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"No , she's not innocent!" Rebekah cried, annoyed. "How is it possible for that wench to be innocent!" Klaus ran up to the three girls, two of which were currently arguing.

"Rebekah, hurry. We are all ready to go." Klaus said to his little sister who paid no attention to him and glared at Elena. "She's nothing but a bloody whore who breaks families apart." Rebekah cried angrily.

Klaus smiled at his ranting sister and asked, "And who might be this whore in question?" Elena sighed. "Tatia." she said to Klaus. "I just said that she seemed like an innocent little thing and your sister was at my throat."

Klaus' eyes hardened and his jaw clenched. "Rebekah." he said his voice hard. "I have told you many a time not to disrespect Tatia." Caroline rolled her eyes. Everyone turned to look at her.

"And what would be your opinion Caroline?"Rebekah provoked. Caroline shrugged "It is not my place to say, but if you ask my opinion, she is no innocent thing. I am not saying she is a bitch, but she is no doll either. I don't know her, so I can't really say anything. It was just my first impression."

"See. Caroline agrees with me." Rebekah turned with a triumphant grin to Elena, who shrugged. "Okay fine. She is a whore who has no sense of dignity and spreads her legs for any man who smiles at her. Happy?" she asked. Rebekah smiled, smug. "Delighted."

"Rebekah!"Kol yelled from where he was standing next to the picnic baskets. "Stop blabbering and get a move on!"

"I am coming Kol!"Rebekah yelled back."There is no need to yell like a bull!"

"Look who's talking!"Kol yelled back, smirking.

Caroline giggled as she ran to the water and dipped her hand in the cool water. Klaus came and sat next to Caroline, rolling his pants up to his knees and letting his feet dangle in the water. "Want to join me?" he smiled at Caroline. "Sure." Caroline grinned back and raised her skirt till her knees, enjoying the flow of cool water. Elena and Rebekah joined them leaving Kol to argue with Finn and Elijah about something.

Suddenly, Caroline felt a pair of hands push her into the water. She let out a scream, her hands flailing around in the air. She caught Klaus's hand and pulled him down into the water with her. They both resurfaced, gasping for breath. Caroline snapped her head from side to side, looking for the culprit and found Kol standing where she had been sitting a second ago, smirking.

Caroline glares at him and opens her mouth to scold him when suddenly, Kol loses his smirk and falls head first into the water. Kol surfaces, waving his hands around wildly, gasping and spluttering. Rebekah laughs at her brother. "Traitor!" Kol shouts and splashes her with water. Rebekah giggled and gets into the water to splash Kol back.

Elijah stood there, smiling at his siblings playing but suddenly, he found himself falling smack into the water. He resurfaced, coughing and saw Elena standing there grinning. He quickly splashed her. She squealed as she tried to avoid the cold water, but the water splashed her from head to toe. She too got into the water and by now, everyone except Finn was in the water, splashing one another and laughing.

Catching sight of Finn standing, his hands behind his back, Rebekah winked at Elena, who nodded back, smiling. Rebekah swam up to her brother and held her hand out. "Help me out Finn. I'm feeling cold." she said. Finn grasped his little sister's hand to pull her out, only to find himself being pulled in.

Rebekah laughed at her brother's shocked face and started splashing him. Soon, it grew into a big water fight. Suddenly, Kol cried out and started slapping and hitting himself all over his body. "Aargh!" he screamed. "Something is nibbling on me. Elijah! Nik! Get it out! Now! Get it OUT!" Kol shouted, reduced to tears.

Elijah tried to calm him down. "Kol, calm down. I'll get it out. Just calm down, Kol. Kol….KOL!" Kol looked at his eldest, usually calm brother, shocked. "Shut up RIGHT NOW and let me look at it. Where is it?" Kol just whispered, "In my tunic. On my back."

Elijah nodded and pulled Kol's tunic off over his head and peeled a strand of grass off Kol's back. The others burst out laughing. Kol huffed and got out of the water, annoyed at himself. Caroline held onto Klaus helplessly, unable to stop laughing. "I'm hungry." Kol huffed.

