Hey, everybody! I'm really sorry I haven't updated lately, but if you have read my The Power of the Sacrifice story, you would know that I have had a serious case of writer's block for the past week or so on this story :( I want to update for you all so much, but I haven't had time to write, and when I do I can't think of anything! Thank you all soooo much for your awesome reviews, without them I probably wouldn't even be able to update right now! But I'm hoping that this chapter will kind of be a jumping off point so that I can get back on track for some more updates :) so I hope you enjoy this chapter!

"Why the hell did we listen to her?" Stefan yelled at Damon as soon as they were across the road in the forest.

"Because we can't get Elena out unless we find Bonnie and get her to lift the spell!" Damon returned to Stefan, "And that's why we need to get back to the house and call Bonnie."

Stefan looked incredulously at his brother and scoffed, "I'm not leaving her here."

"Stefan, we have to go find Bonnie!" Damon tried to explain, but he could tell that Stefan wasn't leaving until Elena was out safe and sound.

"Damon. I will not. Leave her. Alone."

Damon's eyes rolled at Stefan's intense glare and groaned. "FINE. Stefan, I will go back to the house to get Bonnie, and bring her back here. You can stay here and watch over Elena." Before Stefan had time to give a retort, Damon was gone. Stefan looked at the tree that they had stopped at, and sat down against it. His head leaned against the tree, and he strained to listen to what was going on with Elena and Katherine. Hearing nothing, all he could hope was that Elena would make it until Damon and Bonnie got back.

"Well that ought to take care of her for a while", Katherine grinned as she turned back around towards Harmony. When she saw the witch, the smirk automatically left her face. "You know what I want, and I'm pretty sure you do not want to piss me off."

Harmony's eyes widened, and she nodded. "Make the house and the girl invisible, and lock the brother in. Is that all?" Katherine thought for a moment, and shook her head in agreement.

"I assume that you can at least manage that? If not…you know the consequences. Do not screw this up." With that, Katherine turned and headed towards the front door. When she reached it, she turned back around to face Harmony. Katherine smirked and winked, but she frowned and raised her eyebrows suggestively, then in a very serious, quiet voice she said, "You know the plan?"

Harmony grinned back and tilted her head back, looking at the old vampire with amusement, and replied, "Hell yeah, I do. Don't worry, I got your back." A quick nod and another grin later, Katherine was gone, leaving Elena and Harmony alone in the house.

Caroline was still pacing the room as Bonnie freaked out over her inability to see her best friend. "Why can't I see her? I should be able to! Oh god, what if she's dead? What if Katherine killed her? What if—"

"BONNIE! Please. Shut. Up. I need to think, okay?" Caroline yelled as she paced quickly in front of the dead fireplace.

"But what if—" Bonnie continued, but to no avail.

"Bonnie, we can go all day worrying about the 'what ifs', but that's not going to help us find Stefan, Damon, and Elena. Now, where would Katherine have taken them?"

"I don't know. Maybe she compelled someone to let her in", Bonnie suggested. Caroline was focusing on where they would be, but if Bonnie could figure out why she couldn't see Elena, she'd be able to find the location.

"No, that would be too much work. Besides, Katherine likes to be in control, and if she has to keep having the owner invite people in, she'd get frustrated and probably kill them anyways", Caroline continued on. As she began to pace quicker, she thought she heard a noise at the door. Her head turned towards the door to listen, but hearing nothing she turned back towards Bonnie—who was rambling on about how to find Elena.

"I need to do a spell to figure out why she's blocked from my powers", Bonnie was saying. "I'm sure Katherine has a witch at her beckon and call, so I just have to—"

Bonnie was interrupted by Caroline shushing her to be quiet. Caroline knew she had heard something outside, but suddenly there was a large crash through the door. Both girls braced themselves for what was coming, and as the shadowy figure got up, they prepared themselves for the worst.

