Yay new chapter! So this chapter gets into some more back story leading up to some things I have planned for our beloved couple! If you were looking for happy lovey dovey romance that isn't here, sorry! We gotta make him work for it! and we gotta have her conflicted or it just wouldn't be Caroline!

This chapter also brings in a new friend for Caroline, any guesses? I love Elena and Bonnie but they weren't always the best friends for Caroline so I think she needs some better, more fun ones!

I apologize for any mistakes. I don't have a beta and editing with a baby wanting to pound on your laptop is sometimes impossible!

Klaus really didn't expect to have to sit in his car for so long to catch Katherine leaving Caroline's dorm. She clearly must have felt safe in Caroline presence. He had to give it to her, befriend the one person he would listen to if she asked him not to kill her friend. But why would he listen to her? He asked himself this often. He's barely known her, he can't say they are friends, he's refusing to admit the 'M' word the wolves keep throwing around, so why would he care so much about what she felt if he killed Katherine?

He was pulled from his thoughts when he finally seen Katherine leaving the dormitory building hours after he left them. In a split second he sped up behind her gripping her by the neck. He pulled her body back against his and smirked as she started making choking noises. "So good to see you Katerina." She was clawing with both hands at the hand he had gripping her throat tighter with every word he spoke. "If I let you go are you going to run?" He loosened he grip a bit to let her talk or shake her head. Once he heard a strangled no come out of her mouth he smile. "Good because you know what will happen if you run again."

Katherine practically fell over gasping for air when he released her neck. Sure vampires didn't need to breath to live but that didn't mean it wasn't painful to have your windpipe crushed especially under original vampire strength. Turning around rubbing her neck she stood her ground. No use running or acting like a coward now. "What can I do for you, Klaus?"

"Well actually it's more of what I can do for you, Katerina." He smirked at her confused expression and continued. "I want to negotiate a deal."

"Jason," Klaus walked out to his back yard to find his hybrid emerging from the guest house that Klaus had offered to the wolves that came to him willingly. He still hadn't found the time to talk to them and find out why they showed up, but he assumed after he took care of Jason was as good a time as any. "I just wanted to let you know you've done a great job at keeping these wolves happy and patient. We're low on doppelganger blood so it's best to keep them occupied so they don't get restless."

Klaus didn't hear his heart rate speed up or smell any fear on him. He must have assumed since Klaus didn't kill him the moment Caroline was attacked, it had now been close to over 3 weeks since the incident, he was safe. He watched as Jason nodded and started to walk passed him to leave. "Well you're my alpha. I'm here for anything you need, Klaus."

"I guess that didn't apply when I told you I'd rip out your organs if anyone found out I was with Caroline that night." He smirked when he finally heard his heart rate quicken and his entire body froze. "I'm just curious. What is it about Hayley? Sure she is stunningly beautiful, a trait I'm sure she uses to her advantage quite a lot, she has some alpha traits but so do a lot of you other hybrids. Is she fucking the lot of you? Is that why you are blindly ignoring your alpha and doing whatever she says?" Klaus was now right behind his hybrid reveling in the fear that was coming off of his shaking body. "If that's the case I'll pardon you. I wouldn't blame you for your indiscretions. Hayley is beautiful, I'd ignore my alpha's commands to get a piece of that too."

"Y-yes, she's s-sleeping with u-us." His voice was strangled and Klaus hadn't even touched him yet.

"The problem is I don't believe you. Now, I know she's sleeping with Tyler. And I have to give it to the guy. Caroline, Hayley, that pretty little waitress at the grill, my sister. He has a way of surrounding himself with beautiful women." Klaus now had his hand in Jason's back with one of his kidneys in his hand. "I've been around over 1000 years mate, I know when someone is lying to me." In one swift movement he ripped his kidney from his body as he screamed. Before he could deal with that pain Klaus shoved his hand back into his back to grip the other kidney. "Tell me what's really going on and I'll spare your heart, your other organs will grow back eventually."

