The Wolf - Klaroline

12. Dance Back From the Grave

Season 1 Episode 12

Notes:

IMPORTANT! For those of you who did not watch TO or do not remember, episode 12 is the one immediately after the crossover with The Vampire Diaries, when Klaus and Rebekah go back to Mystic Falls and we all know what happens. I've shaken things up a bit and I hope you guys enjoy my twist on that crossover.

Because of that, there are lots of TVD info in this chapter, things that have happened while Caroline was away. I googled, I watched some YT videos and I read lots of entries on Vampire Wiki, but I did not go back to rewatch tons of TVD episodes just to write a couple of paragraphs here. So if there are any mistakes (and there might be), I ask you to please forgive me. It's been YEARS since I last watched season 5 and my memory sucks.

As always, I have to thank coveredinthecolors for taking some time to read over this monster chapter (it's the longest one so far). Took me a while to update cause I was busy with life and KCAUWeek - I wrote drabbles, btw! It's all up on AO3 or FF.net, in case you're interested. :)

Big thank you to everyone who kept reminding me they were eagerly expecting an update! This makes me more excited about getting quicker updates out. Your feedback is life! ❤

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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A phone call from Mystic Falls wakes Caroline up.

She stares at her phone for a long time, trying to make sense of it and not entirely sure it's not a dream. Stefan's name is flashing on the screen.

Stefan never calls.

He hasn't called her once since she came to New Orleans — which, honestly, Caroline doesn't hold against him. He never called back when she was still in Mystic Falls either and they were sort of best friends. Granted, they used to see each other every other day, but phones are just not his thing. He barely talks to people in person, let alone calls them. She'd more easily expect a wax-sealed letter delivered by pigeons before a phone call.

Panic licks at her belly all of a sudden. If Stefan's calling her, it must be urgent. And if it's urgent enough for Stefan to try and reach her — not Elena, not Bonnie, not her mom, not even Matt; Stefan —then...

Oh, God. Oh nonononono...

With the worst possible scenarios already flashing through her mind, she fumbles to take the call, her heart beating in her throat.

"What is it?" she splutters, words tumbling over one another.

"Caroline?"

"Yeah. What happened?"

"Woah. Are you ok?"

"Am I ok? You just woke me up! With a phone call!"

"Oh. Did I freak you out a little bit there?"

"Of course you did," she snaps, sitting up in bed. "You never call. It's..." She checks the hour on her phone. "Not even eight in the morning. What? Did someone die?"

"All right, calm down. No one died." He pauses. "Yet."

"What?!"

"It's no one you care about."

"Stefan!"

"It's Katherine. Katherine is dying."

Caroline is quiet for a long time, her still sleep-muddled brain trying to process the information. "What?"