Hi again guys! I'm having some characters introduced into the story that are supposed to be dead in the tv plot. Oh well. They're alive and well in this fanfic! I'm starting the second pairing/story arc in this chapter! Enjoy, and leave some reviews!
It's Klaus's first night in New Orleans. Rebekah, Elijah and himself were all staying in an apartment together. It was on a main road of the city and right in the middle of all the culture and revelry of New Orleans.
He had forgotten how much he loved the town and he lay in his bed listening to the music, the ongoing chatter and partying outside in the streets. The sound slowly started to quiet and he found himself so at peace that he fell asleep.
'Nik!' Caroline's shriek filled the room, screaming his name like he had never heard before… a high pitched, frightened voice, as fragile as a birds.
Klaus's eyes opened immediately to her screams and jumped out of bed to see Caroline Forbes standing outside his door.
She was nearly falling over, clenching her heart with one of her hands, and using her other hand to hold on to the doorframe.
"You compelled me! I remember it all Nik. How we loved each other, how you could so easily throw that love away! I needed you so much, Nik."Caroline screamed, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
"I'm so sorry Caroline. I'm so, so, sorry. I didn't know what to do." Klaus cried, running to the doorframe to catch her.
But just as he reached the door an invisible force wouldn't let him pass through the doorframe to get to Caroline, the same force which acted when vampires weren't invited into homes.
"Caroline! What's going on? I can't get through the door, Caroline!" Klaus growled as he pushed up against the force, trying with all his strength to reach her.
"Nik, I can't breathe." Caroline screamed as she tried to come through the doorframe to reach him. "Help me, Nik, I.. can't…I can't breathe!" She screamed even louder now, tears rushing down her face as she clutched her throat, gasping for the air that her body wouldn't accept.
Klaus watched in horror as Caroline started to slowly sink down to the ground, as she wheezed and tried to breathe, her skin turning grey and her veins cracking over her face.
"No, Caroline, No, No, No!" Klaus screamed in vain as he sank to the ground himself.
"No!" Klaus shouted, his eyes flying open from his nightmare. Klaus sat up straight away and searched around his room, the music and chatter once again fading back into his environment as he breathed heavily, still shocked from his vividly, horrifying nightmare. It looked like it was only midnight. It was only a dream, calm down. Caroline is okay. Klaus tried to reassure himself as he rubbed his eyes and face clear of the cold sweat he had made in his dream. He leant back on the wall behind his bed, shutting his eyes and slowing his breathing, trying to persuade himself that Caroline was okay.
"For the most powerful creature on earth, it really is too easy to get inside your head." Kol laughed, appearing on the edge of the bed, a menacing smirk plastered across his face.
So that was the cause of Klaus's nightmare, Kol had gotten inside his head and made it for him.
Klaus leaped across the length of the bed with the plan to kill Kol, but he was fast enough to be on the other side of the room when Klaus reached the place he was formerly sitting.
Kol simply shook his head and laughed.
"You're a dead man, brother." Klaus growled, standing up off the bed and walking towards Kol, his eyes glowing yellow with anger.
"What are you going to do?" Kol laughed, taking a step forward to meet Klaus. "Stake me again? You know, that didn't really work out too well for you last time did it?"
Klaus couldn't think of a reply, and only glared back at Kol, tilting his head slightly to the side, shocked and angry at his brother's behavior.
"How do you know about Caroline?" Klaus snarled at Kol, taking more steps towards his brother so that their faces were only centimeters apart. After a few seconds of Kol refusing to reply, Klaus slammed Kol into the wall behind him.
"How do you know about Caroline?" Klaus now yelled, pinning Kol hard into the wall.
"I told him." Rebekah appeared at the doorway, folding her arms across her chest.
Klaus stifled a sigh and drops his arms from Kol's shoulders.
"Geez." Rebekah said as she walked over to her brothers. "Kol, don't be an idiot."
Rebekah looked to Kol and scowled at him before turning to Klaus.
"I told him half a year ago." Rebekah said, guiltily.
"Trouble in paradise?" Kol mocked and Klaus turned back towards him, ready to pounce.
"Shut up, Kol." Rebekah sighed and turned towards Kol, motioning for him to leave.
As Kol walked out, Klaus yelled after him.
"You try to get into my head again, little brother, and I will rip your heart out of your chest without a seconds thought."
Rebekah now turned back to Klaus, a hint of pity gleaming in her eyes.
"Elijah sent me to give you this." Rebekah said as she handed Klaus an envelope. "Elijah is going away for a few days, who knows what he's doing." Rebekah smirked as she said that last sentence, but the smile didn't reach her eyes and she searched Klaus's face, seeing only anger and sadness upon it.
