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Lucy was sleeping peacefully in her bed as the light silently danced through the curtains, she smiled to herself embracing how human she feels when the sun shines, and As Lucy stretched her arms out she threw the covers off her sitting to the side of her bed. A loud bang from the room beside hers made her jump. Lucy stood up and walked towards the door listening carefully for what may be intruders. As she stopped to listen the sound of glass smashing and a pain filled yelp made Lucy take off towards the noise without a second thought.

As Lucy flung the door of a spare study open she was horrified by the sight before her. Damon stood towering over Stefan who was bleeding heavily and not healing well, the room was a wreck. Furniture broken, glass smashed. "What is going on?" Lucy shouted pushing Damon away from Stefan. She turned and helped Stefan to his feet as he winched in pain. Lucy ran her eyes over Stefan trying to identify his pain. Her eyes landed and widened at a large stake implanted deeply in Stefan's side, obviously Damon had gotten the upper hand "Damon" Lucy sighed reaching for the stake "No Lucy don't!" Damon said quickly grabbing her wrist before her hand landed on the stake "Vervain." Damon said quietly wrapping his hand around the stake wincing at his own pain as he pulled it violently from Stefan's side making him groan in pain. "What happened to normal stakes" Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Why can't you just let us be happy?" Stefan said sending daggers at Damon "Because you took my happiness from me." Damon spat back. Both brothers continued to argue completely ignoring their sister standing between them. "She chose me Damon." Stefan sighed Damon scoffed loudly at Stefan "Maybe Elena was sick of your mind games, of never knowing if you were about to lose it…Maybe Elena just got tired of you. You brought her far more misery than happiness" Stefan shouted at Damon. Pain flickered across Damon's face before his features hardened again, Lucy's jaw dropped slightly at her brothers' outburst. A low growl made her turn her head to the side noticing Damon's face had changed and was fully vamped out. "No." Was all Lucy could manage before Damon leapt for Stefan knocking him back against the wall causing the room to shake, the brothers continued to hit out at each other. Damon's eye caught a splintered piece of wood; he picked it up quick as lightening and threw it at Stefan aiming for his head. Stefan raised his hand catching the spiked wood in mid-air, he growled before throwing it back trying to hurt his brother. As the wood hurdled towards Damon's head Lucy stepped in between the brothers.

"Ah" Lucy winced as the wood hit her head before it dropped to the floor. Lucy felt the blood trickle down the side of her face slowly. Both brothers halted their arguing to walk to their sister's side "Are you okay?" Damon asked wiping away some of the blood as the wound healed "I didn't mean to" Stefan stuttered "Why don't you get away from her" Damon spat defensively "It's your fault, I was aiming for you" Stefan gritted his teeth at Damon. "Enough!" Lucy bellowed separating them by placing her hands on their chests "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Lucy said looking between both of them as they looked away like scorned children "This can't be the way to continue. Damon one day, one day you're back. And this happens" Lucy sighed "He's to blame" Damon grimaced "It's him" Stefan spat back "It's her!" Lucy raised her voice to silence them "Look at this situation…doesn't it seem familiar?" Lucy asked raising her eyebrow "Katherine." Stefan whispered "Exactly. This is Katherine all over again. Well this time I'm not sitting by and doing nothing. I don't want any more of this. How many times do I have to explain that we're all we have left? Nothing is worth what's left of this family ending. Why can't you both understand that?" Lucy glanced between them both "I understand" Stefan muttered "Shake hands." Lucy folded her arms "Excuse me?" Damon scoffed "You heard me. Shake hands!" Lucy said stubbornly. Damon sighed and held out his hand. Stefan stared at it momentarily before grasping it "Now please either fake getting along or just stay out of each other's way." Lucy sighed. The brothers shook before Damon pulled his hand away storming out of the room. "Just give him time to adjust" Lucy patted Stefan on the back before leaving the room too.

