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Caroline was walking through the streets when it had happened. She didn't notice it beforehand but it was eerily quiet and the streets were deserted. There was no music playing, no fun buzz generating over the streets. She had just left the compound after having dinner with the Mikaelson's, it had been Elijah's idea to try and get a bit of peace between her and Freya. The two girls had not been getting along. Freya still believed Caroline coming back into Klaus' life after all these years was too much of a coincidence. There had been some creepy prophecy about the impending death of all vampires as usual. When things started to get really heated around desert Caroline had opted it was best she got back to her hotel. Klaus had offered to drive her but it was only a 15 minute walk and Caroline had convinced him that she was a grownup and a vampire and that she would be perfectly safe. She walked into an alley figuring it would a shortcut to the back of the hotel when the entire city had turned black. Caroline figured the city had a black-out, but she suddenly felt uneasy. The hairs in her neck were standing up straight. She felt silly for it but decided to keep her phone close and kept Klaus' number on speed dial….you know….just in case. It was then that she started to hear the voices. Soft whispers in a language she couldn't understand. The only thing that was audible and returning was her name. She picked up the pace deciding that it would be a longer walk back to the compound then to the hotel. Halfway through there was a shadow completely dressed in black, staring at her. She couldn't see the figures face as it was covered by a big black hood. The creature was wearing some kind of ceremonial robe. "Who are you?" Caroline shouted, fear in her voice. There was no response. "Show yourself!" she asked again. All she could see now as the creature looked up from the ground right at her, were a pair of blood red eyes. Caroline turned and wanted to run but she immediately ran into another person. Another hooded creature. Caroline fell to the ground and the creature hovered over her, still she could only make out the red eyes. The whispers were getting louder and louder, nearly turning into shouts. The hooded figure bend over her, the red eyes ever closer. It smelled foul like rotting and decay. Caroline began to breath more irregular. "No….please don't" She pleaded crawling away. But the hooded shadow behind her grabbed her by the wrist. The pain was immediate and unbearable and Caroline couldn't hold back a loud bone breaking scream. Her head was splitting in two and her inside were on fire. Her eyes felt like they were going to pop out of their sockets. And then it was complete blackness, only for a second. When she opened her eyes again she was panting hard. The figures had disappeared but she knew she wasn't alone. A new smell overcame her, sweet and intoxicating. The unique smell of freshly spilled blood. And it was plenty, it was only then that she realised her arms and body were sticky when she looked down at herself she was covered in blood, from head to toe. Her hair was crunchy and her face wet with it, the most disturbing thing was that it wasn't her blood. Caroline got up hastily, there were footsteps emerging from the dark she ran deciding she should just vampire speed back to the compound, something was after her. As soon as she left the alley she found the cause of all the blood. It was streaming, flooding the streets. As far as her eyes could see there were body's. Body's mauled so badly some of them were beyond recognition, she screamed again, the voices were back, loud like they were screaming in her ears, yet she could still hear the footsteps over them. She ran, as hard as she could, not caring where she went, just away….the footsteps were still following her, however fast she was, they were faster. She looked back to see if she could see who it was following her and then she tripped over something falling down. She looked over to see what had tripped her and it was another body, a middle-aged woman with a warm soft face and sandy blond hair, Caroline was in shock, it was her mother…"mom?" Caroline asked the body softly reaching for the face. But before she could reach it her mother's eyes opened completely white with no pupils she jumped up grabbing Caroline by both shoulders and screaming. It wasn't a normal scream though , it was extremely high pitched, and piercing, glasses were breaking around them and Caroline felt as if her ears would burst. When her mother stopped screaming she looked right at her daughter opening her mouth. "Caroline…..Help me…." She whispered. And with that Caroline woke up screaming.

