Description: Sorry its taken me so long to publish this. I wrote it forever ago, but I didn't save it before my computer froze and deleted everything. Anyway Caroline has just met human Kol, Klaus, & Henrik. Now its time for her to meet the rest of the family. There will be a few jumps from scene to scene I'll try and mark it so you know. Lets hope all goes well for her yeah?

Caroline did her best to keep up with quick pace Kol had created for the group, but with all the unfamiliar foliage of the forest floor and her racing thoughts making it impossible to focus she kept failing to do so. Kol's feet seem to know where to go even before he picked them up, and Henrik swiftly landed in his brother's footsteps while Klaus sauntered along in the back.

Caroline couldn't believe how different Kol and Klaus looked. She was shock to have met Henrik. She was worried that Esther might not let her stay with them or worse that Mikael might kill her. She made it, but for how long. She was working through all the possible scenarios when she suddenly tripped over a log.

Klaus shifted the deer on his shoulders and tried to help her up, but before he could extend his arm Henrik was help her up. Klaus looked ahead and saw Kol was still trekking on.

"Kol," Klaus called out to his brother. Kol stopped and turned to see what Klaus was calling him for. He rolled his eyes and started walking back towards them when he saw Henrik helping Caroline off the ground.

"Give me the deer. I'm sure you can do a much better job at helping her navigate back home than Henrik is," Kol barked as he removed the bow from his shoulders and pushed it in Henrik's chest.

Henrik started to protest, but Klaus cut him off, "Sure. You will probably get back faster that way."

Kol situated the deer on his shoulders and trotted off with Henrik trailing behind him. When the two reached the outskirts of the village Kol turned to Henrik, "Go get a knife and rope so I can clean the deer and tie it up to be cooked."

Henrik ran ahead into the Mikaelson. "Mother where's the rope?"

Esther looked up at her son a bit shocked at his sudden appearance. "Hello, Henrik. You and your brother's just now getting back?"

"Yes mother. Kol shot a deer. He almost shot a -" Kol knocked Henrik upside the head.

"You idiot. There was a reason I told you just to get the rope," Kol sneered at Henrik.

Henrik rubbed the back of his head in pain as Rebekah came in from the other room. "Don't hit him," she defended her little brother.

"Oh, shush, Bekah. He's not a baby."

Esther glared up from her sewing at her children. In a clear steady voice she said, "Children." The three stopped their spat and looked over at their mother. "Now, what was it you were saying Henrik?"

Henrik glanced over at Kol before he stammered, "We found a girl...In the woods. She was lost and she can't remember much. Just her name. And well Klaus offered for her to stay with us."

Esther took in what her son just said and without even a slight glimmer of emotion looked back down at her sewing. "Go find your father. Let him decide what to do about the girl and your brother," she directed towards Henrik. She then looked back up turning her attention to Kol and Rebakah, "Bekah if you got me a new needle then give it here and go help Kol cook the deer."

Henrik ran out towards the clearing where his father often spared sure he would be there. He heard the clanging of swords way before he turned the bend to actually see them. He slowed his pace as Elijah and Mikael came into view. Henrik learned never to interrupt a fight between the two. The one and only time he had done so Elijah lost concentration and ended up with a gash on his arm. As punishment his father broke skin on Henrik's calf, he walked funny for two weeks.

Henrik sat down on an old stump near the edge of the field and watch as his brother dodge a quick blow that would have punctured his sternum and returned with and even faster attack towards Mikael's spleen.

"Good!" Mikael shouted in approval at his sons swordsmanship.

Elijah took no mind to the compliment and continued on with another attack. First aiming towards Mikael's knees, then spinning around for a strike to his right collar bone. This gave him an opening to catch Mikael's leg and knock him to the ground. Where he swiftly met him with his blade resting at Mikael's neck.

A sinister smile crept onto Mikael's face. "Bravo, my dear boy. Bravo."

Elijah released his father, straightened up and then bent down lending his hand to help the man up. Mikael took the opening and tripped Elijah onto the floor. Where he quickly spun around pinning his arms behind his back and wielded his sword steady at Elijah's neck. He then murmured into his ear, "But never assume if you have your opponent beat that you have won." With that he released Elijah and turned his attention to Henrik. "What is it, son?"

Henrik froze up in shock not ready for his father's attention.

"Henrik?" Mikael pressed on.

