"What's that?" Caroline asked Klaus as they left the dark theater, shielding their eyes from the sun.

"It's called the PeopleMover ," he told her. "If I'm correct, it takes you around Tomorrow Land."

"Count me in," Rebekah said and started to run over there. There was really no line and this one went up an escalator, a flat one, almost like a conveyer belt.

"Why don't these have steps?" Caroline wondered aloud, never seeing an escalator like this before.

"I don't know, it's strange," Stefan chuckled, holding onto Rebekah for balance.

"In all of my lifetimes i've never seen one of these before," Kol chuckled. "An escalator without any steps. Good thing gravity is doing its job."

"I've seen them at the airport, but not on a real slant like this," Klaus re-called.

They got up to the platform and onto another moving belt, this time it was in a circle and followed the movement of the seemingly infinite loop of ride cars.

Only four people were allowed per machine, so the group had to split into two cars with Klaus, Caroline and Kol planted in one, and Stefan, Bonnie and Rebekah in the other.

"Didn't the creators realize that people have big families?" Rebekah complained from the other car.

"I don't think while creating this fun-filled-child-friendly-amusement-park they thought about 1000 year old vampires parading their streets either, Bekah," Kol remarked."Or cared about meeting the needs of one of those said 1000 year old vampires."

This ride, it's a completely different vibe than the other ones they've been on. Most of them have been more on the thriller side with the drops and loops, but this one was different, so relaxing and simple and Caroline adored that.

"So, what's the point of this?" Kol asked his big brother.

"You know I dont know everything right Kol?"

"Well, you're trying to impress the lady aren't you?" Kol pointed to Caroline sitting next to him.

Klaus eyed his brother and ignored his question. "It takes you around Tomorrow Land through the rides in this land and such. I think it teaches you about the idea of Epcot and the idea of tomorrow, towards the end," he explained. "Especially because it's called Tomorrow Land," he muttered.

"You know Nik..." Rebekah said, talking loudly over the movement of the cars and diatance. "You don't need to be a smart ass."

Klaus smirked at his sister, sitting up slightly in his seat to look at his sister. "You, Bekah, of all people, know that I very much do."

Caroline laughed and looked between the two siblings. Something she could never wrap her head around is how Rebekah and Klaus function. They argue, get over it. Argue, get over it. It's a constant cycle. Clockwork. She was sure that Rebekah wasn't going to forgive Klaus for days after that incident earlier. But, figuring they've been at it for so long, it's almost like an instinctive motive.

"Penny for your thoughts, love?" Klaus asked, noticing she was mentally entranced by something, staring off to the side of the car, twirling her thumbs.

"I was just thinking about how the two of you get along. It's like clockwork," she chuckled.

"Well, when you're with someone for ages you learn their mood swings," Klaus referred to his sister glaring at him. "With the cycle of bitterness and arguments, comes the cycle of utter-forgiveness."

"I think that i'm supposed to be the one saying that because you have the worst mood swings, Nik. Exhibit A: Pre-Peter Pan," she shot back teasingly.

Klaus rolled his eyes, deciding not to get angry at his sister again for Caroline's sake, though a century ago she would've had a dagger in her heart hours ago. Only now he's starting to realize how angry he became over nothing, how 'punishing' his siblings like that took a great toll on their relationships and his overall mental state. He knew something was wrong with his mind as soon as he obtained the white ash and daggers, as soon as he knew there was a way to silence his siblings for as long as he pleased. To him, it seemed like the greatest thing it he world, it would put him in power and that's all he really cared about back then, since there was nothing else for him in the world. His siblings would bow down to him in hopes of not having to sleep for years on top of years, centuries even. He used it as his greatest threat, an advantage, but in reality, to him, it made him lonelier than ever and he thinks that is the only joy they got out of being daggered. That one smidge of goodness that came with getting struck from his dagger was knowing that in some way, he was suffering too. Something he wouldn't admit over the years was how absolutely terrified he was after daggering them, more specifically how terrified he was to see the hatred in their eyes when they woke up. "We just learn to live with it," he spoke to her, ignoring his sister.

The 'virtual tour guide' for the ride started speaking, startling them as it came out of the speakers right next to their heads.

"She's a better tour guide than you, Klaus," Caroline teased. "And she's not even real."

