Hello everyone,

I am so sorry for the incredibly long delay in updating this story. I don't really know what happened but I'm back now and am determined to carry on. I hope you all enjoy this chapter - please let me know what you thought in a review and let me know what you think/want to happen next. Lots of love to you all.

Disclaimer: Everything except the plot belongs to TVD/TO.


A small groan inwardly escaped her lips as her eyes fluttered open, looking up into the pure white light that was beaming from every angle around her. Squinting slightly she focused her eyes to the room around her. Where was she?

"What the-" She muttered, her hand pushing into the hard wooden table below her in an attempt to steady herself in a seated position. But as she sat up she noticed the drops of blood falling onto her hand, a puddle beginning to form as it seeped into the wood.

Following the trail of blood she released it was coming from her. She looked down and frowned, her hand reaching up to trace the rips through her shirt. What had happened to her? She didn't remember a thing.

Her shirt had absorbed the blood like a sponge, small droplets escaping as it could no longer hold anymore. Small rips covered the right side of her shirt and she picked at them with her fingers, searching her brain to remember a small part of what had happened to her.

Sitting up, she pushed herself forcefully off of the table and walked over to the full length mirror resting in the corner of the room, her head tilting to the side as she studied her reflection. She was pale, her hair was damp; beads of sweat racing down her forehead. She looked at her body; she was skinny, almost like a skeleton. But what caught her attention the most was her swollen, drenched stomach.

Something was missing, something was wrong about the reflection staring back at her – but she couldn't figure out what it was. Twisting the rough edges of the fabric in her hands she pulled it up slowly, her eyes watching her reflection expectedly, exposing her stomach. Covering her stomach were two deep wounds – bite wounds. Bubbling blisters were erupting around them and yet she couldn't feel them. Her hand reached down as she traced over the top of them, the rough, bubbling edges causing her to gulp nervously. This was werewolf venom; a poison to vampires. Why couldn't she feel it?

Her hand rested on her stomach, her eyes closed and she searched her brain for answers.

"You don't remember do you?" A voice asked from behind her and she spun around, locking eyes with a familiar face.

"Jodie? What are you doing here? Where are we?" Caroline asked, her eyes lowering until they were resting on the large open wound on Jodie's chest.

Caroline frowned, her eyes nervously returning to Jodie's. Jodie's hand rested upon her chest and she nodded, her eyes shimmering with tears as she looked down at the large hole in her body.

"Are you-?" Caroline mumbled, her throat closing as tears filled her own eyes. "Am I?"

Jodie's eyes squeezed closed as she took a deep breath, taking a step towards her and stopping directly in front of her.

"Caroline, you need to remember. I know something feels wrong to you, like you're missing something. That's because you are, a huge part of you is missing. Close your eyes Caroline and remember." Jodie ordered as she watched her, desperation obvious in her expression. Caroline's eyes closed gently, her breath hitched in her throat as her body started to twitch, her memories flashed back in front of her.

She watched herself re-live the past few weeks; falling into Jodie's arms in the street, turning up at Rebekah's house in the middle of the night, looking into the eyes of Esther and Mikael as they hunted her, Klaus' resting himself against her, running through the forest, falling to the floor, her baby, her bite.

Stumbling forward Caroline's eyes fell open in panic as she flashed back towards the mirror, pulling her shirt up and tracing her stomach. Her baby.

"What happened Jodie? Where am I, where's my baby?" Caroline cried, turning back towards her friend and stepping closer towards her.

"Caroline, calm down. You know what you have to do; your beautiful baby girl is waiting for you, she's depending on you." Jodie whispered and Caroline froze, their eyes meeting.

"I'm having a daughter?" Caroline gasped, tears flooding her eyes as she cried out, a small smile finding its way to her face at the thought of her having a daughter. She would be the mother to a beautiful baby girl.

Jodie stepped closer until she was a mere few inches away from her; she looked deeply into Caroline's eyes.

"You need to find your strength now Caroline, you need to go back home because you don't have much time left. You've been here for a long time now and your time is now running out." Jodie explained, nodding slightly, a sad smile plastered on her face.

"Well come on then, we need to go home!" Caroline called walking back over to the bed. She turned and her smile fell when she saw the sadness on Jodie's face. "We have another chance Jodie, come on."

Jodie smiled softly, reaching forward and holding Caroline's hand in her own.

"I don't have another chance, Caroline. I died the moment Mikael's werewolves found me; the moment they ripped out my heart. But you do have a chance and you're going to be so happy. You are one of the strongest women I know and I am so happy I had the chance to meet you. You're going to be a wonderful mother Caroline." Jodie explained and Caroline watched her, a single tear racing down her cheek and the realisation hit her.

