Stefan POV

Elena kept assuring me that she felt a lot better after some sleep, but I was highly unconvinced. When she talked to me, her eyes would wonder off as if she could see something that I couldn't. A part of me dreaded to see Bonnie. I didn't want this to be as bad as I thought it was going to be – or worse.

I handed Bonnie the bag of frozen peas as her body swayed dizzily forward, back and sideways.

"Thanks," she said, pressing the bag against her temple in a wince. Her eyes suddenly flicked towards Damon angrily. It was almost amusing.

"Oh, what?" Damon whined.

"You didn't have to hit me that hard." she growled.

"Well, excuse me for stopping you from making the biggest mistake of your life. Trust me, I'd know."

"Why don't you two stop antagonising each other and we get right to the point?" I sighed, trying not to sound as annoyed and desperate as I was.

"Fine…Bonnie, could you please tell us why your dead grandmother is now an insane poltergeist?" Damon asked in a soft sarcastic manner.

"She's not insane, she said it was urgent."

"…Anything else?"

"No, she took over my body pretty much immediately."

"Great, so that means you're useless in this situation. Thanks for nothing. See ya!"

"Damon, why don't we just tell her what's going on instead of assuming that she has the mind of God?" I suggested, grasping his arm to prevent him from leaving.

"Yes, please, before I pass out and forget this whole conversation." Bonnie moaned.

"There's something wrong with Elena. When she went into hospital today, she wasn't just suffering from exhaustion." I explained. "She's seeing things; blood."

"Blood?"

"Jeremy said she thought she was in a tub of blood this morning, and she thought her coffee was blood. I think it has something to do with her dying. Maybe the sacrifice had a faulty cord?"

"I think its Klaus. He must have found out Elena's alive and he got a witch so he's trying to make her suffer." Damon added.

"My grams wouldn't try turning her into a vampire for that." Bonnie said.

"She said it was the only way out, what does that mean?" I asked.

"It means there really is something wrong. Gah, I can't think, my head is throbbing!"

"Please Bonnie, I'm begging you, try! I don't know how much longer she can take this."

"God, enough of this!" Damon said impatiently, before biting his hand and shoving it in Bonnie's mouth, startling her. "There, can you think now?"

"What is your problem?!" Bonnie yelled, coughing and wiping her mouth. "You can't just do that, Damon!"

"I can't do anything right anymore, can I?"

"Guys," I called when I noticed one of the grimoires jerking side to side and jittering as if it was trying to force itself open.

Bonnie slowly approached the book and bent down, seeming nervous to open it. The moment she touched it, the book immediately flew open to a page with a bright red glowing symbol standing out from everything else on the page. I knotted my eyebrows in confusion and reached into my back pocket for the folded piece of paper that Elena gave me in the hospital. I unfolded it and just as I thought, the symbol was an exact replica as the one in the grimoire.

"Elena said she sees this too," I said, passing the paper to Bonnie.

"It's exactly the same. Why would Elena…?" Bonnie paused, slowly gasping in realisation as she read the page. "Oh my god," she took hold of the book and skimmed the symbols and small writing that I was sure only she could understand. She looked up at us sadly, pointing to the symbols on the page. "Elena has the Kuran curse."

I had a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I already hated this curse.

"No, no way. I'm done with curses for the next century." Damon said in annoyance more than disbelief.

"Well, nevertheless, she has it."

"W-what do you mean? What is it? How did she get it?" I asked, with a choke I hid at the back of my throat.

"It was a curse that was originally beared by one of the original Kurans, Yuuki."

"Again with the 'original' issue?" Damon grumbled.

"How?" I forced out, trying to hide the pain in my voice.

"The Kurans were pureblood vampires. When Yuuki was only six-years-old her mother put a spell on her to transfer her own life to Yuuki's to make her human and forget her past and especially keep her safe from the hunter who wanted to kill her." Bonnie explained, tracing her fingers under the words on the paper. "Ten years later, Yuuki started hallucinating rooms and objects covered in blood it would have driven her into insanity if…" her voice trailed off.

"If…?" I urged her.

"…If her brother and lover, Kaname Kuran, hadn't turned her into a vampire."

I buried my face in my hands. I promised myself this would never happen to her. There had to be another way out of this. I looked over at Damon. He kept his face blank even though I knew it crushed him.

"Um…" I choked, wiping my eyes from any escaped tears. "S-so, how did Elena get it?"

"Because John did the same thing for her," Damon replied, struggling to keep his blank face intact.

"Minus the memory erasing, it's the exact same spell." Bonnie added.

"She told me this morning she could see herself as a vampire, is that part of the curse?" I asked.

Bonnie flicked through some more pages. "No…it doesn't say she had anything like that."

"She died with the spell and my blood in her system." Damon answered.

"So, her body is trying to react to both." I mumbled.

"She must be going through hell," Bonnie whimpered.

It was all coming together. I felt hopeless, like I couldn't make it better no matter what I did for her. If I turned her she would go through hell, if I let her go crazy she would go through hell.

"Bonnie, there has to be another way. Do anything. Ask for as much help as you can before the day is out."

"There is no other way!" Damon yelled. "Turn her or kill her, which one?"

"I am not killing her!" I growled. "Please Bonnie,"

Bonnie stayed silent, quivering her bottom lip, threatening to cry. "I'll try,"

At that moment, my phone buzzed and I picked it up immediately. "Hey Jeremy, is she okay?"

"I don't know, she's been staring at the mirror for over twenty minutes. I've been trying to talk to her but she won't answer me." Jeremy replied.

"Try putting her on the phone to me,"

Everything was muffled on the other end until Elena's distressed voice popped up. "Stefan?"

"Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?"

"Fangs. I have fangs Stefan, and they hurt and my throat feels like it's on fire. Please come over, I'm scared."

"It's alright Elena, remember it's not real. Just close your eyes and take deep slow breaths."

I could hear her breathing deeply on the phone but she began crying softly. It only made me want to cry with her.

"Please come, Stefan." She sobbed.

"I'm coming Elena, just keep breathing slowly and I'll be right there. I love you."

I hung up and didn't hesitate to head for the door. "Damon," I asked. "I have to get to Elena, could you stay here and call me if anything comes up?"

Damon gave me a fake smile to answer my question.

"I'll do everything I can Stefan, but I can't promise anything." Bonnie called out.

"Stefan," Damon called just as I stepped out the door. "…Take care of her."

I nodded once in assurance and left immediately.

A/N: What do you think? Good twist? Stay tuned for maybe a spicy Stelena scene :) Please keep the reviews up! I'm loving them!