Abby crouched down on her knees leaning closer to Sarah, she cupped her face and wiped away her falling tears.

"Everything is going to be okay, Sarah. But I'm going to need your help. Are you hurt?" She said softly to her.

Sarah nodded aimlessly muttering a weak 'I'm fine' to her and turn to look at her uncle, his lifeless body felt cold in her hands. Tears started to leak from her eyes again as the reality of him being gone forever started to set in. She knew he was dead but couldn't understand why? Abby turned Sarah's face away from her uncle and back towards her.

"We have to get out of here before somebody finds us. But I can't do this alone, I'm going to need you to help me. Okay?" Sarah slowly nodded in response and Abby stood up pulling her up along with her. She led her towards the body of Mikael but Sarah stopped her a few feet away. "It's fine, Sarah. He can't hurt you anymore. Come on." Abby coaxed her to step forward, they both approached the body slowly.

Abby's right foot touched the outer curve of his thigh, she kicked him hard tossing him on his back. His eyes suddenly jerked open and stared at them widely. Sarah jumped back terrified backing away from him when Abby's voice stopped her.

"He can't move, he can't hurt you, Sarah. But I need to make sure he's kept somewhere deserted so noone will ever find him and right now I need you to help me load him into the back of my SUV."

"Okay" Sarah said softly but her mind was still troubled, she needed to know why her uncle just dropped dead right in front of her. "Why is my uncle dead, Abby? This man didn't kill him, he just fell to the ground exactly the same way he did." Sarah asked pointing towards Mikael.

"We'll discuss everything later but right now we have to load him onto the back of my car and get the hell out of here. Grab his legs, I'll get his arms and we'll drag him." Abby said quickly trying to avoid the girl's burning gaze but Sarah wanted to know the truth, her mind was reeling with continuous questions.

"No. I need to know what happened right now." She said adamantly.

Abby raised her eyes to look at her, she was suprised by her outburst but she didn't blame her, she would have lost her mind if she'd been through what Sarah had in her short lifetime, she reminded her so much of her own daughter back home. But she couldn't bring herself to tell her the truth but she knew she had to she deserved that much for losing her family the way she did.

"Sarah, Do you know why your uncle contacted me?" Abby asked cautiously trying to find out how much the girl was actually aware about.

"He said you could help us that we would finally be able to stop running." She responded choking back her tears realizing all her hopes of their life together had been shattered in a matter of minutes.

"Did he mention anything else?" Abby asked slowly approaching her and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"What do you mean?" Sarah said wiping her tears away.

"Did he tell you who he is?" Abby said nodding towards Mikael paralysed body.

"No, He didn't"

"Well his name is Mikael. He wanted to kill my best friend's daughter ten years ago but we managed to lure him away. I left to find a way to get rid of him and after years of many dead ends I met Alex. He knew a lot more about Mikael than I'd ever put together myself. He told me he'd been running for three years that Mikael was after you too. He said he had a plan to finally get rid of him but he needed a witch." Abby explained but stopped looking at Sarah's expression.

"Witch?" Sarah whispered looking at her confused.

"Yes, you do know what Mikael is, don't you?" After a moment of silence she spoke

"I saw his face it was horrible but I don't understand how it could be possible." Abby was slightly amused that she had a hard time believing in vampires and witches when her very existence was something only made from myths.

"He's a Vampire, He's one of the first ones ever created and they do exist, so does witches. I was the only one willing to help your uncle because we both wanted to protect you and my friend's child too."

"Help him how?" Sarah asked eagerly.

"He wanted Mikael dead but a vampire can only died when it's stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake." Abby explained.

"But he wasn't stabbed with a wooden stake."

"Yes, your uncle told me that an ordinary stake couldn't kill Mikael, he's the first and its damn near impossible to kill him. So he found another way to get rid of him, it was a spell he found that would incapacitate him instead, but even then no witch in their right mind would ever agree to perform such a spell it's too dangerous and would need them to tap into some seriously deathly dark magic."

"But you did, didn't you?" Sarah said glancing at Mikael whose eyes were still open.

"Yes, I did. My friend's child would be safe that's the only thing that mattered." Abby said solemnly.

"But that doesn't explain what happened to my uncle, why is he dead?" Sarah asked angrily

"The spell would literally stop the heart of a vampire and then all traces of his blood would disappear from his body drying him out completely. However the magic used is really old and complex, to stop a vampire's heart would require me to stop a human heart as well. It's the laws of magic it forces itself to balance out." Abby explained calmly.

"Are you saying, you stopped my uncle's heart so you could paralyse him?" Sarah's said furiously glaring at her and then Mikael.

