Katherine and Damon were in Alaric's apartment, while she was examining his bite on his forearm.
"So that's what a werewolf bite looks like" Katherine said.
"Yep" Damon nodded.
"It's not that bad" Katherine commented.
"Will be" Damon said getting up and rolling his sleeve down.
"So that's it? You're just... Going to die?" Katherine asked.
"Well, that depends. You know anything about a cure?" Damon asked. Katherine just looked at him, not answering.
"Me, either" Damon replied. He put his leather jacket on.
"145 years and no last good-bye?" She looked at him.
"You don't get a good-bye" Damon snapped starting to leave. Katherine stood in front of him blocking him from the door.
"No, don't leave mad" Katherine said.
"Us ending on up on good terms isn't exactly on my bucket list, Katherine" Damon glared.
"Klaus made me call Jenna to lure her out. There was nothing that I could do. I didn't have a choice" Katherine told him.
"That's why I gave you the vervain. So you had a choice" Damon replied.
"It was her or me. I chose her" She told him.
"I helped you. You owed me. Now when Klaus dies, you're going to walk out of here without a scratch and Elena's aunt dies. Somehow you're the only one that wins. How'd that happen?" Damon sneered.
"I didn't let love get in the way" Katherine whispered.
"Enjoy eternity alone, Katherine" Damon told her.
"What are you going to do?" She questioned.
"I'm going to offer myself as a replacement to Klaus" Damon replied.
"He won't take you. He saw your bite, he said that your blood is impure. I'm sorry, Damon. But Jenna's dead, there's nothing you can do about it" Katherine told him.
Jeremy and Bonnie were at the old abandoned witch house, going through all grimoires to find a spell that would keep Elena human.
"This is useless." Jeremy huffed. "All these grimoires. There has to be something in here to keep Elena from becoming a vampire."
"And we'll keep looking. Until the last minute." Bonnie told him.
Outside of the witch house Elijah was explaining to Stefan and Alaric how the sacrifice would proceed.
"The sacrifice is completed in stages as the full moo sets. First the werewolf is killed, next the vampire and then he'll have to drink Claire's blood and she has to cast a spell. Finally the doppelg nger. Once Elena dies, the curse is broken. Klaus will become hybrid." He explained.
"So when do we attack?" Alaric asked.
"Elena's death will activate his dormant werewolf side. He'll be vulnerable during this transformation. That's when Bonnie comes in." Elijah replied.
"And you're sure Bonnie will survive this?" Stefan looked at him.
"If she can deliver him to the drink of death, I'll finish the job myself." Elijah nodded "With Claire's power the spell could be twice as powerful but I'm sure that Klaus forced the elixir down Claire's throat by now."
"So does that mean, that she is basically Klaus puppete?" Stefan asked.
"Pretty much, yes. Claire would never give her blood for the sacrifice." Elijah replied. "To break the spell that she is under, you just need to kill the witch who put it." Elijah added as Stefan's phone began to rang.
"Damon." Stefan answered.
"You're not going to like what I'm about to say." Damon trailed off.
"Cut to the chase. Is the sacrifice happening or not?" Stefan scoffed.
"It's happening. I tried to stop it, but it got... Complicated."
"We're sticking with the original plan. We're meeting Bonnie right now-"
"He's got Jenna, Stefan." Damon announced.
"What?" Stefan whispered.
"He got Katherine to lure her out of the house." Damon replied and Stefan looked over at Alaric.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Alaric frowned.
"He's going to sue her as the vampire in the ritual." Damon informed him.
"Oh my God." Stefan whispered.
"How are you feeling?" Elena asked Jenna.
"I feel like myself... Only not. Everything is brighter. The fire's hotter. Part of me is terrified, but there's another part of me that doesn't want to feel anything." Jenna told her.
"Vampires can turn off the part that's human. That's the part that hurts." Elena explained.
"I'm gonna die, aren't I?" Jenna stammered.
"No! Jenna, I'm not going to let that happen. I don't care what I have to do." Elena told her both as they heard a scream.
"Who's that?" Jenna asked.
