There's no Klaus in this chapter it's all Caroline dealing with the revelation that she is pregnant. He will be in the next though and what Kol is up to.


Something I never thought

What is she supposed to do, could this really be happening to her? Thinking about it, why wouldn't it, she has gone through a lot of weird things ever since the Salvatore brothers showed up in town.

Of course, most of the things have happened to her friends and she has been there as support, but maybe it is her time to go through it, to be the centre of some big plot.

Shaking her head, she thinks that whoever had that idea is an idiot, she likes to stay to the side and not have to worry about being a puzzle piece to someone's plan. She would rather have nothing to do with it, Cyrena better has some answers for her soon.

And then there's the question that she doesn't want to answer because she knows the answer, it isn't really that hard to figure it out, who's the father.

Right now, she's unsure if she would have preferred that it was Tyler. It would have been easier, she thinks. It would of at least be easier to explain to her friends.

But whatever she thinks she wants to make sure that she is right, that all of this isn't just a part of her imagination. But who can she turn to with a magical pregnancy that shouldn't be able to exist?

When the front door opens, she hurries out to her mother. She is going to need support, she is just unsure of how to explain this, something her mother would think impossible for her since she still believes Caroline to be a vampire.

"I'm heading out again." Her mother informs while she makes her way to the kitchen. "The fire at the Gilbert house has us occupied."

Apparently, something has gone wrong when the brothers tried to deal with Elena's grief, maybe she should have stayed. No, right now she needs to focus on herself and not Elena's problem, there are enough people to help her, so Caroline can take a few days off team Elena.

Taking a deep breath, she draws her mothers' attention. "Mom, I really need to talk to you." She can feel tears forming in her eyes.

Liz stops in filling a thermos of coffee turning to her daughter. "Caroline, what's wrong?"

Caroline sits down and tries to explain in the easiest way she can think of. "I've been hearing this sound the whole day, like a heartbeat." She looks to her mother to make sure she is listening. "I think that I'm pregnant."

The thermos hit the floor and Liz is looking at her in shock. "It, how, vampires can't…?"

She tries to give her mother a calming and reassuring smile. "Well, I'm not a vampire anymore." That only seems to confuse her mother more. "I'm still immortal, I think." Since Cyrena disappeared before she could explain it, Caroline doesn't really know how to help her mother understand. "But I don't need to eat like a human, neither do I need blood like a vampire." That is definitely a bonus.

Crouching down in front of Caroline, Liz takes her hands in her own. "Okay, start over. How did this happen?"

Caroline isn't sure if she can make it any more understandable and is quite certain that her explanation is going to become a rant that Liz won't follow, but she can always try. "There is this witch, Cyrena Maganti, but she only gives answers when it suits her, not that I'm complaining, at least not until now. But she is hard to find, if not impossible when she doesn't want to talk to us."

"Us?" of course that is the one word her mother focus on instead of the mass of information that she likely didn't understand.

And sure, she wants to tell her mother the whole truth but maybe not just yet, she doesn't think that Liz will be very happy about the fact that Klaus is the father to her grandchild, and how it happened is another crazy story she doesn't want to go into right now.

"All of us, anyone that wants to talk to her." she says instead, hoping that her mother won't press.

Maybe she sees that Caroline doesn't want to talk about it because she drops it. "And the pregnancy part, have you taken any test except your hearing."

Caroline laughs lightly at her mother's words but shakes her head. "No, I sort of learned about it barely an hour ago." And she is still not certain if she believes it

"Okay, I'm going to make a few calls to make sure someone covers for me at work and then we're going to figure this out." Liz stands up smiling at her daughter. "It's going to be okay Caroline, we're going to figure this out."


After Liz has made all the necessary phone calls they decided to contact Meredith to get the answers they need, at least when it comes to the medical stuff. Even if it's not Meredith's speciality, right now Caroline doesn't think it's smart to involve someone that doesn't know anything about the supernatural.

Once in the hospital, they disappear into a patient room before they let Meredith in on what has happened to Caroline and what they need help with.

When that is done, Meredith starts to look through some papers. "Okay, so if I get this right, you are almost a hundred percent certain that you are pregnant since you can hear a heartbeat."

"More or less, yes. But I would like to have a more definitive answer since I could be hallucinating." She isn't completely certain of what she can trust right now.

Meredith nods understanding. "So, we will take a blood test, and hopefully that can give us an answer. If you are right, then the heartbeat you hear should mean that you are around six weeks pregnant."

Caroline thinks back, counting the weeks that have gone by. "That sounds about right." She says while Meredith is taking her blood.

When Meredith leaves them alone for a while, Liz draws Caroline's attention to her. "Caroline, I thought you and Tyler were broken up back then."

Well, this is going to be fun, but she knows that she can't keep the secret of the baby's father, not when it comes to her mother. If anyone deserves to know the truth then is Liz, at least so that she can have some time to accept and maybe even be okay with it.

She takes a deep breath. "We were sort of. It was a fake break up, but Tyler isn't the father." Surprise is all over Liz's face. "What I told you about Cyrena, well she didn't just do something to me…" Caroline looks down not wanting to see her mother's reaction. "Klaus is a part of it too and… well, he is the father."

