Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and The Vampire Diaries. They belong to J.K. Rowling and L.J. Smith. I am writing this just for fun and no money is being made.
AN: Okay, first, not to be rude, but if you don't like this story – the pairings, the story, the plot-line or the characters please feel free to stop reading. I'm not going to change anything now, when I'm halfway done.
Second, I am not going to pair Elena with either Stefan or Damon, so if you like her or want to see her with one of them; sorry to disappoint you, but it's not going to happen here.
I also want to clear that I in no way hate Elena, it's just the way the plot's going. I have been showing her in a negative light, doesn't mean I don't understand her character. I know that there might be people who like Elena's character, but you need to know that this is just a story and I planned it from the beginning like this. Also, I have changed things in both TVD and Harry Potter verse to fit them in this story. There are events which didn't happen in either of them – the books, movies or the TV series, so please don't message or comment that 'something' didn't happen.
And I'm so sorry guys, but I made a typing error in the last chapter. There were 12 stakes, not 19.
Now that everything's clear, let's move ahead. I would like to apologize for any mistakes in advance.
MarinaBee7462 – Thank You, girl. 😊
THE SAME DAY
The Woods
Stefan, Alaric, Caroline, Elena and Matt were gathered in the woods to plan a way to kill Klaus and now that all of them were linked, it was easier to find one and it would kill them all.
Stefan looked at all of them and said, "We all have one stake, we keep it hidden and we look out for any opportunity we have."
Damon gave Elena a pointed look and said, "No last-minute attacks of pity for any of them."
Elena looked at Damon and responded, "Don't worry about me. Not after what we've been through because of them. I want them dead as much as you do."
Damon looked at Caroline and said, "Barbie?"
Caroline stated strongly, "Oh, I'm ready. Anything that will free Tyler from his sire bond to Klaus."
"We have the white oak stakes and now we have more than one shot of killing one original. We can do this." Stefan told them confidently.
Rebekah was passing through the woods, when she heard the doppelgänger and the Salvatore's and gritted her teeth angrily as she realized that they were planning to kill all her family.
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon was hiding his stake in the firewood and Alaric shook his head at him annoyed. "I mean, did you learn nothing from the moonstone in the soap dish?"
Damon didn't look at him, but asked, "Why? Where'd you put yours?"
But before Alaric could reply, they hear a noise from downstairs and Damon blurred down to investigate it. He was at the bottom of the stairs, when Alaric came flying down and hit his head on the wall next to the stairs.
He whirled around, just in time to see Rebekah smiling at him as she growled, "You Salvatore's never learn, do you?" And she drove a knife through his gut.
Mikaelson Mansion
Rebekah tied Damon up by animal traps on his wrists.
"It's a little kinky. Don't you think?" Damon snarked as he looked at her while she picked up a large knife from the table and came near him.
"You along with your brother and that doppelgänger bitch were planning to kill us this morning and I know you won't tell me anything yourself, so I decided to bleed vervain from your system." She smiled at him as she ripped his shirt off.
"You want to compel me to tell you the plan?" he turned serious asked her sardonically, even though he groaned in pain as she sliced his chest slowly.
"I'd rather compel you to use those stakes on Stefan… or Elena." She said and his eyes widened.
"But since vampires heal, bleeding you may take a while, which is why I'll stick to the major arteries." She told him nonchalantly and sliced his throat, while he gritted his teeth to stop himself from making any more noise.
Klaus heard the voices and entered the room they were in. He saw her cutting Damon and said with amusement, "Look what you've caught!"
"It's not over Nik." Rebekah told him seriously.
His brows furrowed as he asked, "What?"
She turned to look at him and uttered, "A white oak tree, 300 hundred years after we fled back to the old world. That tree could kill us and the Salvatore's have it."
His eyes flashed with rage and he responded roughly, "Trying to bleed him of vervain? Don't you think it would be easier to hang him upside down? And make sure he tells us everything by the time you're done with him."
She turned back towards Damon and smiled, "Now, where were we?"
Outside the Grill
Couple of Hours Later
Elena saw Stefan in front of the grill and called, "Stefan!"
