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Previously on Everything Changes...
A look of recognition washed across his face, and Stefan quickly ran upstairs.
"Caroline!" he called, and when he peeked in, she was asleep on Elena's bed.
He sighed in relief, going back downstairs.
Little did he know, someone was leaning against the wall, out of Stefan's gaze.
Caroline's POV
My head aching, I woke to a strange hotel room.
Where was I? I thought, my eyes darting around in shock.
I glanced around again for a way to escape, and then my eyes landed on the front door. Taking a calming deep breath, I quietly slid off the bed, my bare feet touching the cold carpeted floor.
Softly walking to the door, my heart pounded in my chest. I took another breath, trying to get it to slow down.
I didn't know who kidnapped me, but I sure as hell didn't want them to know that I was awake.
I glanced behind me once more before unlocking the deadbolt on the door. I looked back warily again and began to slide out the chain, when a deep voice met my ears.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
My breath catching in my throat, I spun around.
Ben.
He inched towards me slowly, and I felt my arms shake. Clenching my fists, he was in front of me in moments.
Grabbing my chin in his hand, he tried to compelled me. "Don't try to escape. Don't even move. Understand?"
I nodded slowly, and he glanced down at my neck. My necklace was gone, but I still had vervain in my system from the cup of tea I had last night.
"I understand." I said, meeting his eyes.
Ben smirked, turning around to get into the mini fridge.
I opened the front door and bolted out, but someone grabbed my hair and jerked me backwards. I yelped in pain, and when I was back inside the room, I saw it was Anna...and Klaus.
"Seriously?" Anna demanded, glaring at Ben.
"I told her not to move! I did that eye thing he taught me too!" he protested, looking a bit confused.
Klaus scoffed, avoiding my gaze. "She lives in a house full of vampires, mate. She's going to be on vervain."
"Duh!" Anna added, rolling her eyes.
Suddenly Klaus had me up against the back wall, right next to the bathroom door.
"Are you on vervain?"he demanded studying my face.
I scoffed, swallowing back my fear.
"What do you want?" I asked, looking over to Anna. I knew she was friends with Jeremy, but other than that, I knew nothing.
"Does it matter?" Klaus asked, staring down at me with a smirk.
He let me away from the wall, only to push me into the bathroom and slam the door behind me.
I lost my balance and fell against the hard tile floor. Hissing in pain, I got to my feet and felt around for a light switch.
Calmly searching for another exit, I discovered Bonnie inside the bath tub, unconscious.
I shook her slightly, getting worried. "Bon?" I lifted up her head to discover a pool of blood.
Oh no.
Third Person POV
Damon sat in the study, reading through the Grimoire he had taken from Stefan.
His phone rang for practically the six hundredth time, but he silenced it. Rolling his eyes, he tossed it back onto the couch and went back to reading.
The front door slammed and Stefan walked into the room. "Aren't you gonna answer your damn phone? Anna took Elena and Caroline!"
Damon didn't even glance up. "I got that from your six hundred voice mails."
Stefan strode across the room. "Damon, do you even care? I've been searching all night! What if your blood isn't out of her system?"
He shrugged his shoulders, briefly glancing up at his younger brother. "Well, at least you'll see her again."
"Please." Stefan said, sitting on the coffee table and staring at Damon intently. "What do you know? You were with Anna, you must know where she's living. Just tell me where, and I'll get out of your hair."
Damon raised an eyebrow and met his brother's intense eye contact. "Nah, you can go...really."
Stefan sighed, rubbing his forehead. "You know, all I can remember is hating you. There might have been a time when that was different, but your choices have removed anything redeeming about you. But see, I also know you have just as much reason to hate me." he looked at his brother with an earnest expression. "This all began with me. Chandra got taken away from you because of me. And I'm sorry."
"Apology accepted." Damon said, still reading the Grimoire.
"So please, just tell me what you know." Stefan pleaded, and Damon didn't say anything more than a huh. "It's Caroline and Elena, Damon. If you know anything, please tell me."
Damon stood up, setting the book on the arm of the chair. Stefan mimicked him, looking at Damon anxiously.
