AN: Here is the epilogue, thank you to everyone who was interested in this story, to those who reviewed, who put this story in their favorites, who alerted it, I hope you'll like it.

Beverlie4055: Thank you. I'm happy that you love it.

Hellomarthamay: Thanks. Yeah, I think family is very important and Klaus won't forget his now that he has Caroline, but she will be part of it. I hope you'll like the epilogue, it's cheesy, but I can't help it.

Sci-fi Christian: Thank you very much, I'm so glad you like it that much, here comes the cheesy epilogue and I'll see about the one-shots. Well, enjoy.

See you at the end, enjoy your reading.

Two years (approximately) later:

It was Caroline's birthday and Nik had asked Rebekah to go to the mall with her to buy a new dress (with his credit card of course, it was her birthday, after all) that she would wear in the evening. He would be staying home all day and cook a delicious dinner decorate the dining room with flowers and prepare her gift (or more like prepare himself to give her the gift… you'll understand what I mean later). He also had to ask everyone to let them alone for the night and he hoped they hadn't forgotten (he would kick them out if they had).

Kaleb was still living with the Mikaelson and was now very close to his son. Well, they were as close as they could be, as Nik wasn't very demonstrative (he was only with Caroline, and very rarely). As he had planned something very important, Nik needed to talk to Kaleb about it.

The latter was in the living room, watching a cartoon on television; he was always fond of them, which was kind of strange for a thousand years old, if you ask me about it (even if you don't, anyway). So, Nik went straight to the point: he sat down and told him, taking a little velvet box out of his pocket:

"I will propose to Caroline tonight."

Kaleb's eyes went wide and he said, his voice thick with emotion:

"It is great son, I'm so happy for you." And he hugged him.

When they separated, Nik saw that his father's eyes were red, and he used humor to cope with emotions before he became vulnerable himself:

"Oh come on Kaleb, don't cry, I will not kick you of the house just because I'm getting married. Well if she says yes."

"Ah, ah, very funny, I'm not crying, I've got something in my eyes." He defended himself, pressing his fingers on his eyelids.

"Yes, that's it; we'll do as if I believed you." He chuckled, putting his hand on his father's shoulder to comfort him.

"Oh shut up already. And of course she will say yes, I've never seen you two spending a night apart in two years."

"Thank you Kaleb." He never called him 'dad' because he couldn't bring himself to, it didn't feel natural. Not because he didn't consider him as his father, but because he never took the habit (he had never really been at ease about those things anyway). And Kaleb understood that perfectly, it was already far enough for him to live with his son and to get on well with him.

"I'll go and start to make dinner. So, it has been taken care of right, everyone has somewhere to go tonight?"

"Yes don't worry. Good luck Niklaus."

"Thanks, I think I'll be in need for it."

He came back to the kitchen and made her favorite dish and he baked a chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting and all sorts of chocolate things (yes, you got it, she loves chocolate). It would soon be time for her to come back; as it was nearly seven o'clock. He went to Kol's room and told him and Bonnie that it was time for them to do whatever it was they needed to do; he did the same with Elijah and Finn. His father had left a few minutes ago and opted for the cinema (there wasn't much choice at an hour like that).

Nik waited, his family had left ten minutes ago or so when he heard the key in the lock. He was nervous for once in his life. Caroline entered the house alone, as she had dropped Rebekah at Stefan (yeah, that was it now, they were in love too). She was surprised when she spotted her boyfriend dressed in a fancy tuxedo and understood now why Rebekah wanted her to buy a new dress.

She grinned like a Cheshire cat, as she loved this kind of romantic attentions. She went to him and pecked him on the lips, saying:

"I'll go change and I'll come back."

She hurried upstairs and came back five minutes later… She prepared pretty quickly for once, eager to spend time with Nik.

She joined him in the living room and he extended his hand for her to take:

"Dance with me?"

She smiled and took his hand. They swayed slowly to a romantic tune and, after a few minutes, Caroline stopped, sensing he was tensed:

"What's the matter Nik?"

"Nothing"

"Oh come on, say that to someone who'd believe you."

Truth to be told, he knew he wouldn't avoid this question, he was almost shaking from nervousness and she had her eyes fixed on him, as if she was trying to decipher his soul.

"Okay, I was planning to do that later, but I won't be able to eat anything if I don't do it now."

Okay, that was strange and caught her interest even more. She could have thought he wanted to break up if they weren't dressed so nicely. There was one other possibility… but she didn't dare think about it.

