[Bonnie's dream]
Bonnie was walking around in the old witch abandoned house, she began to hear whispers around her, leading her down to the basement.
She looked around and saw four coffins, the whispers were leading her to one of the coffins. She opened the lid and inside of the coffin she saw Klaus laying there, she stiffined seeing his body there she was about to turn and leave, but she caught glimpse of Elena's necklace in his hands.
She was about to reach it but suddenly she heard a rustling sound behind her, she turned to see who was the intrunder but a flashing light took over her.
Bonnie's eyes bursted open as she began to breathe heavily, she looked around and saw that she was in the safety of her room. This was the strangest dream, she ever had. Why would she dream about Klaus and Elena's necklace? Could it be that Elena's necklace is the answer to drive Klaus to his death?
Claire was laying on the beach working on her tan, with a bottle of Jack Daniels beside her. She was wearing a orange trikini that hugged her body in the right places, her hair was done in a casual updo. (Oufit in the profile). Brazil was one of her favourite places on the world. The sun, the beach, the boys and the famous ' gua-de-coco' were the best thing that this country could offer. It was no secret that she loved the good life. After all the shit that happened in Mystic Falls, she deserved a well deserved vacation.
"Posso lhe servir mais alguma coisa, senhora?" (Can I serve you something else, lady?) A tall, muscled and tanned guy asked her. Along the years the she learned several languages and portuguese was one of them.
"Por acaso, pode. Chega um pouquinho perto, gostoso." (As a matter of fact, you can. Come a little closer, hottie) . She purred, the man grinned cheekily as he moved closer to her, she trapped him in a daze with her eyes and whispered.
"Vo n o vai gritar." (You will not scream). She compelled him and he nodded, then with her razor sharp teeth into his neck and drank his sweet and tasty blood. She had to admit brazilian blood was too damn good, she sucked him dry and they dumped his body into the sea. It was a real shame that she had to kill him, but oh well that's just life.
She heard music coming from the bar that was near the beach and she went to check it out. Everyone was dancing and singing along with the music. The traditional dance was the 'samba', she recognized the music right away, Mais Que Nada from the Black Eyed Peas with Sergio Mendes.
Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba
Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba
She began to move her hips to the beat of the music, as everyone started to whistle and clap their hands.
Mas que nada Black eyed peas came in to make it hotter
We beat the party starters
Bubblin up just like lava
Like lava heat it like a sauna
Penetrating into your body armor
Rhythmically we message ya
With hip hop mixed up with samba
With samba so yes yes yall
You know we never stop
We never rest yall
The black eyed peas are keeping it funky fressh yall
And we wont stop until we get you, til we get you
A green-eyed man grabbed her hips from behind moving her body against his and she put her arms around his neck enganging him into a sensual dance.
Oaria raio Oba Oba
Oba Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba
She climbed up to the bar as everyone surrounded her and she let her hair loose, falling down on her back.
Peter piper picked peppers but
Tab rocked ryhmes 1,2,3 for several times
Heavy rotation made by every kind
Of radio stations blessing every mind
And we crossing boundaries like everyday
Tu papi papi pair to th
We got we got tab magnification tab magnafied
Like every day
So yes yes yall
You know we never stop we never rest yall yall
The black eyed peas are keeping it funky fressh yall
And we wont stop until we get you, til we get you
Sayin
Two blonde girls climbed up to the bar too and started to dance along with Claire, moving their hips and arms.
Mas que nada Sai da minha frente
Eu quero passar Pois o samba esta animado
O que eu quero e sambar
Este samba que e misto de maracatu
E samba de preto velho
Samba de preto tu
When the brazilian chorus started to play, Claire showed her 'samba' endowments. Moving her body just like the brazilian girls on the bar.
Mas que nada, we gonna make you feel lil hotter
Peas and Sergio Mendes heating up sambaaaa
Badabababababaaaaaa
Sergio play your piano sergio play your yo yo yo yo Piano (echoing)
Check it out
The bartender played the piano as Claire put her hands on her hair and rolled down to the floor.
Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba (la la la la la)
Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba (la la la la la)
Oaria raio Oba Oba Oba
Everyone singed along with the music along with Claire
Este samba Que e misto de maracatu samba de preto velho
Samba de preto tu (la la la la la)
When the music ended everyone cheered and clapped their hands. Claire then walked over to the bartender and looked into his eyes.
"Bebidas grátis, para todo o mundo. Por conta da casa." (Free drinks for everyone, it's on the house.) She compelled him and he nodded. He announced that everyone was getting free drinks and the people went crazy.
While Claire was sipping her cocktail, her phone began to ring inside of her purse. She pulled out and checked it the ID, it was Stefan calling. She huffed in annoyance, he better not ruin her mood and her awesome vacation right now.
"What's up, Stef?"
"What do you mean, 'what's up?'. I've been trying to call you for days." She could hear in his tone that he was pissed.
"Lighten up, Steffy. I'm on my vacation, you should get one too." She smirked.
"There is no time for vacations right now, we have serious things to deal with. Where are you. anyway?"
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." She chuckled.
"Try me." He scoffed.
"Rio de Janeiro." She answered.
"You're in Brazil? You're telling me that you are on the other side of the world?" He cried.
"Geez, don't need to get your panties in a twist. I needed to get away from Mystic Falls, I needed some fun and excitement." She shrugged.