"I mean this sincerely, brother."
Stefan nodded, anticipating his answer.
"I hope they die."
Stefan's face dropped and Damon grabbed the book, leaving the room.
Caroline's POV
After discovering Bonnie, I got a spare washrag off the rack above the toilet, and wet it in the sink. Wringing it out, I placed it on Bonnie's forehead, waiting for my friend to awaken.
"Bonnie?" I whispered when I saw her eyes flutter.
"Caroline?" she mumbled, trying to sit up.
I kept her down, gently pushing her back down. "Good, you're okay." I smiled faintly and Bonnie put a hand to her forehead.
"My head..." she groaned and shut her eyes for a moment.
Suddenly she bolted up, exclaiming, "Oh my god! Ben is a-"
I threw my hand out and clamped it over her mouth. Shushing her, I tapped my ear and gestured towards the door. "They can hear." I breathed.
She nodded, and I got up, going over and turning on the faucet.
"I'm so stupid." Bonnie moaned.
I shook my head, speaking lowly. "No you aren't, we all were fooled." I trailed off. "Klaus seems to be working with them too."
"Why? What's even going on?"
I shrugged. "Must have something to do with Emily's Grimoire and the tomb."
"Grimoire?" she asked, furrowing her brows in confusion.
I nodded slowly. "Spell book." I explained. "Damon said it could be used to open the tomb."
"Why didn't I know about any of this?" she asked, searching my expression.
I gnawed on my lip. "We wanted to keep you out of it...I hoped it never came to this."
"Came to what?" she asked softly, and I met her eyes.
"They need a witch to break the spell and let the vampires out..." I replied, averting my gaze.
"No way!" Bonnie murmured, and I nodded in agreement.
Suddenly someone burst through the door and I saw Klaus standing in the doorway, his expression hard. My arms instinctively went to my friend, grabbing her shoulders.
Klaus stalked over to the sink and turned off the water.
"You're wasting your time. I'm not going to help you." Bonnie said firmly, gazing up at the vampire.
Klaus paused a few feet in front of us and calmly gazed down at us. He smirked devilishly before yanking me off the ground. I yelped in shock and Bonnie struggled to grab me, but she failed.
Klaus pulled me to his chest, holding me in a headlock.
Third Person POV
"That's why Blondie's here." Klaus murmured down at Bonnie. "Motivation for you to behave. You know how easy necks snap around here." he jutted his eyebrows up with a smirk. "You know, you shouldn't be so desperate, love. Made it easy for Ben."
Klaus released Caroline and shoved her out of the room. Bonnie got up from the tub, wanting to follow, but Klaus slammed the door in her face.
"She wants to talk to you." Ben said from the foot of the bed.
Caroline got her bearings back and looked at Anna, who was leaning against the entertainment center. She was shorter than her, but Caroline knew Anna was faster and stronger than she could ever be.
"Well, well, Caroline Forbes." she looked her up and down, a confident smirk on her face. "You really are a doppelganger. Spitting image of Chandra. You must have the Salvatore boys reeling." she smirked and glanced back at Klaus suggestively.
"What do you want, Anna?" Caroline grumbled, having heard Jeremy talk about her before.
"So you do know my name." she grinned. "Elena's brother may have mentioned me. I mean, we're like, practically dating."
Meanwhile, at the Grill...
"Hey Jeremy." Elena said, walking over to him. "Where's Caroline? I've been texting her all day about Duke's party."
Jeremy's looked up. "Stefan was looking for you,"
Color rose to Elena's cheeks and she shrugged. "Oh, I was at Bonnie's." she lied smoothly. "So have you seen them or not?"
Jeremy shook his head. "I think they went somewhere with Stefan."
Elena rolled her eyes. "I'm so not going to be one of those girls who runs off with their best friend's boyfriend." she scoffed, and glanced over at Matt, who had been looking at her the whole time.
"Who's Duke?" he asked, and Elena waved her hand as if it was no big deal.
"Some guy that graduated a couple of years ago. He throws a huge party every time he comes home."
