Chapter 20

Title: L'il Red Riding Hood - Amanda Seyfried

(Do listen to the song or read the lyrics, I think they are so sweet and so fitting to (wolf) Klaus and Caroline. I am sure that would be a great basis for a one-shot...If someone decides to do something on it then please do tell!=))

The next morning she was brushing her hair in front of the mirror of a dressing table. With soft long strokes she ran the brush through her blond curls smoothing out the knots that had formed during the rather restless night. Her expression however wasn't that smooth but tensed. There were small lines around her eyes that displayed her concentration. As if she had to solve a difficult puzzle or even a math calculation.

All the while a big grey wolf was lying on its four paws on the bed and watching her intently.

Last night he had silently followed her into their room where he had simply jumped onto the bed and if a wolf could look tired than it must have been the look he had worn on his face then. The eyes somehow already half closed, the breathing heavy but calm.

Caroline had wordlessly slipped under the covers and the wolf had lain down on all fours. He had folded his paws comfortably beneath him before his head had dropped in order to rest it on her stomach. Caroline's fingers had stroked his head slowly and she had felt the rumbling of his chest when he had purred snuggling closer. Her lips had twitched, but the mood was too serious for a smile.

"Don't worry we'll fix this!" She promised out loud now, looking at the wolf through the mirror in front of her making the animal grumble.

"Yes, I know that you don't doubt that, but let me just reassure myself." She told him and the fact that she was talking to an animal made her feel pretty weird even though she knew that it was really Klaus who understood every word and every change of her facial expression. She started rambling anyway because the non-existent answers made her feel like she was talking to herself.

"You might not think that this is not so bad but I have no idea what you are thinking and the fact that I am talking to a wolf makes me feel pretty weird to say the least! How can this be of any good? This is a disaster! I feel like I am stuck in a bloody fairytale. And don't get me wrong, but I am so glad that you are a wolf instead of a frog."

He rolled his eyes and huffed raising his head that had been resting on his forepaws.

"However, if you were a frog the whole back transformation thing might be easier." She mumbled. "One kiss and that's it. But with a wolf? How does that work?" She asked and Klaus jumped off the bed trotting over to wait in front of the closed door.

He was probably thinking that she was losing it and Caroline herself wasn't sure what to make of this. She sighed and finally stood up from her chair.

"Nothing to do but face the music, I guess."

The wolf whined and nudged her leg with his head. A small smile ghosted over Caroline's lips and she bend down to put both of her hands at the sides of his head. She looked deeply into his human eyes and the wolf held her stare.

Caroline pressed her forehead against his before she straightened up to open the door.

She shook her head while walking with him down the stairs.

"This is gonna be fun!" She mumbled and found herself unable to stop talking.

She pushed the door open in front of her before sucking in another deep breath.

"Good morning everyone! We are in kind of a situation here." Caroline announced to the Mikaelson's when she strode into the living room with the wolf at her side. Every head turned around to see what was going on and their first reaction was to petrify.

Eyes opened wide, jaws dropped and no one dared to move when they saw the grey wolf sitting down next to Caroline who looked at it with a concerned expression. So instead of looking scared to death because there was a werewolf in the room, she seemed to be quite at ease.

"Wha…"

"Niklaus?" Elijah asked in disbelief. Being the only one who had seen Klaus in his wolf form before when he had turned for the first time, he did recognize the animal now. Elijah looked from the wolf to Caroline who shrugged nibbling at her bottom lip.

"That is…" Damon started, but was actually speechless which happened very rarely. He opened his mouth like a fish on dry land indicating that right now he really had no punch line on his lips.

The wolf sat down in front of the fire place and bowed his head once as if in a nod.

"He can't turn back." Caroline stated the obvious hugging herself.

"Oh my god!" Rebekah gasped. She had never been this close to a werewolf before, well in a fight maybe but there had never been one sitting this calmly in front of her and enabling her to really look at one from a close distance.

Despite the tensed atmosphere in which everyone tried to gather what this meant that the original hybrid could not turn back Kol suddenly started laughing.

