The Mikaelsons + their partners + Caroline's friends's experience with Secret Santa.
25 Day of Klaroline - Day 25: Christmas AU
Caroline loved Klaus.
She truly, honestly did.
But if he didn't stop ruining Christmas mood soon, they were going to be having a problem.
"Do we really have to do Secret Santa?"
"Yes, Klaus. You'll just have to buy something nice to one of your siblings. Or me."
"Or one of your friends." He reminded her and she rolled her eyes.
"And you can't buy them gifts?"
"Technically, I can buy pretty much whatever I want, love, but the point is, I don't want to."
She gave him an annoyed look. "Well, I'm sorry, Klaus, but the thing is… I want you to."
Klaus sighed, knowing that she knew he'd do it to make her happy "Fine. But I hope you realize that this is going to end in disaster, Caroline. Too many former enemies in one room and all that."
"I'll make everyone behave." She said, determinately.
Klaus thought that if anyone could make that work, it'd be her.
It was Christmas Eve of 2018 and everything was going amazingly well. Dinner was splendid, everyone was having fun and no threats had been made at all. Almost everyone had made it – except Stefan, since he'd decided to spend some time no his own, away from all of the Mystic Falls drama (everyone knew he just didn't want to be close to Elena and Damon since they were together).
It was almost midnight when they decided it was time to exchange the gifts for Secret Santa.
"Who wants to go first?" Caroline asked, excitedly.
Rebekah clearly stood up, present in hand and said "I'll do it!" she walked to the centre of the room, not bothering to see if there were any complains about she being the first one. "So… As you may know, I was very excited about Christmas this year and actually pressed everyone to accept doing Secret Santa. Obviously, that was before I knew the guest we were going to have." She shot dirty looks to the Mystic Fall gang, "And that was before I found out whom I had to buy a gift to. She – and yes, it's a girl – is the most annoying person I've ever met. And that means something. She's plain boring too. No fun, her hair is ridiculous and-"
"Bekah!" Caroline exclaimed, "Please."
The original rolled her eyes, "Ok, sorry. Anyway, she is a copy and-"
"Yeah, everyone knows you're talking about me, Rebekah. Thanks." Elena said sarcastically as she stood up to receive her gift. "What is it? A vervain bomb? A stake?"
Rebekah rolled her eyes, "Why don't you open and see?"
Elena kept her eyes on the blonde vampire as she did so. Caroline prayed that it'd be something harmless. Honestly, she wasn't sure why her friends had bothered coming to NOLA for Christmas. That'd certainly been a bad idea.
"Wow, thanks." Elena said without much enthusiasm, holding up a gift card for a fancy store.
"Well, you know, I figured you should do something about your style." She let her eyes drop to the clothes Elena was wearing and Rebekah offered the girl a small smile.
"Elena, your time!" Caroline said quickly, pulling Rebekah back to her seat by the arm.
"Yes, right." Elena smiled a little brighter. "Ok, so the person I got is a man. He's a gentleman, very noble and-"
Everyone rolled their eyes collectively, "Elijah." People announced unenthusiastically.
"Yes." Elena said simply, giving her gift to the man in question, standing awkwardly with her arms raised when he avoided her hug. "I hope you like it.
"Thank you, Elena." he offered her a small smile after unwrapping the gift and seeing that it was a tie. "Very well, I guess it's my turn now. I can't say I know this person particularly well… It's a man, not very known for his patience. A bit explosive from what I've gathered. He wasn't very happy to be here tonight, but came because his… Girlfriend made him and-"
"Damon." Bonnie guessed and Elijah nodded, offering the gift to the other man.
"Thanks, Elijah." Damon said, seeing the expensive bottle of bourbon the original had gotten him. He hesitated a bit before starting to say "Ok, so the person I got is… Trouble. I'll admit, I didn't want to have gotten him. It's not easy to buy him a gift. Anyway, he's probably a little bit nuts because he's head over hills over this baby vamp… And-"
"Thank you for the kind words, Damon." Klaus interrupted standing up and taking the gift from his hands.
"I wouldn't open it here if I were you." Damon said quickly and Klaus raised his brows, "It's not exactly for you, if you know what I mean." He whispered giving Caroline a pointed look. "But I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing her in it."