"Come on." Rebekah choked out, breathless from her laughter. "Let's get out before another idiot finds something nibbling him in his pants!" This only made the others roll around in laughter. In fact, poor Finn nearly drowned laughing. But finally, everyone managed to get out of the water.

Kol stretched himself out on the grass, curling his toes in the sun's heat. "What's the matter Kol?" Rebekah asked innocently. "The sun nibbling you?" Kol sat up furiously, glaring at his little sister. Everyone rolled around on the ground clutching their stomachs, pealing with laughter more at Kol's expression than at Rebekah's question.

"Okay." Caroline giggled. "Why don't you boys set the food while we girls go and check ourselves for any nibbling creature?" The girls made their way to a clump of trees, chuckling. They wrung their wet dresses and hung them on the branches of a tree, which left them standing bare in their chemises. The girls then proceeded to sit back in the warm sun.

"Elena," Rebekah suddenly asked. "What is going on between you and my brother?" Elena blushed. "What do you mean?" Elena murmured, clearing her throat. "Well, I saw you and Elijah stealing glances at each other and if I am right, I even saw you changing colour." Rebekah said, looking at Elena.

Caroline sat up. "You were blushing?" she asked Elena, who just stared at the ground, red in face. "Yes." Rebekah replied. "She was changing colour. Blushing as you put it."

"Huh." Caroline commented. "Guess it was only fair that you both kissed."

"Kissed?" Rebekah shrieked. "He kissed you?"

"Shush." Elena scolded her. "Yes, he did kiss me, but he thought I was Tatia. It was just a misunderstanding."

"I know my brothers very well." Rebekah said, standing up. "Elijah certainly doesn't think it's a misunderstanding." Elena started to protest but Rebekah interrupted her, "Anyway, you'll know soon enough what I say is true. So I'll just go see what my idiot brothers are doing with the food." She said, putting on her now almost-dry dress. "God knows what is in those brains of theirs. Come on when you both are ready." With that, she walked out from behind the trees, out into the clearing to her brothers.

"I swear I don't know what's wrong with me Caroline. It's just that I just cannot get that kiss out of my head." Caroline held up a finger to silence her. "It's fine Elena. I don't blame you. Even Klaus has been acting weirdly with me. But right now, let's just focus on talking to that witch Ayanna. We have to get home as soon as possible.

Elena nodded. "Some things never change do they? Klaus likes you when he is an evil hybrid and he likes you even he is an innocent human."

"Same old same old." Caroline agreed, stepping into her dress. "Wait." Elena suddenly said. "Caroline where is that scar I gave you on your knee in our first cheerleading competition?"

"It must have faded away when I turned into a vampire." Caroline brushed it off. Elena walked up to Caroline and brushed her hair off her back. "Hey!" Caroline complained.

"Your mole mark. It's disappeared." Elena whispered. She then checked her own chest for something. "Caroline, remember when my necklace burnt me in my kitchen? You were there too and Bonnie said that some witch was probably trying to track me?"

Caroline nodded. "That burn had left a very light mark. It's not here now."

"I am a human. My marks couldn't have disappeared." Elena whispered.

"Um… By any chance, do you feel we have got you know… like kinda new bodies?" Caroline bit her lip.

"I think so." Elena frowned in concentration. "Now we really have to go and meet Ayanna."

"Do you think we're… you know….virgins?" Caroline said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Oh god Caroline!" Elena exclaimed. "Get your mind out of the gutter!" She giggled, understanding that her friend just did not want to think about it.

"Ah! I was wondering where you two had gone off to." Kol commented. "If you had been anymore late, we would have finished all the food."

"Not a chance." Elena pushed him playfully, reaching for a piece of stuffed bread.

Elijah chuckled. "What?" Finn asked him. "I'm just trying to wrap my mind around the idea of nibbling grass." he chuckled again. Kol huffed at his eldest brother. "You're never going to let it go are you?" he snapped.

