AN: Hey guys, I know that the story is probably going a bit slow for some people but I have lots of plans for Season 4 and beyond! I just wanted to focus on Alaric and Ivy at the moment. The chapters will stick mostly to the script of each vampire diaries episode, but some important scenes in between. I also like a slow burn story because it's more realistic than ocs just falling in love with characters straight away. I hope you're enjoying it and there's actually people reading. Haven't decided Ivy's end game yet: Stefan, Damon, or Enzo. Let me know your thoughts and please review so I know I'm doing something right :)

Chapter 9: Before Sunset

The door to the Salvatore Boarding House opened slamming against the wall with a bang. Damon entered the house carrying a weakened Bonnie, blood oozing from her neck wound. A panicked Ivy followed, trying not to think about the delicious red juice. Damon hurried to gently place Bonnie down on one of the sofas in the parlor. He tried to make sure no blood stained the pillows. He sighed looking at another casualty of the Original family.

"Damon, what are we going to do? My dying father is now a vampire … vampire hunter." Ivy was in a frenzy, trying to exert some energy by pacing between the two sofas. Damon perched on the edge of the sofa by Bonnie, getting distracted by the pacing redhead.

"I know, I know. But, first, we have to deal with the bloodmobile here." Damon extended his fangs about to pierce the flesh of his wrist but was stopped by Ivy.

"I don't think she'll want to drink vampire blood after everything with her mom." Ivy cautioned Damon, trying to look out for her witchy friend. The blue-eye vampire jumped up, stepping in front of Ivy hoping to stop her pacing.

"What do you suggest?!" Damon snapped, the stress of the situation getting to him. First having to say goodbye to one of his only friends in Mystic Falls. Only for him to come back as the newest evil, which they needed to now defeat. He tried not to show that this was getting to him, but it was. He always felt he needed to be strong for the people around him, but sometimes it was too much. Maintaining a brave face was tiring.

"Let's give her the option" she reassured him not wanting another person angry at her. "And you need to calm down" Ivy poked Damon in the chest with every word. She took a small step back, attempting to get some of her personal space back.

"Calm down?!" Damon barked with a shake of his head. He rounded one of the sofas to the drinks cart, needing some salvation. "My drinking buddy, your dad, just got turned into a hunter hell bent on killing vampires." He poured a large quantity of bourbon into one of his crystal tumblers. "Which we are, by the way." Gulping the entire drink down in one, he let out a sigh, dropping his head. "Why didn't he accept my offer to snap his neck?"

"Because maybe he didn't want his friend to have his blood on his hands." Ivy raised her hands to make her point, letting them drop and slap against her thighs. She was still amazed that Damon was still focusing on this. Obviously not understanding the ideals of friendship.

"Well, isn't that sweet." Ivy rolled her eyes at Damon's sarcastic tone, clearly not in the mood.

"Hey, I'm freaking out just as much as you are. I had to say goodbye to my dad, only for him to come back to life as a completely different person." She put her head in her hands understanding how stupid that sounded. "Look, we need to tell Stefan and Caroline about this." The redhead lifted her head with her eyes following Damon as he walked back to meet her by Bonnie. "They are the other two targets in Mystic Falls." He nodded his head in agreement with the younger woman.

"Okay, Stefan is at Elena's, so let's go." Damon bends over to pick up Bonnie but was stopped by Ivy again. He huffs in response.

"Wait, do we tell Jeremy and Elena? They can't grieve him just to lose him again. They've been through so much already." He turned his head to address her, still hovering over Bonnie.

The two vampires heard Bonnie's breathing pick up. Her eyes slowly opening to see Damon. "Damon?" Ivy moved from behind Damon to crouch down next to Bonnie.

"Hey Bon, how you feeling?" Ivy softly questioned, stroking the brunette's arm.

"What happened?" The witch's face frowned trying to recall how she got here and why she was feeling like this.

"Short version, you fed Alaric turning him into a crazed vampire stalker." The female Saltzman swatted Damon's arm at the description of events.

"Hey, that's my dad you're talking about."

"Hmm, not really." Damon shrugged at Ivy. He turned back to Bonnie, his demeanour changing showing his softer side. "Do you want me to heal you?"

