A/N: I'm so overwhelmed by all the support everyone's given me! Of course I still get those lonely days when I feel like dung, but I have to admit that I'm getting much better. I've gotten so many PMs saying to get better and support! Thank you to those who left reviews as well, DeeReadinQueen, Southernbellewv, justine, Guest, Guest (disguised as DisappearingHybrid), Guest, nolife96, LiveEveryMoment, VeraDeDiamant, HH1098, Ritz-chan, drewwnesss, BiancaR, GabbyCB, mysticgirl125!

I must admit, that things are going to change-a lot after this chapter. :) Now, I'm going to go watch Titanic. I know this may shock some of you, but I have NEVER watched that movie before-which made many people gasp (oh, and I haven't watched The Notebook yet as well. What is wrong with me?)

I'm sorry if this chapter is sort of flying everywhere-I just had so many emotions when I was writing this.

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Klaroline23

Caroline made her way to the arcade, knowing it was where she was assigned to go. It was not the same arcade she had gone to before. It was an abandoned arcade that no one had gone to for over 10 years. She kept looking back over her shoulders, to see if Sharon was following her. Every creaking sound made her cringe and jump. Many thoughts went through her head as she walked forward, her body crouched low. She quietly prayed under her breath, her fingers touching the charm on her neck.

Caroline shivered at the uncomfortable, eerie silence. Something was wrong. She used her vampire hearing abilities to detect any suspicious sounds, but found nothing. The sudden sound of an arcade playing weird theme music caused Caroline to squeak and jump up, ready to attack.

"Who's there?" she shouted at the emptiness. There was no reply. The machine let out a few sparks, indicating that its life was complete. Caroline let out a sigh of relief and looked around. Why was it so quiet? Caroline ignored the scenes from the gazillion horror movies she had seen with her friends flash through her mind as she continued walking along the aisle.

The screens were all completely black, cobweb and thick layers of dust on the controllers, and the color of the animated pictures were faded. Oh god, it reminded her so much of a typical horror movie. She bit her lip, her eyes wide in alert. The only sound there was the movement of her legs and breathing—which she tried really hard to control.

After another 5 minutes of roaming around the abandoned arcade, she realized something was definitely wrong. It was quiet…too quiet. Caroline wrinkled her brows, confused. She was sure Sharon had told her to—Caroline smacked her head with her hand. How could she have been so stupid?

A low, angry growl escaped her lips as she realized she was fooled by Sharon. Of course, why would she tell Caroline the right place to meet? Sharon wanted to send Caroline back safely—yet Caroline knew she couldn't just leave the others. She didn't want to look like a coward.

Caroline grit her teeth angrily and vamp-sped back out to the streets, leaving the empty, dark arcade.

Klaus groaned as he lifted his head to see what was happening. It felt like there was a heavy car was on top of him. He jumped up, realizing what had just happened. He stretched his arms and legs, which felt like they had been frozen for years. He looked around the room, his eyes searching for the damn witch.

The only thing he could see was a pool of crimson colored liquid on the ground, a few droplets splattered across the walls, and Kol lying on the ground, unconscious. There were large pieces of blood stained glass, scattered across the floor. He walked over to his brother and shook him awake.

"Wha—what? What's going on?" Kol sputtered, jolting awake. "Did we kill him?" Kol asked, looking around.

Klaus shook his head as he helped his brother stand up. "He's gone. We have to hurry and stick with the plan. He is stronger than what I expected," Klaus growled angrily.

He wished Sharon and Honey were ready, for they were the next up. He closed his eyes, hoping Caroline was safe. At first, he had argued that they should keep Caroline out of the plan for her safety (which Sharon agreed to with such passion, Klaus thought it was a bit suspicious), but Caroline had protested with such force and stubbornness, they gave in.

Honey stood, trembling as she held Sharon's hand. Acaeus—the witch with the weird name—was on the floor, knocked out. Sharon had told her to hold her hand and concentrate. She had freaked out, not knowing her mother meant. The next thing she knew, there was a loud scream, which was followed by a thump. Sharon, whose face expression didn't change a bit, tightened her grip on her daughter's hand. She had performed a magic trick on the witch. Acaeus wasn't aware that Klaus had two witches helping him, and they had caught him off-guard.

