After getting reviews on Dead, I thought I would try to end my writer's block...kinda worked. Still some kinks. This isn't finished but it's a start, I hope you approve. :)
Caroline had stood by her body when everyone gathered in the room. Saw the look on Klaus's face when he appeared last. The sheer horror. The emotions in turmoil in his eyes. She'd watched him tear the shed to pieces, and stood by Elijah as Klaus asked to be killed.
"No!" She yelled. No one could hear her. She looked around to all the people who had listened to her ideas, her ranting, for the past six years she'd been there in New Orleans. They couldn't hear her. They could only hear how horribly her love was crying for her. She sniffed and tried not to cry because of it, looking away as if someone were going to see her.
She walked around to Klaus's shaking form and reached out her hand. Would he feel her touch? She wanted to try. It was after the chill of her spirit reached out to Klaus that he began to calm down. Caroline smiled to herself. Not even death separated them.
"We will bring her back, brother." Elijah had promised.
"Yes, Freya's gotta rifle through stuff, find some loophole to bringing me back and I won't be stuck here anymore." Caroline replied.
"What if she doesn't want to come back?" Klaus had asked.
"What?" Caroline replied. "Of course I want to come back, you think I really want to be stuck in this place where no one can see or hear me? You can feel me but what if you're the only one?" Just hearing herself say these words proved to her how badly she needed to come back. Not having anyone hear her …it would drive her insane.
"Caroline?" A voice came. She looked around. There stood Tyler, staring at her in disbelief. She smiled at him sadly.
"Tyler." She greeted.
"What're you doing here?" He asked.
"Hello to you too." Caroline said in annoyance. "It's kind of a long story."
"So shorten it." Tyler replied.
"Tyler, I'm dead right now. The guy I love is falling to pieces because I'm dead. I don't have time to feel guilty for my decision." She walked up to her ex. "And even if I did, I wouldn't." She walked away as Klaus's family filed out of the house, Klaus staying with her body.
"I wasn't going to talk about your decision again, Care." Tyler called. Caroline turned back to him and took in Klaus.
"Please love," he said "return to me." Caroline smiled at him and felt tears clog her throat.
"He really loves you." Tyler stated. She raised her eyes to him.
"Caught on, have you? Took you long enough." She replied.
"Don't you quote Harry Potter to me." Tyler said, making her laugh in spite of herself. "What if I told you you could come back?" He asked. She sniffed and pushed her hair back.
"How do I know I can trust you?" She asked.
"You can't." Tyler said, walking towards her "but I'm going to do it too."
"How are you here anyway?" Caroline asked. Tyler shook his head.
"Damon." He said. "I've been dead a while. The last bad guy that went through our town took him and when Elena woke up I was dead. Of course she forgave him, she always does. But luckily while I was a ghost, I was able to tail him. He actually was pretty broken up about what he did. So I forgave him too." Tyler said.
"Are you serious?" She asked. "Damon killed you. How can you forgive him for that?"
"Because of the bad guy took him over. If he hadn't killed me she would've found out Damon was still clinging to the memory of Elena. She was threatening to send him to hell if he didn't cooperate, which left everyone else undefended. And he knew Stefan wouldn't stand a chance." Tyler looked at her. "The important thing is I know how to get back, there's a witch that can help us. We find her; we get you back to your boyfriend. I get my life back." Caroline smiled at him.
"We're on the same team then?"
"Same team."
Everyone was sitting in the drawing room, waiting for Freya to figure out the right spell. Klaus couldn't stop moving, and so he had to leave, knowing they needed their peace as much as he couldn't give it to them. Caroline had taught him a lot, including how much she could be loved. It wasn't just him who was losing his mind; Kol had become her best friend, her backup tourist guide when Klaus was busy and she didn't feel like she needed to help; her guru for when she was decorating her room before moving in with Klaus, a guy to gossip with. Rebekah went to her for fashion advice...Caroline found a way to stop Rebekah from going mad. Hayley asked her to babysit once in a blue moon because she was the safe one to go to after Hayley and Klaus had their parental fights…everyone in his family needed her in their own special way. Elijah looked deep in thought and Rebekah stood up, pacing back and forth.