"No, this isn't possible; I was coming to find you. I can't do this without you." Caroline cried, her head shaking violently. Jodie had been there every step of the way; she was the one person who would always be there to soothe her, to help her. She did nothing wrong.

"Don't be silly Caroline, you're surrounded by the strongest creatures on earth, and you're going to be just fine. Besides, there's a special someone waiting for you back home. Now go!" Jodie cried as she reached higher, taking hold of Caroline's shoulders as her eyes squeezed shut, a light push sent Caroline falling backwards through the light.

Caroline screamed as she began falling, the white light surrounding her as the small room fell apart around her, Jodie disappearing in the distance with a small smile. Her eyes closed as she took a deep breath, blood filling her mouth.


She coughed violently, blood spilling out of her mouth as she opened her eyes, gasping for breath as she felt the presence of others in the room. Her vision was blurry, she couldn't focus on anything. Her feelings had flooded back to her and she cried out as she felt the werewolf venom among her system. She felt someone's hands on the sides of her head; her head was resting in someone's lap. She heard cries, shouting, people were panicking and rushing around.

Her head fell to the side and she saw figures standing next to her. She tried to focus onto them but she couldn't see a thing. They were calling out to her, but she couldn't answer. She felt hot, beads of sweat were racing all over her body and dropping one by one onto the table below her and suddenly it all came back to her, she was in the same room.

She thought of Jodie, of everything she had said, she thought of her daughter and involuntarily her breathing began to slow down. She felt the pain of the wounds easing and she focused on the feeling of the hands on her head. She focused in on the smell of the room, his distinct smell. She focused on the taste of the blood in her mouth and she knew she was safe, he was here; the father of her beautiful baby girl, the man she was in love with.

"You are not alone, I am with you."

His deep voice soothed her and she felt calmer, she opened her eyes again and her vision was clearing. She saw Jodie's smiling face and she started to sob, her body shaking as she was finally back in the room. Her hand flung to her stomach and she felt the bump below her; her baby was safe.

She saw a flash in front of her and she looked up, her eyes focusing in on her best friend. Besides, there's someone special waiting for you back home.

"Bonnie?" She spluttered, her hands forcefully gripping the man behind her even harder. "Is it really you?" She cried and Bonnie smiled, nodding her head as she rushed forwards, her hands wrapping around the blonde's shoulders, gripping her tightly as she cried into her shoulders. "I've missed you so much." Caroline sobbed and Bonnie nodded into her shoulder, looking behind her in Klaus' eyes and he nodded at her.

Bonnie pulled away, looking deeply into Caroline's eyes with a smile.

"I'll see you soon okay?" She whispered and Caroline nodded, feeling those strong arms wrap around her and lift her up, her head immediately resting against his chest as her eyes closed; she felt like she'd been stabbed brutally a hundred times over. In actual fact, she felt much worse.


"You know it wasn't your fault Caroline." Bonnie offered in reassurance as she sat opposite Caroline at the kitchen table. "Here, I've got you your morning blood bag. You're still weak, so drink it!" Bonnie ordered with a stern tone of voice making Caroline chuckle slightly, swirling the blood repeatedly around in her glass. It felt weird having her best friend back, after so long without her and her spending weeks on all of her research, Esther had bought her back with a flick of her wrist. It still didn't make any sense, but for the time being she wasn't complaining. "Caroline." Bonnie moaned, watching Caroline flick the blood around in the glass for the hundredth time.

"Sorry Bonnie." She apologised, downing her blood in one before she smiled across at her friend. "Happy? So what is on our agenda for today?" Caroline asked, eager to get involved in something. Anything. It was true that since Bonnie had returned they had spent every day together, telling stories and spending quality time together; something Caroline had missed more than anything in the world. She finally had someone to spend time with, someone to talk to, someone who wasn't constantly out of the house on a murderous mission that she was still not allowed to be a part of. It had, however, only been a two weeks since the incident and Caroline still found it hard to accept that Jodie was no longer alive. Mikael had killed her. Well, Mikael had ordered the wolves to kill her. They didn't know what had happened to Mikael or Esther - both seemed to be off the radar since that night. Everyone was still on edge understandably, Caroline was just glad to have Bonnie to distract her. Bonnie and her beautiful baby daughter kicking around inside of her.

"Well I have unfortunately got a date with the wonderful Rebekah and Katherine today. So you're going to have to amuse yourself for the afternoon." Bonnie chuckled.

