"I found him"

The wind was stinging his face as he road down the dirt path until he spotted the large mansion. He hopped off his bike and decided to walk the rest of the way to give him a little time to compose himself. He clenched and un-clenched his fists to control his anger. When Sheila told him to image Klaus it brought back all the horrible things that he had to witness but he needed him and he could suck it up until he got what he wanted.

There was a firm knock on the door and Klaus wasn't expecting anyone but he was an original so whatever that someone wanted at least they couldn't kill him. He opened the door and saw a face that he wasn't expecting,

"Stefan, what a surprise."

Stefan said nothing he just walked in the home bumping shoulders with Klaus. He turned around and faced Klaus who put on a serious face.

"Enough with the bullshit I need you to turn off my humanity."

Stefan didn't waste any time, he could barely stand looking at the man that killed Bonnie all he wanted to do was get in and get out but Stefan knew that it wouldn't be that simple but he was prepared for anything that Klaus would throw at him.

"Do it yourself I have more pressing issues at hand,"

Ever since the whole Bonnie thing, Klaus was trying to figure out a way to pull Elena from the rest of the group. Before he found out that she wasn't dead his hybrid plan was not going well; every time he would turn them they'll die bleeding out from their eyes and ears. He couldn't figure out what was wrong; he did the spell like it said and nothing. He talked to one of his loyal witches and he found something out actually two something's.

"It was a thousand to one and a million to two
Time to go down in flames and I'm taking you
Closer to the edge"

He found out that the doppelgänger still lives and he was glad that their friends did a little spell to save her life because he needed her blood to create the hybrids. His mother was the one to generate the spell and never wanted him to produce more hybrids so she set up the perfect plan; she made him kill the one person that he needed to be able to create more creatures like him.

A few days later he came knocking in the Salvatore's, Stefan got in his way so he decided to stake him but the witch took his place instead. He must admit he was a little crushed, he had big plans for Bonnie and him but none of that was possible now that she's dead.

Bonnie was a powerful witch and she had only been practicing for a few months and could do a spell like resurrect the dead and have no effects afterwards who knows what she would've been capable of with years of practice.

"No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day maybe we'll meet again"

When he was about to grab Elena he got a stake in the back by the eldest Salvatore. It was a pain to get out but when he did he decided that it'll be best to grab Elena when she's alone so that no one would come looking for her too soon. His plan was for her to make a special donation to the Klaus-hybrid foundation so that he would have loyal "friends" by his side. He was going to take her to his place and collect her blood, but now that Stefan knew where he was hiding out for the time being he had to change residencies.

He must admit he didn't see that coming; Stefan asking him of all people to turn off his humanity. Klaus knew who Stefan was without his humanity he was the ripper and honestly the person that he looked up to in the twenties.

"No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day maybe we'll meet again
No no no no!"

Stefan and his younger sister Rebekah were dating and Klaus learned most of his tricks from the Salvatore. He considered him as a brother and vice versa. He remembers the time when Stefan made this poor man drink his wife's blood, man you should've seen the look on his face it was humorous. They all used to hang out at a speakeasy in Chicago and just enjoy each other's company they were like a small, little family.

He found something out about Stefan that no one else knew; he wrote names on a hidden wall behind his bookshelf. Not just any names the names of the people that he killed but he didn't do it for sympathy he did it so he could relive the kill over and over again. He himself did something similar but Klaus didn't write names on a wall he kept letters that women had written to him; love letters.

"This never ending story
Paid for with pride and fate
We all fall short of glory
Lost innocence"

Just as things were going well, his father, Mikael, found him in that speakeasy and shot wooden bullets all throughout the place. He had to compel Stefan to forget that Rebekah and him had ever existed to cover his tracks. He was able to escape with his sister before their father entered. Mikael questioned Stefan with a drawn picture of Klaus and Rebekah he told him that he'd never seen those people before in his life. That there was the end of their friendship; their brotherhood and because of Rebekah's love for Stefan she was too stubborn to leave so Klaus had no choice but to put her down for a while along with the rest of his family.

Klaus turned around to look at Stefan, who was standing in the same spot and walked up to him,

"Remember," He stated into his eyes.

Stefan was confused but all the memories of Klaus and Rebekah came flooding in. He was friends with him, he was dating his sister and they all stuck together like a family. He considered Klaus as a brother, a king.

"I remember you. We were friends." Stefan said in a hushed tone.

He was amazed that he was ever friends with the person that killed his love. Stefan remembered Klaus compelling him to forget. They were under attack by some man. Stefan didn't know who he was but didn't think so much into it. Klaus is the strongest man to roam the earth so far so he could imagine how many people wanted him dead for their own gain, hell, he wanted to kill him.

Klaus has big plans for Stefan if he wanted his humanity off it would just be the topping to the cake. Back in the twenties it felt like they ruled the world, he had a friend; a brother and deep down that was all that he ever wanted. Klaus knew that Stefan without his humanity could be the thing he was missing,

"Turn. It. Off."

"No!" A voice roared from the distance.

30 minutes before

When Stefan left Sheila's house and was out of hearing range she called up Damon. It took him a while to get there because he was already on his way with Elena to visit the witch that could possibly resurrect Bonnie.

Damon almost plowed the door down when Sheila told him that it was an emergency and it had to do with Stefan and that's all he needed to hear before he turned around and headed back in Mystic Falls.

"What happened?"

The witch led them to the couch where Stefan was previously and showed them the map.

"Stefan was here about an hour ago. When he compelled me not to remember I knew something was wrong."