"Seriously?"

The wolf tensed and barred his teeth snarling, but Kol didn't stop. "Oh my, someone call the dog catcher!" Everyone looked from the wolf to Kol and back again.

"I'd shut up if I were you." Damon mumbled eyeing the angry wolf warily, but Kol either didn't realize that the wolf was readying himself or he simply ignored it.

The wolf ducked and growled loudly, his eyes fixed on his younger brother.

"Uhm…" Damon tried again to find some words, but there were none, while Kol was still carelessly laughing.

The pointed teeth were dangerously white and then in one big leap he left the ground. He flew through the air and knocked Kol over who fell with a loud thud onto the floor. The wolf's big four paws were heavily standing on his chest holding him down while his fangs were on his throat. It snarled and Kol felt the sharp edges of its teeth grazing his skin.

"Niklaus!" Elijah's voice boomed through the room when he told him off. The wolf breathed hotly against Kol's throat. He closed his mouth and it looked like it was about to sink its teeth into the soft skin. Kol just pulled a face. A bite wouldn't kill him, but it would be very uncomfortable.

The wolf scrunched up its nose before it withdrew his muzzle from Kol's throat. But he growled again dangerously before he finally stepped off Kol's chest.

"Yeah, bad dog!" Kol said and stood up wiping the hot salvia off his throat. "Uah!"

Klaus barked at him and Damon pulled a face taking a step back. He's had enough of wolf bites for the rest of his life.

Then Rebekah stepped closer.

She swallowed the lump in her throat and carefully kneeled down in front of the wolf. Stefan hesitantly stretched out his hand to hold her back but she shook him off. She looked into its eyes and tried to detect a piece of her brother in them trying to grasp the concept. The wolf eyed her hand carefully that reached for him, but before she could touch him she dropped her hand again, not daring to. She shook her head standing up again.

"I am sorry, Nik."

He huffed rolling his eyes. There were worse things than being a wolf. All of them were making too much of a fuss about it.

Caroline sighed and sat down on the couch repeating once more. "This is a disaster!"

Elijah clasped his hands behind his back and started pacing. "Okay, we obviously need to find a solution for this. Niklaus is far more vulnerable in this state." The wolf shook himself from ears to tail before he trotted over to the couch and jumped upon it.

He lay down with his forepaws on Caroline's thigh. If he had been possessive and protective before then it magnified now being in wolf form since it is a wolf's strongest feature to protect his pack.

She smiled and stroked his head.

Elijah stared at them wide eyed. "Excuse me, but this is something one can't get easily used to!"

"It sure is!" Damon said pulling a face.

The wolf snorted.

"We certainly need to find out why Davina turned him. Why would she do that?"

"Okay, where is Judgy? This is obviously her type of business." Damon said.

"She went to get some food with Elena." Stefan answered and his eyes were glued to the wolf just like everyone else's.

They waited until Elena and Bonnie returned which didn't take too long.

"Hello." Elena yelled when she closed the door behind her.

"Elena, bring Judgy in here." Damon answered.

"Why? What is…" Elena asked but stopped when she entered the room and saw the wolf on the couch next to Caroline.

"…wrong." Bonnie finished her question being just as astonished as her friend. "What happened?" She asked and walked into the room frowning while crossing her arms over her chest.

"Is that?" Elena asked pointing at the wolf on the couch. She looked at Damon who nodded.

"Yes, the Wolf King." He mocked. The wolf snapped making Damon shut up again. While Klaus might not bite his brother he would certainly bite him.

"Klaus?" Bonnie asked wanting to know if he understood her and the werewolf raised his head towards her.

"Bonnie, do you think you can turn him back?" Elijah asked.

Bonnie stepped in front of the wolf who straightened scrunching up his nose. Bonnie however looked unimpressed which made Kol smile slightly. The witch bowed and came close to his face without flinching. She looked fiercely into his eyes squinting while she concentrated on her feelings.