"Wait, what? Why are you going out with Rebekah and Katherine? You hate them." Caroline asked. "And why am I not invited?" She cried, sitting up straight and looking upon her best friend in disbelief.

"Don't get jealous Care; we're going on a witch hunt. Hardly what you would call exciting; but nonetheless, it's far too dangerous for you and your bundle of joy in there." Bonnie teased, poking at her best friends stomach lightly before she turned and walked out of the kitchen.

"Are you kidding me?" Caroline shouted after her. "A witch hunt sounds quite fun actually!" She groaned, once again being left alone in the kitchen. She sensed his presence in the door way and she turned towards him. "Let me guess, you too are busy today and I'm not allowed to join you?" He didn't say anything but watched her as she turned towards him in annoyance.

"Are you here to enlighten me on what's going on then at least? I refuse to be left out of all of the plans and details again; it got me nowhere last time." Caroline ordered and Klaus chuckled, his hand reaching out to trace her chin.

"Caroline, you are to focus on yourself. My siblings and I are figuring out what is happening with my parents. They will not be quiet for very long, do not become reckless thinking that you are safe. You are not, every day that passes, they grow more desperate. They will strike, we just need to be ready. I do have to go now love, but everyone will be home this evening. You will not be home alone for long." He promised, kissing her on the forehead before flashing out of the house, the silence dawning on her immediately.

She sighed as she looked around the kitchen aimlessly. Her hand reached around to pull up her shirt and she sat studying her stomach. She was covered in bruises - they weren't healing because the baby was causing them from inside, she felt like she was being burned alive due to her baby possessing werewolf venom and it spilling into her system and being taken away again. The whole process was making her weaker and every day when she was left alone she slept - too weak to even move any more. Yes, she was tiresome of being weak and she wanted to be involved. But the truth is, she wouldn't be able to keep up with them outside the house anyway. She knew the baby was killing her, she could feel it now more than ever. But she was determined to see this through. She sighed, shuffling over to the sofa and slumping down as she drifted into a deep sleep.


It was now late afternoon and Caroline had been home alone for over six hours now and to say she was getting impatient was an understatement. Now that Bonnie was back in the land of the living, she had nothing to focus her attention on. They hadn't returned back to the original house as Esther had taken it as her own, so she couldn't even begin the plans or decorations for her daughter's nursery. But everyone was home this evening, which means that they would be discussing plans and she would actually be a part of it this time.

She turned the shower off and reached outside of the curtain to grab her towel. She wrapped it around her body and stepped out of the shower, grabbing a second towel to wrap her hair in. She started to rub down her body, relishing in the feeling of being clean and pampered. As she leant forward to reach the bottom of her legs she heard the distinct sounds of creaking cupboards from downstairs in the kitchen. She flashed into her bedroom to grab her gown, securing it around herself before opening her door.

You couldn't blame her for being on alert all the time since what had happened to her. She had no idea where Mikael was, none of them did, and that thought alone was enough to send Caroline into panic mode. Vampire or not, she was nothing compared to him. She was still a baby.

Slipping quietly down the stairs she crept her way along the hallway until she reached the entrance to the open plan kitchen. She was about to flash in when a clear voice startled her.

"You have nothing to fear, I am not going to hurt you." Caroline recognised the voice immediately and stepped into the kitchen, her hand grabbing the wooden spoon as she hid it behind her back. She wasn't a vampire, so the stake wouldn't kill her, but it was enough to injure her; which was better than nothing.

"How did you get in here?" Caroline asked, looking around at all of the securely locked windows and her temper rose when she heard the laugh escape Esther's lips.

"You are asking the wrong questions, dear. Now, why don't you take a seat, we have many things to discuss." Esther offered, taking a sip from the tea she had concocted.

"I don't feel like a chat." Caroline spat, reaching into her pocket for her phone.

"You don't need to call one of my children, they will realise soon enough that I am here, do not worry. You had a close call the other day didn't you dear, does it sadden you to know that your stupidity almost cost you the life of your precious daughter?" Esther asked, noticing immediately the tension of Caroline's muscles. "Don't worry, I have known all along. Rebekah will love having a niece to play with and teach her magic too."

"Are you delusional? Rebekah can't perform magic and my daughter is not a witch." Caroline replied, rooted to her spot in the doorway.

"Do not question my intelligence; it is the utmost rudeness to act in that manner to your guest." Esther warned and Caroline laughed loudly.

"Are you serious? You are not my guest, guest would signify that I wanted you here and I don't. So what is it that you came here for? I don't have time to chit-chat." Caroline spat rudely.

