Chapter 3:
"The passage of time had become so slow, the constant pain that myself and Caroline had been through was devastating.
We were into our 35th Year of the Hunter's Curse.
It was unparallel, distressing, and filled with so many sleepless nights, haunted by the ghosts of the 5, they constantly scream for us in the night. Our minds are constantly playing back to the night we killed the bastards that attempted to kill us.
I never regretted anything, nor did my love Caroline. Mikael himself also haunts our sleep as well, Esther too. They haunt Caroline constantly, they fill her head with mad ravings, filling her with unimaginable fears and paranoia.
They tell her that our children are monsters, beasts even. To protect them from us both, Caroline and I told Elijah and Kol to take our children to a safe place so that we did not harm them.
Much to their reluctance, they did as we asked, something that wasn't very easy to do.
After Italy, we fled to the Holy Land, staying in the shadows and hiding in secret."
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The Holy Land
Region of Palestine
1149 A.D.
Within the merciless desert all around them, Caroline and Niklaus still hid in darkness, time slowed down for them both, ever since they killed the Brotherhood of the Five, the pair were constantly harassed, their physical strength slowly deteriorated.
Their mental health became so low that they couldn't tell what was real and what wasn't.
At night, Mikael and Esther hallucinations haunted them, so often in the past, they had abused, belittled and terrorised the Original Couple.
But they still remained undeterred, they found comfort in one another's strengths, they relied on one another to keep hold of each other during the nightmares that they faced.
But Caroline herself reminded herself of who she was, she was strong, ageless and filled with a light that surrounded her entire being.
She then remembered something from a dream, she remembered something that remained deeply personal to her, something that reminded her what she was doing and what her aim was.
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May 25th 2033
Mikaelson Family Crypt
New Orleans, Louisiana
Strolling through the beautiful city of New Orleans, there was a blonde woman wearing a black dress and having toned her make up down, she wore flat heels as she walked towards her destination, carrying a set of red roses. She hadn't said a word throughout the journey.
She understood her reasons for wanting to do this, she didn't trust her friends, only one person would only try and talk her out of it. But she didn't care knowing they'd fail.
God, has it really been 7 years?
The only one who understood was Bonnie who had lost her soulmate and true love around the same time, just before she had gotten married to her friend Stefan and lost him on the day of their wedding.
When she found the place, she was looking for, she then stopped in front of the crypt itself and laid the flowers down up against the wall. She stood back a few steps and said, "Hello Klaus."
"Here I am again, on the day of your death, saying something small just to keep you company. Just doesn't feel real to me that you've died, it's painful to think about knowing that back home everyone celebrates that you're dead. But not me, not me."
Caroline just looked back at her phone that carried the voicemail from Klaus that he had sent her 21 years ago, hearing his British accent play over again and again.
"Caroline. I'm standing in one of my favorite places in the world, surrounded by food, music, art, culture, and all I can think about is how much I want to show it to you. Maybe one day you'll let me."
Caroline switched her phone off before she said, "I found out something, I found a terrible truth about 3-years ago I decided to find this truth. I wanted to tell you so badly, but I wasn't sure you would believe me."
"It probably doesn't matter now; this is one of those do or don't moments. But I know if I don't do this, then everything changes. For the sake of everything that has happened, I need to do this, if I'm ever going to bring you back. I just wish I could ask you to not talk me out of this. I've already had all my friends tell me not to do it."
"I probably would've had better luck with Rebekah or Kol, they'd tell me to go through with it, even if there was a small chance that they'd get you and Elijah back, even if Hope got you both back."
Caroline breathed out deeply after rambling for so long, she then said, "Promise me that whatever happens, don't think anything less of me."
She then kissed her fingers and whispered something sacred to herself before leaving to head back to the taxi that had brought her here.
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She soon left New Orleans, unaware of the mystery people that were following her journey.
