II. 'Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.'- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Her soft velvet voice echoes through his ears and plagues his mind with sweet memories of her. Within the mere seconds of his encounter with her, a rush of memories worth a thousand years replays in his mind almost instantly. Her golden locks create a shadow over her eyes only exposing a conniving smile to Klaus. Her hands quickly shift and wrap around his throat before throwing him across the room.
"Niklaus. We have much to discuss about. You need to keep me informed of everything considering I have been asleep in a coffin for over 90 years." She remarks
"Who is that?" Elena asks
"That my dear is Miss Caroline Forbes. Klaus' greatest weakness." Elijah introduces her
"This night has certainly taken a turn for the better." Kol says to the others before making his way to Caroline, "Caroline, it has been a long time. I have missed you dearly. We'll have great fun." Kol says placing a seductive kiss on her hand.
"You never change Kol." Caroline grabs his hand and crushes it causing him to fall to his knees, "You should learn some manners." Caroline whispers in his ears
"Rebekah." Caroline says turning around.
"Caroline…Hi—Hello. It's been a while." Rebekah stutters
It shocks everyone the fear stricken face of Rebekah's as Caroline walks towards her. The fact that this one girl can strike fear into Rebekah brings fear and fright in all of them.
"You need to keep your brothers in line." Caroline says
"Caroline." Stefan calls out
She turns around and her cold, stern face softens at the sight of the Salvatore brothers. Her pink, lush lips break into a cheerful grin before jumping onto Stefan and Damon, pulling them into a warm embrace much to Elena and Bonnie's shock. The two girls manage to see her go from a psychopath to a teenage girl.
"I've missed you boys dearly." Caroline says
"We missed you too." Stefan says
"Him more than me. He sulks." Damon adds
Caroline lets go of them before hitting them both on their arms, causing them to wince in pain and look at her with confusion, "What the hell Car?" Damon says
"Why did you not look for me?" Caroline asks
"We were told that you were dead." Stefan says
"And you believe them?" Caroline asks
"It wasn't hard to believe when they had your necklace." Stefan explains
Caroline quickly places her hands at her chest and realizes the absence of her necklace. She swiftly turns around and glares at Klaus who has recover from her abrupt attack. And within a second, her grim demeanor returns.
"Niklaus. You have stolen my necklace!" Caroline says sternly
"It's more of safe keeping love." Klaus says playfully
"Don't be smart with me Niklaus. I want it back." Caroline says
"And let you restore your full power. I'm not daft sweetheart." Klaus says
"Either you give it back to me or I will get it back myself."
"It'll be fun." Klaus says
Caroline fueled with rage speeds towards Klaus and pins him to the wall with her hands tightly wrapping his neck. She pushes him higher and shoves him into the wall, glaring at him.
"Don't provoke me Klaus. I am full of rage."
"Sweetheart," Elijah intervenes, placing a hand on her shoulder slowly making her calm with his voice, "Maybe it's time we act civil don't you think? You are a lady after all." Elijah reminds her
"Fine." Caroline says after hesitance
"There are people I have to introduce to you." Elijah says, "This is Bonnie a witch and this is Elena Gilbert the—"
"Doppelganger." Caroline says
"How'd you know?" Elena asks
"Darling I may have been asleep for 90 years, but I know Katherine and if you were her, you would've attacked me already. We're not biggest of fans of each other." Caroline explains
"Jealousy is a nasty emotion right love?" Klaus comments receiving a glare from Caroline
"Anyways. My name is Caroline Forbes. It's a pleasure to meet you all." Caroline says sweetly
"Let dinner commence." Elijah says
"If you don't mind, I have to leave early to find accommodations." Caroline says
"You're more than welcome to stay here lovely." Klaus suggests
"When hell freezes over dear." Caroline says in a mocking sweet tone making Klaus scoff
"You can stay with us." Stefan says
"Gladly."
"Yeah Blondie, it'll be fun. We can have endless sleepovers and have accidental encounters in the showers." Damon says smirking at a glaring Klaus
"What have I told you about poking the serpent Damon?" Caroline says smacking Damon's head
"That's its fun." Damon says
"Either way, I do need apparel to wear. So I shall see everyone again. Nice meeting you Bonnie and Elena. Have a lovely dinner." Caroline says.
With that, Caroline left the house leaving everyone through a rush of emotions. It ranges from confusion to nostalgia. They all stand in the room in silence while Elijah being indifferent continues on with the dinner, sitting at the dining table waiting for his food.
Klaus finally has process all of the information and averts his glare towards a nonchalant Elijah. He sped his way to Elijah and grabs him by the collar before. Elijah remains blasé to the sudden use of force and just stares at Klaus with a blank expression.
"Why did you bring her back?" Klaus says through his teeth
"Now, now Klaus, I thought it was appropriate to bring presents to these kind of dinners. It's not like she bothers you in any way right? Interfering with any master plans?" Elijah says and Klaus lets go of his collar
"No. She's a mere girl." Klaus says
"Who you have loved for a thousand years Niklaus." Elijah says causing Klaus to stop his tracks
"Loved?" Elena repeats
"Seems more like love brother." Rebekah says amusingly
"She always has been my favorite." Kol adds
"Enough!" Klaus shouts, "Caroline's arrival means nothing to me, do you understand?" Klaus yells coldly
"You could've fooled us all brother." Kol says
"Anyone care to tell the story of this girl?" Bonnie asks
"For another day dear witch. For now I want everyone out of this house." Klaus says before retreating to his bed chambers
"My, my dear brother, you should be careful, you're showing emotions." Elijah comments
Klaus finds sanctuary from this hectic night up in his room. He opens a drawer and takes out a piece of silver jewelry with a star pendant. He stares at it intently and a rush of nostalgia surges through his body. Underneath the necklace is a small box which contains old pictures of the times he had with Caroline. He grazes his fingers over them and starts to feel a flicker of emotions inside of him, much to his dismay. We do not feel. We do not care. That is his motto, until Caroline treads through his life again.
Knock. Klaus' head turns swiftly and he quickly shoves all the memories in his drawer, where they were hidden. Elijah cautiously walks into the room but inside he is bursting into joy. He had an idea of how Klaus would react to Caroline's return, but the real deal is so much more than he anticipated. He couldn't help but have a smile tug his lips.
"Why did you bring her back?" Klaus says
"I thought you'd be happier to see her. She is the love of your life no?" Elijah says
"Don't play games with me Elijah."
"You need to learn that your monstrosity has consequences. And Caroline seem to be the best at giving you lessons." Elijah explains
"The circumstances are not desperate enough to bring her back."
"Klaus. You've fallen into a pit, do you not see that? You've massacred and murdered. You're a monster."
"And why does that justify bringing Caroline back?" Klaus yells
"Why are you so afraid of her?"
"I'm afraid of what she does to me."
"You can't expect her to be nice to you, you did dagger her after all." Elijah says
"It was for her protection." Klaus says defending himself
"It was out of your own vanity." Elijah adds.
"People were after her Elijah!"
"And you didn't want her to leave you so you dagger her."
"She was going to fend them off by herself."
"Klaus, Caroline is strong. That's one of the reasons why you love her." Elijah reminds him
"She's back to kill me isn't she?" Klaus asks
"What she does is up to her."
AN: Thank you everybody who has alerted, favorited and reviewed this story :) I was very pleased by the reaction (- understatement), even shocked. Well this is chapter 2 up, hope you all enjoyed it.
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