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The lyrics used are Same Old Song by Pain.
Here's chapter 10.
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You're welcome to my world, dark side of the universe
I'll take you for a spin, the mayhem begins
The media mouth is feeding and chemical youth that's screaming
The circus starts to roll, there's no turning back
Your soul is burning bright, high hopes of future in sight
Beyond the horizon lays a world that's so black
They'll try to shape your mind and make you walk the line
Don't let them steal your dreams, its all that you've got
...
After watching three romantic drama movies, Caroline found Rebekah to be sound asleep, curled up in the corner of the sofa with her head against the armrest.
It was dark in the room, except for a soft, dimmed light from the lamps on the wall and the light coming from the hall. She looked out the large windows and saw nothing but the thick darkness and in the far away distance, the city lights. The full moon was blocked by ashy clouds passing by.
She turned the TV off using the remote and she was surrounded by silence.
The baby vampire leaned back against the white leather and closed her eyes. Rebekah's steady breathing was comforting and Caroline was thankful that being a vampire hadn't taken away their ability to breath, even if it wasn't necessary.
She had just dozed off when a chill ran through her and her eyes shot open. She glanced down at her arm and found the fair, thin hairs standing up, goosebumps spreading over her skin.
Caroline swallowed and looked around. Nothing was different.
She let out a sigh and closed her eyes again, trying to get back to sleep, but the hair on her head suddenly felt static and she stood quickly from the couch. Her breath formed little puffs of steam and her entire body was trembling.
She could see Rebekah stir in her sleep, a frown on her face. Her eyes suddenly opened at the sound of howling and Caroline let out a gasp as she looked around. Weither the howling came from werewolves or just wolves, she didn't know.
The blonde original sat up and stared down as she reached her arm out. She too had goosebumps on her skin and her fingers tightened.
"Not again...", Rebekah said in a whisper and looked up at Caroline. The baby vampire stared at her as she felt her own fangs grow and throbbing veins climb out the skin under her eyes. She watched the same happen to Rebekah, her eyes fading into red streaked with yellow.
The howling multiplied, more and more joined in as Caroline fell to her knees, growling as her chest heaved with every breath.
Before she knew it, Rebekah had thrown a blood bag in front of her and was already feeding on her own.
Caroline ripped the plug out and stuck the bag inside her mouth as she closed her eyes.
"We need to feed from the vain", Rebekah said in a hoarse voice as she panted hard.
Caroline glared at her.
"No, we don't".
Rebekah threw her bag across the floor and marched up to Caroline, her chin dripping with blood as she leaned in closer.
"I don't know why you refuse to be what you are, and I don't care!", she said in a serious tone, her eyes glowing in the faint light. "This storm is stronger than the one before, it's during full moon!".
They were interrupted by the exploding roar of sudden thunder and the rain fell hard against the earth.
And then Caroline felt a rush of a feeling she couldn't describe through her veins. All she knew was that it wasn't right and she ran to the front door in vamp-speed.
Rebekah hurried after her, shouting her name, but it was muffled as Caroline opened the door and the heavy rain, and howling, and thunder overpowered any other noise.
The original vampire grabbed her by the arm when she was halfway out the door.
"What in the bloody hell are you doing?!" Rebekah yelled and Caroline turned to look at her and she managed to retract her fangs for a moment.
"We need to find them!", Caroline answered and Rebekah shook her head.
"They'll be fine", she tried to convince her, but Caroline freed her arm from Rebekah's grip and ran out into the night. "No, Caroline!".
Rebekah ran after her, feeling adrenaline rush through her body from the fear of werewolves, but she couldn't let Caroline out on her own during a supernatural storm in a city like New Orleans.
Caroline had never run so fast. She zoomed down the road, past glowing eyes in the dark and ghostly live oak trees, and she was scared beyond belief, but she just knew that everything happening couldn't just be a coincidence.
"Caroline, stop!", Rebekah yelled from behind her. "I can hear them!".
Caroline made a sudden stop, causing dust to whirl up around her feet and she turned around. She could hear the deep growling of wolves and Rebekah quickly grabbed her by the hand as they turned to the left and hurried down the riverbank.
There was a fire ahead of them and people around it. Caroline couldn't see what they were doing, but they were obviously not there for small-talk.
Rebekah slowed down her pace slightly. She knew what was ahead of them and she would only have seconds to choose between the pack of wolves behind them or what waited ahead, and as a pang of worry consumed her, she chose the latter, but shot Caroline a quick glance, as they were just fifty yards away, or so, she stopped and held her arm out in front of Caroline.
There was Elijah and Kol, and another man, and on the ground Klaus were on his knees, a deep, painful scream escaping his throat and Caroline took off towards him, earning a horrified yell from Rebekah.