He stopped as she ran up to him and asked, "How is he?"
Stefan looked at her and replied, "Hey. He's just banged up. Caroline's going to stay with him and make sure Alaric stays Alaric. Matt texted me and said Finn is still in the Grill. We need to plan our next move."
"Wait… Wait… Rebekah has Damon. Our next move should be finding him." she uttered to him like he was dense.
His eyes didn't betray his emotions, and he stated calmly, "No. We need to stay on point. See an Original, kill an Original. That's the plan."
She looked at him with annoyance and said, "Yeah, that was the plan before Damon's life was hanging in the balance."
"Look Elena, I understand that you're concerned about my brother's life, but if he even knew for one second that we're missing a chance to kill these people, he would lose his mind." He replied infuriated.
"Yeah. And if the roles were reversed, he would stop everything to save you." Elena remarked.
Stefan looked at her and then said emotionlessly, "So now that you've slept with my brother, you know better than me what he would want?"
Elena's eyes widened and she stared at him aghast, not knowing what to say. She didn't wanted Stefan to know. She slept with Damon because he was the only one she had right now and she didn't want to lose him. Stefan made it perfectly clear, that he didn't want anything to do with her and probably Damon was the only person holding her together right now, but no matter what she never wanted to hurt Stefan. And right now, all she could see was hurt shining in those green eyes.
She didn't answer him. She had nothing to say. Instead, she swallowed before looking away from him and said quietly, "What he would want and what we should do are two different things."
Stefan took a breath and asked, "You're going to help me with this or not?"
She didn't reply and just stared at him bewildered.
"Okay. I'll figure it out myself." he declared and left.
Mikaelson Mansion
Damon couldn't remember how long it had been, but in a dreamlike haze, he saw a figure approaching him. The figure became clear when it came closer to him and he realized that it was Athena. She stared at the traps and his bleeding body terrified.
"Athena." He murmured.
"I'll get you out of here." She looked at him and said seriously.
He looked up at the traps on his hands blearily and croaked out, "Open them, please. Carefully."
She reached up and removed one of his hands, he groaned in pain and fell forward. She released his other hand and he fell on her. She held him, but he was weak, so she tried to carry him out.
He fell and she whispered, "Come on. We've to keep going."
But he wasn't able to carry himself and fell on the floor, taking her with him. She got up and held his face in both her hands and said, "Look at me."
He opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at her as she said, "I am not going to leave you, Damon."
He felt his strength giving out, but she placed her wrist on his mouth and whispered, "Drink."
His fangs came out as he bit her and started drinking. He held her wrist with one hand and felt his strength returning to him as he stared at Athena who was staring right into his eyes. He stopped drinking and looked at her. She was near him and she cared about him. Right now, she was looking at him and he knew that she wanted him, just like he wanted her. They both leaned closer to each-other and as soon as his lips touch hers, she vanished.
He opened his eyes and saw Rebekah standing in front of him.
"You bitch!" he rasped.
Rebekah held his face with one hand and forced him to look at her as she asked angrily, "What was that?"
"That was me having pretty good time in there." He almost smiled forgetting his anger at Athena.
"Why were you dreaming about Athena? You are in love with the doppelgänger." She asked confused.
"Oh, come on! You're so desperate about other people's love lives. I get it. I'd become desperate and pathetic too if no one would've wanted me for 1000 years." He looked at her and said mockingly.
Rebekah looked at him stabbed a knife in his stomach and he cried out in pain, but she stared at him and twisted the knife inside him. This time, he screamed with pain.
Bonnie heard a piercing scream and her head snapped up from where she was reading the grimoire. Klaus was standing at the door with a glass of whiskey in hand and staring at her unbothered.
"Who was that?" she asked anxiously.
Klaus tuned his head towards her and said in a blasé tone, "I wouldn't let that bother you, love."
Bonnie snapped at him angrily, "Well, it does bother me… you bother me… You use people to get what you want and it's not right."
