AN: Caroline's special. She sees dead people. She grows up with Kol and Rebekah's ghosts as her best friends. It leads her through a tough life. Koroline, Rebekah, little bit of Elijah and Klaus.


Caroline closes her eyes slowly, fire surrounding her entire body but never coming near her. Liz watches as her daughter, only five and only a baby, lifts up in to the air and is carried away from the burning room. She passes out herself and the magical force carries her out, too.

They need to survive.
Why?
The girl needs to be kept safe. She won't be safe without her mother.
What about the father?
He's not going to be around much longer.
Why not?
He's cheating on the mother with a man named Steven.
The 21st century certainly is strange.
It will be stranger once we're alive in it.

When the response team arrive, they find Liz and Caroline on the lawn away from the house with Caroline under Liz's arm. They think she got them out. She doesn't correct them later on by telling them they floated out form under the ceiling that caved in on them.
Arson, they say. Someone tried to kill them. Nobody knows why they'd attack the young sheriff and her little girl. Liz does though. Caroline will too one day.

Caroline sees people. People that aren't there. Her best friend is an older girl, Rebekah, that says one day Caroline will save her. Liz has to leave on Caroline's seventh birthday and says she's sorry to leave Caroline alone, shivering when Caroline absently says she's not alone. The ghosts keep her company.
She walks through the ghosts, giggling when they curse and looks at her with glares for walking through their legs and bellies. She sits on the sofa and swings her legs, laughing at the ghost wolf the bounds around and chases after her ghost friend, Kol.
Rebekah pats her legs and the wolf bounds over, sitting at Rebekah's feet. "You'll see who this is one day," Kol tells her breathlessly. "It's a wolf," Caroline frowns. "A werewolf," Rebekah corrects. "A person that turns in to a wolf." Caroline looks in to the blue, blue eyes of the wolf and sees her reflection in the black pupils. "Oh," little Caroline replies, leaning in to Kol. She can only touch Rebekah and Kol, they say it's because she's their destiny but she thinks it's because she loves them.

Caroline's eight when she first meets Klaus. Kol and Rebekah tell her to run before he sees her, but he notices her fearful eyes and tilts his head intrigued. She turns away and tries to run home but when she runs around the corner, she slams in to his legs. He grabs her before she can fall, lifting her up in to his arms and carrying her. He tells her to be quiet and walks the long way to the park.
"Why did you run?" He asks. Don't tell him about us, please, Care, Kol begs to her left and she nods, dropping her head. "Mommy says to stay away from strangers because they'll try to take me away," she mumbles, not meeting his eyes. "So you ran away in case I was the bad guy?" He smirks amused. "The bad guys always hide," she whispers, looking over the road to a woman glaring daggers at him.
He drops Caroline, patting her head and disappearing. "Hello, Miss Sheila," Caroline greets when the older woman jogs over the road to her. "What did that man say to you, sweetie?" Sheila asks, crouching to Caroline's height. "He asked why I ran away from him," Caroline answers. "Why?" Sheila asks, frowning. "I don't know. I said it was because mommy doesn't want me near strangers," Caroline shrugs. "Why did you really run, Care-Bear?" Sheila whisper, leaning in to Caroline. "Because the ghosts told me to," Caroline responds naturally, turning and skipping to the park with Kol and Rebekah on either side for only the little blonde to see.

She's ten when her mom dies and she moves in with Miss Sheila - "Call me Grams" - and learns about the Supernatural as requested by her mother's will. Grams teaches her and Bonnie, her granddaughter, magic. Caroline advances ahead of Bonnie who gets jealous, but it's only because Rebekah and Kol help her. Grams makes Kol and Rebekah visible and almost faints at the sight of them.
"Why are you here? What do you want with Caroline?" Sheila breathes at them with wide eyes, pushing Bonnie behind her. "It's her destiny. Try the crystal ball," Kol offers, blinking and disappearing. "Don't be rude, Kol," Rebekah scolds with an eye roll before looking back at Sheila. "We're not here to hurt her. If we were, we would not have saved her and her mother from the fire five years ago." Then Rebekah's gone.
"Caroline, are they still there?" Grams asks, looking around the small house. "They're always here," Caroline answers, beginning to read her grimoire again like nothing happened.

She's twelve when she has her first kiss. Matt Donavon turns around and kisses her. Kol doesn't like it and sets a tree on fire nearby. They run away and Matt holds her hand. Kol taps Matt's head so he falls asleep on the grass. He guides Caroline home and she tells Grams.
Grams sends her out and has a lengthy talk with Kol that ultimately ends with Grams fainting with the newly delivered information and Kol becoming increasingly protective of her as she grows up.