"Wait, Duke goes to Duke?" he asked again, still not following.
Elena scrunched up her nose. "His real name's Bob or something. He buys the beer. May be a total ass, but whatever."
Jeremy laughed and Elena went over to Matt.
"I have to tell you something." Elena said, and Matt raised an eyebrow.
"Go on?"
"So, I know things won't work out between us, because you know, I have a boyfriend and everything...and we kissed... a lot...and I don't regret it, but it can't happen again."
Matt looked a bit hurt, but didn't respond.
While this was going on, Damon was at Bonnie's Gram's house, having confronted the older witch. His head felt like it was exploding, and he fell to the ground, clutching his head.
"I am not Bonnie, and you do not want to mess with me, Mr. Salvatore." she said before going back inside and slamming the door.
Once the pain was gone, Damon got up and went to his car, getting in and driving off. His mind was a mess.
The fact that Caroline was in Anna's possession worried him, despite his efforts to not care. He wanted to go and rescue her, but her betrayal had hurt him.
Caroline's POV
Anna peered out the curtain, her eyes narrowing.
"Bonnie won't open that tomb, you know." I said, shifting my weight to my left leg.
Anna turned around and raised an eyebrow, chuckling. "Oh, I think she will."
"Why do you want Katherine and Chandra out so bad?" I retorted, and Anna laughed again.
"Trust me, no one I know wants to see either of those girls again. Except maybe Damon or Klaus-" she glanced over at Klaus and smirked. "Lovestruck idiots."
I heard Klaus' growl of warning and she held up her hands innocently.
"Then what is it?" I asked, genuinely curious. "Or who is it?"
"My mother's in there." she admitted, and walked closer to me. "They just couldn't help themselves, toying with the both of them. Katherine got caught, as did Chandra. It's a miracle Klaus here didn't get caught." her eyes got a far away look in them and she sighed. "When Chandra got caught, so did my mother. I watched William Forbes take her away."
I frowned. "I'm sorry." I was sincere, and Anna looked a bit amazed.
"You actually mean that, don't you?" she scoffed. "Yeah, we're going to skip the weird dead mom bonding so you can finally serve a purpose."
"Which is...?"
"Leverage!" she grinned. "This belong to you?" she held up my phone, and I reached out for it, and she pulled it away.
"Ah-ah-ah!" she tutted, and walked to the other side of the room, dialing someone.
"Elena?" Anna looked confused, and she looked back at Ben and Klaus, who shrugged. "She's not here. I don't have her."
Stefan said something and Anna replied.
"She's fine." she laughed. "For now. Tell me you have the Grimoire and she'll stay fine."
Third Person POV
Damon walked into the study of the Salvatore House, listening into his brother's conversation. The mention of Caroline and Elena caught his attention.
"I can get it." Stefan said, and Anna sighed in response as if it was such a hassle to deal with all this.
"Which means Damon has it. And I have the witch and his girl. So one of you better meet me in the very public town square in 30 minutes. Then we can safely discuss how lovely it will be to work together."
Anna hung up before Stefan could respond, and he glanced at his brother, who had a blank expression on his face, his lips set in a straight line.
A smirk drifted over his face. "Go ahead. Grovel again." Damon picked up the book off the table and waved it at his brother. "Oh...wait... I don't care."
Damon left.
Back at the hotel, Ben went into the bathroom to check on Bonnie.
"We're leaving." Anna said to Ben, who had just led Bonnie out of the bathroom. "Keep them buttoned down."
Klaus sighed, and looked at the younger vampire. "Compulsion won't work, so just use violence." he gave a pointed look to Ben as if they had discussed this particular subject before, and they had. He didn't want Caroline injured. His plans with her required her in one piece.
"Right." he nodded, and pushed Bonnie onto the bed. "Sit down." he said sternly to Caroline, who plopped down on the foot of the bed with a sigh.
Anna and Klaus left, and Caroline stared off at her supposed friend, wondering why he was working with Anna.
Did that mean Damon was working with them too? Had Damon even arranged this?
