Well, I finally finished the second half of chapter 3, lol. I hope it is more interesting, and there is finally some Klaus and Caroline interaction. Yay!

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Well, now to the story.

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Chapter 4: Learning

"Caroline!" A voice came through my head. "Caroline!" I stirred, and got up. And instead of finding myself in under the covers of a warm bed, I once again was in the woods. But it was in the middle of the day and Bonnie was pacing right in front of me. I got up and tried to get her attention.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" I asked her, very confused.

"Thank God. I've been trying to contact you since we cast the spell. Are you ok?" She asked looking me over to see if I had any injuries.

"Ya, I'm ok. I hit my head in the woods and then I found Ester taking care of my cuts." I told her as I lifted up the bottom of my skirt to show her a long cut on my right leg.

"So you've found them already, good." She said, "Are any of them open to trusting you yet?" She asked, as she glanced down at the watch on her wrist.

"Rebekah is, she's looking for a friend. Elijah might, but I'm not sure yet. And Henrik is." I told her.

"Oh! Henrik, that was the boy who got killed, right?" she asked excited to find out something new. I nodded once again to answer. "Ok, good. Keep an eye on him, he'll be like a 5 minute warning so to speak for when you're running low on time."

"Ok." I said waiting for any other questions.

"I won't be able to sustain this dream state for much longer so there's one more thing I need to tell you." She said.

"Yes, what is it, what's happening?" I asked her impatiently.

"You need to keep an eye out for-"

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"Caroline, you need to get up. You can't sleep the day away." Rebekah called as she shook my shoulders and laughed. As I stirred and raised my head she smiled and offered a hand to help me up.

As I stood, my legs gave way, and I collapsed to the floor. The room spun around me, and my balance was obviously off. Rebekah quickly fell to her knees to help me up again.

"Are you ok?" She sounded very concerned.

"Ya, I'm ok, just lost my balance for a minute." I said as I took her hand again to stand. This time I stood successfully, and when Rebekah was sure I was ok she handed me a dress.

"I know it's not as nice as yours but it will do." She told me, and I just smiled, and turned to change. It was a brown dress, much more authentic to the time, of course. Once I was dressed she led me down to the table once again to see a plate of eggs waiting for me, and I grinned and sat down to start eating immediately. Once I almost completely finished the meal I looked around and notice that Rebekah and I were the only ones there. I looked outside and estimated that it was about 10 in the morning.

"Where is everyone?" I asked, I thought they would all still be here.

"Out working, Elijah and Finn are out hunting, Kol and Henrik are out collecting the firewood that they should have gotten yesterday." Rebekah chuckled, "Niklaus went to run some errands, and Mother went to see her friend, Ayanna." She told me, listing off each one.

"And what is your job today?" I asked teasingly.

"Showing you the ropes of housework." She said teasingly.

"Well, then show away." I laughed as she led me outside. There was a pile of rugs sitting right next to the door. Rebekah grabbed two, one for me and one for herself. Then she stepped to the side of the house.

"First job, getting the dust out of the rugs." She took one side of her rug and had a corner in each hand and she started beating it at the ground. I couldn't help but laugh, she looked ridiculous. She glanced back over at me and glared playfully.

"Ok, your turn." She stated, coming to me and handing one over. I laughed as I took it, so now it's my turn to look ridiculous? Rebekah showed me the general motion of shaking out the rug and soon I followed suit. It wasn't as strange as I expected it to be, it was a simple chore. While Rebekah and I did this we continued to talk, and with every laugh, she became much more open, and caring.

"Well, there is only one left, do you mind taking it while I go inside and get ready for our next job?" She asked.

"No, of course, go ahead." I told her, "I mean I think I can handle one rug." We both laughed and she headed inside, while I grabbed the last one. I took a corner in each handle, pulled it up into the air, and slammed it back down.

"Whoa, easy there. You don't want to knock anyone over." Klaus told me with a laugh as he came striding up to the house. I rolled my eyes and continued the process. The closer he came to the house, the closer he came to me, and I tried to hide the fact that I didn't want him anywhere near me.

"You know, it works better when you bring it up faster." He smirked with his mocking words. Caroline, why are you letting him get to you? I asked myself as I brought the rug up as fast I could to slam it back down to the ground. And just like first thing this morning, my legs collapsed from under me. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the fall.

I was waiting for the impact, for the pain to hit my body, but none came. I opened my eyes and saw Klaus, his face so close to mine, I could feel his breath on my skin. I looked around and saw that I was wrapped in his arms, inches from the ground.

His arms felt good around me, protective and warm. Snap out of it Caroline! I'm supposed to be finding a way to kill him, not let him get the best of me.

"Are you ok Caroline?" He asked sincerely concerned. I tried to push him away, but he wouldn't let go.

"Ya, I'm fine just a little dizzy." I told him, and with my answer, he loosed his grip, and lowered me to sit on the ground next to him. I tried to get up and finish the rug but he put out a hand to blocking me.

"Let me." He smirked and started to shake out the rug, and I sat and watched. I never realized how . . . muscular Klaus was. I mentally slapped myself. I got up, and walked into the house, rounded the corner and hid.

