A.N: Everyone, thank you so much for your continued support. Majority of you have been nothing but supportive, sweet and point out things that I find helpful. I would like to remind some of my readers that, this is a fanfiction. And this will ultimately is a different universe.

My perspective on scenes will not always match yours. If you do not like it then please don't punish yourself to read this work.

I received a guest review that, had some really good critical points. Most of which I will take as we all have a difference of opinion. Thank you to the reviewer because Liz slipped my mind, mostly due to planning errors. I will ensure to fix that in the future. However other points, lead me to repeat if you do not like the premise of this story then why waste breath on the story?

Chapter 12

"Caroline, I don't know what to do!"

Life continued on for those living on in Mystic Falls, her mother Liz Forbes finally had her deputies under control. The Mayor was back to running the town, not much different than her late husband. It's been a week since the Young Farm Massacre. The only major difference in town was that there was one more vampire in town, Elena Gilbert who fed at the last moment.

"Elena, calm down" Caroline soothed. Immediately regretting picking up the phone while in the mansion of the oldest vampires in the world. Knowing that every vampire could hear their conversation. The baby vampire decided not to bother pretending to request privacy. They wouldn't give it to her. Elijah would, but the others? Hell no.

"Stefan and Damon just keep arguing about how I should feed. It's just too much. I can't stand to see them fighting about this."

Caroline used a large amount of her personal willpower not to say the first thing that came to mind. It boggled her mind the way Elena's brain worked. On one hand she never wanted to become a vampire. For one very real reason, Caroline was too much of a good friend to lay on her friend's feet just yet. The other, the girl was suddenly all pumped and ready to live, most likely to do the heightened emotions, from memory the blonde knew would soon come crumbling down.

"Elena, what do you want to do?" The older vampire asked, rolling her eyes. Niklaus was by her side on the couch a sketch pad on his lap, raising an eyebrow at her clearly irritated answer. Elijah walked into the room brows burrowed at something in his grasp. She saw a newspaper in his hands, snatched it from his light grip. She shot him a warning shot, looking over the paper.

The blonde crumpled a newspaper throwing it into the trash. The gas explosion at the Young farm was all anyone could talk about. Everything was going to change soon. The gang would hear the rumors of the cure, and they would be hunting down for it. The circumstances of Elena's transformation may have changed, but her opinion on vampirism certainly had not. Elijah quirked an eyebrow at her, causing Caroline to hold back a frustrated growl. These damn Mikaelson's and their perfect fucking facial expressions!

"I don't know. I never really considered it, I always assumed I would stay human."

Knowing her friend as well as she did, Caroline held her tongue. Its annoyed Caroline that Niklaus had been right about her. Caroline enjoyed being a vampire. Turning had opened her eyes to so many things, making her abrupt trip to the past even more vital. Deep down Caroline knew that Elena would never be able to accept being a vampire fully. She would feed, go on with her life but a part of her would grief for her human one.

As well she should.

What worried Caroline was how Elena's sorrow will once again drag the group into chaos. She questioned herself if she would stay in town while they hunted for the cure? Caroline shuddered thinking about what was unleashed thanks to Elena's need to be satisfied in every single way. She couldn't accept being a vampire, when it would mean needing to choose.

"Elena, it's okay to not be happy that you were changed. I can't condone what Kol did, but I am happy you're alive" Her blue eyes glared over as the originals in the room. The two had turned to a conversation with each other. Klaus shrugged his shoulders to her, as if to tell her it stop whining.

"Care, I'm trying I really am. Seeing you at the decades dance with him after everything that's happened…" Elena's voice echoed through the phone.

Before Caroline had wished Elena had just take responsibility for her actions; from begging Stefan to safe Matt or choosing to kiss Damon. Look inside of herself to find out what she really wanted. Instead her friends decided that Elena could not be held accountable for her actions. That her actions were not at all her fault. Now the vampire found herself almost wishing for the sire bond. At least then she would know how Elena would act, how to help.

Knowing now that a sire bond is created out of existing emotions, while following the sire's demands was a consequence it was ultimately derived from a deep routed emotion towards them. By transitioning they amplify the emotion, creating control over the newly transitioned vampire by their sire. It made Caroline think that it was almost like a baby vampire's gift towards their sire, ultimate loyalty.

