0o Part 4 o0

When Klaus agreed to meet her, Caroline scoffed.

But when her father was not home she received a letter—from Klaus. Her heart was beating faster since morning, after reading the letter. It was having words – Waiting for you.

For almost a few moments she thought it wasn't happening.

Klaus coming in her dreams was damn true, the servant giving her letter had happened. She thought she would lose her mind sooner or later. Though, she wanted to make sure if he was true.

He said he was waiting for her and he didn't mention where.

She frowned to herself as she stepped out escaping from all the guards around her house. Suddenly something struck to her mind and immediately a smirk crept to her lips.

Caroline could identify him anywhere.

Still in astonishment, she walked into the familiar field, the field which she dreamt of him for the first time.

Klaus was real, standing there at a distance. His lips curved into that strange smile once again. Her heart was beating so vigorously she thought it could come out breaking all the ribs.

In flesh.

She remembered those words, and was still processing everything. She stopped two feet away from him and inspected his appearance. He was not vibrating in the form of energy like he would in her dreams, but she felt the same mystery about him.

Her mind would explode now.

Caroline hesitantly moved close and reached out for his face, and watched his smirk fading gradually. He was tensed for some unknown reasons. She wanted to make sure he was real which was the reason—she traced his jaw and found stubble on his perfect skin.

"You are real." She commented widening her bright blue eyes.

His eyelids fluttered as he inhaled sharply. A moment later he brought his signature smirk and tilted his head. "I warned you before, love." He murmured touching her hand.

Something jolted within her as their skins came in contact and Caroline wondered if she had the same impact on him. He smiled lightly as he ran fingers against her hand. His stormy blues were blazing after a spark ignited them.

Blushing deeply Caroline withdrew her hand slowly and stammered in his presence for the first time ever. "H—How?" lifting her brows a little she quivered her head. "How is it even possible? You had me believed that you were part of my imagination."

Klaus gave her his dimpled smile as he said. "In flesh. That is what you wished on your birthday. And here I am, Caroline."

She was happy for taking her silly wish into consideration.

The way her name rolled on his tongue had not changed. She bit her lip and looked around before she glanced back at Klaus. "How is it even possible? You entering into my dreams, talking to me—"

"Knowing things about you," he continued with chuckle. "Would you like to take a walk with me?" he stretched out his hand.

"You channeled all of my memories?" she gasped, horrified, causing Klaus another chuckle.

"Not all of them, no." He replied helping Caroline to walk on the huge fallen tree while he held her palm and gazed up at her intently.

Caroline stood there and turned to him completely, mortified recollecting all her thoughts. Klaus brushed her hand with his thumb and that gesture felt comforting.

"What are you?" she blurted out a question.

Definitely he was not a human like her. Pretty clear, it was.

His smile faded before it returned fully. "What do you think I can be?" he teased.

She bit her lip, glanced at the trees around them. "Fallen angel?" she replied having the same lightness in her tone.

All she could listen after her question was melodious titter coming from him. She stood there mesmerized by the way he laughed and it caused a smile on her face.

"What made you think so?" he asked after stifling his laughter.

Caroline shrugged her shoulders. "You have magic, you can uplift my mood very quickly." She said looking into his eyes. "There is something about you—" she tilted head to right, "dark yet tempting. I bet you will have a different aura when compared to me, to a regular human. I can feel it when you are around."

Klaus stiffened a smile as he observed her, and nodded slightly as he averted gaze from her.

"So—what are you?" Immediately after her question she lost balance and was about to fall when Klaus braced her by holding her waist. Caroline giggled softly as he put her down. The hem of her dress came in between her feet causing her to trip on him. "Oh." She huffed and gathered herself. "That is very clumsy of me." She smiled, embarrassed.

Klaus ran fingers across cheek when she looked up to meet his distant gaze. Soon her cheeks turned red as her heart beat was steadily rising because of that closeness. Everything was happening in haze and she felt his soft, cold lips on her own.

It was different experience for her, and she liked it a lot. Very slowly it began. Klaus gave her lengthy strokes and she parted her lips to let him explore with his tongue. Her hands travelled all the way from his forearms to his face and caressed him. And then—the kiss turned into something else. Passionate as if he was craving for her, rough as if he owned her. Caroline moaned when his fingers to her neck.

