Chapter 27

Niklaus sat in his plush leather chair, fit for a king really, leaning his forearms onto his desk watching the news of a tragic fire that lit up Whitmore University. One by one his siblings entered his domain until Katherine entered and closed the door behind her.

One really could never be too careful.

He only needed to raise his eyes for Rebekah to answer his question, "Enzo is off getting to know Caroline. She's helping him adjust to the times." Niklaus nodded with a lazy flick turned up the volume as the news story continued on.

A pretty anchorwoman was standing in front of a tall building on fire, "Authorities say that earlier today students surrounding this building, Whitmore House, had been the subject of a possible prank gone wrong when tear gas had been set off in the area. No one had been hurt due to the attack. The Authorities were in the beginning stages of their investigation when news of a fire being set off at the historical home of the Whitmore family."

Katherine purred, "Some of my best work I say."

Elijah straightened his cuffs, "you always did have a flare for that particular element."

Finn looked at the scene turning towards the duo that was actually there, "I take it you found more than Caroline's missing friend."

"The Augustine Society were experimenting on vampires" Elijah informed them, his siblings immediately straightened up at this, "we of course knew that they have captured a few of our kind over the years. However, the amount of correct information they knew was troubling. Especially the files on what they used the information for."

"And what, dear brother, was that for?" Kol questioned his eyes narrowing at his second oldest brother.

For several moments Elijah remained silent, taking his time to look each of his siblings in the eye when he answered, "They were attempting to create a vampire that fed on other vampires."

"Did they succeed?" Rebekah questioned back, her fist clenching at the idea of a threat so close to where they lived. While neither she nor her brothers had much to fear they did have members of their family that were suspectable.

Namely Sage and Caroline. Especially Caroline being the youngest no matter the amount of her control. She would be the most at risk, and with the blonde at risk who knew the lengths their brother would go to protect her.

"It appears that they were in the beginning stages of perfecting the serum. But we cannot know for certain."

Niklaus growled, "then we better make certain before we leave Mystic Falls."

Kol snorted, "fond of the inhabitants Nik?"

Niklaus grinned sardonically, "Oh no but we have a pretty blonde vampire that would murder us all if we allowed anything bad to happen to her town."

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If Caroline could describe the next few months in Mystic Falls it would have been idealistic. The conundrum of Silas was officially over. All of her memories have returned safely to her memory even if they caused her pain. Every so often she would feel a pang for the loss of Hope, knowing how dear she would have been to the Mikaelson's. She also felt more keenly the loss of Alaric and the children they shared.

The Gemini Coven most likely would still gain a new set of twins, but they would not be the Josie and Lizzie that Caroline had raised. However, there were new memories she was able to create, with a newfound family. One where Enzo was not beholden to his love of Lily Salvatore, still safely locked away along with the other heretics. That was not one mess she was willing to step into again.

The Gemini Coven had handled it once in 1910 and Caroline thought it should stay that way. If only she could say the same about the other monsters of her past or Niklaus's. After Katherine's appearance that night in the Salvatore Boarding School, no one had heard from her since. Caroline had a feeling the former doppelganger found herself in the original's mighty city. She only hoped that the vampire would not stir up too much trouble while there.

As graduation came closer and her plans to join the Mikaelson's wherever they choose to go. Niklaus, Elijah and Rebekah made plans on returning to New Orleans, with the threat of their parents gone nothing was there to stop them from returning. It hurt Caroline to tell Niklaus that the son he had long grieved for, was in fact alive.

"Traitor" Niklaus had hissed his fists clenching as the memories of his cowardly self fleeing his murderous father rose. Rebekah had flinched upon the knowledge that the young man she thought lost in the mayhem had in fact not only survived but chose to stay in the city.

During the planning even Elijah surprised her one evening by coming to her with a list of college brochures in his hand. Handing them over to curious eyes, Caroline remembered looking up at him with a questioning stare.

"Anywhere you want to go" He vowed, before she could protest Elijah shut her up with a stern glare that only a long-suffering older brother could produce. "I've seen your grades, even with the amount of drama for the last two years. Caroline the only thing we would have to do would nudge them to wave the deadline."