She was in her bed in the hotel. The streets were still busy with the buzzing of partying people and nothing seemed to be out of order. She panted heavily covered In sweat. She had had nightmares like this ever since she came to New Orleans. When she finally calmed down she decided she wouldn't be able to sleep anymore and go for a shower. She took off the nightgown she was wearing placing it over the towel rack. She untied her hair from her sleeping bun and turned on the water letting it warm up. When she looked at the alarm clock it was 4 A.M. she had been asleep for no more than 3 hours since Klaus had dropped her off after they went on a drinking tour of New Orleans. Caroline decided she should definitely start drinking less. She opened the glass door of the shower and got in, letting the water relax her muscles. She closed her eyes for a second trying her best to let go of the fear that was still in her heart after the nightmare. As soon as the water touched her wrist she felt a burning sensation , like somebody was holding an open flame close to her skin. She could see the water evaporate. Shock and panic overcame her again. All around her wrist and lower arm there were hand shaped burn marks, just the same place as where the hooded creature had grabbed her.

Klaus was in his art room he had been painting all night, listening to music. After their outing from last night Klaus' had felt inspired. He had painted their night out using only colours, vibrant and exciting for her, and dark and mysterious for him. There was no shape in the painting what so ever, yet it resembled them perfectly. Caroline had been in New Orleans for nearly two weeks now and just as he predicted she loved the city instantly. In the little time they had spent together he started to see glimpses again of the girl he once know, a gentle look, a sincere laugh, true inspiration. And so every night after she had left him he sat in his art room painting. He looked out of the doors that led to the balcony of the art room. Across from the street at jumping reach there was another slightly smaller balcony of the apartment on the first floor. Elijah had bought it for Hayley to live in after she gave birth, but when she died they had forgotten about it. It had taken Klaus some persuasion, but after informing Caroline she would have much more money to spend on eclectic jewellery here in New Orleans if she didn't have to pay for hotel rooms all summer she had agreed to move in there. It gave Klaus peace of mind that she was nice and close in case of an emergency. And today was moving day. He looked up when his phone buzzed on the table next to him. Who was texting him at 5 in the morning? Looking at the screen he saw Caroline's name.

Not feeling well today, might just stay at the hotel couple more days, Sorry…. - Caroline

Klaus frowned. What the bloody hell kind of excuse was that.

Vampire's don't get sick love….what's going on? – K

Nothing just let it go Klaus….I'll see you tomorrow – Caroline

Klaus pressed the call button something wasn't right and he needed to hear her voice. She didn't pick up so he tried again, and again, and again. To be honest this was pissing him off immensely. He picked up the keys to his car and stormed out of the door.

Caroline put her phone down again. He had finally stopped calling. She didn't feel right lying to him but the mark on her wrist hadn't faded yet, and she wouldn't be able to hide it from him. Caroline knew what would happen, he'd freak out and it probably wasn't even anything big. She had been feeding less the last couple of days. She had probably just bruised herself during her nightmare and because she had fed to little over the last days it probably wasn't healing as fast as it would normally be. She would properly feed today and it would be gone tomorrow. She grabbed her last blood bag out of her suitcase and decided to spend the day in her bed. She didn't have a microwave in her hotel room so she put the bag in a bit of hot water to warm up meanwhile putting on some sweatpants and a baggy sweater. When the bag was slightly warmer she crawled under the blankets and put on the TV. Thankfully there were some good soaps on. She got comfortable and started sipping from her bag.

It took all but a good five seconds of her getting some relax time when there was a knocking on the door. Caroline nearly jumped through the ceiling spilling half her blood bad on the sheets. "Fuck" she cursed. How the hell was she going to explain this to the staff. There was another loud knocking. Who the hell was bothering her at this hour.

"Caroline?" Klaus' voice barked through the door.

Caroline panicked. She grabbed her bathrobe to cover her arms and wrist and slowly walked to the door. "Klaus?"

"Open up Caroline" Klaus said. He sounded like he was in a foul mood.

"Look I told you I'm not feeling well just go" Caroline yelled through the door.

"Look love, either you are going to open this door or I'm going to break it open, your pick" he fumed.

Caroline rolled her eyes and slightly opened the door. Klaus of course pushed it all the way open and entered the room without asking.

"Hey, watch it" Caroline muttered.

