Well, I've finally finished this chapter, I rewrote it so many times. Of course I would like to thank Camiily, peachesx89, SweetyK, Clara, AdenaSensual, cracotte, and Kat7CA. Thank you all so much for reviewing. Well, I hope you like it and that it answers some of your questions.

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Chapter 8: Getting Away

A few days have passed, and I have been avoiding Klaus. I don't know what else to do. Everything seems so weird, it's like I'm back to that crazy girl I was before I changed. The only thing I can do is think about him, and then I remember why I'm here in the first place, to stop him. To stop him from becoming the monster he will be. I've learned more about him here though, he's a regular guy, no matter what time he's from. He's still self-centered, and arrogant, but he cares about others, and he's playful. Every time we cross paths now, he seems to give me a resentful look, for what happened at the pond. I guess he feels bad for building me up like that, but I shouldn't have allowed myself to get in a situation like that anyway.

I sighed as I left the dinner table and headed up to my room. I opened my door and went to lie down, to cast out all of these confusing thoughts. Before my head hit the pillow, something caught my eye, a small black box. I reached to grab it off the floor, and I saw a strip of paper attached.

From Niklaus

I sighed, what was I to expect, I guess Klaus had to get his gift giving habit from somewhere. I took the box in my hands and sighed once again before I removed the lid. I gasped, it wasn't at all what I was expecting.

It was Elena's necklace, the one that Stefan gave her. I was shocked, dumbfounded, flabbergasted. How did Klaus get this, and why did he give it to me? I picked it up by the chain, and marveled at how beautiful it was. I never told Elena how much I wanted it, especially since I could never wear it. It smelt of Vervain, but it was gorgeous.

"Do you like it?" Klaus's voice came from my door. I glanced up, and noticed that I didn't completely close the door, so when he came from behind me, he just pushed it open.

"It's nice." I said like it meant nothing, and left it on my bed and stood up. Then I just said one word, the only one that came. "Why?"

"I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry about what happened at the pond." He had an apologetic look on his face. "I shouldn't have acted like that." He waited, waited for my response, which didn't come. "Are you going to wear it?" He asked me, referring to the necklace, and I just shook my head.

"It's fine. I'm tired Niklaus." I told him as I turned, saying I was done talking. I waited til I heard my door close behind him. I stood there, staring out into space, I finally decided to get out. I thought about the man I met out it in the village, Benjamin. I snuck out of my room, and down the stairs. The whole family was sitting in the Living room, reading and talking, so I snuck out the back door, and came around the house to the street, then I headed towards the white oak tree.

I was told that the white oak tree was a symbol of immortality, but looking at it now, it was singed and missing limbs. It looked like it wouldn't last much longer. I stepped up to it, and placed my hand in the center of the tree. I was startled when I felt this electric shock go through my hand, and I could feel the energy of the tree. The energy was strong, protective, and healing. This was how vampires became so hard to kill, we don't damage easy, and when we do, we heal quickly, along with healing others. I could feel the life force in the tree, and I could tell, it was powerful, healing itself. It felt like a drug, giving me a high off the power that flowed through it.

"Exhilarating? Isn't it?" Ayanna's voice came from behind me. I removed my hand from the tree and turned to face her.

"Why can I feel it?" I asked her, utterly confused, this was something a witch would feel, not a vampire.

"When Ester brought you to me, I cast a spell that included my own blood. Because of this bracelet," She said as she lifted my wrist up so I could see the bracelet, "you're wearing, it gave you my magic." She told me.

I looked down at it, Bonnie had given it to me before I had left. I had never given it much thought before now, it was made of a sturdy, but slim black metal, with several different gems in it.

"Your witch, who sent you here, blessed it. And when I cast my spell, your bracelet, copied my powers, and gave them to you." She sighed and shook her head, like she should have caught this earlier. "Now it's in your blood."

"Does that mean that I'm a witch now?" I gasped.

"Yes, you're a witch now." She rolled her eyes. "I have told Ester that you show skills in magic, and she has decided to train you, starting tomorrow." She told me, then turned and walked away, like she was sick of talking with me.