"You're being emotional Bonnie. I understand that things have been rough for you, you know," he moved towards her and continued, "with your mother leaving. Again, its very sad. I can help you find her, if you want." He stopped in front of her and continued, "I have people who have people who can bring her back to you."
"Or if you choose, I can just bring parts of her back." he added with a smirk.
Bonnie moved her hand to slap him, but he stopped her and took a step back. A small smile playing on his lips as he threatened her, "Isn't it obvious that, I'm just going to continue to hurt the people you love until you do the spell? Now I know it's in the grimoire and I know that it requires the blood of my family…" he picked a leather pouch lying on the table and came towards her, "…so, here we are."
He opened the pouch and showed it to Bonnie, which held five vials filed with blood in them.
He pointed to each one, "Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, Finn, Athena."
Then Klaus opened his mouth and bit his palm as Bonnie stared at him fearfully. His blood fell on the carpet and he asked, "Where do you want this?"
With a deep breath she turned back, picked an empty glass from the table and held it out towards him.
Mystic Grill
Finn and Sage were sitting in the Grill, doing shots of tequila and chatting happily while Stefan was sitting in another corner. He had already given Matt a bottle of vervain to add it in their drinks, waiting for their plan to impend.
Stefan heard a guy named Troy saying 'hi' to Sage as he passed by the couple and she told Finn, that she is his sire and has brought him back up to town as back-up.
Matt slipped vervain into their drinks and served it to them. Sage and Finn knocked-back their shots before immediately spat them out. They notice that the drink was laced with vervain and Stefan purposefully winked at them before leaving. His plan was to lure them out and kill.
Bonnie started working on the unbinding spell at Klaus' house.
Phasmatos Ex Solves,
Exis Paunos Animotos.
Phasmatos De Conjunctos,
Sua Facto Dux Male.
She chanted as she mixed all the Mikaelson's blood in a goblet, then poured the blend on the table in the middle of a requisite circle of candles.
Stefan was waiting outside the back door of the Grill for Sage and Finn and jumped at Finn as soon as he saw him, but Sage quickly knocked the stake out of his hand and it fell down the stairs, near the back-door of the kitchen.
Sage held Stefan down as she looked at Finn and said urgently, "Finn, the stake!"
Phasmatos Ex Solves,
Exis Paunos Animotos,
De Conjunctos Sua Facto.
Phasmatos Devos Male.
Klaus was staring at the blood on the table which was getting separated by the second, and by the time Bonnie finished the incantation, the blood was separated in six different pools.
Finn blurred down the stairs, but Elena and Matt stepped out of the Grill's kitchen, which was at the bottom. Elena shot Finn with a crossbow to pin him down, while Matt ran over and stabbed him with the stake. They both ducked back inside before anyone else could move. Sage rushed towards Finn, but he stiffened before turning into shriveled ash and flames erupted from him while Sage was left there crying over his body.
Salvatore Boarding House
As soon as Stefan and Elena entered in the library, Caroline rushed to them and asked, "Did you guys kill Finn? Did it work?"
"Nothing would work until I see Klaus's dead body myself." Stefan said with a mock smile.
Just then Elena's phone rang and she answered, "Bonnie. Where have you been?"
"Klaus has Damon." They all heard her loud and clear.
The smile faltered from all their faces and Elena spluttered, "Kl… Klaus should be dead. They should all be dead. We just killed Finn."
"No Elena. He forced me to do a spell that unlinked all six of them." Bonnie whispered urgently.
Stefan closed his eyes miserably. Once again, all his plans went down the drain, but his eyes snapped open when Bonnie's words registered in his mind. She said six, not five. He wasn't able to understand it. There was only one other Mikaelson and he didn't want to think what could have happened, if they wouldn't have been unlinked. He looked at Elena and frowned with only one thought in his mind – 'Was she aware who the sixth person was?'
"He's still alive." Bonnie finished.
Elena took a shaky breath and asked, "Okay. Bonnie, where's Damon?"
"He's at Klaus's mansion. It's bad Elena. He threatened Jeremy – and my mom." Bonnie cried.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked concerned.