"What Is going on here" He asked.

"Nothing, djeez, control freak much?" Caroline asked back.

"Look Caroline if this is some new way of you pushing me away again I've had it, I honestly don't care if you're scared about the connection between us, it's there and you said you'd move in the apartment and you will keep our promise even if I have to drag you there myself." Klaus made clear.

"That's not what this is, not everything is about you Klaus" Caroline said, now she was getting pissed as well.

"Then for fuck's sake Caroline tell me what the bloody problem is this time because I'm done with these games." Klaus said.

"Nobody's preventing you from leaving" Caroline said ice cold. She looked hurt by his accusations.

Klaus returned the look with just as much ice in his eyes. He walked towards her getting so close he could smell the blood she had just been drinking. "You don't mean that" He whispered

"If you're going to be like this I do" Caroline whispered back. That damn electricity was starting to form in the air.

"If I walk out of that door now Caroline, it will be the last time you see me…" he stared into her eyes fiercly.

"FINE GO! THAT'S WHAT YOU DO BEST ISNT IT,LEAVING! ONCE THINGS DO NOT GO YOUR WAY KLAUS YOU EITHER KILL OR TAKE OFF GOD I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, YOU ARE STILL NOTHING MORE THEN A CHILD THAT WANTS TO ALWAYS GET HIS WAY!" Caroline screamed at him, there were tears starting to fill in her eyes. She was pushing him back slightly with her finger when she threw the accusations towards him.

Klaus grabbed her by her wrist removing her hand from his chest. "I WILL NOT BE TALKED TO LIKE THIS"HE SCREAMED. she flinched. He was hurting her. He pulled her arm back to him and pushed her sleeve up. There were burn marks on her wrist and bruises all over her lower arm. He knew for sure there weren't there yesterday when he dropped her off. So this was what she was hiding from him.

"Who did this" he asked.

Caroline sighed deeply, this was going to become a thing now, she was sure of it. "Klaus look it's nothing ok, it's just a little –" she tried but she was interrupted.

"Caroline, WHO DID THIS?" He yelled at her again, his eyes turning very dark.

"Nobody..."Caroline whispered.

"Caroline I will not ask you again…. WHO DID THIS!" Klaus was beyond angry, whoever dared hurt her was going to suffer, big time. He was going to make them feel pain like that had never felt it before.

"I DON'T KNOW OK! I WOKE UP LIKE THIS!" Caroline yelled back, apparently raising her voice at him was the only way he'd listen to her.

Klaus looked at her confused she seemed genuinely scared now.

"What do you mean you woke up like this" He asked genuinely worried.

"Look I woke up around 4 a.m. from a nightmare and when I got into the shower I noticed the bruise, I probably hit myself a couple of times in my sleep, I"ve been cutting it pretty close with feeding so that's probably why it hasn't healed yet, is there any chance we can NOT make a big deal out of this" Caroline asked.

Klaus grabbed her by her other arm and pulled her with him towards his car " Not a chance in hell"

"That looks nasty" Freya said turning around Caroline's wrist. She wasn't being gentle about it either and Caroline flinched every time she squeezed a little to hard. "First thing we have to do is determin wether the wound is just like you said not healing because you didn't feed enough, or if it's something magical" she turns to her closet and starts running trough different viles, taking out one with a clear liquid inside." There we go, this is probably going to sting a little bit, but if it's just a wound the smoke will stay white, if you are touched by magic it will turn purple" Freya said taking out a few drops. "Ok hold on your arm"

Caroline held out here arm as freya dropped a few drops of the liquid on her wrist. It didn't sting, it burned like the firey pits of hell but she tried to remain a straight face. She didn't want to give the oldest Mikaelson the pleasure. The liquid evaporated immediately when it hit the burns, just like the water in the shower had. It was a soft white color going up and Caroline was almost starting to feel relieved when slowly but surely the smoke went to soft pink, and then very deep purple. She looked over to Klaus who got that scary I'm going to mass murder half the city look on his face.