Trying to think and speak through the pain was harder than he expected. He couldn't just give Hayley and the other hybrids up but he really didn't want to die either. "H-Hayl... She is obsessed with being by your side. She wants to find a way to get rid of Caroline and be your equal." It wasn't a lie, he just left out the part about her and Tyler unsiring all his hybrids.

Klaus removed his hand from Jason's kidney and watched the man topple over to try and regain his strength. "She obviously doesn't understand how the whole wolf mate thing works now does she?" After it left his mouth he didn't know who had a more shocked look on their face. Himself or Jason. Yes he thought about it, yes the wolves and hybrids all whispered about it but no one ever spoke about and here he was just spilling it to hybrids who are known to not keep secrets. Without even having to think about it he shoved his hand into Jason's chest swiftly removed it along with his heart.

After he had cleaned his hands of Jason's blood and found a new hybrid to clean up his body he headed towards his guest house. Once word got around he was hunting werewolves to be turned to hybrids most tried to hide besides a few stragglers who willingly came to him, but now he had an entire pack show up at his front door offering to be turned. Something didn't seem right.

Entering the front door all of the wolves stopped what they were doing to look at him. There were some older, some young adults and a few children, that he would not be turning until they at least hit 18. No one should be stuck as a child's age forever. "I do apologize for the wait and lack of communication. We are in a bit of a doppelgänger blood shortage. Plus I've been trying to figure out why an entire pack is coming to me willingly when all the rest either ran and hid or were forced into this."

An older man in his 50s it seems came forward. Klaus could tell he wasn't the alpha, possibly a beta wolf. But now that he thought about it he couldn't sense an alpha in this room at all. "We like to think of ourselves as an old world pack. We descend from one of the original packs from this town. There were two, you would be from the other. I would say you were also a descendant but seeing as you were born in their time I don't think that word quite fits you."

To Klaus' surprise he found himself chuckling with the rest of this pack at the man's small joke.

"We don't believe in fighting for the alpha position, it has been passed down to a certain family for centuries that has lived up to every meaning of the word Alpha. We left this town years ago once hunters and vampires took it over. We also lost our Alpha. Being the Beta I have stepped up to lead our pack as we hoped our alpha's son would trigger his curse and lead us as well as his father did. Unfortunately he lost his life before that could happen."

"So are you hear to have me fill your alpha spot since you lost yours and I am from an old neighboring pack?"

"Not quite. Our Alpha has a grandchild that still lives in this town and they have triggered their curse. We have decided that if they are turned into a hybrid we would like to reunite our pack with them under you as our new alpha."

"Let me guess, your alpha's grandchild is Tyler Lockwood?" He clenched his jaw. There was no way he could give Tyler the satisfaction of his own pack even if they would all be sired to him. How was it even possible that Tyler was from an alpha bloodline. He had no alpha traits, beta yes. He listened to Hayley and her plans well and he was a strong hybrid but was never the brains behind anything.

"The Lockwoods came to Mystic Falls as lone wolves. We never knew what pack they came from. Our Alpha would be Caroline Forbes."

Klaus was silent for a very long time. He didn't know how to process this. He would willingly be gaining 20 or so hybrids to be by his side as long as Caroline chose to let him turn her. But he knew Caroline wouldn't just give her pack to him, she'd want control. To be alpha. He knew he wanted nothing more than for her to be his equal, his female alpha but could he really give her enough control over part of his pack?

He must have been quiet for too long because a young girl probably around Caroline's age came around the Beta that was talking and ignored him as he was trying to pull her back. She was brave he'd give her that, normally when he's this silent he is unpredictable. "We heard she may mean a great deal to you. And as Charles said, we just want to unite our pack and you would be our Alpha."

He nodded at the girl but didn't acknowledge anything about Caroline and started to leave the guest house. "There's a new werewolf and vampire hunter back in town. I suggest you all stay here until he's dealt with."

