The Immortal

by DropDeadRomantic

I pulled up to Sheila's house and turned off my bike. I threw my leg over the side of the bike and walked up to the porch. I looked at the house that held so many good memories for me. I had met my best friend in this town and I had lost my best friend to it. I sighed and stepped up to the porch and grabbed the key hidden under the invisible potted plant. As I walked through the house I remembered new things. Things I had forgotten, like Sheila's 49th birthday. We were in the kitchen drinking wine and talking about our lives. Sherin, her daughter, had just gotten married and was pregnant with Bonnie. We talked about how she would teach Bonnie and how, when it was time, I would help her. Or when Bonnie was born. She came into the house in tears, because Sherin had died during child birth. I held her through her heart ache and told her how Bonnie would be okay with her father, and that Bonnie had the most amazing grandmother in the world.

"Sophie?" I turned around and saw Bonnie coming in through the front door. I nodded as she set her things on a chair and walked over to me. I was confused as to what she was doing here, the house had been empty for a while. Sheila had paid off the house and left it to Bonnie, but I'm sure her father wouldn't have let her move out until she was 18, and that wasn't for a couple of months. She stepped up to me and wrapped her arms around me. I stood frozen for a second, I had never been hugged by anyone but Jasper and Sheila, then wrapped her in my arms. I could feel her tears on my shoulder while I let a few out myself.

"You know, I've met you once before." Bonnie and I were in the living room, sitting on the couch while watching the fire crackle in the fire place. She looked over at me and tilted her head, confused. I nodded and took a sip of my hot chocolate.

"Yeah. It was a few weeks after you were born. Your dad was out looking for a better job, so he could support the both of you, and had left you with Sheila. I was in town and came here, she answered the door with you on her hip." We laughed and talked some more throughout the night. She told me what was going on in Mystic Falls and how everything had gotten so bad. It hurt my heart to hear how far Damon had gone to search for that bitch, and how he was now after Elena. It killed me to know he had gotten so lost over the years that he had killed both Jeremy and Alaric for getting in his way. There was still good in him, I knew that. He wouldn't have been looking for Stephan, even if he said it was just for Elena.

Now that Stephan was under Klaus' control and they both knew what Elena's blood was for, they wouldn't leave her alone until either Klaus had been killed or they killed her. Bonnie knew this, and we both agreed that something had to be done about Klaus. There was only one way to kill him now that the dagger had been used on Elijah and Katherine had awakened Mikael. Bonnie didn't understand my love for Damon, she never would, no one ever would. It was something only I could understand, and that would never change. That's why I didn't tell her that the only way to kill Klaus was me and the love I held for Damon.

After she left to go home and telling me I could stay here while in town, I gathered what I would need for the spell that would kill both Klaus and the compulsion he had Stephan under. I knew what I needed to do, and I knew that it would either cost me my magik and my immortality, or it would kill me. I went around the house, grabbing the things that I needed to complete the spell. I grabbed the blanket off Sheila's bed to use as my anchor to hold me to this world for as long as I could. The blanket and the house itself would remind me of my best friend and her grand child, it would make me want to hold on as long as possible. Before I started the spell, I took out a pen and three pieces of paper. As I wrote the first, I thought of Sheila and how she would have wanted to be there for Bonnie, and that even though her life was taken too soon, she would always be in the hearts of those who loved her.

Bonnie,

You are one of the strongest people I know, sweetheart. Sheila would be so proud of you. Know that she loved you with her whole heart, and only wanted the best for you. I wish I could stay and help you learn control like I did for her, but I don't think you'll need anything but the love that I know surrounds you. I wish you luck, dear girl.

-Sophie

I crumpled the paper and performed the spell, only this time I sent the paper to her room onto her bed. She would find it soon, I didn't have a lot of time left. I grabbed the another piece of paper and started writing again.

Jasper,

I love you Jasper. You are the best friend a girl could ask for, and I hope that coven of yours knows that. Treat Alice right Jasper, you have a tendency to let your emotions get the best of you. ;) I wish you and yours the best. I will miss you.

