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She was surrounded by men. And why wouldn't she be? She was blond, beautiful, and had a beautiful voice. She caught his eye and then turned away without a second glance.
"Isn't she pretty," Rebekah commented following her brothers line of sight. "Going to compel her into sleeping with you tonight?"
"It has been a long time since I have done it the old fashioned way." Klaus said smirking. It was another week before he found out her name. Caroline.
"I came to return this," Caroline said walking up to him after the show. She pushed the diamond bracelet at his chest. "I am a professional actress, not a prostitute. You cannot buy me."
"It is just a present, love," Klaus said his dimples coming out into view, "Pretty girls should have pretty things don't you think?" With that he walked away.
K&C
"Hey Rick can I have a beer?" Ray said to the bartender.
"Buy me a drink?" A voice to the right of him said. He looked and saw a beautiful blond girl next to him. She smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Aren't you a little young?" Ray asked and she rolled her eyes.
"Well aren't you the charmer," She replied, "First thing you ask a girl is her age? Okay I'll start then. Hi I'm Caroline."
"Ray," Ray said cheerfully, it wasn't often they got a girl as pretty as her in here, "What can I get you?"
"It is actually more what I can do for you," Another voice on Ray's left said the man had dark curly blond hair and an accent, he then looked past Ray at Caroline and said, "Thanks, my love I have got it from here. So Ray, I have been looking every where for you. It has been quite a hunt, but it finally led me here to you."
"I think I will be going," Ray said and attempted to leave, but the man stopped him.
"Not so fast mate," He said, "You only just got here. Now your kind is very hard to come by." Ray tried to leave again.
"I wouldn't do that," Another guy said blocking his path. The blond girl from before now stood in front of Ray. He was trapped.
"Vampires," Ray said and the man grinned.
"Right you are," He said, "My friends here are vampires too, and they have compelled everyone in the bar so don't be looking for any help." Ray looked around. "I however am something else..."
C&K
Klaus sat with his feet up on the bar while Caroline sat on the counter in front of him. She winced at the cries of the werewolf being tortured. She had been tortured many times, it hurts like a bitch. She had enough. Caroline hopped off the counter.
"What is it love?" Klaus asked.
"Let's do a different way," Caroline said walking over to them. "Hi Ray. Now you see my friends? They won't stop. They will break you." Caroline said gently. She removed the dart carefully from his head. "Now when you tell us where your pack is I promise to tell them how brave you were, how you were able to last this long against the two most ruthless beings. So please, tell me?" Ray nodded and finally told her. "Thank you." Caroline said and kissed him on the cheek. "That is how you do it boys." Caroline took a sip of Klaus's beer and sat back up on the counter.
"Well done, my love," Klaus said sitting down and rubbing her legs.
"Where is Stefan going?" Caroline asked.
"To deal with his brother," Klaus replied. "Well now that we know where they are the next step is quite simple. Why don't you enlighten him my dear?"
"Well Ray," Caroline said walking over and unchaining him, "You are going to drink from his wrist and then he is going to kill you."
"Wh..." Ray started to say.
"Hush," Caroline said softly cutting him off, "You won't stay dead. You will come back as a hybrid. Part vampire and wolf. Pretty sweet deal."
C&K
"Are you okay Stefan?" Caroline asked and Stefan quickly hung up the phone.
"Where's Klaus?" Stefan asked.
"Creating a hybrid," Caroline answered, "Were you talking to your brother?"
"No," Stefan said his face a mask.
"Don't let go of love Stefan," Caroline said taking his hand. "It is the only pure thing in the world, the only thing worth fighting for. Don't let go."
"How can you say that?" Stefan asked baffled, "You belong to Klaus. He doesn't love, he won't let me love."
"He loves me," Caroline said, "Now you might not believe it, but he does. I know you loved Elena and now that she is gone you don't want to feel anything, but the feelings never go away. You just bury them. It will tear you up until you feel only pain."
"Are you telling me to not give up?" Stefan asked.
"I am asking that you hold onto the love you felt for her, a feeling as strong as that will come in handy one day," Caroline said, "And I am asking you to come back inside, Klaus is going to get grouchy if we are not back soon."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Stefan asked and Caroline laughed.
"That is exactly what Elena asked me," Caroline replied and they walked back into the bar, "When you live forever, you want as many friends as you can get."
K&C
"You okay?" Klaus asked Stefan who was carrying Ray on his shoulders. "Is Ray getting heavy?"
"I'm fine," Stefan replied.
"You sure?" Klaus asked, "We can trade and you can carry Caroline, she is much lighter." Klaus was carrying Caroline on his back much like he had done with his sister when they were little. "Or we can stop and rest for a bit."
"I get that we are stuck together," Stefan said to Klaus, "But can we not do the small talk? Just leave that to Caroline."
