Hi everyone, before you read the chapter I just need to tell you that after getting a review about the first chapter I went back and reread it. I decided to change a few things and completely take out Marcel's character as I changed my plot and found no more use for him.

I hope you like this, enjoy :D

"No, no, no…" Carissa murmured as she shook her father's body trying to wake him up but it was no use, Kaleb placed his hand on her shoulder and squeezed it as he stood over the scene. "She did this…Caroline did this." She gasped as she straightened up without taking her eyes off the bloodied body which lay at the base of the tree. "I want her dead…" She hissed into the cold brittle air as she clenched her hands into fists.

"You're not the only one…" Kaleb glanced over his shoulder at his siblings, Jennifer and Esther. His eyes turned to the latter. "Whatever you have to do, do it. I don't want your children in the way." Esther nodded with a small smile.

"That's already being taken care of, you have nothing to worry about…however to make Caroline fall you need to take down her foundations which she is built upon, my dear. There is a weakness in her something she wishes to keep guarded, I saw it in her aura, you find that, you destroy her…"

Silence descended in the room, everyone's eyes were locked onto Elena's form once the words had left her lips, the doppleganger swallowed as she felt the burn of their gazes on her skin.

"That's why you were upstairs, you were with her." Caroline whispered to herself trying to make sense of it all but her train of thought was interrupted when Rebekah began coughing allowing crimson liquid to seep out between her lips as her skin paled even further. Caroline grabbed the clear glass which sat on the bedside table and bit into her wrist letting her blood fall into the glass before she tipped Rebekah's head up and poured the blood down her throat.

"You tried to kill us." Kol said in a lazy tone. "That, my dear…" he moved closer to her predatorily, "…was a major mistake." He hissed before flashing towards her ready to rip out her heart when he was thrown back into the wall and growled in his throat as he flashed back up. "That damn oath." He hissed to himself before glaring at Elena who swallowed back her fear and stood taller.

"How did she do it?" Bonnie asked curiously as she stepped closer and Elena furiously blinked back her tears when she saw Bonnie's eyes which seemed to be judging her. "Elena, tell me exactly how she did it?" Elena cleared her throat as she looked at her.

"She took some of my blood," Caroline's brow furrowed at the information as she laid Rebekah's head back on the pillow and took the blanket laying on the side to cover her up, "and put a piece of Klaus' hair into it. She had a piece of paper with her, it had all your names on it in some sort of ancient language. She did a spell and the blood moved to each name." Elena closed her eyes recalling the events in her mind, "It moved to Kol, Finn, Rebekah, Elijah and finished with Klaus. Then it went up in flames." She looked up at them, "That's it." She whispered as she stood waiting for someone to speak.

"Finn…?" Klaus whispered his eyes wide in disbelief. Elena nodded, the hybrid looked towards Elijah who flashed out suddenly and returned in mere minutes nodding his head infinitesimally before straightening up and acting as if he hadn't moved at all.

"So we're all linked now?" Kol asked trying to keep up with everything at once. Bonnie lowered her eyes to the ground as she thought about the spell.

"Possibly." She murmured and Kol's eyes turned on her whilst hers flicked up to Caroline who had the same look in her eyes, the blonde tilted her head and nodded slowly as if she was agreeing with Bonnie's unspoken words. "That kind of ritual, a linking spell, needs lots of power which she drew from Elena's blood but she also would have needed…"

"…something physical apart from the blood or hair to make sure that the spell was complete. Question is what did she use?" Caroline said out loud.

"The food?" Stefan piped up as he thought through it, "It had to have the food that was handed out, they all ingested some, I remember Kol scoffing down those canapés like there was no tomorrow." The younger Salvatore said with his arms crossed as he stood thinking before looking up when Kol scoffed.

"Did you see those portions, I mean come on-"

"Kol, shut up." Klaus hissed before flickering his eyes between Caroline and Bonnie, the only two witches in the room, "Could it have been the food?" Bonnie nodded.

"It's the most probable thing that she used" but Caroline looked away to the now empty glass which still had traces of her blood in it after Rebekah had drunk the crimson liquid.