"Caroline, you're the most caring woman I've ever met. You're all I could ask for and even more, for all my life, there was something missing and I know today that it was you and I'm so glad I found out. You enlighten up everything wherever you are, as I said it to you two years ago: you're full of light. You made me a better person; anger and bitterness were all I had before you came into my life and now love is all there is. You're my best friend, my soul-mate, you're everything to me, and if you accept to spend the rest of your eternity with me, I promise to do all of what is in my power to make you happy. Caroline Forbes, will you marry me?" He had gotten on one knee during his speech and the tears were pouring down her face and it was contrasting with her gigantic smile, she managed to choke through the tears:

"It's a rhetorical question or something? Of course I'll marry you. I love you so much." He put the ring on her finger and they kissed for a long time before Caroline reluctantly separated herself from him and said:

"Not that it would be displeasing to stay here kissing you for hours, but it looks like you cooked us dinner and I wouldn't want your efforts to go to waste."

He sighed: "How thoughtful of you love." He kissed her one last time and they went to the kitchen hand in hand.

Kol and Bonnie's were at the latter's house and were having a more than serious discussion, you could say that they were about to make a life-changing decision (well it would mostly change Bonnie's life, though it would affect Kol's one too).

"Are you sure Bonnie?"

"I've never been surer about anything. I mean I'll do it anyway, because I love you, and we'd better do it before I look like a cougar."

"Bonnie…"

"Oh Kol, I'm telling you I'm sure, just do it. Isn't it what you want?"

"Of course it is what I want darling."

"So, do it, I'm asking you to."

"Alright, but let's make it romantic."

And this night was the night Kol turned Bonnie into a vampire, after they made love and shared blood. The witch who hated vampires only two years ago now became one, all for the love of an Original, her Original.

Rebekah had spent the night at Stefan's and, as they were cuddling up in the morning, she told him:

"Would it bother you to go at mine's in a few hours? I want to know how it went for Nik."

"How what went?" Stefan asked with a quizzical look.

"Well he was planning to ask Caroline to marry him."

"And Nik, as in your brother the Original hybrid told you that?" He asked, bewildered. He was having a hard time believing Nik would actually tell his nosy little sister about it, and then let her spend the afternoon with Caroline, who is one of her best friend.

"Well, in fact, I did fall onto the ring…" When she saw the knowing look on Stefan's face, she admitted: "Ok, I was looking into his things on purpose, because I went suspicious after he asked me to take Caroline out for shopping dress."

"Yeah, right, that's more like it."

She huffed and it only amused him more. He chuckled and kissed her, hoping to reduce her annoyance. She caved in; though, she still looked mad and he said:

"Come on, pouty face, we'd better go get dressed if we want to make it to your brother's before nightfall."

Around midday, everyone gathered at the Mikaelson's, because that was the time they said they would come back the day before. They entered and found Nik and Caroline in the kitchen, the former was cooking them lunch while the latter was sitting by the table.

Bonnie sat down next to her and asked:

"So how went your birthday?"

"Very well" she assured, and then she showed her best friend her ring. Bonnie wondered how she could have missed it with the size of the diamond.

"Oh my god, I'm so happy Care."

"I hope so, because I hope you'd be my maid of honor."

"Of course, I love you care." They hugged, and with that Caroline felt something was different.

"You did it!"

"Yes." Everyone turned to them, as discretion wasn't Caroline's number one quality, and a few minutes later, everyone knew about the new vampire and the wedding to come.

Nik instantly noticed that Rebekah was faking surprise and he threw a mocking glare in her direction. Things would never change and it was reassuring because the Mikaelson had had enough change for a lifetime: who would have guessed two years ago that Caroline would marry the man who was their enemy, that Bonnie would become what she hated the most at the time, and that Rebekah and Stefan would fall in love after all they went through during the twenties? None of them would have thought it would turn out like that, but none of them would change a thing.

They had all found what they thought was impossible for them to have: they had all found happiness.

AN: Wow, that was so cheesy, but that's what the epilogue is there for right? Plus, Klaus had a spell casted on him; Caroline was rendered amnesiac by a psychotic witch, Mikael almost killed both of them and whatnot, so they deserve a happy ending and a cheesy one. So, here it is, it's finished. Thank you again to all those who reviewed this story or followed it or put it in their favorites. You guys rock.

See you when I'll see you,

Claire.