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WOOHOO I'M BACK! Now that this story is finished I will try to post AT LEAST once a week, maybe more but never less. I'm so excited to be back! Anyway I'm sure you're all excited too so I'll let you get to reading. Enjoy and don't forget to leave a review!

When Elena woke up the next morning she was at the cemetery. She looked around and her journal was laying open next to her. She must have fallen asleep there. She looked in front of her at her parents headstone and sighed softly. To her surprise there was a new headstone next to them.

She read the stone out load.

"Jeremy Gilbert, loving brother, student, nephew, son and friend. May he RIP…"As she looked next to him there was another headstone. The next one belonged to Jenna, the one next to her had John's name on it.

Elena stood and took a step back looking at the long line of Head stones. She noticed Caroline, Bonnie, Tyler, Matt, Vicky, Lexi, Stefan, and Damon, even Ric, were all buried there. They were all gone but how?

"It's because of you, Elena." A voice said.

Elena gasped as she saw a shadow figure in the distance. "Who are you?"

"Names Klaus, and you should have listened when people told you not to run or try to stop me. Now because of you everyone is dead."

"No." Elena said shaking her head.

"Yes, because of you everyone you love is dead."

"No, no, no, no," Elena said shaking her head. Things around her started to vanish. "No, no, no."

"NO!" Elena screamed as she shot up in bed and looked around.

"Hey, it's ok. It was just a bad dream. You're safe." Lexi said.

Elena looked to her and tears filled her eyes. "Lexi, you're alive?'

"Well…as alive as a vampire can me."

Elena chuckled but then started to cry. "He killed you all! You were all dead! I lost you all!"

"Elena, Honey…"

"Oh Lexi, everyone was dead!"

Lexi pulled Elena in her arms and hugged her. "Shhhh, you're all right. You're safe. We are fine, we are all safe and unharmed."

"Wher-Where's Stefan?" Elena asked softly.

"I had him go home. He stayed up all night watching you so had him go home and get some sleep and shower and freshen up."

"He's ok?"

"Yeah, he's fine. Everyone is, it was just a nightmare."

Elena nodded but stayed in Lexi's arms. Lexi stroked her hair and rubbed her back and before she knew it she fell back to sleep.

A few hours later Elena woke up to the sound of the doorbell. She groaned softly but made a move to get up and answer it when she heard the door open and Jenna talking. Then she heard footsteps. Thinking it was for Jenna she roll onto her side and snuggled back into her bear to sleep.

"Aww look how cute little Elena is sleeping with her teddy bear." She heard Damon's voice laugh.

She groaned and pulled the blanket over her head. "Go away."

"Elena, we need to talk." Stefan said.

"I think I'll pass, nothing good ever comes after wanting to talk."

"Elena, please, we went to see Katherine."

Elena sighed. "What happen to Lexi?"

"She went home to shower and change and get some rest. She's meeting us later."

"Wake me when she gets here."

"She's here." Stefan chuckled. "Just pulled up. I hear her talking to Jenna."

"Elena, come on you need to get out of bed." Lexi's voice was heard.

Elena groaned. She sat up. "What?"

"There is a way to stop the sacrifice." Stefan said. "Rose and Lexi have been in contact with an old friend of theirs named Slater and he told them about another way to stop Klaus but we need the moonstone."

"Good luck getting it from Katherine." Elena laughed. "Let me guess she wants to exchange her freedom for the stone?" When no one answered Elena rolled her eyes. "That's not going to happen so looks like this little plan is useless anyway."

"Bonnie is going to help us." Stefan said. "We just to get the stone from her."

Elena's eye's went wide. "NO!" she screamed. She jumped from bed and ran into Stefan's arms. "No! You are not going in there! You are not leaving me!"

"Hey, it's ok. It's ok." Stefan said rubbing her back. "Bonnie is looking for a way to bring down the seal long enough for us to run in get the stone and get out."

"Can she do that?" Elena asked.

"We're going to try. She's coming over to discuss it further after lunch. Why don't you join us?" Lexi said.

Elena shook her head. "No. We're not going to stop Klaus. We can't. Remember Katherine's story? If we try to stop him or escape him he's going to…" Elena shook her head and pulled away from Stefan. "I don't want you guys to do this." With that she turned and went into her bathroom. The shower was turned on and they all sighed.

"That went well." Damon said.

"She's terrified. She woke up terrified last night from a nightmares where we all died because of Klaus." Lexi said. "She isn't going to take this lightly. She'll never admit it but she is scared of Klaus. She doesn't want the people she loves to get hurt. Why don't you two head over to meet with Bonnie. I'll talk to Elena and we will meet you there."

"Can you help her?" Stefan asked.

"I can try." Lexi said.

"Are you going to tell her?"

Lexi shrugged. "if I have to."

"Tell her what?" Damon asked.

"Nothing. Let's go." Stefan said.

They both left and Lexi sighed. The only way to really help Elena was going to be to tell her story and she really didn't want to. But she'd have to, to help Elena.

Lexi waited as Elena got out of the shower and got dressed. "Elena, you and I need to have a serious talk."

"I'm not letting them do this, Lexi. If we try and stop Klaus he'll come kill all of you. I don't want to take that risk."

"We can protect ourselves, Elena. We are vampires."

"It doesn't matter. He's older than all of you and not to mention stronger, and faster. Lexi, do you remember what Katherine kept saying last night. 'rather you die than I'. Do you remember that?"

"Yes. So?"

"I'm not like Katherine. I'd rather die than have to watch everyone I love suffer and die."

Lexi sighed but decided to switch things up. If Elena was all about protecting her friends and keeping them save then she'd have to play the card, the one card she never wanted to play.

