Ashley's POV
I was currently in hospital room with Caroline and Taylor. They told me that I couldn't start labor until my contractions were further apart. I was going to forego the drugs and probably take some vampire blood afterwards.
"Why does it have to be tonight?" Caroline complained. Tonight was the big senior prank night. I don't know why they were doing it at the beginning of the year. Most places do it at the end.
"If you want to go, you can go." I told her and Taylor. "I'll still be here when you're done. Go have fun."
"Are you sure?" Taylor asked.
"I'll be fine. Jeremy's here." I promised. I did wish that I knew where Anna was, though.
Taylor's POV
After we left the hospital, we began to set up our pranks. Elena, Bonnie, Tyler and Josh were with us as we prepared. We just had to sneak out without setting any of the mousetraps off. Suddenly, the door opened and the lights went on, setting them all off. Damn it. Matt was in the doorway, looking freaked. I had on a blue-striped tank, navy jacket and jeans.
"Seriously?" Caroline asked in annoyance. "Do you know how long it took set all of those mousetraps up?"
"You forgot about Senior Prank Night, didn't you?" Tyler asked.
"Clearly…" Matt declared after some deep breaths.
"How could you forget?" Caroline asked angrily. "We've only been waiting for this since like freshman year."
"Yeah, Matt, if I'm doing this, you're doing this." Elena told him.
"I'm surprised any of you are doing this with Ashley's baby and all." Matt replied.
"Ashley said it was okay." I explained.
"We are about to be seniors and my sister understands that." Caroline remarked. "These are the memories that stay us forever…"
"And if we don't make them now, we'll regret it." I interrupted.
"Go ahead. Make fun. I don't care." The vampire responded.
"You're all lame and I've got ten more classrooms to prank." Tyler declared. "Coming, Fell?"
"No, I'm gonna stay here." My boyfriend declared. It was weird calling him that again. He grabbed my hand and we began to leave.
"Where are you two going?" Elena asked. "There is no leaving to make out."
"We're going to superglue Ric's desk shut." I declared. "It's called making memories."
I noticed Caroline smiling before we left. In the hall, we noticed that Tyler was instructing some lessers to do some things. We walked down the hall and through the double doors before we ran into…fuck.
"There's my girl." Klaus declared. "Hmm…you've got some wolf in you."
"Run, Josh." I told him. Klaus decided to grab him.
"You are supposed to be dead." Klaus declared. "What are we going to do about that?"
"Take me and leave him alone." I begged.
No POV
Damon sat in the passenger seat as Ronnie drove. She still hadn't told him where they were going.
"Are you hungry?" The doppelganger asked. "Let's stop for a bite. We can head to a truck stop and eat a trucker."
"Stop being cute." Damon ordered.
"That's not possible." She declared.
"We've been driving aimlessly for hours." He stated. "Tell me where we're going."
"Too far for you to go running back." She answered.
"I don't want to go back." He replied.
"What's the problem with you and Taylor? Or is it Caroline?" She asked flirtatiously.
She then kissed him before he pulled away.
"It looks like you don't do it for me anymore." He remarked.
Ashley's POV
Casey came into the room at that point. She inspected my dilation…she inspected my vagina.
"Okay Ashley, it looks like we're ready to go." She declared. "Now before we get started, this is your last chance for an epidural. Are you sure you don't want it."
"Yes." I declared, even though Caroline wasn't here and Anna was still MIA. It was already starting to really hurt at this point. "Let's go."
"Okay, I need you to start pushing." Casey instructed.
Taylor's POV
Klaus dragged Josh the hall and I followed. He knew I wouldn't leave him.
"You've caused me a great issue, Love." Klaus told me. "The whole point of breaking the curse and becoming a hybrid was to make more hybrids. I think it has to do with you still living."
"Then just kill me and let him go." I demanded.
"I have to know that I'm right first." Klaus declared as he brought up into the gym. "I do have ways of making you suffer. If you do as I say, your new boyfriend lives."
Inside there were a bunch of people setting up cups for some reason. I didn't quite understand it.
"Attention seniors." Klaus said in an American accent. It was a higher pitch than his normal voice. "You have officially been busted. Prank night is over. You can all go home. You two, I remember you."
He had stopped Chad and Dana.
"Who are you?" Dana asked. Don't just stand there, you idiot. Run.
"Oh, don't worry about I wasn't in my right head last time. Dana, I want you to lift your right leg." Klaus stated. She did so. "Now Chad, if she lowers your leg, I want you to beat her to death."
"Leave them alone." Josh demanded.
"Come Klaus, you don't have to hurt innocent people." I told him, even though I didn't think it would work.
