AN: Good afternoon beautiful people... Well it's afternoon where I am! Definitely time to bust out the bottle of wine in the fridge. We have the next installment, I hope you like... Charlotte and Caroline finally meet... Interesting... From now on sort of thing, the pace is going to get a lot faster so I hope you like it. As always, enjoy and let me know your thoughts with a review or PM :-) Xx
"How is Kol?" Charlotte asked as she got in one of Klaus' cars and drove away.
"He is about one more drink away from embarrassing himself." Smiled Klaus
"Well you'd hope, the two of you have been at it all day."
"What did you do today?" Klaus asked
Charlotte accelerated way past the legal limit.
"Spent the day at the house, had some girl time with Bekah and read some books." Charlotte shrugged; thankfully nothing in Mystic Falls was too far away from each other.
"It sounds delightfully uneventful." The hybrid replied
"It was, much to my chagrin." Charlotte pouted
"I'd rather you be safe, love. No one else knows about you apart from my family and I'd like to keep it that way."
"Always the mighty protector, Nik."
"Only for you, sweetheart, only for you."
Charlotte parked the car opposite the town square and got out of the car.
"Well, my hero. Why don't you do me a favour and walk outside the grill?" said Charlotte as she walked to a park bench outside the grill and sat down, crossing her legs, she was wearing a pair of simple black leggings and a sleeveless low cut v-neck black top with no jacket.
She turned her head to the left and saw the love of her life, she ended the phone call and put the phone down.
"And to what do I owe for this pleasant surprise?" Klaus asked as he sat down, not helping it but his eyes remained on her chest for quite a few moments
Charlotte scooted closer to him and he wrapped an arm around her, she rested her head against his shoulder.
"I missed you." Said Charlotte as she looked up to Klaus, "And I've been having dreams again."
"I missed you too, what of?" Nik asked her
"You." She said simply and he didn't push on the subject, which she was more than thankful for, "So where is Kol?"
"Attempting to flirt with a psychopathic doctor." Klaus shrugged
Charlotte tapped him playfully on the leg whilst she rolled her eyes.
The moon was on the rise in the night sky.
Finn proceeded to light torches on fire at each of the points of the pentagram drawn in salt with a circle surrounding it.
"The pentagram represents our connection to magic, and the salt is a symbol of the earth." Esther explained to everyone
"And the torches?" Bonnie asked
"Five torches," Esther replied, "One for each of my children."
Finn and Esther looked at each other.
"What's the spell you're doing?" Bonnie asked
"As the witch that cast the spell that made them vampires, I can also reserve it and when they become human again, they can be killed." Esther told them her plan, "As they are linked together as one, my brave Finn will be the sacrifice; with his death, will come theirs."
"And you're just willing to die?" Abby asked Finn
"My mother is releasing me from an eternity of shame." Said Finn, "It's not a sacrifice, it is a gift."
Kol grabbed a pool cue as he watched Meredith play pool.
"A woman of your calibre ought to choose better company." Kol teased her
Meredith chose to ignore him momentarily and continue her game.
"What's your name love?" Kol asked her
"None of your business." Meredith shot back before walking away
"Let's try that again, I'll start. I'm Kol."
"Why don't you get lost, Kol." As Meredith stepped away again
"And why would I do that? I like pretty little things with sharp tongues."
Kol stroked the side of Meredith's face and Meredith slapped his hand away.
Rick stepped beside the Original, "I'm pretty sure she told you get to lost."
"I'm pretty sure I don't care." Kol quipped back and turned around quickly.
Rick used this opportunity to stab him in the abdomen with a dagger dipped in white oak ash.
"Next time, take a hint." Rick murmured as Kol went limp in his arms and Meredith stood in front of them both, making sure that no one saw and she was also looking out for Klaus.
Rebekah felt a brief pain before she felt the darkness take her over again, she knew the sensation all too well.
Blood stopped circulating through her body, her skin turned grey and she could no longer breathe.
She fell to the ground.
Elena took this opportunity and used it to her advantage.
She bolted, running as fast as she could, because she didn't know how long Rebekah would be down for and she didn't care all too much either, as long as it was long enough to get to where she needed to go.
She formed a quick plan in her head.
Finn extinguished his piece of wood that was on fire.
All of a sudden, he felt a stabbing sharp pain in his stomach; he gasped and dropped the piece of wood.
He dropped to the ground.
"Something's wrong." Said Esther
Klaus doubles over in pain, his stomach on fire before it takes his brain a second to register exactly what is going on.
Charlotte panicked, "Klaus, what's going on?"
"Kol." He gasped, "We're linked as one; he's been daggered, go to the grill and stay safe."
In the blink of an eye, he was gone. Charlotte got up from the park bench that they were seated at and rushed inside the grill, accidently bumping in to a blonde teenager.
"I'm so sorry." Charlotte began; the blonde looked in to Charlotte's eyes.
"Who the hell are you?!" Caroline raised her voice
The tone of Caroline's voice alerted Charlotte that she was piecing something together, not good, she thought.
"Uh, really sorry," Said Charlotte, with her thick British accent before turning around to exit the grill, "Running late and all that jazz."
Caroline gripped her arm tightly; she was a vampire, thought Charlotte.
