Episode Ten: The Casket Girls

"Ok, we're going to try this one next," Davina was standing in the middle of her room with a pained smile on her face trying not to show her frustration, not that Caroline could blame her. She was a mess. She was having her first spell training today and it was not going as she had planned. "Insumia." The book in front of her leaped from her desk and neatly arranged itself in the bookshelf.

Caroline nodded, a determined look on her face. "Easy enough, insumia." The book ended up flying from her desk and it crashed against Davina's lamp. Caroline could feel her cheeks tuning red. "Crap, Davina I'm so sorry."

Davina shook her head. "Don't worry about it, I told you this is going to take practice. It's easy to become frustrated."

Davina could feel her cell phone buzzing and she picked it up, she frowned when she saw who it was. Caroline noticed this and stopped. "Is there a problem?"

Davina shook her head and forced a smile. "No, no problem, but would you mind if we cut this lesson short, I have to uh, go meet Josh."

"No, it's ok." Caroline noticed that Davina had a sort of funny face going on. "Is there anything I can help you with Davina?"

"No," Davina said as she grabbed her bag. "Thanks, Caroline."

Caroline sighed when Davina left and picked the stuff that she had thrown hastily across the room. She had a feeling that this witch thing as not going to be as easy as she anticipated. The entire compound was empty, Klaus was off with Elijah, Rebekah with Marcel, and Katherine was strangely quiet.

She tapped on her phone screen. Well, there was one thing that she could do, call her friends the one that she had left in the dark for so long. She dialed Elena's number. "Care?" Elena's voice sounded surprised. "Is that you? Did you finally picked up your phone?"

Caroline let a nervous laugh. "Hold on let me get Bonnie and Stefan," after they had connected themselves to a three way phone call, Caroline cleared her throat. "Well, first off all I wanted to apologize for being so MIA and only contacting you via text or email. It's just something happened."

"Is there anything we can do?" Bonnie asked.

"Caroline, where are you?" Stefan demanded.

"I'm in New Orleans," she blurted out as she looked out her window. "The French Quarter actually."

Bonnie was the first one that caught one. "Wait, New Orleans as in where Klaus lives?"

"That would be the one," Caroline said. "I'm actually living with him."

"What?" Elena screeched. "Why? Care, is that why you haven't been in contact, did he kidnap you or something-"

"No," Caroline said sounding exhausted and thought it would be best not to mention Katherine, otherwise knowing Elena she would have a fit. "I went on my free will, but there's something I have to tell you." She took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant with twins, about five months along and the father is Klaus."

It took about five seconds to get a reaction from them. "What?" they hollered, along with thousands of questions, but the one that hurt the most was from Elena's. "How could you be so stupid, Care?"

"I'm sorry, Elena," she said briefly hating herself for apologizing. Caroline could felt he tears trying to flow. She couldn't handle another rejection. "You know what, no I'm not sorry. I didn't expect this to happen, nor did Klaus but he didn't force me to sleep with him. We both acted on our free will and I ended up pregnant. It's not something that I'm willing to apologize for, I love my children and you can either accept me for it or you can't. But if you can't, then I'm sorry I don't think we can be friends anymore and I would really hate that."

Silence.

"Is there anything we can do, Caroline?" Stefan was the first to speak. "Maybe go to New Orleans or-"

"No," Caroline said heartbroken. "But thanks, Stefan. New Orleans is a battle zone right now and I don't want to put you guys through any hassle."

"Well, if there's anything we can do, Caroline let us know." Bonnie insisted. "God, I can't believe this, my best friend is pregnant. Elena?"

"Be safe, Caroline." Elena whispered. "Call us if you need anything."

"Thanks," she whispered quietly, but Caroline couldn't help but feel that it felt a lot like a goodbye.

After hanging up, Caroline went outside and saw that the men were walking around with nervous expressions on their faces. "What's going on?"

"Apparently the witch is missing," Katherine pushed back her curly brown hair. "You didn't tell her anything during your Hogwarts lesson did you?"

Caroline shook her head. "Nothing out of the ordinary, though I did let her know that Agnes is dead." She saw Rebekah look at her. "What? She needed to know."

