"Tell me, Caroline."

Elijah's voice had taken that frightening tone. The tone Caroline only heard when he was either very angry or getting ready to make the kill and since Caroline couldn't be killed...

"Elijah, please understand-"

"I WANT to understand Caroline, you just need to tell me the truth."

He looked hurt. Hurt that she hadn't told him the truth. That she had been keeping secrets from him. Elijah had always had a feeling that she was hiding something, but he brushed it off. Now he wishes he hadn't.

"I will, but not here. Elijah you have to trust me." Caroline was practically begging him to leave this alone right now.

"You're asking me to trust you. After what's happened. Someone has died Caroline. Now would be a good time to start telling me the truth from the beginning. No more secrets. No more lies. The truth."

"Not here. Not now," Caroline said as she walked through the door. She had to find Klaus. She'll have to deal with Elijah later.

As soon as she got over the threshold, Elijah grabbed her arm and swung her to him. They were chest to chest and he hollered, "I'm not letting you leave until you tell me!"

Caroline looked into his eyes and saw every emotion in them. Pain, anger, fear for her, the love he felt for her, protection, pleading for the truth.

"Elijah, I need you to trust me. I promise you I will tell you everything, but that women in there? She's only the first. Countless more could die if I don't make it right, and every second I spend fighting with you are seconds I could be making all of this right."

Elijah suddenly felt instant compassion for Caroline. She had been fighting something. And it must've been very horrible for her not to tell him. She had obviously kept this secret to protect not just other people, but him. She had done it all for him.

He slowly let her go and said, "Fine. I'll keep an eye on the woman in there. I'll see you at home, and then we talk."

"I promise," Caroline said and she sped off into the night to find Klaus. The real Klaus.

X

Klaus watched as his witch went down the well to retrieve his moonstone. Apparently the Lockwood that Katerina traded off to didn't think of witches and their powers. He did think of vampires seeing as it was a well of vervain.

He had been searching for so long, come so far, and here he was. He had his vampire, he had his witch, his moonstone, all he needed was a werewolf, and he happened to be on the property of a family of them.

"Master, Greta is on her way back up with the stone," one of Klaus' witches said, handing Klaus the knife they used to pry the well top off with.

"Good, now all we need is-"

"Excuse me?! You're on Lockwood property!" a voice hollered in the dark.

Klaus turned around to come face to face with Tyler Lockwood. Klaus remembered him from his time in Alaric's body.

"Sorry, I was just retrieving something that belongs to me, but since you're here, I can kill two birds with one stone," Klaus said as he sped over to Tyler and pinned him to a tree.

"Don't scream," he compelled.

Tyler stared at Klaus in terror. Everytime he tried to holler for help, it felt like he was had no voice.

"Now see that man over there?" Klaus said as he pointed to his witch, Maddox.

Tyler nodded in reply.

"I want you to take this," Klaus said as he handed Tyler the knife Maddox handed him, "and kill him."

Tyler stared at Klaus and then looked over at Maddox. He felt like a chain was pulling him over to the man and he couldn't fight it. He took the knife from Klaus and walked over to Maddox.

Maddox watched what was happening, looking over at Klaus he hollered, "Master?!"

"You wish to serve me? Help me fulfill my destiny? Then consider this your final tribute to my cause," Klaus responded.

Before Maddox could say anything else, Tyler had plunged the knife into his chest. He crumbled to the ground in agony, gasping in pain, then everything went black.

Tyler looked at Maddox. He had just killed a man. What have I done?! Tyler turned to look at Klaus, but he felt a horrible pain in his head. He fell to the ground and moaned in pain. He felt like his body was on fire.

Klaus walked over to Tyler, looked at his golden eyes and said, "Now that's a good sign."

X

Caroline got to the Lockwood property as fast as she could. Katherine had told her before that the moonstone was hidden by a Lockwood, so Caroline was sure that Klaus had compelled it out of her also.

She looked around, she used her supernatural hearing to sense if anyone was nearby. A snap of a twig, a rush of leaves, that was all she needed, but she had nothing. Then she smelt it. Blood.

Someone was killed here.

She followed the scent and ended up at a well. The top had been pried off and as she bent over the edge to see if someone was inside, she got hit with a rush of vervain. This was where the moonstone is. Or was.

Then she heard someone coming toward her direction. Hopefully it was Klaus. She waited for it. His voice, his scent, anything to let her know that it was him.

"Tyler?"

Oh no..

"Who's there?!" the voice hollered again.

Caroline recognized the voice as Tyler's Uncle Mason.

"It's me. Caroline," she said as she made her way towards him.

"Caroline, what are you doing here? It's the middle of the night."

"I was just taking a stroll then I came upon this old well. I'm a sap for old abandoned family treasures. And this well seems to be yours," Caroline lied. "I can't remember the last time the top was off. Actually, it's never been off," Mason noticed. Caroline could tell by his tone of voice that he didn't believe her. At all.

"Well it was like that when I got here," at least I'll walk away knowing I told SOME truth,"anyway I'd best be off."