His question was met with giggles and chuckles from everyone. He huffed, crossing his arms and just decided to wait it out. They would have to stop at some time, he decided. But unfortunately for him, he had to wait for a long time. In fact, he was still waiting as they made their way to the village after their meal.

As they were making their way back home, laughing at each other's jokes and stories, suddenly, a girl ran up to them, breathless. "What is it Fiona?" Rebekah frowned at the younger brunette. "Rebekah," the girl gasped. "I have been looking for you everywhere. It's your mother. She is giving birth."

"Oh my god." Rebekah whispered. "Elijah." she turned to her eldest brother, who just nodded at Fiona. "We will be there." He told the young girl. The group quickly made its way to the family house circle. There was a huge crowd gathered there. Rebekah immediately made her way into the hut from where she could hear her mother.

"What are these people doing here?" Elena asked Elijah. "They have come here to flatter father." Klaus answered bitterly. "Our father is one of the wealthiest and probably the most influential person for miles around. They have no doubt come here to show their worry for mother, offer their congratulations and pretend to be happy for him." Elena looked at him, surprised.

"Have you even considered that their wishes concern might be genuine?" she asked him. "If that was the case," he answered stonily. "They wouldn't have been offering their condolences when Rebekah had been born. Apparently, a woman in the family is a burden. But thankfully, father had enough sense not to consider such idiocy. In fact, he protects and keeps Rebekah like he would a jewel. She is his favorite and he has pampered her with everything possible." Elena just nodded and looked away. It explained Rebekah's behavior in the future. Having to run from the person who loved you the most must have been painful. But to protect yourself from the person who protected you must be agony.

Caroline saw Elena talking to Klaus and sighed. They needed to speak to Ayanna as quickly as possible. She did not want to take the risk of changing something in the future. One wrong move here could result disasters in the future. She saw Mikeal sitting on one of the benches around the fireplace, his forehead resting on his inter-twined fingers.

She walked up to him and sat down next to him quietly. When he did not respond, she smiled. She knew what it felt like when everyone acted like they cared but no one actually did. She knew what it was like. When she had turned into a vampire, no one had been there for her. She had been forced to transform on her own with no one to help her with her feelings and emotions. And when she started getting back those awful memories of Damon, she had been lost. She hadn't known whom to trust. She hadn't even been able to trust herself.

"You know she is going to be alright, right?" she asked. Mikeal raised his head to look at her in surprise. "She's going to be fine. You don't have to worry. She wouldn't want you to." She assured him, placing a hand on his inter-twined fingers and giving it a light squeeze.

Mikeal was shocked. No one had ever comforted him like that. True, many people had assured him that the child was going to be fine and they told him not to worry because it would surely be a boy. But not one of those fools had ever given a thought about the fact that the woman he loved was in there giving birth to his child. They thought he was concerned about the child or the gender of the child. Surely he was concerned about the child, but he was also concerned about the love of his life – his wife.

"Could you please go inside? Take care of her for me. Please?" he begged, taking her small hand in both of his large ones. He felt that he could trust her. He had to know his wife was in safe hands. Ayanna was there, but he for some reason unknown to him, he felt that he wouldn't worry so much if Caroline was there.

Caroline was surprised, but nodded. She gave him a reassuring smile and made her way to Ester's hut. A woman stopped her from entering. "Only the family women may go inside. Unless you are helping with the birth?" she asked Caroline. "Mikeal sent me." Caroline answered. "He told me to stay with his wife." The woman looked surprised, but nodded. Mikeal was a very influential man. No one would dare lie about his word. If they did, the punishment was banishment from the town. He was that honored in the village. Caroline slipped behind the cloth covering the doorway.

"Is that Caroline going inside the hut?" Elijah frowned. "Looks like it. Why?" Elena asked. "Actually, only the family women and the helpers are allowed inside the room when a woman is giving birth. It is tradition here." Elijah answered.

