A/N: Okay so here's chapter 8. Two more to go and then I'm finally done with this story! I hope you like this chapter, there's more Klaus and his plans and stuff like that ;) Oh, and once I'm done with this story, I think I might stick to one-shots of stuff for a while until I finish all my other stories that are still haunting me :P xoxo, Avril

Chapter Eight: The Tragedy

The Salvatore girls, all four of them, had faced some very strange things from the moment they were brought into their parents lives. First off, they obviously did not have a normal childhood, they grew up knowing their parents were vampires, things most people were supposed to be scared of. Instead of being told to stay out of something like their mother's make-up, they were told to keep out of the blood fridge their parents kept. They grew up around the stuff, watching their parents drink it, knowing what it was, but never even flinching around it. They also grew up knowing that their parents would look the exact same way all their life, never changing a single thing, the only thing that changed was them, while their parents seemed to stay unchanged. They grew used to seeing their parents face change from time to time, the veins under their eyes, the fangs in their mouth, though it was rare to see it, they had seen it enough to not be scared of it. They knew about how fast their parents were and how strong they were, they knew everything about vampires that there possibly was to know and yet, somehow, were able to be somewhat normal teenage girls. But they always knew one thing that would happen to them when they turned 18: their parents would give them a choice.

It was discussed when they were all around 13 and thought that vampires were the best thing ever, so the parents settled on giving them all a choice when they got older, if they still wanted to be vampires, they wouldn't fight them on it and they would change them. But if they wanted to stay human, they would let them be and still treat them as their little girls, even though they would go on knowing that their little girls would probably die long before they would. This choice meant everything to all the girls, though none of them knew what they would choose in two years, they thought about it all the time, the ups and downs about being a vampire or not being a vampire. But here and now, two of them had lost that choice. It wasn't a matter of if they wanted to be vampires or not anymore, it was a matter of if Klaus decided to snap their necks or not. If he did, they would turn, they would become what they wanted or maybe didn't want, and if he decided not to snap their necks, well, then they would get their choice back. But there was just something in the air, something that the girls felt, that told them they weren't going to be leaving this house alive.

Damon and Stefan barged in through the front door of the house where Rachel and Santana were being kept only to be immediately grabbed by Sophie and a new vampire. The new vampire in the room looked almost as old as the girls, maybe a year younger, and she had long golden blonde hair in perfect curls that reached the middle of her back that made her look almost like a little doll. Her navy blue eyes were filled with malice as she grabbed Stefan and pinned him up against the wall, a low growl emitting from her throat as she held him there. Sophie effortlessly held Damon against the wall with one hand, while examining her perfect red nails on the other hand, making sure that pinning him down didn't ruin her nails. Klaus walked back into the room alone this time, he cast a glance over to Rachel and Santana that were frozen on the couch, hugging each other as they watched their fathers that they thought were so strong get tackled so easily by people half their size but twice as strong, and without a hair out of place.

"Well, you boys seem to have gotten better at sneaking around in the past few years, haven't you? Why you even managed to trick me for a minute there." Klaus said with a smirk on his lips. "But it is quite hard to get past my two girls here."

"Klaus, what are you doing back in Mystic Falls?" Stefan asked and tried to push the little vampire off of him, but she was far stronger than him and held him down even harder now.

"Well, you two should know the answer to that one. Your little girls." Klaus smiled. "You've both changed so drastically since I left town. You've become domestic, it's actually entertaining, just the thought of a vampire settling down is enough to tickle the funny bone. But to adopt children on top of it all, that is the icing on the cake."

"Let them go Klaus. Take us, let my girls go." Damon said.

"I could…but not without a parting gift of course." Klaus said and sauntered over to the girls. "You see Damon, they're all wired up with Sophie's blood running through their veins now, and if I were to let them go, then I wouldn't get to snap their necks and make them my own little monsters. They're around the same age as Karis over there…looks wise that is. She could use some friends. Or, of course, I could really turn them into something and perhaps give them a little werewolf in their system as well."