"I don't know. I'm sorry. I have to go." Bonnie whispered in a chocked voice and hung up.
"Stay with Caroline. I'll call you when it's over." Stefan told Elena as he went towards the door to save his brother.
"Stefan, stop! Klaus is stronger than you. We need another plan." Elena said as she followed him.
"No. What we need is to Klaus to be dead." He replied without turning back.
"Stefan, stop it. You're acting on anger. You'll die and you'll get Damon killed." She almost shouted at him.
"Klaus does not get to survive this. Not after everything he took from me." Stefan said and stormed towards the door.
But before he could open it, it busted open; Sage barged in and knocked Stefan down who flew across the room. Caroline tried to fight her, but Sage slapped her hard and said, "I'm not here for you. I'm here for him."
Then, she kicked Stefan in the ribs while Elena tried to run out, but Troy blocked the door. But then, something strange happened. Sage suddenly felt sick and her nose started bleeding. She threw a punch at Stefan but this time, he blocked it easily. She fell on one knee, coughed and threw-up blood. They saw as her skin turned ashy and she collapsed on the floor convulsing. They turned towards Troy as the same symptoms hit him. Next thing, they know, Sage and Troy died, just like that.
Stefan, Caroline and Elena stared at the two desiccated vampires on the floor in bewilderment.
"She just died." Elena whispered in shock.
"So, Sage and this Troy guy died within an hour of Finn." Caroline stated as she looked at Stefan and Elena.
"But why? Were they bitten by a hybrid or…?" Elena asked confused.
Caroline looked at her and said, "Hybrid bites don't look like that?" Then she added, "Maybe Sage was so in love with Finn, that she died of sadness."
"No that doesn't explain Troy." Elena replied.
"It's the blood. The bloodline. It has to be. Think about it. Finn turns Sage, Sage turned Troy. They're all part of the same bloodline that originated with Finn." Stefan concluded.
Caroline looked at Stefan and asked, "Wait! So, when an Original die, every vampire turned from their blood line dies along with them? Because… that would mean..."
Elena stood up from where she was sitting on the floor and spoke, "If the originals die, so do all of you. The entire vampire species would be… dead."
And she shared a horrified glance with Caroline and Stefan.
Potter Home
Athena was sitting with Lavender when Stefan blurred towards her. His face was panic-stricken as he stopped in front of him and almost pleaded, "I need your help."
He'd never asked for her help and she looked at him concerned. She moved outside the house asked immediately, "What is it?"
Stefan looked at her and said, "Klaus and Rebekah have Damon."
"What? Why?" she gasped.
"We have the white oak stakes which is the only thing that can kill an original. I'm guessing they know it somehow." He answered, not knowing how she would react.
She looked at him for some time before asking, "How can we help Damon?"
He stated grimly, "I just want you to do one thing. If Klaus kills me… I need you to get Damon out of there."
She looked into his eyes and remarked earnestly, "Stefan, you're my friend. I won't let anyone die. Not if I can do anything about it."
He nodded at her, but he knew that he would kill Klaus, even if he had to die in the process. He just hoped that she would be able to save Damon somehow. But first, there was something he needed to tell her. He wanted her to know what he did and then she could decide if she still wanted to help them or not.
He didn't look at her, but blurted, "You should know that I killed Finn."
He waited for her to say something, but when she didn't, he looked at her. She was staring at him with an unfathomable expression, like she was in a deep thought, so he continued, "You probably will already know this, but Esther linked all her children together. It was the only chance I had to kill Klaus and I couldn't let it go."
Athena sucked in a harsh breath as her eyes widened and she stared at Stefan for a long time.
"I know that's your family, but I can't let Klaus live after everything he took from me." He stated, then looked at her and asked, "Will you still help me?"
She didn't say a word, just gave him a single nod. With that, she held Stefan's hand and apparated out of there.
Mikaelson Mansion
Stefan and Athena apparated directly inside Klaus's home. There was no one around and the smell of blood was thick in the air, so Stefan followed it with Athena right behind him.
"Oh God!" Athena couldn't stop the gasp that escaped her when she saw Damon, and Stefan gulped at seeing his brother like this.