Klaus didn't have time to process properly why the wolves showed up to him because he now had a house full of hybrids. Normally the idiots couldn't follow a simple command but here they were on time for their pack meeting. He didn't even get to get into it before one of them spoke up.

"So are these new wolves Jason has been taking care of going to be turned so they can help us with all these meaningless chores we do for you?" The question came from a dark skinned hybrid in the front. Klaus didn't think it was a coincidence that now that Jason was dead this hybrid seemed to take his place on the opposite side of Hayley as Tyler. He couldn't quite remember his name, he thinks it is Chad?

"Those wolves are to be left alone. And I will have you doing however many chores as I see fit. You all can't do things correctly anyways even with the sire bond unless the process is spelled out for you. Quite a lot of stupidity in this pack. I'll have to choose more carefully who I turn from now on."

"Where is Jason anyways?"

"I'm glad you asked, Hayley!" Klaus was now standing right in front of her. Probably a little too close but now knowing she wanted him he couldn't help but play with her. He was after all a vampire and a werewolf, a predator or all predators, playing with your kills was just part of the fun. He ran his eyes up her form smirking at her. Yes she was beautiful and if he wasn't attracted to Caroline, he would not say mate again, he wouldn't mind having a little fun with her, but he had no desire to bed her. But the desire to mess with her and lead her on was too good to turn away. "Unfortunately, Jason is dead. A few too many indiscretions on his part to let him live." He slowly ran his fingers down through a strand of her hair smirking at a seething Tyler next to her and the scent of her arousal on the air already. Oh this would be fun. "A fault I know I wouldn't have any problems with from you, sweetheart."

"Was there a point to this meeting or did you just call us all here to let us know you can kill us like you killed Jason?" If Tyler was trying to hide his anger he didn't do a very good job with his tone. But nonetheless it brought him back to the point of him calling all of them there. He couldn't blame him though, he practically stole Caroline from him and now he knew it would be easy to take Hayley away from him too. It must hurt his ego knowing he can't keep a beautiful girl happy.

"You'll have to forgive me, Tyler. You of all people should know just how distractingly beautiful Hayley is." Klaus backed away from Hayley to continue to address the rest of his hybrids. "I called you all here because there is a hunter in town. Most hunters are vampire specific but this one doesn't discriminate. He's hunting all vampires and werewolves alike, and seeing how we are all both we will be on the top of his list. He's a master of hiding and blending in and a fan of tricks and neat gadgets."

"And how do you know all these things?" He almost rolled his eyes at the stupid question one of his hybrids asked. But he was THE hybrid he would not roll his eyes like some annoyed girl. Like Caroline, you mean? He almost growled out loud at his thoughts. Yes Caroline rolled her eyes often and often times it was at him when they were together but he found he loved when she did it but was not a trait he wanted to adapt.

"How does Klaus know anything, man? He just does!"

"To answer your question in more detail than you all deserve. The hunter was an old friend of ours. More Kol's friend than mine. He was an engineer and Kol sought out to turn things into magical weapons. He gathered a few witch friends he had and this engineer and started making dark objects. Isaac was none the wiser Kol was a vampire or the women were witches. He just seen them as friends, until the day he found out. Stole some objects, ran into a few witches that hated me and they turned him into a hunter. Stronger than a regular human, doesn't age like vampires, can sniff out vampires and werewolves like wolves, but he can still die like a human."

"If you know all this why is he still alive?"

"I am a little embarrassed to admit but he got away from me. 50 years ago before I put my sister in her coffin he attacked her and I was too busy seeing red and trying to protect my sister that he ran. I've heard rumors of course of a hunter wiping out werewolf packs and vampire communities but that wasn't my concern at the time. But anyways, stay alive and if you are close enough to him. Kill him." He nodded at the pack and began to walk out of the room. "Tyler, Hayley. I need you two to stay behind for a minute. I need to talk to you."

