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caroline forbes is good at being a vampire (notadumbblonde) wrote in portland_logs,
@ 2014-01-20 18:06:00

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caroline forbes, elena gilbert

Who: Caroline and Elena
Where: Their place
When: Monday Night
What: Caroline has a little problem
Status: Closed/Incomplete
Warnings: Some freaking out on Caroline's part.

Since becoming a vampire, Caroline found out more than a few things that she wouldn't have believed as a human. For one, magic, two, well, vampires, and werewolves, but this entire Alice in Wonderland effect going on? This was something completely and utterly different. Honestly, Caroline was freaking out. Vodka did a lot to someone's brain, but it definitely, definitely didn't make them physically smaller...right? After a long day at the bar, Caroline went straight for their liquor supply and pulled out the bottle of vodka. Grabbing a small glass, she'd poured a bit in and downed the entire thing in one gulp. While it burned going down, Caroline was already moving to refill her glass for another dose of the hard alcohol. Instead, the bottle she'd been holding was suddenly way too big for her hand. The blond frowned at the change in size of her fingers. They were almost kid sized! Quickly, Caroline slid the bottle back on the table before she dropped it and wasted all that precious vodka over the kitchen floor. What was going on? She'd only had one drink! One drink! She wasn't even near her limit yet and she sure as hell hadn't broken it. Caroline put down her now very large glass and blurred her way to the bathroom.

"No way..." Mini Caroline could barely see over the bathroom sink and Caroline didn't need to see anymore. She had shrunk nearly by a foot or so, maybe more, but how? She'd sipped that same bottle of vodka before and got nothing, but a decent buzz. There was no random shrinking, no kid-sized Caroline, and no not being able to see over the counter. She just took a shower only eight hours before and she could clearly see herself in the mirror. "What the hell is going on?" she spoke out loud, her voice echoing in the empty bathroom. This was impossible. No, should she even say it? Nothing was impossible anymore was it? She was a vampire after all. Sighing in frustration, the vampire huffed from the bathroom and back into the kitchen, reaching for the bottle and pulling it down to her face so she could read the label. No, no shrinking warning. Just the normal blah, blah about alcohol being bad for you and something else. So, what was going on? Why was she small? Or smaller? Caroline took a seat in one of the chairs, thankfully she didn't need to literally climb up on it like she had to when she was like five. Worse yet, was this permanent? She had a pending date with Klaus. Pending meaning he could still screw it up. Pending meaning she still wasn't a hundred percent sure she should go out with him considering his babymama or whatever was in town now too.

Caroline could use a drink right now, but after the last sip she had, the blond was definitely going to avoid the alcohol for a bit. A strange version of Portland, should she really be surprised? Why not add a good dose of wonderland in it too? Running a hand through her blond hair-she couldn't get herself to accept her hand was that small-Caroline pulled out her phone and sent off a text to Elena. Hopefully, her friend would be home soon and she could help Caroline figure this out. Her fingers were already moving to text Stefan too and then she came upon Klaus...No! She was so not telling him about this. It had to be temporary. They were stuck here, what else could this place possibly do to them?

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killedtwice
2014-01-21 06:09 am UTC (link)

Elena was just getting off work when she heard her phone go off. And read her text message from Caroline. She thought it was a bit confusing so all she said was that she was on her way. There wasn’t much information to go by so she figured there really wasn’t a reason to panic. Once she finally made it home she dropped her stuff by the front door “Caroline, I’m home! I got your text but I couldn’t tell if anything was wrong. Are you okay? Caro-“She stopped mid-sentence as she saw her friend pint sized sitting at the kitchen table. She gave her a side way glance before saying anything. “Wha- What happened to you?” She noticed how distraught Caroline was and with good reason. “When did this happen?” She put her hands to her forehead, she’d seen some pretty crazy things but this was crazy.

She took a deep breath there had to be a reasonable explanation for all this and way to fix it. “Okay don’t panic we will find a way out of this but um do we need help? It’s not like we can go to the doctor and tell them you shrank.” Although she told her friend not to panic she was definitely panicking. Should she call someone? Damon? Stefan? She shook her head well she could call Stefan he offered his help a while back.

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notadumbblonde
2014-01-23 04:49 pm UTC (link)

Caroline had to bite back her smart remark. Being snappy with people she cared about and who cared for her was not going to solve this situation any faster, and definitely not at all. No, if she was going to return to her normal, average height she would have to work with them and do as Elena said: "Don't Panic". Elena seemed to lacking in her own advice though, her hands coming to her forehead in a clearly an act of worry. Caroline attempted a deep breath, but she couldn't help thinking. What if she never like grew up again or something? What if she just stayed this way forever? True Klaus would probably not like her anymore, but she'd never be able to legally drink again probably. Damn it.

