Couples(s): Klaroline & Kalijah

Genre(s): Romance/Drama/Action/Adventure

Author's Note: Thank you everyone for reading Chapter 3! Let me tell you writing that chapter wasn't easy and neither was writing this one. Luckily my muses Falling in Reserve, D.R.U.G.S., and The Used haven't let me down yet! It also helps that I have nothing to do since my family reunion is next week.

I would like to thank anyone who reviewed, favorited, and alerted the last chapter and the story in general. You guys make writing this story a pleasure.

Now time to make some responses.

To Dramatic Melody: Thank you for saying that this piece is well written! To tell you the truth the story is being written straight from my computer so I haven't even written a draft for the last to chapters. It is also a pleasure to know that this story is a treat for you. It always brings me the greatest pleasure to know that my stories amuse somebody.

To VLOrfne: Thank you! What did you like best about this story so far?

Guest #1: Hmm you are right. The Funny and Die videos are weird and a little awkward. And of course there will be Klaroline development!

Guest #2: New and refreshing is exactly what I was hoping for. You are right though they don't really need to change but I don't think if you have something in common with that person you'll get bored with them. It's always nice to have something in common so that whenever your other half talks about something you don't just sit there wondering what they are talking about.

So that is all I have to say. So read the story, enjoy it, and review to tell me what you think about it!

Part One: Chapter Four

"The flesh of the weak is eaten by the strong."—Unknown Author

[1492/England]

Carolina babbled on and on about how amazing he was and how charming he was. And Carolina was praying that Katerina was jealous because she met wonderful people today while she stayed home to watch how the wedding plans were going. The girls were now in Carolina's room and have been there since she had gotten home, babbling about the amazing man that she had met today.

"And Katerina you should have seen the way he was! So polite and charming and perfect! I know that I've been saying that he's perfect, but you must believe me! He was everything a woman could dream of!" Carolina said with a sigh. "And he was kind enough to invite me to his birthday! I mean he may have been doing it because I am friends with Rose and he was being polite, but this could be the start of me finding my own happily ever after! Can you imagine it? Me and you living in beautiful houses together and–" Carolina started talking in French like she usually did whenever she was really excited.

She knew that the girlish fantasies that she was entertaining at the moment were completely unrealistic, but she couldn't help herself. When a girl saw a handsome, rich, charming, man who wasn't even married she had to start sinking her claws into him before anyone else could! Klaus was damn near perfect and Carolina was willing to kill so that she could have him.

"Carolina I know that you're happy about this man, but what is he is already promised to another?"

Leave it to Katerina to bring reality into her fantasy. But she did have a point. What if he was already promised to another? What if he only saw her as Rose's friend? What if he thought her ugly and repulsive because she was French (because the French and the English have been at each other throats since the beginning of time and think they are better than the other)? There were so many things that could go wrong and make all of her fantasies nightmares and Carolina could feel all of her insecurities rising up again.

"Oh Lord, I pray that he isn't. I have just met him! I can't have already lost my chance!" And in that moment Carolina felt a burning hatred for Katerina and her soon to be perfect life. Katerina would be living in a beautiful manor with a rich husband and will have beautiful children while Carolina wasted away alone.

Sighing, Katerina looked up at her best friend, "Carolina since I love you like a sister. I will help you find out whether or not if he is betrothed. You said that he looked like he was a man of very high status, if so what is his name? There is always gossip that surrounds those that are high up in ranking."

"Oh his name? Niklaus Mikaelson," Carolina breathed as she swooned a little. Katerina froze at looked at her with a small glimmer of fear in her eyes.

"I have heard of that name. John has mentioned it once or twice."

"Really? John knows Klaus?" A sliver of fear ran down Carolina's spine. If John knew Klaus then nothing good could come from John associating with Klaus. She looked warily as Katerina seemed to think about what she was going to say next.

"John said that…nothing ever good happens to whoever associates with Klaus. He says that Klaus is a monster and that if we ever run across him to run in a different direction," Katerina said and looked at Carolina with a wary expression on her face. Carolina puffed out her cheeks in defiance. Katerina already has her happily ever after set up. Why should she be the one to wait for her own when a perfectly good man was standing right in front of her?

"You haven't even met him Katerina. All of this is just rumors and gossip. If you've met him you would see that he is nothing close to a monster. He's an absolute gentleman once you meet him." Carolina turned away from her and sat at her vanity. Brushing her hair she looked at Katerina through the mirror and still saw that wary expression on her face. "Will you stop worrying? Klaus is a gentleman and everything to you had heard so far is gossip; incessant gossip that goes from one mouth to the next. It is only true if you have witnessed it happening."

"But John said-"

"To hell with what John said! Katerina you have to choose who you are going to believe: your best friend who has been with you after your heart break? Or the mons—man that is soon to be your husband?" Katerina didn't answer and Carolina turned and looked on at her with a neutral look in her eyes. "One day Katerina. You must choose. I just hope you chose me."

Because best friends chose best friends over blood sucking fiends. And Katerina was going to do that for her because they were best friends…At least Carolina hoped so.

John sat quietly in his study. Fury seeped into his veins as he watched the girl cower in front of him. "What?"