The blonde silently took the college packets with a small frown. The idea of using their powers for her benefit still made her nervous. Before being sent back, Caroline had long ago learned that it was unavoidable. The need to use her vampire gifts, especially when loved ones were in danger. When it was related to life and death events, trauma Caroline understood. But even then she never managed to do it purely for personal gain. The closet she came was when she had to run with the girls, and that was directly related to helping her girls.

"Caroline" Rebekah whined, "I realize that you are a goody two-shoes. When will you come to the realization that we are vampires and therefore eventually need to use it on order to avoid suspicion?"

"I don't need to use it to get into college!" Caroline snapped.

Rebekah sighed, "You'd get in on your own merits. We are pushing red tape around. Is that really any different than the rich?"

"That's the problem. It isn't."

Not to mention that outside of Caroline's morals questioning the use of her vampiric gifts, was the notion that the Mikaelson's were keeping something from her. She would have to have been blind not to notice the fire at Whitmore House, where she knew for a fact Enzo was kept. Yet she heard nothing from them about the experiments.

Just what was her favorite vampire family up to? The older blonde sat next to the baby vampire, "What is going on in that little control freak head of yours?"

" Outside of the queasy feeling I get at the idea of compelling someone. Or the knowledge that I know Elijah and Katherine found out about the Augustine experiments."

Rebekah flinched, "we knew you had other things to worry about. You were the one to send us there in the first place. We didn't know how much you knew and didn't want to cause you unnecessary worry."

"You wanted to make sure there was no more Augustine vampires that could attack other vampires" Caroline surmised.

Reluctantly Rebekah nodded. "For your information you managed to destroy the laboratory before they got the virus correct. The first one would have been a student by the name of Jesse, an assistant of the Society's leader Wes Maxfield."

"Enzo?" Rebekah asked hesitantly.

Caroline shot her an annoyed glare, "he was the test subject to learn about vampires. He is like the rest of our race descendants of your family."

The original nodded, "I'll inform my brother's then. Thank god. I hated keeping things from you!"

Caroline snorted, "for a family made of secrets you lot are horrible at keeping them."

"Only because you have futuristic knowledge!"

Caroline laughed softly tucking her head into the other blonde's shoulder. Rebekah wrapped her arm around the girl's back. "There is something else isn't there?"

Caroline bite her lip, her gaze lowering to her lap where her hands played with each other. A nervous tick she had never managed to get under control.

"Caroline?"

"I no longer have any gaps in my memory. Nik knows but I wanted to make sure long-term before I told anyone else."

"That's a good thing!" Rebekah exclaimed, "it means your witchy duty is complete! Time to focus on Caroline."

The baby vampire shook her head, "I told Nik, what I could remember. Everything I knew about your family, his daughter, my own. "

Rebekah nodded, "Yes, I remember Finn had confirmed we had an older sister named Freya. You said she was still alive?"

"Without Hope, I'm afraid you'll never get to meet her."

"Tell me what you know about Freya. Did Niklaus tell you how we met her? Maybe that will give us a clue" Rebekah suggested softly. Her hand gently grasped the younger girl's. It shocked Rebekah how a girl like Caroline, while perfectly capable of being a complete bitch but who held more loyalty to her loved ones than anyone Rebekah had met in the last ten centuries could care so much about a young woman she barely interacted with.

All Rebekah had been allowed to know about Freya was that she was the firstborn Mikaelson, lost back in the old world due to sickness. The plague, Rebekah and her siblings had originally thought were what brought them to the New World. As it turned out Finn, while still young remembered young Freya. Of going with their mother to meet her sister.

Aunt Dahlia.

For years their brother had thought he must have had a bad dream. Esther had made him doubt his own memories for years. Rebekah assumed their mother had her own reasons, a guilty conscious for making a deal for children only to agree to give away her firstborn. Rebekah would be a liar if she didn't say that the idea of having a blood sister was not appealing.

That didn't mean she wanted Caroline to blame herself if that didn't happen.

