Chapter 7

A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies.

Caroline had no idea where she was going. She even had to ask some stranger for direction. It wasn't like she basically knew her way around the city. Not to mention her tour guide had disappeared on her to find his sister. She was just hoping that perhaps Rebekah had escaped somehow. After a while she located a cemetery with the name in big bold letters. Cities of the Dead were a top of the iron gates. She didn't see Klaus anywhere so she figured that perhaps he had entered the gates. She followed behind. It didn't help that the cemetery was huge. She made her way down the aisles of mausoleums looking around them. She heard movement behind her. She turned and looked around.

"Klaus," She said. No answer. She made her way through the cemetery again before she was grabbed. A hand over her mouth, next thing she had known she had been flashed into one of the mausoleums. She looked around and found Elijah standing there. He dropped his arm from around her and she turned to find Rebekah standing across the room. She swallowed hard. "What's going on?" She asked.

"Nik, is outside in the cemetery looking for me." She said. "He wants to kill me, he even has the white oak stake with him."

"He won't get that chance." Elijah said. Caroline glanced at them. Elijah was holding up the witch's weapon.

"Elijah, has been protecting me since I got back here."

"I thought you were supposed to run?" Caroline asked. Rebekah nodded.

"I was, but I realized that perhaps I had to face the consequences. I really don't want my brother to hate me. I love him, I do. And I knew what I had done was wrong. What I really want is to make things right with him. Even if it means he might kill me. I don't want to die, just to talk. We never talk in this family. I want him to understand why I did it." Caroline looked at her.

"May I ask what you did, to make Klaus want to kill you?" She sighed.

"I contacted Mikael back in 1919. I wanted him to come here, so that Marcel and I could make a grand escape together. I wanted to run away with him. We loved each other and Nik was the only one that stood in our way to be together." Caroline knew that Rebekah had been daggered by Klaus a few times as well as her happiness was short lived. Caroline didn't like Klaus's methods even when he was being and overprotective brother. It wasn't right to do what he did. But Rebekah had also chosen to bring Mikael their father, and probably the only one that could kill Klaus to New Orleans. Did Rebekah have hopes in killing Klaus? But that didn't mean either of them had to die. Elijah turned to Caroline.

"Stay with Rebekah please." She nodded before he flashed off to locate Klaus. Rebekah turned to her.

"I still think that you should be out there." Caroline looked at her.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the fact that you are the only one that can comfort my brother. You're the only one he won't harm or kill. He listens to you." Caroline shook her head.

"He doesn't." Rebekah rolled her eyes.

"You don't really see yourself clearly or what the hold that you have over my brother." Caroline didn't answer not wanting her to know that she had slept with Rebekah's brother. Besides it would probably be an awkward conversation. Klaus hadn't mentioned it really. She was surprised; especially that it might not be something that would make his ego bigger. "You are the only one that can try to calm him down and reason with him. You should know that." Caroline sighed. The truth was, Caroline could see that Klaus had listened to her when she said not to 'gloat' over Katherine's corpse to be. He didn't, he had listened to her when she had told him that she should die in peace. Even if she hadn't all the way died. Remembering her taking over Elena's body. She still remembered that she should have known that the real Elena would have never encouraged her. Considering that the bitch had also been with an original. She still couldn't believe that, that original was Elijah. It was shocking, seeing that everything that Katherine had done even to him he could still love her and want to be with her. Well she knew that after Elijah had joined Klaus in New Orleans they had broken up. Katherine had rubbed it in, stating that she had missed Elijah. Damon had said that she hallucinated about Elijah being there when Klaus had come back.

Elijah stood in the cemetery looking around. He heard movement behind him, his whole body was on guard. He had to protect his little sister. He couldn't let Klaus kill her. He turned and found Klaus walking up. Klaus glared at him.

"Elijah, I should have known that you would also be here. Protecting the little conspirator." Klaus muttered. Elijah turned to his brother and noticed the white oak stake in his hand.

