Klaroline Fanfiction Day 5: Pregnancy

For this I used an old prompt I had: Caroline is the one pregnant and Kaus finds out the same way he did with Hayley only of course reacts differently.

For this scenario, I'm going to ignore TO completely, something I love to do, and pretend Klaus went off to travel the world and take care of his many empires and didn't resign himself to one tiny city in 4x20. TVD season 5 happened as in the show for the most part, minus the Steroline. This scene takes place sometime after the finale, and Klaus was called to NOLA in a similar fashion from wherever he was in Europe.

In which we learn loopholes don't have to also be plotholes.

Klaus followed his brother into the crypt, annoyance already clear on his features. If Elijah knew what was going on with this witch business, he should have told him already and ended this charade.

"Sophie Devereaux," Klaus said, noticing the woman standing there waiting for them. "What is this?"

"He's all yours," Elijah informed the witch. "Received."

Klaus gave his brother an annoyed look before turning back to the witch with fake enthusiasm.

"You know you're famous in this town?" she began, feigning confidence. "Witches tell bedtime stories about the powerful vampire Klaus."

The hybrid nearly laughed. Who was this witch?

"We know Marcel was nothing but an orphan streetrat," Sophie continued. "You made him what he is. And now he's out of control," she said in a tone that clearly indicated he should care. "He does what he wants. Kills who he wants. I'm going to stop him. And you can help me."

Klaus stared at his in silence for a moment, mouth opening and closing as he tried to formulate a response. The audacity of this witch, presuming to order him around. He turned to his brother in amusement. "This is why you brought me here," he asked incredulously.

"Hear her out," Elijah coaxed, though he remained unmoving behind Klaus.

"I don't need to hear her out," Klaus quickly responded, holding up a finger to silence his brother. "I assure you, love, there is not a thing on this Earth that will matter enough for me to waste even thirty more seconds of my time," he gritted out, turning his anger back on the witch.

Sophie continued to look unfazed, however, giving Klaus a small shred of worry.

"Elijah, what madness is this?" he questioned, rounding on his older brother.

"Klaus."

The small feminine voice, full of uncertainty caused him to turn abruptly to the entrance of the crypt, eyes widening in shock at the figure before him.

"Caroline," he breathed, unable to contain his surprise.

The beautiful blonde who had haunted his dreams since that day in the woods, or more accurately since the night he had first fed her his blood to save her life, if he was being honest with himself, stood before him now, flanked by more New Orleans witches.

"You need to listen to them, please," she said, refusing to meet his eyes, her face and posture giving away her nervousness and doubt.

Klaus stared at her for a long moment, enjoying the mere sight of her when he remembered the situation at hand. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded, glaring at his brother and the witch in turn.

"Marcel may be able to keep us from practicing real magic in this town, but as keepers of the balance, we still know when nature has cooked up something new," Sophie said boldly, unflinching under Klaus' gaze. "With a little help from us, of course."

The hybrid continued to stare her down, resisting the urge to turn back to look at Caroline. He had to protect her from whatever this was, and the best way he could do that right now was to pretend she didn't matter to him. So he stayed focused on Sophie, though his ears still searched for any sounds coming from the blonde vampire.

"For example, I have a special gift," she continued after only a momentary pause. "Of sensing when a girl is pregnant."

Klaus smirk slowly dropped as the words finally reached him, the implication behind them becoming clear. His head whipped around to look at Caroline, taking in her scared features, lips pressed tightly together as she finally met his eyes.

"What?" was all he could manage, the word barely a whisper.

"I don't understand it either," Caroline said softly, her blue eyes full of confusion and worry. "But…"

"What are you saying," he said, more sharply than he meant, his frown softening slightly when she looked away, obviously worried about his response.

"Niklaus," he brother said firmly, drawing his attention away from Caroline. "The girl is carrying your child."

Klaus' mouth dropped, hearing his suspicions confirmed aloud sending him over the edge. "No," he denied, his voice strained with emotion. "It's not possible. Vampires cannot procreate," he cried, turning to glare at the witch and his brother, this sick game of theirs making him see red. It was bad enough they tried to do this to him, but to pull Caroline into the middle of it? Elijah would be daggered before the sun rose again, the witch a mere stain on the crypt floor.

"But magic can create life from death," Sophie said, standing firm. "Magic made you a vampire, brought you back to life. The same is true for your hybrids. So why don't you think it can also be used to create a new life inside something not exactly alive? This pregnancy is… one of nature's loopholes," she finished looking fairly satisfied at the confused look on his face.

"Explain," he growled.

"We knew you would never agree to help us stop Marcel without some leverage, so my coven looked into you, searching for a weakness. You dagger your family just as soon as look at them, so no help there. You also seem to be incapable of making friends," Sophie ignored his growl and continued. "We thought there was nothing. That the almighty Klaus was untouchable. Until we saw you with her."

