Is it Destiny?

Chapter 1

Caroline sat on a decrepit timeworn bench in the middle of an out of the way neglected town that she had never even heard of before. The streets were empty which considering it was after midnight and the town's population was barely 200, she was hardly surprised by the silence. It had been refreshing for the first few weeks but now the silence and the loneliness were consuming her and leaving her in a wretched state of despair. She missed her old life in Mystic Falls.

She missed Elena's nonstop texting about her Salvatore love triangle. Bonnie calling her about the newest spell she had just succeeded at performing. She even missed Damon and his constant insults. She would give anything to hear him call her Barbie once again. To be surrounded by her friends. Just too simply be in the company of someone who knew her real name.

As she leaned back into the bench staring up into the full moon high in the dark sky she couldn't help but wonder where Tyler was at that moment. Was he safe? Did he even bother to think of her anymore? It had been only a month since they went their separate ways but a small part of her wished she had just stayed with him.

She continued to gaze up at the stars as she replayed the past few weeks in her mind.

It was over a month ago that Alaric had tortured her in the school. Luckily, thanks to Elena and even to her surprise, Klaus, she had managed to escape. She went straight home without looking back at the school even once. All she could do was stay inside and wait for the call that their little town was safe again. She waited all night and nothing. Finally around two a.m. she got the call from Tyler.

Klaus was dead. Well, not dead forever, as she was about to begin panicking at the fact Tyler would have been dead soon also. No, he was desiccated. She was confused but Tyler told her he would be over in the morning to explain everything but that she should stay in her house as Alaric was still roaming the streets of Mystic Falls.

After another hour her mind finally slowed and her body fell into a deep slumber. She had spent that last hour filled with relief and joy that Klaus was gone but she couldn't help but feel a tug in her chest. It made no sense. Sure he had saved her, twice actually, but he was a monster and she was certain he truly did not care for her more than any other girl he romanced as his flavor of the month. She knew if she had given into his romantic gestures he would have used her for her body and after a few weeks he would be have been done with her and moved on to some other naïve girl.

She refused to be that Caroline. The Caroline she was before she was turned. She was young, immature, ignorant and desperately looking for love in all the wrong places. Not any more, now she was strong, capable, independent and above all experienced. She would never allow herself to be the dumb blonde again.

Tyler was on her front steps first thing the next morning and explained everything to her. Turns out Damon and Stefan were on their way to drop Klaus some secret location. All Tyler knew was they told him it would be a very large body of water. Although which one was nobody's business according to Damon. She chose to not care. Klaus made his bed and now it was time to lie in it. She was shocked to learn he had tried to drain Elena dry of all her blood. It honestly made her feel relief knowing he truly was evil and she would feel no sympathy towards him.

The next evening Tyler and Caroline learned from their mothers about the council. They had to leave town and they would do so together. She said her goodbyes to everyone and they all promised to find a way to desiccate Alaric as well and compel the council to forget everything. In a matter of a few weeks her friends promised they could return home. Tyler and her left Mystic Falls together, hoping for the best.

After not even a week on the run Tyler had lost his cool, he was in a constant bad mood. Nonstop bitching about everything and everyone. Every town they stopped to stay wasn't good enough and by the end of the week the tension between them was unbearable. The final straw came one evening at the beginning of the second week on the road. Caroline was in the shower and when she opened the door to step back into the room to get dressed she saw Tyler looking up from a piece of paper. His eyes were filled with rage and his face was twisted with more anger than she had ever seen on him before.