Couple(s): Klaroline & Klaijah

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

Author's Note: I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed, favorited, and followed the story! The last chapter in my opinion was sort of boring. I didn't like it and honestly I didn't expect to turn Carolina last chapter. I was actually planning to turn her at the same time Katerina would turn. But then I allowed my creative little brain to wander and while I was typing Carolina turning would pop up.

I thought that Kol turning her would be better than Klaus turning her because in this story I think that Kol and Carolina will become good friends, though because of this it will cause Rebekah and her to have a rocky start. I will also like to think this will also cause Klaus and Kol's relationship to become even worse than it already is.

Now time for review responses!

WhySoCuriousGeorge: Thank you! Actually, I think the way that my ideas and the show don't really merge together so well, but if you think that they merge seamlessly I will continue to keep doing it the way that I usually do. Thank you liking how Carolina's insanity scares her. I thought that my making Carolina insane would dissuade people from reading this story, but as you have just proven it is actually making this story more popular. Thank you once again!

SweetyK: Yes! Kol did turn her! What will happen next?

Bunnykay: Yes, but Klaus doesn't know that! Klaus didn't tell Kol to go and turn Carolina so how will that change things?

Man, all anyone paid attention to last chapter was Kol turning Carolina, which was pretty surprising to me too. So I guess you guys have a reason to make a fuss over it.

Enjoy the next chapter.

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Part One: Chapter Eight

"A dog in desperation will leap over a wall."—Unknown Author

[1492/England]

Carolina was drifting in a sea of nothing, which was a good thing.

She had nothing to worry about or fear here. She was just another being that was drifting.

Carolina knew that Kol had killed her and she didn't know whether to feel anger or joy. Anger, because now she was dead and broke her promise to Katerina about never leaving her; joy because she no longer had to worry about ending up like her sister. Carolina wanted to stay like this forever; just drifting and not having to worry about anything.

She knew it was selfish, but should she have at least have a moment to relax; have at least a second to herself. Carolina was content and happy, though she died alone and at the hands of a man that she had just met. A flicker of anger flared within her, but was quickly quelled.

She was already dead there was nothing that she could do now.

Just as she thought that she felt a tugging. Carolina opened her eyes wide to see that she was hovering over her body now, which was left to lay in that dinky dungeon. Kol was sitting on a crate patiently, sipping a goblet of wine. Carolina frowned at that but was more focus on the tugging feeling she was experiencing. She was dead; intangible; nothing should be able to touch her let alone pull her back to the place of her death.

Carolina went and hovered over her body. Something was wrong with her body. She remembered having her neck broken killing her instantly. How was it that her body looked as if she had never died; that she was just sleeping?

Suddenly, Carolina was shoved closer to her body, causing her to gasp. She was re-entering her body! She was going to return to the world of the living! But she didn't want to return! Turning her ghostly body, Carolina trying to float away, but was wretched back only closer. She was face to face with her dead, maybe alive, body.

Carolina screamed and trashed about, trying to move away from her body. Trying to return to her state of meaningless drifting, but the mysterious force wouldn't allow her; shoving her forcefully back into her body.

Carolina could now feel her toes, and feeling was slowly creeping up her legs and fingertips and her surprisingly unbroken neck. She didn't want to live again! She didn't want to deal with the constant worry over her psyche! Screaming one last time, in hopes that this force would stop allow her to return to the sweet embrace of death, Carolina was fully shoved back inside her body.

Surely whatever force of nature was doing this knew that she was a menace to society! Surely it knew she was better off dead! Everyone would be safer if she was!

Whimpering at the feeling of feeling once more, Carolina resigned herself to her fate.

Carolina opened her eyes and gasped.

She was alive once more.

Katerina tittered cutely as she listened closely to Klaus's story about how he finally one upped Elijah in sword fighting.

Klaus was handsome and charming and was practically oozing confidence. It was hard not to be swept away by this enchanting man.