Damon was hanging up by animal traps on his wrists, his shirt was ripped open and he was bleeding from every visible skin they could see. There was a large puddle of blood all around his feet and he was nearly drained of blood.
Klaus heard the sound of crack of apparition and closed his eyes. He didn't want Athena to see this side of his family and from what he knew, she was friends with the Salvatore's. She wouldn't be happy seeing Damon like this, but no matter what, this time he was determined to not let him go until he had all the stakes. So, intending to keep her away, he blurred downstairs, but she was already standing in front of Damon and his ire increased when he saw Stefan with her. Stefan were playing his games again, planning to use his own daughter against him, but this time he would kill the Salvatore's if he had to.
Rebekah followed Klaus inside and faltered when she saw Athena, but resolved herself and stood beside her brother.
"Darling, what are you doing here?" Klaus asked Athena charmingly as if he didn't have a man hanging like an animal in his house. Then, he turned to Stefan and asked, "What do you want?"
Stefan dropped the bag near Klaus and said, "I'm here to make a deal."
"Stefan… What are you doing?" Damon rasped.
Athena stared at them aghast. Then, she whirled towards Klaus and reminded him, "You promised you won't hurt them."
Klaus looked at her and stated humorlessly, "Correction sweetheart, I promised that I won't kill them and they are still alive."
She opened her mouth to say something, but Stefan spoke, "8 stakes made of white oak, a part of Wickery Bridge that you forgot to burn."
Klaus looked at Rebekah, who looked at Stefan wide-eyes and whispered, "Having 8 stakes is impossible."
Stefan didn't correct her, instead looked at both of them and said, "Finn's dead."
There was a long silence as Rebekah and Klaus glared at him, and she asked quietly through gritted teeth, "You killed my brother?"
Stefan turned towards Klaus and uttered with a poker face, "Damon in exchange for the last stakes I can kill you with."
Klaus looked Stefan in the eyes and asked, "And how do I know there aren't any more left?"
"Because there aren't." Stefan stated confidently.
Klaus looked at him pensively. It sounded too easy, so he said, "Let's be certain, shall we?"
He walked to Damon and whispered in his ear. "Leave."
"No."
Klaus caught Damon by his throat and compelled him, "I said go home."
Stefan and Athena stared in horror as Damon started pulling his hand free from the animal trap without even opening them. But before Damon could amputate his hands in an attempt to free himself from the chains, Athena pulled her wand out, muttered a spell which broke the trap and it fell on the floor. Damon couldn't hold himself up and fell on his knees with a pained groan.
Klaus glared at Athena, who glared back at him and nearly yelled at him, "How can you do this to someone? It's brutal and barbaric."
Rebekah stared at both his family members but instead of replying, Klaus looked down to Damon and said with a fake smile, "Well, at least we know that he can finally be compelled." Then, he kneeled near him, careful of the blood and asked, "Minus the stakes that's in my brother, how many stakes are there that can kill me?"
"Eleven." Damon replied without hesitation.
"Eleven. So not eight then." Klaus said as he looked at Stefan and added, "You really shouldn't have lied."
Stefan gulped, but said, "I'll get you the other three."
"Stefan…" Damon croaked again weakly.
"Or since you lied, maybe I'll compel your brother to chew out his own tongue." Klaus stated amused.
Stefan asked him angrily, "What is wrong with you?"
"What is wrong with you? Do you rely have no appreciation for me? I've given you someone to hate. To loathe! A target for all your anger, so you don't have to turn it on yourself. I've given your life a purpose, as you friend." Klaus raged at him. "I really think you should be thanking me."
Stefan blurred towards Klaus with a white oak stake in his hand and tried to stab him in the heart, but Klaus held his wrist in a strong grip.
Suddenly, they both flew into different directions and the stake fell on the floor. They weren't able to move, no matter how much they tried.
Athena's eyes flashed angrily as she looked at both of them and said, "You'll let them go and Stefan will give you the remaining stakes. I don't want to hurt any of you." Her voice came out stronger than she felt at the moment.
