I am so sorry it took so long to publish this chapter. I have Finals that I had to study for, and a case of writers block, but I finally have it up. A lot of people have requested more Klaroline scenes, so I hope this helps a bit. :)

Thanks to all those who have reviewed, including, AdenaSensual, Kat7CA, Peachx89, Cinn Knight, luvit81, IWillLoveYouAlwaysAndNever, Clara, and Fangler. Every word means so much to me.

So, without further ad, here is Chapter 7.

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Chapter 7: Escaping

I'm stuck back in time, and there is no way to get back til the time runs out. I'm supposed to kill this man, who I loathe, but I've come to care about most of his family. And now I'm not even a vampire anymore. Could things get any worse? Well, of course they could, this is me, we're talking about.

As I woke, I heard voices from downstairs. I got up, and got dressed, then headed down to see almost everyone at table, eating breakfast. I sat down in the empty seat next to Henrik when he motioned for me to join him. Everyone smiled when I sat down, but I noticed one person was absent, Klaus. There were voices from outside, and they were very audible.

"Why have you been ignoring me? You haven't come to see me, even once, ever since she showed up." I could hear Tatia, her voice echoing through the house. It was obvious she was angry, and jealous.

"I haven't been ignoring you," Klaus sighed, "I've had other things happening. Haven't you noticed, that one of my brothers almost died?" he responded.

"And she saved him, which just makes you like her more." She demanded. "Hasn't it?"

"I need to go check on my brother." I answered, ducking her question, and came back inside to eat. Everyone pretended not to have heard his conversation, but it was obvious by the looks that past between Elijah and Henrik that the situation would not get better any time soon. Klaus sat down and started to eat and after a few minutes, Finn and Elijah started a conversation about their hunting plans. And Rebekah, Henrik and Ester started to talk about the plans to fix the town. I continued to eat in silence though, the conversation between Klaus and Tatia confused me.

As I ate I could feel someone's gaze land on me. It was Klaus, and the look in his eyes was clear. He was trying to figure me out. I had no memory of who or where I'm from, I don't know anything of their life style, and I saved his brother's life with unknown medicine. I was the last puzzle piece, but I didn't belong in the puzzle. He could tell there was something different about me, and it was obvious, he was set on figuring out what it was. Like a hunter chasing its prey.

When I was finished eating, I grabbed the tray of food that was made by Ester, and I took it up to Kol. When I came to the door, I knocked quietly.

"Come in." He voice came from inside, and he sounded much better than he did yesterday. I opened the door, and when Kol saw me he grinned. He was sitting up in his bed, and there was no sign that he had ever been near a fire. My blood must have worked, I smiled.

"You look a lot better." I said as I handed him the tray of food.

"I feel a lot better." He chuckled as he took the tray.

"If you feel so much better, why didn't you come down to eat?" I asked him curiously, maybe he's not feeling as good as he's letting on.

"You think I wanted to go down there so everyone could worry over me, ya right." He told me with a shrug, and I just laughed.

"Well, they've all went out, off to work. Do you want to take a walk?" I asked.

"Why?" he asked suspiciously.

"Because, you need to stretch, to make sure it didn't heal too tightly." I answered plainly, nodded and stood up, then we left the house, and again I headed for the woods.

Soon we were walking along the creek, and Kol walked like he had no injury at all.

"So, what did you do?" He asked as he stopped to look at me.

"What do you mean?" I asked, completely oblivious. He grabbed my arm to make me face him. "What did you do? How did you cure me, and how did you do it so fast?" He demanded.

"I don't know. All I did was clean the burns and make sure they didn't get infected, I don't know how they healed so fast." I told him, and then I shook my arm from his grasp and continued walking. "You should be nicer to people who possibly saved your life."

He was dumbfounded, when I looked back he was still I the same place he was when he grabbed my arm. I came back in front of him.

"Are you ok?" I asked, but he was still looking out into space. "Hello?" I said as I waved my and in front of his face. Kol grabbed my hand that was in front of him, and pointed it over, across the creek to two figures.

"Elijah and Tatia." He stated, as they kissed as they leaned against a tree.

"But I thought she was with Klaus." I gasped. Kol turned to me.

"Klaus?" He asked confused by my familiarity with the name.

"Niklaus." I shook my head as I corrected myself. Kol shrugged it off, and his gaze returned to his brother and Tatia.

"Almost every man in the village wants her, but only Elijah and Niklaus have come close. There were many signs that said that Niklaus would win her over, but ever since yesterday it seems that he has lost interest." He told me. Why would Klaus lose interest in his chase, he's never done that before, but I shook off the thought.

"You know it's not nice to spy on people." I mocking voice came from behind us, and both Kol and I jumped 20 feet.

