"Hello?" Aurora called out as she cracked the door open.

"Come in." A low firm voice answered, sending chills down her spine.

With a deep breath, she entered, closing the door behind her slowly. Esther was standing by the window, the moonlight shinning down on her, illuminating her green dress.

Aurora stood at the door for a moment, unsure of what to do. And with a deep breath she tentatively took a step forward. "You're son said you wished to speak with me." Her voice was calm and collected, trying not to sound nervous.

Esther turned to her slowly, her face blank. "Elijah told me about you. He said that you helped him, and that you're his friend." Aurora breathed a sigh of relief, her secret is still safe. "He plans on leaving tomorrow with that girl, Kya."

This was a shock to Aurora. And though she felt a little sad about her friend and ancestor leaving, she was happy for them. "Oh. I wish them all the luck in the world then."

What did Esther bring her up here for? Certainly not to talk about Elijah and Kya.

The witch frowned. "You must keep him here."

"Why?"

"I made a terrible mistake, and I must fix it." Esther took a breath and stepped towards Aurora. "I plan to kill them all. I want them here when it happens."

Aurora shrunk back a bit, not able to understand how a mother could kill her all her children. All the information passed through her head and she connected some dots. "You asked Elena here for her blood."

Esther furrowed her brow. "You're smarter then you look…Yes I need her blood for a ritual. It was a mistake to save my children. They've become monsters."

"No. Elijah is good now, he's made amends." She tried arguing, but it seemed futile.

"That doesn't change the fact that's he killed countless times. Klaus has always been a monster. Kol and Rebekah are no different. And Finn knows it's the right thing…They must die."

Aurora shook her head. "Don't do this."

"Keep him in Mystic Falls, or I shall be forced to expose you, in front of the whole town, and the world." Esther's head was held high as she spoke, and with much confidence.

Aurora felt her heart stop. "What?"

Esther started circling her. "I know what you are. You hide your wings, but there's no mistaking it. You're a fairy."

Aurora stiffened, feeling her mouth dry. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"I met one of your kind once. She was beyond beautiful, and shined, much like you do. Her eyes were captivating, and she walked so gracefully, as if she were on a cloud…The woman who taught me magic killed her, and told me that it's too dangerous to let fairies roam the world. If someone was to kill a fairy, they'd be unstoppable." Esther trailed off, her eyes unfocused as the memory replayed in her head.

Aurora backed up towards the window, feeling luck was on her side when she saw it was opened. "Do you plan on killing me then, to make sure Klaus doesn't?"

Esther looked back at her with a blank expression. "No. He'll be dead, and will pose no more threat. My intention is to end the suffering…and killing you will end future suffering."

"Why did you ask me here?"

She looked at Aurora with a sad smile, bringing her hand up. "I can't allow you to live."

But nothing happened.

Aurora breathed a sigh of relief, thanking the heavens that fairies aren't affected by most magic. However, there was a knife on the table next to Esther, and she needed to get out of here before the witch realized that.

Aurora jumped out the window without a second look at Esther, and flew up to the roof. "Wow." She muttered as she stood on the roof, stumbling slightly as her dress caught under her heels.

She hadn't been expecting that at all. Esther asking to see her was shocking enough. Now she has another person trying to kill her. But the biggest fear is that Esther will tell someone that she's a fairy.

She looked up at the moon, missing the days when she was free to do as she pleased, and fly wherever she wanted. No restrictions or confinements. No vampires trying to kill her. Coming to Mystic Falls seems like a bad idea, in retrospect. But if she hadn't come, she never would have met Caroline, or Bonnie, or Jeremy, or Elijah, or Damon. Personal relationships have never been something that she valued, but now, they're the most important thing. Now, she'd die for her friends, she'd do anything for them. And she only hoped that they'd do the same for her.

With a sigh, she took off her heels, setting them down on the roof. She knew that she needed to find Damon, or Elijah.

After making sure the coast was clear, she flew down, landing gracefully on the grass, and sighing happily as her toes felt the earth. It was such a bother having to wear shoes.

"Stay away from her."

