Author's Note: So this is my first Vampire Diaries story. I'm new to Vampire Diaries, but I absolutely love the writing on this show. I'm a fan of Damon and Elena, but I found myself gravitating towards Caroline and Klaus. So this is my first ever Klaroline fanfic and I hope I do it justice for you long time Vampire Diaries fans. I've been googling and catching up on the details of both Caroline and Klaus, so I hope I get the characters right. I hope you enjoy the story and excuse the mistakes because I wrote on my Ipad in class. I look forward to your thoughts. :)

MONSTER

Chapter One- Then There is One

The thing about being alone is that-

You're stuck with your thoughts.

Some thoughts are good, then some are bad.

But what difference does it make about it being bad-

You're alone.

Brushing her hair in front of the mirror, Caroline almost forgets that her friends have summoned her presence at Elena's house. Sure that it was another apocolyptic meeting, where the fate of their lives were surely hanging in the balance yet another day. It was becoming routine to sense the doom with each day that passed, but Caroline couldn't help but want to take her time in the one thing that made her feel like she was normal. Looking over at the pictures that were pressed against her mirror, Caroline focused in on the one that should be her priority, the one that was going to become her priority and that was her relationship with Tyler. They had gone through their rough patches in their Senior Year, but she had hopes that their college life together would be better. It had to be better for the sake of her attempt to be normal.

It was about noon once Caroline had made it over to Elena's house, and as usual Damon was off in his own headspace. Elena had struggled to make her choice between the two brothers, but Caroline knew without any thought behind it that she loved Damon. Wasn't sure she understood it, but she loved him and though she worried for her friend due to her own bouts with Damon, Caroline was glad the tug of war on her heart was coming to a close. Walking into the kitchen, Caroline soon froze once she saw that Abby was standing with a cup of coffee in hand. Recalling the last she saw of Bonnie's mother, Caroline was sure that she had seen the last of her, but by the looks of things she had returned for special reasons that maybe she should've rushed over to find out about. Just as the gang filed in peice by peice, Tyler made his way into the house as he closed the door behind Jeremy. Caroline's heart went into a flutter as she exchanged looks with Tyler as they all gathered around the table.

"Okay kiddies, I have just delivered on an early Christmas to you all" Damon smirked as folded his arms

"You, I believe I'm the one that did the work" Abby replied

"So it worked?" Elena asked as she looked over at Bonnie with a bit of a smile on her face

"Yes, from what I picked up on earlier as I trekkd over to our esteemed pain in the all in purpose ass, it has taken affect" Damon told her

"How much time does that buy us?" Stefan then asked

"Enough, but we can't keep our eye of the main goal for one second because that will work against" Damon replied

"Wait, what are we talking about? all I hear is blah blah blah" Caroline asked as she felt a bit lost in the conversation that was taking place

"Abby found a spell a boundrary spell that keeps Klaus bounded to the Originals land" Bonny told her

"Since the founding families each had their claimed land, this town was mapped off into sections. It's sort of like an invisible restriction, but only to Klaus since it ties into his bloodline" Stefan told her

"Great, so that means he'll be trapped inside his mansion, which doesn't sound all that bad now that I say it aloud, but he won't be able to harm anyone" Caroline replied

"Yes, but the boundrary spell won't last for long. There are ways around it, if Klaus should figure them out" Abby stated

"How?" Tyler asked eagerly as he seemed more pressed to keep Klaus away more than anyone before he shared a gaze with Caroline "I mean if this is something established by the founding families, then it should hold, right?" he asked tearing his attention away from her

"That's the part we have to figure out" Damon replied as he got lost into thought

"You mentioned bloodlines, well wouldn't it have to do with his father?...he was a werewolf, so surely the ticket for Klaus would be his father" Jeremy said

"He may be on to something" Stefan said as he looked over at Damon

"I thought Michael was killed, remember with the whole 'I'm here to kill Klaus bit' that he was on" Caroline mentioned

"No, not Michael. Klaus's biological father" Stefan replied

"Okay, well sitting here trying to figure out the family drama that is Klaus won't do us any good because ultimately we need to kill him. We got our time, now we need to just learn the ways of killing an original beyond the White Oak" Damon said as he clapped his hands together