"We met a girl while out hunting. Klaus offered for her to stay with us. Mother said to fetch you and have you decide as to whether or not she could stay."

Caroline watched as Kol and Henrik went on leaving her alone with Klaus. She liked the fact that Kol was leaving, but she did feel some comfort in having Henrik. Now she had no protection from Klaus's scrutiny. There was nothing to distract him from her or her from him. She turned and looked back at Klaus and noticed he was staring at her. "What?" she asked, "Is there something on my face?"

"No. Nothing," Klaus responded as he moved around to the other side of Caroline.

"Then why where you staring at me?"

Klaus reached out his hand for her to take, "No reason."

Caroline looked at the hand then back up into his eyes. She took the hand and they began to walk.

Klaus guided Caroline slowly through the woods every so often turning back to make sure she was balancing fine or to ask her if she wanted to stop. He was nice and it creeped her out.

"Is there something on my face?" Klaus suddenly questioned. He was looking down at Caroline's feet making sure they reached the ground softly as he helped her jump down from a rock. His eyes flicked over towards hers with question.

"What?"

"You're staring at me Caroline. Only your stare seems a bit more horrified like I'm some sort of monster."

Caroline looked down at her feet amazed at how nothing seems to escape this man's notice, even when he's human. "Sorry," she mumbled.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"You're lying."

This got Caroline to look directly into those sea green-blue eyes of his, "And how would you know if I'm lying or not?"

Klaus snickered, "I didn't, but you just told me. What's the matter, love?"

There it was. It just slipped off his lips like it belonged there all along. It sent a small shudder down her spine at how familiar the sound was, but she couldn't blow her cover yet. Sure she had him alone, but she had nothing to kill him with. And she couldn't suck him dry. Because here she wasn't a vampire. Here vampires didn't exist. Here she was human.

"I'm worried... About your family. Are you sure they will let me stay?"

"They won't kill you if that's what you are worried about. And if my father says you can't stay then I'm sure you can stay with a neighbor," Klaus attempted to assure her.

Caroline did her best to looked relieved. She even let out a small sigh for added affect. Klaus took it and the two continued.

Kol and Elijah were removing the deer from the fire when Klaus and Caroline came walking up towards their home. Kol caught sight of his brother and teased, "Well its about time. Did you have fun kissing in the trees?"

Elijah laughed a bit and found himself joining in on his brother taunt, "And I thought you would forever and only crave for the affections of Tatia."

Kol bursted into a roar of laughter at the thought of his love sick brother. The two walked into the house still laughing as they placed the cooked deer onto the table.

"What's so funny?" Rebekah came in the room with a knife to cut the meat off deer and several cups to hold their drinks.

"Niklaus's love life," Kol guffawed.

Rebekah looked over and saw her brother and the mystery woman entering the house. "Who's she?"

Klaus calmly answered his sister's question, "This is Caroline. Caroline this is Rebekah. You already know Kol and the laughing dog next to him is Elijah." Klaus glanced around the room. "Where's mother, Henrik, Finn, and father?"

Rebakah responded, "Mother went to obtain water from the well. Father went with her. So they are most likely talking about your new girlfriend. Henrik went to go fetch Finn for dinner. And well Finn is probably cozied up to Sage, God knows what he sees in her."

"Rebekah your disdain for our brothers' taste in women is priceless."

"Oh shut up, Kol. At least they have taste in women at all."

This wiped the smile clean off Kol's face and sent Elijah and Klaus into a bout of laughter. Caroline watched how the Mikaelson children interacted with each other. She was amaze to how much they seemed like such a normal family. It made her feel uncomfortable to watch them look so normal.

"You must be Caroline," Caroline jumped as Esther placed a hand upon her shoulder. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Esther smiled at Caroline before giving a quick glance over at her children. "Kol and Henrik forgot to mention how beautiful you are," she complimented, but in a tone that seemed more insulting.

Caroline smiled unsure how to answer.

"I'm Esther. This is my husband Mikael,"Esther informed Caroline as she pointed over her shoulder to the man who now entered the home.

Mikael surveyed Caroline over making her squirm a bit under his keen eye before saying, "She can stay."

And with that Caroline had her in. She completed her first task in infiltrating the Mikaelson household. Now all she had to do was get her hand on something to kill Klaus with and get him alone long enough to kill him and scram so Bonnie can return her home.