"So you're the key to this." Ben said to Bonnie, leaning against the entertainment center. "Literally. You open the door," Ben pulled over a chair and sat down on it. "So, how long you been a witch?
Bonnie didn't respond, simply scowled and looked at Caroline.
"Is there anything to drink here?" Caroline asked, changing the subject.
He got up and walked over to the blonde, who did her best to stare challengingly up at him. "Are you offering?"
"No." she said firmly, and broke eye contact.
"Over on the nightstand." he said, and Caroline scooted back to grab it, before taking a small sip.
"Hey." Bonnie said, a strange look in her eye. "Could I have some?"
She pulled the glass down away from her mouth, and furrowed her brows. "Sure."
Handing over the glass, Caroline realized what she would probably do.
Bonnie started to take a sip, but a split second later she tossed it on Ben, the glass hitting the floor and shattering.
Bonnie whispered a few words, and the water on him turned into flames.
Yelping in pain, he patted at the fire, and they got up, running for the door.
Bonnie made it there first, ripping open the door and running out.
Caroline felt Ben's fingertips graze her forearm and she lurched out of his reach, standing out in the sunlight with Bonnie.
Ben snarled and they took off down the sidewalk, running for the stairs.
The girls glanced at the outdoor staircase and saw the number 3. Scrambling down the stairs, the stairs rumbled loudly.
Reaching the second floor platform, someone appeared in front of Caroline, causing her to screech.
Klaus.
Bonnie stood cautiously on the third step headed down, staring at Klaus and Caroline, who were staring at each other, as if they were deciding what to do.
Klaus said. "Where do you think you're going, love?"
Damon, who was at the town square, only two short blocks away from the hotel, had heard the scream, faintly. Furrowing his brows he left the meeting site, walking briskly down the road.
It had come from the direction of Anna's hotel.
He paused in the street, looking up at the third floor. He scanned the walkway, not seeing anything, then a movement caught his eye.
There stood Klaus, holding Caroline in a headlock, saying something to Bonnie, who was standing on the stairs. Damon could hear their fast heartbeats from the ground.
What was Klaus doing?
Damon started to head up there, when something Blondie said made him pause.
"Why are you doing this, Klaus?" Caroline demanded, shifting in his tight grip.
"Damon hadn't gotten anywhere, and Anna is more capable, love." he said nonchalantly, and Damon narrowed his eyes, still down on the ground.
Suddenly Klaus was on his knees, holding his hands to his head, groaning in agony. Caroline and Bonnie sprinted down the stairs, and Damon went over to the exit, pausing at the bottom.
"Hellooo, Blondie." Damon said as they came into view, and Caroline's eyes widened, pausing.
Did she really think that he was working with Anna too? He wondered, and Damon held up his hands. Bonnie narrowed her eyes and glared cautiously at him.
"Whoa, easy there witchy. I'm not working with them. Chill."
Caroline slowly stepped down to the concrete. "Thanks so much for rescuing us." she said sarcastically, brushing by him.
A whiff of blood met his nose, and he reached out, grabbing her wrist.
"You're hurt." he mumbled, narrowing his eyebrows. He squinted his eyes, trying to find out where.
Caroline brought a hand up to her head, and felt around. She had woken up with a killer headache, but there wasn't any blood.
Looking down at her feet, which were starting to tingle, she noticed blood seeping between her toes.
"I must have stepped on the glass." she murmured, looking to Bonnie, who frowned.
Damon's eyes darted up to Klaus, who was leaning over the railing, peering down at them.
"Hello, Klaus." Damon called. "You double crossing bitch."
Klaus sped down the stairs, and Damon pulled Caroline behind him, Bonnie scrambling to get away.
"Just because I have other help doesn't mean I'm double crossing you." Klaus mused, smirking.
Damon narrowed his eyes and attacked the older vampire.
There was a blur of punches and kicks, before Damon was on the ground.
"Bonnie, do something!" Caroline exclaimed, and Bonnie brought Klaus to his knees again, and Damon struggled to his feet.
"C'mon." the blonde said, helping Damon up.
Caroline then looked to Bonnie. "Can you keep him down?"
