WARNING: This story is a the third and final book to my trilogy, "Bitten: The Marked (1)" and "Bitten: The Hunted (2)". If you have not yet read them, then I strongly suggest that you do not read this Until you've read them as major spoilers will be revealed. Read at your own risk!

DISCLAIMER~ I OWN NOTHING BUT THE STORYLINE. THE CHARACTERS BELONG TO L.J. SMITH & THE CW.

Once Sacrificed, Forever Saved.

I've just helped raise the most dangerous vampire of all.

And I lost my life because of it.

If I'd had the choice, I never would've done it.

But that's just it.

I didn't have a choice.

But I do now.

And I'm choosing revenge.

Elena was twenty when she met vampire Damon Salvatore. Soon, she discovered the truth about the deaths of her parents, as well as who her real family was. She'd discovered that she was a one of the five true descendants of the Originals, the five most powerful vampires in existence, and that she'd have to give her life for the life of the greater evil. She'd met her birthmother while searching for the cure to a werewolf bite, and she struck a deal with her that forever sealed her fate for the worse.

Then Elena met the Originals.

Then she died.

AN: Hey! I've made up the shortness of the last chapter of BTH with this one! It's a lot longer and explains a lot od questions that surely, you all might have! Thanks for the support! I'll update soon!

xoxo x1000000000000

Elizabeth

CHAPTER 1:

"No!"

"Elena!"

If Damon had ever had his heart ripped out of his chest, then it would surely feel like this.

Elena was...

Damon shook his head.

No.

She wasn't.

She couldn't be.

"Brother,"

Damon glanced up from his spot on the ground to the strange man not five feet away from him. The man had fair hair, and his skin was a rich and creamy white. The color of his eyes were so blue and cold that Damon had thought that ice had traded places with the man's eyes. Damon wanted to kill him. He wanted to rip him apart limb from limb. If Elena really was dead, then he would get his revenge.

"Niklaus," A man who Damon recognized as Elijah Mikaelson smiled, though Damon could've sworn that there was something off in his voice. He just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Nik," The blonde one, Rebekah said brokenly, and Damon watched as she approached the man.

"Thank you, brothers," Niklaus said to Elijah, Finn and Kol. "And you, sister," Rebekah made a muffled choking noise, and next thing Damon saw was her arms wrapped around her brother's neck.

"Caroline-" Damon hissed, and suddenly, he pushed all of his strength towards her, and she got up onto her feet in a flash.

"Damon, I need to tell you something," Caroline whispered so quietly that Damon was certain that he had been the only one to hear her.

"After you tried to kill me?" he shook his head.

"it's not what it looks like, Damon, I-"

"Brother, you have no idea how long we have all waited for this day, waited to rescue you from Ayanna's spell." Finn said as he stepped forward.

"Damn you," Damon grunted, seething as he looked up at the five Originals at his feet.

"Salvatore-" Kol hissed. "You're too late, darling. Your little Pureblood is gone, and my brother is back.

"Now, what shall we do with you?" Finn tusked as he wandered toward Damon.

"Allow me to take him and the two other intruders away," Elijah volunteered, and seven pairs of eyes, Damon's included, whipped to him in confusion.

"It's my fault that they're all here, and I must be responsible for my mistakes," he said, and Damon didn't move. He wouldn't leave, ever.

"Salvatore. Forbes."

Damon glanced up to see Elijah's outstretched hand, and he scoffed.

"If you think that I am going to come with you after your douche of a brother-"

"She's not dead." Elijah hissed, and Damon's eyes widened.

"Don't breathe a word of this. I'll explain once the four of us are alone." Elijah murmured, and Damon, suddenly beginning to believe Elijah, nodded as he took his hand.

"Forbes, Salvatore," Elijah nodded in the direction of Stefan and Caroline, and suddenly, they were behind him as they followed Elijah.

"Consider this your last warning, Salvatore," Kol shouted. "Next time, you're the one who's dead."

That was it.

"Damn it, Damon-" Stefan gripped his brother's arm immediately, and Damon was prevented from moving.

"Stefan!" he snapped, turning abruptly to face his brother.

"Stop behaving like a couple of hounds," Elijah said. "There's no time for this. The three of us need to talk."

My eyes open softly, and I'm met with the harsh rays of sunlight.

As I don't recognize my surroundings, I shoot up instantly. Where Am I? There's absolutely nothing around, just pure white, like a fog storm. I get up to my feet slowly, and I run around in search for anything, even a spare penny on the floor. I feel like I'm walking on air and not solid concrete. Where the hell am I?

Suddenly, a shriek pierces the silent air, and I whip around in all directions, desperately searching for the source.

"Hello?" I call, my voice soft and fearful.

"Elena,"

At the sound of the familiar voice, I turn around.

"Bonnie," I breathe, blinking rapidly. At the sound of her name, she smiles warmly. She's dressed in a long, flowy white dress, and she looks like an angel.

"You've been so brave," she says.

"Where am I?" I frown, looking around.

"You're on the Other Side." she says, and I turn back to her in confusion.

"The what?"

"The Other Side." she says. "It's the place where supernatural creatures who's spirits aren't at peace go to after they pass on."

"Wait, so-" I breathe, shaking my head as understanding dawns on me.

"A-Am I dead?" I gasp, my stomach falling through the floor...If there even is a floor beneath me.

Bonnie nods, a look of sincere sadness on her face.

"No," I shake my head in denial as my eyes begin to water. "I-I thought that you'd saved me, I-I thought-"

"Elena, I need you to calm down and let me explain everything," Bonnie says calmly, and I force my breathing to a calm rhythm.

