{10 years ago}
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Caroline stood perplexed in front of the worn down house, which now had a name thanks to Katherine. The Gemini Coven. It sounded familiar, probably something Bonnie had mentioned once, but she was too uninterested in witch business that she forgot about the entire thing. Until now, that was.
"The Gemini Coven," Katherine mused as she stood in front of the bolted door "Is one of the most powerful witch coven's in the world. Having a witch like that by your side? It's essential."
"Essential for what exactly?"
The doppelgänger suddenly used her inhumane strength to knock down the bolted door with only but a graceful push with her high heels. Surely enough, the chipped door swung effortlessly, as if it had never been bolted down in the first place.
"Essential for our plans, Caroline. I want something, and i intend to get it no matter what."
The blonde didn't question Katherine's intentions behind this mystery thing. She didn't care, as long as she was in for an exhilarating ride. She stubbornly followed her into the house, floorboards creaking with each step they took.
It was as normal as a ordinary suburban home inside, the furniture covered with white cloth and dust collected on the countertops. It was evidence that whomever lived here, coven or not, were long gone.
"I don't think the people you're lookimg for are coming back anytime soon," Caroline drags a finger through the collected dust. "Are you sure an all powerful witch coven lives here? Must've gotten your facts wrong."
Katherine scoffs, stepping through the house with pristine high heeled boots. "My facts are never wrong. I knew they were gone, but something resides here that i desperately need."
"What could you possibly want-"
The doppelgänger rolls her eyes, an annoyed expression on her features as she begins examining the house.
"It's just something i want. Now shut up, i'm trying to concentrate."
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"Is it working?"
Anticipation was the only emotion evident within the group, gathered outside Caroline's lawn with Bonnie lighting her white candles in preparation. She rolled her eyes, flame lighting the last candle with a motion of her hand.
"I haven't started yet, Rebekah."
The Mikaelson sister huffs, crossing her arms over her chest impatiently. "Get on with it then, Witch. We haven't got all day, and where the hell is that stuffed animal?"
Stefan solemnly brought out one of Caroline's personal possessions. A work down teddy bear, with a button where the eye was supposed to be hanging on by a thread.
It was something you'd expect someone like her to own. She was good, and innocent. Now, he wasn't so sure. The girl that she'd become would want this once loved belonging to burn in Hell. Along with the rest of her old life. It'd devastated Stefan beyond words.
"Here," He handed Bonnie the bear quickly. "I hope it works."
"Let's hope so," Elena worriedly cut in. "The sooner we find Caroline, the sooner we put and end to this bloodshed."
Klaus Mikaelson stood behind, leaning against the fence of her home as he quietly observed the scene. It was tense, of course, with Caroline's ex-friends worries about the tracking spell and its efficiency. He scoffed to himself. More like traitors. It was partially their fault that Caroline was on a blood binge. He held responsibility, sure, but this incessant group of people pushed her to do the one thing he had never done to himself.
It made him angry, looking upon them with a venomous glare. How dare they pretend to care about her? They didn't see what he saw in Caroline. Her beauty, her light, the joy she could bring with a single smile. She lit his cold, dead heart deep inside. Her Humanity was beautiful.
And now it was gone.
"You look like if someone murdered your cat."
Klaus scoffed, crossing his arms tensely. "Don't be ridiculous, Kol. I hate cats."
Kol Mikaelson hid his smirk as he joined his brother at the back, gazing into the scene with a raised eyebrow. Bonnie was beginning to create the alter, drawing lines made with a white powder.
"It's funny isn't it?" He mused. "A few weeks ago you were obsessed with killing that Deveraux witch, and now you are back to this sad excuse of a town once again."
"I shouldn't have left it in the first place."
"Because of her?"
Klaus didn't reply to that, only looking straight ahead with a stern glare. He was not the type to open up, letting his walls down for everyone to see was mortifying. Humanity was a vampire's greatest weakness. It was better to show the people surrounding you that you had nothing left to lose. Even if it wasn't the case.
Strength was the best protection he could have, really. Strength and power went together perfectly in his favour.
Kol knew exactly what his brother wasn't letting on.
"I know what it's like," He urged on "Pining over someone that you could never have without repercussion."
"Pray tell me what exactly you would you know about it?"
"More than you do."
Elena Gilbert stood anxiously by Damon, her arms tightly crossed in anticipation. Obviously feeling Kol's weary eyes on her, she looked straight towards him. To Klaus' surprise, however, her eyes were quickly diverted as she turned her back in the flash of a second. It was as if he hurt to look at.
"So you to have fallen for the magnetic lure of the Petrova doppelgänger," The Original hybrid scoffed. "She would never leave everything behind for you. Not after what you did."
"That is also amusing, dear brother," The younger Original shot back. "I would have said the same thing about our darling Caroline."
"I didn't stake her in the stomach."
"You'd done something much worse," He replied venomously. "You made her abandon her humanity."
Klaus felt a surge of anger coursing through him, whipping around to face his little brother with words that would surely hurt him, when Bonnie called out in a frantic voice.
"It worked!"
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"Has your concentration led to something yet?"
Katherine was peering into the empty bookshelf's that resided, groaning when it led her to nothing. They had been at this game for over an hour, and Caroline was getting bored, keeping herself entertained by playing with the rays of light that'd escaped through the broken down roof.
"It's here, I know it is." She muttered under her breath, sternly walking towards the last empty bedroom of the home. The only place she hadn't looked. Katherine's instincts were borderline supernatural. This meant, much to Caroline's dismay, that she was right most of the time about things like this.
The blonde vampire jumped to her feet, following the Petrova into the eerie room. It was much smaller compared to the rest, with its furniture still intact. Whomever packed up the house, didn't touch this room.
The blonde vampire jumped to her feet, following the Petrova into the eerie room. It was much smaller compared to the rest, with its furniture still intact. Whomever packed up the house, didn't touch this one. She also noticed the faded red stains on the wooden floor, expanding as she walked in.
Blood. Someone's blood was spilled in this room.
"Did someone die in here? Jesus," She exhaled out in an emotionless tone. "At least be a little less messy about committing murder?"
Katherine simply ignored her, going at her search. Caroline walked towards the desk. Faint lines were carved into the dusty mahogany wood. She barely made it out.
'I don't belong'
She furrowed her brows, but thought nothing of it. Probably one of the coven members who died. she'd figured, and turned around to move onto the single window overlooking the empty field when Katherine started laughing out of nowhere.
"I knew it was here!"
In her perfectly manicured hand, held a device. It had looked like something out of a clock, purely fashioned out of old metal. Katherine blew on it, dust flying everywhere.
"Oooh, a pile of metal!" Caroline scoffed sarcastically as she examined it with narrowed eyes. "How interesting."
The doppelgänger would've shot back with a snarky comment, but was obviously too caught up in her happiness to care.
"This is our ticket to freedom, cupcake."
Caroline only narrowed her eyes, now intrigued about what the hell she meant.
"What even is that thing."
Katherine had her infamous smirk painted on her features, delicately tracing along the layers of metal.
"Ever heard of a little someone named Kai Parker?"