Chapter 11: Chapter 9
AN: Hi, I'm back with another chapter. I'm so sorry you had to wait so long but I'm still going through a rough patch. Anyway, here's the next chapter, I hope you like it. I had to write it whilst doing coursework, but I've tried my hardest. Don't hate me too much.
"I love you, Nik."
"I love you, Caroline."
It starts with the wolves and hybrids turning, surrounding the perimeter in their wolf forms and howling in warning at the dark sky. Clouds begin forming above the school and the surrounding forest, lighting flashing through them and thunder rumbling in the sky. The younger ones are kept safe inside whilst the others, the ones that can and will fight, take their marks. Klaus and Caroline stand at the front of the barrier as it flickers, the spell being pulled away by their enemies. Stefan and Rebekah are on the roof waiting with the dwarf archers and a few witches. Bonnie begins chanting, the blue flickering dome beginning to fall down as they prepare for battle. Sirens begin singing, banshees wail, doppelgängers release their energy, giants drag their clubs. Nymphs, fairies, elves and pixies flit around with magic and weapons. Shape-shifters turn in to beasts, great and small, whilst the spirits rise from the ground and float around. Vampires wait around the house and the grounds, faces slowly changing with the threat of attack. All on the side of the Mikaelsons wear blue or grey, armour and shields and weapons by them if needs be.
As soon as the barrier hits the ground, all hell is let loose.
Vampires flash out of the trees and attack. Wolves howl and bite, tearing off limbs and flesh. Archers fire, never missing targets with wolfsbane/vervain laced wooden tips. In the hearts, through the back, killing the vampires and the wolves that run through the forests. Shape-shifters leap, big cats and great dogs, creatures that aren't real and ones in stories. Dragons lift of the ground and begin burning the forest line, drawing out the red and black enemy soldiers to slaughter. It's all fast and slow at the same time until the leaders walk out unharmed.
For the Mikaelsons, nothing else matters but killing those against them. Mikael, Marcel, Damon, Hayley in her wolf form and April. Jumping from the ground, April turns in to a giant crow and swoops down, ripping at the wolves with her claws and beak. Hayley lets out a roar and launches herself off the ground towards Caroline, only to be thrown back by another wolf. The wind picks up and Caroline looks over her shoulder to see Stefan conjuring up a tornado, spinning his hand and pulling the dark clouds down with the lightning. He throws it forward, pulling up a crowd of enemy wolves and vampires, ripping them limb from limb and tossing them in to a pile near Mikael.
Bonnie chants fiercely with the other witches, their circle on the roof attracting attention of Mikael's vampires. Kol turns just in time to see them jump up, outnumbering the oblivious witches and his preoccupied sister. Flashing up, he punches his hand through a chest, laughing the body across the roof and tossing the heart through another's chest, pushing out the second vampire's heart with the force of the throw. Heads come off and hearts come out as he and Rebekah protect the witches lost in their spells.
Klaus fights off a group of wolves whilst Caroline throws out fire with every punch and kick to the vampires that try to pass her. Burning out their hearts or leaving them to burn in to nothing works for the most part but it takes a lot of time. She pulls out her daggers and begins cutting through them, slashing and burning, cutting and melting, killing and maiming. Klaus leaves them bitten and ripped apart, blood covering the both of them. Grey and blue, stained with red.
The sounds of a massacre fill the ears of the living, or living dead. Screams, chanting, shrieks, war cries, choking, flesh splitting and ripping, splashing through blood, charging feet, roaring animals, burning fire. It's all too much until something catches Caroline's eyes.
Rising from the ground in the middle of the forest, above the tree lines, a girl in pure white with dark hair. The whips around her, catching her hair and skirt, and her voice fills her ears. "Shit," she breathes. Klaus lurches forward as he rips out the last heart of the wolves attacking him, back snapping as he's forced to turn. He roars out in agony and Caroline rushes over with the defence of Elijah, the suited man now in just a shirt and his dress pants, covered in blood and killing to save them. "She's making me a wolf," he grunts out, "Mikael can kill me if I'm just a wolf." She turns to see Mikael still stood in the tree line of the forest and she knows what to do. "Always remember that I love you, Niklaus Mikaelson," she cries quietly, tears streaming down her face. "Always remember that I love you, only you and always you. I'll never leave you, even when I'm not here." He looks up at her and shakes his head desperately, but his legs break and he has to close his eyes with the pain. "Win this for me," she whispers, kissing his forehead. "Caroline, please," he begs, trying to reach out for her as she stands up. "Look after him for me, 'Lijah," she whispers. The older Mikaelson turns and nods before going back to fighting.