The spell could temporarily petrify someone. They had 5 minutes until the witch would wake up. Honey couldn't help but let out a chortled laugh at the sight of the witch. His eyes were closed, his legs spread slightly open, and his arms were stretched out next to him. Sharon gave her a stern look and released her grip. Honey coughed, trying to suppress her laughter, realizing that this was a serious situation.

"What was that?" she asked. "How did I do that? I don't even know a single spell. I don't even know anything about magic, how did I do that?"

Sharon shook her head. "You have great power…all Bennett witches do. You might not know any spells or realize your strength, but I do. I held your hand to combine both our powers to attack the witch—combined, we are almost as powerful as him," Sharon explained. She looked down at the unconscious body and crouched down to examine it. "Even though I hate the fact that I'm helping Klaus and his brother, I have promised our ancestors that I would keep Caroline safe…" Sharon muttered. "Klaus and Kol should be coming by now…I hope they aren't too late. I don't know how long this spell will last."

"Which reminds me, where's Caroline? Wasn't she supposed to be here with us?" Honey asked, looking around to make sure she hadn't mistaken anything. "Sharon, where is she?" Honey lowered her eyes, glaring at Sharon. It was still awkward for her to call her 'mom', since she had literally just met her, but just because she was her mother didn't mean she would forgive everything. Was Sharon lying about something? Why wasn't Caroline here? She had heard clearly that Caroline was supposed to come here with them.

"It was for her safety, Sandy."

"Sharon! How could you? Tell me where she is, NOW," Honey shouted. Sharon simply shook her head, an apologetic look on her face. An unexpected growl escaped Honey's throat as she glared daggers at her mother. "Do you realize what you're doing? Tell me where she is so I can go get her! Tell me before this guy wakes up!"

"Don't bother," a voice said from behind, startling both Sharon and Honey. They spun around to face a very angry looking Caroline. Her arms were stiff by her side, her hands balling into tight fists. She breathed out heavily, glaring at Sharon.

"Caroline! What are you doing here?" Sharon hissed, not caring whether Caroline was mad at her or not. "I told you, you shouldn't be here. Oh god, Klaus and Kol better come by now—this wasn't what I expected to happen," Sharon muttered, a worried expression replacing her angry one.

Just then, the door burst open, revealing a bewildered looking Klaus and Kol. Honey rolled her eyes and muttered, "What is this? I feel like I'm in a dramatic movie scene where everyone just pops out of nowhere. First Caroline and now those guys."

"Where is Acaeus? I'm sure you played your part, witch," Klaus said, looking around the dark room.

"If that's your way of saying thanks, you're welcome" Honey said sarcastically, putting her hand on her hips.

"He's there," Sharon said, ignoring her daughter's comment. She turned around to point at the body, but found only emptiness. Sharon let out a gasp as she rushed to the spot. "Where did he go?" she cried in a panicked voice. Caroline felt her heart start to beat faster as she looked around in caution. Acaeus could just pop out of nowhere and attack her. She looked over at Klaus, who was alert and ready to fight as well. Honey, who had always looked so bored and careless about everything, looked tense as well. Caroline looked around to see Kol—but he was not there.

"Kol! If this is a joke, it's not funny!" Caroline whispered. As soon as her sentence finished, a loud thump echoed through the room. Honey let out a small scream as she pointed at the body on the floor. They all looked to see Kol, his arms and legs sprawled, on the floor. Thankfully, he wasn't dead, but was petrified once again. Caroline spun around in circles, knowing the witch was near by. She could see nothing, though. It was pitch black, and she could only hear the faint sounds of moving footsteps.

"Now, now. What do we have here, two witches, one vampire, and an original against one, single man? Don't you think that's a bit unfair?" the voice asked.

Despite her excellent vampire hearing, Caroline couldn't detect where it was coming from—it was as if he were everywhere.