She quickly put herself beside Klaus, pulling him by the arm so he wouldn't attack Damon – which he was very close to doing, considering the expression on his face.
"Klaus, please." Caroline said and he sighed. "No killing on Christmas. That's a rule."
"Ok, sweetheart." He said, smiling at the hidden meaning that he could kill Damon at another time. "Not on Christmas." He promised. "Very well, then, I can say that I'm thankful for the existence of this person. She's been very useful on making my life more bearable. At least when it comes to one of my siblings, since she can actually put him in his place-"
"Bonnie" Katherine said, "You'd never say nice things about me."
"Well, I tolerate you in my house, can you really ask for more?" Klaus retorted and she rolled her eyes. "But, yes, you're correct. Bennet witch…" he offered her the gift on his hand.
"Thank you, Klaus." She said politely while she opened the gift. Bonnie gave him a shocked look, "Is this-"
"The lost grimmoire of the Gaunt family? I thought you might like it." and there's a spell in it I really want you to take a look, he completed in his mind
"This is… Thank you." Bonnie smiled.
"You're welcome." Klaus said before returning to sit beside Caroline.
"Ok, so, uh… The person I got is quite annoying, has a British accent… Which matches the description of a lot of people in this room, I guess. And he's had to endure some serious 'if you hurt her, I'll kill you' talk."
"That'd be me." Enzo smiled and Bonnie confirmed that it was indeed him. "Thanks, Bon." He said, looking at the vinyl she'd got him – a Rolling Stones record. "Now, the person I got… She's the loveliest girl I've ever met. And I'm extremely happy to have her by my side and-"
"Rebekah." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Yes. Merry Christmas, Bex." He said, pulling her for a kiss.
"Thank you!" she said excitedly, looking at the tickets he'd gotten her for a Taylor Swift concert, her happiness more about the fact that he was agreeing to going with her than because of the gift itself.
"Oh, Rebekah has already gone… I think I'll go next, then." Caroline announced, standing up. "So… the person I got… Uh, originally I didn't like her much. I mean, she was a bitch to me the second we met and all that, but since we've spent so much time together here in New Orleans, she's kind of grown in me. She's super fun and life with her is always an adventure."
"Katerina." Kol said.
"Yes." Caroline confirmed, offering her gift to the brunette woman.
"These are beautiful!" Katherine said looking at the stilettos Caroline had gotten her.
"They're exclusive." The blonde told her. "I had Christian Louboutin design them especially for you."
"Thank you." She said, hugging Caroline. "Don't get used to this."
Caroline laughed, "I won't."
"Ok, so… The person I got is my partner in crime, my trouble friend… Whatever you want to call it. We've been arrested for 8 times this last year alone, he's-"
"Me!" Kol exclaimed, laughing. "Oh, come here, Kat!" he said pulling her into a hug. "Thank you, darling." he unwrapped his gift: a real life lightsaber.
"I had a witch do it for me. She owed me a favour." She said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh, I love it." he said, "And don't worry, Caroline. I won't use it inside the house." His eyes said quite the opposite. "And, as you all probably know since I'm the only one left to give a gift and Caroline is the only one left to receive a gift, that she's the one I got. Merry Christmas, darling. Thanks for making Nik a better person. Gods know how much we all needed it."
She hugged him quickly, smiling. She and Kol had grown to be very close these past few years. In fact, he, Katherine, Rebekah and her formed quite the gang these days.
"This is gorgeous." Caroline said, looking at the necklace he'd gotten her. "Thank you, Kol." She returned to Klaus's side. "See? And you told me that it'd all go wrong."
He smirked, "Well, I'll admit it went better than I thought it would. Though, I must say, Damon would be dead if you hadn't interfered. And I'm still not sure why you do."
She rolled her eyes. "No murder on Christmas." She reminded him. "But, we are burning whatever he got you."
"Of course, love."
She grinned at him before pulling him for a kiss. "Merry Christmas, Klaus."
"Merry Christmas, sweetheart." He smiled. "Do you want to go celebrate upstairs?"
"That wouldn't be very nice to our guests." Caroline reminded him.
"But what if I have a special gift for you waiting in our room?"
She hesitated for a second before pulling him by the arm.
can you please write a part two to your camp half blood/percy jackson au one? i loved the first part! :d
Part 1 can be found in chapter 7.