"No I'm telling you that I did the spell your uncle begged me to do to save your life. He asked me to use him against my better judgement I agreed." Abby replied firmly.

"What about the needle with the red liquid?" She asked softly looking down trying her best to understand.

"My blood is needed for me to connect to Mikael so I could perform the spell that's why your uncle injected it into his chest." Abby explained.

"Why? Why would he do that?" Sarah said unable to understand the situation in front of her.

"He loved you and he wanted you safe. He left you a letter explaining everything, he told me to give it to you in case we didn't have enough time but first we need to load Mikael into my car and get going." Abby replied leaving no room for discussion as she grabbed Mikael's arms, Sarah stared at her but finally relented and approached Mikael's body cautiously. She stood an inch away from his boots, his eyes roaming over her face as she lowered herself to grab his ankles, together they lifted him but they could only lift him a couple of inches off the ground and ended up dragging him the entire way. Abby unlocked the back of the car and they both shoved Mikael's body into it, she then told Sarah to grab her uncle's things.

"What about his body? I won't leave him here." Sarah said unrelenting.

"No we won't we'll load him up front with us but for now just go gather his things." Sarah nodded reluctantly and made her way to the turned over car, the sight of her uncle's body knocked the wind out of her. His pale face turned her stomach when she lowered herself besides him, she felt broken, he sacrificed himself so she could be safe. Abby made her way towards her and came to stand beside her.

"Sarah, I know this must be hard, but we really have to leave soon." Abby said softly. Sarah only nodded in reply as she grabbed her backpack and rummaged through the car for her uncle's belongings. Abby then lowered herself besides her uncle and started looking through his coat, Sarah sat up startled by her actions.

"What are you doing?" she asked aggressively.

"Helping?" Abby replied.

"I can do it myself. Thanks." Sarah replied softly regreting her outburst and then shoved the things into her backpack. Once she was sure nothing was left behind they began to dragged her uncle to the car in silence. They strapped him in the backseat, Sarah kissed his forehead and got into the front placing her backpack on her lap. Abby followed suit putting the keys into the ignition and popped open the glove compartment pulling out a white envelope and handing it to her, she then started the car driving off before anybody could spot them. Sarah took envelope and opened it quickly her fingers trembling as Abby's gaze remained on the road ahead of her, she didn't know what it contained but she knew he'd never let her down and it gave her a sense of comfort to know in some way he was with her.

Hey Kiddo,

I know you must be mad at me but If there was any other way I'd never take such a drastic step. Mikael is someone who has been after our family for centuries even before you were born and yes it's because of how special you and your mom are. I lost your mom and dad, kid. But I swore to them I wouldn't let him hurt you. I love you, Sweetheart. I know I've left you with a lot of unanswered questions but you'll soon figure out what you truly are.

Your abilities will only improve but you'll learn a lot more about them in your mother's journal which is hidden safely in our family estate. Don't be afraid kiddo, you won't be alone in this, my best bud Zach is going to be looking out for you. He knows what you are and he knows a lot more about it than I give him credit for, there are things I haven't told you that I wish I could but I know your smart and you'll figure it out sooner or later. I've had everything in our family's possessions turned over to you. You'll be able to get it all on your eighteenth birthday which will be a very special day for you. Abby will take you to Zach and he'll fill you in on everything you need to know. Watch out for yourself, Sweetheart. I love you kid, be strong for me and don't you dare cry for me your too beautiful for tears.

Your partner in crime, Uncle Alex.

Sarah held the letter close to her chest and was lost in his words she was confused about what he mean't by her being special. Nevertheless the letter bought her some comfort but she still felt her heart being ripped into pieces. Abby glanced at her and felt sorry for the child she knew she needed time and focused on the road ahead. Sarah took a deep breath and asked softly

"Where does Zach live? Am I going to be staying with him?"

"Zach's a nice guy, he lives in Mystic Falls. It's in Virginia. I use to live there years ago too. He'll take care of you, your uncle made arrangements weeks ago. So you have nothing to worry about." Abby reassured her while her gaze was still on the road ahead.

"Are we going there now?"

"Yes, we are."

"Okay" Sarah whispered staring out the window feeling numbingly alone. All she wanted was her uncle back, she felt cursed to lose everyone she's ever loved. She tried to tough it out, drown out the pain just like she did when her parents died. But all she wanted was to see her uncle's face light up once again whenever he'd call her kiddo. She sniffed back her tears reminding herself to be strong that her mom, dad and uncle wouldn't want to see her breaking this way. She just truly hoped that this was the end to the series of infinite heartaches she'd have to endure especially now that she had noone left to lose.

Five years later...