Chapter 1 - Prologue

Edited: May 21st, 2017.

"If I had a dollar for every time I didn't give a shit, I would own a company and name it Couldn't Care Less." Damon said sarcastically with a fake smile, rolling his eyes at something the blonde said to Elena, making her excited face fall into a glare.

"I wasn't even talking to you, so you can take your company and shove it up your ass" Caroline says, glaring at the blue eyed devil, crossing her arms over her chest and leaning forward slightly, in challenging.

Caroline and Damon don't see eye to eye, to say the least.

Caroline simply hates Damon's guts and if she ever saw him on fire she would literally run to get a glass of water and drink it slowly in front of him (and maybe roast some S'mores over his burning body).

Don't get her wrong, she's not usually one to hate a person so, but her and Damon's relationship is a little more complicated than a messy breakup. So her hate for him is justifiable in her eyes.

Despite all she says though, she knows she wouldn't wish him any bad. But not because he doesn't deserve it because he does, but because he is important to Stefan.

"Com'on you two, don't start" Stefan sighs.

"Little bro, aren't you supposed to have my back?" Damon complains, pouting. "This is a betrayal" He says in his usual mocking tone as he leans on the wall.

"And people say I'm a drama queen" Caroline says rolling her eyes as she straightens her back and looks away from him with a scuff.

"No, I'm pretty sure they call you a bitch" Damon says dryly, as his eyes roam around the room.

"Damon" Stefan says in warning tone as he puts his hand up at him, as if ready to stop him if he attacks.

"No I think they say that about you" Caroline says with a sick smile, knowing exactly what buttons to push to make him angry.

"I'm no bitch" Damon says as he straighten out, his anger rising as a frown forms on his lips and his brows furrow.

"That's not what Katherine said" Caroline says teasingly with a smirk playing at her lips as she turns to the brunette, tilting her body so that she is facing away from him.

"Why you little-"

He was cut off by the sound of laughter coming from said brunette as she comes to stand on her feet, dusting off the dirt from her short black dress and her messy straight hair.

She should have gone with her curly hair, it's so much sexier while straight is just dull. Which is probably why her replacement keeps her hair straight. Katherine thinks bitterly as she looks over the little 'gang'.

"I knew there was a reason I liked you" Katherine says with a smirk directed to the blonde, then she starts to look around, finally noticing her strange surrounding, "What the hell is this?"

"Your prison" Stefan says as he walks closer to the invisible line separating them, "It's where you should have been for the last 150 years".

The Mystic Falls gang -as Katherine liked to call them- were now in the tomb under Fell's Church, lucky for them they were on the side that has free access in and out... Katherine though, not so much luck. They had her trapped in the tomb where she should have been burned and buried 150 years ago.

"The tomb" Katherine whispers as her eyes widen in realization. She runs at them but is immediately hit with the invisible barrier and falls on her ass, making Caroline burst into fits of laughter.

"Damn, if only I had a camera, I would love to see that again and again" Caroline says after a few moments of laughter, slapping her knee as she takes a deep breath and Damon snickers as Elena fights to keep from laughing.

"You locked me in here" Katherine says pouting, finally understanding the situation.

"And I thought Batman was the detective" Caroline says, sarcasm dripping from her tone as she rolls her eyes.

"Listen here, Little Miss Sassy" Katherine starts with a glare towards the blonde that quickly changes to a cynical smile, "I'll make you a deal.. you let me out of this dump and I won't kill you and everyone you've ever met".

"I'm shaking in my heels" Caroline says and Katherine looks down at her heels, her face changes to a look of consideration.

"Those are some nice heels" Katherine says with a nod, "At least someone around here knows how to dress." She says looking at the two other girls in the back, purposefully lingering her gaze at the replacement.

"Oh thank you, I actually bought them on three for one sale" Caroline says with a smirk as she looks over her heels, losing her concentration.

"Three for one? You're shitting me." Katherine says with shock and Caroline shakes her head.

"No, I'm serious, I bought these with some killer black high heels ankle boots" Caroline starts.

"Oh I love those-"

"Can we please get back to the part where we leave Katherine here to desiccate?" Damon says, moving closer to cut the two's conversation and Katherine rolls her eyes as she walks around the small confinement.

"Calm your tits, it's not like talking about shoes will make me desiccate any slower" Katherine comments and Damon glares at her.

