AN: so this is sorta a filler chapter to tie lose ends with the dream stuff

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Caroline, Grace and Leo opened their eyes in sync.

"I can't get that out of my head," Grace said, trying to clear her mind by shaking it furiously.

"That was horrific…" Leo did the same as Grace.

Caroline looked down to Klaus who was still holding her close, she could see why now. His head was near her chest and his curls were touching her chin. His eyes were tightly closed as he shook in her embrace.

"Is he awake? Is he alright?" Grace asked.

"He's awake, but you know, in shock," She moved the hair from his face and moved down from her spot to be face to face with him again. "Shh, Nik, you're alright," She cooed, putting her forehead against his. His lips were pressed tightly together as he buried more into Carolines embrace. He shook his head no and she could see tears forming behind his closed eyes. "I think you guys should leave, now, I'll call you back in a few."

The two nodded in understanding and left the room, closing the door quietly.

"I feel so bad."

"I had a dream about Cisco last night… don't really think it compares to that hell that Klaus went through."

"What about your dream yesterday Leo?" Grace asked. "Was it like that?"

"It was only everyone was already dead. Only you were killed in front of me. I expect it to be worse for Klaus because he already lost his brother, Elijah, so just losing him all over again must be horrible."

"But think about it, why was Mikael in your dream? Wasn't another man too?"

"I don't know why they both appeared in our dreams, I don't know why because I've never seen him before in my life, I've only heard stories before. But there were two bad men in mine and the other man, not Mikael, was also in Gypsy's dream. So somehow they're all connected."

"I'll tell you this, why not when everyone is back we have a meeting and discuss this dream garbage and then take our minds off of it by going on a hike and then to the boardwalk / water park later?"

"That sounds great, wait water park?"

"Yeah at the nearby boardwalk there is a water park built into the pier. There's a lazy river, slides, pools, more slides."

"Sounds great."

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"That's a lot of food," Barry commented, holding one of the bags.

"It costed about $50 to $60," Mon el groaned.

"We could've gone out to eat with that money," Barry complained.

"Barry all you've done this trip was complain about everything," Kara looked at her phone, a message from
Grace.

Grace

When you guys get back we all need to have a discussion about this dream crap.

Kara

What? What happened?

Grace

I'll tell u when u guys get back, just hurry up

Kara

Alright…

"What is it Kara?" Mon el asked turning turning the steering wheel.

"Grace just texted and said that we need to have a 'discussion' when we get back."

"About what?" Barry asked.

"She didn't say."

"Well we'll find out when we get back to the house," Mon el said turning down their street.

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"Hey Nik, you're okay look at me, look at me, I'm here, in front of you, alive," Caroline stroked his hair.

He finally opened his eyes and they gazed into hers. He looked confused but scared, thinking everyone he loved was really gone.

"Look," Caroline moved away from him slightly so she could grab his hand and show him in front of his face. He looked at their intertwined hands and didn't say anything. "Feel that? It's real."

She saw tears stream from his eyes, they were silent but she knew he was going to break any second. It shattered her heart watching him this broken and upset. He never, ever cried, not like this, or at least not in front of her.

"Shhh it's okay," She pulled him into a tight hug, letting go of his hand and she felt him bury his head into the crook of her neck. She rubbed his back and ran her fingers through his hair.

"Care is everything okay?" Grace asked from outside the door.

"Yes," Caroline half lied, listening to his silent sobs against her neck.

"I'm here, Nik. Rebekah is alive, Kol is alive, Leo is alive, Grace is alive, Mon el is alive, Kara is alive and Barry is alive. We are all here with you and we're not leaving."

He just hugged her tighter. "I'm so so sorry," He finally whispered. "It's my fault."

"No, you didn't do anything, it was just a dream."

"It felt so real," He whimpered, coming out of the embrace but still staying close to her. She saw his tear stained cheeks and wiped it with her finger. His eyes closed at her touch.

"How do you know what happened?" He asked, his voice more aware now.

"Grace, Leo and I entered your mind."

"Y-You did?"

"We did. We saw what Mikael did. I can't believe that is what he did to you."

"It felt so real. Hugging my brother again was amazing, but then him getting shot with that bullet and dying right there… It felt like I lost him all over again, but then on top of it Rebekah and Kol getting staked, Mikael killing Leo and you. I-I didn't know how to process, but i'm so, so glad its not real. These dreams are getting out of hand and they are all connected… somehow."

"That's what we want to have a discussion about. We need to connect these dots because it's not normal," Grace walked into the room. Caroline and Klaus sat up against the headboard. Grace went over to Klaus and hugged him tight. He didn't know how to react at first but he hugged her back quickly. Leo came and gave him a hug, just like he did on the plane when he had a bad dream.