In the months that passed. She travelled to many lands, South America, Cuba, Paris, Switzerland, Tokyo, even to the Familial land of Norway where the Mikaelson family came from. She continued her way through searching for answers and speaking to many witches who could help her, some were able to, but others didn't want to deal with a vampire because of their bloodthirsty nature.
Soon enough by December 2034, in Greece, Bonnie Bennett was on her world-wide journey, exploring and speaking with talented witches across the world, but her latest journey led to a witch from an Athenian coven that descended from the ancient Athenian Empire thousands of years ago.
She spoke with her friend, Iris who had then said, "I thought you should be aware, I've been hearing rumours of a vampire, she's wandered the earth in search of something so valuable, so sacred that it was considered a rumour to everyone around us."
"What is it?" Bonnie asked. Iris sighed deeply before replying, "It's a time-travelling spell, it's travelled through so many hands of witches in the last 2 millennia. It's almost considered a legend, nothing but a fairytale."
"Time travel? I thought that it was a myth. Lost long ago." Bonnie asked. Iris shrugged her shoulders, "That's what I thought at first, but now this latest from this vampire, she's traced it to Rome, Italy."
Bonnie gets a sickening feeling in her stomach as she asks, "Who is the vampire that's asking about it? That has travelled far to find it?" "A vampire named Caroline Forbes; she runs the Salvatore…" Iris began to say.
"The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted?" Bonnie's eyes widened in fear. Iris nodded, "Yes, you know her?"
"We were friends. Did she say why she was looking for this spell?" Bonnie asked quickly. Iris nodded, "She said she had to make things right."
"She wants to rewrite the past; she wants to get Klaus back." Bonnie said discovering her plan.
Iris nods, "If she intends to do that, she could cause irreversible damage or worse, history as we know it could be changed." "Rewritten in a way that will cause chaos, not to mention that the balance will be destroyed." Bonnie said finishing Iris's thoughts.
"My thoughts exactly, you must stop her before she can exact her plan." Iris says.
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Bonnie nods gathering her things, she then gathers her phone and dials a number as she says, "Elena, it's me, Bonnie. I need your help, we're all in trouble."
"Bon, what are you talking about?" Elena asked tiredly. Bonnie sighed, "It's Caroline, remember how she's been gone since May last year?"
Elena nodded as she placed something down whilst on the phone replying, "Yeah, she said she was on a recruitment journey." "Well, it's a little more than that…" Bonnie said.
"What do you mean, Bon-Bon?" Damon Salvatore's voice came over the phone. Bonnie smiled softly as she replied, "She wasn't on a recruitment trip, she's been searching all over the world for a spell."
"What kind of spell, she could have gone to you?" Damon asked. Bonnie shook her head as she got into the rental car and drove off replying, "No, she couldn't, besides the spell she was looking for was presumed to be just myths and rumours."
"Sounds big…" Damon said. Elena then asked, "What type of spell was it, why is she travelling around for it?"
Bonnie replied, "It's a time-travel spell, she wants to head back in time." "Why head back in time, why she would want to do that?" Elena asked.
Damon's eyes widened as he said, "Oh you've gotta be kidding me… Vampire Blondie's doing the very thing that'll get us all killed or worse."
"Exactly, she's trying to find the spell and bring Klaus back, if that happens all hell will break loose. Not to mention that the timeline, could be altered."
"What do we do, how can we stop her?" Elena asked. Bonnie sighed, "We may have to kill her. I don't like it, but if we've got to do everything to stop her."
Damon seemed very reluctant as he starts asking, "How sure are you that she won't find the spell?" "Well, according to my friend Iris, she says that it's just myth and rumours, it's hidden somewhere in Rome, Italy. I don't know how we'll find it." Bonnie said.
"Would it be so bad, if she went back in time… I mean, think about it, if she goes back in time, she could have stopped us from releasing Kai, I mean Jo would be alive. Enzo too, even Stefan as well."
"What about Klaus, we can't let her release him, if Klaus is still alive, he'll torture us all?!" Elena cried out. Damon nodded, "I know, that's why we'll stop her."