"You're certain?" Liz asks. "It's not that you just think he's the father?"

Slowly Caroline starts to meet her gaze. "He is the father." She answers determined. "I know that it would have been easier if it were Tyler's but that isn't the case." And honestly, she doesn't want it to be Tyler's not after the argument they had.

"Does he know?" Liz asks, and Caroline shakes her head. "Are you planning on telling him?"

She is going to have to at some point, but she isn't looking forward to it. Thinking about it, Klaus doesn't seem like the person that would take the news that he is going to be a father very well and that is if he believes it.


Back home Caroline has retreated to her room for some time alone to think about all the things Cyrena has done to her. Most if not all of it is still unexplained and the patient she had just the other day is starting to run thin.

She is spinning her daylight ring around her finger, she guesses that she doesn't really need it anymore, but it would feel wrong without it. At the same time, taking it off would be a big hint to her friends that she isn't a vampire any longer.

They have to know at some point, but something tells her that they wouldn't be that interested right now. If she is to go by what happened at the Gilbert house after she left, well she would rather stay away from Elena's mess for a while.

There is also something more important for her to deal with, like telling Klaus what she has learned. She just doesn't know how to tell him, if he doesn't already know, maybe Cyrena has told him.

Completely at a loss of what to do in this situation, she throws herself on her bed and lets the pillows muffle her frustrated screams.

"A bad day?" at the sound of Cyrena's voice she is quick to sit up.

The witch is standing in the doorway smiling at her. "What have you done to me?" she asks, not hiding her annoyance. "How can I possibly be pregnant with Klaus child?"

Cyrena doesn't seem to notice Caroline's mode, because she is still smiling, and her answer is given like it's the simplest thing in the world. "It's because it is Klaus' child that you are pregnant." She starts to explain. "A child whose father is a hybrid born from a strong line of witches is going to be extremely special."

"So, I don't get a say in this?" because Caroline thinks that she should have a say in what happens to her body.

Cyrena sits down next to her taking her hands in hers. "Of course you do," she says calmly. "Let me explain it all to you and if you don't want anything to do with this, I will undo my spells and wait until the next opportunity presents itself."

Well, she guesses that hearing the witch out can't be that bad especially if she is really going to give her a way out of this once the explanation is done.

Caroline nods for Cyrena to continue. "What I did to you, making you pure, it was so that you would be able to carry this child so that it would be able to be brought in to this world."

She explains that it's only because of what Caroline has become that all of this is possible. Otherwise, a vampire or hybrid, in this case, would never be able to have a child. Well, Cyrenas magic helped out a lot in that too, not just in making Caroline capable of carrying it, but it wouldn't have mattered if Caroline had stayed a vampire.

"I have foreseen this child's birth for centuries now, waiting for Klaus to find that person that he could come to love. And the gift that you have now, they are yours to use as you see fit. Once you learned to control them."

"And these powers what are they exactly?" because they are still a complete mystery to her.

"Natures will," Cyrena answers her. "You can do things most witches can only dream of, but it comes with a price. If the magic is dark like when you brought Kol back to life, you will need Niklaus help to restore yourself to your pure self."

Caroline doesn't know what to think, because this is a lot to take in and she isn't sure if she still understands everything. What will she be able to do once she has a handle on her new powers if Cyrena describes it as something witches can only dream of? She has seen Bonnie do a lot of powerful magic and she knows that her friend is inexperienced still.

But she knows one thing, and maybe that is the most important thing right now. She want's children, she has always wanted children. Even if she knew that it was no longer an option after Kathrine smothered her with a pillow, it hadn't sunk in yet, not completely.

"Is this a onetime thing, I mean if I say no now does that mean that you will stay away from me forever or just try to convince me later." It would be nice to know all the details before she makes her decision.

Cyrena gets up from the bed and seems to be deep in thought while she wanders around Caroline's room. She wasn't expecting it to be that hard of a question, shouldn't Cyrena already have an answer about it for her.

But she lets the witch take her time, which feels like hours but is more likely just a few minutes. "I don't know if I can do this without you," Cyrena says saddened. "He has really come to care about you and I know that you care about him too."

Perhaps she does, she is just afraid to admit it, for what it would mean. If she were to give Klaus a chance that would change everything, it at least feels that way.

She places her hand on her stomach, she is going to have this child. Knowing that it exists she can't just have it disappear or whatever you would call what Cyrena would do.

"I just have one last question." She says. "Do I have to be worried about getting pregnant in the future, because a plus to having been a vampire was that I didn't have to think about that sort of thing."

Cyrena starts to laugh at her question and maybe for the first time since she met the witch, Caroline can actually see a person and not just this really old and powerful being.

Once Cyrena stops laughing she shakes her head. "You would still need my magic if you wanted more children in the future, Caroline. Maybe that would be something you should take the time to discuss with Klaus to if it ever becomes something you want."

Well, it's good to know more about how her new situation at least, and now she just has to figure out how to tell Klaus. She wonders how long she can take before she has to tell him, without anyone else finding out her little secret.