Caroline's POV-

Deciding just to bite the bullet, I quickly dial my mum's number.

"Hello." I hear her answer her voice weary and tired.

"Hi mum." I say softly

"Caroline, are you okay?" She asks her voice hesitant and dripping with concern and worry.

"I'm okay mom, I'm with Klaus even know you hate him." I sigh

"I don't hate him Caroline, I just don't trust him with you." Her voice is tired down the phone like we've had this argument a thousand times.

"I'll try Honey, I might never trust him completely, but for you I'll try." She sighs.

I smile into my phone before moving on to the big news.

"Mum I actually called to give you some pretty important news, I'm actually in North Carolina." I blurt out.

Silence greets me from the other end of the phone, and for a long time I think she's going to hang up on me. Then finally I hear her voice.

"Is there any particular reason you didn't tell me you were going to North Carolina, Caroline?" Her voice stern, and I feel about 14 again being caught sneaking in after curfew.

"Well it was all a bit rushed really and I'll be home tomorrow it's only for one night, we just came to visit a friend of Klaus'. I promise I'll explain everything when I get home." I say cringing.

"Caroline" She sighs heavily.

"Look mum I promise it'll all work out, I'll be home tomorrow we'll talk then?" I surrender hoping she'll let me off easy.

"Fine honey, but I expect both you and Klaus here for dinner tomorrow night, 8'o'clock." I cringe again knowing that there is no way out of this, and thinking of how uncomfortable a dinner with my mother and Klaus could be.

"Fine mum, we'll be there I love you." I say softly.

"I love you too Honey." she says quietly before she hangs up.

Dropping back to the bed with a huff I consider the consequences of the conversation I've just had, me and Klaus are moving in together, I haven't told my mother who I also agreed to have dinner with tomorrow night. I need a pep talk and I'm desperate to tell someone that I'm moving in with Klaus.

Grabbing my phone again I know what I have to do, scrolling through I find Bonnie and shoot her a text.

From Me :
I'm moving in with Klaus, my mum doesn't know and I'm currently in North Carolina. Send Emotional Support.

Then while waiting for a reply I call Kol.

"Caroline, bored of my brother already." Kol's voice greets me mischievous.

"I agreed to move in with him, I mean with you guys." I blurt out anxiously.

To Kol's credit he only hesitates for a second in what I'm assuming is shock before he's back to his old self.

"Oh gosh, I don't think I can bear to listen to the two of you going at it constantly." He groans.

"KOL I'm serious! This is a big deal." I hiss

"Look darling, if my brother didn't want you with him you wouldn't be, is it fast, yes. But all the good things happen quickly, and what with you guys probably being soul mates I wouldn't worry about the fall out. It'll make you both happy, plus now you can have more awesome pajama nights with me. I don't see what all the fuss is about." He says absently.

"We could bake cookies next time." I say with a grin.

"Now that sounds wonderful, maybe I'll start a cook book while we're braiding each other's hair. After the fingernail painting of course, my cuticles are looking rather long." He sighs his voice droll.

"I'm looking forward to it already." I say with a small giggle "Thanks Kol." I say seriously.

"Anytime sister, now I must go I believe I see the Bonnie and her father, and it doesn't look fun." he says before quickly hanging up.

My conversation with Kol leaving me surprisingly reassured, I decide to shower the journey leaving me feeling a little less then fresh.

It's just as I'm doing up my boots that Klaus walks in, looking just as gorgeous as he did when he left although maybe a little bit more perky.

"Feel better?" I ask with a grin.

"As always when I see you love." He says with a little grin.

"Cheesy much." I laugh sticking my tongue out "What time are we meeting Ketzy?"

"I was just about to call her, I didn't know what time we'd get here so I told her I'd arrange the meeting when we actually got here." He says simply before getting his phone out.

"Ohhh tell her to meet us at that diner across the street, Dot's it looks authentic and I want to try some genuine southern food." I say with a grin excited as I get up to look out of the window.

"As long as it doesn't mess with the whole villain plan thing." I add on as an afterthought.

Giving me a bemused look he calls Ketzy, and she agrees to meet us in 20 minutes. Klaus takes a minute to grab a jacket and then after a little convincing, he agrees to come for a look around with me.

We stroll through the square, finding dainty little boutiques are everywhere, there are only two other restaurants and neither smell as good as Dot's, so I find myself excited for dinner.

Eventually I'm dragged away from a particularly cute old fashioned sweet shop, by an amused Klaus as it's time to meet Ketzy.

