Chapter 19.

"So, you're telling me that Alaric has an evil alter ego?" I asked Elena.

She nodded. "Yeah, and yesterday at the 20's dance, Esther turned him into a vampire."

Holy shit, why didn't I go to the stupid dance?

I can't believe this happened to Ric.

He's like a dad to me.

He trained me.

"Ric isn't a vampire yet, but he's in transition. So I want you to be careful, Klara." My twin warned.

I nodded. "Yeah, whatever."

I left before she could say anything.

I'm still pissed at her for wanting to kill the Originals.

I was in the living room reading.

Elena and Stefan were upstairs.

The doorbell rang and I went to answer at the same time as Stefan.

I opened the door and Damon was there holding Bonnie.

She had a bite mark on her neck.

"We have a problem." Damon stated.

I went to Alaric's old bedroom as Elena, Stefan, Damon and Bonnie talked downstairs.

My phone rang, and I answered it. "Whoever it is, it's not funny."

Alaric's voice came from the other line. "Well, who else would it be?"

"Ric?"

"Listen closely, I'm at the school, I have Caroline, and if you want to keep her alive, I need you to get in your car and come down here right away. If you tell anyone where you are going, I will kill her." Ric threatened before he hung up.

Damn it.

I opened the window and sneaked out.

I got to the school and went to Alaric's classroom where I saw Caroline.

She was staked down into a desk with pencils in her hands and a cloth dipped with vervain in her mouth.)

"Caroline," I turn to Alaric, "Let her go, Ric!"

He points towards Caroline. "Free her yourself."

Alaric and I stare at each other.

Then, I cautiously walk over to Caroline.

I gets down and start to gently pull the pencil out of one of Caroline's hands, but Alaric comes up and slams the pencil back down into her hand.

Caroline screams and I get up. "You said that you would let her go!"

"How many times do I have to tell you, Klara? Stop trusting vampires!" Alaric spat.

Alaric dips the cloth that was in Caroline's mouth into a beaker of vervain.

The skin around Caroline's mouth is very red and appears to have peeled away.

Alaric walks back to her.

"No, no more, please, no more!" Caroline pleads.

I got up. "Ric stop!"

Alaric pushes me back into a seat. "Sit down! This keeps the vervain in her system. It's like inhaling razorblades with every breath."

Alaric puts the cloth back in Caroline's mouth.

Her skin begins to smoke and burn.

She cries and screams in pain.

I touches her arm. "Why are you doing this?"

"To make it easier on you when you put her out of her misery." Alaric picks up the white oak stake and walks towards me.

He seriously wants me to kill Caroline?!

"What?! No!"

"Isn't this what you wanted, Klara? For me to teach you how to kill a vampire?" Alaric holds out the white oak stake towards me, "Well, here's a vampire, Klara. Kill her."

I shook my head. "She's my friend. This isn't what I want."

"Of course it is. All those hours you spent training, getting stronger, you could be a hunter, Klara. I know you've killed vampires before. Do it." He persistently holds out the stake.

I simply stare at it.

In the classroom, Caroline is still staked down to a desk, I'm in the desk next to her.

Alaric paces in front of us.

"Why are you doing this?" I questioned him.

"Because you need me. And your sister too. Because you're an 18 year old girl without parents or guidance or any sense of right and wrong anymore. You're in love with a vampire for god's sake!"

I scoffed. "Look at you. How is this right?!"

Alaric points to Caroline with the stake. "She's a murderer. She told me she killed someone and liked it. Now how is that right? Listen, Klara, your parents led the council. It was their life's mission to keep this town safe. They weren't dead six months before your sister and you undid it all."

"You don't know anything about them."

"Why, am I wrong? Do you actually think that they'd be proud of you?, Alaric kneels down in front of me, "If you don't side with the humans, you're just as bad as them. Now kill her." Alaric hands me the stake, "Or I'll do it for you and I'll make it hurt. Get up!"

Alaric grabs my arm and pulls me out of my seat.

He places me in front of Caroline and forces the stake into my hand.

He pulls away.

I stand there with the stake in my hand for a moment, then turn around and try to stab Alaric.

He grabs my wrist before I can. "I thought I taught you better than that."

I smirked. "You did."

I break the beaker filled with vervain over Alaric's head.

He screams in pain and his flesh starts to burn.

I release Caroline and urge her to leave. "Get help!"

Caroline rushes out of the room, I was right behind her.

Caroline manages to get out, but Alaric blocks me from leaving. "Not so fast."

Shit, I'm screwed.