But Carolina had already laid claim to this man, Katerina. This is Carolina's happily ever after; you cannot and shall not take that away from her. Katerina sighed as she thought of Carolina's claim. Klaus looked down at her concern plastered onto his handsome face.

"Are you alright, Miss Petrova? Is there something you'd like me to get you?" Klaus asked and Katerina melted at his accent.

"Oh nothing! Nothing is wrong! I do not require anything. If anything I should be getting you something! After all, is this not your celebration?" Katerina said, hoping that he would catch on to the stealthily hidden innuendo.

A flicker of interest flashed in his eyes, but in quickly faded, disappointing Katerina greatly. "No need, I will soon have everything I desire." He shot what seemed to be a heated look at her, causing her to blush. "I have heard that you have brought another guess with you. Tell me about your friend."

Katerina almost pouted that Klaus wanted to her more about Carolina than try and bed her, but quickly reprimanded herself. This is her best friend's happily ever after! Help her achieve it!

"You have already met my Lord. Carolina claims that you invited her to this party once you happened to meet each other in the town center." Klaus's eyes glowed with interest as Katerina talked causing her to pout slightly.

"Really, it is a small world after all?"

Katerina laughed as Klaus grabbed a goblet of wine for the both of them. Such a gentlemen. Katerina sipped the wine in the most seductive way she knew feeling empowered as Klaus watched her and guilty as she thought of Carolina.

"It is. Where is Carolina now that I think of it? I have not seen her all night," Katerina said, eyes darting all over the room. Where was her best friend? She was all she had left as a stable foundation. Carolina was all she could say was permanent.

Klaus gave her an easy smile, placed both of their goblets on the table and took one of her hands in his. "She is fine," he assured her. He led her towards the dance floor, walking with grace and confidence not worrying about tripping and falling. "I saw her speaking with my younger brother, Kol. I assure you she is in safe hands."

Klaus put his hands on her waist as they danced to the music like all the other couples. He was staring into her eyes like she was his everything and it was causing butterflies to burst to life and then die rapidly. Her body was going hot and cold as his eyes lingered on her lips and chest and Katerina gave him a flirtatious smile.

"Now," he said giving her an intense gaze. "Tell me more about yourself."

Katerina swore that if things continued the way they were Katerina was going to bed Klaus and forget about Carolina's claim.

Donatella walked down the hall cautiously. If she was going to find Mikael then she would need to do a locating spell to find him. She wouldn't be able to get Klaus's blood and say that it was going to be for the ritual. Klaus has been alive for over five hundred years trying to break the curse, so he would know if he needed to make a blood donation or not.

The rest of the family was out of the question seeing as they might think something was going on with her and tip off Klaus. And Donatella was not even close to ready for another torture session. So that left one option.

Go to the one Mikaelson sibling that couldn't tell anyone. That was why she was down in the caverns that the Mikaelson family had constructed underground in case of an attack. This is where Klaus had made her put the spell to lock away the coffin.

The caves were dark and stinky and the air was muggy and Donatella would not usually go here, but this is where she needed to be. Donatella walked faster clutching her torch closer to her as she walked deeper into the mouth of darkness; her eyes flickering in every direction thinking that something—someone—was behind her.

Donatella pushed away some cobwebs and knew she was at her destination. The dark brown coffin was glossed and of the highest quality and dressed beautifully. If there was one thing that Klaus seemed to use as apology to his family was putting them in fancy coffins. Walking up, Donatella pushed the lid of the coffin open feeling the warning bells going off in her mind; alerting her that an intruder was in here. Donatella snorted; warning bells were no good if the caster was the intruder.

Looking down, Donatella noticed the brown eyes that appraised her. Donatella smiled at Finn and opened her satchel, pulling out her puny dagger and a jar.

"Hello," she said. Finn's lips almost seemed to frown at her, but that couldn't be possible. Finn could do nothing with that dagger stuck in his chest. "Klaus hasn't decided that it is safe for you to come out yet. He says that your loathing of your own race was irritating."