Klaus turned his head to look at the blonde in question. Caroline was frowning slightly as she listened to Sophie's words. He couldn't be sure, but it looked more like she was annoyed on his behalf than for being called his weakness.

"So when it became obvious you two would get together intimately," Sophie continued, ignoring the snort from Caroline and the obnoxious grin from Klaus. "We devised a plan. It took a lot of magic and it cost my sister her life, but we made you and the vampire fertile, creating a new life in exchange for Jane Anne's."

"But…" Caroline wondered, still confused.

"When you became a vampire, your body basically entered a state of suspended animation. Only the systems you needed to survive, like your heart and lungs, remained functional, everything else became dormant. Including your eggs."

Caroline shifted uncomfortably, the topic of reproduction in public had always made her a little awkward, and this was like being in Health Class times a thousand.

"Basically, we brought your eggs and Klaus' sperm out of dormancy," the witch added, making Caroline grimace at the vivid picture.

"Okay okay, I get it," the blonde said, waving her off. Klaus chuckled softly at her reaction. How he had missed her.

"Because of my sister's sacrifice, the lives of this girl and her baby are now controlled by us," the witch said coldly, getting back on track. "If you don't help us take down Marcel, so help me, Caroline won't live to see her first maternity dress."

"Hey!" Caroline yelled, glaring at Sophie as Klaus took a menacing step forward.

"If you want Marcel dead, he's dead," Elijah said quickly, stepping forward to put a restraining hand on Klaus' shoulder. "I'll do it myself."

"No," Sophie said firmly, shocking him. "We can't. Not yet. We have a clear plan to follow and there are rules."

After a pause Klaus raised his head back to the witch, his eyes murderous. "How dare you command me," he said in a low, menacing voice. "Threaten me!" he suddenly yelled, shrugging off Elijah's hand and taking a menacing step towards Sophie. "I am the Original Hybrid! I will not be bullied by some run-of-the-mill witches!"

Sophie took a small step back, finally showing some of the fear she had been hiding so well.

"I won't hear any more lies!" he shouted, gesturing angrily. "You can paint your pretty picture with whatever words you like, but you will never convince me of this impossibility!"

He turned to leave the crypt, prepared to kill the witches flanking Caroline if need be to take her with him, when Elijah stopped him once more.

"Niklaus."

Klaus slowly turned at his brother's firm voice, meeting his eyes.

"Listen," Elijah said gently, his eyes moving to Caroline.

Klaus followed his eyes, looking at the blonde vampire who gave him a hesitant smile. Her right hand wandered across her still flat stomach as she turned her attention to it as well. Klaus focused his hearing, his eyes growing wet as the sound finally reached his ears.

Another heartbeat.

Faint and fast, he could barely hear it, but it was there. The witches were right. Caroline was pregnant.

A single tear escaped his eye, rolling down his cheek as his eyes met the woman he loved's once more, her own eyes full of unshed tears.

"I never thought I would be able to after…" Caroline trailed off, voice soft. "And I certainly never wanted to be a teen mom. But if this is my only chance…"

Klaus stepped up to her, tentatively reaching out to touch her stomach when she gave him a consenting smile. A child. His child. No, Caroline's and his. The fact that she was in this with him made it much less intimidating.

He smiled gently at her as he cupped her cheek, Caroline mirroring his smile. "Let's get you out of here, love."

"Not so fast."

Klaus turned with a scowl, he had almost forgotten the meddlesome witches were still there.

"We anticipated your… lack of willingness," Sophie continued, pulling a knife from her pocket.

Klaus moved protectively in front of Caroline, shielding her from the witch's view. Elijah also stiffened, glancing worriedly between the witch and his brother.

"Caroline is bound to me. Anything you do to me, you do to her," Sophie stated, moving the knife along her forearm, leaving a cut.

"Ah!"

Klaus turned swiftly at Caroline's gasp, his eyes widening as he took in the sight of the long red line on her arm, blood leaking from the cut. A cut in the exact same place as on Sophie's arm. Caroline's wide eyes looked at him in shock.

"And don't think you can just steal off with her," the witch continued, staunching the flow of blood on her arm with a cloth. "I will sacrifice my own life if I have to to end hers. And the child's."

Klaus glared at her with barely controlled rage before a thought occurred to him. Glancing back at his brother, a silent conversation passed between the two Originals. Klaus waited until Elijah nodded before stepping forward.

"Well then," he said darkly, grasping both of Sophie's arms suddenly, causing her to gasp in shock. "I guess we'll just have to take you along too," he informed her, pushing her into Elijah's waiting arms before he flashed over to Caroline. "Come on, sweetheart," he said, giving her a reassuring smile before he pulled her into his arms, flashing out of the crypt.

"My apologies," Elijah said to the magicless woman in his arms before he scooped her up, ignoring her feeble attempts to get loose, and flashed off after his brother.