"No." All eyes turned to Caroline who shook her head. "It couldn't have been the food, the chances of another guest eating it is incredible high and would have messed with the spell. It has to be something else like…" her eyes settled on Klaus as they widened in realisation just as Klaus' did as well.

"…the champagne." He whispered and Caroline nodded.

"It had to have been in the champagne." Klaus' previously stern face diminished and was replaced with a smirk that was mirrored by Caroline. The others looked between them noticing the expression.

"Ok, someone want to let us in on the secret?" Kol asked with a huff and narrowed eyes.

"Oh, no secret, let's just say that Esther isn't a problem, right love?" He asked with a grin whilst Caroline rolled her eyes at his obvious joy and then glanced at the others who were confused.

"He's right, there's no problem. You're not linked, Esther didn't complete the spell, so…I'm just going to go and change because…" she gestured to the damaged dress before walking towards the door but was halted when Elijah put his arm across the frame blocking her way. He narrowed his eyes at her as she didn't look away from his gaze.

"Though there is still the situation of the doppleganger nearly harming our dear Rebekah." Klaus said with a lazy tone and innocent look. He pursed his lips before they curled up into a smirk. "Now what shall we do with you?" He murmured locking his eyes on Elena who was trembling with fear on the inside and kept a nearly strong façade which Klaus could see through instantly.

Caroline felt a shiver run down her spine at the older Mikaelsons stare, she swallowed back her nervousness and disguised it with annoyance. "You can't do anything Klaus. The blood oath remember." She stepped forwards hoping that Elijah would move but he shifted only slightly tightening his grip on the doorframe.

Klaus took a deep steadying breath in before looking away from the doppleganger back to Caroline. "Such a shame, though Rebekah will be out for revenge once she finds out." He said under his breath before he locked eyes with Elijah as the latter remained unmoved. "Elijah is there a reason you're stood at the door like a statue?" He cocked up his eyebrow challenging his elder brother whose lips turned up into a dangerous smile.

"I just wanted to know how you and Caroline know that we are not linked." Klaus rolled his eyes.

"Because I didn't drink the champagne. Wasn't really feeling the need to join in with the toast though I must say my throat is parched of right now," he strode towards Elijah who kept still, "so if you don't mind…" he looked at his brothers arm before they locked gazes again. Klaus grinned as Elijah moved aside but felt a surge of overwhelming jealousy rush through him as he watched his brother return his gaze to Caroline who he could feel was nervous. "Come on love, don't lag behind." He said as he gestured for Caroline to go in front of him as they left the room before anyone could ask any more questions.

Caroline headed directly towards her room opening the door as Klaus followed her but she didn't pay him any attention as she was focused on the events of the evening. Just as she turned to close her door, Klaus stopped her and entered closing it behind him. His previously relaxed body was now tense as he locked his guarded eyes with hers. He approached her slowly whilst she kept herself grounded on the spot.

'Sage.' He mouthed at her and she shook her head instead she whispered.

"Ammexiturae." She turned and strode towards the wardrobe opening it getting out her pyjamas before turning back to see Klaus staring at her with his head cocked to the side. His fingers reached up to undo the bowtie around his neck.

"How did you know?" He asked quietly, he stepped closer intimidatingly, even though they were aware of the mutual truce between them, it didn't stop Klaus from feeling wary of Caroline considering how much power she had. "How was it possible that you figured it out, whilst me, the immortal hybrid with a thousand years' worth of experience, didn't realise?" He said in a resolute tone.

"At least your ego hasn't been damaged." Caroline said sarcastically as she placed her clothes on the bed.

"Don't play games with me Caroline, I want answers. Now." Caroline cocked up her perfectly curved eyebrow at his tone.

"What's wrong, don't you trust me?" Klaus pursed his lips.

"No." Caroline crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't trust you, love. You haven't given me a reason to." He said nonchalantly whilst Caroline's arms dropped to her side and she narrowed her eyes.

"You want a reason? How about I just saved your life and your siblings even though I didn't need you. Hell, I could've let you rot at your mother's hands and yet I didn't. If that isn't enough to get your trust then I have no idea what will." Caroline tilted her head. "Actually, you know what, I have no idea why I'm saving you, with you gone that would mean my friends are safe."

