Another night, another nightmare; actually that's not exactly true, it was always the same nightmare, one he's been having since he was 17 years old. A dark room filled with a metallic scent, familiar faces on the ground, some unmoving others crying, pleading for their lives. The nightmare becomes fuzzy, not understanding what's happening he notices his bloodied hands, and feels the warm tears running down his face. He's kneeling in a pool of blood, surrounded by those he loves…loved. He still doesn't understand it, he doesn't remember what happened, something's wrong but he doesn't know what. All of a sudden he feels someone else's presence in the room, who is it? Who's there? He can't see, it's too dark; his eyes are burning from all the tears and his vision is blurred. He sees golden hair flowing in the wind, coming from the broken down door, but he still can't make-out the face. The shadow approaches him, staring deep into his soul with her bright blue eyes, lowering herself onto his level. Blood dripping from her mouth, and a smile dancing on her lips, he didn't comprehend what was so funny about this situation. The weirdest thought crossed his mind…he thought that the woman in front of him, despite being terrifying, was incredibly beautiful and to this day he has never forgotten her face or her words. "Oh my, it seems I missed one. What shall I do now?" she mumbled to her herself expecting the boy to talk, but he said nothing only cried "What a pathetic little boy you are. I don't need or want you like this, so I'll let you grow up some more. I hope you won't disappoint me!" she stated, her voice cold and full of venom "Since I'm in a giving mood, I'll even give you a little push. I just killed your whole family, aren't you angry? Don't you want revenge? Never forget my face, never forget this night and I'll be waiting for you." she said looking into his eyes compelling him to do her bidding.

All of a sudden he jumps out of the bed, drenched in sweat and his hands trembling like every other night. His breathing still uneven, not fully awake he stared at his hands trying to focus on what was happening. Finally he realized he'd been dreaming, it was all in the past, he was safe now, he was strong and he can fight back. He trained under a man named Alaric for a long time; he was the one who found him after his whole family was slaughtered, he had been wandering around, his clothes bloodied, still in shock. He didn't speak for what it seemed like forever, but eventually he started trusting Alaric and sooner rather than later he taught him everything he knew. Vampires were real; Klaus still couldn't believe that the bedtime stories that his mother told him about monsters were true. Klaus told Alaric what had happened to his family, and they both reached the same conclusion, they had been killed by a vampire. Alaric showed him what hurt those monsters, vervain burned them, the sun could kill them, and so could a stake through their heart or a severed head. He strengthened him and taught him how to fight; they started hunting vampires together when Alaric thought Klaus was ready to do so, it was a mistake. Klaus wasn't prepared, when he came face to face with a real vampire he froze, and that blunder cost Alaric his life. Now he was on his own, but he's killed his fair share of vamps, sometimes almost dying in doing so, however he grew smarter and every vampire that got in his way got killed easily. He was finally ready to take his revenge on the blonde killing machine. He was getting closer and closer to finding her.

The frightening woman was playing with her golden hair, a bored expression showing on her face. She looked around trying to find someone to sink her teeth in and there he was, a beautiful man with short but curly blonde hair. He had the most amazing eyes she had ever seen, they were blue-grey eyes and so full of sorrow and pain. His face brought a sense of familiarity, however she didn't know why and right now she didn't care. The fair-haired beauty got up, went up to him and sat in front of him.

Klaus noticed someone approaching him and shivers ran down his spine, he couldn't look up to the person that was there, no matter how hard he tried to, he couldn't move, he was frozen. A million thoughts ran through his mind, but then he heard her voice, such an angelic but terrifying voice.

"Hey cutie, want to go somewhere with me?" Caroline asked cheerfully staring down at the man who wouldn't even look at her, her patience running thin.

She didn't recognize him, it was his chance, Klaus thought smirking to himself. The fear he once felt, gone without a trace. Looking up at the stunning woman he couldn't help but get lost in her amazing cold blue eyes, until he saw a cheshire grin dancing on her lips, which woke him from his trance. Recollecting his thoughts and his strength he finally answered her "Sure, sounds great love."

Out of the blue something clicked in her mind, maybe it was the accent, maybe it was the way he used the word love, Caroline didn't know but she remembered the teenager she left alive, perhaps out of boredom or just because she was tired of living, possibly she just felt sorry for him. Her smile dropped from her face, she knew he was there because he wanted revenge, he wanted to kill her. Caroline leaned back on her seat and stared at Klaus for a while without saying anything, it amused her to see the look of confusion on his face. "Oh well, I'm really not in the mood to have a fight. So Niklaus, since I'm sure you ingest vervain and I can't compel you, I'm just going to be completely honest with you." Caroline proposed waiting for his answer.

Klaus was in utter bewilderment, he didn't understand how she knew his name, or how she suddenly figured out who he was, he couldn't squeeze out a single word he just nodded his head, hoping this was all one of his nightmares. After all he knew he'd never be able to kill her if she saw him coming.

Caroline couldn't help but laugh loudly at the look on his face, which perplexed him even further "Come with me to where I live and you might have a wonderful surprise waiting for you, and I'll explain everything to you." she looked into his eyes and continued with a somber tone on her voice "Of course you can't take any weapons with you. It's a simple choice. You either come with me or die right here."

Klaus prepared himself for his evident fate and even though he wanted to die fighting he couldn't help but be curious to what she might be hiding "I'll go with you." he muttered in defeat. Caroline smiled feeling victorious, knowing that even if he had said no she would have dragged him with her.

To be continued...

Author's Note: Not sure where I'm going with it so bear with me lol