When Klaus heard them following him he entered his study and waiting until he heard the last of his hybrids leaving. Shutting the door behind Hayley he leaned close to her ear to whisper to her letting his lips almost touch her ear. "You can take a seat sweetheart, this talk with Tyler will only take a moment." He knew there was a chance Tyler would find Caroline and tell her he was flirting with Hayley and she would be mad but he was the Alpha. He would do as he pleased whether she liked it or not. He internally winced as he thought that, alpha or not he cared a great deal about what Caroline thought even if he wouldn't admit it out loud.

As soon as Hayley hit the chair Klaus sped Tyler across the room to the opposing wall with his hand around his throat. "Now I can't kill you because for some reason Caroline still feels something for you, but listen closely, mate. You ever lay a hand on her, raise your voice at her, or send your bitch," he glanced over to Hayley and smirked before looking back at Tyler, "to do your dirty work I will have you begging Caroline to let me kill you. Your life will be an eternity of pain and misery. Do you understand me?"

Once Tyler nodded the best he could he tossed him on floor he looked over at Hayley. His eyes were no longer flirting with her, they were golden with black veins creeping down his face. But unlike when they turned golden with Caroline full of lust all he saw was red anger as he looked at Hayley. He watched her swallow harshly and grip the arms of the wooden chair she was sitting in. If she gripped any harder the chair would splinter beneath her fingers. "You can go now Tyler, Hayley and I have some things to discuss."

Klaus didn't miss Tyler glance at Hayley and wait for her signal to let him know it was okay to leave her. It almost made him laugh. He didn't know whether Tyler was looking to Hayley for approval to leave or seeing if she was going to be okay alone if he left.

Once Tyler was gone and the door shut Klaus was bent down in front of Hayley as she sat in the chair of his study. Her heart was pounding and her face showed fear but he could also smell her arousal in the air. She was a confusing wolf or maybe just fear turned her on? "Don't worry sweetheart, I don't plan to hurt you" he paused for a moment as a smirk grew on his lips. "Today."

Klaus was now walking around his office with his hands clasped behind his back. He was trying to restrain himself from killing her. If she thought she could become his equal and mate instead of Caroline she must know something. Or she was just fucking delusional. "I should rip your heart from your chest and leave your body to rot for attacking Caroline. I don't think she'd mind if I rid the world of you," he wasn't facing Hayley but he heard her gulp loudly so he turned towards her. "But I have a feeling you're worth more to me alive at the moment."

She must have taken that as a sign that she was safe because he watched her stand up with a small grin planted on her lips. She opened her mouth to speak but before he could he sped over to her pinning her against the back of the door by her throat. The same way he did to Tyler. His eyes changed back to the golden color as he was now barely an inch from her face. "Do not mistake this for kindness. You will suffer for what you did to Caroline, eventually. Your soul purpose is to serve me, I'm the alpha of this pack, love, not you!"

He started to loosen his grip on her neck but he didn't know what to do with his hand. His mind was screaming at him to toy with her, make her want him even more and then kill her for Caroline; his mind was also screaming at him to just kill her now for Caroline. So if his hand went south from her neck he had no doubt he would rip her heart out but if his hand went north to flirt he knew Caroline would be mad. Stop worrying what that girl thinks you bloody idiot! A few nice conversations and a pretty face and you're a love sick puppy. Mate or not, YOU are the original hybrid. YOU are the Alpha. After giving himself a small mental pep talk, one that he wasn't so sure he even agreed with, he made up god mind on what he planned to do. Of course he was the original hybrid and the alpha but he didn't want Caroline to submit to him did he?

Forgetting thoughts of Caroline for the moment, the best he could, he ran his hand up from her neck to cup her cheek as he smiled as genuinely as he could. "Now why don't you share with me the information you have and we'll figure this all out together. You're very beautiful, I'd hate to have to kill you."

