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Bonnie passed a silver goblet to Caroline, and sighed as Caroline took a tentative sip from the cup. "Better?"
Caroline closed her eyes, and lowered the cup to her lap. "How is he?" She asked, her voice breaking with emotion.
Bonnie sighed. "Shaken," She answered, glancing towards the opening to the hallway. "Kol is trying to break through, but…"
"I screwed up, Bonnie." Caroline whispered, bowing her head. "I went straight for the first thing I saw in those memories, and didn't allow them to play out."
Bonnie smiled, but it was a weak smile, and she nodded. "I did warn you it was going to be painful." She returned, watching her friend turn the goblet in her hands.
"I still don't quite understand." Caroline whispered, shaking her head. "These memories…"
"Are of your past life, Caroline," Bonnie finished, with a soft tone. "You and Niklaus lived four thousand years ago. You lived and loved until the Pharaoh tried to destroy your love." She continued with a harsh tone in her voice. "The ritual to counteract the curse was performed, securing you and Niklaus' souls together for all eternity." She added, watching Caroline turn her head to look at her. "When the time came, you were brought back, but your memories were safeguarded, and you became new people with new attitudes."
Caroline smiled. "We are different people than we were back then." She remarked, as Bonnie nodded.
"You are." Bonnie answered, gently.
Caroline let her head fall back against the wall, and her eyes closed. "It all seems so unreal." She whispered, straightly without emotion.
"It would seem that way." Bonnie agreed, turning her head to doorway.
"Klaus is my soul mate." Caroline stated, with a laugh.
"I'm sorry?" Bonnie asked, her mind snapping back to the present.
Caroline smiled, and turned her head on the wall to look at her friend. "Klaus is my soulmate. The ritual bound our souls together for eternity, and now…" She clarified with another laugh.
Bonnie smiled, and bowed her head. "You are connected." She responded, bowing her head.
Caroline laughed, and her eyes rolled. "We are different people though, Bonnie." She stated, firmly. "The gentle, loving love we had back then is no longer present." She added, shaking her head against the stone wall. "I destroyed it by not believing."
Bonnie shook her head, and grasped her friend's hand. "No, priestess, you did not. When the goddess brought you and Niklaus back, she made it so you and he would not be the same, but your souls are forever bonded, so no matter what you and Niklaus will always find each other."
"Even if I want to punch him in the face sometimes," Caroline stated, with a forced laugh.
Bonnie laughed, and nodded her head. "Love is not perfect, Caroline, trust me. I married Kol."
Caroline laughed, and shook her head. "I do love him, Bonnie, but it's…"
"Confusing,"
Caroline nodded her head, and sighed. "I can't tell if it is my past or my present self that loves him." She remarked, her heart pounding in her chest.
Bonnie squeezed her friend's hand. "Then go to him." She responded, causing Caroline to turn her head, and look at her. "Let the memories and the love flow freely, and you'll see that love… true love never dies."
~XXX~
"It's too dangerous, Caroline." Klaus stated, shaking his head as he moved in the room.
Sun down was upon them, and the ritual had to be completed before the pharaoh found them. Caroline watched as her love paced in the room at the temple, and stood up from her chair to move towards him.
"Would you rather we be separated forever?" She asked, causing him to still his movements, and turned to face her.
Klaus swallowed, and reached up to grasp her face in his hands. "I can't kill you, love." He choked, tears filling his eyes.
She smiled, and reached up to touch his face, before placing her hands on his chest. "You won't be, my love." She whispered, searching his blue eyes. "I won't die, not really. My soul will live on with yours. We will never die." She explained, gently.
He sighed, and shook his head. "I can't." He stated with his voice breaking.
She felt tears filling her eyes, and she nodded. "It's hard for me too, Niklaus. My heart breaks at the thought of lifting that dagger to you, but it must be done." She remarked, her heart breaking with her words.
He let the tears fall down his face, and he leaned forward to brush his lips over hers. "I want to feel you surrounding me once more before it's performed." He muttered, feeling her smile, sadly against his lips.
She shivered at the thought, and pressed her body closer to his. "What's stopping you, my love?" She asked, as his hands moved down to her sides, and caressed her hips through the Priestess robes.
He smiled, and bent his head to brush his lips over her ear, nibbling it for a taste. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her to the stone bed built against the wall, and sat down with her straddling him.
