A/N: Hiii, now the sequel is finally up and it's starting with a... bang? yes, that would probably be the best term! xD

Anyway, I hope you like it and please review!

xoxo Ascha

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Vampire Diaries - Playing With Fire

Chapter 1:

Mia's POV:

The threatening growls were coming closer and closer as I lied down on the ground, my ears sticking up and listening carefully to the sounds around me. I could hear the sound of Klaus's paw steps as he entered the tomb and searched for me. His yellow eyes were almost glowing in the dark, but he seemed to have a hard time finding me. That was because I'd rolled myself in mud and dirt to cover up my scent and now I was hiding in the dark corners of the tomb.

"I know you're in here!" he said in a way that only werewolves like us and maybe even wolves understood. "There is no point in hiding, Matilda! You will die today, but since you are family and all, then I'll do it… slowly and painfully."

I closed my eyes for a moment and waited for my witches to signal that they were ready to do the spell and then I heard it. I heard one of them whistle very quietly, but unfortunately so did Klaus. He turned, so I quickly jumped out from my hiding spot and bit him hard in his neck, letting my teeth really sink into his fur and skin. He let out a loud growl and lashed out for me, scratching my arm with his sharp nails.

My arm was bleeding alright, but I soon healed up again and jumped a little back, blocking his only way out of this tomb. I needed to keep him distracted while the witches were performing the ritual and cast the spell that would keep Klaus locked up inside the tomb hopefully forever.

"So you want to fight your old grandfather? Well that can easily be arranged…" Klaus said and lashed out for me, biting me hard in my leg before I could avoid his attack. I fell to the ground as I let out a loud and deafening howl that made the witches pick up their pace and say the ancient words faster. "What's the matter, Matilda? Can't handle a little pain?"

I growled and jumped on him again, making both of us rolling deeper into the tomb and hit the walls as we fought bravely against each other. It felt like we were both equally strong, because even though Klaus was a 1000-year-old Original, then he had the same amount of control over his werewolf form as I did. But I knew that I didn't have to kill him to win this battle, so I endured the pain he put me through and just hoped that I would get out before I was trapped in here as well.

"Give up, Klaus!" I yelled panting a little now as we preyed on each other like two predators on a hunt and tried to keep ourselves alert without losing control of our wild werewolf forms. "I will never let you get anywhere near my family! Do you hear me, you sick son of a bastard?"

Klaus got pissed now and lunged to attack me and he tackled me hard to the ground. He was holding me down, growling furiously, and trying to bite my head off, but I was biting back and tried pushing him off me with my weight.

As our fight intensified and the attacks became more violent and more blood was shed, I could hear that I soon had to get out before it was too late. Therefore, I bit Klaus's tail hard and threw him into the deepest part of the tomb where he hit a wall and bricks fell down upon him. I used this opportunity to run as fast as I could back to the entrance with Klaus running only a foot behind me.

However, as we both came to the entrance and he was about to get out too, I suddenly saw Elijah step forth from the darkness of the sunset and he quickly kicked Klaus back inside again. The witches stopped chanting and a moment of silence was around us, until I heard a human growl coming from the tomb. It was Klaus in his human form and he was really pissed off. He tried breaking the invisible wall between him and me, but it only sent a jolt of energy through his body.

"Elijah!" he yelled angrily, punching his fists hard against the wall. "What have you done?"

Elijah glanced over at me, who was lying wounded on the ground and panting, and then back at his half-brother with a smirk on his face that I'd never seen before.

"Sorry, Niklaus. But you have betrayed me and your family for the last time," he said and then pushed the big rock in front of the entrance. "Finally… finally it is over."

I coughed blood up now and caught Elijah's attention. He quickly hurried to me, while the witches were gathering their powers after doing such a strong spell, and he covered my blood smeared and wounded body with his jacket as I was transforming back to my human form. My wounds were so deep and I was so exhausted from the fight that I was unable to heal myself fast.

But Elijah didn't hesitate to get me home and placed me in Damon's bed. One of his sisters – Adrienne – came in to aid me, while Elijah let Damon and the others out of the basement cellar. I knew that they were probably angry at me for doing what I did, but it needed to be done. And now… now it was all done. I was…

"You're dying, Matilda…" Adrienne said softly, making me turn my head to her a little too fast and cry out in pain. "Shh… it's okay, Mia. Don't fight it."

What? She wanted me to die? I thought about what she said and then realized that she wanted me to die, so I would come back alive and healed up by the help of my ring. I was in a state right now where I couldn't heal my body, so I had to… let go.

Unfortunately, Damon wasn't too happy about seeing me like this and I could see on the way he looked at me as he stood there in the doorway – completely unable to move or speak – that he thought he was going to lose me forever.