"Well, I came home, had a drink of vodka and suddenly I was like five again or something," she replied, adding in a sigh of her own. "I don't understand. We buy that vodka where everyone else does and yet the network shows no one else has shrunk into a dwarf or whatever." Caroline tossed her phone the short distance to the table and looked up at Elena, fear evident in her blue eyes and she reached out, tiny fingers barely able to wrap around her friend's arm. "What if I stay this way forever? I mean I'll be like a midget vampire or something-" she broke off, fingers slipped from Elena's arm and she pulled her knees to her chest. To add to the misery, her uniform slumped around her shoulders.

Was there even any doctors around? "I know. And if this is Holly? I feel like I'm screwed..." she trailed off and dropped her chin to her knees. The mention of calling someone pulled her from her thoughts. "Call Stefan if you have to but not Damon. He'll never let me live it down, Elena..."

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killedtwice
2014-01-24 07:37 am UTC (link)

Elena just listened to what Caroline had to say at first trying to get all the information she could about this completely insane situation. She raised her eyebrow as she listened. She had some sarcastic things to say but she kept them to herself since they wouldn’t help the situation. She looked at the bottle it looked like the same bottle she had bought so she picked it up and smelled it. It didn’t smell any differently than it normally did. It crossed her mind to take a sip but under the circumstances that probably wasn’t the wisest idea.

She looked at her friend who looked like a younger version of her normal self. “Well, you seem to know what’s going on. And the only thing that is different about you is that you are a bit shorter...” She was trying to sum up the problem. “And as far as I can tell it shouldn’t be the vodka itself and I’m not about to try it since that would be just plain stupid.” Her mind was reeling with possible solutions but nothing came to mind. “We will find a way out of this but it might just take some time. And you aren’t going to stay like this I promise.” She tried to show some confidence in her answer but in truth she wasn’t sure there was a solution. “Well, we can take a look to see if we can find local help. Otherwise we might need to find outside help. Okay I won’t call Damon and we will try everything we can before we call Stefan.”

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notadumbblonde
2014-01-26 06:46 pm UTC (link)

When Elena picked up the bottle and started to put it towards her face, Caroline could only assume the worst and almost leaped to her feet to knock the bottle away. If they were both small, they'd really, really be screwed and it wasn't just because neither one of them would be able to see over the counter to buy more booze. "Elena, don't-" Elena merely smelled the bottle, but didn't drink it and Caroline let out an unnecessary sigh of relief. "Don't scare me like that. I don't want you small too," she said sincerely. Elena was her best friend and they just got Bonnie back. She didn't want to lose Elena and there was always the possibility Elena wouldn't become small. That the vodka would have a totally different effect on the brunette than it did Caroline. It could be worse.

"Yeah, definitely don't try it," she agreed quickly. "What if you don't get small? What if you get larger or something?" It was a total Alice in Wonderland effect wasn't it? Because none of their lives were crazy enough, there had to be a threat of shrinking or whatever. "I guess it could be worse, too. I could have gotten like pink hair or lost my sight or hearing or..." Caroline trailed off; she would have really rather had pink hair. At least she wouldn't be losing her uniform right now and her hand could still fit around a liquor bottle. "Then again, pink hair might not be so bad."

The good thing was Elena was not pushing for Damon to help. Caroline was pretty sure she wouldn't be able to live it down ever if the older Salvatore found out about her "little" problem. "I'm all for local help," she agreed in a hurry. "But I don't mind if Stefan knows either. He wouldn't make fun of me or he will, but it will be okay because we're besties and-" Damon would be rude about it; Stefan might do it in good jest. "Do you think it might just wear off?"

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killedtwice
2014-01-29 02:26 am UTC (link)

Elena couldn’t help but laugh a bit at Caroline’s reaction, it wasn’t like she’d drink something that potentially would change her. “Relax I wasn’t going to drink it but maybe it’s not even the booze. Maybe something else triggered this.”

Elena thought a bit “Well of course things could be worse. Just don’t ask how because I don’t want them to happen.”

“You know Damon might be the one to ask you never know. He’s not a bad guy or anything. And if he knew a way to help I’m sure he would.” She shrugged since beforehand she had not pushed calling Damon and even though he wasn’t her boyfriend anymore she still respected him enough to know that he’d help if he could- it might come at a small price like him laughing about it and giving Caroline a hard time but getting her friend back to normal was completely worth it. “But to be honest, I don’t know if anyone is going to help. And it might just wear off. That would be really great too.

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