AN: Hey, here is the new chapter, once again: thanks to all the reviewers and alerts. I'm just so happy when I get up in the morning and see all the reviews on my phone's alerts (it is just SO great!). I hope you'll love this chapter as much as the others and I also hope I'll have plenty of reviews: make my day dear readers! (pretty please). And the eventual questions about what is going to happen are answered in the chapter, so I won't say anything ;)

See you at the end and enjoy! :D

So, there we were: Caroline and Nik were kissing when something happened. Though, it was rather someone: and this was no other than Stefan. The youngest Salvatore was waiting in front of the mansion, with a guilty look. When the lovebirds had separated, he cleared his throat and said:

"I did it, I woke Mikael up."

Nik balled his hands into fists, visibly furious with the vampire in front of them. There he was, interrupting his and Caroline's kiss and now: he was dropping a bomb on them. What was next?

"What the hell Ripper, are you out of your mind? I would have thought your brother capable of that, but not you." Nik declared through gritted teeth.

"Oh and why wouldn't I have done it? After all the mayhem you've caused, it's only fair." Stefan spat, raising his venomous voice.

"I know that I deserve it, I was talking for Caroline. I thought she was your friend and you exposed her to the danger all the same." Nik explained, not too far from losing the so little self-control he had acquired.

"Could you stop talking about me as if I weren't there? That would actually be nice of you." The blonde retorted, seeming annoyed.

"Yes, I just came to tell you that I did not know about you two at the time and that I'm more than willing to help in stopping Mikael from harming Caroline." Stefan proposed.

"We'll think about it, now go home." Nik ordered, not trusting him one bit. And Stefan obliged, having no other choice than to go back from where he was coming from.

In fact, Stefan did not wake the Originals' father because Klaus had caused all this trouble in Mystic Falls. As selfish as it was, the ripper had a personal reason to do that: he still had not forgiven Niklaus for the way he compelled him back in the twenties. He had been Stefan's only friend when he wasn't talking to Damon anymore. He was lonely, without a friend or family and then he arrived in his life with Rebekah. All had been better, they had had so much fun and entertainment together, and he had been his best friend (like a second family). That was going pretty well, until his step-father arrived to chase him and he compelled Stefan, as if their friendship did not mean anything to him. He was just his toy, like everybody else. At least, that was what he believed to be true.

Now, however, he regretted his action, because it had touched Caroline in a way and she didn't deserve it one bit. That was why he would do everything in his power to send Mikael back where he should have stayed. A tiny part of him even had remorse for what it had done to Niklaus: even if he still resented his compelling, he still cared about him (their friendship had been the kind of friendship that you can't erase, even with all this years).

Nik and Caroline were still sitting on the front steps of the Originals' mansion. Nik got up and extended his hand to the blonde saying:

"Come on, we should go back inside." Caroline accepted his offer, since they didn't have anything to do outside anymore, now that they had stopped kissing.

"Do you ever sleep? I mean that you did not till I arrived here." Caroline asked after a moment, with a quizzical look.

"Oh don't worry your pretty little head with that love, I'll be alright. I do sleep sometimes, but being an Original prevents you from sleeping as much as other vampires." He explained.

Still, he had not slept since Caroline had been missing, which meant he had been up for about four days and he was starting to feel slightly tired. However, that is not that he did not want to sleep, it was more that he could not if he tried. He had tried to fall asleep for a while after Caroline had woken up, though: each time he closed his eyes, he saw her limp body on the floor of that stupid witch's bar. He was too worried that something would happen to her while he was not awake and if it did, he could not forgive himself. So, he just smiled reassuringly to her and did not say anything on the matter.

The blonde didn't go further either, even though she wasn't entirely convicted, considering his eyes were closing quite often and that he seemed nervous. He looked like a smoker who had not had his cigarette for too long. She observed him some more and couldn't stop herself from thinking that he had to be gorgeous without his yellow eyes and elongated fangs. She got carried away with her thoughts and asked without realizing it:

"Isn't there a solution for your spell problem?"

"Sadly, that kind of things doesn't seem to exist sweetheart." He whispered, defeated. He could not help but think that he couldn't be with her, every signs were saying so. First of all, a thousand years were separating their birth dates… and he was her best friends' number one enemy (it wasn't entirely true in Bonnie's case but still) and now spells had been casted on the both of them.

He decided to distract himself from his depressing ideas:

"So, what do you want to do now love?"

"We could go to the grill, I suppose… if it is still there." She proposed.

"Yes it is, let's go." He answered with a chuckle.

They arrived there and asked for something to drink. The two of them were at the bar; but Matt wasn't there today. For once, Nik thought it was too bad; he was one of the only people Caroline remembered after all. What Niklaus did not pay attention too was the hybrid by the pool table who was watching them intently.

After about half an hour, Caroline excused herself to go the rest room; that was when the hybrid who was spying on them decided to make his move. When the blonde was out of sight, he came to her. She exclaimed:

"Hey Tyler, I'm so happy to see you!" And it was true. Usually, she would not be that happy to see him, as they weren't friends at the time from when her memory had been erased. But it was good to see another well-known face (which was pretty rare this time around) nonetheless.

Though, her delighted mood instantly changed when she the scowl on the boy's face. He clenched his fists and said silently (not to be heard by the protective hybrid that was in the other room):

"So now he's your boyfriend huh?" The venom in his voice surprised her and she retorted:

"No he isn't" (not really anyway) "And since when so you care about who I am dating?"

"Are you kidding me? We were together not even two weeks ago!" He exclaimed, still in a quiet voice.

"Ah, it's very funny Tyler, I almost believed you for a second." The blonde laughed, believing it was a joke. She would never have dating him seriously, the guy was a jerk! (Or the one of her memory was).