"Caroline!" she heard Klaus calling her, rushing to her side.
"Hi." She smiled weakly at him, knowing that he'd probably been worried sick about her.
Caroline had been out on a mission for two days to kill the Minotaur in New York along with Katherine and Enzo. She'd successfully ended the creature, but had injured herself in the process and lost a lot of blood.
Apparently the monster had really sharp claws that broke easily into the skin of her abdomen.
Her wound was deep and even all the ambrosia and nectar she'd consumed hadn't healed her completely and they didn't want to risk her life making her eat more.
So she made the trip back to Long Island basically being carried by Enzo with Katherine checking her injure every few minutes.
"What happened, love?" he asked, putting his arm around her waist to steady her, taking the place of her friend.
"Minotaur didn't like me very much." She shrugged, "But that's fine, I didn't like him either." She smiled showing him the horn she'd gotten from the beast.
Klaus snorted, "I'm going to take you to Stefan."
"I think that'd be good." Caroline agreed, wincing when he accidentally touched her injure.
"Sorry, love." He apologized and continued to lead her to the infirmary.
The son of Apollo quickly assisted to her wound, giving her something for the pain before unwrapping the bandage Katherine had improvised to cover it.
"Is it too bad?" Caroline asked him.
Stefan shook his head, "No signs of infection. It seems to be healing properly, Caroline, but you were lucky no serious damage was done. You should be more careful next time."
She rolled her eyes, "Yes, please say that in front of Klaus. That will be amazing." She muttered.
He chuckled, knowing very well how Klaus could act when it came to Caroline's safety, "Well, if you're dating an overprotective jerk that's not my fault. I'll go find some nectar, I think it's safe to have for you to have some more."
"I'm right here." Klaus complained while Stefan was walking away, "And you heard what he said, sweetheart. You should be more careful."
She groaned, "Weren't you the one telling me to embrace the adventures of the demigod life?"
"Yes, but that was before I found out you had no sense of self-preservation whatsoever."
He was starring at her. His blue eyes analysing her features and showing her just how much he'd been concerned why she was away.
Caroline sighed before bringing her hand to caress his cheek, "I'm ok, yeah?" she propped herself up and kissed him, "I'm alive, everything's fine."
He nodded and pulled her into his arms, holding her against his chest, his chin resting on her head. "Good. Because if you'd died I'd have to go the Underworld to have you back. And I don't think my uncle likes me very much."
She smiled, "Well, if you died things would be much easier for us. I think Lady Persephone likes me after I helped her in that one mission."
"Of course she does." Klaus mumbled. "We're playing capture-the-flag next week. I hope you'll be feeling better by then."
Caroline leaned back to look at him, "Are you kidding? And missing the chance of kicking Damon's ass in it? No way."
"Good, because I need you so-"
She huffed, "Damn right you do."
He rolled his eyes, "Our team will be in need of your archery skills, love."
Caroline arched her brows and said "Oh, so you don't need me?"
Klaus smiled "Well, I did just say that I'd go to the Hades for you."
She seemed pleased with answer and hummed in agreement. "Good."
XX
"Where is he?" Caroline asked Stefan as soon as she saw him and Damon and realised Klaus wasn't with them. "Where is he, Stefan?" she fought to keep her voice calm.
Stefan shook his head and she felt her heart sink in her chest, her eyes filling with tears.
"What happened?" Rebekah asked looking as distressed as her.
"I think… I think the gods sent him to Ogygia."
Caroline let out a sigh in relief, hugging the blonde girl beside her. There was a chance he was still alive. He'd come back for her. She knew he would.
"Niklaus is a powerful hero." Chiron said, "I have no doubt he will find his way back."
"He will come back." Caroline affirmed.
"Will he, Barbie?" Damon asked teasingly, "He might just fancy himself a prettier girl. I've heard that Calypso can be very charming and-"
Katherine slapped him hard in the face. "Get the hell out of here before I kill you, Salvatore."
Damon knew better than to test the patience of the daughter of Ares and walked away, an annoying smirk still on his face.
"He loves you." Davina, one of her sisters said immediately. "Don't listen to Damon, he's an asshole. Klaus loves you and he'll be back here soon. He'll be back soon." She assured Caroline.
