A/N: I'm so sorry for taking so long to update, but I had exams and then my mom visited me so I spent my time with her.
WARNING: I DON'T SNIP DELENA AND I USED TO SHIP STELENA BUT I DON'T ANYMORE. To be honest I'm tired of Elena and I think the Salvatore brothers are better off without her (sorry, but not sorry) So Damon meets a new girl in this story, but don't get angry at me just yet, because this isn't a Damon/OC fanfic, it's a Klaroline fanfic! Years passed and this chapter (like the last one) takes place in the future. Things change, people move on, so I made the other characters move on as well.
Chapter 11 was supposed to be the last chapter and the ending, but I had one last thing I wanted to add. Perhaps the story doesn't make much sense or looks forced into the fanfic but it was just something I wanted to try. So, happy reading!
Calm. Silence. That's what Elijah enjoyed the most about his office the last few days. Everything was calm and quiet, at least for the moment. It took about two years for New Orleans to find peace. It also cost a lot of lives and a big war between species. But after that everything was calm and Elijah proved he was a good leader. It wouldn't last too long though. There always was a battle just around the corner. He knew the werewolves and vampires were anxious because there were some werewolves attacks but the werewolves were in peace with the vampires, and they swore they were innocents. Elijah promised to get to the bottom of it before another war started. But for now he just wanted to enjoy his book and the silence.
Too bad the door was flew open.
"THEY'RE HERE!" Rebekah said flashing to the balcony and opening it. Elijah followed her outside and looked down to see his brother opening the passenger door of his car and Caroline getting out.
"Nik! Caroline!" Rebekah called out and waved her hand. She missed her brother a lot and during the last few years Caroline and her built a good friendship. Rebekah saw in Caroline a potential sister. Elijah saw a confidant, a friend, someone who could calm down his brother and help them rule New Orleans. But both of them thought of her as family.
"Hey Bekah!" Caroline said while waving back. She felt two strong arms hugging her from behind and lifting her.
"You're back!" Damon said with a chuckle. Damon, the very same Damon who helped Caroline to find Klaus and save him five years ago. The very same Salvatore who went back to Mystic Falls when the job was done. There was something about New Orleans that made him come back, and by the way things were in his life now, he had no regrets. Caroline was glad he came back, knowing Mystic Falls was filled with sad memories and after he apologized for hurting her, she grew to like him.
"What? You missed me?" Caroline asked in a teasing tone while turning around to look at him. He looked well and happy.
"I sure did, you leave me alone with Rebekah for way too long." He said with a groan and a face, but to Caroline it was clearly a joke. To everyone's surprise, Damon and Rebekah got along more than fine, he threw punches whenever a drunk guy hit on her endlessly at a bar and she would give him her opinion in fashion and clothes -he didn't like it at first, but at the end it only made the eternal stud ever more attractive to the ladies-. "And soon enough you'll be leaving me for good to play house with Klaus." He added with a smirk. "I'm just surprised it took him this long to pop out the question." He grinned.
"Salvatore, do something useful and help with the bags." Klaus said from behind the trunk. "I took Caroline to New York during Fashion week, so you can imagine how heavy these are." He joked and laughed at the deadly glare Caroline threw his way. Damon laughed and walked around the car.
"Don't listen to Damon." Rebekah said as she stepped out of the compound. "He's very well entertained with Sarah." She said the name very slow like a purr to tease Damon, who threw her a glare.
"Who's Sarah?" Caroline squealed.
"Oh I'll tell you all about her later. Now you tell me about Paris!"
Both girls made their way to Rebekah's room to talk about Caroline's engagement while Klaus and Damon dropped the suitcases at Klaus and Caroline's bedroom. Elijah stepped outside his studio to greet his brother.
"I think I caught a glimpse of a huge diamond ring on Caroline's finger." Elijah said teasingly while sitting on the couch and watching Klaus pour two glasses of bourbon at the mini bar.
"You would know, you helped me to pick said ring." Klaus replied.
"My brother, getting married. I never thought this would happen." Elijah said with a smile. Klaus passed him a glass and they toasted for the good news. Klaus then sat next to his brother and smiled.
"Caroline and I want to move back in New Orleans. I'm thinking we could move into the manor since it's empty now."
"Those are good news, Rebekah and I miss you very much. And by you, I mean Caroline." He joked and Klaus scoffed.
"Oh sod off." He mumbled before sipping his glass. "How's everything in the Quarter?" He asked curiously.
Elijah made a face and sipped his drink.
"There's been some werewolves attacks, just a few but it's enough to start a war. I spoke with some werewolves but they swear it wasn't their doing."
"And you believe them?" Klaus asked in a mocking tone.
"They have no reason to lie, they're just as surprised as we are and we were all enjoying peace. It makes me think there might be a new pack in town, a pack unaware of our rules and agreements." Elijah concluded. It was all very strange. New Orleans was at peace, they all got used to it, different species could walk around and get along just fine, why would someone want to ruin it?
"We'll figure it out, brother." Klaus said with a smirk. "The good looking and smart brother is back in town." He joked.
Caroline didn't know if she should laugh or be worried. The look on Rebekah's face was so weird, so intense, she looked like a kid whose parents mention Santa isn't real.
"That's it?!" Rebekah asked.
"That was it..." Caroline replied with a shrug.