Bonnie took a beat to think, her mom coming into her mind but ultimately deciding she wanted the blood. Bonnie nodded answering Damon's question. He pierced his wrist with his fangs, handing it to Bonnie for her to drink. Damon turned to Ivy with a smirk that read 'I told you so'.

"Okay, so I was wrong" Ivy poked her tongue out at Damon. Unfortunately, she couldn't think of a better comeback than poking her tongue out. Both parties were taking their frustrations out on each other instead of the real target. The Mikaelsons.

Bonnie finished drinking Damon's blood, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. Ivy watched in jealousy of the action, realising she hadn't fed in a while. Damon began to get impatient, he assisted Bonnie off the sofa. His blood was having a slow effect on the witch. She still seemed pale, sore and not entirely aware of her surroundings.

"Let's go." Damon grabbed onto Bonnie helping her walk towards the front door. Ivy followed a step behind, leaving for the Gilbert's house.


The powder blue Chevy Camaro stopped outside the Gilbert house. Ivy jumped out the car to let Bonnie out behind her. She grabbed the brunette's hand, giving her support to get out the car. Still a little weakened by last night's events. Ivy noticed that Damon's blood wasn't working at the same speed it normally did. Bonnie's neck wound wasn't fully healed. Esther's magic had more of an effect on her than anybody realised.

The three of them made their way up to the front door, Damon taking over from Ivy with assisting Bonnie. Ivy walked ahead to ring the doorbell. She hoped Stefan answered instead of one of the Gilbert siblings. They waited a few second in silence, Damon and Bonnie now joining Ivy at the door.

The white wood door opened to Stefan, dressed dark clothing as always. He was puzzled at the scene in front of him. A nervous looking Ivy and a weakened Bonnie still in her decade dance outfit being held up by Damon.

"We have a problem." Damon announced. Stefan opened the door further, moving out the way for the three of them to come in. Damon took Bonnie into the kitchen, setting her down on ones of the stools. Ivy waited behind to talk to Stefan about the Gilbert's.

"Hey, how are they doing?" She nodded upstairs, shoving her hands into the front pockets of her jeans.

"They are dealing with it the best they can. Keeping themselves busy by painting his room." Stefan told Ivy sadly, both walking towards the kitchen, Stefan placing a hand on the small of Ivy's back. Ivy nodded understanding the hole that her father has left.

The pair strolled into the kitchen. Stefan getting a towel for Bonnie's neck wound, ready to divulge in the events of last night. Ivy took a seat next to Bonnie, which was stupid due to the blood that was currently in her eye line. Stefan and Damon were on the opposite side of the island.

"So… uh bad news. Alaric turned and is now a vampire." Damon decided to rip the band aid off and get this over with. Stefan looked between the other three, looking at their stone-faced expressions.

"What do you mean he turned? I thought you were standing guard!"

"Don't blame me. Blame Bonnie the blood bank. She fed him." Damon gestured angrily towards Bonnie, showing everyone how he felt about the situation.

"I had no idea what was happening. Okay, the witches led me there. They wanted him to feed so he turned." Bonnie stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"So, where's the stake now?" Stefan questioned the three, ignoring the bickering between Damon and Bonnie.

"Oh, you mean the white oak one? The one that can kill an Original and wipe out an entire line of vampires?" The blue-eyed vampire glared more and more at Bonnie with every word. He was about to tell Stefan he didn't know where it was when Ivy decided to jump in.

"Yeah, that's with daddy dearest. Well, evil daddy dearest."

"If you are so upset with me, why did you feed me your blood to save my life?" Bonnie cracked. She wanted to know the answer to the question currently plaguing her mind.

"Because I do stupid things, Bonnie. I do things, like let my friend die with dignity when I should have just killed him." Ivy rolled her eyes at Damon for bringing it up again.

"Damon, let it go." It was Ivy's time to receive a glare from Damon. He still believed that he was right, and he should have killed Alaric painlessly. Stefan was beginning to get frustrated with the three other people in the room.

"Alright so how do we kill him now?"

"I've been trying to figure that out. A witch can't truly make an immortal creature, there is always a way to undo a spell." Bonnie removed the towel from the neck, the wound finally healing. Ivy watched closely as she placed the blood-soaked rag on the top of the counter. She could feel herself salivating at the thought of ingesting Bonnie's blood. The sound of Damon's voice and the slap of his hands on the marble counter brought her back.

