Mystic Falls High Goes To Disney World
Chapter 4: Trust In Me
Elena felt her heart drop to her stomach and chills shiver up her spine. She knew that voice. "Klaus" she said in a sharp breath feeling his thumb running over her knuckles in a mock comforting gesture. As much as she attempted to pull her hand out of his grasp, he was much stronger. Damon where did you go? "Don't even think about screaming" Elena heard Klaus sneer in her ear "because I could slaughter this entire room in seconds. And you know I will. Or maybe your ripper lover boy could do the honors. Your choice". Elena thought about the sweet children and families who were in the room with her and knew that she could never put any innocent lives in danger so she swallowed back the cries that were dying to come out. "Now listen to me" he whispered in her ear as he rubbed a spot on the back of her neck with his free hand "I am on the search for werewolves to join my hybrid army that you are quite aware of and in order for them to survive transformation, I need a sampling of your sweet human doppleganger blood. Now you will deliver to me or I will make this magical world of happiness rain blood. Am I understood, sweetheart?" Elena nodded her head shakily in indication that she understood. "Until later, my lovely" he said as Elena started to tremble. Seconds later, the lights had turned back on in the room and Damon was once again beside her. Klaus had disappeared. Damon felt Elena's tension as he clasped her hand to lead her out of the library with the rest of the group. "Is everything alright?" he asked her with a look of concern on his beautiful face. He doesn't know that Klaus was there she thought to herself puzzled as she looked up at him. "Yeah everything is fine" she said as she forced a smile "just a little nervous about this ride. Twilight Zone sounds like a scary place". He put his arm around her and gave her another reassuring smile "It will be fine. Just hold my hand and it will all be okay". Oh if you only knew.
"Yowza! That was the best ride EVER!" Ana exclaimed as they stepped out the ride elevator. Jennifer and Ana ran ahead to look at the ride photo that was being displayed on the television screens near the ride gift shop. Damon held Elena's hand as they walked together out of the elevator. "Well what did you think of that? Was it too scary for you? Were the drops too big?" Elena held up a hand to stop Damon's questioning. After a few seconds she said "That was the most amazing thing I had ever experienced in my life!" A wide smile quickly spread across Damon's face and Elena jumped into his arms. "Thank you" she said as she leaned her head on his chest. Damon smirked down at her. "For what?" he asked curiously. Elena looked up at him smiling. "Just for everything. I know I can always trust you and that you'll always be here for me". She saw Damon's expression light up and a soft look in his eyes. "Well then you're very welcome" he said as a took her hand in his and led her to the gift shop. "Come on guys!" Jennifer yelled to them as they walked towards her and Ana who was scouring a rack of Tower Of Tower t-shirts. Jennifer grabbed Elena's free hand in one hand and Ana's hand in the other and march out of the gift shop. "Places to go and things to see!"
A few hours later, Elena and her friends had covered almost half of the park. After Tower Of Terror, the three girls and Damon decided to conquer Rock N Roller Coaster. Much to Damon's surprise, Elena was not at all scared of roller coasters even though she had been petrified of dropping rides. Then, they saw many of the shows that the park had to offer including the Beauty And The Beast show which was Jennifer's favorite and Elena could certainly understand why. Not only were the costumes brilliant and the favorite movie songs cheerful but Elena also loved the romantic story of Belle and the Beast falling in love. During the show, Elena could see from the look on Damon's face that he was enjoying the romance too. As the performance came to a close, she could swear that she saw a couple of tears in his eyes but she had some as well. Next stop was the Backlot Tour where Ana and Jennifer bravely volunteered to be stunt actors in the special effects show. Elena took plenty of pictures for them to look at later and to show all of their friends. Now they were waiting in line for the Voyage Of The Little Mermaid show which Ana had been the most excited to see because her idol Ariel was the star. "I'm so excited for this" Ana said cheerfully to Elena as the doors to the main waiting area opened. She nodded in agreement and leaned into Damon who had his arm wrapped around her waist. As the line started to move from the outside line queue into the waiting area, something in the distance caught Elena's eye. Hidden inside one the green archways that welcomed guests to the Animator Courtyard section of the park was Stefan. Her heart started to race again because she knew that he was waiting for her. She also knew that she had to go to him or bad things would happen to good people. I can't let Damon know about this Elena thought to herself as she quickly formed a plan. She pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and held it away from the view of Damon and sent a quick text to Stefan.