"Well, fun time is over. You need to get in Mystic Falls, like now." He replied seriously.
"You mean, I need to fly my ass back to America to deal with all the supernatural shit..." She scoffed.
"Yes, you have to take this seriously Claire." He huffed.
"Oh, don't worry. They're going to see me again." She smirked.
"So, that means you're going to come, right?" He questioned.
"Hell, yeah. I'm coming home."
At Mystic Falls, Elena and Bonnie were sitting at a table on the Grill, as the doppelganger explained her friend what happened this morning when she thought she was being followed.
"I think I'm going crazy. I'm totally paranoid all the time" Elena replied nervously.
"You have a right to be. Klaus is still out there, and he knows you tried to kill him" Bonnie told her.
"Why hasn't he made a move? There's been no sign of him, nothing. Just my slow spiral into insanity" Elena ran her hands across her hair.
"Join the club. Every time I close my eyes, I have that nightmare on repeat" Bonnie replied.
"The same dream?" Elena creased her eyebrows.
"Yeah. Four coffins. Klaus is in one of them. It's weird"
"What if it's not just... Some dream? What if it's, like, you know, a witch dream?" Elena questioned.
"It's just stress. I'll figure it out. What about Stefan and Claire? There has been any sign of them?" Bonnie changed the subject.
"They betrayed us, Bonnie. The Stefan that we know is gone and I don't know what to say about Claire." Elena shrugged.
"I still find it weird, to why Claire would help Stefan save Klaus. It doesn't make any sense." The witch shook her head.
"I don't know what to think anymore." Elena sighed.
"How is Damon handling that?" Bonnie asked. "You know about Claire?"
"Damon is... Damon" Elena answered. "You just can't talk about Claire to him, is a touchy subject."
Damon was sitting on the bar with Alaric, as he was drinking many bottles of alcohol and the teacher was grading papers.
"Alright, you have your choice... Bloody Mary, screwdriver. Brunch in a bottle" Damon replied as he drank the alcohol and then took a sip of orange juice.
"Come on, Ric. I can't drink all this by myself. I mean, I can, but then somebody's getting naked" Damon smirked as he eyed the bartender. "Oh, man. I can't believe you're making me drink alone"
"I'm busy" Alaric replied.
"It's the eve of Klausageddon. You're doing homework?" Damon scoffed.
"This may come as a shock to you, but I am not here to hang out with you. I'm here to see Jeremy, who is an hour late for his shift" Alaric looked at the watch on the wall.
"Kids today. Where are their values?" Damon asked as Alaric showed him Jerem's work paper.
"That's his midterm paper. Copied it straight off the internet. Didn't even try to hide it" Alaric huffed.
"Ooh. Somebody's getting grounded" Damon grinned.
"Did you say you were waiting for Jeremy... As in Jeremy Gilbert?" The bartender questioned.
"Yeah" Alaric nodded.
"He was fired last week" She told him.
"Oops" Damon smirked as Alaric turned to look at Elena.
In the woods, Jeremy and Tyler were hanging out as the human boy was shooting cans with one of Alaric's crossbows. "Nice shot!"
"So what's the point of this again?" Jeremy asked.
"The point is I'm pissed at Caroline and Bonnie dumped your ass." He told him "The point is to get drunk and shoot stuff." He grabbed another beer and put in on top of the rock.
"Profound." Jeremy mused "If Alaric finds out I took this he is gonna use it on me."
"So what's the deal with that?" The hybrid looked at him curiously "He is like your guardian now?"
"Sort of, yeah." Jeremy nodded "I think he feels responsible for us."
"Do you like him?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I like him." He aimed his crossbow towards the can but Tyler stood in the way "You wanna move out of the way?"
"I'm a hybrid, Gilbert." He told him "You can't kill me unless you cut off my head or rip out my heart. And you're not gonna do it with that lame ass crossbow." The hybrid scoffed "Go ahead!" He challenged "Take a shot! Unless you don't think you can hit me."
Jeremy acepted his challenge as he aimed the crossbow higher and he pulled the trigger, before the arrow could hit Tyler, he caught it on his hand easily.
At the Grill, Damon was playing darts as Elena was on the phone trying to get a hold of Jeremy.
"Jeremy, the minute that you get this, call me" Elena replied angrily as she hung up the phone.
"Uh-oh, someone is mad..." Damon slurred. He had too much to drink and Elena had noticed this.
"It's not that I'm mad. I'm just... I'm worried" She sighed.
"Why? He lost his job at the Grill, I think he'll survive, Elena" He told her.
"He's spiraling. Ever since Bonnie broke up with him, he's moody. He's not really talking to anyone" Elena replied concerned.
"Just a typical teenager" Damon shrugged.
"Who's seeing ghosts and who's lost everyone that he cares about" Elena shook her head.
"Not everyone. He still has you..." Damon replied as he aimed the dart, throwing forward to the board
"Are you ok?" She asked.
"What makes you think I'm not ok?" Damon looked at her.
"Well, you're a day drunk. And you've been kinda depressed and I know that it is because of-"
"I'm not depressed 'Lena. And it sure as hell isn't because of her." He stumbled towards her.
"Just get a grip on yourself ok?" Elena put her hand on his arm, trying to comfort him.
"Noted. See if I can make any improvements" Damon smirked.
