Hello guys! New chapter here! I was not prepared for the path that this story is taking (I know I am writing it, but still), but I really wanted to spice things up a little bit. I didn't want a normal love story. It would get really boring really fast. I hope you like it!

Enjoy!

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Elijah was enjoying the cloudy weather in London. He liked the loneliness of this place. It reminded him of his own self. His own loneliness. He was miserable after he last talked to his Katerina. After their, as modern people tend to call it, break-up. Because of his beloved brother. Family above all. Always and forever.

He had given up his own happiness to expand his family, a family Niklaus pushed away after his son's birth. He had no chance of getting his Katerina back. And now his brother was calling him, to ask for his help. It is a matter of life or death, he had said. Once again, he had to put family above all. And he would do it. Every time, he would do it.

Rebekah had already made her choice. She had chosen her own selfish gains and her happiness above her family. But Elijah didn't blame her. He had forgiven her a long time ago. He wanted her to be happy after all. And she was with that... Stefan Salvatore. He had never liked the Salvatores, but at least her younger sister was not with Damon. Him, he didn't like at all.

He took the first airplane and flied to New Orleans in the middle of the night. If his brother was that worried, it had to be important. He kept wondering what was going on, but he couldn't guess. Or he didn't want to. He didn't want to be dragged into something he wasn't ready for. He wanted to have sort of a normal life for as long as he could... or as long as he needed to. But life, as always, had other plans for Elijah Mikaelson.

He landed (or his plane landed, anyway) to the airport of New Orleans at 5 o'clock in the morning. He immediately went to Klaus' house, but he wasn't there. That was weird, even for him. So Elijah decided to call him. Or better, he thought. Track him with GPS. It was an application he had, randomly, intalled. He knew it would come in handy one day.

What he saw next on his phone's screen was something he did not expect in any way. The GPS was pointing to a place he would rather forget. It was the location of some old ruins. Ruins he had killed, with his brother's help, a witch named Shaklia. But the problem was that Shaklia had been his... love interest back in the 1200s. He had always chosen the wrong women for himself. Always the ones that were hurting him.

He criticised her sister's... ability to fall in love that easily, but he also liked the feeling himself. Love was one of his weaknesses. As well as compassion and forgiveness. Shaklia was absolutely something in his life he would rather forget. But he couldn't. He had loved her, that was the truth. But she betrayed both him and his brother. So she had to be killed. He didn't hesitate choosing between his happiness and his family again. It was a choice he would repeat every time he had to.

Elijah tried to push his memories away but they kept coming rushing to the surface. He couldn't control them. He tried to convince himself that Niklaus was there because the place was safe. And nothing else. Nothing that involved Shaklia. He decided to find out by himself. He decided to fight with his inner self. He ran to the place, just to distract himself. Running always had that effect on him.

He arrived to the place half an hour later. But instead of old ruins where he and Niklaus had violently killed Shaklia he found an abandoned house. And he had a bad feeling . A very bad feeling; that this night would be much longer than he had originally expected. He moved towards the door, a very old door. Of course, not as old as himself. He opened it and got inside in shock. And that for Elijah Mikaelson was saying a lot. How didn't he know anything about that?

In her entire existence, there wasn't a moment that Caroline had not known exactly what to do. She was a control freak after all. But trapped into that room, literally dead, not being able to get in contact with anyone, she had no idea what she was about to do. What she should do.

''Oh, you look so depressed! Why is that so?'', Shaklia asked. The witch, after explaining to Caroline about her bond with Niklaus (blood sharing and all), decided that she had to be treated like him. So she started talking to her in a very ironic tone. So the question was far from actually caring.

''Maybe because you killed me and you are probably threatening the love of my life.'', she heard herself answering.

''Oh, you are so delusional, Caroline. I got the name right, didn't I? Do you really believe he really loves you? He is an emotionless monster, and so is his entire family.'', Shaklia responded.

''So this isn't really about Klaus, is it?'', Caroline realised, ''I mean, you hate him, but he is not the one that you really want revenge from, is he?''