Freya had made a paste from herbs and creams that was supposed to sooth the burning sensation, she had been quiet ever since they found out Caroline had been touched by something magical. After putting the paste on she gently bandaged the rest of Caroline's wrist.

"Thank you Freya" Caroline whispered.

"For what?" Freya asked distracted.

"Helping me, I know that you do so because Klaus asked you to and that you hate me, but still….thank you" Caroline didn't look at Freya, somehow she felt the very big need to get the oldest sister's approval.

"I don't hate you Caroline" Freya said cleaning up the mess. "I just don't particularly like you either"

"But why?" Caroline wondered "What did I do to you?"

"It's not what you did to me Caroline….It's what you're going to do to my brother" Freya muttered.

"What do you mean?" Caroline asked, even though history was not always on her side, she could not imagine hurting Klaus now.

"Look it's obvious he likes you, this is what he does, he get's infatuated with a beautiful girl and then she leaves , or betrays him or dies and he's heartbroken. He lashes out at us, at friends, at the whole city and we get to pick up the pieces afterwards. Now it's you, and before you it was Cami, before Cami it was Aurora, Before aurora it was Cami again and before Cami it was that Genevieve girl. Now I can tell he likes you A LOT caroline, so you'll excuse me if I feel a little protective over my little brother." Freya said staring at her.

Caroline felt a sudden blow to her heart. She took it harder then she expected when she heard that in the last years Klaus' had had other women. Of course she couldn't hold it against him. They hadn't talked in years. But he had promised to be her last love and then forgotten about her completely. She was right to be weary of her feelings for him. And she started to realise she couldn't deny having feelings for him.

"So tell me about the dream" Freya said ripping Caroline from her thoughts.

"why?" Caroline asked, she didn't feel comfortable sharing something so frightening to her.

"Because Niklaus will never let me hear the end of it if I don't investigate why you have witchy markings all over your arm." It sounded harsh but Caroline could see Freya honestly wanted to help her. With what she had just told her Caroline couldn't blame the girl for wanting to protect her brother from harm. She found it easier now to like the girl.

"In the dream I'm walking trough the city after dark…." Caroline started explaining the entire dream. She was glad Klaus wasn't in the room to hear this, he would most deffinatly freak out at her. She decided it would probably be better to not leave out any details embarrassing as they were about the dream. She told Freya about the hooded creatures , the bloody corpses even her mom. When she was done Freya took a moment to think. "And when did you start having this dreams" she asked.

''every night since I arrived here two weeks ago" Caroline whispered guiltfully.

"I have an idea" Freya said running off to her bedroom.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Klaus shouted.

"It might be the only way to find out who's after her brother" Freya explained.

Caroline was silent, she feared that if she opened her mouth she would lose her courage to go through with this.

"Elijah please back me up here!" Klaus asked his brother.

"If Miss Forbes does not mind, it might actually work Niklaus" Elijha contemplated.

"What if she get's hurt?' Klaus asked his siblings.

"If she's in danger I'll wake her up again in a second I promise." Freya reassured.

They had been arguing for over half an hour. Freya had a theory that the dreams were somebody trying to reach or warn her but because she woke up before the warning the dreams kept reaccuring. If she didn't sit trough the dreams the demons would probably eventually get to her so the easiest way was for Freya to put Caroline under a sleeping spell until she finished her dream and then they could work from that point on. She also hoped there might be a clue about the prophecy, it just all seemed to much of a coincidence.

"I don't like it" Klaus muttered.

"You promised to respect my choises remember?" Caroline reminded him softly touching his arm. They looked at eachother and again there was this instant electricity between them. It felt like there was nobody left in the room but the two of them. Their eyes locked and there were no more words needed.

"Fine, but I'm staying right here to keep an eye on you" he negotiated.

"Of course" Caroline whispered. She sat down on the couch and looked at Freya "I'm ready" She whispered taking deep breath.

"Ok so once as soon as your asleep you will enter the dreaming world, only with this spell you'll know you're dreaming. You are in controle of what's going to happen but you need to let it come to you, don't resist it." Freya said.

