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Chapter 4

I looked at the pale blue dress that sat on the seat next to me; I guess I'd have to wear it, considering that I'll probably have to live here for a while. My clothes from my time would look weird to everyone here. I sighed as I began to take off my top and change into the dress. My mind began to wonder, but not to my mother, or anyone back home, except Klaus. Seeing him as a human, well it made me think if it really was the best decision to make him leave and never come back. Was it my fault, that he was driven into the arms of Cami? Or was I really just a distraction for him? The almighty hybrid, not so mighty now. I smiled at the thought of Klaus being powerless now. It was almost cute. I just wanted to go and squeeze his cheeks, but considering where I was and our future relationship, that would be a bad idea.

I looked down at the dress and groaned, it was itchy, yet sort of suited me. I twirled for myself and laughed. "Having fun?" I heard Rebekah's familiar voice from behind me.

"Oh yeah, it's just a really pretty dress!" I smiled back. I'd have to get close to her and all of the siblings so that they would reconsider killing me when they're turned, even if Esther's plan worked.

"Well it's worn by a beautiful lady." Klaus said as he appeared from behind Rebekah, grinning.

"Thankyou." I replied, I had no idea why I was blushing; he just had that affect on me. He'd always done so. Even if I pretended not to care, or if I said something horrible to him. Deep down. Deep down, I knew. I knew how much he must have cared for me and I used it against him. The blonde distraction. I was vile. Even though, it was Klaus, to mess with someone's feelings, it was bad. It is bad. I shook my head. There was no use in dwelling on the past, a life that I'd probably never get back. This is my life now and I might as well get used to it.

"Niklaus! You shouldn't be here! It is wrong!" Rebekah said in a harsh tone.

"Relax, dear sister, I have not seen anything, like that." Klaus laughed at his sister's worry. He would never to such a thing to Caroline or any other woman.

Both Mikaelsons left Caroline quickly as they heard their fathers' calls.

Caroline hid her bag, as well as all of her clothes. She continued to walk out of the corridor towards the sound. Everyone was preparing for something. Something important, it seemed. Caroline's confusion only grew.

"Umm, can I help you with anything?" Caroline asked Rebekah quietly.

"I know it's rude to ask a guest but, would you please, fetch some of the fruit and carry it, to the caves? If that's OK?" Rebekah asked nervously.

"Of course, you're all letting me stay here, it's the least I can do!" Caroline replied with a smile, she quickly rushed over to the table to gather the fruit.

"Come now! Everybody! Hurry up, we need to go now." Mikael bellowed.

I froze, his voice, still scared me. It was what he would do to his own children in the future that terrified me.

I rushed out, only to run into him. "What are you doing, girl? Who are you?!" Mikael shouted at me. I was unprepared, lost for words.

"I..uh...I" I attempted to get out. Thankfully Henrik stepped in for me.

"This is Caroline, father. She will be staying with us for a while. Mothers' orders and we must all be polite to her." Henrik said, his youth becoming painfully clear. A child, a child who was fated to die.

"Well, child, run along now." Mikael said with a smile. A smile that looked wrong placed on the face of such a man. I smiled at walked away to find Rebekah. I followed her and Esther into the caves. The caves. Wouldn't this be when, Henrik died? Or maybe in another month? Or two? How could I have forgotten?! I rushed toward Esther, but it seemed as though she knew better than me.

Suddenly I saw all the Mikaelson boys trudge in, along with Henrik and Klaus, with annoyed faces.

"Snitch." Klaus said as he walked toward Rebekah, he was sulking, because he didn't get to see the wolves. The idea almost made me giggle, but i refrained from doing so. There's no point in pissing off Klaus as a human; he was too cute.

"Shut up, brother, we both no it wasn't me." Rebekah said with a snarl. "I don't snitch."

"Anymore." Elijah whispered, but everyone heard him. Finn laughed along with Kol. However, Esther and Mikael both seemed annoyed. Mikael probably because of the wolves, Esther because her son might have been killed today.