She furrowed her brows but nodded, concentrating.
Caroline went over to the vampire, still on the ground, and slipped her hand into his jacket pocket. Not finding what she was looking for, she searched the other, pulling out her locket.
Staring down at Klaus with a strange look, Caroline turned to her friend. "Okay, we can go now."
Damon looked to the two girls before walking away.
~0~
Damon watched Anna and Jeremy converse for a moment, and then he approached when little Gilbert was gone.
"Got a hot date or are you just planning on nabbing your own Gilbert?"
Anna smirked and they sat down on the bench. "A party, right next to the old cemetery. Isn't that nice of them? Lots of warm bodies for starving vampires."
"I told you, I work alone for a reason." Damon suddenly said, and Anna peered at the man.
"I know Klaus is working with you." Damon said, beginning to look angry.
Anna scratched the back of her neck, not knowing what to say.
"He came to me." she explained, turning to face him. "He said-"
"I know what he said." Damon cut her off.
Anna furrowed her brows. "How?"
"You may need to find a new babysitter for your prisoners." Damon smirked at Anna's annoyed grunt.
"You know, Stefan will come after you. He wont be happy with you for messing with Blondie. He treats her like his little sister."
"Don't you mean you won't be happy? She looks like Chandra, Damon. I know how you looked at her and know that Caroline can't be much different." Anna said, studying his reaction.
Damon growled, getting up.
"Neither of you will be happy when I kill her if I don't get what I want." Anna said, walking away.
"Wait." Damon sighed heavily. "When do you want to do this?"
Anna chuckled and turned around. "God. It's like 1864 all over again. You Salvatores are pathetic when it comes to women. You think you'd realize Chandra slept with Stefan too, Damon. She wasn't just yours." after a beat, she continued. "Tonight. After sundown. Meet at the church."
~0~
Caroline used the phone at Mystic Grill, calling Stefan and telling him where they were. She had gotten a few looks from her messed up hair and bare feet, but no one said anything.
When Stefan arrived at the Grill a while later, they all piled into Caroline's car and headed over to Bonnie's Gram's.
~0~
Caroline's POV
"Why did you ask Anna were Elena was?" I asked Stefan on the way over.
He glanced back at me. "She was missing this morning. I assumed she got taken too."
Bonnie furrowed her brows, shaking her head. "No she wasn't with us."
Stefan glanced at me in the rear-view mirror. "She just appeared at the Grill this morning. I don't even know where she went. Wouldn't tell me."
I furrowed my brows. "Strange."
He nodded slowly and pulled into the driveway, parking the car.
After bandaging up my foot and putting on shoes that Stefan had brought, Elena arrived.
"Hey." Elena said, plopping down on the couch next to me. "Am I late?"
I nodded. "A little."
She bobbed her head, not offering an apology.
After explaining the situation to everyone, making sure we were all caught up, we talked about what we were going to do.
"Maybe we should help him. He won't stop until he gets her. If we help him, then it'll all be over." I suggested hesitantly.
"No!" Bonnie exclaimed. "He doesn't deserve to get what he wants!"
I gazed at Stefan before sighing. "What other choice do we have, Bonnie? Damon will get what he wants one way or another, and this way we could at least make sure that the other vampires don't get out."
"Witches being pulled down by vampire problems. As much as we tried to do to stay out of it." Sheila sighed. "I'll open the tomb. You get your brother's girl and destroy the rest with fire. Then this will be all over."
"We still have to get Damon to agree..." reminded Elena.
"He already agreed once." I said, smiling hopefully.
Stefan rubbed his forehead. "Yeah, then we double crossed him, so now he's not happy."
"But he did save you." Elena said, a smirk growing on her lips. "You could try to influence him, Caroline. It worked before."
"We saved ourselves!" Bonnie protested, not wanting to feel like she owed Damon anything.
I looked at Stefan and huffed. "I know what I need to do."
Third Person POV
Anna went straight to the hotel room after leaving Damon. Looking around before jumping straight up to the 3rd floor platform, she saw the door wide open.
"You've got to be kidding me." she groaned, going inside.
