Klaus

He could feel Tyler's resistance. He gritted his teeth. The witch was deliberately forcing Tyler to endure the torture of a stolen body or had simply made a crucial mistake. He assumed it was the latter. She wouldn't pure anyone through that. He wouldn't put anyone through that.

He cut off his worries about Tyler. Since when did he care about his hybrid? He'd just been another hybrid. Granted he was the first successful hybrid but still only another. Maybe it was because the boy felt so strongly for Caroline he'd been willing to break every bone in his body over a hundred times to rid him of the sire bond. He'd endured the transformation only once in this body and the pain had consumed him, setting fire through his veins.

Maybe it was because he felt sympathy for him. Or a shadow of what could be sympathy. His consciousness had been forced to hand over his body, unwilling surrendering himself. He was forced to share his body, but instead of being in a sleep-like state he was awake and alert, seeing the world and his body perform actions he had no control over.

He shuddered as he walked to the mansion. He wanted to see Rebekah. And Elijah. He'd accepted the fact that he wouldn't be able to convince them he was who he was but he still felt he should try. They were his family. He knocked on the door, holding his breath.

Rebekah opened the doors with her red eyes wide in surprise. "Hey, Tyler. What's up?"

He froze. His sister was standing right there, unbeknownst to her that her 'dead' brother was standing in front of her, hidden behind another's eyes.

"Look Rebekah. I need to talk to you. And Elijah too. It's about Klaus." Her eyes clouded with pain.

"My brother and I do not wish to hear you gloat." She went to shut the door but he stopped her.

"Please Rebekah, you need to hear this." Something in her voice must have touched her because she opened the door wider, gesturing for him to come inside.

"Sit. Elijah will be here in a moment." His breathing quickened, everything inside him telling him to put his sibling out their misery.

They sat opposite him, expecting him to provide them with an explanation.

He looked them dead in the eye, willing them to believe him.

"Klaus isn't dead. His spirit is inhabiting another's body. You may wonder why I'm telling you this so let me answer. Save you the breath." He was glad he got to share this conversation with them. Many may think him as a heartless immortal but behind the mask of death and blood he cared deeply for his brother and sister, despite their difference causing him to kill them several times.

"The sire bond is still intact. I owe loyalty to Klaus and in turn you. You're brother is alive. Use that knowledge to set your mind at ease."

He noticed Elijah looked at him oddly. "So tell me Tyler-" emphasising the name in a way that made him uncomfortable. "-Who has my brother been forced inside?"

He fidgeted nervously. "We haven't figured it out yet." Elijah glanced at Rebekah, silent conversation passing between the two of them.

"You seem to be speaking differently Tyler. Almost as if you are from a different time completely."

His teeth clenched. He wanted nothing more than to tell them but he couldn't, Bonnie would simply spell him into another body.

"I've spent a long time with your brother Elijah. Perhaps I picked up a few habits." Elijah's mouth thinned, obviously not satisfied with that answer.

He nodded to him slightly, offering a small smile to Rebekah and he headed out the room, leaving the building but staying well within ear shots.

"Bekah, you don't think-"

"I don't know Elijah, it couldn't be just a coincidence. The mannerisms."

"Yes, and the speech."

"I can't get my hopes up. I'll only end up being hurt."

He heard a scuffle of movement as Elijah embraced his younger sister, holding her tightly.

"Whether that was him or not, we will find him Rebekah. I promise you."

With that promise to seek him out, he found enough closure to walk away from the house, from him family, silently vowing to himself. I will be with them again, whether in the next hundred years or a thousand. I will.

Elena

She glanced at Caroline who was looking equally as annoyed as her at their friend who was currently sitting sulking, staring out the window wallowing in self-pity.

"Bonnie, what the hell is up with you?" She watched her friends eyes narrow, her head snapping up.

"Come on Bonnie, we're still your friends even if you think we're monsters." Caroline chimed in in a bright voice.

"Elena. In case you haven't noticed, I've been through a lot. I think I'm allowed to act a little moody and distant once in a while." Bonnie's voice was so hard and cold it shocked her.

