Friends with Death

i can feel my death

The sun was setting, casting a muted glow over the, more than likely, cursed town around them. It was quiet; though, if Caroline tried she was sure she could hear more. She heard voices of strangers, friends and couples walking past her window as it was cracked open to just a little bit. The little bit of cool air didn't affect her one bit but she didn't make it a habit into listening into their conversations as she was focusing all her energy sorting the recent developed photographs into the photo albums.

Her mom worked the late shift tonight and she wasn't under Katherine's torment anymore so she found the time for the little things like getting all nostalgic as she skimmed through pictures of when her family was whole. Just her mom, her dad and herself. It was small but it was enough. It was family but it didn't stay like that. Her dad found love with a man and her parents got a divorce. Caroline stayed with her mom, she hardly ever hears from her dad anymore but she is okay with that.

She has vampire and werewolf problems now. Although, Katherine is locked away in the tomb thanks to Damon and Stefan, there were other things to worry about. Like the fact that Elena is being hunted by the oldest vampire ever: Klaus. Apparently. That's what Rose, Elena's kidnapper, from the masquerade said. A very reliable source, she had thought.

As for werewolves, Katherine had used her manipulative powers to make Tyler trigger the curse which worked. Caroline, the do-gooder she is, wanted to help Tyler. He's changed a lot from the arrogant, douchebag drug user he used to be. He's just a confused, angry and scared werewolf now. She had given her word to Damon that she wouldn't go there with Tyler as legend has it that a werewolf bite could kill a vampire.

Tonight, however, was going to be a quiet and tame night. She did all the things she had put off since she was smothered with a pillow and woke up as a vampire – many thanks to Katherine. She had a lot of camera films developed which took all day. No, literally, all day but it was better than going insane over every single detail of whatever is happening in Mystic Falls right now.

She thoughts went to one of her best friends, Elena, she wondered how she was feeling after finding out that she was needed in a ritual sacrifice by breaking some sort of sun and moon curse on the vampires and werewolves. With both Salvatore's in hand, Caroline imagined that she would be well protected now. Klaus wasn't here yet so they had time to figure a way to save Elena from being the sacrificial lamb – Damon has taken that into his own hands and gone into 'protection mode'.

She felt pity for the rich brown haired girl and what she has yet to endure. Elena didn't ask for any of this. It hasn't even been a year since her (adoptive) parents died in that car crash on Wickery Bridge, then she met Stefan and she had some control of her life back but then she was thrust into crazy world of vampires, and now werewolves. Caroline was dragged into the same world as was Bonnie, and she wasn't too fond of vampires to begin with.

Vampires led to the death of her Grams, Sheila, whom she was still grieving over and she put a lot of the blame on Damon. Bonnie nearly killed him by fire when she found out that his blood turned Caroline into a vampire. The only person she blamed for her sudden vampirism was the vindictive woman that made her into what she is in the first place.

Katherine.

It all led back to Katherine.

Then it hit Caroline. Two 150-year-old vampires, plus a baby vampire wasn't going to cut for what they are up against. They needed more teeth, more strength. An older vampire, not Rose. She wasn't going to fight alongside them at all. She was more than afraid of Klaus and Elijah, she wouldn't dare go against them. Katherine was a no-go as well. She faked her death in 1864 to get away from them, she wasn't going to fight at all. There was no else – so Caroline gave up.