Chapter 4

Mystic Falls, VA

-2012-

"So why exactly did you come here Klaus? If I were trying to irritate you, I promise that I wouldn't put memories of a pretty girl into your head. One might say that something like that should actually make you happy..." Bonnie said.

Klaus rubbed his temples. "I suppose I have just come to blame strange happenings on witches, and as you are the only practicing witch in this insufferable town…" he raised his eyebrows and titled his head towards her. "Also, my brother wished for me to bring you a message. Well, not really a message. He wanted me to tell you to call him," he finished, his fingers returning to their places on his head.

"Why would I call Elij- oh… Well you can tell him that it was a nice try, but he doesn't have a chance," she said, matter-of-factly.

"Fine. I don't know why I even involve myself in these trivial matters," said Klaus, getting up to leave.

"Wait, Klaus. If you remember anything else about the girl, let me know," Klaus nodded and walked out the door, leaving Bonnie to face Stefan and Elena's accusing looks.

"What?" she asked.

"Why does Kol want you to call him?" asked Stefan.

"How should I know? I mean, I guess he has some kind of a crush on me or something, but I haven't given him any encouragement!" Bonnie replied, and whether she liked it or not, her thoughts went back to the handsome vampire who she couldn't seem to get away from.

"Look," said Elena "Klaus's memories are changing, that's a good thing! That's what the witches wanted! Maybe Caroline will change him quickly and she will be back in a couple of days," she said, looking to Stefan, who nodded in agreement.

-992-

While Rebekah was gone, Caroline got impatient and decided to leave for her walk. As she left the house and started walking towards the field that she had woken up in, she felt like someone was following her, so she turned around.

"Who's there? Rebekah?" she called, hoping she was right.

"No, Rebekah is smart enough to know that walking alone this late at night is dangerous, especially for young girls." She recognized Klaus's voice, and smiled in spite of herself.

"So you decided to come all the way out here to tell me that I'm not smart, is that it?" She asked, still smiling.

"No, I came out here because my sister informed me of your stupidity, and the last thing my family needs is to have their new house guest abducted on her first night being here." He said, coming to walk next to her.

"Well, thank you, but I can handle myself perfectly well, even if it is a bit colder than earlier." She said, looking out in front of her, as the glistening edges of the pond came into view.

Klaus stopped suddenly, causing Caroline to turn and look at him with curiosity. As she turned, the moonlight shining in her golden locks, Klaus couldn't help but notice her beauty. He had noticed it before, but this was different somehow.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"Uh, no, no. Here, you should take my jacket. I would not want you to catch cold." He said, coming to drape his jacket over her shoulders. As his fingers touched her skin, she shivered and looked at his face. He had stopped walking and his eyes met hers. For a moment, she thought he might kiss her, and for that small moment, she didn't feel like stopping him.

As if awaking from a dream, Klaus's hands left her shoulders, and they continued walking.

"I think it is about time we turn back." He said, careful to look anywhere but her face.

"Um, okay." She whispered, still frazzled from their momentary connection.

The rest of their walk was quiet, but as they entered the house and neared Rebekah's bedroom, Caroline turned to Niklaus.

"Thank you." She said, placing a hand on his upper-arm. "It was nice of you to accompany me." As she turned away to open the door, she heard him say, "you're welcome, Miss Caroline. Good night." When she heard his retreating footsteps she finally allowed herself to smile, realizing then that he hadn't taken his jacket.

-2012-

Stefan, Bonnie, and Elena were enjoying lunch at the grill when and angry-looking Tyler stormed up to their table. "Where's Caroline? She hasn't been returning my calls and texts, and I can't find her anywhere. Did I do something to make her hide from me?" He asked.

"Look Tyler, we need to talk about Caroline, but not here, okay?" Stefan said, getting up from his seat and motioning for Tyler to follow him out.

"What is going on?" Tyler asked, getting agitated.

"Okay. So the other day, I woke up in the middle of the night and started doing a spell. I had no control, because the witch spirits were using my body. It turns out that the spell was a time travel spell, put in place by Emily Bennett and the other spirits as the only way for Klaus's life to be spared," she said.

"So what does that have to do with Caroline?" Tyler demanded.

"Well… You see, in order for this to work, the witches needed to change Klaus's personality in the past, in order to change some of his actions in the future. And the only way that they could see that happening was if they sent someone back…" she continued, as Tyler interrupted.

"Please don't tell me that you sent Caroline into the past to melt Klaus's icy heart. Please," he pleaded.

"Well technically, I didn't do it…" She trailed off, turning her head away from Tyler's glare.

"I can't believe this. I already feel like I'm losing her to him, and now he has the chance to win her over in a world where I don't exist and he isn't evil yet?!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry Tyler. None of us want this any more than you do. We are doing everything that we can to get her back, but Emily said that it was a matter of waiting for the spell to finish. Once Caroline has "taught Klaus how to love," she will be able to come back," said Bonnie.

As Tyler was about to come back with another demand, Bonnie saw Klaus turning the corner and heading straight for them.

"Umm, I think we should go.." She said as Tyler turned around,
sensing that she was hiding something. Upon seeing Klaus, he flashed to him and pushed him up against the outside wall to the grill. Klaus's fangs were bared, and Bonnie knew that this wouldn't end well.

"Tyler, stop! He doesn't know!" She said, as Stefan ripped the hybrid off of Klaus.

"What exactly don't I know, Miss Bennett? If you're talking about the blonde girl from my memories, I think I may have figured it out on my own. You see, Caroline has been missing for a few days, the three of you were mysteriously quiet yesterday when I revealed that my memories had changed, and now, Tyler Lockwood is threatening me. Put them all together and…" he trailed off, looking to Bonnie for the finish.

"Caroline was sent into your past by the witch spirits. But you really can't know more than that without ruining her purpose. Just wait until she comes back and we will all see if anything has changed, okay?" She finished, making eye-contact with both hybrids, making sure that Klaus was as far away from Tyler as possible. They glared at each other and silently nodded.

"Good." She said, "now leave and Tyler, I will let you know if anything happens. Klaus, let me know if anything else changes, have a nice day!" She turned away, feeling the need to take a step back from all of this supernatural drama for a few hours. As she turned the corner, she bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." As she turned herself around, she came face-to-face with none other than the vampire who had been plaguing her thoughts.

"Hello, darling. Would you care for a bite to eat?" He said, smirking down at her.

Sorry for the delay. I am starting up classes again and finding it harder to find time to write, but I promise that this story will have an update every week, at least!

Thanks for reading!