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A/N: Mia Hays –Venus Jamie Potter.
Alex Russo – Selena Gomez.
This chapter will not have Venus. SO SORRY! This chapter is exclusively The Vampire Diaries universe only. However, this chapter is VERY important to future chapters. There will be a note at the end of the chapter explaining why; I hope you all enjoy this long chapter! XD
Chapter 10:
Once Lily vanished from their midst, the ten Supernaturals were engulfed in complete darkness resembling a black abyss and were left alone to their thoughts, each one of them wondering what the next school year would bring for Venus and in extension, her two best friends, Alex and Neville. Rebekah - patience not being her forte – exhaled loudly and whined, "Now what? Are we going to stay standing in this creepy black void forever?"
Klaus and Kol rolled their eyes, knowing all too well that if they were to remain shrouded in the darkness for a while longer, then their sister would create a huge hissy fit, bordering on a loud tantrum due to her inability to practice patience. Before anybody could deem her whining with a reply, their surroundings started to change and to the ten Supernaturals surprise and palpable confusion, they found themselves congregated in the living room of the Gilbert House.
Spluttering, Kol gaped at a carbon copy of himself lounging lazily against the sofa and drinking whiskey while smirking smugly at an uncomfortable Elena sitting across him on the opposite sofa, she too having a glass of whiskey in her hand. "That's me!" Kol blurted out in shock.
"And that's me!" Elena parroted after him, gaping at herself, donned in the exact same outfit that she was currently wearing. Sarcastically, Klaus drawled out, "Thank you, both of you, for pointing out the obvious," he then glared at the ceiling and snapped, "What is the meaning of this?!"
Bonnie cocked her head to the side, "I thought we were supposed to witness Venus' future, not the past- or, our past. I mean… this event happened before those two wand-wielding spirits summoned us to wherever we were."
"Maybe there's a kink and they're fixing it," Caroline shrugged, leaving the suggestion out there with a hint of uncertainty. Then Past-Elena spoke up, quieting the ten Supernaturals immediately.
"Nobody else seems to think Silas exists, so why do you?"
Smirking with self-satisfaction, Kol informatively replied, "I used to run with some witches. Africa in the fourteenth century, Haiti in the seventeenth century, New Orleans in the nineteen hundreds. They all knew about Silas; that he needed to stay buried. I actually hold witches in high esteem."
"You said that," Bonnie interjected, "Still having trouble believing it."
Kol smirked at her, his mahogany orbs staring into her hazel-green ones intensely, "My mother was a powerful witch, and before my transitioning into a vampire, I was a gifted warlock. Becoming a vampire, I lost my connection to Nature and the Spirits; I lost my magic. So I immersed myself with witches during my eternal life so that magic could remain a part of me."
Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah didn't bat an eyelash at their impulsive and volatile brother's confession, but the Scooby Gang, particularly, Bonnie, was gaping at him in astonishment, unable to rebut his genuine response despite the annoying smirk plastered on his handsomely devilish mien.
"Yeah, but why Silas? Why are you so afraid of him?" Elena probed. Suddenly, Kol's smirk disappeared, only to be replaced with a dead serious expression that looked alien on his customary youthful and mischievous face, "They say if Silas rises, he'll unleash hell on Earth. I happen to like Earth just the way it is."
Elena arched an eyebrow, and she looked highly skeptical, "That's pretty biblical."
"Well, that's the other problem with people today – they've lost faith. And in that loss, they no longer know who they should fear," Kol retorted ominously, his mahogany orbs flashing with sincerity.
Suddenly, the carbon copies of Kol and Elena blurred and began moving around erratically as though somebody was forwarding a movie. The ten Supernaturals were all sporting a scowl, or a look of confusion until finally, the scene played normally again; a carbon copy of Jeremy appeared beside Elena's, and Kol was gone… that was until the doorbell rang and Elena's terrified mien met the cocky one of Kol's.
"I've considered your request for a truce. Request denied." Kol's statement was met with Elena slamming the door on his face. "I'm sorry," Kol shouted from outside sounding entirely unapologetic, "I've already been invited in!" and he slammed the door shut behind him with his foot, grinning widely at the empty room, "Hide and seek? Fine by me."
"That's not right," Stefan murmured, and upon seeing nine faces staring at him inquisitive, he raised his voice and clarified, "I'm not there. When Kol barged inside after he left momentarily, I had already left Rebekah's and I was with Elena and Jeremy."
Rebekah gaped at him, her blue eyes shining with comprehension, "That's right. What the bloody hell is going on? Nik? Elijah? Kol?" But all she got in return was three shrugs and dumbfounded expressions.
Kol appeared in Elena's bedroom and was met with the dresser blocking the door, but he easily shoved through and opened the door, grinning as Elena flashed toward the bathroom and locked it. When Kol kicked the door open, his grin grew wider when Elena wasn't in the room – again. Punching through the other door, Kol's eyes narrowed in on Elena huddled beside Jeremy who immediately shot him with a stake gun; easily catching the stake before it impacted with him. Kol smirked, "Missed!" only for Jeremy to shoot and fail again. Elena fired a pistol at him, shooting multiple times and yelling for Jeremy to run, and as he did, Kol threw one of the stakes he recently obtained, embedding it in Elena's thigh.
"That didn't happen before," Elena murmured in confusion, her chocolate orbs flickering from Jeremy, to Stefan and then to Kol, all of whom were staring at the scene in confusion, not having recalled the fight starting out upstairs, but downstairs. Kol swallowed audibly, feeling nervous all of a sudden, "I never ascended the staircase. We remained fighting in the living room."
The scene suddenly forwarded like before, and the ten Supernaturals noticed that the fight was becoming intense with more injuries inflicted on all three of them, despite the speed of their movement. When it finally stopped forwarding, the Originals were met with a horrendous, mind-numbing and heart-wrenching sight.
"Jeremy, now!" Elena yelled; Jeremy caught the white oak stake and plunged it into Kol's heart, his anguished scream permeating the air as he burst into flames and started to desiccate; Kol staggered through the kitchen before finally falling onto the floor, dead.
The scene paused on Kol's desiccated form. Complete silence engulfed the ten Supernaturals, all of them staring uncomprehending eyes on the dead Original who was standing before them, very much alive. Rebekah started sobbing, her nails digging into a rendered speechless Kol's bicep; Elijah kept shaking his head as though he were in denial and Klaus – Klaus decided to hide his emotions behind his regular mask of rage as he menacingly yelled, "What is the meaning of this? This. Did. NOT. Happen! Why show us this?"