"I guess having a best friend whose dating an original has some perks. Like an original deciding that killing me was not an option" Elena muttered to herself

Niklaus turned around to grin at her, the cheeky bastard clearly enjoying the conversation. "That is definitely a plus" Caroline slowly replied

Did Elena or the Salvatore's bother to remember Tyler? Caroline thought bitterly that they didn't bother. Damon began to feel guilty thinking Elena bound to him not of her own free will, not bothering to remember anything Tyler had said. Instead of trying to fix the bond, Elena would leap at a chance for the cure.

Perfect way to solve all her problems, right?

"I guess" Elena laughed weakly, "What do you think I should do next?"

Elena could not do the hard work to fix herself, she had to have people do the work for her. And the boys didn't think that perhaps Elena needed to work through her issues. They had to go with the most dangerous plan imaginable. Caroline shook her head from her negative thoughts. She needed to focus on Elena, ensure that she saw the positives of being a vampire, of the eternity of passion if she could potentially pick a brother…

"I'm sorry Elena. I truly am but if you need to decide on a lifestyle and tell them."

XXX

Rebekah frowned at the red dress she had pressed against her body. Her room was a mess, three sets of clothing piles alone the floor. After the massacre that was the Young Farm, Nik was more determined than ever to find things for his siblings to do outside of Mystic Falls. The floor length mirror against a wall allowed her to see it for all its glory, even the pesky younger vampire in her doorway.

"Nik isn't here, Caroline" Rebekah called out flinging the dress onto the donate pile.

The younger vampire leaned against the doorway, "I know, I'm actually here for you."

The original sister paused her perusal of the designer closet to take a closer look at the baby vampire. The two stared at each other for several moments before Rebekah said, "What for?"

Caroline looked sheepish holding out a bottle of wine, "Well I took this from Klaus's storage, and I recalled that we got a bad start and Elena's attempt at bonding left you daggered. I wanted to invite you to a sleepover."

Rebekah crossed her arms glaring at the reminder of that disastrous dance, "Yes, stabbed me in the back that Doppelganger friend of yours. She is the worst of them yet. What sleepover?"

Caroline ignored that dig at her childhood best friend, instead pulled herself away from the doorframe to look over her fellow blondes' closet. She spotted a pink skintight dress, grabbing it she threw it on top of the donate pile "Toss. Elena, Bonnie and I are having one tonight, after everything that's happening, we need a night of fun. I want to invite you."

"Hey! I liked that," Rebekah squawked in mock outrage, eyeing the teenager.

Caroline shrugged, "Sorry, Nik should never have let you have that. The color is just a tad off, and the tightness does not work for your figure. You are a tight jean, with just a bit of flow in your top girl. Dresses can be tight, but that dress made you look like you were trying to appear in some kink porno."

Rebekah's gaze soured at the dress, "Perhaps you are right."

Caroline smirked, "I know, I am."

Rebekah rolled her eyes grabbing a few more options looking at them via her floor length mirror. Only to turn to Caroline with a tilt of her head. It was a surreal experience for Caroline, having the original seeking out her opinion. The original had yet to respond to her invite, Caroline was not surprised. Together they were able to tackle her closet shrinking the clothes from about to combust to a manageable assortment of clothes the vampire actually liked.

Somewhere along the way Caroline opened up the bottle of wine, pouring a generous amount into two glasses. The teenage pageant queen sat herself on a red settee, Rebekah had across from her closet. She pointed to the stacks of shoes still in their boxes. Rebekah protested declaring that shoes were a priority. When the organization queen would not budge, Rebekah grudgingly began to sort them.

"You are Satan incarnate" She hissed.

"Here I thought that was reserved for Katherine," Caroline mused. Rebekah cracked a smile shaking her head, "No the family calls Katerina what was it? She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named."

Caroline spit out her wine, laughing so hard, "Like Voldemort?"

"Who the hell is Voldemort?"

XXX

After leaving the manor Caroline received a text from Stefan saying that Tyler had come to the boarding house wounded. The blonde felt a surge of guilt as flashes of Tyler sacrificing himself for the town, and for how he stood up in front of a whole crowd to distract a vampire hunter. Tyler was a good man, Caroline knew that.

He just grew to need revenge far more than he needed her.