That was the final blow to the hybrid's pride, losing his mind for a second: he lurched himself at her and bit her neck. She screamed in pain and said in a broken voice:

"So, you too?"

Though, he did not have the time to respond (or even to understand what she meant) when he heard someone rushing to them, he escaped in vampire speed. The person who arrived was no other than Nik himself:

"Are you alright Caroline?" That was when he saw the blood on her neck.

He growled: "The wolf boy will pay."

"How's that the wolf boy? You mean he is not a vampire? And why did not I already heal?" She asked simultaneously.

"He's a werewolf love, that's why." With that he took her in his arm and vampire sped them to the mansion.

All of what happened when he had to save her from Gloria came rushing back to him and he felt so guilty that it was hard to bear.

When they were safe at home, he placed his wrist in front of her mouth and told her his blood was the cure and that she would die if she didn't drink it.

"You can trust me Caroline, I promise." He reassured. "Have at it sweetheart." And, as she had no reason not to trust him, she obliged (not without a déjà-vu impression at his words).

She bit his wrist and, at the exact moment his sweet blood invaded her mouth: she remembered. First, she remembered all about him: the bad things (which made her want to stop drinking and slapped him again) but, soon came the others things: his good side. She saw them kissing again, as if she was watching from above, and her heart nearly melted when she saw the love in his eyes.

"Sweetheart?" Nik called her, finding it strange that she had been drinking for so long.

Caroline, however, continued to drink as she was remembering even more facts about her and her friends. She remembered how the supernatural had invaded their life. Then, when all of her memories had returned, she separated herself from Nik's arm and he asked:

"Are you okay? You looked a bit lost."

"I… I- I remember everything." She stuttered.

Niklaus' eyes widened at that and he stayed there gawking at her. It seemed that an Original's blood was the cure to even more than what he thought. It was great, Nik was sad nonetheless for what he had to say to her.

"Caroline, I need to say something to you." He knew she wouldn't like it, though he told her when he saw he had all her attention:

"Once we'll have stopped Mikael, it would be far better for you if you forgot about me." She was ready to interject, so he explained: "Since I'm with you, all have gone wrong in your life. Your best friend doesn't talk to you anymore, Mikael have tried to harm you, a witch erased your memory and I look like the monster I really am now… That can't bring out anything good for you love."

"Have you finished?" The blonde scowled. "First of all: you're not a monster and never think otherwise, you would let Mikael win over you."

"Secondly, I thought we had already discussed it, it's my life and if I want it ruined by the mayhem that is in yours, I'll have it no other way or I'll go back to another witch to bond you to me. Is that clear Niklaus Mikaelson?" She asked almost rhetorically.

Nik sighed and nodded. He couldn't stop the relief from washing over him, even if it would have been better for Caroline to stop seeing him. He was amazed at the blonde' stubbornness, she surely knew how to stand up for herself.

"Now, we're going to announce the good news to everyone!" The blonde instructed.

"But love, it's the middle of the night." Nik stated.

"And so, we can still tell Bonnie and Kol. I hear them making out from here anyway."

Nik could only agree to that statement, so they decided to go to them. Caroline knocked on the door but, nevertheless, entered without waiting for the response.

"Bonnie, I remember!" She yelled.

The witch jumped in surprise and said: "That's great Care! How did it happen?"

"Well Tyler bit me so Nik gave me his blood… and it seems to be the cure."

"I'm really happy for both of you Caroline, but could you go back to my brother's room and do whatever you want… because we were in the middle of something, if you see what I mean." Kol explained, with his eyebrows raised.

The blonde caught the hint and said: "Oh right, I'll see you in the morning." And with that, she left.

Nik, who had stayed by the door frame said:

"Yes, like she said" and joined Caroline in his room.

"You could have been more polite; my best friend just had her memory back!" Bonnie scowled. Plus, she wanted to ask the blonde about Tyler biting her… again.

"Alright, sorry." He excused himself.

"Now, you're going to be a nice vampire and bring me my book which is on your desk over there." She instructed.

Kol was annoyed that their 'occupation' had been stopped but obeyed to the witch as he could not refuse anything to her.

"Here you are." He said, handing her the book.

She searched through it and stopped at a page. She read for some time and exclaimed:

"I knew it!"

"What?" Asked Kol, bewildered by his girl's sudden change of mood.

Bonnie lowered her voice at a whisper, not wanting Klaus and Caroline to hear her:

"Well, when Caroline told me that she thought an Original's blood would be the cure, I found it strange because I looked for the cure and remembered it was not that. I thought it was linked with blood but not particularly an Original's one. In fact, I did not remember exactly because I thought we could not find the cure, so what would have been the point in knowing what it was?"

"There would be none, go on." Encouraged Kol, curious about what she was going to say next.

"Well, it is written here that 'to get his or her memory back, the vampire on which the spell has been casted have to drink her true love's blood." She finished her explanation.

"Oh, so it means they are soul mates or something like that." Kol asked, dumbfounded but truly happy that he's brother had found his love in the end.

"Yes, though you can't tell anyone about it; because if Caroline come to know before she declare her love for him, his curse won't be broken okay?"

"Yes don't worry, I won't let anything slip." Kol assured.

"Good". Bonnie approved.

The good point was that there was a way to break Nik's curse, as he was Caroline's true love. The problem now would be for her to admit it to herself, and then to him. It was just a question of time, so they could not do anything but wait. And another problem was still waiting to cause trouble: Mikael had to be stopped and quick. How?, Was the thing to find out.

AN: So, did you like it? Fill free to review and ask your questions, I'll be happy to answer them and have a good day (or night, whatever ^^).

See you soon,

Claire.