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"Kol! What are you doing here?" Rebekah said shocked.

"Well it's not just me. I told you brothers." Kol said and right then Klaus, Elijah and Finn walked out from the woods into the clearing. "Our sister is a strumpet." Kol said with a smirk.

Klaus looked angry like he would beat Stefan to the ground. Finn and Elijah stood there staring at Rebekah and Stefan seriously.

"How could you do this to us Stefan? Our sister? We gave you and your sister food and shelter. We trusted you." Elijah said.

"We trusted you mate, little did we know that you would go behind out backs and screw our sister." Kol said without any humour.

"You are going to pay for this Stefan." Klaus said as he approached them.

"Nik stop!" Rebekah said as she stood in front of Stefan. "I love him!"

"Bekah get out of the way!" Kol said as he followed Nik towards them.

Nik came and pushed Rebekah out of the way. He grabbed Stefan and held him against the tree.

"How dare you?" Nik said.

"Nik let him go!" Rebekah said as she tried to get Nik to let go, but he didn't.

"Nik let me explain." Stefan said.

"What is there to explain?" Nik said.

"Niklaus let him go." Elijah said. Nik slowly loosened his grip and let go Stefan.

"Explain yourself." Finn said folding his arms across his chest.

"My intentions are noble. I love Rebekah and I wish to marry her. I would never do anything to dishonour a family who has given me and my sister so much." Stefan said as he looked at all the brothers.

"Why did you go behind our backs?" Kol said. Right then Caroline walked into the clearing.

"That was not my intention." Stefan said. Caroline realized what was going on. The Mikaelson brothers had found out about Stefan and their little sister.

"This is a load of bollocks." Nik said as he turned away as anger gleamed in his blazing blue eyes.

"And this is coming from someone who is courting someone else's sister as well." Caroline said. Nik immediately turned around and glared at her. She adamantly looked back at him her green eyes determined to make him see he was wrong.

"What?" Stefan was confused.

"Well Nik? What do you have to say about that?" Caroline said looking directly into his eyes and arching one eyebrow.

"Caroline? You two are seeing each other?" Stefan asked. He knew that Klaus had a thing for her but never realized that Caroline would consider going out with him.

"Yes." Caroline replied to Stefan and then went back to looking at Klaus. She crossed her arms across her chest as she waited for him to respond.

"You don't understand Caroline..." Klaus started.

"Don't understand what Nik? That my brother is courting your sister just like you are courting me." Caroline said.

Nik was getting angry. How dare she speak to him like that? But a part of him liked her sharp tongue.

"He never asked to court her!" Nik said.

"Ask? Ask who? I am positive that Rebekah is here has given him approval. And I don't remember you asking my brother if you could court me." Caroline continued.

"Caroline!" Nik said. He had enough of her talk.

"Will you two please stop. We are not here to discuss your relationship." Elijah intervened. "Stefan has said that his intentions are noble and he would like to marry Rebekah. I believe he speaks the truth." Elijah said.

"I think he should get a chance." Kol said. Caroline smiled at him. She was glad he was willing to give Stefan a chance. Kol smiled back giving her an understanding look. At least two of the brothers were on board.

"However, he will have ask Father for permission to officially court her instead of asking him if he could marry Rebekah right away. Otherwise, Father will suspect something had been going on behind his back and we all know what happened to the last boy." Finn said.

"I think that is acceptable. What do you think Niklaus?" Elijah asked.

"I agree." Nik said still angry.

"I don't agree. In fact I think it's a horrible idea." Caroline said. Nik was shocked; he didn't understand where she was going with this.

"Caroline, do you not want your brother and me to be together?" Rebekah said hurt.

"That is not true Rebekah. You know I want you two to be together. But your father will never allow it." Caroline said. Everyone was confused.

"Caroline, what are you saying? Stefan said.

"Stefan don't get me wrong but, why would Mikael allow you to court let alone marry his daughter. You live under his roof, you part take his given meals and you have no income of your own. Why would a father give his daughter's hand to someone who has no way of providing for his family?" Caroline said.

Everyone stood there and stared at her. Nik was amazed at her intelligence. She was point on but something at the back of his mind told him that he should think about it too.