XXX

Elena didn't know what was happening to her, not really. The closer Stefan seemed to get with Rebekah; talking with her in the halls of the high school, spending more time with her and Caroline then to keep his distance from Elena. Elena felt an emotion that before her transition the brunette could always keep at bay for the most part.

Anger.

All her life Elena has been the calm, sweet one. She was the big sister to her younger more irresponsible brother, Jeremy. She was the calm to the storm that was Caroline, even at the tender age of five. She was the mellow one compared to Bonnie's absolute surety of herself. That was what Elena was in life. In death, Elena found herself bubbling with unspoken, anger.

Anger that had a life of its own.

The latest of the Petrova line felt a rage deep inside whenever the blonde was around. At first, it was just anger at how she was flirting with Matt. The blonde boy deserved more than a murderous original vampire. How she would make remarks about the past she shared with Stefan, how it boiled Elena's blood. The brunette could not fathom how her childhood friend drenched in insecurity, could befriend the blonde vampire.

But Caroline liked her, no longer claimed the original sister was trying to steal the other blondes place in school. Elena never thought there would come a day when she wanted to hear Caroline complain about the bitch. What hurt the most was how even Bonnie was not bothered by the female.

"Rebekah is not that bed, Elena. We promised to try and get along for Caroline's sake after last year's decades dance. You know once you actually get to know her she is not that bad" Bonnie shrugged.

"As tragic as her life has been, it doesn't give her the right to antagonize me!" Elena snapped at Bonnie one night during their study session for finals. Their final member was busy trying to explain the concept of not compelling the teachers to give them a passing grade. At least that was what Caroline was trying to teach Kol.

"You do realize if you stop giving her a reaction, eventually she'll grow bored? You no longer have anything to fear from her. Caroline has the cure in safety…"

"Why? I was turned months ago! I won't die if I take it. Stefan might have wanted the cure, but he doesn't want to die, and I know of no other vampire that wants that could safely take it" Elena argued.

Bonnie shot her a warning look, "I told you that in confidence, Elena. We are keeping it safe in case we need it. With Caroline's memories returned her deal with my ancestors is done, but that doesn't mean all the troubles of the past won't occur."

Elena sighed, "I know but it seems like a waste. I am the only one who wants to be human again that can safely take it." Now that they knew who was the most in danger of the cure, the problem of having too many people she loved wishing for it was solved. It was almost too good to be true.

"That gives you the right to take it?" Bonnie questioned.

"It might be the safest option. What if someone finds out we have the cure and comes after us for it?"

"You just want to make sure Rebekah can't become human, even knowing she would die if she took it" Bonnie muttered to herself knowing full well that the vampire could hear.

Elena gave her a scathing look, "I want the human population of Mystic Falls to be safe. The cure is not safe."

"Becoming a vampire changed you, Elena" Bonnie shut the textbook she was reading before grabbing her school bag to shove her stuff in. Elena's eyes widened crawling to her knees, "Bonnie?"

"I'm going home, before I say something I regret. Ever since you turned it's like your anger controls you. Like all the anger of your human life is boiling over now that you're a vampire, leading to overreaction towards anyone who doesn't agree with you."

"That's not fair. I'm transitioning and vampirism enhances everything, so I'm freer with my anger. Isn't that a good thing? No more bottling it up."

Bonnie looked at her eyes wide, shaking her head as if she could not believe the young woman she was seeing. "You hate Rebekah so much; you can't shut up about it. You're still angry over the cure and it's been months, Elena. Let me guess you still mutter about Klaus to Caroline as well."

"He is a murderer, but no Bonnie. As much as I might hate him, I've learned that lesson at least."

Bonnie turned to smile at her friend, "Yes. Klaus Mikaelson is a murderer without repent but do you know how loyal he is to his family and to Caroline. While he sucks at showing emotion to his siblings, it does not appear to be a problem with our friend. That's all we really need to know."

"You know I think your mostly just saying that because you developed a crush on Kol" Elena shook her head looking over at her friend in pity. The witch sighed rubbing her forehead feeling a migraine coming along.

