A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in ages but I have started about 3 different stories, I can't say for definite when I will next update but I am going to try my hardest for the next two weeks! I was up at six Friday morning on Youtube watching KLAUS AND CAROLINE'S FIRST OFFICIAL KISS! I am so excited to see where Julie Plec takes us next with this fabulous pair in the next few episodes
Caroline wakes to a dark room filled with Scarlett's whimpering. Klaus stirs beside Scarlett as Caroline sits up searching the room for the teddy bear she bought. Klaus sits up and hands her a dummy. Scarlett's whimpers increase and soon enough she is her mother's arms swaying gently, side to side. Caroline leans into Klaus as she sings to their daughter and eventually they all doze off to sleep.
When she next wakes Scarlett isn't in the bed and the sun is shining through the window. Caroline rushes downstairs searching for Scarlett. She finds Klaus on the sofa sketching Scarlett and Rebekah playing with her little baby girl. She sighs with relief and heads into the kitchen to make herself and Rebekah a coffee. "Caroline, I think she wants you" Rebekah calls from the living room.
"Hang on a minute! Since when does she get all the cuddles Scar?" Kol exclaims as he walks into the living room. A small giggle is heard and Caroline pops her head around the doorframe and asks "Did my baby girl just giggle at Uncle Kol being silly?" Rebekah, Klaus and Kol are smiling widely and Scarlett sticks her dummy in her mouth.
"Bekah, what is that thing she has in her mouth?" Kol asks poking the dummy. Scarlett pushes his hand away as her mum murmurs. "Kol, it's a dummy. You give them to small children and babies to stop them crying. Bekah and I read it in a baby book"
Kol nods his head. "Right" Caroline brings through a tray with 4 cups of coffee and a bottle of milk. As soon as Scarlett spots Caroline she begins whining and making grabby motions with her hands. Caroline smiles and sweeps her into her arms, Rebekah passes her the milk bottle and Caroline removes the dummy to stick the teat into Scarlett's mouth. Small sucking noises fill the room as Scarlett gulps the milk down. Caroline settles comfortably into Klaus' embrace.
Scarlett finishes the bottle quickly and so Caroline places a puke rag over her shoulder and burps Scarlett-who regurgitates some milk. "Eww, she just puked on you Caroline!"Kol exclaims. Rebekah swats his head laughing, Caroline pulls Scarlett round to her front and begins rocking her to sleep.
Soon enough she lays Scarlett on the sofa with a rag underneath-in case she regurgitates in her sleep. She sighs stroking her daughter's hair, Rebekah breaks the silence. "You're a natural mother Care!" Caroline giggles and Scarlett's hand curls around one of her mother's fingers.
Kol places the four mugs on the tray and takes them into the kitchen; he walks back in and heads straight upstairs. Rebekah kneels in front of the sofa Scarlett is on and watches her. "It is so strange how you have managed to create this small creature and for it to look so innocent" Rebekah comments.
The front door slams shut which causes Scarlett to be startled awake and she begins to cry-frightened. Caroline picks her up and begins cooing to her but she continues to cry. Klaus sighs and Rebekah walks off muttering something about leaving them alone.
Caroline pops Scarlett's dummy into her mouth and soon enough her cries reside and she settles into a light sleep on her mother's shoulder. "You need to relax" Klaus murmurs, standing up he begins kissing her unoccupied shoulder. She moans slightly which causes him to smirk. "How can I relax when she is always crying and we have this council threatening her life?" She asks tensing up again.
Klaus continues to kiss her shoulder but gradually moves up to her neck. "Upstairs" She whispers-breathing deeply. Klaus chuckles and Caroline flashes into Scarlett's play room and place's her in the rocking cot. She then flashes into her and Klaus' bedroom and is pinned against the door as Klaus attacks her skin with his soft lips.
He lifts her legs to wrap them around his waist as she grinds her hips against him. He massages her thighs gently before pulling away and looks at her carefully. "We need to leave for New Orleans, Elijah and the others already know" Caroline looks at him confused for a moment before her face splits into a grin. "When, why?" She begins spouting questions at him. "Apparently there is a witch named Jane-Anne Deveraux who is plotting against us" Klaus answers packing a bag for himself. Caroline nods and begins to pack herself a bag of the bare essentials for she could buy anything she needs after she arrives. Soon enough she is packing Scarlett's bag with toys, bottles, nappies, clothes and dummies.
"Mama" Scarlett says sitting up in her rocking crib. Caroline turns to her and smiles as she calls for Klaus. "Is the car seat ready?" Caroline asks as Klaus lifts Scarlett up. "Yes" He replies taking Scarlett downstairs and out over to the car. He straps her into the baby seat as Caroline loads the rest of the formula's of milk into the boot.
New Orleans 12 Hours later:
Klaus pulls the car over in their new home-the old Plantation. "Why here?" Caroline asks. "It's out of the way, nobody will come here and so you and Scarlett will be safe" Klaus murmurs as he pulls their sleeping daughter from the car seat. Caroline scoffs "I am still an original you know, Nik so there is nothing I need protection from"
"Love, we don't know how powerful these witches are and we don't know what they want so until I know that it is safe for sure, you and Scarlett stay here" He demands pulling some bags from the boot with his free hand. They walk on in and Klaus places Scarlett on the covered sofa. He then starts bring the bags in for Caroline to unpack.
"I am going to go and see how the city we built has been doing in the last century. I won't be long" Klaus announces heading towards the front door. Caroline doesn't say anything because Scarlett begins to stir. Caroline picks Scarlett up and begins making a bottle of milk.
Klaus walks into a bar and see's Marcel singing on stage. Marcel jumps down and heads over to the bar for another drink with his friends. Klaus steps closer and Marcel's back goes tense. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Niklaus Mikaelson. My mentor, my saviour, my sire. If I had know you were going to be dropping by I would have..." Marcel starts but Klaus interrupts "You would have what, Marcel?"
"Thrown you a damn parade" They smirk at each other and clap on their backs. Marcel leads Klaus over to his friends. "This is the man who taught me everything, Klaus Mikealson" Marcel introduces him to everybody. "So where is the rest of your family? Is Carolina still daggered?" Marcel inquires handing Klaus a drink.
"She is coming in a few days, I undaggered her just after we left in 1919 and she was extremely angry but then I had to dagger her again in 1921 because she wanted to undagger the others. She was only undaggered again a few months ago" Klaus tells him. Marcel nods.
Flashback: 1919
Klaus opens Carolina's coffin as the other coffins are placed into the storage room. He pulls the hand her wedding ring sits on and kisses it lightly. "Oh Carolina how I have missed your light" He murmurs as he pulls the dagger from her heart. "Soon enough you shall be able to see the newest home I have found for us"
He sits beside her body as slowly the grey veins disappear. She jolts up suddenly and looks around momentarily confused until she spots Klaus. With a snarl she slaps him across the face making sure to scratch the skin and then she flashes away. Only to be caught by him a few seconds later. "Get off! I need to find him" She hisses and begins hitting him. "Marcellus" She cries out.
"He is gone my love, Mikael killed him" Klaus murmurs in her ear. Carolina falls to the floor in tears continuously denying it. "No, no, no"
End of flashback
"Hey Scarlett, that's enough crying. If you continue then you could wake your mother before the vervain gets into her system and that would be bad" A voice says as they pick a whimpering Scarlett up from her new crib next to Caroline. Another figure pulls Caroline's neck to the side-exposing her throat-as they plunge a needle into it, injecting a large dose of vervain straight into her blood stream. She makes a quiet strangled cry but doesn't stir as the vervain forces her into a deep slumber.