"Jesus! Klaus, do you know it's not nice to sneak up on people." Kol shot back at him. I chuckled a little, as I looked between them.

"Kol, I think you might need a little more rest, huh?" I ask, hinting that I wanted to get out of here, and I was lucky enough that Kol picked up on it. He nodded, and Klaus didn't notice.

"Ya, sounds like a good idea." Then he turned to head back towards the village. I followed after him, and Klaus's footsteps trudged behind me. When we came close to the village Kol headed straight in and to the house, and Klaus followed slowly behind him. I turned and went back to the creek and followed the opposite direction, until I found a small waterfall that fell into a small pond, that wasn't obvious to the human eye. I was in awe, there was endless green grass that was showered with purple and blue flowers, and the secluded woods that surrounded the crystal clear, sparkling pond. I sat down, and put my feet in the water. I sat there enjoying the peace for who knows how long.

"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" A voice came from behind me. I didn't turn around when I answered.

"You really need to stop coming up from behind people." I told him as I laid on my back, enjoying the little sunshine that came through the tree tops, as I took my sunlight ring off. He came up beside me and put his feet in the water next to mine.

"Sorry, it's a habit." He said, he looked over at me, and he grabbed my ring that was now in the sand, and started fiddling with it.

"Hey!" I exclaimed, as I tried to grab it back from him, but he kept it from my reach. "Give me my ring back!" I demanded.

"Why should I?" He asked as he laughed when I stood up to grab it.

"Because it's mine." I answered as I tried to grab it again, but he stood and held it above his head. I hadn't played around like this in a long while, and I enjoyed have a chance to now. I stomped my foot, crossed my arms, and pouted childishly. Klaus just laughed, I sighed. "Fine," I rolled my eyes, "What do I have to do to get it back?" I asked him still pouting.

"Hmmm . . . You have to take off your dress, and jump in the water." I answered smugly. Under normal circumstances, that would be nothing, but I'm here with Klaus. It doesn't matter who I'm here with, I need my ring back.

"Do you promise to give it back afterwards?" I asked, looking him dead in the eyes. Klaus just nodded, and when I began to take my dress of he burst into laughter.

I jumped into the water, and when I surfaced, Klaus was nowhere to be seen. The water was cool on my skin, I looked around me, but I didn't see him, suddenly there was a tug on my foot, and I was under the water again. When I surfaced again Klaus was behind me with a huge grin on his face.

"What did you do that for?" I demanded

"The fun of it." He responded like it was nothing.

"How is that fun?" I asked, and he just laughed.

"Well, it's nice to get away, from life, my family, any distraction that works." He answered, as he floated around on his back.

"I know what you mean by that. I've been so focused lately, it seems that I've lost myself along the way." I said.

"Focused on what?" He caught it, I left myself open for that. What could I say that didn't leave me looking suspicious?

"Trying to figure out who I am, where I'm from, anything." I answered, as I tried to pull off a sullen look. We swam back up to me.

"Well, let's start with what we do know, huh?" He asked me with a soft smile on his face. "You know something about healing. You come from wealth, with that blue dress we found you in, and your unworked hands." He said as he lifted up one of my hands from the water.

"Hey!" I said taking it back from his grasp, but he chuckled again.

"We know your name, and you can swim." He said, and then suddenly he paused. "And we know you have a caring heart."

Could this really be happening? I never knew Klaus could be endearing, and sweet, and . . . human. He was staring right into my eyes, and there was something I never saw before. I saw a light of hope in his eyes, like there was something redeemable in him. He wasn't the same guy that had tried to kill me, or my friends. He was a completely different person, one who cared, and loved, and felt.

His face came closer to mine, til I could feel his breath on my face. His lips were full and coming closer and closer to mine. I glanced up into his eyes, and got stuck. I couldn't look away, I felt like I was meant to be here, with no one else, just Klaus. Then at the last second a something crossed behind him, Tatia.

"What are you doing?" She practically shouted at us. Klaus turned suddenly to face her, with a look of horror. He jumped out of the water and ran to her.

"This was nothing, we were just messing around." He said, rushing his words, as if they would make everything better.

I got out of the water, grabbed my dress and my ring that he had left next to it. I walked back to the village as they continued their argument.

"Nothing." I sighed as I walked down the street. Just as I thought there might have been something redeemable in him, but I was wrong. I was something he could use against Tatia, as she used Elijah to anger him. He didn't say anything when we saw them together, it was obvious in retrospect. His plan worked, he got her attention. I guess boys will never change, whether we are in medieval times, or the 21st century.

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a/n: I hope you all liked chapter 7, still working out the scenes between them for the next chapter, if you have any suggestions or questions or anything, you know what to do.

Thank you for reading,

DramaticInvisibleGirl