Later that day Alaric had stopped by to see Lucy where they sat in the main study behind the living room with the fingers intertwined "So you're all okay after the meltdowns yesterday?" Alaric asked eyeing Lucy's reaction "Hmm, we're doing okay." She smirked "How's Ben?" She asked curiously Alaric looked at their hands interlocked with his eyebrows furrowed "Not good?" Lucy asked. Alaric shook his head in response "It's finalized, the divorce came through last week. They're done. He can see the kids on a Wednesday and they can stay over every second weekend" Alaric shrugged. Lucy squeezed his hand supportavily "I'm sorry about Ben" she said softly "Feels like we're always in reversal. When things go right for me they fall apart for Ben but when things go right for Ben they fall apart for me." Alaric smirked shyly "Don't think like that. Ben will land on his feet. He will come through it, with help and support from you. You'll both be okay because everyone deserves happiness" Lucy smiled lightly "Thank you" Alaric sighed squeezing her hand "Well, I have all the happiness I could want right here." He smiled pulling Lucy closer.

Alaric and Lucy sat together in the quiet with their hands interlocked, hidden from the rest of the house. Lucy lay against his chest listening to his mellow breathing. Alaric traced small circles on the back of her hand subconsciously making Lucy smile. "I love you." He whispered "Love you" Lucy whispered back. Alaric kissed her sweetly trying to show her how much he cared. As he leaned down to return to her hungry lips Alaric gasped in pain. "Alaric?" Lucy looked at him confused as he moved himself off the couch in panic "What is it? What's wrong?" Lucy said as he paced before her. Alaric groaned painfully doubling over, he clutched the coffee table to steady himself. "Alaric?!" Lucy reached out to him panicking. When she placed a hand on his arm she noticed the blood covering her hand. Alaric's face was wild with panic as he struggled to breathe; more blood started flowing in patches on his chest, stomach, all over his body. Lucy held onto him as he dropped to his knees "Alaric…ALARIC!" Lucy said her voice full of high alarmed panic. Stefan and Damon ran into the room with confused expressions until they're eyes landed on the bloody sight before them. The Salvatore brothers were by the couple's side trying to help anyway they could. Lucy tried to put as much pressure on the most gruesome wound without hurting him. "This is witch craft" Damon said holding on to Alaric trying to steady him. Suddenly it dawned on Lucy who was doing this. She had seen this many times in Ireland. "Where is Esther's tomb?!" Lucy looked at her brothers with anger filled eyes "It's the last tomb in the cemetery" Stefan said quietly "I know who's doing this. Stay with Alaric, please." Lucy asked standing up "Promise" Stefan uttered to her before she took off towards the front door in desperate attempts to save Alaric.

Lucy felt anger swell deeply within her as she approached the cemetery. She pushed the gates open causing them to smash against the wall with a loud bang, Lucy stormed through the cemetery, her hair blowing in the wind caused by her fast pace. She stopped outside a tomb "here lies Ester Mikalson" was engraved beside the entrance door. Lucy felt the presence and sighed before hitting the door clean off its hinges in anger. "Lucetta…calm as always" He smirked "How dare you?!" Lucy spat storming towards him "what do you mean love?" Klaus smiled innocently smirking towards the woman beside him, clearly a witch. "He's human you'll kill him!" She shouted "Stop…please" Lucy said to the witch who crossed her arms "Oh please Lucy…stop this charade that you actually care for this man." Klaus scoffed "there is no charade Klaus…I do care about him" Lucy said defensively "Funny…you said that about me too but well, we all know how well you got around. Kol…Elijah…tsk tsk." Klaus shook his head. Lucy felt her jaw drop as her blood boiled, before realizing what she was doing her palm connected with Klaus' cheek causing the sound to echo throughout the tomb "How could you…" Lucy said far quieter than intended. "Did you think I would never find out?" Klaus glared silencing Lucy.

"Blanca. Be a dear and hit poor Alaric…the history teacher with another painful shot" Klaus said to his witch ignoring the ache that rippled on his cheek "No please!" Lucy cried to the witch. The witch closed her eyes and hummed signalling that she was obeying Klaus' orders "Why are you doing this?!" Lucy asked "Seems that Katrina has come back with a vengeance…I could easily kill her but she has turned my hybrids against me, she's taken over my kingdom in New Orleans. She's working with a witch that's impossible to beat. However I know a warlock that's twice as powerful but his whereabouts are hidden within these maps…I remember how well you could always translate maps." Klaus smirked pointing towards the bundle of map on top of a stone.