Finally she shrugged. "I can try, but I am not sure. This is a strong spell cast by a lot of power."

"How the hell did she do that?" Kol asked. "And why?"

"To get to all of us?" Stefan wondered.

"This doesn't make sense! What exactly do the wolves want with a witch!?" Rebekah asked.

There were so many unanswered questions lingering in the air.

"Only one way to find out." Elijah said. "We need to find her!"

Davina didn't know what was happening.

Where was Tyler?

She finally had to see the painful truth which meant that she had to admit to herself what she hadn't wanted to see or believe. The fact that he had lied to her as well. Stupid vampires and wolves! No one was to be trusted! No one!

What do the wolves want with her? Why wolves too!? Why did they interfere?

Wolves, witches, vampires!

Everyone was after her! Why?

She just wanted to have nothing more to do with all of them!

I want my life back!, she thought and felt a bit pathetic.

"What do you want with me?" She asked the wolf who stepped in front of the bars of the cellar where they were keeping her.

"Shut up!" He barked.

She wondered if she could use her powers to get out of here. She had felt so powerful using her magic. Feeling it run through her veins. But she had always had a kind of guidance before. Tyler had gotten her the information she had needed in order to do the spell that in the end went wrong anyway. Maybe, if she just imagined it, pictured it vividly enough.

Maybe that would be enough and she would be free?

She concentrated on the barred door to her cell.

She saw in front of her eyes how the iron creaked and squealed and screamed while it bend with a lot of force to the sides opening a hole big enough for her to slip through the bars. Her eyes were locked on the iron bars and she squinted. There was an angry line on her forehead and sweat started to beat beneath her hairline. There was this feeling of power inside of her again.

Yes, she could feel the magic travel through her arms and into her fingertips. She stretched them out in front of her pointing them at the door and stepped slowly closer. Something was swirling around her in the air and it almost looked as if the air in the room started to flicker with energy. Davina's heart beat sped up.

Yes, she could make it!

The iron started to change in front of her.

It wasn't like she had imagined it to be, because the iron didn't move from itself, but she could feel its stability changing.

She reached out and put her hands around two bars.

"Ou!" She screamed and flinched back starring incredulously at her hands. Her palms were bright red and started to pulse painfully. She panted and looked at the iron door again that looked just like before only that the iron being now scalding hot had burned her.

She let out a loud scream.

"No!" Rushing again towards the door grabbing the irons and tearing at them savagely she let out her whole despair. Tears sprang to her eyes but she tried to ignore the pain of her blistering hands.

"Argh!" She needed to get out of here.

But the pain became too unbearable. Sobbing loudly she let go and sank towards the ground staring at her hands that were crimson, covered in ugly blisters and pulsed with excruciating pain while the door to the cell remained as valid and stable as before.

"What do you mean Davina is gone?" Marcel asked Diego who shrugged his shoulders.

"She wasn't there when I wanted to check up on her this morning."

Marcel frowned. "But, where is she? She would never leave the barn with the witches after her life!" Diego pursed his lips drawing the moment out because for once he was the one with the upper hand, knowing more than his king.

"Well, there is someone else missing from our ranks." Diego stalled. "The hybrid is nowhere to be found either."

"Tyler Lockwood?" Marcel asked unnecessarily. Angry lines formed around his mouth while he thought. Of course, he had been the one who had visited Davina most of the time lately. The more he thought about it the more did he realize that Tyler had suddenly shown great interest in the witch and as it turned out it hadn't been because he had been smitten with her like Marcel thought at first. Marcel clenched his fist.

"What would he want with Davina?"

"Maybe he struck a deal with the witches." Diego mused. He had never liked Tyler at all. Everyone with a good knowledge of human nature should be able to detect that he was up to no good and to top it all off he was half beast half vampire so why the hell would someone even want to trust him!? Diego for his part would have never done that!

"Why? They want the vampires dead and he is half a vampire himself. Besides he has killed enough witches from their coven that they would never spare his life even if he asked for it in exchange for Davina." Marcel went on, but Diego remained indifferent.