"Can we just get to the leaving part of this plan? This place is creeping me out" Elena says as she edges closer to Stefan and Katherine rolls her eyes.

"Does everything scare you, princess?" Katherine says with a scrunched nose and Elena glares at her, but does not bother with a response.

"Yeah we are on our way" Stefan says, ignoring Katherine's comment and turning to Elena to take her hand in his, which she takes and they start to walk out.

"Oh but Steffy, then how will you know who is after Elena?" Katherine says pouting with a fake innocent look, her tone of voice as if speaking to a child. Stefan stops in his place, turning around slowly to face a smirking Katherine.

"Who is after Elena?" Damon asks first followed by Bonnie, who was keeping silence until now, asking "What do you mean?"

"That's not how it works" Katherine says, "You want information, I want my freedom".

"No, it's a trick, don't listen to her" Stefan says as he walks towards her with a fast pace, an accusing finger pointed straight at her, "You are just making stuff up so we let you out of here. You manipulative psychotic bitch".

"I agree. Katherine hasn't, not once, spoken the truth. Why would she start now?" Caroline stated, as she walked towards the stairs stopping at the bottom floor, "Now let's leave this bitch to rot. Ross just said the wrong name at the wedding and I wanna see what happens next".

"You already know what happens next, you watched that series like three times in the past two years" Bonnie points out as she crosses her arms over her chest.

"I know so as you can see I have precious time that I don't want to waste on more of Katherine's lies" Caroline says as she edges to the stairs again.

"Oh I am not lying, sweetheart" Katherine says with an easy, playful tone.

"Hang on, she might be telling the truth" Damon says and Stefan sighs, agreeing as well.

Caroline looks between the two and changes her posture so that all the pressure is on her right leg and she puts her hands on her hips as she scuffs, "Seriously?! Do I need to remind you that you" she points to Stefan, "thought she was dead for the past 150 years while you" she points to Damon "thought she was desiccating, waiting for you to come free her of her horrible fate".

They both give share a look and look away guiltily. They have both been fooled by Katherine and it was a touchy subject but Caroline didn't stop, "Her lies drove a wedge between you too, and while we are on the subject, 150 years makes her the biggest liar any one of us have ever met so excuse me if I think everything she is saying is a big fat lie to get out of this tomb".

"Fine, don't believe me. But know this, I am the only one who can protect her. None of you have a chance against him, none of you can save her. Only I can do that" She says with a proud evil smirk.

"And we are supposed to believe this sudden urge you have to protecting Elena?" Caroline says, cocking an eyebrow.

"It's true, why do you think I haven't killed her yet? Or turned her? Because she is the Petrova Doppelganger, she needs to be protected" Katherine says, "Or we'll all as good as dead".

"She's lying, she's got to be" Stefan says as he moves to close the door of the tomb, "We have been fooled by you for the last time, Katherine".

"It's so cute and naive how you think that's true" she managed to spit out before the door to the tomb was closed, locking her there where no one will hear her pleas or screams for help.

Where she should have rotten 150 years ago.

The gang gave each other worried looks as they walked away from the tomb.

No matter how hard they tried, what Katherine said got to them. Now they were all worried about this mystery man who is after Elena.

Caroline didn't actually believe a word Katherine said. Hell would freeze over before Katherine Pierce started telling the truth. Katherine is all about survival and her own safety so even if what she is saying is true, she probably wants to protect Elena for some twisted ulterior motive and will end up backstabbing them and throwing them all under the bus to save her own ass.

Caroline turned to Stefan "We don't actually believe a word she says, do we?"

Stefan took a deep breath, not answering Caroline's question verbally but his silence was her answer. She turned to Bonnie "We don't actually believe a word she says, do we?"

"I don't know, Care. I mean, it would be foolish not to consider the possibility that she is telling the truth" Bonnie reasoned.

"Witchy is right. We can't risk it if she is right" Damon says.

"But this is Katherine" Caroline says exasperating.

"I know but what if, for once in her life, she is telling the truth? Are we willing to just risk Elena's safety?" Stefan says.

Caroline had to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Do they just let Katherine go because on the off chance she is telling the truth and Elena is in trouble, she is the only one who can supposedly save her? It's a lie. It's gotta be. If they let her out, the first chance she gets, she will kill everyone they love in revenge.

