CHAPTER 5: FIGURING IT OUT.
"Bonnie!" Caroline said as she opened the front door.
"Hey Care! I've been so worried! You didn't call or text since dinner at the Grill!" Bonnie said as she hugged Caroline, soon they moved from the doorway to the living room as Stefan entered carrying a box of pizza and the rest of Caroline's requested food.
"Uh, I know I'm a vampire and all, but I still only have two hands, a little help please." Stefan said as he struggled to hold onto all the food he had just bought.
"Sorry Stef!" Caroline said as she took the bags that contained her order and then went into the living room where they set up the rest of their food.
Before they could get talking, Tyler, Damon, Enzo and Jeremy arrived. Caroline had texted them soon after talking to Stefan and calling Bonnie to come over. If she were going to tell them what's going on with her, she'd rather do it once and let it be over with.
"So Blondie, what's up? Are we all gathering for a pizza party? I would have brought cups." Enzo said as he trailed behind Damon, followed by Tyler who just gave Caroline a nod in her way, which she returned.
As they all gathered in the living room, Bonnie sitting in the couch with Jeremy and Tyler while Enzo and Damon took the armchairs that were placed across each other with a coffee table n between where the food was laid out.
"Okay, I need to tell you guys something. I know this will sound impossible but please, I sort of kind of don't know what to do or if I need your help but I need to have this out in the open…" Caroline said, soon she began ranting off and so Damon interfered.
"Get to the point Barbie. We don't have all day you know, we've got travelers to kill and alcohol to drink." Damon said as he smirked and began to look quite bored.
Caroline looked to Stefan as if she were asking him to help her, which Stefan understood and stood beside her with his arms crossed.
" Well, we know something peculiar's been happening to Caroline lately, and last week we figured out what it was." Stefan said as he looked at Caroline,willing her to continue.
Nodding, Caroline cleared her throat and began "Yes, well, I found out that our family line has had some supernatural beings as well, and for some reason, even though I'm a vampire, I somehow sort of maybe triggered it." She said.
"Supernatural being? What are you talking about Care?" Bonnie said, confused.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling it, Caroline asked, "What do you know about elemental beings?"
At this, everyone looked at Bonnie, waiting for her to reply as they watched her eyes widen, "No, Which one are you Care?" she asked.
"Earth apparently." Caroline said as she looked only at Bonnie who seemed to understand what Caroline is trying to say.
"Okay, I know this is something important, but can someone please explain to us what the hell you two are talking about and why you are the only ones who seem to get it?" Damon said looking at the two as if they were crazy.
Bonnie looked at everyone in the room and explained; "Elemental beings are the controllers of nature and Gaia's vessel on earth to balance everything out. They are very rare and is said that only one blood line for every element are able to become one, but to actually be one, Gaia herself must choose you, to activate your gift." She said, "Gaia is the mother of the universe, she created earth and to ensure nature is balanced and continuous, she created four elemental beings from four families." She added as she knew they hadn't a clue who Gaia was to witches.
"Elemental Beings? I thought witches were the ones that control nature?" Jeremy asked, looking a little confused.
"No, witches are tasked to protect nature, thereby we are tasked to protect the elemental being that controls them. These selected beings are considered daughters of Gaia." She said, "there are four elemental beings, one for each element, Air, Water, Fire and Earth" she said further, looking at Caroline as she said the last one, "to ensure they are protected, Gaia made four other beings assigned to protect them; Sylphs to Protect the being of Air, Nymphs to protect the Being of Water, Dragons to protect the Being of Fire and Witches, to protect the Being of Earth" Bonnie finished explaining as she looked at Caroline with a warmth in her eyes, comforting the blonde.
"Okay, so how'd it happen? Surely you can't be a vampire one day and an earth being the next?" Enzo said.
Caroline looked at the new vampire. She had only met him last week when Damon had arrived from nowhere ever since he had gone rogue when Elena broke up with him and ran off to god knows where with God knows who, saying that she needed time to cool off and be alone.
"Well, I don't really know but from what I've read from my family's old journals, being chosen to be given the 'gift' meant that something big was going to happen or there is an imbalance in nature. I don't really know which one is which but something triggered it and now I'm a being." She said then taking a really deep breath; she announced, "I'm pregnant by the way."
Klaus was having a really, really bad day. First, the harvest was completed and now his most powerful witch is dead; the vampires aren't really following his orders, then Haley moved out to the bayou to live with her pack, refusing the protection he could provide for their child from inside his home. On top of that, the witches are refusing to cooperate with him and his sister won't stop cavorting with Marcel!
Nope, he definitely was having a very bad day. To add to all of this, Papa Tunde seems to have been resurrected and is out for revenge by killing vampires and kidnapping his sister!
The ringing of his phone forced Klaus out of his thoughts, "Elijah. I trust you have some news?" he said.
"We found Rebekah, she seems to be in the same circle as the others, although because she's an original, she isn't dead. Hayley and I will try to get her out. Meanwhile I suggest you and Marcel pay Papa Tunde a visit." Eljiah said as he hung up.