Rope. Elena could feel rope. As she came to from Katherine's drugs, it was the first thing she felt—she was tied up to a column in the corner of the room across from the front door. She tried to pull her hands out from behind her back, but instantly gasped as spasms of pain shot through her body.

"Ah, I see you're awake. Do you know how long you've been asleep?" Katherine griped from the loveseat, "Three hours! I thought I'd only given you a little dose, but I guess not. But whatever. Like I care, you're going to end up dead, anyways." Elena's eyes widened as she noticed the blonde setting up candles around her. The front door was closed, and she prayed that Stefan and Damon would be back soon to save her.

"Oh, Elena, I'd like you to meet Harmony. She's my little witch that's keeping yours from saving you", Katherine continued. The blonde girl looked up from the ground and gave a small smirk. She turned her head towards Katherine.

"I'm ready", she said with determination.

"Splendid", was all Katherine replied. The witch sat down in the circle of candles and closed her eyes. She began chanting slowly, picking up speed as the candle flames rose. Elena gasped as a sharp wind blew through the room, slamming the door open and blowing picture frames off the wall. Suddenly, the witch jerked her head up and wrenched her eyes open to glare at Elena.

The ropes fell to the ground, but before she could run away Katherine's arm was around her throat in a choke-hold. Katherine knew that Stefan was waiting right outside, and was just waiting for a moment to save Elena. She looked down at Harmony who was beginning to stand up, and inquired, "What now?"

"Take the picture of you and force her to hold it against her stomach."

Katherine grabbed the picture out of her pocket and shoved it into Elena's hands. The girl tried to fumble it away, but Katherine leaned down to her ear and compelled her, "You will hold the picture against your stomach. You won't fight, but you will feel everything as it happens. Do you understand?" With a quiet agreement, Katherine grinned. "Oh, and feel free to scream as loud as you need."

Stefan had been watching with confusion as the series of events played out in front of him. He had absolutely no clue what Katherine was doing, but he knew that if necessary, he was willing to die so that Elena could get free.

Elena gripped the picture of her doppelganger to her stomach, knowing that what was about to happen could not be good. As she held the picture, she saw the witch begin to chant again—this time looking straight into Elena's eyes. She felt a tingling sensation wash over her, and as it got stronger she saw the witch pull something out of her pocket.

A knife. The witch was holding a knife. As soon as Elena realized what it was, she tensed and pulled in a scared breath. Katherine laughed and grabbed the instrument from Harmony's hands. As soon as she had a hold of the knife, she took it and shoved it into Elena's stomach as far as it could go, and relished the scream that she pulled out of the girl.

She dropped Elena to the floor, and fell to her knees as she felt a surge of pain shoot through her stomach. Surprised, she screamed in unison with the young girl, but as soon as the pain had started it was over.

Knowing that Stefan was just about to come running in the doors, she nodded her head to Harmony to finish with the spells. Elena was beginning to fade as she saw Stefan running across the lawn to save her.

"Stefan…no…" Elena gasped for breath, knowing that if Stefan came into the house, he probably wasn't coming out. But she knew that he would ignore her, and as he bounded over the doorway to grab Elena, she heard Katherine laugh maniacally.

"Welcome back, Stefan", Katherine smirked, "I knew you couldn't stay away for long. And now, you get to stay forever."

So how was it? Anyone want to take a guess as to what Harmony's spell did? Or who busted through the Salvatores' door? (well that one isn't that hard...) haha, I hope it was good, it took me a while to write :P I'm going to try to update more often, but with the end of the school year, another whole story, and all, it's pretty hard. I also hope that this has managed to bring my muse back, so maybe I'll be able to post once every 5 days or so-that would be way better than the week and a half its been taking me lately! But anyways, I would really love some comments to help me keep going :) as always, feedback is love, people! So read & review!

-kiki :)

btw: who's frigging excited for this weeks episode? Major drama w/ Klaus, Elijah, Stefan, Damon, Jenna, Elena...Oh I give up. This is the Vampire Diaries, people! if there isn't drama with everyone in every episode, then it's not really the Vampire Diaries! :D