"That must be the werewolf." Elena noted as Greta and Claire arrived with Jules.
"What's happening to me?" Jules gasped.
"I cast a spell to slow down your transformation. Your insides are trying to tear themselves free." Greta told her.
"Greta, witches are supposed to maintain the balance in nature. It's your duty to them to keep this curse sealed." Elena told her firmly.
"My duty is to Klaus! The new order." Greta smiled as Klaus aproached them.
"Glad to know I still have a dance partner." He smirked. "Hello, my lovelies. Are we ready?" He looked across at Claire who had a sickening smile in her beautiful face, he walked over to her and grabbed her chin to make her look at him.
"Hello love." He greeted sweetly. Elena hissed seeing Claire helping Klaus against her will, the look in her face was terriefied, she had never seen Claire with that kind of expression.
Caroline and Matt entered the Lockwood Mansion to escape Tyler, as she closed the door firmly and Matt stood over at the window to see if Tyler was out there
"Do you see anything?" Caroline asked.
"We're not safe in here. If that thing wants in, it's getting in." Matt replied.
"How did you even know what I was? I compelled you to forget!" Caroline growled.
"I was on vervain. I faked forgetting so I could spy on you. It was your mom's idea." Matt told her.
"Wait, my mom nows! Oh my God! You told her. Well, what'd she say?" Caroline questioned.
"Your mom hates vampires. She grew up hating vampires. She's probably always hate vampires." Matt noted.
"Well, what about you?" She whispered.
"What about me?" Matt looked at her.
"Where does this leave us?"
"Stuck in a house. Try not to get mauled to death by our friend." Matt informed her.
At the Salvatore Boarding House someone knocked at their door, as Damon made his way to open the door. He suddenly felt dizzy because of his bite but recovered himself and he opened the door to reveal John.
"Great. I was just thinking about getting a bite to eat." Damon rolled his eyes.
"Elena hasn't returned any of my calls for days. I need to see her." John replied as he walked into the house.
"Well, you're a day late and a daughter short, John." Damon informed him.
"What are you talking about?" John sneered.
"Klaus has her. Sacrifice goes down tonight." Damon replied.
"How could you let that happen? You were supposed to keep her safe. Wasn't that the sum total of your plan; to keep her safe?" John growled.
"Elena is safe. I fed her my blood." Damon told him.
"You what!" John's eyes widened.
"When Klaus kills Elena in the sacrifice, she will come back to life. Granted, as the thing you hate most in the world, but no one really cares what you think." Damon shrugged as John lounged at him but Damon smashed him against the wall. "You do not want to mess with me right now."
"You ruined her life. You know that, right?" John spat
"I know, John. I took her choice, destroyed her future. Trust me, I get it. It actually gets worse." He whispered.
"How could it possibly get any worse?" John asked.
I spent 500 years searching for this. I hate to part from it" Klaus replied looking at the moonstone.
"The moon has passed its apex. Remember everything you need to do?" Greta asked.
"I remember." Klaus nodded.
The witch threw the moonstone into the bowl and suddenly it destroyed and she started the spell.
"Everything I did..." Jules cried looking over at Elena "I was just trying to help Tyler."
"Are you Jules?" Elena whispered.
"I didn't want him to be alone!" Jules rasped as Klaus walks towards her.
"Shall we?" Klaus asked. "Would you like to do the honours my dear?" He looked over at Claire who was staring.
"I would love to, time for the bitch to have a taste of hell." She said angrily.
"She's all yours love, show me that rawr fire that makes you unique" He whispered into her ear. She nodded still keeping her eyes on Jules. When Claire walked closer to Jules the fire died down. The wolf tried to run but Claire charged at her and shoved her hand through Jules's chest. She cried out in pain as Claire kept a grip on her heart.
"You shouldn't have messed with the wrong persons." Claire growled at the wolf. She prepared to remove the heart from her chest. "Guess what..." Claire trailed off and ripped her heart without blinking. "Karma came back to bitch slapped you." She finished, Elena and Jenna watched everyting in shock as Klaus was really proud of this Claire, a cold-hearted monster just like him. Claire walked over to the altar and squeezed the blood from Jules's heart into a bowl.
