Headmistress

Caroline Forbes / Mother / Vampire

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blondiebekah‌:

💋 — “That’s my brother,” she offered, as if hearing of his less than admirable attributes brought her comfort. It did, in a way. One of her fears was that it wasn’t Nik – that, like the universe had done on countless occasions, had only sought to torture her with the image of him. Then Caroline went and shattered one of the bigger lies Rebekah held onto those many years without him. She didn’t have anything to say to it – her gaze falling from the other blonde’s as emotion consumed her. 

Caroline hesitated for a moment before accepting the fact that she was about to cross a line. A line that she was certain the other woman would expect of her to do. They were content in their frosty understanding, would in an ideal world continue in that pattern for as long as their lives we intertwined. Yet now, she Caroline Forbes, would cross that line. Stepping forwards she wrapped her arms around her softly in a hug much like she would give to Bonnie or Elena. “I’m sorry. I wanted it to have been enough too.” He was a bad person but in the end had been a good man and it should have been enough. But one thousand years was too long a time.

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“What do your daughters being mortal have to do with you dating?” Klaus asks with a laugh, “Besides, I think I’ve witnessed you multitask on more than one occasion.” Klaus couldn’t even imagine being in Caroline’s shoes, being married one day and widowed the very same day sounded traumatizing all on it’s own. So he couldn’t exactly blame her for putting her love life on pause. Especially when he had lost Camille, all he wanted to do was shut down and they weren’t even married. Taking the woman in before him, Klaus pretends to think about her question before a small smile breaks out, “You know I would.” There was no use in denying it, Caroline wasn’t a woman you could just look over and think nothing of. It surprised even Klaus himself when he was so drawn to her when he first saw her, with all the walls he’s built up over time. Bringing the mug to his lips, Klaus took a sip and let the hot substance burn down his throat, soothing what was once sore with all the yelling he’s been doing. “Can’t blame me, can you?” He hums with a soft laugh. “Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew I wasn’t good enough to find peace. Having Elijah with me comforted that.” One of Klaus’ biggest fears was being alone, and wherever he went played right into that. “Whatever was waiting for us, we’d face it together. Guess I’m kind of glad he wasn’t there, maybe he found peace.” Maybe that was why he hasn’t shown up yet either. “I wouldn’t ask that of you, Caroline. And I’m not sure any witches, let alone a coven would help me either. I’m sure they were all parading around the city after my death.” He forces a chuckle to emit. “At first it was dark, nothing and no one around. Just me and the endless pit of black. I’m not sure how long I was there, but then I was thrown into this world that just played out all my worst fears. I was powerless there. Mikael was there, constantly chasing me and constantly catching me. I felt everything. Every hit… every stab and I couldn’t do anything. When he wasn’t there, everyone I ever came to care about was and I couldn’t move as I watched them die over and over again.” Klaus leant his weight against the counter, emerald hues fixated on the tea. “There was one time that Hope appeared, and she was so scared of me. Just..– crocodile tears streaming down her cheeks as she begged for me to stop.” His grip tightened a fraction on the counter as his throat closes up, “I didn’t know what she was talking about, or why she was so scared of me because I’d never hurt her. But there… I – I killed my daughter.”

“First dates would just mean less time with them or trying to track down how to save them.” What was four or five years until they were 22 or god she hoped 80 until they 100, in the face of a possible forever. It was an excuse of course, but it was one she needed to keep up with while she nursed her heart from each of the breaks. “I think he did, I know he must have.” She tried assuring him, though her contact with the elder Mikaelson had always been minimal, funny enough he’d always intimidated her more than Klaus. But when she told him of Klaus’ plan in the end he’d done something about it and the way he’d always chose to stand faithfully beside the people he loved spoke volumes. He deserved peace as payment. At his next words however she couldn’t help but give him a bemused look, while witches may loathe him she had her fair share who adored her. Not to mention copious amounts of research at her hands and a Bennett which who’d raised the dead before. If she cracked open that hidden truth of the way she felt for him, of all the quiet words that fell between them to her best friend she was certain maybe she’d take pity on her and help. “You wouldn’t have too, I’d do it anyway. I wasn’t lying when I said that you’re worth it to me Klaus.” He was worth being cared about, worth wanting to have been met even with how he tore up pieces of her life in his wake. The blonde took another sip as he spoke angling her body closer as he leaned against the counter reaching out to run the back of her knuckles softly against his arm. “That must have been terrifying.” She wished she could say it wasn’t real or true, because though that was true he still had to live through it as if it were. “You would never actually choose to hurt her.” She agreed quietly giving him room to keep talking because that’s what she wanted. “I kept her close, she’s my assistant. There’s no one in the world that loves or idolises you more.” Caroline thought it maybe helped, having her around. Someone in the school who didn’t speak poorly of him despite everything. Someone who saw those pieces of humanity, saw him die good for all of his title as ‘The Great Evil’. Something that still annoyed her. “She is alive Klaus. What you did was for her, and your sacrifice gave her life. That’s real.”

