Descent into Madness Ch. 1

Mystic Falls, Virginia

In the small clearing of a forest, a three ringed fire raged before a witches mantle as a young brown haired woman stepped into the clearing. Her brown eyes sweeping a gaze over the two figures that were laying down within two of the circles. Another woman suddenly appeared and motioned to the woman to step into the third ring of fire. The brunette nodded and shakily stepped into the ring while gripping the necklace that was around her neck. She sits on the ground and pulls her knees to her face as she tries to muffle the sounds of her cries.

"Why are you crying, Little Dove?" the sound of a British voice pulls the girl's head from her knees. She searches frantically for the owner of the voice until she sees his face at the edge of the woods. His frighteningly white teeth glistening in the moonlight make her feel nauseated for a moment.

"Klaus." She breathes out a heavy sigh and stands to her feet. He strides forward and grins as he hears the other two waking up.

"Are you ready, Elena?" He asks as he takes the knife from the woman before and slices his hand before placing it on the mantle.

"I'm rea-"

"ELENA!" Several voices called out from different areas of the forest and Klaus snarled.

"I thought we had a deal!" Klaus demanded as he zoomed off into the woods.

Elena stood there frozen in fear as she waited. She had pleaded with all of them to let her go. She didn't want to die! She wanted to grow old, have children, gets married, and fall in love like everyone else! Why couldn't they just understand that! Elena gripped her head as a sudden pain erupted and she fell to her knees. "B...Bonnie?" She looked around to find her best friend and witch, Bonnie Bennett but instead saw Damon and Stefan Salvatore rushing to her. As they tried to reach into her fire ring, the flames erupted larger and blocked their path.

"Damn it! Elena what are you doing?!" Damon growled as he pushed back his dark brown hair.

"I'm making a choice, Damon." Elena steadied her brown eyes as she glared into his crystal blue ones.

"Not this one Elena!" Stefan pleaded.

"You heard her, she's making a choice." Klaus's voice was a mere whisper but all three of their heads snapped up. Elena gasped as she noticed Alaric Saltzman carrying a limp Jeremy Gilbert, her only brother, in his arms. The woman from earlier was also dragging Bonnie out of the forest as well.

"What happened to my brother, Klaus," Elena demanded in a shaky voice.

"Your friends didn't obey by our terms, Elena. That means you didn't obey them either. So now they pay the price." Klaus said with a menacing glare.

"Klaus, what do you mean? WHAT DID YOU DO TO JEREMY?" her voice echoed through the woods.

"You killed him," Stefan mumbled dumbly and turned a soft expression towards Elena.

"What?" Her wide doe eyes zeroed in on her brother's dead body while Klaus smiled wider.

"I did and I will kill anyone else who gets in my way." Within a second, Klaus held Damon Salvatore's heart in his hand and Stefan and Elena watched in horror as Damon fell to his knees. Klaus smirked as he dropped Damon's heart and crushed it with the boot of his heel. Instantly, Damon's complex turned to an ashen gray and Klaus kicked him forward into the dirt. Stefan stared open mouthed as his brother desiccated before his eyes.

Stefan's eyes angrily snapped up at Klaus and he launched forward with a vicious punch that sent Klaus over the witches mantle. A growl escaped from the two and they began to fight. Elena's screams and pleas to stop were ignored. Klaus easily managed to block Stefan's punches but Stefan was quicker in his kicks which sent Klaus flying in the air each time. Stefan didn't bother to block Klaus's punches at all, he let the rage fuel him, he let the hunger overpower him, or in other words: he let his humanity go. Klaus had Stefan by the head and arm while Stefan struggled to escape. Instead of ripping Stefan's arm off, Klaus looked over his shoulder and stared at Alaric. "It's your turn." He smiled over towards Elena who cried out in desperation as she tried to jump through the fire again.

Alaric gently laid Jeremy down and pulled the wooden stake from his pocket. He turned to head towards Elena and a tear slid down as he whispered: "I love you and I'm sorry but I have to do this." He ran forward and plunged the dagger into Stefan's chest. Elena's blood-curdling scream echoed off the trees and she fell forward into the dirt, clutching her head and heart as she muttered Stefan's name repeatedly. Klaus smirked as he congratulated Alaric before snapping his neck.

