~ I wanted this chapter to be up a few days ago but I got distracted. I at least got this updated before I would forget (:
~ This chapter has flashbacks to scenes that would have happened in the last chapter, but I kept them out. They explain things that will keep the plot of the episode the same while keeping the changes I did in the last chapter.

~ Elizabeth and Samantha's dresses are on my polyvore. There is a link to it on my profile on here (:

ENJOY!


General POV

~Flashback~
Samantha and Katherine walked into Sam's house. Sam started to walk up to her room and Kat decided to follow her.
"I should have something..." Sam muttered to herself as Kat stood at the doorway. Kat noticed all the British influenced items and saw that most of them were Doctor Who related.
"You watch Doctor Who?" Kat asked when Sam found something in one of her drawers.
"Of course." Sam said, imitating a british accent. "It's the closest I'll get to traveling while I'm human." Sam and Kat both realized what was said.
"While you're human?" Kat asked, interested in her choice of words. Sam didn't say anything. Instead she showed Katherine a moonstone. It wasn't one that they took from the well, but a different one.
"You think this will fool them?" Kat took the fake moonstone and looked at it. "Jeremy's the only one that saw it...so it really only needs to fool him." Kat looked back and forth from the moonstone to Sam.
"It should." Kat handed it back. "What's going through that head of yours?"
"You'll find out." Sam said. "But we'll have to really work together if I want this to work."
"What to work?"
"You, me, and Liz surviving Klaus."
~End Of Flashback~


Elizabeth stood in the Salvatore's living room. She watched Damon as he gave Caroline some blood.
"Here." Damon said to Caroline, who took it.
"I'm still shaking." Caroline said as Stefan and Sam walked in. Stefan had picked up Sam from her house. Liz had shown up earlier that morning because Damon called.
"What happened?" Stefan asked as Sam sat on the couch arm, next to Liz.
"Go ahead, tell him." Damon said to Caroline before looking at Stefan. "You're gonna love this."
"I saw Katherine today." Caroline said as she looked to Stefan.
"Where?" He asked.
"At the grill." All the girls said. It made Stefan remember that Sam and Liz knew some stuff that was going to happen.
"She wanted me to send a message."
"What's the message?" Stefan asked Caroline.
"She wants the moonstone." Liz said.
"Tonight. At the masquerade ball." Caroline added.
"How does she even know we have it?" Stefan asked.
"It's Katherine." Sam said. "The question is, how does she not know?"


~Flashback~
Sam walked down the stairs to see that Liz was looking through the DVD's for something to watch.
"Hey...um,...here." Sam reached into her pocket and pulled out the fake moonstone. "You should give it to Damon."
"Why would you have gone through the trouble with Katherine if you were going to give the moonstone to me?" Liz asked. "It would still get to Damon..."
"You're my best friend Liz." Sam said. "Who else would I give it to?" Liz took the fake moonstone and put it in her pocket. "Why don't I put in a Harry Potter movie?"
"Order of the Phoenix?" Liz asked and Sam smile.
"You know me too well." Sam said before she checked on the pizza. She hoped a part of Liz would be able to tell that Sam was up to a plan that would work out in their favor.
~End of Flashback~