"Because," a soft, husky voice uttered from behind them, "This did in fact, happen. That was Kol Mikaelson's unfortunate fate, had we not intervened." Simultaneously, ten heads whipped around to face the newcomer; five eyes widened in recognition while a pair of hazel-greens were instantly clouded with tears, "Grams? Oh my-, Grams!" Bonnie ran toward the spirit of Sheila Bennett and embraced her tightly, her head burrowed in the crook of her beloved Grams' neck and she loudly wailed unabashedly. "Hush, child. I am here, I am alright, I am here," Sheila whispered soothingly, her eyes twinkling toward Stefan, Elena, Caroline and Jeremy.
Pulling away, Bonnie's red-rimmed eyes devoured her grandmother's face, "I thought- the spirits were torturing you because of me, I thought- I am so sorry!"
Sheila softly cut through her granddaughter's hysterical rambling, "They were. But not for too long, Bonnie. I was spared and brought here with the aid of Rowena, Esther and Ayana," she quickly held a hand up to silence the many questions that were bursting to come forth, "I cannot reveal much; in time you shall all be enlightened. But for now, it is imperative that you all listen closely," Sheila dragged Bonnie back to the others, her obsidian orbs flickering to each and every one of the ten supernaturals, her voice stern and solemn, "There are many dangers in the future – unfathomable and calamitous events that would test you and that has the possibility of eliminating each and every one of you. You ten are working against each other, when you are the strongest and undefeatable together. Past and present differences should not interfere when it comes to safety and survival for the future."
Unsurprisingly, Klaus demanded, "Cease the witchy riddles and get to the damn point." Instead of looking insulted, Sheila adopted a mien of amusement, "I am saying that Kol Mikaelson's death at the Gilbert sibling's hands caused a ripple effect, a detrimental one, and one full of cataclysmic events occurring one after the other without reprieve." Her ominous words managed to evoke fear in all but Kol, who was gaping at the dead Bennett witch in surmounting confusion. Sighing loudly, Sheila clearly announced, "You shall understand in time. For now, before you continue to observe Venus' future, the future of Mystic Falls must take precedence after the alarming discovery we were notified with. Tell me, what are your plans in obtaining the Cure?"
Sheila's random question managed to render them all speechless, but after a beat of silence, Elena stammered out, "I want it. I don't want to be a vampire." Jeremy, Stefan and Damon nodded in agreement to Elena's wish and Bonnie determinedly stated, "And I'll help. I will always help Elena." Rolling her eyes, Rebekah snappishly retorted, "Well, I have lived over a thousand years. I am bloody exhausted with immortality. I want to be human and be able to have children." Klaus snarled at his baby sister's response, but he didn't disagree over obtaining the Cure – after all, he wanted it so that he could destroy it. Elijah remained pensive while Kol looked as though he were about to implode with anger.
"I thought so," Sheila sighed forlornly; obsidian orbs met the hazel-green of her granddaughter's and she spoke up, "I am very disappointed in you, Bonnie. In all of you." Gasps pervaded the air, and Bonnie looked as though she had been slapped as pain-filled eyes stared at her Grams. Shaking her head, Sheila stared at the dead form of Kol, "Watch the ripple effect you all created by ridiculing Kol's fear."
"Wait!" Kol abruptly yelled out, halting Sheila as she was about to play the scene; mahogany orbs stared at Sheila with an unfathomable expression, "Are you saying you believe me…?" Sheila ignored the gaping nine supernaturals and smiled at Kol, "As unbelievable as it may sound… a witch agreeing with an Original vampire, but yes. Yes, your fears were veracious."
"What. Did. You. Do?!"
They all turned to face the doorway, and Kol's eyes widened at the apoplectic rage visible on Nik's face as he glared at the Gilberts. Deep down, Kol knew that his older, more ruthless brother loved him despite his failure in portraying it, he merely had a problem believing that fact after a millennium of witnessing his cruelty towards him and the rest of his siblings and daggering them in the process.
"We didn't have a choice. He was trying to cut off Jeremy's arm!" Elena yelled trying to reason with him while clutching Jeremy closely. But Klaus negated her response, snarling through gritted teeth, "Lies! He never would've gotten inside if you hadn't have set a trap for him. I'm going to burn this house to the ground! And then, when you try to flee for your lives, I'll kill you both without blinking."
Jeremy scoffed, "You kill us, you'll never be able to make more hybrids."
But Klaus' retort shocked Kol, Rebekah and Elijah to the core.
"You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids? I want the cure so I can destroy it. I would've killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I'm just gonna watch you burn instead." He was cut off from further threats as a scream of agony escaped his throat and he fell to the ground clutching his head. Bonnie walked past him, her face cold and devoid of any emotion, "Invite him in." When the Gilbert siblings fidgeted, she snapped, "Do it!"
They watched as Bonnie trapped Klaus in an invisible barrier and left the house, leaving him alone with Kol's corpse. The Originals glared at the Scooby Gang, all four of them seething with apoplectic rage.
Sheila spoke up, her voice oozing with disappointment that had Bonnie recoiling once again, not used to being at the other end of her Grams' ire, "Esther, Ayana, Emily, Godric, Rowena and a few others pooled their magic and placed discreet suggestions to change Kol's death from occurring. Rebekah was hit with the epiphany that Kol was about to confront Elena and Jeremy with the white oak stake in his possession, as well as realizing Stefan was trying to distract her and she ran to Klaus. Klaus was given the suggestion to leave Damon in the cellar and return to the Mikaelson Manor where Rebekah was heading. You, Bonnie," she turned to face her granddaughter, "I placed the suggestion for you to leave your house and take watch over Damon while Ayana dosed your parents with a mild sleeping spell. Such inconsequential warnings saved Kol from death and hopefully, these viewings would halt or at least postpone the ripple effect for as long as possible."
Ten flabbergasted miens were directed solely at a smug Sheila whose orbs were focused solely on the scene as it changed. They all inspected their surroundings which changed drastically from the homey abode of the Gilberts to a sunny island filled with trees and sand. "Jeremy's Mark had completed with Kol's death, along with all the vampires sired from him. Caroline and Tyler decided to interrogate a mourning Klaus who was still trapped behind the invisible barrier, while Stefan, Damon, Elena, Rebekah, Jeremy, Bonnie and Professor Atticus Shane traveled to a desolate island in Nova Scotia."
"Nice to know you cared about me dying, Bekah," Kol drawled sarcastically, not bothering to glimpse at the guilt on her face and instead choosing to burn a hole at the scene playing out in front of them. They were given a small glimpse as Bonnie, Jeremy and Shane were separated from the other four vampires and then Damon getting lost.
Elijah shook his head, "Something isn't right. You are not alone on that island." They all whipped around to scrutinize Sheila's expression and a foreboding sensation trickled down their spines at her distressed mien.
