Well guys, this story has come to a close. I want to thank every single one of you who read this whether you review or not, it's my first story and I couldn't have asked for a better turnout. I started this story almost five months ago and even though I wasn't the best this time with updating haha it means a lot to me that you guys didn't give up on me(: I've learned so much about writing and I can't express how much I love you all(: So thanks for reading and make sure to read A too if you were following that ending. Also look out for a new fic coming. It's AU called Truth Be Told(;

Also to clear up, the choose your own ending is why the stories are different. Each chapter labeled 'A' is the same ending and 'B' is the same. If you read 19B then this is the next chapter to that storyline not 19A. And vise versa, Chapter 20A is the next chapter after 19A, this chapter has nothing to do with 19A. Anyway that might have just confused you more haha but hopefully not! Thanks again, please review, and enjoy the last chapter of A New Perspective!

Chapter 20B

Klaus saw a flash of blinding light before opening his eyes again and finding himself in his old, human clothes. He was back in what used to be Mystic Falls all of those years ago, but it was different. No one was there. He was alone again. He got a flash of the cave where Caroline was crying in Damon's arms and Kol was on the floor but it went away just as quickly as it came. He was brought back to the woods where he now stood and suddenly felt his mind clear, peace at last. It was like this was right, it felt like how he wanted to feel for a thousand years, how he felt when he was with-

"Niklaus" Klaus turned around and saw his dead brother standing before him.

"Henrik?" Klaus started to feel tears in his eyes as he dropped to his knees, overwhelmed by the presence of the one person he least expected to see. He looked the same sixteen years or so, but he had a much older presence about him.

"Niklaus I have been watching you. All of these years, I have seen you rip people apart, I have seen you torture innocents and kill for your own advantage." Klaus could not feel more ashamed. This was his younger brother, the one who he was meant to protect and he didn't. He was supposed to be his role model and he was instead a monster.

"But," Henrik began, stepping closer to him, "I have also seen why. I have known your pain, my brother, and I have known your loneliness, your struggle. I know why you have become who you are and I want you to know Niklaus that I forgive you. I forgive you for the night I died, and I forgive you for everything you have done in the name of struggle." Klaus looked up at his brother, who had become some sort of angel. He was light and he was good, and he forgave without a thought. Klaus was stunned into silence, it felt as if even if he tried he wouldn't have the strength. "I have also seen how you have changed when you are with Caroline Forbes. You become my brother again, and you must hold on to that. I cannot keep you here though, it is your time to where you belong. For now, at least. Do not forget what is important in life, Niklaus, and you will always be forgiven.

Before Klaus knew it he woke up as if from a nightmare, shooting up in his bed. In his bed? What the-

"Klaus!" Caroline was in his arms immediately, she jumped up from the chair she'd been sitting in and straddled him on the bed, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him close to her. "Oh my god, are you okay? How do you feel?" She pulled away and grabbed his face, examining it and looking him over, "Do you feel different, because I mean something must have changed, right? Tell me you're okay, tell me-"

"Caroline, sweetheart" Klaus grabbed her hands and made her stop looking at him. "I'm alright, everything is okay." He assured her, then he pulled her back so that he had his arms wrapped around her again, and he could feel her sigh against him.

"You were dead. You burned in front of me and then all of a sudden I heard you coughing farther away in the tunnels and there you were again. All you said was "Henrik" and then you passed out and I just, I didn't know what was happening, Klaus."

Her voice started to break and her grip tightened on Klaus.

"Henrik sent me back. I don't know how, I barely remember anything, only fragments." He pushed himself back to lean against the headboard and grabbed her from her hips, pulling her closer to him, touching his forehead to hers and looking deep into her eyes.

"Well maybe you need to do something still. Before you die."

"I think I need to be with you. For eternity. An eternity by your side, love, that's all I need to live." Caroline started to tear up and smiled at him when he wiped away her tears.

"I don't know I mean, if I'm going to have to keep protecting you and going places with you, it can be exhausting, you know," she said playfully.

"Oh really?" Klaus flashed his most genuine smile at her,

"Oh yeah, and seeing you all grey, it really wasn't that attractive," Klaus stopped her when he pressed his lips to hers, holding her head in his hands while she smiled against his lips. She kissed him back with so much love, they fit their lips together like god had specifically designed them that way, as if they were destined all along to go through this. To fall in love, to stay by each others' sides, and to spend eternity together. Caroline's friends would accept it, that's what they would always do, they would accept each other. For every flaw and every blessing.

Caroline pulled away keeping her eyes closed, feeling better than ever just wrapped in his arms.

"I will spend forever with you, Niklaus Mikaelson." She let out a deep breath and opened her eyes again, looking into his that were so full of love for her. He pulled the blanket up from on top of him and she settled in right next to him, their foreheads touching together as they layed there together, one of many nights to come. One thing was true. No matter what Klaus had done, what he'd been through, he and Caroline changed each other into better people, and they would stick together through every obstacle from now on, bound to each other and never letting each other go.

THE END.