"Ugh! My head." Jenna complained as she rocked backwards and forwards on her knees. "What's wrong with me?"

"Do you remember what happened?" Elena asked.

"You called us, you were so scared." Jenna answered.

"We should have realised it wasn't you." I muttered.

"The second we walked out the house someone hit Dani over the head a vampire grabbed me." Jenna continued.

"Klaus, it was Klaus." Elena said.

"He made me drink his blood and I-I don't remember anything after that." Jenna finished. "Where are we? What happened?" She questioned.

"We're at the quarry, he brought us here." Elena replied.

"Why can't I remember anything?" She asked.

"Jenna." I said as I took a hold of her hands and forced her to look at me. "Do you remember what Elena told you about how someone becomes a vampire?"

"Yes, if you did with vampire blood in your system…" Elena and I stayed silent as realisation dawned on her. "Oh God!" She gasped. "He killed me."

"Look, Jenna everything's gonna be okay, we're going to get you out of here." I said confidently.

"I'm a vampire." She stated.

"And I bet you're hungry." The woman said as she slowly approached an evil smirk plastered on her face.

"No!" I said as I jumped to my feet and went to tackle her just as Elena ran to get a sharp looking rock from the ground but we were both propelled back. Then a circle of fire erupted from the ground trapping us in.

We both moved to jump over it but as soon as we got close the flames grew in size trapping us in. "I wouldn't bother" The witch said. "trying to get through, I spelled it. You're trapped no matter what you do."

"Greta, please just let her go." Elena begged.

Greta ignored her and picked up the rock Elena had tried to get and sliced it in to her wrist instantly drawing blood. "Klaus chose her." She said firmly.

"Well Klaus is a dick!" I shouted as Jenna's eyes transfixed on to her wrist.

Greta glared at me before smirking and putting her wrist in front of Jenna. "Drink it." She ordered.

"Jenna, don't!" Elena and I said in unison.

"I can't." Jenna mumbled as Greta wrist got closer to her mouth.

"No!" I exclaimed as Jenna bit down and started to drink.

Jenna drank deeply before Greta yanked her wrist back and stalked off. "Jenna." Elena whispered.

"You're going to be okay." I said softly.

"I'm so sorry." She cried as a circle of fire sprung from the floor and surrounded her.

"How are you feeling?" I asked as Jenna wrapped her arms around her legs and hugged them to her chest.

"I feel like myself… but everything's brighter and the fires hotter; a part of me is terrified but another part of me that doesn't want to feel anything." She answered.

"Vampires can turn it off." Elena replied as she paced up and down. "They can turn off the part that's human. The part that feels."

"I'm gonna die aren't I?" She asked softly.

"No! You're not because I'm not gonna let that happen." I said sternly.

A girl screaming and something snapping stopped any other comments. "Who's that?" Jenna inquired panicked.

"That must be the werewolf." Elena stated as Greta dragged a woman in to the clearing and threw her to the ground before creating another fire around her.

"What's happening to me?" She questioned.

"I used a spell to slow down your transformation." Greta answered. "Your insides are trying to tear themselves free. That's got to be painful."

"Witches are supposed to help people; it's your duty to them, to keep this curse sealed." Elena stated.

"My duty is to Klaus." Greta argued. "And the new order."

"Glad to know I still have a dance partner." Elena and I froze as we looked up at the blonde man. "Hello my lovelies." He smiled. "Are we ready?"

The woman screamed again as she hugged herself and that's when I recognised her. "Jules." I stated.

"I'm sorry." She bit out. "Everything I did, I was just trying to help Tyler; I didn't want him to be alone."

"Where is Ty?" I asked fearing for my friend's safety.

"The other werewolf's fine and your blonde friend is; you can thank your boyfriend for that." Klaus said smirking at me. Klaus turned back to Greta and handed her the moonstone. She threw it in to a big bowl shaped stone alter thing and it sparked before setting on fire. "Shall we?" Klaus asked as the fire vanished around Jules.

"Thank you!" I shouted over the roar of the fire and her screams. Her head snapped up and met mine in confusion. "For helping Tyler. I'm grateful that you were there for him." She smiled up at me before her eyes turned amber and she launched herself at Klaus. But he saw her coming and he threw her to the ground and ripped her heart out. He stood up from her body and walked over to Greta. He squeezed the blood out from the heart as Greta chanted.