I turned back to the tree and watched the energy washed up and down the branches, restoring them. I don't know how long I was sitting there, until another voice came from behind me.

"Out by the tree again, I see." Benjamin said. I turned around to see him standing with an axe in one hand, and some chopped wood in the other. He was rather tan, like most of the villagers. He was tall, well at least taller than me, by six to eight inches. He was muscular, with strong shoulders, and dark fly away hair that was almost black. Finally I looked up into his deep blue eyes, that made me feel like I was drifting away in an endless ocean.

"It's a nice place to escape." I told him as I turned back to the tree. He emptied his hands and sat down beside me.

"I know an even better place to escape." He replied. I could see that there was a glint in his eyes, he was offering, and I fully intended on taking advantage of that. I looked at him and smiled, he offered a hand, and I took it.

He led me behind the town, in the one direction through the woods I had not gone before. We walked for several minutes, stepping over dead, fallen branches, and ducking underneath younger ones. Finally we emerged from the woods into a cool clearing.

A secluded meadow, the grass was pure green, and blue and purple flowers scattered erratically across it. I could hear the birds singing and the trickling of the creek nearby, it was all so peaceful.

"Ok, you win. This is a better place to escape." I told Benjamin as he chuckled beside me. I walked near the center of the clearing where no tree tops blocked my view, and then I fell back onto the grass and looked at the skies above.

"You know, the whole town is talking about you." He said as he sat down beside me.

"Why?" I asked as I raised myself up on my elbow.

"Well, a mysterious young girl with no memory shows up to a practically hidden village, and she knows nothing of our life style here. She practices unknown medicine that cures overnight what would normally kill someone. And the most incredible, she had slowly but surely starts winning over all of the Mikaelsons family. That's a new thing around here." He told me, listing all of them out.

All I could do was laugh, and when I did, he just stared at me. I never realized that that was how people saw me here. The mysterious girl that we know nothing about, yep, that's me. Then suddenly, another thought rose up, and for some reason it got stuck in my throat. I was nervous and I didn't know why.

"And you? What do you think of me?" I glanced at him, and he had a rather straightforward expression.

"I think you're an unknown. All I know about you is what I've seen and heard around town, but you do have a lot going for you." He brought his fingers up to my hair, and twirled an out of place curl between them. Suddenly a warm splash of color flooded my face.

"And that would be?" I asked as his hands returned to his sides. He chuckled for a moment before he answered.

"Mystery and Beauty. If it wasn't for Tatia, I'm sure that Niklaus would be chasing you." He stated simply.

I laughed and laid back onto the grass and lifted my fingers to trace shapes in the clouds. Benjamin laid down next me as a soft breeze blew through the clearing.

"See anything interesting?" He asked.

"Hmmm, I see flowers, you?" I said.

"Apples." I laughed. We rested, watching the clouds for a few hours, joking and talking. We didn't think about time until I noticed that the sun was no longer shining in the sky.

"Wow, it's late." I said sitting up. Benjamin jumped up and offered me a hand.

"Better get you back, before Ester gets mad." I laughed and took his hand, he lifted me to my feet. We ran back towards the village, and he didn't notice that are hands were still entwined.

I felt sparks go through my fingers as we ran, but once we reached the door the Mikaelsons he released it.

"Thank you." I said as I backed towards the door.

"What for?" He asked sincerely.

"Escaping with me." He smiled, and leaned in to kiss me on the cheek. It was short and sweet, and then the night ended.

"Good night, Caroline." He smiled and turned and headed down the street. I entered the house, completely flushed.

"You've been out late." Klaus's voice came, but with a new venom that was not there earlier in the evening.

"So?" I asked, still thinking about how sweet Benjamin.

"Who were you out with?" He came up to me and demanded.

"What do you mean?" I asked, completely oblivious.

"I heard someone outside, who was it?" He asked bluntly.

"A guy." I sighed as I walked past him and went up to my room. The last thing I heard that night was Klaus, who had growled and threw his book at the ground in anger and frustration that made no sense to me.

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a/n: I hope you liked the new chapter, I'm sorry it took so long to post.

I'm hoping to write some scenes between Caroline and Finn and Klaus, any suggestions.

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