Bonnie nodded and asked, "Do you still have that private jet, Damon?" "I do, I can have it prepped, on the runway, we'll pick you up and take off for Italy." Damon said.
"I'm in Athens, Greece, I'll take a flight to Milan and intercept Caroline, wait for me there." Bonnie said dropping her phone.
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Across into Austria just on the Border with Italy, Caroline, heard her phone as she looked down to see Bonnie phoning her.
Picking up, she then said, "Took you long enough."
"Care, stop this, whatever you plan on doing, it won't work." Bonnie said. Caroline laughed, "You know what, Bon. Save it, I thought you of all people would have jumped at this opportunity, if it meant to get Enzo back…"
"Care, please. I know you love Klaus and probably have done for a long time, but it isn't worth it." Bonnie said. Caroline rolled her eyes, "What I'm doing is making sure I get it right. I don't care what it costs, I'll do whatever it takes to get Klaus back."
"At what cost, you'll sacrifice everything to change the timeline, you'll take Lizzie, Jo and probably even Hope out of the timeline, so you can simply get Klaus back?"
Caroline growled openly, "Listen, Bon… I'm tired of everything, I'm tired of that disrespectful bitch that is Elena, she is useless, how many people had to die because of her face, because of the Salvatore's need and urge to put their dicks into her and they have to be the heroes so she could fawn over them seeing her face, what about your Grams? What about Tyler, Jo, Jenna, Katherine, Kol for example, even Finn too?"
"Care, I know, you're upset, I get that you're pissed about everything that has happened. I know I miss them all, they were everything, except for Katherine, but Kol tried to kill us, so did Finn." Bonnie said trying to negotiate.
"Katherine just wanted to live her life, Kol tried to stop Silas from coming back, he was trying to stop all hell being released and how many people did it take to stop Silas and kill everyone else... Finn, never did anything wrong. God bless him, he was lost and struggling, even after everything. But what about Jeremy, Elena had him compelled on countless occasions, even killing him to get to the cure because of Vampirism being too hard for her." Caroline ranted.
Bonnie couldn't find the words to say anything, even Caroline herself had made so many good points and it was hard to find any fault. She just stayed silent.
Caroline smirked at the obvious silence and said, "Well, it appears I was right, all along. You don't have a single thing to say, you know that I'm right and she's wrong. Elena is a lying, selfish and manipulative little bitch that will cry, cry and cry because things don't go her way."
"If I had my way, I'd have personally killed her myself the minute after Klaus sacrificed her." Caroline said laughing out loud like a deranged person. She then stopped laughing long enough to leave a simple message, "But seriously, do yourself a favour, Bon. If you see some sense in this, then come find me in Milan or Rome and help me go back in time…"
"What if I don't help you, what do you do then?" Bonnie asked.
Caroline then snuck through the Border as she flashed a flirtatious smile to an Italian man and said, "If you're not with me, Bonnie. Then you're my enemy. And anyone else who tries to stop me or gets in my way will end up dead by my hand."
Dropping the phone call, she then drops her cell phone in the river before continuing onto Italian soil, the smile on her face just increases in size.
Bonnie looks down at her phone dropping it on the seat as she runs a hand through her hair before asking herself, "Is it really worth it, is it worth fighting Care, just to protect us all and protect everything just so she can set things, right?"
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Waking up from her hallucination, Caroline steps into the sunlight seeing her skin start burning as she realised, she took her daylight ring off, she then looked over at Niklaus who was still sleeping and murmuring in his sleep.
She then ran her hands through his hair and whispered, "It's okay, I'm here, I'm here my love. I won't leave you, not this time, not now and not ever."
"I love you, sweetheart. My strong, my heavenly wife." Niklaus said. Caroline blushed whispering, "I'm yours, always and forever."
Caroline nestled into his strong arms and rested her forehead on his as they tried to sleep only to fail with untold consequences.