"You want me to help you with Katherine…" Lucy scoffed in disbelief. "No Lucetta…I want you to help me defeat Katherine" Klaus said stepping towards Lucy "I don't want anything to do with Katherine ever again." Lucy said quietly "I know you & Katherine have a lot of history but…" Lucy cut him off "I know you and Katherine have a lot of history too. Tsk tsk…Did you think I would never find out" Anger spiked in her voice as she mocked his earlier statement "Lucy." Klaus said softly "No. go to hell" Lucy said turning to walk out of the tomb "Lucetta" Klaus hissed grabbing her wrists pulling her closer to him. "I need your help." He said quietly "I don't care." She hissed back at him.

"You leave me no choice…Blanca." He called, Lucy glanced at Blanca whose eyes had closed once more and had begun to hum again "Just stop!...please!" Lucy said looking at Klaus with pleading eyes. Klaus cleared his throat and silence fell over the witch once more. "Lucetta…I don't want to cause you pain but" Klaus tightened his grip around Lucy's wrists making her wince. "I will reap hell upon this town. I will paint the walls with the blood of everyone you love…starting with Alaric. Now I'll ask you once more, will you help me?" Klaus threatened. Lucy stared into his eyes searching for any way around this. Lucy felt a wave of defeat come over here as tears of frustration filled her eyes. "Fine." Lucy said staring Klaus hard in the eye trying to fight off any tears falling "I'm sorry it came to this" Klaus said lightly. Lucy took the opportunity to snatch her wrists free from his grip "Don't apologize for things you're not sorry about." Lucy spat stepping away from him. Klaus opened his mouth to speak but closed it again "I'll help you under one condition" Lucy looked up to him. Klaus met her eyes and raised his eyebrows "Alaric can never know about any of this." Lucy said seriously "And why is that?" Klaus smirked "Because…I'm afraid" Lucy sighed "Afraid of Alaric" Klaus laughed loudly "No. I'm afraid he loves me more than himself. That if he ever found out about this, he'd welcome death if it meant I was away from you. Because he's a selfless person and I'm not prepared to loose Alaric for your selfish plans." Lucy spat. Klaus' face fell as her words sank in. "As you wish." He said solemnly "Call your dog off." Lucy pointed towards Blanca who folded her arms flicking her auburn hair off her shoulder. Lucy turned and stormed out of the tomb.

In the space of five minutes Lucy was back outside the boarding house. She stopped on the porch and took a deep breath. Frustration grew within her again as she realized she was once again trapped in Klaus' world. She knew she had to do this now in order to protect the people she cares about. Lucy sighed before walking into her home. Closing the door behind her she looked around to see there was no one in sight. With her eyebrows furrowed she walked into the study where she left Alaric to see it was empty. Lucy listened carefully to the house only to hear quietness. "Stefan took him home." Damon said walking into the study making Lucy jump "You scared me." Lucy breathed. Damon noticed her hands were shaken; he walked over and poured bourbon handing it to his sister "It was Klaus wasn't it?" He asked. Lucy downed the glass of bourbon; she looked at Damon for a minute before nodding. "Why?" Damon asked, Lucy shrugged handing the glass back to him. "Lucy." He said sternly "Don't ask." She sighed "Don't hide it from me…tell me" Damon pushed "He wants to take down Katherine and take back his kingdom in New Orleans…he needs my help translating maps." Lucy explained "Tell him to go to hell." Damon said solemnly "He threatened everyone, Alaric, you guys…I can't" she whispered "Lucy…" Damon whispered "No Damon, you can't say anything. Especially not to Alaric. Please…" Lucy said panicking "I won't…but I'm here okay?" Damon said trying to sound supportive "I need to go see him" Lucy squeezed Damon's arm smiling slightly before leaving the boarding house again.

~Hey guys! Gonna try keep updating as much as I can (hopefully get to work on the 2nd story like) But it's dis-heartening without any reviews! Maybe ye can spare some time to tell me your thoughts on this story & how it is so far & I'll keep you all (hopefully) happy with some new chapters! Enjoy :)~