"She wants to do it in public." Stefan said, which snapped Sam back to reality. "Killing Mason threw her off guard."
"She's running scared." Damon said. "What she did to Jenna was desperate. She's out of tricks."
"You can't underestimate her." Sam said at the same time Stefan said "We can't underestimate her." Damon looked between his brother and Sam.
"We have to play this smarter than her." Stefan said.
"Can we just give her the moonstone so she'll leave?" Caroline asked as she looked between the Salvatore brothers.
"No, Katherine's not getting dick." Damon said, which made Liz and Sam chuckle a little. They were both living one of their favorite scenes from the show. It was different from just watching it on TV. "I've had it. I'm gonna go to the masquerade ball and I'm gonna kill her, tonight." Damon said, ignoring the chuckle from the two girls.
"You're not gonna kill her." Stefan said to his brother, who started to walk away.
"Don't give me that goody-goody crap." Damon said as he turned around. All three girls watched the brothers, only Caroline not knowing what would happen.
"You're not gonna kill her."
"Really?"
"Because I am."
"I'd like to see you try." Sam and Liz said at the same time, which made the others look at them. "Jinx." They both said again. "Double jinx."
"Pinch.." Sam pinched Liz "...Poke..." She poked Liz "...you owe me a coke." Sam smiled at her best friend, who just sighed and gave a small smile before pushing her friend. Sam fell onto the ground. "Ow...meanie." She said and slowly got up. "Give me your keys?"
"Why?" Liz asked Sam.
"It's not like I'm going to the dance." Sam said.
"Why not?" Caroline asked.
"I never go to dances." Sam said. "No one ever asks me and I don't really like them anyway." Liz pulled out her car keys. "Thanks." Sam said to Liz before walking away.

Liz watched her best friend leave and knew that she would come up with a reason to make her go to the dance.


~Flashback~
"Do you even know what Klaus is capable of?" Katherine asked Sam after she handed back the fake moonstone.
"Yeah..." Sam said "...more than you do actually." Sam looked at the fake moonstone in her hand. "I know he wants to kill me, Liz and Elena to break the curse. It will happen, no matter what they do to try and stop him. That's the problem. I'm more concerned about surviving him than stopping him."
"You really do have the Petrova fire in you." Kat said to Sam.
"It's new." Sam said as she looked back to Kat. "I'm going to give this to Liz later after she gets home. Knowing her, she'll end up giving it to Damon." Kat let Sam continue. "I know you already have a plan to activate Tyler's werewolf curse..." Sam stopped to think. "They'll have to believe that this is the real one. You could um..." She stopped again. "...go to the grill tomorrow, pretending to be Elena and send them a message through Caroline. Something like you'll attack everyone in town until you get this." Sam held up the moonstone. "Maybe say you want it at the Masquerade ball tomorrow. They'll try to kill you, but won't succeed." Sam stopped once again, realizing that she's changed. She wasn't like she was before being transported into the TVD world. It was more like she was the person that she wanted to be inside her mind. The type of person that wasn't afraid of many things... 'Almost like Klaus...' Sam thought to herself. "If you have a witch friend who owes you a favor, I think it would help to have them at the ball. Whatever you think will make them believe that this is the real one."
"Are you sure this will work?" Kat asked, a little confused on why Sam was doing this...although she had a small idea. Sam nodded her head.
"As long as we act our parts, then yes." Kat started to walk away, satisfied with what might happen. "Don't be afraid if you end up in the tomb." Sam said, which made Kat stop. "You get out in less than a month." Sam added and Kat reluctantly started to walk again.
~End Of Flashback~


After Samantha left the boarding house, Elizabeth stayed. Damon had called Alaric and Jeremy while Stefan called Bonnie. Liz just sat near Caroline, actually getting along with her. It was surprising to Liz that Caroline was different than in the show. She thought it was because she was used to Caroline being just a character on a TV show and not a real person. Liz could actually see herself going on shopping sprees with Caroline.

Liz was brought of her thoughts when Alaric and Jeremy arrived. Alaric brought a duffle bag filled with weapons that could be used against vampires. He put them on a table and everyone but Stefan went to look at them.
"Cool." Liz said when she saw all the weapons. She started to help Alaric spread them on the table. "The only things that aren't here are a bow and arrow and a gun with wooden bullets."
"I'd be careful with that one." Alaric said to Damon about Liz. Liz picked up a stake and looked at how smooth it looked. "I wouldn't want to get on her bad side." Damon looked at Liz and noticed that she was blushing a little.
"Just ask Sam." Liz managed to say without looking at Damon. Damon looked at her for a little bit longer before Alaric started to explain the weapons.