That seemed to get the men's attention and as Caroline approached the group Elijah shook his head.
"No, Caroline!".
They were backing away and Kol quickly grabbed his sister by the arm when she tried to follow Caroline.
Glowing eyes were all around them as packs of wolves inched closer out of the shadows.
The baby vampire reached him and fell to her knees. She couldn't help the panic she felt as she saw him in pain, the sound of his bones breaking, his spine making a sick, crackling sound and it began to sink in for Caroline.
He looked at her with glistening, yellow eyes, panting roughly.
"Get away", he growled and she stood up slowly, her legs shaking. Klaus was turning. He arched his back in an unnatural angle and let out a horrifying scream, his voice getting deeper through it and she watched his deadly fangs grow. She couldn't move.
"Caroline!" Elijah yelled.
"Run, Caroline!", this time it was Rebekah and Caroline slowly turned around to face them. She looked stunned, lost and they stared at her in fear as the packs of wolves circled them. Suddenly, the baby vampire could see Kol swallowing hard, Rebekah's mouth fall open, her bottom lip trembling and fear evident in Elijah's eyes.
And she was shaken from her lost haze. She heard the deep growling behind her. She could feel hot breath against her back and she was shaking with fear. She had never been so terrified, even as a human. Her eyes glazed over and she was afraid to even turn around and face the beast that had been Klaus only moments earlier.
The three Mikaelson's and the male stranger slowly took a step back and Caroline closed her eyes as a single tear escaped her eyes and rolled down over her trembling lips.
She had been through it with Tyler, and she knew once he turned, there wouldn't be a trace of emotions left in him. Werewolves were born to kill.
She fell to her knees in terror as a deep, threatening howl escaped the beast behind her.
And then there was war.
The surrounding wolves went to attack against the vampires and she was suddenly pushed to the side.
She stared at the scene that played out before her.
What had once been the man she was so deeply in love with, was now a frightingly large and muscular black wolf and she was so shocked that she couldn't move.
Wolf after wolf was ripped from the original vampires and ripped in half or torn to meaty shreds. Deep, red blood mixed with the falling rain and stained the ground around them as the massive beast turned and watched with glowing, yellow eyes, as three wolves jumped at Kol, who was shielding his sister, and the werewolf tore two of them away from his siblings, his strong jaws slamming against the third one's neck and with a quick move he had torn the head off it's body.
Caroline had never seen anything like it. It seemed he was protecting his family, even in wolf form.
She was snapped out of her thoughts as she heard angry growling from behind her and as she turned slowly, she saw an entire pack of grey wolves approaching her, teeth flashed and noses scrunched up threateningly, their ears back in rage.
She slowly rose to her feet, her fangs growing back out as the beast inside her came through to defend herself.
The same second the first wolf jumped, it was slammed to the ground by the black werewolf, and she stood frozen, watching him fight against the wolves, but more kept running out of the shadows and the werewolf yelped as he was attacked from behind, the grey wolf digging it's teeth into his black fur, piercing his flesh.
Caroline felt rage wash over her at this, and without thinking, she jumped at it and pulled its jaws apart. There was a sickening snap and a fountain of blood shot up at her.
She threw the hairy pieces of flesh to the ground and the Mikaelson's stared at her in disbelief from a distance.
Red, glistening claw marks healed on Rebekah's cheek as she watched Caroline snap a wolf's neck in pure, white rage.
"We should help them!", Rebekah said and turned to her brothers. "We have to help them!".
The whole situation was just as new to them as it was to Caroline. Klaus never turned, unless he wanted to, and never in front of his siblings.
Elijah gave his sister a nod, and they joined the fight.
Caroline was fearless from the moment she had decided to attack. It was as if the only emotion left in her system was the need to protect Klaus, something she had never felt before, and in the inferno of blood and fur that surrounded her, she wasn't Caroline, the sweet, blonde vampire who kept her humanity. She was Klaus' mistress.
Many of the wolves fled, but the ones that stayed met their deaths with only moments in between.
Caroline noticed one in mid air as it jumped, teeth exposed and ready to tear at the werewolf's flesh, and it was as if it all happened in slow motion. Caroline ran towards it and jumped.
A cry of pain escaped Klaus' wolf-form as his head was pulled back from the force of the wolf's teeth in his neck.
The baby vampire somehow managed to knock the wolf down and they tumbled on the ground, the wolf snapping it's jaws at her.
She let out a scream in anger as she slammed her nails into it's throat and tore it out, quickly back on her feet as she panted, staring at the wolf's dead body.
"Stay. Away. From my boyfriend!".
It was the first time those words escaped her lips when talking about Klaus, but she didn't think of it she walked back slowly. Corpses of wolves lay everywhere, the grass painted with blood, and before her was the large, black beast. He was heaving with every breath and she noticed the wolf had managed to rip a chuck of flesh from his back.