Klaus chuckled. "At least she totally knows what she's talking about."

The ride went though the roller coaster of the land, one of the most known and popular rides in all of Disney, 'Space Mountain'.

"Woah, are the lights supposed to be on like that?" Rebekah wondered.

"No, I wouldn't think so if this is a space ride," Stefan answered, looking around, mimicking her head movements.

"I think it's being worked on," Bonnie assumed, pointing to some brightly orange colored machines in the corner as the PeopleMover quickly drove through the attraction, spitting out some facts that they weren't necessarily listening to.

"That's a rare sight," Klaus told all of them, raising his voice so the other in the car behind him could hear. "Space Mountain is one of the most popular attractions here and it's completely in the dark, that's what makes it so popular so seeing it like this is a treat."

"Well, what do ya know?" Caroline laughed. "I guess we can count ourselves lucky."

Next, they went through the Toy Story ride, similar to the one they rode at Hollywood studios, but differently themed with another overall goal.

As they moved out into another area, Klaus knew what was coming up. "Caroline, love," he moved closer up to Caroline, almost signaling to Kol that he was really just trying to talk to Caroline. "This is the prototype for Epcot."

Kol felt like switching up seats again so he jumped in front of Klaus when they were boarding and sat next to Caroline, forcing him to sit across from her. In a way, it was better because it allowed him to see her better. He was able to watch all of her expressions and see how delighted she was at certain things. Since Kol is sitting on the right side of her, he's slightly blocking the window coming up on the right side. She tried to sit up on her leg before turning her attention to Klaus who stood up.

"Sit here," he slid over to the left and let her sit in the seat closest to the prototype.

The tour guide explained what Walt Disney's idea for Epcot was, what he envisioned. In the back were all of the country pavilions and a huge ball in the middle of the land.

"This is where we're going tomorrow."

"I didn't think that the World Showcase was going to be that huge," she said in awe. "We're really going to sample countries?"

"Yes, we are. It's not just a quick walk through, it's an accurate representation of the country itself with shops, restaurants and landmarks. The people who work in each pavilion are from the country itself."

"Wow, I didnt think it was that legit," Caroline blinked, her eyes focused on studying the details of the simple prototype, knowing that it was just a first draft and the real thing was probably so much grander.

But, the ride kept moving, moving past the prototype, through the Carousel of Progress, the Tomorrow Land Speedway, and soon enough they were back.

"I think that may just of been my favorite thing so far," Rebekah mused as they stepped off another moving escalator back onto the ground.

"It was relaxing," Kol agreed. "But annoying when the both of you decided to play musical bloody chairs."

"I was trying to show her something," Klaus objected. "Anyway, I think that's enough of Tomorrow Land, we learned, we had fun, and so on… now, let's head to our next fast pass at the Mine Train."

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"I really didn't like that," Stefan mumbled, holding his stomach.

"Come on Stef, don't be dramatic, is wasn't that bad," Caroline giggled at the green Salvatore next to her.

She sat next to him this time when Kol suggested that they should switch it up, again, and that he wanted to sit next to his 'big brother Nik' who didn't like the ride, just as much as Stefan if not more.

"Why did I even get fast pass for that? And who the hell would wait over an hour for this?" He groaned, referring to the stand by line which read 112 minutes.

"Because I wanted it," Caroline pouted and looked at his phone in his hand. "What's next?"

"Nothing's scheduled besides dinner tonight. It's all up to you guys. We can do more here or go back to the hotel."

"Dumbo?" Rebekah tried, looking towards her brother.

"Absolutely not."

"Come on Nik! It'll be fun!"

"Rebekah, it's for little kids," Kol said, agreeing with his brother for once.

"I'll go," Caroline looked at Rebekah.

"Me too," Bonne stepped up.

"Okay, girls trip then?" Rebekah locked arms with Caroline and Bonnie—who jumped slightly at the newfound contact.

"I didnt even answer—" Stefan said.

"Too late! Didn't have to! I know you agree with my dull brothers," Rebekah teased, half serious. "See you around!" She yelled as the three of them ran off.

"Do you know where you're going?" Klaus called.

"Nope!" Rebekah turned around while still skipping towards Dumbo.

