CHAPTER 13: PASSED

A few weeks had passed since Caroline had gone missing and her friends still had no clue as to where she is. Damon, Enzo, and Matt had arrived in New Orleans only to find that Bonnie, Jeremy, Luke and Liv still haven't found Caroline.

A few days later, Damon and Enzo left to find a solution for their problem in Mystic Falls while Bonnie, Jeremy and the twins stayed in New Orleans to search for Caroline. Matt had returned to Mystic Falls so that the gang could be kept up to date with what was happening in town.

"I don't understand, we've been here for almost three weeks and I can't find any trace of her! I know she's in New Orleans, the locator spell is saying that much but why can't it pin point where she is exactly?!" Liv said. She was getting really frustrated with her magic. She could usually find someone or something easily. locator spells were one of the first spells she mastered so she couldn't understand why she couldn't locate someone she knew for almost a year.

"Relax Liv, this isn't your fault." Luke, her brother said in an attempt to comfort his sister.

"Maybe someone or something is blocking the spell? Preventing us from finding Care." Bonnie said, entering the living room with one of her grandmother's grimoire.

"What do you mean? How can someone do that?" Luke asked.

"According to this grimoire, there are some witches that can block a spell in order to protect those we are bound to protect." Bonnie said, as she placed the book on the coffee table and pointed to a paragraph she was reading.

After reading, Liv and Luke looked at Bonnie, eyes filled with curiosity on as to who was keeping Caroline.

"Well, at least we know Care is with a witch." Bonnie said.

It took a while before Marcel was finally able to learn about who and what Caroline was and of her current predicament. It was odd, Marcel thought to himself at the beginning, he hated Klaus and he knew that Caroline was the key to getting his Kingdom back from the hybrid but he couldn't do it; he couldn't use her as bait or leverage. As he got to know Caroline he realized he cared for her. Not in a romantic sense but more of a sister, a familial level of caring, like how he cares for Davina like a sister too. It also probably helped that when he pledged to keep Caroline's secret and to not harm her, Corinne placed a charm on him, binding him to honor his word to protect Caroline and her unborn child.

So it was no surprise that Marcel found himself talking with Caroline about the incident that had occurred in his warehouse regarding three witches who came looking for her.

"It must be Bonnie and the twins!" Caroline said, eyes lighting up at the mention of her friends.

"Yeah, well who ever they were they've been looking for you for weeks. Klaus is annoyed that the Mystic Falls gang has been lurking around the area and if they don't leave soon, he's gonna find out you're around here." Marcel said.

Caroline immediately understood what he was trying to say, "Do you think you can get them here? I need to speak with them, to plan our next move. The veil has fallen and Mystic falls is infested with travellers. We need to find a way to rebuild that veil and to reverse the traveller's magic. I also probably need to go to a proper doctor cause this little one is not going to stay in here forever." Caroline said as she touched her small bump, smiling.

"Sure, I can probably get them to meet up with me and then I can bring them here. I still have a few loyal followers so it shouldn't be that hard to find them and get them here." Marcel said.

Caroline smiled, "Thanks Marcel." she said as she heard Marcel's phone ring and watched him answer it.

Sighing at the name that flashed on his screen, Marcel answered, "Klaus." he said followed by, "What do you need?" Okay, I got it. meet you at the compound." he ended the call and placed the phone in his jacket pocket.

Standing, he said, "I gotta go. Klaus wants to meet up, Rebekah still hasn't woken from Esther's spell and Kol needs a certain grimoire I'm supposed to look for. I'll call Corinne when I get in touch with your friends."

Nodding, Caroline walked Marcel to the door and said, "Bye Marcel and thanks."

Marcel said nothing, instead he looked at her, smiled and nodded his head before turning to his car and driving away.

It took another three days but Caroline was finally reunited with Bonnie, the twins and Jeremy. Marcel had found them just outside the quarter and got them to believe him when he told them he would take them to Caroline.

Now the gang stayed with Corinne who has been teaching them all that she knew about protecting elementals and of the veil.

Marcel had advised them to stay away from the quarter as the witches, vampires and wolves were currently at war, especially since Esther and Finn had gained the side of the witches to kill Klaus and his siblings once more.

Currently, Bonnie and the twins were still working on a way to keep Caroline safe while looking for a way to get out of New Orleans undetected while they began to look for new sources of how to fix the veil.

"I can't believe him!" Liv comes storming into the living room and then plopping herself on the couch before her brother follows her.

"Liv, just ignore him. We have bigger problems right now than dad." Luke says as he calmly sits beside his twin.

"I know. But does he really want us to keep up with our task and worry about merging so soon?! Really, they think we are invincible!" Liv replies, rolling her eyes in annoyance at their father.