"Why did he take Jenna?" Bonnie asked Elijah and Stefan.
"A punishment for meddling." Elijah told her.
"Klaus was going to use Tyler and Caroline but Damon rescued them." Stefan elaborated.
"Then we need to go. Now. Before Jenna's been sacrificed. I can kill Klaus myself." Bonnie replied firmly.
"Bonnie... If you use that much power, you'll be dead. We've already been through this. It's not an option." Stefan protested.
"Neither is letting Jenna die." Bonnie scoffed.
"Well, Stefan would agree with you." Elijah nodded.
"We're going to offer another vampire. One that he'll want more. Me..." Stefan trailed off.
Klaus and Claire were up onto the altar in front of Greta, as Claire was squeezing Jules' heart into the bowl with the moonstone.
"Does that mean it's working?" Klaus asked.
"It's working." Greta smiled.
"Soon enough when this is all over, we will be together forever my love. You, me and our new family of hybrids" Klaus whispered soflty in Claire's ear, and she nodded her head like a robot.
Jenna and Elena were trapped in two circles of fire from each other, as Elena was trying to figure out a way to free Jenna.
"The day that the lawyers called to tell me that I was going to become your guardian, you know what my first thought was? Isn't there someone else who can do this?" Jenna told her.
"Jenna, there was no one else who could have gotten me and Jeremy through all of that."
"It's just the thought that I almost passed up taking care of you." Jenna stammered.
"But you didn't. You put your entire life on hold to help us." Elena comforted her.
"Look around, Elena. I failed you." Jenna whimpered.
"No. You didn't. I failed you. I'm so sorry. Listen. Being a vampire, it intensifies your guilt. But it also makes you stronger and faster. You can fight back. I'm gonna get through this. Promise me, when you get the chance... Run." Elena told her and Jenna nodded.
Elijah and Stefan were standing outisde of the witch house to head over to the location of the Sacrifice.
"Bonnie did the locator spell. They're at Steven's quarry." Elijah told him.
"I'll head over there first and you'll follow with Bonnie when it's time." Stefan nodded.
"Just as the moon hits its final phase. She's to stay hidden until then. He cannot know that she's alive." Elijah replied. "You're very honourable."
"Are you? Because this whole plan is, uh, it's contingent upon your honour, Elijah." Stefan looked at him.
"I won't fail you." Elijah promised.
"Klaus is your brother. I know I've wanted to kill my brother a thousand times. I've never been able to." Stefan admitted.
"Well, Klaus was not my only brother. I had siblings, parents. I had a family. Over the centuries, Klaus hunted them down on by one and he took them from me. He scattered them across the seas where their bodies could not be found."
"You want revenge." Stefan stated.
"Sometimes there's honour in revenge, Stefan. I won't fail you." He told him firmly.
"Please end this." Stefan begged.
Alaric and Damon were talking about Stefan's decision of handing himself to Klaus, so he would be sacrificied in Jenna's place.
"He did what!" Damon sneered.
"He wasn't going to let Jenna die." Alaric replied.
"We have a witch. She kills Klaus. No one has to die!" Damon scolded.
"Except for Bonnie." Alaric told him.
"God, Stefan. Damn it!" Damon growled as he punched the wall hard.
"Hey, are you ok?" Alaric asked concerned.
"I'm fine." He spat "Well, that's my brother for you. Always cleaning up my messes."
Claire stood in the altar staring ahead, not moving and talking. Klaus walked towards Jenna.
"Hello, Jenna." Klaus replied.
"Let her go." Elena told him firmly "I understand that I have to die, but she doesn't!" She took a step a the fire flared up.
"Careful." Klaus looked at her.
"Elena, don't." Jenna shook her head.
"No, Jenna! We can't leave Jeremy without a family!" Elena cried as she looked over at Klaus "I followed your rules; I did everything that you asked. I didn't run. Please." Elena begged.
"Well, well." Klaus looked up to the top of the cliff "I don't recall you being on the guest list."
Elena and Jenna looked up to see Stefan standing at the top of the cliff.
