Rose Garden Filled With Thorns
Summary: After Liz's death, Caroline turns off her humanity, only this time, her partner in crime is a certain Bulgarian we know and love. Follow Caroline and Katherine as the striking beautiful duo aim their mischief right at New Orleans.
Notes: Had this idea as my Klaroline friend and I were talking on WhatsApp and she was listening to Blank Space by Taylor Swift (it wasn't me I swear!) I've already read similar fics, for when Caroline turn off her emotions and all… this is my version!
Disclaimer: TVD nor TO are mine! It belongs to CW, Julie Plec and L.J Smith. Although I would've liked to participate on some decisions regarding my ships!
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Chapter 1 – Where've you been? I Can Show You Incredible Things
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The brunette vampiress walked down New York' streets like she owned the place. Her arms full of designer-stores' bags and confident stride, showed to anyone around that she had it all.
Her beauty was striking, her body to die for – quite literally – her clothing styled to perfection.
Anyone who knew her story would've never thought one day Katherine Pierce would walk freely around, not a bit of hesitation in her stride, for she needn't get away from Klaus anymore.
Their deal was sealed, he had the Cure that had turned Elena back to a human, fragile blood bag. Elijah had – at least – kept his word about that and helped her with that, only to run back to his excuse of a family after.
His loss.
Katherine would not go after him like some needy, abandoned girlfriend.
Nor she would ever admit still having feelings for the Original. He didn't deserve her. At all.
Katherine was just crossing the avenue when her peripheral caught a familiar light brown tuft, stylish jacket and kind green eyes.
What was Stefan doing here?
"What do you need?" the brunette spat, her tone annoyed, while her ex-lover approached her in the sidewalk.
"Can we talk?" he seemed… uncomfortable, and maybe a little bit desperate?
"Is Elena dead?" she asked and adjusted her bags in her arms.
Stefan rolled his eyes, but smiled nonetheless. Of course, Katherine would think that.
"I haven't been in Mystic Falls for awhile now,"
Oh right, even human, Gilbitch had chosen Damon over Stefan, and as the real noble brother he was, Stefan had flown the country. So, why was he back?
"I just assumed something was wrong with her," Katherine stretched her hand between them "since you're back in the States, and in front of me, no less. She must need some doppelganger cover, or something," she shrugged and restarted her walking, passing Stefan by, brushing her shoulder on his "not gonna happen, sorry Stefan,"
"It's Caroline," he stated, not turning around.
That was new. Were they a thing? Oh, juicy!
"She turned her humanity off,"
That made Katherine hastily turn around to face the younger Salvatore.
"Are we talking about the same control-freak-nothing-can-go-wrong-in-my-life Caroline Forbes?" Katherine had her arms down, although never let her bags touch the filthy New York' sidewalk.
Stefan didn't offer her a response, but the look in his eyes said everything. He didn't look like 'I'm losing the love of my life' though.
"We tried everything,"
Ah, now she was getting it.
"Liz died a couple weeks ago,"
That explained plenty.
"And you want me to go there and help the Mystic Gang to bring her back," it wasn't a question and Stefan faced her like she had it all figured out, so.
Stefan Salvatore was the only guy she appreciated these days. Aside from her playthings in NYC, that is.
He had always been the same soul. Good will, great hair – McDreamy vibes you see – sparkling green eyes, lovable personality. In the past, Katherine had wished for him to truly be in love with her but, how could he? When she was never really in love with him either, or with any other man for that matter, aside from…
What the fuck?!
Get a fucking grip, Katherine!
Right, she knew if Stefan was here was because Caroline meant so much to him, maybe not romantically, perhaps the perky vampire had been promoted to best friend at some point? Summering that Elena was a judgy thing – Caroline banging Klaus and all that – and Stefan's best friend had been also his brother, also his ex-girlfriend current lover.
Nasty.
Anyway, she really didn't have anything urgent to do these days, and could spare a few weeks to bring the blonde cheerleader back to emotion-wave land, then resume her expensive and ravishing life.
"Let's be clear," she stated and started to walk on the opposite direction to her place, following Stefan as the gleam in his eyes stood for a thank you. "I'm not doing this for you, or her,"
He hummed an agreement as they crossed yet another busy street.
"It's just I have time in my schedule," she clarified as they stopped at Stefan's red corvette.
He opened the trunk and Katherine set her shopping evidence inside, just to jump inside the car after, followed by the Salvatore on the driver' seat.
Also, what evil could Caroline do with her humanity switch off? Kill a pony?
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It was a clear early night at Whitmore College.
Caroline was beaming with energy after her late human lunch under the college bleachers. The blonde sashayed over the green grass piece of land that guided the students 'till the dorms.
Life had been good again.
Not good, good, but still.
Humanity was indeed overrated.
Before she reached the porch for the dorm building though, she heard someone running around her.
Odd.
Caroline turned around and no one was there. She took a deep breath to calm herself down and concentrate her senses. Not because she was afraid, but because it was Whitmore, strange things happened. Also, to gather all forms of torture she could induce the creature whom was trying to mess with her.