"They have stakes that can kill us. They already killed Finn and you want me to let them go?" Klaus screamed at her angrily as he fought against the invisible binds.
Rebekah looked at her flummoxed and asked slowly, "You're willing to save them even after knowing that they don't care if you live or die? They and their girlfriend planned to kill you with along with us."
"You were linked with the originals. That's what Bonnie meant when she said six." Stefan whispered as realization dawned on him and closed his eyes gravely.
Athena remembered the time when she went to forbidden forest, how afraid she was and how all the fear was wiped away after she talked to her parents, Sirius and Remus. So, she looked at Rebekah and stated softly, "Death is inevitable and I'm not scared of it. I've faced death and it's as easy as falling asleep. If I die, I die."
Rebekah, Stefan and Klaus stared at her wide wide-eyes and mouths slackened. No one could understand how could she have faced death if she was still here? They've known witches all their lives, but they haven't heard anything like this.
Klaus's blood ran cold as he heard that she's faced death. He couldn't control his anger any longer and screamed, "You're human. How can you have seen death!?"
Damon opened his eyes at that and looked at Klaus oddly. Why wouldn't he know what had happened to his daughter? But he wasn't able to voice his thought as he had no energy left.
Now that they both seemed relatively calm, she removed the spell from them, then she looked at Klaus, who was still staring at her and uttered, "Maybe, I'll tell you one day." Then she looked at him pleadingly and added, "Please, they're my friends."
Klaus's eyes flashed, but Rebekah sighed and said, "They can live, but only if they give us the last stakes."
Klaus stared at his sister incredulously and took a breath to calm himself. Then he turned towards Stefan and threatened, "Bring us the stakes. All of them. Or I'll wage a war against everyone you love. Hope I'm being clear."
Athena looked at both her father and aunt, and whispered softly, "Thank You and… I'm sorry about your brother."
She and Stefan went near Damon and helped him up. She looked at Klaus and Rebekah one last time, before she apparated out of there taking both the Salvatore's along.
Salvatore Boarding House
Athena apparated at the front door of the boarding house and dropped her hold on their arms. Elena and Caroline heard the sound and came out to see what the noise was. Caroline stopped when she saw her, not knowing how to act around Klaus's daughter. Elena on the other hand, gasped as she saw Damon and took him inside with Caroline's help.
Stefan looked at Athena who was staring at Elena and Damon, and sighed.
Athena's gaze was still transfixed on Damon while Elena fussed over him and asked softly, "Is he going to be alright?"
Stefan gave her a tight-lipped smile and replied, "Don't worry about him. He'll be fine."
Athena's gaze snapped towards him as he called, "Athena. Thank you, for what you did for us." Stefan looked at her and said seriously.
"Don't worry about it. I'm glad both of you are fine." Athena said, "I'll see you later."
With that, she closed her eyes and apparated while Stefan closed his eyes and shook his head as he stood there for some time, before he went inside.
Stefan was sitting on his bed, staring at the stake in his hand when Elena entered his room.
"Hey."
"Hey. You haven't said much since you got back home." Elena said.
"I'll be a ball of sunshine once Damon gets Alaric's stake back." he replied with a sarcastic smile.
"You scared me today. You wouldn't have survived if you went up against Klaus on your own, you know that, right?" she told him softly as she moved towards him.
He didn't look up at her as he said, "Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore."
"Why?"
"This is not worth it. All this time and energy that I've wasted hating him," he looked at her and continued, "it was for nothing. It's over. I'm right back where I started."
"That's not true. Yeah, Klaus dragged you through hell, but you came out the other side." She told him.
He stood up and replied, "And what did I loose in the process? Till now, I ignored everything that was happening around me and was only focused on Klaus. Everything that I'd let slip away – now I've had to deal with that."
"Stefan…"
"I know. I did everything possible to push you away. Everything that happened… everything you did… it's all my fault." He finished directly.
Elena looked at him puzzled and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Stefan looked at her sadly and said, "I'm talking about the fact that you tried to kill an innocent person."
"What?"
