ballet performance held at court.

Although he left no doubt of being the most important person in all Europe at that time Caroline found him to be a really good counterpart when talking about art and theater. He was a charming person and both became connected by their love for acting, art and music.

She was often invited by him and his family and this was the reason why she was there on this particular night.

She was dancing with many different men and talking with one of them near the balconies by then as this British man walked up to her suddenly.

"May I have the next dance, miss?" he interrupted their conversation. As Caroline thought such a behavior rude she decided to tell him off but as soon as she looked into his deep brown eyes. For a moment she felt herself fascinated by them and before she could find her voice to speak again they were in the center of the room dancing.

She had never seen a man like this. He was beautiful and something in his appearance spoke of gentleness as well as authority. But after gaining her senses again she could tell that he was a vampire almost immediately. It wasn't as if there hadn't been vampires all over the place in France but none of them were anything like him. She wondered who he was and where he came from suddenly as she had never seen him before. They danced in silence for quite a while and after a few moved out on one of the balconies.

"May I know thy name, princess?" he asked her with a charming voice speaking french with a heavy British accent. Caroline still felt a little light-headed after all the dancing felt herself being flattered.

"Princess?" Caroline asked him with a sly smile.

"You certainly look like one in this fabulous dress if I may say so."

"You may." she told him. "My name is Caroline." she answered him.

"I am delighted to meet you, Miss Caroline. My name is Elijah."

And with that the trouble for her began. She froze as recognition dawned in her. Katherine had told her everything that happened to her often enough for her to make the connection. In front of her was no gentle vampire trying to sweet-talk to her but the Elijah, Klaus' brother.

"So I guess, Katerina told you about me before." He concluded after taking in her features. A grin appeared on his face.
Shocked Caroline took a few steps back.

"But come to think of it I desire to know about Miss Petrova's whereabouts." he told her while closing the distance between them and standing threatening in front of her.

"May I demand who you are and how you made yourself participate in my festivities? I certainly did not wish for you to be one of my guests." suddenly Louis himself stood behind them. It was said that he had an photographic memory and knew all of his guests by one look and Caroline found herself thankful for that. She didn't know if it would help her much but surely Elijah wouldn't attack her in front of his majesty, or even worse, attack the majesty himself!

"Your majesty, I am deeply ashamed of myself to intrude thy festivities in such a rude manner. But upon seeing this beautiful lady I could not be able to keep my eyes off of her and needed to introduce myself."

"You have accomplished that so you have no reason to participate in my festivities any longer. My guards will conduct you on your way out."

Elijah bowed to him and made to move. As he was right next her he whispered "We will see each other again, my dear."

Caroline shuddered. She still couldn't believe what she just witnessed.

She felt two warms hands on her shoulders and saw Louis giving her a sympathetic smile. Later that night he offered her to stay at court with him and his family for as long as she wanted which she gladly accepted.

But as Elijah predicted they were to see each other again a few years later.

End of Flashback


"You changed your mind?" Elijah got her out of her line of thoughts.

"What do you mean?" she asked him, her voice laced heavily with distaste.

"You finally going to tell me about Katerina's whereabouts?" he asked while smirking at her.

"I didn't tell you back then and I'm not going to do that now." she told him thankfully sounding braver than she actually felt.


Flashback:

He found her again in March, 1690. After staying with Louis and his family for some years she went to Madrid, Spain, in 1687. On her way back to where she stayed at one evening she was attacked suddenly and thrown face first into a wall. She tried to struggle against her attacker's hold but found herself unable to do so as her attacker seemed so much stronger than her.

"Good evening, princess." her attacker said and Caroline froze instantly.

Even after eight years she could clearly identify his voice.

"Elijah!" she gasped.

"So you still remember me?" he asked her while laughing cruelly.

What followed were three weeks of being hold captive, some torture and questioning under compulsion. The only thing keeping her from telling him where her friend was was the fact that she had no idea where she actually was. She departed after they fought and for the first time in over fifty years she was glad about that.

After finding her useless Elijah let go of her and simply left. Why he didn't kill her was a miracle to her.

End of Flashback


"Still waiting for an answer..." he mocked her.
"What do you want from her?" Caroline almost yelled at him while trying to find a way out of this situation desperately.

"She has something that I want. She stole it from me. And I want it back." he told her with an even voice.

