AN: Thank you for sticking around and/or for giving this story a chance.

January 1st

Somewhere in the vast area of the United States, there was a young blonde girl driving unknowingly towards fate. After so many years of pain and grief she was finally free, she finally let go of the past and was ready to move on. Forgiveness is a powerful thing; something that many people do not get to learn until it is too late, but luckily vampires live forever which allows them the privilege of repairing some of their mistakes as living with regrets is no way to live.

Caroline had a great life, but the thoughts of her late mother were still painful and there was something else missing, yet she either did not know what or she simply did not want to admit it to herself. Now she was finally ready and that is all that counts, right? Hopefully it is not too late. She did not dare discuss her plans with anyone, even though she doubted that many of her friends will actually try to stop her, she still refused to take that risk. She was ready and nothing could stop her, she had to at least try as much as the thought of not knowing what she will find at her destination scared her slightly.

Due to the distance between Mystic Falls and New Orleans, Caroline stopped in Charlotte, North Carolina and boarded a direct flight. She refused to lose her will or change her mind last minute as well as arrive tired at her destination. She was a perfectionist and her appearance could not be anything less than stellar. Vampires do get tired at some point as well, even though they hate admitting the fact as that would make them, well more humane and that was completely unacceptable and whist Caroline held tight to her humanity this was a situation that definitely represented an exception.

The flight was short and luckily Caroline did not even have to compel anyone to get a seat as apparently not that many people want to fly on the 1st of January, probably they have better things to do such as enjoy themselves at a party or spend time with her loves ones, but it worked in Caroline's favor as the silence allowed her to relax slightly. It was her second nature to worry about things and this fact was only heightened once she was turned. She disliked not knowing what she was getting herself into. She heard rumors for the past century, but none of them were ever verified as she tried to avoid having to deal with that world, she used to leave each time someone brought any of the Originals up, now she kind of wished she had stuck around as the nerves were killing her, well not really, but still…

Soon enough Caroline's plane landed on the foreign land of Louisiana, a place that was not that familiar to her, but luckily the third millennium saw the invention of Uber and smartphones which despite being more advanced now, a hundred years later, still managed to her from A to B in unknown territories. Her Uber driver arrived in just a few minutes after she sent in her request and Caroline was on her way as she did not have to wait for any pieces of luggage. She truly travelled light this time, which was so unlike her that it even bothered her to think about.

Despite knowing that she would have come one day, the actual trip was not planned, it was impulsive of her to simply show up on his doorsteps. She honestly had no idea where in the French quarter he even lived, however she was certain that someone would know. Plus knowing the opulence of the Mikaelsons, she doubted that it would be too hard to figurate it out on her own, but first there was one more stop she had to make and that was finding the right dress.

The evening of the 1st of January

After a successful shopping spree, Caroline found the perfect dress. She decided to go with a white, knee length dress and a black jacket. She threw away all her old clothes and since she had not booked a hotel room, Caroline did not buy anything else other the her current outfit. She might be getting ahead of herself a bit, but knowing Klaus like she used to, he would never allow for her to stay in a hotel room so why spend money or worse compel someone for a room.

As Caroline was heading towards Klaus, she could not help herself but stare at the beauty the city had to offer. She had never seen anything like it before in her one hundred years of life. The city was definitely unique and in some ways so appropriate for whom she assumed was, its king. All those years ago when Klaus called her from here during his brief visit before moving for good she refused to believe it or even look it up, but now she realised that he was right. New Orleans could easily become anyone's favourite city in the world, including hers as it had 10x more of a personality than Paris, London or other great capitals ever could. It was definitely fit for any supernatural.

Without even realizing it, Caroline found herself in front of the Mikaelson's mansion.

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Klaus turned around and went to open the door and then he saw her there, standing in front of him surrounded by his people, by tourists who were enjoying themselves just any other night, but this night was special, at least in his opinion, it was the night he had been waiting for. Despite the many people, she was hard to miss as the last rays of sunshine were hitting the small beads of her white dress making her look even more brilliant than she already was, she was the embodied vision of an angel, his angel. He took a cool pose and leaned on the door while extending a hand towards her and he took it upon himself to address her as she still had not noticed him standing there as she was too engrossed in the beauty of the city and the atmosphere.

"Are you planning on standing there for the rest of the night, love?" Klaus asked with a smirk on his face with his hand still extended towards her. Her only response, which was more than enough for him in that moment, was her bright smile.

AN: This chapter was what determined me to write the story in the first place. I really hope you will enjoy it more than I did. Not sure if it is the stress of my upcoming exam this Friday or something else, but I get the feeling that it did not come out as I intended to. Hope you will continue reading as I have a couple of surprises for you. Some of the later chapters are nearly ready, I just have to set the scene now to get to that point. Please leave a review as I really want to know what you think.