I'll come to you alone but I have to escape. Call me now.
Elena knew that Stefan had understood the message because she saw him dial his phone. A few seconds later, her phone started ringing and she pressed the "Answer" button before Damon could see who the call was from. "Who is it?" he mouthed as she answered the phone. Elena started to step out of the line area and walk towards to show's small gift shop. Damon looked towards her with concern and started to follow her. out of the line. "Gotta take this call! It's Jeremy calling to check up on me!" she said cheerfully "Take the girls to see the show! I'll meet you at the exit!" She saw Damon nod in agreement uncertainly as he followed Ana and Jennifer into the waiting area. She waited for the doors to the room to close before she spoke into the phone where Stefan was still on the line. "Where should I meet you?" Elena said shakily. She looked over to the arch and noticed that Stefan had left his previous spot. "Go to the Walt Disney museum. Look for the maintenance door. We'll go from there." Then he hung up.
Elena walked from the Little Mermaid show gift shop down the Animation Courtyard until she arrived at a building with a sign that said Walt Disney: One Man's Dream. The front doors were open and guests were trickling in and out. She followed the guests into the museum and was momentarily distracted by the Walt Disney memorabilia that filled the walls and display cases. As she continued through the museum, a door with the word MAINTENANCE printed across it crossed her eye. Okay here we go Elena thought to herself as she stood before the door and shakilytwisted the door knob. The door was unlocked which was not surprising. She opened the door and slipped inside the dark room, immediately closing the door behind her as not to accidentally let any guests inside. Suddenly a light flipped on in the dark room and she was standing in front of a sinisterly smiling Klaus and a cold faced Stefan. Elena felt like a mouse trapped with two snakes.
Klaus stepped closer to Elena which made her even more nervous than before. "So we meet again, sweetheart" he said as he brushed a cold hand along her chin. Elena shivered at his touch and looked to Stefan for maybe a little help but she knew Klaus's compulsion rewired him to not have feelings for her. Klaus had ripped Stefan's love for Elena from him and now he was under Klaus's complete control. "I believe you remember my simple demand" Klaus sneered into Elena's ear as Stefan took a step forward towards them. Elena saw Stefan reach into his jeans pocket and produced an empty blood with a syringe needle attached and a long clear plastic pipe that connected the needle to the bag. Klaus took a step back and grinned wickedly at Elena. "Now shall I do the honors or would you prefer the ripper do the job?" he said with a sinister laugh. Elena looked into Stefan's eyes and saw nothing but cold hard ripper but she thought that maybe there might be a speck of himself left inside. Couldn't hurt to try she thought to herself as she bravely lifted her wrist and gestured in Stefan's direction. With a approving nod from Klaus, Stefan stepped towards Elena holding the blood bag syringe device. He gently grasped her waiting arm in one hand and produced the syringe needle with the other. Knowing what was going to happen next, Elena squeezed her eyes shut as the needle pierced her arm and her blood was taken from her.
CRASH! Elena quickly opened her eyes as the sound of the door busting open and then there was Damon storming into the room. Oh Damon! Elena thought to herself as he knocked Stefan to the ground and produced a wooden branch that he must have found outside. As Damon was attempting to pin Stefan to the ground, Elena was carefully trying to pull the needle from her arm. After she had successfully detached her arm from the bag, Elena looked around and realized that Klaus had escaped from the room. While Damon was still distracted by his struggle with Stefan, she grabbed a long piece of broken wood from the door ran out into the museum. Not to much of a surprise, she found Klaus flirting with one of the guests. Not flirting Elena thought to herself as she studied the look in the familiar young women's eyes he's compelling her! Klaus's back was to Elena so she attempted to sneak behind him. The young woman under his spell was about Elena's height with long straight light brown hair worn down topped by a pair of sequined Minnie Mouse ears. She had a slim build and was wearing blue jeans and a pink tank top. From the look in her eyes, Elena could tell that the woman had an immediate crush on the seemingly charming young man that stood before her. Be brave and fearless she thought to herself and she loomed right behind Klaus and positioned her makeshift stake for attack. Just as she was about to plunge the stake into his back, Klaus swiftly spun around to face Elena with a firm grip on the mystified young woman's neck. He pulled the woman in front of him and brushed the hair off of her neck before baring his fangs to the skin by her throat. "We had a deal sweetheart" he said as he looked up from the woman's neck to Elena "and you know that when things disturb my plans, I get angry". Elena pleaded silently for him to let the woman go but he was not having it. Klaus turned to look at the woman again. "My dear Jenny" he said with a mocking soothing voice "you are not going to scream, my love. Understood?". Before Jenny could even nod, Klaus had sunk his teeth into her neck and viciously fed until she fell limp in his arms.
