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Alice sighed as she walked back in to the boarding house the next day, a cup of coffee in her hand and her grimoire in the other. She couldn't understand why they had invited her to these meeting about the sacrifice. The only reason she could think of is that she was a witch and they thought she could help. She couldn't in any way since she doesn't know much about Klaus' curse except what it was. She doesn't know who had put the curse on him or what were the requirements to break it.
Elijah turned around as she entered the library, smiling over at her. She looked over at him, greeting him with a small nod. Elena and Stefan were in the room too, giving Alice a short greeting before turning back to Elijah. Alice sat down in one of the arm chairs, opening her grimoire to a certain page and reading through it.
"Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse." The Original informed them, turning back towards the couple.
"Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake?" Stefan questioned, trying to make sure that Elena was right, "That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus."
"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it..." He sighed, "He'll be a true hybrid."
Damon came downstairs then, "Then why are we letting him break the curse? We can kill him today. With Bonnie." He walked over to stand behind Alice, his hands resting on the back of the chair.
"Damon..." Stefan trailed off.
"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying." Elena told him sternly.
"I'll write her a great eulogy."
Alice decided to speak up. She looked up at Damon and growled lowly, "It's not an option, Damon." He sighed in defeat, not saying another word.
"All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked once Damon was done arguing with Elena.
"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know." Elijah answered, looking between the four of them.
Stefan nodded slowly, "The moonstone."
"A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each."
"And where do I fit into it?" The doppelganger asked Elijah.
"The final part of the ritual." He walked over to a shelf and pulled off a small wooden box, "Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger..." He looked over at Elena, about to break the news, "To the point of your death."
Damon looked over at Elena which caused Alice take his hand, squeezing it reassuringly. He smiled down at her, thankful that she was attempting to comfort him. Stefan took Elena's hand and copied Alice's action. The doppelganger squeezed back before looking over at Elijah who was taking out a small jar from the box. The Montgomery witch was suddenly interested in the object, wanting to know if it would work or not.
"And that's where you come in." Elena said, her voiced strained.
Elijah held up the small jar, "This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."
"So I'll be dead?"
"And then you won't."
Damon scoffed, "That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" He looked over at Elena, "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"
"Those rings only work on humans. The doppelganger's a supernatural occurrence. Odds are, the ring won't work." Elijah told him, telling him his theory would not work.
"I'll take those odds over your elixir." Damon sneered. He looked over at the doppelganger with concern in his eyes, "What if it doesn't work, Elena?"
She shrugged, "Then I guess I'll just be dead." Damon growled lowly before stroming out of the room, causing Alice to sigh. She wanted to go after him but decided it was better to just stay here. She would talk to him after they were done talking with Elijah.
"Do we know if Klaus has everything he needs to do this? Does he have a werewolf?" asked Elena as she looked over at Elijah.
"Klaus has been waiting to break this curse for over a thousand years. If he doesn't already have a werewolf, my guess is by tonight, he will."
Alice never moved from her spot. A part of her wanted to go after Damon but Stefan had beaten her to it so instead, she stayed with Elena. Elijah stood near one of the shelves, looking at the books.
"You'd think he'd understand why I'm willing to do this." Elena said to no one in particular, referring to Damon.
Elijah turned towards her, a questioning look on his face, "Why are you?"
"I'm the key to breaking the curse. Klaus is here because of me. If I don't stop him, then he's going to hurt people. It's that simple." Just as Alice had suspected. She was always that selfless when it came to her friends. Elena would do anything to keep her family and friends safe, even if it meant dying. Alice also knew from just seeing the exilr, there must be a slight chance it won't work.
"You know, there's a possibility this elixir won't work. I don't want to mislead you." Elijah told her, proving Alice's theory.
Elena nodded, "I know the chance I'm taking."
The moment was interrupted by Jenna yelling upstairs causing the three of them to join her. She stood with a crossbow pointed at Alaric, who could still be Klaus. He had his hands up in surrender as she held her finger on the trigger. Alice's hand flew up, ready to stop it if she needed to stop an arrow.