Donatella lifted his hand as Finn watched on interested in what she had to say. Being locked away for four hundred years, you had to get bored of pondering at one point. "I understand why you would hate being what you are," Donatella continued cutting a long cut on the palm of his hand. The blood flowed out sluggishly since no heart was pumping it and Donatella quickly placed the jar under his bleeding hand. "Being a vampire must be horrible; everything always changing while you do not. Having to kill the innocent so that you can survive only to be the only permanent fixture the world may have. That sounds like a horrible lifestyle."

Finn looked at her sadly. Donatella could tell that everything she was saying was true to this vampire. He never wanted this. She slashed another cut on his already healed hand and placed it over the jar.

"So I will put you out of your misery. With your blood I will find Mikael and he will kill you all." Finn's eyes that were staring at her so intently seemed to glow with relief. Donatella smiled viciously. "Including your siblings and what was her name? Sage, I think."

Finn's eyes widened and he looked as if he was ready to tear her throat out. Donatella laughed at the immobilized Original as the jar was half way full with his blood. More than enough for all the locator spells she was about to do.

Placing his hand back in his coffin Donatella looked down at him. "I will see you at your funeral." Donatella then closed the lid of the coffin and walked away. Closing the lid of the jar tightly, Donatella strutted away feeling victoriously.

Rose rushed towards the dungeon with a drunken man following her deliriously.

Carolina is a vampire! Carolina is a vampire! Carolina is a vampire!

Rose's new best friend was a vampire and Rose didn't know how to feel. She was happy that she would be able to spend the rest of eternity with her new best friend, but she didn't want her best friend to be condemned to the fate of being a blood sucking fiend.

Fury seeped into her as thought back to moments ago when she spotted Kol among the crowd without Carolina.

[1492/Mikaelson Manor]

"Where is she, Kol?"

Rose was standing boldly in front of Kol demanding (actually demanding) to know where he had hidden her friend. Fear crept into her blood as she thought of what Kol could have done to Carolina and what he might do to her because of her tone.

Kol looked down at her, "I would not be taking that tone with me, Rose. You know how I am."

Rose clenched her fist and gritted her teeth as she looked at Kol. "Please tell me what you have done to her."

Kol smiled as he looked at her smiling mischievously. "Something I am sure that everyone would have done sooner or later." Rose quirked a brow and Kol grabbed a drink.

"What?"

"I improved the girl. She was so entertaining and fun. Though I could feel that she had something in her that would make her a great and very fearsome vampire," Kol said happily sipping his drink. Rose gasped.

"Why?!" Rose said a little loudly. "Why would you do this?! She had a life!"

Kol snorted, "The best chance she had was marrying into a loveless marriage with a farmer, maybe even her father's friend, and producing children. I gave her the better option."

Rose glared at him, "You care nothing about human girls and the way their lives end. Why do you care about this one?"

"She's interesting."

Rose sighing, she sat down and put her head in her hands. "Is she awake?"

Kol sat down beside her. "Yes, I locked her one of the cells. She kept screaming about how I have damned her. She also kept asking about what I have done to her. I locked her into once of the cells in the dungeon. If you're so worried about her you could meet me down there and make her complete the transition yourself."

"You didn't give her blood, yet!" Rose practically screeched, but Kol shushed her and warded off any people that felt the need to stare.

"No, I haven't given her blood yet, but you can give it to her if you like."

Kol looked at Rose as he held a crying Carolina by the shoulders. "Here she is!" Kol smiled as Rose shoved the man towards Carolina.

"Rose! Rose! Kol—Kol did something to me! I'm—I'm so thirsty!" Carolina stuttered out and Rose shushed her and hugged her as Kol held the man.

"Don't worry Carolina things will get better," Rose said soothingly. Kol shoved the now bleeding man towards Carolina whose face started to change.

"Rose, what's happening to me," Carolina cried once more as she walked shakily towards the man. Carolina pushed the man up against the wall and sunk her fangs deep within his neck. You could hear her moan happily, satisfied with the blood that was sliding down her throat.