"Don't mind me" A familiar british voice replied behind them. They turned to see Klaus with one of his hybrids.
"Klaus" Elena whispered.
"You're going to do this in the Grill, in front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" Damon narrowed his eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink with a mate." He smirked, then he turned to his hybrid. "Get a round in, would you, Tony?" It was the man who was following Elena this morning.
"I'm surprised you stuck around town. Long enough for happy hour" Damon scoffed.
"My sister seems to be missing. Need to sort that out" Klaus replied.
"Cute, blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find" Damon smirked.
"Truth is, I've grown to rather like your little town. Thinking I might fancy a home here. I imagine you're wondering how does this affect you. And the answer is, not in the slightest. As long as I get what I want, and everyone behaves themselves, you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word" Klaus told them.
"What more could you possibly want?" Elena questioned.
"Well, for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan" Klaus suggested.
"Stefan skipped town along with Claire the second they saved your ass" Damon sneered.
"Oh yes, the beautiful Claire. Well, you see, that is a shame. Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine" Klaus informed them.
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem" Elena retorted. Klaus stepped closer to her but Damon stood in front of him.
"Well, this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart" Klaus smiled. "I find it amusing of how protective you are here over my precious doppelganger. Here, I thought that the love you had for Claire was undying."
"You don't get to talk about her." Damon clenched his jaw.
"Oh, I've hit a nerve." Klaus taunted, then he turned to Elena. "Find me Stefan." He turned to walk out of the Grill.
"I'm going home to see if I can catch Jeremy." Elena replied. "You'll be ok here?"
"Yes, Elena. I'll be fine..." Damon rolled his eyes she shot a look at him and then she walked out of the Grill. Damon walked towards the bar again and ordered his usual bourbon on the rocks.
"Hello Damon." A feminine voice said beside him. He tensed hearing her voice, he wasn't ready to face her yet. But he turned to look at Claire, there she stood in all her glory, looking gorgeous as ever with her devious smile. She was wearing a black strapless top with golden studs, black skinny jeans and black and golden high heels. Her hair was wavy and she wore red lipstick. (oufit in the profile)
"Did you miss me?" She smirked.
"What are you doing here?" He growled.
"This a public place. I can be here if I want to..." She answered. "How about, I buy you a drink? For old time sake."
"Screw you." He spat, he rose from his seat and went to walk out of the bar, but she caught his arm.
"You already did. Countless times, so no biggie." She shrugged. "I'd hate to pay a visit to Elena and I don't know rip her head off, or better yet. Give her my blood, kill her and then you'll have two vampire girlfriends." She grinned.
He glared at her but he sit next to her anyway, she smiled and ordered two glasses of bourbon.
"Never pegged you for a heartless bitch, did you went to the same school that Katherine did?" He smirked.
"Ouch." She put her hand on her chest. "I'm not sure if I'm the one who you should compare to Katherine..."
"Why did you come back to Mystic Falls, Claire?" He snapped.
"I missed you." She told him, the truth was that she did really missed him, but Damon wasn't buying anymore.
"Did you? I thought you would be riding into sunset with Klaus, and his hybrids behind." He scoffed.
"Ugh, I'm trying to avoid Klaus. I came back because I have business to take care of." Claire told him.
"What kind of business?" He questioned.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" She smirked.
"Enough of the mind games, tell me why are you here." He demanded.
"I don't have to tell you anything. We're not together remember? Now, I need to go meet someone." She rose from his seat and turned to leave but this time he caught her arm.
"You did miss me, after all." She smirked and he narrowed his eyes.
"Who are you meeting?"
"My long lost lover." She replied sarcastically. "It's none of your business, pretty boy."
"Did you know that Stefan stole Klaus's family from him?" He stopped her in her tracks. She turned around and smiled at him.
"Really? Well, Stefan gets brownie points for that." She replied. Damon walked over to her to stand in front of the beautiful brunette.
"You did know. Didn't you?" He scoffed.
"Maybe, maybe not." She shrugged. "But, I'm a lying bitch. So you can never tell." Before he could respond she already left the bar, leaving him more confused then ever.
Bonnie entered the old witch house, she walked around and nobody was there. When she head down to the basement she could hear the whispers. She didn't saw the coffins there, like she did in her dreams.
"Hello, Bonnie." A dark voice came from behind her.
Bonnie turned around to face the younger Salvatore with a small smile on his lips. Suddenly another dark figure appeard next to Stefan.
"Stefan, Claire. You followed me here?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah. Wasn't too hard. You should probably be more careful." Stefan replied putting his hands into his jacket pockets.
"What do you want me with?" She looked scared.
"No need to look so scared Bon, we're not going to hurt you." Claire told her. But the younger witch tried to keep a safe distance between them.
"She's right." Stefan nodded as he walked slowly towards her "We need your help."
"Why would I help you?" She snapped "Elena said you both saved Klaus's life."
"Let me fill you in on a little secret about Klaus. He kept his family with him at all times, daggered." Stefan informed her "Stored in coffins. And now I have them, and I need you to help Claire to keep them hidden."
"Are you two out of your mind?" Bonnie looked at them "You're just gonna make him angrier."
"Right now, I could care less of how Klaus is going to react, the game has changed and so did the rules. We have his family, so we're on the winning team." Claire smirked.
