YES! GO ME FOR POWERING THROUGH WRITERS BLOCK! So I had this terrifying realization last night that the story's nearly over...I'm just kidding, but it is nearly half way through in about two chapters time. So that means I have one day and one night to do two chapters, shouldn't be too hard.

Thought I'd just clear up on relationships before we begin (the chapter takes place about 3/4 days after the last one.)

Klaus and Elena:

HAVE gotten closer.
DO care about each other.
DON'T love each other.
ARE falling for each other.
ARE manipulating each other (however they may stop sometime in the not too distant future.)
ARE acting like a couple.

Hope that clears things up for ya ;) enjoy :)

Songs I listened to:

Crack the Shutters-Snow Patrol
Crawl (Carry me Through)-Superchick
All You Wanted-Sounds Under the Radio (for last scene)

Chapter 10

Elspeth's POV

Bonnie sat on the sofa reading what looked like a grimoire intently. She sensed my presence almost immediately her kind green eyes meeting mine. I slightly smiled at me, a smile that she returned. I sat down across from her.

"Elspeth," she smiled. "What can I do for you?"

I sighed. "I need help with a spell."

She frowned. "Elspeth, you know I'm all for helping you, but Elena's our first priority at the moment."

"No I know that," I shook my head. "But the thing is how much do you know about secrecy spells?"

She sighed and thought for a moment. "Well, not much. I haven't really looked much into them; I just really know the basics. A witch casts a spell on someone and makes sure a certain piece of information that the person is knows is made impossible to be shared with anyone."

"Yes I am aware," I said. "Do you know anything about breaking them?"

She raised her eyebrows. "Are you under one?"

I nodded. "Yes, and the information I have is extremely vital. So please, if you know anything about breaking it, I would be forever in your debt!"

She furrowed her brows in thought. "I'll have to look into it, but at the moment the only way to break it is if the witch who cast it takes the spell back."

I sighed. "She'll never take it back," I ran a hand through my hair. "Are you sure there isn't any other way?"

"Well," she paused. "If someone were to find out what you know, then there is a chance that the spell is broken."

I sighed and tried to smile at her. "Thank you, Bonnie." I focused my eyes on the ground, afraid of crying.

"Hey," Bonnie said, noticing my sadness. "If you want, I could see if I could try and find Elijah quickly just now. Obviously we can't go get him just now, but I can find him."

I lit up completely. "Really?"

She smiled. "You're helping me get my best friend back. I think it's the least I can do."

I became ecstatic and ended up pulling Bonnie into my arms. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

She simply laughed. "It's okay, now could you let go I kinda can't breath."

"Oh sorry," I looked at her apologetically. She just laughed.

"It's fine, now do you have something that belongs to Elijah?" she asked.

I nodded and reached for the necklace I kept around my neck at all times. It was a beautiful engagement ring that I had placed on a silver chain. It was originally Elijah's that his mother had past down to him. After Katherine, he figured he wouldn't need it. So he gave it to me, jokingly telling me I was the only woman he could spend forever with. At the time I laughed. Today I would've cried knowing he was only joking.

I took one glance at it and smirked before handing it over to Bonnie. She smiled before beginning the spell...

Elena's POV

Klaus' friend Gregory pissed me off greatly. Not only had he decided to take up lodging in Klaus' home but he also demanding spending all his time with Klaus. So it was no surprise that I was annoyed the next day when all they did was hang out, giving me nothing to do. And as much as I hated to admit it, I missed spending time with Klaus.

As the evening neared I decided to go out and watch the sunset, funnily enough under the tree that Klaus and I had shared our first kiss. I smiled at the memory delicately touching my lips. I tried to shake myself. I couldn't have these feelings for Klaus. He would never feel the same way. He said it himself, he could never love. So why had such a feeling of hurt gone through me when he said that?

My thoughts were interrupted when I felt something pick me up bridal style. I screamed in fright and then laughed when I met those beautiful pale blue eyes. He chuckled before kissing my forehead.

I sighed and looked at the sunset, wrapping my arms around his neck and nuzzling into his shoulder.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" I asked, acknowledging the sunset, however I knew he wasn't looking at the sunset, he was looking at me.

"Hmm, I can think of things far more beautiful," he murmured against my hair. I turned to him and smiled at his line. I kissed him lightly on the lips. "Why the sudden change of attitude?"

I shrugged, pulling one arm away to tuck a loose strand of hair out of my face. "I guess you hanging around Gregory made me miss you kind of. I haven't spoken to you all day."

He chuckled. "Well there's no need to be jealous of him. It's you I want to be around, not him."

I smiled at his reassurance. He sat down, putting me down with my back to him in between his legs; he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Do you ever worry about Elspeth? I mean we haven't heard from her, since she was taken," I asked. He paused for a moment.

"I guess so. It's not really worry, more concern. I'm more worried that she's working with them against me," he said. It surprised me.

"Why would she? I mean she's your best friend," I asked.

He sighed. "We had a fight before she was taken."

I turned my head to the side. "You guys were fighting? What about?"

"It's nothing, forget I said anything," he muttered.

I pushed away from him and turned round to face him. "If it's nothing then tell me, what did you guys fight about?"

"It's nothing concerning you," he hissed.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why are you being so secretive about this?"

"Because it's nothing to share!" he almost yelled. I was about to speak when he interrupted me. "Why are you being like this? You're treating this like we're some sort of couple."

"Well then what else would you call this?" I blurted out. I stood up, growing angry.

He laughed. "There is no 'this'! 'This' is far from anything!" he said harshly. "I never picked you to be so stupid! What, did you think that because we've gotten that little bit closer that we're in some sort of relationship?" he didn't give me time to respond. "God, Elena, I thought even you would be smarter than that."

