Summary: When Irina Petrova sets foot upon Mystic Falls, she bargains for more than she expects...Hearts are broken and lives are taken. Alliances tested and games are played. Somewhere in the midst, love violently lashes out in many more ways than one. Does Damon Salvatore really want nothing to do with Irina, the sadistic killer who caused them all grief? Does Klaus Mikaelson want more than her blood? And will his brother Kol eventually unlock himself through her? Follow Damon, Klaus, and Kol's struggles, and their affection for this one girl.
A story of the unknown abilities and heritage of doppelgängers, dark magic, sibling rivalry, a love triangle, and, at the heart of it all, a lethal, beautiful vampire with quite a past: Irina Petrova
The Plot So Far (SPOILERS): Irina Petrova has only one goal in mind: to wreak havoc in Mystic Falls. She begins her reign of chaos by killing Caroline Forbes, in order to restore Elena Gilbert's humanity. Little does the Mystic Falls gang know, Irina has ulterior motives...in the meantime she slaughters a bar-ful of victims for her own enjoyment, while Klaus is still mourning Caroline's death. At Caroline's funeral Irina appears to the group, snapping Elena's neck for the second time and causing Damon to attempt to hunt Irina down, in which he is unsuccessful. Later on he is sitting in front of the fire in the Salvatore Mansion, contemplating his problems, when Irina decides to play mind-games with the brothers. Meanwhile a certain Kol Mikaelson decides to return to Mystic Falls. Katherine tags along with Irina, but secretly plans to make a deal with the devil himself. Kol returns to Mystic Falls with no apparent agenda (his reason for returning being boredom). Katherine confronts Klaus about Irina, but he violently ends their talk by biting her. Katherine runs into Irina, and all but begs her to save her. Irina needs Katherine in her plans and therefore spares Katherine, by feeding her the mysterious Petrova blood. Damon finally realizes a huge mistake and leaves Mystic Falls, but not before an encounter with Irina and Elena. Irina then threatens April Young to sympathize Elena, as they've both lost all their family. Meanwhile Klaus is starting to lose his mind. He's seeing strange symbols on the stake that killed Caroline. He decides to torture Caroline's killer, when he finds them. April follows Irina's command, which causes Elena to snap by attacking April. Stefan manages to stop her in a time, and they leave quickly. Irina decides to stop intimidating April and Elena for the time being, while Rebekah meets up with Matt at the Grill; little do they know, they're in for a surprise. Irina lashes out at Rebekah angrily, after making sure Katherine has done her duty her sire requested. Irina feels as if she doesn't know what she's doing anymore. Meanwhile Kol feeds on his victims, trying to figure out why he is still alive...
Main Characters: Irina Petrova (OC), Klaus Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert
CHAPTER 10 SOUNDTRACK: Robot Koch's "Nitesky" (for the very ending of the chapter)
Previously: Kol looked up, focusing on nothing in particular, the blood smeared over his mouth.
Kol wouldn't ever admit it, but he had been lost along the way. He had been, for a very long time.
Darkness Stole Her Heart
10
Never Look Back
Klaus drew his trembling hand away and bit his wrist. With the wound already starting to heal, he held it near her lips, offering her life. "Drink up, sweetheart." The words were hollow as they echoed in the rather empty room. The warm blood fell in agonizingly slow drips. She didn't move.
The dark blood was painted red on Caroline's ashen-grey lips. She lay still. Klaus gently shut the coffin, turning to head back upstairs, his face masked; guarded as always. He swiftly pulled on his leather jacket, wasting no time. Klaus grabbed his phone swiftly, striding out the door.
"Katerina. Any idea where I would find this Irina?"
"Oh trust me. She'll find you," Katherine bit back coyly.
"I am in no mood for playing games-"
"Then come and catch me," she said dangerously. "I'm out of Mystic Falls, why don't you come and find me? After 500 years, you can finally end everything."
"Good try. But no...I'll haunt you until the end of time. You will pay for the mistake you made centuries ago."
Katherine hung up.
The graveyard was deserted.
It was raining again.
Irina picked her way through the graves, the rain drenching her clothes, but she didn't mind. She looked up at the sky, pushing her sopping hair off of her face. The sky was overcast, the dark clouds pushing any last glints of sunlight far away. She smiled.
She produced her lighter and flipped the lid open easily, watching the blue spark emerge. She shielded the growing, hungry flame from the rain with a hand.
Klaus didn't know what led him there.
He vaguely remembered seeing a white tombstone bearing the name "Caroline Forbes" and he thought he should visit the cemetery in order to rip the grave from the ground and crumble the stone to a fine white dust. After all, the grave was empty and would never hold her body. Klaus would revive her. He had to. If not, Mystic Falls would endure his wrath. No, the world would endure his wrath.
As Klaus approached the graveyard, his heightened senses picked up the smell of something burning. He could see bright red flames in the distance.
Fire.
Irina lit up the graveyard and watched as the flames swallowed up the last memorials and resting places of the dead. It was beautiful. The flames were dancing, consuming everything and all there was.
Destruction and beauty.
The flames hissed at her skin but she relaxed, the hazard licking up her arms, leaving her unharmed.
She was immune.
She was invincible.
She was immortal.
No one, nothing, nobody could take that from her.
It was all she had.
Klaus first saw her through the flames.
She was an angel and a demon; from heaven and from hell.
Her blonde-white hair, silvery and flowing, rippled in the wind. Her hazel eyes, nearly soulless black, had a certain allure to them he couldn't place. In an instant her eyes flickered to him, and they stood looking at each other. Klaus raked his eyes down her pearly white, flawless skin. Pure.
