Dormant Wolf – XI Predestination

Summary: Since her birth, they had been drawn to each other without even knowing it. After an unexpected meeting, their journey began, leading them towards an unbreakable bond. l Klaroline AU

I do not own The Vampire Diaries or The Originals.

KLAUS

Several hours passed until the festivities ended. I did enjoy these kind of events. The display of power I held when I entered the room. I was a little disappointed that Caroline didn't feel the same way about it but it wasn't a surprise. She wasn't particularly pleased with a lot of things around here.

Aiden greeted me outside Caroline's bedroom and I dismissed him for now. He would return in the morning to his duties beside my mate.

I entered the room where Caroline was snuggled up under the duvet. I knew she was awake but she attempted to hide it from me.

"I only came to bid you goodnight," I informed her as I drew closer. She did not move and kept her eyes firmly shut. "I'll just let you lay there awake then sweetheart." I left her alone and climbed into my own bed in the adjacent room. I wished she'd move out of that room and come and join me in mine. It was meant to be hers eventually. How long I had to wait, I didn't know.

CAROLINE

After tossing and turning for what felt like hours I managed to drift off to sleep. Images of happy memories entered my mind and allowed me to sleep peacefully. It wasn't until the witch from the other night appeared in my dreams that the night turned sour. Ophelia drew closer with her dark eyes giving me a deadly stare. She took Klaus from me and I could feel the effects of her painful spells she was performing on him. There was nothing I could do to save him. I soon awoke with a start and sat up in the large bed.

I rubbed my eyes and glanced around my surroundings. I was safe. She wasn't here. Still I felt scared and worried about what was to happen. Would she come for me and take down Klaus to punish me? I had murdered her sister Anathalie…I was a killer. I reminded myself and rushed to the bathroom to splash water on my face and wipe away my eyes. I sunk down on the bathroom floor and placed my head in my hands. I knew I needed to be strong but I was too fearful at the prospect of Ophelia haunting me.

"May I come in sweetheart?" I heard Klaus' soft whisper. I glanced up and found him peeking through the gap in the doorway.

I hesitated before slowly nodding. I kept my gaze on the tiled floor instead of on Klaus.

"What has frightened you?" He asked softly in a cautious tone.

"Nothing, I'm fine," I lied. I just wanted to be alone right now. Or so I thought. "I'm sorry I woke you."

"No Caroline. You're curled up on the bathroom floor, you're anything but fine." Klaus always saw through me. "Let me help you."

"It was…was nothing," I mumbled. "Only a dream and you know…everyone has a bad dream from time to time." He nodded slowly and crouched down before me.

"Can I do anything to help you?" A part of my wanted to say yes and let him hold me but instead I shook my head. "Very well, but if you're going to curl up like that at least do it somewhere more comfortable." Klaus stood up and extended his palm to me. I slowly accepted his offer and left the bathroom with him.

I soon removed my hand and headed towards my bed with a sniffle. The lamp beside me glowed once Klaus flicked the switch. I pulled the sheets over myself with a sigh and curled up once again.

Klaus stood there watching me for a few moments with an anxious expression upon his features. It was clear my discomfort was bothering me.

"Caroline?" He soon asked.

"Yes?" I mumbled into the pillow.

"Please let me comfort you." There was silence before I finally gave in to his request.

"Fine. Just…just this once." I pushed the covers away from me to give him space to join me on the large bed I had been provided with. A part of me grew eager to have him so close with his arms wrapped around me.

Klaus climbed in beside me and held out his arms for me to slide into. I did without hesitation and immediately felt better, safer, with his arms wrapped around me. It was almost terrifying to realise that I needed him this close. I buried my head in his chest as I felt his soft lips press against my hair in a lingering kiss.

"I apologise," he whispered.

"For what? You didn't cause the dreams."

"For…triggering your nightmare." I turned around to face Klaus' handsome features and placed a hand on his naked chest. I was beginning to learn he slept with his torso bare.

"You didn't trigger anything."

"You didn't dream of me?" He asked while his dark eyes stared at me. Klaus had assumed that he was the antagonist of my nightmare.