Suddenly it all stopped— Klaus flinched and stepped back.

His face distorted in pain, irritation as he glared at her neck. Caroline's breathing came down gradually as she touched her vervain necklace which her father had given her many years back.

Her eyes widened in astonishment.

The necklace restrained him? And it only meant he was a—

"Vampire!" she voiced her thought.

Klaus stood emotionless for a moment as she stepped back, purely trembling in fear, and hit the tree. He grasped her wrist and helped her once again to stand straight.

"Careful, love. You don't want to get hurt now, do you?" he muttered and moved away from her. She noticed that he gave her space which she required at moment. Positively required.

His gaze didn't seem to change, didn't look guilty.

"You lied to me." She found her voice in between her hiccups.

"Breathe, Caroline." He sighed trying to step close and, of course, she moved in other direction causing him to scoff.

Her hiccups continued as she watched him in terror, thinking of all the possibilities of getting hurt. This was definitely not the way of death she was planning all time. She moved to other side and slowly stepped away when he closed the space between them. Caroline gasped in between her hiccups and quivered her head pleadingly when he lifted her up in his arms. Instantly she curled hands around his neck as he moved in abnormal speed.

Everything around them seemed to blur and it worsened her condition. Her hiccups deepened as if they were squeezing her insides.

Before she could register where they were going, her legs were on the ground again. He brought her to the river. Caroline herself from him and ran towards the water. Taking handful of water from river she drank like that for a couple of times and brought condition into control.

Klaus stood back with crossed arms when she turned around to meet his intense stare.

"I didn't lie to you Caroline," was his first sentence after a long pause. "In fact I never lied to you about anything." He quivered his head.

"But you hid truth." She pointed out in a little harsh voice, and she immediately regretted that later after watching his darkening eyes. "You are a vampire!" she squeaked in a trembling tone.

"I am not just any vampire, love." He informed lightly as he looked up to spot a flower on the corner of a branch. In a blink of an eye, he was there—near that flower making Caroline to gasp, after finding him in such position.

Plucking that flower Klaus jumped from there and landed in front of Caroline.

She was simply gaping at him entire time. He let out a chuckle as he took her hand and placed this flower in her palm. "Let us say I am the beast your father mentioned on the other day." He smirked. "I am the reason for your wedding with that mutt you hate the most— Tyler, is it?" he squinted slightly. Caroline gave him a disbelieving look, trying to digest the things he was sharing.

"What are you?" she barely let out a whisper.

Klaus tilted his head to left as a corner of his lips bent. "I am the Original Hybrid." Looking at her trembling lips he added. "The most feared, hated by humans," his index finger traced her cheek, "is in front of you."

Gulping a hard swell formed in her throat Caroline trembled. She could feel it, that shiver. Though, she found her voice in such pathetic condition. "To kill me?"

A melodious chuckle escaped from his lips. "If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it the moment I saw you in the middle of field, in the beginning of spring."

Somewhat those words boosted her courage. Looking down at the flower he gave to her she murmured. "I believe you want to use me against my father." There was no denial that she was hurt.

"I would never hurt you." His finger went down to her chin and lifted her face up to meet his callous eyes. "You intrigue me, Caroline. I like you." Her heart would have skipped a beat at that moment. "Using you against your father is not the thing I have in my mind after I saw you."

"Then what is it you want from me?" she asked.

Klaus narrowed his eyes and observed her for a moment. She was clearly testing him, and she wanted to learn his intentions. She believed he was not going to hurt her, though a part of her was really terrified of him.

"I want to give you what you need." He stated rubbing her lower lip with his thumb. When she frowned he smirked. "I am very open to let you explore," he recalled her words and there was a tease in his voice. "You will have everything, anything at your feet before you know and— importantly I will be more than glad to have you around in the way you are."

Caroline's gaze fell on the ground for a moment, completely understood what he was trying to convey.

The first thought crossed her mind was—her father's reaction. Standing here with Bill's enemy was not the right thing to do, according to Caroline. She was doing a grave mistake, but then she was not even feeling guilty.