Klaus clenched his jaw and bit the inside of his cheek drawing blood as she spoke, she had a point he realised, her actions had caused him to trust her but a thousand years filled with betrayal from various sources kept him on his feet.

"Maybe next time I won't help you at all." She turned back round unpinning her hair letting the curls fall around her shoulders when Klaus suddenly flashed in front of her.

'Don't turn your back on me." He hissed through clenched teeth with his bowtie now gone from his neck. Caroline narrowed her eyes at him.

"Why not? You're going to kill me anyway and probably my friends as well, you'll just snap your fingers and get whatever you want. It's why you want hybrids, a little servant army of your own to do your bidding."

"You're making assumptions." He said threateningly whilst she just scoffed at him.

"I get it." She began speaking without taking her eyes off of him, "Your father didn't love you, so you assume no one else will either. And that's why you compel people or you sire them or you try to buy them off, but that's not how it works. You don't connect with people because you don't try to understand them." She said resolutely before ripping the bracelet from her wrist and thrusting it to his chest then turning towards the bathroom and striding towards it as she grabbed her clothes. She slammed the door behind her and leant her head against the wood.

Klaus stood frozen in her room with the bracelet lying at his feet, he blinked furiously as her words continued to play on loop in his ears, 'your father didn't love you, so you believe no one else will' and 'you don't connect with people because you don't try to understand them.' He put his mind in lockdown, knowing the truth and hearing it were two very different words, one you could live with whilst the other hurt. Swallowing the lump in his throat he flashed out of her room back to his were he proceeded to change into his normal clothes and stride into his studio grabbing a pencil and sketchbook.

Later…

Klaus remained in his room for the rest of the evening even when Kol poked his head into the studio to tell him that their sister was finally awake and on the warpath towards a certain doppleganger, Klaus didn't even spare a glance towards Kol who shrugged his shoulders at his brother's focus and left the room returning to his own.

Rebekah had entered a few minutes later dressed in her pyjamas with a fresh looking face but a scowl marring her features. She had spent the next 20 minutes ranting to Klaus whilst he remained focused on the sketch in front of him. When she had tried to look over to see what he was so intently staring at he pulled the sketchbook away from her view but not before Caroline caught a glimpse of blonde hair and blue eyes instantly recognising the woman as Caroline with her hair up like it was at the ball. Klaus only offered the words, "The blood oath" when Rebekah had finished detailing out her full proof torture method for 'little miss bitchy' and those words had caused her to groan and storm out of his room leaving him in complete silence as he placed his pencil down and admired the completed sketch.

Caroline was sat at the dresser as she placed her night cream on when Rebekah stormed in shutting the door behind her before turning back to the blond with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Ok. What happened?" She asked in a resolute tone. Caroline looked at Rebekah through the mirror and shrugged.

"I don't know what you're talking about." She murmured.

"That. That right there." Rebekah shrieked as she pointed at Caroline. "You seem so weak." Caroline froze at her words before resuming her actions. "Something happened between you and Nik." Caroline wiped her hands and got up looking at the blond Original.

"What makes you think something happened?"

"You and him are under the weather, I want to know why?"

"Nothing happened." Caroline said as she sat on her bed whilst Rebekah stood defiantly in front of her.

"Puh-lease, a fish could lie better than you." Caroline's lips curved up.

"A fish?" Rebekah waved her hand silencing her.

"Not the point. So what happened?" Caroline rolled her eyes seeing that Rebekah wasn't going to relent.

"We may have gotten into an argument." Rebekah scoffed.

"No, Klaus doesn't react like he's acting now because of an argument, you two had a fight, a full blown out fight. What was it about?" Caroline kept silent. "Caroline." The younger blonde kept her eyes on her fingers when Rebekah spoke. "You don't want to tell me, fine. But I suggest you two sort it out, we all have racked up quite the number of enemies which are gathering as of this evening and we don't need you and Nik going at it as well." Rebekah sat next to Caroline and looked at the girl though she didn't react. "Whatever you two talked about its affected you both, I mean look at you, where's the fight, the anger, the persistence. And Nik, he's sulking so sort it." Rebekah sighed before she left the room not before she heard Caroline.

"He's sulking?" Caroline murmured as she looked at the blonde who smirked.

