"Everything?" Elena laughed. "Really? Klaus Mikaelson has compelled you, Caroline….Or you wouldn't ever go to New Orleans, ever!"
"Klaus cannot compel me, Elena. No one can!" Caroline told her, "I have been taking vervain and wolfsbane, everyday." She explained. "For the past eight years."
It was a surprise for Klaus, but he couldn't have expected less from Caroline, who had grown very particular about defense mechanisms. He had to admit this was a good one.
"Then why are you going to New Orleans?" Elena demanded.
"It's because…I think I have found love in New Orleans." Caroline smiled, "Family, friends…..It's home for me, Elena."
Klaus smiled.
"You are telling me that Klaus Mikaelson is the one for all of eternity?" Elena snickered. "Klaus? The evil Hybrid?"
Klaus's fist clenched. He never liked 'Elena Gilbert'.
"I don't know, Elena.." Caroline told her, "I would have said the same thing about Damon, but I learned to ignore the bad things about him!"
"Klaus Mikaelson is not worthy of love, Caroline." Elena told her. "He will hurt you, like he has done with many others."
"Elena, you cannot see what I can see." Caroline told her, "The light in his darkness is something only I can cherish."
Klaus Mikaelson opened his drawer.
"I think I am falling in love with him." She continued. "And it's not something I can control. I am going back to New Orleans, next week, and yes….for all eternity."
"You are making a mistake! Caroline!"
Elena told her. "A terrible mistake!"
"Maybe…" Caroline smiled. "But it is a mistake I have to make."
Klaus took out a box, and opened it. It was a Victorian ring, he had recently acquired it from his family chest. He had gotten it a long time ago, without the intention of giving it to anyone.
"I know, you will be back in a little time." Elena shook her head, she felt Klaus was using Caroline. "And I'll be waiting."
Caroline shook her head.
"I doubt that, Elena." Caroline replied, "Thank you for being concerned but I know what I am doing."
Elena shook her head softly,
"And I am going to New Orleans, to the new beginning of my life." Caroline told her. "You don't know how exciting it is…...I have been waiting every second to go back to the Mikaelson Compound."
Klaus's smile widened,
"You know what, I have counted minutes…" Caroline told her, "So, I could see them again, Hayley, Rebekah….Elijah is too formal but nice, And Klaus." She laughed softly, "I never knew love till I met the man who everyone called a heartless monster."
He stood against the dresser, shutting the box.
"Klaus Mikaelson?" Elena snickered, "Showed you what love is!" She laughed. This time Caroline knew she was mocking her.
"Well, he wasn't my first love." Caroline shook her head softly, "But I think he'll be my last."
"Because, I see what no one else can see."
Klaus Mikaelson held the ring box close to his chest.
"I hope you say yes."
He whispered. He turned off the phone, he didn't need to hear anymore. He had all the reassurance he'd ever need.
Katherine and Stefan Salvatore took Zach outside, because he was being fussy.
They all needed a bit of fresh air.
Katherine jumped, she had been jumpy ever since she was robbed of her vampirism.
"Who are you?" Stefan asked him, who was much calmer than Katherine.
"Katherina Petrova."
The man smiled like a maniac, ignoring Stefan's question.
Stefan felt alarmed, he took out his phone, and texted Caroline,
"HELP.....Mystic Grill."
She was the only vampire in town.
"I heard an interesting piece of news today!" He came near Katherine. "And I was too curious to see if it was true!"
Stefan came in front of Katherine, who was holding Zach Salvatore.
"Please...Don't!" Stefan tried to say something.
The man ignored Stefan, he threw Stefan across the street, his head hit the wall, he fainted. He was bleeding.
Katherine tried to run, but the vampire snatched Zach from her hands, and held him by his throat.
"No!" Katherine shouted. "No…..Not Zach. Please!"
Katherine Pierce was begging for the first time in a long time.
"Please…"
"I'll kill him or you!" He said.
"Me!" Katherine realized this was the first time she didn't put herself first.
Losing a daughter was hard enough. She wasn't going to lose another baby.
"Better yet, I kill him, and you feel like useless crap for the rest of your human life!" He laughed, "You'll spend the rest of your life thinking that there was nothing you could do to save him!"
He laughed. Katherine tried to snatch the baby from his hands. But he was powerful, and Katherine felt useless.
She felt she was about to lose another child to a vampire.
She closed her eyes, she heard a grunt, a yell. She opened her eyes, Caroline Forbes was holding a bloody heart in one hand, and Zach Salvatore in the other hand.
The heart fell from her hand to the street.
"You are welcome, by the way!" She told Katherine. Handing the baby off to Katherine, and vamped towards Stefan.
"Oh My God...Stefan!" She held his face, trying to walk him.
She couldn't feed him her blood. She took off her jacket, ripped it, and tied the sleeve to his head.
They all went back to the Salvatore House,
"We have to do something about it!" Caroline told them.
"What?" Stefan asked.
"Well, now that both of your compulsions are wearing off!" Caroline told them, "And some of us have so many enemies!"
She didn't say anything, but everyone knew she was pointing at Katherine.
"And the moment the news gets out that Zach is walking human vampirism cure."
She looked at both Katherine and Stefan, who were sitting on the couch, she sat on the armchair.
"Thousands will flood Mystic Falls to find the cure, to avenge you." She pointed at Katherine, "Or you!"
She pointed at Stefan, who had many enemies as well.