"I texted Kara and they will be back with breakfast soon, I told them that we are going to have to have a major talk about this. It's confusing but we need to get to the bottom of this," Grace planned.

"We need to get Gypsy on the phone too," Klaus said. "She needs to be more specific on what happened in her mind. She said that Cisco was killed but we don't know by who or how."

"I'll take notes!"

"Good point," Leo agreed.

"I knew that you were going to be the one," Grace brought up.

Klaus let out a weak smile. "I guess you were right."

"I'm always right."

"Screw that guy," Leo said.

The other three looked at him. "Mikael?" Klaus asked.

"Yeah. He killed me, your family and the rest of us."

"He's a monster," Caroline put her hand on Klaus's leg. He looked down and pretended not to be phased by her delicate, warm, touch. Caroline loved how much he needed her this morning, it was amazing how he was hugging her unconsciously in his sleep and hugging her when he was wide awake.

"Hey guys we're back!" Kara yelled as she kicked the door closed.

"We have way to much food and coffee," Barry mumbled, speeding up to the kitchen to place the bags down.

"We decided to play it safe," Mon el said as they came up the stairs. They saw the room door open and walked in.

"What happened why is everyone in here?" Kara asked, analyzing her surroundings.

"Thats what we need to discuss," Grace said. "But not here, lets regroup in the living room in 10."

The rest nodded and left the room, apart from Klaus and Caroline who stayed put.

Caroline started to get up so she could get ready. "Caroline..?" Klaus whispered. She turned around.

"Yes?"

"Thank you," He muttered shyly and blushing.

Caroline smirked and sat on her knees, facing him. "Are you embarrassed?" She asked playfully.

He didn't say anything. "I mean everyone was in here…"

"Not everyone, just me, Grace, and Leo."

"Just?"

"Yes. And if you think you were like yelling or panting or something like you see in those dramatic movies, you weren't."

He looked at her. "Then what was happening…"

"Well when I woke up I thought you were outside, because you're always up before me but it turns out it was actually Grace in the kitchen. I didn't realize you were there until I felt behind me. I was surprised you were still there, you usually leave."

Klaus looked down, guilty for not being there when she normally wakes up. "But I was happy when I found out you stayed. Don't feel embarrassed about this next part…" Caroline said and Klaus's eye widened. "Do you want the raw truth?" She played sarcastically, raising her eye brows with a big grin.

"Yes, I do."

"Okay then, I'm going to be really really descriptive."

Klaus had a weird look on his face, a mix between horror, embarrassment, amusement and complete confusion.

"Okay so I felt your breath going down my spine and I was like woah, he's still here," She was being overly dramatic on purpose just to annoy the total crap out of him and get back into the playful, light mood. "You put your hand on my waist and I felt hot it was. Then you pulled me in for a hug. You were sweating and I knew something was wrong. I tried to turn around so I could face you and I managed after several attempts. I felt your hair and it was really damp. Grace and Leo came in to see what was wrong. Then we had the idea to go inside of your head."

"And now you see how much of a monster Mikael really was."

"I never thought it would be that bad," She hugged him and he hugged her back, so happy that she, the most beautiful, peppy, positive, helpful person, had walked into his life at the right time.

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Breakfast was distributed amongst the seven of them. They all got coffee and some breakfast items that Mon el, Kara and Barry traveled to get.

"I seriously think Kara ordered the whole menu," Barry said sitting down in his normal spot around the coffee table.

"Barry come sit over here," Kara waved him over to the actual kitchen table.

"Why?"

"Because it's called the dining room for a reason," Mon el said kissing Kara on the head and sitting next to her.

"Fine," Barry got up and sat around the table with the rest of them. "So what's so urgent that we needed to be called back? No complaining though, third wheeling with these two is a nightmare."

"Actually Barr you're spot on. Nightmares. Well I was right with the next nightmare thing and how it was going to be way worse each time. The last person being me and the next person being Klaus," Leo said.

"So Grace and Barry guessed right," Mon el pointed out.

"Yeah they did," Leo answered. "Well Grace, Caroline and I were able to enter his mind to view the dream he was having. It was horrible…"

"Everyone was dead, much like Leo's," Klaus said. "Kara, Mon el, Barry, Grace you were all in another room, dead. Then in the next room was Mikael my stepfather who was holding Caroline and my dead brother, Elijah, hostage."

"That's when we entered his mind, we didn't see the other room with everyone else," Caroline said remembering the scene.

"So what else happened?" Kara asked.

"Well then my sister came in and my younger brother, Kol. Mikael went off to get something, or someone, and I reunited with my brother Elijah, who was presumed dead to me for years. When Mikael came back he killed Leo, the extended part of my family, then he sent a white oak bullet into Elijah's heart."

