Authors Note
So usually I would upload every once or twice a week and it'll usually be on weekends due to school. By the Way Sorry for the lack of Klaroline but I make up for it a lot in the next chapter, trust me!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries!
Chapter 2
Caroline woke up on her 17th birthday with a killer headache. Last nights memories were a bit of a blur but the memory of the stranger was crystal clear. She groaned and sat up looking at her phone which had an overload of messages from both Bonnie and Katherine.
Bonnie at 9:23
Happy Birthday Bestie!
Katherine at 9:56
Get up Care you can't sleep away a hangover.
Bonnie at 10:02
You only have one 17th birthday Care!
Caroline sighed and quickly typed back a reply.
Caroline to Bonnie at 11:36
I'm hungover and in desperate need of a Doctor McDreamy.
Caroline and Bonnie had always watched Grey's Anatomy together since they were 13. The entire time they would call dibs on who they liked. While Bonnie had dibs on Doctor McSteamy, McDreamy was all her's.
Caroline to Katherine at 11:38
You would know ;)
She chuckled at her text. Never would Caroline have thought that Katherine would be the one reprimanding her about a hangover.
After Caroline texted them back she fell back against the bed with a huff already knowing today was going to be a long day.
Eventually Caroline had gotten dressed and ready for the day. Her Father had left her a note on the kitchen table for her to meet him downstairs in the lab. Caroline must have read that message 100 times and was still confused. For as long as she could remember she was never aloud into the basement. She figured today she would just learn the basics of his research but it seemed her father was throwing her right into the deep end. With a sigh she stood up and slowly headed to the basement door.
Nothing could have prepared her for the information she would learn that day.
As Caroline walked down the steps she took in all the photos and things around her. What she didn't understand was why all the newspapers said animal attack and had pictures of wounds on people's necks. She was always told her father worked for a cure for a certain sickness. What sickness could have done this to humans? As if her father could hear her thoughts he walked behind her and said.
"I have a feeling this isn't gonna be the 17th birthday you expected." he said with a sigh.
Caroline turned around not quite knowing what to say to that. She picked up a photo on one of the tables and held it up in front of him. "What is this?"
"I think it'd be easier if I explained the basics-."
He didn't have time to finish before Caroline cut him off. "I've waited 17 years for this." She said more forcefully. "What is this?" Her voice was laced with an unknown anger.
Her father frowned and opened his mouth to say something but closed it. After a moment he spoke. "An animal attack. A vicious and cruel type of animal attack."
She frowned and went to say something before he picked up a file and handed it to her. "Read." he commanded.
She opened the file and began reading. Below the articles were pictures all with similar shaped wounds on people's necks with similar descriptions.
4 Bodies drained of blood in Memphis, Tennessee.
2 Bodies with snake like punctures in their neck drained of blood in New York City.
7 Bodies emptied of blood with punctured necks in Boston, Massachusetts.
She scanned the photos and articles before looking up to her father with an unspoken question in her eyes.
They stared in silence before she briefly spoke up and said "What killed them?"
"Animals-"
"What actually killed them." she cut him off again.
He leaned against the will and pinched the bridge of his nose. "What do you think Caroline?" He said a bit aggravated.
"I-I don't know."
Her father, Bill sat down and handed her another folder.
This time when Caroline opened the file the information struck her a bit too close to home.
Beloved Wife, Mother, and Sheriff killed in a Brutal animal attack. She leaves behind one daughter and husband. Killed by two punctures in her neck, leaving her body drained of blood.
Caroline opened her mouth but no words came out. She put the file down on the table not wanting to read it anymore.
"What killed-"
"You know what killed her Caroline." This time he cut her off.
"No I don't because it doesn't make sense!"
"Everything I'm going to tell you wont make sense!"
She instinctively took a step back.
"Caroline what I'm about to tell you will change everything you believe. That false sense of security will be shattered, do you understand that?"
"What do you mean false?"
"Your mother wasn't killed by an animal Caroline." he said barely above a whisper.
"What really killed her dad?"
He looked up with a sad look in his eyes and it was at that moment Caroline felt like the floor crumbled beneath her feet.