"And his family is his one weakness. As long as we have that, we can ruin him." Stefan elaborated.
"I don't have enough power to hide four Originals!" Bonnie hissed.
"That's the point. We're witches. I mean I could hide the coffins myself, but we all know that the dead witches would try to screw up my juju, 'cuz they don't trust me. But if you have my back, they'll back off." The hybrid explained.
Att the Gilbert House, Alaric was cooking dinner as Elena was settling the table while they talked about Jeremy. "So, you're ready?"
"Vampires, hybrids and Originals. No problem." Elena replied "My rebellious brother... I'm worried."
"Proof that you're still human." Alaric replied as the front door opened and Jeremy walked in, going to the kitchen to grab some food from the fridge.
"Just in time! We're cooking." Elena told him.
"Sorry, just passing through." Jeremy told them, opening the fridge.
"Ah, well I thought we would all stay in, have a meal together like a typical, atypical family." Alaric looked at him.
"Why?" Jeremy creased his eyebrows.
"Maybe because you got fired and you didn't tell anyone." Elena scoffed.
"Ah... Look, can we do this later? I made plans with Tyler. He's right outside-"
"Oh wait! When did you start hanging out with Tyler Lockwood?" Alaric questioned.
"I don't know... Does it matter?" Jeremy shrugged.
"Yeah, Jeremy! It matters. He was sired by Klaus. He's dangerous." Elena informed the young boy.
"He can still hear you." Jeremy hissed "He is right outside. Besides you of all people are gonna lecture me on who I can and can't hang out with?"
"What is with the attitude?" Elena crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, whatever, this is lame. Tyler is waiting." Jeremy rolled his eyes, he went to walk past her but she blocked him.
"Oh, no." She shook her head "You're not going anywhere, especially not with Tyler."
Jeremy turned to look at Alaric for support but the teacher shook his head "I'm with her on this, Jer. Sorry."
"Alright, fine. You want me to stay in? Let's all stay in then." He called out to the front door "Yo, Tyler! Come on in!"
"Jeremy!" Elena huffed as Tyler walked into the house.
Over at the Boarding House, Damon was pouring himself a glass of bourbon. He could sense a presence in the living-room, so he turned to face Klaus.
"I think it's about time we had a drink, don't you?" Klaus questioned.
"I'd say we're overdue" Damon answered.
"Well, you've been so busy, what with all your plotting and scheming" Klaus smirked.
"You know me... Never miss a chance to plan an epic failure" Damon told him.
"Don't be so hard on yourself. Who could have guessed your own brother and girlfriend would betray you?" Klaus questioned.
"Well, I did have a front row seat when your sister lied to you" Damon taunted.
"Yeah, well, she's fickle, that one. And you say you have no idea of her whereabouts?" Klaus looked at him.
"That's the thing with younger siblings. You just... never know what they're going to do" Damon chuckled as he took a sip from his drink.
"Drink?" Damon offered.
Jeremy handed Tyler a glass of water as they hybrid thanked him "This is weird." Elena replied "Klaus has hybrids stalking me and now you're just sitting in our kitchen."
"Look, maybe I should go." Tyler suggested about to get up.
"Oh, stay." Jeremy stopped him "You're not doing anything."
"Unless you have to, you know, check in with your hybrid master." Elena replied sarcastically as Tyler chuckled.
"It's not like that Elena." He shook his head.
"Tell me, Tyler... What is the difference between being sired and being compelled?" Alaric asked curiously as he sat beside him.
"Compulsion, that's just mind control, like hypnosis..." He trailed off "And being sired is... It's like faith. You do something because you believe it's the right thing."
"So you believe that serving Klaus is the right thing?" Elena asked.
"I don't serve him. Klaus released me from a curse that was ruining my life. I own him for that." Tyler explained them.
"What if he asked you to jump of a bridge?" Alaric asked.
"He wouldn't!" Tyler scoffed "And even if he did, I'd be fine. I'm a hybrid."
"Ok, so what if he asked you to rip out your own heart?" Elena questioned.
"Again, he wouldn't."
"What if he did?" Elena pressed.
"I don't know! Then I'd rip put my heart! You guys sound like Caroline, getting all freaked out over something you don't understand." He snapped,
"You're right, Tyler. I don't understand. Klaus has terrorized every single one of us and you're just blindly loyal to him." Elena hissed.
"You're over thinking it. I can still make my own decisions." Tyler told her firmly.
Back at the Salvatore Boarding House, Damon poured two glasses of bourbon and handed one to Klaus.
"Cheers, mate" Klaus smiled.
"Down the hatch" Damon replied as they both downed the alcohol.
"You know, we've actually got a lot in common, you and I" Klaus informed him.
"Really? Well, yeah. Maybe we can... Bond over our mutual loathing of my brother and the fact that we're pinning over for the same girl. Why are you so mad at him? He stole something?" Damon cocked an eyebrow.
"My family. The originals. I had them daggered, boxed up, awaiting the day when I saw fit to wake them. And he went in and pinched the bloody lot" Klaus answered.
"Of course he did. Ah, such a buzz kill, my baby bro. Well, I'd love to find him. Just the trouble is I sure as hell don't work for you" Damon smirked. "Besides, maybe you should ask Claire... She paid me a visit at the Grill."
"And why should she know about Stefan's whereabouts?" Klaus questioned.