Stumbling into the restroom, Klaus felt his way around to try to find the light to turn on withing the restroom. Technology had long been a cluster of frustration for him in his time spent in this new era, but Klaus found that his strength was waning on him. Clenching on tight to the sides of the sink, Klaus lowered his head as e felt a wave of emotions run through him as he tried to keep his balance. Though he became aware of the spell that Damon and friends had placed on him, Klaus couldn't help but have his spells of weakness throughout the day that made him feel a bit more uneasy than he had ever felt. Hearing the door close from downstairs, Klaus gathered himself up before he quickly headed out of his room. Looking up to the top of staircase, Rebekkah placed her bag down beside her as Klaus made his way down the staircase, looking a bit ill than what she last saw of her brother from the previous night.

"Going somewhere Rebekkah?" Klaus asked as he felt a surge of energy run through his body

"We need to get out of here Nik" Rebekkah replied "They've started to ask more questions" she said as she folded her arms as Klaus took in the sight of her bags

"You're being dramatic Rebekkah. Do take your talents to the stage rather than drowning my eardrums with them" Klaus said as he walked over towards the bar to pour himself a drinking while Rebekkah followed behind

"I mean it Nik. They've all ready placed unknown spells on you, what if they figure out another white oak tree?" Rebekkah asked

"Bloody hell Becca!...it's a bloody boundrary spell. It's not going to kill us..." Klaus angrily replied

"Not us Nik. You. They placed a boudrary spell on you, boundrary spell as in old witchery" Rebekkah said "We've got too many enemies to stay in one place" she told him

"Oh, then what do you suppose we do? do we just run from those that are weaker, I don't run and I will not run" Klaus forcefully replied

"This is your pride!...you will get us killed with your pride" Rebekkah said standing her ground "I love you. Your my brother, but I will not die for pride...I want to live" she told him

"What are you saying?" Klaus asked as he began to massage his forehead in frustration

"I'm saying what you suspect. I'm going to try to get us out of this..." Rebekkah began to say

"Just say it" Klaus blurted out before a silence came between them "You're running. You're scared that since they came for me, that they'll come for you. Is that about right?" he asked as he swallowed a lump in his throat from the emotions that suddenly came to him
"I'll come back for you" Rebekkah reasoned

"That's when I won't be susceptible to being killed, right?" Klaus asked with a bit of sarcasm as he walked towards his sister

"I will come for you" Rebekkah replied sternly as she gripped onto his shoulders. Looking into her eyes, Klaus wanted to believe his sister's words but knew that the fear in her eyes contradicted every bit of what she told him. She couldn't save him when she wasn't quite sure how to save herself. Leaning in to kiss the side of her face, Klaus treasured the moment so sweetly before he backed away.

"Don't come back for me" Klaus whispered to her "I don't want you by my side" he told her as she pulled back in surprise by his words. Backing away from his sister, Klaus walked over towards the door to open it "Go" he said through gritted teeth

"Nik..." Rebekkah began to say

"Go!" Klaus yelled catching her off guard with his forcefulness before she simply obliged his wishes. Feeling like with each step that she took, Rebekkah knew that she was breaking her brother's heart, if he were to have one, but it was his wishes that she was now obliging she told herself. Giving her no time to turn around for the teary eyed goodbye, Klaus swiftly slammed the door behind his sister. Turning to look on the path she had chosen, Rebekkah found that movement was harder to do than she thought. Hearing the screams from within, Rebekkah let a single tear drop fall as she knew in this moment that she had truly left her brother alone.

Prancing down the staircase, Tyler headed into the kitchen to grab an apple from the fruit basket as he was sure his mother would have out. Opening up the fridge as he chomped on his apple, Tyler looked on to see if anything would satisfy his hunger that he had going. Spending most of the day attempting to do homework for his first day of classes at college, Tyler found that nothing held his attention to even put forth effort to completing his homework. Hearing the doorbell ring, Tyler sighed as he hoped it wasn't one of the town hall members that were hoping to come talk off his ear. Opening up the door, Tyler was surprised to see Caroline standing on the otherside of the door.