"I warned you about him!" He told his king.

Marcel scowled at his minion. "Now, don't be a pest about it, Diego!" He growled and smashed a chair against a wall when the anger became too much, demanding for an outlet. "Fuck! How could this happen!?"

His phone vibrated and he was surprised to see Elijah's caller ID instead of Klaus'. He tried to get a grip before he answered.

"Elijah?"

Diego crossed his arms and leaned back against a wall, listening in on the conversation. He had yet to decide if it was wise to stay and let himself be dragged into Original business, maybe it would be wiser to bail before it was too late to save his own skin.

"Marcel you might have discovered that Davina is gone." Elijah's voice sounded muffled.

"Do you know where she is?" Marcel barked furrowing his eyebrows.

Elijah ended the call and walked back into the living room with heavy steps.

"Well, it looks like the traitor in this scenario has already been called out." He announced and everyone waited for him to finally announce who was responsible for this mischief. "It turns out that it is no other than Mr Lockwood."

"Tyler?" Caroline asked and the wolf next to her growled menacingly while all of his fur stood suddenly on edge. She quickly stroked his back soothingly but he just jumped off the couch to escape her touch.

He didn't want to be soothed, he wanted to rage and tear that puppy's throat out preferably making a bloody mess of it. His eyes shone golden while he restlessly paced. There was so much energy inside of him and he felt the need to run wild, feeling the wind in his fur, the forest ground beneath him and the blood taste in his mouth.

He was hungry.

Everyone took a step back when they noticed that something was about to snap inside of the wolf.

"Of course that Lockwood kid has nothing better to do." Kol interjected watching the wolf with a frown. Suddenly he thought that the animal behaved much more like an animal than a hybrid.

"Bloody hell, a hybrid traitor on the loose, a pack who has got a witch, a coven of witches wanting that witch dead in order to kill vampires and no blood to cure you lot."

Rebekah pointed out and everyone looked at her in surprise.

"Oh, you really didn't think about it, did you? I am not sure if Nik is able to cure a werewolf bite in his current state." She said.

"The full moon is only in a few days isn't it?" Elena asked feeling no need of being afraid of a werewolf bite. "And Tyler wouldn't really bite us…would he?"

Rebekah laughed humourlessly at her naiveté.

Elijah sighed. "I am afraid to tell you that there is a pack of wolves in wolf form somewhere in the woods anyway."

"What?"

"They were cursed by the witches a long time ago as a punishment and since Tyler is a hybrid he can turn at will and do you really believe that he would not bite you?" Kol pointed out. "Thanks for that one by the way, Nik! You were the one who turned him in the first place!" He looked at the wolf whose sides heaved with every breath.

Kol watched his brother and clicked his tongue for when his words reached Klaus he reacted only a second too late. His head snapped around only a second too late, but it made Kol wonder, however no one else seemed to notice.

"There are wolves running freely around here and you didn't tell us!?" Damon almost screamed.

"They aren't coming into town." Rebekah defended her family.

"So?" Damon didn't see the point since a wolf bite was fatal no matter the circumstances. He and Rebekah shared a killing glare until Stefan spoke up.

"Rebekah could be wrong though." Stefan interrupted. "Klaus never turned before and we don't know if it changes his blood."

"He is still a hybrid, the original hybrid." Elena pointed out.

"Well, I am certainly not going to test it." Damon said shaking his head violently.

Elijah kept a stern face. "It is probably wise not to test our luck on this, which means that Kol, Rebekah, Niklaus and I will seek out the wolves in the bayou and try to figure out what is going on there. Marcel is currently looking for the witches. We cannot allow them to get Davina."

"Someone should go look for Tyler." Stefan reminded them and Elijah nodded.

"And we need Davina's trust if we do find her." Caroline said. "She will be frightened enough as it is, with the witches wanting her dead, getting kidnapped by werewolves and what not."

"Poor girl." Elena agreed.

"Oh come on, she is a powerful witch!" Rebekah retorted.

