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Rebekah yelps and runs. I smile because I've never felt so powerful in my life before. Klaus pushes her aside and walks up to me. Then slowly he reaches out to touch me. I hear Rebekah squeal, "Nik, Are you insane? You're going to get yourself killed!"

He ignores her and touches my arm. His touch feels different, more electric. I try to keep calm since I know he can hear my heartbeat.

"How can you touch me?" I whisper.

He looks at me and says,

"I have no idea"

Someone walks in the room and Klaus lets go of my arm and rolls his eyes, "Kol, how long have you been eavesdropping?"

"Only long enough to hear about the girl that apparently has the power to kill Mikael" Kol walked in grinning. It must be in the Original's bloodline to look attractive because he was freaking gorgeous as well. He walked over to me looked me up and down. I would've scowled but he was an Original.

"Kol" Klaus snapped.

"Isn't she a beauty" he whistled and smirked "Don't worry brother, she is all yours. I have my eye on someone else" Klaus turned away to pour himself another drink before I could see his reaction. I couldn't help but feel curious as to who Kol was into and I had to ask.

"Who has taken your interest then?" I ask.

"Jealous already?" he said grinning. I roll my eyes and he changes the subject, clearly trying to avoid my question. "So when do we start training the pretty blonde girl?"

"What am I, a cockroach?" Rebekah asks.

"The other pretty blonde" Kol corrected.

"I wasn't aware there was a 'we' in training her. I will train her" Klaus said. "Alone" he added.

"Who even is Mikael? And who are you to tell me who I should kill?" I snap fiercely.

"Trust me sweetheart, everyone wants Mikael dead" Klaus replied.

"Sorry, but I don't exactly trust you. I've known you for all of two seconds and you've managed to threaten all my friends and kill Jenna. That doesn't exactly scream 'nice guy'"

"I'm not asking for your trust, love. And you will help us kill Mikael if you don't want your friends dead"

Frustrated, I threw my hands up. I didn't understand him at all. Klaus was an impossible puzzle with no real solution. Why had he saved Damon and Stefan yesterday? I weighed my options, I could either try to attack him again, which would probably fail since I couldn't super Taser him with my touch, or just give into his deal. Unfortunately, my chances at beating his ass were still slim; he was like a billion years old.

"Fine. I'll help you kill Mikael. But after this is all over, you promise that you will never bother my friends ever again" I say exasperated.

"Deal" he said smiling. "You have to move in as well, I can't leave my comrade unprotected"

"Move in? As in, move into your house?"

"Of course, we don't want vampire's lining up to use you as their personal murder device"

"Like you are?" I counter. He ignores my comment.

"You have an hour to pack your stuff and move in. If I don't see you by then, I will personally make sure you are in this house. Training starts at two. Don't be late"

"Ass" I mumble and turn away. I stomp out of his house and I think I hear him chuckle. I slam the door close and realize I don't have the keys to the car. I see Stefan come out a while later carrying Tyler, who was still passed out thanks to Finn.

"So" Stefan says after he places Tyler in the car. "How do you like your new magical powers?" he jokes as he starts to drive his car.

"Oh, you know, they are working out great. My personality label has officially updated into an insecure, neurotic, murdering control freak."

"Fancy" he laughs "Unfortunately my reputation is still the brooding older brother with a serious vampire face… according to you"

"Don't worry too much about the brooding part, girls seem to dig that. That Rebekah girl seemed pretty into you"

"Right, you know, because she practically strangled me and had me pinned down to the ground" he shot me a look and I tried to imitate him. He laughed and turned away. "I'm really glad you're okay Caroline. I know not a lot of people tell you this, but you are special."

"Obviously, I can kill people by just touching them" I say sarcastically.

"I'm serious" he says amused.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" I ask in a small voice. He looks at me and takes a while to think before he decides,

"No, I'm not afraid of you"

His heart skipped a beat as he said it. I decided not to call him out on lying, when he was clearly just trying to cheer me up. I turned away and tried to swallow down the lump in my throat.