"Hey" Caroline replied nervously as she gripped on tight to the strap on her purse "So I was coming from school, I had classes today. They were as to be expected, boring. I thought I should stop by because I hadn't seen you since yesterday, and I just wanted to know if you were okay with classes seeing as your first day of class started tomorrow..." she babbled while all he could do was laugh at her nervousness

"You can come inside" Tyler smiled before she slowly let a smile break as he opened up the door wider for her to enter. "You know you don't have to create excuses to stop by" he told her

"I know, but I just didn't know how things were with us" Caroline replied "How are things with us?" she quickly followed up

"Things are fine" Tyler laughed "Why would you think things weren't?" he then asked as he closed the door before digging his hands in his pocket

"Because you've been distancing yourself from me. I mean I know that college is a bit crazy, but I just thought you were distant" Caroline reasoned

"I guess all this Klaus stuff has me a bit stand offish" Tyler sighed "I just don't want to start off college with all the Klaus stuff, I just want to be normal as much as possible with the circumstances we have" he said

"I understand that" Caroline smiled "I mean I'm a vampire and your a werewolf...we've got enough going against us" she said

"But that doesn't mean I don't want us" Tyler told her "I want us to work" he said as he reached out to grab her hand before she walked over to hug him

"You have no idea how much I wanted to hear that" Caroline said before she pulled back to give him a quick kiss

"It'll be an adjustment being in college, but I know we can work" Tyler told her "We just have to talk to each other and make us a priority" he told her

"I agree" Caroline smiled "Who knew college would make you such a brainiac" she laughed as she gave him yet another kiss

"I guess" Tyler laughed as he wrapped his arms tight around her as it was clear that he had other things on his mind that he wanted them to do. Feeling her cell phone vibrate in her purse, Caroline did her best to ignore it "Is that you?" he asked in between kisses as he walked her over towards the staircase

"Yeah" Caroline replied as she found it hard to ignore the call "I have to take this" she said breaking away from the kiss

"No, no, no" Tyler replied as he tried to capture her lips again but Caroline had pulled away quick enough

"Hello" Caroline answered the phone as she tried to dodge Tyler's lips that were eager to kiss her

"Come over. Now" Damon instructed sternly

"I'm busy Damon" Caroline replied not wanting

"Oh, I'm sorry. If you want to continue kissing your werewolf boyfriend, then I suggest you come over" Damon told her before he hung up the phone. Looking on at her phone in confusion, Caroline looked up to see Tyler looking at her with concern in his face.

"What'd Damon say?" Tyler asked

"I have to go" Caroline replied as she tucked her phone away into her pocket before leaned over to kiss Tyler once more "We should do something tonight" she then suggested

"Something along the lines like what we were about to do?" Tyler asked as he grabbed ahold of her hand

"Yes, something along those lines" Caroline smiled as she backed away from him before she eventually left.

Storming into the oversized mansion, Caroline wanted to make a clear point that she would not be summoned in the manner that Damon had called her in. Who does he think he is? Does he treat Elena this way? Why is it he stays on ass mode all through out the day? Carolina asked herself as she looked around to spot Damon. Sighing in frustration, Caroline began to get annoyed with the fact that Damon had summoned her only to not even be at the said location he said to meet him at. Folding her arms in frustration, Caroline huffed out in annoyance before she finally figured that having a drink would suffice for the moment before she would storm off so he'd get the point. Pouring a bit of bourbon, Caroline couldn't help but think that Damon and Stefan drank like old men with the bourbon. Taking a sip of the substance, Caroline found that it was quenching the spot. Coming down the staircase in his usual black attire, Caroline turned to flash a sarcastic smile on her face.

"What'd you want Damon? I have things to do" Caroline asked

"All of which consists of Tyler I'm sure" Damon smirked "Make yourself at home, that's my special glass you know" he said as he noticed that Caroline was drinking

"I could tell, the B positive gave you away. What'd you want?" Caroline asked
"I want...what I want. Well I would like for world hunger to end, such a tragic way to live..." Damon began to beat around the bush

"Damon!" Caroline groaned

"Tsk, tsk. Calm yourself Barbie" Damon laughed

"Don't call me that, I hate when you call me that" Caroline replied

"Did I strike a blonde nerve?" Damon asked as he began to pour himself a drink

"No, I just don't think I'm some dimwit Barbie" Caroline said "I mean it, why did you call me?" she asked

"Because I have a special task for you" Damon smiled "One that will require that spunk of yours" he said

"Task? what type?" Caroline asked in confusion "Is Elena here? Bonnie?" she asked

"No this task is something between you and I" Damon replied before Caroline processed what he had said before slapping him across the face.