Elena looked between the two of them, shocked, "What's going on?"
"It's me, Elena, I swear, ok? He let me go. Klaus let me go." Alaric pleaded for them to know it was him and not Klaus.
"Prove it." Damon nodded at him, ready to attack if it was Klaus.
Alaric turned toward Jenna, "Ok, uh, first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to..."
He was cut off by Jenna who quickly put down the cross bow, "Okay, it's him."
"Why did he let you go?" Alice asked, lowering her hand to her side.
"He wanted me to deliver a message." He sighed, looking over at Elena with sympathy, "The sacrifice happens tonight."
Everyone had moved downstairs to talk about what Alaric had done when Klaus was in his body. Alice sat next to Stefan, his arm wrapped around her shoulder comfortingly. He knew she was worried about Damon and the sacrifice. She wanted to stop it but there was no way should could.
"So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan asked the hunter who sat across from them.
Alaric shook his head, "No. It's like I blacked out and woke up 3 days later. Katherine was there."
"She's under compulsion. Damon snuck her some vervain, but she can't leave until Klaus tells her she can." Stefan told him.
Elena looked around, seeing the raven haired vampire no where in sight. She jumped to her feet, "Where is Damon?"
Jenna pointed towards the staircase, "I saw him go upstairs." Elena left after that, going to find him. Alaric turned back to the remaining group, clasping his hands in front of him with his elbows on his knees, "So what else did I do?"
"Well, you owe me an alarm clock." Alice said bluntly, causing Stefan to chuckle. She was trying to lighten the mood since everything seemed depressing in here.
Alaric raised his eyebrows at her, "Why do I owe you one?"
"I blew mine up since it was annoying me." She told him, "I asked Klaus when I thought it was you to buy me an alarm clock and he didn't. So, since I meant to ask you and you never delivered, you owe me."
"I'm not buying you an alarm clock, Alice." He said, shaking his head at her. She groaned before deciding to tell him what else he had done.
"I showed you some really cool constellations on your classroom ceiling but Klaus' got to see it instead of you." Alice told him with a small smirk on her face.
Stefan gasped in realization, "So that's where you went at the dance. Why did you even leave?"
"It was crowded and Damon left me to fend for myself. I didn't want to dance with AlariKlaus so we went to the classroom and I did some magic." She said with a small shrug. Elijah smiled over at her as she defended herself. She seemed to light up the room every time she said something.
"Can you show it to us now?" Jenna asked with a smile on her face. Alice was going to but Stefan got up and use his vampire speed to go upstairs. Everyone but Elijah jumped up and followed after him, going to Damon's room. Alice's hand flew to her mouth at what she saw.
Elena's mouth was covered in blood, most likely forced to drink Damon's blood. She was crouched down next to Stefan who had a makeshift stake in his stomach. Damon stood not to far from them, glaring at Stefan.
"What the hell's going on?" Alaric yelled out looking between the three of them.
Elena was looking at Damon with hatred, "Get him out of here!"
Alaric went toward Damon but he pushed past him, leaving the room. Alice sighed, looking over at Damon who was furious. She was going to go after him later.
"Oh, my God." Jenna watched as Elena tried to rip the stake out of Stefan's stomach.
Alaric turned towards his girlfriend, "Ok, Jenna, downstairs are some blood bags. Go get them now. Go!" She left quickly as Elena finally pulled out the stake from Stefan's stomach. He sighed in relief, resting his head on Elena's lap.
"It's ok. It's ok. You're going to be ok." She assured him, petting his hair.
Stefan seemed as if he was about to cry, "I'm so sorry."
"Shh. It's ok."
"I'm sorry."
After getting everything settled, Alice went out on her search for Damon. Alaric had come with her, just in case he does something reckless that he couldn't forget. Their first destination was the Mystic Grill where the raven haired vampire would most likely be.
