Grace Mikaelson

-Chapter 12-

500 Years of Solitude

"Where are we going?" I ask as Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah, and I are in a car together. Elijah's driving.

"We are going to a charming little town called Mystic Falls." Klaus tells me.

"I think you're going to make some new friends, Grace." Rebekah smiles at me.

"Are they nice?" I ask as my big blue eyes look up at Rebekah.

"I think you'll find them to be very nice." Rebekah tells me.

"Okay." My oval-shaped face smiles.

"Are you still pining over the soon to be gone Katerina, Elijah?" Klaus smiles crookedly.

"I'm going to say my goodbyes, Niklaus." Elijah says.

"Well, while you're doing that, I'm sure our little sister is going to be snuggling with a certain high school quarterback." Klaus says. "I plan on taking Grace and paying Caroline a visit..."

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Klaus is carrying me as we're in a place with lots of trees. Elijah and Rebekah went somewhere else. "Matt!" I hear a lady's voice call out loudly. "Matt, we're coming for you!" I see a pretty, blonde lady walking towards us. But her eyes widen when she sees us and she stops walking.

"Hello, Caroline." Klaus smiles at her.

Caroline's silent as she just stares at him before she looks at me. "Klaus, who's this?"

"This is my daughter." Klaus tells her. "Her name is Grace."

Caroline just stares at me before looking at him again. "You have a daughter?!" She sounds VERY surprised.

"Yes, Caroline." Klaus chuckles.

"Hello." I tilt my head up to look at her. Caroline just stares at me before shaking her head at Klaus. "I don't have time to chat. I got to go find Matt..."

"No worries, love." Klaus smiles at her. "I think Rebekah's got it covered..."

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"So what are you doing back here, Klaus?" Caroline asks as she, Klaus, and I are walking together. Klaus's holding my hand...

"Damon informed me that Katerina Petrova's taken a tragic turn." Klaus says to Caroline. I tilt my head silently. Who's Damon? Is he Klaus's friend?

Caroline stops walking. "So you're here to gloat over her corpse to be." She sounds unhappy. "To delight in the closure of 500 years of revenge! Seriously, Klaus? Don't you have anything better to do?"

"I can say the same thing about Tyler, you know." Klaus smirks. Something in my tummy feels as if a balloon's being popped.

I grab onto Klaus's hand tighter. I remember Tyler, I don't like him. He's scary... And mean...

"Is he... Did you..." Caroline sounds worried.

"No, I sent him off with little more than a bruised ego." Klaus says. "He really does hate me, poor lad. Revenge, it eats at him. I hear you two broke up..."

"Because I made him choose." Caroline rolls her eyes unhappily. "Me, or his stupid revenge fantasy. And he chose wrong. I suggest that you learn from his mistakes and let Katherine die in peace. Dying sucks enough as it is, no need to rub anyone's nose in it."

I'm not sure, and I don't know who Katherine is, but it sounds as if something REALLY bad is happening to her... "Who's Katherine?" I tilt my head at Klaus and Caroline. "Is something bad happening to her?"

"Katherine is a woman I know, sweetheart." Klaus tells me with a smile. "And yes, she's very sick."

"Does she need a doctor?" I ask.

"Yes, love." Klaus chuckles. "I suppose she does."

"How old is she?" Caroline looks at me quickly before looking at Klaus.

"I'm four years old." I say to Caroline as I hold up four fingers.

"Well, I'm seventeen." Caroline smiles at me. I bite down on my red lips as I hold up my hands to count my fingers.

"You won't have enough fingers." Caroline laughs a little.

I wrap my arms around Klaus with a pout. "That's a lot."

"I suppose it can be." Caroline nods at me with a wide smile.

"Would you give me the same choice?" Klaus looks at Caroline softly. My light brown eyebrows squeeze closer together in a frown. What's he talking about?

"What?" Caroline sounds as if she doesn't know either.

"Were I to abandon my revenge against Katerina, would you off me the same choice as Tyler?" Klaus asks her.

"I... I don't know what you mean." Caroline sounds as she doesn't believe what she's saying.

Klaus puts me down on the ground and steps closer to her. "Yes, you do." He smiles at her.

"You... you can't do this to me!" Caroline says loudly. "You can't just show up and expect me to accept you for everything that you are!"

"I'm not expecting such things, Caroline." Klaus smiles at her. "I merely want you to believe that I'm capable of change." I don't know if I understand what's happening...

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"So the quarterback's being saved..." Klaus says as he's holding my hand. We're walking with Caroline. "What now?"

"Don't you have a dying girl to go punish for all of her sins?" Caroline asks. I don't really understand, but I think she's talking about something bad...

"I do." Klaus says. "But I won't. It's not exactly appropriate for Grace to see."

I tilt my head up at him when I hear my name. "Huh?"

"Nothing, sweetheart." He smiles at me.

"So you came all the way to Mystic Falls... Why?" Caroline raises an eyebrow at him.

"I'll admit." Klaus says. "I was tempted to gloat over a corpse to be, as you so poetically put it..."

"Let me guess." Caroline interrupts. She sounds as if she finds something really funny. "Then, you realized with sudden moral epiphany that it will have terrible influences on Grace." She uses lots of big words too...

"Something like that." Klaus smiles.

"Hmm... What do you know..." Caroline smiles back. "The ego maniac Klaus is actually looking out for someone other than himself."

"Are you pleased?" Klaus asks.

"Is that why you wanted to see me?" Caroline laughs a little. "To see if I will be pleased with your moral epiphany?"

"If I changed, would you give me a chance?" Klaus says to her. I tilt my head silently. What's he talking about?

"Wh... What?" Caroline sounds a little nervous.

"If one day, I become someone worthy of your affections, would you give me a chance?" Klaus asks her. I'm not sure what's happening...

"Before I answer that, I'm just going to say that A) I'm not sure changing in that way is entirely possible for someone like you, and B) You should be a decent person regardless." Caroline crosses her arms before sighing. "But for the sake of answering your question, the answer is yes, I would consider it."

"Good." Klaus smiles. I don't know if I understand what they're saying...

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Klaus is holding me in his arms as he's carrying me with him back to the car after we said goodbye to Caroline. "Is Caroline your friend?" I ask him.

"I suppose you could say that, love." Klaus nods at me. "Do you like her?"

"Uh-huh." I nod. "She's nice."

Just then, I hear a quiet whoosh before I see Elijah and Rebekah beside us. "Niklaus." Elijah says.

"I assume you two are done with your businesses here?" Klaus says to them.

"Yes, Nik." Rebekah says.

"Good." Klaus says. "We shouldn't be out of the French Quarter for too long..."

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Author's note: Hey guys, I know this chapter is shorter than what I usually write, but this chapter is really a bit of a filler chapter where the originals visit Mystic Falls. I promise the next chapter will be longer, so please remember to review!