"You are talking about our little sister Niklaus." Klaus glared at him.

"Little sister? I see a traitor, a traitor that went against her family and tried to kill them after she claimed that they would always be together. Always and forever." Klaus said. "Seeing how were locked in the cemetery for the time being, since a witch had decided to see who killed each other first." Elijah glared at him.

"I won't let you do this Niklaus. She is our sister."

"Look what she has done to this family Elijah? She didn't try to just kill me, she also tried to kill you." Elijah sighed.

"We have all made mistakes Niklaus. And if you would only hear her out and let her explain herself then there will be no need for this-

"Hear her out? You are joking Elijah, she has done what no one else has done. I think this is worse than any of the other betrayals that I have faced." Elijah looked at him. "She broke my heart. I am done with her." Klaus tried to move again but Elijah would not let him through.

"I understand that you are upset Niklaus. But this is no way to settle this." Klaus glared at him.

"Don't make me have to hurt you too Elijah." He said.

"Do you hear yourself? You're becoming like him." Elijah snapped. "Mikael. You are turning into our father. Is that who you would wish to be, what about the-

"Don't, I am nothing like Mikael."

"But you could become him if you go down this path Niklaus. Don't be like him Niklaus." Klaus glared at him.

"I am not Mikael!" Klaus hated his father. He hated him more than anyone else.

"Well you are starting to act like it. Rebekah though she had been about to do something for you." Klaus looked at him. "I had found her one night in father's hut. She had been planning on killing him. All for you Niklaus. She had wanted to save you from always receiving Mikael's rage." Klaus shook his head.

"Why are you telling me this now?" He asked.

"Because I want you to understand what you are doing, and that killing Rebekah will only make you like him."

"But I am not, even if anything Rebekah had wanted me dead. In the past she had wished to save me. But only a century ago she wanted me dead." Klaus growled at him before flashing to him. Elijah and Klaus fought. Elijah getting the upper hand shoving him into a mausoleum. Klaus flashed to his feet and grabbed Elijah in a blur before throwing him into a mausoleum. Elijah grunted and moved to his feet preparing to use the weapon. Klaus and Elijah smashed together, the sound sounding like boulders clashing against one another. The sound could be heard by Caroline and Rebekah who were still inside. Caroline and Rebekah glanced at one another. Klaus stabbed Elijah with the witch's weapon in the back. Elijah cried out in pain and fell to the ground. Klaus gripped the white oak state in his hands. Rebekah and Caroline entered and Rebekah gasped seeing Elijah on the ground. Klaus turned to them and Caroline quickly told her to get back inside. Klaus moved at supernatural speed gripping the stake in his hand preparing to kill her. Elijah was still struggling to get up. Caroline flashed in front of Rebekah making Klaus stop in front of her.

"Stop," She said. Klaus glared at her.

"Out of the way love, I told you go back to the house. This is family business." Caroline stood her ground. She was not scared of Klaus. "If you don't move Caroline then I will be forced to move you." She moved closer to him till they were face to face.

"Do it then." Klaus glared at her. He would have been amused by her fire but right now he had one thing on his mind. Rebekah. Dead. "She's your sister Klaus. You have every right to be mad. But don't kill her. How would you feel if you were known as Klaus the man that killed his sister? I understand that she hurt you, but that doesn't mean you just go around killing your sister. She still your family Klaus."

"Why are you trying to save her Caroline? Are you two now friends?" Klaus glared at her.

"I am not trying to save her really. I am trying to save you. If you do this you will lose yourself to the bloodshed. Rebekah and Elijah they care about you. Rebekah just had made a mistake." Rebekah appeared outside unafraid.

"Maybe I did want you dead." She said. Klaus looked at her. Caroline still stood in his way. But glanced back at Rebekah. "But after that I didn't. I was angry Nik. And I realized too late."Before either of them could react, Klaus flashed around Caroline to Rebekah and stabbed her. She screamed.