They had been right. When they first entered the Grill, Damon was already making his way towards the bar. Alice followed after him, walking up to the bar. Damon ordered a drink while Alaric order Alice and him the same. Alice sat down next to Damon, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I screwed up." Damon whispered as the waiter gave him his drink.
"Yeah. Yeah, you did." said Alaric who was sitting on the other side of Damon. Alice had gotten her drink, chugging it down in one gulp. She needed it with everything going on.
"Gentlemen? Why so glum?" A new voice appeared from beside Alice. She felt someone brushing her hair off her shoulder, causing her to freeze up, "Just like I remembered." She looked up and met Klaus' gaze, almost gasping at the sight of him. He grinned down at her, still playing with her hair.
Damon looked over and groaned, "Ugh. Klaus, I presume."
"In the flesh." Klaus looked over at Alaric and smirked, "Thanks for the loaner, mate."
Damon got up from his seat, walking over to Klaus. He made Alice stand up, trying to get him away from Klaus. He placed her behind him as an attempt to protect her before turning to Klaus, "Any reason you stopped by to say hi?"
"I'm told you and your brother fancy my doppelganger. Just thought I'd remind you to not do anything you'll regret." Klaus then looked over Damon's shoulder, seeing the witch now glaring at him, "And let's not forget my lovely Alice is here. "
Alice cringed at the way he said she was his. She didn't belong to anyone, especially him. Though deep down, she felt as if it was almost right for him to say that. She suppressed the feeling and focused on her hatred towards him.
"Ha. Thanks for the advice." Damon said sarcastically, "I don't suppose I could talk you into a postponement, by any chance, huh?"
Klaus chuckled, "You are kidding?" He looked over towards Alaric, "He is kidding, right?"
He shook his head, "No, not really."
"I mean, come on, what's one month in the whole grand scheme of things?" Damon asked, keeping his attitude.
Klaus became angry with him, "Let me be clear..." He took a dangerous step forward, "I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up." He looked over at Alice and smirked, "I'll be seeing you soon, Alice." He left after that, causing Alice to let out a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. She quickly grabbed the bag she had brought with her and her jacket, wanting to go home as soon as she could. She began walking away from the bar but Damon called after her.
"Hey, where are you going?"
She turned around quickly, "I- I can't be here, Damon. Not with him around." She said, her voice shaky and breaking. Alice was almost crying and she didn't know why. She was afraid of his for some reason even though she could take him down easily.
Damon got up, ready to run after her but she was already out the door and he had better things to do.
Alice slammed the door to her home, sliding down the back of it. She had never felt fear, never. She had always been the brave girl that wasn't afraid of anything in the world. She wasn't even afraid of the vampire that had killed her parents, she just looked him straight in the eye and set him on fire. Bravery was her middle name pretty much and now, she didn't know what had happened.
She must of feared Klaus for the reason that he was capable of killing her friend and was going to. Alice didn't want to see Elena's blood spilled for a curse placed on him. He was going to sacrifice her for his own selfish need. A part of her also wanted to believe that Klaus wasn't real, but there he was, standing there.
Then there was her dreams and how Elijah had suggested that she had died. She wondered if Klaus had killed her but she doubted that. He seemed to love her in every single one she had. They had suddenly become more frequent, showing her flashbacks from her past. She couldn't remember any of it but she knew she loved him and he loved her. That was her fear, him loving her. And at one point, she had loved him.
She rubbed her eyes, causing her make up to smudge. A sigh escaped her lips as she leaned her head back against the cool wood of the door. She closed her eyes, taking deep breaths as an attempt to calm herself.
When Alice became calm, she heard a soft knock on her door. She stood up and cleaned up her make up with her thumb, wiping the dark black marks away. Her hand reached the for the knob and she opened the door, coming face to face with the last person she wanted to see.
"Hello, love." He greeted her with a small smirk. She had never got a good look at him until now. His hair was an ashy blond color that suited him perfectly, naturally curly which was a plus. His lips were a red velvet color that could make a girl swoon if he used them. The most noticeable thing about him were his eyes. A dull blue color that seemed to have a lot of emotion behind them. Alice could see how he was feeling through them.