"Oh come on, Love. Of course I do." Klaus remarked.
No POV
Ronnie finally stopped to get gas and Damon got out.
"Now I want you to tell me what we're doing and where we're going." Damon demanded.
"So I have this." The blonde replied as she took out the necklace. "Klaus wants it."
"Why would Klaus want Taylor's necklace?" Damon inquired.
"I don't care, but I'm not letting him have it." She explained. "But I have something else too."
"I'm listening." He remarked.
"This is not going to win you any points with Taylor." Ronnie declared as she opened the trunk.
Anna's POV
I felt the trunk opening finally. My hands and legs with tied with vervain ropes. I saw that she had recruited Damon.
Ashley's POV
Jeremy and my mom were in the room with me. I really hoped that this wouldn't take much longer. It really hurt.
"It's crowning." Casey replied. "Just a little bit more."
"You can do this." Jeremy encouraged.
It wasn't helping the pain was still excruciating. You know there was one thing that I wondered. I wonder if this hurt more, or turning into a werewolf did. Taylor described it as the worst pain that she's ever felt. I'd probably have to find someone who's experienced both to really know.
Taylor's POV
In the gym, Dana was starting to lose her balance. I guess that I could probably save her if I needed to.
"What did you do to Stefan?" I asked Klaus.
"He's in a time out." Klaus answered as Bonnie, Elena, and Matt walked into the gym.
"You guys need to leave now." I yelled at them. Before they could move, Klaus ran and stood behind Bonnie.
"I was wondering when you'd show up." Klaus declared, while still holding Josh. "I'm guessing that Taylor being alive and possibly a werewolf have to do with you. Dana, you and Chad can sit tight."
"If you want someone to blame, blame me." The witch declared. "Let Taylor and Josh go."
"There's no need for blame, Love." Klaus declared. Why does he call every girl Love? "I just need you to fix the problem since you're the one who caused it."
At that point, a blonde girl that I had never seen dragged Tyler in.
"Get off me." He declared.
"Everyone, I'd like to introduce my sister Rebekah." Klaus remarked. "Be careful, she can be quite mean."
"You're an ass." Rebekah told him as she shoved Tyler into his arms. He threw Josh to me.
"Leave him alone." Josh demanded.
"I'm gonna make this simple." Klaus explained. "Whenever I try to make a hybrid, they die. It's quite unfortunate."
Klaus then fed his blood to Tyler. I hoped I wasn't next.
"I need you to find a way to save my hybrid, Bonnie." Klaus declared before he broke Tyler's neck.
"He killed him." Matt stated. Yes, that was what happened.
"He's not dead." I pointed out. "Klaus wants to turn him into a hybrid. I might have to die for that to happen."
"Might is the key word." Klaus said as he looked at Bonnie. "Go fetch your grimoires and whatever else you need. Taylor and Joshua are staying with me."
Klaus grabbed Josh and Rebekah grabbed me. At that point, the three of them left.
"So this is the girl that Stefan is so mad about." She remarked. "The original was much prettier."
Wouldn't she look just like me?
"Enough, Rebekah." Klaus told her. "Take the wolf-boy elsewhere."
Rebekah dragged Tyler's body away, leaving us with Chad and Dana and all these cups. I know it shouldn't be a priority, but what the fuck are these cups for?
Ashley's POV
"One more push." Casey told me. I pushed again and that was when I heard crying. I did it. "It's a girl."
The nurse cleaned her and wrapped her in a pink blanket. She had a head of brown hair.
Anna's POV
Damon put me on the table without untying me.
"Why am I here?" I asked.
"What if I told you a way to kill Klaus permanently?" Ronnie asked.
"I would say that you are delusional and desperate, or drunk." Damon declared. That's a lot of alliteration.
"Well here's the thing. My friend Pearl told me of a vampire that knew how to kill Klaus." Ronnie explained. Oh crap. I can't believe this. "She only told one person."
"No." I replied.
Taylor's POV
"So why do you want these hybrids?" I asked Klaus. "Do you want to use them as sex slaves?"
Klaus looked completely flabbergasted by my question.
"Is she always like this?" He asked Josh.
"Pretty much." Josh declared.
We waited a few minutes until the door opened. To my surprise, Stefan walked in.
"You're here." I noted.
"Klaus." He said.
"Are you here to save your damsel?" Klaus asked. I wasn't a damsel. He was just stronger.
"I want to ask for your forgiveness." Stefan responded. What was he doing? "I also want to pledge my eternal loyalty to you."
"You already broke that pledge once." Klaus pointed out. What happened between them?
"Taylor doesn't mean anything to me." Stefan boasted. He made that pretty clear earlier. "I'll do whatever you ask."