He pulled back, and watched as her hands unsnapped the clasps at her shoulders, and her dress fell to her hips, revealing her pert breasts to his eyes.
He smiled, and threaded his fingers through her blonde hair, pulling her head closer to kiss her with a passion that rocked them both.
Her finger moved over his bare chest, tugging on the ceremonial necklaces that he wore, while her hips rocked over his. Her body was on fire, and the moan that escaped his lips, told her, he was too.
She could feel his erection through the fabric separating them, and she moved her hands down to his waist, unsnapping the clasp that held his skirt together, and let it open.
She pulled back, and hummed as his lips trailed down her neck, towards her breasts, and took one of her nipples in between his teeth, and pulled, lightly, before surrounding her breast with his mouth. She cried out his name at the beauty of it, and her fingers clutched at his shoulders. She was in ecstasy, pure ecstasy, and she didn't want it to end.
He moved his mouth to the other breast, and performed the same motions as before. Her heart pound in her chest, and her hips moved over his free erection, feeling him sliding between her legs in a beautiful action.
"Caroline…"
She opened her eyes, and saw his eyes were focused on her, and she smiled, touching his scruffy face with her right hand. "Fill me, my love." She whispered, lifting up, slightly, and felt him beginning to slide inside her with a precision that made her gasp with joy and fulfillment.
He groaned her name, and his hands moved over her bare back, as she began to rock over his hips, sliding up and down on his shaft, and his hips pumped up and down to join in.
They were in a state of complete ecstasy, wanting nothing more than to continue like this forever, both knowing it was impossible for soon they would be nothing more than spirits waiting to be reborn into the world, and until then, they would never feel this wonderful exhilaration again.
Her back arched, letting her hair touch his knees as her head fell back. Her mouth hung open, but it closed as she bit her bottom lip. She was so close, and she could feel him in the same way.
Lifting her body, but not breaking the rhythm, he flipped her over, careful not to hurt her back against the hard stone beneath them, covered only by a blanket.
Her legs wrapped around his waist, and they cried out as he pushed deeper inside her, both loving the feel and sound of their union.
Her nails dug into his hips, and she arched up, pressing him closer, loving the sound of his approval from his lips.
"Oh…" She hummed, before his lips found hers, and he thrust deep inside, releasing his seed deep within her core, and at that moment, she stiffened, and came with him.
~XXX~
"Caroline…"
Caroline blinked as she slowly shook her head, and turned to find her friend looking at her with a knowing smile on her face. She lowered her head, and found her hand resting on her chest, and she blushed at the thought of why it was there.
"I see you remembered a…wonderful moment." Bonnie remarked, as Caroline groaned and rolled her eyes.
She didn't say a word, but Bonnie knew exactly what she remembered. She recalled herself the day they performed the ritual, and what Klaus and Caroline had done in the privacy of their small room, after Kol and Bonnie had broken them out.
She didn't fault them for loving at that hour. She knew at the time, it was to be their last moment, and they needed it as much as they needed each other.
Caroline lifted her eyes, and nodded to herself. She needed to talk to Klaus, alone, and now was as good a time as any.
Standing up from the dirt covered floor, she wiped off her pants, and headed towards the opening, not looking back to find Bonnie smiling in approval.
~XXX~
Klaus stared at the fire in front of him, and felt his heart ache in places he never recalled before. Caroline's words echoed in his mind, and for the life of him he couldn't recall what she meant.
Kol had tried to tell him what had happened, but Klaus didn't want to hear it. He had heard enough.
"You killed me, you son of a bitch!"
His eyes closed as he tried conjure up the memories, but nothing would come. He couldn't remember.
He had killed the woman he loved in the past, and made an enemy of her in the present. How could he have done such a thing? What possessed him to do that?
"Klaus,"
Klaus opened his eyes, but didn't budge his body as he felt her enter the small room he was in, thanks to Kol.
He saw her from the corner of his eye, as she moved around to sit across from him, with the fire as their only barrier.
"I see you've recovered." She remarked, trying to break through.
Klaus lifted his eyes, and stared at her, not wanting to say a word for fear that she would blow up again.
Caroline swallowed, and lowered her eyes to the fire, and the last memory she recalled flashed in her mind. She held back a groan, and closed her eyes. "I know you must be thinking that I…hate you or despise you for what happened in the past, but I remember now, so…" She began, her words stuttering a little, as she lifted her eyes to his face.
