AU - A story of how Caroline and her life transformed as she was forced to leave everything she knew behind to save her own life. She returns to Mystic Falls one day when a threat looms, meeting the Original family. (Nominated for Klaroline Awards Best AU Fic 2016)

Whilst Klaus is trapped overlooking Kol's dead body, Caroline is told that her mother, and her pregnant cousin have been in a car crash. What happens when Caroline loses both her relatives but gains a ray of sun in her darkening life which she shares with Klaus, a friend in need of a little hope. AU - Klaus didn't kill Tyler's mother.