They all watched in horror as Bonnie spoke with an illusion of her Grams; "You see, Bonnie. When you slipped over Silas' tomb, your blood gave Silas the power to mess with your head… like he messed with Atticus' head by giving him the illusion of seeing his dead wife, Caitlin. Manipulating him." Bonnie gaped in horror, and she wasn't the only one as comprehension dawned on them. "Watch. Watch the ripple effect occur from what you sowed," she demanded, prompting the ten Supernaturals to focus on the scene now playing out.
Bonnie and Jeremy reached the lower cavern and approached a side chamber containing Silas' tomb; it had a humanoid shape and it was lying on a table, covered in vine-like decoration. Its hands were holding a small box on its chest. Jeremy's eyes narrowed in on the small box, "Is this it? This is the cure? How is that supposed to cure every vampire in the world?"
Frowning in thought, Bonnie shook her head, "I don't think it is, Jer."
"What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?" Rebekah demanded her sapphire eyes ablaze with doubt, anger and pain. Smiling contritely, Sheila sorrowfully uttered, "Exactly what it is. There is only one cure out there, enough for one vampire to consume."
"But-"Elena, Rebekah, Stefan and Damon had a stare-off with one another; it was glaringly obvious that the chase for the cure would be intense now, filled with rivalry, and unlike the scene they were witnessing, they wouldn't be able to work together as a team.
"But, the cure had a purpose of its own. Not to be consumed by any vampire wishing for mortality," Sheila informed them matter-of-factly.
Bonnie and Jeremy tried prying the cure from Silas' hands, to no avail. "It's like trying to bend stone," suddenly, realization dawned on Bonnie's face and her eyes widened in horror, "Oh, my god. He's been frozen like a vampire statue for 2000 years. There's only one way we're gonna get the statue to unfreeze. We have to feed him our blood. If we want to get the cure out of his hands, we … we have to wake him up."
Kol let out a guttural yell that came out as a mixture of a menacing growl and annoyed defeat, "How utterly daft are you?! No matter what, you must never awaken Silas! YOU shall be the reason for the upcoming destruction." Silence met Kol's words, and Bonnie recoiled once again at the disappointed mien of her Grams, and she started second guessing herself and her decision to learn Expression for the cure. If Shane was being manipulated by Silas… does that mean I was being manipulated as well?
Jeremy violently struck the tomb repeatedly with a rock, "Ah, come on!"
"There's got to be a way to do this without raising him. We'll find a way –"a rattling gasp escaped her lips as a blonde man drove a knife into her back and she fell to the ground. "Don't listen to the witch, by. We have to raise Silas, and we have to do it now."
"Oh my God!" Elena, Caroline and Jeremy cried out, unable to shift their eyes from Bonnie's fallen form as Jeremy's carbon copy rushed to her side.
"Who is that man?" Elijah asked watching as the blonde man who stabbed Bonnie sliced open his hand with a knife.
"Vaughn. He, is one of The Five," Sheila replied, staring sadly at her granddaughter's fallen form.
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked him as Vaughn dripped blood into Silas' mouth. Without taking his eyes off his hand, Vaughn sneered, "What you shoulda done already. I'm gonna raise Silas. Then I'm gonna kill him."
"At least someone has enough sense," Kol grunted with a huff, still sore about his death. They all watched as Jeremy and Vaughn started fighting, blow after blow, and Vaughn had the upper hand.
"The cure is meant for Silas! What else would you use it for?" Vaughn retrieved his knife from the ground and nodded knowingly, "Your friends … your sister … Sorry, lad. It wasnae meant for that. Nothing personal." He bent down toward Jeremy but suddenly, Elena swooped in and attacked him from behind, and just as she was about to go for his jugular, Jeremy quickly reminded her of the hunter's curse. Pausing, Elena nodded, threw Vaughn to the side and helped Jeremy up.
The scene started forwarding again, and they all felt fear cripple them at the agonizing sadness on Sheila's mien.
"Grams, what's wrong?" Bonnie asked nervously.
"Watch," was all she merely whispered.
"God, I forgot what a brat you were," Elena sneered, rolling her eyes in disdain, eliciting a frown of confusion from Jeremy. "I'm done playing nice," and she grabbed him, sliced open his wrist and held it over Silas' mouth.
"Katherine!" Jeremy gasped; Katherine smirked smugly, "It's been too long, little Gilbert. Sorry. Family reunion is gonna have to be cut short." She sunk her fangs into his neck and forced a screaming Jeremy down again. Silas' arm swung up and held Jeremy in place giving Katherine the opportunity to snatch the box containing the cure and flee. Grabbing Jeremy's throat, Silas strangled him before effectively snapping his neck.
Jeremy collapsed onto the ground, his eyes open but lifeless, and Bonnie lied nearby, unable to move.
The scene paused on Jeremy's dead form.
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" Elena screamed hysterically, tears streaming down her eyes in rapid speed and she clutched a stupefied Jeremy close to her. Kol couldn't help but quip, "You kill me, and end up dying not long after. How befitting."
"And that, is the first consequence of the path you all set out to take," Sheila sadly informed them; loud sobs echoed around them as Elena and Bonnie wouldn't let go of a still stupefied Jeremy. Caroline had silent tears cascading down her face and the Salvatore brothers stared contritely at the Gilberts. Elijah felt consumed by pain at what his Katerina did; Rebekah and Klaus remained silent, but stayed close to a still disgruntled Kol.
"Watch," Sheila demanded, "No need for tears now. The consequences of your derision and selfishness have yet to begun."
Bonnie slowly woke up in the middle of a campsite, blinking a couple of times before noticing Shane in front of her. "How are you healed?"
"It was Silas. He helped me. You did it, Bonnie. He's risen," Shane gleefully stated as he went to help Bonnie onto her feet.
"He would have remained dead if it weren't for your bloody protection spell," Kol snarled, "Have I mentioned yet that you are a complete pain in the ass." Bonnie glared at him in return; now she knew Kol was correct, he always had been. Shane was manipulated by Silas in the form of his dead wife, her grandmother was disappointed in her stubbornness, and Jeremy died.
"I know you're angry with me, okay? But now you'll see everything I did, all those lives lost, they weren't in vain. Silas is gonna bring them back," Shane placated her, but he only succeeded in garnering himself a deadly glare from Bonnie. "What you want to do isn't natural, Shane," she spat out, "You can't bring back the dead!"
Shane gave her a pitying look, "I think you'll change your mind now. When Silas awoke, he had to feed to gain his strength. He'd been desiccating for almost 2000 years. He needed blood. Jeremy was there."
Bonnie's face morphed into confusion and denial, "What are you saying to me?!"
"He drained him of his blood, Bonnie. Jeremy is dead."