"Don't you dare." Damon hissed and fought against Sophie, but she continued to hold Damon down effortlessly.

"I'd watch what you do there Damon, one false move and your girls will be dead before you know it." Klaus said and turned away and walked towards the table by the window in the room that had a vile of his blood resting on it.

While Klaus had his back turned, he heard Stefan reaching for something he had with him and a Cheshire cat grin crossed his face. "Have it your way then, Stefan." Klaus said to himself quietly.

Stefan grabbed the wooden stake he had hidden on him and plunged it through Karis's stomach while Damon did the same to Sophie, leaving them to crumble onto the ground. Just as Damon and Stefan were about to get to Rachel and Santana, Klaus was already there and the girls were already unconscious on the couch with their necks snapped leaving Damon and Stefan frozen in shock.

"I suppose they didn't need to be like me. They'll be monsters enough just being vampires, after all, look at their fathers." Klaus said and glanced over at Sophie and Karis as they pulled the stakes out of their guts and raced over to Stefan and Damon, plunging them through their backs now, making them hit the floor now in pain and the stake pierced through their stomachs.

"You owe me a new dress." Sophie hissed at Damon as she walked over to Klaus and looked down at the girls. "What do you want me to do with them?"

"Take them out into the woods. Send Karis out a hunting trip, have her bring in some humans so the girls can have a nice practice hunt." Klaus said and Sophie nodded and scooped up Rachel while Karis threw Santana over her shoulder and they carried the girls out into the woods behind the house as Klaus ordered while Klaus kneeled down to look Damon and Stefan in the eyes while they tried to pull the stakes out of their backs. "I think it's time you became good fathers and taught these two little girls how to tear people apart. Like a ripper. I believe that's your department of expertise if I remember correctly Stefan." Klaus said to him. "And I think it's time you became a ripper yourself Damon."


Rachel woke up in the woods first. She had a terrible headache and everything felt like it was all out of focus. After blinking a few times, everything snapped into focus and it seemed clearer than it ever had before. She kept hearing the sound of leaves rustling and she kept turning her head, looking for what could be the cause of it. Giving up on that since the noise stopped, sunlight shined in her eyes and it sent a sharp pain down her spine, she shielded her eyes from the sun using her hands, and that's when she realized the bracelet that was now on her arm that had a stone hanging from it that looked similar to her father's and mothers ring, it was the same blue stone. She never saw that bracelet before and certainly wasn't wearing it before…before what? In fact, Rachel started to wonder just how she got out here in the middle of the woods when the last thing she remembered was hugging her sister inside that strange house, watching her dad and uncle being thrown around like rag dolls. Her sister. Where was Santana? Rachel slowly stood up and started looking around frantically for her sister. She finally spotted here a few yards away from her and ran over to her side and started trying to shake her awake.

"Santana…Santana!" Rachel said as she started to slip into panic mode and she literally stopped breathing until Santana sat up straight as an arrow, gasping for air. "Thank god." Rachel said letting out a breath of relief as she hugged her sister tightly.

"Where the hell are we and why do I feel like I have the hangover from hell?" Santana asked and rubbed her forehead as Rachel let go of her.

Rachel spotted the same bracelet that she had on her sister now too and it finally hit her. The headache, the sunlight, the bracelets, things looking better and sounding louder than before…they were changed, that man, Klaus, he snapped their necks and changed them into vampires.

"San…I think we're…vampires." Rachel said. She didn't know how to feel now. They were changed against their will, though she had put thought into being a vampire when she turned 18, she didn't think she would have that choice so quickly taken from her. But there was that voice in the back of her mind, the one that had been there since Sophie took them from school that she wasn't going to make it though the day alive, and she was right, technically, her and Santana we not alive anymore. They were vampires.

"What?" Santana asked harshly and got up and started marching around the forest. "Hello? Hey, is anyone out here?" She yelled while Rachel sat in place on the forest floor in shock, the fact that she was a vampire now was slowly sinking in and she was realizing everything that her and her sister would have to deal with now. "HELLO?" Santana shouted.