-Sophie

This one was a little harder to write, so I kept it simple and short. I performed the spell and sent it to Alice. She would give it to him and help him get through what ever was to come. I took a deep breath and grabbed the last sheet of paper.

Damon,

I know what she told you, but she lied to you baby. I'm not dead, never have been. But after tonight you wont have to worry about that. I wish I had more time to tell you things. I wish I had more time to explain all that she has done to you and Stephan. I've loved you for so long, but you were so caught up in the lies and the half truths that she put into your head. I couldn't watch you fall so in love with her that you'd forget me entirely. Oh, how I've missed you. But I've never been far. I've watched over you, to the best of my abilities. Where did you go Damon? Why are you so cruel and cold hearted? Your better than what you've become, dear heart. I wish you could see what I see in you. I wish that life had turned out differently, and you wouldn't be in so much pain. I'm doing this for you, so you can live without having to worry about Stephan hurting Elena, or about Klaus' next move. I'm doing this for you. I love you, dear heart. Good luck.

-Your Soph

I felt the tears fall in rivers down my cheeks as I crumpled the last sheet of paper and performed the spell. You know what they say, save the hardest for the last. I took a deep breath and lit the candles. It wouldn't take more that a couple seconds for the spell to be completed and in those few seconds everything would change. I channeled Emily and Sheila asking for their strength and love for the spell. I cleared my mind and started chanting.

Bonnie walked into her room with a bowl of ice cream and her iPod. She set the bowl on her side table and turned off her iPod, throwing it onto her bed. She saw a crumpled up sheet of paper and smiled thinking Sophie had sent her a message. Maybe a joke, something her grams had said she liked to do, or a goodnight. She sat on her bed and flattened out the paper and read. Her smile slowly fell from her face as she realized that this had been a Goodbye. A tear slowly feel down her face as she realized she was gonna lose another person who meant so much to her. Bonnie shook her head and got up, grabbing her phone and a coat on her way out the door.

After she got her car started and was driving towards her grams' house, she called Alaric.

"Meet me a my grams' house. Please, I need your help." She cried into the phone. She only hung up after Alaric told her he was on her way.

Alice was laying on her bed flipping through a magazine when a bright spark flashed to her left. She sat up and waited for the sheet of paper to materialize before setting down the magazine and picking it up. As she read, she knew she would have to tell Jasper that Sophie was saying Goodbye.

"Jasper." She whispered and not three seconds later he was in the room, looking at her questioningly. She handed him the sheet of paper and watched as his face crumpled at the words. He knew she was saying Goodbye. He sat on the edge of the bed and started sobbing dry tears into his hands. She knelt behind him and wrapped her arms around him as he cried. After a few minutes his head snapped up and the determined look on his face told Alice that they would be going to Mystic Falls to do anything they could to get her back. If they ran fast enough, they could be there in less than two hours.

Damon was sitting in his living room drinking after what he considered a long day. He had dealt with the ghost of Mason Lockwood and being speared to almost death. He needed a drink. Stephan was up in his room listening to loud music and drinking a couple college girls dry. Elena was asleep next to him, leaning on his shoulder. He leaned down and kissed her forehead while thinking that his life truly couldn't get much better than sitting here with her. Everyone thought he only enjoyed her company because she was so much like Katherine, but they were wrong. She was nothing like Katherine and everything like Sophie. His first love, who had accepted him as he was. He wouldn't have had to change anything to be with Sophie, but he had fallen into Katherine's trap, and lost the only thing he had ever truly loved. Sophie had died the day before he was turned, and the only reason he didn't kill himself after Stephan had forced his change was because there was nothing for him to go back to. He would surly end up in hell, if he did die, and he knew Sophie was not in hell. She was somewhere in heaven watching over the things she loved the most.

Damon snorted into his glass at that last thought. What would she think of him now? Would she forgive him for his sins, for his horrible deeds, or would she damn him to the darkest pits of hell for what he'd done? Damon heard a pop and a flash, that also woke Elena up, and watched as a crumpled piece of paper floated down into his lap. He picked it up and smoothed it out.