"It's that way, Bekah," Klaus pointed behind them.

Rebekah rolled her eyes and they all ran back, stumbling from their linked arms. "Thanks for not telling me that sooner Nik, you're a big help," Rebekah huffed.

"Don't mention it," Klaus grinned sarcastically and watched as the three girls ran out of sight. "They were going in the right direction and now, they're not."

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"Ugh I can't believe him," Rebekah groaned as they finally reached Dumbo, having to circle around a hundred times. "I knew I was bloody right, i'm never wrong."

Caroline chuckled at how similar Rebekah and Klaus act. "I'm not surprised. Well, we're here now let's make the most of it before they drag us back to the hotel to get ready for dinner."

The three girls walked up to the empty line and the slightly confused cast member asked them if they wanted to ride first or go into the 'play area'.

"Play area?" Caroline questioned.

"In there, it's a place for kids to be entertained and adults to relax," she told them.

The three girls nodded at each other. "Play area."

This other land is called Fantasy land and the portion of it is based off of the movie Dumbo. Dumbo is a movie about a baby elephant with unnaturally large ears that is taken from its mother and put into the circus. So, this play area is in a giant circus tent with red and white stripes, and the store across the way, also in a tent, is full of merchandise. The play area is a big jungle gym with Dumbo circling like a chandelier at the top. The jungle gym was a bunch of burning buildings, representing the burning circus attraction Dumbo was forced to jump off of and fly from.

Rebekah breathed a sigh of relief when they walked into the large tent. "Air conditioning never felt better, well, unless you count dragging yourself along in the million degree desert—"

"Yeah we get it," Caroline stopped her before she continues on about her many adventures.

"You're hiding it well," Bonnie complemented Rebekah out of the blue.

"Hiding what?" Rebekah asked, taking a second. "Oh, the magic drainage? Yeah, I know. I'm trying to be peppy and not spoil anyones mood like my brother," she said honestly. "And really, it's not terrible. I think Niklaus is being hit the worst.

"About Klaus you should know I—" Bonnie started but was cut off but some kids screaming.

"I think we should call them and have them come over here. I'm sure they could use a break," Caroline offered and pulled out her phone. She texted Stefan telling them all to come over here, leaving out the part where they have to be embarrassed by the worker asking to go to the kids play area, just for laughs.

"Well, before my broody brother, or bothers, come and ruin everything why not we have fun?" Rebekah suggested.

"What, like go in there?" Bonnie asked pointing to the building themed jungle gyms.

"Yeah, hide and seek, maybe?" Rebekah stood up and gestured for them to go hide.

Bonnie and Caroline laughed before giving in and climbing up the makeshift 'drums', which were the themed steps leading up to the top parts of the rope-jungle gym. When they're stepped on, they make a musical thud.

The play area was pretty dead, so they fit in with the few kids running around.

They found a small little corner about midway through the attraction in one of the burning buildings and climbed into it, inevitably scooting a kid out.

Of course within seconds, Rebekah was standing outside right in front, having seen them through the wall.

"You guys suck at hiding," she laughed.

Caroline rolled her eyes and Bonnie climbed out. "I'll look next, you guys go."

Caroline stayed in the box to count and the two ran off. A kid decided to start climbing around her.

"Arent you a bit old to be in here?" The kid said bitterly.

"Excuse me?" Caroline looked at the boy, he couldn't been more than 10.

"You're an adult," he pouted.

"I'm a young adult, technically a teenager, and so what? We're allowed to have fun too."

"This is Disney world."

"And?"

"It's for kids, everyone knows that."

"It's for anyone who appreciates it too," she huffed.

"How so?" He plopped down in front of her, criss cross.

Caroline narrowed her eyes at the strange boy.

Why does he look kind of familiar?

"Well, the 'adults' love the hotels. Some of us like to relive our childhood or live out dreams that we never got to experience," she explained.

The boy looked at her with big blue eyes. He was dressed strange, strange for a boy in the blaring Florida heat. His clothes were a mix of dirty whites, oranges and browns, looked like something straight out of the viking ages, something Klaus would've worn as a kid. "I understand. Are you alone? Because that would be the sad part."

"Hey!" She defended herself. Just when this kid was behaving.

"Are you?"

"No, i'm not," she scoffed. "Are you?"