She contained her rage within her but she knew her eyes betrayed her. Bonnie had been through a lot? Yes she had, but so had they all. She may have been acting selfish but Bonnie had got off lightly. If anything Jeremy or Matt were going through the most, they had been thrown into this world without a second's warning, losing so many people they cared about as they went along. So many people had been lost since everything had begun, some lost to the other side and some lost as the supernatural consumed them. Caroline had lost her father only recently as well as being turned unwilling into a vampire. She had been captured and tortured with vervain and wooden bullets and stakes twice, once by the wolves and once by Alaric. Everyone had suffered, yet they had been strong and put on a smiling face, even if the smile slipped once in a while, allowing people to glimpse beneath the mask

"Bonnie, are you kidding me? You actually think you've got the right to tell us you've been through a lot?" Caroline didn't have a word filter, she said what was on her mind and sometimes that landed her in trouble.

Bonnie stood, eyes flashing. "I have. Look at the people I've lost. My grams. My mum. You two. Tyler. Jeremy."

"We're standing right here Bon. You can pick up a phone and call your mum. Tyler and Jeremy are somewhere in the house right now. You haven't lost us!" She'd decided to take a leaf out of Caroline's book, throwing caution in the wind and speaking her mind.

"You don't get it Elena! You've never lost anyone!" That silenced her, she knew pain was showing in her eyes.

Bonnie knew about everyone she had lost. She knew about the guilt that was always present- now heightened as a vampire. She knew she blamed herself for every death they had suffered. She felt Caroline's hand grasp hers, offering her silent support.

The trio had been forced apart and back together so many times the bond they had had been strengthened to the point where it was assumed to be unbreakable. The three of them has been inseparable since childhood, growing closer as they grew up. The death of Elena's parents and the leaving of Caroline's father had brought them together, sharing thoughts and feelings in the way only teenage girls can. The arrival of the supernatural world had pushed her and Bonnie together. Caroline and the wolves had brought Bonnie to accept Caroline as a vampire. Abby turning has brought Caroline and Bonnie closer and pushed Elena away. They had been through so much yet she felt like her best friend was on the verge of being lost to her. Throughout everything Bonnie and Caroline were constants, but now, when she needed her two best friends to be there for her, and back when Caroline had first turned Bonnie had given them the cold shoulder, turning her back on her friends when they needed her most.

They two vampires stood strong standing side by side.

"What happened Bon?" She spoke softly this time, she loved Bonnie like a sister. She would do anything to keep it it that way.

"You can talk to us Bonnie, about anything." Caroline even spoke quietly. Caroline.

They watched as the witch's eyes cleared, all traces of anger gone replaced by pain and sadness.

"I can't. Not about this." her voice filled with guilt and she walked out the room without another word.

She shared a look with Caroline although the blonde didn't know the whole story. Her abnormal behaviour and guilty words had confirmed her suspicions about her friend.

Bonnie had placed a spell on Klaus to grant him access to another body. She may have had good intentions but the resulting consequences were taking a toll her her. She was wearing down day by day, her bright cheerful atmosphere disappearing rapidly.

"She'll come around." Caroline smiled sadly as she spoke before brightening. "Movie day?"

She laughed brightly nodding. "I think I heard Jer's head home a while back. He needs to invite us in."

Caroline looked confused. "Us? I've been invited in." She shook her head, explaining quickly.

"The house was technically in my name but there were papers declaring ownership for both of us I just never got round to signing once Jenna died." She felt the familiar sadness build up in her chest. "Anyway, once I turned Jeremy signed the papers declaring him the owner. Long story short, the house is a vampire free zone right now, so we can be uninterrupted."

"No vampires interrupting our girls day?"

"No vampires interrupting our girls day." She confirmed, feigning seriousness.

A sly grin appeared over Caroline's face. "What, no Damon?" She winked at her blush. "Speak of the devil." She muttered softly under her breath as he strolled into the room.

She smiled brightly at Caroline before smirking at Damon. "No Damon, interrupting our girls day."

She watched as Damon clutched his heart, gasping like she'd shot him.

"You mean I'm missing out on your girl talk about how hot I am?" She threw a pillow at his face from across the room. It hit him dead on target. At least her aim has improved. She watched Damon smirk before racing over and pinning her to the sofa, tickling her mercilessly.

"Stop!" she giggled uncontrollably "Dam-o-o-o-n! Care! Help!" She watched as a laughing Caroline pulled her to her feet.

She bent down to where Damon still lay on the sofa to kiss him lightly. "I love you." She ignored Caroline's eyes widen slightly.

She barely heard Damon's cocky reply of 'I know' before Caroline had dragged her by the wrist towards the car. She through a fake panicked look at Damon who wore a look that clearly said 'rather you than me'

The guy was right.

SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY I'VE NOT BEEN UPLOADING AS FREQUENTLY! I don't have an acceptable excuse expect school work so i sincerely apologize!

-Ex