What about her mom? Their friends? Themselves?! Do they just put their faith in Katherine's word?

"You're not saying we let her go?" Caroline asks, as she walks along them.

"No, of course not. But we can maybe find a way" Stefan says as he stops in the middle of the forest.

"Guys, don't you see it?" Elena says "She is manipulating us. This is what she wants, to bargain her freedom for false info. Whatever she told us was a lie and we will not go to that tomb again. Understood?"

They nod, not really convinced. They won't listen to her, and they all know it. Caroline can already see a plan forming in Bonnie's mind and Stefan giving her a look that meant they will talk more later and she nods, signaling she understands the message.

"Well I have a series to watch so I will just be on my way" Caroline says then with a final nod and 'Goodnight' she vampire-speeds away, back to her house.

She opens the door quietly, the only sound she hears is the clicking of her heels on the hardwood floor. Her mom's car is not outside so she is probably at work, like always. Caroline goes to the kitchen automatically and takes out a few supplies to make hot cocoa and buttered popcorn.

Hey, you simply can't watch without food, okay? Even is she finishes the food before the opening song finishes.

She couldn't believe the stupidity of her friends. Katherine is liar. She lies, that's all she ever does. Why believe her now?

She shouldn't be so surprised. Of course everyone should bend over backwards to save Elena. Don't get her wrong, she loves her friend but sometimes she couldn't help but be a little jealous.

Damon, Stefan, Bonnie, Matt..

She grumbles as she busies herself. She shouldn't feel like that, she should just be.. happy that so many people want to save her friend. But why did it feel that they were the only ones who had to give of themselves? To give something up?

She died just because Katherine was a little jealous her Salvatores were paying attention to Elena. She was abused because Damon wanted to know more about Elena. Katherine made her her little spy on Elena.

She quickly puts on her TV show to get rid of her thoughts..

That night Caroline falls asleep on the couch watching Season Five of Friends, wondering if she would ever have a dramatic love story. Find someone who makes her happy.

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"Are you sure you can do this?" Caroline asked for the millionth time that night. It was dark outside, the full moon still had a few more minutes to rise fully to the sky and Caroline couldn't help but feel nervous, it's not that she doesn't trust Bonnie and her powers but it's not like she didn't have her downfalls every now and then.

"Yes, I told you it's safe" no matter how many times Bonnie will repeat those words, she will still not feel completely safe in this. Bonnie sighed as she saw Caroline's expression not softening to her words and explained again the purpose of the spell "Look, if what Katherine is saying is true, Elena is not safe, none of us are. I just need to send your mind to the past to try and identify who's going after Elena".

"You won't feel any pain, you will just be able to see who's after her" Bonnie continued and Caroline sighed in defeat.

"Isn't there any other way?" Caroline asked hopeful.

"I can do a spell that will let you get inside Katherine's mind and you can dig us out some information" Bonnie suggested, though knowing her friend's answer.

"Hell no! I am not going inside that psychopath's mind. She probably has evil dungeons, skulls and dead puppies in there" Caroline says exaggerating and Damon rolls his eyes.

"Caroline, you don't have to do this if you don't want to" Stefan said. She looked up at his eyes and saw genuine truth to his words, he wouldn't force her to do this, but she also saw hope, hope that she will help Elena. Caroline sighed, she would always help Elena. She is her friend, and Caroline would do anything for her friends.

"I'll do it" Caroline said, she caught Stefan's sigh of relief even if he tried to hide it.

"I still don't think we need to do this" Damon said his casual nonchalant expression on his face. He was leaning on a big rock with one leg crossed at the ankle over the other, his words seemed as if he actually cared if something were to happen to her but knowing Damon he probably just doesn't want to waste his time here.

"How could you say that? This is Elena we are talking about" Bonnie said annoyance rising on her features as she glared at Damon who seemed not to care.

"Exactly, it's Elena. And we are trusting the words of Katherine on this" Damon pointed out as he glared back "Katherine is selfish and only looks out for herself, she probably just said that in hopes of proving us idiots once again -not that she needs to, cause we seem to do that just fine on our own by trusting what she said- and free her from the tomb".

"Look Bonnie is right. If there is a chance someone is out to hurt Elena, we need to find out who and why" Caroline sighed as she looked at Damon who shrugged his shoulders in annoyance so Caroline continued "What do we got to lose?"