Kol laughed as Carolina pulled away from the now drained man and started to sob.

He sauntered over to Rose and leaned next to her as Rose watched Carolina sobbed. Carolina's face was a mixture of pure elation and complete horror. The two emotions fought for dominance on Carolina's face and Rose watched on in morbid fascination.

"This," Kol said gesturing the conflicted Carolina. "Is why I turned her."

If there was one thing that Rose had learned over the years, it was that when a Mikaelson took an interest in someone, that person usually doesn't end up with a happy ending.

Rose couldn't help, but think that Carolina should save those tears for later. This was just the beginning.

Trevor could feel agitation as he watched Klaus enchant Katerina. He didn't like the way that the feeling of a burning hatred festered in his stomach as he watched them.

"You know that you are going to have to stay here to guard the doppelgänger." Trevor turned away from the seemingly happy couple. To face Elijah who stared at his brother and the girl with a wistful look on his face.

"How long will I be staying?" Trevor asked. Elijah refocused on Trevor.

"No longer than a month. Just until the sacrifice is over," Elijah stated nonchalantly. Trevor nodded and looked out at the couple.

"Have you ever wished to be like your brother, Lord Elijah?"

Elijah raised a brow, but said nothing. "Sometimes I wish that I am like Klaus," Trevor said. "He is powerful and can get anything he wants. Look at him, Klaus is about to break the curse and become even more powerful then he already is. He has nothing to fear." Trevor felt the jealousy boiling in his blood. Klaus had everything, what more could he want! Was becoming the most powerful being in existence not enough?

Trevor frowned as he heard Elijah chuckling. What was so funny? "There are some things that are above us. Even monsters have bigger monsters hiding underneath their beds." Trevor shot him a disbelieving look and Elijah just chuckled.

The Originals had things to fear? Trevor couldn't wrap his head around the thought.

Klaus shoved Katerina up against the wall roughly and pulled at the strings of her dress, almost ripping it. Katerina moaned heatedly into his mouth and Klaus smirked. Things were going as planned.

Klaus lead Katerina to a guest room (as if he was going to take her to his actual room) after watching her flirt with him shamelessly. Throughout the whole night though Klaus couldn't help but hope that Carolina would pop in and begin to speak to him. He wanted so badly to see; to speak to her and learn about the girl he intended to create into a vampire. However, she never showed her face to him after he had left her to talk to Katerina and that left him feelings frustrated.

Klaus decided to stop fumbling with the strings of her dress and just pull the dress right off. Katerina gasped as her dress tore and Klaus used that moment to shove his tongue into her mouth. Katerina moaned once more as Klaus sucked on her tongue.

She never seemed to notice that Klaus made no verbal noise telling her that he enjoyed this as well. Klaus pushed her down onto the bed as Katerina unbutton his tunic and shoved it off him and quickly start working on his under shirt.

The whole time Klaus was thinking of her best friend, Katerina was thinking about Klaus.

To Hell with Carolina's claim! I want Klaus.

Author's Note: So Elijah and Trevor want Katerina. Katerina and Carolina want Klaus. Klaus and Kol want Carolina. And Rose and Rebekah are sitting on the sidelines like a bunch of loners. What do you call this? A love hexagon with two points to the side?

Believe it or not, I actually wrote this chapter today after I came home from a doctor's appointment. Am I amazing or what? Once again sorry for the bad/rushed quality of this chapter.

So I am like super excited! Season Four starts in two weeks! Is anyone getting their popcorn ready!

So in the next chapter will come Katerina and Klaus's awkward morning after. Kol and Rose try to teach Carolina control. Rebekah deals with both of her new house guests. Elijah thinks of Tatia. Donatella tries to contact Mikael. And Trevor comes up with an elaborate lie as to where Carolina is hiding.

I hope you guys have enjoyed the chapter. Review please!

Until next time,

Winterangel44