"Children, this is Caroline. She will be staying with us for a while and I want you all to make her feel welcome. Is that understood?" Esther stated.

"Yes Mother." Was replied to her in a chorus.

"Right, well if you will excuse me, Caroline and I need to have a little chat." Esther smiled as she grabbed Caroline's hand and led her to a miniature cave, next to the biggest one.

"Well?" Caroline asked, he impatience clearly showing.

"It is done, as will the ritual on my children. Would you like more time with them, for a month, or would you prefer to do so now?" Esther asked. "Doing it now, means in an hour. Doing it in a month, means that you may have gained their trust, so they will be more incline to listen to you, and you're lectures on not killing people." Esther finished with a mildly serious tone.

"Whatever you think is best." Caroline smiled.

"Very well, next month, make sure to be ready. I can still revoke the deal if I need to." Esther replied.

"I know, that's fine. I'll be ready." Caroline replied before walking off, back into the cave. The sight she saw made her furious.

Mikael was beating Klaus. Beating him as if he were a vampire that could actually deal with the pain.

Caroline rushed over in front of a screaming Rebekah and the other boys trying to get their father to stop.

"Please, sir, please stop!" Caroline cried. She knew that showing this much emotion toward a man she had just met would seem weird, or wrong. But she hadn't just met Klaus. Klaus was Klaus. And despite anything, she would always be there for him, to insure he didn't turn so evil in the future.

"Shut up, girl, you do not know if his deeds." Mikael snarled.

"I don't, but no one deserves this, leave him please!" Caroline cried.

The tears spread across her face and she began screaming. Mikael stopped mainly because, her screeching hurt his ears. He walked off angrily as Esther followed to comfort him. Caroline immediately fell to the ground and kneeled beside Klaus. He was a mess. Blood everywhere. She wouldn't drink his or any human's blood; she was a master of control. Instead she took a deep breath and turned to his siblings who stared at the stranger crying before them.

"Umm, could you get me a cloth of some sort, hot water and some herbs?" Caroline asked as she stroked Klaus' face. Klaus groaned, he had lost consciousness the second Mikael had stopped beating him, he had been awake for Caroline's cries. "And something to kill the pain? If that's possible?" Caroline said with a choke in her throat. Then she remembered, she had some paracetamol and aspirin in her purse. She could go and get that. "Wait, Umm Rebekah, is there anyway to get to the house now? I have something for the pain in my bad; I could go and get it? Which way?" Caroline asked as she sniffed her nose.

"Oh I hope you don't mind, but we brought your possessions down with us, in case the wolves destroyed them." Henrik said, still shaken up from the ordeal.

"Thankyou." Caroline said with a smile as Henrik passed her purse to her. She rifled through it and she found them.

"Ok, first, we're gonna need to sort out his wounds, then I'll give him these, I can't risk him choking." Caroline said as she though about the best way to move the man in front of her. She decided to leave him where he was and attend to his wounds first. Her bad, not surprisingly had everything in it. Batteries spare keys, chargers and thankfully, dressing for wounds. It was her motto, be prepared. But she took things to a new level, in Elena's opinion.

As if on que, Elijah, Kol and Finn returned with hot water, cloths and herbs, they all kneeled and watched as Caroline began to dip the cloth in hot water and ground herbs and clean the wound. They began to see the blood slowly leave their brothers' body, to leave fresh open wounds. Klaus' groans put Caroline off, but she couldn't risk him getting blood poisoning. She began to place the dressing across his back and put in a few stitches where needed.

"Shhh, I'm almost done. It'll all be OK." Caroline soothed him as she stroked his hair. It seemed to work as Klaus had stopped wriggling. By now, a lot of the other people in the cave had come to watch Caroline perform what seemed to be a miracle to them, on Klaus.

Finally she had cleaned, stitched and dressed everything. She turned to the 3 elder boys who nodded knowingly as they began to help Caroline position their brother against a wall. Klaus groaned as expected and continued to stare at Caroline.

