Chapter 8

After they finished at the cafe they all got back to shopping. After a few hours and multiple trips back to the car due to the amount of shopping, they finally went into their last store. They only had a few shopping bags in their hands this time but after looking at clothes and shoes all day, they finally went into an arts and crafts store for Kiara. They didn't need to look up and down the aisle as Kiara knew exactly where she was going and Bonnie and Caroline knew that she must spend a lot of time here, when she goes out. When they got to paying they came out of the shop with seven extra bags.

When they walked out Caroline and Bonnie bumped into someone. They apologised as they picked the bags up but then they both heard, when Kiara gasped in what sounded like fear. Caroline and Bonnie stood up in front of her and looked at the women. She had tanned skin and you could see a tattoo on her right arm. She had dark brown hair and looked liked she was in her late 30s. The women said "hello little princess" she practically spat out.

Kiara grabbed Caroline's arm to hold onto so she felt safe "what do you want Sophie? Why can't you just leave my family alone?" Bonnie and Caroline both looked at Kiara and she said "she's the witch I was telling you about".

Caroline looked at Sophie and said "so you're the stuck up little bitch who wants to hurt kids".

"I am trying to save four kids that have been paralyzed for the last eight years" Sophie spat. Bonnie and Caroline stood protectively in front of Kiara and Sophie laughed "you can't keep her safe forever. You are just a little vampire and from what I can tell a young witch. You don't have the power to stop me, unless you want to hurt her" she gestured towards Kiara.

Sophie took a step forward and Caroline said "don't even think about it".

Sophie saw the determination on her face and said "I've never seen you here before, who are you?" they didn't answer "you would really risk your lives for that brat".

"Yes" Caroline said without a moment's hesitation and Bonnie nodded.

Sophie looked at Bonnie and said "you're a witch like me; you're on the wrong side".

Bonnie said "I'm nothing like you. I would never harm a child and I'm a Bennett witch" they all smirked as they saw Sophie physically flinch when Bonnie said her name "I chose which side I'm on and I chose this one".

Sophie backed up slowly and said "never thought the Bennett witches would stoop so low as to work with vampires. What a waste of magic" Sophie then turned around and walked off.

Bonnie and Caroline both looked down to see that Kiara was still scared. They put their bags down on the ground and Bonnie took the keys off Caroline to go and get the car that was around the corner. Caroline pulled her in for a hug and Kiara wrapped her arms around Caroline tight "nothing is going to happen to you, okay".

"You can't be sure of that".

Caroline pulled away and could see that tears were forming in Kiara's eyes "I promise that as long as I am with you, I will protect you sweetie".

Kiara gave her a smile and said "thank you, Caroline".

"Don't need to thank me sweetie".

"Why would you protect me?"

Caroline wiped a tear away that fell on Kiara cheek and she said "because you're just a little girl who has done nothing wrong. You're innocent".

Kiara smiled and said "my daddy was right, you don't care about whom people are".

Caroline smiled back "as long as there is humanity in them, I will always be there...now what do you say when we get back to the house, while I talk to your dad, you go upstairs to my room and we will have a go at them Scooby laces and see if I can teach you?"

Kiara giggled and said "Id like that".

Bonnie then pulled up in the car. Caroline helps fasten Kiara in so that no witches would have a surprise attack and then she put the extra bags from the store in the boot. When she got into the passenger seat, Bonnie gave her a nervous look as they both knew that Klaus would over react to this. They were both also interested in the reason why the witch wanted Kiara. They knew that the witch had used Kiara for blackmail in the past, but surely that wouldn't work again with her abilities.

When they got back to the house they only gathered one bag from the trunk and that was the one that had the Scooby laces in. They decided that they needed to tell Klaus what happened and get Kiara inside. As they walked into the house and stood in the open space, Klaus was stood on the balcony. They saw him smirk and that's when Kiara shouted him.

He rushed down stairs using his hybrid speed and picked Kiara up smiling. He kissed her forehead and said "did you have a nice day?"

She slowly nodded but he could tell that something was wrong. Caroline said "hey, Kiara why don't you go upstairs like we talked about?" Kiara nodded then jumped out of Klaus arms, with her bag still in her hand and using her hybrid speed, ran upstairs.

Caroline sighed and Klaus said "Caroline, what happened?"

She noticed that he only called her Caroline when he was angry at her or when he was being serious about something. That something usually included blood spilled. She looked down to the floor as she didn't know how to tell him but then she noticed that Bonnie had walked away and left her and Klaus alone. She couldn't look up at him, afraid of what he might think or do.

Klaus walked closer to her and placed a hand under her chin, so she looked at him. As she looked into his eyes, he moved his hand so it started to caress her face. After a few moments she said "we may have had a little...witch problem".

She could see the anger build up in him and he quickly moved away from her. He started to pace but then when he got near a wall he punched it and it caused a crack to emerge. She ran over to him and paced both her hands on the side of his face. His teeth were seething and he said "Sophie Devereaux?"

She nodded and said "Kiara told us" she rubbed her thumbs in a circular motion on his face to try and calm him.

He took a deep breath and then he placed his hands on top of hers "did she hurt either of you?" his eyes were full of concern and his voice pleading that everything was alright.

She placed her forehead on his and said "we're both fine, she didn't hurt us" they then both realised the position they were in and how close together they were. They had never been this close except the time when they had almost kissed. Caroline pulled her forehead away from his and she could see in his eyes that, that was the opposite of what he wanted. She stayed where she was and kept her hands on his face ad said "Bonnie said that if you would allow it, she would teach Kiara magic. She will also break the bond that Sophie has on Kiara".

Klaus narrowed his eyes and said "she would do that?"

Caroline gave him a comforting smile and said "you may have had your differences with her in Mystic Falls but Bonnie would never let a child get hurt".

"Tell her...thank you" Caroline was shocked that he wanted her to say thank you to Bonnie.

She moved her hands away from his face and said "I should probably get upstairs, Kiara is waiting".

He sighed and said "of course. I will have something take the bags into your rooms".

"thank you" she then used her vampire speed and ran upstairs.