She must have been too comfortable being so close to him because she started to try and grind her hips against his. Which caused him to immediately drop his hands from her and back away. "I might be attracted to you, Klaus, but I'm not stupid. You can't sweet talk and flirt information out of me. If I tell you everything I know there is nothing stopping you from killing me. And being dead kinda puts a stop to my plan of being female Alpha of this pack."

He couldn't help but laugh at her confidence at becoming the female alpha of his pack. Maybe she really was delusional and didn't have information. "Well your plan and information better be awfully brilliant if you think you'd be alpha of this pack with me."

She was now walking around touching anything she could in his study, most likely to annoy him. "Well I know that you are from the original pack from this land, I know that Caroline is a descendant from the other original pack from this land. Caroline's pack fled once news spread of your brother being killed by wolves." She quickly turned to face him and pointed to him questioningly. "And that was your fault, wasn't it?"

Klaus clenched his jaw and gripped the edge of his desk to prevent himself from ripping out her tongue. "Proceed with caution little wolf or I will remove your tongue."

"Right. Anyways, Caroline's pack fled like the cowards they are because they knew how much of a tyrant your father was. Your pack however chose to stay and accept the consequences. Except none of them expected it to be themselves in their human form versus your vampire father. He didn't slaughter the entire pack though, a few escaped and a few fled with Caroline's pack. All of this leads up to a few hundred years later your, thought to be extinct, pack meets my pack. Information is shared, deals are made and that is why I am here."

Klaus was staring at her with his lips pressed into a straight line. He tried really hard but the smug look on her face caused him to laugh. "I had a feeling this was going to happen. I figured this would go one of two ways. You would actually have some useful information for me or you were just delusional. Clearly you are just delusional if you think I'm going to adhere to some deal brokered by your ancestors a few hundred years ago."

"You haven't even heard the full story or what deal was made."

"Sweetheart, I have created my own pack, I also have an entire pack, said cowardly pack, that has come to me willingly as long as Caroline is the female alpha. So please tell me what you and this ancient deal have to offer me more than what she does?"

"Whatever you feel for her isn't real. Fated mate or not, you know she loves Tyler and wont ever love you."

"I suggest you go home now. Stop whatever evil plan you are trying to plan behind my back, get it out of your head that we will be together, and next time you want to try and persuade me with information make sure it's information I care about and not just tales about my old pack."

A few days later Klaus found himself at the Salvatore's boarding house. All he needed was a pint of doppelganger blood to have on hand for this new pack of wolves should Caroline decide to turn but Elena was avoiding him. Contrary to popular belief Klaus did not like arguments. If he could negotiate and get what he wanted without the arguing and fighting he would gladly do that. Which was something he did with Elena. He promised her protection, a long happy human life, he would not harm her friends, all for a blood donation every few weeks. He could have left and taken her with him, forced her to give him blood daily, threatened all her loved ones but he didn't. Sure maybe at first he did but the arguing with the Salvatore's got annoying. Which is why Klaus was very annoyed that he was at their house. It had been a week since Elena was supposed to supply him with blood and she had been avoiding him. She wasn't home, no one seems to have seen her so he assumed she was here.

He didn't bother knocking he just walked in through the front door. He found Damon pouring himself a glass of bourbon. Did the guy ever do anything? Sure Klaus drank a lot but anytime he has ever been in this house Damon was always drinking. And Stefan sitting on a couch reading a book. They both seemed to calm for Elena being no where to be found and them knowing that Elena was late on her donation. "So I take it that you two must have something to do with Elena dodging me. You both seem to calm for me to believe that she's actually missing."

"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, Klaus" Stefan put his book down to stand up and take the drink Damon was offering him. "Elena should either be at home or school."

Now Klaus was annoyed. Did they really think he couldn't tell they were lying to him? Did everybody in this bloody town think he was that stupid? He was over a thousand years old. He has practically seen everything and heard everything. "It's quite charming how the two of your lie and cover for her together. Tell me, which one of you will she thank first? Is it like a tag team thing? Threesomes perhaps? She really is like Tatia and Katerina, isn't she? " Klaus smirked at Damon who's eyes turned red and he took a step towards Klaus like he wanted to attack but Stefan's arm hit his chest to hold him back. At least one brother was smart. "Tell Elena I'm looking for her. Or she won't have to choose between the two of you. There won't be a Salvatore brother to pick."