"Elena, as Caroline's friends all we need to do is be supportive. Tell her our opinions but stand by her no matter what. She's done that for us, for every insult thrown at Damon she's been eager to help save your life twice over."

"I didn't hear a denial" The vampire teased, only to gap when the witch shot her a withering glare before turning on her heels.

Elena blinked slowly as her oldest friend walked out on her that was more akin to a certain blonde original than anyone else. The anger that was beneath the surface just kept rising, her friends were changing. Elena was not so sure if the changes were for the better. First Caroline fell for someone who at best could be considered a mafia boss, then the blonde manages to get witched back in time to save the world. Secondly, Bonnie the one friend Elena could say was a constant, no jealousy like with Caroline just pure friendship was beginning to act differently.

A part of Elena wished for a time before vampires, where her parents were alive and the only problems her friends had were of the boy variety. Then everything had changed at the end of her sophomore year, then most definitely in junior year when she met Stefan Salvatore. Elena smiled thinking about Stefan, he was a man worthy of adoration, truly. She also had her friends that she was raised with, even with all the tragedy that followed her parent's death. Elena felt stable….

Then Katherine had to show her face….

She knew exactly who to blame. Yet she still didn't hear any denial about Kol either…hmmm

XXX

Katherine made sure to stand casually near a storefront; her hands full of a fashion magazine. Rather than her eyes being on the page, her brown eyes stalked the pair of brunet's walking together down the street. The Petrova thought they were familiar; it was the she-wolf that killed off Klaus's hybrids and the wolf-boy she had originally set up for the ritual. The baby hybrid.

The she-wolf looked annoyed at her male comrade who appeared to be trying to win back her favor. It was laughable at how loud they were, Katherine sighed there really was no subtly in the young.

"I don't understand, there aren't any wolves here!" Tyler complained. Katherine rolled her eyes, could the young hybrid be any louder? He should just put an ad in the local newspaper that would be stealthier than the pampered brat.

Katherine made a face; Caroline had actually stepped up her taste in men if she dumped this boy for Klaus Mikaelson. The brunette shuddered at the kind thought of the original. She would never pay him a compliment, ever. She ruined way too many Gucci shoes keeping far away from that man.

"I told you Tyler, this is where my pack my original pack is from. Even if they are no longer here. There has to be some clue about where they are or what happened to them" Hayley hissed punching him in the shoulder.

Oh! Trouble in second-best paradise. Katherine tossed her magazine to the side, keeping far enough away that the idiots would not notice but close enough to hear the conversation. This trip just got interesting.

XX

Two years ago, if someone would have told Bonnie that she would willingly step foot into an abandoned old building where on two separate occasions witches were killed, one time being the death site of her own ancestor Emily Bennett, the young woman would have said how insane that sounded.

Yet as senior year closed in that was exactly what the Bennett witch was doing. Sitting down cross-legged surrounded by candlelight as she tried to connect with the finicky connection she had with the ancestors.

"You should be more respectful, child" Gram's voice scolded with a fondness that only a loving grandmother could have.

Bonnie opened her eyes, "Grams!"

There right in front of her stood her beloved Grams, who had died trying to help her unlock the tomb her grandmother had correctly assumed they had no business opening in the first place. Damon Salvatore's selfishness led to several avoidable deaths. She had pushed aside her anger for Elena and because he had been willing to help deal with the tomb vampires he had set loose. Her anger had remained only to burn brighter once Caroline had told her exactly what happened with Damon.

"Oh Bonnie" Her grams murmured opening her arms as the witch hurried out of her meditative position to hug her grandmother.

"Oh Grams, I've missed you" Bonnie whispered holding her close, "wait how can I touch you?"

"A little gift from the ancestors. You've done well my child."

Bonnie blushed, "I had help."

"Yes, you did. That doesn't erase what you did" Grams praised softly, "I knew Caroline wouldn't let us down."

"Wait Grams, that was you?"

"If anyone could get you to see reason child. It would have been Caroline Forbes, that child was a force even as a babe."

Bonnie laughed, "I love you grams."