"Wait." Said Caroline, Caroline let go of the other girl's arm in an attempt to not scare the other girl.
Charlotte pushed her way through the doors, ignoring the vampire, she had to get outside.
Caroline followed her.
"Wait, please!" Caroline called; the two of them were on the grass and stood face to face, both taking in each other.
"What's your name?" Caroline asked her
"What's yours?" Charlotte asked instead of answering her
"Caroline Forbes." Caroline answered her, a million thoughts going through her head, was there another doppelganger?
She thought that Elena had gone mental last night when she was dancing with Klaus but now she was piecing together that maybe it wasn't Elena and maybe there was another doppelganger only now the looks were beginning to change because there was no doubt that the girl in front of her was human.
"Who are you?" Caroline tried again to get information
Charlotte laughed, like she had been reading Caroline's mind.
"Oh, you're Caroline. The neurotic, over-controlling baby vamp that no-one can stand. I'm your worst nightmare when provoked." Charlotte smiled
That ticked off the blonde, in an instant, Caroline went to attack her out of pure reflex but then she was on the ground withering in pain, her head felt like it was going to explode. Caroline groaned in agony.
Charlotte had one hand extended in front of her, her hand was open and slowly she began to curl her fingers into a fist, not closing it yet, then Charlotte opened her hand again as Caroline let out an ear pitching scream.
In less than twenty seconds, the pain had subsided only a little but it was no use, Charlotte was gone; Caroline laid on the grass and caught her breath, what the hell had just happened?
Rick dragged Kol whom was slightly heavier than what he had been anticipating, to the back alley of the grill where both Damon and Stefan were waiting for him.
"Here, I got him." Said Rick
"Tell your sexy friend that she's not bad." Damon commented
"It's good work." Agreed Stefan
Klaus raced down the stairs at an insane speed and pulled the dagger out of his brother's chest before slamming Alaric into a wall with a simple push.
Stefan raced to fight Klaus but Klaus threw him against a wall as well.
Klaus turned and faced Damon.
"I should have killed you months ago." Said Klaus
"Go on, do it." Damon dared him, "It's not going to stop Esther from killing you."
Klaus walked forward, "What did you say about my mother?"
"You didn't know I was friends with you mummy?" Damon taunted him, Klaus still had the dagger in one hand
"Yeah, we have a lot in common, Damon continued, "She hates you as much as I do."
Klaus let out an enraged roar when Elijah called out, "Leave him." which caused Klaus to stop immediately
Klaus turned around to see his brother at the top of the stairs leading to and from the alleyway.
"We still need him, Niklaus."
"What did mother do?" Klaus asked, Elijah said nothing, "What did she do Elijah?"
Elijah walked down the downs and up to Damon.
"Tell me where the witches are or I will call my sister and have her kill Elena right now."
Damon looked up at the clock tower.
"You told me we had until after nine." Damon argued
"Well I'm more than sure that Rebekah would be happy to start her work early." Shrugged Elijah
Klaus heard an ear-splitting scream and his stomach dropped, pure dread running through him.
Charlotte.
Klaus raced away from the alley and to Charlotte, only to see her standing over Caroline, he grabbed and carried her bridal style whilst he continued running.
Rebekah gasped for air as her eye's flashed open, the pain had subsided and the invisible cloud that felt like it was suffocating her had lifted.
It only took Rebekah a moment before she was on her feet, surveying the area around her.
Elena was gone.
Rebekah smiled before running forward.
"You can't hide Elena." She called out loudly
Elena kept running, she was almost there but then she tripped and fell to the ground.
"Not sure why I'm feeling under the weather. Must be your boys trying to find a loophole... No matter, I could chase you down on my worst day." Rebekah taunted
Elena got up and ran again.
Rebekah's arms engulfed Elena as they were at the entrance of another cavern.
"Boo." Rebekah said
Elena head butt the Original and pushed her back before jumping inside the new cavern.
"You little bitch." Rebekah fumed as she tried to make her way inside but was being blocked by an invisible barrier
"What is this?"
"Sorry, no vampires allowed." Said Elena with a shrug
Meredith got an ice pack from her freezer and walked back in to her lounge room, placing the ice pack on Rick's head.
"No, no, no. I need you to sit down." She said as she pushed him back into the chair a little further that he was trying to get out of.
"Elena's still out there, I need to go find her." He tried
"Shut up and listen." Meredith said seriously, "Stay seated, you might have a concussion."
"So this is your place yeah? You're kind of a sloth." Rick teased her as she sat down opposite him
"Housework is not high on my priority list." Meredith said, as she picked up a torch
"Yeah, I see that."
"Look at me." She said
"Pupil response is normal." She concluded as she shone the torch in his eyes.
Rick tried to sit up and groaned, sitting back down again.
"You might have a broken rib." Revealed Meredith, "Rest. Damon and Stefan are going to take care of Elena and I am going to take care of you."
Rick held her hand and smiled as thanks.
AN: And there we have it, this originally was going to be an extended chapter but I thought rather than make you guys wait, I'd just upload half of it and post the rest tomorrow. I'm still wrapping my head around this updating on a daily basis thing, ha ha, it's a bit strange! Let me know what you thought or if you have any idea's etc, I still am a bit undecided and would love to hear some scenarios. Xx