She managed to make it to the boarding house in record time, walking through the door the moment Stefan finished pulling out the last of the bullets. "What happened?" She demanded, despite remembering vividly how Tyler was shot in front of his mother last time, she wondered how it happened this time.

"This guy came to my mom's house. He was being a dick, so I tried to get him to leave. Turns out his glove had vervain. The guy didn't waste any time once he found a vampire' Tyler explained, eyes softening at seeing Caroline standing over him.

"Tyler" She whispered.

"Caroline, it's good to see you" He quipped, before turning his attention back to the Salvatore holding a bullet that was lodged into his chest. His brows furrowed examining the bullet.

"Well?" Caroline pressed, her hands slowly making their way to her hips. The two boys swallowed their amused smiles at seeing Caroline being her usual bossy self.

"These were specifically designed, see this? It's got to be like a calling called. Possibly a spell" Stefan explained to the two.

"Perfect, a new vampire hunter" Caroline sighed.

XXX

Caroline was drained after the funeral, with Tyler's mother needing to help lead the entire thing she decided to go with Tyler. Provide a strong united front, having never seen a Mikaelson attend a funeral, Caroline was very hesitant to ask. The funeral had been a total disaster, leaving Caroline to wish to never be at one again until her own mother's. Grief seemed to be a persistent friend in this town, especially true after today.

Caroline fell into step with her friends, who gave her soft smiles. Just as in the time before, Caroline lit a lantern for her father, silently adding many more to her list. She waited patiently as everyone said their piece, even watched as Damon stalked off. Unable to cope with the grief of Alaric.

Elena looked like she wanted to protest when Caroline told the boys that they had a girl's night for the rest of the evening. Bonnie shook her head, "We need to do this, Elena."

Within minutes Bonnie was opening the door to allow Elena and Caroline inside. Both girls carried their bags and pillows and blanket all the way up to Bonnie's bedroom. Caroline laid her stuff out gently in her typical neat and organized manner much to the girl's amusement.

"We haven't done this in ages!" Elena laughed plopping onto the bed with a thud. The girl's laughter slowly subsided. The blonde however spotted how much Elena kept looking over at her. Caroline sighed exasperatedly, "Elena do you have something to say?"

"Are you really dating Klaus?" Elena asked, so quickly that if it was not for her vampire hearing the blonde would not have caught it.

Caroline had a thoughtful look on her face, "I mean it's not like we've put a label on it. Maybe it's a vampire thing? I would consider us together, yeah."

"What does he consider you?" Bonnie asked.

"His, I guess? Sort of asshole move but I am not denying he is an asshole."

Elena shook her head, "I don't see it. After all he has done…"

Caroline stared Elena down, "Is this going to be a problem? Need I remind you how many times have you kissed Damon while claiming you still love Stefan? A man who slept with me while I was under compulsion. He abused me, Elena. The only human he cared about was you. In that regard Klaus and Damon are not much different, the major difference is that Klaus has never crossed that line."

"How do you know Care? His siblings? They would lie to protect him. Or just not care" Bonnie questioned, putting a hand on her knee. Caroline looked into Bonnie's eyes and knew that she just really wanted to understand. She saw the beginnings of reluctant acceptance, and sorrow. Caroline felt her throat close a bit, thinking of what the ancestors could have possibly showed her of the future.

"Elena, answer me this. Even knowing everyone Damon has done to others, that he will do terrible things to protect you. What do you feel around him?"

The newborn vampire was quiet for moment, Caroline thankfully knew that because Kol sired her that there was no chance for her answer to be confused with a need to please Damon. When the brunette finally answered, "With Damon I feel safe, wanted and that I'm the only person on this earth that matters. It's frightening sometimes."

"That's with a vampire who's like what one-hundred and sixty? Perhaps you can imagine a world where a thousand-year-old vampire with so much more history feel that way about you" Caroline pleaded internally that this would work.

"He killed Jenna," Elena muttered, "He's killed how many just to get what he wants? And you want to go playhouse with him?"

Bonnie and Caroline chuckled at the thought of Caroline of all people playing house. Hostile organization take over, yes. But house? That was always more Elena's thing. Caroline's heart felt like a dagger had them stabbed there; Bonnie looked over at the blonde worryingly.

"And the Salvatore's haven't?"