With that, Klaus called Marcel and out they went into town to look for Papa Tunde.
Everyone stared at her as if she had done the impossible. Well, technically, she did but its not like she meant for this to happen! Caroline thought as she waited on bated breath for someone or everyone to react.
"What?" Matt finally said, "How is that possible? I thought vampires couldn't have kids?"
"They can't but Caroline isn't an ordinary vampire. She's a descendant from the line of an elemental being chosen by Gaia herself." Stefan answered for Caroline, "Something big must have happened that caused Gaia to activate Caroline's elemental blood. At least that's what we're assuming, after all her family's journals all say the same thing. A member of their family gets gifted by Gaia to control or balance out something in nature that must be corrected." He added.
" Like the other side falling apart? I don't see how getting Caroline pregnant will solve that." Matt asked, "How are you going to carry this child to term if you're supposed to be dead?"
"Caroline is the element being for earth, which controls life and so once Gaia activated her gift, she must have turned back into a human so that she could fulfill her duty or responsibility of the mother." Bonnie explained as she looked at Caroline as if asking her to confirm what she had just said to which Caroline gave her an affirmative nod and smile.
"It's Klaus' isn't it?" Tyler asked, still sitting on the couch with his elbows on he's knees as his hands are clasped together, he raises his head to look at Caroline, ignoring the stares of the others, "Your pregnant with his child, aren't you?"
Taking a deep breath, Caroline nodded, "Yes, he's the only one I've been with last." She said, avoiding looking at everyone.
"What the hell Care! Why the hell would you sleep with that man?!" Damon said as he stood up and paced a little.
"Looks like Blondie here does have it out for men with accents, questionable morals and all" Enzo said as he smirked at Caroline who rolled her eyes at the two men.
"It's not like I meant to sleep with him! It just happened!" Caroline said.
"Makes sense, you said so yourself, nature has to balance everything out right?" Tyler said as he stood up and looked at her, "Well, Hayley is pregnant with Klaus' child too, a child that's more wolf than vampire so I guess, since you went and had sex with him, it's only right that Gaia tasks you to balance out that 'imbalance' as you so put it, with a child that's more vampire than werewolf."
Caroline looked up to see Tyler looking at her with the pain, anger and humiliation he was feeling at that moment, filled his eyes. "Wait, what? Hayley is pregnant? How did you know that?" Caroline asked.
"I saw her when I went to New Orleans to try and fight Klaus. She was living with them; news around the town was that she was pregnant with the hybrid's baby. And we all know that there's only one hybrid in that town and it isn't me." Tyler said.
"Well, this is interesting." Damon suddenly speaks up, "So what do we do now? And what exactly are we supposed to do?" Enzo added as he looked at Caroline and then Damon.
"I don't know honestly. I just thought you guys should know." Caroline said.
"Should we tell the father that he's about to become a daddy twice before the year ends?" Enzo piped.
Everyone looked at him as if he had just requested them to watch his suicide and shouted "NO!"
"Are you insane? Telling Klaus will not only get him back into our lives but he'll also never leave Caroline alone! Do you have any idea how hard it took us to get him out of our hair?!" Jeremy suddenly said.
"It's just a question, geez, relax! No need to get your wands in a knot." Enzo replied as he slouched back onto the armchair.
"Besides, its safer for Caroline to not tell him. You don't know what its like down there Care, it's a mess, a freaking war zone between the wolves, the witches and the vampires. I may not like what you did with him and I don't know if I can ever forgive you for that but you're still a friend and I wouldn't want you to get hurt; especially now that you're human and pregnant. I have to go." Tyler said as he made his way out of Caroline's house.
AN: Well that was. Plentiful? Haha! I'm not really sure but I know that there was sort of a lot going on in this chapter! Anyway I skipped over some episodes from the two series so that I won't confuse myself and get a lot of things wrong. I mean this is fan fiction so I get to change or alternate scenes and parts to fit my story. Right? Right? A little support on my logic please? LOL! Hope you liked this chapter!
For clarification, if incase you anyone got confused on the whole Gaia and the elemental beings situation, think of it as if Gaia is God and in the bible, God chose Noah to build an Ark to save animals and, well you know how that story goes. In the story of Abraham, god sent Angels to deliver his message to Abraham and his wife. Angels were also sent to protect the innocent and good.
So in this story my character's relationships are somewhat like but not exactly:
Gaia- God
Caroline (elemental being)-Noah
Witches (guardians)- Angels
It's the closest thing I could describe what they really are. Caroline was chosen by Gaia to have the gift of earth so it is the duties of the witches to protect her because as Bonnie said before, witches draw their power from the earth. Anyway I hope I cleared it out in case people get confused. I confuse myself all the time so thats why I added this AN. :) If anyone is still confused, please feel free to drop me a personal message! :)
I feel so out of my comfort zone! This is probably going to differ from the series but I'll try to incorporate as much as I can! :)