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Caroline was only screaming for a split second before she was slammed face-forward into the ground. "Ouch!" she said, her voice muffled due to the fact that her face was stuck in the ground. She slowly got up and spat out a mouthful of leaves. "Oh God! I thought people did that only in movies!" she said, her face disgusted. The first thing she noticed was that she was human. It was probably due to the fact that there were no vampires in this time; vampires did not exist. She looked around, surprised to find herself in the forest. 'Of course Caroline', she thought to herself sarcastically, annoyed at her own stupidity. 'What did you expect Mystic Falls looked like a thousand years ago? Streets with busy wagons and shopping malls?'

"Oww..." Elena groaned as she got up, somewhere near Caroline. "Caroline, is that you?" she asked, still not stable. "Yes Idiot!" glared Caroline. "It is me. Who else did you expect? And I have become human again. Now will you please tell me what exactly is going on before I kick your butt?"

Elena sat up straight and glared at Caroline, "Don't judge me Caroline. Don't you dare judge me. Klaus was ruining all our lives. I have to get rid of him and this is the best way. I'll kill Klaus as soon as he is born and then, we won't have to worry about anything in the future. We will all be safe from vampires." she tried to explain.

"Elena!" Caroline exclaimed and raised her hands in front of her in exasperation and let them fall back. She couldn't believe her friend had been so reckless. "Try to understand. If you kill Klaus, no death of his brother, Henrick and therefore, no vampires; No vampires, no doppelganger; No doppelganger, no Katherine; No Katherine, no Stefan. No Stefan, no you! You would have died that day on the Wickery Bridge if not for Stefan. How could you have not thought about that?"

"I have thought about it Caroline." Elena said calmly. "I am a small price to pay if we can prevent so many other people from dying or getting turned. Rick, Jenna, Isobel, John, Lexi, Tyler, Vicki, Abby, Vicki and you Caroline. You. You can be saved; Isobel wouldn't abandon me and Jeremy, Caroline. Jeremy! He wouldn't have to grow up and support everyone and become a murder so fast. He is too young to be killing vampires! And who knows, we can be saving billions of people who have lost their lives as food and playthings to vampires."

"That is not your decision to make Elena." Caroline said hardly. "You cannot make a decision like this which could affect all of us. You cannot put your obligation on us. Don't expect us to be happy or thank you for your decision. If you go die, you die for your own self and for none of us. And did you even think about the magnitude of the decision you are making? You are just thinking about Mystic Falls, Elena! There are millions, no, billions of vampires out there in the world. Just imagine how you would change their lives if there was no vampirism."

Elena shrugged, "Whatever, Caroline."

To say that Caroline was angry would be putting I lightly. She was madly enraged! "Whatever? Whatever? Is that the best you can do? Whatever? Think about it Elena, you say that you want to save our lives, but what did you do to get Bonnie to co-operate? You threatened her mother Elena! You threatened Abby! You threatened you own best friend that you would kill her mother if she did not listen to you. Since when did you start killing people to get your way, Elena?" Elena just sighed and started walking away.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Caroline ran after Elena and jerked her arm back, stopping the other girl in her tracks. Elena turned and looked at Caroline. "To find Klaus's village, Caroline. Now let go of my hand."

"Wait! Just sit down and let's think." Caroline said.

"Caroline, don't try to stop me. I will not listen to you. Do you understand?"

Caroline rolled her eyes. "Believe me Elena. I know when your stubborn mind cannot be changed. So, I am not trying to do anything of that sort. I'm just trying to get you to listen to me stating the obvious fact that if you wander off alone, you may get lost in these woods. That's all. We could easily get lost in these woods if we are not careful." she said, gesturing to the thick forest around them.

"Oh, okay." Elena agreed, and sat down on a rock nearby. "What's your plan?"

"Hmmm...Let me think." Caroline thought hard. Suddenly, she cried out, "Wait! We have only travelled through time, not space. So technically, we are still in Bonnie's house, just a thousand years ago. And I know Klaus; due to his big ego and pride, I think he would have built his mansion exactly on his hometown village. If this is Bonnie's house, then Klaus's mansion will be in... that direction." she said, pointing towards their left.

Elena nodded and both girls decided to travel in that direction. After a lot of trekking, panting and complaining, they began to doubt whether they were going in the correct direction or not. They chanced upon a clearing which had a stream gurgling across it. Gratefully, both the girls cupped their hands and drank the crystal clear water. They even filled Elena's water bottle. She had also brought along with her a bag full of necessities.

Caroline was just thankful for her shorts and boots. They had made the trekking a lot more comfortable for Caroline than Elena, who was tripping along in her long, hot and sweaty dress and her uncomfortable leather Ancient Viking ankle length booth which were bound by strings. They decided to rest in the clearing for a while.

After a while, Caroline got up and said, "Since I am the one with the comfortable clothes here, I'll just climb up a tree and look around if there is any civilization around, okay?" Elena nodded and got up, dusting her dress, but suddenly asked in a shocked voice, "But aren't you human now? Will you be able to climb trees without your vampire speed and strength?"

