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"He's taking your friend for her final cleanse, child. She will never be Caroline again after the consecration."
Jeremy, Grams, and I joined the Originals that same day. My grandmother tried unriddling Silas's intentions yet it was forbidden to aid the vampires. She did not look at them or speak to any member of the family directly. Their mother, an Original witch, transformed them for immortality and authority over the natural world. With a forceful husband by her side, Esther betrayed the laws of the universe. In the afterlife she had no place to dwell. She was shunned by her sisters and became nonexistent. Esther became a memory and was truly and eternally dead.
"That can happen to the both of us, Bonnie. You are sacrificing more than you know to help the vampires."
"Well then we'll be rejected together, Grams but at least we remain together. Please help me. I can't do this alone. I will never locate Caroline without you."
The Originals saw us fading in and out from sight but listened to our discourse. Jeremy was my link to them. I had arranged for the encounter in New Orleans while Elena and Damon searched for Stefan. There were just too many places I had to be at once and my magic was testing me. Slowly it rejected me for my rebellion.
"The girl had a light. If she had not been turned by darkness Caroline would have died a mortal death to become an Angel. She was destined to be a messenger for the Greater Ones and guide the living. This is why I'm helping, child. This is the only reason why we will do this. It's because of her light and maybe for that reason alone our ancestors will rescue us from here when we are done. We do this for Caroline, Bonnie."
"Yes. Yes, of course it's for Caroline."
Klaus was noticeably crestfallen. I saw Rebekah watching him trying to decide if she should console him but she was weary to show affection. He hated to be thought of as anything less than the most powerful creature in the world.
I was reading his mind and my grandmother heard his thoughts. How many times had he told her that she was full of light? Even on her deathbed he perceived the angelic radiance from her. But he also remembered it was his fault that she was laying there hurt. He told Tyler to bite her. It was his fault Katherine killed Caroline to free herself from his own ritual. Time and time again, up until we stood outside the Original's new home in Louisiana, he had hurt her.
"Klaus?" I said sympathizing for the first time.
"She was coming to see you. She was leaving Mystic Falls to tell you about her feelings after she spoke to Tyler. So all of that, all your past, put it aside. You were still perfect in her eyes."
Heavyhearted and despondent he retreated inward some more.
"Please, help me find her. I beg you." he bemoaned.
"Bonnie." Elijah interrupted. "For whatever it's worth, we thank you for coming to Caroline's side. She needs all of us to ban together and salvage her from Silas. Our family is indebted to you. I'm sure Caroline feels very fortunate to call you her friend."
Elijah was sincere and I know my grandmother resonated with his words.
"Tomorrow a new moon will manifest itself. The tides will be most effective for his ceremony during the twilight hours. Silas needs a powerful current and a gravitational pull from the moon. That will extract the spark left in her soul. He will have to lay her down under the flooding tide to wash the life out of her. Once that is complete, she will be empty for him to infect her and be his. He will have his way with her however he chooses and she will be his forever."
Everyone looked ill from a mental collapse. Klaus grabbed fistfuls of his hair and curled his arms over his head.
"Where do we go, Bonnie?" he trembled. "There are shorelines all around this country! Where do we go? Where is she?" his voice thundered in the air around us.
"The highest tidal range in the world is in Canada. Is it conceivable that Silas has brought her there?" Elijah asked remaining rational as his brother scrambled to make sense of it all. His fear was encumbering him.
"No. I feel his vibe but he must be somewhere close to the border." my grandmother responded but only looked at me.
"They are north." she said.
"The highest tidal waves are in the Bay of Fundy which is at the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine. The waters of the two countries amalgamate there." Klaus added coming into accord with what was more effective and important for him to do. He had to think.
"Maine? Shall we fly to Portland and then figure out where to go from there?" Rebekah asked speeding across to face me closely.
"Grams, does that sound right? Could they be in Maine?"
Her eyes narrowed and I could tell she was confused. We only had one try. Her brow furrowed as though she was trying to see or hear a message from her gut.
"Are they in Maine?" Klaus implored, seriously exasperated by the time she required.
"Niklaus!" Elijah chided.
"Let her think, Klaus. We can't go hopping from state to state. There's no time for mistakes." Jeremy rebuked the thousand year old hybrid.
"Please, Bonnie." he said ignoring the boy and beseeching my forgiveness.
"Yes. Go!" Grams cried out seeming almost delighted.