This drabble was written for Klaroline Vision Wednesday from a prompt from realynn8 on my Tumblr (dragonqueenofall): Caroline stumbles upon Klaus in his wolf form. How, why or when is up to you. :)

Part I of III

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Caroline mentally berated herself as she wandered through the woods, worriedly glancing around at the dark shadows filtering through the trees in the full moon's light. Why had she insisted on meeting Bonnie at the library so late, and then promising to help Elena with her Stefan issues (what even was going on there anyway) so soon after that she had to cut through the woods or risk another one of Elena's annoying lectures?

But she was just being overly worried, surely. There weren't any werewolves around here anymore, they were rare as it was and she was pretty sure that news of what happened to the last group that set up camp in this area of Virginia had gotten around by now. So she should just stop worrying, right?

The rustling noise behind her sent that thought flying from her mind as she swiftly turned to face the bushes, licking her lips anxiously as she waited. The branches shook again and her undead heart sped up, beating loudly enough that even human ears could pick it up, she was sure. Caroline held her breath as she watched the leaves shake, something emerging from the brush, and suddenly-

A rabbit.

The small creature sniffed around for a few moments before it took off away from her. Caroline let out her breath loudly, laughing a little to herself as she turned back around, feeling silly.

And came face to face with a large, black wolf.

Her eyes went wide with fear as she took in the clearly supernatural creature before her. "Crap," she breathed, wincing when the animal's ears flicked back at the sound. "Nice puppy," she tried, smiling awkwardly.

The low growl emanating from the wolf indicated it was not pleased with the nickname. It did, however, make no move towards her.

Caroline eyed it warily. All the other werewolves she had met on the full moon had never hesitated to attack before, so why wasn't this one? Maybe she could just…

Another growl told her she should stop trying to inch away.

She huffed in annoyance and was shocked to see the wolf's tail wag slightly. What in the world…? "Uh, do I know you?" Caroline asked suspiciously, wracking her brain for wolves she knew that were still alive, the list quite short.

The werewolf tilted its head, looking intently at her.

"Okay, I'll take that as a yes… Tyler?" she asked, smirking when the wolf growled again, baring its teeth and flattening its ears. Caroline laughed, "Okay, now I'm sure it's you, Klaus," she teased, pleased to see the wolf stand up straight, looking confused, or as confused as a wolf could, anyway.

"Oh please, there's only so many people I know who change, or can change, into a giant dog every month," she said, rolling her eyes, surprised to find herself relaxing. "Plus, I already know what Tyler's wolf looks like," she continued, ignoring his growl, "using his name was just a way to see if it was you or not. You are so obvious, Klaus."

Klaus whined and moved closer, and Caroline found herself unafraid of his actions, and not because he held the cure to a bite either. She smiled as he nuzzled her hands, gently rubbing his ear as she stroked his head.

"You are awfully cute like this," she said idly, laughing at the very human-like snort she received. "Well, I don't know about you, but I wasn't planning on spending my night in the woods," she said, looking down into his piercing yellow eyes. "How about you walk me out, and then you can tell me all about why you're back; and you will tell me," she said firmly, rolling her eyes when he butted her forward and began walking at her side through the woods.