Caroline rolled her eyes, "You don't know a lot of things about me Elena. You know me since kindergarten, so you only know the naive, shallow insecure Caroline who was always the first one to do womanly work. But, you do not know the Caroline who would go on adventure trips, mountain climbing, sea diving, skydiving and camping with her father – the strong, level headed and rough Caroline is unknown to you. Where do you think I got my agility of cheerleading from? I got it from the excessive mountain climbing and skydiving I did since I was at the age of four." Saying so, she grinned and went to look for a tree suitable tree for climbing.

Elena was shocked. Since Bill and Liz had separated, Bill had been taking Caroline out on one-month long trips twice every year for five years since Caroline was three until she turned nine. Then, Caroline had gotten to know that Bill had not left them for business trips as they had told her, but had left them for another man. After that, she had refused to even meet him. Just then, Elena saw something which left her stunned. Was that who she thought he was?

Caroline found the perfect tree. She turned to her friend, just in time to see Elijah – the human Elijah striding over to a stunned Elena, cupping her face in his hands and smashing his lips to hers and kissing her fiercely.

Caroline frowned and strode over to them. "Hey! Leave her alone!" she yelled at Elijah, who immediately pulled back, seeing that there was someone else in the clearing. Looking at Caroline, he immediately looked down and blushed. Caroline frowned, confused. She snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Hey! Look at me when I'm talking to you."

Elijah slowly raised his eyes. "Sorry, madam. I meant no offence. It's just that..." he raised his arms and gestured towards her. "Your clothing..." Caroline put a hand on her hip. "Sorry if you didn't like my attire. I hadn't dressed up keeping your opinion in mind. I was going to sleep when..." she trailed off. She smacked her forehead. How could she have forgotten? This was a thousand years ago! Of course it would be improper for her to wear such clothes. People probably, no, definitely got hanged to death for wearing such clothes.

She cleared her throat, "I am sorry if they offend you. This was worn for the convenience for travelling. We are friends. We are lost in the woods. We are orphaned, you see and so we decided to leave our village and find our luck elsewhere. We are not from around here. In fact, we are not from here at all. We just came here while travelling and are now searching for a place to stay – a village." she immediately told him, building up an appropriate story as she went. "Can you please tell me where the nearest village is? We are tired of travelling and wish to settle down in a quiet village."

Elijah bowed his head. "Yes, but..." He turned to look at Elena. Caroline giggled, "And may I know why you were kissing my friend? Is that the kind of greeting men give to beautiful ladies around here?" Elena just ignored her and offered her hand to a blushing Elijah, "Hello. I am Elena. Pleased to meet you, Elijah." Elijah snapped his head to look at her, "You know my name?"

Caroline gave Elena an irritated glance. Caroline cleared her throat, "Of course not. She just took a guess. Guess she turned out to be lucky." she finished lamely, but Elijah seemed to believe her. He smiled at her and said, "Well then, it would be my honour to lead you to my village which is just across that row of trees." He turned to Elena and said, "Sorry for my improper behaviour, miss. I just thought you were someone I know. A certain girl named Tatiana." Elena fought the urge to roll her eyes and instead smiled as Elijah kissed the back of her hand and said, "Of course. Don't worry about it at all. Please lead the way."

But Caroline wanted to talk to Elena alone. So, she clutched her stomach and groaned, "Oww... Elena. I'm feeling so hungry. I feel faint." With that piece of acting, she fell to the ground, acting like fainting. Elena understood what Caroline wanted. She turned to Elijah and said, "I know this is too much to ask for, but have you got any food? We have not eaten for two days and I do not think we will be able to travel any further without eating. Just some fruits will do."

Elijah nodded, "Of course. Just stay here. I shall go get some fruits and water for you. Then you can have a proper meal in the village." Elena nodded sweetly, "Of course Elijah. Thank you so much."

As soon as Elijah was out of sight, Elena ran to Caroline, who sat up immediately, and whispered, "What was all that about? I was really worried for a second there. I though you really fainted." Caroline grinned, "Ah!" she said dramatically. "I was not Head of Mystic Falls High Acting Community for nothing. But moving onto matters at hand, what is this? I think we are in the wrong time. There are only a few years of difference between Klaus and Elijah. Judging by his looks, I'd say that Elijah is around twenty-two or something. So Klaus should be around twenty or something? So we are definitely not at the time of his birth."

Elena nodded. "Yes, I think we are in the wrong time." Suddenly, Caroline whispered, "Wait, do you hear that? It is someone crawling around." Instructing Elena to hide under a bush, Caroline quickly climbed up a tree, searching the grounds beneath her for the prowler. She saw someone moving just beneath her tree. Without a second thought, she jumped off the tree right onto the prowler, pinned him against the ground and bared her teeth, just as she would if she were a vampire. She completely forgot that she was a human and didn't have fangs.

But as soon as she saw who it was, her eyes widened in surprise. The person was stunned upon seeing such a beauty. He raised his arms in submission and said, "I am sorry. My brother Elijah told me that there were two women here. I brought them some fruits. I am supposed to guide them to the village."

Caroline got off him and helped him up, offering her hand. "Sorry," she said. "I thought you might be some prowler. I am Caroline, by the way. Caroline Forbes." She stuck out her hand. The man took it and they shook hands. "Niklaus," he said. "I am Niklaus Mikealson."

Hey guys...I hope you enjoyed the story and thought that you ought to know that the attitude of the characters shall be changing a little in my story. I hope you like it. Please let me know. Lov u lotz.

PS: I shall probably be updating the next chapter in the next three days.