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       “I trust him.” Hayley replied without hesitation. She died. Aiden took over and she trusted him to. “And there’s only 3. I havent stepped in as alpha. Aiden is still the alpha. I died, caroline.” Sure. It was a lot of power aiden had playing at his hand. With not only his pack but the pack she ran before she died. 

“When we formally met at the party he said he was planning on handing the Crescent wolves back over.” Either she’d rejected the offer or Caroline’s big mouth had just let free facts that weren’t on the table yet. “Okay well, I trust you probably more than most people so that’s good to know. I still need to figure out this whole wolf pack balance thing and I was hoping that you might be interested in teaching here?” The blonde asked wincing slightly at her words in case of a bad answer. “Not even full teaching if you don’t want to, maybe just coming in to give a talk or two. But you’re a bad ass and clearly a great leader and I think you’d be a good example for the new wolves to meet.”

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blondiebekah‌:

💋 — “We can skip to any part you’d like, Caroline,” the original assured her, coming into plain view with the grace of an ancient evil. “But if we skip the pleasantries, we’ll have to dive right into the real reason I am here. Bet you can guess his name without even trying.” To say Rebekah was more than a little frazzled about the events of the last few months would be an understatement. To say she felt obligated to get to the bottom of it?  More her style. Above all else, though, she was happy to have her brother back… but it was hard to let her feel it without an air of skepticism. 

“Alaric?” She asked with a teasing smile before she swept her hair back. “Klaus is... Klaus. Paranoid and prone to yelling but there’s something serious off with the guy.” She wasn’t sure how much she was willing to actually divulge to the girl on the state of her brother. Especially with how she’d found him the other night when she came to his door. The things he described to her were horrifying and it also felt like something he should be talking about himself. “He didn’t... find peace, and it wasn’t good what happened instead.” Caroline decided that that much was fair to say. “I didn’t actually know that what happened, could happen.”

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theselegacies‌:

To say that Landon Kirby was nervous was an understatement as he waited outside the door to Caroline’s office. On his last visit to the Salvatore Boarding School, his welcome hadn’t been warm, and he didn’t really have a reason to believe that this would be any different, but he had to hope it was. Finally, he got the courage to open the door and walk inside, doing his best to wear a brave face as he faced the blonde for the first time. “It’s nice to meet you too, Ms. Forbes.” he offered as he put out a hand to greet her. “I guess you’ve probably heard a lot about me…”

“Everyone’s heard a lot about you.” She told him sort of impressed that he offered to shake her hand as she took him up on it with a firm one of her own. Most kids his age didn’t do that, plus he didn’t seem to even blink at how despite the way she dressed her appearance was slightly younger than his own. Being tall really did have its perks as an immortal being. “I heard that you can’t be compelled but seem to lack any and all supernatural features. I also heard that you’re not supposed to be on campus anymore.”