"The problem is getting her to shut up," Klaus said and Caroline kicked him softly.
"I have been with you brooding boys all summer hunting werewolf's," Caroline said, "If anyone gets to complain it is me. This isn't exactly what I signed up for when I came back. But it is always one thing after another with him isn't it?" Stefan cracked a smile.
"Do you want to walk?" Klaus asked Caroline, "Because I have been carrying you for a long time..."
"Well you can let me down now," Caroline said, "We're here, just where he said they would be." Stefan began to walk forward and dumped Ray on the ground.
"Who are you?" One of the girls asked Stefan after she ran to Ray.
"The important question is who am I?" Klaus said standing next to Stefan with Caroline holding his hand. "Forgive me, my name is Klaus." They all shrunk away from him.
"You're the hybrid," The girl from before said.
"They seem to have heard of you already, my love," Caroline said grinning at him.
"Fantastic," Klaus said.
K&C
"Oh, this one is," Caroline said after Stefan asked if anyone of them were human. She faced one of the men who had tried to help Ray, "Come here." He didn't move. "Okay either you come to me or them." Klaus and Stefan looked far more intimidating and scary then the pretty blond. He started to walk over to Caroline. She took his wrist and bit him. She walked back over to Ray. "Here drink."
"No," One of the girls screamed out, but Klaus stopped her.
"Drink it Ray," Caroline said and then turned her head and nodded to Stefan, "Or he will, and my friend here, isn't good at stopping. So come on." Caroline put the bleeding wrist in front of Ray's face and he began to drink. Caroline heard Klaus talking to the girl from before and he then turned her too.
"Who's next?" Klaus said his eyes still yellow.
Sometime later they were all surrounded by dead bodies all in transition. Caroline had just given the human some of her blood to make him stronger before the others would wake up and need to feed on him. Caroline looked up and saw that Ray was shaking. Klaus said he was through his transition. Caroline sat next to him and held his hand.
"Shh..." Caroline said trying to calm him down. The last thing they needed to deal with was a hysterical hybrid. Ignoring the boys talk she noticed blood coming out of Ray's eyes. "Klaus, somethings wrong." Caroline said and Klaus came over and sat on Ray's other side.
"This shouldn't be happening," Klaus said looking carefully.
"What's going on?" Caroline asked.
"I don't know," Klaus answered, "Caroline come over here." Klaus didn't want her sitting next to him.
"You said it was supposed to feeling better," Ray said still shaking.
"Some master race," Stefan said.
"Loose the attitude," Klaus said and another wolf woke up. Klaus turned to the human. "Time to feed your girlfriend, Derek." Klaus and whispered to Caroline, "Stay close to me." She nodded. Ray then took this time to run away. "Go get him," Klaus said to Stefan and he ran after him.
"Where's Stefan?" Caroline asked, "He should have caught him by now."
"I don't know," Klaus said, "Come on." Once they found Stefan Klaus said him where the new hybrid went.
"Yeah he got away," Stefan said, "Let's go."
"Your arm!" Caroline said taking Stefan's arm and inspecting the wound. "Klaus you are going to have to heal him."
"Once he finds Ray I will," Klaus said in response.
"Klaus," Caroline said, "Really?" Klaus shrugged.
"You better run along," Klaus said to Stefan, "The bite it only going to get worse." Klaus held out his hand for Caroline to take and she did. Once they got back all the werewolf's had blood coming from their eyes and were shaking like Ray had been.
C&K
"Bloody hell," Klaus said as all the rabid hybrids came towards him. "Caroline get out of here!"
"No," Caroline said, "I'm not leaving you!"
A while later the two looked out at all the dead bodies around them. Klaus had killed some and so had Caroline. She was a lot stronger then she looked. The ones they didn't kill just bled out. Klaus was dead silent with Caroline standing next to him.
"I did everything I was told," Klaus said in a deadly whisper, "I killed a vampire, a werewolf, the doppelganger. I should be able to turn them."
"Love, look at me," Caroline said and Klaus faced her, "We'll figure it out. You found a way to break a 1000 year old curse, you can do this too. Do you trust me?"
"More than anyone," Klaus answered.
"Then trust me, you will figure out a way," Caroline said and then took his face in her hands and kissed him. They broke apart and she wrapped her arms around him hugging him.
"You're the only good thing in the world," Klaus said softly. They heard Stefan walking back and they broke apart. Stefan dropped a dead Ray on the forest floor.
"What happened?" He asked.
"They are all dead," Klaus said stating the obvious he looked at Stefan, "You look like hell."
"Last I checked I was dying," Stefan said, "And you don't want to heal me." Klaus looked at Ray. "I failed you," Stefan said, "I had to take him out, so do what you have to do." Klaus said nothing just put his wrist in Caroline's face and she bit it. Klaus grabbed a empty beer bottle and let the blood drain in. Caroline licked her lips.