"And I love you, Bonnie."

XX

"Enzo!" Caroline screeched at the top of her lungs as she lunged for the vampire just as he grabbed the last of the fruity pebbles. He offered her a smirk holding the box up high so that the blonde could not reach.

"Looking for something doll?" He drawled.

"That is mine!" Caroline hissed crossing her arms tapping her foot. Where were the Mikaelson's? She had spent the night, with Klaus and bonding with Enzo but no blood Mikaelson was around.

"Really? I don't see your name on it" He sang looking at her amused.

"Fine" Caroline snapped, "see if you get to play twister!"

Enzo looked at her with a strange expression, "what is twister?"

It took all of Enzo's very limited amount of self-control not to laugh in her face at how quickly she turned around her mouth opening and closing out of her own control. Just when he was about to call someone thinking he actually broke the girl she yelled out everyone's name.

"REBEKAH! ELIJAH! NIKLAUS! FINN! SAGE YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF THIS EITHER KOL!" It amused Enzo at how easily all their names rolled off her tongue as one by one each Mikaelson strolled over to where she was.

In front of the entire Mikaelson clan was a considerably tinier Caroline Forbes crossing her arms, her foot tapping. Klaus offered her a playful smirk, "You bellowed love?"

"Enzo has never played twister" Caroline pouted pointing to Finn, "and I doubt any of you managed to teach Finn either."

"What about me?" Kol whined. Caroline turned to look at the wild original with a smile "I'm sure you've managed to find time to play it haven't you?"

Kol gulped taking a step away shooting his brothers a glare when they chuckled at him.

"Love are you sure—' Niklaus started only to stop at the vicious glare she was giving him. Niklaus felt himself sigh as he resigned himself to spending the evening with his siblings.

"Rebekah go get the blasted game" He ordered his sister who flashed away without a word. Caroline was busy herding the rest towards a bigger room, with Sage cackling madly.

"I can't believe you didn't teach him twister!" Caroline cried in mock rage.

XXX

The time for graduation had finally arrived. Elena and Bonnie walked into the Mikaelson household, after trying to reach Caroline at her house only for Liz Forbes to tell the girls that her daughter was helping Rebekah get ready for graduation as well. When told this Bonnie shook her head rolling her eyes in a fond gesture as Elena's shoulders sagged, irritated that in order to see her friend that the other blonde menace would have to be included.

What neither expected walking into the manor was to see Caroline sipping champagne with Katherine on the couch as Rebekah could be seen sprinting up the stairs in a huff. The two other vampires laughed clinking their glasses together.

"Why is she here?" Elena seethed glaring at her long-dead ancestor. Katherine didn't bother to hide her smirk taking a long sip of champagne while holding up, a small rectangular paper. The doppelganger had yet to inform the Mikaelson's of the little interesting tip, she found in New Orleans. She had yet to decide exactly what to do with the information when she received Caroline's invitation. Who was she to say no? Elena grabbed it showing it to Bonnie as both girls read Katherine's personal invitation by Caroline.

At the raised eyebrows of her childhood friends, Caroline shrugged "What can I say her bitchiness calls out to mine."

Bonnie shot her blonde friend a smirk, "I always thought the two of you were scarily similar."

Elena scoffed, "Caroline's changed. She's no longer desperate."

It took only a millisecond for Elena's words to sink in, as the former doppelganger turned to look at the scathing looks of Katherine and Rebekah. Bonnie and Caroline were looking at her with devastated eyes.

"Care…I…." Elena stammered.

"Perhaps its best if you get ready for graduation elsewhere. Miss. Gilbert" Finn's cold voice echoed around the room. Caroline didn't even flinch when the eldest original brother placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"You heard my brother, Elena" Rebekah drawled out the vampire's name with no hint of regret, "get your ass out."

"Care" Bonnie protested. Her friend didn't appear to be listening as she remained frozen as the redhead, Sage walked the Gilbert out with the Bennett witch following looking between her two friends.

"Go, Bon" Caroline whispered.

