"Would you be able to do one in which Kol is back from the other side and Caroline finds out about Hayley being pregnant so she turns to Kol only to spite Klaus but then she actually begins to develop feelings for him." -Guest

"Kol could kidnap Caroline and force her to turn off her humanity so she could be his killing spree partner. He could compel her, making her think that her friends abandoned her and hate her." –AngelinaGuerin

Set around 5x22, one of those How It Should Have Happened Instead.

I am one fic away from reaching 50 stories here on omil. My obsession/delusion cannot be denied.


Bonnie is bleeding, being a doorway for the people from the Other Side is killing her and Caroline winces as Bonnie lets out another pained groan. Elena is back and Caroline hugs the brunette in relief as they wait for Damon to come back. But he doesn't. Instead someone else pushes through from the Veil, smirking at them triumphantly as he returns to the plain of the living.

"Hello, darlings," Kol Mikaelson greets them. "Surprised to see me?"

Elena looks worriedly at Bonnie who is now gone and realizing instantly what's happened. The brunette bursts into tears, desperate sobs that wrack her slim body until she's on her knees, whispering Damon's name like a prayer. Caroline feels dark little tendrils of emotion crawl up from her shattered heart up to her esophagus until she can't breathe because Bonnie's gone and the Other Side is…

"No," Caroline closes her eyes in horror. "This can't be happening."

"Unfortunately it is," Kol is suddenly in front of her, staring down at her with a feral glint in his eyes as his hands cups her face, forcing her to look at him. "Poor Bonnie's gone now."

Elena lets out another pained sob and Kol saunters to her, bending down to look at the brunette closer. "And Damon too. I mean, he tried to get back to you but sadly he didn't make it in time…"

"Why?" Elena shakes her head, big fat tears falling from her doe eyes. "Why?"

"Cause I told you I'd get my revenge on you for killing me," He chuckles deeply, tipping her chin up with his fingers so he can see the sorrow in her eyes and relish in it. "And now you have to live your immortal existence without the man you love. How bloody tragic."

Kol gets to his feet as Elena collapses back to her mourning, the Original returning to Caroline who looks lost. "Sweetheart, you look like you need a drink."

The blonde just looks away, wrapping her arms around her middle as a thousand emotions dance through her until she feels emptied out. His dark chuckles make her shudder, his breath on her neck as he pulls her into a mockery of a hug.

"Now, love, don't be like that." He murmurs against her pulse. "After all, I'll need some entertainment now that I'm back and who better but the girl my brother pines for – oh wait, used to anyway,"

She refuses to look at him, the bitter and sour taste of abandonment still coats her tongue even after all the months that Klaus Mikaelson leaves her to go become a king somewhere else.

"I suppose you can't blame him. Daddy Issues, you see? He fears being like our father so of course he'd never abandon his child."

Caroline stiffens underneath his touch and finally looks at him, confusion evident and he lets out a grin that makes her stomach drop.

"Oh, you didn't know, dove? Nik got that whore of a werewolf pregnant. Hayley, was it?" He laughs when she tries to pull away from him but his strength is no match for a young vampire. "Come off it, dearie, it's alright."

She renews her struggles despite the futility. She wants to run away, to somewhere that isn't tainted with memories of the people she's now lost or leaves her because she isn't enough, is never enough. Sobs escape her without her consent, making her movements sluggish and at the back of her mind she can feel Kol poking and prodding through her memories like a little boy dissecting a frog. Her thoughts bleed through and he smiles at the images that come forth.

"What darkness you have in you, lovey," He whispers in her ear. "It's a shame you hold it back so harshly."

She closes her eyes in shame. "Please stop."

"No, I don't think I will," He forces her to look at him, palms pressed to her cheeks, dark irises reading into her soul. "You're going to be my new favourite toy."

She tries to pull away but his nails dig into her skin, making her grimace. She protests, letting out little cries as he digs into her mind, rearranging thoughts and memories to his desires. There's nothing for you here. All your friends are gone or don't care about you.

She lets out a pained cry as he digs deeper, pushes harder.

No one loves you here. Why would you want to stay? I can take you away from here. I can be all you need.

"No, no, no!" She cries out. "Please stop!"

I can give you everything you want. I can give you the world, make them all bow to the queen you should be. You're not some silly little girl. Oh no, you're vicious and hungry and they will all see that.

She's crying now even as his words repeat through her head, until every syllable echoes through ever cell of her being. For his will is hers now. His every desire she will cater to. She is his and his alone.

His dark eyes are pools of ink drowning in chocolate, her own mind like an ocean she's drowning in. His voice gentle as he tells her, "Turn it off, darling." Her mind closes like a rubber band pulled back and released. And she shudders out a breath before her mind cools and goes blank.

All the pain is gone. And she feels free. She looks up at Kol's grinning face, his clever fingers tugging at the ends of her blonde curls. He leans forward and she lets him peck her mouth, his lips soft and warm.

She sighs into him, her breath mixing with his and she is drowning, swimming into nothingness. She never wants it to end. When he pulls back, he looks pleased, tucking stray curls behind her ears. "Lovely Caroline, you are going to be such fun."

He looks behind her and sees Elena who is still crying on the ground. "But first, won't you be kind and put Miss Gilbert out of her misery?"

Caroline doesn't think twice before turning and away and walking towards the brunette. Crouching down she looks the other girl in her teary brown eyes before in one swift move tearing out her heart, the girl giving no fight. The blonde eyes the quickly greying corpse with an indifferent eye before crushing the organ in her hands into a red pulp. Kol's howl of delight echoes through the empty graveyard.

"Well done!" Kol exhales as she walks back to him, hands dripping with blood. "Now, where do we go to first?"

Caroline shrugs. She remembers a similar man making offers about Paris, London and Tokyo. Wherever she wanted to go, he would take her but that man is gone now and the girl in her memories gone too. Who she is now she doesn't know and quite frankly, she can't care.

"Surprise me."