As he read he didn't think, he didn't feel, he couldn't do anything. The sheet of paper slipped out of his hands once he had finished reading. He stared into space while Elena picked it up and read. Once she had finished she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Damon?" She whispered. His head snapped to hers and he finally took a deep breath and let it out slowly. After that, all Elena saw was the slamming of the front door.

I continued to chant as I channeled Emily and Sheila. They surrounded me with strength and love, helping me gather up all of my magik to flood Klaus with it. Just as I was about to finish the chant and flood all my power into Klaus the front door slammed open.

"Sophie!" I heard Bonnie yell. I only had a second before she ran in here, so I finished the chant and screamed as I felt my magik and my life force flow out of me and drown Klaus. I could feel him slipping from this world and fall into the afterlife, where he would be judged and most likely sent to hell. I held on a few seconds longer just to make sure he was stuck there, that he would not come back, ever. I let go of the hold and fell into strong arms just before everything went black.

Damon ran as fast as he could towards Sophie. Even when he was human, he always knew where she was if he needed her. When Katherine told him she had died he hadn't believed her. Sophie had told him that she was an Immortal Witch and he knew she couldn't die. Katherine had somehow convinced him that it was true. He knew now that she had compelled him to believe it, and when Katherine had died the extremely strong compulsion had went away. Then when he realized that she had never come for him he convinced himself that she was dead. He had never considered that Katherine had also lied to Sophie, said something to make her stay away. But he understood now, after reading her goodbye, he understood that Katherine had told her something that make her stay away. Until now.

"Sophie!" He ran faster than he ever had when he heard Bonnie scream. He tried to get into the house, but he couldn't. Sheila had given the house to Bonnie and Bonnie had yet to invite him in.

"Bonnie! Please, let me in!" He yelled into the house as he leaned onto the barrier. Bonnie must have whispered it, because he didn't hear her say a word as he stumbled into the house as the barrier faded.

He ran into the living room to see Alaric lifting Sophie onto the couch and Bonnie wiping blood off her face. He ran over, took the towel from Bonnie and gently wiped the rest of the blood away. He could feel the silent tears dripping down his face and feel the stares that Bonnie and Alaric were sending his way for his show of emotion. He put the bloody towel on the coffee table and gently ran his hands through Sophie's hair. He could hear her heart beat and knew that she was still alive, but it was slow and not very steady. He was scared. Really, completely and horribly scared shitless. He gently kissed her forehead then leaned down and rest his head on her shoulder as he cried silent tears.

He couldn't believe that just minutes after finding out she was alive, he was about to lose her again. He had spent more than a hundred years thinking his first love- no, the love of his life, was dead. Then finding out she was alive and about to kill herself for him. He felt guilty and greater sadness than he had ever felt. He lifted his head and stared at her face. She looked exactly as he remembered. Long black hair, pouty pink lips, angelic face with wide almond like eyes, dark lashes framing stunning blue eyes. She was perfect. He leaned down and kissed her cheek, then spoke softly into her ear.

"Sophie. Come back to me dear heart. I've missed you so much. So much has happened, most that I'm not proud of, but things you need to know. Oh god, Soph. I need you, I've been so lost without you. Please come back dear heart. I love you." He couldn't control his sob's this time. They were loud and heart wrenching. Bonnie couldn't help but watch them and could feel the despair in the air. She had never seen Damon like this, but she knew, now, that what Sophie felt was not one sided.

A soft glow filled the room as they watched Sophie's body float up in the air. Damon stood and stepped back as they watched her float at face level, as her hair billowed as if it was windy in the room. The glow continued to intensify until they couldn't look anymore. once they all turned away it stopped, and when they turned back it was like nothing had happened. Sophie was back on the couch but her heart beat was strong and stable, and her breathing was no longer labored.

"What just happened?" Damon looked at Bonnie and shook his head. He had no clue either.

"They gave her what she wanted." They all turned and looked at the doorway. A man with sandy blonde hair stood with a short, spiky haired woman in his arms.