With the last question, Caroline crossed the line. The witch used the same thing Bonnie was using when Damon was getting on her nerves. But this time, Shaklia's rage was a lot stronger. Caroline felt like a hundred knives were being pressed against her head. She screamed. But no one could hear.

Klaus was full of rage, too. Not only towards the witch but also towards himself. How could he be so reckless? How could he bring her here without thinking about all the dangers that she could encounter? Maybe he wanted to show her the palace. For once, his intentions were pure. For once, he risked everything to express his feelings. And she got hurt. She got killed. He would never forgive himself for that mistake.

''Niklaus? What happened?'', he heard his beloved brother saying from across the huge room. At least he still had his family. But would that be enough to save her? He couldn't know. And that was driving him crazy.

Elijah was now reaching out to him, his eyes full of worry and confusion. Klaus knew what the impact would be, but he needed his help. He needed his brother's help. He hoped Elijah would have been over Shaklia's death by now.

''Let me explain.'', Klaus just said, something that mede Elijah even more worried. ''This place is where the witch...''

''I know that part! Continue with the important one.''

He is not over Shaklia's death. This is not a good beginning, Klaus thought. And he was definetely right.

''I decided to build a house here. I thought it could be useful, with all tne power that was created with the witch's death.'' He left true love part out. He didn't want his brother to make fun of him. Even after all these years. ''Tonight, I brought Caroline here.''

''You brought who? Caroline Forbes? I hadn't realised that you were together.'', Elijah looked shocked, but not as much as curious.

''It is kind of new. Anyway, what I never told you is that I kept Shaklia trapped into a room into this house. She is dead, but she can also interact with anyone into this room.''

''Go on.'', Elijah felt betrayed but he was starting to understand where Klaus was going. There was no time for a fight between the two of them. They had to stay united. He knew that.

''Caroline accidently got into the room.'' He left the hide and seek detail out, too. ''And Shaklia killed her.'', he finished waiting for his brother's reaction.

''I interstand. She wants revenge. But I am guessing there is more to the story. Unless you wouldn't have called me.'', the maybe brightest original brother responded.

''You are guessing right. Shaklia will give Caroline back, she will resurect her, but she wants something in return.''

''They always do.'', Elijah murmured. ''And what might that be?'', he asked.

Klaus tried to prepare Elijah, but himself, too, before telling him that rest of the story.

''Shaklia has been in contact with our mother.'' He made a long pause and continued, ''As you and I both know, Esther has tried to kill us all more than once. She was claiming the vampires should not exist, though she practically created them. Her newest plan does not include killing us. It includes turning us -and our bloodlines- humans. She wants to take away our immortality, although she was the one that gave it to our family.'', Klaus finished, realising how important things were when he heard himself saying them out loud.

''The situation is quite perplexed.'', the always calm Elijah responded.

''And do you have any idea who might be absolutely positive about that?'', Klaus asked, however they both knew the answer.

''Our dear sister Rebekah.''

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The two remaining Mikaelson brothers were absolutely right. Alaric, who was recently brought back from the dead, was not just a vampire. He was her mother's messenger. Thanks to him, she was fully aware of the situation. She had to find a witch. And she did. Her name was Lucy and she was very powerful. She felt proud of herself. She and Monika had had a fight, so her best friend was now flirting with Alaric to piss her off. She was ok with that as long as she kept her word that she will not hurt him. He had the ability to talk to ghosts, just like Jeremy, so she could be in touch with her mother before her plan would be completed.

She didn't have the chance to take the cure, but now she could be human and she could see her brothers returning from the dead, too. Thay could all be a family again. Under other circumstances her brothers would be angry with her for about a century, but she was hoping that they will realise how important time is when you're mortal. She wanted to feel like every minute counts. And no one would take that away from her. Not this time.

''I need to talk to him.'', Rebekah said, while approaching her best friend and her new boyfriend-to-be.

''We are busy.'', Monika responded, never stopping her dance.

''I'll see you in a few.'', Alaric intervened and followed Rebekah out of the bar. Yeah, he liked that Monika, but he wouldn't risk his own safety for her. He knew how impulsive and dangerous Rebekah could be.

''What do I have to do? I can't keep sitting here! It is my life we are talking about!'', she yelled once they got out.