She heard Damon's voice say, but she couldn't see him.

She looked up and saw him and Kol talking on the balcony on the upper floor. "I think not. She likes me around."

"Oh yeah, she adores people that try to kill her friends." Damon said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

Kol didn't seem fazed. "Are you jealous Damon? Jealous that Aurora's attracted to me?"

She could practically hear the bark in his voice. "Not in the least."

"You heard it, didn't you? Her heart beat speed up when I touched her. Her arousal was painfully obvious. I bet she tastes like-"

Damon tackled Kol with a yell, knocking them off the balcony. They fell to the ground, not far from Aurora.

She ran over to them, but by the time she got there, Damon had already broken Kol's neck.

Stefan ran out, seeing what the commotion was. He took one look at Kol and thought the worst. "Are you insane?"

The other Originals came out, glaring at Damon as they looked at their unconscious brother. Aurora backed up, hiding behind the column.

"Maybe I am." He said as Elena came rushing over.

He didn't wait to hear what she'd say, so he turned and walked away.

Stefan backed up slowly towards Elena, taking her hand and bringing her towards the other direction, away from the angered Originals.

Elijah spotted Aurora trying to get his attention, and he quickly went over to her, pulling her behind the side of the house. "Are you alright?"

"No, listen. You mother asked to speak with me. She s-"

"My mother? Why? What did she say?" He asked cutting her off. Elena had lied to him when he asked her about it, but Aurora will tell him the truth.

She held her hands up, telling him to not interrupt her. "We need to find a way to stop her. She plans on killing you guys."

Elijah closed his eyes tight and sighed. "I knew she couldn't forgive Klaus so easily. No doubt she asked Elena here for her blood to link us all."

"What can we do? You can't leave if she's going to kill you."

"It's worse than that. If an Original dies, all the vampires he's sired die too. So if Klaus dies, so will Kya."

Immediately Damon came to mind. Katherine sired him, but who sired Katherine?

Elijah could tell what she was thinking about. "We don't have much time. She's going to try and channel the power of the deceased Bennett witches. Ayana was a witch and her mentor; she helped her turn us into vampires, and is probably the one that preserved her for all these years. She's also the matriarch of the Bennett witches."

Aurora's brow furrowed, trying to understand what he was getting to. "How does that help?"

"We have to kill a Bennett witch."

She stilled, feeling her heart clench. "No. You can't kill Bonnie."

Elijah frowned. "We have no choice."

Aurora looked up, trying to think of something. "We have at least two or three days before it happens. Give me time; I'll try to figure something out." His sympathetic smile wasn't very reassuring. "Promise me you won't hurt Bonnie."

"I have to tell my siblings."

"Promise me." She pleaded.

Elijah was silent for a moment. But he relented. "I promise."

She released the breath she was holding. "Okay. I've got to go. This was a very lovely evening, until the end. Tell Kol that I'm sorry about what happened." She said quickly as she started chasing after Damon.

But in her haste to fix the situation and figure out a way to save Bonnie, she forgot that Esther knows she's a fairy.

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Damon was in a state of rage like never before. The urge to kill something was very strong, anything to get the frustration out. Kol made him so mad, he didn't even noticed that he broke the Originals neck until he heard his brother's voice.

But what Kol said was true. Aurora did become aroused by him. And the thought of that made him sick.

He made it home, about to enter and drink until he couldn't think. But Aurora calling his name made him stop.

"Damon. Wait."

He turned around to her slowly. His eyes narrowed. "What?"

It took her a second to catch her breath. "I saw what happened."

"Are you going to yell at me too?"

"No. I need to talk to you."

Damon tightened his fist. "About Kol?"

She took a few breaths, wishing that instead of running after him she could have flown. "What? No. Why would I want to talk to you about him?"

"I know you like him." His voice was cold, and distant, making her feel hurt.

She remembered what Kol had said and sighed. "Damon. I don't like him. Bodies involuntary react to some things. If your dick gets hard from seeing a naked girl on TV, I know you don't have feelings for the random girl, your body is just reacting to it." But his expression didn't change.