Grabbing my cute little bags of sherbet lemons and bon bon's, with a promise to the old man working there that I'll return tomorrow to get sweets for my friends, I finally let Klaus drag me away as we head to Dots.

Walking in is as exactly as expected, it's a small place with only a few people sitting around in booths and a couple of empty tables in the middle. The smell is amazing, and I can feel myself starting to salivate.

Klaus immediately starts walking to a girl a few years older than me, she has ink colored hair and light blue almost grey eyes, her face is soft and she has an innocence about her that's unexpected.

We sit down in the booth opposite her and I immediately put my sweets on the table in front of me to reach for a menu, Klaus ignores me focusing on Ketzy instead.

"Hello again Hybrid." she says softly, and it's only then I realize the power in her. Her voice is otherworldly as if it's a thousand voices rolled into one, I almost shiver at the sound.

"Ketzy a pleasure, allow me to introduce Caroline." He says his face a mask, every bit the hybrid the world perceives him as.

I give a small wave and smile when she turns her attention to me, and for a second her eyes bug out a little and she squints slightly before something shutters in her eyes and she returns her attention to Klaus and assuming her neutral façade.

They glare at each other again and finding myself bored I turn my attention back to the menu.

I'm scanning it looking at all the delicious things when I finally spot it.

"Klaus they have fried chicken biscuits and gravy all in the same dish, I have to get this!" I squeal excited before pointing at the menu "and look they have not only normal ice tea but peach flavoured as well!" I grin dropping the menu to look at him.

He looks like he's fighting a smile trying to stay in super badass hybrid mode, but I can feel his happiness for me through the bond.

I turn to Ketzy who's eyes are comically wide in shock.

"Have you had the fried chicken, is it as good as I think it is?" I ask simply, what with her being a southern native and all.

She gapes for a minute before quickly recovering herself "The chicken is good, the gravy is better and the ice tea is to die for." She says with a small wink.

Giving her a grin I wave at a passing waitress who immediately comes over to take our order, Klaus and Ketzy both look to me and after placing me order I can't help but look at them so that they can do the same.

When neither make any move to order leaving the waitress confused I can't help but glare at them both.

"Look I'm hungry, you guys are hungry when it comes to food there shouldn't be some power pissing match. Order something or I'll order for you because I'm not eating alone," I say sitting back and crossing my arms.

Ketzy looks as Klaus then at me then back at Klaus, before quickly ordering some dirty fries and a chicken burger giving her a smile I then turn to Klaus.

I can feel his irritation through the bond and I can't help but push mine back at him, until finally he relents ordering a normal burger and spicy fries.

I order three ice tea's before turning back to my companions

"Right now, that's out of the way let's talk" I say with a grin "Klaus and I are wondering if you can do a spell to find out some specific information about an issue that has come up." I say simply not knowing how much information Klaus wants to give her.

"What kind of spell?" She turns to Klaus suspicious.

"A true mate spell, I'd like you to confer with your ancestors and tell me what the consequences would be if the bond where cemented." He says leaning forward seriously, and even I can see the threat in his eyes.

At this Ketzy swings her gaze to me, horror in her eyes before glaring at Klaus her eyes going darker by the second getting more and more blue.

"You'd do this to her, she's an innocent." Ketzy hisses at him, that otherworldly feeling rising.

"It's not a choice Ketzy, you know that better than I." he returns looking surprising cold, his bond shut off from me completely I can almost feel the frost coming off him.

"You could leave, you could never see her again give her a chance at happiness." She snarls back at him her fists clenching "I can feel her light from here, just the same as I can feel your darkness and you want to corrupt that, how could you possibly want to damage something so pure!" Her voice rises almost hysterically, and I decide it's my time to step in.

"HEY!" I shout at them grabbing their attention, pushing all of my love and happiness through the bond to Klaus I don't know if he can feel it with his end closed off, but I keep trying anyway.

"That's enough! You don't know the first thing about me, and you don't know him nearly as well as you think you do. Nothing is being forced upon me, nothing is being taken away from me this is as much my decision as it is his; and I won't have you hurting him because you can't mind your manners." I hiss at her, yes, she looked friendly and yes I couldn't imagine her wanting to hurt me, but the things she was saying to Klaus weren't right.

Ketzy looks at me in shock, while Klaus refuses to meet my eyes, just then our food arrives, and I'm quickly snapped out of my anger at the delicious smell.

Quickly grabbing my phone to snap a picture I send it to Kol and Bonnie, with the caption Jealous Suckers? Before pocketing my phone and digging in.