Rebekah murmured under her breath. "So you're the reason that she's run off, not that I blame her, lied to by Marcel, manipulated by Elijah, threatened by Klaus just like a modern day Casket Girl."

Caroline looked at her perplexed. "Are you talking about Davina or yourself?"

Rebekah shook her head. "Does it matter? I just wish us girls would have a fighting chance every once in a while."

When Rebekah left, Caroline turned to Katherine. "Speaking of downers, why are you being such a sourpuss? Did something happen with Nadia?"

Katherine wrinkled her nose. "Sourpuss? What is this 1955? To put it bluntly, yes something did happen. I talked to her and I got more than my share of answers. Nadia is a Traveler and a vampire who has been looking for me for 500 years . . . and my daughter who is apparently alive."

"Oh, Kat that's wonderful you must be so happy." Caroline hugged her, but pulled back when Katherine didn't return the gesture. "Why are you upset?"

Katherine narrowed her eyes. "Didn't you hear what I just said? She was a member of the Travelers I doubt that she's been looking for me because she wants to go on some mother-daughter tea."

"I doubt she'll try to have you killed, Katherine," Caroline rolled her eyes. "She's your daughter."

"Well, Klaus and Elijah's parents both have tried to kill them at least once."

"But that doesn't prove that Nadia is like Mikael and Esther." Caroline argued. "Where is she now?"

"I let her free, Elijah doesn't know."

Caroline gave her a sympathetic smile. "You should go talk to her."

"I have to take this," Katherine said quickly as she went to her room and locked the door shut. Thanks to caller ID she knew it was Sophie. "What?"

"I know you don't trust me now, but things area about to get more hectic now that Davina is on the loose," Sophie whispered. "Soon, she'll be unstoppable I need something from you so that I can continue the Harvest."

Katherine scoffed. "And why would I help you? And please don't use the your human and vulnerable crap."

Sophie sounded annoyed. "Because if we don't do this soon then our magic will fade for good and I'll make it worth your while. I'll turn you back into a vampire if you can tell me where Celeste DuBois's body is hidden. I believe your boyfriend knows her. He buried her in a secret location and I need you to find out where, if you do I'll find a way to turn you back into a vampire. You'll have until midnight tonight to give me your answer."

Caroline insisted that they ride afterwards to the plantation so that Katherine could give Nadia a decent chance and before Kat could say no, she found herself in the car with the bubbly blond and forty minutes later she was staring into the face of Nadia Petrova.

Katherine could see the resemblance between the two of them, the olive skin, the small nose, good hair, and brown eyes. It was annoying. She couldn't believe that she was meeting her daughter and that Caroline was forcing them to have some mommy-daughter boding time.

"I didn't expect to hear from you so soon," Nadia said slowly.

"Yes, well my friend is pushy," Katherine grumbled. "And I have a question that I've been meaning to ask. My father ripped you away from my arms at birth, and I'm guessing you probably were told that I abandoned you."

"I was, but my adoptive parents told me what they knew," Nadia said slowly. "That the last of the Petrova family had been killed and that you had fled to England without a trace."

Katherine nodded, a bitter smile on her face. "By that time I was a vampire, but I came back and saw my parents and my sister murdered. I set the house on fire and then I went to Paris. I've been running from Klaus for 500 years and I've only recently stopped."

"If he did such horrible things to you, then why are you living in his house?" Nadia accused her.

Katherine shrugged. "Like I said it's complicated, I'm in love with his half-brother and the girl I killed-turned somewhat friend is pregnant with his twins so that makes me somewhat related to him."

"Who was my father?" Nadia asked.

Katherine scowled at her. "An idiot named Georgi, who was of no importance and who deserted me the minute he knocked me up. Anything else? Anything else that I should know, traveler related?"

Nadia caught on, on the accusing tone of voice. "I'm not going to hurt you, Katherine. I'm not even with the Travelers anymore. I want us to be a family, that's the only reason that I came looking for you. I wanted to meet my mom."

Katherine clutched her teeth. "Is that all? I find that really hard to believe."