The Scooby Gang flinched at the reminder, but none more than Elena and Bonnie, both of whom had yet to stop their silent crying.
The scene changed; Damon and Rebekah were tying Vaughn and propping him up against a rock face; Damon jabbed the point of a dagger into Vaughn's neck.
"Damon and I working together? Yeah, I don't see that," Rebekah scoffed, staring at the scene with disbelief.
"Stefan took Elena and Jeremy back to Mystic Falls," Sheila quietly announced, and everyone concentrated on her next words, "Klaus was released from the spell as soon as Bonnie entered her trance and departed with Kol's body. Elena is in denial regarding Jeremy's death, believing the Gilbert ring shall revive him. Stefan called Caroline and Matt over for moral support and to convince her. Damon elected to stay behind and look for Bonnie who was taken by Atticus, and Rebekah remained behind."
"Here's the thing. I was completely willing to accept the fact that you were one man on a lonely mission to kill ol' Silas, and then I got boned by my vixen nemesis, Miss Katherine Pierce, and then I start thinking there's no way that this is a coincidence. So what do you know?" Damon inquired menacingly, twisting the point of the dagger in Vaughn's neck. Vaughn merely smiled mockingly, "Torture me all you want. You can't kill me. The hunter's curse will torment you forever."
"It'll be worth it," Damon sneered.
"You shouldn't let your hatred over Katerina Petrova eliminate all common sense," Sheila remarked in a chastising manner. Damon looked sheepish, squirming uncomfortably at the dead witch's rebuke. Once again, Elijah felt a pang at his Katerina's actions.
"He's right," Rebekah piped up, glaring at the tied up Vaughn, "You can't kill him, but that doesn't mean we can't tear him apart piece by piece, nerve by nerve until the pain is so severe, that your brain shuts it off to give you one tiny moment of blessed relief, and then we'll heal you and do it again and again and again."
Damon smirked while Klaus and Kol looked on proudly at a smug Rebekah prompting the others but Elijah to stare at them in utmost horror. "What?" Rebekah snapped, "Him working with Katherine got your precious brother killed!"
At that, Vaughn squirmed uncomfortably and eyed the dagger with trepidation, "I was tracking dens of vampires across Colorado. Katherine found me, said she could help me find Silas. She already knew about the hunter's mark, the cure. … She had someone on the inside, some werewolf girl, friends with your professor."
"Hayley," Damon spat out in absolute disdain, "Tyler Lockwood's old friend. Ah, I knew she was shady. Where'd Katherine find her?"
"New Orleans. That's all I know."
"Hayley," Klaus pronounced her name clearly before smirking at an uncomfortable Caroline, "Didn't I say that werewolf girl was not to be trusted. You and your little boyfriend placed too much trust in her, allowed her to infiltrate your lives and those of your friends, and not only did she betray you once, but twice."
Huffing in anger, Caroline sneered, "You don't have to be so happy about it!" God, I hate that stupid shewolf!
As if Klaus knew what she was thinking, he winked at her and returned to watch as the scene changed again; Shane and Bonnie were walking through the woods of the island; Shane kept trying to convince Bonnie to help Silas raise the dead.
"Silas can't do magic. He was a witch, but after he became immortal, that ended. He can be a witch or a vampire, but never both. That's why I've been teaching you Expression, so you can do his work for him," Shane informed her in a scholar tone, "Using the power of 3 massacres. Each massacre of 12 marks the earth with power, and you can use Expression to tap into that power."
"Three? You've had 36 people killed?" Bonnie snapped in horror. Shane shook his head in negative, "No. I've had 24 people killed – 12 humans at the Young farm, 12 hybrids. You and I are gonna complete the triangle. It's worth it, they're all going to come back," he quickly added at seeing the surmounting horror on Bonnie's face.
Sheila shook her head sadly, "Oh, Atticus. Silas twisted his mind, manipulated him, and used his dead wife as a motivating factor. The Atticus Shane I knew would never machinate the death of 24 people, no matter the cost."
"I would never agree with-"but the rest of Bonnie's words died as the scene played out and a vision of Jeremy pleaded for help, prompting her to abide.
"I told you! I bloody told you!" Kol snapped yet again.
The scene changed; Damon finally located Bonnie alone and took her home. The scene changed again; Rebekah was ditching Vaughn.
"You be careful up there," Vaughn smirked as Rebekah turned to leave, "'Cause he's up there running about."
Turning back, she raised an unimpressed eyebrow, "You sure about that?"
"You don't believe me? Check my pack." Rebekah hesitated for a brief moment before reaching into his pack and withdrawing the mask Silas had been wearing in his tomb. "I found it in the chamber where he lay. They say no one has seen him. No one knows his face. How do you hide from the devil when you don't know what he looks like?" he asked rhetorically, a smirk on his face, "Maybe I'm him. Mark my words, if you don't use the cure to kill him, doesnae matter if you're human or vampire. You're doomed. … We all are."
After a moment, a nervous Rebekah tossed the mask onto the ground and vampire sped out of the cave, but not before hearing Vaughn laugh maniacally as he yelled after her, "Good luck to ya, lass. You've all brought this upon yourselves! May you rot in it!"
An unsettling silence engulfed them like a cloak; it was not lost on any of them that Vaughn's words sounded disturbingly similar to Kol's incessant warnings they all ignored, scoffed, and batted away as naught but scary stories and myths of the supernaturals. "I won't bother saying anything," Kol muttered; even though he was dead in that future, the fact that Silas rose and is wandering the earth, still managed to terrify him.
"Why?" Bonnie desperately yelled, her eyes imploring Sheila's, "Why me. Why did Shane teach me Expression to do his bidding?"
Sheila waved her hand, changing the scene to before Damon found Bonnie, "You'll find the answers you seek in Atticus' words."
"When Silas was buried by the witch Qetsiyah, she left him with the cure and two choices: stay immortal and rot, or take the cure and eventually die in there of old age," Shane informed her. Bonnie's brows furrowed in confusion, "He's been trapped in there for 2000 years. At some point wouldn't death by old age have been … better?"
Shane shook his head, negating her inquiry, "No because, you see, Qetsiyah had already one-upped him. She knew that he wanted to die so that he could find peace, be reunited with his one true love. So she created the Other Side as a purgatory for all supernatural beings, ensuring that if he died, he'd end up in there forever. That's where you come in."
"Why me?"
"Because you, as Qetsiyah's descendant, can make the Other Side go away," Shane revealed.
"Are you saying… the Bennett Line descended from Qetsiyah?" Klaus uttered in complete shock. Sheila nodded once, "Yes."