It was evident, from his expression that he was still processing the blonde's tears. She was exquisite even when she cried. She was perfect; she almost made him forget about the pain, forget about Tatia, his father. Everything.

"Shhh, Klaus, now this is gonna help the pain. Don't bite it; you just have to swallow it, straight down. Here's some water, to help it go down. Ok?" Caroline smiled as she brushed back his hair.

"Thankyou."' Klaus said with a small smile as he began to sip water and then take the tablet. Caroline smiled.

"Don't worry, that's what friends are for." Caroline said with a smile, carefully choosing the word 'friend'.

He smiled back as he watched his siblings stare at them both dumbfounded.

Kol cleared his throat, causing Caroline to turn to face them all. Her eyes landed on Mikael, she shivered. Fully knowing what he was capable of. "Is there anywhere else, Klaus could stay, away from Mikael. I think it'd be best to keep them away from each other, for tonight." Caroline asked everyone.

"Umm, there's a small cave, but it can only fit two people. And you're the only one who has the medicine. So then..." Elijah was cut off by the small blonde.

"I'll stay with him, I'll keep an eye on him for tonight. Don't worry. You guys are just gonna have to help me move him." Caroline smiled up to them.

She was more than capable of moving him herself, but she had to act as though she was a human girl and she didn't want to have to be too close to him, in case she did something she would regret.

"Very well, then, Miss Caroline." Finn said with a smile as he helped her up. She smiled at the man. He seemed nice, despite going all suicidal and homicidal in the future. Maybe Sage had changed him, without her, he must have felt lost.

The three Mikaelson boys picked up their brother as Henrik and Rebekah began to clean up the mess.

They walked over to the cave, and lay Klaus down on the floor, after putting a blanket down. They stepped back as Caroline entered and sat down next to him. She smiled reassuringly. Elijah walked towards her and handed her, her bag. "Thankyou for everything, Miss Forbes. I'm not sure what we would have done without you."

"You're welcome, Elijah, I would do it for anyone of you." Caroline smiled back.

"Very well, if you need anything at all, be sure to call for anyone of us." Finn smiled down to her.

"Of course, Finn. Goodnight to all of you. Say thanks to Rebekah and Henrik for me." Caroline said as she looked down to check on Klaus.

"Goodnight Caroline." Kol said with a smile.

The three boys walked away, when Caroline was sure they had gone, she pulled Klaus' head on to her lap, so he was more comfortable. He was awake and didn't protest, just smiled up at her. She returned it.

"What is it?" Caroline said in a barely audible whisper.

"I...I'm just grateful that you were her." Klaus said shyly.

"The only one other than my mother, who was no doubt running after Father, who knows how to do anything slightly similar to what you just did is Rebekah, and I doubt she could have performed the miracle you had just done."

"I think, that Rebekah is more than capable!" Caroline said playfully.

They both laughed.

"Klaus?" Caroline started, before she was interrupted.

"I'm sorry for interrupting but why do you call me that?" Klaus asked curiously.

"I'm sorry, I can call you Niklaus if you want?" Caroline said with a smile.

"No...no! I don't mean that I don't like it, I'm just curious. I love the name." Klaus said with a smile.

"Oh... well...I guess you just remind me of someone who is really important to me." Caroline said as her mind drifted off to the man in the future. The man who loved her more than anything, he told her. The man who she couldn't admit to loving. The man she missed.

"If you don't mind me asking, who?" Klaus asked with a small smile.

"Well, hmmm." Caroline decided to check if he had vervain in his system.

"Wave your hand in the air." Caroline compelled him. He did as she wished.

He may have been faking it. "Tell me a secret." Caroline asked.

"I have seen my mother kiss another man, a man of the wolves. No one knows except me." Klaus stated. After which, he immediately clasped his hand over his mouth. "Oh no. I shouldn't have said that." Klaus said. Clearly angry with himself.