"Oh, I don't know... I just think she knows a lot more then she's telling, don't you find odd that she skipped town at the same time as Stefan stole your family?" The younger vampire mused.
"You know, your drink stinks of vervain, so I can't compel you. There'd be no point in killing you, because you're actually the one with the most hope of getting me what I need. And yet, it would seem a demonstration is in order. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough when I told you to find Stefan. Oh, well. It seems you people respond best to displays of violence. Why don't you take this as an example of my reach?" Klaus spat as he pulled out his phone from his jacket pocket and dialed a number. "There he is! So, that thing I told you to go... Why don't you go ahead and get on with it."
Jeremy put his phone into his pocked as he walked over to the table again "What was that about?" Elena questioned.
"It was nothing." Jeremy waved her off.
"I got to go." Tyler announced "Um, thanks for the food offer, but-"
"Next time." Alaric replied as Tyler got up and left "That was illuminating."
"So, Tyler Lockwood is a lunatic who has access to our house?" Elena sighed.
"I mean this whole sire bond thing is... wild. I don't think even Tyler is fully aware of what little reason lies behind what he's saying. It's this weird cult logic." Alaric replied.
"Well, great, that's a wonderful influence for you Jer..." She turned to look at her brother but he wasn't there anymore "Jeremy?" His ring was on the table.
"That's his ring." Alaric replied and Elena picked it up.
"Where did he go?" Elena asked.
They walked outside to the porch, to see Jeremy standing in the middle of the road "Jeremy?" She called but he wouldn't answer "What is he doing?"
Suddenly a car was driving with a huge speed towards Jeremy, Elena and Alaric ran towards him.
"Oh my God! Jeremy!" Elena called.
"Jeremy!"
"Jeremy move!"
Alaric quickly shoved Jeremy out of the way as the car run him over, and Elena ran to help Alaric. She quickly checked if he was wearing his ring.
"There I go again." Klaus's hybrid slave called from the car "Bumping into people..." He quickly drove away.
Jeremy quickly got up and ran over to his sister to check if the teacher was going to be fine "He's gonna be alright. Are you ok?" Elena looked at him.
"I don't understand." Jeremy sounded confused.
"Who was that on the phone earlier?" Elena questioned.
"It was Klaus!" Jeremy realized.
"You were compelled, Jeremy! We've gotta get him inside. Help me." She told him as they both carried Alaric's lifeless body into the house.
Klaus was walking around of the new mansion he bought it with one of his hybrids "Compel the men to open up this wall." He told the woman "We need sun, I want a fortress not dungeon..."
Then Tyler walked into the room, "Here he is! The man of the hour!" Klaus exclaimed.
"So everything went ok?" Tyler questioned.
"Tony ran down Alaric instead of Jeremy, but apples, oranges. Message lands the same." Klaus shrugged.
"You said you are sending them a warning."
"And I did. An effective one!" Klaus replied firmly "Elena's family suffers, she is motivated to get me what I want."
"I didn't think that we actually have to kill anyone." Tyler frowned.
"Tyler, mate. What you are feeling is the remnant of a guilty conscience. I need you to get over it, ok?" He put his hand on his shoulder "End of the day human life is just a means to an end. Our means to our end. You do well to remember that?"
Elena was walking around on the porch as she dialed Bonnie's number so she could speak with the witch.
"Elena, hey." Bonnie answered.
"Klaus is looking for four coffins, just like in your dream. Guessing it's not just stress?" Elena told her.
"Elena, don't get involved. Whatever Klaus wants, stay as far away from it as you can! If not for yourself, then for your family-"
"That isn't going to happen Bonnie... He tried to kill Jeremy." The doppelganger replied.
The witch paused for a moment "What do you want me to do?"
"We need to find Stefan and Claire" Elena replied. "Look, I know that you don't think that your locator spell still works, but we have to at least try."
"You don't need a locator spell..." Bonnie informed her.
Damon and Elena were walking towards the old witch abandoned house, where Bonnie had told her that it was the place where Stefan and Claire were hiding.
"Bonnie said this place lost all its mojo" Damon replied.
"The dead witches were angry at her for bringing Jeremy back to life. I guess now they have something they want her to know" Elena told him.
"That's why I hate witches. So fickle, passive-aggressive" Damon scoffed.
"Are you sure, you're talking about the witches?" Elena looked over at him.
"Don't go there Elena..." The vampire warned her. She nodded her head as they both walked into the house.
"Stefan?" Elena called.
"Come on, Stef. Olly olly oxen free" Damon called, suddenly he began to burn as he cried in pain, he quickly rushed to a shadow. "Really? Still?" He questioned the dead witches.
"What?" Elena creased her eyebrows.
"Witchy spirits aren't a big fan. And they use their juju to screw with my daylight ring!" Damon growled.
"Then wait outside." Elena told him.
"Elena-"
"I'm not leaving until I know if he's here." She replied stubbornly, Damon quickly rushed out of the house.
"Stefan?" Elena called, walking into the basement.
"Go away!" Stefan ordered as he stepped out of the shadows "You shouldn't be here Elena."
"I need your help. Bonnie said that you and Claire would be here." She replied.
"Well, Bonnie sucks as keeping secrets." Stefan narrowed his eyes.
"Listen, you need to give Klaus his family back." She told him.
"Oh, really? Is that what I need to do?" Stefan scoffed.
