Hello! I know this chapter is WAY shorter than all the rest, but mostly because I want to get the last chapter JUST RIGHT! So yes, that means one more chapter to go before I close out this story.

BUT, to make up for it, I've included a little gift: at the bottom is the preview for my new Klaroline time travel fic. I had a million requests on Tumblr to write it so I gave in :) I posted the preview on Tumblr, but I know not all of you have that so here you go :)

Let me know what you think of this story and the new one in reviews!

Enjoy!


Days later, Caroline sat on her couch, flipping through the tv channels. But she wasn't even paying attention to anything that was on. It was prom night and she was at home.

After Esther was killed, her own mother had shown up to the scene. Apparently the principal had been called about the field lights being on and he sent security to investigate. The security guard had witnessed the whole bloody scene and called the cops. Luckily, her mother intercepted the call. She had shown up with a handful of cops who were well aware of the vampires and also the school principal, who was on the town council.

Kol, Rebekah, and Elijah had quickly fled the scene. Klaus stayed behind long enough to make sure Caroline was ok, before she gave him a long look that said get out of here. Elena, Damon, and herself were there to pick up the mess.

The three of them were hauled back to the police station in the back of cop cars and Elena and Caroline were escorted into her mother's office.

"What the hell was going on tonight?" Liz yelled at the girls. "I get calls about dead bodies, hearts torn out on the football field, right in the open? Do you want the whole town finding out about vampires again?"

"No," Elena said, "but this was kind of unavoidable."

"So what happened?" Liz asked again.

"It's kind of a long story," Caroline said.

Her mother gave her a serious mom look. "Start talking young lady."

Caroline opened her mouth and quickly began telling her mother the events of the past two days, trying to leave out some of the more violent parts that she had been involved in. Liz listened quietly, remaining a true professional. She looked on at Caroline more like a concerned Sheriff and less like a mother.

"Go easy on the girls Liz," Damon said strolling in, "it's really not their fault."

"How did you get out of your cell?" Liz asked Damon.

"Um, hello, I'm a vampire."

The sheriff rolled her eyes. "Fine. Then get out there and start compelling everyone who saw anything tonight."

Damon smirked but agreed and left the girls alone again.

"We can't compel the principal though," Liz said reluctantly, "you both are suspended for week. The story we're giving out is that a group of you were partying on the football field. We found you there drunk and took you in."

"Suspended?" Caroline screeched, "For a week? But mom, prom is next week!"

"There will be no prom for you Caroline. Either of you. This is the consequence of your decisions young lady."

Caroline glared at her mother and folded her arms across her chest in anger. Her clothes and face and hair were still all bloodied from the melee. This wasn't fair. It wasn't her fault she was vampire or that her boyfriend was a hybrid or that he had a vengeful family.

So that was how she found herself alone, on prom night, on her couch at home. Her dreams of being prom queen were over. An important high school right of passage was taken away from her. She would never have another high school prom. Klaus had told her over the phone that he would take her to every high school prom for the next decade if she wanted, but it wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be the rented limo and pictures with her friends and being crowned queen of Mystic Falls High.

That was another thing that was bumming her out. Klaus was gone. Again. And she was having to be understanding. Again. He was sorting things out with his siblings. Making sure they weren't going to try and kill him, or pull anything like Rebekah had and go after her. According to Klaus, he and Rebekah had patched everything up, but Caroline doubted she would ever fully trust the girl. She didn't understand their family dynamic one bit. Maybe it was because she didn't have any brothers or sisters of her own.

"Alright, I'm off," her mom said fastening her gun belt and heading for the door. It was prom and therefore Liz Forbes was on duty this evening.

"Great, have fun at my prom," Caroline muttered.

Liz gave her a heavy sigh and crossed the room, sitting down on the coffee table in front of her daughter.

"Caroline, I'm sorry that you don't get to have a prom. But there was really nothing I could do."

"You could tell them it wasn't my fault! I didn't get body snatched by the wicked witch of Mystic Falls on purpose!"

"Look, I know that none of this is your fault. That you didn't choose to be a vampire, that none of your friends chose any of the paths they're on right now, its just—"

Caroline looked at her mom, noticing the tears glistening in her eyes. "What mom?"