Because, of course, it wasn't human. She was sure of that even before it passed her by in inhuman speed.
"Just a tip?" she announced out loud "don't mess with me tonight!" her boots were heavy on the ground, her knees lightly flexed, the veins starting to appear around her eyes.
"What about tomorrow then, Care Bear?" a sultry voice came from her side, as Caroline abruptly turned around in it's direction just to be face to face with
"Elena?" a dumbfounded expression passed through Caroline's eyes as the brunette folded her arms in front of her chest, tilting her curly head in the process.
A Cheshire Cat' smile crawled in Katherine's face as she prompted "I'm much prettier,"
It was the last thing Ms. Forbes heard before everything went black.
"And now, what?" Kat asked as Stefan held Caroline's body in his arms.
The green-eyed man adjusted his best friend's recent-corpse in bridal style, as he and Katherine turned to walk to his car.
"Now we torture her,"
Katherine could say that this part of the plan was the one she liked the most so far.
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It was daylight when Caroline woke up in a start. Her head pounded and her throat was dry and sandpaper-like. All characteristic of having you neck snaped.
UGH!
The blonde vampire got off of the tilted floor, her vision blurry, probably because of the vervain, plus the effort it took for the body to reconstruct a broken neck.
Oh, the joy!
"Wakey, wakey, lil' monster!" came the venomous voice of Katherine from the other side of the door.
And only then, Caroline took the time to analyze her surroundings.
An adapted dungeon-hotel room, a relatively large bed in the middle – yet she had woken up on the ground huh? – the windows didn't have drapes, she bet it was for making her uncomfortable with the sunlight, the door where Katherine spoke from behind was steel, and she wasn't sure she could break it on her current state.
Caroline huffed in annoyance and sat on the bed, still not gracing Katherine with her acknowledgement.
"Stefan's not here," oh she knew it! It couldn't be Damon, he didn't care enough for going all this way, if anything he supported her.
Elena was human again.
Which led to Caroline letting out a grunt at her stupidity. How come she had mistaken Katherine for her last night? Which brought another question: for how long had she been here?
Bonnie wouldn't interfere either, that's because she had flown to visit Jeremy, or whatever, so the only person left was Stefan.
Enzo would not go all this length as well, so Caroline came to the conclusion Stefan was working alone.
Well, definitely not alone.
With another vampire.
And said vampire being Katherine Pierce, no less.
Although, a light bulb flicked inside her head.
Katherine Pierce.
She wasn't aware of the Petrova's whereabouts after the Cure deal, where Klaus had fed Elena the cure to vampirism, letting Kathrine free to do as she pleased. The brunette had flown Mystic Falls, never coming back to torment them, so it was good news, and she didn't want to stress about it at the time.
But, being the badest bitch of all, Caroline could try and flip her to her side. After all, Katherine wasn't there because of the kindness in her heart. Stefan must've offered her something.
And depending on what it was…
"Did Stefan say he would go back with you, if you helped me? Because we both know it isn't true," Caroline bit her lower lip as she faced the door, waiting for Katherine's response. The look in her eyes glistening with exactment for the answer to be no, of course.
Oh, the bear has claws, huh?
Katherine smirked with her resolution. Caroline was indeed smart. Well, anyone knowing Katherine would also know, she was always plotting some destructive outcome, where people would get hurt and she would get away unharmed.
"That's funny of you to point out, goldy-locks, I thought he had a crush on you,"
Caroline rolled her eyes from the other side of the door. The gleam in her eyes transforming into annoyance.
"He has a crush on a blonde girl, yes" Caroline pronounced.
The silence installed as Katherine waited for the piece of information.
It didn't come.
"It's not me," Caroline spoke, her voice near the door now.
Katherine sighed and opened the lid to a tiny window on the door.
"Right," Kat stated "I'll say a name, and if I dictate, you're not lying, I'll give you blood," she made her point by raising a O-neg blood bag in front her Caroline's eyes.
"I wanna out,"
"Not happening cupcake," Katherine shrugged trying to appear nonchalant, but Caroline could see the smirk on her face.
"And why's that? Afraid Stefan won't like you anymore?" Caroline faked a sniff in sadness, but her eyes told Katherine she was mocking her.
"Why don't you turn it back on?" Katherine asked genuinely interested.
Caroline rolled her eyes and folded her arms in front of her chest, while she moved away from the door, pacing around the bed.
"Didn't want to deal with grief, turned it off, asked for a year of rebellious attitude, and then I'd be done with it,"
"Only a year?" Katherine asked and Caroline turned around to see the blood bag flying inside the room.
She didn't waste time in sucking it dry.
Katherine, on the other hand – and other side of the door – felt something she hasn't in a very long time.
Sympathy.
Stefan had told her, before heading back to Mystic Falls that morning, the story behind Caroline' stunt. Katherine had too lost her family, although without any warning, and she too would have turned the switch off, had she known the possibility existed in the first place, and if she wasn't running away from the oldest Vampire in the history.
