I don't know why I'm so fixated on OUAT and Klaroline as I've said, but when I thought of the soothsayer, I pictured Enchanted Forest Rumplestiltskin. This is a fanfic to tell you something I realized after reading a fellow klaroshipper's fic. Why Klaus wanted Camille.


Klaus trekked through the forest, listening for pots banging, pan sizzling, something that would point him in the direction of the bloody soothsayer Hayley suggested.

I don't know why I bother. He thought to himself, stomping up yet another hill. It's not like he didn't already know the answer. She's not ever coming to New Orleans, I already know that. It was all just a ploy to rid her beloved small town of me. She could've at least left a snide voicemail telling me so. That's what I get for trying to tell her the truth. Why had he thought it would be different. A year or a century my ass, that year was up. He'd even stayed awake past midnight on the new year, waiting for her call, or a voicemail. Anything to tell him he was wrong. She would choose him. But he got his hopes up for nothing. Caroline Forbes was able to break his heart, and now more than ever he feared she would.

"Are you looking for me, dearie?" A spry voice asked behind him. He spun around with a scowl.

"Yes, I am." Klaus replied. The man who stood below him had more dirt on his face than clean skin; he looked like a crocodile, in fact. The man grinned at him.

"Right this way." The man said, gesturing behind him. Klaus huffed and stomped back down the hill, then looked for any hut the man might've exited he'd missed. There was nothing.

"I have no need of huts or a roof over my head, when I'm only here for a short visit." The man said as Klaus turned back toward him in suspicion.

"How could Hayley have heard of you if you only been here a short while, she hasn't been out to the bayou for months." Klaus accused.

"Well, possibly the mother of your child does more than goes on under your nose." The man suggested. "Or," he took a step toward Klaus. "perhaps I wanted you to come here." Klaus stared him down just as malevolently as the soothsayer did.

"Why?" Klaus asked.

"Why to put your mind at ease, dearie. Your twu wuv, did not abandon you the moment you left her in the forest." Klaus's heart stopped. Rumplstiltskin's crocodile hands flew up in performance "The woman whose name you dare not speak, the woman who's seen you at your weakest. She's coming." The man said. Klaus smiled at him.

"When?" He asked. The man giggled.

"I can't tell you that! You merely need to know she will indeed show up. So you can discard your new lady friend who's so much like your true love you could do a mirror act between them." The soothsayer paced away from the hybrid and he could tell the little man was not afraid of him. "Or keep her. Doesn't matter anyway."

"I heard you were good. Now give me evidence of her return to me and I'll be on my way." Klaus said. The man giggled manically.

"You merely need this magical item" He replied, showing him a golden circular frame from in-between his fingers "to be able to see. If she's thinking of you, you'll see her." The circle didn't show the other side of it as Klaus had suspected, it was merely white.

"Is there a mesh or some sort?"

"No dearie, that's called magic on pause." The soothsayer replied.

"I've never seen a magical object of this nature. Who are you?" Klaus asked.

"The name's Rumpelstiltskin. Dark One." The man introduced, rolling the 'R' more times than necessary. Klaus narrowed his eyes at him.

"As interested as I am in this Dark One title, I really must be going." Klaus said. "why did you want to tell me about her? What's in it for you?"

"Ah, I was wondering why you hadn't tried to kill me yet." Rumple replied and leaned in toward him. "Let's just say, I'm invested in your future."


So there you can see; Klaus was afraid Caroline wouldn't come to Nola. Maybe he still is but from his actions and feelings written on his face during 7x14 and 3x14, you know he doesn't care now. Camille was officially off the radar when Caroline came back into his life. And as we all know, including Rumple; Klaroline is twu wuv.