"It was different. Katherine…"

Caroline bursts out laughing, "You blaming the murder sprees on Katherine? Elena, while she was off living her life, Damon was dabbling between helping his brother and tormenting him. He was not exactly sticking to the vampire veggie plate during all of this. He is a human drinker. Stefan has an honest to god control problem, he's not known as the Ripper for nothing."

"I know that, but that's hardly something he can control, and Katherine forced them to turn so she could keep playing her games."

"Both Damon and Stefan have thousands of kills under their belt. Stefan because his bloodlust controls him into freaking binges that he constantly falls off of. Damon simply because he never cared or knew it would torment Stefan. Hardly angelic."

Elena stood up her vampire eyes flashing, Caroline followed calmly, "Yes, get angry. But Katherine was not there to edge them on. They made their choices all on their own."

"So did Klaus."

"Klaus also doesn't hide behind an addiction. He enjoys being a vampire, accepts it all. He enjoys who he is. While he will do bad things, they are always for a reason. He is calculated, measured, rarely does his loss of temper trample on any of his calculations. More importantly, he has always been there for me."

Elena looked hurt by the last remark, "How can you say that? You've known him what a few months? How has he been there for you when we have not?"

Bonnie stepped in between the two vampires holding her hands up, "Enough girls."

Elena shook her head, "I want to hear her answer, Bonnie."

The witch shook her head, "It's complicated, Elena. I was only shown because the ancestors- "

Elena's gasp interrupted her gaze fixated between her two friends, "What do the ancestors have to do with this?"

Caroline looked between Bonnie and Elena. The later was eagerly waiting for answers while their witch friend looked worried. Caroline could not blame her; the ancestors have proven to be fierce adversaries punishing the witch for the dark magic she's been looking into. The fact Bonnie still did dark magic after showing her bits of the future, the Bennett ancestors were angry at the clear dismissal of their warnings.

Bonnie looked at Caroline, "It's up to you."

The vampire crossed her arms, "According to Bonnie, some very powerful beings on the other side transported me back here, from the year 2090 after I got attacked by a werewolf."

Shocked Elena stuttered, "Time travel?"

Caroline kept going trying to get Elena to understand, "I woke up here when Tyler bite me. That's beside the point. Stefan had crossed a line, because he was angry and trying to protect you. It's always about protecting you. I love you Elena but every time we protect you someone else has to pay. I thought perhaps by stepping in…."

Elena shook her head, "What? Rebekah and I would be besties? Caroline you know the future! How fucked up was the future they created?"

"Actually, the worst evil was not the Mikaelson's. Klaus manages to save us multiple times despite how many times one of us has tried to hurt him or his family" Caroline defended.

"Elena," Bonnie hissed, "Perhaps now is not the best time on the Mikaelson hate train?"

"Elena, Klaus has always been there for me. I know I can trust him. Can't you trust me?" Caroline asked in a whisper. The girl was silent for a moment, "Of course, I trust you Care. I just can't trust an original."

Caroline sighed offering the girl a small smile, "I can live with that. For now."

Bonnie smiled, "Alright is the hard stuff over? Can we get to the fun stuff now?"

Before either of the vampires could respond there was a knock on the door. Two of the three looked confused before heading down, while Caroline grinned softly. Bonnie opened up the door to reveal Rebekah Mikaelson. The original stood in front of Bonnie Bennett's house with a bottle of wine and a good four sleep over bags. The witch looked over at her friend with a raised eyebrow.

Caroline shrugged, "Did I forget to mention I invited Rebekah?"

Bonnie sighed, her eyes as if to say you-so-owe-me, before demurely asking, "Welcome. Would you care to come in?"

Rebekah's smile looked more smug than pleasant as she murmured "Don't mind if I do."

Elena pursed her lips, the baby vampires dislike of the original stemming from not only the blonde's attitude but how easily it was for the blonde to torment her. The original handed the wine to the witch, grabbing Caroline.

"You really must tell me more about this Lord Voldemort character."

Bonne and Elena held in a giggle as they begrudgingly picked up Rebekah's stuff dropping it off in Bonnies room. The girls had just finished dropping off the vampire's things when the two blondes returned with glasses of wine. Elena looked between Rebekah and Caroline as the two seemed to share the beginnings of an easy comradery.

Bonnie touched Elena with her shoulder raising her cup, "You okay with this?"

Elena shook her head, "It's for Caroline. I trust her even if I do not comprehend her trust in Klaus."