Ben was crouched between the two beds, a hoodie over his head. "It was that witch. Nothing I could-"
Anna cut him off, throwing up her finger. "Shut up. I don't want to hear it."
Sitting down in the chair, she rubbed her face in annoyance. "There's gotta be something we can do. Without the witch, we don't have Damon or the Grimoire. Damon won't stop – he'll find a way in, and we'll be there when he does."
Caroline's POV
I entered the parlor, taking off my scarf.
"Hi." I greeted, standing in the archway.
Damon adjusted his jacket, which he had just put on.
He glanced at me. "Blondie. I'm going to have to change the locks."
I raised an eyebrow. "I live here too, y'know."
"Exactly why I have to change the locks." he smirked slightly, and picked up the Grimoire.
"I convinced Bonnie to help you." I murmured, and he glanced at me again.
"I doubt that." he shook his head and walked towards me.
"I'm not going to apologize to you for getting the Grimoire without, because I'd be lying." I looked at the floor for a moment, my tongue darting out to lick my lips.
"At least you're being honest this time." Damon mumbled, and I exhaled quickly, scoffing.
"I was protecting people I love, Damon." I descended the two steps into the parlor. "But you were too, in a weird way. And that makes us on the same side, after the same thing."
"Not interested." he mumbled, starting to leave.
"You were willing to work with us yesterday, so don't lie to me, Damon."
Damon lowered his eyebrows and frowned, studying me. "Fool me once, shame on you."
I grumbled in annoyance, stepping forward. We were now maybe six feet away.
"Okay, when we went to Atlanta, why didn't you use your compulsion on me?"
"Who's to say I didn't?" he retorted.
"You didn't." I stated."I know you didn't. But you could have. You and I...we have..something." I paused, meeting his gaze. "An understanding, almost. I know my betrayal hurt you, and I'm sorry, Damon. I didn't want to hurt you. And I know its different from how it is with you and Stefan, but I promise you. I will help you get Chandra back."
Damon's eyes searched mine, his brows still lowered. He groaned, still unconvinced. "I wish I could believe you."
I looked around before huffing a sigh. I unclasped my necklace, holding it up by the chain so Damon could see the pendant dangling in mid air. I tossed in to the side table, and it slid across, clattering into the lamp. "Ask me if I'm lying now." I shifted my weight to my other leg, folding my arms.
Damon walked up to me, searching my face.
I was actually being sincere this time, and did my best to prove it to him. I met his eyes, holding his gaze for two seconds...three..four... he broke contact first, glancing down at my necklace before back at me.
"You know Anna and Klaus won't stop, by the way, no matter what I do." he stared at my green eyes for a few more seconds.
"I'm sorry Klaus betrayed you." I whispered, catching his gaze again. "You keep getting betrayed, and I know that has to hurt."
Damon picked up my necklace and held the two sides in each hand. His hands slid up the sides of my neck, under my hair, causing chill bumps to slide down my back. He clasped the necklace and pulled away, smoothing my hair down.
I swallowed, growing nervous.
"I didn't compel you in Atlanta because we were having fun, Caroline." he cupped my face with his hand. "I wanted it to be real...and it was."
He looked like he wanted to say more. "I'm trusting you, Blondie. Don't make me regret it."
He grinned halfheartedly at me before leaving.
Hey guys! I wrote another one-shot titled Fifty Years, its a Klaroline one!
The summary is: 50 years into the future, Caroline runs into Klaus - someone she didn't think she'd ever see again - especially after he swore to walk away and never come back.
Here's a tidbit!
Now, though, she was ready.
She wanted to spend time with him, travel the world, like he almost offered all those years ago.
If only she could find him...
"Hello, Caroline."
A pause.
"Rumor has it, you've been looking for me."
She stopped dead in her tracks, furrowing her brows.
That was his voice. But...
Turning around slowly, she saw him standing there, looking at her.
"Hello, love." he grinned lopsidedly, and it was that wolfish grin that she had missed so much.
Caroline stared at the man in a mixture of shock and confusion. "Klaus?"
If you're interested in reading, go check it out! (:
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