She's fourteen when womanhood arrives in it's annoyingly monthly box. Rebekah helps her through it and Kol just does what he awkwardly can - including cuddling when she's upset or clingy and sitting silently when she sobs or shouts at him for being too protective. she also finds out who the wolf is. She shifts, the ghost wolf, and turns in to her grandmother. "We're all special, Caroline," she sighs happily. "You'll see soon enough." Her grandmother was thirty when she die, just after she gave birth to Caroline's father. She's beautiful, even as she fades away - finding peace.

She's sixteen when Klaus comes back. She and Bonnie sit in the corner booth - the outcast table - and talk about the spells they've been trying when they feel a darkness wash over them both. Get out, Kol pleads, standing at the edge of their table. Her eyes sweep the Grill and find Klaus sat at the bar with his back to them. "Maybe we should ask Grams why you're having trouble concentrating," Caroline offers subtly. "Yeah, okay," Bonnie sighs, playing along.
Klaus can sense their fear and power when they walk past but he's not looking for witches. He's looking for the Sheriff's daughter.

She's eighteen when she wakes up, stood at the entrance of a cave. The moon is high, the sky a thick inky black and the forest around her silent as it holds it's breath. It's like life itself is waiting for her next move. She looks down at herself and shivers. She's dressed in the outfit she wore for the day - she must've fallen asleep reading again before she could change in to her pyjamas.
She wraps her arms around herself, wishing she'd worn a jacket over her thin long-sleeved shirt that hugs her body. A branch snaps behind her and she spins around, searching the darkness with her light blue eyes. Run she hears Rebekah yell from the entrance of the cave. This way, Kol hisses, grabbing her hand and yanking her away.
She runs as fast as she can with Kol pulling her through a labyrinth of tunnels until she's in an open cavern. She looks around and sees coffins lay on the ground in a row. "Don't open them," a voice demands behind her. She spins around, glad she chose flat boots instead of heels. A man with musky blonde hair and a hard look on his face glares at her with blood-red eyes and fangs coming through. His hands are fisted on a barrier that keeps him back away from her and she realises she's safe.
You have to open them, Caroline. You have to save us, Rebekah pleads. I won't let anyone hurt you, Caroline, Kol reassures, kissing the top of her head. "I'm opening them," she answers, turning to the first coffin and throwing it open. A man in a slightly dusty suit has greyed skin with thick black veins poking through. His eyes snap open and she jumps back, looking at him. That's Elijah. He's only been daggered for a few months. Take the dagger from his chest. He'll wake up. She nods to Kol and wraps her hand around the handle stuck out of his chest. Elijah's eyes narrow quizzically and she pulls out the dagger, tossing it to the ground next to the coffin.
She runs around to the next coffin as the man at the barrier yells at her. She throws it open and frowns sadly at Rebekah's sort-of-dead state. Dessication. It's ugly, isn't it? Rebekah sighs, 1924. Look at the dress wasted on my dead body. Caroline pulls out the dagger and admires the white tassled dress and the puffy, curly hair before running to the third coffin. "Kol," she breathes, running her fingers over his cheek and feeling the coarse, dried out sin beneath her soft, living flesh. She swallows and looks at him beside her, but he's staring down at his body. 1834. He got rid of me because I fancied myself in love. She nods slowly and removes the dagger without looking.
She waits, watching Kol's body curiously. Nothing's happening. Look out, Elijah's awake. Answer honestly, Kol warns. She opens her mouth to reply, but she's cut off when she's pinned against the cave wall by Elijah - the man in the suit - now looking human and healthy. "Who are you?" He demands, his accent slightly more American than Kol's. He looks a lot like Kol, actually, but mature and stoic and suit-y. "Caroline Forbes," she breathes, staring in to his hard, brown eyes - there's no warmth like there is in Kol's. "I'm a witch, a special kind. I can talk to the dead. Kol and Rebekah told me to come and undagger you all. Please, don't hurt me."
He releases her and dusts off his suit, turning to the wide-eyed man stood at the barrier. "Go and fetch Niklaus," he orders and the man disappears in a blur. "Kol and Rebekah are not dead," Elijah points out, returning his gaze to her. "They sort of are," she mumbles, "They're vampires and they've been de-dessi-dessicated for a long time. Their spirits left them and I've been talking to them since I was five." Elijah tilts his head in thought and she relaxes slightly.
He flashes over and bites in to her neck, sucking the blood from her body so fast and sudden that it weakens her straight away. She squeezes her eyes shut and focuses on Rebekah. She shoots up from the coffin and pulls Elijah away from her. She slides down the wall, landing with a thud on the ground. Her blood pools on the dirt and she lays her hand in it.
"Elijah," a young boy's voice rings out over Caroline's chanting. "Rebekah?" They looks around to a young boy, around fifteen, with hair falling to his shoulders in waves and his shirt torn and bloody even though his body is undamaged. "Henrik?" Elijah breathes, eyes growing wider. "Save the girl. She's the only one that can save the world from Niklaus," Henrik tells them sternly. "I've been watching you all. Though it saddens me to see you like this, I love you all the same. Now, please, show me you are still human and save her before Kol awakens to see the girl he loves dying or dead."
Elijah snaps out of it when Henrik begins to flicker like a mirage. He flashes over to Caroline and bites in to his wrist. Her chanting stops and Henrik disappears, he knows because he hears Rebekah quietly crying. He feeds her his blood rather forcefully and waits as her neck wound heals.
"What did Henrik mean?" Elijah asks her once she's able to sit up. "The woman Kol loves?" She raises her eyes to him tiredly. "I don't know," she admits, shaking her head. "Maybe he was delusional. The older the ghost, the crazier they usually are." They hear Rebekah gasp ad look over to see Kol sat on the top of his coffin alive. "He wasn't delusional," he says, hopping down and walking over to him. "I am in love with you, Caroline Forbes."
He helps her to her feet, inspecting her neck for a moment. "The next time someone tries to feed from you, I'll drain them of their blood," he mutters. "That's a shame, because I might just kill her once you're back in your boxes," Klaus announces from the other side of the barrier. "We're not idiots, Niklaus. We're not letting you dagger us again," Rebekah hisses in distraction. Kol flashes forward and snaps his neck when Caroline lifts the barrier. She throws it back up when they toss Klaus in to the cave and walk out.
They wait until he wakes up. He's standing stoically in the middle of the dark, gloomy dome of rock. They turn to leave, so nobody sees anything until it's too late. Blood chokes out of Caroline's mouth and Kol grabs her arms, staring with wide eyes as she falls to her knees. He pulls the dagger from her back and kneels before her. "No, no, no," he pleads, prays and begs hopelessly. He rips open his wrist and feeds his blood in to her system, but her heart is already pierced. "I- I love you, K-Kol," she splutters, gagging on her blood. "No, you're not allowed to say it like that," he sobs, wrapping her up in his arms. "You're not allowed to say it like a goodbye." He looks down in to her eyes, watching the life leaving them.