"He killed them Elena." Lexi said. "He's the one who killed my parents. I would never admit this to anyone else but I'm terrified of him, Elena. He's already taken my parents away from me please, I don't want him to take another person I love." Lexi was crying now, shocking Elena. She had never seen Lexi cry.

"Lexi I…"

"Nobody knows you're alive so Klaus doesn't even know. So he won't know if we try and stop him. If you go and give yourself over to him, like I know you're secretly planning…"

Elena blushed."

"…then he will come here and I can't face him again, Elena. I'm terrified of him and I don't want to see him again, please. Let's at least try it this way first. If it doesn't work we can move on to plan B."

With tears in her own eyes Elena nodded. "Ok. Oh Lexi, I'm so sorry! I had no idea." The two girls shared a hug.

"I love you, Elena, like my baby sister and I don't want to lose you to Klaus. Not after everything he did to me."

Elena nodded. "I love you too, like the big sister I never had. I understand. Is there more?"

"Yes, but it's not important. Please don't tell anyone about what I said. Not even Stefan knows."

Elena nodded. "I promise. Thank you for telling me the truth. Let's go to your house and see what Bonnie has come up with."

"That's my girl."

They two girls shared one more hug and then headed out to get to the Boarding House.

They arrived at the Boarding house just as Bonnie started to tell everyone her plan. Once they had all the stuff they needed and knew the plan they headed to Tomb.

They arrived quickly but were surprised to see the moonstone laying on the ground.

"What the…" Stefan went over to pick it up.

"Well, well, well, look who finally showed up." Katherine said.

Elena gasped when she saw Jeremy bleeding from the neck. "No, Jeremy!" She went to run after him but Stefan wrapped his arm around her waist to keep her back.

"Don't worry, I know as long as he has this ring on I can kill him as many times as I want and he'll keep coming back, so here is the new plan. You get your little witch to get me out of here and then you get your brother back."

Elena glared as she struggled to break free from Stefan's arms. "Let me go!" she growled. "Jeremy!"

"We are going to get him out of there. I promise." Lexi said. She turned to Bonnie. "Can you do this?"

"Yes, but once I get it down I won't be able to hold it for long." Bonnie said.

"Just do the best you can. I can get in and out faster than anyone else." Lexi said.

Bonnie nodded and started setting everything up and started to spell.

Stefan continued to struggle against Elena trying to pull away. "Let me go! Jeremy"

"Elena, stop, look at me." Stefan said turning her to face him. "We're going to get him out, but you need to calm down. You running in there is only going to give Katherine more reason to hurt Jeremy."

Tears filled her eyes and she shook her head. "He can't die. She can take the ring off at any time."

"She won't. We have the moonstone, if she kills Jeremy she knows we will leave her in here. She needs him alive."

Elena just nodded but let her tears fall. Stefan hugged her close as they waited for everything to happen.

It took a few minutes but suddenly everything went by so fast. Bonnie muttered a strong "done!" and in a flash Lexi rushed in threw the powder on Katherine, grabbed Jeremy, and rushed back out. Just then Bonnie fell to the ground. Everyone went over to check on her.

A couple seconds later Katherine tried to escape only to hit the wall. "You cheated!" she growled.

"Goodbye, Katherine." Stefan said. "You've been a great help, but we can handle the rest."

"Oh really? Does that mean Elena has said her goodbyes? What I did to Jeremy is nothing compared to what Klaus will do to him." Katherine smirked.

Elena shook her head trying to turn her out.

"Have you said goodbye to your Aunt Jenna, what about Stefan and Lexi? Bonnie too? You won't be seeing them much longer. I guess it's a good thing your mom and dad are already dead otherwise it would just be two more people you'll never see again. Have you thought about what that's going to be like, every one you love will be dead."

"Stop it!" Elena cried. She pulled from Stefan and ran back outside. Stefan went after her.

"Hey, it's ok. It's ok." Stefan soothed hugging her close.

"I hate her, I hate her."

"I know, I know." Stefan said. "Ignore her. We are going to do everything we can to keep you alive and all of us safe."

Before more could be said Lexi came out with Bonnie and Jeremy.

"Let's go home." Elena said and started walking away.

Lexi sighed and nodded.

The news didn't get much better as they arrived home. They arrived home only to find out Rose had been bitten by a werewolf and it was getting worse.

"What can we do?" Elena asked.

"I know of a cure." Lexi said.

"Wait, what?" Stefan asked. "There is a cure."

"I don't have time to explain. Stefan, please do everything you can to keep her comfortable. I'll be back as soon as I can. Damon, if you hurt her any worse than she already is…"

"Relax I won't do anything to her."

"I'll be back as soon as I can."

In a flash Lexi was gone.

"Where is there a cure?" Stefan asked.

They all shrugged.

Stefan looked to Elena and sighed. "Come on, Angel. Let's get you home."

"I'm sorry, Rose. I hope you feel better." Elena said.

"Thanks, I'll be fine."

Stefan took Elena home.

"Are you going to be ok?" Stefan asked as they went into her room.

"Rose needs you more than I do." Elena said.

"I'm sure Damon can take care of her. They've been uh…close lately."

Elena giggled. "At least he's gotten over Katherine and me."

"True, but please be honest Elena."

Elena inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. "I want you to stay…with me."

"Then I will."

Elena broke out in tears. "I'm so scared, Stefan. I'm terrified."

"I know. I know you are. Come here." He hugged her close and let her cry into him. Stefan wasn't sure how yet but he was going to find a way to keep Elena alive and everyone else alive as well. But how?

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