"So, what's the witchy work around?"

"That's the problem. I don't know." Bonnie shrugged looking worried at the Salvatore brothers across from her.

The doorbell rang through the Gilbert House. Heavy footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. Ivy listened in to Jeremy answering the door. Then she heard that infuriating British accent she knew all too well. Ivy lifted her head, making eye contact with Stefan aware that he heard the interaction too. Stefan nodded towards the front door, to provide Jeremy with some back up.

"Now is that any way to treat a guest?" Klaus taunted Jeremy, standing on the porch of the Gilbert house. His famous smirk painted on his face with his normal superior demeanour.

"When the guest is you, yes, it is." Ivy replied annoyed that the original vampire was here. Klaus watched Ivy and Stefan strut towards the door. Stopping just behind Jeremy trying to intimidate the older vampire.

"What are you doing here Klaus?" Stefan demanded, placing a hand on the door behind Jeremy.

"Well, for starters, young Jeremy here could show some manners and invite me inside."

"Yeah… Not going to happen." Ivy crossed her arms in front of her chest, trying to look tough in front of Klaus. She heard footsteps behind her and noticed Damon came to stand beside her. Stefan stepped in front of Jeremy, protecting him from any swift action Klaus might take.

"Jeremy, why don't you go to your room?" Stefan suggested to Jeremy, not looking away from Klaus. Jeremy hesitated wanting to be where the action is. Tired of being seen as the lowly human that can't 'protect' himself.

"Now." Damon boomed at Jeremy, making the young man sigh, obeying Damon and walking up the stairs.

"Hmm, poor lad. Loses one questionable father figure only to be replaced by the likes of the three of you." Ivy sarcastically smiled back at Klaus' comment.

"Yeah, about that. Something happened." Damon kicked his feet, stepping towards the door to inform Klaus of recent incident.

"Oh, I know all about my mother's invulnerable little creation and that's why I'm here. I'm leaving town, just need to pick up a few road trip necessities. Spare tire, flashlight, doppelgänger." Klaus stepped forward threatening the three vampires.

"Can't help you there." Ivy shrugs at Klaus. Damon clapped Stefan on the shoulder. Pulling the younger Salvatore away from the door so he could slam it in the original vampires' face. Damon and Ivy moved into the living room whilst Stefan moved towards the stairs.

"Elena!" No response.

The younger Salvatore raced up the stairs, taking them two at a time, worry brewing in the pit of his stomach. He walked into Alaric's old room to see Jeremy continuing to paint, but Elena nowhere in sight. "Where is she?"

"I don't know, she was just here a few minutes ago." Jeremy turned to answer Stefan, not seeing the danger of the situation. Stefan huffed, walking back out the room and down the stairs to meet up with the others.

"Where is she?" Ivy questioned. Her eyes followed Stefan as he appeared on the landing and skipped down the stairs.

"She's not here."

"What do you mean she's not here? Where did she go?" Damon challenged him, moving towards his brother. Bonnie walked into the living room to join the trio,

"What's going on?" The witch's eye followed Damon walking towards the living room window. He parted the blinds to peek at Klaus. Stefan and Ivy walked into the room, interested in what he was doing on the porch.

"Klaus wants in; we have to keep him out." Damon and the others watched as Klaus pulled back his arm, ready to throw the newspaper. Damon moved away, predicting what Klaus' new plan was to get into the house.

"Ah, duck" Stefan grabbed Ivy, pulling her to the floor, just as the newspaper collided with glass window. The glass shattered spreading across the entire room. Embedding itself into the fabric of the curtains, pillows and sofas. Ivy felt tiny shards hitting her skin but was too distracted by Stefan practically on top of her. He was protecting her from harm. Ivy forgot that Damon and Bonnie were also in the room when the window smashed.

"I think you're probably gonna want to let me in." Klaus shouted from outside. His voice slightly clearer now the barrier between him and the others was broken.

Stefan jumped up from Ivy, holding his hand out to help her up. She missed the warmth of his body against hers, placing her hand in his to feel it again. When he pulled her up, she was almost flush against him again. He peered down at her, meeting her eyes, examining her to see if she was alright. They seemed to be in their own little world for a while. She took in every small golden fleck in his green eyes. Completely preoccupied with each other, totally ignoring the other two in the room. who were also slowly getting up from the floor.