"Everyone is going to think I'm a monster now" I realize. "Tyler was right about one thing, nothing is going to be the same anymore"


Stefan dropped me off at my house and I started to pack basically everything. I only had an hour so I didn't bother folding anything; I just grabbed things in my room and stuffed them into my mom's giant suitcase. I quickly jotted down a note to my mom saying that I was going to be living at dads for a while and for her not to worry.

Before I ran out the door, I stopped at the sight of my necklace. It was the necklace that my mom had given to me when I was just a kid. Back when my mom and dad where still together, we used to go to small shops on the streets and go for ice cream. I remember this necklace had caught my eye. It was of a small hummingbird with tropical colored crystals. I practically begged my parents for it. Feeling nostalgic, I picked it up and fastened it around my neck, deciding that I would never take it off during my time away from my family.

I check my watch: 1:55. Shit! I only had five minutes to get to Klaus's house. I jumped in my car and rushed to his house. When I rang the doorbell someone else opened the door. It wasn't Klaus, Kol or Rebekah.

"Um, hi! I'm here to see Klaus" I pant, out of breath.

"Hello. I'm Elijah, Klaus's brother. Please come in, I'll go get Klaus for you" he said. He then gestures me into the room and I notice that he's fully clothed. Of course he was. He couldn't risk getting killed by the monster that was moving into his house. I was surprised at how well-mannered Elijah was compared to, well everyone else in his family.

"Your late" Klaus said while strolling in.

"Well it's kind of impossible to pack that fast"

"Get changed" he said gesturing at my outfit, which was extremely dirty and bloody from yesterday. "Meet me outside in five" he then turned to Elijah "Put her things in the room next to mine" he glanced at me one last time before walking out. Elijah raised his eyebrows and exhaled loudly.

"Bossy" I remark. "You don't have to help me with my stuff, I can carry these myself" I say. He still picks up my luggage and replies,

"After you've done your training with Klaus, you'll be much more grateful that I helped you save some energy" he starts up the stairs. "Come, I'll show you where you'll be staying"

I follow him up the stairs and he leads me down a dark hallway. We stop at some double white doors and he somehow is able to open the door while carrying everything. I almost gasp at the sight of my new room. It was huge, bigger than any place I've ever stayed at. There was a large light pink rug on the ground and a king sized bed. I squeal with excitement and Elijah sets my stuff down.

"This used to be Bekah's room, until she got bored with it" he explained.

"How can you get bored of this?" I say breathless. There was a chandelier in here and everything was lit with a dewy glow. He chuckled and said,

"I'll leave you here to change"


I get dressed as fast as I can and run outside to meet Klaus. He looks at me and says,

"Good, you're actually on time"

I scoff and he continues, "Let's say your powers fail you like they did with me and Mikael is now after you. What do you do?"

"Punch him in the face?" I guess.

"Wrong answer. You run like hell and get yourself into a human's house. That way you can buy yourself some time."

"I know how to run" I say while rolling my eyes.

"Really? Let's play a game then" he says lightheartedly. "I'm Mikael and I'm hunting you. I'll give you a 10 second head start"

"Wait what?"

"1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi…" he chants. I can't help myself when a small giggle escapes me. I was here with the most powerful being on the planet playing hide and go seek. I run quickly and the minute he stops counting an eerie silence fills the air. I stop and look for him, but it's no use. He has completely disappeared.

Out of nowhere, Klaus grabs me like I weigh nothing and throws to me the ground, pinning me there.

"And you're dead" he says frowning. "I thought you said you knew how to run"

"I do know how to run, but you have creepy hybrid skills" I complain.

"Creepy hybrid skills?" he smirks.

"Whatever!" I sputter, unable to think of anything better to say. His legs and his torso were pressed firmly against mine.

It suddenly occurs to me that he was still holding me. His face was hovering a couple inches, now centimeters above me. The room starts to spin around me and it becomes hard to breathe. I have to force myself to look somewhere other than his eyes and I find myself staring at his lips.