She opened her mouth to speak but couldn't bring herself to say anything to him. He stared at her for a moment before speaking, "Are you going to invite me in?"
"N- no." She stuttered, shaking her head, "Why are you here?"
"You don't have to be afraid of me, love. I'm not going to hurt you."
"How did you know where I live?" She asked him shakily, ready to use her magic if she needed to. He wasn't allowed her, not now, not ever.
Klaus smiled at her, an actual smile that made Alice confused, "It's not hard to find where someone lives in a small town like this. All I had to do was ask the nearest person."
"Fantastic. Was that all you wanted? To know where I live?" Her responses were short and sharp, not wanting to show any kindness towards him. He was going to kill her friend tonight and he already attempted to kill her best friend.
He walked closer to the door, inches away from stepping inside if he could, "Alice I have missed you so much."
"I'm not the Alice you think I am, Klaus. I don't even know who you are really. You're the guy who wants to sacrifice my friend for your benefit. You also killed my best friend Bonnie." Alice held her hand up, ready to recite a spell, "Now get off my porch."
"Alice, love-"
"Abeunt!" Alice yelled out, sending him flying off her porch with magic. He flew on to her front yard, crashing down on the grass. She glared at him as he slowly sat up, "I suggest you leave before I kill you."
Klaus tried to speak to her again, but she let out an angry growl before throwing another spell his way. He went down, clutching his head as she gave him an aneurysm. She looked over at him with hatred, "Did I not make myself clear? I want you gone and to not bother me again."
With that, she ended the spell and slammed her door shut.
Klaus stormed up to Alaric's apartment, muttering a series of colorful words. Alice had done some damage to him. Even though she didn't do any physical damage, she had done some emotional. The girl he had loved for over a thousand years hated him and didn't remember anything about him. It was upsetting him that after all these years of mourning her, she was back and wanted nothing to do with him except help plan his demise.
He swung the door open, stomping inside the threshold. Katherine turned around and looked at him, noticing his anger, "Everything ok?"
"What have you been doing?" Klaus questioned, not meeting her gaze. His tone of voice was dangerous and low which made Katherine on edge.
"Making coffee." She answered, lying. She had gotten a visit from Damon earlier, but she wasn't going to tell him that. Katherine kept up her innocent act, "Do you want some?"
Klaus rushed over to her, strangled her, and compelled her, "Tell me what you've been doing." He growled out.
Katherine was chocking on air, but she managed to reply, "Making coffee."
He released her from his hold. She began to caress her throat as she turned around, not wanting to look at him.
"Wait. Take off your bracelet." He told her. Faking to be compelled, she took it off and handed to him. He smirked, "Now, I want you... to walk over to the window and stand in the sunlight."
Katherine's eyes widened, "But I'll burn."
"You don't have a choice." He replied.
Hesitantly, she walked over to the open window, exposing herself to the sunlight. Her skin began to burn and blister. Katherine screamed loudly in pain, causing Klaus to smile. He was enjoying this.
He let her burn for a moment more, "That's enough." He told Katherine. She ran into the corner of the room, hiding from the sun in the shadows, "Guess I was wrong." Klaus said smirking, "All right, then. I need you to do something for me."
Alice made her way out to her car, pushing her messy hair back. She needed to get to the witch house before dark which was creeping upon her. Suddenly, her phone began ringing.
"Hello?" She said, answering her phone.
"Witchy, can you come help a brother out?" Damon asked as soon as she answered his call.
Alice furrowed her brows together, "Um, not really. I have to get the witch house like now. Why? What's wrong?"
"I'm saving Elena's life. And Barbie's and Lockwood's." He answered calmly.
She almost screamed, "Damon? Are you trying to die? You went out to save two people for Elena that will most likely cause your own supernatural death?!" Okay, so she was screaming. Lucky for her, she didn't have any neighbors.
"I'll be fine, Alice. Just make sure Klaus doesn't take Elena."