"Elijah's last words to Klaus were really meaningful and powerful. It literally tore at your heart, but then soon after Rebekah and Kol were staked and killed as well," Caroline added.

"Then he killed Caroline," Grace said.

The other three were stunned. "He was really that terrible?" Kara asked.

"He was. He would do this if he could."

"I'm sorry you had to go through that," Kara said sympathetically, sipping her ice coffee and looking at Klaus who was playing with his hands.

"But the reason I called everyone here was to analyze what has been happening and like, I don't know, take notes because it has been so, so real," Grace told them.

"Well when I was younger I used to have a lot of nightmares," Barry started, sitting upright. "When my mom died and my dad went to jail because the police thought he killed her, which he didn't, I started to have nightmares about her death and something I saw during the day always triggered that. Wether it was someone going to jail on a TV show, someone mentioning it, anything that was remotely connected to my mom's death, my dads imprisonment or my childhood would trigger nightmares."

"So Barry you're saying that something I saw yesterday may of triggered that?" Klaus asked.

"I mean its a possibility, maybe it didn't because your like, a hybrid. It may not work like that for someone of your supernatural status. I know that in the real world, seeing something during the day triggers nightmares and dreams."

"Alright then have to get Gypsy on the phone," Mon el said. "She can give us a better description of her dream and we can draw it out and by we I mean Klaus," Mon el pointed to Klaus. If they got Gypsy, Leo and Klaus's exact descriptions of the people and setting of their dreams, they could connect the dots to some kind of trigger maybe.

Klaus nodded and got up from the table to go grab his sketchbook from his room.

"Oh my god! This could totally be one of those Sherlock Holmes investigations, with those giant cork boards with a billion little pictures and red string!" Caroline laughed.

"We're official detectives," Kara grinned, placing her hands on her hips and puffing out her chest.

"Who wants to be the recorder?" Mon el asked, looking around the five left at the table.

Caroline raised her hand without hesitation.

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Everyone finished their breakfast and Caroline came around with the garbage to make sure everyone threw their scraps out.

"Okay lets do this, but then we need a reward for thinking on vacation," Grace said. "I was thinking maybe hiking and then the boardwalk/water park thing a few miles from us."

"I agree with everything but the hiking," Barry said, knowing Caroline would agree with him. "At lease not today."

"Why not today?" Grace frowned.

"Well I was thinking we could go hiking tomorrow morning and then after get lunch, then go scuba diving at the beach," Caroline suggested.

"I'm so board!" Barry slammed his hand on to the table.

"I like that idea better, we'll all be tired from the hike so we wouldn't have as much fun at the water park. Wow, Care, you're a genius," Grace patted her on the back.

"Well, I try my best," Caroline chuckled.

"Okay let's get to this," Leo hurried.

Caroline jotted down the notes that they had already analyzed before. Klaus had ripped out a page from his sketch book and handed her a pen so she could write down whatever she needed. Caroline wrote Gypsy: Klaus: Leo: on the side of the paper, spread apart evenly so there could be at least ten bullets under their names that relate to the dreams they had. She then made a venn diagram on the bottom so she could compare Leo and Klaus's dreams similarities and differences, since so far they had the most information on those two.

They managed to get Gypsy on the phone and Caroline wrote down what she described under her tried to quickly paint a picture in his mind of the description she was giving about the man who killed Cisco.

"Okay thank you Gypsy!" Grace said into the phone.

"Oh wait one sec," Gypsy halted. "Kara, Mon el how do you like everyone?"

"Everyone is great," Mon el smiled, even though Gypsy couldn't see him.

"Love them, they're everything you said they would be," Kara laughed.

"Great! You guys, was Kara and Mon el a good choice?" Gypsy asked the rest.

"Yes!" They all said.

"HI, LEO, HI!" Cisco screamed from the other line. "OMG IT'S ACTUALLY YOU! I MISS YOU! YOU'RE CALLING ME!"

"Oh bloody hell," Leo muttered under his breath and Klaus chuckled at the use of his British lingo. "I had a dream about you last night, Cisco."

"OMG WHAT WAS IT!? LEO WAS DREAMING ABOUT ME?!"

"Actually it was a nightmare…"

"Oh, well, whatever you were dreaming about me."

"Okay bye Cisco!" Leo said into the phone.

"BYE LEO! BYE BARRY, KARA, MON EL, CAROLINE, GRACE AND KLAUS! SEE YOU SOMETIME AGAIN!"

"Bye!" They yelled.

"Okay bye guys!" Gypsy concluded.

Kara hung up her phone and placed it back down onto the table. "So we have the facts we just need to find the thread between them."

"Well we'll have more information tonight, someone is bound to be the next victim," Caroline said.