Caroline felt the tears drip down her cheek when Rebekah's arms were wrapped around the younger blonde. Katherine let out a sigh, "They really know how to kill the buzz."

Caroline didn't respond as she felt Rebekah hiss over at the brunette while Caroline found herself tucked into the neck of the original sister. She felt the soft hands of Rebekah steer her around.

"It's okay Care" Rebekah whispered, "you've done everything for her. She is safe even from my temperamental brother. You are free. Soon we will be out of this godforsaken town."

Caroline giggled, "I don't know what's happened to her. She's acting like…" the pause was telling as the blondes looked over to the remaining brunette.

"Ah good old Petrova blood kicking in" Katherine acknowledged. "She was far too sweet to be believable. Finally showing her true colors that one."

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Caroline squealed when she spotted the familiar tall blonde figure, that was Matt Donovan. She was helping the school pass out graduation gowns. The baby vampire grinned as she raced over at a human pace to tackle one of her oldest friends into a tight hug.

Matt laughed wrapping his arms around her twirling her around "Hello to you too, Care."

"I'm just so happy! You have no idea" Caroline smiled despite tears falling over her cheeks. Matt frowned cupping her cheek, "that other life really did a number on you."

Caroline smiled, "Now that Silas is gone, we will actually have a normal graduation."

"Matt! Caroline" The two friends separated upon hearing Stefan, Bonnie, Elena and Rebekah all fully dressed up head to toe in their red cap and gowns.

"Care, I.." Elena started only to be cut off by the blonde who hugged her tightly.

"Let's just enjoy today" Caroline insisted pulling away to look her friend in the eye. Rebekah watched the two with an eye roll. Personally, she thought that the other blonde was better off without the doppelganger.

Matt, Stefan and the witch have proven themselves, to be flawed but ultimately good. But the doppelganger…well Rebekah knew when to keep her opinions to herself.

Caroline soon had pulled them all into a warm hug, only to hear a chuckle come from behind, "What about me, darling?"

The blonde turned to glare at Kol, "You didn't sign up for senior year." That didn't stop the blonde from hugging the youngest brother. Her eyes scanned around clearly trying to look for the rest of his family.

Kol chuckled, "They are in the stands alongside your mother." Kol quickly kissed his sister on the cheek before going to join the rest of the family.

"Are we ready to graduate?" Matt asked smiling as Rebekah held his hand.

"My first graduation!" Rebekah grinned up at her fellow blonde, earning a chuckle from Stefan. Rebekah shoved him in the shoulder playfully. The two vampires grinned at each other which only caused Elena's face to flush as she fought the urge to make her disproval known.

That was when the voice of Bonnie's father could be heard speaking into the microphone. The group gave each other all one last smile as they took their places. One by one each were called with cheers from all of their friends.

"Caroline Forbes, one of our most brilliant organizers if I might add" Bonnie's father announced her name softly. Earning chuckles from all of Caroline's teachers. As Caroline walked the stage, she could hear the screams of her friends. Turning she saw her mother standing up, clapping her heart out standing right next to of all people, Niklaus Mikaelson.

The blonde's smile widened at the two most important people in her life, were cheering her on together. Tears welled up in her eyes as she blew them both kisses. Liz Forbes shook her head fondly at her daughter, while Niklaus shot her a look. No words needed to be spoken, she already knew.

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Graduation was nothing like she remembered it, last time around she was busy organizing the graduation while calling Klaus a dozen times in order to save Damon's life. Once again for Elena's sake, while the ghosts of their pasts, Kol's included haunted them. No finding out Rebekah had to safe Matt from dead vampire hunters, or that Damon was shut with werewolf venom. No Lexi to offer Stefan solace, or Alaric to bring back Elena's smile.

Caroline sipped her drink, leaning into her mother's embrace. This year was better, that she could admit. Kol was no ghost haunting Bonnie with a vengeance. No in fact he had teamed up with Enzo into who could annoy Bonnie the most. Said witch was sitting between the two with an irritated look on her face as both held their hands to their temples.

Caroline smirked, witch migraine. The two totally deserved it.