"I know."
It was after the first three weeks that she started to have some insecurities. Why was he taking so long? Perhaps Stefan was wrong and he hadn't been taken to some mystical island. Perhaps he was in danger and no one was doing anything to help him! Maybe he was already dead and-
No, she thought, Nico told you he wasn't dead. Klaus is still alive. He'll be back.
Still, Caroline was worried about him and she didn't know what to do about it.
It was after the second month that the non-stopping teasing from Damon started to affect her.
Maybe he'd left her and hadn't had the courage to actually break up with her. Maybe he was still in Ogygia having fun with that nymph…
She hated herself for having those thoughts, but she couldn't help it.
Klaus had been missing for months and no one could find him no matter how hard they tried and her mind kept showing her lots of scenarios that she disliked.
It was another week until he showed up at the beach in a raft.
"Caroline" he smiled at her as soon as he saw her, jumping in the water and swimming the rest of the way to her.
When their eyes locked, she couldn't give a damn about the fact that he'd been missing for over two months and even less so about the fact that he was soaking wet. She rushed to him, pulling him into a tight hug. "Klaus." She whispered against his ear.
His arms were holding her impossibly close, "I missed you."
She pulled back and frowned, "What happened? Stefan told me he thought you went to Ogygia and it's been two months and-" she hit him hard in the chest.
"Ouch, sweetheart! What was that for?"
"Niklaus Mikaelson, I've spent too long being worried sick about you. Where the hell were you?"
He smiled, "I was at Ogygia."
"Oh, so you were enjoying your time with Calypso and left me here-"
"Caroline." He interrupted her, "Do you know what it takes to leave Ogygia?" he asked and she shook her head, "Well, love, Calypso needs to start, uh, falling for you. When that happens the gods will allow you to leave. It's part of her punishment. The problem is, and I'm sure you know that by now, I'm not a likeable person, so it took me some time for her to like me." She hit him again in the chest, "What was that for?"
"Why couldn't you have been more charming, uh? I've spent the last two months searching for you. Praying to my mother every night that she'd return you to me!" she yelled.
Klaus pulled her to another hug. He knew that she had abandonment issues because of her father and hated himself for taking so long to return, "I'm sorry, sweetheart. I really am. But I'm here now."
"Don't you dare leave me again." She said hugging him back.
"I won't. I promise."
drabble prompt: klaus and caroline meet on the train and obviously develop a relationship from there
Somehow this turned into a Hogwarts AU
"Hi! Can I sit here?" Caroline asked standing by the door of that compartment where a guy – a really hot one, if you asked her – was sitting alone, apparently sketching.
It was her first year in Hogwarts and she was feeling rather nervous about it. She'd be the only new student in the 7th year, but that's what happens when you father decides you need to move in with him after your mother dies.
Honestly, she'd no idea why she couldn't go to school in America and visit him in London during school breaks.
He gave her an annoyed look, "Go bother someone else."
She huffed, "Well, certainly you don't owe the compartment. And I was only being polite, I am sitting here because it's the only place available where 13 year olds aren't in control." She sat down across from looking at him as if daring him to say something.
"Don't you know who I am?"
"Uh, let me see… Ah! I don't care." She really hated arrogant assholes.
"I'm a prefect, love, I'd be more careful if I were you. Wouldn't want to lose points to your house before the year even began, would we?"
Caroline rolled her eyes, "First, abuse of authority. Second, I don't even have a house yet. So there's nothing you can do."
He frowned, "What do you mean?" She ignored him. "You're new here? You're certainly not 11…" he let his eyes wonder down her body and he smiled, noticing how beautiful she looked even in just jeans and t-shirt, "And you're American. Have you transferred here?"
They stood in silence for a few moments before she sighed and replied, "I just moved to London and my dad made me transfer to Hogwarts." Caroline explained briefly.
"I don't think I've ever seen a student being transferred before. What year are you in?"
She thought for a second if she should ignore his rudeness from before and engage in a conversation with him. "7th, you?"
"Same."
"What house are you in?" she asked impulsively. She was curious. Hogwarts was a pretty famous school all over the world and she'd heard all about the sorting system there. She was pretty curious to know in what house she'd be.