"Time" Damon barked out as he stood to his feet fixing his posture. The three vampires and the witch were standing in the middle of the forest, above the tomb to be exact, good thing Katherine is already too weak to hear them or she would have some very thoughtful comments on this (and a very good laugh).

"The full moon is rising. Caroline if you agree to do this, we need to start now" Bonnie informed looking back between the three.

"Start" Caroline nodded as she took a deep breath that she did not need.. it's for Elena, she reminded herself. At the corner of her eye she could see Stefan tense up as Damon laid back on the rock once again not giving a damn. She was playing them, he knows that, Katherine would never warn them if any real danger was out there, she was playing them and they were falling for her trap willingly. God! Sometimes he thinks he is surrounded by idiots.

Other times, he is sure of it.

Bonnie put her Grimoire on the ground opening a page she had marked, the salt was already placed in a circle on the ground and candles lit up immediately as she started chanting a few words in a language none of them understood.

Bonnie's voice rises as she focuses on her spell. The wind moves around her in an unnatural pace, she feels the cold breeze hitting her skin, making shivers run up her arms but she continues to chant, feeling nature come alive.

Caroline felt a sudden sharp pain in her chest, wooden stake pain level. Stefan tensed up as he flashed towards her with vampire speed putting a hand on her back and another in her own to hold her up.

"Uuuhh, is this supposed to happen?" Stefan asked but was ignored by Bonnie, who was lost in her magic, as Caroline started coughing blood. Damon got to their side as well holding his hand out to Caroline to help her stay up and held her hair back for her.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH" Caroline shrieked. It was as if a thousand knives were cutting her skin, a hundred needles piercing her heart, moving in and out in an agonizing slow pace. She just wanted the pain to go away, she screamed Bonnie's name but the witch couldn't hear her.

"Bonnie, stop the spell" Stefan shouted but Bonnie couldn't hear them, her eyes were fully white and she kept chanting the words to the spell over and over. Stefan flashed towards her as he started shaking Bonnie out of this state.

Caroline started hitting around, the ground, Damon, herself. She just couldn't handle the pain, her whole body was shaking, she felt as if she was on fire, she was burning bit by bit from the inside out. She just wanted the pain to stop!

"Bonnie" Stefan screamed again, pleading.

Bonnie let out a gasp and Caroline's sharp scream faded away as did any trace of her being there, with the exception of the blood covering the ground she was just standing next to. Leaving Damon staring at her faded body that was just a moment ago in his arms.

Bonnie's eyes came back to normal as she fell down to Stefan's arms. She blinked her eyes open as she looked tiredly at Stefan who was holding her in his arms.

"What happened, Bonnie? Where is Caroline?" Stefan asked but Bonnie's eyes shut close as she fell asleep in his arms.

"She is tired, com'on, we'll take her back to her Grams' house and we'll talk to her in the morning" Stefan said as he shook his head and put an arm under Bonnie's knees and the other firmly held her back and flashed away.

Stefan arrived soon to Sheila's house and knocked on the door -or to be more precise, kicked at the door, since his hands were full-. Sheila opened the door in annoyance but then her eyes caught her granddaughter's body in the vampire's arms and her expression turned to concern "What happened?"

"She was performing a spell and it exhausted her, I can hear her heart beat, she is still alive" Stefan said.

"Come in" Sheila said and Stefan walked in and put Bonnie on the green couch in Sheila's living room. Sheila raced to her side and planted a kiss to Bonnie's forehead assuring her everything will be alright.

"I'll come and check up on her tomorrow and we can then explain everything" Stefan said as he turned to leave the house. Sheila didn't like vampires in her home and he was sensing he was really unwelcome there so he decided to cut the uncomfortable meeting short and leave.

He was at the porch when he heard Sheila calling for him.

"Stefan" Sheila stopped him as he was out the door "Thank you for bringing her, I invited you into my house, you now have access in and out of it. Don't make me regret it" she slammed the door shut with that warning.

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A thousand year or so in the past...

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.

The door opened revealing an enraged man, with the same annoyed face he always has "What is the meaning of this Ayana? It is the middle of the-"

"Mikael, I am in need to speak with your wife, it is most urgent" the woman, Ayana, said walking in the house without an invitation.