"Sweetie, you're going to live forever. I'm not. I worry about you sometimes. And not in the way all parents worry whether or not their kids will be ok after they're gone, but if you're going to be ok for the next 50 years or the next 50 or the next 100."

Liz's voice was thick with tears. Caroline's brows knitted together. She never really thought about it much. She didn't think about not having her mom or dad around. But it was true. In 50 years she would still be 17 and her parents would be…

"Mom, I promise I'm going to be fine," Caroline said, taking her mother's hand and giving it a little squeeze.

"I need to parent you while I still can. Even though you are a vampire and you can do anything, you need to learn that there will always be consequences for your actions."

Her mom squeezed her hand back and stood up, giving her a small smile. Caroline tried her best to smile back. It still wasn't fair, but she understood what her mom was trying to say.

Liz walked to the front door, but turned around again before she stepped out.

"I'll be out all night and home late," she said, "I probably wouldn't notice if you snuck out and went over to Elena's or something."

Caroline smiled. "Thanks mom."

Liz nodded and shut the door behind her.

An hour later, she had texted Bonnie and Matt telling them to have fun at prom. They both texted her back saying they wish she was there. She texted Elena too, but there was no answer. She was probably with Damon. Caroline shook her head. That was still gross to think about.

In an hour's time she had already busted through two blood bags and a pint of ice cream. If she was going to stuck at home sulking, she would be eating her feelings. Just as she opened a second pint of Ben and Jerry's, her doorbell rang. Everyone she knew was either at prom or busy elsewhere. Maybe it was Klaus? She hoped so. She could definitely use her boyfriend right now.

She answered the door and the smile fell from her face. No one was there. But then a large package on the doorstep caught her eye. She bent over and picked it up, bringing it inside. The box was quite big, with a large white ribbon tied around it. There was a note on top. Caroline opened it and slipped out a small card.

You have thirty minutes.

It mysteriously read. Caroline shook her head in confusion and opened the box. She gasped as she saw what was inside. Folded under the tissue paper was a beautiful blue ball gown. The material sparkled in the light and the bodice was covered in tiny blue and silver rhinestones. She carefully unfolded it and pressed the dress to her body. It was perfect. She smiled to herself, realizing who must have sent this. Then she dashed off to her room. Even at vampire speed, thirty minutes wouldn't be nearly enough time to get ready.


Klaus stood on the balcony of one of the rooms at the Salvatore boarding house. Much to Damon's chagrin, the hybrid had invited himself to stay there for the time being, along with all of his siblings. He sipped at a tumbler of scotch and stared out at the moonlight. He'd just received a text from Caroline. Thanks for the dress, she had said. He smiled and took another drink. At least he could do something nice for her after everything she had been put through because of him.

"Kol and Elijah are gone," Rebekah said from behind him.

"Are you leaving too then?" Klaus asked.

It had been a rough week becoming reacquainted with his siblings. He had taken a big risk when they had decided to bring them in as backup to destroy Esther. Klaus knew that all of them had reasons to be angry with him. In fact that left Finn daggered just because they knew he would side with their mother no matter what. Finn had always hated their existence.

Kol and Elijah were indeed not at all happy with their half-brother, but it seemed a common enemy united them all.

"If anyone is going to kill you brother, it's going to be me," Kol had said to him, devious smirk painted across his face. Maybe the words were empty and maybe they weren't. Only time would tell.

"I think I want to stay a while. Finish high school. It was kind of fun actually," Rebekah said taking his glass and stealing a sip of alcohol.

"Well rule number one, it is illegal for high schoolers to drink," Klaus said snatching the glass back.

"Right. I'll remember that the next time I see you trying to get your little blonde girlfriend liquored up," Rebekah laughed. But her laughter faded away awkwardly and her eyes turned serious.

"I know you would have picked me Nik," she said, "I know you would have saved me over her."

Klaus looked into his sister's eyes. Her words said she knew, but the tone of her voice said that she wasn't sure. He understood the question beneath her statement. She needed reassurance. Somehow he had just known that one of them was going to ask him this question. After a week he thought that he was home free, but apparently Rebekah had only been trying to pluck up the courage and mention it.

