Chapter Twelve- By The Light Of The Moon

"Now that you've got this back, what are you going to do with it?" Elena asked Bonnie while holding the moonstone

"Right now, it's what's binding the Sun and the Moon Curse." Bonnie replied sitting next to me on Elena's bed, "If I can figure out a way to remove the spell from the stone, the stone becomes useless."

"And according to Katherine." I said, "Klaus becomes vengeful."

"Maybe." Bonnie said, "If he finds out."

"Bonnie, can't this wait?" Elena asked impatiently, " Stefan is in the tomb with Katherine. We've gotta get him out."

"Stefan wants me to focus on this." Bonnie replied

"We'll don't listen to him." I said, " He thinks he's protecting us but he's wrong."

"I'm taking Stefan's side on this one. We're not gonna let you guys get used in some creepy sacrifice ritual." Bon said taking the moonstone from Elena

"What are you guys arguing about?" Jeremy asked as he walked into the room

"We're not arguing about anything." Bonnie told him putting the moonstone in her bag, "I need a coffee."

Then she headed downstairs to the kitchen.

"What?" I asked Jeremy when he was staring at us

"Why are you guys on a suicide mission?"

"We're trying to prevent everyone else from getting hurt." Elena responded

"So bringing Klaus the moonstone so you can get yourselves killed is okay?" Jer asked before heading out.

After he was gone Elena and I looked over at Bonnie's bag. Elena opened it and took out the moonstone. Then she grabbed her keys and we headed down the stairs.

"Where are you two going?" Bonnie asked when we were near the bottom

"Um, to see Stefan." Elena said

"I'm going to Mystic Grill." I said

"You're both lying."

"No, we're not." I said

"Really?" Bonnie asked, " Tell your faces that."

"Are you serious?" Elena asked

"They took the moonstone." Jer said coming down the stairs with Bonnie's bag

"How did you-?" I started

"We tested you." Bonnie said, " And you guys failed."

"Klaus killed Katherine's entire family just because she crossed him." Elena said, "We can't let that happen."

Then surprisingly Bonnie stepped to the side and let us pass. When Elena and I tried to walk out the door we were stopped by some invisible barrier.

"What did you do?" I asked Bonnie

"It's for the best, Audrey."


After a while Elena and I gave up on trying to get out. Elena went upstairs to her room and I went and sat down on the couch in the living room. Then I heard the front door open and close, I turned and saw Damon.

"You should really lock your door." he said

I rolled my eyes and looked the other way.

"Oh, come on, pouty." Damon said, " At least give me two points for ingenuity."

"Do you think this is funny?" I asked him

"Yes, Audrey. I find hilarity in the lengths I have to go to to repeatedly save your life." Damon replied

"What did Stefan say about you locking his girlfriend in her house?"

"We had a good laugh." Damon said walking towards me.

"And what did he say about Elijah still being alive?" I asked as her took a seat next to me

"Yeah that." he said putting his arm behind my head, " I didn't tell him."

"Why not?" I asked

"Well, A, he can't do anything about it and B, what I just said."

Then Jeremy walked into the room.

"Where's Bonnie?" Damon asked Jer

"Thought she was meeting you."

"No, she's on moonstone duty." Damon said, " And I'm on Elena and Audrey patrol. Speaking of which, we're is Elena."

"Probably upstairs writing down all her feelings in her diary." I said rolling my eyes, causing Jer and Damon to laugh

"Who's on Tyler Lockwood and the full moon?" Jer asked Damon

"Vampire Barbie asked me if she could handle it. And I said, 'Why not?' If she screwed up, he'd bite her. Then I'll be rid of to of my problems."

"Hold on a second." I said, "Tonight's the full moon?"

"Yep." Damon said grabbing his ringing cell phone, " But you're too absorbed with all your suicidal tendencies to notice."

Then he stepped into the other room to answer his phone. After a minute he came back and said to Jer, "Change of plans. You baby-sit." Then he turned to me, " Hey, you know, you should get out, enjoy the sun." Damon said as Jer laid his head on the pillow on my lap, " Oh, wait. You can't."

Then I grabbed the pillow Jeremy was laying on and threw it at Damon, which he easily dodged. Then Jeremy started laughing so I pushed him onto the floor.


After a few hours I heard Jenna moving things around under the stairs. I walked into the room the same time Elena was walking down the stairs.

"What are you doing?" She asked as we got closer to Jenna

"Oh, perfect timing." Jenna said handing Elena a box

"What is all this stuff?" I asked

"Miranda's files from the historical society." Jenna said, "I got roped into helping Mrs. Lockwood. And by roped, I mean I'm very excited to participate." She said standing and closing the door to reveal Elijah.

"Hey. I'm Elijah." he said to Elena and I


"Elijah's in town doing research on Mystic Falls." Jenna said taking the box from Elena."

"It's a pleasure." he said holding out his hand to Elena and then to me.