Caroline started walking away and then, "where is Tyler."

Mason wasn't asking, he was demanding to know where his nephew was.

She turned around to face him and said, "He's not with you?"

"If he were with me, would I be asking you where he was?"

True. "I haven't seen him, Mason. Not since school. He's probably out with some friends. You know how young people are. I'll look for him and send him home." Caroline tried to reassure him, but the look on Mason's face said something else. He was really worried about Tyler.

"I'm coming with you," Mason said.

"No. Really you don't. I'm sure he's fine," Caroline didn't need Mason to tag along. She could find Tyler on her own and find Klaus too. She had a feeling that wherever Klaus was...Tyler was too.

"He's my nephew. He needs me right now, more than ever. I'm coming with you, and seeing as you walked here, we are taking my car. End of discussion." And before Caroline could respond, Mason had her hand in his and was all but dragging her to his car.

X

"Why are you doing this to me?!" Tyler screamed at Klaus.

He didn't know what was happening to him, all he knew was he had killed someone and then as soon as that person died, his whole body started burning, his bones felt like they would break, and the pain that shot through him was indescribable.

Klaus had taken him to an apartment building right outside of town. His witches had made sure he had a place to hide out until the Sacrifice. And they put a spell around it to make it impervious to locator spells and other types of Supernatural things.

"Because you see, young Lockwood, I need you. I won't go into detail, but you are a very essential part of what is about to happen. Something that I've been waiting 1000 years for."

1000 years? "That's not possible. Noone can live that long," he said. This man is insane.

Klaus got down to Tyler's level and said, "Oh I can assure you, some people can live that long. I have. Tell me, Tyler, have you ever heard of the Supernatural? Witches, vampires, werewolves?"

"That's not real."

"Oh, but it is. Too real. That pain you felt? The burning? The bone crushing feeling? That was you almost turning into something more powerful than you can imagine. You happen to be a supernatural creature. It's in your blood. That rage? The blackouts? It's not some "daddy" issue you've had since you were a child. It's part of who you are. A werewolf. I just simply saved you the trouble of killing a classmate or a friend. I saved you that guilt and made you kill a complete stranger."

"No. No it's not true. You played some trick on me. There's no such thing as the Supernatural!"

Klaus chuckled at Tyler. A boy who doesn't even know what he is. "As of tonight, dear boy, you are Supernatural. Just like me. Only...not like me."

"What could you need me for?" Tyler whimpered out.

Klaus smiled his signature grin and said, "All in good time. Until then," he compelled, "you're going to stay right here. You will not scream, you will not cry for help, and you will not run. Am I clear?"

Tyler nodded in reply.

"Good. Now, I hear someone is out looking for you. You're going to call them and rectify the situation. Tell them you're over a friends house and they don't need to worry."

X

"I'm telling you. He's hanging out with his friends. Probably at the stoners pit!," Caroline said trying to convince Mason that everything was okay.

"Look, I know my nephew and if he was going out he would've told me. He would've probably invited me along."

Caroline turned to look at Mason with a look on her face that said, "oh really now?"

Mason saw it and quickly responded, "to which I would've totally said no. And told him to stay home."

"Uh-huh. Nice save."

They had been driving for about 20 minutes. Looking in various corners and hiding places Tyler and his friends would hide in so they could smoke and drink. But he wasn't in any of them.

Before they turned into the next spot, Mason's phone rang. It was Tyler.

"Where are you!?" Mason angrily said into the phone.

Caroline looked at him and saw the look of worry on his face. He really cared about his nephew, but why was he this worried about him? Tyler was your average 17 year old boy. Football player, womanizer, troublemaker, nothing out of the ordinary. But then she thought back a little bit. The fight. The way Tyler fought. The anger, the rage, the way Mason got him to stop. Then further back. Katherine, the moonstone, Lockwood. Lockwood. The werewolf family.

"He's fine." Mason's voice brought her out of her thoughts. "I guess I worried for nothing."

Caroline just stared at him. How could she miss it. She had come across werewolves for centuries and always knew what they were but this one time she had no idea.

Mason noticed her lack of words and the way she looked at him, "are you alright, Caroline?"

"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine. I'm happy that Tyler is okay," she lied. She put two and two together. The dead man, Tyler, the werewolf gene, Klaus. She knew what he had planned. He was going to use him and Jenna in his sacrifice. And if her memory was correct it would be on the full moon. Which was in two days.

"Yeah me too," Mason responded, "so I guess I'll take you home? You said you walked to my brother's house."

"No it's fine, I don't live too far from here," Caroline protested. She needed to get out of the car and find Tyler as quickly as possible.

"We Lockwood men don't let ladies walk home, we escort them. Besides, I dragged you with me tonight, driving you home is the least I can do to thank you for all your help."

Caroline understood that Mason wasn't going to give up. It's the wolf in him. "Fine. Thank you," Caroline said as she faked a smile. She had no idea what she was going to do or how she was going to find Tyler. She would have to do it in a way as to not alert Klaus, and she couldn't do it alone.