"NO!" Caroline yelled. Rebekah gasped and looked at Klaus with wide eyes before she realized something. Caroline had flashed over trying to reason with Klaus and tug on his arm. But the baby vampire wasn't strong enough to remove the original hybrids arm. "Klaus!" Klaus ripped the stake out of Rebekah and she slide to the ground gasping for air feeling the pieces of the white oak stake burn her. Caroline turned to Klaus with a glare. "Are you insane?!" She screeched. Klaus didn't answer her as he went to sit on the bench nearby. She watched him before turning back to Rebekah. Elijah had finally gotten up and he could see that Rebekah was alive. Klaus didn't kill her, he was letting his revenge go for now. Klaus stared at the white oak stake in his hands. He wanted to do it, he wanted to kill her. Because he wanted the pain to go away, he wanted to make her hurt. And Caroline could realize this. When Klaus was hurt, he lashed out even so far as to kill the one that had caused him pain. He hated showing his emotions and feelings thinking that it made him weak. Caroline, Rebekah and Elijah moved to him. Rebekah cleared her throat.

"You missed." She said. Klaus didn't glance to her. "Why?"

"I owe you." Rebekah looked at him confused. "Mikael, the one day that he had been about to kill me." Remembering how they were human and young. Mikael had nearly beaten him to death if Rebekah hadn't pulled a sword on him. She had saved him. "What do you want Rebekah?" He asked.

"I want a family, I want to fall in love. I want freedom." She said. Klaus stood and turned to her. Elijah still hesitate towards Klaus's intentions.

"Very well, leave Rebekah. Do what you wish wherever you wish. Come back here though and you will die." Caroline glared at him. "But you are free." He said. Rebekah felt a smile slowly appearing. She nodded and hugged Elijah. She was hesitate to hug Klaus but he let it go. Without a second thought Rebekah had flashed off.

"The witch?" Elijah asked. Knowing that Klaus had the witch put up a barrier. Klaus turned to him.

"It had been lifted a while ago." He said. Klaus sighed and turned to leave. Elijah was grabbing the witch's weapon and leaving as well. Caroline turned to follow Klaus.

"Klaus," He sighed.

"What are you still doing here Caroline? Shouldn't you be back in Mystic Falls?" He asked. She nodded.

"I should but I am not." She didn't explain anymore. "Are you going to be ok?" She asked. He did not turn around to her.

"I will be fine." Caroline could tell Klaus was anything but fine. Even if he tried not to show it. It had hurt him that Rebekah had brought Mikael here to kill him. And he never really wanted to kill her, just hurt her like she had done to him. He loved his sister in the end, but also knew that their relationship was broken and trust was not ready to be formed. That was why he wanted her to leave and do as she wished. He needed time, only time could heal. Caroline couldn't stop herself, seeing Klaus like this. She had always known that she had cared for him. But in the next second she had engulfed him in a warm embrace. She hugged him, trying to show that she was here. She would comfort him. Klaus was shocked of course, he couldn't stop himself from burying his face in her neck and holding her like his life depended on it. Elijah had seen a glimpse of his brother holding onto Caroline Forbes. He knew that only she could bring out the humanity in his brother, he still had his humanity in the end. He clung to Caroline like a child holding onto their mother. In the end Caroline knew that she would never stop caring about him, even if she knew that it was wrong. The truth was, she cared for Klaus Mikaelson.

Notes: So sorry this is overdue. I will be updating my other stories as well. So stay tuned. I think this shows a little more of vulnerable side of Klaus. As well as Elijah and Rebekah. I mean there was so much pain in the family and what they really need is to talk about things. I feel like Caroline would have said those things. Not just because she doesn't wish to kill, but at the end of the day she does care about Klaus no matter how much she tries to hide it. Next chapter: Rebekah is gone. Klaus is still thinking of her. The vampires of the French Quarter are starting to scatter, until Elijah takes matters into his own hands. Caroline will be thinking about her home, as well though as comforting Klaus. But there will be a few things that could come between them if they are not strong enough. Until next time. Review thanks.

A/N end of first chapter 7