The heavy sheets of rain pounded down on them, and the raindrops slid down her face, the iridescent drops kissing her snowy complexion.
She could feel him looking at her, and she turned her eyes up to meet his.
It was like she was looking at darkness itself.
Dark blonde hair, pale skin, and a dark, powerful aura. He wasn't just someone.
And those eyes. Electrically, terrifyingly blue, dark and stormy, tempting and emotionless. Heartless.
The true gaze of a monster.
Wickery Bridge was abandoned.
As Elena set foot upon it she tried to push out all of the horrible images that began to cloud her mind. The car crash where her parents had died. Elena almost killing herself. And Elena's own death.
This bridge had come to haunt her and she would always dream of the day when it wouldn't anymore. But this bridge, this very bridge, was her own personal harbinger of death. No matter what happened, it would always try to bring her down. Maybe one day, it might succeed.
But that day wasn't today.
Elena peered over the edge, tucking hair behind an ear so she could see clearly. This bridge also held fond memories for her. It was where she had become a vampire, which had led to her true self emerging and her coming to recognize her love for Damon. It was where she and Matt had thrown flowers in the water to memorialize her parents' deaths and say goodbye to the old Elena. And it was also where Damon had saved Elena.
The thought of Damon was enough to make her want to sink to the ground and start sobbing. Her hands fisted as she tried to restrain her sobs. When she heard a voice from behind her she stopped, the sob dying in her throat.
"Elena?"
She whipped around to see Matt walking towards her, looking concerned, his blue eyes melancholy and scarred from war.
"Hey, Matt," she said quietly, trying to sound upbeat. She failed miserably.
"Hey." His voice was low and rough, from crying, Elena guessed. He walked over to where she was standing and leaned over the bridge as well.
"Matt," Elena began, sounding worn and tired, "remember when-"
"-when we threw the yellow flowers in the water for your parents?" He held a kind half-smile on his face, reliving the memory.
"Yeah." She paused before charging on. "And we said goodbye to the old Elena." He nodded, waiting for her to go on. "...I think everybody has their different selves. Who they were before and who they are now...I'm me, I'm not going back. But..." She could feel the tears swell up in her eyes. "..I know someone who went back to his old self, and his old self is not safe to be around." Understanding was dawning in Matt's eyes. "And maybe, just maybe, if that person still loves this girl, who accepted her old and new selves, then maybe..." Elena began to cry. "Matt, if I find Damon maybe I can bring him back." And she burst into tears.
Matt was already hugging her. "Elena you can't," he pressed firmly. "Remember what happened the last time Damon did whatever he wanted? Bad things happen, Elena. You can't go after him!"
"Listen," she said softly, pulling away from him and holding herself together for the time being. "I love him. Matt, I do. And there's nothing that'll stop me from finding him, he has to come back to us...Look, the others will be here soon. Tell them...Tell them not to look for me. Tell them I'll bring Damon back to Mystic Falls." As she started to edge away Matt panicked.
"Elena don't do this!" he shouted. "You can't! Please!" His voice grew quieter. "We don't need to lose anyone else."
"Damon would never hurt me." She steadied her voice and wiped her tears away. "Bye, Matt."
As she turned around to leave she ran straight into Stefan. She started to shake her head, her face anguished, knowing he wouldn't let her go.
"Stefan, please. He's your brother. You love him too. Let me bring him back to us," she begged.
Stefan's green eyes glimmered in pain as he registered her words. However, he remained calm and unyielding. "Matt's right. Damon's unstable now as it is. If you ever find him, you'll find him in his darkest state."
Elena's eyes were once again filled with tears and she spun around, attempting to use her vampire speed to get away. As her form started to blur, Stefan clasped her around the waist, before she could escape. He held her tighter and brought her closer to him, trying to soothe her through her onslaught of tears. She was breaking down in front of them.
"Shh. Shhh...it's okay. Everything's going to be okay, Elena. Damon just needs some time to himself. When he's ready he'll come back, I promise. But I don't know how long that will take. It could be days, months, years, even centuries..." He pivoted her around so they were face-to-face in their close proximity. "Let's wait for him together, okay?"
She bravely managed a nod and leaned forward to embrace him.
Matt, pained and burdened by Elena's grief and Caroline's death, turned away abruptly before he started crying too.
And that was when Tyler and Bonnie arrived on the scene. They took in what was before them: Matt desperately trying to hold himself together, Elena sobbing uncontrollably and Stefan embracing her and stroking her hair. Bonnie and Tyler shot each other a look.
"So...what did we miss?" Tyler tried to joke. Bonnie gave a pained smile, and elbowed him in the ribs.
Elena lifted her head from Stefan's shoulder to look at them. Then she started to laugh helplessly, almost hysterically. Bonnie and Tyler shared another look, and Matt turned around, confusion written all over his face.
"You know...things are so bad that I can't even...I can't even..." She said between watery laughs.
"So then why are you laughing?" Tyler asked, confused.
"Well, laughter is the best medicine," Stefan interjected.
"We still have each other. And that should count for something," Bonnie chimed in.
"Yeah, I guess we do," Matt agreed, sounding somewhat depressed. Then, all of a sudden: "Screw this. I miss the days when all I worried about was football or a cute girl I had a crush on." Then he started to laugh.
Helplessly, the others joined in.
They walked off Wickery Bridge together, side by side, revelling in each other's company and the fact that they still had each other. As long as that lasted.
Elena didn't look back.
A/N:: So this was more of a heartfelt chapter I guess. And Irina and Klaus finally meet :DD So what did you think of this? Please leave me a review!
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