"Just.. Tell him we can't merge until the veil is back up. If we do that.." Luke says but stops mid sentence. Liv knows what he tries to say and understands.

The twins didn't realize that Caroline had been sitting on the arm chair with a book in hand while Bonnie leaned on the door frame that led from the kitchen to the Living room; both of whom had just heard their conversation.

"Ahem." Caroline said, signalling to the twins that she and Bonnie were present. "I don't mean to intrude but, what is a merge and why has it gotten you two in a.. oh I don't know, a bad mood?" Caroline asked.

Sighing, Luke looks at both girls, as if deciding whether or not he should tell them, shaking his head, he speaks, "It's.. It's nothing. Nothing we should worry about right now. We should get back to reading the grimoires."

"Didn't look like nothing. Liv was clearly stressed out about it." Bonnie said, officially making herself known to the ones in the room. It had been weeks since they all left Mystic Falls and she may not admit it now, but the twins have grown on her.

"We don't really want to talk about it now. Besides, what our dear old dad wants, can wait. We need to put up the veil and make sure Caroline is safe and that no harm comes to that child." Liv says, hoping that Bonnie and Caroline drop the topic.

"Okay, but if you want to talk, we're here." Caroline says as she realizes that the twins didn't want to open up to them right now, but it was clear that they'll want to talk to someone about it soon.

Liv looks at Caroline and smiles, "Thanks" before standing up and following her brother back to where they were reading the grimoires.

Hayley was utterly bored. Ever since the Mikaelsons found out of her pregnancy, she had been under constant surveillance. She supposed it was all good and well, the witches were still after her even after Sophie cast that damned linking spell on her month ago, she learned quite well that she would rather be stuck in the mansion than out and vulnerable out there for the witches to hurt.

She was currently walking out of the front kitchen and back to her room when she heard the clacking of stiletto heels.

"Ah, so this is where the bitch went." Hayley heard the voice say, looking around, she saw Elena stop in front of her. There was something… different about her.

"Elena? How did you find me? Why are you here?" Hayley asked. The last time she saw anyone from Mystic Falls was when Tyler tried to have her killed because of her baby. At remembering this, Hayley realized she was in a vulnerable position, her wolf powers weren't as strong ever since she became pregnant, all she could do was carefully take a step back.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you. I need to talk to Klaus or Elijah." Elena said, Hayley found that she sounded… sinister. The last time she spoke to Elena, she was filled with compassion.. This woman however, seemed… Evil.

"They're not here. You should try asking the guards outside. But I'm guessing you killed them since you got past them." Hayley said.

"Hmm, you're right about that." Elena said nodding, "Well. Take care, she wolf. I'll see you soon. Tell Elijah I need to speak to him and he knows where I'll be waiting." she said, leaving a stunned Hayley watching her saunter her way to the exit.

'What has gotten into Elena?'

London, England.

Damon and Enzo have been in London for a few weeks now. Ever since Stefan died, Damon had been inconsolable and so the task of looking for a lead that would take them to the tight lipped society of wizards and witches in UK that Bonnie had swore to them existed, fell on Enzo's shoulders.

Entering their hotel room, Enzo drops his rented car keys on the table and carelessly walks to the fridge where he took a blood bag and drank noisily from it before tossing it carelessly on the trash.

"Will you keep it quiet? I just drank three bottles of whiskey last night and two hot British girls!" Damon said as he covered his head with a pillow.

"Oh hush now. We've been in England for weeks and all you've done is mope about!" Enzo said as he he sat on his own bed.

"Oh, in case you haven't heard, my brother, just died. I'm mourning!" Damon replied, not bothering to take the pillow off his head.

"I know your brother just died. Which is why we're here, following a lead that could possibly help us bring back the veil up and get Stefan out of that damned side. But suit yourself if you'd rather mope and mourn like the sensitive man you are and let Stefan suffer and risk being vanished on that side for good." Enzo said.

He has had enough of Damon moping and refusing to help him. If Damon couldn't see how this can help his brother, he would stop looking for a lead. He was only doing this because Damon's his best mate, he didn't even like Stefan!

That seemed to sober Damon up as the next thing Enzo knew, Damon was up and wearing his black leather jacket and out the door, "Well? Lead the way." he said as he left the door open for Enzo to exit as well.

AN: Well, well, well! I finally got another chapter out! Sorry for the suuuuuper long delay! I had other stories to write and focused on plus I had a hard time trying to link together the scenes here from what has happened in the actual series! I might make some jumps and major scene changes but other than that, I think I know where and how this story will go!

I think this is just one big filler chapter cause I'm trying to set up the new scenes that are going to be set in motion for when Klaus finds out about Caroline and the whole other baby thing. Might even bring back some characters that got killed off in the series! Also, I am still not a fan of Klamille. :(

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