Stefan watches his sister with Klaus and his face pales. "No," he breathes, rushing to the edge of the roof. His eyes move up to the girl in white, caught in the wind amongst the clouds. "No!" He roars, watching Caroline produce flames from her hands and push off the ground. He moves to join her when Rebekah pulls him back to her, holding him as he cries out for his sister. "Stefan, you're still too human!" She shouts at him, turning him and pinning him against the wall. "You'll die for certain if you go against her! Stay with me, please!" The tears in her eyes spill and he nods reluctantly, knowing there is no point in them both dying.
Davina's chanting stops when she feels an immense power coming closer to her. Her fault in her spell stops Klaus' transformation and she gasps when she sees Caroline coming straight towards her. "Stop trying to kill my mate!" She orders, eyes blazing like fire as she hovers in front of Davina. "I can't it's Mikael!" She shouts back brokenly. She can't be more than sixteen, but it doesn't matter. "I have to! It's my duty!" Caroline opens her mouth to compromise when Davina throws out a red burst of energy that Caroline barely dodges. "Bitch!" She hisses, turning and throwing out a deep blue flame.
Klaus stops transforming and pants tiredly as he rises to his knees and looks up at Mikael, the older vampire staring down at him in disgust. "You can't kill me. I'm too strong," Klaus growls out, eyes flashing yellow as he tries to ignore the fight above them in the sky and the colours swirling in the clouds. "You're just a bastard," Mikael sneers back, pulling out a white oak stake. "I'm a loved bastard, though," he throws back, pushing off the ground and knocking Mikael to the ground. "You're nothing," Mikael roars, making Klaus laugh. "I'm everything, even if it's just to her!" He shouts back, the pair grappling as the stake lies undiscovered.
In the sky, an array of colours flashes through the dense clouds like lightning, blue and green and red and black all bursting out. The girls occasionally come out, their miniscule silhouettes flitting about like birds. Kol, Elijah and Finn hold down Mikael as Klaus takes the stake and raises it above Mikael's chest. "You're nothing but a monster, boy," Mikael spits at him. "I've got an angel on my side, though," Klaus whispers, slamming down the stake in to Mikael's heart. His screams overpower everything else. The clouds begin to turn white as the witches stop chanting, the vampires stop running, the wolves stop howling and the fighting begins to slow down.
Caroline throws out fire of all colours with different intensities, gathering water from the clouds and trapping Davina's legs in a swirling ball of water, slowly freezing in to ice. Davina looks down at her feet and gasps, giving Caroline enough time to gather all her energy. The clouds begin to burn with bright blue fire and Davina tries to free her feet in an attempt to escape. Caroline's eyes glow with black fire and her body sets alight and Davina scream as loud as she can. Thrusting her arms forward, Caroline sends all the fire towards Davina. She's engulfed by the flames, burnt in seconds, and the fire splits away, going further down and washing over the school and the ground. Screams burst, stopping as soon as they start. When the flames disappear, ashes of the enemy alone litter the ground. The school and it's students, it's soldiers, the victors, stand in shock.
They look up to the sky as it clears and a collective gasp comes from them all as Caroline's body begins to fall. "NO!" Stefan screams, pinned back by Rebekah. Kol, Elijah and Finn stare in horror as her lifeless body picks up speed, falling from hundreds of feet in the air. "CAROLINE!" Klaus screams, eyes trained on her body.
The wind whips at her clothes and hair as it all goes dark. They've won, but at what cost? How many lives were lost? How many innocents turned in to murderers? Her eyes flutter closed, holding on to his voice. I love you, Nik.
I love you, too, Caroline. Please, wake up! Save yourself! PLEASE! Caroline?
"CAROLINE!"