The scene changed; they were all congregated once again in the Gilbert Residence. Stefan and Damon stood on either side of a tear-stained Elena, who looked utterly expressionless and still, and there was no light in her eyes.
"No, no, no. You shut off your emotions," Stefan murmured, horror-struck. Kol gaped at Elena, begrudgingly impressed. Jeremy stared at his sister, mirroring Stefan's expression, "Elena-, I would never want you to become like that if I died."
Sheila sighed forlornly, "Elena finally admitted to the truth. She was unable to cope with her last family member dead because of her, and so, Damon invoked the sire bond to shut her emotions off." Everyone, excluding the Originals and Elena, glared at Damon who was squirming uncomfortably, but before they could berate him, the distinctive sound of glass shattering distracted their attention onto the scene.
"Elena, don't do this. We can find another cover story," Damon pleaded, but Elena shook her head and lifelessly retorted, "This is the best one. No one'll ask questions."
"Ugh, what are you planning on doing?" Caroline asked nobody in particular; her answer was shortly answered as they observed Elena burning down the house along with Jeremy's body.
"Oh my God!" Elena gasped, tears streaming once again; although shocked by the rapid turn of events, Jeremy embraced his sister in a tight hug, suppressing his own tears; that will not happen. No matter what, I won't allow myself to die!
The scene changed again; Stefan and Caroline were out in the woods calling out for Elena before separating, bringing about a look of confusion out of the ten Supernaturals, none of them noticed the grim expression on Sheila's face.
"Elena! Don't make me fight you, Elena! I'm stronger than you, and I don't want to hurt you," Caroline called out as she trudged deeper into the woods. Suddenly, Elena appeared into the clearing, threw Caroline against a tree and then throwing her down onto the ground before sitting on top of the blonde and holding her down by the throat, "Who's gonna get hurt?"
In a burst of energy, Caroline threw Elena off and they both stand up, facing each other in a combat stance. "Not bad. Not technically good, but then again, Alaric didn't train you. You were probably too busy butting into people's business!" Elena said scathingly, prompting Caroline to attack.
"Care! I didn't, I don't mean that. That isn't me!" Elena whimpered, tearing away her horrified orbs from the gruesome scene and staring imploringly at her blonde best friend. Caroline smiled back weakly and embraced the brunette, "I know, I know. Your emotions are off. You were bound to be a raging bitch," she giggled.
Putting a hand to her forehead, Caroline huffed in exasperation, "Oh, just stop! God. This isn't you, and you know it! You hurt my mom, Elena. How far are you gonna take this?"
"Is my mom-"
"Relax, child. Liz is perfectly fine," Sheila smoothly interjected Caroline's frantic questioning before smiling softly at a guilt-ridden Elena.
Elena rolled her eyes, face devoid of any positive emotions as she stared back at the blonde, "Are you trying to make me feel bad for hurting your mom? Don't you get it? I don't care. I mean, maybe you should try to turn it all off. Who knows? You might stop whining about how Tyler left you. Added bonus: you won't have to feel guilty about all the dirty thoughts you have about Klaus."
Simultaneously, Elena cried out, "I'm worse than Katherine!" while Caroline blushed profusely and still managed to look upset, "Tyler left me?!" Kol burst out into laughter and Klaus gaped unattractively at a still blushing Caroline, allowing hope to rise in his chest. However, before any jibing remarks could be traded, a pained yell reverberated around them and the ten Supernaturals' eyes widened in unison at Caroline's fallen form.
Elena pulled the branch out and aimed it to strike her heart when Damon and Stefan appeared, restraining her and pulling Caroline away, respectively.
"I nearly- I nearly killed you. Oh my god!" Elena started hyperventilating and if it weren't for Jeremy's arms around her, she would have fainted. Elena didn't like the future Sheila was showing them, she didn't like it at all.
Sheila sighed, abruptly changing the subject, "Sheriff Forbes later call Stefan with bigger problems than Elena's emotions being shut off," the ten Supernaturals focused on her, worried over what she would reveal, "Blood was stolen from Grove Hills Hospital. The Sheriff said there's been a report of six other blood bank thefts all within 30 miles of Mystic Falls."
Kol immediately comprehended, mahogany eyes widening in fear and lips twisted in a grimace, "Silas. He followed you idiots from that island. Think about it! He hasn't fed in 2000 years." Once Kol snapped his mouth shut and returned to inwardly fuming, they all turned to Sheila for an affirmative, the blood draining from their faces when she ominously nodded her head.
Steeling herself for the fireworks, Rebekah hesitantly instigated conversation with the dead Bennett she never had the chance to know, "What happens next?"
"Next. Damon takes Elena to New York to try and get her emotions back on, and to keep Mystic Falls safe from her," at that, they all stared at Damon in exasperation while Elena squirmed guiltily, "Stefan calls Klaus for help, and both them and Caroline work together to find Silas and decipher where the last massacre shall take place for the completion of the Expression Triangle. Silas had been impersonating Shane since the island after he killed Jeremy and is preparing Bonnie, who found out Shane was actually Silas, for the last massacre in the Expression Triangle; 12 witches. Rebekah on the other hand, followed Damon and Elena to New York with her own agenda of acquiring the cure. Damon and Stefan however, want to get the cure first so that Elena's emotions would return, but Elena doesn't want the cure, and together, she and Rebekah band together, they ditch Damon and disappear eliciting a wild goose chase."
The identical expression of horror was visible in each of the ten Supernaturals' miens at the end of Sheila's speech. The dead witch waved her hand and another scene began to play out.
Twelve witches were chanting and Bonnie was yelling in pain in the middle; Stefan, Klaus and Caroline were trying to intervene.
"Klaus, we need to save her!" Caroline shrieked. Klaus whipped around and glared at her angrily, "How? The only way to stop the witches is to kill them, and then Silas gets what he wants."
At that exact moment, one of the witches called out, "Spirits, take her soul. Free her from darkness." She then held a dagger over Bonnie's form as she screamed and writhed in pain. Suddenly, Caroline vamp-ran into the circle and pulled the dagger into the aforementioned witch's chest, killing her.
"NO!" Klaus shouted out as one by one, each witch forming the circle dropped dead and the torches' flames burned out. A shocked Caroline hesitantly approached Bonnie's weak form, "Bonnie. Bonnie!"
Bonnie slowly opened her eyes, which were milky white, and she smiled in an eerie fashion, "The triangle is complete."
"Oh my god. I killed twelve people," Caroline cried, her whole form shaking sporadically and Klaus wanted nothing more than to hold her in his arms and soothe her. Bonnie got there first and started apologizing profusely, "It's all my fault. I was easily manipulated by Shane and then Silas. I'm so, so, so sorry! I'm sorry!"
