Oh hey! Sorry for the long wait, been busy with school and stuff. Also, I realized that I had originally written that Caroline's father's name is Ben, when it's Bill. Not that I think that matters too much...Anyways, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I mean...this is Fanfiction. But if you didn't know already, I don't own anything.


Elena sat in the room she was staying in. She was writing a note to her brother and Anna to tell them about her first day at the castle. She was doing it for two reasons; so that Jeremy would know she was okay and because Anna would kill her if she didn't tell her all about her time at the castle. She folded the letter up and placed it on her nightstand.

Elena yawned; it had been an exhausting day. She had walked around the entire grounds with Stefan and sat through dinner with Stefan, his brother, Lady Caroline and King Giuseppe. King Giuseppe had spent the whole meal talking to Caroline and Elena had felt awkward through the whole meal. There was a knock at her door. Elena got up and opened the door.

"Hi," Caroline was standing at her door. "Can I come in?" Elena nodded and Caroline walked in. Elena shut the door. The two girls stood there awkwardly.

"Is there something you need Lady Forbes?" Elena asked.

"Please call me Caroline," She said. Elena nodded. "And not really, I'm just bored. I would go see Prince Damon but I know he snuck out to the bar. So I figured I would come talk to you."

"Why?" Elena asked, slightly confused.

"Well because you seem like a nice girl," Caroline said.

"You didn't seem to care if I was a nice girl at dinner," Elena said. Caroline sighed.

"That's because the King was speaking with me," Caroline said. "I cannot help that he wished to speak with me."

"As opposed to a poor girl from the village?" Elena asked, crossing her arms over her chest. "Just because you grew up with the princes doesn't mean your royalty."

"For now," Caroline said, trying not to smirk. Elena glared at her.

"You really are a brat," Elena said. Caroline gaped at her. "And you can get out of my room." Caroline glared back at Elena.

"Fine," Caroline said. "I was just trying to be nice. But clearly a poor little girl like you doesn't understand what that means."

"Speak for yourself Lady Forbes," Elena said. Caroline turned on her heel and stormed out of the room. Elena shut the door and sat down on the bed. She sighed before lying down to go to sleep.


The next morning, Caroline was woken by a loud noise outside. She groaned loudly. She had been sleeping very peacefully until the noise had interrupted her sleep. She buried her head in all the pillows at the top of the bed, hoping they would block out the noise. It worked for about five seconds before the noises started up again. Caroline growled as she got out of bed. She grabbed her robe and put it on as she made her way to the window. She pulled back the drape and looked out.

Outside, she spotted Damon running around with his brother, Elena, and a few other people she couldn't figure out who they were. Caroline attempted to open the window, but found it was too heavy. She pushed harder and it finally budged.

"Good morning Lady Caroline," Damon said, seeing her in the window.

"What are you doing Prince Damon?" Caroline asked, trying to not sound frustrated.

"Just messing around," Damon said, as he tossed a football to Stefan.

"Why didn't you have someone wake me up to join you?" Caroline asked.

"We did not want to interrupt your beauty sleep," Elena said. "Rose said that you requested not to be woken unless it was absolutely urgent." Rose walked up next to Elena and smirked at Caroline.

"I was just following your orders Lady Forbes," Rose said sweetly. Caroline bit her lip, trying not to shout at Rose in front of Damon.

"Well thank you for that," Caroline said.

"Brother, let's go riding," Stefan said, tossing the football to Tyler, the stable boy.

"I'll get the horses ready," Tyler said. He walked off towards the stable.

"Prince Damon," Caroline called. Damon turned to Caroline. "Will you wait for me to get ready before going for a ride?" Damon rolled her eyes and Caroline did her best not to get angry with him.

"Yes Lady Caroline," Damon said. Caroline nodded and quickly turned back into her room. She grabbed a dress from her closet and quickly dressed herself. She fixed her hair as best as she could before leaving her room. She headed down the corridors of the castle that she was so familiar with. She took a shortcut and was down in the stables in no time. She spotted Damon speaking with Tyler as he put a saddle on one of the horses.

"Have you ever ridden a horse before?" She turned to see Stefan standing with Elena. Elena shook her head. "Tyler, Miss Gilbert will be riding with me." Tyler nodded and brought Stefan horse forward. Caroline felt a glimmer of envy as Stefan helped Elena up onto the horse before sitting behind her. Then they took off.

"Prince Damon," Caroline said, walking up to him. "Why don't you and I ride together?"

"Why?" Damon asked. "I know you can a ride a horse. You've always told me how much better than me you are." He got on his horse and rode off after his brother. Caroline frowned.

"Milady? She turned to see the stable boy holding the reins of a horse. She stepped up onto the stairs provided and got on the horse. She sighed as she rode off after the others.


King Giuseppe stood in his study. He was happy that Damon had decided upon Caroline. If his oldest was to become King, Lady Caroline would make a perfect Queen. She knew all the rules of the kingdom, she was elegant, graceful, and Damon seemed to like her. It was Stefan that worried him.

He walked over to the window and looked outside. He spotted his sons riding around the fields. Damon and Caroline were racing each other, something they always did when they rode. He chuckled thinking of all the times Caroline would rub in Damon's face how much faster her horse would run. Then his eyes fell upon Stefan. His son was not riding alone, as he usually did. Elena was sitting in front of him. King Giuseppe turned away from the window. He could not let this happen.

"Your majesty?" He looked up to see Lord Forbes enter his study. "You wish to see me?"

"Yes," King Giuseppe said. "Send a letter to Lord Mikael. Tell him I would like to invite him and his family for a visit to the castle."

"But your majesty," Lord Forbes began. "You hate Lord Mikael."

"Do not question me," King Giuseppe said. Lord Forbes nodded and exited the room. The King sighed. This was the only way he could eradicate his youngest sons' poor decision.


So there's the chapter! Remember to review. XD