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The taste of human blood was amazing, Hope had tasted the rich liquid and could hardly see herself going back to bunny blood that she sneaks (Which is harder than you would think but Hope is lucky, she can survive on less blood). The werewolf inside of her fights the vampire in her to stay at peace. ❝Should I go pack my desk and come back five hours later with a full box again and demand it back?❞ Hope can handle going to a few other places to go get blood, in fact, she could even drag Josie on the trip if she really wanted. ❝Might I suggest you slowly change them over to human blood? Mix it with the bunny blood start small…slowly increase until they are drinking just human blood. It would wean out who can’t control themselves with the human blood too.❞ She isn’t even worried about the fake firing, in fact, it gave her a rush because it meant she was leaving this place for a while she goes to make someone squirm for a little while. She is running a hand through dark auburn locks

“More like three minutes with a latte with three espresso shots added in. That’s not worth packing your box up.” Caroline retorted, though at the current moment the last thing she needed was for Hope to actually leave. Interestingly enough for all that the girl bonded with Care’s Co-parent, it was she who she wanted to work for in the end. Maybe it was because of how much she watched after her on her own, or the general fact that she saw bits of herself in her. But Caroline was happy with her as her assistant, no one else seemed to be as capable at actually handling her insane requests. She’d actually gone through about six before Hope offered herself up for the job. “I know vampires can’t get headaches, but I’m seriously getting a headache.” Caroline complained before flipping through the presentation in front of her and making note of Hope’s suggestion, also making sure to add in that it was the Tribrid that made it. She was all about doling out credit where it was due. “Then we can keep them on an animal blood diet, and have the new animal hunting classes mandatory for them. It’s better to know who the Rippers are now, for their own sake and ours.”

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theselegacies‌:

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“So, I heard some surprising news, and just had to make sure I heard right…” the witch began, drawing it out for longer than she needed to. “You married the doppelganger? Not Elena?”

Caroline sighed at the question sitting down beside the witch. “I think everyone is a little surprised by that.” She told her, honestly looking back it didn’t make much sense. He’d always been so devoted to her and even if he moved past that dating Caroline and her dating him just seemed... off. “It seemed like a good idea at the time. He’s my best friend--- was... death and then life and marriage vows being null kind of complicates where to start again?” She told her, her nose wrinkling at the thought. The one good thing is that after their time apart they’d both come to the same conclusion. “It was a mistake.”

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“I have a bet going, has Klaus found you yet?” 

“Klaus is here?” Caroline asked a shocked look on her face before she let it fall away with a roll of her eyes. “He found my office on his first day here.” The blonde had spent a majority of the beginning of being acquainted with the Original ducking and dodging him at every turn. He still always managed to find her though. “You really thought he wouldn’t?” It was slightly odd talking to Kol so easily but a lot of things had changed since she was 17. Most specifically it was Hope that changed them, Ric wasn’t the Original’s biggest fan and though Klaus had been dead she’d been most comfortable acting as the adviser for her to relay status updates on the girl. Kol was extremely annoying at times, but not really that bad of company. 

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Just getting back from what could have been a recruitment had things not gone South, Alaric stepped out of his car taking a look around. The naked eye could tell the school has gotten more populated with the dead returning, still it surprised him that the school is where they were all going. “At this rate, we’re going to need more apartments.” He breathes, locking the doors.

“Oh thank god.” Caroline sighed at the sight of Alaric slapping a file closed and pulling her friend into a tough hug. Typically she was the one out instead of the one sitting with the school, and she now had a greater appreciation for what he did. “You’re telling me.” The blonde agreed letting him out of the strangle hold and taking a step back. It was still strange to think about the fact that her old high school teacher, had ended up being one of the most important people in the world to her right after their daughters. “I was beginning to think about the budgeting and us maybe needing to shake down some more donors. Plus printing more pamphlets. Matt’s going to get pissed soon with how much destruction has been popping up.”

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ofchaoticminds‌:

“Maybe so.” A mixture between the infamous Mikaelson smirk and a small innocent smile tugs at his lips. “But I kind of like that people are scared of me.” He certainly made his name that way, and for awhile it had been just because he could. But years passed, with his brothers ongoing persistence, his sisters ( sometimes ) blind loyalty and devotion to him, and all the events that had occurred before and after Hope had changed it all. A small laugh emits from his lips as he tries to imagine Caroline as a 50’s housewife, “I reckon that tongue would get you in trouble more often than not.” She had it all going for her, but Caroline wasn’t one to simply not say what was on her mind and back then, that was frowned upon. About to grab the vodka, Klaus stopped when he felt Caroline’s hands grasping his own. Emerald hues stayed locked on the vibrant blues before him as she spoke. Words circled around in his mind as he tried to place them together, “How is it someone hasn’t come along and caught your attention?” He couldn’t help but ask with a small chuckle, “Nevertheless – I do intend on keeping my promise to you, Caroline. We can still have the future we once lost.” He spoke with a small smile. Hearing the loud whistle of the kettle, Klaus gave Caroline’s hands a small squeeze before he’s pulling away to get the mugs for them. “Then we’re  gonna need that vodka.” He chuckles, knowing it had no effect to him either way. Grabbing the bottle from the freezer, he starts to make up the tea for them before giving Caroline hers. “I… – I didn’t find peace, when I died.” He states, “I was at peace with dying. And Elijah and I were going to face death together, but I was alone.”

At the mention of her tongue Caroline couldn’t help the sly smile. There was a dirty joke in there but she had enough tact to realise now wasn’t exactly the time to use that half of her wit. “I love working and my daughters are mortal.” She told him with a shrug. “I’m a romantic but after...” Her worst relationship choice in the world ruining her friendship and losing a piece of herself, him choosing sacrifice without telling her, guilt, Klaus being the person she’d always believed he could be suddenly in the worst way? “-everything, it just felt like an okay time to press pause on the idea of that kind of love. Besides can you honestly say if you came back and someone had caught my eye that you wouldn’t swoop in and discount the whole thing?” She asked him teasingly, if there was one thing the millennia old Hybrid had taught her it was perseverance and flagrant disregard for all romantic rivals. Caroline was enough of an old romantic that she’d probably fall right into it too. She also had always been somewhat of an acquired taste for others romantically speaking. Klaus was unique in finding her somehow charming right from the get go. She smiled at him over her mug as she took a sip both of the burns sitting well with her. What he said next however brought that smile to a halt and instead straightened her posture. “Klaus.” She said softly her expression growing worried. What she hated most is that she probably should have suspected it. He was good to her, to his daughter but even if his death was ultimately a virtue that didn’t take away the fact that he spent over one thousand years being the nightmare of others. “I thought because of what you did in the end-- if I knew I would of figured something out, bartered with someone.” A witch or a coven maybe. “Klaus, what happened to you?” What happened to the supernatural if peace couldn’t be found?

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“So Kai is alive.” Caroline sighed pressing a hand against her forehead, having another conversation with another woman she’d had a tentatively negative then somewhat positive relationship with. She was beginning to think that she needed to rethink how she got along with people. “Then from what I’ve heard most of the other Parkers as well, so the Gemini coven is definitely resurrected.” What she needed to know now however was how to keep her daughters from merging on the 22nd. Her absolute goal that had been falling to the side between the Holidays and the supernatural returns. “What are the chances of the ye-old Grandpa leader popping back to life as well?” He’d been the one to try and force the merge on Liv and Luke after all. Past Kai he was probably her biggest concern.

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“Do you trust him?” Caroline asked Hayley seriously, the introduction of all of the new packs had been worrying her for a while now. Especially with the reputation Aiden’s pack held, and even more so with the temporary combination with the Cresent wolves. What brought her peace of mind was knowing that Hayley was back in charge of them. Probably one of the only wolves she fully trusted, as odd as it may have seemed all those years ago. She’d been bitter for a long time over being betrayed by her, breaking her neck, sparks of other types of jealousy she’d rather not linger on anymore. But then she’d completed the ritual to call on Silas to save Bonnie and what the werewolf, now hybrid had done was all thrown into a new perspective. She’d grown to trust her even more over the years after Hope had come to the school. “He seemed honest about turning over a new leaf for the pack. But I can’t help but think about the fact that we now have four packs. Between his, yours, Jed’s and Hope’s.”

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It probably said something about her that Caroline could recognise Rebekah Mikaelson by the sound of her heels. Then again she’d spent most of her first few months of knowing the other blonde tugging at the other end of a dance committee leadership roll. That kind of High School pettiness instilled a certain way of recognising someone. Sending the student she’d been speaking to off to class Caroline turned around setting her hands onto her hips. "Are we going to do some faux thing where I’m surprised to see you’re here or are we skipping that?” She asked never really sure nowadays if she was pleased or annoyed to see the other blonde. The two always a bit too similar.

