Love in War

Forgive and never forget

Caroline POV

I freeze, as I step back and look the person in front of me. The person who started it all. the person who ued me. The person who made me feel so confused and scared. The person who was half, the reason for my current nightmares.

My lips, that were set in a thin line become a frown as a soft oh my god leaves them as I look at the sweat and blood covered face of none other than Damon Salvatore.

"Who the hell is he?!" Ashton asks and I look at Katherine, a silent plea that only my eyes could convey. No one can know about what Damon Salvatore has put me through, everything he did and has done is in the past, if everyone found out, then they would give me looks of pity, and I don't need anyone's pity.

"He's Elena Gilberts Boyfriend, an old friend that lived back in Mystic falls" I say, hoping that my voice was not sounding shaky to everyone else's ears.

"Boyfriend?" Kat scoffs, trying to look bored as she looked at her perfectly manicured nails, "he was more like a boy toy for her, trust me, she played him better than then Ed Sheeran plays the guitar"

Elijah laughs out loud and looks at Katherine with such an intensity that I feel I'm intruding on a private moment. Katherine blushes and clears her throat. While Ashton looks at me suspiciously.

"If he's just an old friend back form home, then why did you look so flustered and bothered by the fact he was here?" Ashton asks, probably not believing what I had told him.

"C'mon Ash, I'll tell you everything once everything with my nightmares and stuff is sorted out" I sigh, telling him, knowing that he'll pick up on any lie that I feed him.

"So there is something"

"Yes...yes there is, and I'll tell you that when I'm better and in good health" I say, leaving no room for further discussion as I start ahead the path, not sparing Damon another glance as I lift him up from the ground and bring him with me.

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"How is Klaus going to react when he finds out we have an unconscious Damon with us" Kat says, looking nervous as we enter the Mikealson manor.

"What he doesn't know, won't kill him" I mutter under my breath, so only Katherine can here it.

"Caroline!" Kol and Bonnie exclaim together as they run towards me, wrapping their around me in a big hug, "We missed you so much"

"I missed you guys too" I laugh as I hug them back. Kol and Bonnie were two people who could lighten my mood like it was a glowing sun. These were the two people whom I trusted more than my own life, and rightfully so since they always stuck by my side.

"Why do you look so frazzled" Bonnie asks, she and Kol, both still hugging me tightly, "You look like you have seen a ghost, which isn't possible sine I'm the anchor"

"I have a blood covered Damon Salvatore in the back of my car" I whisper to them ad sense both of their bodies tense against mine.

"What?!?!" Koll whisper screams, "That bloody lunatic is in New Orleans, I thought he was on a world tour with that sobbing Doppelganger?"

"I don't know about that but Elena wasn't with him, and he passed out before I could ask him any questions. But by the looks it, I think he lost Elena or someone took her" I say, telling them my suspicions. They both nod and hug me once more.

"Is everything ready for the spell?" Kol asks, his face taking a more softer look now as both he and Bonnie move back.

"Yeah, everything is ready, now all we need is the witch" I say, not referring Cora as my mom or anything. That place is earned, not just taken or given

"The witch is right here" Klaus says, coming into my view as I look at him and his rugged handsome features, the Gods definitely blessed him. He smiles softly at me, looking at me for a bit longer than necessary, but guess what, I'm not complaining.

"Then lets begin" I say, as I lie down on one of the couches, Cora coming forward and hastily drawing the required figures and chants, while Bonnie looked at them, checking to see if it wasn't a trap and Cora was drawing the right shapes.

After a while, Cora stands up and places her fingers on my forehead, "This might hurt" She says, and I feel Klaus's hand giving me a firm squeeze on my arm.

"I'm right here, Love, she does move wrong and I won't hesitate to rip her arms off her body" He says earnestly, and for an unknown reason, I believe him.

I feel a fuzzy pain in my head as Cora starts the spell, a pain that keeps growing and growing every second and with every word she speaks. As she speaks more and more, I feel muself slip into an unconscious state.

And right then, I hear a faint scream