"Bottoms up," Klaus said handing it to him. "We're leaving. It appears the two of you is all I have left." Klaus walked back though the forest Caroline holding his hand as they disappeared into the night with Stefan following them.
K&C
Caroline was taking a shower trying to get all the dirt and blood off. This one of the things she did not like about being with Klaus, all the messy work. She heard the door open and someone got into the shower with her.
"Can I help you?" Caroline asked not turning around.
"Just saving water, love." Klaus said and Caroline laughed.
"Since when have you cared about the environment? Except your knack for population control," Caroline said smirk, "Where are we going next?"
"Chicago," Klaus said taking the shampoo and rubbing it on Caroline's head. She smacked his hand away and began to work through the shampoo herself.
"Oh, so you are finally going to make Stefan remember?" Caroline asked.
"Maybe," Klaus said taking the soap from her. He moved her hair to the side and kissed her neck. His teeth just grazed her skin.
"Uh-uh," Caroline said moving out of the way and facing him. "You can't do that anymore, your bite kills now remember?"
"Oh come on," Klaus said turning her around again, "Here." Klaus held his wrist in front of her again offering it to her. Klaus bit down on her neck and a second later Caroline bit his wrist.
K&C
"Looks familiar doesn't it?" Klaus said as the three entered the bar. They were finally in Chicago and the first thing Klaus wanted to do was visit Gloria, his favorite witch.
"I can't believe this place is still here," Stefan said in awe as he looked around.
"You gotta be kidding me," Gloria said upon seeing them.
"So a hybrid walks into a bar..." Klaus began to say when Gloria cut him off.
"Stop," She said, "You may be invincible but that doesn't make you funny." Caroline giggled.
"No I have always been the funny one," Caroline said, "Although he is extremely ticklish."
"So still slumming it with this one?" Gloria said to Caroline.
"I know," Caroline said with a fake sigh, "It's the dimples, they reel me back in every time." Gloria then turned her attention to Stefan.
"I remember you," She said to him but Caroline zoned them out and went over to the stage. She had sung here a few times over the years. Caroline heard Klaus and Gloria discussing the curse but Caroline was imagining this place filled with people all here to see her sing. One name broke her out of her spell.
"Bring me Rebekah," Gloria was and Caroline ran over to them.
"You're bringing back Rebekah?" Caroline said a smile forming on her face.
"I didn't say that," Klaus said before Caroline could get her hopes up.
"She has what I need," Gloria said, "Bring her to me."
"I second the motion," Caroline said, "After being with you two brooding boys all summer, I need her. Please."
"Fine," Klaus said his tone hard.
"What is this?" Stefan asked from behind the bar.
"Told you it was a magical place," Klaus said getting up.
"This is me...with you," Stefan said still in shock.
"Well it seems you have some catching up to do," Caroline said, "I'll stay here with Gloria."
"All right," Klaus said, "Come on Stefan." And with that the two boys left.
K&C
"You sure do wear a lot of lapis lazuli," Gloria said to Caroline who smiled. She had two rings and a necklace. There was however a different red stone ring on her left ring finger. Klaus never told Caroline what it was for.
"I figured I needed the extra protection with the company I keep," Caroline said, "Thanks for spelling them for me."
"Anything for the girl that can bring out some sense of humanity in Klaus is worth protecting," Gloria said and then asked, "So are you going to sing tonight?"
"Try and stop me," Caroline answered.
One of the most calming things in the world was listening to Caroline sing. Even after his talks with Stefan and then Damon which made Klaus want to kill someone, listening to her made it all go away. Klaus hated that he had to go see if Rebekah had woken up yet but he managed somehow to walk away.
K&C
"I brought you a peace offering," Klaus said with his hand on Rebekah's shoulder. "You can come in." Caroline appeared from around the corner and Rebekah grinned. They two girls met in the middle and hugged each other tightly.
"Oh I have missed you!" Caroline said.
"I missed you too, sister," Rebekah said and they broke apart. Rebekah can be a bitch, but when she loved you she would do anything for you.
"Got something else for you too," Caroline said and nodded to the corner she came out from.
"Stefan," Rebekah said in awe. Klaus walked over to Stefan.
"Now you remember," Klaus and Stefan closed his eyes all the memories coming back to him.
"Rebekah," Stefan said as if seeing her for the first time. "I remember them talking about you Caroline."
"I'm bored," Klaus told Rebekah, "I want to go."
"Then go without me," Rebekah said, "I am not your girlfriend, you are very cranky when Caroline isn't here. Maybe you should run off and find her."
"No your my sister, and leave her out of this," Klaus said pulling her to him, "And since you are my sister, you have to do as I say."
"Stefan," Klaus said and he turned to them.
"We were friends." Stefan said a part of him still not believing it.
"We are friends," Klaus and and walked back over to them.
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