"Jesus, could you shut up?" Karis asked as she walked into the woods.

"Who the hell are you?" Santana asked Karis.

"Karis. I'm one of Klaus's vampires." She said proudly.

"You're a vampire? You barely look 15." Santana said.

"So what if I'm 15? Your 16. And technically I'm 375." Karis said. "So I'd watch your tone with me because your not even a full vampire yet. Killing you would be as easy as ripping apart a tissue, got it?"

Santana swallowed as Karis kept her ice cold stare on her before she looked over at Rachel now. "Hey, forest nymph, get up." Karis ordered Rachel as she slowly stood up.

"Where are we going?" Rachel asked quietly.

"Hunting." Karis smiled. "I dragged in some dumb humans for you all to snack on. But first, your getting a lesson on hunting, so hurry up and follow me." Karis said and started walking off ahead of the girls as they followed closely behind her through the forest.

They finally reached where everyone else was and that was where they saw a truly horrifying scene. They say Stefan and Damon being held there by Klaus and Sophie with a dead body laying in front of them with a huge bloody mess all over their neck and two fang marks that were the source of all the blood, and Klaus had his mouth still covered with blood. Karis took Klaus's place and held Damon now while Klaus walked over to the girls.

"Look at you two, you will both truly be the most terrifying monsters I've created yet. Raised from baby vampires to become rippers, it's a marvelous day when you get to turn two innocent little Salvatore girls into bloodthirsty monsters." Klaus said and noticed already that Rachel's eyes were fixated on the blood oozing out of the dead body in front of them. "And you, little one, you are going to take after your Uncle Stefan I see. Already dying to get a taste of blood." Klaus smiled and looked over at Santana who was growling at Karis as she held her fathers hands behind his back tightly. "You, however, are going to be a problem I see." Klaus sighed "You're very hard headed, much like your father. So, either you be a good little vampire or I will end you right here and now, no second thoughts, just me ripping your heart out of your chest, understand?" Klaus asked.

"Yes sir." Santana said with some fear in her voice even though she refused to show it on her face.

"Good." Klaus said and turned to face Sophie and Stefan. "Now, Stefan, I think it's time you give these girls an example of how a ripper hunts and kills." Klaus said as a man walked into the area, dragging another man along with him, forcing him to walk ahead of him with his hands tied behind his back and duct tape over his mouth.

The man kicked the tied up man down and he landed right in front of Stefan as Klaus took the tape off of his mouth.

"Thank you, that will be all for now Xander." Klaus said as the man left the area now.

"Please, please don't kill me." The man on the ground begged.

"It's always better when they're begging." Klaus smiled. "Now, Stefan, rip him apart." Klaus ordered.

Sophie let go of Stefan but hovered close by him in case he tried to make a run for it. Stefan stood there frozen for a minute, debating on what to do, but when he knew there was no way out, he let out a sigh and did as Klaus commanded: he ripped the man apart. Right there in front of the girls. Santana watched in horror while Rachel watched and studied it. It scared her really, the fact that she wasn't sickened by it like Santana. Instead she found herself holding back with everything she had in her, to keep her from ripping that man apart with Stefan. Damon watched Rachel and his heart sank, he felt like he failed his girls. They were vampires now, and not only that, but one of his daughters was so desperately fighting the urge to slaughter that man right there in front of her, she was fighting tooth and nail against bloodlust and so obviously failing from the way she started breathing heavy and balling her fists while gritting her teeth. And Damon watched as the veins came out from under her eyes for the first time and he saw the first glimpse of her fangs as she gritted her teeth. Klaus watched Rachel closely since Santana seemed to be showing no interest at all in the blood, she just looked away horrified. But Rachel, she was showing promise for Klaus, she was hungry.

"Stop." Klaus said and Stefan pulled back immediately and stared at the broken and bloody mess in front of him now. He glanced up at Rachel and saw why Klaus told him to stop now. "Xander, bring in another one." Klaus called and shortly after, Xander walked back into their area with a young girl this time, Rachel and Santana realized now that she was a cheerleader from their school, Carly.

