A/N: Third and final chapter I am uploading today. Enjoy!
Feel free to leave me a comment about any weirdness/confusion, I'm happy to reword/clarify anything!
Past.
Pain. Mine-numbing pain. That's all I could focus on as I started to wake. I was starving! "Ouch" I mumble out.
"You alright?" a male's voice asks me. I slowly open my eyes. The sun is directly behind the guy giving him an almost halo like look.
"Are you and angel?" Hunger. That's my only excuse for asking such a dumb question.
He laughs, "No where even close. My name is Kol and you, darling, still haven't answered my question"
"Bambi?" I can hear Katherine yelling for me.
"Over here!" She vamps over only to stop in her tracks when she sees Kol.
"Tatia?" He asks.
"Who?" I ask.
"Kol" Katherine doesn't ask, then turns to me, "You alright? You aren't looking so good"
"Thanks for that. Yeah I'm just starving. I'll find a bunny or something later"
"Why? Just eat Kol" Katherine so helpfully suggests.
"Uh. No. I'm not going to eat Kol"
"Does Kol get a say?" Kol asks looking between us.
"Sure. How would you like to know a secret that no one else is aloud to know?"
"What are you doing?"
"Relax, Bambi" Katherine tells me.
"Depends," Kol says, "How big is this secret?"
"Life changing. Literally"
"Yeah, I want to know"
"All it will cost you in return is; one, you can't tell anyone else, and two, let my friend her bite you"
"Will it kill me?"
"We, especially her, wont kill you. You have my word"
"Deal" He says, thrusting his wrist in my direction. I try my hardest to not let the bite hurt him. "What are you?" He asks in awe.
"We are vampires, from the future" Katherine tells him
Present.
"You turned her…" Bonnie says horrified.
"Yes, but she's not-" Kol pauses to stare at his wrist, "Nevermind about that, I think I just solved one of our issues" Kol tells the group.
"We are so coming back to the topic of you and Rebekah turning Elena!" Bonnie tells him.
"What did you figure out?" Rome asks Kol, not really caring about the latest doppelgänger's predicament.
"They are rewriting history. Everything they did in real time there, is like a memory resurfacing for us" Kol says in amazement, still staring at his wrist.
"You aren't making any since"
"I mean they are in the woods. Caroline just bit me. I remember walking those woods, I originally went to spy on Elijah, but instead I ran into Caroline and Katherine. We can watch over them, more importantly, we can tell Klaus that Caroline is fine," He pauses for a beat, then shrugs his shoulders, "relatively fine."
"She bit you? What does 'relatively fine' even mean?" Bonnie asks indignantly.
"Yes. I let her. Relatively because she is a weird baby vampire that even when she is starving, she doesn't vamp out"
"She used to. It was weird" Bonnie tells him.
Past.
"That's a funny joke, Tatia. I would have thought you had better things to do then try to pull one over on me" Kol tells Katherine.
"I'm not Tatia. If you call me that one more time, I wont be responsible for what happens next"
"We can prove it to you" Caroline buts in.
"How?" Kol asks. Instead of replying Caroline pulls him farther into the forest, with Katherine following. They all duck behind a large bush.
"Just wait," Caroline tells Kol. All of their attention was quickly drawn to the laughing couple quickly approaching.
"What a little bitch" Kathrine mumbles.
"Kat! We are in the past. We can't be mad at things that happened before we were born"
"Oh don't give me that look and how about we reevaluate that statement once you see her with Klaus" Katherine tells her.
Even Caroline was caught off guard by the growl that came from her. "Whatever. We need a plan"
"I have a plan"
"Feel like sharing with the class?"
"You two are serious. You're really from the future" Kol more states than asks.
"Yeah. Elijah and I end up together and Nik is her's" Katherine tells them.
"Alright. What do you want from me?"
"An ally. An evil witch sent us back here to change the past. We don't want the past changed. We also don't know anything about this time period or anyone outside of your family" Katherine explains.
"Okay. So what exactly do you need?"
"A witch"
"My mother-"
"NO" Caroline exclaims jumping into the conversation. All three quickly duck down when the couple looks their direction. With a quick glance at Katherine, she whispers, "No. I can't see Nik yet. I need to be mentally prepared for him to look me in the eye and not know who I am" Caroline tells him.
With an eye roll, Kol replies, "Fine. There is another witch in the village that can help. Her name is Ayana" At that Caroline and Katherine share a look, both already knowing who this witch is.
Present.
"I have to say, it sucks why you're here, but I'm damn glad you are" James tells Klaus.
Nodding in agreement, "My mother sent my mate a thousand years in the past so that none of us can do what we are about to do. I don't think I've ever heard of a better reason to shift and run"
"Amen" a choir of the other wolves yell out. He's their alpha, if he wants to run, they sure as hell are going to run with him.
A gasp of air startles Damon, who immediately rushes to the girl's side, "what happened?" She asks.
"Rebekah and Kol. They tried to get me to run over the bridge. The car went over, but I got us out in time" Damon tells her.
"Then what happened? Why do you sound like someone died?"
"Because you did. We got out of the car, but they were waiting for us. Rebekah grabbed you and snapped your neck, Elena"
"But-"
"You had my blood"
"Oh, god" She starts to cry.
Past.
"Excuse me, Miss? Can you help us?" Katherine asks sweetly.
"Sure, Tatia. Who is your friend?" Ayana asks.
"This is Carolina. May we speak in private? We seem to have found ourselves in a very unusual situation that requires the assistance of a wise woman"
To that, the witch gives both girls a studious look, "Yes. Follow me".
Present.
"So, time is moving quicker there?" Rome asks.
"Yeah, but without a clock I can't tell you how quickly" Kol says.
"We can compare it" Bonnie offers, "Let us know when the sun goes down and rises. That should give us enough information"
"Good. Good. We can use the computer to do the math of when the full moons will match up"
"How do you know they will?" Kol asks skeptically.
"It has too. It would be required for a spell like that to keep the balance" Rome explains, Kol nods seeing the logic.
Past.
"Come in. Would either one of you like some tea?" The older woman asks.
"Yes, please. If it's not too much trouble" Caroline says, smiling sweetly.
"Here you go, child" She hands Caroline a cup, "Now what is going on"
"I'm not Tatia" Katherine says, jumping head first into the issue as only Katherine can, "My name is Katarina Petrova, and we are from the future".
Caroline holds out her hand offering for the witch to read her.
"What are you?" The witch asks.
"From the future" Caroline tells her, confused.
"No. What are you?"
"Oh, we are vampires"
"Oh, Esther, what did you do?" Ayana asks, mostly to herself.
"What she will do" Katherine corrects, "Which is where you come in"
"Why are you bringing me into your business"
"Because we are talking about preventing more than a thousand years worth of change" Katherine says, "You are a witch, you need to up hold the balance. I doubt letting that change happen is a good thing"
"I don't trust you" The witch tells them.
"You don't have too. We just need to get home without messing anything up"