"Don't make it seem as if you were some old, helpless grandpa that has only a cane to fight with," Honey called out, earning a large guffaw from Acaeus.

"I like your humor. Too bad it'll go to waste…you would have made a good, funny apprentice," Acaeus continued. "But, why don't we talk about something else? What about—Caroline?"

It nearly drove Klaus crazy that he couldn't see anything or know where the witch was. Acaeus was definitely using a spell to make it seem like the voice was coming from literally every direction.

"Don't you dare touch her."

Another loud, throaty laugh filled the room. It was soon followed by a sigh. "Defending your loved one now, are you? I knew I had to get rid of her before you started falling for her. That is my biggest regret," Acaeus said bitterly. "Everything was going so well. Everything that I planned for years—everything is just gone…It's all dust now. It's all thrown away, because of that blonde bitch."

That was when something in Klaus snapped. He lunged forward into the darkness. Caroline, Sharon, and Honey all looked at him, wide-eyed as Klaus managed to come out with a struggling Acaeus in his arms.

Klaus put his fingers around the witch's throat and started tightening his grip.

"I was just going to snap your neck, but now that I think about it, that is too much of an easy death for you. I decided that your death should be full of suffering…a slow, painful death," Klaus spat. Caroline watched as Acaeus' face started turning purple, his fingers clawing helplessly at Klaus's arms.

"That's enough, Klaus," Caroline said. Even though she wanted this witch to disappear from her life, she couldn't help but feel bad. After all, it was a life that they were taking away. She couldn't just let someone die—

As soon as Acaeus knew that Klaus's fingers were off of him, he rushed over to Caroline and locked his arms around her neck. Caroline made a mental note to herself to never, ever feel sympathy or show mercy for people that deserved death.

Klaus took a step towards Acaeus, but stopped when Acaeus gave him a warning look.

"If you take another step closer, I swear I will kill this girl."

How could Klaus let this happen to Caroline? He should've never listened to her when she said to stop, but something about her voice made him take his hands off of Acaeus. Now, he regretted it greatly. His Caroline was in the enemy's arms, so close to death.

"If you even dare think about killing her, I will make sure that you will die a gruesome, slow, painful death," Klaus growled.

"I know I'm going to die, but do you really think that I will go to the other side, alone? I will take her with me," Acaeus laughed.

Klaus was too busy thinking about Caroline and Acaeus that he didn't notice that Sharon and Honey had snuck out and were talking quickly, worried expressions on their faces.

"It's time, Sandy. I need your help to do this. Do you trust me?" Sharon asked hurriedly, holding onto her daughter's shoulders.

"What are you talking about, Sharon? What are you planning to do?"

"There's no time to explain—your friend is about to die. This will save your friend. Let me ask you again, do you trust me?"

Honey looked into her mother's eyes, searching her eyes to see if she was really telling the truth. Honey nodded quickly. Caroline, her friend, was about to die—they had no time to waste.

"Good, come," Sharon said, grabbing her daughter's hand.

Sharon rushed to where Klaus stood, her daughter's sweaty palms firmly held in hers. While Acaeus and Klaus were still snarling at each other, Sharon closed her eyes and started muttering the Latin words. She could feel her daughter's grip tighten as a bead of sweat made its way down her forehead.

She could hear that Acaeus had stopped his talking. He tried to make out the words Sharon was saying.

"Stop!" he yelled, once he realized what she was doing. "Stop!" he shouted again.

Sharon stopped muttering the words. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see Acaeus, who was frantically looking at Caroline. It was clear that she was starting to fade away.

"I'll deal with you later, witch," Klaus growled at Acaeus as he punched the witch's head. Acaeus crumpled to the ground, unconscious. "What the hell is happening?" he asked.

Caroline was on the ground, her eyes wide open. She could see what was happening, but no words came out. It was as if something was forcing her mouth shut.

"If she had stayed, she would've died. I'm sending her back to where she belongs—you knew this was going to happen, Klaus," Sharon said quietly.