"You didn't mention him to me before. Why?"

Aurora took a deep breath, knowing that he was going to take this the wrong way. "Because he looked at me as if I was a piece of meat."

Damon gritted his teeth, trying very hard to stay calm. "All night he was looking at you as if you were a piece of meat."

"I knew you would get jealous, that's why. And I was right, you did. You don't trust me."

Damon's eyes widened for a split second. "Well, you've kissed Jeremy, and Elijah, so I wouldn't really put it past you to want to kiss Kol too. He is a handsome guy after all."

Aurora's face dropped. "Wow." Her eyes started to water. "I can't believe you're bringing that up. You didn't say you wanted to be with me Damon. In fact, you said that you didn't care about me. So yes, I kissed Elijah, because he helped me forget about you in that moment. I kissed Jeremy because you said you didn't want to be with me. And I should be able to want to kiss Kol because you still haven't actually told me that you want to be with me." She said harshly, feeling more emotion than she has in a long time. "Elena told me you would do this. Everyone did. But I didn't want to believe them."

Damon was silent for a moment, just staring at her. "I'm not good with…talking."

That was the closest thing to an apology that he could muster up, and Aurora knew that he wanted to say more but didn't know how. "I can't have feelings for Kol…because I'm in love with you."

Damon's eyes widened. "What?"

She sniffed, feeling a little cold from the night air. "I know I shouldn't, but I love you, Damon." He was silent for a moment, his eyes wide as he stared at her.

Tentatively, he took a step towards her, cupping her face with his hands and leaning down slowly.

Their lips met gently, and passionately, and she knew this was his way of saying that he loved her too.

They broke apart slowly, and a grin appeared on his face. "I love you too."

She giggled in surprise, not having expected him to say it back orally. "So, does this mean we're together? Like boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Well, I don't know. I'm not the typed to be tied down." She slapped his shoulder, with a little huff. He chuckled and pulled her close. "Of course. You've kinda been my girlfriend for a while now, even if I didn't announce it."

He leaned back down to kiss her, and she almost got lost in the feeling, but she remembered the reason why she chased after him in the first place. "Damon, wait. We need to talk. Us first, and then with everyone else. Damon raised an eyebrow before leading her inside to the couch, a little disappointed that he didn't get to kiss her more.

She started to explain, and after calming Damon down about the fact that she talked to Esther without telling anyone, she explained everything. How Esther wanted to kill the Originals and how she used Elena's blood to link them all together. Damon didn't seem very worried about it at first, in fact, he seemed a little cheerful. But then she told him what Elijah said, and his smile fell.

"Shit."

She nodded her head slowly. "Yeah."

Damon thought for a moment, replaying his memories. "Katherine sired me and Stefan. I'm pretty sure Rose sired her…But I don't know who sired Rose."

"Who's Rose? Can we ask her?"

Damon shook his head. "No. She's dead, bitten by a werewolf." The memory of Rose weighed little on his heart these days. "I think she said something about a Mary, but I can't really remember."

Aurora was pretty sure she knew why he knew that information, and she didn't want to ask about it. "There can't be that many Mary's in the world. We just have to figure it out."

He pulled her close, sensing her frustration. "Is there a way we can stop Esther?"

She relaxed in his embrace. "Yes. But we have to find another way."

"Why? What's the way?"

She gripped him a little tighter, feeling a sadness enter her heart. It was unfamiliar, and hurt more than physical pain. "Killing a Bennett witch."

His first thought was to kill Bonnie and end it all, but he could see that Aurora had developed a bond with the witch, and he knew he'd have to find an alternative way to stop Esther. "How much time do we have?"

"Elijah said he'd give me two or three days before he and his brothers kill Bonnie." She said with a shaky breath.

Damon realized that she doesn't know about Bonnie's mother. But he decided to keep that information to himself, in case worst comes to worst. "I guess we better find a way to stop Esther."

She looked up at him, knowing that he was choosing not to kill Bonnie because of her. "I don't want to lose you."