"She's right, but for some reason I'm getting a vibe that it won't be as bad as Klaus's because that was brutal, maybe its like a storm… it starts off weak, aka Gypsy's dream killing only one person… then Leo's dream already killing everyone and only one person in front of him… and then Klaus's dream killing mostly everyone and his whole family in front of him," Barry explained. Klaus tensed up and Caroline put her hand on his shoulder. "What I'm trying to say is, I think its going to start getting easier, so say if I was next it wouldn't be as bad as Klaus's, maybe equal to Leo's," Barry looked around the table and he could tell some were confused. "Okay Ill show you a visual. Klaus can I have a piece of paper?"

Klaus nodded as he tore off a sheet of paper from his sketch book and handed him a pen. Barry opened the pen and started to draw. "Okay so this is the 'dream mountain'…." Everyone scrunched their eye brows at his choice of words. "Fine we'll leave the making up names to Cisco. Anyway, say this is the track our dreams are riding on, like a rollercoaster. Gypsy's was right here, at the start, just climbing up the mountain." Barry wrote 'Gypsy' at the start of the hill and drew a little rectangle going up the side acting as a rollercoaster cart. "Next was Leo, who was further up the track, almost at the top." He wrote Leo further up the hill and drew another rectangle. "Then at the climax was Klaus's dream, the worst of it." Barry then wrote Klaus at the top and another tiny rectangle. "Next won't be as bad because it will be further down the hill, being resolved." He drew a question mark and rectangle under it after Klaus's and then another one after. "Do you remember in grade school when you would be writing a story for Language Arts class and then your teacher would tell you to make one of these?"

Everyone nodded except for Klaus and Leo because they were born in well, viking times. "Well the top would always be the main problem in your story and in this case, the worst of our dreams," Barry slid the paper to the middle of the table and everyone looked at it.

"Barry that is genius," Mon el analyzed, as he continued looking at the sheet.

"Well I try my best," He grinned.

"Okay so in all of the dreams so far there had been at least one murder and one of two bad men behind it, right?" Leo said.

Caroline wrote something down on her paper.

-two bad men, at least one per dream

-murder of loved ones

-heartbreaking

-feels real

-seems to be in a pattern

-rollercoaster diagram

Klaus ripped out the unfortunate picture that he had to draw of Mikael and put it on the table. Also the other man described in Leo and Gypsy's dream.

"Guys I have a question," Grace said. They all looked at her. "Do you think now is that time of distress that Will was talking about…?"

"Grace, love, I think it should be opened at a more severe time," Klaus told her.

"This isn't severe?"

"I agree with him," Leo said. "If the guy sounded really serious I would wait for a more serious time, if that comes but hey, maybe it's all a game, it might not even be real."

"He has a point," Mon el agreed. "Just wait till the time is right, it it's ever right."

"Alright, you're right, you're right. Well let's get back to this."

"In Gypsy's dream Cisco was murdered by a guy who also appeared in Leo's dream. In Leo's dream, Grace was murdered by two men, one being the one in Gypsy's dream, and the other being the one in Klaus's dream. Mikael and this mystery guy," Barry concluded. "The only thing that confuses me is the fact that Gypsy and Leo have never seen Mikael or this other guy in their lives and Mikael is connected to you and they hadn't really known you for long at the time… you never even talked about Mikael once around them."

"No, I did not."

"This is making my brain hurt," Kara said getting up to get some water.

"Well lets finish this up and then get ready to go out," Caroline suggested.

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The group analyzed the dreams and came up with a few more conclusions.

It was currently noon and everyone went to their rooms to get on bathing suits and gather clothes for their waterpark boardwalk trip.

"Leo since you're so picky on what I wear, since we're going out in public what suit should I wear?" Grace asked putting the two bathing suits on the bed.

One was a black top and bottom and the other one was blue with a lace border.

"The black one."

"Good that's what I wanted."

"Grace I have to admit something though, you looked really pretty in that one yesterday. I just thought you should know that."

Grace blushed like crazy it was like rose bushes were pouring out of her cheeks. "Um thank you."

She had secretly hoped he liked it.

Leo nodded and went into the bathroom to change into a bathing suit.

"Don't come out here I'm changing Leo," Grace called.

"Don't come in here, I'm changing."

"I'm not," Grace laughed at his comment.

"What is the waterpark at this boardwalk like?" Leo asked from across the door.

"Well when Caroline and I were planning it, it looked really fun. I saw a lazy river, there were a lot of slides, and pools. It looked like a lot of fun then on the boardwalk there was a pew piers with a lot of rides, I saw some pretty cool looking roller coasters as well."

"Can't wait."

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AN:

Gypsy and Cisco interactions :)

Next time: waterpark

heres the house!

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