She approached him slowly where he stood, obviously in pain. His siblings were still careful not to stand too close, and Rebekah reached her hand out, but retracted it again. She knew Caroline would listen to her if she told her to stay away.
The baby vampire blinked away the raindrops that hung from her lashes and carefully reached out her hand. She gazed into the glowing eyes of this dangerous beast, and she wasn't scared.
She felt the warm breath against her hand as she lightly touched the werewolf's nose and let her fingers trace up the short, black hairs. She buried her hands in the soft fur on each side of his neck and leaned in, closing her eyes as she kissed his head and to everyone's surprise, this feared, giant beast put his head against her shoulder. She sunk to her knees as the giant monster laid down on the ground, waiting for his wounds to heal.
She buried her face in its fure as she took in the scent of him, the feel of him, the sound of his breathing.
The three Mikaelson's slowly approached them.
"It can't be...", Rebekah whispered.
Elijah shook his head slowly in disbelief.
"Somehow, he's still in there", he said. "He should've ripped us all to shreds".
Kol said nothing for once. He simply couldn't get a single sound to escape his lips. The stranger kept his distance.
Rebekah kneeled next to Caroline and her beast of a brother. She reached out and placed her hand on Caroline's shoulder.
"Caroline, are you alright?", she asked quietly and the baby vampire raised her head. Her blonde hair was plastered against her forehead and her cheeks were stained black from mascara. The veins under her eyes were gone, along with her fangs when she looked at Rebekah with a slight nod, a smile forming on her face.
"I'm... fine", she said as if she could hardly believe it herself. The beast in her embrace moved his head from her shoulder and looked at her with large, yellow eyes and she felt him move his large paw to her thigh. She chuckled and met his gaze.
"Aren't you a cutie", she said with a pout and the beast let out a snort and looked away, as if he'd been offended.
Rebekah shook her head.
"Finally we've got a pet", Rebekah said, receiving a growl in return and she rolled her eyes with a sigh. "Relax, Nik, I'm joking".
It was a very strange situation to be in, because normally once someone had turned, they were all wolf, no humanity left, but Klaus was different and Caroline reminded herself to talk to him about it later.
Finally, Kol seemed to wake up from his trance and he looked excitedly at Caroline.
"That was awesome, Caroline!", he exclaimed. "You were fierce!".
Caroline didn't say anything. Her focus was aimed completely at the werewolf in front of her.
Elijah went back to the house and grabbed some clothes for Klaus before he went back to the group and spoke with the stranger, probably trying to explain who the girls were and what had happened, and since he didn't compel him, Caroline felt certain he was on their side.
The stranger said good-bye to Elijah and walked away.
"You guys, go home. I'll stay with him", Caroline said to Rebekah. The original vampire hesitated for a moment, before the nodded and glanced over at the beast, as if to make sure he was asleep.
"You could've been killed", she said in a whisper to Caroline. "How did you know? How did you do... any of that?".
Caroline shook her head slowly and shrugged.
"I have no idea".
After Elijah had asked her multiple times if she would be alright out there, he finally agreed to leave her with his brother and he, Rebekah and Kol left them.
She laid down next to the werewolf, the man she had just risked her life for, and fell asleep to the sound of his breathing.
...
Caroline awoke slowly. She frowned, her eyes still closed as she tried to register the smell.
Blood, wet dog and grass.
Her eyes fluttered open and was met by Klaus' tender gaze. His blue eyes were sparkling in the sunlight.
She glanced down and smiled, then looked back into his eyes.
"You're naked", she said and he smirked.
"Do you mind?".
She shook her head and sat up. She gasped as she took in what she saw. A mess of flesh, blood and fur, insides scattered in the grass surrounded them.
"Oh, my god..." she mumbled. Klaus got up and pulled his jeans on. She looked at him, his soft skin healed and glowing in the sun.
"It would seem someone's gotten a bit upset at us", he said and reached for his shirt. "Which means we're getting closer to the witch Silas is using to get what he wants".
Caroline frowned. So that's why they were here.
"How come everyone knows what's going on, except for me?"
He stepped closer to her, closing the distance between them.
"I didn't want to tell you unless I was certain, myself", he said as he gazed into her eyes and for a moment they just stood in silence. "Are you alright, love?"
Her face softened and she reached out to cup his face in her hands.
"I'll be fine, as long as you're safe".
This surprised him and a smile formed on his face.
"You fought for me", he said quietly. "You risked your life to keep me from harm, why?".
