CHAPTER 14: AND SO IT BEGINS
It had been months since she came to live with Corinne. Over the past weeks since being reunited with her friends, Marcel and Corinne had tried to sneak Caroline and her friends out of New Orleans only to be delayed by an attack or another. The war in New Orleans between the witches, vampires and werewolves were escalating and attacks became even more frequent as they months passed.
They were fighting over Hayley's unborn child, Marcel and Corinne had told her and her friends. The witches were appalled by such hybrid being born, a vampire-werewolf hybrid was one thing, but a vampire, werewolf and witch hybrid? Well, that was another thing in a completely different level.
The witches wanted to kill it.
The werewolves weren't sure yet but as it was a bloodline of their alpha, they were required to save it.
The vampires, well, they wanted to be safe from the Original's wrath and so they did their best to protect the child and Hayley to that extent.
Caroline had never been more glad she had decided to hide her pregnancy from the Originals. She was glad that she had not been detected all this time.
Caroline was walking around the cottage's perimeter with Bonnie. It was a warm morning that day and she just felt the need to get out and breathe some fresh air. The child inside her had been moving about a lot lately and Caroline loved that she felt everything, even though the kicks could sometimes hurt. She was currently on the last part of her third trimester, and as peaceful as her whole stay in the forest somewhere in the middle of nowhere, she knew she'd have to get to a doctor soon.
"Bon, when are we going to be able to leave?" Caroline asked, she didn't mind staying here, it was quite peaceful. This past few months had been the calmest she'd ever had and she didn't want it to end. But she had someone else to take care of now and she knew that it wasn't a very safe place to give birth somewhere no one knows.
"I don't know Care, it's pretty crazy out there." Bonnie said. It was true, the weeks before they found Caroline proved it. The war kept raging on and it was just by pure luck that they weren't caught up in it.
Suddenly they heard the familiar sound of Marcel's car before it stopped and saw him get out of it, a worried expression on his face.
"We have to get you out of here. Now." Marcel said as he approached them and signalled them to head into the cottage.
Once inside, Caroline sat down as Bonnie called for Liv, Luke and Jeremy and Corinne. Once they were all together, Marcel started to speak.
"Hayley has been kidnapped by the witches and as of this moment, is in labor. We have to get you out now. The everyone is going against each other in order to get that kid. It's too risky for you to stay here, especially now." Marcel said as he paced back and forth. He may have planned to use Caroline but as he got to know her, he'd felt a fondness for her he had not felt since he allowed Davina into his life.
"But I thought it was too risky to leave now? And how did you know that Hayley is in labor?" Caroline said, worried, she'd wanted to leave yes, but if it could possibly endanger the life inside of her, she wasn't sure she would take that chance.
"I have a witch of my own with special powers, Klaus is having her tracked down but we aren't having much luck so she tried to feel for the fetus' location and that's how we knew. " Marcel explained. "We don't have much choice. The witches are gathering and the wolves are preparing for an attack, the vampires too, are filing up in the compound. We have to get you out of here because this place is filled with magic, magic that the ancestors of the witches will sense."
"Isn't it better though? Caroline is supposed to be protected by witches, so she should be safe from them." Jeremy said.
"Letting her stay here will make her a target for the werewolves and the other vampires, don't forget, Klaus has no idea about Caroline's current situation." Marcel rationalized.
"How are we getting out of here?" Liv asked. She'd tried every spell she knew but they couldn't get out of here without her magic being felt by the other witches. They'd know that they weren't from there and would no doubt follow them.
"I have a plan." Marcel said, "Right now one of my men are waiting for you on the outskirt of town. He'll have a car with him and from there you can take his car and drive away. I can't take you there though, Klaus will need me here and he will be suspicious of my whereabouts. Corinne will cloak you and the car enough to get you out undetected." he explained.
He'd talked to Corinne about this and while her powers don't work outside of her ancestor's domain, she could probably stretch it a bit further just until they get out of town undetected. She had not wanted to do this as it could drain her powers but, it was important that Caroline be kept away from the war that was about to ensue.
"Wait a second, wouldn't that be dangerous for you?" Caroline asked Corinne, she was there when the suggestion to cloak them out of New Orleans was suggested and when Corinne had told them that her powers could only reach up to a certain extent without draining her.
"I will be fine, I might need another witch to perform this but I can do it, it is my duty to get you out of here safely." Corinne said.
"I'll stay." Luke said. Causing everyone to turn to him, "What? no! Are you crazy, I'm not leaving you Luke!" Liv said.
"Look, Corinne needs someone to help her get you guys out safely. No one knows me here, I look just like any other tourist. I'll get out easier once you guys are safe, send me a text and I'll meet you wherever you guys are headed." Luke said.
"But…" Liv said as she tried to speak only to be cut off by Luke.