"When you and Elijah came to my house, I told you that I'd help you find a way to survive Klaus' sacrifice." she says, and I nod.

"What I didn't mention, was that in order for you to be brought back to life, I had to find a balance among the living." she says, and I'm becoming more and more confused with every letter that she says.

"As you are an immortal vampire, your kind goes against the spirits of nature, and therefore, I couldn't have just easily made a way for you to come back like that," Bonnie snaps her finger. "I had to find a balance among the living."

No.

"I had to take a human life." she says softly, and when I'm about to ask who, Bonnie smiles sadly, and everything becomes clear.

NO!

"No, Bonnie-" I shake my head as my eyes could with tears. She's not...

"Elena, it was the only option." Bonnie says simply.

"No!" I cry, my head aching terribly from the rate that I'm shaking my head at.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I whimper, suddenly angry. I should've known. She should've told me.

Why didn't she tell me?

"Because then you never would've let me do what needed to be done." she shrugs apologetically. "You know that. And if the situation were in reverse, would you have done the same for me?"

I can't look her in the eye, knowing full well that she's right. Instead, I don't provide an answer.

"Exactly," Bonnie nods knowingly.

"I wish you would've told me," I say brokenly.

"Elena, I couldn't have. You know that I couldn't have." she says. "But now, you can go back and finish what you've started,"

"If it means that you're gone, then I don't want to go back," I shake my head.

"You don't have to," Bonnie says simply. "If you don't want to."

"Then I'm not," I say determinedly. I'll stay here with Bonnie. There's nothing that can stop me from staying.

That's that.

"But then Damon's going to be ruined." she says suddenly, and I look up at her.

At the mention of Damon, my heart falls.

"And Caroline?" Bonnie's eyebrows raise. "Caroline's never had a true friend like you, Elena."

"She tried to k-kill me,"

"That's not entirely true," Bonnie shakes her head.

"What do you mean?" I frown.

"It'll all make sense in time," she says cryptically.

"But the things that she said-"

"Weren't true," Bonnie implores as she takes my hands in hers.

"Elena, go back. They need you." She insists.

"This isn't how it was supposed to be." I frown.

"Is it ever?" Bonnie asks, mysticism in her voice.

"Bonnie, I can't go back. Klaus has been resurrected-"

"And that's exactly why you must go back." Bonnie insists, and I gasp as she walks towards me.

"You're the only one who can stop him, Elena." she says softly.

"What do you mean, 'stop him?'" I ask.

"Alright, here's the deal," Bonnie says. "Ayana, the witch who put Klaus down, is on here on the Other Side."

"What?" I gasp. "Where is she?"

"She won't talk to anyone. Well, any strangers." she explains. "However, since she's my ancestor, I have a direct link to her, and she needs your help."

"What?" I ask.

"Look, now that Klaus is back, there's something that he's after, something he wants. Bad," she says. "I don't know why, or what for,"

"What is it?" I press, now impatient.

"I don't know that, either." Bonne sighs in defeat. "Ayana won't tell anyone, not even me,"

"But Elena, you need to go back and figure out what it is, and destroy it, because if Klaus wants it, then it's bound to bring an end to the world."

I shake my head. "Bonnie, I-I don't know if I can-" I whisper.

"Elena, you're the only person who can." Bonnie stresses.

"Why me?" I shake my head in confusion.

"Because you're now the only Pureblood left." she says.

"No, there's dozens of others out there," I say.

"Not ones who are directly descended from the Originals." she shakes her head.

"Aren't all Purebloods descended from them?" I frown.

"Through principle, yes," Bonnie nods. "But you, and the others who's lives were lost tonight?" her voice lowers.

"You're all not just descended from them by principle, but you're biologically descended from them."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know if you know this already, but if you do, I'll tell it to you again." she says. "Rebekah, the blonde Original, she had a child before she was turned, and she passed the strigoi nemuritorul gene to her child. That child was given away, and throught time to this very day, the gene has been passed down through the five other Original Purebloods..and you."

"So, The Originals are my ancestors?" I gasp.

Bonnie nods. "Yes. And that's why you're the only one who can stop Klaus, Elena. Because you're biologically related to them."

"But how does that automatically give me power over any other Pureblood, or vampire in this case?"

"I don't know. If I did, you know that I'd tell you." she sighs apologetically.

I don't believe this. Klaus is after something. Something big. And I'm the only one who can stop him.

"I need to go," Bonnie's sad voice interrupts my thoughts.

"What?" I gasp. "No,"

"Elena, you can do this," she smiles. "And if you take this," she bows her head as she takes a lavender crystal pendant that I didn't notice her wearing from around her neck. "Then I will always be able to contact you. through the spirits."

"Bonnie, I-" My voice cracks. This is it. This is the last time that I will ever see my sister. She may not be my biological sister, but she's much more than she could ever be if she were.

"I know," Bonnie smiles, and I swear that I see her eyes glistening. "I love you, too, Elena,"

Bonnie tosses the pendant over my head and tucks it into my shirt. "For safe keeps." she says.

"Goodbye, Elena," she says, and suddenly, I'm watching her back.

"Wait!" I call, running toward her. Bonnie turns around to face me, her eyebrows raised in curiosity.

"When will I see you again?" I ask. Bonnie smiles wistfully, and suddenly, her hazel eyes are shining with what I know are tears.

"We'll see each other again soon," she smiles, then turns away again.

I don't know how to get back. She never told me.

"Oh, and Elena?"

I look up to see Bonnie once again turned toward me.

"Good luck."

And all goes black.

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