"A powerful witch who cannot control her powers!" Bonnie said.

"What about that vampire? Joshua?" Caroline asked.

"Didn't Marcel get rid of him?" Damon interrupted.

"I doubt that, since I reckon he has formed a bond with Davina. Marcel wouldn't want to upset the girl." Elijah said musing and coming up with a plan in his head. "Miss Bennett would you mind looking for a spell to break Niklaus' curse?"

Bonnie nodded. "Sure." And Elena immediately offered to help her.

Elijah went on. "Damon and Stefan, you will go after Tyler Lockwood. Caroline, you and Kol will look for Josh and take him into the woods as soon as he has recovered, I am guessing that you will need at least one blood bag."

"Why can't I go with Caroline?" Rebekah asked and Elijah looked at his siblings.

"Because Kol is in more danger of receiving a hybrid bite than you are." He looked at the wolf who had become totally rigid. His features twitched angrily while his tale whooshed from side to side.

Kol stared intently at the animal again and he wasn't so sure about Elijah's statement.

Then it raised his head looking at Elijah.

He jumped onto the chair right behind the working desk making himself noticed again.

His forepaws were on the table his hind legs on the chair. He scrunched up his nose angrily, but his older brother held his stare with calm but serious eyes.

"I know you don't like it, Niklaus." The wolf's tongue licked his fangs, but no sound escaped his throat. However he never snarled at Elijah, that disrespectful behaviour was saved only for their youngest brother. "There is no other way!"

The wolf snapped and his teeth clicked loudly.

"Niklaus." Elijah said warningly, but didn't back off.

"It must suck for him not to be able to speak his mind." Kol grinned and Klaus immediately jumped on top of the desk barking at his younger brother.

The growls grew dangerously loud coming deep down from out of his chest. There was something savage about him and Kol instinctively stepped backwards holding totally still while he widened his eyes at his brother.

He gasped silently.

"Stop wasting time with this." Rebekah interjected. "Let's get going!"

"Bekah, don't move!" Kol exclaimed, but it was already too late.

Rebekah had turned towards the door and with one decent jump the grey wolf hurled himself at her. Too surprised to scream Rebekah hit the floor hard with the wolf on top of her. The breath was knocked out of her and just a second later did she open her mouth to scream because her arm was on fire. The wolf growled sinking its teeth into Rebekah's flesh.

Damon panicked and grabbed Elena to flash them out of the room.

Rebekah screamed lying immobilized on the floor with the wolf still above her. Stefan reacted on instinct then. Only focused on Rebekah's screams, he selflessly threw himself at the animal and pushed him off the original sister before he could rip her arm off.

They rolled over the floor but the wolf quickly came back to his four paws snarling at Stefan who was lying on the floor in front of him. He snapped his teeth.

The rest of the room was simply too shocked to react immediately.

All eyes were fixed on the savage animal.

"Brother." Elijah spoke up at last. His voice mirrored the look on his face. He was aghast.

Caroline rose to her feet swiftly. "Niklaus." She whispered shocked.

Suddenly the animal froze. His lips sank and he looked behind Stefan at the other people in the room. He blinked while his eyes wandered from one to another until they found his sister on the floor. Terror was visible on her face and tears streamed down her cheeks leaving ugly tracks. Her lip quivered while she tried to hold back a sob.

The wolf's eyes widened and then he took a step back his tail pressed down between his hind legs and with that he confirmed Kol's suspicions.

"He cannot control it properly." He explained and everyone immediately believed him.

The wolf retreated further looking terrified.

Stefan slowly rose to his feet never letting the animal out of his sight. He moved over to Rebekah and Elijah who eyed the deep bite mark on her arm expertly.

"What does this mean?" Caroline asked trying to decide if she should rush to Klaus or remain where she was.

"Werewolves can't control themselves when they turn, hybrids usually can, but the question is to what extinct, isn't it? They are still part wolf and Nik had only turned once before, but he has already been in wolf form longer than back then."

"So, you think that he is losing his recognition?" Elijah asked incredulous and Kol shrugged.