My name is Caroline Forbes, I'm 18. I live in Mystic Falls. I am back in time to find a way to stop Klaus. I am here for 7 months, until I can go home. I calmly reminded myself, now where in that list is there, let Klaus get on my good side. I sighed and looked up, then headed to the table where I heard Rebekah.

"Ok, what now?" I asked her, and she looked up from her work.

"I'm going to teach you how we make bread." She told me, and I smiled. I've made bread before, well of course it was with a bread maker, but this couldn't be much different, could it? I step forward saying I was ready to start.

"First you take the flour and grind it with this maize." She handed me a bowl, of what I assumed was flour, and a rock that looked like those things people use to crush herbs.

I put the bowl on the table and stood next to it. I took the maize and started to crush the flour.

"That's not how you do it." I heard Klaus say behind me as he walked in. I shook my head, was he ever gonna leave me alone? Hello, I'm plotting your death, doesn't that mean you should avoid me? He stepped up behind me, and I could feel his chest against my back, as his arms wrapped around me once again, and his hands covered mine. I could feel his breath on my neck, and his heartbeat pounding through his body. I didn't doubt that he could feel mine as well. He clasped his hands over mine and started guiding them in a rocking motion. He continues til the flour started to turn to powder.

"Oh!" I said when I noticed this. And I felt his chest rumble as he chuckled at my reaction. "Hey! I 've got this." I said and pushed him off, but I continued the same rocking motion. Klaus backed off, and then Rebekah pulled him off to the side.

"What are you doing? I thought you were trying to court Tatia. What are you doing with Caroline?" Rebekah demanded of him.

"What? I'm just helping her out." Klaus shrugs, "And I am courting Tatia, so what." He replied as he left the house. Rebekah shook her head and returned to check on my progress.

"Very good, and now," She said as she took the bowl from me and poured it out on the table and added a little bit of water and started kneading it. "She keep at it, I'll tell you when it's ready to go in the fire." Rebekah told me as I took her place.

A few minutes later, Kol and Henrik came in with handfuls of twigs and sticks.

"We are back!" Henrik shouted to the house. Was he always so happy and energetic, I wondered? Rebekah came over to see how I was doing and nodded that I was doing it correctly, then she took the, now dough, from me and put it in a pan and slide it near the fire.

"So, what are you ladies up to?" Kol asked sauntering up to us.

"Makin bread!" I told him excitedly. I hoped it would come out well. He laughed at my exuberance, and patted me on the head like a child.

"Well, the young one finally makes her very own loaf of bread." Kol sighed, "I remember when I first made bread. I was 6."

"Kol! Don't be mean. I bet it will be great, Caroline." Henrik said, sticking up for me, but I just laughed.

"It's done" Rebekah stated to the room, and I immediately reached for it.

"OWWWW!" I pulled my hand back and saw a red burn on my fingers. "Well, that wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done." Kol shakes his head in laughter as he falls on the sofa.

"Are you ok?" Henrik asked, handing me a bowl of water to rest my fingers in.

"Ya, I'll be fine, thank you." I answered. He picked up my burned hand to look at it, then he exclaimed.

"You're hands are really smooth, like you haven't worked a day in your life!" He said, extremely surprised, and as he said it both Rebekah and Kol rushed over. I was extremely confused, my hands aren't that smooth.

"You must be a noble of some sort!" She suggested.

"No, I bet she just flashed a smile at everyone and begged them to do her work for her." Kol said as he smirked at me. I just rolled my eyes.

"Just let me know when you figure it out." I told them as I placed my hand back in the water.

"Here, try." Rebekah said as she handed me a piece of the bread that I made. I took a bite, and it was still warm, I sighed, it was so good. Why don't we have this in my time?

"Caroline, I need you to come with me." Ester said.

I stood up and looked at the others and they all shrugged saying that they didn't know what their mother wanted. I followed Ester down the village street to a hut near the center of the area. We walked inside and I saw a woman in a dark room, lighting candles.

"Caroline, this is Ayanna, she is a very powerful witch. She may be able to restore your memory." She told me, she sounded very sure of this solution.

Uh Oh! This is Bonnie's ancestor, she will most defiantly be able to tell I've been lying, but will she keep my secret or will she rat me out to Ester. And if she does rat me out to Ester what will happen to me? Will they kill me? Or will they just send me back? There was no way I could hide how nervous I was, no matter how well I had hidden everything else before.

The woman turned to face me and smiled kindly and she beckoned me to sit at the table there in the middle of the semi lit room.

"Please, Ester, you know how temperamental this spell can be. Can you wait outside?" Ester nodded and exited.

Ayanna turned to me and saw the terror showing in my eyes alone, but said nothing. She lit some spice, I thought it was sage, and put it in the dish in the middle of the table. Then she held out her hands and waited for me to join my hands with hers. When I did her eyes flew shut and she gasped loudly and said something that I heard Bonnie say a few times before. I remembered she told me what it meant once. Oh, what was it?

"Gravis etaeternumfatofiericito."

A terrible and eternal fate will soon come to pass.

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a/n: Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm still unsure what to do with a few things. If you have any suggestions, questions or anything, please send them to me.

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