The girl, no older then fourteen looked down shyly and stuttered out her reply. "T-they almost b-b-broke through. They may have found a weakness in the s-s-spell."

"Then find a way to strengthen the spell!"

"It isn't that simple, sir. T-the-" John slammed his hand down on his desk.

"Stop your damn stuttering girl and speak clearly!" he demanded. The poor witch shook and started to whimper, but quickly stopped when she remembered who she was in the presence of. Clearing her throat she tried to speak again.

"It isn't that simple, sir. The spell can only be strengthened so much before it is stretched too thin or begins to crack."

"Crack? What do you mean by that?"

"The spell, sir, is like glass. Stretch it too thin it breaks easily, but put too much pressure on it, it shall crack. If stretched too thin the spell will become useless and allow the other to penetrate easily, but still feel some resistance. Put too much power into it spaces or cracks will be left allowing others to enter without any problems and without my knowing. This is the best I can do while preventing the enemy from finding you."

Growling loudly, John pounded his hand against his desk, snapping it in half and making the girl jump in surprise. "Is there anything else you can do?"

The girl still looked down, but slouched into her seat. "With my experience, there is nothing I can do."

"Savannah Bennett there must be something that you can do." He growled at her. "You are one of the most promising witches of your generation there must be something you can do."

Shivering, Savannah looked up into the blazing eyes of John and looked back down into her hands that lay in her lap. "I had only been practicing magic for five years before you captured me and took me from my family. With my experience there is nothing more that I can do to help you anymore."

John cursed. He was going to be found and he was going to die. He almost ripped Savannah's head off because he swore that he saw the hint of a smirk on her face.

Klaus sat happily as he painted that afternoon. Everything that he wanted was going just as he wanted it to. Soon he was going to kill the doppelgänger and become a hybrid. Then he was going to kill Mikael and afterwards he was going to release Finn and for the rest of eternity they were going to be one big happy family just like he always dreamed.

Oh and how could he forget? He was going to turn that bubbly blonde into a vampire and teach her how to be just like him. Yes, it was confirmed after their first official meeting that the blonde would make great vampire material.

[1492/Town Center]

"So Carolina, tell me what is a Frenchwoman doing here in England?" Klaus asked sociably.

Carolina looked at him with surprised and Klaus chuckled. "You do have an accent, sweetheart." Was all that he supplied as an answer and Carolina blushed.

"My best friend is getting married this week. I have to help make sure that everything goes swimmingly seeing as I am helping her out with the wedding. I just finished checking up on the cake," she said and Klaus could notice that with each word she hated the wedding or who was getting married.

"I take it you do not like who your friend is promised to marry," he said. Carolina sighed and shook her head, making her blonde curls bounce.

"He is one of the most vulgar things that may have set foot on this earth, but he makes my friend happy and that is all that really matters to me." Carolina sighed.

"What about family? Do you have any siblings?"

Carolina froze, but a tense smile creeped up her face. "I once had a sister. She is gone now."

And with perfect fake sincerity Klaus spouted out an "I'm sorry for your lost", but Carolina shook her head. "No," she said. "Do not say that you're sorry. You didn't know her and didn't know she was dead. Anyways I don't need your pity more than I need anyone else's."

Klaus could feel Rose's eyes flicking between Carolina and him. Klaus tilted his head as an amused smiled crept up his face as she stuck out her chin and raised her head in that haughty way that he had seen Rebekah use thousands of times.

If only the girl knew who he was. Then she wouldn't act haughty with him, but then again the way she acted offended at the thought that he pitied her was refreshing. Klaus chuckled as he looked at the blonde spitfire. "I see you have a sharp tongue. Be careful before it gets you into troubled," Klaus teased lightly.

Carolina looked at him with eyes full of mirth, "Well what fun is life without trouble?" And that did it for Klaus. With that one statement it was like a challenge and since it had been so long since he has had once he decided to take it. She wanted adventure; life. She wanted the world at her feet and Klaus could help her with that.

Still chucking he turned to Rose, who was looking at him with wide eyes for not killing the girl. "Rose, you must bring Carolina with you to my party. She will make it so much more amusing."

Fumbling with her words Rose gaped. "B-but sir are you sure that you want to invite her now? I-I mean your birthday is in a week and to have a new dress made and find jewelry could take hours!"

"Rose, take her to my party with you. She will make my party more lively. I can feel it." And the whole time he spoke the most intense stare was being thrown Carolina's way.

Rose had agreed to take Carolina to his party and he couldn't be more excited. Things were looking up for once and he could tell good things were coming his way.

Sighing, Klaus put down his paint brush and walked away back into his castle. Soon life would be perfect. And he couldn't help, but smile blissfully as he drained a maid dry.

"Donatella almost broke through this time. She was able to get the general area, but not the exact location of the where John and the doppelgänger are hiding." Rose looked at Trevor as he babbled happily about how he had almost found the doppelgänger. Rose tried her best to listen, but she was too worried about what would happen to her new friend now that Klaus had finally met her.