It had been a few days since Klaus showed up and found Katherine in her dorm room. It basically scared them both sober. Sure Katherine probably wasn't the best friend but the few interactions she's had with her Caroline could tell she really just needed a girl friend. And at the moment apparently Caroline did too.

Eventually Katherine left to go meet with Elijah. Caroline still didn't understand what it was about the older Mikaelson brother that was worth getting caught by Klaus but Katherine insisted it was worth it. Caroline just hoped that if it came down to it Elijah would protect Katherine and not just hand her over for Klaus to kill. She had become a little attached to the doppelganger. She was less judgey than Elena and Bonnie.

Katherine leaving though gave Caroline time to get back to her studies and homework but once that was done Caroline finally remembered what day it was. Her Birthday. Her 21st Birthday to be exact, and it seemed like everyone had all but forgotten. She had no texts, except from her wonderful mother. No one showed up to her dorm to take her out, buy her a cake or nothing! Okay, she was lying to herself a bit. Her mother text her and there was also a small box delivered to her dorm along with a card but she had yet to open it. She knew it was from Klaus and him knowing her birthday with her never actually telling him the actual day scared her a little. The feeling she got in her stomach, butterflies? Also scared her.

She was not going to let all this ruin her birthday though. She was on a college campus, she would get herself out of bed, get ready and head to the bar! She was cute she knew she would have no problem getting free drinks especially if she advertised it was her birthday.

After an hour of getting ready Caroline had her hair curled, cute flowy tank top, a black mini skirt, and a cute pair of flats to match. Curiosity got the best of her before she could walk out the door. Stomping back over to the small box from Klaus she gasped at what was inside. It was a beautiful white gold necklace with a heart pendant adorn with clear and pink diamonds. It was beautiful but she couldn't help but think she had seen it somewhere. And as soon as that thought crossed her mind she glanced down at her right ring finger. A ring her father had given her a few weeks before he died. A heart pendant with a clear and pink diamond. Her heart practically melted that he had noticed such a small thing and somehow knew it meant so much to her. Pulling out her phone she sent a quick text to him as she was walking out of her dorm.

Thank you, Klaus

The response was almost immediate and almost caused her to invite him to go out with her but she didn't.

Happy Birthday, Caroline.

It had been an hour since she left her dorm and showed up at the busiest bar near campus she could find. The cute bartender flirted with her for a little bit knowing it was her birthday but other than that all the guys that came up to her seem bland compared to Klaus. She hated herself for even comparing these normal human guys to a psychotic murdering hybrid but the gift he sent her was amazing. Speaking on the gift she reached up to touch the necklace as she smiled just thinking about it. Maybe she should have invited him? It wasn't too late now was it?

Before she could pull out her phone a man came up to the bar next to her, smirking like a fucking Cheshire cat. She was going to ignore him and just text Klaus to meet her somewhere but he turned towards her. "Caroline Forbes, right?"

The fact that he knew her full name caused her to give him a once over from head to toe. He was cute, okay he was hot, had a nice accent. It's different than Klaus' but still nice. Ugh, what is with you and accents? She could tell he was a vampire though. A very old vampire. "Whose asking?"

He smirked at her as he stuck his hand out for her to shake. While Klaus' smirk was evil and often times vindictive and caused people to shiver in their boots. Although it makes you shiver for an entirely different reason! This man's smirk was almost sadistic. "Kol Mikaelson. Can I buy you a birthday drink, darling?"

Don't hate me for how much Hayley was in this! As much as I hated how awful she was to Caroline and the whole her and Klaus thing I really liked her character in TVD! (but there will not be a magical baby so no worries!)