Katherine had seen many humanity-off vampires to gather how reckless they became as the time passed, even those as control-freaked as Caroline.
Still, she could relate.
Stefan hadn't said anything about her blood lust getting the best of her, so she presumed, in that department, Caroline was good to go. Also, as the blonde said so herself, she just wanted a time out.
Katherine also knew better than believe her words that blindingly.
So, the solution was really simple.
Caroline heard the locks being dismantled, following by the heavy door being opened.
"I'm older, and stronger, so don't try any funny business," Katherine leaned over the threshold as Caroline faced her with a curious glimmer. "You want a year out,"
Caroline raised an eyebrow, but didn't utter a word.
"And I have nothing better to do,"
"Your point?"
"We're getting you out of here,"
The wicked smile creeped in both ladies faces as Katherine moved away from the door and let Caroline out of the room.
Both girls descended the stairs in the abandoned suburban house, looking both ways in case Stefan had came back. He hadn't yet.
"How do you know I'm not gonna betray you and kick your ass?" Caroline questioned as they exited the trashed front porch into the front yard.
"Well, firstly, you couldn't do it," Kat pointed out matter of factly. "Secondly, you want some fun, we both know I'm the most capable companion for making that happen,"
Caroline could not deny it.
"Also, what's the fun in getting into trouble alone, right?" Katherine said as they rounded the corner.
"Right, so how do we get out of this place?" Caroline asked and looked around. There wasn't any cars around, also the houses seemed all abandoned or something. What was this place?
"They're remodeling most of the houses, so the rich people go somewhere else…" Kath explained, guessing Caroline's thoughts on their location
"And that's the perfect place, for torturing a vampire without being interrupted,"
Katherine aimed a devious smirk at her.
"Although nobody comes here," Katherine pointed out gesticulating with her hands "and Stefan took the only car we had, there's still workers…"
"And trucks!" Caroline concluded.
"Maybe we don't need to go all the way, Care bear," Caroline rolled her eyes to the nickname.
"Are you sure, you haven't stayed in touch with Damon?"
Katherine's disgusted face caused a smile to appear on Care's.
"Look!" Katherine signalized a black sedan approaching.
"Our ticket out, I suppose?"
Katherine tilted her head and crossed the street, stopping in the middle of the deserted road.
A man got out of the car as soon as it stopped. He had a friendless demeanor as he spotted the brunette in front of his car.
"You can't be here," he announced, his tone firm.
"My friend's parents went for food and asked us to wait inside her house," Katherine pointed at some random house on the other side of the street, as she made a frighten voice, looking both ways as if she was scared and worried. "but my friend got hurt while in the garage,"
At this, the man sighed and looked around to face the blonde girl over the sidewalk. Indeed, she had her blouse stained with blood.
"Can you help me?" Caroline pleaded with a fake pained face.
As soon as Katherine had made that man stop the car, Caroline already knew she was planning on taking his sedan. The blonde vampire decided to play along on whatever Kat's idea was.
The brown-haired stranger got closer to Caroline, as Katherine was walking behind him.
"Are you okay?" he asked looking preoccupied.
Caroline looked over his shoulder and offered Kat a tiny nod.
"Well, Sir, I am," she straightened her body from the fake crunching position she soon got into when Katherine had crossed the street to stop the car.
"You on the other hand…" Katherine let the phrase die.
The man looked behind him to come face to face with the beautiful brunette, only she had dark veins around her eyes, those were like soulless pools of black and her teeth…
The man anteriorized scream escaped his body a second before Caroline had jumped in his neck to drink from him.
Katherine wasn't left hanging, she bit the other side of the man's neck and when both girls had drank him dry, the brunette beauty cleaned her mouth with the back of her hand.
Caroline mirrored her movements, as the deadly creatures walked to the car parked in the middle of the road.
"You drive," Katherine announced as she entered the passenger' side.
Caroline shrugged in response and started the car.
"Rebekah Mikaelson," Katherine proffered as soon as they exited the condo gates.
Caroline smile was bright as she continued to face ahead. Seemed like Katherine was as good as guessing as she was in pretending to be an defenseless teenager.
"Where to, now?" Caroline questioned as the place they were before turned into a tiny image in the review as the horizon beamed a glorious sundown.
"You're the one who needs release, where do you want to go?" Katherine shot back as she opened the glove compartment to snoop around. That was her expertise, after all.
Caroline averted her blue eyes from the asphalt just for an instant, checking if what Kat was saying was indeed truth. This could be a trick, after all.
"Well, while you take your sweet time to decide, I'm going to take a nap, being a babysitter is tiring," Kat stated as she reclined the passage seat back, closing her doe eyes and letting Caroline do as she might. She wouldn't do anything that reckless, after all.
Notes: Chapter 2 will be posted this week. You can ask questions on Tumblr! Follow: umaficwriter