"Yep, downright sulking as in he's acting like a total moody bitch." She said before leaving Caroline on her own.

Caroline remained sat on the bed debating on her next course of actions, there was a part of her that stood by the words that she had spoken, but the other part knew that they were slightly harsh, Caroline hated it when Klaus had spoken about her real father after he had cleaned her wounds a few days ago but she had done the same, she had talked about the man who made him feel so small inside, what made her any better?

Her eyes scanned the room and they fell on the white material which was tucked under the chair of the dresser, she walked towards it and lifted it realising that it was Klaus' bow tie which he had undone earlier and left hung around his neck. Finding this the perfect excuse to talk to him, she determinedly made her way out of her room before realising that everyone was probably sleeping.

Her nerves rose up again as she walked towards Klaus' room when suddenly felt her throat dry up, she flashed down to the kitchen grabbing a glass and filling it with water gulping it down.

"Thirsty?" She span round clutching her hand to her chest when she saw Klaus leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest making his biceps contract and show off his toned arms which were left uncovered by his shirt.

She nodded slowly before clearing her throat. "Just a bit. You could have given me a heart attack."

"You're dead, you can't have a heart attack."

"Actually, I can, since my heart's still beating, the shock could have caused my coronary artery to spasm, meaning that part of my heart would be cut off reducing the blood supply." Caroline furrowed her brow as she thought about it, "though it's not usually called a heart attack, more like ischemia but you know what they say 'potayto', 'potahto'." Caroline shrugged her shoulders before looking back up to Klaus who was smirking.

"Do you like doing that?" He asked as he moved closer stopping beside the table whilst the blonde gave him a confused look. "Constantly prove your point. I've noticed you do it quite a lot." Caroline's eyes widened. "Though it is quite an endearing quality, makes you seem like an adamant puppy." Caroline scoffed.

"Please, out of the both of us, you'd be more likely to be the puppy seeing as you do have the capabilities to turn into one." Klaus cocked up his brow.

"So do you, love." Caroline shook her head.

"No I don't, I just have the sense of a wolf not the ability to turn."

"How do you know?"

'I've killed before, I triggered the wolf gene when I made my first vampire kill. I have two sets of teeth, fangs as a vampire, and fangs as a wolf. But I never turned, it's impossible." Klaus tilted his head as he moved closer and watched her intently.

"A vampire-wolf hybrid is impossible and yet here I stand." He said repeating the words she had spoken when they had first met in the school hall, she smiled as she recalled them. Silence fell between them for a few moments before Caroline cleared her throat and lifted her hand with the bow tie.

"I found your tie, you must have dropped it in my room so here…" she slid the piece of fabric to him and he caught it.

"I was looking for that." He murmured before looking back up to her as she nodded slowly.

"…yeah, well I should go…" she bit her lip and walked past him before halting at the door and turning back round to face him.

"I'm sorry about what I said. You were right, I was making assumptions." She said clearly hoping that he accepted her apology. He made no move to acknowledge her as he still faced the table so she turned back to walk away when she heard him speak.

"Can I show you something?" She faced him and nodded as he looked at her with a serious expression. He gestured for her to follow him up and she did until they got to his room, she entered cautiously.

"Wow." Caroline whispered as she saw the interior of his room, the walls were a shade of light cream and pieces of art were hung on some, the bed was neatly made in the centre and at the foot of the bed lay a soft rug.

"Were you expecting a cave with bats, love?" He teasingly asked and she rolled her eyes as he walked towards the door on the far left.

"No, just a few skulls here and there, a couple of coffins and a cape." He chuckled lightly at her words. She narrowed her eyes as he twisted the doorknob. "Wait." She said quickly and he glanced over his shoulder. "Please tell me that that isn't your coffin room or creepy lair." He shook his head as she moved closer and stood beside him in front of the wooden barrier. He pushed the door open and stepped inside.

"No, love, no coffins or creepy lair." He murmured as she followed behind.

"So what did you want to show me?" Caroline asked.

"One of my passions." He gestured towards the landscape painting which was hung on the wall. Caroline's eyes caught it, she wasn't one to admire paintings or collect them but seeing this piece made her heart stutter. The light was captured perfectly, the brushwork adding texture which made the painting come alive. Caroline shook her head out of her thoughts and pursed her lips.