"You son of a bitch!" Caroline sniped at him as he massaged his face

"Not that...I'm not, no!" Damon told her "I was talking about something that they can't know about because I know how Elenda feel if she knew I was asking you" he said

"That still doesn't make me feel less weirded out by you" Caroline said as she put distance between Damon and her

"I need you on Klaus watch" Damon told her

"What?...hell no" Caroline replied "If that's why you called then you wasted your time because I'm..." she began to say

"Klaus is a loose canon. A loose canon that is smart, if he finds a way to break the spell then he will kill Elena just for the hell of it and Abby as well" Damon told her

"He wouldn't kill Elena, he needs her" Caroline said

"The spell Abby did links into the moonstones that he's searching for. He wouldn't need Elena if he connects the dots on the connection" Damon said
"How? What type of spell did you put on him? how do we go beyond old witchery to surpassing the moonstones?" Caroline asked

"Because Abby tapped into the spirits of the witches, this spell links every being conjured up..." Damon began to say as Caroline shook her head in confusion

"That makes no sense" Caroline replied

"It's not supposed to, hence it being written in latin. Abby used it, and got us time but we need to be sure that his time isn't being used to figure out how to kill us in a slow and torturous death" Damon said

"Why me? why do I have Klaus?" Caroline asked

"For the obvious reasons...Klaus fancies you" Damon replied as Caroline paced the floor

"Don't say that!" Caroline groaned

"It's the truth. Klaus has a sweet spot for you Caroline, and spending time with you would defer any bit of thought to kill us all...which on its own sounds like the guy is demented" Damon told her

"I'm standing here, I can here the insults" Caroline replied "Give me time, I need time to think" she said

"We need time to kill him, not for you to think. Give the answer now and go about your task starting tonight" Damon replied

"I'm not just blurting out an answer Damon! this just wont affect me" Caroline replied

"Yes, because Tyler won't understand about the bond between Klaus and you. That's high school drama, I don't have time for that. Wolf boy loves you, and he'll deal because he'll get to live another day with his precious friends that won't be torn apart by the Original" Damon said "Think of this as donating blood, do it and save a life...well maybe blood wasn't the best analogy seeing as we take the blood" he thought to himself.

Sitting with his back propped up against the post, Klaus looked around at the mansion that he had trashed around him. Glass broken into peices. Sofas thrown and bent out of shape. Walls with holes in them from being punched. Ripped piano tops that were tossed aside. Paintins ripped into halves like it were a newspaper. Of all the mess that surrounded him, Klaus took in the fact that he was now surrounded in what he felt was in his heart. Curtains closed with no possible way of sunlight shining through, Klaus sat in his self made darkness. Pressing his head up against the post as the emotions surged through his body, Klaus banged his head against the post as he couldn't nor wanted to feel. Groaning out in frustration with himself, Klaus looked on to see his hand shaking uncontrollably as his breathing became erractic. Swirling about in his head, Klaus could hear it loud and clear to where he hand to cover his ears in hopes of drowning it all out. Banging against his eardrum, Klaus was torn from his thoughts once he heard the sound of the doorbell. His eyes were once clenched shut but immediately opened at the sound. Could they have returned? Could his brothers and sister have realized that their powers were greater together than apart? Klaus asked himself before he found himself rising to get up from his seat. His clothes were a bit disheveled from his mayhem, but he had little thought to fixing his appearance. Opening the door, ready to greet his family and forget their actions of betrayal, Klaus found that disappointment once again came to him as he saw the blonde standing on his porch.

"Hey" Caroline replied as she tried to force a smile, but found that Klaus showed no emotion towards her trying to be nice "I just wanted to come by..." she began to say

"Tell your friends this message...the moment I find a way out of this boundrary spell, I will kill each and every one of them limb from limb" Klaus interrupted "Save the niceties love, you don't fake it well" he said before he slammed the door on her so that he could return to his darkness.

"Well...that went great" Caroline said after a few moments of processing the encounter she had just had with Klaus.