A/N: Hello, everyone! You have no idea how busy I am! I've been up till 4, and waking up at 7 every morning for a week now, what with the new house, and my School lab records, and School year coming to an end (School begins in May and closes in November for us Seniors, and the rest of the year is just Model exams model examsmodelexams….. Anyways, Graduation is around the corner! Saying goodbye has been hard. Still have a few autograph books to finish, any creative ideas?

Seriously going to miss my classmates!

And so, on with our story.

Previously, an "The Story of Us",

"You know my secret, Isabel, and we can't have that. So now, there is only on way out of this. You die."

She lunged towards me, grabbing the back of my head with her right hand, and my shoulder with her left. Despite my resistance, she exposed my neck, ripping the neckline of my dress open at the side. She bent her head towards mine, and I saw her face change. Veins darkened around her eyes, and fangs draped her lips.

My last thought was 'I love you, Damon, despite everything'.

My last sensation was her fangs piercing my skin, just below the base of my neck, causing immense pain. A fierce blow to my whole body by an invincible force.

And then darkness.

I was numb, unable to feel my own body. I was slipping away to somewhere quiet, peaceful… Somewhere where all this heartache would vanish. Somewhere happy, and it felt so good to just let go and smile…

But before I got there, some invisible force pulled me backwards, back to where I started from. I protested, but I was powerless against this force. It successfully brought me back to the very place I was willing to escape. And yet, I could feel an almost protective, caring aspect of this force, which calmed me down.

I could feel my body now. It hurt. Every bit hurt. Some sort of strange, almost sweet liquid was being forced down my throat, and once I recovered usage of my mouth and throat, I was willingly swallowing more and more of it. It was addictive, almost intoxicating.

"That is enough, my girl," said a voice far above my head. "That's enough; now let's get you away from here."

I felt the lightest wind lifting me above the ground, upon which I was crumpled in a heap.

How did I end up on the floor? What happened?

Emily POV

Where was she now? I have to talk to her. Did the Lady find out? Why did she call Isabel?

"Isabel? Where are you, child?" I walked through the corridors of the Servants' chambers. Some of the other aides had said that they had seen her running to her room.

I rounded the corner and walked into the corridor leading off into Isa's room, and immediately stopped short. I could sense it, the power coming off from the direction of her room. It was a familiar sort of power. It was one I would recognize anywhere. It was the Lady.

Oh no.

I sprinted towards Isa's room, my power building within me with each step I took. Whatever happened to me, I would never let anything happen to Isa. I had promised her that I would take care of her, and I was going to keep my promise.

My power grew more intense with each step, and soon outgrew the maximum limit I had ever achieved. I burst open the door, to find Katherine, fangs bared, leaning over Isa. As I came in, my surging power knocked Katherine and Isabel out.

I rushed to Isabel, ignoring the crumpled heap on the floor that was Katherine.

I could feel her life energy, and it was fading fast; almost gone, in fact. With all that was left in me, I summoned her spirit back into the human world, trying to prevent it from entering the immortal world.

I chanted continuously, and after what seemed like hours, but was only minutes, I could feel the return of her life energy. I quickly levitated Katherine's slumped form towards me and cut her left wrist using the knife I always carried with me, hidden between the folds of my dress. It was my ritual knife, but I couldn't care less right now.

Now came the hard part. I didn't have time to think; I just shoved the bleeding wrist onto Isabel's lips, and let the blood trickle into her open mouth. I promised you, my child. I would do anything. Anything.

In a few minutes, under the combined effect of the healing vampire blood, and my pushing energy, Isabel responded. She started swallowing the blood willingly. She was alive, but barely. I did the only thing I could do anymore, and coaxed her wordlessly to keep drinking.

When I was sure I had enough, I pried the wrist away from her mouth, and said to her, "That is enough, my girl, that's enough; now let's get you away from here."

I stood up, tired after spending so much energy. But I couldn't stop now. Using the last bit of magic, I put Katherine to a deep slumber that she will wake up from only when I willed her to. I levitated Isabel into my room, and shut the door behind me.

I barely got her onto the bed, as I registered her life energy draining again, as I slumped to the ground.

Isabel POV

I opened my eyes, and realized that I was in Emily's room. The next thing I registered was a not quite unpleasant after taste in my mouth. What had I eaten? Why was I on Emily's bed?

"Emily?" I called out. My quiet voice rang out painfully louder than normal. There was no reply.

It hurt too much to lift my head, even, so I twisted it just a little to peer outside the small window high up on the dirty wall. I could see the stars. It was night time. As I twisted back my head, I caught a slumped figure against the wall.

Emily.

She looked horrible. She looked more aged than I'd ever seen her, and her skin actually looked… dead.

Most of all, there was a small trickle of blood flowing in a neat track, out her nose.

That caught my eye. Blood. That little drop of liquid had captured all my attention. I wanted to go near it, touch it, see what it smelt like…

Taste it.

I shook myself out of my trance. What was wrong wit me?

And then it hit me.

Damon. Stefan.

Katherine.

How was I still alive? Hadn't Katherine tried to kill me? I realized that Emily must have saved me.

With all my efforts pushed into the action, I sat up.

That was when he door burst open.

A/N: Ha ha-ha! Cliffie! Things certainly are getting interesting, aren't they?

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