I didn't say anything. I just stared at him. I just stared at him in disbelief. The only thing I did believe was the fact that Klaus was freaking schizophrenic. I rolled my eyes and made a disgusted noise before storming away; knowing that he hardly gave me a second glance.

..

I sat in my room about a half hour after the whole scene under the tree. I honestly didn't know what I was so upset about. Yes I maybe had feelings for Klaus but why was I so hurt by the fact that he said there wasn't anything between us. It's what I wanted. Wasn't it? My thoughts were interrupted when Klaus walked in. He had an apologetic expression on his face and slightly smiled at me as he entered my room.

I simply looked at him before returning to stare into space.

"Sorry," he murmured. "About the things I said."

"It doesn't matter, it was true and you were right. I overreacted," I looked up at him. He didn't believe a word I said. He sat down next to me and wrapped an arm around my waist. With his free hand he placed a finger under my chin and tilted my head to face him. He brought his lips to mine and kissed them ever so softly. It started off slow and careful but it wasn't long before it became hard and lustful with my hand entwining with his hair and his hand pushing me closer towards him. I pulled away for air then looked at him and laughed. "So what is that gonna be us? You screw up, I get mad, you kiss me, I forgive you?" I asked with a smile.

He grinned. "Something like that," he kissed me for a second as I smiled against his lips; it was then pulled away, a concerned expression on his face. "Listen, there's something I have to tell you."

I ran a hand through his hair. "What is it?"

He slightly smiled at my touch before diverting his eyes away from me. That worried me. "It's a full moon tonight."

Oh.

"I see," I said slowly. My mind trailed back to when Caroline had told me the pain Tyler had endured when he first turned. I began to wonder what it would be like for Klaus. "Is it the same, for you?"

He nodded. "The pain is unimaginable. Almost unbearable," he muttered.

"Can't you change whenever you want?" I asked.

"Yes," he said. "But it hurts. I figure the more I do it on a full moon, the more I'll get used to it. But...I'm scared," he admitted.

That shocked me. Klaus. Scared. A word I never thought would leave Klaus' mouth. But if he could admit it, then he most definitely be afraid. I thought for a moment then linked my fingers with his.

"Then I'll stay with you," I said. "Till the very end."

He shook his head and stood up. "No Elena, you couldn't. I would hurt you. I could kill you," he ran a hand through his hair. He began muttering to himself about possible scenarios, I stood up and walked over to him.

"Hey," I said, cupping his face with my hands and looking him in the eyes. He stopped. "You're not going to hurt me. I know you won't."

He seemed unsure. "How do you know that?"

I thought for a second. "I promise you I'll be okay."

"You promise?" he asked.

"I promise," I said, and then I kissed him lightly on the lips. Then he did something surprising. He wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on my head. He took a deep breath and I sighed. It was a comforting moment, but I could tell he was worried. I knew I had to stay with him, I knew I did.

..

Klaus took me deep into the woods, as far away from the house as he could, then into an abandoned cellar. It was similar to where Tyler had chained himself up. He looked uneasy as he stared at the chains that would hold him. I again linked his hand in mine and looked up at him and smiled at him comfortingly. He tried to smile and pressed his forehead against mine and sighed.

"If I forget to tell you later, thank you," he murmured.

I chuckled. "For what?"

"For being here, for helping me. For caring for me," he said. "For being with me."

I smiled. "No problem," I kissed him for a minute before we proceeded to the chains. As he took his shirt off I felt embarrassed by the fact that he had caught me staring. He simply chuckled as I fastened the chains around his ankles, wrists and neck. After I finished he smiled.

"You know, there is something strangely kinky about this," he said to me, a twinkle in his eye.

I smiled before enveloping myself in his arms. I sighed. He sat down and we simply sat there, holding each other. And we did that for a whole two hours before the time came and he let out an almighty scream.

I quickly got out of his arms and backed away to the other side of the cellar. He screamed in pain and I felt tears in my eyes. So much pain. So much hurt. And there was nothing neither of us could do about it. I watched in horror as his bones cracked and twisted in unusual positions. About ten minutes past before signs of true wolf form became visible. Fur began to crowd his face and his eyes shone a brilliant shade of bright yellow and his fangs appeared. After about fifteen minutes he took true wolf form. He stood there, snarling at me. Staring into me. Fear washed through me as he growled and let out a bark.

"Klaus," I said, uneasily. "It's me. It's Elena."

But my words didn't seem to get through to him. He continued to growl and snarl and bark and started to stalk towards me. He was going to lunge at me. I made a quick dash for the gate that closed the cellar but I was too late. The wolf had lunged at me and was digging it's teeth into my side. I screamed at the excruciating pain that soared through as the wolf sank it's teeth into my skin like I was some sort of chew toy.

"Klaus! Please! Stop!" I shrieked, not knowing what to say. I kicked at the wolf's back leg and it withdrew it's fangs. It snarled and I rolled onto my back and tried to squirm away. But it only made it more angry. It made another lunge at me, this time biting my arm. I screamed again. This pain was equally unbearable and I could feel blood leaving my body at an impossible speed. I couldn't think of what was more painful.

The wolf then suddenly removed it's teeth from my body and ran away. For what reason I didn't know. All I knew was that I was alone, in a cellar, in the middle of nowhere, where no Damon or no Stefan could get to me, and I was dying.

DA DA DAAAAAA! Not even gonna comment. Next chapter should be up sometime tomorrow :)

Reviews would be lovely :)

Oh before I forget, shout out to NeonBerry! There WILL be heartbreak VERY soon, not sure wither or not it will be on Elspeth's behalf, Elena's behalf or even both! :)