"No…I mean you were there…It was…"

"What happened?" He murmured and tightened his arms around me to hold me closer.

"That witch. The one from the other day."

"Ophelia?" I nodded. "And that was the nightmare?"

"Yes. She came to hurt us," I sighed and began to pull away from him. "I know it's silly. It was just a dream. I should let you sleep. I'm sure you have more important things to attend to tomorrow."

"Nothing is more important than you right now love." Klaus' arms stayed tight around me. I soon relaxed back into his chest.

"She just…you know…separated us," I sighed and looked down at my fidgeting fingers. "She took you thinking you were the one to kill her sister."

"And that's a nightmare for you? I'd have thought you'd want to be separated from me?" He smirked softly.

"The pain was unbearable okay?" I wished he wouldn't make this humorous. It wasn't funny. "And I didn't want her to hurt you."

"Well you needn't worry love," Klaus reassured me. "I'm safe and so are you."

"What if what you told her the other day didn't appease her?" I began to worry. His palm gently rubbing my back through the thin tank top I slept in.

"If she comes back then we'll send her off again. There's not need to panic. She can't harm us." I tried not to worry but it wasn't easy. Even though I wanted to despise Klaus, I didn't want anything to happen to him. I cared about him. "What can I do to take your mind from it? I don't want you to feel this way."

"I just want to sleep without her in my dreams again."

"Lie down next to me sweetheart. I will help you sleep. Just tell me what you would like to dream." Klaus loosened his hold on me to allow me to follow his instructions. With a light yawn I settled down beside him and glanced up at him.

"I just want something…happy. Wait, what are you going to do?" I grew nervous.

"Give you a dream. It's a vampire trait love. Nothing more." I relaxed a little.

"You…you can do that? Like, decide what I dream?" I began to wonder about whether I was capable of such a thing.

"Yes, and so I'm giving you a choice of what you'd like to dream," he nodded. I thought for a moment before giving a light shrug.

"I don't mind just something happy." Klaus nodded and laid down to place his palms on either side of my head.

Once I was asleep, Klaus placed visions of when I was a little girl and I used to visit the nearby woods…

Caroline sat under a tree in the woods upset for what felt like hours until she heard a twig break in the distance. She gasped softly in fright, raising her fingers to wipe away her tears. She didn't want a stranger to see her like this.

A few seconds later a dark coated wolf appeared. Caroline however, saw the four legged creature as a large dog. Her eyes widened slightly watching the animal to see what his intention was. Her heart beat began to increase at the prospect of getting injured by the creature.

Caroline kept still as the wolf's nose twitched as he smelt her from a distance. He was cautious not to scare her further and soon pulled his muzzle back. He walked around in a circle before settling down on the forest ground beside where the young Caroline sat.

She soon calmed in the wolf's presence. After watching the animal closely she hesitantly extended her arm so her palm could stroke his coarse fur. The wolf immediately raised his head a little, closing his dark eyes allowing him to focus on the affection Caroline gave him.

"You like that?" She asked with a soft giggle, feeling calmer now in his presence. Even without the wolf's response Caroline knew the answer. There was something about being in each other's presence that made the other feel like there was nothing else in the world.

CAROLINE

We both slept peacefully into the late morning with Klaus' arms wrapped around me. When I awoke, my eyes fluttered open to find Klaus gazing down at me. I couldn't deny that this was the most content I had felt in days perhaps weeks.

"Morning love," Klaus greeted me.

"Morning," I spoke through my sleepy tone. I was quite comfortable in his arms and made no effort to move from my current position.

"Am I to assume you slept better?" I nodded and nestled closer to him.

"Thank you," I mumbled. "For the dream."

"You're welcome," he whispered as he leant down to kiss the top of my head softly. "Thank you for letting me."

"That dream…it was so…so…vivid," I glanced up to face up. "It was like I was re-experiencing the memory."

"I'm glad you approved," he smiled with his hand brushing over my face. We'd never been like this together before and I yearned for it never to end.

"It was…amazing," I confirmed. "Did you know you found my favourite childhood memory?"

"Really? Well I guess I was drawn to that particular one," he smirked softly. We both knew the reason why.