Truthfully, he couldn't remember what he had decided to do in that moment. It all had been overshadowed by the shock and relief of seeing Kol and Elijah there at the rescue. He truly didn't know which girl he would have chosen to save. He hated that more than anything; that he really did not know.

Klaus reached for his sister, and cupped her cheek. She gave him a small smile. He took a deep breath, unsure how to answer her question, but completely sure of what he was about to say.

"I love you Rebekah, don't ever doubt that," he said, his eyes narrowed at her then, "but if you ever come after Caroline again. I will end you."

With that his hand dropped and he gulped down the rest of his drink, heading back inside.


And now for the preview of my next fic :) Hope you like it!

I've basically decided to set during the time between season 2 and 3. So Caroline's isn't with Tyler. Klaus has figured out how to become and hybrid. And basically the ladies decide to take matters into their own hands about what to do about Klaus.

Be warned this is a first draft and unedited so it is subject to change when it does finally get published on here!

Let me know what you think!

Caroline could hear the birds tweeting happily outside her room. She groaned. Her head was killing her. Damn birds. What did they have to be so happy about anyways? She rolled over and reached for her pillow immediately smashing her head on something very cold and hard.

She rubbed her forehead with her hand and her eyes opened. There was a large rock just in front of her face. She rolled onto her back again staring up. Mile high trees greeted her, rays of sun streaming through their branches. A flock of birds flapped their wings and flew from the trees over her head.

Caroline's breathing became rapid as she sat up, looking around her. She was in the middle of a forest, sitting in the moss and dirt. She pulled her navy blue jacket tight around her body and assessed the situation. The fog in her brain slowly lifted and she remembered. She remembered why she was waking up in a forest instead of in her own bed.

"Bonnie?" She called out, her head whipping frantically around. No answer. No sign of her witchy friend.

It seemed like only a few moments ago that she had been inside Bonnie's house, just after midnight in Mystic Falls.

"Ok, we have Klaus's possession and we have the daggers," Bonnie had said laying everything out on the floor in front of them. Elena, Caroline, and Bonnie sat on the floor in a circle in Bonnie's living room, white candles glowing all around them.

"Why do we need something of Klaus's?" Elena asked again.

"Most spells like this require a personal possession," Bonnie explained, "and we'll use that possession as a marker. Something from the time period we are trying to get into."

Caroline had taken a severe chance earlier when she broke into Klaus's apartment to steal something of his. It had to be her though. Elena or Bonnie would have been killed quickly if caught and they were telling any of the boys about this plan of theirs. Damon and Stefan always seemed to be screwing things up lately. It was definitely time for the women to step in and get things done.

Caroline twisted a chain in her hand, a small cross charm at the end of it. It was one of those necklaces Klaus was always wearing. Bonnie had told her to get something old and this looked very old. Ancient even. There were scratches and dents in the medal; bloodstains too if you looked close enough. Caroline wondered when and where this came from and why Klaus had kept it so long.

Then Bonnie cleared her throat, bringing Caroline out of her musings. She set the chain in the middle of their circle. It was surrounded by even more candles and herbs.

"Ok so I'll start chanting and then on my signal we touch the object and it should transport us back to that time period, to wherever Klaus was," Bonnie said.

"How are you guys going to kill Klaus once you're there," Elena asked.

"That's what these are for," Caroline said, unzipping her boot and revealing one of the special daggers that put the originals in their little comas. "Bonnie created some more. We can't kill him, but we can put him out of commission and hide his body where it will never be found."

Elena nodded and the girls joined hands. This was the plan. Go back in time and kill Klaus long before he had the chance to become invincible. Preventing him from ever coming to Mystic Falls, preventing him from ever killing Jenna, or taking away Stefan or screwing up any of their lives. If he was dead in the past, he wouldn't ruin their futures.

"Ready?" Bonnie asked. They nodded and she began the spell.