Sheila sighed sadly and waved her hand again; the scene changed to Klaus standing alone where the twelve witches used to be when Shane appeared behind him with a creepy smile.
"Thank you. Of the three massacres, this is the one I was dreading."
Klaus smiled bitterly, "Silas, I presume. I'm sorry mate. Don't have it."
Kol felt dread over the fact that his brother was in the clearing alone with Silas. Elijah and Rebekah moved closer to an annoyingly nonchalant Klaus who was staring intensely at the scene as it played out.
Still smiling, Silas retorted, "But you know who does, and the last thing you want is for that cure to be used on you, so you bring it to me, and it won't be. You get to live."
Klaus began to laugh in scorn, "Yeah, with all of my dead supernatural enemies from the Other Side. You know, you don't scare me, Silas, or Shane, or whoever you are," he bravely scoffed. If possible, Silas' grin grew wider and he pulled out a white oak stake from his pocket, "But I think I know what does. Let's just say your sister's mind is a little easier to read than yours. So … Care to reconsider my offer?"
"Nik! Oh, god," Rebekah gasped; the ten Supernaturals were gaping at the scene in a horrified trance. Not only were they weirdly worried for Klaus' well-being, but if he died, then so did they.
Klaus glared at Silas before running to attack him, but Silas disappeared and reappeared behind him, plunging the stake from behind. Klaus roared in pain. "I missed by an inch, but don't worry. I'm not trying to kill you, not just yet," he then proceeded to break off the white oak stake, leaving the broken tip stuck in Klaus' back, "Just a little something to remember me by. I'll be in touch."
"I'll kill him!" Klaus growled, but Kol snapped at him, "Don't be an idiot, Nik. I bloody told you a million bloody times. Silas will unleash hell on Earth. Nobody can escape him, but none of you listened. Did you? Vaughn was right; you're all going to rot in what you created!" despite the brutality of Kol's words, it was glaringly obvious that he was worried over his siblings, especially Klaus.
The scene changed; Klaus stood in the drawing room of his manor, topless, his entire back coated with blood leaking from a wound. Trying to add in some humor, Damon quipped, "Don't you look radiant?"
"Shut it, Salvatore," Klaus growled.
"Klaus we need to talk-"Caroline froze in the doorway looking at the mess on his back and the sweating hybrid who was feverishly ripping through his flesh, "What happened to you?"
Breathless with pain, Klaus managed to gasp out, "Silas. He attacked me. He stabbed me with the white oak stake. A piece of it- is still inside me."
"You know, I always said I'd pay front row seats to see the sight of you in unbearable pain," Bonnie piped up, a scowl on her forehead, "I take it back. This is so morbid and disturbing!"
With a deadpanned look, Klaus sarcastically drawled, "Glad to know me being in pain doesn't invigorate you anymore."
"Oh my god, Klaus, that could kill you," Caroline rushed over to him and tenderly stroked his face before her voice changed into a darker quality, "As much as I would love to watch you die, you still haven't found me the cure."
Pushing her away, Klaus roared in apoplectic rage, "Silas!"
"Oh my god!" Caroline muttered in horror, disturbed that the monster wore her face… especially to Klaus.
"That's right," a dark, foreign smirk curled on Silas/Caroline's face, "Last night, I looked like Shane, today, I look like Caroline, and tomorrow, who knows."
Through gritted teeth, Klaus snarled, "Show me your true face!"
"Now why would I do that when I can look like whomever I want you to see," Silas taunted with an air of smug satisfaction and arrogance, "Resist me all you want, Klaus, but until you bring me the cure I will bring you nothing but misery."
"I'm probably kicking myself for not believing you," Klaus muttered to Kol, who was grinning widely at the rare confession. It was a well-known fact that Niklaus Mikaelson had a hard time admitting to his faults, mostly because he never was wrong, so hearing Klaus' confession was like music to Kol's ears.
The scene changed, and they watched as the real Caroline walked in, and after discovering it wasn't Silas and after much coercing and cajoling, Caroline grudgingly helped Klaus remove the white oak stake from his back for the sake of her and her friends' survival – to no avail.
"Why isn't it getting out?" Klaus snarled as he observed him and Caroline start arguing and yelling at each other fiercely. "Frankly, this is disgusting," Elena grimaced, wincing at the scene.
"Don't turn your back at me!" Klaus yelled. Whipping around, Caroline emotionally yelled, "I should have turned my back on you ages ago!"
Silence engulfed the room and Klaus' face visibly relaxed, his eyes widening as he whispered, "It's gone. The pain. The-the pain is gone. It was- it was never there. He got in my head. Silas-" he gestured at his temple in a daze, "-got inside my head. You took my mind off it. You brought me back, Caroline."
"If Silas can make you, of all people, believe that you're dying… what can he do to the rest of us?" Caroline's voice shook with palpable fear.
"That son of a-"Stefan shook his head in horror, thinking along the same lines as Caroline and the ten Supernaturals all had a terrified expression on their face.
"Now you see?" Sheila whispered, her voice permeating the air clearly, "Kol had been correct from the very beginning, but you all claimed Silas to be a myth. And it only gets worse from here."
"That's very unsettling, Mrs. Bennett," Elijah grimaced stoically.
In order, Sheila started showing them scenes of how they were victimized by Silas. Bonnie during prom and of how Elena nearly killed her – which brought out the profuse apologies and the waterworks again; Silas appearing as Klaus to Caroline in search for Bonnie where he then threatened to kill her mother – that had Klaus seething in rage and Caroline trembling in fear; Caroline walking in on her dying mother and healing her from Silas where he then threatened Bonnie to keep her promise about destroying the Other Side; Damon and Stefan tricking Elena by killing Matt who was wearing the Gilbert ring to restore her emotions, which worked, but unfortunately had her focusing intensely on the unhealthy emotion of anger and revenge against Katherine. While each scene played out, the ten Supernaturals' horror and terror became even more profound and Kol started adopting a smug disposition which annoyed the others immensely.
The scene changed, showing how Bonnie trapped Katherine by linking them together and Bonnie successfully dropped down the veil, bringing about a sharp intake of breath from the ten Supernaturals. They watched as Lexi, Alaric, Jeremy and Kol returned along with many other dead supernatural beings, and although their loved ones returned, they felt an ominous feeling vibrate through them.
"Grams," Bonnie whispered, seeing her grandmother's ghost appear to her in the scene.
"I messed up. I'm sorry," Bonnie cried out. Grams smiled softly, "You can still stop Silas."
Bonnie shook her head forlornly, "No, I can't. Qetsiyah was able to immobilize him so he couldn't feed and get into people's heads. I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to put him down."
