Ok guys, things are about to get really interesting. Damon's POV is really just going to be filler, but Caroline's POV is where the fun begins. Hope you all enjoy.
Damon's POV
Caroline has been missing for two weeks. I'd like to believe I've only noticed because Stefan and Elena are having a freaking nervous breakdown over it, but really I knew even before Stefan said anything that she was gone. I spent so much time compelling Caroline, controlling her being, now she is embedded in my very soul. Stefan and Elena seem to think something is wrong, that she's been kidnapped or worse that she's dead, but I know the truth. Her room seems untouched, but it's like the very essence of Caroline has been taken out of it. I know what's important to her; the picture of her dad holding her as a baby and her favorite leather vest is missing from the closet. The day I discover she's gone I spend hours in her room just touching the things she's left behind, my hand strokes her blanket on her bed at least a million times before I hear her mother's footsteps on the stairs and realize that I've been there for far too long.
Week 3
Caroline's still gone and I don't know what to do with myself.
Week 4
I've resorted to sitting around the grill, watching Stefan and Elena, Matt and Lexie, and Bonnie and Jeremy make googly eyes at each other. I'm considering murdering someone for my dinner tonight.
Week 5
I wish there was some way I could track Caroline, but she doesn't have a kill pattern. Katherine disappeared shortly after and something tells me that this isn't a coincidence.
Week 6
Stefan and I have official traded places. He's all happy and snarky all the time and I am officially the broody, pissed off brother. I am pissed off. I would never admit it, but I freaking liked hanging out with Vampire Barbie. She was the only one who called me on my bull and made me laugh.
Week 7
I've given up hope. Caroline is gone. I focus all my energy on seducing Elena. Stefan is making it way too easy however. He's been off lately and I can't quite tell why. Actually, now that I think about it he's been off ever since Katherine came into town. I should figure out why that is, but it's leaving the door wide open for me and Elena to bond.
Caroline's POV
I've lost track of how long I've been gone from Mystic Falls. I just stopped caring enough to count. When Katherine first came to me with the proposition of running away, it seemed like a really stupid idea. First of all, Katherine scared me. I had finally deciphered that the panic attacks I got when I was around Katherine had to do with the fact that the bitch turned me, and even though I should have been thoroughly pissed, I'd come to realize that the vampire me was a far better me than I could have ever been as a human. I was prettier, I was stronger, and I had the world at my very finger tips. Katherine made me realize that I could have anything I wanted if I played the game right, and she certainly taught me how to play the game. Having anything I wanted started to sound wonderful, especially after Damon had denounced our friendship, and finally I gave into Katherine's desire to run away. I gathered only the most important things to me; a picture of my dad holding me as a baby, and the leather vest that Damon had said I looked kickass in. I let Katherine lead me right out of town and I didn't look back.
For the first two weeks Katherine and I roam the south, stopping in every cute little honky tonk we can find and feasting on all the hot sweaty tractor boys until we get our fill. After two days I get bored. They all just remind me of Matt with their twinkling blue eyes and their southern charm, and thinking about my ex-boyfriend makes me want to shoot myself or them. Katherine feeds and I spend the next two weeks dancing. I get awfully good at the two-step. In Alabama, I dye my hair. I go from sunny blonde Caroline to fiery redhead Caroline. It only takes a matter of minutes and I instantly feel like a new person.
On Week 3, Katherine decides I'm ready. She doesn't tell me what for until we get to Miami, where she leads me into a bar. It's lunch time so the bar is empty except for two patrons; a very attractive brother and sister duo named Klaus and Rebekah.
"Katerina, what have you brought us, a treat perhaps?" he says flicking his gaze towards me from the bar stool he's lounging on.
"Check your senses, Klaus she's one of us. You won't have any fun feeding from her. I know how much you like a pulsing heart under your fingers when you feed." Katherine says as she saunters into the room. I briefly wonder why she always has to walk like she's on a runway, but then I feel Klaus's eyes on me and I forget what I'm thinking. His eyes draw me in, there is something so strange about them; their haunted and kind and yet also cruel. It baffles me how you can have all those emotions running through your system at the same time, and then I remember that he's a vampire and has probably had centuries to gather all his thoughts and feelings.
He looks me over like he's wondering if I'm worth keep me around.
His sister, the pretty blonde that's been twirling around on the table to what could only be the beat in her own head jumps off the table towards me so fast that if I wasn't a vampire my heart would have come right out of my chest.
She stares into my eyes for a minute and I stare back. It's a game, Katherine's taught me that much. Then she quirks her eyebrow and turns towards her brother and Katherine. Over her shoulder she says, "Nice vest."
Katherine heads behind the bar and pours herself a drink. I think I've past the test, but before I can head towards the bar, Klaus gets up and comes towards me. When he's standing I can tell that he's not really all that scary. He has a certain power in his eyes, but all in all he's kind of scrawny. Stefan is scarier than this guy. In fact, if he didn't have a few centuries on me, I think I could take him.
"So pretty, what's your name?" Klaus asks.
"Caroline," I say raising my chin defiantly.
"Caroline, such a pretty name, so Caroline, why should I let you stay with us?" he asks.
It takes me some time to answer, mostly because I don't know how to explain what I feel, but then I remember something Damon told me about his past and I say with absolute certainty, "Because I want you to help me flip the switch."
Klaus stares at me for a good long while before he finally makes up his mind.
"Well, this is going to be fun," he says and smiles putting his arm around me and turning towards the bar he asks, "So kiddies, where to next?"
So what do you guys think of my two new characters? Do you guys see any holes in my story that I'm not filling.
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The adventures of Klaus, Caroline, Rebekah and Katherine
