AN: Inspired by the song "So Far Away" by Staind. It's a great song and I really like it. No beta.


Klaus looked over at Dahlia as he took the dagger out of his jacket.

"What are you doing?" Dahlia asked

"Putting you down" Klaus said as he started to plunge the dagger into his chest

"STOP!" Dahlia yelled

Dahlia used her magic and the dagger flew out of his hands into hers.

"I knew you would try something like this. So you want eternal sleep? Very well. I was saving this for later, but it seems you can't seem to wait"

Klaus flashed towards her, and Dahlia stopped him with her magic. He could feel her magic surround him and he fell to the ground.

"Pleasant dreams" Dahlia said walking away


Klaus awoke hours later and looked around. Dahlia was gone. His phone began to ring. He went to answer it and wasn't sure if the name flashing on the screen was correct. He answered it.

"Not a good time love" Klaus said

"Klaus please, I need your help" Caroline said

"Where are you?"

"I'm driving towards New Orleans"

"Don't come here, it's not safe, we're having a supernatural war at the moment."

"Please Klaus, I need your help. I turned off my humanity, and I ruined everything"

"It's alright. I'll meet you outside the city. There's a house outside the city. I'll text you the address"

"Please hurry"


Klaus flashed out the city. He texted his brother and sister what was going on, and that Dahlia was on the loose with the dagger. He arrived at the small house and waited for Caroline. Her car drove up the dusty road and she ran out of the car. Her face was red from crying and ran into his arms.

"Caroline" Klaus said holding her

"I'm sorry, I didn't know where to go" Caroline said

"It's alright"

Caroline cried until finally she stopped and Klaus carried her inside. It was a small house, not like the compound in the city but it had a few rooms. Klaus put her in bed and pulled the blankets over her. He was going to leave when her hand reached out and grabbed his.

"Stay please" Caroline said

Klaus sat on the bed next to her.

"I feel safer when you're here" Caroline said


Klaus awoke with Caroline sleeping on his chest. He looked around for his phone to see if there were any messages. Caroline snuggled closer to him. Klaus ran his fingers through her hair and sighed.

"I can hear your heartbeat" Caroline said

"Hybrid"

"I know, it's still strange"

"feeling better?"

"A little"

Caroline lifted her head up and kissed him slowly at first. Klaus's arms wrapped around her and held her closer.

"Caroline, you don't have to do this" Klaus said

"I want to, I've wanted to for so long, ever since you left"

Klaus flipped them over, so he was on top of her and smiled.

"I've missed you"


"Where the bloody hell is Nik?" Rebekah asked

"Our brother has gone missing again" Elijah said

"Your brother is no longer in the equation" Dahlia said

"What did you do to him?" Rebekah asked

"I put him down, after he tried to dagger himself" Dahlia said

"I knew Nik would never betray us" Rebekah said

"He already has. You'll never reach him" Dahlia smiled, "Now shall we begin?"


Klaus was sketching Caroline as she sat on the bed wrapped in a sheet.

"Why so shy now?" Klaus asked

"This isn't draw me like one of your french girls ok? I don't want anyone seeing this" Caroline said

"No one will see this but me, I promise love"

Caroline got up and walked over to Klaus. She pulled the sketchbook out of his hands and sat down in his lap.

"I'm really glad I came here" Caroline said

"Me too. I missed you" Klaus said

"I'm hungry, let's go get breakfast"

"Breakfast? More like dinner"

"Well it would have been breakfast if someone hadn't decided to go a few more rounds in the shower"

"I don't recall you complaining"

"I'm getting dressed and you're taking me out"

"Alright love"

Caroline went to get dressed and Klaus heard banging on the front door. He went to answer it. He opened the door and saw Rebekah, but she was in the witch's body.

"Rebekah, what are you doing here?" Klaus asked

"I was going to bloody ask you the same thing! Do you know what's happened?!" Rebekah yelled

"Calm down"

"No! It took us weeks to find you Nik! We didn't know what Dahlia did to you!"

"I'm fine as you can see. I've only been gone a few hours"

"Nik, you've been gone for weeks! What the bloody hell is wrong with you?! We have to go now!"

"Stop! I'm not going anywhere with you right now"

"Nik! we don't have time for this! We have to leave now!"

Caroline came into the room, dressed in a yellow sundress.

"You have a friend over, or is friend too strong of a word?" Caroline asked

"What the hell is she doing here?!" Rebekah asked

"Rebekah please, stop with the yelling" Klaus said

"Rebekah? What happened to you?" Caroline asked

"it's a long story. Nik we have to go. Dahlia is too strong, we can't face her without you, we're not strong enough"

"Ok, I'm going to get breakfast" Caroline said heading towards the door

"Caroline! Wait!" Klaus said as he chased after her

"Nik! Stop!" Rebekah said grabbing his hand, "We have to go back"

"No" Klaus said looking at Caroline who stood in the doorway

"Brunch?" Caroline said

"Nik! Please, this isn't real. None of this is real you know that right? Dahlia trapped you in this dream world. You're dreaming, none of this is real. She's not real, she's not here, do you understand?"

"I know" Klaus said

"What?"

"I know, and I don't care" Klaus said as he pulled his hand free

"Nik! Don't you dare!" Rebekah yelled

Klaus ignored Rebekah's pleas and followed Caroline. He took her hand in his and followed her outside the house. They got into the car and drove off. Klaus looked over at Caroline who was smiling and talking about waffles and pancakes. He reached out and touched her hair, brushing his fingers along her skin. If this was a dream, he didn't want to wake from it. And he didn't care.


Rebekah woke up in her witch body. She looked over at Klaus whose body was next to hers. Elijah walked up to her.

"Why isn't he waking?" Elijah asked

"Because our brother is a bloody idiot!" Rebekah said

"What happened?"

Rebekah walked over to the coffin where her original body was. She opened the lid and looked at herself.

"I'm going to fix this, and then I'm going to dagger Nik after we've dealt with Dahlia" Rebekah said


The door to the compound flew open, and Rebekah in her original body walked out. She walked towards her car and got in. Her phone began to ring and she answered it.

"Elijah" Rebekah answered

"Where are you going?" Elijah asked

"Getting the only person that can pull him out of this"

"Who is that? He has a strong connection to you"

"Well he'd rather spend time with his paramour than with us."

"Who?"

"Caroline"

"Oh, well don't take too long. I don't think I can deal with all this alone"

"I'll hurry back Elijah"

"See you soon"

"My brother's a bloody idiot"