"Okay, let's drink on it." Klaus stated as he got up. He pointed to Chad and Dana. "Kill them. Go ahead kill them."
"Stefan, you don't have to." I explained. Klaus then came over and smacked me to the ground. Stefan charged over and grabbed him. Klaus responded by grabbing him by the neck.
"She means nothing? Your lies keep piling up." The hybrid told him.
"Let them go." He choked out, probably referring to me and Josh. He should let Dana and Chad go too. "I will do whatever you ask. You have my word."
"Your word is meaningless to me." Klaus pointed out. "I lived by your word all summer and I never had to resort to this. Stop fighting and kill them. You will do whatever I say when I say and you will not run. If I say 'jump', you won't even ask how high."
At that point, Stefan rushed over to Dana and killed her before doing the same to Chad. I decided to hold onto Josh tightly.
Anna's POV
"I'm not going to do it." I reiterated.
"Just do it." Damon demanded.
"No. Neither of you are my friends." I argued.
"I think if you want make an omelet, you have to break some eggs." Ronnie whispered to him as if I couldn't hear her. I watched as she went into the car and pulled out a stake and stabbed me in the stomach with it. I groaned in pain. "Now tell us who the vampire is."
"His name's Mikael." I groaned in pain. "He's a vampire who hunts vampire. You don't want to wake him. He'll kill us all."
"What do you mean wake him?" Damon asked. I wasn't going to like this.
Ashley's POV
I couldn't help but wonder what was taking so long. They should be done by now. Jeremy had his phone off during the delivery. The baby was quiet and asleep in my arms. I was kind of tired myself.
"So what do you want to name her?" The nurse asked.
"How about Jennifer Miranda Forbes-Gilbert?" I asked Jeremy.
"It sounds good." He agreed before the nurse began to write on the birth certificate.
Taylor's POV
It's nice to see a vampire in his true element." Klaus told me.
"You did this to him." I pointed out.
"I only invited him to the party. He's the one dancing on the table." Klaus argued.
"Where is it?" Rebekah interrupted. "Where's my necklace?"
"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked as his sister angrily walked toward us.
"That bitch has my necklace." Rebekah stated as she held Caroline's phone. Could I even take offense to that term anymore since it was technically true?
"Well, well, more lies." Klaus commented as he looked at the picture.
"Where is it?" Rebekah asked looking like she was about to lose it.
"I don't have it." I told her.
"You're lying." She remarked as she rushed over and bit me. Klaus threw her off as I felt my neck healing itself.
"Knock it off!" He scolded her.
"Make her tell me where it is, Nik!" Rebekah demanded as he held her back.
"Where's the necklace, Love?" Klaus asked tenderly.
"Ronnie took it." I explained.
"Verena. Well that's a pity because it would make things easier for your witch." Klaus said. "Since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it."
Klaus set the scoreboard to 20 minutes. How did he figure out how to work that?
"If Bonnie hasn't found the solution by then, I want to feed on Taylor." Klaus told Stefan. "You know you want to taste that wolf blood of hers."
"Klaus, stop doing this." I ordered as if he was going to listen.
"No one leaves." He told Rebekah. "If she tries to leave, kill him."
So if the timer runs out, is Josh free to go?
Anna's POV
"So are you going to untie me or at least remove this stake from me?" I asked.
"If I untie you, you'll run away." Veronica remarked before she pulled the stake out. That was true.
"I want my phone." Damon told the doppelganger.
"Do you need to talk to Taylor?" She teased.
"Give me my phone." Damon ordered. He noticed his messages. "Bonnie's been texting me. Klaus has Taylor and Josh. I'm going back. You get shotgun."
"You're going to get yourself killed." Ronnie told him as he walked off. "The Damon I know wouldn't be stupid."
"That's because he knows better than to give his life for you." I quipped. "Let's get this over with. Though, as soon as we get there, you're untying me."
Taylor's POV
"Ashley's dad: Stefan he could resist compulsion." I pointed out. "You can too."
"Yes, I'm sure he has plenty of practice that I don't." Stefan quipped. Rebekah had actually left the gym, but we didn't want to take any chances. I could get through to him.
"Okay, well you can drink from me." I told him. "You can't kill me."
"They call me the ripper because I tear bodies apart." Stefan pointed out as I looked over Chad and Dana's perfectly intact corpses. "I do not know what I would do to you. The only way to stop me is for you to kill me."
"No, you can fight it." I argued. "You can fight."
"Why because I love you?" He asked.
"Yes, because you love me." I pointed out. I don't think that love was the reason that we broke up. "You're strong enough for this."
