Caroline's body trembled as she held her breath when Mikael opened the doors. At that moment, all she wanted to do was pick up her gown and run as far away as she could. She felt trapped and Mikael's presence was making her anxiety worse.

Caroline turned her head towards Mikael when she realized he had spoken. He still had an evil-looking smile on his face as Caroline tried to pull away. He grabbed her arm and stared deeply into her eyes. Caroline couldn't move, almost feeling as if she was being hypnotized. "Go in, and stay calm."

Caroline felt her body moving on its own accord, 'It's like I must do as he says.' She entered the dining room quietly and her eyes roamed around the room until she found Stefan standing between two men.

Caroline let a soft sob as she quickly ran up to Stefan and waited for him to address her. Stefan was chatting among the two men when he saw her. With a bright smile he stepped forward, scooped her up in his arms, and held her tightly. "Caroline! I'm glad to see you! What a sight for sore eyes."

She pulled away slightly and watched his smile faltered. "I'm so sorry… I should have stayed-" Caroline shook her head. "Stefan, I'm alive because you told me to run. I should be thanking you… my brave friend." Caroline returned his smile, then placed a quick kiss on his cheek. At the moment she could feel someone staring at her.

She glanced past Stefan, and saw that one of the men he had been talking to was Klaus. His eyes, angrily bore into hers and Caroline bit her lip mortified that he of all people has seen the display of affection. 'Why should I care?' Stefan's face was slightly red after he pressed his fingers against his cheek.

"Maybe you should do that more often." Stefan teased. Caroline smirked and lightly smacked him on the arm, before turning when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She was met by a captivating dark-haired man, and out of habit she bowed her head and curtsied.

She raised her head to him when he spoke, "I don't believe we have been introduced, my name is Elijah Mikaelson. You must be Miss Forbes." He said with a charming smile. 'Was everyone in this family so attractive?' She blushed slightly as he held out his hand. She placed her small one in his as he brought it up to his mouth.

Caroline out of instinct snatched her hand away as Elijah lightly laughed. "I'm sorry Miss Forbes, I shouldn't have." Caroline felt guilty, "Oh no! It's perfectly fine sir, I'm just not used to be treated so accordingly. Please forgive my behavior."

Elijah gave her another charming smile "No need to apology, please let's sit… dinner will be served soon." Caroline watched as he gestured to a chair, and pulled it out for her.

Caroline gave him a small smile as she sat in between him and Stefan. She looked across the grand table and to her surprise Klaus was seated in front of her. She noticed Rebekah sat to his one side, and then she glanced at the man to his other.

Her eyes glared at the man that had introduced himself earlier on the staircase 'Kol Mikaelson' He in return winked at her. She could feel her temper rising but, she remained calm. Her eyes turned to Mikael as he coughed to gain everyone's attention.

"It pleases me to introduce Caroline Forbes to my family, this is what we have being waiting for…." He cheerfully spoke. Caroline's fear was slowly coming back in full force, but like before, for some reason she remained still and waited for him to continue.

"I suppose you have many questions to ask, Caroline…" The way Mikael spoke her name, made her shiver in disgust. Caroline shook her head to clear her thoughts when she realized she only had one question.

"Who am I?" Caroline meekly asked. Everyone's eyes flashed to hers, then to Mikael. Caroline lifted her head to look at him, when he gave her a small smile. "I'm going to tell you a tale, Caroline." He cleared his throat and Caroline anxiously waited for him to speak.

"Over 600 years ago, my family and I were extremely wealthy land owners." Caroline narrowed her eyes, '600 years ago? This man has gone mad.' "My wife, was beautiful and we had everything we wanted the perfect family… or so I thought."

She watched as Mikael's harden gaze landed on Klaus. Caroline turned her attention towards Klaus, but found his face lowered and his hand clenching until his knuckles turned white. "Tragedy then came upon my family on a particular full moon."

Caroline turned her head towards Mikael, he seemed far off in his own memories. "My youngest son, Henrik was killed mercifully by the dreadful beasts as you would like to call werewolves." Mikael spit out. Caroline's eyes widened at his words. 'Was it Klaus?'

"Then my wife, who was also a very powerful witch decided to protect our family. She turned us into monsters ourselves... for protection. We became children of the night feeding off the blood of others. In simple terms we became known as vampires." Mikael licked his lips and smiled wickedly. Caroline's mouth fell open at his revelation. 'There is no such thing!'

Mikael pushed back his chair and stood, making his way to the fire-place. "My wife did not realize, that would not be enough. The werewolves took us turning as a threat. They… attacked us again and Finn… My oldest son… those beasts took away two of my sons."

Caroline couldn't help but to pity this poor man, he actually believed this was all real. She interrupted, "Lord Mikaelson, I'm truly sorry for you… regarding your sons, but there is no way that this is possible. Vampires, witches and werewolves do not exist!" Caroline argued.

Mikael sharply turned on his heel as everyone silently watched him stomped up to the back of her chair and pulled it around furiously. Caroline panicked at the speed and strength he possessed, and held on praying that the chair would not tumble over.

She flinched back in fear as she watched darkened veins become visible on face, and his eyes glowed blood-red. He gave her a smile which showed his enlarged teeth. Caroline gasped and quickly shut her eyes.

"My Caroline, don't be afraid… we will not hurt you." Mikael softy whispered. Caroline opened her eyes and titled her head at him, as his face changed back to normal. "Why me?" she cried out in confusion. He still had not explained anything about her involvement with this madness. He turned her chair around slowly, and Caroline faced Klaus again as Mikael walked back to his chair.

"When Esther realized that we…" he moved his hand around the table towards his children. He paused for a moment then continued "would not work, she decided to push her magic even further. She was vengeful, and she was out for blood."

"One of her servant maids, had just recently bore a child… a male who would Esther would bless with a gift, if I should say…" Caroline looked at Klaus, as he made eye contact with her. She could see the sorrow in his eyes as his father spoke again.

"After performing the spell, Esther became very weak. She died not a few hours later… She placed a hex upon the child, when the first female would be born of his bloodline then the curse could be activated."

"A curse?" Caroline blurted out. Caroline saw the Rebekah across from her, turn her head and pierce her with a cold stare. "A curse, if that's what you want to call it… Caroline Forbes you are the first female descendent to be born from that bloodline."

Caroline felt clammy and sick. She saw a servant out of the corner of her eye as they placed a bowl of stew in front of her, but all she could do was stare at it. Mikael's voice became excited and high-pitched, "You will become our greatest weapon against the werewolves! You will do things we cannot do, see things we cannot see, kill our enemies without even blinking! You will be extraordinary!"

Caroline felt the room began to spin, his words making her numb. She felt Stefan move beside her, reaching for her hand. "Caroline, are you feeling well?" Caroline faced him and frowned. 'He's one of them. He knew…This-This is too much!' Caroline snatched her hand away and shook her head as her eyes rolled into the back of her head as she fell into darkness.