"No sis, like Corinne, you are my responsibility to take care. I need to know you're safe and out of this place. I don't care if you can protect yourself, I'd rather not risk endangering you further." Luke said. "In any case, they're going to need another witch to keep them out of trouble once out of here."
Liv than hugged her brother, pride and fear welling up inside her. "Fine. But please, be careful." she said.
"Always."
And with that the whole gang began to pack what little belongings they had and rode Marcel's car out to the town's outskirt where Marcel's man had been waiting for them.
It had been over two weeks since they finally got out of New Orleans. Currently they were in Austin, Texas. After they had switched cars with Marcel's men, they did not have any plans nor idea where they were going so Jeremy kept driving until they reached Texas. Tired and exhausted, they rested at the nearest motel they could find after that, they than searched for a place they could rent until they were ready to pick back up and travel again.
"Have you heard from Damon and Enzo?" Caroline asked. It had been a few weeks since Enzo and Damon had left to go to London and they had not heard anything from the two since.
"Nope. Last I heard was from Enzo, Damon was moping about instead of looking for a contact in that wizarding society grams said." Bonnie said.
"Oh." Caroline said as she shifted in her seat. Bonnie noticed Caroline's movement, "Are you okay, Care?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm just finding a comfortable position, my back is killing me." Caroline responded.
"Are you sure?" Bonnie asked, only this time, Caroline's grunt answered it for her.
"Uh, Bon, I think its time." she said, clutching her swollen belly and looking down the floor to confirm that her water had broken, "Yep, its definitely time!" Caroline said as she saw the puddle of water that had flowed out of her and onto the floor.
"Oh God," Bonnie said as she froze, midway getting up from her seat, and stared at Caroline's water breaking. "Oh God! What do I do?!" she said, momentarily panicking, "Jer! We gotta go the the hospital!" Bonnie said running out of the room only to return momentarily, "Wait, I need to bring some things, right? Where'd you put them?" Bonnie asked.
"Coat closet" Caroline said as she began her breathing exercises, the looks she'd read said that the contractions would come at long intervals and that the labor could be long when it come to the first child, however as she tried to count the minutes, she couldn't help but feel that this was going to be a short one.
"Right, Got it!" Bonnie said as she ran out of the room and turned left… to the kitchen.
"Other way, Bon!" Caroline shouted as she groaned as another wave of contraction hit her.
"Right! Sorry!" Bonnie said as she ran back to the other side.
"What is going on?" Liv said as she entered, "Why is she running around like a lost chicken?" she asked, watching Bonnie run from one way to another.
"Baby's coming." Caroline said as she gripped the arms of the chair she was sitting on, naturally breaking it as her vampire powers seemed to have somewhat returned, or maybe her adrenaline from the curent pain coursing through her body?
"Oh." Liv said as she stared at Caroline and than at Bonnie, and then realization hits her. "Oh! Oh my God! What do I do? Care what do I do?" She suddenly said, panicking at the urgency of the situation and she too begins to run around.
"Luke!" she shouts!" The baby's coming!" Liv started shouting as she ran up the stairs of the abandoned house they had rented out.
"Okay! I got the bag!" Bonnie said as she ran back to where Caroline was. "I got you some clothes too, and your fluffy slippers, do you need this? I don't know but I got it anyway, should I bring this or do you want to wear it now?" Bonnie asked, "Do you need to change? Or are you alright wearing that" I should get you something to wear! I'll be right back!" she said as she ran back to Caroline's room, baby bag and fluffy slippers still clutched in her arms.
"See! She's having her baby!" Liv said as she dragged Jeremy and her twin Luke down to where Caroline is.
"Care, are you having the baby?" Jeremy asked.
"Yes! Get me to the hospital, NOW!" Caroline shouted. Honestly, why are they panicking?! She'd briefed them about this already! "Get Bonnie and get me to the nearest hospital now!" she ordered.
Immediately after Caroline's orders, Jeremy and Luke helped her up and brought her to the car, as they were exiting, "Liv, get Bonnie!" Luke ordered.
"Right! Bonnie!" Liv said as she ran back inside the house and grabbed Bonnie, who was running around with a baby bag and another smaller one for Caroline.
As they neared the hospital, Bonnie suddenly remembered something, 'Oh shoot!" she said.
"What?" Liv said as she got out of the car to help Luke in assisting Caroline from getting out of the car while Jeremy went inside to ask for help.
"I forgot Care's fluffy slippers!"
AN: Another update! I'm trying to speed things up so I can catch up with both series, I mean not that it will mean much as I've already decided to steer from canon! :D
Also, did you guys like, Panicky Bonnie? LOL I just suddenly had a vision of Bonnie running around panicking about her best friend's sudden labor. LOL
Hope you like this chapter!
PS: As always, TVD and TO are not mine! :)
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