"Slytherin" Klaus replied smirking because she'd opened up to talking ot him.
She ignored him "I have no idea what house I'll be sorted in."
"I don't know, love. You strike me as a Gryffindor kind of girl."
"My friend Bonnie said the same thing when I told her I'd be attending Hogwarts this year. My other friends told me I'd probably be sorted into Hufflepuff."
He laughed, "Perhaps you'll surprise us all."
"Perhaps, yeah."
"What's your name, love?"
"Caroline Forbes."
"Klaus Mikaelson." He shook her hand.
A brunette girl walking down the corridor suddenly stopped when she saw them here.
"You left me there alone with them? I hate you." She said entering the compartment.
He rolled his eyes, "I would've been there if they weren't all so boring."
"I know they are boring, Klaus! That's why I'm complaining."
Klaus smiled, "I'm sure you managed to deal with it, Katerina."
"Katherine." She hissed.
"You don't seem to mind it when Elijah calls you that. And it's your name, after all."
Katherine ignored him and looked at Caroline, "Why are you here?"
Caroline scoffed, "So much for British people being polite…"
"I'm Bulgarian." The brunette shrugged. "Katherine Pierce, by the way."
"Caroline Forbes."
She nodded in acknowledgement, "I'll see you later." She told Klaus and left.
"I apologize for Katerina."
"How about you apologe for you own behaviour?" she suggested.
Klaus smiled, "I'm sorry I was rude, Caroline. I hope we can start over."
"I'll think about it."
"How can I quit myself?" he asked.
Before she'd the chance to reply, however, someone burst into the compartment again, Klaus groaned when he saw whom it was. "What are you doing sitting with Mikaelson?" asked a man with brown hair and eyes.
"Enzo." Klaus greeted coldly.
"I can see you're new here, gorgeous, so let me warn you: there are much better companies in the train. Come with me." He offered her his hand.
"I'm fine here, thanks." Caroline replied.
Enzo seemed surprised as if people didn't often refused him. "Suit yourself, but if you decide you want some better company than someone from Slytherin… Come find me." He smiled at her before walking away.
"Why does he hate you?" Caroline asked.
"He's Gryffindor's captain. I'm Slytherin's captain. Some rivalry is to be expected." Klaus shrugged.
"Oh, quidditch!" her eyes were shining, "I'm hoping to get into the team this year. I'm a pretty good Keeper, actually."
"Really?" Klaus asked.
"Yeah." She smiled, "It's not the most popular sport in America, but I've always been fond of it."
"I'm looking forward to see you play, sweetheart."
Caroline snorted, "Will you ever stop with the petnames?"
Klaus only smirked in response.
XX
"Caroline Forbes!" professor Mcgonagall called.
Caroline was feeling pretty ridiculous standing among the 11 years old children, but she forgot about that for a second while she tried to calm herself down before the professor put the sorting hat on her head.
It took him only a moment to declare "Slytherin!"
The Slytherin table erupted in cheers and applauses as she made her way there, feeling slightly surprised.
She'd never pegged herself as a Slytherin girl.
"Congratulations, Caroline." Klaus beamed at her as she sat beside him. "Let me introduce you to some people. These are Rebekah and Kol, my siblings."
"Nice to meet you!" Caroline shook their hands smiling.
"You've already met Katerina… These are Marcel and Lucien, my friends. They're in our year."
"Aren't you going to introduce me, Nik?" asked a red haired girl with sickening sweet voice.
He rolled his eyes, "This is Aurora. You'll share a room with her and Katerina."
"I swear to God, Mikaelson, if you call me Katerina again I'll-"
"But that's your name, Kat." Rebekah interjected, "Also, I like it better than Katherine."
"And I don't care what you think!" Katherine replied rudely.
Rebekah simply rolled her eyes and Caroline could tell the bickering was something that happened often in that group.
"So, Caroline, how was it in America? Were you sorted into houses like we are here?" Marcel asked.
"No." she replied, "I don't think this system is very common, actually. I've only heard of one school other than Hogwarts that does it."
"Oh, but this is so much more fun." Kol said.
She smiled, "It's nice." Caroline admitted. She actually found it to be pretty interesting and a great way to find out a bit about yourself and what you valued most.