This was the time to tell him, she thought. She had no idea how he'd react to it, but she had to tell him. Last night's events had made her realize that they were equal. He had told her in the past, that they were the same, and she had refused to believe it, but now she knew it was true and despite how hard she had tried to keep her humanity, she couldn't get away from this fact.
"Because I love you", she said without hesitation.
A range of emotions played out in his eyes and she still had no idea what he'd do, but just like in her dreams, she could see the layers of darkness, rage and viciousness peel of him and his eyes glazed over.
"What did you say?".
It was barely a whisper, but Caroline heard every word and she wanted him to know that the past didn't matter. She had chosen to leave Mystic Falls to be with him, to find herself, and no matter how she angled it, she knew that it was part of a circle.
She looked him deep in the eyes as she repeated herself.
"I love you, Niklaus. I used to fight against my emotions to protect everyone, little by little I kept losing who I am and with you, I've found myself. Admitting that I'm in love with you has been my first selfish act of honesty, and I can't stop now. I want to share everything that I am with you, heart and soul". Her eyes sparkled as she spoke and his mind was spinning with what she was telling him. "I want to be yours".
Her final words struck him like a knife through the heard and she drew in a shaky breath. No one had ever wished to be his. No one had ever stood by him when in immediate danger for his sake, and definitely not asked for him to love them.
But with Caroline everything was different. She asked nothing of him, except for his love in this moment, and who was he to not give in to her needs? This angel of light, a true beauty who could have anyone she wished for, had let her heart belong to him.
"Your wish is my command", he said softly. "I love you, Caroline".
She kissed him without another word, and in a sick, poetic way it was quite romantic amongst the corpses near the Mississippi river, her skin caked with blood and dirt, her hair a damp mess, and he, who just hours before had been a blood thirsty monster of the night.
They pulled apart and she was glowing with joy.
"I really need a shower", she said with a giggle and he gave her a dimpled smile.
"You and me both, love".
As they walked, hand in hand, over mutilated, dead animals on their way back home, Caroline got curious.
"Do you remember everything from last night?", she asked.
He raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, and for your information, sweetheart, it's not easy to keep my reputation as the feared Original hybrid when you call me cute and cuddle me like a puppy".
She laughed and leaned into him.
"Well, what would you prefer? That I call you cute when you're all 'mister handsome, british bloke', or when you're soft and fluffy?".
He shook his head in disbelief.
"I'm not soft and fluffy, I'm a dangerous killing machine".
She shrugged.
"I've never been one of those girls who wants her pet to fit in her handbag".
With that, he grabbed her as she yelped and giggled as he lifted her and carried her over his shoulder.
"What are you doing?" she squealed.
"Just saving what's left of my image, love", he replied and she pushed herself up a bit.
"As what, a caveman?" she said with a huff. "Well, at least I got a great view of your ass from here".
There was a sound of someone clearing their throat, and Klaus set her down. They had just reached the road leading up to the house when they saw Elijah under one of the trees, looking stern and proper as usual.
"Ah, I was beginning to worry", he said and approached them slowly."I was about to come and get you, it seems our little sister might have found out something of interest to us".
...
They arrived back at the mansion and Caroline headed straight for a shower, leaving Klaus to feed off some girl. Caroline didn't approve of it at all, but she figured after last night he'd need it and as long as he didn't kill her and Caroline wouldn't have to see, she had accepted it.
She joined the Mikaelson's a while later, sipping on a blood bag as they gathered in the sitting room. Rebekah was standing by the window as she spoke.
"Yesterday, Stefan told me that he had talked to Bonnie, and she had said she didn't remember any of the events occurring during the storm, however, Silas had visited her and warned her about it", she began with everyone focusing on her. "It had been an attempt to lure out Katherine and get the cure, but as it turns out, she was out of town in search for Tyler and his bitch". She gave Caroline a quick look, before she continued. "Silas told Bonnie that with the help of this witch in Louisiana called Katonda, he would be able to kill every supernatural beast and search for the cure without any disturbance and die in peace".
Caroline frowned.
"But his death would bring everyone back anyways, why would he go through all that trouble to make her kill us all?".
Rebekah looked straight at her.
"Apparently, Katonda would kill our family to the point of no return somehow, which also happens to be Silas' greatest wish, and this got the Bennett witch interested in helping... And she's got Elena, Tyler and Hayley on her side".
Caroline paced the room, letting out a sigh of annoyance.
"What are they supposed to do? There's only one white oak stake and you're still stronger than them".
Rebekah looked away, a shaky breath escaping her lips.
"That's the thing...", she began. "Silas said there is one, other white oak tree still standing. He told Bonnie where to find it..."
She scanned the room with her eyes to look at all three of her brothers.
"They're coming".
I have no idea how this turned out. I just typed and typed while listening to a bunch of awesome music and this is the result.
Let me know what you think :)