"You have acquired Niklaus' temper I see. Let's hope that is not passed on to the child. I am here to inform you that as you grow closer to your due date, your child grows stronger. She is far stronger than you Caroline, I can feel it already. You will die, that is inevitable, if you allow the child to continue growing as the beast that she is. I have seen the visions of what this child will grow into. Do you think that growing up as part vampire, part werewolf, will turn her into a kind person? She will kill, she will murder and she will acquire all of the darkest parts of her father, who will never change, because you won't be there as a guide. You will be allowing her to follow her destiny along the path of evil if you do not cleanse her of the murderous ways of the creatures she is half of. You will be denying her true happiness and joy, that which she would experience if she were to grow as a witch."

Caroline stayed quiet as she watched Esther stand, walking closer towards her.

"Every mother wants to see their child grow up safely, into a world of happiness and love. I want that for my own children too, which is why they have all been offered this exact choice themselves. They have been offered the chance to start over, the chance to live truly as what they were destined to be. Do you not feel like your child deserves that chance?" Esther asked and Caroline gulped nervously. "Let me show you, how happy you both could be."

Caroline was frozen to the spot as Esther stepped closer towards her.

"Don't you dare touch her." Klaus growled, having stepped in front of Caroline in order to protect her. Caroline was snapped out of her haze and she felt Rebekah's arm touching hers slowly in order to pull her backwards.

"Niklaus, why can you not see that this would be better for your daughter?" Esther cried and Caroline tensed as she looked at Klaus, noticing his body tense as recognition hit him. He turned to look at her, anger in his eyes as he looked down at her stomach and back up to meet her own eyes. She gulped and she opened her mouth to reason with him but he simply turned away from her and back towards his mother.

"You are aware you're having a daughter aren't you Niklaus? She did not tell you? I am presuming she did not tell you either that she can barely stand, eat, breath, feed. She is on the verge of death." Esther spoke, reaching forward as her hand touched the side of his face, her fingers stroking him gently. "You will be a wonderful father Niklaus, when you have chosen the right path. It is time for you all to see." Esther growled, her hands raising as her eyes flashed black, her head falling backwards as she started chanting.

Their breath hitched in their throats as their vision turned black, a new picture forming in their minds.


"Mummy, daddy, look what I can do!" A little girl laughed, running through the long grass to where her mother and father were standing. "Look what auntie Rebekah taught me!"

She twirled her hands in the air, feathers started floating around her and petals broke free from their stems; a tornado of nature forming. Laughter filled the air as she spun in circles, the wind picking up around her, the sun beaming down on them from above.

Rebekah smiled proudly as she stood next to Caroline and Klaus, watching the little girl playing.

"She is becoming so talented with her magic; her spells are getting better every day!" Rebekah whispered, watching as her niece ran around them in circles, happiness spilling out from her at every turn.

"What do you think mummy? I'm getting good at this aren't I?" She smiled, running up to Caroline. Caroline smiled, kneeling down to be at her level.

"You're amazing! Rebekah has been teaching you well." She smiled, fluffing up the hair on her daughters head as she looked up at Klaus. He smiled, reaching out to take her hand. "Why don't you show daddy that spell you performed the other day? That one was unbelievable".

The little girl nodded, smiling up at Klaus before turning and running back to the middle of the field, metres away from them. She closed her eyes, nodding her head to the sky as her hands begin to float upwards next to her. She looked at peace as the wind started picking up around her.

She opened her mouth ready to begin her spell but her eyes flung open instead, the whites showing as they rolled to the back of her head. Her head fell down to her chest as blood poured from her neck, slashes ripping through her dress, turning it red in colour. Her cry was heard as she fell to the floor.

Rebekah gasped as she heard Caroline screaming next to her, clutching at her chest as she saw her baby girl fall to the floor. She looked up into the eyes of the perpetrator, growling as her fangs protruded through her gums, her eyes turning black at the sight of the girl in front of her. Her blonde hair was glimmering in the sun, blood dripping down her chin, her hands covered in blood from the rips she had caused on the little girl's body. A smirk covered her face as she looked at them in amusement.

"It's a shame; she was such a sweet little girl. But this is all your fault. You could have stopped this from happening. You neglected me when I was born, you allowed me to be born a monster. My own parents." She laughed as she flung her head back, the bones in her body started to crack as she looked at them with burning red eyes. "Now the fate is yours." She leapt at them, now a wolf but before she could reach them their eyes flung open, breath hitched in their throat. The silence filled the air as they looked at the now empty kitchen in front of them. Ester was gone.


There you go! I hope you enjoyed it, let me know what you think with a review. I once again apologise for the serious delay in the update of this story. Lots of love, until next time xo