"I am just guessing, but it would make sense. Controlling his temper has never come easy to him, has it?"

"We need to turn him back as quickly as possible!" Caroline said and looked at Bonnie who nodded and left immediately for the library. She watched Stefan mumbling something to Rebekah before he gently pulled her up to take her upstairs.

Elijah's lips were pulled into a thin line. Caroline eyed the wolf and took a step towards him, but he retreated further not wanting her to come near him and Caroline ached when she saw the desperate look in his eyes.

Elijah nodded. "We need to get going."

The wolf stepped slowly and very carefully so towards his brother. His ears and tail were pressed to his body when he looked up at his older brother who asked him: "Can you control it, Niklaus?"

His pricked up his ears and Elijah nodded.

"I hope you do know that he is a ticking time bomb." Kol said and the wolf gazed at him looking slightly annoyed. Kol raised his hands. "I don't think that anger is going to keep you in control big brother."

The big wolf flashed in front of Kol and Caroline and looked up at them with glowing yellow eyes.

Caroline kneeled down to be face to face with him. "Kol is right, try to stay calm. You do easily lose control when you are angry. It will be fine, don't worry. Kol isn't that stupid as to risk another 90 years lying daggered in a box."

"Sister, I am flattered." Kol said covering his heart.

Klaus growled.

"Nik, if you had only half the faith that Caroline has." Kol answered and tried to walk past him but the wolf flashed in front of him again.

"Bloody hell!" The snarls grew louder once again so Kol backed off speaking in a calm but insistent tone.

"Yes, I promise to keep her safe, okay? She is no infant anymore, now back off, will you!?" Sometimes it was easy for him to read his brother's mind when at other times they would keep misunderstanding one another.

"Niklaus." Elijah said trying to keep his brother anchored.

"He is right, I can handle myself." Caroline assured.

Klaus barked and Caroline put her hands onto her hips.

"Did you just bark at me?" She said loudly instead of backing down like she should have. But she saw the recognition in the animal's eyes and felt confident enough to tell him off.

Kol and Elijah watched closely ready to throw themselves between them.

The wolf growled and Caroline noticed his eyes changing slightly. "Niklaus, stay focused." She bent down her voice was calm knowing that he was about to lose control again. Elijah saw it as well.

"Bloody hell, Nik, you wouldn't want to bite her, you know you will regret it since your blood might not heal her in your current state, but if you want to test it then do go ahead." Kol suddenly interjected trying to provoke the wolf.

The wolf shook his head and his vision cleared again. He scrunched up his nose once again before he licked it with his tongue and stepped out of the way.

"We need to get our hands on Davina quickly now!" One of the witches said. "Even if we have to lift the curse on the pack!"

Sophie gnawed her teeth.

"Sophie, I know you don't want to lift it, but we have to!" Tiana said.

Sophie had made the deal with the wolves and told them that she would lift the curse off the pack, but secretly she had hoped that they would find a way around that. They deserved the curse!

"What about the original?" A young witch asked. "Why did she turn him into a wolf? She wasn't supposed to figure out how much power she holds!"

There were many questions that even they didn't know the answer to.

A tall figure stepped into the clearing where the witches were hiding currently.

He stepped up towards the women who had been waiting for him to make an appearance sooner or later. Although they looked confused at first they soon felt the magic surrounding him and smiled.

"So you did find us." Sophie Deveraux said and he nodded.

"Of course."

An elder witch stepped forward to eye him carefully. "You have developed your powers well. Now they only need to be completed with the death of our sister."

"Yes, we have to get her from the wolves within a few days max. If we miss the right opening for the spell we need to wait for another long while until we can do it again."

Everyone was staring at Sophie Deveraux. She knew that she had no choice. They needed Davina and they weren't enough to defend themselves against either the wolves or the vampires. They had lost too many by Marcel's hand and he would pay for that!

She sighed. "Fine!" Then she addressed the stranger again. "How about you find yourself a test subject? We need to have a volunteer who will find out how efficient your powers are working."