"Caroline spent the entire trip here with Klaus." Katherine said smiling suggestive, "And she hasn't killed him. I think she's either a saint or Klaus really wants to get into her pants."
Caroline choked with the water she was drinking, coughing a few times while the others smiled.
"Oh, he most definitely wants to get inside her pants. When has Nik ever been nice to anyone?" Kol smirked.
"He wasn't nice!" Caroline quickly said and Klaus gave her a look, "What? You weren't. You were really rude."
"Yes, but I apologized." He reminded her.
"You did what?" Rebekah asked sounding astonished.
Klaus shrugged, "I have manners, little sister."
"Yes, but it's not like you use them." The blonde girl said smiling. "Caroline, you have to tell us what you did."
Caroline blushed and offered a small smile to other girl. Honestly, she hadn't done anything. Klaus just decided to be nicer.
"Don't be so dramatic, Rebekah." Klaus rolled his eyes, "I was simply trying to make her feel welcome in our country."
"Yeah, right." Katherine snorted.
"You'll get use to us." Klaus told her quietly and she smiled.
She could see that.
XX
Life in Hogwarts was better than she thought it'd be.
Sure, she didn't particular like her roommates Hayley and Aurora, but Katherine quickly became one of her best friends as well as Rebekah and Kol.
She got into the team.
Klaus was pretty impressed with her abilities. She was a great keeper and Slytherin was in need of one.
And even though Klaus was right about the Gryffindor x Slytherin rivalry, she found herself growing close to Enzo. He was incredibly nice when he wanted to be after all.
And as to Klaus himself… It was complicated.
They spent much of their times together studying, practicing or simply hanging out. She was very much interested in him even though he could be a dick sometimes, and she knew he was interested in her too.
Still, none of them made a move.
Sure they flirted a lot and people were constantly telling them to just get over themselves and kiss each other.
Well, kiss wasn't the word they used. Especially Katherine and Kol, but that was the general idea – they were supposed to get together.
So she decided to take the matters into her own hands.
"Klaus" she called when she saw him walking with Lucien back to the common room, "Can I talk to you?"
"Is this about me yelling at the first years? They were being annoying, love. And I'm the prefect."
She rolled her eyes, "No. I mean, you were an asshole, but that's not what I want to talk to you about."
"I'll get going." Lucien said smiling, "Have fun you two."
"What is it, sweetheart?"
"I was wondering if you'd like to go with me to Hogsmeade. I mean, I know we're all going together, but I was wondering if we could go, like, together. As in a date." She blushed, looking slightly embarrassed.
Klaus smiled, "I'd like that, yes."
Caroline smiled in return, "Ok. Great. Oh, and we're not going to Madam Puddifoot's, don't worry."
"Even better." He couldn't stop grinning. Caroline Forbes was asking him out. He'd been trying to gather some courage to ask her, but always chickened out in the last minute. And now she'd asked him on a date. He couldn't quite believe it.
"I'll see you later, then." She said turning to walk away when he grabbed her arm.
He didn't even think when he pulled her closer leaning down so his lips would meet hers.
His mouth slowly began to move against hers and Caroline quickly reciprocated, burying her hands in his hair while his hands embraced her waist. Her lips parted, giving him access. Klaus bit her lower lip and-
"Finally!" they heard someone shout beside them and they quickly pulled back. It was Katherine.
"Ugh, get a room." Rebekah said with disgust.
Both girls continued their way laughing.
Caroline adjusted her vests and hoped she didn't look like she'd just been snogging Klaus, but she knew her lips were probably red and her cheeks flushed.
Klaus was still smiling at her. "I'll agree with Katerina in this. It took us long enough."
Caroline chuckled, "So you don't agree with Rebekah?" she arched her brows and leaned in to whisper in his ear, "Don't you think we should get a room?"
Klaus's eyes sparked as he pulled her for another kiss.
What did you think of these? Which one is you favourite? I know it took me a while to post the Christmas one, haha.
I'm reaaaaly bored because I don't have much to do lately, so I'm really encouraging people to leave me prompts on my tumblr (klausandforbes) so if you have an idea you'd like to see me writing or if you want to see a follow up to any of my drabbles, there would be the place to tell me.
Oh, and I hope you had amazing holidays! Happy New Year, everyone :)
