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"The sacrifice is completed in stages as the full moon sets, first the werewolf is killed then the vampire, finally the doppelgänger. Once Elena dies the curse will be broken, Klaus will become a hybrid" Elijah explained as he along with Stefan, Alaric and Isabella pulled up to the witch house. "So when do we attack?" Alaric asks, "Elena's death will activate his dormant werewolf side, he'll be vulnerable during the transformation that's when Bonnie comes in" Elijah said. "And you're sure Bonnie will survive this?" Stefan asked, Isabella placed a hand on Stefan's arm in comfort "If she can deliver him to the brink of death I'll finish the job myself" Elijah said. Stefan's phone rang and he answered it. Isabella looked at Elijah and moved to his side "Elisaveta my love, are you ok?" he asked stroking her cheek, she nodded "500 years and it all ends tonight, Katarina and I will be free, and you and I can start our lives together" she said kissing his palm as he hugged her to his side.
After Stefan got off the phone and everyone was filled in Stefan revealed that he planned to offer himself in exchange for Jenna "No! Stefan, Elena needs you. You're my protégé, my only protégé. I've spent decades upon decades keeping you safe! And you're just going to throw that away, think of your own protégé, think of Caroline! She's a baby Stefan, she needs you" Isabella said in despair, true she had no romantic feelings toward Stefan but it came down to three main relationships that vampires truly cared about: their lover, their family and their protégé to whom they passed all their knowledge on to. Most of the time the protégé wasn't someone the vampire had turned themselves but rather one that took a baby vampire under their wing, for Isabella who had never turned anyone it was her sister's childe.
Stefan was Isabella's protégé, he could have been Lexi's but they had become friends instead of the mentor relationship that the prodigy bond required. Stefan looked at the ground ashamed, "Take care of her, she can be your new protégé" Stefan told her, Elijah held her understanding how she felt. Stefan was a mix of child, friend and student to her, a protégé wasn't something vampires could replace maybe gain new ones but never replace an old one lost. Isabella nodded "I'll take care of her, if you don't survive" she said.
When they got to the sacrifice Klaus almost had Elena drained as so as he dropped her his transformation started and Bonnie started her spell, Damon snapped Greta's neck and picked up Elena's body while Isabella stayed by Elijah's side hidden. Damon put Elena's body next to Stefan before moving to take the wood out of his brother's back. Upon Stefan's request Damon took Elena's body away, Elijah kissed Isabella before slowly walking over to Klaus, Isabella rushed over as Stefan stumbled and helped keep him standing up. They watched as Klaus looked at Elijah in surprise "Elijah" Klaus said "Hello brother" Elijah said as he put his hand into Klaus' chest grasping his heart. "In the name of our family Niklaus" he said, "I didn't bury them at sea" Klaus gasped out. Elijah's face became unreadable "What?" he demanded "Their bodies are safe, if you kill me you'll never find them" Klaus said in pain.
Isabella sucked in a breath she could see what Elijah was about to do yet she refused to say anything hoping she would be wrong, "Elijah don't listen to him" Stefan said. "I can take you to them, I give you my word brother" Klaus said. "Do it and I'll take you both out" Bonnie threatened, Elijah looked to Isabella who had tears streaming down her face now, she nodded slightly. She wouldn't come between him and getting his family back, 'I love you' she mouthed before Elijah answered Bonnie "You'll die" he said "I don't care" she said through gritted teeth. "I'm sorry" Elijah said looking at Isabella.
"No!" Stefan and Bonnie shouted as Elijah ran with Klaus, Isabella didn't even bother to wipe her tears away, she could only hope that Elijah would find her again and that she could get Katarina away from Klaus safely. They went to the old witch house to check on Elena as the sun came up. Isabella walked over to John as Stefan and Bonnie rushed inside "What you're doing is brave, you're a good father. I'll be sorry to see you go, it might not have been easy but you've been a good friend over the years John" Isabella said hugging him, he hugged her back before pulling away "Thank you, you're different from other vampires Isabella, I'm proud to have called you a friend as well" he said, she smiled sadly before he fell. She caught him as his body fell; she slowly placed him on the ground before going inside to check on Elena.
Isabella smiled as she saw the girl who reminded her so much of how her sister had been as a human. Later that day Isabella was getting ready in a black dress with short black heels, she put her hair up and looked into the mirror frowning, she had seen most of her friends die throughout her time but it was always difficult to bury them. She met the others at the Gilbert family plot; she placed a rose on John's grave and moved to hold a crying Elena. She stroked the poor girl's hair and let her cry into her as she softly whispered comforting words into her ear.
Two days later Isabella had her bags packed and was sitting with a bottle of whiskey when she felt a sharp pain in her heart; she gasped clutching at her chest. With the bond between her and Elijah turned back on she felt what he did; she felt his pain when he felt it as he did hers. Klaus she thought, he had daggered Elijah. After a minute or so the pain receded indicating he was dead to the world for now. Sacred she focused on her bond with Katarina; it wasn't the same as her bond with Elijah but after so many centuries together if they focused hard enough they could sense the other emotions. She sighed in relief she was sacred but not in pain. She felt Katarina's pain for a few seconds before it faded into a slight relief.
An hour later Katarina stood before her, Isabella was clutching the bottle to her as she looked at Katarina "Elijah's gone, my protégé is a ripper again, almost all of my friends are dead, our family is dead, Klaus is still alive and I thought I had lost you, I thought he had killed you" Isabella said crying as her sister hugged her, she shook as Katarina tried to comfort her. "It's ok, we have each other, we'll find a way to help Stefan. Everything is going to be alright" Katarina said soothing Isabella shook her head and threw the bottle "No! Don't you get it? No matter what we do it doesn't matter as long as Klaus is alive! He always wins; we were stupid to think otherwise. 500 years and we're still running, we'll always have to run. He'll never let us live in peace and now Elijah's dead, we have no more hope" Isabella said, Katarina's eyes widened as she shook her head "No, sister don't do it" she started but it was too late Isabella had already flipped the switch.