"You're welcome to stay here and rummage through this stuff." Jenna said, " Or we could help you load it into your car."

"Yeah, or I can get someone to pick it up tomorrow." Elijah suggested

"Also a good plan."

"Thank you for inviting me into your home, Jenna." Elijah said then to us, " I hope to see the two of you again sometime soon."

After Jenna had shown him out Elena and I quickly made our way up the stairs and to Jeremy's room. Elena knocked on the door and before I had a chance to open it some had grabbed me and put a hand over my mouth. Elena looked as terrified as I felt when she saw who was holding me captive. Then Jeremy opened the door.

"What is it?" he asked

"Um, Jenna was just asking me to get you to help her with the boxes."

"Oh. Yeah." he said before walking past us and heading down the stairs

"That's a wise choice." he said, releasing me

"What do you want, Elijah?" Elena asked him

"I think it's time the two of you and I had a little chat." Elijah said


"Forgive the intrusion." Elijah said after we gathered in Elena's room, " I mean neither of your families any harm."

"Why did you kill those vampires that tried to take us?" I asked him

"I didn't want either of you to be taken." he said sitting in the window seat, " Klaus is the most feared and hated of the originals. But those that fear him are desperate for his approval. Word gets out that the doppelganger and psychic exist there'll be a line of vampires eager to take you both to him, and I can't have that."

"Isn't that exactly what you're trying to do?" Elena asked him

"Let's just say that my goal is not to break the curse."

"So what is your goal?" I asked

"Klaus's obsessions have made him paranoid." Elijah began, "He's a recluse. He trust only those in his immediate circle."

"Like you?" Elena asked

"Not anymore."

"You don't know where he is, do you?" I asked, " So you're trying to us to draw him out."

"Well to do that, I need you both to stay put and stop trying to get yourselves killed."

"How do we know your telling the truth?" Elena asked

"If I wasn't truthful, your family would be dead and I would be taking you to Klaus right now. Instead I am here to offer you two a deal."

"What kind of deal?" I asked

"Do nothing." Elijah said standing, " Do nothing, live your lives, stop fighting. And then, when the time is right, We shall draw Klaus out together and I shall make certain your friends remain unharmed."

"And then what?" Elena asked

"Then I kill him."

"Just like that?" I said sarcastically

"Just like that. I am a man of my word. I make a deal, I keep a deal."

"How are you gonna keep everyone safe?"

"You know I notice you both have a friend, Bonnie, is it? She seems to possess the gift of magic. I have friends with similar gifts."

"So you know witches." Elena said, crossing her arms

"And together, we can protect everybody that matters to the both of you." Elijah said before taking a step closer to us, " So do we have a deal?"

Before I could say anything Elena said, " I need you to do one more thing for me."

"We're negotiating now?"


After Elijah had left I stayed with Elena in her room. After about an hour I heard someone coming to the door.

"Elena." Stefan said smiling at her

"Holy crap." I said from my spot on Elena's bed

I watched as Elena ran over and hugged Stefan.

"Well, I think I'll go before this gets 'R' rated." I said before heading out of Elena's room.


When I walked into my room I saw one of my least favorite people sitting on my bed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked the blond vampire

"Audrey, I'm here to apologize."

"Aurora, you've been gone for days. But I am still mad at you. It's because of you my dad is dead."

"How many times do I have to tell you, I didn't know that was going to happen."

"That's not the point." I said, "I trusted you and the second I turn my back you're on team Katherine."

"She was going to kill Jace." Aurora blurted

"What?"

"She said if I didn't help her that she was going to kill Jace."

"I had no idea." I said, sitting down next to her

"I didn't know what to do, I didn't want betray you guys but I couldn't let Jace get killed."

"I understand." I said

"You do?"

"Yeah, I probably would have done the same thing." I said, " Where have you been these past few days?"

" I decided I would take a little road trip to give you a break." she said, " But now I'm back. So what has been going on?"

"You remember the Sun and the Moon Curse right?" I asked her

"Yes."

"Well, apparently there's this huge sacrifice to break it and Elena and I happen to be the key to that."

"What?"

"Yeah. And if we do anything to try and stop the sacrifice this Original vampire, named Klaus, will kill everyone we have ever loved."

"Wow. I sure missed a lot." she said, " And what have Stefan and Damon done to stop it because I know they are not just sitting around."

"Well, they are trying to stop the ritual from happening. But Elena and I made this deal, as long as we don't try anything, Elijah, another Original, will keep everyone safe."

"But…"

"But I don't want to be sacrificed, I don't wanna die so a stupid curse can be broken. But I can't let everyone I love get killed because of me." I said starting to cry.

Aurora gave me a hug and said, " Audrey, everything will be fine."

Authors Note

Happy New Years! I would like to tell you guys that i am already on chapter twenty of this story and should be done writing this story by tomorrow. i think i'll update one or two chapers every weekend until i start Season three. Also if you guy's have any good names for the third story in this series do tell.

Audrey;D