"I take it the curators on the louvre aren't on vervain." Klaus chuckled lightly as he stood beside Caroline slightly turned towards her watching her as she took in the painting.

"Yeah, well, that's their mistake." He murmured with a smirk painted on his lips.

Caroline took her eyes of the painting and glanced around the room for the first time taking it all it. The room was a well-lit studio thanks to the lamps that stood in the corners of the room, the night sky glistening with stars was visible through the French doors that led out to a balcony which overlooked the garden whilst there were was a large landscape painting hung on the wall with others around it or stacked against the wall. An easel had been set up angled towards the French doors which would allow the natural light to light up any canvas. Caroline looked down and her eyes fell on the sketch which was tucked under the pieces of paper on the table in front of her, she reached out pinching the corner sliding the slightly curled paper out. Her eyes widened at the sketch, it was a simple drawing of a horse in mid gallops, its hair was wisped back as the air brushed through it and the muscles of its body were taunt.

"Wait a second. Did…did you do these?" She looked back up at him and his smirk fell into a shy smile.

"Yeah, actually one of my landscapes is hanging at the Hermitage, not that anyone would notice. Have you been?" He asked curiously whilst Caroline shook her head.

"I've never really been anywhere." She murmured as she placed the sketch back on the table.

"I'll take you, wherever you want." Caroline looked up at him and cocked her eyebrow. "Rome, Paris, Tokyo." Caroline scoffed with a light laugh.

"Wow." She whispered. "I bet you say that to all the girls." She teased him as he looked directly into her eyes.

"No. Just you." Caroline ignored the butterflies that began fluttering in her stomach, don't fall for it, he's using you for blood and you have priorities that you need to focus on. Do not fall for it. She accepted the voice in her head and swallowed hard as she looked away from his intense gaze.

"The waiter." Caroline said as she returned her eyes to his to see the confused expression on his face. "It's how I knew. When they were handing out the champagne the waiter gave me a glass but when he was going to give you one he deliberately chose the one that was on the far side, it happened to the others as well. There was something off about them." Caroline shrugged her shoulders as she felt Klaus' gaze on her.

"Thank you." He quietly said though it was loud enough for her to hear. She glanced up and nodded.

"Your welcome."

"How did you know about my mother?" Caroline sighed knowing he would ask her eventually, she sat down on the chair as she spoke.

"Research." He narrowed his gaze and sat beside her.

"Hmm, yes, that research. You know so much about us, more than anyone should. Where did you get all your information from?" Caroline licked her dry lips.

"I have my sources." Caroline said tensely.

"Which are?" Klaus eyes her intently. Caroline locked her eyes on his.

"Spoilers." Klaus narrowed his eyes. "Ones which will be revealed later."

"I don't like not knowing, sweetheart."

"You don't?" She gasped sarcastically before smirking at him.

"I want to know."

"And I want chocolate ice cream, but we don't always get what we want, do we?" She leaned back in her seat when Klaus smirked and flashed out of the room returning a few minutes later with a bowl and spoon placing it in her lap. "Seriously?" Caroline giggled at the bowl containing chocolate ice cream whilst Klaus sat back offering her the spoon, she reached out to take it but he pulled it back.

"Your source?" Caroline huffed before eyeing him and sitting back up.

"Fine." She nibbled at her lip and Klaus had the urge to run his thumb over them and grazing his teeth across her skin, feeling her soft flesh under his fangs, nipping at her skin allowing the blood to gather then flow over his graze allowing him to lick up the delicious red liquid as…Niklaus! Klaus blinked rapidly pulling himself out of the daydream and focusing back on Caroline's words. Control yourself! "Ever heard of Katherine Pierce?"

"What?" Klaus hissed letting his grip on the spoon loosen so Caroline could pluck it out from his fingers. "She's your source, how does she know that I killed my mother?" He clenched his teeth trying to figure it out, his siblings had never spoke of it to anyone even Elijah wouldn't be that much of a fool.

