Chapter 9

Kiara and Caroline had spent the rest of the day in Caroline's room as Caroline was teaching her how to make Scooby bracelets. Kiara had never heard of them before, this didn't surprise Caroline as most of the time you would only hear about them at school, which Kiara didn't go to. After a few hours of hanging up clothes, making Scooby's and telling stories about the past, Kiara fell asleep. Caroline cleaned all the mess up and placed it on the table she had in her room. She sat back down on the bed and moved some hair out of Kiara face and could feel a presence. She looked towards the door and could see Klaus with a smirk on his face. She said "what?"

He walked into the room, closing the door behind him and said "Just enjoying the view, sweetheart" she smiled "you're good with her".

"Well she's a great kid...why are they after her? Why is Sophie after her?"

Klaus sat down on the bed near Caroline and said "the Harvest" she narrowed her eyes "before I came the witches use to be in control of the city you could say. They do this harvest every couple of hundreds of years, to bring magic back into their ancestral line and it involves sacrificing four witch children" Caroline gasped. "When I got here it turns out that Marcel had control of the withes and he was King. When a girl, a child, in the harvests dies her powers are past on to the next. Marcel saved a girl from the Harvest and her name was Davina. She had the power of four witches and she was the reason why Marcel had control over the witches. She could tell when they were doing magic and Marcel made it his mission to protect her from them. So he killed any witch that used magic. When I got here the witches blackmailed me with my unborn child to help take down Marcel. I did of course and along the way I found out about Davina. Sophie lost a niece in the harvest called Monique and if you are a sacrifice, you will come back to life when all four of you die. She wanted to kill Davina, to bring her niece back. All the elders were dead, so Sophie had to try and finish the harvest off herself. Davinas power was getting worse as she couldn't control it; it was too much power for someone who wasn't born with it. Just after I got my kingdom back, Davina lost complete control of her magic and the city started to fall. She knew that she had to die to save everyone and she accepted the harvest. We took her to the cemetery where she faced Sophie and said that she was ready. When it happened, the rain, the fire and the winds that were controlled by her magic stopped. It ended. We all wanted her to come back, especially Marcel; he treated her like a daughter. But she never did. The Harvest was only supposed to last a couple of months and then the witches would lose their powers because of it, but it didn't end. The girl's bodies became paralyzed and it is still continuing. When Sophie and the other witches discovered that Kiara had magic, while still in the womb, they thought of the new plan. Why not sacrifice the hybrids daughter and the original witch's granddaughter. They tried to take her when she was born but I discovered their plan but couldn't stop them before they bounded Sophie to Kiara".

"They want to kill her?"

Klaus nodded and Caroline looked down and kissed the seven year old girl on the head. Klaus said "I will protect her for the rest of eternity, if that is what it takes".

"Hopefully it wont last that long".

He shook his head and said "there is something keeping the harvest up. I intend to find what it is and destroy it and now that Bonnie can break the bond, I will have one less thing to worry about".

Caroline placed a hand on his and squeezed it. He moved slowly towards her to kiss her but then she moved her hand away and her head and said "Klaus, don't".

He placed a hand at the side of her face, so that she looked at him again "why not?" she looked at Kiara then back to him when he said "don't say it is because Kiara is here, I know you better than that".

"I don't want to do this".

"Do what?"

"Admit my feelings for you" she said quickly.

He sighed and said "Love, I have waited years for you to say that you even have feelings for me. Please tell me".

"What do you want to know?" her eyes watering.

"The truth".

She quickly said "The truth? The truth, well here it is. Since the first moment I met you I couldn't get you out of my head. You were the bad guy but yet I couldn't get those dimples, that smirk and the humanity you showed me out of my head. You were always different around me, even when you knew I was distracting you. All the time, I have to keep on reminding myself of all the terrible things you have done because without holding onto that, I want to give into the allure of darkness, like you said. Now here I am sat on a bed with the man I love and his daughter that is asleep next to me. This sweet little girl who managed to worm her way into my heart in such a short amount of time and it hurts knowing that no matter how much I love you, it hurts knowing that she is the one thing that I can never give you".

She looked down at her lap and a few tears fell. He wiped the tears away with his knuckles that made her look at him and said "you love me?"

She rolled her eyes and said "ohmygod after everything I just said the only thing you pick up on is that I love you"

He leaned over quickly and kissed her. At the beginning the kiss was slow and passionate and it showed how much they cared for each other. Soon after, it turned possessive as tongues started to battle for control. This side of the kissed showed how much they had been waiting for each other and how much they needed each other in the moment. They could have gone on like this for longer, as they were both vampires or Hybrid but they decided to pull away and they were both panting.

He leaned his forehead on hers and said "the only thing that was of importance was that you love me and that you care for my daughter. Sweetheart, you must know that I love you too".

Caroline's eyes were a mixture of surprise and love for him. Before she had a chance to say anything, she heard what sounded like whimpering. They both looked at Kiara and she looked like she was having a nightmare. Caroline gathered her up on her lap and said "shh sweetie it's alright".

Klaus gave her a nervous look and said "one of the things my mother had was that she could see the past, the present and alternative versions of the future as nothing was set in stone in her dreams. Unfortunately, she passed the gift onto Kiara. Some of the things she sees are not meant for at her age".

"Cant we wake her up?"

He shook his head and said "no. We tried that in the past but one time we managed it and it had serious repercussions. We just have to let her dream through it".

Caroline pulled Kiara further to her chest and started to hum. A few moments later she sang

"Hush little baby don't say a word,

Caroline's gonna buy you a mocking bird

And if that mocking bird don't sing

Daddy's gonna compel you a diamond ring"

She looked at Klaus and could see that he had a smirk on his face of how she changed the song to fit vampires.

"And if that diamond ring turns brass

Daddy's gonna compel you a looking glass

And if that looking glass gets broke

Caroline's gonna buy you a cart and bull

And if that cart and bull turn over

Caroline's gonna buy you a puppy named rover

And if that puppy won't bark

Daddy will scare it in his hybrid form

Then he will buy you a horse and cart

If that horse and cart fall down

Your still gonna be the sweetest little princess in the world"

Caroline then kissed her forehead and it seemed that the song seemed to physically make Kiara relax. Kiara had never calmed down so quickly and it amazed Klaus at how she'd done it. She smiled at him and he said "its official, you're never leaving" she laughed "she's never calmed down that quickly before" Klaus opened his arms and said "pass her here, I'll take her to her room".

She was about to hand her over but then Kiara moaned and they could see that she snuggled closer to Caroline and gripped her shirt. Both Klaus and Caroline smiled and she said "its fine, let her stay in here tonight. She already got dressed for bed before". He moved the cover and Caroline placed Kiara in the centre of the bed. They both stood there watching her but then when they finally looked at each other, she said "you can stay with us, if you want". Klaus nodded then left the room to get changed.

When he got back he could see that Caroline was already changed and was getting in bed. He closed the door and then got into bed on the other side of Kiara. They both whispered I love yous one last time, before they both fell asleep.