AN: I'm back for another chapter. Hope you guys enjoy. Read the AN at the bottom. Thanks for all the reviews. :)
Chapter 12: Being human
She was breathing heavily as her eyes scanned her surroundings. She had no idea where she was but one thing was for sure, it felt wrong. There was nothing but darkness. Nothing but and emptiness and a pit in her stomach. Something that was akin to pain and loneliness.
As she continues her search with outstretched arms, Caroline comes across a light from under a door. Hoping that it was a way out she takes a deep steadying breath and opens the door and walks through. She steps across the threshold and her heart races at what she sees.
This was not possible. She was hallucinating. She had to be. She finds herself standing in the living room of her childhood home. Everything is as she remembers it. The colour of the walls. The picture of her and her mother at her high school graduation. One of her and her father when she spent the holidays with him. The familiar smell- that of fresh flowers fill her nostrils.
This was not real. Was she in the stone? She was so sure Damon had saved her, had moved her out of the way before the tip of Rayna's blade penetrated her heart. Did she just imagine that. Or maybe it was just the stone giving her visions.
Dread fills her as she thinks of the other possible scenario. That maybe she was in the stone all along and it was giving her false hope as it throws her back to the painful reality over and over again. The reality that she was trapped with no escape.
Her breathing becomes rapid as tears prick at her eyes and threatens to spill without her consent. No damnit! She was Caroline Forbes. She survived torture by werewolves, torture by the hands of her own father. She survived vampires and witches and the crazy world that she was thrown into without warning or guidance. She would be damned if she let some stone best her.
She moves around her 'home' trying to find an escape. She walks towards the kitchen and air is knocked out of her, so much so that she has to take a step back as yet another big reveal derails her. Her eyes grow wide as she lets out a shaky breath. "Mom...dad" Caroline whispered out.
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"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you limb from limb right now" Klaus growls out as his hold on Damon tightened.
Damon had brought Caroline back to the compound just as the sun kissed the horizon signifying a new day. The originals along with their new Mystic Falls guests were disposing the bodies of the hunters who had met their doom. Damon laid her down gently on a chaise in the courtyard.
Klaus was on him in an instant, chocking the life out of him, not waiting for an explanation as the sight before him made things quite clear. "Because" Damon chocked out as his hands fly to the hand Klaus uses to chock him. He fails to push Klaus away and the hybrid stands unshaken and unaffected by the attempt by the younger vampire. "I saved her life" Damon manages to say.
Klaus removed his hand and Damon falls unceremoniously to the ground and gasps for air. Stefan comes to the aid of his brother, helping him up as the other occupants of the compound move closer. "Talk now" Klaus growls out.
Elijah moves forward to put his hand on his brothers shoulder. He has been by his brothers side for a thousand years, knows him better than anyone. He knows the hybrid is itching to sink his toxic fangs into the first victim he comes across- Damon most likely. Elijah sees that the touch had its desired effect as Klaus calms- but not by much.
"I gave her the cure" Damon states as he sits next to Caroline searching for a sign that she will awake soon. "You what!" Rebekah's voice sounds out and her interest has just piqued.
Rebekah had thought their was only one dose of the cure. That her shot at a normal life went away when the doppelgänger shoved the cure down Katherine's throat. It's was a fitting punishment but nevertheless the cure was still wasted.
Maybe there was more than one cure. Maybe she could still have the happiness she wanted. "The cure... as in the cure for vampirism" Marcel said from his spot next to Davina.
They both came to the compound to speak to the originals but things went sideways before they got the opportunity and with everything that's happened so far, the plot just thickened. "Who the hell are you" Damon said, not having a proper introduction to the man before him as Rayna had interrupted them. "Name's Marcel Gerard and you should watch your tone. This is my town" he smirks at the end.
Klaus moves forward, having heard enough. "This is not your town Marcel" Klaus hissed out, "and I don't hear any explanations falling from your mouth Damon."
Damon looks to Bonnie and Stefan searching for something in their eyes. He sighs and proceeds to tell them everything. He tells them how he and Bonnie were trapped in the prison world when the other side collapsed. How the heretics were trapped in the other prison world. How Bonnie brought back both the cures from those worlds.
"I don't understand" Davina says not understanding the events of what happened in this small town that she's never been to. A town that somehow always attracts supernatural creatures as though it was a big, lively city like New Orleans.
Bonnie elects herself to to explain things further to the young witch. "We all thought that there was one cure- the one from the island that was buried with Silas. It was shoved down Katherine's throat" Bonnie starts to explain. "May the bitch rot in hell" Damon chips in from his new spot at the liquor cabinet at the far right of the courtyard.
He noticed Elijah trying to steel his features at the comment and he can't help but feel sympathy for the original. He to feel victim to the manipulative ways of Katherine Pierce. The difference between them being that Damon could care less for Katherine.
"Yeah and there was the second cure from the prison world Bonnie shared with Damon and Kai. The one that Elena took" Alaric says, trying to keep everyone on track.
The doppelgängers new found humanity was news to Klaus, not that he cares. He was done with his hybrids. He had no desire to make more, especially considering the fact he would have the same problem with them that he had with his first hybrids. The sire bond.
"Lets not forget the cure that was in our prison world" Valarie says from where she's sitting, next to Enzo. "That's the cure Damon gave Caroline?" Freya questions. "Yes, I stole it from the Salvatore's mother and handed it over to Damon" Valarie states. "Why. Why did you give it to her? Caroline would never take the cure" Klaus says. He knows her well enough to know that Caroline never wanted to be human again.
Damon looks to them, almost saddened because even he knows Caroline loved her vampirism. "I had no choice. Rayna came after us. I gave her the cure just in time" Damon takes a beat. This was all his fault. He promised Liz that he'd take care of Caroline and he failed her. He failed his friend. "Rayna's sword penetrated her heart" Damon breaths out.