"Klaus compelled Jeremy to stand in front of a speeding car. Don't you get it? Stefan, he's not gonna stop until he gets what he wants." Elena countered.
"Elena, stop talking." He ordered "I'm not giving Klaus anything."
"Are you listening to me? He's gonna kill Jeremy!" She cried.
"Not really my problem." He shrugged.
She felt anger inside of her, so she reached her hand bacwards and slapped him across the face, he moved his head to the side "And you can go to hell!" She spat as she turned to leave.
"That didn't go over well." Damon replied as he watched Elena walk out from the house.
"Don't even start, Damon." Elena hissed.
"Let me talk to him!" He told her and she turned to look at him.
"You can't get in!" She growled "The witches won't let you!"
"Here." Damon handed her his car keys "Take my car keys. You go deal with your brother, I'll deal with mine." He turned to walk towards the house, he quickly rushed inside he moved to the shadow so he could avoid the sun and moved again reaching downstairs where his brother was sitting on a chair with a sarcastic smile.
"Wow! That was impressive." Stefan mused sarcastically "But the coffins aren't here, so... You can go away now."
"I don't care about the coffins. We need to talk." Damon told him as the sun began to burn him again.
"Ok, lets talk." Stefan crossed his arms over his chest.
"Nothing is ever easy with you, is it?" Damon sneered. He quickly grabbed Stefan as they moved around the house, when suddenly the older vampire threw his brother outside of the house. He quickly kicked him, sending him flying on the other way. He snapped a branch of a tree and shoved into Stefan's stomach.
"That is for screwing up my plan!" He pushed the branch further into his stomach "You stop me from killing Klaus and you steal his family! Why? It doesn't make sense!" He scolded "Answer me!"
"Piece by piece Klaus took everything from me." Stefan struggled to talk "I'm doing the same to him."
"But I had him, Stefan!" Damon growled "Why did you and Claire screwed it up!"
"We did it to save you!" Stefan hissed as suddenly someone threw Damon off of Stefan. They both looked over to Claire who had her hands on her hips.
"Now, boys. Play nice." She looked at them.
"No. No way! You both didn't do this for me!" Damon growled at them.
"He was one step ahead of us." Stefan informed him "If Klaus died, his hybrids would have killed you..."
"I want you to get it through your head." Damon got up and shoved the stake into his gut "Stop saving me!"
"What do you mean 'stop saving you?'. He's your fucking brother! Of course he would save you. And I loved you, you son of a bitch! Did you expect me to let you die?" Claire yelled angrily. Damon just stared at her blankly, what had hurt him more right now wasn't the fact that she was hating him, it was the fact that she said that she loved him - Past tense.
"I didn't know-"
"Of course, you didn't know! You didn't give me a chance to explain..." She roared. She turned in her heels to get back at the old witch house but he stalked after her.
"Claire, please wait!" He called after her.
"Now you want to talk? Well, screw you!" She growled. He quickly grabbed her arm and turned her around to look at him.
"Please, just hear me out for five minutes." He begged.
"Why should I? You didn't let me talk, to explain myself..." She scoffed.
"I know, but you need to hear to what I have to say... Just five minutes and I'll leave you in peace." He looked at her.
"Better make it quick." She crossed her arms over her chest.
"I can't tell you how sorry I am, for not letting you explain... I was so pissed at that moment, that I couldn't see anything in front of me. All this time I've been blaming you and Stefan for saving Klaus, when you were just trying to protect me, I don't deserve your forgiviness and I'm idiotic bastard for not believing in my own girlfriend, and I'm sorry for calling you all those names. I didn't mean it any of them, I was just blind in rage and wanted to make you hurt like I was hurting." He paused for a moment. "You have every right to hate me, because I promised you that would always protect and trust you but I didn't. You trusted me but I didn't trust you like I should..."
"I cried Damon. I fucking cried! I tried to have sex with several guys, to get over you. But it was no use, no matter what I did you would always find a way to get back into my bloodstream." She felt tears sprung in her eyes.
He grabbed the sides of her face, "I don't deserve you or your forgiviness... But, I needed it."
"I guess, it's a little to late for that..." She scoffed. She went to walk past him but he pinned her against a tree.
"I just need to know one thing..." He whispered. "Did I lost you forever?" She stared at him trying to hold her tears, she was not going to shed one more thing for him. She was done being emotional. She wanted to tell him yes but it would be a lie, she still loved him... But she couldn't be with him right now, he had hurt her too much.
"You lost me... For now." She answered him.
"I just want you to know, that I'm not going to give up on you - on us." He cupped her face, his eyes flicked down to her lips, he moved closer and smashed his lips against hers.
She kissed him back for a few moments, when she snapped a branch of a tree behind her and shoved into Damon's gut. He called out in pain as he twitched his body, she leaned down to look at him.
"Well, you fucked up royally, this time. So I wouldn't hold your breath for it." She scoffed as Damon fell to the floor trying to pull the branch from his stomach and she walked away carelessy.
Alaric came back from the dead as he groaned feeling sore, he looked up to see Elena entering the house "Ric, hey! When did you return to the living?"
"Oh, just a few minutes ago. How is Jeremy?" Alaric questioned.
"Hating me. Hating life. Hating the fact that we can't even have a family dinner without somebody dying before dessert. Are you ok?" She asked concerned for him.