"You're right because through all of this, you're the one thing that's kept me from giving up." Stefan remarked. I felt pretty bad for Josh right now. "I want to turn it off and I can't help what I am, Taylor. The more blood I have the more I want. I could kill you by knocking your head off or breaking your neck."
After a few minutes, the clock was almost at zero.
"Taylor, you need to run." He told me. "Josh, stay here, I'm compelled to go after her. You'll only be in the way if you go with her."
"I think you're strong enough to do this." Josh told him. "Nothing's stronger than love."
The buzzer then went off and Stefan looked at me hungrily.
"RUN!" He ordered.
I ran since no one seemed to be watching the room right now. I hoped that this was going to work. I ran down the halls. I knew that he was faster than me. He kept running into things. I headed to the cafeteria. I went through the door and once again found myself face-to-face with Klaus.
"You witch has just figured out that you need to stay alive." He stated. He took me to the cafeteria where we noticed that Stefan had a mop and was planning to stake himself with it.
"Now this is interesting." Klaus commented. "The only thing stronger than your thirst for blood is your love for this one girl. Why don't you turn it off?"
"NO!" Stefan groaned.
"Come on your humanity is killing you." The hybrid stated. "All of the guilt must be exhausting. Turn it off."
"No." Stefan repeated.
"You're strong but you're not strong enough." Klaus said as he removed the wood from his hands. Turn it off. TURN IT OFF"
Stefan stood silently. I think it worked. He just looked at me hungrily.
"What did you do?" I asked in shock.
"I fixed him." Klaus declared. "Now how about you drink from the doppelganger? Be careful though. I need to keep her alive."
He came at me and bit into my neck. I screamed and he fed until I blacked out.
Ashley's POV
"Damon just called me." Jeremy said as he entered the room. "He said that Klaus went after Taylor."
"What is Klaus even doing back in town?" I asked in confusion. The doctors were currently running tests on Jenna.
"I have no idea." Jeremy replied.
Taylor's POV
When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed. I had several wires attached to me, one which I think was putting wolfsbane into my veins.
"Why am I here?" I asked the nurse.
"I need to go." I replied. I wasn't sure if I could walk.
"That's not happening sweetie." She answered. "You've lost a lot of blood."
I then noticed the blood seemed to be coming out of me.
"Why are you taking my blood?" I asked. I felt really weird right now. I knew I would be fine, but I didn't understand.
"It's for your friend Klaus." She declared. I guess she was compelled. She then injected me with some wolfsbane. "You need plenty of rest."
I awoke shortly after. Damon had unhooked everything from me. When did he get here? I was still very woozy. I actually felt high to be honest.
"Let's get you home." Damon stated.
"Ashley…" I managed to get out. "She needs blood."
Damon sighed and ended up carrying me to her room before I fell asleep.
Ashley's POV
I saw Damon walking carrying a sleeping Taylor. I was a little confused.
"What happened?" I asked.
"She just lost a lot of blood and is on wolfsbane." He explained. "Speaking of blood, you need some."
He put her down, then bit into his wrist.
"Don't you have a needle?" I asked.
"Just drink it." He instructed. I put his wrist in my mouth and sucked on it. I did feel better. I wondered where Caroline was though. "Klaus is gone. Anna is with Ronnie."
"Tell her that it's a girl." I told him. I guess now I just needed to wait for them to get done with the baby because I felt great. I did need to make sure not to die, though.
Taylor's POV
Once I was conscious again, I noticed that I was in the boarding house. Damon had poured me a drink. I really wanted it.
"I'm sorry that I left you there." He apologized. "That wasn't a thing that a friend should do."
"It wouldn't have done any good." I admitted.
"Still I'm not going to leave you again." He stated. "You were right. I probably shouldn't have killed Ric. I know this won't help, but I got it back. You can do whatever you want with it."
"He's really gone. I saw nothing in his eyes." I stated. "Stefan's let it all go."
"Then we'll let him go." Damon declared.
"Well isn't this sweet?" Stefan interrupted.
"What are you doing here, Bro?" Damon asked.
"I live here, remember?" Stefan responded. "You just keep doing what you're doing. I won't stop you. Go ahead and date Josh if you want, Taylor. Klaus is gone, but I need to protect you. You're his blood supply."
Anna's POV
We arrived at the cemetery in Charlotte.
"Are you sure he's here?" Ronnie asked me
"Yes, I helped put him here." I explained. "He's in there. Now a deal is a deal."
She cut the ropes and I ran for the hills.
The final name is Jenna. Next is the first day of school. Since werewolves heal, Klaus had to put wolfsbane in her. Please don't forget to review.