A/N Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! No Hayley or miracle baby.

Klaus POV

"What do you want Rippah? Another of your friends need saving? Well I'm too busy mate" Klaus answered his phone. He knew it was Stefan immediately as he was the only one with his number.

"Klaus it's Caroline. She was killed" Klaus' senses immediately sharpened as he heard her name. His ray of light in an otherwise murky, dark world that seemed overcrowded with problems.

"What do you mean Rippah? Your brother handed over my Caroline for the doppelganger?! I WILL KILL HIM!" Klaus was beyond angry. He was seething. All he saw was red.

"No you won't Klaus. He's already dead and so is Elena. Caroline's sacrifice went in vain. Tyler killed Damon when he found out. Permanently killed. Then Elena staked herself. She couldn't live without him. So you see I've lost my brother. Please save Caroline. I can't lose my best friend as well" Stefan pleaded with Klaus. He was pissed when he found out about Caroline's death and would do whatever it took to bring her back.

"Don't worry Rippah. My love isn't going to be dead for long" Klaus assured him as his mind ran through all his options of bringing his love safely home. He refused to admit she was dead. She was too full of love, too compassionate, too beautiful to be dead. He would ensure it. He ended the call with a bang and sought out Elijah and Bekah.

"Barbie's dead? I'm so sorry for you Nik. But well if she's dead what can we do?" Rebekah knew the pain of losing your loved one. It occurred all too frequently for her. She didn't like Caroline but she made Nik happy. And if Nik was happy then they could all be happy. In time, I suppose I could even grow to like Caroline. She is like a younger me.

"I concur. Niklaus if she is dead then there is little we can do. You must mourn brother as I did when I heard of my beloved Katerina's death" Elijah attempted to console Klaus. When Katherine died he would have fell apart if he hadn't been forced to concentrate on mending their family. He hoped the same thought would allow Niklaus to survive and find new love just as he hoped for himself.

"You may have not fought for Katherine brother but I will fight for Caroline. She is my love. My Queen. I will find her and bring her home. Or I will die trying. What do I have to live for? Only the thought that Caroline may one day come to love me has kept me alive. Nothing else. Has Bekah not defied me time and time again for love? Then why should I not do the same?" Klaus stood there with a righteous kind of anger. He had bared his soul and it gave him courage enough to fight for love.

"Very well Niklaus we shall aid you in this endeavour" Elijah and Rebekah agreed. "Where shall we begin?"

Klaus began planning. He sent Elijah to fetch Davina and Rebekah to get Stefan. They would need his help to bring Caroline back. With Davina's power, Stefan's knowledge of the events and his own sheer will he was certain of their success.

Caroline POV

"Okay guys I think I found out where we are. This place isn't Hell. It's a kind of Limbo, an area of containment like the one Bonnie was kept in. I remember she told me to escape she had to find an object to bring her home" Caroline quickly explained the details of Bonnie's entrapment. She had walked around the room several times and noticed that although two days had passed the elaborate grandfather clock hadn't changed.

"Well done Blondie. We might escape yet. What about you witchy?" Katherine had contributed nothing besides her innate knowledge of magic built up over the years. She was just as desperate as Caroline to escape. I will return Elijah.

"An object? Well this room is full of them so let's start searching. If it's magical when you hold it you should feel a slight tingle" Sophie set them too work as she too began searching. If they found the object then all they needed was the spell.

They searched through the entire room before Katherine stumbled upon an object. An intricately designed silver dagger that she immediately recognised. It was her mother's. Her family were Travellers and often used ancient ceremonial daggers in their special branch of magic. She turned it over and reread the same inscription she had read millions of times before: For Sofia on the occasion of her 18th birthday. Love Papa.

"I found it. It's my mother's dagger. This place was meant to contain me" Katherine concluded as the truth dawned on her. She was sent here after her death so she would never be able to escape. Her ancestors would have ensured it. After all she was Katherine Pierce, a 500 year old, dangerous vampire.

"But then why are we here?" Caroline failed to understand her role in this Hell. Katherine's Hell not hers, not Sophie's so why were they there?

"Because someone wanted us safe. Me so I could help you too. Katherine for Elijah as his one true love and you Caroline for Klaus. You two are the only ones who can control them." Sophie was certain of her logic especially knowing what she did of ancestral magic. Ancestors can save their descendants from the Other Side. It was rare but possible.

"But then who witchy?" Katherine was impatient. She just wanted to leave and find Elijah.

"It was I Katherine. I have seen the error of my ways in meddling with my children' lives and now I want nothing more than their happiness. Something which you and Caroline could provide. I sent Sophie here to help you escape as I thought Caroline would eventually seek out my son. But it took her death to unite the three of you in your mission of returning. I was not going to appear until that had happened. Now I am here I will tell you of the spell. Look in the bookcase on the left and you will find a gold backed grimoire. You will find the spell on the seventh page. Goodbye and good luck. Give my family my love" Esther disappeared. She had not really been there. It was merely an astral projection to finally unite her family.

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