He shook his head. "I have a big family. My sister and four brothers are here too."

"Wow, that is a big family. I've always been an only child," Caroline said. "But, someone i'm here with has a big family too, three people, actually."

"Oh cool," he said bluntly and for the first time she realized he had an accent.

She squinted her eyes, studying his familiar features. It's something around his eyes.

"I don't think like it here," he frowned, whispering.

"Wha-Why not?" she stammered, caught off guard by the boys ridiculous claim. Aren't kids supposed to love this place?

"I miss my room at home. I miss the forest, the animals, the freedom and the makeshift paints," he played slightly with the strange fringe on his boot. What parent allows their 20th century child to wear fringed boots to a Disney theme park? Or fringe boots in general? Wait-did he say forest?

"You like painting?"

"I always find new and inventive ways to create," he said, sounding grown up for his age.

"I wish I had been creative as a child. Someone i'm with now, one of the people with a big family-he's a lot like you, actually-always paints," she smiled, thinking of Klaus's drawings or the feeling she got when she saw his painting at the ball for the first time.

"I like that. What's your name? You're very pretty."

Bold.

Caroline blushed. "Ummm... are your parents around?"

"It wouldn't matter, Caroline. They probably didn't even notice I ran off, or care," he said solemnly.

"What do you mean?" Hold on how does he know my name? I didn't even say it! "Your parents would be worried sick."

"My mother never protects me against my fathers wrath and undying rage. I don't consider him my father… he's a monster."

Caroline studied him and realized welts and bruises all over his frail body, face, arms, legs…some of them were new, the ones around his wrists look like someone grabbed him tightly. "I—"

"Don't bother answering," he said. "I don't need some girls pity."

"I'm not pitying you," she answered, growing concerned.

"Do you trust them?"

"What?" she said, taken off guard once again.

"The people you're with."

"Yes, of course. Why are you asking me this? You can't be more than 10 and have no business in my personal life. How do you even know my name? I never told you..."

"Maybe I will, one day," he smirked, ignoring her name question. "But do you trust them?"

"Of course I do...why are you asking me this?" she hesitated. "Okay this is weird, i'm going to go now...please, find your parents and-"

"Do you love him?"

"What? Love who? H-How are you asking me this you don't know anyth-"

"Caroline!" Rebekah called, running up to the area she was 'counting' and stood right outside the thin wall, able to see inside. "We've been hiding for forever! What have you—?" Rebekah ranted but stopped mid-sentence as soon as her sight moved to the boy and her eyes widened. "Caroline get out of there! Now!"

"What are you talking? Why Rebekah?"

"That's my sisters name!" The boy cheered. "She's younger than me, I can beat her in anything! But shh, don't tell her that or she'll get annoyed and tell on me."

Caroline's eyes moved back to the boy as Rebekah stared at him. "I never told on you, you dim wi-" Rebekah freaked through clenched teeth.

"What is this place? It looks like a circus came in here and puked all over…" Kol announced as he Stefan and Klaus walked up to the girls standing in the middle of the play tent.

Klaus's already wide eyes instantly snapped towards Caroline and then flickered to the boy before growing into oversized saucers. The young boy then looked at him and Kol and mouthed the word 'woah', that devilish looking in his eyes and smirk still very much present.

"What is this?" Klaus growled. "Caroline get out of there, now."

"What—?" Klaus then grabbed her arm and yanked her out, rough but quickly. She didn't even know the screen-like wall in the box she's in opened up because Bonnie left the way they got in before to go hide with Rebekah. Then, he shut it instantly as if it was a cage, locking the child inside.

Tears wailed up in the boys eyes and he began to cry while looking at the group. His hands clenched against the chain wall and he pressed himself against it. "Why are you shutting me out?"

Klaus held onto Caroline tighter. "Just go," he hissed at the boy, trying not to let the anger get to him.

The kid began to cry louder but no one in the area seemed to notice, they just went on with chatting and playing amongst themselves. It almost seemed like the boy was invisible to everyone but them.

"Nik, what is this?" Rebekah whispered uneasily but kept her eyes on the boy, his eyes red from crying.

"Some cruel trick," he mumbled shakily, but anger rising in his voice was very prominent.