Kol slipped away and asked something to the woman standing near the door. He ran back to the Mikealson siblings who were standing with Elena, a confused look on his face. "It looks like father asked Caroline to be with Mother." he said. The Mikealson brothers raised their eyebrows at this.

"Push Ester! Just a little more. Push." Ayanna urged her friend. Ester held onto her only daughter's hand tightly as she whimpered in pain. Rebekah held onto her mother's hand, even though she knew it would bruise badly afterwards. Suddenly, there was the cry of a newborn child rang in the air. Immediately all the women helping with the birth ran out. They were forbidden to look upon the child. It was always the mother's right first. Ayanna picked up the child. "It's a boy." she said, smiling at her friend, who smiled in relief.

"Get those cloths." Ayanna suddenly instructed Caroline. Caroline grabbed a white cloth laying there on a shelf. Ayanna muttered something in a strange language and the blood and grime on the baby disappeared. Caroline looked shocked. "I know you know that I am a witch. So please stop with the acting." Ayanna told her sternly. Caroline closed her mouth, which had fallen agape.

Ayanna tucked the baby in the white sheets that Caroline handed her and gave it to Ester, who smiled. "My Henrick. He is beautiful." Ester whispered, her eyes filled with tears. Suddenly, Ester's eyes rolled back into her head and her hands slackened. Ayanna caught the baby and gave it to Caroline, who tucked it safely in her arms.

"Mother! What's wrong with mother Ayanna?" Rebekah panicked. "It's okay child." Ayanna assured her. "Your mother is just exhausted. Just pass me that bucket of water there. We shall change the sheets." Rebekah nodded.

Caroline smiled at the baby, who was now peacefully playing with her blonde locks, tugging at it and gurgling in delight. She walked out of the hut and was immediately surrounded by Henrick's brothers. They smiled at their brother, who was laughing, playing with Caroline's hair. But Caroline firmly made her way to Mikeal, who was standing there, tears in his eyes and his hands shaking slightly with anticipation and nervousness.

Caroline handed him his youngest son, smiling. "She is fine. Just exhausted." She told him. Mikeal looked at her gratefully and held his son in his arms. But Henrick still did not let go of Caroline's hair and tugged at it. Caroline's head jerked, "Ow." Henrick gurgled, awarding his father with a toothless laugh. Mikeal smiled. Caroline slowly tugged her hair out of Henrick's hold and stepped back.

Mikeal kissed his son's forehead before raising him above his head for the villagers gathered there to see. "Henrick Mikealson, my youngest son." He announced. There was a roar of applause and cheering.

Later that night, there was a feast in the Mikealson family circle. It looked like the whole village was present. Ester stood next to her husband, her newborn son in her arms as everyone took turns congratulating them.

The Mikealson siblings stood with Elena and Caroline, laughing and joking. Rebekah had gone off into a lecture about how Kol was going to have to behave himself because she did not want her youngest brother to be influenced by him. "So Caroline," Elijah addressed her. "It looked like Father gave you permission to go help Ayanna."

"Yes, he asked me to be there. You seem to be surprised." Caroline smiled. "As a matter of fact, I am. I have never known father to be so trusting." came the reply. Caroline just shrugged. She grabbed Kol's cup of mead and downed it in one go. "Hey, that was mine!" Kol complained. And soon, the squabbling and bickering started, returning the atmosphere to normal.

In the middle of all the festivities, Elena and Caroline slipped off to meet Ayanna. The two girls reached Ayanna's hut and Caroline cleared her throat. "Ayanna, may we come in?"

"Come in." came the reply from inside. Caroline and Elena swept aside the cloth door and entered the hut. "Please take a seat." Ayanna gestured towards the bed. Elena and Caroline sat down next to each other. "I see you have taken a break from the celebrations to come and join me."

"Yes." Caroline said nervously. "You were not there at the festivities." Ayanna smiled, "I prefer to miss such exhausting and in my opinion, over-zealous activities. Although I must concur, there is much reason to celebrate."

"Yes. I know, but I was hoping I would be able to ask you a few questions." Caroline smiled. Ayanna waved her hand, "Go ahead."

