Caroline was feeling much better that afternoon. She remembered her mother being here earlier and explaining everything that's happened to her. Her mother even told her about vampire and Damon giving her blood to save her life.

Now her mother had gone to take a shower and rest a little and Matt just left because she asked him to help Rachel organising the Fair. Indeed, before she left that morning, Rachel promised Caroline she wouldn't cancel the Fair and that she would handle everything.

She was sitting on her bed, reading a people's magazine and waiting for her mother to drop by again when Elena walked in.

"Hey, I thought you were helping Rachel out at the Fair? I love what you did with your hair though." Caroline asked.

"You look much better Caroline." Elena said.

Caroline couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with her friend, something looked off.

"What's wrong Elena?" Caroline asked.

"My name is Katherine and I need you to give Damon Salvatore a message for me…"

Caroline realised it wasn't her friend when the face changed. Her mother, Damon and Rachel had explained enough to her and she now understood that she was face to face with a crazy and dangerous girl. She tried to scream but the vampire already had a hand over her mouth. All she could do was cry and listen…

Then it all went black.

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Liz and Damon came to sign Caroline out of the hospital when they found her crying in a dark corner of her room.

"Caroline?" Liz asked, worried as she rushed to her daughter.

"Don't come near me!" The frightened girl shrieked.

"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.

"She's in transition!" Damon exclaimed in horror.

"Elena… She looked like Elena…" Caroline muttered as Damon and Liz took her in their arms.

"Katherine…"

"She said to give you a message Mister Salvatore… She said Game on." Caroline cried.

"What game?" Liz asked.

"Her own sick game…and she's the only one who knows the rules, or the goal…" Damon spat angrily.

"I'm so sorry…" Caroline kept on repeating it.

"It's not your fault Caroline… Don't worry, Katherine won't hurt you anymore… We'll help you…" Liz tried to reassure her.

"She needs to complete the transition…and she needs a daylight ring…" Damon said, taking his phone out.

"What are you doing?" Liz asked as she closed the curtains so Caroline could go back in bed.

"I'm always prepared… I have a couple of daylight rings back at home, I just texted Rachel to get one and bring it here… It should fit Caroline since it was made for Rachel."

"Won't Rachel need it? I don't want to take anything from her…" Caroline cried.

"You won't. She won't need it… I just had one in case something happened to her before her 18th birthday… I'll get another one… Bonnie might be willing to make you something else though… Like a necklace or a bracelet or something…" Damon said as Rachel replied that she was on her way.

"What does she need to complete the transition?" Liz asked Damon as she held Caroline close to her and the girl kept her eye shut in deep concentration.

"She needs to drink human blood…"

"Is that why mom smells so good? It's really hard not to bite her right now…" Caroline asked.

"Yes, it is… I'm actually surprised that you've been able to have such control already… You're strong Caroline, you'll be a good vampire." Damon said.

"I'll do it. Caroline can drink from me as long as you pull her off before she drinks too much…" Liz said, willing to save her daughter's life through and through.

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After that, Caroline drank from her mother's wrist who then bandaged herself and Rachel arrived with the ring and hugged her friend before she gave it to him.

"What now? I can't go to the Fair or see Matt when I'm like this! I can't let people see me before I am in complete control of myself…" Caroline exclaimed.

"You can't stay locked in your house either, you'll go crazy." Damon argued.

"Why don't we send her to Aunt Sage or even to Lexi? They can help her! They both have great control and on the plus side they are girls too… They will be able to understand Caroline better." Rachel suggested.

"Damon, what do you think?" Liz asked him. She trusted him completely with this.

"I think that Sage would love to do this but she's far away right now and it would take her a while to come back... I think Lexi is the better choice… She's not living too far from here. Also I would advise Caroline to train in fighting with Sage anyway later…" Damon replied.

"Do you have her number?" Caroline asked.

"Yes, she gave it to me last time she was here… It was before I made up with Stefan… I'll go call her now." Damon replied, leaving the room.

"What are we going to say to people? What am I going to tell Matt?" Caroline asked.

"You can tell them that even though you feel much better, you need to rest and so you're going to spend a few days with some relative out of town and will be back in a week or so…" Rachel suggested as Liz nodded.

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Of course Lexi was happy to help and she said she would be in town that evening so they hid Caroline at the Boarding house in the mean time while she called and texted everyone to tell them what had been agreed on. Of course Bonnie and Elena knew the truth and both felt bad about it, especially Elena who had been the one to suggest giving Caroline blood in the first place.

"Don't beat yourself up Elena, Katherine would have been capable of feeding Caroline her own blood to complete her plan.

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Lexi had taken Caroline to some town a couple of hours away and was explaining things to her.

"You're not going to make me drink from animals right?" Caroline asked her, having been told, as she waited, of Stefan's previous diet.

"You would want to?" Lexi asked her, amused.

"Not really… Isn't feeding from cute defenseless animals the first step to becoming a serial killer?"

"You kind of skipped the serial killer stage and went straight to vampire." Lexi chuckled as they bonded and as she taught Caroline to feed and listen to heartbeats as she does.

All in all, Caroline was a good student and after a week and a half, she was ready to go home. She thanked Lexi and ran back home, ready to live her new life and enjoy it as best as she could.

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