"I'm here to talk." Stefan told him firmly.
"Very well, then." Klaus nodded as sped up to join the younger vampire "What can I do for you, Mr. Salvatore?"
"You don't need to kill Jenna. I'll take her place." Stefan nodded.
"Oh, I don't know. I rather appreciate the symmetry of three woman, three Goddesses. Sacrificed at natures altar. And one special woman will join me in my new journey" Klaus looked down at Claire and smiled at her.
"You can't use her for your own amusement Klaus, once this spell brokens she will hunt you down and kill you" Stefan sneered.
Matt stood in another room as Caroline locked the living-room where Tyle was asleep.
"How's Tyler doing?" Matt asked.
"Sleeping." She replied "He should be better by morning. He just... He needs some rest."
"Good. So this is your life now, huh?" He questioned.
"Never a dull moment." She smiled.
"You know, these last few days with you have been so great, and fun and so Caroline." He trailed off "I-I thought that I might be able to get past this whole vampire thing..."
"But you can. Matt-"
"I don't know if I can, Caroline." He looked at her.
"Matt!" Caroline whispered.
"I get it. This is your life now. You know what my life is, Care? My life is an absentee mom. And a bunch of bills to pay, and school, and a job, and it sucks sometimes. But it's my life. And... I think that I just want to live it without all this..." Matt told her.
"Elena..." Jenna whispered soflty.
"I have to do something." She mumbled "This can't happen. None of it."
Klaus, Stefan and Claire were walking towards them as Elena looked at the younger vampire.
"Quite the predicament. You know, it's funny, all this talk about preserving family, and here's Stefan, granting your wish." Klaus smirked.
"Stefan-"
"It's ok." Stefan nodded.
"Well Elena, who will it be?" Klaus asked .
She shook her head, "No "
"Oh, don't worry, There's actually no choice." Klaus looked at Claire and she nodded.
Claire stabbed Stefan in the back with a stake, missing his heart on purprose. He cried out in pain and Elena sobbed uncomtrably.
"I have other plans for you boyfriend. I want him alive. But for now..." Claire snapped Stefan's neck as Klaus looked across at Greta.
"Whenever you're ready, Greta." The circle of fire died down and he turned to Jenna. "Your turn."
"Jenna, no!" Elena yelled.
"It's alright, I know that I have to do." Jenna nodded as she rushed over to Greta biting her neck, Klaus threw her off the witch and held her to the ground and quickly staked her.
"No!" Elena screamed "Jenna! No!"
Stefan quickly was starting to wake up, he looked over at his shoulders and saw Jenna dead with a stake in her heart. "No" He shook his head.
Then he looked over at Elena "I'm so sorry." Stefan whispered.
Elena shushed him and whispered "Are they going to kill him?" She asked and Stefan nodded.
"Are you ready?" He asked. Then he walked closer to Claire and grabbed her neck gently.
"Of course." She assured him. He tilted her head to the side and kissed her neck before biting. Claire whimped but she didn't scream, after drinking an amount of her blood he bit his wrist and fed her to get her energy back, she drank without hesitation. When he pulled away he ran his finger across the corner of her lips and licked it, she smirked at his gesture. And he bent down to steal a kiss from her, and she kissed him back as forcelly as him. He pulled away and came closer to her ear and whispered "You make me crazy, did you know that?" She looked lustfully at him, he captured his lips one more time and he went to get Elena. She got up and walked up to the altar.
"Thank you, Elena."
"Go to hell." Elena spat at as he grabbed her neck and bite her, she hissed in pain as Stefan watched everything in horror. She dropped to the floor lifeless. Greta quickly walked over to Claire and put her hands around her head and started chating, she was giving Claire's powers back. The female hybrid cried out in pain but suddenly she got up and snapped open her eyes, she walked closer to Klaus with her hand raised and started to chant a spell.
Greta looked at Claire and she was slightly terrified. The other witch was truly powerful that it scare her a bit now Klaus and her would be pretty much invicible. Klaus's body was changing as his eyes turned a visible yellow. Suddenly Klaus was thrown across the clearing. Bonnie was walking towards Klaus chanting with such power as Damon rushed over to Greta and snapped her neck.