Looking back at Klaus she found him observing her in a mysterious way.

"I need to go home." She said, fazed.

Klaus respected her decision and backed away from her, clearing path and bowed lightly with a smirk on his lips. Caroline rubbed her forehead and took a couple of steps in the other direction before she stopped suddenly.

If this was not his original face—

Turning around she asked a little bit curiously. "Show me your true self, Klaus."

His lips twitched and bent into an amused smile. "Are you strong enough to withstand?"

There was a moment of inner battle in her before she made up her mind. Caroline then nodded determinedly.

Klaus chuckled lightly before everything about him changed. The atmosphere around them seemed very terrifying as she heard him growling like a beast. For an instant, she thought it was not him who was snarling. His captivating features turned into something ghastly. Eyes were blazing like two bright yellow orbs, and those fangs—she was terrified thinking what would happen if he bit her with them.

Caroline wondered how she was even conscious after watching the worst of him.

Maybe she was stronger than she expected. Or this was just another dream.

Suddenly everything became normal again. Caroline blinked snapping out of that astonishment.

"You are really strong one Caroline." He told as if he heard to her thoughts.

She opened and closed her mouth simultaneously, not sure how to respond him.

"And so here is my proposition—come with me." Caroline was sure she misheard. A ghost of smile appeared on his lips as he went further. "Come with me and lead the life like the way you want or—" he paused raising his index finger, "you can marry someone whom you don't like and can complain about it for the rest of your human life."

She gathered herself finally as she answered. "I—I need some time."

Klaus nodded to himself and that smile didn't leave his face. "You can choose anything until tomorrow. After sunset I would be leaving this place."

Caroline quivered her head a little before she left a squinting Klaus on her behind.

Stefan didn't understand what they were doing in this place, waiting for a human girl who gained Klaus' interest. If she intrigued Klaus that much, then he should have drained her—that was what he would do always. Or in the worst condition he should have abducted her from her home. That was Stefan's thought, though.

But waiting for her was something very low of his lord which he never expected.

"Is something bothering you, Stefan?" Klaus asked callously as he leaned against the tree and watched as the horses whining.

Stefan began it in his usual polite tone after ending his hesitation, "She is just a human, and to be exact she is your enemy's daughter."

"So?"

"I—I don't understand, my lord," Stefan sighed inconveniently. "If you want, then you could have had her in other ways. Killing the entire rebellion, and then maybe compelling her after that—" His words were interrupted with a soft chuckle from his master.

"You see Stefan, I don't think compulsion would make things exciting always." Lazily he shifted glance to a cautious Stefan. "If you really wish to have some entertainment, then you should let things happen naturally. That would be my suggestion."

Stefan didn't make any comment after that, of course, only for a moment.

"Sire, if you don't mind my asking—" he muttered, "— do you think that girl would come despite of us being creatures of the dark?"

Yes, even he wanted to see if she truly would take up what Klaus had offered. Maybe she would be a fool to play such dangerous game with his master. Living with Klaus meant playing with fire, walking on edge of mountain in the darkness. She would be a fool, Stefan thought again, or she would be—

A strong human scent hit their senses then.

Klaus bent his lips into a victorious smile as if a part of him won inner battle. Then he opened his mouth to reply Stefan. ^ "Don't underestimate the allure of darkness, Stefan," he paused and looked at the human girl who was walking to them and glancing around, "Even the purest hearts are drawn to it." ^

Stefan couldn't believe his eyes. That girl, Caroline was standing in front of them, biting her lip insecurely as Klaus closed the space.

Stefan went back to the cart and alerted its rider before he watched as his master and the human girl unite.

She would be a fool or she could be having fire in her matching with Klaus. Stefan let out a snort imagining the consequences of her choice. He quivered head as the couple kissed. This was going to be a hell of war.

0o Part 4 o0

Very clearly that line is taken from the series. I liked it, so I just used it in here. No offence, I don't own it. And here is the end for this 4 shot story. Hope you all are entertained. Sorry for any kind of loop holes in the plot. There's going to be a sequel.

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- Dylan.