Klaus stood over the fire ring that entrapped Elena and laughed at her pitifulness. "Your friends should have left me alone or else I wouldn't have to go to such drastic measure." Elena ignored him as she laid her head into the dirt and stared over at her brother's body once more. She shut her eyes as the memories flooded over her. She could hear him as he called for his witch to start the ritual. She wanted this to be over. She wanted to be with her mother, father, and brother now. She had lost all of her family and friends because of the supernatural and now she would die at the hands of the worst one. A shudder escaped her and she wrapped her arms tighter around her stomach. A female screaming made her look up once more as she caught sight of Klaus draining Tyler Lockwood as Caroline Forbes looked on in her own circle of fire.

"What are you doing?! They aren't who we agreed on!" Elena screeched.

Klaus dropped the now dead body and wiped the blood from his mouth with his forefinger. "Ah, yes. Our terms of the agreement changed when your little friends stuck their noses in our business." He turned towards Caroline and flashed towards her. The blonde vampire whimpered under his touch and pleaded to be released. "Such a shame really. You're almost too lovely to kill. Almost." He looked up and into Elena's eyes as he pulled Caroline tighter into his embrace and sunk his teeth into her delicate neck. Elena looked away disgusted and could hear the sickening thud of Caroline's body when he was done. "It's your turn now."

As Klaus started toward Elena, his witch screamed and fell to her knees before falling forward. Klaus turned around only to come face to face with Bonnie Bennett. Her dark brown hair and emerald green eyes whipping in the sudden veracity of the wind. For a moment, Klaus's eyes flashed with fear. Bonnie magically threw him across the clearing and into one of the large oak trees hard enough for one of the limbs to pierce through his right thigh. He screamed in anger before propelling himself off the tree and toward Bonnie. She used her magic again to toss thousands of sharp wooden like objects at him as he raced towards her. He stopped midway, growling in frustration as he ripped out some of the spikes, thorns, and stakes that pierced him. The fire around Elena had died and she slowly went to kneel by her brother. She looked down for a moment, taking in his battered form and dark brown hair. She lightly placed a kiss on his forehead and looked back up towards the fight between Klaus and Bonnie.

Bonnie was beginning to show signs of wavering as her nose was bleeding and her steps were faltering but her magic was still strong. Once again she tossed Klaus away from the ritual clearing and towards the woods. This time, Klaus jumped faster than she expected and had her by the throat within seconds. "I knew you would tire soon, little Bennett." He smirked.

"Klaus, please don't hurt her!" Elena screamed as she came to a stop in front of him. "We had a deal, please leave her alone."

"Aww, but Elena," he sneered as he dragged out her name. "I'm positively filthy and bleeding because of the little witch. I think I should give tit for tat. He said smirking as he started to crush her in his embrace. Bonnie's ribs started to break under the pressure and her screams became more desperate.

"PLEASE KLAUS!" Elena pulled at Klaus's arms but he tossed her to the ground easily. He grinned at her from the ground and she watched in horror as he bit into Bonnie. The blood oozing out of her neck.

Elena screams loudly and the pain in her head explodes. A bright blue light flows around her and she directs it at Klaus. She watches as it envelops him and he falls to the ground. The blue energy doesn't dissipate. Instead, she watches as it spreads around the clearing. Elena sinks to floor and watches as Bonnie closes her eyes as well. She closes her eyes as the pain in her head erupts again.

Salem Center, New York

The class had been in session that morning when he collapsed all of a sudden. He cried out, grabbing his head and soon passed out from the pain. The rest of the day, students walked by his office in hushed tones with worried looks plastered on their faces. The other teachers were already cornered into his office waiting for him to wake up. Six hours later, his eyes started to open and he watched as the adults he cherished rushed over to him.

"Professor?" Scott Summer asked timidly as he placed his hand gently on the old man's arm.

The old man looked up at everyone with a twinkle in his eye and patted Scott's hand. He chuckled before throwing the blankets off his useless legs. "Prep the jet. We need to go. I found someone. She's young, powerful, and in grave danger."

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