It wasn't much later when Bonnie arrived. Liz just looked out the corner of her eyes, and saw Bonnie. Liz knew what she said the other day, but she didn't like Bonnie that much. The way things were, she liked Caroline more.

Liz looked and saw Jeremy walk towards them with some stuff.
"We're going to kill Katherine." Liz and Stefan said at the same time. Stefan believed that they were actually going to kill Katherine while Liz knew different. She didn't say anything though because she was trying to keep things they way they were supposed to happen. Stefan and Bonnie joined the others around the table as Alaric continued to show the weapons. He put one on his arm like a sleeve.
"This works with compressed air." Alaric said as he showed it off. "The trigger mechanism is up here. I have two of these in a different size. For you I recommend this. It fits nicely under the jacket sleeve. You use the trigger when you're ready." He pressed the trigger and pushed his arm out like he was killing a vampire. Liz looked at Damon, who was giving a look to his brother.
"You wanted him to show you how to kill a vampire." She said to him before anyone else could say anything. "At least he's showing you the cleanest way." She added before looking back at the weapons.


After Alaric was done showing them all the weapons, they all gathered in the living room. Liz stood near the Salvatore brothers, Jeremy was near Bonnie and Alaric was walking to stand next to Jeremy.
"Are you sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" Alaric asked Damon and Stefan.
"No, I need you to stay with Elena." Stefan said to him. "I don't want her to know about this."
"She'll find out." Liz said, which made Stefan and Alaric look at her. "This is Elena you're talking about. If she senses something off, the first place she'll go is the ball."
"Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight." Alaric eventually said.
"Alright, if anybody wants to back out, I'll understand." Stefan said as he looked at everyone. Liz couldn't help but look at everyone, just to see their faces. She knew they were all going to play their part, but a part of her couldn't help but wonder if someone would back out.
"Yeah. Cold feet speak now." Damon said as he looked at everyone. "I don't want this going wrong if someone chicken's out. Caroline."
"I won't." Caroline said and everyone looked at her. "Look, she killed me. Fair's fair. As long as there's no werewolf running around."
"Damon took care of Mason." Liz said before Damon said anything. "And as long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn."
"Bonnie? Are you with us?" Stefan asked and everyone looked at Bonnie.
"But no one gets hurt." She eventually said as she took a step forward.
"Except Katherine." Damon said and Liz couldn't help but look at Damon. "Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart." Liz took a deep breath before Damon looked at her. "Getting cold feet?" Liz shook her head.
"I'm not going to pass up the chance to wear a nice dress." She said, even though she wanted to say something about seeing Damon and Stefan in tuxes.


Sam was at home when Liz got back.
"Damon asked Alaric to drive me home." Liz said to Sam, knowing she was going to ask.
"Mmm." Sam just mumbled because she had decided to re-read a book that she loved.
"Sam!" Liz basically yelled and snapped her fingers. "Earth to Sammy." Sam looked at Liz.
"I'm reading..." Sam said and held up the book. Liz just shook her head.
"I can tell, but you can't all night. You have to go to the masquerade ball."
"I don't have a reason to go..." Liz just rolled her eyes and took the book from Sam.
"You can go as Stefan's date." Sam just shook her head. "I'm going with Damon..." Sam just looked at Liz, trying to read her expression.
"You're not going to give up, are you?" Sam asked and Liz just shook her head. "What would I even wear?" Liz's face lit up.
"Follow me." Liz went up the stairs and Sam sighed. She marked her place and followed her best friend. "Here..." Liz took a blue and black dress of her closet and handed it to Sam.
"I think I have just the one for you." Sam said and both girls went to her room. Sam put the blue dress on her bed and pulled out a purple one.
"I love it." Liz said with a smile.