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“Come in.” Caroline called out to the door behind her, her eyes still trained on the files sat before her as she sipped her tumbler of B+, cut with a bit of scotch. It was during the day and school hours, but things had been tense lately. Sue her. Still she was proud of the budget proposal she’d worked out to bring up to Ric about implementing human blood as a regular feature of the school. Hope’s suggestion for waning it in had been a good one and would only bolster to suggestions she’d thrown together. Including charity blood drives, which with a little bit of compulsion would keep the blood bags coming in their direction instead. Keeping them from depleting hospital stocks. Flipping the file closed the blonde turned leaning back against her desk and giving the boy before her a sunny smile. “The infamous Landon Kirby, walking talking puzzle. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.”

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xsvcrilege‌:

          “Yeah, who do you think wrote it, sweetheart. I care not for the school or anyone in mystic falls other than the people that I love. I wouldn’t be in this forsaken school that holds people back from who and what they truly are if the book hadn’t been here in the first place. So, it might be your agreement but not mine.” Nikol simply said with a smile as she walked towards the door. 

“Don’t patronise me.” Caroline told her calmly although the brunette was starting to push at her buttons. She could sense the aura of power around her, she could tell that whoever this woman was she was clearly far older than she. But that didn’t exactly matter to her, all that mattered were the rules and her school and the children. “If you think that we hold people back from who they are then you don’t care enough to be paying attention to what this school is, past what you’re assuming. We promote diversity and peace, which means learning control and erasing fear of things that are different.” The blonde told her firmly remaining still as the other woman walked away. “If you don’t want to be here, then you don’t have to be. What you have to do however is respect the laws put in place so long as you do stand on this property.” An or else hung in the air behind her words. “Take your book, but it stays closed until you’re off the grounds whenever it is you choose that to be.”

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xsvcrilege‌:

        Nikol couldnt help but to roll her eyes at the blonde. “You see the thing about barrier spells and protective charms they are put for the sol purpose of protecting whats in it and keeping whatever force or someone from getting in to take whatever it is inside. However when the item at hand chooses to come out… “ She placed a hand over it. In a blink of an eye her book appeared in her hand. “Different story. Spells can be tricky like that. “ Especially when the book belonged to her. “— Thanks for preserving this for me though.” She said as she looked through it to see if anyone messed with it. “Ill be taking my leave.” 

Caroline’s jaw tightened ever so slightly as she collected herself gracefully letting out a small breath. Her self-control would always be completely flawless, even in the face of frustration. “Okay, well I’m happy that you were able to locate your property.” She began ever the diplomate as she clapped her hands together. “However, that book was locked away for a reason, the amount of dark magic in it surpasses that allowance of the school. For the safety of both students and residents of this community.” Caroline told her quite seriously, this was the most important thing to both her and Alaric. “If you continue to be on this property you can not use it and it has to remain bound to be closed. It’s in the agreement and it’s something you need to respect so long as you stand here.”

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“I’m firing you again.” It’d become a habit ever since Hope had become her assistant that Caroline would fire her every few days. She never actually meant it of course, but it was often accompanied by a tired tone and a glass of B+ in her hand. To be honest Caroline wasn’t actually sure what it was for this time. But she didn’t agree with the animal diet that had been used in the school even if it was in part to Stefan’s memory. So she happened to have a mini fridge in her office that she made sure was kept stocked. She really couldn’t actually ask for a better assistant, plus she’d always cared about Hope. “The local hospital’s stock is getting low you need to spread out.” She told her flipping through some files on her desk her heels long since kicked off. “This animal diet is getting ridiculous. It’s not practical. Some of the students will end up in city areas where there’s not going to be much more than some squirrels and birds. This is the only place where you can have animal blood bags. They’re going to taste human blood for the first time and we’ll be at risk at having let loose a ripper when we should be looking out and then making sure to express lessons on control to them.” The blonde ranted closing the file up with a bit more force than necessary.

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