"No, I am not telling you to stay away from him, I am telling you to be careful. There is a difference, because it indicates that I know that you will not stay away from him anyway!" Kol told Caroline.

They rounded the corner and walked right into Marcel's house knowing that the king wasn't home. They had considered asking him for Josh, but what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him, right? Allies or not, he wouldn't have given up on Elijah's spy just like that.

Thierry was the one unfortunate enough to step into their path.

Kol grabbed him by the collar and flashed him off to the closest wall holding him up in the air and pressing his back against the stones.

"What's your name lad?" Kol's pupil dilated and without hesitation Thierry spoke.

"Thierry."

"Now, Thierry, why don't you tell me where Marcel would keep his prisoners?"

"In the cellar under the property." Thierry answered and as soon as the words left his mouth Kol had already snapped his neck.

"I don't feel scared of him even though I probably should." Caroline simply went on as if Thierry hadn't been present while she followed Kol into the cellar.

He rolled his eyes. "You know, Nik is right after all, love isn't only blind it is also stupid!"

Caroline frowned. "Excuse me?"

Kol eyed a tall wooden door in front of him. "What good is it to get yourself killed by the one you love?"

"He is not going to kill me!"

"Wasn't!" Kol corrected and took a step back in order to kick in the door in front of him. "As a wolf he might not recognize you!" He jumped into the air and almost gracefully kicked in the door if that was even possible.

"You sound like Bonnie!" Caroline scoffed annoyed.

Kol smirked. "She is pretty smart your friend." Pushing through the debris of the door he entered the room while Caroline followed smirking to herself.

"Elena thinks you have a thing for her." She grinned.

Kol raised his eyebrows looking at the wrinkled vampire on the floor. "Blood bag!" He held up his hand quickly changing the subject.

Caroline threw it at him. "So it is true!"

Kol scoffed. "Oh please." He nudged the vampire in front of him.

Caroline smiled silently while she watched Kol giving Josh the blood.

Josh drained the blood bag eagerly and turned to his normal colour again.

They told him what had happened so far and that they needed him to talk to Davina.

"Why?" He asked suspiciously still trying to get the last few drops of blood out of another blood bag.

"Don't worry, we don't want to hurt her! We want to keep her alive and we can protect her best if she stays with us. She has discovered her powers and she is totally alone. Please Josh, my friend Bonnie is a Bennett witch and she can help Davina control her powers!"

"How can I trust you?"

"You can't!" Kol said and grinned.

Caroline scowled at him.

"Don't listen to him! Do it for Davina, please. I am sure she could need a friend now and Elijah has yet to fulfil his promise, hasn't he? I promise you that you will get your ring and that no harm will come to you or Davina from our hands!"

Kol rolled his eyes. "Can we stop with this kindergarten and finally get going!? My brother is losing his mind while you are developing a secret handshake. Quite literally losing his mind." He added quietly and Caroline swallowed feeling worried.

She looked at Josh and something in her eyes made him agree to go with them.

The three of them walked quickly through the streets of the quarter.

Josh was still a bit weak and still needed to avoid the sunlight, lucky them that it was a cloudy day.

When they rounded a corner they crashed into someone because they hadn't been watching out for anyone else.

Another vampire had run into their way and he grabbed Caroline's arm quickly before she could fall.

"Thanks." She smiled.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to trip you." The other one said quite charmingly. He was tall with dark hair and prominent facial features.

Josh squinted and the other grinned at him looking deep into his eyes. "Larron?" Josh asked.

"So you do remember me! I wasn't sure since I haven't seen you around in a long time. What happened?" Larron asked cheerfully.

Josh shrugged. "Well, I fell into a well and couldn't climb out again."

"You sure look like that. Who are you friends?"

"Busy, no time to chat." Kol said quickly and dragged Josh away.

Caroline looked a bit apologetic at Larron but quickly followed her friend.

Larron couldn't help but notice how full of light she was.

It was almost mesmerizing.

He grinned to himself.

Caroline.

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