Rebekah shuffled and composed herself after staring at her big brother for perhaps a little too long.
"I'll go." She muttered and smiled, and left Klaus alone in his room.
Rebekah loved her brother unconditionally and although their disagreements had been often and vicious, she could only feel pity for him now. She watched in awe as her brother grew happier in the company of Caroline and despite how she never could fully approve of her, Rebekah knew that Caroline made Klaus a better person. But now, Klaus was not even half the person he used to be. He was depressed, angry and violent and Rebekah could do nothing about it…
Elijah sped through the outskirts of New Orleans in his Mercedes-benz. The black polished vehicle blending into the night as he drove away from the bright lights and colours of the bustling city. Eventually he reached the international airport and wheeled his small black suitcase up to the check-in desks.
A young woman with dark, brown hair and hazel eyes looked up from her computer screen to attend to Elijah, pushing her blue necktie slightly to the side and she asked,
"What can I help you with, Sir?"
Elijah smiled at her and she immediately melted under his gaze, fiddling with her uniform but staring back into Elijah's grey eyes.
"Ashley," Elijah greeted her after reading the silver nametag on her chest. "I was hoping that you could tell me when the nearest flight is to Panama City?"
Ashley smiled and dragged her eyes away from his.
"It says here that the next flight is tomorrow morning at 10." She smiled back, leaning forward on her chair slightly towards Elijah.
He seemed to always have this effect on women.
"I'm afraid that isn't soon enough, Ashley." Elijah leaned forward towards her and trapped her eyes with his, compelling her. "Would you mind checking again?"
Ashley slowly looked back to her computer.
"There's another leaving in an hour, but it's been booked out by a special client. I'm not sure if I could get you a seat." She muttered.
Elijah sighed and instantly knew who this 'special client' could be. It isn't everyday that somebody books out a whole plane for only an hour's flight – he only needed confirmation.
"Ashley," Elijah calmly spoke, dragging her eyes back to his. "Tell me who this special client is."
"Katherine Pierce." Ashley spoke back, gazing into his eyes, her pupils dilating from the compulsion.
Elijah smiled and dropped his suitcase on the conveyer belt.
"Get me a seat."
Caroline wasn't really sure on who to go to for her questions about Klaus. Elena would probably just be downright disgusted by what she had done and would never let her forget it - especially emotions-off Elena, who was a conniving bitch. Damon was disgusting himself and Caroline couldn't stand being in a room alone with him. Matt and Bonnie were actually at school, the only ones in the entire community who seemed to be concerned with their education, and Tyler wouldn't understand, he'd probably just get angry and want to kill him, which Caroline couldn't be bothered worrying about. So that left Stefan.
Stefan and Caroline had built up quite a friendship though, they were a good team and they had found themselves spending a lot of time in each other's company.
"You must have seen it coming, Caroline." Stefan said trying to hide his amusement as Caroline stared back at him, a puzzled look upon her face.
"What?" Caroline asked, bewildered by what he had said.
"You have him wrapped around your little finger. I don't know what to say Caroline, it seems pretty plausible." Stefan snickered.
"Right, well, I'll be going if you have nothing helpful to say." Caroline sighed angrily, and stood up to leave.
Just as Caroline reached the Salvatore's door, Damon appeared in front of her, his smirk reaching his left eye and putting his hands up in front of him to stop Caroline from leaving.
"Stefan may be of no help. But I could be." Damon murmured, smiling back at Caroline and walking slowly forward, forcing her to stumble backwards. "I think you're original boyfriend might be keeping something from you."
"What are you talking about, Damon?" Caroline said exasperatedly.
"Your teenage dramas at prom? Not the first time you've had some close moments with Klaus, Caroline. I've seen you around with him!" Damon laughed, as Caroline flashed her head up to Damon's. Caroline couldn't reply, she didn't know what to think of what Damon was implying.
"What? You're telling me that I've been seeing Klaus and just not remembering anything about it?" Caroline laughed, shrugging off all of her previous uncertainties - that was a ridiculous accusation to make.
But Caroline's smile dropped as she surveyed Damon's answer. He didn't say anything, but his eyes answered for him, he looked as confused as she did.
What did she mean she couldn't remember anything about it? Damon asked himself.
Damon rarely looked confused, and even a trace of worry flashed in his eyes as he looked back at Caroline. If Damon had no jokes to make, and even he questioned the situation Caroline found herself in... then something was very, very wrong.
"I need to go." Caroline muttered as she sped out of the house, racking her brain for what to do next…
She needed to talk to Klaus…. Now.