"What did she steal from you?" Caroline asked on, thinking that as long as he would be talking he probably wouldn't attack her. She took several looks around but the only other persons aside from them and Alex Ford were mostly girls, freshman year she suspected, waiting for the audition to start. The only thing they wanted was moving to Hollywood one day, no matter what... 'But wait...' she thought as an idea formed in her mind. 'This probably won't work...'

"I ask you again: Where is..."

"Oh my God!" Caroline suddenly screamed at the top of her lungs while pointing to him. "I recognize you! You played a part in Spider-Man 2!"

For a moment no one said a word and silence was all over the theater. But after a second or so one of the girls staying with the rest of the crowd took a step into their direction and screamed "She's right! I recognize him, too!"

Another one stepped up and added "I don't know about Spider-Man but I think that he's a model!"

"And he is totally coming from Hollywood!" a third one yelled and with that the screaming began and the last thing Elijah saw was a crowd of crazy girls running and eventually jumping on him.

After taking a relaxing shower Katherine stepped out of her bathroom clad in only a white towel. Not caring for changing into clothes she went into the kitchen, got a coffee and sat on the kitchen counter next to the coffee machine. She wondered when Caroline would return home as she would have expected any news about her audition by now as Caroline needed to keep her update about everything all the time. She had to laugh a little. Even though all this years had gone by her friend's behavior stayed mostly the same.


Flashback:

They grew up in Bulgaria and were friends since Katherine could remember. Even throughout her pregnancy Caroline, or Carolina back then, was one of the very few people that were there for her and didn't treat her like an disgraceful being. She could still remember the tears both of them cried as her father decided to sent her of to England. And after all the things that happened there she would never have believed to see her ever again.
As she returned to Bulgaria shortly after turning into a vampire and fleeing from Klaus she found all members of her family dead. After crying her eyes out for what seemed hours she found her strength again and walked out of the house that was once her home.

"Katarina? Is that you?" she suddenly heard Carolina's voice from the left. She turned her head into her direction and knew that if her heart would still beat it would have stopped in this very moment.
She saw her mouth move to say something but couldn't as she was tackled to the ground so fast that Katherine needed a moment to precess what she just saw. But Caroline's screams brought her back to the present fast as she jumped on the attacker without thinking. She can't explain what exactly happened back then as she could only recall blind rage taking over her body as she believed that this vampire must have been taking a part in the killing of her family. The vampire lay dead at her feet only moments after as she literally ripped him apart. Katherine felt herself being perplexed at seeing what she had done and was about to panic as a small whimper could be heard.
"Carolina!" She cried as she saw her friends lying on the ground, her neck bleeding hard. Although Katherine found it hard to resist the smell of blood her sorrow for her childhood friend prevailed.
"Carolina, not you as well! Please! Do not leave me!" she cried as hot tears fell from her eyes. With her vampire senses she could hear her heart beat fading as Caroline looked up at her with panic in her eyes. She couldn't speak as she only coughed up blood with every try.

"I cannot let you leave me as well." Katherine whispered while taking hold of her friends hand. "I need to do that. Please do not hate me for it."

With that being said she bit into her own wrist and shoved it into her friend's mouth, urging her to drink it.

End of Flashback


Thinking back on that now still brought back the feelings she felt back then. From terror to relief. And after seeing her whole family being slaughtered she was truly glad to be able to save her friend. And even though they had fights most of the time and spent many years apart from another once in a while she never regretted turning her in the first place.

"Katherine!" she could hear Caroline yell out alarmed as soon as she walked in.
"Hey!" Katherine smiled at her in greeting. "How was your..."

"We got a problem. And with problem I mean a major problem!"

Caroline told Katherine quickly about the days happenings and asked what exactly she stole from him.

"He wants the moonstone." Katherine answered her while being deep in thoughts.

"The what?"

Katherine let out a sign and stood in front of her friend. "Pack your things and don't forget your favorite True Religion jeans! We are going on vacation!" she called out while moving out of the room.

"Vacation? Where to?" Caroline wanted to know.

"To the place I haven't set foot in over 145 years ago, Mystic Falls."


This is the end of chapter 4. I know, the storyline concerning Caroline's relation with the Louis the XIV maybe a little far off but it somehow matched. In my opinion at least. :D

And I love Daniel Gillies and I just had to put a commentary on him playing Spider-Man 2 in this story.

So, both are on their way off to Mystic Falls. You wanna know what happens next?

Tell me! :D

Till next time!

Xoxo!