"What did you see when you found it?" I asked softly.

"I saw a young blonde girl running happily in a field of long grass…" I soon cut him off.

"That dream, that day. It started off horrible. My parents they fought, and when they'd fight I'd run off and leave," I explained in a reminiscing tone. "That day I ran off and I ended up in that field. I sat down and cried for my parents. I was so scared and all of the sudden, this…this…dog came out of nowhere and he sat by me and let me pet him until I calmed down. He stayed by my side until I reached my back garden. It was the safest and most content I've ever felt at that age. Last night, I realised that…that dog wasn't a dog. It was…" I paused.

"A wolf," Klaus finished for me.

"He wouldn't leave my side until I was safe." Klaus nodded in agreement. "I can remember every detail of that wolf."

"Have you seen that wolf more recently?" Klaus questioned as he continued to fail at holding in his smirk.

"I grew up thinking that day was a dream. It just seemed impossible to be true. Like why wasn't I scared? I wasn't frightened of you at all. I was so calm around you and yet any other little girl would've been terrified."

"I came to you because I was hunting and yet I did not feed," Klaus filled me in. "I was relaxed too." I sat up onto my knees and Klaus' arms loosened around me as the duvet fell from my figure.

"We've been drawn to each other before then."

"Seems so sweetheart."

"So this mating bond thing was really meant to be," I sighed. Klaus nodded before thinking hard.

"You're nineteen correct?"

"Yeah, almost twenty, but I'm forever stuck in my teens."

"Almost? When is the date of your birth?"

"10th of October. I'm a Libra so you'd better get used to be stubbornness," I grinned. He chuckled in responded with a nod before he stopped and stared at me. "What? I know Libras are meant to be balanced and all but I live on the stubborn side of the sign."

"No, no, that's not…October the 10th, and you said almost twenty years ago, meaning 1995. October 10th 1995 was the day I broke the curse in Mystic Falls."

"What curse?" I was confused. He never told me about a curse.

"My Mother cursed me after my vampire transition stopping me from being both a vampire and a werewolf."

"And you broke that on the day I was born?" Klaus confirmed with a nod.

"I've been trying to break it for centuries but I finally had everything I needed."

"But how is my birthday linked into this?" I shifted my position as my legs ached under my weight.

"I have no idea whether it has anything to do with it love. It's just a coincidence for now."

"How can you call it a coincidence after I met you in the field and that time when I barged into your house?"

"Honestly sweetheart," Klaus smirked. "I think there's nothing coincidental about it at all."

"So this bond has been drawing us together since…the day I was born?" It all seemed impossible. Like I was living inside a dream of my own.

"Believe in soul mates love?"

"I'm beginning to…" I mumbled under my breath. "How did it know to connect us? Why me? What if it's because I was the only baby born in Mystic Falls the day you broke that curse?"

"I have no idea. Fate perhaps?" He chuckled.

"Fate, right," I paused in thought for a moment. "So what you're saying is fate wants me here, right now, in this room with you?"

"I don't know," Klaus shrugged.

"Well something wants me here, because I honestly don't want to leave right now."

"You don't?" He raised a brow. "Are you finally admitting your feelings for me are truthful and not forced by the bond?" Klaus' palms slowly reached for my waist.

"I might be…"

"Well if you wanted to prove it. I wouldn't stop you."

"You wouldn't try to persuade me to at all?" My own smirk grew on my lips.

"That depends on whether you'd want to be persuaded?" Klaus' palms moved up my waist as he sat up before me.

"Oh I definitely think I need some persuading," I teased with a wide grin. I shifted closer to him on the bed until I found myself in his lap.

I slowly leaned into Klaus' features and wrapped my arms around his neck with our lips only inches apart.

"Are you sure?" Klaus questioned. He knew how I'd said I'd never want anything like this with him but right now, he was all I wanted.

"Very," I nodded before leaning in until my lips were softly against my mate's.

A/N I do hope you've enjoyed this chapter. I know many of you will be pleased that the encounter with child Caroline has now been brought into the main story. Please do leave your thoughts in a review along with any questions you may have. I do love hearing from you.

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