"Are you going to help me up?" I say. The corner of his lip twitches and he smiles as he offers me his hand. My heart leapt as I took it and he pulled me up with him.

"What is the point of these exercises? Couldn't I just kill him by my touch?" I ask.

"Well, I need to figure out why they don't work on me before we take any chances"

"Why can't I just attack him and find out the easy way?"

"Best not to put that much at risk, love. For now its best that we work on your fighting" he stands in front of me. "Attack me" he orders.

"This is weird" I confess as I run and awkwardly try to punch him. He deflects it easily.

"At least try to hurt me" he said looking offended. I tried using the element of surprise to attack him but it didn't work and I ended up falling on the ground again. "Use your enemy's strength against them" he showed me a couple ways to do so. I soaked in the information and tried to hit him again but completely failed because he blocked my moves again. I kept trying and many times it resulted in me falling on my back.

"Ugh! How can you always know what I'm going to do?" I say after falling for the millionth time.

"I'm a thousand years old sweetheart. You learn a thing or two" he helps me up. "We need to get you a mat. Otherwise you're going to break your back"

"Well Grandpa, if you would stop using your super strength to block my attacks, we wouldn't have this problem"

"Grandpa?" he makes a face. "Do I really look that old?" he says while putting his hand over his heart pretending to look hurt.

"Can we just get the thingy-mabob mat thing sometime soon?"

He pauses and glances at me.

"Do you speak English?"

"Do you think you're funny?"

"I'm hilarious" Klaus says proudly. I roll my eyes and Klaus lifts up my shirt. I slap his hand away.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?"

"I need to take a look at your back" he says and takes my shirt of. He sighs with relief "You should be okay, just put some ice on it and try to refrain from falling on it"

"Like I can control that" I mumble and pull my shirt back down.

"We'll work on your balance tomorrow. You should get some rest before dinner."

I groan and walk away. My whole entire body is sore and I can barely walk up the stairs. Elijah was right about how terrible training was, I felt like a zombie. This was officially the longest day of my life.


Before I went into my room I saw a little boy sitting outside the room across from mine. When I got closer I realized he was crying. I paused, I really wanted to take a nap and shower, but it felt wrong to leave but it felt wrong to leave a sobbing kid alone in the hallway. "Are you okay?" I ask gently.

"I'm fine" he says looking away.

He obviously wasn't going to tell me what was going on. I sat down next to him and asked,

"What's your name?"

"Bobby" he said softly.

"Well, Bobby, if you ever need to talk, just let me know alright?"

"Thanks" he said his voice painfully robotic. He got up and tripped and my arm shot out to help him. But he just collapsed again. Confused, I leaned over to see what happened. I realized that his body became weak and limp. He was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, motionless. No. How could I have been so stupid and quick to forget? I did this, I killed a child. This kid died because of my touch.

A mother somewhere is now without her son, a sibling without their brother. He was dead and it was all because of me. I was lethal, an animal that deserved to be locked up. I start screaming for someone, anyone to come and help. I hear someone approach me and ask,

"Did you do this?"

I shake my head because it seemed impossible. Maybe if I kept shaking my head I would wake up from this nightmare. I feel strong arms pull me in and I try to pull away "I'm going to kill you!" I yell.

"Shh, Caroline it's me, Klaus. You can't hurt me"

I don't care that it's a murderer that is comforting me. I needed something solid, warm and he was there. And honestly, I couldn't see how we were different anymore. "Oh God, I – I – I killed a child"

Rebekah ran in and stopped dead in her tracks. Then in a haunting voice that put even Klaus to shame she asked,

"What did you do?"

"Rebekah, I can explain!"

"That was April's little brother! What am I going to say to her? Hey, I was babysitting Robert but my brother's girl killed him?" she screamed and and crossed her arms, frustrated. "You will regret this. I swear you are going to wish you never set foot inside of my house"