So, I'm Caroline?

Chapter 40 - Vampirism

Waking up from death was like waking from what I imagine a shitty hangover would feel like. My neck hurt and I felt jittery, so perhaps not entirely like I imagine a hangover but similar.

"So, how do you feel?" Niklaus asks from the seat opposite me as I glance around, unable to help it when my eyes zero in on his glass filled with red liquid.

"Like my head is going to burst." I answer as I rub my temples. "And like I'm going to tear that cup out of your hands."

"Really?" Niklaus asks curiously as he swirls the liquid around, causing the aroma to heighten inside the living room. "How does it smell Caroline?"

I feel my fangs begin to drop at the smell alone and the feeling of my teeth lengthening as my jaw begins to ache. "Like sweet strawberries and smooth chocolate."

"Do you want a taste, love?" He offers lowly as he leans forward in the chair, the cup in his hand as the liquid lightly bumps against the champagne glass.

The aroma hits my nostrils again and I have to hold back a groan as I keep myself from jumping him for the liquid in the cup. Nodding my head I hear him chuckle lightly and then he moves to stand as I force myself to stay seated.

"You have shocking restraint for a newborn vampire." Klaus says as steps towards me slowly before stopping in front of me. "But, you do need to feed love. Do you know whose blood is within this cup?"

Biting my tongue I shake my head as I end up inhaling the smell again. My hands grip onto the fabric of the couch as he moves into the seat beside me with the glass in hand.

"I know you're aware that Alaric has been .. split in two so to speak?" I nod again as he continues talking. "Well, one of the very interesting things about that is he is now somewhat of a vampire or at least has vampire tendencies. But, when he isn't all blood thirsty his blood is human, but when his alter ego comes out he is full blown vampire, blood and all. Quite interesting really and I have never seen or heard of such a thing before. It's his blood inside of this cup."

Carefully he cups my hand and wraps it around the glass. "Drink it love. You'll feel better afterwards."

I gulped it down rather quickly after that. The taste was sweet and the blood was warm. It was almost like having hot chocolate. But then an explosion followed, it was like a current was pushing out of me and anything glass broke inside of the living room and then the windows exploded.

"Hmm." Niklaus says curiously as I gawk at the mess. "That is a response I will admit I have never seen when a witch of any sort had drank blood for the first time."

"I made a mess." I whisper in horror, my eyes wide in shock. "I- I'm sorry."

He shakes his head with an amused chuckle. "Oh no love, I am quite impressed. Now we shall have to see if that means you potentially still have your magic. Perhaps Bonnie can help with that. She's at school today and you should be able to join tomorrow if you feed well enough. If not then - well, your school maybe down a few school mates."

"My mom?" I ask worriedly as I begin to fidget.

"She is staying at the Cullen's at the moment. Her and the good doctor are hitting it off you could say. Dare I say, they seem to get along like two peas in a pod."

"How does his wife feel about that?" I ask curiously as I look at into his light blue eyes.

"If he had a wife then she would likely be upset. But all things considered I think his sister is actually quite pleased with the development. Adding to that, your mothers treatment is going rather well and once you gain some more control we will be going over to visit her."

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It took a week. A week of training and mishaps and randomly draining someone outside of the town. A week of avoiding the wolves who suddenly appear to be stalking nearby the house and are likely only unable to get through because of the runes.

A week of Bonnie helping me control my uncontrollable magic and of trying to make sure I complete homework that holds hardly any interest to me aside from simply graduating.

During that week Damon, Niklaus and Alaric alongside the occasional help of Kol or Rebekah involved learning to drink from someone properly without mess. And in some cases, how to make it look like someone was trying to create a blood bath and forgot to bring the bathtub.

Most excursions ended up with all of us becoming entangled in a bed somewhere and nakedly panting over each other while basically slurping the blood from each other's bodies.

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The pairing for this story is going to stay
AS IS.
After this story is complete you are welcome to suggest a crossover or a pairing for another story.