Disclaimer: TVD is not owned by me. For the amusement and enjoyment of myself and my readers. A/N: the third instalment of "The Klaroline Diaries!" I know the name is overused but I needed something to tie the three together. If anyone has any better ideas, feel free to leave me them in your review.

The New Sherriff

Caroline gulped down the rather vodkary-punch, dressed in her nurse's 1940s costume she wanted to surprise her fiancé with. It was weird not seeing her mother in her Sherriff's uniform and it reminded her of how many things had changed.

She made a gross face when Finn kissed her mother and decided poking out her eyeballs wasn't punishment enough. Caroline had endured their relationship and though she was happy her mother had found love again, why did it have to be with her fiancé's eldest brother?

Klaus was late which was incredibly strange because he usually was on time. Ordinarily she wouldn't be worried, but this was Mystic Falls. Her relationship with the Original had not been easy and she would seriously kill anyone who ruined this dance. It had taken herself, Bonnie and Rebekah to get everything to perfection stage and if anyone knew Caroline Forbes, it would be their mistake if they destroyed her plans. Things had been crazy in the past and she just needed one day to remember what it was like to be normal. She loved being a vampire and she loved being Klaus' fiancé, but if she didn't get to dance with her future husband then she would seriously go 'crazy Klaus' on their asses.

"Sorry I'm late," Klaus said, appearing behind her and breathing in her Mariah Carey perfume. 'You look stunning, Sweetheart!" Caroline relaxed, turning to kiss Klaus, like she had been dying to do all night. He pressed his forehead against hers, whispering, "Just so you know, I would have rather gotten ready with you than Kol, but he didn't know which corsage would match Bonnie's dress."

"He's not really the romantic type, is he?" Caroline said, intertwining her fingers with Klaus' and appreciating the closeness of his body to hers. She just wanted everything to run smoothly. Klaus chuckled, kissing her cheek, "He's learning." He looked over at the jazz band and Caroline knew exactly what he was thinking and laughed when Klaus pulled her to the middle of the floor and threw her around him, like Stefan had done once to Elena. She often wondered whether it took a thousand years to get that good at dancing or whether Stefan and Klaus had taken dance lessons. She knew she had made the right choice in choosing Klaus. Things were always better when he was around and without sounding too mushy, they saved each other from their darkest selves.

Caroline held onto Klaus and watched Bonnie's blue dress swish around her ankles while she admired Klaus' choice in corsages: the blue orchards matched Bonnie's dress wonderfully and she was pleased to have let him help organise their wedding. It was only fair, really. Klaus really was old fashioned and he had good taste. She squeezed him tightly, thinking about Elena and how much she missed her best friend. It didn't feel right not to hear Elena's laugh or her comments of how controlling Caroline could be over a bunch of serviettes. She sniffed back tears.

"Careful love, you'll ruin my mascara," Klaus was such a smart-arse when he wanted to be. He made her smile, "stay strong, love. You deserve tonight." Caroline appreciated his remark and kissed him again, revelling in happiness and peace. It was all they deserved after a traumatising year where only a few of them survived with their lives intact.

Caroline glanced over at Matt whose own body was pressed close to Rebekah's, even their relationship made Caroline cringe. She probably would never like Rebekah, but she had kept her insults to a minimum because she was Klaus' only sister. She was momentarily distracted by her mother and Finn's arrival on the dance floor and the murmur of exchanges that left Klaus and Finn's lips. The dance wasn't just a celebration it was another way for the new sheriff and council to monitor the behaviour of the Originals and the town's vampires in one go. Finn was exchanging the elements of a plan, one that would benefit them in case the Sherriff decided to take them down. This was something that must not happen, because if anyone killed an Original, it affected the entire lineage which meant if anyone killed Klaus then they would all die with him.

Caroline forgot all about Matt and Rebekah when Klaus said what she had already feared, "I'm hoping I'm wrong, but there's guards on every door and as much as I hoped it would never come to this, I believe the council has decided it's too risky to keep us alive. I think before this party's over, they'll want us all dead and they won't care how many innocents get in their way."

"No!" Bonnie gasped as she and Kol appeared by Caroline's right shoulder, "They can't."

"I don't think they care," Finn admitted.

"It's true, that's why Carol brought Connor in because he's not just a Sherriff, he's a vampire hunter," Liz revealed, giving Caroline goosebumps. Alaric had been a vampire hunter and look what happened to him: he'd obsessed over Elena and murdered Jeremy in an act to hide his own selfish plans and it was Finn who had saved her mother from becoming his next victim.

"He gives me the creeps," Rebekah interjected as Matt twirled her in their direction.

"Thanks for that input sister," Kol rolled his eyes.

"So what do we do?" Caroline asked, clinging onto Klaus and averting her gaze from the man in question. Connor also gave Caroline the creeps because he was a stranger to Mystic Falls and his instant dislike to vampires annoyed her greatly. She hated his ignorance and she hated that he was the reason her mother didn't have a job anymore. Besides, what gave him the right to kill an Original anyway? He didn't even know them. "We can't let him win."

Klaus was looking at her with fierce passion and chuckled in agreement, "No, we won't."

A/N: Welcome to a new story readers! Thank you for your patience, please strap into your seats and get ready for the ride of your life. Reviews welcome.