Sheila drunk vervain, she always has. She was a strong witch and was always scared that a vampire would take advantage of that and compel her to do whatever they say. She stopped for a while when everything was quiet but when she heard about the Salvatore's she made no mistake and drank vervain as soon as Bonnie told her she was dating Stefan. She didn't leave Bonnie in the dark she told her the powers of vervain and would occasionally sneak her some every once in a while just to make sure.

"Where is he?"

"He's with Klaus. I'm not sure of his plan but all I know us that it won't end well."

"Tell me where he is and I'll stop it." Damon rose from the couch.

Sheila told him of Klaus' whereabouts and he left immediately leaving Elena behind with no ride home.

Damon hopped in his car and sped down the road he had no idea as to what his brother was planning to do. Ever since the memorial he's been acting different and Damon curses himself for not checking in on it sooner.

He noticed that some blood bags were gone but figured that he miscounted since Stefan was on the bunny diet (as he likes to call it). It wasn't until he noticed all the attention that he was giving to Elena for him to realize that something didn't sit well. It wasn't like Stefan to go after his girlfriend's best friend; he acted like someone who didn't care-

Didn't care

Damon came to the realization.

"He didn't"

If it was true and Stefan did turn off his humanity then why would he go to Klaus he didn't think that he would go there for revenge because his emotions were gone so why would his baby brother visit the man that killed Bonnie?

He hopped out his car when he spotted Stefan motorcycle parked on the side if the road. He used his speed the rest of the way to the house. He opened the door in time to see Klaus compelling his brother to turn it off.

"No!"

He screamed but it was too late. Damon knew the man that Stefan could be without his humanity that's why he left his brother around the time they first turned.

Stefan was a ripper and one day he walked in on a sight that made his decision to leave easier to make. Stefan had girls all over the room, women with bite marks all over them bleeding and his brother had blood all over his chin asking the girls who wanted to die next. Damon was disgusted he couldn't believe his eyes Stefan was going to expose them if he wasn't careful so he left to live a separate life from his brother.

"What the hell Stefan?"

"What's wrong brother?" Stefan walk towards Damon.

"Stefan what are yo-"

"Actually I don't care." He slapped his cheek twice and headed out the door.

Damon's eye followed his brother out then he turned to Klaus who just stood there with a smirk on his face.

"I should kill you."

"Hey I'm not the victim here Stefan came to me." Klaus held his hands up.

"Why did you do it?" Damon questioned.

"I have my reasons." Klaus walked off.

Damon stood there confused, he didn't understand anything that was going on, he could understand why Stefan would want his humanity off but why would he want Klaus to do it for him it was easy all he had to do was flip his switch.

Damon made his way back to the car and drove home he wouldn't be surprised to see that Stefan wasn't there he was probably out draining the lives of the people and Damon couldn't do anything about it until his brother returned.

Rolling over in her bed she heard a noise. She thought that she was dreaming but the noise got louder. Opening her eyes with a grunt she eyed the clock that read two thirty AM she wondered who could be up at this time. She rose from the bed and heard the tapping noise again and her head spun to her window. She squinted her eyes to see past the darkness but it was no use. Rolling out of bed in her shorts and tank top, she walked slowly towards the sound. Coming closer she got a better view of who was there and lifted the window so the person could come through,

"Stefan? What are you- what are you doing here?" She flicked on the light.

He seemed different his eyes were brighter and they didn't read innocence like they used to it was something darker. Glancing at his attire she spotted it; there was a red stain on his neck. She studied it carefully making sure not to look at it too long or too hard at it so that he wouldn't notice.

Her mind began to wonder what it might be she remembered back earlier in the day when Sheila told them that Stefan wanted to see Klaus so maybe he went there to kill him before Damon got the chance to stop him or maybe Damon helped him out.

"I just wanted to talk to you about something." The ripper inched closer.

"About what?"

Elena took a seat on the edge of her bed and Stefan joined her they were now face to face.

Elena's blood was screaming at him he wanted to drain her dry just like Klaus had a year ago. Deep down he envied Klaus he got to taste her before he could.

Stefan ignored her question but just stared into her eyes.

"You will not scream."

"I will not scream." Elena repeated.

He reached out and cupped her cheeks and drew her in for a kiss. Elena was about to pull away but Stefan took ahold of her neck and deepened the kiss. He didn't want to go for the obvious spot on the neck it would cause too much speculation so he leaned forward until her back was on the bed. He used his free hand to slide down her shorts. He removed his lips from hers and placed his head in between her thighs. He drew his head back and stuck his fangs into the depths of her thighs.

Her blood was delicious just like he imagined it. Elena grabbed ahold of his hair pulling him out of his high. He sealed her wounds with his saliva and returned his gaze back on her eyes.

Elena was horrified of the monster that was staring at her. Instead of his leafy greens his eyes were blacker than the nights sky, his fangs were perturbed from his gums and blood was all over his mouth and chin. He used the back of his hand to wipe off the blood and bit into his wrist and fed Elena his blood.

He pulled her shorts back up and put her underneath the sheets and looked into her eyes once more,

"You will not remember that I was here. Everything that just happened you will forget."

"I will forget."

By the time Elena blinked her eyes the light was out and Stefan was nowhere to be found. She rose up from her bed looking around her room she was confused she was sure something happened but nothing came to mind. She descended back down in her bed and drifted off to sleep.

Entering the boardinghouse he was stopped by his brother.

"What the hell Stefan why did you go to Klaus if all people to turn off your humanity?"

"Oh I'm sorry is someone offended?" Stefan teased.

Damon forgot how annoying his brother could be without his humanity.

"How about we'll talk this over with some cake and tea?"

Stefan bumped passed his brother to make his way up the stairs

Clank!

A/N: Hey guys thanks for the reviews! I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter! Until next time... *Song Closer to the Edge by 30 Seconds to Mars*

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Ashlyne