"Hello, Elena" Katherine's sultry voice echoed from behind Elena. The latter turned to face the smirking face of Katherine Pierce.

"Katherine" Elena hissed, "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to congratulate you. You've got things I've never had. A happy family, dances, a boyfriend who loves you and now graduation!" Katherine purred raising her glass to her shadow self.

Elena growled, "Here to take over my life again?"

Katherine laughed, "And go to college? Darling, I don't dwell."

"Just leave me alone, Katherine" Elena sighed, as she felt the anger build up inside her about to explode.

"Aww but we were having fun" Katherine pouted blocking the girl's path. Elena's eyes flashed as her vampiric image appeared across her features.

"Ah there the little demon is" Katherine purred.

"I hate you" Elena hissed.

"The feeling is mutual, darling. The problem is we seem to have a mutual friend now" Katherine pointed to Caroline who was smiling in the middle of a crowd of Mikaelson's and her mother. Elena glowered at the brunette grabbing the doppelganger by the wrist.

Katherine raised her brow, "my aren't you a daredevil."

"Stay away from my friends, my town" Elena hissed. Katherine laughed tossing her hair back.

"I'm older than you, baby vampire. You don't tell me what to do."

Elena scoffed, " says the vampire who ran from Klaus for what half a millennium?"

Katherine's eyes narrowed, "Do you want to see who will come out on top?"

Elena smiled, "gladly."

The two shared a look before flashing out of the party, not noticing the entire exchange was watched by a certain blonde vampire. By the time Caroline had been able to make her excuses, racing towards the deserted high school, the two doppelgangers had already begun to fight.

Caroline gasped watching as Elena was in a rage, grabbing at Katherine's curls as the two vampires actively slammed each other into the lockers. Several lockers had already them pried open; the doors thrown onto the ground in favor of a physical fight. Katherine growled using her stiletto to stab the other vampire in the gut.

She threw Caroline a pretty smile, "Hello, Caroline."

"A catfight? Seriously?" Caroline exclaimed watching with her arms crossed as Elena came up from behind jumping onto Katherine. The blonde rolled her shoulders stepping into the fight pushing the two away from each other.

"Enough" Caroline ordered, "this is ridiculous."

"Tell that to the psycho who keeps trying to mess with my life" Elena raged grabbing Caroline by the jacket and pushed her to the side. Her hand feeling a slight bulge in her jean jacket. Not taking the consequences into consideration, the doppelganger acted. Elena's eyes narrowed in on the pocket slipping her fingers into the slip and pulled out a red vial.

The cure. Elena hid her smile as Caroline groaned before Katherine tackled her descendent into the ground. Caroline muttered to herself, "I really should have seen that coming." That was when her hand grazed her jacket pocket, and when she felt nothing there. She cursed eyes narrowing at Elena.

The two doppelgangers rolled around the floor. Katherine once again got the upper hand using a locker door that she had broken off to bash Elena's head. Elena ripped the other vampire's jacket.

"That was Gucci" Katherine pouted, easily blocking a punch Elena threw. She hummed, "that teacher of yours did something right" before pushing her back into the floor.

Elena panted her hand still wrapped around the vial carefully managed to get up just as Katherine went to grab her arm. Caroline used her foot to step into the small space between them slipping between the two just as Elena's hand shoved itself into the air hitting Caroline in the mouth instead of its intended target, Katherine.

Elena and Katherine paused upon the realization that Caroline was indeed between them. Caroline was thrown to the floor on impact, immediately began to try and spit out the cure. Instinctively she knew it was too late.

"What did you do?" Katherine asked fearfully stepping over to the blonde on the floor. Caroline groaned softly, mentally screaming at her own stupidity. Of course, Elena would try something like this. She thought if Katherine wasn't strictly out to get Elena this time around, being around Elijah and the rest. Pulling her into Caroline's own orbit that perhaps this entire mess would be avoided.

Caroline knew she was a fool.

Elena knelt down beside Caroline, her eyes wide "are you okay, Care?"

"Elena get the fuck away from me!" Caroline growled, her eyes flaring up with her vampiric image as the brunette scooted away.