After the girls got into their dresses, Liz did her makeup. Sam was in her room, putting things into a shoulder purse. She wanted to be prepared just incase they were kidnaped like Elena was going to be.
"SAMMMY!" Liz shouted from her room.
"Be right there." Sam shouted back. She zipped the purse and walked into Liz's room. "Don't look at me like that. I'll bring a purse...you can't stop me." Liz held her hands up in defeat before pointing to the chair.
"Sit. I need to make you look good for Stefan."
"Are you saying I don't look good?" Sam asked, faking being hurt before showing a smile she couldn't hold back.
"You know what I mean. Now sit." Sam sat in the chair in front of Liz. She watched her best friend in the mirror as she started on the hair.


Liz had put some curls in Sam's hair, making her look like an actual girl. She also put some in her hair, trying to think of what would get Damon's attention. Liz did some touch up on her make up when Sam went to the kitchen. Sam looked for some granola bars, or some type of food that she could try and fit in the purse without making a mess. She put a few things in before hearing the doorbell.

Sam opened the door and saw both Stefan and Damon in tuxes.
"Nice dress." Damon said and Sam blushed.
"I thought Liz said I'm your brother's date?" Sam asked as she pointed to Stefan. Damon just gave a small shrug and walked in past Sam. He went up the stairs and Stefan was surprised. "Come in." Sam said to Stefan and he walked in. "I usually don't go to dances so if I step on your feet..." Stefan just gave an amused smile before seeing his brother come back down the stairs with Liz behind him.
"Sammy, you almost forgot this." Liz held out a mask that perfectly matched the dress.
"How many times have I told you I don't like being called Sammy? Sam asked Liz.
"How many times have I told you the same thing about you calling me Lizzy?" The best friends gave each other a small smile, almost forgetting about the two vampires by their sides. Liz slid her hand into Damon's before the four of them left.


Damon drove Liz while Stefan drove Sam. While they rode to the ball, they talked just to pass the time. When they arrived, Stefan and Sam went to the dance floor while Liz and Damon got something to drink.
"This is going to be a long night." Sam muttered to herself as she tried to dance with Stefan.
"You're doing okay..." Stefan said as they danced. Sam just gave Stefan a small smile.

Liz watched her best friend dance with Stefan.
"You actually made her come." Damon said as he watched Stefan and Sam.
"We're best friends..." Liz said to Damon "..we can make each other do the stuff we don't want to do." Damon put out his hand after putting on his mask. Liz couldn't help but smile at his hand before putting her own mask on. She took his hand and he lead her to the dance floor.


At the end of the night Sam wanted to go home because she didn't want to keep wearing heels. She was more of a sneakers and flip flop person. Her heels were in her hands as she walked towards Stefan's car to wait for him. Sam knew that he had been talking to Elena after everything that happened with Katherine earlier. She also knew she didn't have to worry about Liz because Damon was going to bring her back to the boarding house.

While she waited, Sam decided to text Liz, not knowing if she had left yet. 'She must be close' Sam thought when she heard Liz's phone. She walked until she found Liz's phone on the ground. 'Something's wrong' Sam thought as she slipped Liz's phone into her purse. She looked around before seeing a masked person come towards her.
"Trevor." She whispered and the person stopped. He stood there for a moment, just looking at her before putting a rag over her mouth. Sam fought against him, even though she knew it wouldn't do any good. She soon fell limp in his arms, but she was still alive.


Trevor put Sam in the back of his van, next to Elena and Liz. The three girls were still alive, but just unconscious. He closed the back, sat in the drivers seat and drove away with the three girls.


~ Some of the scenes where they dance and the stuff with Katherine along with The Salvatores locked in the room together...I will try to get as flashbacks in other chapters. Those are scenes that I have ideas for that I think will come in handy as flashbacks.

~ In the next chapter, there is only one part that I'm not sure about. It's changing the end...in the episode Damon says that he loves Elena, but because of the changes I've made...I want him to maybe do that with Elizabeth. At the same time if she had some vervain in her system when he tries, she wouldn't forget and they could have their first official step towards being a couple.

~ I'm going to try and focus on this story and two or three others until I can get this done with season 2. I have ideas for season 3 that I just can't wait to write (:

R&R 'till the next update