He looked at her bemused and replied, "You knew Esther linked Athena with the other's as well. You didn't tell any of us. You knew she would die if we'd stake anyone of them and you did nothing to stop it, instead you helped."
Even though her eyes widened at his words, but she told him stubbornly, "Esther told me that Athena is Klaus's daughter and it's a possibility that she would become even darker than him one day. I did what I had to do to keep us safe, Stefan."
"I thought I knew you, Elena, but I don't anymore." He shook his head at her as he said this and left, leaving her standing in his room.
NEXT DAY
Mystic Grill
Athena saw Stefan as soon as she entered the grill. He had texted her to meet him here and she was just hoping there wasn't any other issue. This town seem to have problems one after another.
"Stefan? Is everything alright?" she asked as soon as she sat down in front of him.
His lips twitched upwards at her concern. "Yeah, everything's fine. I wanted to say goodbye. I'm leaving town for some days."
She scrutinized him for some time, then asked, "You'll come back?"
"It's just for a couple of days. I'll be back in a month or two." He reassured her.
Damon entered the grill with Alaric still lamenting about previous day's events. They had to give the remaining stakes to Klaus which he wasn't happy about and on top of that, he was confused. He couldn't understand why Athena would save them and threaten her own father. She threatened Stefan along with him, but he ignored that part. How come Klaus didn't know that she had died? She'd shown it to him, so why won't her own father know? And there was another thing that was eating him which was infuriating him further.
They went straight to the bar and he ordered a drink. He looked around and his eyes tightened as soon as he Stefan with Athena. Alaric frowned at the scowl marring Damon's features and he turned to see what caught his interest. Damon was glowering as he stared at Stefan and the Mikaelson girl. He stayed quiet and observed the three of them in an ambiguous way, unable to understand the reason behind Damon's sudden temper.
Athena looked at Stefan and she whispered, "I think I'll be going home as well. It's been a long time."
Stefan arched an eyebrow at her, so she added exasperatedly, "Ron and Hermione are planning their wedding. They'll kill me if I'm not there."
"Of course." He said innocently with a smile, not believing that it was the only reason behind her decision to go back home and she scowled at him.
Damon wasn't looking at them anymore, but he was solely focused on their conversation.
"I'll see you soon, yeah. Have a safe trip." He heard Athena whisper to Stefan after which they hugged, she kissed Stefan on the cheek and left. He bristled.
Stefan came towards him and he couldn't keep the bite out of his tone. "What was all that about?"
"Nothing. Listen, Damon. I'm leaving."
Damon's eyes shot up to his hair and he asked, "What? Where?"
"I don't know. I can't keep living like this." Stefan sighed.
"And here I thought we'll live like a big happy family now!" Damon said snidely.
"I know you slept with Elena." Stefan said in a monotone.
Damon's gaze snapped to Stefan's and Alaric's eyes widened.
"Stefan, I wa…"
He didn't want to listen to any excuses. So, he stopped Damon and said, "I'm tired Damon. Tired of fighting you over the girl, tired of the animosity between us, tried of the heartbreak. After all the time I wasted planning my revenge to kill Klaus, I am still where I was. Klaus is still alive and I lost everything good I had… One minute I think I'm fine, the next minute I feel like I'm dying."
Damon looked at Stefan what could be called remorse, but it was too late. He couldn't take it anymore. He didn't want to get involved in all the heartbreak again.
Stefan looked at Damon and added, "Before I go, I would advice you to read the letter in your drawer. Keep it safe. It's the only thing she has from her mother."
"What?" Damon asked as he looked at Stefan incredulously.
"I suggest you get your head out of your ass before it's too late." Stefan finished.
Damon didn't know what to say, but he needed to know something, so he spoke, "What Rebekah said yesterday… about Athena being linked to them? Was it true?"
"Yes. Esther connected all six of them." Stefan said.
Damon gulped as his heart thudded in his chest. He hated her for the fact that she didn't tell him about her relationship with Klaus, but no matter what, he couldn't imagine her dead. The idea sent a wave of despair down him. The idea of her being dead made him feel empty. He felt a pain so deep that it threatened to kill him entirely. They could have killed her.