She gasps awake after hours of them waiting. Kol flashes over and smashes his lips on to hers. Everything is more intense. The love she felt for him consumes her, the feel of his lips on hers makes her tear up, the tingle of his skin on hers makes her burn, the interest about him turns in to lust. She deepens the kiss, grabbing on to his soft hair and tilting her head. He pulls back so she can breathe, resting his forehead against hers.
She meets Rebekah's eyes and smiles at the teary eyed vampire. She realises what's happening to her and pushes Kol away gently. "I'm transitioning, aren't I?" She whispers, looking between them. "Unfortunately, yes," Kol purses his lips, looking away. "Where's the blood?" She asks, both their heads snapping to her. "You're going through with it?" Rebekah checks, making Kol glare because she's giving her a way out. "Yes," Caroline nods, "Because I want to be with you both."

She's nineteen when she loses her virginity to Kol. Clothes are ripped to shreds, whimpers grow to screams, moans become groans and grunts, slow and cautious becomes fast and passionate, uncomfortable pain becomes blissful pleasure, day falls to night rises to day falls to night and so on.
Rebekah and Elijah don't come home for two weeks, but the couple only leave the bedroom for blood or to make love in a different part of the house - though they don't tell the others where they've been.

She's twenty one when the spirits give her powers back to her and surprise Kol by giving him the powers he should've gained if he were to live as a human. They're the strongest creatures in existence - even stronger than Klaus who they find out is free and lokoing for them. They're The hybrids. They have everything Klaus ever dreamed of: Power,loyalty, friendship, family, love.

She's forty eight when they dessiate Klaus together. He broke in when they were making love and waited until they were apart before trying to grab her. Kol and Caroline linked themselves together years ago, so she used the added power to grab Klaus' heart and chant at vampiric speed. With Klaus out of the way, they start their new life.

She's four thousand eight hundred and ninety two when the world ends. It's quick and painless and she was asleep in her husband's arms. They died together (along with the rest of the world) and they spend eternity in the after-life.