The drive to Caroline's house wasn't very far. As she got out of Mason's car, he followed her to her door.

"Well, thanks for bringing me home."

"Not a problem. Thanks for helping me search for Tyler. And sorry if I got a little harsh before, I worry about him so.."

"I totally understand," Caroline cut him off, "I know how it feels to worry about someone you care for deeply."

As she said those last few words she felt tears spring to her eyes. She'd be lying if she said she hadn't thought about Elijah and Klaus these past 500 years. She worried about them, wondered if something had happened to them, longed to see them.

"Are you alright?" Mason asked, bringing his hand to Caroline's shoulder.

"Not really," Caroline answered.

"You want to talk about it?"

Caroline wished she had someone to share all of her worries with. Yes, she had Elijah but she knew when she told him everything he would be angry with her for lying to him for so long. But Mason would hate her too. As far as she knew werewolves hated vampires, what made him any different from the rest of them?

"I don't think you'd understand."

"Try me," he said.

She looked at him, really looked at him. He was concerned for her. He wanted to share her sorrows and help her through everything. But she couldn't tell him.

Caroline smiled sadly and said, "maybe some other time."

Mason replied, "Why do you keep shutting me down when I try to help you?"

She looked at him, confused.

"First the gym earlier today and now at your doorstep. You can't keep whatever is bothering you bottled up, Caroline."

"Why do you care so much?! Why are you so concerned with someone you barely even know?!" Caroline said more harshly than she intended.

"That's the point, Caroline. I want to get to know you better, I want to understand the person behind the teacher. I've already seen the control freak, now why not the person who just needs some comfort?"

Caroline was speechless. Noone had ever actually wanted to get to know her. Caroline Forbes, the person. Not the Original Vampire.

Mason sighed, rubbing his hand through his hair and said, "Fine. I like you, Caroline. I care about how you're feeling and yes we just met like a week ago, but I can't help but want to get to know you better and want to help you when you're hurting and listen to how you're feeling. But you're obviously not ready to open up to someone. So when you are, tonight, tomorrow night at the dance, a 100 nights from now, I'll be right here," he said while grasping Caroline's hand, "waiting to listen."

And he raised her hand to his mouth and kissed it softly. He watched Caroline's face as he did it, his eyes never leaving hers.

"Good night, Caroline," and with that Mason walked away from her.

As Mason drove away, his mind went back to what she had said. He didn't understand himself why he cared about her so much, when he hardly even knew her. But he couldn't help it. Something about her made him care and he knew, when the time was right, she would tell him.

Caroline watched as Mason drove away and quickly walked into her house. In a few moments she had forgotten about Klaus and the curse and everything that was getting ready to happen. It was like earlier that day. Mason had made her laugh and in doing so, all of her troubles had vanished, if only for a moment. It made her feel human. She remembered what he said about how he cared about her and liked her and truly wished to get to know her. Mason was kind and selfless and he seemed a good man.

"That was quite the scene back there."

Caroline turned to the voice and saw Elijah sitting on her couch.

"Where is Jenna? How is she? Does Elena know?" Caroline had forgotten about the baby Vampire over in Alaric's apartment due to everything that had happened with Tyler.

"She's fine. She's with Katherine," Elijah replied.

Caroline gawked at him and said, "You left her there?! With her?!"

"Caroline, we have to make whoever turned Jenna believe that noone knows. We cant raise suspicion and end up getting everyone killed," Elijah reasoned.

True. Caroline had to agree with Elijah, though the thought of anyone being trapped with Katerina made her feel sorry for the poor soul.

"Who was that on the porch?" Elijah asked. He had heard the whole ordeal between Caroline and the man who brought her home.

"Mason Lockwood, he's the uncle of one of my students. His nephew was missing and I helped in the search for him," Caroline explained.

"He seems to be quite the romantic," Elijah said with a laugh.

"I would've thought a good, honorable man such as yourself would know how rude it is to eavesdrop."

It was almost like what happened to them earlier, hadn't. But it had. And Caroline owed Elijah the truth.

"Elijah, I think it's time you know the truth. The truth about...everything."

And just like that Elijah lost his smile and it was replaced by a tight frown.

"I'm listening."

Caroline sat beside him and conjured up all of her bravery and said, "It started after you came here..."

And here you have it! Chapter 25. Please don't kill me for taking forever to write it.

I know in the previous chapter I promised the decade dance in this chapter, but I just got so engrossed in Klaus and Tyler and Mason and Caroline that I realized I wrote a whole chapter around them.

My explanation for taking forever: graduation, getting ready for my NEXT college experience, and work.

I don't know how I'll make it through the next 5 months waiting for TVD to return. Stefan being a doppelganger threw me for a LOOP! I'm excited for Silas action, but equally sad at the fact my Stefan is rotting at the bottom of a lake.

Anyways, enjoy! Please review and follow! Thank you my lovelies! ;)

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