''Right now, that's all you have to do. It's up to Shaklia now.'' He had to admit that that woman might be 1000 years old but she had got style.

''And why do I have to put everything on her? She was in love with Elijah once. She can't be that smart.'', she responded, feeling satisfied with herself. Damon had once told her that she liked being mean. It was true.

''She was? I didn't know that part of the story.''

''Sure you didn't. It wasn't about you. You have to understand that you are just the messenger here. Nothing else.''

''That friend of yours, Monika, thinks otherwise.'', he teased her.

''Leave her out of it. She doesn't know anything.'', she said with a hint of jealousy in her voice. Where the hell did that come from?, she wondered.

''Well, I like her! She's got spunk! You can't control my love life, Rebekah. I can do whatever I want to do, and you're not going to stop me. Now go back to your boyfriend Stefan. He might be worried about you.'', he finished.

''Sure.'', she said with an ironic tone. ''Just don't do anything stupid. Monika can't know about any of this. It is too dangerous. The less people know, the better.''

''Sure.'', he responded with the same ironic tone.

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''Jeremy, I am not ok.'', Bonnie said looking straight into his eyes.

''What? The baby? Are you in pain? I'll call the doctor.''

''No! The baby is ok. I am not ok. I don't know if I am ready to be a mother. It is too much. I don't think I'll raise the child the way it has to be raised.'', she said, looking worried.

''You will be a perfect mother, Bonnie. And you know why? Because you are a very nice person. Your mother wasn't there for you when you needed her, but you had your Grams. She helped you to grow old and be an amazing person.''

''Thank you, Jeremy. You always make me smile. Who would have thought that after everything we've been through that we are going to be parents. We both died and faced almost every supernatural creature. I don't want this future for our child'', she said with a sad tone.

''Then we will move. We don't have to stay here.''

''No, Jeremy. My family is here. We might not be blood related, but my friends are the best family I could ever ask for. Your family is here, too. We will not move. We will, just try to protect him.''

''Him? Did you just say him? Is it a boy?'', Jeremy asked, smiling joyfully.

''Yes, it is a boy.'', she responded, and before she could finish, his lips landed on hers. It was a long slow kiss. It made her happy.

''This boy will have the best parents ever.'', he said with a cocky smile.

''I hope so.''

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Elijah and his brother had not decided yet what they would do. They would talk about it later. However, Klaus wanted to do something first. He left Elijah and went upstairs, to the Room. He cursed himself once again for his recklessness and got in.

Caroline had been unconscious for almost an hour, but she was slowly waking up now. When she had completely regained consciousness, the first thing she saw made her think that she was dreaming.

''Klaus?''

''Caroline, I am here. I am not a hallucination. The witch let me talk to you, so she put a spell on me, to move to the Other Side.''

Instead of an answer, her lips crushed his. He thought that he would never kiss these lips again, that he would never touch this body again. That he would never see her again. He realised how important she was to him. How much he needed her.

''Caroline, I promise you, I will get you out of here. I will bring you back.'', he said breathless.

''This is not your fault.'', she responded.

''Yes, it is. And you know it. I know it.'', he said.

''Do not blame yourself. You could never know that this would have happened.'', Caroline interrupted him.

''I could know. I could have saved you.'', Klaus stated.

''Don't you understand? It would have happened anyway. It is your mother we are talking about.'', she tried to calm him down. To make him think clearly.

''I had to know.'', he insisted, a tear streaming down his face.

''Stop it! This is not the Klaus I knew. The Klaus I knew wouldn't cry like a baby. He wouldn't feel pity for himself. The Klaus I knew would never give up. He would find a way out!'', Caroline yelled.

''The Klaus you knew hadn't lost the only woman he had ever loved.''

Silence replaced their voices.

''You will never lose me.'', Caroline said, making a pause between every word.

''I love you, Caroline. I will do whatever it takes to save you. But I can't let my mother win. Not this time.'', he responded.

''I know. I love you, too. Never forget that.''

His image was slowly disappearing. Their time was up. Our time is not up, she reminded herself. We have an eternity. No one will take that away from us.

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