"The day that the lawyers called and told me I was going to be your guardian, do you know what I thought? Isn't there someone else who can do this?" Jenna said.

"Jenna there was no one else who could have gotten me, Dani and Jeremy through that." Elena replied.

"Just the thought that I almost passed up taking care of you." She whispered as she shook her head in shame.

"But you didn't." I defended.

"You put your entire life on hold just to help us." Elena added.

"Look around… I failed you. Elena you retreated in to a shell of your normal self; Dani you ran off to god knows where with god knows who and Jeremy turned to drugs." She said as tears formed in her eyes.

"No, you didn't." I argued.

"We failed you." Elena stated.

"You did everything you could to help us and in more ways than once we threw it back in your face. We're the failures and we're the ones that got in to this mess." I explained.

"Being a vampire intensifies your guilt but it also makes you stronger and faster, you're gonna fight back. Dani and I will be fine; I need you to believe that. But promise me when you get the chance." She pressed her finger to her lips and mouthed the word 'run'. Jenna nodded her head and that's when an idea hit me.

"Or you could just walk free." I muttered.

"What?" Jenna questioned.

"Klaus." I called.

He blurred to the edge of the circle and smirked at me. "Yes, Danielle."

"I have a proposition for you." I stated.

"I don't do negotiations."

"I think you can make an exception." I argued.

"Dani, what are you doing?" Elena questioned.

"Use me."

"Use you for what?" Klaus asked in annoyance.

"As the vampire."

"No, Dani, no!" Jenna protested but a deadly look from Klaus made her quiet.

"That's a lovely offer and very tempting but I already have a vampire and I was planning on keeping you. I like that fire you possess."

"If you even tried that I'd just kill myself." I stated unfazed by his words.

"That's were a handy little thing called compulsion comes in; I mean bracelets come off."

"And then that fire would be gone and I'd be just another one of your puppets; so you'd end up killing me anyway." I said. "At least way, you're killing two birds with one stone." I reasoned gesturing between me and Elena.

"And what do you suppose I do with the lovely Jenna here?" He asked clearly amused.

"Let her go."

"So I'll be saving her?" He asked.

"Yeah and I take her place."

He shrugged. "I'll think about it."

"I already have vampire blood in my system." I blurted.

His face hardened and he glared at me before glaring at Elena. "You too?" He bit out.

She shook her head. "Damon thought he was protecting me." I stated.

"Aww the crazy, impulsive vampire; he's become a real pain." Klaus muttered.

"Please?" I begged. "I did everything you told me to." I could feel the tears prickling my eyes. I took a step closer but the fire sizzled up causing me to jump back.

"Careful." Klaus warned.

"Dani, don't." Jenna pleaded.

"No, Jenna. We can't leave Jeremy without a family, he needs you. I did everything you asked, I followed you rules and we didn't run, just please?"

"Well, well. I don't recall you being on the guest list." He growled.

Elena gasped as Stefan stood up on a cliff side staring down at us. Klaus disappeared before reappearing beside Stefan. They talked for a few minutes but they were too far away so none of us could hear them. "What's going on?" Jenna questioned after a while.

"I don't know." I answered.

"You can hear them." Elena stated as she looked at Jenna. "You can hear anything, just focus on them."

"What are they saying?" I asked.

Jenna shook her head. "I can't make it out."

"You can do this." Elena encouraged. "Just relax, focus."

"I can hear them." Jenna said after a moment. "I hear Stefan."

"What's he saying?" Elena inquired.

"Oh my god." She muttered. "He wants to take my place."

"I have to do something." Elena mumbled. "This can't happen, none of it."

"Quite the predicament you're in." Klaus smirked as him and Stefan dropped down to our level again. "It's funny all this talk about preserving family and here's Stefan granting your wish."

"Stefan." Elena whispered.

"It's okay." He replied.

"Well, who's it going to be Elena?" Klaus asked as he pointed each of us out with a stake he was holding. "Your aunt? Your sister? Or your boyfriend?"

"No." Elena said defiantly as she shook her head, tears threatening to fall.

"Well, don't worry, there's actually no choice to make." He replied before he blurred behind Stefan and staked him in the back before flipping him over snapping his neck. "I have other plans for your boyfriend but for now… Greta would you mind?" He said pointing at the fire. The fire disappeared around me and Elena and she gasped. "Come along Danielle, we don't have all night."