Klaus let Jenny's limp body fall to the ground and just as Elena ran to catch her, he was gone in a flash. Completely shaken, Elena bent to the floor and collected the women in her arms. I have to get her out of here before people start to wonder. She proceeded to walked quickly towards the Maintenance closet just as a frantic and angry Damon was running out of there. "What the hell is going on?" Damon shouted to Elena as he approached her. Elena couldn't speak because all that escaped from her mouth were sobs and tears were running freely down her cheeks. Damon's look softened at her mortified expression and he lifted his arms to take Jenny's body. Just as she was handing over the body, Elena saw Jennifer and Ana running towards them from the entrance to the museum. "What happened Damon? Why did you disappear on us?" Jennifer exclaimed to Damon as Ana trailed behind her. Immediately, both girls caught sight of the dead body in Damon's arms. Jennifer covered her face with her hands and let out a shocked "Omigod". Ana looked just as mortified but Elena saw something else. She noticed that Ana's eyes were drawn Jenny's neck where there was the still bleeding open wound from Klaus's bite. All of a sudden, there were hungry vampire veins around Ana's eyes which had transformed from their usual pretty shade of brown to a blood colored red. Fangs were protruding from her gums and she looked like she was ready to pounce. Damon tried to stop her before she could reach Jenny but it was too late. Ana knocked the body out of Damon's arms and fed hungrily from her neck.
Thankfully, Damon was able to quickly rip Ana from Jenny's body before she had gone completely over the edge. It does not seem like Ana put up much resistance and seemed more shocked at what she had just done than anything else. Damon then deposited a frightened Ana over to Jennifer and proceeded to quickly dispose of the body inside of the Maintenance closet before any possibly onlookers could see what had happened. Elena watched Damon lay the woman's body on the floor of the closet and then find the door key that was played on one of the built-in shelves lined with cleaning supplies. He then stepped out of the closet, locking the door behind him and then proceeding to stick the key into his pocket. Then Damon immediately went to Elena and pulled her into his arms. Elena allowed him to hold her tight as her tears continued to flow. She could feel him smoothing her hair and whispering comforting things into her ear. She pulled back to look at him and noticed that his expression had completely softened. "Do you want to tell me what is going on?" he said to Elena with extreme patience. I trust him. Elena nodded her head and pulled out of his arms. She looked over to Ana who was sitting next to Jennifer on the ground and coming back to the sweet calm girl she was moments before the incident had occurred. "I need to talk with Damon alone for a moment" Elena said as Damon's hand closed around hers and he started leading her to a nearby quiet seating area by the museum's film theater.
After making sure she was comfortably seated next to him, Damon once again took Elena's hand in his and she began to tell him the whole story. She told him about the demand that Klaus had made to her when they were in the dark together and his threats if things didn't go his way. She told him how scared she felt but how she didn't want to tell him because she was scared that lots of innocent people would die if she did. She confessed how she tried to act normal and like everything was fine after that because she didn't want sweet Ana and Jennifer to fear that there was still danger around them. Then she told him how she had ran off to Stefan and Klaus to deliver on her part without him finding out and what Klaus had made Stefan do to her. When she had finished her story, Elena looked up to Damon, afraid of what his expression would show. Much to her surprise, he looked relieved. Seconds later, she was pulled into Damon's arms again and he held her as he had before. When he pulled back, Elena saw a relieved grin on his face and eyes that were full of love. "Oh Elena" he said as he brushed his fingers along her cheeks "I knew something was going on but I wasn't sure what. But I should have guessed that my ripper-fied brother and than demonic hybrid would have been the cause. I want you to know that you should never be afraid to tell me anything. No matter what. Do you understand me?". Damon's face was now inches from hers. When she saw his beautiful blue eyes piercing into hers, she couldn't help herself. Elena placed her hands on either side of Damon's face and pressed her lips to his. And then Damon kissed her like she had never been kissed before. "I trust you" she murmured against his lips before settling comfortably into the crook of his neck.