"Oh gosh this is good." I say moaning around some chicken, looking up to see both Klaus and Ketzy looking at me in various forms of shock.

"I'm serious you want to try some." I say to Klaus cutting a bit of dunking it in chicken and potatoes before dumping it on his plate.

Ketzy looks from me to Klaus swinging her gaze wildly before breaking out laughing, I can't help but smile at this as Klaus just looks more confused.

Wiping tears from her eyes, Ketzy picks up her burger digging in leaving Klaus no other option but to follow suit, the meal is occasionally broken up by groans from me and the occasional refill of ice tea, before the plates are taken away and I sit back in my seat slumping from the mountain of food inside me.

"Arghh I don't think I can move." I grumble tiredly.

"Meals in the south will do that to you." Ketzy grumbles looking in a similar state, while Klaus sits there looking immovable as always to outsiders.

"So are you going to help us or not, I mean we'll probably figure it out anyway, but I really want to know if I'll be able to turn into a wolf." I say with an excited little grin.

Ketzy can't help herself and burst out laughing again then and I find myself joining in a little, she seems like she has quite a good sense of humor when she drops the whole I'm a powerful witch feel my wrath thing.

"It all makes sense now I guess, but we can go back to my shop and do the spell tonight if you like. If it makes you feel any better, I think you'd make a very pretty wolf." She says with another grin.

"Right! So it's not just me, see Klaus I told you being a wolf would be cool." I say turning to see him looking, baffled is the only way to put it.

"What makes sense now?" He turns to Ketzy with a glare, obviously not knowing something is making him testy.

"Her aura and yours are almost completely opposite, now you know what your aura looks like can you imagine what would happen if you blended the two together you'd get a rainbow of colors; a beautiful powerful rainbow." She says stressing the last two words.

"What are you guys talking about aura's?" I say confused.

Its Klaus who explain this time "As originals vampires, we come from a witch all witches' possess the talent of seeing the auras of people; or their essence if you like. As it was passed down to us no other vampires can do it, and many witches automatically block aura's as they can become distracting to a witch's focus. As I've said sweetheart you're full of light, your aura is very strong and very pure it's one of the first things that drew my attention, I've never seen another like it." He says simply.

"So, when we have cemented the bond are aura's will blend?" I ask still a little confused but feeling more like I get it.

"In a way yes, the edges of your aura will merge almost, like the merging of your energy and it'll be beautiful." Ketzy says giving me a soft smile.

"I have an idea!" I look at Klaus sending my thoughts to him, he gives me a smirk before turning to Ketzy.

"I never looked at it before, but Caroline has an idea, would you like to accompany us." He says simply standing and place a wad of money on the table.

Ketzy looks confused but stands with us, as we make our way to leave all too soon we are standing in the field behind Dots, and I turn to Klaus are you ready I think?

"Love I know that you feel it, but I don't feel as if you are pulling anything from me, I can't feel you drawing on my strength at all, this might not even work sweetheart." He says softly.

"But it might right, and I want to try, I only wish I could see it too. It might be pretty, rainbows and all that." I say with a shrug rolling back my shoulders.

"What exactly are you going to do Caroline?" Ketzy asks.

"Even though we're not properly bonded yet, I think I can kind of draw on Klaus's energy I don't know exactly how I can do it, but I did it before when we were running, and I want to see if you can see a noticeable difference in my aura." I say quickly explaining my idea.

"I see no harm in trying." She looks to Klaus who also nods.

Feeling inside me for that wild primal part of me, I let it out I picture strength flowing down my arms, and quickly I turn and kick a nearby tree, letting the animal inside me draw on what I think is Klaus.

I hear a gasp from behind me and stop to look at Ketzy, who is covering her mouth in shock and Klaus who is frozen. Calming down I drop the wildness inside of me.

"Did it work, what did it look like! Come on guys this is cool!" I say bouncing excited.

"Caroline love" Klaus starts staring at me in shock.

"You're beautiful!" Ketzy screeches, grabbing me in a tight hug laughing.

"What did you see?" I ask curious.

"A rainbow sweetheart, but you could sense your power it wasn't mine it was just a deeper part of you." Klaus says giving me a soft smile.

"That wasn't all me, I'm not that strong." I say with a laugh looking at Ketzy in confusion.

She only smiles at me "That's what your power will be when you have cemented the bond" she says softly giving me a grin "or if you waited a thousand years that's what your power would grow into, it's not necessarily to do with Klaus, he'll just speed up your evolution." She explains.

"I'm going to have to learn to be a vampire all over again!" I say with a startled laugh.