authors note: So this is a new multific I've been playing with and this is kind of just the introduction, an opener if you will. I really like this concept and I'm kind of basing the Klaus/Caroline relationship as akin to the Spike/Druscilla relationship on BTVS. The other Originals will be introduced and it's going to get all kinds of exciting! This is my first TVD fic in a while so I'm super excited! This fic will get angsty and dark but with some fluff to lighten it up a bit. I really hope you enjoy it, and if you do let me know in reviews or PM; that kinda stuff keeps me writing.

Anyways, please enjoy, and tell me what you think!

song recommendations: the monster: rihanna/eminem, i started a joke: suicide squad trailer.

i started a joke, that started the whole world crying.

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They sat around the table, completely silent, not a whisper in the air.

The books, maps, drawings and writings spoke more words than they could. They were so loud, the words screaming off of the pages; taunting them, mocking them.

Occasionally someone would move to the side, rustle a paper or click their tongue (Damon), but otherwise the air was filled with a silence that completely, painfully engulfed them.

No one attempted to speak, the tension in the air far too thick, the worry was like mud, impossible to wade through.

And so they remained quiet. Reading and writing with a desperation. Searching, hoping for a solution to the impossible problem they would face.

After an hour all so they all looked up, cracking joints, groaning and reaching for the scotch (Damon). This was their routine now; work and then consult, work and then consult.

'So, any new theories, information or ideas?' Damon spoke and the collective shakes of heads around the table did nothing to boost the morale of the group.

They had to face it, after weeks of searching they had found Klaus's weakness, but now several weeks after they had come across this 'urika' moment they had no clue on how to exploit that weakness.

'She can't be touched' Stefan spoke with a shrug of the shoulders. 'Even in the 20's when Klaus and I were like Brothers, I must have met her three times tops, he doesn't like her out and about'

'Well then surely she's unhappy? Can she be lured away from him?' Elena suggested, glancing around at the group.

'No chance, according to all of the stories she is completely and utterly devoted to him' Damon spoke again 'Crazy chicks huh?' He laughed then before he was cut off by the book crashing squarely into his nose, courtesy of Elena.

'How can she be? After all he did to her?' Bonnie shook her head, her eyebrow wrinkling as it always did when she was confused. Even Jeremy's comforting hand on her back did nothing to quell that look.

'Well technically it wasn't him' Stefan interjected, a glass of scotch now in his hand. 'Remember?'

Flashback.

'Who is she?' Elena's voice echoed across the table, the book in front of her almost crumbling as she read the pages quickly. 'Oh my god' She spoke and suddenly she felt the book snatched out of her hand by Damon.

'Hey!' Elena called before quelling under Damon's look, sitting back down she fixed her gaze on the Eldest Salvatore as he began to read out loud.

'Caroline Forbes is considered an Original Vampire by many though she does not originate from the Original Family'

'She was betrothed to Klaus in his human years before he was turned. When he was changed, it is said by many Klaus intended to turn her so they could spend eternity together and Caroline was more than willing'

'However in one last act of evil against his son Mikael managed to get to Caroline first'

'It is said he tortured her endlessly for days, before murdering her entire family'

'Unable to cope, her mind shut itself off and she was driven completely insane'

'Klaus managed to get to her and turn her before she died but her mind never recovered from the pain inflicted by Mikael'

'She is rarely seen in the world, and has never be seen away from Klaus's side'

'Her mind is so fragile it is rumored she is kept indoors at all times and away from people'

'Those who have met her tell her to be a sweet girl, and completely in awe of Klaus'

'Regardless of her mental state it is said that Klaus and Caroline are completely and utterly in love, and she is the Orginal Vampires only weakness'

'They are considered the Original Romeo and Juliet of the vampire world'

'Ta-da' Elena spoke with a satisfied smile. They had him.

End.

..Or so they had thought.

'So we can't lure her away and we can't get to her' Jeremy spoke up, his eyebrow kinked up 'How is she his weakness if we can't use her against him?'

'Well he loves her' Elena spoke again, shooting her brother a glare - it was common knowledge Elena did not think that Jeremy should be involved in the big bad that could get him hurt 'Only her, that's something'.

'Hmm' Damon quickly swigged back his scotch before speaking 'True but mini Gilbert is right, what use is she to use against him if we can't get to her?'

'We need to plan something, maybe we could lure her out another way' Bonnie spoke, 'Perhaps a spell?'

'You guys don't get it' Stefan too downed his drink before getting to his feet. 'When I met her she was so quiet, nice, pretty but it was like she wasn't really there. She wouldn't move away from, look away from Klaus. He is her world, she is completely devoted to him, she would rather die than leave him'

'Nothing is going to get her away from him, unless we take her and then even though she's crazy, she is over a 1000 years old, she's going to be stronger than all of us put together, and if our object is to get her away from Klaus? You're damn right she'll fight us'

...

'Dammit' Damon spoke, a curse under his breath 'Then what the hell do we do?'

The room was bright, the sunlight spilling in from the large windows either side of the room; both looked out onto separate courtyards. She so rarely got to be outside to see the sun, it was nice to have it looking in on her.

She lay in her bed, the long white curtains surrounding her as she propped herself up on a mountain of cushions. The bed was comfortable, her entire, giant room was comfortable. Klaus had always decided as long as she had to stay inside, then at least the inside would be the best.

And so it was.

Propped on her tummy, her arms were resting on said boyfriend, and she was drawing patterns with her fingertips. She smiled to herself as she made flowers, and stars and all kinds of shape across his back, his shoulder bones, his neck. With every picture she drew with her fingertips she would write her name, or his, or just an 'I love you'. Everytime she did he would smile

Her giggles were infectious as she simply lay, drawing her patters on his back.

He had important places to be but knew how much this soothed her, so he decided to shrug off his various meetings and simply lie in bed with her, his body on the bed, his back hers to draw on.

'Why are you so good to me?' She spoke in her sing song voice, her words trailing as they always did. Or at least had for so long he couldn't even remember her human voice. To him the voice that was dreamy, often filled with confusion was his Caroline's voice.

To this question he flipped over, taking her with him so her back was on the bed and he hovered over her. Her giggles caught him again and he smiled, a genuine smile that only she ever saw.

'Because I love you more than life itself'

'But we're dead' Cocking her head she seemed to be miles away for a moment before he kissed her on the cheek, bringing her back.

'True' He mock scowled then as though thinking and she laughed again; it wasn't hard to make her laugh but then he still enjoyed doing it.

'Then, because I love you more than anything that has ever been on this earth, anything that is on this earth and anything that will ever be on this earth'

To this she smiled; it was her favourite phrase. One he had said to her when they had both been human.

'I love you' She spoke in her sing song voice and he nodded, before kissing her forehead and settling back down so she could draw her endless patterns on his back.

Today was a good day, a day in which she was calm and happy not frightened and distant, and he would savour that.

If she needed to draw on his back with her fingertips to stay that way, then so he would remain lying on his front for as many days as she would be happy.

So do you like it? Do you think I captured the relationship type I was going for? I kind of want to portray them as very much in love, Caroline being dependant on Klaus literally but Klaus also depending on Caroline for his happiness - if that makes sense? Or am I just rambling?

Anyways please, please tell me what you think, and the next chapter will be up soon. Also to readers of my other multifics, updates are coming I promise!

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