"You were dead!" Klaus screamed as Bonnie injected him with more pain.
Claire stopped chanting and dropped to the floor screaming in pain, she blinked her eyes several times and twisted to the ground in pain, Damon quickly sped over to his girlfriend and held her for dear life. She stopped twisting and moving, he looked down at her and prayed for the best. After a few moments she opened her eyes and looked around confused, she had her crystal blue eyes back and her face wasn't expressionless anymore. Then she looked at Damon with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry" They said at the sime time. And they looked into each other eyes.
"Damon you have to get Elena." Claire said pulling away from him.
"No! I'm not leaving you, not again" He refused to ler go.
"Get Elena! I promise we will be together again, once this is over" She leaned her forehead against his, and kissed gently on his lips. And he started to let her go slowly. Claire got up and walked over to Stefan and pulled out the stake from his back, helping him to stand.
"I'm so sorry, Stefan" Claire whispered.
"It wasn't your fault, you were being manipulated" Stefan tried to comfort her. She nodded and squeezed his hand assuringly.
Bonnie continued to fight Klaus but she was becoming exausted, then she felt another force joining hers, she moved her head to the side to see Claire chanting along with her. The teen witch smiled at her and Claire smiled back. Then they both chanted even louder, they had weakened Klaus to his death. They stopped their chanting and Elijah stood over his brother.
"Elijah?" Klaus gasped.
"Hello, brother." Elijah shoved his hand into his chest "In the name of our family, Niklaus-"
"I didn't bury them at sea!" Klaus told him quickly and Elijah hesitated.
"Their bodies are safe! If you kill me you'll never find them." Klaus replied firmly and Elijah looked at him hopeless.
"Elijah! Don't listen to him!" Claire yelled.
"I can take you to them. I give you my word, brother." Klaus nodded.
"Do it and I'll take you both out!" Bonnie threatened.
"You'll die!" Elijah turned to her.
"I don't care!" She spat. Elijah looked at Claire before whispering, "I'm sorry..."
"Elijah, please don't do this" Claire pleaded advancing towards them.
"I'm so sorry, I failed you Claire. But I need to see my family, apart from you they are the only thing that I love" He confessed.
"What?" She trailed off confused. He wasn't saying that he loved her was he?
"I love you Claire, I will always love you. I hope you can forgive me one day" He said with sadness in his eyes, and Claire's eyes started to watered up, she couldn't believe that her creator was in love with her all this time. She was shocked, she didn't know what to say.
"Elijah, I..." She whipered but she couldn't form words because she was too overwhelmed.
"I know that you love Damon, and I guess it's okay as long you are happy, even if it isn't with me. Please take care of yourself" Elijah quickly grabbed Klaus and the two of them disappeared. Leaving Stefan and Bonnie dumbfounded and Claire completely frozen in her spot where she was staring at the place where Elijah and Klaus had been, she hit the floor and darkness take over her.
At the old witch house, John was writing a letter, Alaric was waiting for one of them to come back as Jeremy was sitting reading the journal.
"We should have heard from them by now." Alaric sighed.
"Did you read all this?" Jeremy asked John.
"I did." John nodded.
"So you understand what happened to the child's mother after the baby was brought back to life?" Jeremy asked.
"She saved her daughter. She found peace." John replied.
"John-" Jeremy began but John walked over him.
"I need you to give this to Elena." He handed the letter and his ring.
"Ok, what's going on here?" Alaric asked.
"Take care of each other. Please." John looked between them.
"I think they're here!" Alaric rushed upstairs when he heard a noise.
Damon arrived back at the abandoned house with Elena in his arms. She was still dead. He laid her on the couch and looked at her.
"If you come back as a vampire, I'll stake you myself. So don't" He said stroking her face. "Because I can't stand the idea of you and Claire hating me for feeding you my blood. I never thought I would see the day, when Claire would start to care for you." He chuckled slightly as Alaric and Jeremy entered the room.
"How is she?" Jeremy questioned.
"I don't know yet" Damon replied.
"What about Jenna?" Alaric asked.
