Hello lovelies! :) Chapter two is up! I hope you enjoy! Um, also, there really is no POV in this story..I noticed while writing this chapter. I know in chapter one I kind of made it from Caroline's perspective, but that kind of died down in this chapter. I'd say if anything it's now in Elena's perspective :) Anyways, enjoy!
Caroline woke up from having passed out to find that she was in the woods of Mystic Falls, lying next to Bonnie, Tyler, Stefan, Elena, Damon, Klaus, Elijah, Finn, Rebekah, and Kol. All of them were just about waking up. Standing in front of all of them was Esther Mikaelson, her arms crossed with a serious look on her face.
"All of you are here for one simple reason; you are all abominations to this earth and for that reason I cannot be the one to allow your existence to continue," Esther spoke quickly and seriously. "Let's begin with why Elena and Bonnie are here. You first Elena: look at yourself. Hanging around vampires? You come from a long line of ancestors who spent their whole lives trying to protect others from vampires, and here you are dating one? Pretending that deep down they are good inside? And you, Bonnie…casting spells and breaking curses to aid vampires? What happened to the balance of nature and protecting the innocent humans around you? Have you forgotten the basic morals of being a witch? That's why you two are here with the rest of the vampires. You may not be vampires, but your behaviors lately have caused you to be no better than them. I'm here to fix this Mystic Highs problem once and for all.
"So let's talk about what's going to happen within the next three days," Esther continued, harsh and unforgivingly, "I have sent up a force field if you will around the woods of Mystic Falls to keep you all trapped inside until my dirty work is finished. Elena, you will be doing my dirty work. I am giving you three days to kill Bonnie, Tyler, Stefan, Damon, Klaus, Elijah, Finn, Rebekah, and Kol. I have cast a spell over you so that they cannot harm you or kill you, and I have supplied you with weapons that can kill all of them, as well as vervain and wolfsbane grenades that should help you as well. It's simple, if you do not kill them all in three days, I will make sure to do it myself… Only this time I'll first kill your brother Jeremy and your friends Alaric and Matt, while making you watch, then I'll kill all of these people standing here, once again while forcing you to witness, then I'll kill you. The option is up to you. I'll be seeing you in three days. Good luck." And with that she disappeared.
For a moment or two, nobody spoke or moved or anything. Everyone was in complete shock. Caroline looked at Elena with fearful eyes and Elena looked back at her and to everyone else with a sad and helpless look on her face. Caroline knew Elena's best option would be to kill everyone in the woods right now…to just get it over with and move on with her life from there, so at least she, Jeremy, Matt, and Alaric could survive. At the same time, how could she let Elena kill her and everyone she cares about? So Caroline continued to look at Elena, not knowing how the next three days would pan out.
Klaus was the first person to react. It was clear on his face that he was in rage, and he went up to Elena and just like that tried snapping her neck. Stefan reached her first though, blocking Klaus while Kol and Elijah tried holding Klaus back. Damon paced around, deep in thought, while Bonnie silently cried to herself. Rebekah, Finn, Tyler, and Caroline all just looked on, still trying to process everything that was happening right now. Elena was the first to speak.
"I'm not going to kill any of you guys," she said quietly. It was only due to Caroline's hearing ability as a vampire that she could pick up on what she was saying.
"You have to, Elena. You have no other choice. If not, Esther will not only kill us, but also more people you care about. There's nothing you can do about it," Stefan said just as quietly, with a sad look on his face. Elena and Stefan looked at each other for a moment, before Stefan looked away and turned back to where the others were standing.
"No. This will not happen. My mother cannot win this. We are finding a way to stop this, and if not I'll kill Esther myself," Klaus said loudly and angrily, no longer trying to injure Elena, not that it would have worked anyway.
"Well I'm not killing any of you, so we'll just have to find a way to end this, while managing for all of us to remain alive," Elena said calmly and collectively, "No one is dying because of me."
"Don't you get it, Elena? No matter what you do we're all going to end up dead. There's no loophole. My mother wants us dead, she's only using you as the killer to make it more fun for her," Rebekah said, frustrated with the whole situation.
"Don't worry guys, I'll try to think or something that I can do to stop this. For now we just have to remain calm," Bonnie finally spoke up, not entirely sure if she really could do anything. The whole situation was messed up and wrong.
Just then it began to rain. Elena and Bonnie just assumed it was a normal rain shower, until the vampires all began crying out in pain. Stefan managed to cry out "vervain" before they all tried to take cover.
"Esther must be doing this. She's trying to make it easier for you to kill them. If they're weak, you'll be stronger than them," Bonnie figured out, before her and Elena took off after the others, trying to find them. The others had taken shelter in the ruins of the old Lockwood estate, waiting for their wounds to heal up. It continued to downpour for the rest of the night, groans coming every now and again from the vampires. Apparently, Esther had made their healing process much slower than what it normally was, so as to suffer more and give Elena more time to kill.
Elena and Bonnie walked out of the ruins, after the rain had stopped, and began walking and talking, away from hearing distance of the others.
"I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, Bonnie," Elena said quietly and sadly. "I can't just kill you all, but at the same time I can't have you all die and then watch Matt, Jeremy, and Alaric die too."
"Don't worry, Elena. We'll figure something out. Everything will be fine," was all Bonnie could manage to get out before her throat got tight and her eyes began to get watery. "We'll figure something out." They both continued to walk for another half an hour, before they headed back, and fell asleep; exhausted from everything that had happened today. So much for trying to have a normal day.