Alaric twitched his body as he started to cough violently, sippiling blood "Something's wrong! The ring!" He rasped as he fell to the floor.
"Ric." Elena called as she quickly went to call the paramedics.
Damon was walking around outside of the witch house as Stefan was leaning against the door "Do you know what I can't figure out? Why save me? Was it brotherly love, guilty conscience? Is the switch on, is the switch off?"
"You have somewhere you need to be Damon?" Stefan questioned.
"Deflection. That's not going to work on me! I invented that." Damon scoffed.
"We're done. Can't you just go away?" Stefan narrowed his eyes.
"Not until you tell me why you saved me. You owe me that." Damon replied
"I didn't owe you anything."
"Fine. Next question, why did you steal the coffins?" Damon asked.
"Because Klaus's family is the one weakness I can use against him." Stefan told him.
"Use against him to do what?" Damon growled "You're not going to kill him, you know how I know? Cause there was only one way to kill him and you and Claire blew that to save me."
"You're wrong Damon. Klaus doesn't just get to live forever. There's another way. There has to be." Stefan walked closer to him.
"Fair enough. But whatever you and Claire are doing I want in." He replied.
"We don't need your help."
"Really? Last time I checked you're hiding in a haunted house." Damon scoffed.
"You heard him." Claire announced walking over to the brothers. "We don't need your help."
"If you're going after Klaus you have to be cutthroat and devious. I'm so much better at that than Stefan. Come on, what do you say? If you're gonna keep saving my life at least make it for a good reason."
"You want in?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah." He nodded.
"Ok. But just you, me and Claire. Elena stays out of it." Stefan told him firmly. The younger Salvatore looked over at Claire for support and she nodded her head hesitantly.
"Deal." Damon nodded.
"Follow me." Claire called, and Stefan went to follow her but Damon didn't move.
"Wait. I'm not so... welcome in there." Damon told them.
"Don't you worry Damon. We all want the same thing." Stefan smirked as they walked down to the basement "Have a look."
"What? Klaus is allergic to dust?" Damon rolled his eyes.
"Hmm... Look again." Claire told him with a smug smile "Witch spirits hate Klaus as much as we do. They're helping me to hide the coffins."
"So even if he comes in the house..." Damon trailed off.
"... he won't he able to find them." Stefan finished.
At the Hospital, Alaric was sitting on the hospital bed, checking his ring when a beautiful doctor with brown hair and light brown eyes walked over to him, holding a his chart "Mr. Saltzman. What are you doing up? You should be resting."
"Ah, I'm more of a walk it off kinda guy." He joked "Do I need to sign something?"
"Internal haemorrhaging, three broken ribs and a concussion. I have no idea how you're on your feet right now, but I need to run some more tests." She told him.
"I actually have some place I need to be, but... thank you... Dr..."
"Fell." She answered "But the patients who follow my advice get to call me Meredith."
"Well... I appreciate your help Dr. Fell." Alaric smiled.
"Mr. Saltzman... what is your secret? Guardian angel or did you sell your soul to the devil?" She questioned him playfully but yet curiously.
"Hmm... a little of both." Alaric smirked as he walked out of the room.
Someone knocked at the door of the Boarding House and Elena went to open to reveal Klaus "Thank you for coming."
"I trust you have news of Stefan." Klaus walked into the house.
"I couldn't find him." She lied "But, I have something else..."
They walked down the basement to see Rebekah laying on the floor daggered "My poor sister. I can't turn my back on her for a moment."
"The life of my sister in exchange for your brother?" Klaus looked at her "Yeah, I'd say that's a bargain. Consider him spared."
"You should know I was the one that daggered her. When she wakes up she'll come after me." Elena tolf him.
"I can control Rebekah. Besides I still need your help finding Stefan." He replied.
"I told you I don't know where he is." Elena huffed as Klaus pulled the dagger out of Rebekah's back.
"You're lying. Fortunately you have no shortage of loved ones. If I don't find my family the question you should be asking yourself is who's going to die next? Bonnie? Caroline? Damon?" He gave her a knowing smirk "It's only a matter of time before Stefan gives me what I want"
"He doesn't care about me anymore. You made sure of that. You turned him into a monster." Elena hissed "Now he's your problem. And just so you know, I'm not the only one that Rebekah wants dead. She knows what you did to your mother. She knows that you killed her... You can let yourself out." Elena replied as she walked out of the cellar.
Jeremy and Alaric were leaving the hospital, the teacher was fully healed now thanks to Damon's blood "So, the ring brought you back to life, but it didn't heal you. Does that mean it's broken?"
"I don't know. It's never happened like that before. I guess I have Damon's blood to thank for the fact that I'm still walking." Alaric answered.
"He said to say you owe him a drink." Jeremy told him
"That's funny. Id' rather have head trauma..." Alaric replied "Hey, Jeremy. You ok?"
"Why wouldn't I be? I shot a hybrid in the back and chopped his head off with a meat cleaver. Typical Sunday, huh?" Jeremy asked sarcastically.
"You can talk to be about this stuff. You know that, right?" Alaric looked at him.
"What could you tell me that I don't already know? This is the way things are. It sucks but, I just got to get used to it." He began to walk away.