Caroline remembered feeling the low hum of the magic, the electricity in the air, as the flames on the candles grew taller and the spell began to take hold. She had barely heard Bonnie when she gave the signal. Caroline's hand had flown to Klaus's necklace, the metal of the charm burned her hand, but she kept hold of it. She felt a pull at her belly button and felt her bones twisted and turn. Her head spun and her ears rang. She didn't know what was up and what was down.

Then everything went black.

And she woke up here. In this forest. With the birds singing.

But what happened to Bonnie? She was supposed to come with her and Elena was supposed to stay. That was the plan. She checked her boot, making sure the dagger was still there. She breathed a sigh of relief as she felt the cool metal against her fingers.

She stood up and brushed the leaves from her pants and hair. Now to figure out where she was and find Klaus. Also, when she was. A branch snapped behind her and she whipped around at the sound, spreading her legs in a fighting stance. Her jaw dropped a little when she saw what was behind her. It was Klaus. Well that was easy, she thought to herself.

"Well, well. What have we here?" Klaus said, circling her predatory. Caroline watched him closely, taking in what he was wearing. He had on a loose, cream colored shirt, that was stained with blood. Over his shirt he wore a black velvet jacket, silvery studs sewn over the sleeves. His legs were wrapped in some kind of black pants and he wore thick, black boots. Judging from his clothes, she must have ended up during the medieval period. When Klaus was definitely still a vampire but definitely still as dangerous as ever.

She saw the evil glint in his eye and watched him carefully as he continued to circle her. His eyes were taking her in as well, noting her own clothes, and maybe even possibly what she would look like without them.

"Are you lost in the woods my dear?" He taunted, stepping closer to her now. Caroline kept her eyes open for his attack.

"No actually, I've found what I'm looking for," she replied.

He chuckled and licked his lips. "Well, that makes two of us then."

Before Caroline could react he lung forward. She screamed as he knocked her to the ground, his fangs sinking into her neck. She him draining the blood from her throat and tried her best to push him off. But then his teeth ripped from her neck, the blood trickling from the wound.

He stared down at her, wide eyed, straddling her torso on the ground. Her hand flew to her neck instinctively staunch the blood flow as she looked up at his face. She tried her best to calm her pulse and not look afraid, but she knew she wasn't doing very well. She was afraid. He had attacked her so easily. Her one shot and this was it. She had failed her friends. All she could hope was that Bonnie would succeed in her stead.

Klaus's eyes narrowed and he grabbed her wrist, pulling her hand away from the wound. She gasped, the sound more like a sob than anything else, and he watched as the skin knitted itself back together. With his other hand he ran his thumb across the blood, whipping it away to reveal the healed wound.

He had leaned into her more in his curiosity, his face hovering over hers.

"You're a vampire," Klaus said, coming to the realization. "I know every vampire in England. But I don't know you."

Caroline grunted under his weight, trying to break free of his grasp, but he only pressed her further into the ground.

"My name is Caroline," she said, "Caroline Forbes."

She screamed again as Klaus pulled her from the ground and pushed her up against a large oak tree. His fingers dug into her throat, cutting into her windpipe and causing her to choke.

"Who sent you here?"

"No one," she gasped, her legs kicking, "stop it!"

"Liar," he sneered and dropped her to the ground.

Caroline gasped and coughed, trying to regroup her strength. Her hand went to her boot, to the dagger. If he was going to kill her here, in the woods, she wasn't going down without a fight.

Klaus loomed over her, she looked up and met his eyes, brushing her hair off her face. His gaze was angry, but curious. He cocked his head at her strangely, regarding her as if she were some weird plant he hand found in the forest. She waited for him to strike at her again, but it didn't come.

"You're coming with me," he said, turning from her and walking away.

"What? I'm not going with you!"

Klaus turned back toward her. "Or I could just kill you here and now? Take your pick sweetheart."

Caroline sat there on the ground, considering for a moment. Fight it out now, where she certainly didn't have a chance or wait until later when she might have an actual opportunity to gain the upper hand and end him. Before she could give her answer, Klaus spoke again.

"That's what I though," he said flashing her a small grin, "come along then."

Klaus walked off into the forest. Caroline gaped at him for a couple moments, before scrambling up and following him.