"What do you want in life?" Klaus asked. Caroline looked at him. No one throughout her life had asked her that question. And that was saying something because her parents never did. Nor did they pay attention to her throughout her life. Her dad was never really around and her mother well left. Caroline licked her lips and gave him a look. But before she could answer Sophie had called her over to another table. She was actually slightly relieved. As Caroline went to go wait on a customer Klaus watched her. He didn't know why but this girl had captured his attention. And slowly she was making her way into his thoughts. He didn't know what it was about her. But he couldn't help but be interested with this young vampire. It was strange for him to actually be interested in someone like her. He was only ever interested in someone if they had power that he could gain but she wasn't something to gain really.

When Caroline had finished her shift she was heading on her way out and back to her new place to stay. She would never call it home. She never had a place where she could call home. Because home to her was with a family. Now what family? She thought to herself. She was walking down the sidewalk when she looked to see a group of men watching her that she knew full well, were vampires. They gave her a bad feeling.

"Caroline," She jumped. She shook her head. She shouldn't be so paranoid she was a vampire for god's sake. She turned to find Klaus standing behind her. "Allow me to walk you home." She raised an eyebrow and looked at him. Was he serious?

"What makes you think I can walk home by myself?" She scoffed. He smirked. She was a feisty blonde that was sure.

"Well sweetheart, it is quite dangerous at night when a girl is walking home alone. You shouldn't walk home alone especially in New Orleans love." He said. She looked at him. "Love you are in New Orleans the supernatural capital of the world. And if you haven't notice but most of the vampires here are older really." She sighed and glanced back to the group of vampires who were looking at her like prey. She glanced to Klaus who was also looking at them. But when his face hardened the vampires seemed to back off and flash away.

"Fine," She said. If the way he scared those vampires away wasn't a sign that he was dangerous and should probably listen to Sophie than she wasn't sure what was. But she had this sense, this feeling that she could trust him for some reason. It was just like she knew even if she only knew him for two days. They walked down the sidewalk to her house in silence. She seemed to fidget with her fingers. "So how long have you lived in New Orleans?" She asked breaking the silence. He glanced to her and smiled.

"Well love, as you know I am a thousand year old hybrid. I have lived here before but for right now probably a month or so. I came from Mystic Falls but have some business here." She looked at him.

"You lived in Mystic Falls?" She asked. He nodded.

"For the time being, perhaps a year at the most." She was confused because she had never seen him there.

"Funny I use to live there." She said. He looked to her.

"Really? Well it's a shame that I never really got to meet you there." He said. She shrugged.

"Yeah well it might have been because I was too busy to ever notice anything." She replied.

"Busy?"

"Yeah you know with school, activities. Things like that. I am trying to get a scholarship for college as well as trying to keep a job to pay for it." She explained.

"Where are you parents in all of this?" He asked. She stopped but didn't turn to him.

"There not around really. My dad is usually always at work." She said.

"And your mother?" She gritted her teeth. She hated 'her'.

"She's somewhere else. I think it is the reason my father isn't around much either. So I basically had to raise myself. I take care of everything really. My dad mostly lives at work." She said. Klaus couldn't believe how strong this girl was. She had to raise herself and her parents were never around. It only made him more curious to find out how she ever became a vampire. She turned to him. "Well this is me." She said glancing to the house. Klaus looked to her house. "Ah thanks for walking me home." He nodded.

"Anytime love,"

"Well ah night," She said.

"Good night Caroline,"

Caroline was walking back to her house from school with Davina when they came across a crowd of vampires surrounding one girl in particular who had her hands tied. Davina's eyes widened when she saw that it was one of her old witch friends. But she shouldn't care about her. She thought. For this girl was one of the witches that had tried to sacrifice her along with the rest of the witches. Perhaps she had broken the rules. Davina thought. As for Caroline she had no idea what was going on.

"What's going on over there?" Caroline wondered.

"Ah I'm sure it's nothing." Davina said. "Let's go to the bookstore." She tried to sway Caroline. But she was already walking over to the crowd. Davina groaned and followed behind her. Caroline looked through the crowd to see a girl and Marcel with a branch in his hand.

"Mary Gates is accused of doing magic." He said. "Tell me Mary how do you plead?" He asked.

"Not guilty," Marcel smirked.

"Well that is a lie because I know that you did. So here's what I am going to do. You say that you are guilty and tell me what your brewing witch and I will be merciful." He said. Caroline looked to the witch and couldn't help but think that this was some sort of Witch trail like the ones in the 1600's.

"Merciful? You aren't capable of mercy." Marcel only smirked more.

"Carful witch, I am king if I remember correctly." He said. King? He wasn't king, Caroline thought.

"You are no king, and if anything you are a tyrant." She retorted. Marcel chuckled slightly and turned away for a split second before turning around and slitting her throat with the branch. Caroline watched as she began to choke on her own blood and fall to the ground with a thud gasping for air. Caroline looked to the vampires as they cheered and rejoiced at this women's death. Caroline stared in horror, she had never seen anything like this happen. She had only ever heard it in history and had thought things like this had stopped. But clearly some things haven't change.

"What was he doing?" Caroline turned to Davina who looked as if she wore guilty of something. Davina swallowed hard and shook her head.

"I don't know." Was all she said.

"Davina, Caroline." Marcel greeted them. Caroline glared at him.

"Don't worry everyone is safe again. The wicked witch is dead you could say." He said with a chuckle.

"What did she do?" Caroline asked. He looked to her.

"Unfortunately here in New Orleans I am the king and I have rules and certain rules should be obeyed. The one in this case is that all magic is abolished and if caught doing it the punishment is death." Caroline stared at him.

"She died just because she was doing magic?" Caroline couldn't believe how stupid this so called 'rule' sounded. Caroline shook her head. Davina stared at her. "You had no right to kill that woman," Marcel glared at her. This girl was a baby vampire and she was really challenging him. Someone older and stronger than her. He couldn't understand why he saw no fear in her eyes but fury swimming in the sea blue green shine of them.

"Seeing how you are new here I will let it slide. Hopefully soon enough you will mind your tongue or else it might lose a heart." Marcel snarled and turned away. Caroline shook her head.

"How could he do that? He has no right to just kill a witch because they happen to be using magic. That's what witches do is use magic." Davina swallowed hard.

"What if they were planning something against him?" Davina said.

"You don't know that. And I come from Mystic Falls where the supernatural have lived there for so long. And if anything witches have always been the most powerful out of any other creature in the world. Because in truth they were the ones that created mostly all of the supernatural world." Davina stared at her. "My neighbor happened to be a close friend of mine and was a witch." She explained.

"I don't know Caroline, but I have to go. I forgot that Marcel wanted me home early. See yah later." Caroline raised an eyebrow something was definitely going on here and Caroline wanted to find out what.

Note: Sorry for the late update was out of town and didn't have any wifi. So Tell me what you think? Klaus and Caroline get to know each other more. Davina is hiding something from her friend Caroline. Caroline is starting to get a glimpse of the war that is starting. As well as she is starting to really hate Marcel. Reviews thanks.

A/N end of first chapter 4