"What did the boy do?" Caroline asked tentatively. "Why is everyone so freaked out?"

"The boy is me, Caroline," Klaus said and she stared back at the kid, finally clicking it all together.

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"How is little Nik here? I don't want to relive this," Kol tried to joke, not really believing his own words.

"Finn what is this?" Klaus hissed into the air. The boys eyes grew colder and stopped crying before he stopped moving completely, only staring at Klaus as if he was giving him a telepathic message, that's what it seemed like at least. His eyes brimmed with some flashes of gold highlights and a hint of blue.

Slowly, the child vanished into thin air, he was never there.

"It was never there…" Rebekah whispered.

"It was a projection spell," Bonnie explained. "Casted only on us."

"What even was the point of this?" Klaus muttered angrily, his grip on Caroline tightening. "The thing just bloody vanished! Why even send it in the first place!"

"The way he was looking at you… I think he was telling you something," Bonnie concluded, reciting the grimoire in her brain. "I've seen these before. Projection spells, they don't last long and take an enormous amount of power, so if they have anything else to say they can give any message needed through magic. It just doesn't show up right away."

"So now a magic message is going to pop into my brain at any moment? Brilliant," Klaus rubbed his hand over his face.

"Is there a problem over here?" A cast member came up to the large group just stating at nothing, just stopped and stared blankly at the circus-getup-wearing cast member.

Klaus was about to say something snarky but Caroline interjected before he even started. "Sorry ma'am, we thought we saw something."

She nodded and went back to her post at the front of the attraction, checking people in and giving out pagers to guests so they know when to go ride the ride.

"Let's go sit down, okay?" Caroline suggested and they went out of the kid area and sat on the wooden benches lining the play-circus area.

Klaus sat down and let out a sigh, leaning his head against the back and rubbing his temple. "Everywhere we go."

"I didn't know," Caroline frowned.

Klaus opened his eyes and looked at her. "We're you talking to it?"

"It? He was still technically you, Klaus."

"That was not me. Just some conjure up made by my vengeful brother. Did you talk to it? What did it say?"

"I was counting for hide and seek, letting them hide and he just came up and talked to me. He was quite rude, actually."

"Well, I guess thats my childish nature that Finn was trying to capture," he smirked.

"Nothing's changed," she teased.

"What is it I really said?"

Caroline sighed. "You said stuff about your love for painting, I found it weird how you said you lived in a forest. Then you mentioned your siblings, teased me about being an adult here. Oh and you did mention Esther and Mikael…"

Klaus's face retorted to a serious glare. "How much?"

"Brief mention, said he was horrible to you and she didn't protect you. That they wouldn't care or notice that you ran off. But the bruises and welts everywhere did enough explaining."

Klaus looked down. "You didn't need to see that. Even if it was some witchy vision Finn still took it from things he's seen in real life, even down to the smallest details like the bruises and welts. He is just trying to turn you against me."

"If anything, he did the opposite," Caroline looked at him when his face contorted to confusion. "He made me feel sympathy."

"I don't need pity."

She chuckled. "The little you said that too, and i'm not pitying you. He also kept asking if I trusted you," she told him, leaving out the part about him asking if she loved him.

Klaus's face was expressionless. He knew that Finn was trying to get information out of her, trying to figure out things to use against her once he takes over his body. If Finn knows Caroline trusts him, it's a huge weakness. "That's strange," he answered generically.

"So, what did you Stefan and Kol do?" Caroline asked, changing the subject.

"You know, crushed kids dreams, stomped all over their overpriced cotton candy sticks, made lives miserable. People probably thought we were the three musketeers."

"Or the three stooges," Caroline laughed. "I'm sure it was a sight to see."

"Oh it was, especially when all three of us walked onto the little mermaid."

"No you didn't!" she gasped.

"Oh we did," Stefan chimed in. "All Kol here wanted to do was remove the sea shells."

It took Caroline a second to comprehend, thinking about actual sea shells found on the bottom of the sea floor or washed up on the shore. She looked to Klaus who was bitting back the biggest smile, looking down at his enclosed hands, and to Kol who was grinning, his eyes were even grinning.

"What can I say darling? Disney holds some nasty secrets," Kol winked and the group bursted out into laugher.

Even in the worst of times, they could still make each other laugh.

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