Stefan caught Damon looking at the two out of the corner of his eye. The young Salvatore cleared his throat stepping away from the redhead. Remembering the current dangerous situation, they were in. Stefan moved towards the window on the other side of the front door, to peer out slightly. He saw Klaus walking towards the neighbour's house and the absence of Elena's car outside.

"Elena's car is gone." Stefan stated meeting the others in the kitchen, who thought it was best to be far away from the raging vampire. He noticed that Ivy wouldn't look at him, and the slight redness of her cheeks.

"Why wouldn't she tell anyone where she was going?" Bonnie thought out loud. Jeremy came into the kitchen, hearing the commotion from upstairs.

Suddenly, the front door bursts and a blur of black and white follows. Klaus had launched a football into the house, after finding more ammo outside. Klaus hurls a white picket into the house which narrowly misses Damon's head. The picket landed with a thud as it got embedded in the wall behind him.

"Missed me!" Damon taunted Klaus earning him a glare from Ivy. She ducked behind the kitchen counter, not wanting to die from a flying picket.

"Get down!" Stefan grabs Bonnie and Jeremy and pulls them down to the ground.

Damon decides to pull out the picket embedded into the wall and throws it back to Klaus. The picket grazed over Klaus' shoulder, making a small mark on the jacket he was wearing. Klaus broke the other picket in two, increasing his chance at hitting the smug Salvatore. He chucked half of it at Damon again, but instead hit a picture, shattering the glass.

"Missed me again!"

"Stop provoking him!" Ivy cried at Damon, pulling him down to the ground to join the rest of them. Klaus threw the other picket into the house just as Stefan's phone sounded. He looked at the caller ID to see Alaric calling him.

"Alaric." Stefan was deadpan in his answer. Ivy's head lifted looking at Stefan when he said her father's name. She listened to the call, hearing that her 'father' has Elena and Caroline hostage at the high school. Stefan rushed to the front door to inform the impatient original. Klaus had grabbed a propane tank and set a roll of newspaper on fire.

"Put it out!" Stefan scolded Klaus, almost like telling off a child.

"Why don't you come outside and make me?" Klaus teased Stefan. Stefan stepped outside, showing he wasn't afraid of Klaus. Especially when he had information the original vampire didn't.

"Elena's not here. Alaric has her and Caroline and he's gonna kill them both unless you turn yourself over to him." Stefan explained. Klaus threw the newspaper and propane tank in opposite directions.

"Now, I know you're not asking me to walk into a certain death."

"I really wish we could. But unfortunately, if Alaric kills you there's one in four chance that we could die too."

"I'll take those odds." Damon stated waiting for the perfect time to enter the conversation. A white splintered picket over his shoulder.

"Do you have a death wish?!" Ivy walked outside to join the men, hitting Damon in the stomach as she walked past. Stefan looked at Damon.

"And a hundred percent chance that Tyler dies."

"I'm good with that too."

"Why don't we just figure out a way to put Alaric down?" Klaus and Stefan began pacing on the porch. Damon was leaning against the picket on the right whilst Ivy was sat on the porch fence on the left. All of them deep in thought on how to defeat their common enemy. After a few minutes, Klaus stops and spins on his heel to face them.

"Okay, how about Damon sneaks in and distracts Alaric, while Stefan grabs Elena and carries her to safety? Klaus suggested.

"Huh, that's a great idea. What's to stop me from getting killed instantly?" Damon pushes himself off the fence to step in front of Klaus

"Nothing." Klaus says with a shake of his head, not giving a crap about the older Salvatore. Ivy moved between the two, pushing Damon back away from the original.

"Caroline's in there. Don't you have a thing for here? Or did she just reject you too many times?" Damon puts out his bottom lip at the end of his sentence, taunting Klaus with puppy dog eyes.

"This is not helping." Ivy turned around, moving next to Stefan, having had enough of the two bickering.

At a perfectly timed moment, Bonnie walked out of the house with a slight spring in her step. "I might have an idea. My mom used a desiccation spell on Mikael that immobilized him for over 15 years. If I can get it, I might be able to use it on Alaric."

"If and might? Your words inspire such confidence." Klaus replied sarcastically. Bonnie glared at the blonde, knowing she could do this.