Xander did the same to her as he did to the man before and Carly laid in front of Rachel now as Klaus removed the tape from her mouth now and Carly started sobbing. "Please, don't kill me. Rachel, please don't kill me." Carly sobbed.

"Go on little one, your hungry, eat." Klaus said.

Rachel tuned out Carly's pleas for life and fixated on her pulse that was throbbing in her neck. Rachel tuned out her fathers and Santana's pleas as well as they told her to not kill Carly. Rachel tuned out everything except for the sound of Carly's pulse, and it drove her mad. She finally gave in and pounced on Carly and sank her fangs into her throbbing neck. She heard Carly screaming as she tore into her neck, but all she cared about was the blood. Once Rachel heard her heart stop and felt the last of the blood reach her lips, she pulled away and looked up around her. Sophie, Karis, and Klaus all had smiles plastered on their faces while Klaus and Sophie applauded the young vampires work, for someone so small and so new, she was truly menacing. Rachel let out a ragged breath as she felt her fangs retract now and the veins under her eyes vanish. She was a vampire now, she just drained someone she knew dry. She knew it was supposed to feel wrong, especially after hearing those screams from Carly, but…it didn't. It felt good. She felt like she did something good even though her brain was screaming to her that what she did was so wrong.

"The perfect killing machine. Why I haven't seen anything so wonderful since Stefan here." Klaus said. "Excellent work little one."

Rachel's eyes wandered over to her father now, and she saw the sadness in his eyes. He looked like she just killed him. He just watched his sweet little girl rip a friend of hers to shreds, all for blood. "…Dad." Rachel said in a broken whisper and Damon just looked down at the ground while Rachel felt tears stinging her eyes.

"Oh, now look at what you've done to her." Klaus said to Damon and walked over to Rachel's side and helped her stand up now. "Someone is being a terrible father." Klaus said and glanced over at Karis who nodded and with one swift movement, she twisted his arm and sent him crumpling to the ground in pain.

"Dad!" Santana yelled, but didn't dare move.

"Oh don't worry darling, we're almost done. Your Daddy here just has to make a quick kill and then you and I'll let you go. Your mine now anyway, Sophie can keep track of you both." Klaus said.

"You're letting us go?" Stefan asked.

"Of course. Well, I have to make sure I turn these two into rippers here. I'll give them two more years with you here in this god forsaken town. Then, I come back and collect my little monsters. By then, I hope to have your girls with me as well Stefan." Klaus smiled and looked over at Damon. "But, I have to be sure that you keep these girls trained. Killing like true rippers. I want blood baths coming from this town. When I come back in two years, I want the rivers to be made of blood, you understand?" Klaus question Damon as he stood back up. Damon slowly and painfully nodded as Karis grabbed him again.

"Good. And don't think you can fool me, I have eyes everywhere in this place." Klaus said. "Now, where were we, oh, yes. Xander, bring in two more." Klaus called.


They finally escaped. The sun was burning a bright red as it set on this terrible day. As soon as they were far enough away from the house, Damon pulled both of his girls into a hug, not wanting to let go.

"I'm so sorry." Damon said to them both, he must have repeated that fifteen times so far since they left, the girls said that it wasn't his fault repeatedly.

They weren't mad at their father or anyone for that matter. What happened had happened. They were vampires now, they had to be rippers now as well since they had overheard that Klaus was making Karis stay behind and keep an eye on the girls progress as rippers. Stefan joined in on the hug now too, he knew soon that this would be his daughters fates as well unless they figured out a way to save them and keep Rachel and Santana away from Klaus. But until then, they were going to comply with the rules, they would think of any and every way to save them, all of them.

"I promise you girls, I will not let you leave with him, you understand?" Damon told them as he and Stefan pulled away and the girls nodded, wiping tears from their eyes. "Good…now come on, let's go home."