Damon looked at him not answering, Alaric just shook his head frantically.
"No" Alaric said.
"I'm sorry, Jeremy" Damon looked at him
John was watching them from distance as he walked out of the house. Elena suddenly gasped and opened her eyes.
"Elena!" Damon said.
"What happened?" She asked.
"How do you feel?" Damon asked.
"I feel fine" Elena told him.
John looked at them one last time, closed his eyes and then collapsed to the ground dead.
"Where's Claire?" Elena asked.
"Stefan is bringing her back, after dealing with Klaus" Damon replied. Then suddenly Stefan bursted through the door with an unconscious Claire in his arms.
"Damon! Claire is not responding" Stefan stammered.
"Claire!" Damon rushed over to his brother and took her from his arms, he layed her down on the couch.
"She doesn't respond, I tried to give her blood but she wouldn't accept it" Stefan explained.
"What the hell happened?" Damon demanded.
"She entered in state of shock, when Elijah disappeard with Klaus, and she blacked out all of the sudden" Stefan spoke.
"Oh my god" Elena put her hand on her mouth, she snuggled closer to Stefan.
"Claire, no" Damon stroked her face. "You can't leave me. Not like this, not now. You can't do this. You promised we would be together again" Damon felt a tear stream down his face. He pressed his forehead to her own.
"Don't you dare die on me again Claire!" He cried out softly. "Please, I can't let you go, you know that. I will hate myself forever if you die right now. I love you Claire, so so much. I love you, only you. Please come back to me." Then Elena walked closer to him and tried to comfort him.
"I'm so sorry Damon, but she's gone" Elena whispered shakily. She was sobbing harder.
"She can't be! I love her" Damon looked at her.
"I know!" Elena said, Stefan walked closer and hugged her from behind. Damon couldn't deal with this so he got up and walked out of the room. Alaric and Jeremy stood silent staring at the body.
"There's still a chance she might wake up" Alaric whispered.
"I don't really think so Ric" Jeremy said sadly. Alaric was about to walk over to her body to pick her up and Claire opened her eyes and gasped for air. She looked around frantically and put her hand on her chest trying to calm down. Stefan and Elena looked at her in shock, it was the second time that Claire escaped death.
"Oh my god! Claire!" Elena sobbed hugging the female hybrid.
"Damon!" Stefan called. "Get in here now!"
Damon ran into the room as Elena pulled away from Claire. He looked at Claire and rushed over to her and hugged her.
"Look at me" He replied softly. He looked into her eyes and she stared at him back. He saw her perfect blue eyes shining with tears and he sighed in relief.
"Damon" Claire embraced him. Damon pulled away so he could kiss her passionately, then he stroked her cheek and kissed her forehead.
"I really thought you were dead this time" He whispered. He picked her up and ran from the abandoned house towards the Boarding House.
They were laying in the bed close to each other, after a intense night of love making. Claire was asleep, she needed to rest after everything she'd been through these past three days. He looked down at her and he wondered how could he got so lucky to have this amazing woman loving him, he didn't deserve her. But he was too selfish to admit that, he knew she deserved way better, she is truly one of a kind. After everything that happened to her, she still stood strong and never gave up, this woman was a fighter no doubt in that.
"I love you" She whispered in his ear. He smiled at her, she was the best thing that happened to his undead life that was for sure.
"I love you too, forever and always" He held her chin in his hand and made her look at him.
"I believe you." She smiled widely at him, pulling him down for a passionate kiss.
"We need to get up and be ready for John and Jenna's funeral" She muttered while stretching her body. Claire got up from the bed and wrapped a sheet around her body, she walked over to the window and sat on balcony feeling the sun warm her skin. He quickly joined her and lifted her so she could sat on his lap. She put her arms around her neck and kissed his forehead.
"I'm so sorry, for everything I've done to hurt you." He whispered, "Telling you that I didn't care anymore, was the biggest lie that I've ever said." He kissed her shoulder.
"I'm sorry too, these three days just made me realize how much I love you, and that I don't ever want to leave the house without telling you that I love you" She confessed, leaning back into him. Then Damon winced in pain when she grabbed his arm, she noticed the bandage
"What is this? What's wrong?" She frowned.