"So let me get this right. My brother, who became a gushy and romantic guy since he started dating you, plans his proposal for a whole month, from a romantic dinner to going down on his knee in front of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, and ends up proposing in your living room next to the couch?!" Rebekah groaned. "I told him to stick to the plan!"
Caroline laughed.
"We still did all those things, you know? But I like the fact he propose there, because he did it when he thought the moment was right, it came out naturally." Caroline said. Rebekah just rolled her eyes. "Anyway, we're thinking about making an engagement party and get married here. I thought you could help.. I mean, you HAVE to help, since you're my maid of honor." Caroline finished with a singing tone. Rebekah looked at her with wide eyes.
"Me? What about Elena and Bonnie?" She asked. Caroline looked down sadly.
"Elena never approved my relationship with Klaus and when the other side disappeared, so did Bonnie. I'm still inviting Elena and Stefan, and my mom of course." She explained. It was sad to see how much things changed and Caroline missed her old friends and home, but she wouldn't change a thing about her life with Klaus. She just had to deal the fact that people grows apart and moves on, things change, specially for vampires who lived longer than humans. It was time to change the subject, so Caroline smirked. "Now tell me, who is Sarah?"
Caroline learned Sarah and Damon met at the hospital. He was on his way to get some blood bags while Sarah waited patiently to be cancer free. She was a beautiful girl with black hair and green eyes, she had an innocent look but she could also have a naughty smirk whenever Damon flirted with her. Damon started visiting her, even though he didn't know why he was so interested in her at first, but he soon found out she was sweet and caring girl, loyal to her friends and family. She was very loved by everyone, nurses gave her extra cups of pudding and kids at the pediatric ward went nuts whenever she offered to read them a book. Damon also found out vampire blood can't heal cancer, it only stops it from spreading. Even though her life wasn't on danger anymore, her body still ached, the treatments still made her feel sick and she still wasn't allowed to go home. When the pain became too much, Damon offered to transform her, and she accepted.
Caroline understood then why Damon looked so happy and she couldn't wait to meet this Sarah girl.
The day went on uneventfully, everyone just tried to catch up, talked about everything they did since the last time Caroline and Klaus were in New Orleans, Rebekah bought a bunch of wedding magazines and Damon joked about planning Klaus' bachelor party.
Klaus and Caroline agreed to start moving some of their things back to the manor, so the next morning Caroline drove there to leave two of the five (yes, five) suitcases she had at the compound. The air was warm and the sky was clear. Caroline enjoyed days like these when she could walk around the apple plantation that surrounded the manor. She started picking apples and placing it in a little bag, thinking they would make a great apple pie when she suddenly had a bad feeling. She felt like she was being watched. She looked around and tried to hear anything but she was alone, or that's what she thought. She heard growls that made her stomach drop. One word came up in her mind as soon as she heard it... Werewolves... It made no sense, it wasn't full moon, it was daytime, there was no way werewolves could be there. Unless they were hybrids. And Caroline knew better than facing hybrids alone.
Caroline dropped the bag and ran as fast as she could. Growls and barks followed her through the field. She didn't know how many of them were after her, two? Three? She didn't understand, New Orleans was in peace the last time she was there, what changed?
One of them caught up with her and jumped on her back. They rolled on the dirt, Caroline threw punches everywhere, while the wolf tried to hold her down and bite her. Two other wolves appeared, one of them stepped closer, it was a woman in a pantsuit with black hair, while the other stayed a few feet away.
"Where's Papa Tunde's dagger?" She asked.
Caroline, who was pinned down on the ground, looked up at her confused and even though she didn't want to admit it, she was also scared.
"What? What are you talking about?"
"We need the dagger." The woman said. "Where is it?"
Even if Caroline knew where the dagger was, she still wouldn't say it.
"How can you turn when it's not full moon?" Caroline asked. "Are you hybrids?"
The man pinning her down threw his fist to her face and Caroline spat blood.
"That's none of your business." He hissed, but the woman put a hand on his shoulder just when he was about to punch the vampire again.
"You have your daylight ring, we have our moonlight ring. Now tell us where the dagger is or we'll remove your ring and watch you die."
Caroline started to panic, she had to do something, say something. She couldn't let them get close to the dagger, it was the only thing besides the white oak stake that could hurt the originals, that could hurt her fiancee.
"It doesn't exist anymore." she suddenly said. "Years ago it was used against one of them so they destroyed it." She said.
The werewolves looked at each other for a moment before the woman spoke again.
"You get to keep your daylight ring." She said, and Caroline felt relieved. But then she saw this cold and dark look on the woman's face as she turned to the man on top of her. She nodded her head and the man showed his fangs before biting her neck. Caroline screamed in pain. The woman and other werewolf jumped on her to bite her as well and Caroline felt the venom burning her skin and her veins while it spread in her blood. She felt cold hands wrapping around her neck and saw the murderous look in the werewolf's eyes.
"No.. no no no, please, no..." she begged softly and then... CRACK!
"What should we do now, Francesca?" The other werewolf asked. "Should we believe her?"
Francesca looked at her brothers and sighed.
"No, we're not giving up, we need that dagger to take down Elijah and get back the Quarter. Elijah knows how powerful that dagger is, I don't think he'd dare to destroy it." She said.
"What about her?" one of them asked while pointing out to Caroline's body.
"Leave her here, she'll die soon. Elijah will blame the werewolves and start a war. It will be easier to fight the vampires if their werewolves allies turn against them."