"And—Rose are you even listening to me?" Rose turned her head away from her reading and nodded before h=turning back to her book. Trevor sighed. "I am telling you that I won't die this week. I will be able to give Klaus the doppelgänger and we will forever be in his favor."

Rolling her eyes Rose just kept trying to read. "If you didn't get us involved with the Originals then you wouldn't have to worry about how you would get your head chopped off," Rose replied harshly. Trevor sighed.

"I apologize for getting you involved; that wasn't my intention. However, I am doing this for the better. If we are able to get the doppelgänger and give her to Klaus then we will be in favor of the strongest Original and be able to do anything without worry of the consequences. Can't you see that I am doing this for the better?" Trevor explained for what seemed to be the thousandth time. Rose shook her head and sighed. Getting up from her chair she started to leave the sitting room.

"I'm going out. I have to help a friend find a gown for Klaus's birthday party." Trevor made a funny face at her.

"Have fun." Rose had to suppress a sneer. She was helping her new friend pick out a dress for a man that would probably kill her as soon as they are alone. How, in any way, could that be fun?

Donatella sighed in exhaustion as she got up and decided to try one last time. She was going to find the doppelgänger and help her escape from the hell that was soon coming her way. As a servant of nature it seemed like the right thing to do.

Chanting, Donatella focused the last amount of energy she had into finding the whereabouts of John. At first she could feel nothing. She could feel the blood on the map not moving. Suddenly, a burst happened and the blood moved rapidly. The barrier that was preventing Donatella from finding the home was almost gone. When she felt some resistance Donatella focused all her energy onto pushing pass the haze.

Come on. Keeping pushing. Donatella thought. Finally the haze left and Donatella finally saw where John was hiding. "Hiding in plain sight, eh? Who would have thought? I finally found you, doppelgänger." Grabbing her things Donatella went off to get the doppelgänger to leave the country. Sadly, unaware that Rose had seen everything.

Elijah never really enjoyed threating anyone. It was Kol and Klaus that enjoyed that. So when Trevor come into his study and told him that he was aware where the doppelgänger was he was happy that he wasn't going to have to kill anyone.

"And the doppelgänger, you are sure that she is in that location?" Elijah asked.

Trevor just beamed at him and nodded. "Yes, Donatella left so that she could see if it was true."

"Very well then, borrow some of my men and get the doppelgänger. Niklaus is getting impatient and I cannot hold him off until his birthday has come." Trevor nodded and walked off to do as he was told.

Katerina wandered around the house aimlessly. Carolina had thrown her out of her room after their conversation. Why couldn't Carolina see that what she was telling her is what John was telling her was the truth. Carolina could be so stubborn sometimes.

"They b-b-broke through! They are on their way right now! I can feel it!" Turning her head, Katerina looked at the door of her fiancée's study. Who broke through what?

"What?! How did this happen?" John's voice boomed. Katerina could practically taste the anger that was radiating off of him. Shuffling forward, Katerina peeked through the crack left between the doors. She saw John sitting in his desk and a small caramel colored girl sitting in a chair off to the side.

"I-I h-have no clue. I just laid down to r-rest and I felt them p-p-penetrate the b-barrier. I-I don't know if it was b-because of my state of rest or because I'm r-running out of energy." The girl spit out and John shot her a cutting look.

"Running out of power? You're a witch! Since when do you run out of power?" Katerina made a small gasp. Witch? That frail looking girl was a witch?

"It is taking a lot of power out of me to keep this spell up all day and night. It was bound to weaken at one point or another." Growling John got up and started pacing.

"They are on their way here and they are coming to kill her all just for his selfish and petty reasons." John sneered. He kept pacing and Katerina observed that the silence was making the girl move nervous by the second. "Fine then, if they need her human, she shall be human no longer!" He walked to way Katerina was bent and listening and yanked the door open. Katerina scrambled away, but he grabbed her wrists in one hand and pulled her to him.

John then took his other wrist and Katerina screamed. She could see all the blood and the ripped veins and she gagged. John took advantage of her already open mouth and shoved his bloody wrist into her mouth. Katerina retched as the blood oozed down her throat. The girl was screaming at them. Yelling something about how it was against the balance of nature. None of this was natural! Katerina thought.

Pulling his now healed hand away from her now bloody mouth, John smiled at her happily. "This is for the best, my darling," he said sweetly. Then he starts choking her.

Author's Note: Yay! I wrote this was fast too! And in…3 days! I feel really good about this! Though this was a filler chapter so that was to be expected. So are you guys dying like I am from Vampire Diaries Withdrawal Syndrome? I mean I like how the CW is replaying the Season 3 episodes, but I can't wait for the next season because of all the things I have been reading about and the season 3 finale.

Anyways, thank you everyone who says that they like the story so far and that they want me to continue it! I don't know how I'm going to be able to do anything after 1492 like I intend to, because then I would have to watch the flash backs from like Season 1, but I'm sure my best friend will let me borrow her DVD once school begins.

So will Katerina become a vampire so soon? What about Donatella, will her backstabbing be reported to Elijah? Will Rose prevent her new friend from becoming food for Klaus? You all have to wait for the next chapter to see what will happen next.

Until next time,

Winterangel44