"Damon…" I coughed up some more blood, which instinctively made him walk closer to me, but Adrienne quickly stopped him. "Leave, Damon! I don't… wa-want y-ou to…" I coughed again and could feel that I was starting to slip into unconsciousness. "… watch…"

Damon tried to get past Adrienne more eagerly this time, but she yanked him out of the room and waited until I'd exhaled for the last time before she finally moved away from the doorway.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!" I could hear a faint voice say frantically.

I tried opening my eyes, but all of my limbs felt paralyzed. I knew why. I was dead now. But for how long would I be dead? And would the ring really bring me back? If it didn't, then at least Klaus would die too, but then Damon would be completely heartbroken.

"Mia, please… please don't… don't leave me."

I tried once more to open my eyes, but all I felt was a strong feeling of soreness in my body. It felt just as horrible as the time I woke up after my first change, but just 10 times worse. My body was almost on fire and I was therefore forced to lie still.

"Move, Damon!" someone else said. "I need to check something…"

I recognized the voice as Elijah's and I felt the pain get worse all of a sudden, probably because he was touching my sore body. But I caught the scent of something very delicious in the air and soon tasted whatever it was in my mouth. It was warm and familiar and…

"Human blood? Why are you giving her human–"

"You better step away now. All of you!" Elijah snarled.

I suddenly felt a jolt of energy hit my heart as if I'd been given an electric shock and my eyes quickly opened as I sat up, gasping loudly and frantically for air. I could feel my eyes changing and my gum was hurting like hell, but something drove me to jump out of the bed and run towards the closed door.

It was a strong scent of human blood.

However, I was suddenly tackled from the side by Elijah, who knocked me into the nearest wall and then grabbed both of my arms so he could put his weight on me and pin me to the floor, while his siblings were forcing a dark red liquid down my throat. I soon realized that it was blood and hungrily grabbed the bottle of blood from Adrienne's hands and emptied it before any of them could blink.

"Mia! Mia, relax!" Elijah ordered more than said, making me stop for a moment – but only for a moment – until I caught the scent of more blood in the house. But Elijah kept me pinned to the floor and I watched in silence as his pupils began dilating in a way that forced me into a trance-like state. "You will calm down and control yourself. And you will not hurt anyone in this house."

I nodded automatically and felt tears stream down my cheeks. It hurt so badly in my gum and my body still felt so sore.

What was going on with me?

"Tell the others to stay away from this room, until I say so." Elijah ordered firmly.

Adrienne nodded and quickly left the room; while one of Elijah's other sisters – Alice – carried me to the bathroom. The other Originals were changing the blood soaked sheets on Damon's bed as she was filling Damon's standalone bathtub up with warm water and helped lie down. The water soothed the pain and made me relax completely, but I was still so worried and confused about everything.

"Does your gum hurt?" Alice asked worriedly as she washed the blood out of my hair.

I couldn't speak because of the mind-numbing pain in my gum and just nodded instead. But then I began thinking about what had happened and I wondered if it was even possible. I mean, I was related to an Original, so… why not? Something just needed to trigger it, like for example my death.

"Am I a vampire?" the words flew out of my mouth before I could stop them and I winced of the pain.

However, when Alice neither confirmed nor denied it, I knew for sure that it was true. I was truly a hybrid now. The kind of hybrid that witches had cursed, so it wouldn't hurt anyone or cause disturbance in the natural order. I didn't know what to make of this new information.

Should I be happy about it?

Did I need so much power?

No, of course not. All I wanted was to be a normal human or at least just one supernatural being – not a mixture of two powerful races that hated each other immensely. But… I couldn't be cursed. If I had to be cursed, then I would have to kill Elena, right? She would be needed for the sacrifice, because she was the doppelganger and was the descendant of Katherine. She was a Petrova.

"Mia, we hoped that this wouldn't happen, but… it did and now we're going to help you," Alice said softly as she was combing the remaining blood out of my messy blond hair. "We do not wish to become enemies with another relative. Not after what happened to Niklaus."

I looked at Alice's face for a moment and saw the grief in her dark brown eyes. She didn't seem to hate Klaus in the same extent like her other siblings did, but she seemed more… heartbroken of his actions and like she rather wanted him to become good than to kill him. Then again… Klaus was still their little brother even though they didn't share the same father.

"What do you mean by 'I'm not allowed to get in'? She's my girlfriend, for fuck sake!" I could hear Damon shout outside his bedroom.

He was clearly pissed, but right now even I didn't want him in here. I didn't know what I would do if he came near me and it was better if he and the others stayed away from me. The Originals could barely keep me in here without having to compel me.

I sighed heavily and put my arms around my legs, holding them close to my body as I tried relaxing.