"Um…I don't know how to say this, or I don't know whether you will believe me, but I'm sure you are aware that I know of magic's existence. You told me so earlier this evening when Henrick was born. I won't even ask how you knew because you witches always know things. You see, actually, we are not from around here, Elena and I. Well, we are from Mystic Falls, but we are from Mystic Falls a thousand years in future."

Ayanna held up a hand to stop her. "Speak no more child. I understand. You came here because of a time travel spell and now you want to get back. I have heard of such spells, but have never seen one done. So if I may ask, why was the spell attempted in the first place?"

"Actually, it was my fault." Elena said. "I asked my friend, Bonnie, who is a witch to send me back in time because-" Elena opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She tried to speak again, but found that she couldn't.

"Whatever you were going to tell me now, is it related to something that if spoken of might change the future? Or is it something big connected to the future?" Ayanna asked. Elena shut her mouth and nodded.

"Well then, child. I'm afraid; you will not be able to speak of it. If we are not to have that knowledge in this time, then Nature will not let you speak of it. You might have come here, but you will not be able to do or say anything that might change the future. You might disturb the balance of Nature. Nature will not allow that. " Caroline and Elena nodded.

"And before you ask, I will help you get back to your own time. I am a servant of Nature and therefore will try to put right what might disturb its balance. Nothing unnatural will happen on my watch." Ayanna said, determined. "You may go now. Go and rest yourselves." Elena smiled sadly. Little did this witch know, that on her watch only, the vampire species would be born and that her best friend would be trying to cover up that mistake even after a thousand years!

Caroline and Elena got up to leave. "Oh and one more thing." Ayanna stopped them. "The time flow here and the time flow in your time might be different. One minute here might be a year or probably even a century in your time. Or one hour there might be a year here. We wouldn't know as there is very little information about time travel. I only know these things myself from a book or grimoire if you will, just a few years ago. In no other book have I come across a time travel spell. Anyway, go and rest yourselves. We shall talk shortly."

The girls nodded and left. Caroline breathed in the fresh air as they walked back to the family circle. "Looks like the Bennett witches are as bad in the future as they are now." Elena giggled. "Do you remember that first day of school when Bonnie was non-stop talking about how her Gramps told her that she was a witch? Ayanna is just like that." Caroline grinned. "We just couldn't get a word in."

"So, Caroline. Tell us more about your family." Ester smiled as they all sat around the fire, talking after the tedious feast. "We just had another addition to ours, so I was wondering if you had any siblings."

Caroline cleared her throat. "Yes. Actually, I am an only daughter. Well, my father was never around as I grew up and my mother was just too busy for me. She was the Sheri- um, the head guardian for the security of our village."

Mikeal's head creased with curiosity. "Really? Head guardian you say… What about you Elena?" he suddenly asked the brunette. "Um…well… Caroline and I have been best friends since childhood. My parents were healers. But they also did some protecting of the town from…. unnatural creatures." Caroline grimaced. Well, it was believable. Elena was obviously referring to her parents being doctors and them being involved in the council.

Ester smiled. "Enough talk. Everyone proceed to bed." They all made their way to their respective huts, exhausted from the day's exertions.

Okay please don't kill me. I promise to update faster if I find a Beta. PROMISE! Any volunteers out there? PLEASE! And I have decided to give spoilers for next chapters just in case I don't find a Beta and am stuck giving late updates...

* Veggie Day for Elijah! LOL! It is a day when the Mikealson family eats only vegetarian food and does not at meat. This day was applied on the insistence of Elijah who did not like killing animals...

* A festival/fair/dance coming up! Dun dun dun! Guess who will be escorting my gals? (Caroline, Elena, Rebekah and Tatia)?

PS: These spoilers (or teasers...they are one and the same thing right?) on the request of Rpatz-Wifey!

And I seriously do not know if this chapter is good or not. Or have I pulled that 'nibbling' part too much and made it boring? Please let me know!