I went to step forward but Elena grabbed my arm. She had tears freely stream down her face and I'm pretty sure mine matched hers. "You can't." She whispered broken.

I pulled her against me in to a tight hug as I tried to stop a sob that wanted to explode out. "I have to." I stated as I pulled back and moved towards Klaus. Klaus grabbed my hand and pulled me further away as the fire re-surrounded Elena again.

"There's no need to be scared, sweetheart." Klaus purred. "It won't hurt a bit."

"And you promise to let my aunt go?"

He nodded. "I give you my word that I will save her… But I want one little thing in return."

"What?" I questioned ignoring the screams and protests from Elena and Jenna.

"A kiss." He stated.

"A kiss." I laughed. "Seriously?" He nodded clearly amused at me. "You're a god knows how old hybrid and you want a kiss from me?"

"I wasn't kidding when I said I loved your fire. If we'd have met under different circumstances I think we would have been great together. Your passion and my evilness, we would have been unstoppable." He purred. His hand gripped my chin gently as he tilted it up so I would look him in the eyes while his other hand brushed the hair from my face. He smirked at me before closing the distance between us but as soon as our lips touched I pulled away. "That wasn't a proper kiss." He argued. He brought his lips down to mine once more but this time I didn't fight him; I let him kiss me. Our lips moved together and I had to stop myself from vomiting when he slipped his tongue in as he pulled me flush against his body. He pulled back then leaving me gasping for air. "If I didn't know any better" He smirked. "I'd say you actually enjoyed that." Then his hands were on each side of my face and there was a second of pain before blackness surrounded me.

I bolted up as I sucked in a breath of air. My lungs were burning and felt like I hadn't breathed in days. "Come on sweetie." Klaus said as he picked me up under the arms and placed me gently on my feet. My head was fuzzy and I couldn't quite remember what had happened. I remember Jenna being turned, Jules being killed and… me trading my life for Jenna's. I looked over at Jenna and Elena to see they were both sat down on the floor crying softly.

"Don't do this, please." Jenna begged. "I'll be fine."

"Greta, would you mind?" Klaus asked. Greta huffed but walked over to us giving me a death glare. She held out her arm to Klaus. His eyes darkened and he bit in to her wrist before holding it out to me. "Drink." My eyes were transfixed on her wrist. The red substance as it flowed from the wound, teasing me as it trickled down, calling to my every sense. I could vaguely hear Jenna and Elena screaming at me to stop but my body wouldn't listen. I opened my mouth as I slowly latched on and I couldn't help the moan that escaped. The taste was like nothing I'd ever had before. Both my hands moved to grip her arm to stop her from pulling away. But then she yanked her arm back and I couldn't stop the growl that tore from my throat. But then I winced as my gums tore open. My hands grazed over my elongated canines and shock engulfed my body. I was really a vampire and I was really going to die. I froze. And my face must have shown my shock because Klaus used his thumbs to gently grace over the veins that pulsated under my eyes. "So beautiful." He smirked. I turned my head away from him and took a deep breath as I tried to think of anything other than blood. I pictured a familiar face in my mind and I smiled as my fang retracted. But Damon's blue eyes still stared back at me and I was filled with a sense of love; until the image changed and it was were Damon was forcing blood down my throat and I was filled with anger.

"Let Jenna go!" I snapped.

"Oooh, feisty." He purred. "Greta." He commanded and the fire around Jenna disappeared. He stood up then and went to run but Klaus blurred in front of her and his hand shot out and in to her chest. She gasped as her eyes widened.

"NOOOOOOO!" I screamed as I blurred towards him just as he ripped his arm from her pulling out her heart with him. I caught her body just before it collapsed to the floor. I slowly sat down on the ground and pulled Jenna's head in to my lap as the tears streamed down my face. "HOW COULD YOU?" I screamed. "YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED YOU'D LET HER GO!" I could hear Elena screaming in the background but I tuned her out as I glared up at Klaus.

"I said I'd save her and I did. Being a vampire damns you for eternity, I saved her from that. Next time you should choose your words more carefully."