"I'll get it. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours." Bonnie pointed at Klaus, try to make him understand that he was part of a team now.

"What else is needed?" Ivy stepped towards Bonnie.

"That's all I know right now. My mum is coming down to meet me." Ivy nodded feeling like they could do this. They may have a solution.

"Just so we're clear, the sun sets in about eight hours. If we don't succeed before then, Elena will be dead, I'll be gone and the rest of you will be left to fend for yourselves." Klaus threatened before leaving with a flourish.

"You guys do what you have to do. I'll stay here with Jeremy and let us know what's going on." Ivy suggested, not wanting to leave Jeremy alone right now. She was scared that he would go to the high school, guns blazing, not thinking about himself. Bonnie and Damon nodded, going to the Salvatore Boarding house to meet Abby. Stefan stayed for a beat before smiling softly at the redhead to go keep an eye on the original. Ivy walked into the house listening to Jeremy painting. His faster than normal pulse throbbing in her ears.


Jeremy and Ivy jumped into her old red mustang to leave for the high school after getting off the phone with Bonnie. Jeremy was nervous about Elena, only having each other now.

Ivy wanted to stay something, but she knew any words she said wouldn't help ease his anxiety.

Jeremy felt like he was permanently worrying about his sister. Now that they were a part of the supernatural world. She was a doppelganger which made her a prime target for plenty of spells and creatures. He knew he wouldn't be around to protect her 24/7, what kind of life would that be. He was going to try his hardest to be the rock his sister needed.

The mustang pulled up to the high school, no one else there at the moment. Jeremy jumped out walking towards an old bench he used to hang out with Vicki at. Ivy hesitated for a second looking at the young man. Her hand unconsciously gripping her engagement ring in her hand. She let him have some time for himself before getting out the car and joining him.

Ivy jumped onto the bench, sitting on the table next to Jeremy. The young Gilbert took no notice, his stare stuck on the ring on his finger. She took the chain her ring was on from underneath her shirt, playing with the silver circle in the palm of her hand.

"It's funny how something that means so much to you, can also be a constant reminder of what you've lost." As Ivy started to talk, Jeremy looked up see the sapphire ring in her hands. "This is my engagement ring given to me by my fiancé Noah. He was the most amazing guy I've ever met. I think you two would have got on." Ivy eyes were locked on to the ring in her hands, either side gripped between two fingers. Hypnotised by the sapphire stone in the middle. "Sadly, two years ago, I made a friend against my will. Katherine came to my town, compelling everyone. She paid special attention to Noah and me. I'm still unsure why." She turned her head to look at Jeremy, tears slowly forming in her eyes. "Anyway, when she turned me, she made me feed on him. I drained him of his blood straight away, I couldn't help myself. Katherine left me with him in my arms, dead. I buried him in the park where we had our first date." She looked down in shame, already aware that Jeremy had a dislike towards vampires. "I wore the ring for a while, not being able to tell people that Noah was dead. Every time I looked at it, I was reminded that he was gone, and it was because of me. So, I decided to wear it around my neck instead, so I'm not constantly reminded but I know it's still there."

"Why are you telling me this?" Jeremy asked, intently listening to the woman next to him.

"Because not all vampires have choice, Jer. I know you don't like them, but I wanted to tell you my story to show that we are still human underneath. I lost someone I loved, and you have too. I know how you're feeling right now. God, I'm still worried about my dad and he's not exactly him." Ivy looked confused at Jeremy, not knowing how to describe the situation with her dad. "When Alaric died, he made me promise to look out for you two and I intend to keep that promise. I know we haven't known each other long, but I wanted you to know you have someone." Ivy wrapped an arm around Jeremy, feeling protective over the younger Gilbert. He gave her a sad smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, looking back to the ring on his finger.

Ivy tucked the necklace back under her shirt when she saw Bonnie and Damon making their way over. Bonnie was showing Damon something on her phone. Some kind of locator linked to Caroline and Elena. Damon approached Jeremy and held out his hand. The sweet moment between the two was ruined.

"Hand it over" Damon demanded.

"I'm not giving you my ring. Let me do this." Jeremy plead, wanting to save his sister for once.