Alice sighed, throwing her grimoire into the passenger seat of her car, "She's with Stefan today, Damon. He'll make sure nothing happens to her. Plus, if Klaus does try to take her while I'm around, I'll fight tooth and nail."
"Good, good." Damon replied nonchalantly.
"Damon, be careful. If I find you dead I'm not bringing you back to life." Alice joked as she slid in to her car and turned it on, backing out the driveway.
"I will be as safe as I can." He said, "Love you, lil' sis."
She chuckled, "Love you too, big bro." With that she hung up, taking of down the street and towards the forest.
It was dark already and Klaus was going to go get the doppelganger. He was prepared if he needed to take out any vampires along with it. He didn't have to worry about the witches because Alice wasn't here, he already knew. He would be able to smell her if he could. The Bennett witch wasn't a problem either, being dead and all.
Klaus slowly approached where Stefan had parked his car. Elena slowly got out and smiled at Stefan, "Thanks for today."
The hybrid grinned as Stefan quickly placed himself in front of Elena when he had sensed him. They both turned their heads and met Klaus' eyes.
"You got me all nervous. I thought maybe you'd done something stupid." Klaus commented with a smirk. He turned towards Elena, "You ready, my dear?"
She nodded, "I'm ready." She went towards him, but Stefan stopped her.
"No."
"I wouldn't. No reason for you to die, too." Klaus told him.
Elena turned around and gazed at Stefan, but he couldn't take his eyes of Klaus, "No. Stefan, hey, hey, it's fine, it's fine. I'll go. No one needs to get hurt. There's no reason for you to get hurt." She kissed him softly, "I love you."
Stefan smiled sadly, "I love you." They kissed again.
Oh how Klaus hated those words today. He began getting impatient, ready to leave with Elena.
"Close your eyes. Close your eyes." Elena told Stefan and he did.
Klaus swiftly grabbed Elena, causing her to let go of Stefan's hand. When he felt that, he opened his eyes and noticed that she was gone.
After sending Elena off with Greta, Klaus walked back into Alaric's apartment, trying to find his other witch. He wasn't there.
"Where's Maddox? He should be back by now." Klaus questioned.
Katherine shrugged, "I don't know." Klaus sat down at a desk and opened up the laptop. She looked around the room, half expecting her doppelganger to be there, "What are you doing? Where's Elena?"
"I sent her off with Greta." Klaus muttered as he watched Jules, the werewolf who was currently transitioning , "It's almost time." Suddenly, the door slammed open and in walked Damon Salvatore, "I wasn't aware you'd been invited in."
Damon smirked proudly at himself, "I've come here to tell you that you have to postpone the ritual."
Klaus sighed, "Didn't we already have this conversation?"
"Yeah, but that was before I rescued your werewolf and vampire and killed your witch."
Klaus got up from his seat, angered by what he had just heard, "Excuse me?"
"And you can kill me for it. I don't care. It was all me." Damon replied, not caring what Alice would think of what he had just said.
"Katerina, give us a moment." Klaus told her. She looked over at them before leaving, "I've heard about you. The crazy, impulsive vampire in love with his brother's girl. I knew one of you would try to stop me. It was a just a 50/50 guess on who." Klaus smiled and showed him the video of Jules, "The nice thing about werewolves is they tend to travel in packs. Need a closer look?"
He tossed him the phone so he could see better. Damon's eyes widened, "Jules."
"When you spend a thousand years trying to break a curse..." Klaus trailed off, smirking, "You learn a thing or two. First rule... always have a back-up. Back-up werewolf. Back-up witch."
"Back-up vampire." Damon finished for him.
"I've got that covered, too." Klaus replied before snapping Damon's neck.
Alice frowned as she looked at the walls of the witch house, thinking to herself. She seemed to be off into space to the other witch in the room.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Bonnie asked her softly, looking up from her grimoire.
Alice sighed, shaking her head, "I've got a really bad feeling about tonight."
A/N: Two updates! You're welcome! Please R&R
- Karina