"Stef you need to find work. Work that is worth your status and will allow you to earn respect in Mikael's eyes so that he will willingly give you Rebekah's hand in marriage." Caroline said.

"She's right." Finn said.

"I agree. This is the most appropriate way." Elijah said. Nik nodded in agreement, he didn't have anything left to say.

"I guess I should start looking for work." Stefan said stressed. How was he going to find a job that will be of worth in Mikael's eyes? Especially, here thousand years in the past!

"Don't worry you will find work." Rebekah said as she tried to comfort him.

"Don't worry Stef, you can do this." Caroline said with a determined look in her eyes.

They all walked back home, chatting and enjoying themselves except for Stefan and Niklaus, who looked like they were lost in their own thoughts.

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Present

Rebekah walked through the front door when Klaus came rushing to her.

"Bekah, where have you been?" He asked. He anger glinting in his eyes. Rebekah looked around the house. It looked completely empty, only the fireplace had fire.

"Why is it so empty?" Rebekah asked.

"That wasn't the answer to my question." Klaus said hands behind his back.

"I went to see my friend Tasha." Rebekah said.

"Ah, the witch friend of yours. Why?"

"Never mind, why is this place so empty?" Rebekah asked.

"Well, Caroline's mother has openly warned us all that there will be vampire hunters coming into town soon and if we want to live, we should leave town." Klaus said.

"Seriously Nik, when did you run from hunters? Well expect for Father and Alaric of course." Rebekah laughed. Klaus zoomed towards her and grabbed a hold of her arms.

"I am not running. In fact I'm not going anywhere until I kill that witch." He let go of her. "This is merely a show. I have made other living arrangements. You can come along if you wish." Klaus said.

Rebekah nodded as she looked around the house. It was strange looking at it. There were so many memories to this place even though it was fairly new. Her mother had come back for a while, they lived here as a family and the ball. Now it seemed like everything had gone down the dump. There was no cure, Mother, Finn and Kol were gone and now there was no Stefan. She was lost in her thoughts.

"Why did you go see that witch?" Klaus interrupted her thoughts.

"It doesn't matter Nik." Rebekah said. Klaus walked towards her glaring at her.

"Tell me Rebekah, why did you go see the witch?" Klaus asked sternly. Rebekah looked at him for a minute and looked away. Klaus was getting impatient, "I won't ask you again Rebekah, tell me!"

"Well...when I was sleeping last night I had a dream or should I say visions because we technically can't dream but once I awoke they vanished. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't remember them." Rebekah said.

"What did she say?" Klaus asked.

"She said that the spirits were blocking her vision and all she could tell me was that within a month, my life was going to change for the better." Rebekah said.

"That's it?" Klaus said.

"Yes."

"Well that was a complete waste." Klaus said as he turned around.

"Just because you threaten them for every gory detail doesn't mean I'd do the same." Rebekah said.

"I know a witch who will be able to exact those visions from your subconscious memories so you can look at them. But first, I just need to find a way to kill that Bennett witch."

"Sure." Rebekah said. It was pointless arguing with him. He always needed the details and never had the patience.

"Let's go." Klaus said opening the door.

As he opened the door, a stake flew towards him but he dodged it by moving out of the way. But then he heard Rebekah scream. He shut the door and turned around to find Rebekah with a white oak stake in her stomach. She fell to the floor gasping. Klaus ran over and pulled the stake out of stomach. Her wound slowly started to heal. Klaus helped Rebekah off the ground and threw the stake into fire.

"Nik, they know." Rebekah said as she tried to regain her strength. If it were a normal stake it would have been nothing but the white oak stake left a mark.

"I know. We have to wait. We don't know if they've got more." Klaus said.

He quickly glanced out the window to find seven people standing outside with shooters.

"There are seven hunters outside." Klaus said.

"But there could only be five." Rebekah said.

"Well obviously but these are just other hunters. The ones that do it for sport like Mikael. If any of them out there are a part of the Five. We wouldn't know." Klaus said.

"Well technically only three of them could possibly belong to the five." Rebekah said also glancing out the window.

"What do you mean?"

"Well Jeremy and Vaughn are not there. They are the two I know, that are definitely part of the Five." Rebekah said.