"By my math, you've already bit it once, this will be twice. Wearing that thing and if for some reason, Bonnie can't restart your heart and you do indeed die. Then before you know it, we have another psycho alter ego case on our hands, which is bad so give me the ring."

"This is my ring, Elena's my sister. No one's gonna fight harder for her than me."

"We know Jeremy, but we're going to save her. We got this." Ivy stroked Jeremy's back, hoping to comfort the young man. Damon rolled his eyes, sighing, letting Jeremy win this one.

"Try not to kill him, will you?" Damon addressed Bonnie with somewhat of a light threat. Klaus and Stefan walked towards the group, ready to go over the plan.

"Look at this, one big, happy family." Klaus couldn't help himself.

Bonnie pulled out a small vial of her blood, handing it to Damon. "Drink this. It's my blood. It bridges us all together so that when I stop Jeremy's heart, you'll have the power to stop Alaric's." Ivy nodded along, still feeling panicked about 'attacking' her dad. "You need to make a physical connection to his bloodstream; a vein, artery, something connected to his heart." Damon drank some of the blood from the vial, willing himself to stop and leave some for the rest of the group. Damon handed the small vial to Stefan, who took it with shaky hands.

"If one of us gets a clean shot, take it, the other three; hold him down." Stefan take a swig of the blood before passing it to Ivy. She reaches for the vial quickly, but Stefan pulled back making her focus on him. "Try and remember that this isn't Alaric." Ivy nodded, reaching for the vial again. She takes a swig, feeling the thick liquid roll down her throat, igniting the thirst within her. She takes a moment, to fight the urge and calm herself before her veins appear. Forcing herself to stop in disappointment, she hands the rest to Klaus.

"Before we all walk through these doors, let's get on the same page, shall we?" Klaus looked at each of them, letting them know it was about to get serious. "I was the one who created your vampire bloodline. Therefore, I am responsible for your lives and Tyler's life, Caroline's life, and of course, Abby's life, should anything go wrong."

"Or you're lying to save your ass." Damon calls him out, not believing a word that comes out of the blonde's mouth.

"I'm not lying." He takes a step closer to Damon. "But go ahead, call my buff, let the teach kill me. You'll all be dead soon thereafter." Klaus finished off the blood, chucking the empty vial behind him, letting it shatter on the floor.

Ivy rolled her eyes, walking towards the back entrance to the school. "Let's just get this over with" Stefan and Damon followed Ivy. Klaus walked in the opposite direction towards the other entrance, leaving Jeremy and Bonnie behind.

The plan was for Klaus to go in to rescue his damsel in distress and to make initial contact with Alaric. The other three vampires were left to ambush the history teacher to overpower him. Bonnie and Jeremy were performing the spell in the woods. Where Bonnie was able to be in touch with nature, increasing her magic.


The struggle between Elena and Alaric echoed through the halls. Letting the trio to pinpoint their location. They crept along, trying not to make a sound which would alert the vampire hunter in front of them. The three of them, were hiding behind one of the hallway doors, waiting for the perfect time to pounce.

Ivy could tell the Salvatore's were struggling to watch Alaric pin Elena against the row of lockers. His hand gripping her throat. Tiny movements from both boys as they restrained themselves to not intervene.

"Do it! Kill me!" Elena shouted in Alaric's face, hoping to effect human Alaric. Ric started to release Elena from his grasp, stumbling backwards. It looked as though Alaric was normal again. Evoking an emotional reaction after almost killing Elena.

Suddenly, it was all ruined, when Stefan and Damon charged Alaric. The men grabbed both of his arms, restraining him waiting for Ivy to take the plunge. She made her way towards the three of them, but it seemed this version of her father was more powerful. Alaric shoved Damon towards the lockers, shocking the older Salvatore at the speed. Alaric wrapped both his arms around Stefan, holding him horizontally. He dropped Stefan onto his knee, quickly snapping his back. Ivy rushed towards the scene as Stefan limply fell to the ground. Damon shakes himself out of his trance, moving towards Ric to attack. Before Damon could touch him, Ric vamps behind him to break his neck, making him fall parallel to his brother.

Ivy paused hoping the vampire hunter hadn't heard her during all the commotion. She's a step or two behind him. The female vampire pulled back her arm ready to force herself into his chest. However, in the blink of an eye, darkness consumed her as the hunter snapped her neck.