"What did she want?" Alaric was the only one who could speak. He didn't know Sophie, and while he thought all death was a tragic, he had no emotional ties to her. The blonde man smile and looked back at Sophie.

"A second chance." The woman kissed his cheek and grabbed his hand. She looked over at them and smiled.

"When she wakes up, tell her were at the B&B a couple miles out of town. She has some explaining to do." As they left Damon knelt down by Sophie and kissed her forehead again, a smile starting to form on his face. His cell phone went off and when he saw it was Elena he answered.

"What is-" He tried to speak but she cut him off.

"He's back Damon. He's okay and he's back to himself Damon!" She was sobbing and laughing at the same time.

"What?" He could hardly believe what he was hearing. He looked back to Sophie and realized what she had done. For him. The tears fell out of his eyes as he listened to Elena's voice through the phone.

"It's like he never drank the human blood, Damon! He's absolutely fine. Oh god. I don't understand it, but I've never been this happy in my life!" He chuckled as he listened to her ramble about how Stephan was in control of himself and how he was no longer under Klaus' control.

"Elena, I'm very happy for both of you, but I've got my own girl to take care of. But let me talk to Stephan first." Elena passed the phone over to Stephan who told him the same thing Elena had. That he was fine and it was like he had never let go of his humanity and gave into Klaus' compulsion.

"She's not dead, Stephan." He laughed into the phone. Stephan went silent, he knew the only person Damon would be happy about being alive was Sophie.

"Sophie's alive?" Stephan whispered and Damon laughed and shouted 'Yes' into the phone.

"Were at Sheila's, get your asses over here." He hung up after that and threw the phone and turned to Bonnie and Alaric.

"She fixed everything. She killed Klaus and gave Stephan his humanity and control back." He laughed. Alaric and Bonnie smiled and hugged each other before hugging Damon, who let them. He was too happy to revert to his hard cold shell, but when the thought of what it had cost his dear heart flew through his head, the smile fell from his face. He turned back to Sophie and knelt down by her while brushing the hair from her face.

"But at what cost, dear heart?" And not a second after he asked, Sophie she sad up gasping for air and coughing. Damon quickly sat behind her and pulled her back against his chest. He placed his hand on her chest and took a deep breath, telling her to do the same. They continued to breathe together until she could breathe without coughing and could relax. She took another deep breath, leaned her head back onto his shoulder, and let it out as she turned her face into his neck.

"Damon."

"Sophie." I knew that Sheila was dead, and that I was somewhere in between life and death, so I didn't see anything. I could hear her voice though. She sounded happy.

"I'm so proud of you Soph. You've once again done the impossible."

"Now, we don't have much time, so I have to make this quick. Not only have you done the impossible, but you've made them do the impossible."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, they've decided to give you what you want more than anything."

"They are giving me a second chance?"

"Yes, sweetness. Their giving you your second chance."

"Oh my god. Their making me human?"

"Again, yes. You will keep your powers. Nothing will change except for the fact that you can die now. You will age naturally from now on, and you have to take care of your body. Other than the fact that you will regain your magik, you will be like any other human out there."

Somehow, I knew that it was time for her to go, and me to go back to my body. I would forever miss my best friend but I had to go back and get on with my life. With or without Damon.

"I love you Sheila."

"I love you too Sophie. Tell Bonnie I love her. Oh, and if you decide to let Damon change you, don't worry about them interfering. It will go naturally." After she spoke, I felt a pull downwards. I was being pulled back to my body. I didn't fight it and let myself float back into my body.

As I felt the connection to my body again, I sat up gasping and coughing for air. Someone pulls me back onto their chest and helps me regulate my breathing and when I take a deep breath and recognize the sent I lean back and hide my face in his neck.

"Damon."

Okay, so I just finished this chapter. I finished the first one yesterday and posted it when I knew I could get this chapter done. I've decided to make this either a three or four shot. I've given all the info and made a decent story, so I really just want to wrap it up now. I hope you all like it so far!