XXX

"Nik, I need you to do something for me," Caroline asked the next afternoon. Stefan had dragged Elena off on a mission to get her out of all the negative emotions she had been overcome by since her transformation. Bonnie was busy talking with Professor Shane, who despite everything Caroline remembers him doing could not bring herself to hate.

Silas had used him.

Klaus was laying on his bed, opening up his arm as she crawled into his bed laying her head on his chest. Ever since he had gotten her back from the Young farm, there was a comforting sense of rightness when she was with him. Caroline thought she must have been crazy, feeling comforted by the fact this man was clearly possessive of her. It was not the sweet whispers or smooth declarations of love. Niklaus offered nothing of what she had thought she always wanted.

Yet she was more content than she ever remembered being.

"What favor would you ask of me, Sweetheart?" Niklaus asked wrapping his arm around her shoulders. The two of them being alone in the giant mansion for once. Elijah had left the city to look after some business or another, while Rebekah and Kol were off doing god knows what around Mystic Falls. He had yet to talk them into leaving, he was sure to find something big enough to tempt them past the borders of this forsaken town.

"Soon, Damon is going to get himself into trouble and he will inform you about the vampire hunter in town. He's one the Five, Klaus."

The dark blonde vampire sat up, his hands automatically gripping her shoulders. "Repeat that, Sweetheart?"

"The vampire hunter in town, is one of the Five. Was this at all in the memories you looked through?"

Niklaus growled, "Many memories, love. Sadly my little trip into your mind did not give me more information on the cure than I already knew previously."

Caroline's shoulders sagged, "I need you to not tell either Salvatore brother about the Five or the cure."

His gripped tightened against her shoulders, "Explain."

"The cure is in the hands of a Traveler witch named Silas, he along with Bonnie and Elena's ancestors were the ones involved with creating the Immortality spell."

"The one mother used to turn us into vampires, how interesting" Niklaus breathed out, bringing Caroline in closer and kissing her forehead.

Caroline closed her eyes, "I need you to not tell them. Silas should not be released."

"You don't want the cure," Niklaus surmised.

Caroline laughed, "Neither do you. It's not the dream cure Stefan wants for Elena. Everything that happens because of it…. Nik I can't go through that again."

The way Klaus kept eye contact with her caused the familiar tingle in her stomach as she waited for his response what he said instead was, "I've had a busy couple of days myself, sweetheart. I've set a few hybrids on to protect Tyler. I found a little werewolf girl at his house, a Hayley."

His mouth was on hers before she could form a thought. Moaning she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck. She felt her subconscious inferiority complex roaring its ugly head dim as the vampire continued his assault on her lips. Klaus wrapped one arm around her waist pulling her close as he rolled Caroline onto her back.

His free hand roamed up and down her side, her lips beginning to bruise at his rough treatment. Niklaus kissed her as if nothing else in the world mattered. This dangerous vampire moved his lips down her neck, allowing her moans to escape.

Caroline let out a small breath as Niklaus brought her into another kiss, "Love, you have nothing to worry about. Hayley is not my type. I much prefer feisty blondes who have a knack for taming nasty hybrids" he nipped at her bottom lip.

She laughed, "Tamed? I doubt it."

She didn't even mind his answering laughter. She maneuvered herself so that once again she was laying on his chest, hands pressed into his chest. His own hands firmly holding onto her ass, squeezing a side every so often. It took several minutes for the hybrid's laughter to calm down. It was only then that he answered her earlier request.

"I thought to find the cure just so I could have it in safe keeping," Caroline felt a kiss further down her neck, "If you say by finding it will unleash this Silas…. It would please you if he was not released correct?"

Caroline let out a sly smile pulling him into a kiss, "Very."

Niklaus let out an exaggerated sigh as if he truly had to think on it, "Very well for you, I will ensure no one else hears of the Five or their cure from me."

A.N: Thank you so much everybody! This chapter was a hard one to write, mostly because I had so much, I wanted to touch on. I wanted to give Elena and Caroline more time to butt heads with her defending herself. Elena is still dealing with her transition, and her mistrust of the original family. I feel that with a deeper relationship, Klaus would put the search of the cure on hold, as he would only want it to hold it over people's heads.

I mean he did leave Katherine alone just because Caroline said she would admit she had the hots for him.