Klaus looked back at Caroline. It hurt her to see him so worried and nervous. She wanted to tell him that she was fine. In fact, she had never felt so peaceful before. She wanted to tell him that they were going to see each other again, in the future. She wanted to tell him about her feelings. Her TRUE feelings.

"I'm scared that I will forget about you…like I did for the past centuries," he said as if he had read her mind.

That was a question that left Caroline worried as well. Would he forget about her? Did it matter? She remembered him saying he fancied her—that meant he loved her even in the future.

"I'm afraid that you will. As soon as she disappears, you will forget about her. However, your memories can still be triggered…but I don't know how or when that will happen," Sharon said.

Caroline looked back at Klaus, a relieved smile on her face. If it could be triggered, she would wait a lifetime until he remembered. Caroline could feel that her consciousness was leaving her. She felt her body starting to fade away.

"Goodbye, Caroline," Klaus whispered. "I will do whatever it takes to find you. Don't worry," he said. A single teardrop slid down and fell onto her hands. It took every muscle in his body to keep himself from falling down and say goodbye to her. He grit his teeth when he noticed her body was about to fade away.

Honey bit her lips to prevent herself from bursting into tears. It pained her to see this man-on his knees-leaning against her friend, looking so hurt and pained.

Klaus felt his body go limp. The hole in his heart returned when he felt the body beneath him disappear and he was left in the darkness, once again.

"Now…let's take care of Acaeus," Sharon said, walking over to the body.

March 1, 1992. Mystic Falls Hospital.

Rays of light poked through the hospital window. It was a happy day for everyone in town—for a new baby was being born. Bill stood by the hospital bed, smiling proudly at his wife.

"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes! It's a girl!" the nurse cried happily, making her way through the heaps of flowers and balloons, as she carefully handed the baby to Liz. Liz stared down at the precious little child that was wrapped in a large, white towel. She had large, blue eyes that stared back at Liz, a tiny nose, and bright pink lips.

"She is so beautiful. She looks like an angel," Liz said happily, tears trickling down her face.

"Did you decide on a name, yet?" the doctor asked, nodding. She was indeed a beautiful baby.

"I was thinking Caroline…Caroline Forbes," Liz said, looking up at Bill, who nodded in agreement.

"Caroline is a perfect name," the nurse agreed.

"Now, we will leave and give you some time alone with your daughter," the doctor continued, starting to walk towards the door. "Oh, which reminds me, I almost forgot to tell you this, there was a woman who visited earlier saying she had a gift for the baby." The doctor reached into his pockets and held out a small box. He handed it to Bill and left.

"What is it, dear?" Liz asked.

"It's a necklace!" Bill said, holding out a beautiful necklace that glistened against the sunlight. "There's also a letter inside," he continued, handing the necklace to Liz. "A beautiful necklace for a beautiful baby. A key that unlocks a door that leads to a life full of love, adventure, excitement, and memories," he read out loud.

"How nice," Liz said, looking back at her daughter. "Who is it from?"

"It doesn't say...it just says it's from a close friend. This key charm looks really old-it looks like its a few decade years old!" Bill exclaimed, closely examining the little key charm.

Liz ignored Bill's comment about the charm. She couldn't care less about the necklace at the moment. All she could think about was the baby in her arms. "She is the most precious thing I've ever laid eyes on." she said, smiling.

Indeed, so she was. That was the day everyone in Mystic Falls had a smile on their faces, for a new, beautiful baby was born.

A/N: Oh god, I hope this chapter was okay. I mean, it's such an important chapter that i keep thinking I didn't do a good job explaining everything. Please tell me if you thought it lacked details or descriptions. I will add more if you want changes.

Anyways, I'm sure you guys noticed that things are going to be very, VERY different next chapter. Yup, that's right. Caroline is now done with her time travels and now things are going to be set in the-I can't tell you, but I'm sure you already know.

Leave a review of your thoughts and ideas/requests! Thanks again to everyone who supported me and left helpful, lovely reviews! Follow me on Tumblr at ChemicalKlarolineDrug and have a nice weekend!

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Klaroline23