Nadia looked hurt. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that it's been 500 years, you have to excuse me if I'm not buying this whole I want to meet my mommy crap. Speaking of which, what makes you think that I want to be a mother, Nadia. There was a reason that I never looked for you, I thought you were dead and you were supposed to stay that way, not come popping out of nowhere 500 years later."

"Fine," Nadia spat. "I'll go, I'm sorry that I'm such a nuisance to Katherine Pierce."

"No, I'll go."

Katherine could feel her heart racing as she left the plantation. She had done the right thing, she was sure of it. She didn't need her mysterious long lost daughter to slow her down, especially in the mist of this war. She needed to turn into a vampire and fast.

"Hello, Sophie?" Katherine said into the phone. "I've read Elijah's diaries. I know where Celeste is buried and I'll tell you, but you must swear to me that you will turn me into a vampire."

"Klaus," Caroline entered the compound and saw that there was blood everywhere. "What happened? Is anyone hurt? Are you-"

Klaus let out a small, unamused chuckle. "You seem to be forgetting that I'm a hybrid, love. Where were you, for once I'm glad that you broke the rules and were not here?"

"Sorry, for asking." Caroline rolled her eyes. "I was with Katherine, she needed to get something from the plantation." She thought it was wise not to mention to Klaus that Katherine's daughter was alive and well and that Katherine had cut all ties with her for unknown reasons. She looked around the area. "Now would you mind explaining what's with all the blood?"

"I killed Tim," he murmured darkly. "I was trying to control Davina and it ended up backfiring. Well, go ahead and judge."

Caroline sighed. "What's the point Klaus, you already killed the boy and made Davina our enemy again." She sat next to him. "And at this point I'm sick of arguing instead of working things out."

"You should go." Klaus blurted out. "Somewhere else, at least until the end of your pregnancy."

"What?" Caroline looked confused. "Don't you want me here?"

Klaus let out almost a growl. "Of course I want you here."

"Then why are you sending me away?" Caroline couldn't help but feel a little hurt.

Klaus sighed. "Because that's what I thought you wanted, Caroline. You and I have been quarreling since the start and now with Davina being more powerful than ever, I can't be assure that I will be able to protect you."

Caroline smiled slightly, feeling touched that Klaus was actually sharing his feelings. "You don't have to feel you have to protect me, 24/7. I'm a big girl and a vampire I can take care of myself perfectly even when I'm pregnant. And I'm not leaving not when we're in this war."

A faint smile appeared on his face. "You said we? Does this mean that we're partners, love?"

"We were always partners," Caroline said nervously as she fidgeted. "We were just not always on the same side. But I want that to change." She nervously fidgeted. "I told my friends about us."

Klaus snorted. "I assume that they weren't pleased."

Caroline shrugged. "They offered their support that's all that matters." She nervously twirled her hair. "We never talked about the fact that you kissed me when I thought I was having a miscarriage, was it just a spur of the moment thing or was it something else?"

She felt Klaus' lips pressed on hers and she felt a chill go down her spine and she kissed him back. "What was that for?" she said with a breathy tone.

Klaus chuckled slightly. "Love, I've wanted you since the day that you came to New Orleans even though I didn't even have the best reaction to finding out about your pregnancy. What I'm trying to say is give me a chance, Caroline."

"All right." She said after a while

Klaus smiled and nibbled on her ear. "That's the smartest decision you ever made."

"But no more killing people," Caroline warned. "Unless they deserve it."

Klaus smirked. "Done."

Katherine entered the living room feeling a bit guilty as she saw Elijah going through Davina's drawings. "Hey," she gave him a soft kiss. "What are you up to?"

"I'm looking though Davina's artwork. I wonder if they represent something, like something sinister is coming."

Katherine's eyes widened as Elijah put the pictures together. "Fuck, is that-"

Celeste.

-End of Chapter Ten-

Next up Après Moi Le Deluge: Davina's powers are spinning out of control and the group must make a decision regarding their current situation. Katherine and Elijah's relationship turns sour when Katherine reveals all of the secrets that she has been hiding. In the midst of a tragedy Caroline tells Klaus that she wants to avoid a war with the witches and wolves and make their town peaceful for their babies.