"Forget me asking you to wave your hand and about the secret." Caroline said to him.

"Well, who?" Klaus asked, still presuming that his last question was still the topic.

"Ok, I guess I can spill my beans now, there's no use bottling stuff up. You're not going to remember anyway. Well, the truth is I'm from the future. A descendant of Ayana sent me here." Caroline stopped to check Klaus' face, he seemed to be not phased. "Why aren't you afraid or at least confused?" Caroline asked him.

"I am, but I'm not surprised, my mother and Ayana are powerful witches and as the generations get older, they get more and more powerful." Klaus explained.

"Oh, ok. Well in my future, my mother, is terribly ill and the only way to save her is if her last remaining relative, me. Leaves that time and place. So they had to send me here. Before any of my ancestors were born." Caroline finished.

"I am very sorry for my mother and I hope she is better soon, but you didn't answer my question." Klaus smiled.

"Well, in my time, you're there. You and your siblings live for a very long time, longer than normal people, and don't age. So, you, in the future, try to...pursue? Me. You try to court me, let's say." Caroline said, she watched as Klaus grinned.

"Well I am obviously was clever as I am now in the future, to pursue the most beautiful woman in the world." Klaus said cheekily.

"Now is not the time to flirt, mister!" Caroline teased with a smile.

"Carry on, love." Klaus pleaded.

"Well, in the future, you and I are enemies so we can't be together. You try to hurt my best friend, and my friends so I hate you. But, I don't. I act as though I do, because I won't admit that I'm in love with you, then I...well...after a few years." Caroline said awkwardly.

"You give into me?" Klaus smirked.

"Well, effectively yes, but." Caroline began.

"Nope, you gave into me!" Klaus laughed. "I guess I'm still irresistible!"

"Shhh! Anyway, after I 'give in' to you, I force you to leave and never come back, as I won't let myself fall in love with you, then you leave for a different town, you are currently in my time with another woman." Caroline sighed as she stroked his hair back.

Klaus' smirk dropped. "Why on earth would I do that. Yes, I would obviously be heartbroken to leave you, but I don't believe I would move on so easily. I think that I am trying to amuse myself whilst I wait for you." Klaus attempted to make her feel better. "If I could go to the future now, I would beat myself for not being with you and march to wherever you were to be with you." Klaus said proudly.

"Wouldn't we all." Caroline said half heartedly. "It's lucky because you won't remember our conversation, even when you do turn into a vampire." Caroline said, suddenly Klaus looked up at her and smiled.

"Well, whoever he is, I'm sure he loves you a lot. He's lucky to have such an intelligent woman to care for him." Klaus said as he closed his eyes. "Goodnight, Caroline." Klaus said as he yawned.

"Goodnight Klaus." Caroline replied as she laid her head back and drifted off into a dream. A dream where she was home, back in her home. But it all seemed real, Damon, Stefan, Elena everyone was there, worrying about where she had gone. She was confused, even in her dream and then suddenly Bonnie turned to her.

"Caroline thank goodness!" We thought you were dead!" Bonnie squealed.

"What?" Caroline replied, clearly confused.

"You're dreaming, but we can talk to you through your dreams, when you dream, you appear here." Bonnie explained.

"Oh, well Esther said she wouldn't turn them into vampires, she seemed to be able to see my whole life story when she touched me. But then I convinced her, to turn them and in return. I promised to stay here and well teach them not to kill humans and stuff. You know?" Caroline said.

"You what?" Damon said angrily. "You can't stay there forever!"

"I know, but if there are no vampires then that means that you're all human and die, because time will catch up with you like Katherine or something, it's the only way." Caroline explained.

"Thanks Care, but we will find a way to save you." Elena reassured.

"Yeah, we'll find something." Bonnie said.

"Since I'm probably gonna be asleep for a few hours, do you want me to help find something. A spell?" Caroline asked.

"Yeah sure, we'll all start looking now." Stefan said as he sat down next to the tower of grimoires. It was going to be a very long night.