"Nothing. Just a little sore from the events of last night." He smirked at her, and leaned down for a kiss. "We can't be late, I'm going to take a shower" He added.
"Want someone to scratch your back?" She purred sensually, walking over him.
"I would love that, but that would take at least one hour, and don't think that would be very respectable because of Jenna and John's funeral" He said, kissing her cheek and went to the bathroom.
Claire was shocked, Damon was acting really weird all of the sudden and why did he twisted in pain when she grabbed his arm? He had a bandage, why did he had a bandage? She was becoming really suspicious but she just shrugged off, she would deal with that later.
Claire was wearing a black short dress, that went above her knees, that had rufles in the either side of her breats. She was wearing a silver bracelet in her left wrist and a black and gold bracelet on her right wrist. Her nails were painted of dark purple, her hair was curly down her back, her make-up was simple she was wearing light pink lipstick, smoky eyes. And she was wearing black high heels. (Outfit in the profile)
Everyone arrived at the cemetary, as Elena was putting a rose on Jenna's grave, she walked over at John's and put another rose. Then finally she put two roses on her adoption parents grave. Claire was watching her heart-broken, she buried her face in Damon's neck. He kissed the top of her head. Elena was crying and then she looked over at Damon and Claire. Claire walked closer to Elena and offered her hand, Elena took it and embraced her tightly, she cried into her shoulder as Claire was soothing her.
"How do you do it?" Elena whispered. "How do still keep strong, after the pain you've experencied?"
"I deal with pain everyday Elena. You can't run away from it, but it gets easier everyday. I know that pain of loosing your parents, it kills you in the inside but everyday is a new day and we have to deal with it" Claire squeezed her hands and looked at her. "You are strong too, you lost your adoption parents, your bioligical parents and your guardian. But you were brave enough to get up from bed this morning and face the world with your head high" She told her firmly. Elena smiled at her, tears falling in her face freely.
"Thank you, so much. I admire you, you know. I want to be strong and brave like you" Elena admitted.
"But you are Elena, you got through a sacrifice" Claire whispered soflty.
Damon watched the scene between the two brunettes and decided to leave them to talk. He kissed Claire's head and gave a reasuring smile to Elena. And he walked away from the group.
"We're going to head back to the house" Stefan said walking over to Damon.
"I think I'll skip the coffee and tea cakes" Damon said staring off into the distance.
"Damon, she needs us right now. All of us" Stefan said. "Claire needs you."
"And then what's the plan, Stefan? The curse is broken. How does one go about killing an all-powerful wolf vamp and his two-faced older brother?" Damon asked.
"I have no idea" Stefan said.
"We need to get an idea. Fast" Damon looked at him.
"We will. I'm not going to let Claire or Elena lose anybody else" Stefan replied.
"I wouldn't make any promises, brother" Damon said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Stefan frowned. Damon rolled up his sleeve and showed Stefan his bite which it got worse.
"Tyler Lockwood bit me. It's actually more of a nip, really, but there it is" Damon sighed.
"We'll find something. A cure" Stefan nodded.
"There's no cure, Stefan" Damon spoke.
"We kept Elena human, right? We found the way when there was no way. Hey. I will do this, and Claire is a very powerful witch I'm sure she would find something too" Stefan looked at him.
"You want to do something for me? Keep this from Claire. Last thing she needs is a grave to mourn" Damon said. He quickly went silent when Claire walked up to him. Damon grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him and kissed her. He pulled away and smiled at her before they walked away holding hands.
Wow! So many things happened in this chapter! Elijah finally confessed his love for Claire, and that kiss that she shared with Klaus? She was under the spell so it didn't mean anything to her or did it? I have to confess that I hate John since he tried to kill Damon in season 1, but what he did to Elena was beautiful and worthy of a real parent. What you thought about Claire and Elena's scene? Pretty emotional don't you think? And what do you think that will happen when Claires finds out that Damon was bitten by a wolf? Find out in the next and last chapter! Thank you so much for reading and don't forget to review please :)