"You can do that," Grams negated her claim, "Expression is the manifestation of your will. You could do anything. I don't like it, but sometimes there are no choices. But you are strong enough. You can do this."
"You really believe that?" Bonnie inquired. Sheila nodded warmly, "I am disappointed with the hell you unleashed, but I believe in you. I always will. You, Bonnie, can do anything you set your mind to."
"I see what you meant brother. This is hell on earth," Elijah stated, as the scene rapidly changed, portraying the countless of dead supernatural beings infiltrating Mystic Falls including members of the Five, and much to Rebekah's shock and depression, Alexander.
The scene changed; Damon was in the tunnels where he encountered Silas who was impersonating Alaric.
"Whoa, it's just me. I called Stefan, he's heading for Elena. Did you find Silas?"
Damon smirked, "Yep." And without further ado, he swung the butt of his flashlight at Silas/Alaric's face, knocking him to the ground. Damon then picked up a length of chain and started strangling Silas with it as he choked out, "Damon, it's me!"
"No, you're not. I've spent more time in these tunnels than I care to admit, and there's no way you just came from the school. Your mind games don't work on me, Silas," Damon snarled just as Bonnie walked in, glaring menacingly at an asphyxiated Silas, "I may not be able to kill you, but I will stop you." She then closed her eyes and concentrated on desiccating him, "I will make the blood clot in your veins. I will make every bone, muscle and joint in your body turn to stone. You won't have power over us anymore."
Silas turned away as his body started hardening and he groaned loudly in pain; "What the hell is happening?" Damon frowned.
Bonnie scowled, "He can't hide behind his mind-control anymore. He's becoming his true self."
Silas hardened completely with his hand covering his face; Damon tried catching a glimpse of his face, "Who exactly might his true self be?"
With a forlorn sigh, Bonnie shrugged, "I guess we'll never know."
"You-, you immobilized Silas," Kol stuttered, staring awe-struck eyes at a bashful Bonnie. In fact, Sheila looked to be the only person not surprised with the potency of Bonnie's powers.
"So that's it?" Klaus inquired, his face morphing into confusion. Sheila sighed loudly, "Unfortunately, it is not the end. Merely the beginning." And before anybody could question her further, she waved her hand again, changing the scene.
Bonnie stood in an underground cave arranging some candles when her Grams approached. "You have to put up the veil."
"Not yet. I can bring Jeremy back, I can keep him here," Bonnie said desperately, a stubborn gleam in her eyes, "Elena needs him. This was always the plan. Jeremy wasn't supposed to die."
Horror-struck, Grams implored her, "It was the will of Nature. There is no magic in this world that is strong enough to challenge it."
"Bonnie!" Caroline and Elena yelled as they all watched black veins creep on her skin while she chanted expression and dark magic, ignoring her grandmother's pleas to stop. Jeremy whipped around to face Sheila, "Say something!"
Shaking her head solemnly, Sheila sadly uttered, "I already know what shall occur."
Bonnie took a huge gasp before collapsing on the ground.
"BONNIE!" Stefan, Damon, Elena, Caroline and Jeremy yelled while the four Originals remained silent in morbid fascination.
The scene forwards.
Bonnie started to awaken, her body twitching and she got up, disoriented. A hand rested on her shoulder and she turned up to see her Grams' grave expression, "I'm sorry, Bonnie. It was just too much." She then stepped aside, allowing Bonnie to witness her body lying on the ground and she gasped tearfully.
"Oh, my god … I'm dead!"
"NO!" Elena, Caroline and Jeremy yelled emotionally. Bonnie stood rigid, her mouth agape as she stared bewilderly at the frozen scene of her dead corpse.
Shockingly, Kol softly stated, "All magic has a price. It was your life in trade for the little hunter."
"I don't regret it," Bonnie whispered, a watery smile spreading on her sorrowful face as she looked at a devastated Jeremy, "I'd gladly sacrifice my life for yours."
"But I don't want you to!" Jeremy shouted, grief-stricken. Elena embraced Bonnie tightly, sobbing her heart out yet again, unable to believe the lengths her best friend would go to for her brother and unable to imagine life without her. Caroline joined in the hug not a moment later, and the three girls sobbed into each other while the others diverted their attention elsewhere to give them a moment of privacy.
Clearing her throat, a grave Sheila brought the attention back on her, "In her dead state, Bonnie manages to close the veil. And now, there is still two scenes left to witness." And she waved her hand; the ten Supernaturals felt dread, terrified over what the next and then the last scene held for them.
Katherine and Elena were fighting with their vampire strength near the wall of lockers in the High School; "What are you doing?" Elena grunted, only to receive a snarky response, "Would you believe I'm having a bad day?" and Katherine picked Elena up and threw her against the wall before speeding over and kicking up her leg to press her booted foot over Elena's neck, "It started when Bonnie denied me my Silas-like immortality."
"Of course, because Katherine Pierce can't be happy with good old vampire-caliber immortality," Elena sarcastically spat out, managing to throw Katherine off her and used the leverage to slam her to the ground, but Katherine easily gained the upper hand and mimicked Elena's movement.
Elijah watched on sadly as his Katerina unfoundedly attacked Elena, subtly wincing as Elena ripped off one of the locker doors and swung it against Katerina's face. The other nine Supernaturals cheered loudly, instantly siding with Elena – it came to no surprise that they all hated Katherine Pierce with a passion.
"I deserved it. I never had a graduation, or a prom, or, you know, a life. But you did!" Katherine sneered grabbing onto the door and swinging it into Elena's face, "You have everything, and it's not because you're a good little girl who deserves happiness, it's because you stole mine." proceeding to throw the door at Elena, who instantly ducked.
"I stole your happiness?" Elena gritted out, her eyes ablaze with malice, "You killed my brother!"
Katherine ran at Elena, but she blocked her and threw her down the hall. Getting back up, Katherine unapologetically said, "I'll admit, that was nasty."
"Bitch" "Skank" "Whore" those among many other expletives were yelled by the nine supernaturals while Elijah watched on dejectedly; maybe I shouldn't answer Katerina's calls and reconnect with her… she hasn't changed at all.
Yelling in fury, Elena rushed at Katherine, who twisted her arm and threw her at a fire emergency case – the glass in the door of it shattered as Elena slammed against it, and she collapsed, struggling on the floor as Katherine walked over to her, picked up a janitor's mop in the process and deftly broke it in half, holding the wooden handle tightly in her hand. "I have nothing," she beat Elena with the stick, "But I'm about to change that," she sneered with a kick to her side.
"Kicking someone while they're down … classy till the end, Katherine," Elena snarled. Laughing spitefully, Katherine corrected her, "Your end." Katherine stabbed the broken end of the stick into Elena's neck, digging it deeper as Elena struggled and started gurgling blood.