Klaus' rage boils over at the revelation. How dare this pathetic excuse of a vampire not protect her. He lunged forward in an attempt to rip Damon apart, maybe let him die slowly of a hybrid bite.
Elijah, unfortunately speeds infront of him before he gets the opportunity. "Get out of my way brother!" Klaus hisses. "You must remain calm Niklaus. Acting on impulse will not solve our problems." Elijah tries to abate his brother.
Klaus knows that Elijah is right. They cannot make irrational decisions but he needed to let out his rage. He vamp speeds passed Elijah without a second thought and snaps damons neck.
Davina screams at the sight of the man before them, neck twisted in an awkward angle and Elijah gives Klaus a disapproving look. "Oh relax will you. It's not like he's dead" Klaus shrugs and picks up a glass of bourbon. "How long before she wakes?" Klaus asks trying not to show the great amount of worry he feels. "It took Katherine about an hour. Caroline should be awake soon" Stefan says.
"In the mean time we have more important things to discuss" Marcel speaks and draws everyone's attention. "Davina had a vision" he says and lets Davina continue from there. "I saw her" Davina gestured to the still unconscious Caroline. "She had the Phoenix stone. She gave it to the deMartel's. I saw your end" Davina breaths out looking to the originals.
Everyone is stunned by the new information. "Oh great. When she wakes I'll just snap her pretty little neck before she gets the chance to end us all" Kol speaks for the first time since Damon entered the compound with Caroline. Both Bonnie and Alaric move infront of Caroline and Kol wonders why the history teacher of all people wants to protect the blonde. "Do that and I'll rip you and your lovely Davina apart" Klaus threats Kol. "Really Nik, you're still chasing the baby vamp. It's not like she doesn't have it coming after what her and her little friends did to me" Kol says and Klaus feels slightly guilty at his brothers words.
"We're getting of topic" Rebekah states in a board tone. "Besides, what the bloody hell do they think they can do to us. We can't be killed" Rebekah states matter of factly. Freya looks to her siblings with sadness in her eyes. "That's not true" Freya says in a quite tone. They look to the eldest original for an explanation. "I've been looking into Rayna and the spell that was used to make her stronger. It- in some ways, is similar to the spell our mother used to turn you into vampires. I believe that in the hands of our enemies, if that spell is changed a slightest bit, the sword could have the same effect as the white oak."
Silence fills the compound as everyone lets Freya's words sink in. The original family dying means the end of the vampire race. A silent agreement passes the current occupants of the compound. An agreement to set aside their differences for the greater good. To set aside petty rivalries, schemes of revenge and plans to gain power over one another.
This city will not have a king, no one will have a touch of happiness if their sire's fall. Before anyone speaks they all hear a loud gasp and the look to the chaise occupied by Caroline. Her eyes fly open and and her lungs fill with air that she now needed.
Klaus is next to her in a blink of an eye. He scans her features for any sign of distress but finds none. "Caroline" he says almost hesitantly. She looks around in confusion before her eyes land on Klaus.
A second of silence passes before she lunges forward and grabs Klaus by the throat and shoves him to the floor. He of course lets her, knowing she cannot hurt him. "Caroline" both Bonnie and Stefan call out to her.
She tries to let her fangs drop but finds that they do not. She quickly shuffles to the closest chair and breaks off the leg to use as a make shift stake. "Easy gorgeous. Everything's okay" Enzo says soothingly from behind her. She turns as fast as she can to try and drive the stake in his heart but finds that Elijah's hand grabs hers. "Caroline" Bonnie comes up next to her, "you're okay Caroline. It's us, your safe" she tries to calm her.
"You're not real, you're not real" Caroline whispers. "We are real love" Klaus steps forward with his hands up to try to show that he's not going to hurt her. "Look at me sweetheart. I'm real alright. You're safe. I promise" he ends. A look of realization passes her and she lets out a breath. "Klaus" she breaths out and he nods and gives her a slight smirk. She rushes forward and his hands encompass her in a comforting embrace.
"What happened?" Caroline asks after she pulls back after a while to look around her. They give each other hesitant looks and she glares at them in response. "Tell me" she demands.
And so they do. They tell everything that's happened since her and Damon left the compound when Rayna attacked. The cure, Davina's vision, everything. Caroline's mind spins at everything she's been told. It seems like they can't get a break as there is just one crisis after another. She can't even think about the fact that she is now human because now she has to worry about their sire line being in danger. "Caroline" Alaric's voice brings her out of her contemplation. "There's more you need to know" he says with caution. He doesn't want to put to much on her but he needs her to know.
What ever the history teacher is about to say Klaus knew that it's something everyone will hear for the first time with Caroline. Everything they knew about their current catastrophe they already told her.
Bonnie takes Caroline's hand in a calming gesture as she looks to Alaric. "Care, you're...your pregnant" Bonnie says and Caroline feel her heart start to race and her hands start to shake. This was not possible. This was too much. It feels as though she's being suffocated with the amount of information she takes in.
She gets up and walks up the stairs to the room she was in when she first got here. She hopes no one will bother her. She needs to be alone right now before more is thrown her way.
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AN: so that's another chapter down. Hope you guys enjoyed it. There will be more explanations in the next chapter and if I feel I can squeeze it in Cami will make an appearance.
I also took liberties with the whole Phoenix stone being used as a weapon to kill the originals. Like I said for the sake of this story, things will be different. Also I hope you guys don't think Damon is to different from on the show. I'm trying to show that he can actually care for his friends and family and not just be the good guy when Elena is around or for Elena. Anyway please review. I really enjoy reading what you guys think. Thanks :)