He gave her a smug grin. "You won't." He said confidently before he leaned down to kiss her gently, feeling a surge of electricity go through him as he did so.

They sat there for a while, kissing softly, and cherishing the moment as if it were the last.

But the moment was interrupted by Stefan and Elena coming through the door. Aurora moved to get off of Damon's lap, but he kept her firmly in place, having no interest in exposing his hard on to his brother and Elena.

Elena looked very disappointed, but Stefan seemed like he was used to Damon doing unexpected things. "Glad you're still alive."

Damon chuckled at him before clicking his tongue at Elena. "You mad at me or something?"

Elena stood next to Stefan as he sat down across from Damon and Aurora. "How could you do something so stupid?"

Aurora looked down, feeling a little guilty. "It was my fault. I asked Damon to look after Matt because Kol mentioned killing him. But I should have known they would get into a fight."

"Kol was gonna kill Matt?" Elena asked with shaky breath.

"Yep. It's a good thing I stopped him." Damon said smugly, hating the look Elena was giving him.

Aurora felt a little uncomfortable from Elena's stare. "I think Kol is dangerous. Like Klaus, only more unpredictable."

Elena nodded her head as she sat down next to Stefan. "Okay fine." She didn't sound happy at all, but there were more important matters to discus. "I talked with Esther."

Damon rolled his eyes. "What is the point of trying to protect you when you don't listen?" Aurora slid off his lap and patted his knee.

Elena ignored him. "I know what she's planning."

"Yeah. We know, killing the Originals." Damon said with a disinterested voice.

Stefan raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?"

"Esther asked to speak with me…She told me what she planned on doing…and told me that she knows what I am." Aurora said slowly, unable to look at Damon, knowing that he'd be enraged. "I'm more than certain that she wants to kill me."

Stefan was the first to speak. "How did she figure out you're a fairy?"

Aurora took a deep breath, feeling Damon's fist tighten next to her. "She's met one before. Said she knew what I was the moment she saw me. Apparently I have a distinctive look."

Elena felt strange, as if she wasn't even needed anymore, and everything was more important than her. After a few years of being the 'special' one, it felt weird sharing the limelight, especially with someone like Aurora. "Why would she tell you her plans though?"

"She asked me to keep Elijah in town. She wants them all here when it happens."

Stefan shrugged. "I fail to see the downside of this. If she kills them, then we can go back to our normal lives. The only thing we need to worry about is her killing you."

Aurora waited a moment for Damon to chime in with the problem, but he was still silent. "No, there's more. She plans on killing all of the vampires too."

Elena's mouth opened in shock. "How can she do that?"

"Elijah told me that if an Original vampire is killed, all of their sires die too." Aurora said slowly as Damon stood up and walked over to the fireplace.

Elena turned to Stefan, trying to keep her tears at bay. "Whose line do you come from?"

Stefan blinked a few times, trying hard to remember. "All I know is that Rose sired Katherine." The weight of this was dawning on him, and it was heavy.

Aurora shook her head. "It doesn't matter who sired who. She's going to kill all of them…The only thing we can do is figure out a way to stop her."

Damon stood there, watching the fire, his eyes were unfocused, his face blank. "I need to go."

Aurora stood up as he started walking towards the door. "What? Where are you going? We only have a few days to come up with something."

"Damon, come back." Stefan said, noticing the look in his brother's eyes.

Damon turned around giving Aurora a small smile before he was gone. She moved to go after him, but Elena stopped her.

"Where is he going?" The fairy asked with a shaky breath, hating the pain in her heart.

Elena shook her head with a sigh. "I don't know, he does that sometimes, and it never ends well." Aurora watched the door for a moment, hoping he'd come back. But after a few moments she sat back down, feeling even colder than before.

"Is there anything else Elijah told you?" Stefan asked, he too feeling a little uneasy with Damon's sudden departure.

Aurora nodded as she sniffed. "They're going to kill Bonnie." When she saw their shocked faces, she continued. "Esther's drawing her powers from the Bennett line, if they kill a Bennett witch, she loses her powers…If we don't find a way to stop Esther in two days, or three, they're going to kill Bonnie."