"I'm going to kill her!" Damon snapped, clenching and unclenching his fists in murderous rage.
"Tell me why again, why do we always allow her a second chance to live?" Bonnie muttered in apoplectic rage, already planning many ways to end the manipulative bitch. Elena stood frozen the entire time, watching as Katherine gained the upper hand, succeeding in killing her just when she got Jeremy back.
Katherine pulled the stick out of Elena's throat and thrust her hand into her chest, grabbing hold of her heart. Elena frantically reached in the pocket of her jacket as Katherine victoriously uttered, "Bye-bye, little girl." Elena finally pulled out a vial out of her pocket and shoved it into Katherine's mouth and forced her jaw to close around it. Katherine's eyes widened as the liquid dissolved in her mouth and she fell to the floor beside Elena, unconscious.
Slowly, Elena got onto her feet, "Have a nice human life, Katherine."
Silence. Complete silence permeated the air as the scene froze; Rebekah was the first one to find the ability to articulate a coherent sentence, "You gave her the Cure?"
"Hey! She was about to kill me! I had every right. You would have done the same thing," Elena snapped defensively. With a huff of irritation, Rebekah grudgingly nodded in agreement – even though she didn't like it – and turned away, fuming at the waste of the Cure.
"Huh, so now you can make more hybrids with her," Damon smirked evilly, feeling no remorse whatsoever in handing Katherine over as a blood bag. But to their immense surprise, Klaus merely smirked and shook his head, "I don't need her mate. I already have a lot of doppelgänger blood set aside." At the other nine's shocked miens, he shrugged, "I always have a backup plan. The blood you smashed dear, Bekah, was only five percent of the blood I have."
"You sneaky bastard," Rebekah muttered, but the smile on her face betrayed her amusement.
Sheila cleared her throat yet again, amused at their antics, and hoping that they would build a strong friendship and a close unbreakable bond – the ten of them would need it for what the future has in store… not only in regards to Venus and the magical community, but the mortal and supernatural world as well. "Last memory." And she waved her hand for the very last time.
Stefan stood alone by the quarry, unloading the canvas bag that contained Silas' remains. Tossing it aside onto the ground, he frowned when the contents sounded like a bunch of loose pieces. Stefan kicked it and reached inside, only to find shards of ordinary stone.
"Don't bother. I'm not there," Elena's voice spoke up from behind him.
"Fuck!" Damon and Kol swore in unison, not bothering to glare at each other at the dire situation. Worried for his brother's safety, Damon edged closer to him, electric blue orbs flickering from the scene playing out, to his stiff brother.
Keeping his face impassive, Stefan said, "Silas. You were stone. They saw you, the spell worked."
"That's the funny thing about spells – they're bound by Nature. Nature demands balance, so every spell has a loophole," Silas smirked cunningly, "The spell that turned me into stone was bound by a witch – a living witch. So, when that witch died, the spell broke," now Silas was full on grinning, a shit-eating grin.
Horror colored Stefan's face and he rapidly shook his head in denial, "Bonnie? Bonnie's not dead."
"Why is it, that every time I try to do a good thing, it ends up screwing everything else up?!" Bonnie demanded angrily, her eyes burning a hole into Silas' forehead. Sheila exhaled loudly, "It's the ripple effect of killing Kol. None of you believed in the calamity of awakening Silas, so nobody remained to stop you." The nine Supernaturals shifted in guilt and averted eye-contact with Kol who abandoned all smugness since he was now fuming over Silas' return.
"It doesn't matter, does it? And here's where the mystery of me comes full circle. I created the immortality spell two thousand years ago. I can never die, so Nature needed to find a balance – a version of me that could die. A shadow-self – a doppelgänger."
"He's lying. Qetsiyah created the immortality spell," Sheila scoffed, rolling her eyes. Elena however, was horror-struck and swallowed the bile from her throat, "Am I another doppelgänger of Silas?!" everyone but Sheila blanched at the mere thought, and thankfully, Stefan asked Silas the same question.
"Not exactly." Silas morphed into his true form – Stefan. "Hello, my shadow-self."
"WHAT?" the nine Supernaturals stared agape at a dumbfounded Stefan, unable to believe their latest discovery.
Silas quickly stabbed Stefan in the gut with a stake, "Do you have any idea what it's like to starve for two thousand years?" He let go of Stefan who fell onto his knees in pain. With complete ease, Silas dumped Stefan into the body-sized safe, locked him in and tipped it over the edge of the cliff into the quarry.
The scene changed to Stefan banging against the inside of the safe as it began to fill to the brim with water, shouting out as the water engulfed his face and he died.
"No. no, no, come on! NO!" Damon shouted, slamming his fists onto the ground. The others were all consumed with shock as their surroundings changed to the red-blue room they first appeared in upon meeting Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw.
"I ask again. Will you continue the search for the Cure?" Sheila uttered ominously. And in complete unison, they all replied in adamant negative, much to Kol's palpable relief. "Good. The spirits are in disagreement; some wanted to keep you in the dark, but with the aid of the spirits of the magical community, we decided it was for the best. If you agree to take in Venus Jamie Potter, you must prepare yourselves for the danger that has yet to come and that are yet unknown. There are many perilous individuals lying in wake and you must be prepared, you must have a united front. The magical community is not the only world in danger, teetering in the edge of ruins and destruction."
"What happens to Bonnie and Stefan?" Elena whispered her face tear-stained and eyes red-rimmed.
"Unfortunately, permission had yet to be granted regarding the observation of the events far into the future. We are still in deliberation. For now, you shall return to observing Venus' life unfold and once the decision is made, I will return." And with one last tearful embrace with Bonnie, Sheila disappeared, leaving a high-building tension and utter despair in her wake.
A/N: Woah! This was a long ass chapter. Did you like it? XD
Okay, so some of you might be wondering WHY I showed season four of The Vampire Diaries. Some of you are probably cursing me for not starting The Chamber of Secrets. You see, obviously, Klaus and the others won't leave Venus to rot with the farm animals we call the Dursleys. Once Klaus gets custody of the Girl-Who-Lived, there shall be many dangerous events occurring and the ten Supernaturals need to be allies. Also, I decided to make the twist regarding how Kol's life was saved, right? ;) … There are many more plot-twists to come. However, I am still thinking of whether or not I should show Season 5 of The Vampire Diaries… I'll wait for my Dear Faithful Readers opinion, so LET ME KNOW! XD
Next chapter; Venus Jamie Potter in The Chamber of Secrets; don't worry, I'm going to try and summarize it as much as possible so that I can conclude PART 1 which is showing the future and finally reach PART 2 where Venus shall be incorporated into TVD & TO lives. XD
R&R.