Caroline nodded and layed herself down, she figured she might as well get comfortable. She closed her eyes and listened to Freya chanting. The world went black, and when she opened her eyes again she found herself back in the alley. It felt weird now that she knew she was dreaming. It was like she noticed more of the things that were out of place. Freya had explained she sould pay attention to the details in the dream. The world seemed more black and white here, except for the blood that was already on her. That was almost unnaturally vibrant red. Anxciously she looked around, there was nobody here aside from the dead people. She looked through the alley and realised now was not the time to be afraid. Taking a final deep breath she marched off into the dark. She expected to hear voices first but when here eyes adjusted to the light (or the lack there off) she only saw one figure in the dark. Not hooded , not cloaked, just a familiar face. "Mom?" Caroline whispered. Her mother looked nothing like her earlier dreams, she looked normal. Like she did in life, except maybe for the frightend look in her eyes. Something was wrong. "Caroline go! Run! It's a trap you can't stay here sweetheart you have to wake up" Her mother was frantic. "Mom what do you mean? What are you doing here? Please let me help you…."Caroline pleaded. "No sweetheart, it's too late for me, listen they're coming you need to go now!"Liz pushed the matter. Then there were voices. "They're here! Hide!" Liz pulles her daughter behind her and they ran as hard as they could. Caroline had no time to grasp what was happening. As soon as they were out of the alley they ran into the hooded figures, not two of them like last times…but hundreds, thousands of them. "Mom get behind me…."Caroline said sternly. There was a woosh, a figure that rushed passed her and grabbed Liz from behind Caroline. "MOM!" Caroline tried to grab her but she was to late. Liz screamed as they grabbed her, the awful smell of scoarching skin filling the air. "LET GO OF HER LET GO!'Caroline tried to fight them but they held her down. Her entire body burning. "Caroline….find Alexia Thurston, she can help you" Liz yelled from where she was being held. "NO MOM PLEASE! LET HER GO!'' Caroline was in near hysterics. "I love you sweetheart…." Liz said, and then she was gone, lost in a sea of cloaked figures. When they dropped the lifeless body of Liz the turned towards Caroline …. Thousands of red eyes staring at her…

Klaus was feeling worse by the second. Caroline was kicking and screaming. He tried to hold her hand trough it all but she didn't seem to calm down. Something was happening to her. "Freya wake her up!" Klaus said when worry finally got the best of him. "No she's nearly there….she can finish this" Freya responded still chanting. "She's in pain!" Klaus said. And then the screams became unbarable and a burned smell filled the room…All over Caroline's body burn marks started to appear. "FREYA WAKE HER UP NOW! THEY ARE KILLING HER!" Klaus was beside himself. Freya looked in horror and decided she could not stall any longer, if she didn't wake her now Caroline would die. She blew out the candles and starting chanting again. Different words that were to wake up Caroline. She didn't wake up….She kept screaming tears falling down her burned cheeks. "WHY ISNT SHE WAKING UP" Klaus said. "I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG!" Freya started to chant louder, wind filling the compound like a storm. Klaus shook Caroline fiercly "Wake up Caroline! Wake up!" Bottles and furniture were flying through the room like a tornado that only took place in the compound. "FREYA SHE'S DYING" Klaus panicked taking her into his arms "Please wake up love, don't you dare leave me!" He whispered into her ears. And with that Caroline suddenly flared up her eyes wide open. The wind dropped instantly and flying objects came crashing down. "Caroline?" Klaus whispered softly. "Alexia Thurston" Caroline whispered out of breath and gasping for air. And then she fainted.

Authers Note: Ok you guys end of Chapter 4 , I had a really hard time writing and re-writing this. Trying to get the right feel throughout this chapter so I hope you guys likes it. I want to thank you all so much for your support again it really means a lot! Please remember to review if you liked or dislikes something that really put's the biggest smile on my face ever! Also I'm STILL searching for a nice Beta person so please! Tell your friends ^^

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