Klaus' face gave away nothing, and she swallowed.
"I jumped to conclusions before, but I…um…I understand why it happened, and the reason." She continued, leaning on her knees with her hands clasped in front of her.
She wanted to say more, but the words stuck in her throat. What could she possibly say to take away the hurt on his face?
She studied his expression, and cleared her throat. "Come on, Mikaelson, you must have something on your mind." She stated, after minutes of silence had passed.
He shrugged his shoulders. "What's there to say, Forbes?" He asked in return. "I killed you in the past. There's nothing else to say." He stated, standing up.
Caroline lowered her eyes, for a second, and stood up. "Hold it right there, Mikaelson." She nearly shouted, causing him to stop before he reached the doorway to leave. She huffed, and marched towards him. "I just told you that I understand why. I don't blame you." She stated, grasping his upper arm, roughly.
Klaus didn't look at her. Just pain from her words was enough for him.
Caroline studied his face, and her brow furrowed. "Klaus," She whispered, her voice holding a question.
Klaus huffed in irritation, and finally shifted his eyes to her. The pain he felt reflected in his eyes, and her mouth opened.
"You don't remember the ritual." She whispered, shocked.
Klaus closed his eyes. "No, I don't, Caroline, but thank you so much for telling me that the ritual that brought us here came at the cost of me killing a woman I love." He stated, jerking his arm away from her grasp, and tried to move away from her.
Caroline shook her head, and stood in front of him. "Klaus, it came at another cost too." She stated, holding her hands up to keep him from moving. "That's what I was trying to say."
"What cost could possibly be worse than me killing you?" He asked, his eyes flaring with anger.
Caroline's eyes flashed. "I killed you too."
~XXX~
Klaus stepped back, and studied her. "You…"
She slowly nodded, and bowed her head. "In order for the ritual to counteract Seth's curse, two lovers had to sacrifice the other. It's a huge, risky ingredient, but the goddess demanded it." She explained, moving away from him towards the fire.
"So, I had to kill you and you had to…" He began, holding his arm out to clarify what she was trying to say.
She nodded, and bowed her head once more. "I remember taking the dagger from Bonnie's hand and you from Kol's, and we lifted them together and…"
Klaus swallowed, and turned his head away. He felt her gaze on him after a moment, but he couldn't risk looking at her. "Why can you remember and I can't?" He asked, shaking his head.
Caroline shook her head, and sighed. "I don't know." She answered, stepping towards him. "I don't even want to comprehend why this is happening, but I do know that we are in this together, Klaus."
She stopped a few feet from him, and watched as his eyes lifted to look at her. She paused for a moment, and hesitantly lifted her right hand to touch his face, and act her past self-did to soothe him.
"We'll get through this." She whispered, searching his eyes.
"Then what," He asked, in a shaky tone.
She swallowed, and dropped her hand to her side. "I don't know."
He nodded, and shifted his gaze to the side before catching her eyes once more. "That's not good enough, Caroline." He stated, backing up, and turned to leave.
She shook her head, and watched as he disappeared from the room, and her heart clutched in her chest. "I know." She whispered, in the silence, and bowed her head.
~XXX~
"Why can't I remember?"
Kol stilled as he heard his brother approach from behind, and he swallowed, hard.
"Why can't I remember the ritual, and yet I remember the love I held for her four thousand years ago." Klaus stated, stepping up on the steps, and approached the altar where Kol stood.
Kol sighed, and slowly turned around. "I don't know." He answered, shaking his head. "Perhaps, you are not meant to know yet."
Klaus scoffed, and shook his head. "Caroline remembers, Kol, but damn it, I don't." He nearly shouted, his eyes conveying the pain her felt. "She says that we killed each other to make the ritual work, and yet I can tell there is something she isn't telling me."
"Nik…"
Klaus held up his hand, and shook his head. "No, I'm sick of the lies and the tricks and the damned secrets!"
"It's not a trick." Kol began, shaking his head. "I don't know why you can't remember that day or anything else after that." He stated, leaning against the altar.
Klaus swallowed, and closed his eyes. "Did it even happen?" He whispered, his voice conveying the uncertainty he was feeling.
Kol's eyes narrowed, and he stepped towards his brother. "It did, Nik. It happened, and at great cost."
Klaus lifted his gaze, and his eyes conveyed the hurt he felt. "Then why can't I remember?"
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