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"Do you want another drink?"

Damon gave the bartender a grin. "Keep 'em coming."

A red haired girl sat down next to him, giving him a smile. "Hi."

He barely glanced at her. "Hi."

"Are you waiting for someone?" She asked as she bit her lip.

Damon tipped his glass at her. "Well aren't you an observant one."

"How about I let you buy me a drink, and then we can forget about your no show date." She said seductively as she slowly slid her hand onto his.

He grabbed her hand roughly, squeezing tightly. "Sorry, I'm not into redheads." His voice was playful, but his eyes weren't. The girl clearly got the message and left, feeling embarrassed.

"You need to work on your manners."

He turned just in time to see Klaus take a seat next to him. "I don't take advice from guys that have tried to kill me."

Klaus chuckled lowly before ordering a drink. "Now imagine my surprise when you called me and asked to meet me here, especially after you hurt my brother."

Damon took a sip of his drink. "I have bad news. I've got to kill your mommy."

Klaus stilled for a moment, clearly not expecting that. "You know I won't let you do that."

"You will after I tell you that she plans on killing you and your crazy-ass siblings."

Klaus felt the blow to his heart almost immediately. The thought that his mother had forgiven him was too good to be true. And he entertained the notion for as long as he could. But it seems his mother has ulterior motives, and he feels like an idiot for not realize that sooner. "I don't believe you." He needed more information out of Damon.

Damon clicked his tongue. "Why else would she invite Elena to her party? That girls blood could sell better then Justin Bieber tickets."

"And why, Damon, do you want to kill her. I'd imagine that you'd be ecstatic at the news."

"Because she wants to kill someone I know." Damon said curtly.

Klaus took a sip of his drink, barely feeling the burn in his throat. "My mother has no intention of killing Elena, Stefan, or Alaric. And last I heard, those are the only people you care about." But Damon's silence prompted him to continue. "Or is this about Aurora?"

Damon tightened his fist at his side, trying to stay calm. He'd do anything to save Aurora, even if it meant not hurting Klaus. "What? Let's just keep this simple. I want Esther dead. You want Esther dead…It'd be so much easier if we work together."

"Now why would my mother want to kill Aurora?" Klaus asked himself with a little grin, seeing if he could get a reaction out of Damon.

But Damon had prepared himself for this. No matter how mad Klaus can make him, he can't reveal Aurora's secret. "She knows Aurora plans to stop her. She wants to save Elijah; they're friends, or something."

Klaus seemed skeptical, but didn't push it. "Well, I don't know if we can kill her, she's being preserved by magic."

"So we cut off her magic by killing Abby Bennett."

Klaus thought about it for a moment, thinking about Ayana and the Bennett witches. "If anyone's going to kill my mother, it's going to be me."

Damon scoffed. "Yeah, because that worked out so well last time."

"You forget yourself Damon. I'm a hybrid now, killing you would be much easier than before. I'd advise you to be nice." Klaus's voice was so firm, and his lips were in a tight smile, he too was clearly trying to stay calm. But Damon knew that with his knew strength, there's a big possibility he can be stronger than Klaus.

"Look. I can't work with Elijah, or he'll tell Aurora. I can't work with Kol because I hate him more than you. And I can't work with your sister because she's a chick. So that leaves me stuck with you…Now we can work separately, or together. Either way, your mother has to die, and I'd rather use the route that takes less time."

There was a little humor in his voice, but Klaus couldn't remember the last time Damon spoke so seriously. "Very well then, but if we're to work together, it'll be under my terms."

Damon put his drink down, a little outraged. "What? You wouldn't even have known about this if it weren't for me."

"If we don't find Abby Bennett in time for my mother's ritual, we have to kill the other Bennett." Klaus said, ignoring Damon's little outburst.

Damon knew there was no way to change his mind on that, but if the moment came, he'd have to protect Bonnie. "That's fine with me. But we only have about two days, so we've got to find dear Abby fast."

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Okay. Here it is, the next chapter. Please review, I really like to know what people think.