"Vaughn?" Klaus had never heard of Vaughn.

"He was one of the Five, whom we met on the island. I left him in a cave there." Rebekah said.

"Still we can't take the chance. They could have more white oak stakes or we could possibly kill a hunter. I would not want to suffer through that curse again." Klaus said.

"I suggest we wait till night fall and leave through the tunnels. In that time if they decide to come in, we will deal with them once by one." Rebekah said. Klaus agreed.

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Damon and Elena had left the Salvatore boarding house and made their way to the nearest hotel. They planned to constantly move from place to place avoiding the hunters.

"Damon. Please, can we leave Mystic Falls?" Elena said. Damon looked up from Stefan's journal.

"No, Elena I'm not going anywhere until I kill that witch. But you are free to go wherever you please." Damon said going back to his journal.

Elena was tired of asking him to leave. This was her fifth time that day and his answer remained the same. Out of all her friends, Tyler had left to join a pack up north, Jeremy was safe where he was and Matt was human. She had not been able to talk to Bonnie yet. She knew it was a mistake. Bonnie would never hurt anyone and Stefan and Caroline were out of the question. She wanted to talk to Bonnie and grieve for her best friend and Stefan but she couldn't leave Damon. Elena sat down on the bed and stared at him. He had taken all of Stefan's journals from the boarding house and was now on his fourth one. It had only been two days since they found out about Caroline and Stefan. Elena lay down and tried to fall asleep.

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Back to the past

"Nik!" Caroline called. "Nik, please wait!"

Niklaus continued to walk into the woods ignoring Caroline. He was angry and frustrated. He took Stefan to be his friend and it felt like that friend had crossed his limits by going after his baby sister. He was disappointed in Stefan. He had no tolerance for people who disappoint him. Then there was Caroline who was intelligent and so full of light. Every time he was with her, he felt warm inside. It was like he was whole. But she had just gone against him. Somehow he always felt like he was alone at the end.

"Nik! Please stop!" She called now on the verge of tears.

Klaus heard her voice shake. He stopped in mid tracks. No matter how hard he tried to ignore, she somehow came through to him. He never wanted to do anything to upset her but right now he was the reason she about to cry. How could someone he's only known for about a month have such an effect on him?

Caroline walked up to him and faced him. Her eyes full of tears on the verge of falling down her cheeks.

"Don't you ever walk away from me." She said as she pushed him. Klaus looked down; he couldn't bear to look at her hurt. The tears that were on the verge were now staining her cheeks.

Caroline walked up to him and flung her arms around him pulling him in for a hug. She burrowed her head into his neck firmly holding onto him. Nik was shocked. He had never been hugged like this before. Maybe once when he was little by Mother but he never felt like he did at this moment. He felt his heart swell and his breathing ease. His arms slowly came around Caroline holding her close to him. He could feel her tears wet his neck.

"Don't leave me." Caroline whispered.

"Never." Nik said.

They held onto each other just standing. After a while, Caroline gently kissed his neck and pulled back. Nik held onto her hand and sat down under a tree with Caroline in his arms. Caroline rested her head against his chest. He liked the feeling of having her close to him.

"Are you still angry with me?" Caroline asked.

"No love, I could never be mad at you." Nik said.

"Are you mad at Stefan?"

"Well, yes. I guess it is because I am afraid that Rebekah will get hurt." Nik said. He had never openly shared his fears with anyone before but he felt like he could trust Caroline.

Caroline looked up at him with her bright green eyes looking into his.

"Nik I understand that you are protective of Rebekah but trust me. Stefan is very caring, considerate and kind. I can say this with confidence that he will never do anything that will hurt Rebekah."

Nik could tell she was serious and from what he knew of Stefan, he could say she was right. It was just that when it came to Rebekah, he didn't have patience. Nik nodded. Caroline smiled and kissed him most passionately. After a while, Nik chuckled.

"What's funny?" Caroline asked with confused look on her face.

"I was just wondering whether I would have to go ask Stefan if I can court you, love." Nik smiled. Caroline laughed as she got up and extended an arm to him.

"I guess you should ask. It is customary." She winked at him and then laughed.

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