"I'm going to lose my mind if I keep just sitting at the edge of my seat for however long it takes." she turned to Freya. "I know how important she is to all of us but please don't overexert yourself."
"Sister, I'm fine." Freya assured her gently. "Our brother needs her back, we all do."
"Sister, if you hurt yourself you won't be able to bring her back. Take breaks." She ordered. Freya looked away and Rebekah walked from the room, gathering with Klaus and Elijah who followed straight after. She stared at him.
"Why the bloody hell are you taking such an interest? We've never seen you two being nice to eachother." Rebekah replied.
"It doesn't matter right now, Rebekah. Suffice it to say she's been a wise friend when others aren't around." Elijah said, then ground the knuckle of his finger into his lips which were trembling. Klaus studied him.
"These theatrics wouldn't happen to also be a cry out for something else that was lost." Klaus asked dangerously. Elijah's eyes flickered up to his.
"Niklaus bloody Mikaelson you are not going to start a sibling war right now." Rebekah snapped. "You know she's always been faithful to you." She added.
"Yes, but has he been faithful to Hayley?" Klaus asked. Elijah ground his jaw and sped Klaus into the wall, his forearm pinning his little brother from his collarbone to the wall.
"I am not, in love with Caroline. I have been in love with Hayley from the moment I saw her and believing otherwise, shows how afraid you are."
"You think I won't admit to being afraid now, brother?!" Klaus roared, yanking Elijah's elbow down and pushing him away. "The love of my life is dead. If we can't get her back I face an eternity of darkness, a darkness like I've never known. The abyss might swallow up my soul and leave not a trail behind, I may never be the man she loved again. If we can't resurrect her, I will join her, I can promise you that brother, but what happens in-between?!" Elijah stared at him, wide-eyed. Klaus's face contorted into pain again. "I can't wait much longer. I can't take not knowing." He sniffed and side stepped his siblings, tearing running from his eyes again as he fast walked to his room. Their room. He didn't hide the pain in his heart, not now.
Caroline stood here at the entrance of the compound, by herself. Her body was reeling from a series of shocks. Of course she knew he loved her. But this much? She looked down and took a breath, staggering back. She couldn't give up on coming back. She couldn't watch him die, and she couldn't wait for the evil he feared would come. Even with the monster being all that could be left of him her heart would remain his. But she couldn't watch it happen. She looked after where Klaus had gone, and wanted to will herself up there, even if all she heard were his sobs. Her mouth opened as if to call him. But he couldn't hear her.
Footsteps echoed and she hung her head.
"Caroline?" Tyler's voice echoed and she slowly turned around. He walked to her. "You okay?" Caroline faked a laugh and avoided his eyes, knowing he'd see how lost and sad she looked.
"Not even a little bit." She murmured. Tyler stared at her and she gained a breath, looked up to him. "Who's this witch you said was gonna bring us back?" She asked. Tyler looked away. She stared at him and snarled. "Tyler, you have the way to getting us out of here, right?"
"Caroline, she disappeared. Okay, the others who were standing guard told me she got sucked into the void."
"It's still happening?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah. So unless you know another witch, we're screwed."
"Klaus has another sister." She blurted out. Tyler stared at her.
"What?"
"Yeah, her name's Freya. She's like, one of the most powerful witches by blood. This whole thing with his aunt an a deal his mom made..."
"She can help us?" Tyler pressed.
"She's trying right now. If we can get her attention somehow maybe she can tell us what we need to do." Caroline replied. Tyler nodded.
"I can try. I've had more time to practice my part in Ghost for a while. Demi Moore would've noticed me before that boytoy took his shirt off." Caroline giggled and smiled at Tyler who returned her smile.
"Let's get Freya's attention then. No time to waste."