Ayana was a black skinned woman, her black hair was thrown back in a messy braid, due to her rude awakening and running here in the middle of the night to find her. Mikael, a strong built tall blond man stood to his full length in the door, glaring at Ayana's back.

His wife -Esther- walked out hurriedly from their bedroom in her nightgown and looked around to see Ayana standing in her house.

"Have you felt it?" Ayana asked turning to look at Esther.

"I did" Esther answered worriedly, "It woke me of my sleep".

Esther turned to her confused husband who was looking at her as if she was crazy, and she explained "I have felt a shift in nature, something is not right. Magic sent someone here, someone who is not supposed to be here".

"I felt it, too. I am not sure of the spell that was used but I see.. a girl" Ayana said her voice shaking at the last part.

"A girl?" Mikael repeated in disbelief and maybe a little of mock to his tone.

"Yes, a blonde girl.. curly hair, blue eyes. Surely she will not be that hard to spot, she will seem out of place, we can recognize her instantly" Ayana said.

"We must find the girl and fix whatever has happened" Esther said and Ayana nodded.

"I still do not understand why a girl is the reason I am not asleep" Mikael grumbled annoyed. He had to wake up early in the morrow and be out to hunt, his night's sleep should not be interrupted and certainly not for some girl.

"My husband, The girl, she is not supposed to be here, she was sent here by magic and she cannot stay. Nature does not allow it. We must find her and send her home or she will upset the balance of nature" Esther explained calmly, hoping her husband would not be angered by her.

"I will take the boys first thing in the morrow to go look for her" Mikael said as he took his wife's face in his hands and planted a kiss on her forehead and Esther nodded, thanking the gods that calmed him.

"Then I suppose I should be well on my way. Send for me when you find the girl, Esther. I would like to see her" Ayana said as she turned to leave.

"Mother, is everything alright?" Finn asked as he popped out of his chamber's door, sleep covering his expression.

"Everything is alright, son" Esther assured her son and he nodded.

"Finn, my boy, walk Ayana home, will you? We would not want any harm to come to her on her way back" Finn knew his father was not requesting, that was a command so he nodded and excused himself to change his attire.

"Thank you, Mikael. I apologize for I have bothered you at such a scandalous hour" Ayana said.

"Nonsense Ayana. You are welcome anytime" Mikael said in a fake sweet tone leaving Esther to wonder... If only he pretended to be this nice to his children.

"Let's go back to sleep, my dear" Mikael said as he walked to their room. Esther sighed, he may say sweet things now but she knows he is far from a sweet loving husband and an even worse father. How could have she been so blind for all those years? Now that his mask has uncovered to her, she can only see him as the monster he truly is.

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The bed is supposed to be so soft, so why can't she feel comfortable laying asleep?

Caroline rolls around from side to side, groaning as she feels even more ache and pain each time her body hits the ground. Why is the bed so hard under her?

Caroline turns on her back, hitting it with a thud and she tried to force her eyes open, adjusting them to the light. She sees the bright blue sky first and looks around to see herself laying on the ground.

Oh! That's why the bed is harsh under her touch. Oh well! Caroline rolls to her side as she closes her eyes, trying to find a comfortable position to allow her some decent sleep.

Her eyes shoot open at once as the realization strikes her. Oh. My. God. Where the hell is she?

She sits up at once and starts looking around, what the hell is going on? Where was she? How did she get here?

She tried to focus on the last thing she remembers when the images of last night strike her. The spell, the tomb, Bonnie. That's the last thing she remembers.

And now she was laying on the ground in the middle of god knows where and has this feeling in her stomach, her headache passing away by the minute. She got to her feet swinging from side to side as she regained her composure.

Before she has time to ponder over what she remembers last, her eyes widen as she feels something strange. Something she hasn't felt in a while. Something that shouldn't be there.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Her heart, her heartbeat. She can hear her own heartbeat.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.

Yup that's definitely her heart. Her hearts starts to beat faster in her chest, hitting her rib cage again and again as the realization drowns on her.

She is HUMAN!

A/N: So, what do you think? Good? Bad? Give me your thoughts in the reviews below.

Sorry the Caroline part was short but I thought the chapter should end here.

So I edited this chapter and this story is going through editing process and somethings may seem a little off but over all the story makes sense even with the updates so enjoy.

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