"No, she didn't know that, she just gave me the basics of you, raging hybrid, siblings, daggers, coffins. Likes to kill a lot, broke the curse with doppleganger blood, wants to build an army, likes long walks on the beach and is partial to a glass of scotch." Caroline smirked with a tilt of her head whilst Klaus ignored her latter words knowing that she had made them up. "The other stuff I figured out through the spirits." Klaus looked at her curiously, "When I found out a dark, mysterious immortal being was coming to town I contacted the spirits asking for information, and let me tell you they really don't like you. Quite the moody lot, I mean I asked about you and it took me hours before they stopped ranting to actually give me real information." Klaus smirked, he always did like having people talk about him, dead witches with a grudge or not, call it the self-centred part of himself.

"And what else did they tell you?"

"Now, that, will remain classified." She saw him clench his jaw, "Don't worry your pretty little head about it Klaus, it's just a few bits and pieces, nothing too major." Caroline continued to eat her ice cream before she stilled noticing that Klaus kept his gaze on her flickering his eyes from her lips to the spoon unaware of the arousing thoughts in his head. "Bid thu swamp thum?" Caroline said with a mouthful of ice cream still in her mouth causing Klaus to shake his head declining the invitation with a chuckle.

"No thank you, love." They descended into a comfortable silence before something occurred to Caroline.

The blonde began laughing quietly trying to stifle the sound but failing, she saw the hybrid look at her trying to figure out what she was thinking before she waved her hand at him gesturing for him to ignore her but it wasn't possible, not for Klaus. She continued for a few more moments before she calmed down.

"You know what I've just realised?"

"Indulge me, love."

"My parent slash stepparents as well as my half siblings are trying to kill me, my daughter is a natural hybrid who is getting increasingly powerful, my real father wants nothing to do with me, my adoptive mother is halfway around the world with no idea of who I am and you want me to replicate Elena's blood whilst I'm trying to keep everyone safe. All before I'm 20. And I'm eating ice cream in your mansion. Now that seriously deserves to be on Oprah."

Klaus realised for the first time how strong Caroline was, she had so many things she needed to deal with and yet she carried a smile on her face that would light up his world. He still recalled the fear that had filled him when he and his siblings were running form Mikael and how long they had spent hiding in different countries before setting off again to avoid the danger. But he couldn't even imagine having a child and trying to protect it whilst others were hunting him down, he had no idea what Caroline was going through.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing. Caroline took her phone out and her expression turned to one of worry, she stood immediately from her seat and answered.

"Maddie?"

"You need to get here now, Lia's turning and she can't control it, her magic is overpowering her, Caroline I need your hel-" The phone call was cut off leaving a droning beep to emanate from the device.

"I need to go." Caroline said as she flashed into her room sparing no glance back at Klaus who had heard the call and was already up and changed to join Caroline who had changed into skinny jeans, a tank top and leather jacket. She flashed to the car to see Klaus already in starting engine.

"Klaus?"

"Get in, I think it's time for me to meet your daughter, don't you?" Klaus said as he floored the car going at maximum speed to reach the highway. "Has she turned before?"

"No. I don't know if it's hurting her or…" Caroline swallowed back her tears focusing on the road which was lit by headlights.

"The witch said that she was losing control of her magic, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst, how much damage could she cause?" Caroline locked her eyes on his.

"I don't know." Caroline whispered running her fingers through her hair and getting ready to launch herself from the car as they turned into the street where the house was.

"Caroline wait, if she's in wolf form, she could kill you-"Caroline ignored his words and dashed out of the car towards the door slamming it open "Caroline!" Klaus followed her coming to a stop as Caroline froze in the hall.

Klaus looked up and saw the small pure white wolf with ice blue eyes laying in the middle of the kitchen with glass surrounding it, a vase of flowers had crashed to the ground breaking it and allowing the flowers to lay in a puddle of water which pooled around the wolf. "Amelia?" The wolf's eyes snapped up to Caroline and it tilted its head.

"Caroline…" Klaus whispered as his eyes locked onto the hand which was peeking out from the living room doorway on the ground. Caroline's eyes flicked to his and she noticed the unmoving hand which was covered in tiny specks of blood.

"Lia…?" Caroline whispered as the pure white wolf perked up its ears in response and began whining loudly as the lights started flickering and the ground began to shake.