Another thing popped into his mind and he asked, "Did Elena know?"
"Yes."
But before he could think about it, they both heard a scream. They shared a glance and ran outside, leaving Alaric confused.
Athena was just looking for a place to apparate when she saw Lavender entering the back alley of the Grill and frowned. She didn't know what Lavender would be doing here and that too alone. So, she followed her, but as soon as entered the alleyway, she saw someone with a black cloak disapparating.
She pulled her wand out, ran towards Lavender and asked, "Are you alright? Who was that?"
She knew something was wrong, but Lavender didn't answer and stared at her blankly. Her eyes were clear, but foggy at the same time and Athena instantly remembered Victor in the maze - glassy eyes, but focused on his task as he tortured Cedric.
Athena didn't get time to think as Lavender pointed the wand towards her and shouted, "Crucio!"
Pain filled her body as she fell on the ground. Athena bit her lip to stop the scream that was bubbling in her throat and screwed her eyes shut.
The pain stopped and she finally chocked out, "Lav-ender… fight-it."
But she heard another, "Crucio!" And the pain started again. She whimpered as tears slipped from her eyes. Fire was burning inside her body; her head was splitting and she wasn't able to think. The pain stopped just as suddenly as it came and she realized that she was breathing harshly. She turned her head to look up at Lavender, who still had her wand pointed at her and she gave a smile which sent a chill down her spine. She saw Lavender murmuring a spell which she knew well and her eyes closed as the spell sliced her abdomen and she couldn't stop the scream that left her.
Damon and Stefan smelled blood as they neared the alley and blurred towards it. Athena was lying on the ground in the puddle of her own blood, her wand was lying beside her and her friend was standing there, pointing the wand at her.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked cautiously.
"She's under imperious curse. Don't hurt her… she doesn't know what she's doing." Athena gritted out.
Stefan blurred towards her while Damon moved towards Lavender, but she pointed her wand at him and shouted, "Crucio!"
The pain was beyond anything he'd ever felt. It was so intense, that he no longer knew where he was as white-hot knives pierced every inch of his skin and he felt like his bones were on fire. Damon screamed more loudly than he'd ever screamed in his life… he wanted it to end… even if it ended with his death.
Finally, the pain stopped and he sighed with relief, but he could still feel the after-effects as every nerve in his body was twitching.
Stefan bit his wrist and gave Athena his blood, but his gaze snapped towards Damon when he saw him convulsing on the ground and screaming. He ran forwards with the intention of knocking Lavender unconscious, but she pointed the wand at him and shouted, "Petrificus Totalus!" His body went rigid and he fell flat on his face.
Lavender pointing her wand at Athena, just as she reached for her wand with blood soaked and shaky hands, which was still lying beside her with the intent of immobilizing her or knocking her out.
Damon's body was still trembling, when his gaze went to Stefan, who was lying there immobile. He looked at the girl and saw her aiming her wand at Athena who was trying to reach for her wand. Her clothes were soaked in blood and his fury increased at seeing her and Stefan like this. He didn't think, just mustered all the strength he could; blurred forward with a sudden burst of energy and snapped her neck.
Athena saw next thing as if it happened in slow motion. She saw Damon behind Lavender as he snapped her neck and she fell on the ground lifelessly. Her glassy bluish-grey eyes staring right at her unblinkingly.
EN: Alaric didn't hear the scream because he doesn't have enhanced hearing like the vampires. Lavender didn't use the killing curse on anyone because there is reason behind it, which will be revealed in future chapters.
And, I thought I should make somethings clear. Alaric doesn't have an alter ego here and Bonnie's mum isn't a vampire.
I'm not happy with this chapter but if I stop, I won't post it anytime soon. So, here it is!
Also, I'll be traveling out of the country for a little vacation this month and I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update.
Telling me what you think about it would be appreciated. I would like to request you to inform me politely if you don't like something. Positive criticism is appreciated.
And finally, I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your continuous support. Have a nice day! 😊
Oct 14th, 2018