Klaus was walking around in the room of his new mansion, as Rebekah was laying on the table still asleep "Here we are, Rebekah." Klaus replied "Home sweet home. Only took a thousand years... And to think I was counting on you being here with me... But that's all ruined now, isn't it?" He noticed her fingers began to twitch "I'm so sorry... Sister... We'll meet again one day." He shoved the dagger into her chest again.
Stefan and Bonnie were in the witch house as they looked over at the coffins, she approached the one of her dreams "This is the one I dreamt about." She tried to open it, but it wouldn't move.
"Don't bother. It won't open." Stefan replied.
"What do you mean, is it locked?" Bonnie questioned.
"Nope. Just won't open. I've tried everything. Blow torches. Crowbar. Can't even scratch the finish." He told her.
"I think it's closed with a spell." Bonnie replied.
"Meaning whatever is in there, should probably stay in there." Stefan mused.
"You said you wanted to make him suffer. The witches led me here for a reason. I think whatever is inside this coffin is our answer." Bonnie nodded. "Where is Claire? She should be here."
"Alaric called her to talk about his ring and she said that she would meet him at Elena's house." The vampire answered.
Claire was getting out of her car, walking towards the door of the Gilbert House. When suddenly she saw Elena and Damon on the porch. She quickly hide behind a tree as she heard their conversation with her super-hearing.
"I feel like a horrible person" Elena sighed.
"You just saved his life, Elena. Take it from me... Estranged is bad. Dead is worse" Damon replied.
"Just can't stop thinking about what happened. The last time I asked you to compel him" She paced the porch.
"He found out, and he got over it. Again, not dead, Elena. He's so lucky to have you for a sister" He tried to comfort her.
"Thank you" Elena replied quietly.
"No problem" Damon shrugged.
"Not just for this, Damon. For everything. I don't know what I would do if you weren't here" She told him sincerly.
"You should know this, Elena. Stefan and Claire didn't screw us over. They screwed us over, but they had a good reason" He informed her.
"What?" She frowned.
"They saved Klaus to save me. Then Stefan stole the coffins to get even" Damon explained.
"Damon, if they did it to protect you, then... I don't understand? I mean... Oh, what does it even mean?" Elena whispered.
"What does it mean? It means I'm an idiot. I completely blewed it everything with Claire, because I didn't believe her." He growled
"And I wouldn't have to feel guilty." Elena shook her head.
"Guilty for what?" He frowned.
"For feeling the way I feel..." She replied quietly.
"Elena..."
"No, Damon. This is so wrong, I shouldn't feel the way I feel about you, but I can't help it. I considered Claire as friend, this isn't fair for her or for Stefan but, I..." Elena paused for a moment "But, you know what? If I'm going to feel guilty about something, I'm going to feel guilty about this". She walked closer to him and pulled him down for a kiss, he stood frozen for a while. She completely caught him off guard.
Claire just heard and saw everything, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. He didn't even pull away from her. She quickly got into the car and sped off of the scene.
Damon finally came to his senses and pulled away from her, grabbing her hans.
"Elena, no." He pried her hands off of him. "What are you doing? You can't kiss me."
"I know... I'm so sorry Damon." She felt tears sprung in her eyes.
"I care about you Elena, I always had." He told her. "I even loved you once, but then Claire walked into my life and she made me fall for her. I love her so much, and I always will."
"I don't know what has gotten into me..." Elena sobbed.
"You're just confused, you still love Stefan. And Claire, she's the woman of my life. I love her more then I ever loved Katherine, I can't imagine my life without her."
"I feel so awful right now..." Elena whimpered.
"You need to get inside and sleep, tomorrow is a new day. So we can forget that this ever happened." He told her and she nodded. "Good night, Elena."
"Good night, Damon."
Claire climbed out of her car as she rushed inside of the old witch house. Stefan was making a bed, so he could sleep but he stopped when he noticed that Claire was upset.
"Claire? What happened?" He questioned.
"I can't believe he would do that to me..." She whispered.
"What? Who?" Stefan creased his eyebrows.
"That lying bastard!" She roared, she began to tear apart everything she could find in her path as the lights flickered thanks to her magic.
"Claire! Stop!" The younger vampire tried to stop her. She continued to rip everything apart, he quickly rushed over to her and grabbed her arms. She struggled against his chest and he kept a hold on her.
She suddenly stopped fighting him as she cried into his chest, he soothed her hair and rocked her back and forth.
"Tell me what happened..." He whispered.
"I saw Damon kissing someone." She told him, she didn't tell him that it was Elena. She didn't want him to be heartbroken like she was.
"I'm sorry Claire." Stefan pulled away to look at her stormy blue eyes. "You know, I'm here for you if you need, right?" Despite of his new personality, he cared for Claire and he always had. He grew to like her during the summer when they were with Klaus. She was there for him when he was struggling with his humanity.
"Thank you, Stefan."
Oh my god, Elena has just made a move on Damon! But thankfully he pulled away, a little late- might I add. Claire is heartbroken, so what is going to happen in the next character? One thing is for sure, she's going to be pissed as hell at Damon and Elena. Badass Claire is going to be evil to a whole another level...
Sorry for the fans of Klaus x Claire, they had no scenes in this chapter. But don't worry, they're going to have plenty of scenes on the next chapter! So, I'm kinda developing a Stlair friendship (Stefan x Claire), tell me what you think...
Thank you so much for your love and support, don't forget to review :')