I sobbed uncontrollably as I cradled her dead body to me. I gritted my teeth as anger filled me to my core and then before I knew it I was running towards Klaus, fangs barred. His hand shot out and he back handed me to the ground. But I didn't let it faze me I jumped up and charged at Greta catching her unaware I grabbed her from behind and sunk my teeth in to her neck. I screamed as a stake was stabbed in to my back and Klaus' arm wrapped around my throat pulling me off her. "DANI NO!" Elena cried as I Klaus let go of me and I fell to the ground. I couldn't stop the tears from falling and they blurred my vision but with my heightened senses I could still make out Elena's sobbing form. "Turn it off." She whimpered. "Turn it off and you won't be scared anymore."

I searched inside my brain and smiled as I found it, the little switch, my salvation. "I love you." I stated just before I flicked it and then nothing. I felt numb and when Klaus grabbed my shoulder turning me over to face him, I didn't care. Hopefully I'd see Jenna soon and my mom and dad.

"You are a strong one aren't you?" He smirked before he raised the stake and brought it down on my chest. I gasped at the initial sting but then I felt nothing as my body slowly shut down. I don't know why I'd been so scared before, death isn't that bad, it's kind of peaceful.

…. Thud… …. …. …..Thud….. ….Thud….. ….Thud… Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.

The noise was annoying me. It was ruining my peaceful slumber. It noise kept keeping close and closer together and it reminded me of heartbeat… My heartbeat. I gasped as I felt someone grip my hand and I sucked in a big gulp of air as I opened my eyes. The light was bright at first but I eventually got used to it. "Jeremy!" I cried as I looked at the person sitting in front of me. I bolted up from the sofa I was on and wrapped my arms tightly against him as he cradled me to his chest. I looked over his shoulder and saw john standing in the doorway. 'I'm sorry' he mouthed as I just stared at him in confusion. But before I could stop him he turned on his heel and walked away. "Where's Elena?" I asked.

"She's fine, don't worry."

"And Klaus?"

"I'll explain later, all that matter is that you're alright." Jeremy let go of me then and Damon appeared in front of me. His worried eyes glazed over me as he gripped my chin and forced me to look at him.

"You're human." He whispered.

Dear Elena and Danielle,

It's no easy task being an ordinary parent to extraordinary children. I failed in that task. And because of my prepuces, I failed you. I am haunted by how things might have turned out differently if I had been more willing to hear your side of things. For me it's the end. For you two, it's a chance to grow old and someday do better with your own children then I did with mine. It's for that reason that I give you my ring. If either of you are lucky enough to have a child I wish for it to have that, so it will always be safe. I don't ask for your forgiveness or for you to forget. I ask only that you believe this: whether you are a human or a vampire, I love you all the same, as I have always loved you and always will.

John

Tears ran violently down my face as I read the letter john had left for me and Elena. He'd given his life so I could live and I could never be more grateful, it's just a shame I'd never be able to thank him. I gripped his ring tightly in my hand before walking out my room and into Elena's. She was sat at her window crying silently in her black dress that she was wearing for her funeral. "Hey." She whispered as she saw me approach.

I smiled weakly at her before handing her the letter and then the ring. "If either of us will need this, it'll be you."

"But-" She protested.

"Just read the letter." I replied before leaving the room and going back in to my own. I looked at my wall and my eyes went straight to a picture of me and Jenna from my sixteenth birthday. I couldn't stop the tears that came and I couldn't stop myself as I pushed everything off my desk and sent it crashing to the floor.

"Dani?" Jeremy questioned as he ran in to the room. I collapsed against the wall breathing heavy as my body shook with sobs.

"Why me?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" He inquired as he walked over and slid down next to me.

"Why do I get to live? Why did Jenna die while I get to survive? John gave his life for me as well but why? There's nothing special about me. Why did she die? It was my fault, if I had of choose my words more carefully, she would have been fine; she would have been here, alive and happy."

"You can't think like that okay? It's not your fault." He assured as he pulled me against his chest. He rubbed my back gently for a while before he slowly stood up pulling me with him. "We need to go now though, Elena's waiting for us." I nodded numbly as he wrapped his arm around me and lead me out of the room and down the stairs.

When we arrived at the cemetery everyone was already there. My hand was entwined with Jeremy's as I leaned against his chest and Elena held my other hand. Someone handed me a bunch of roses as I walked past but I'm not sure who. After Elena had placed down her roses I walked forward placing two roses down on the grave on my parents before turning to the newly dug one for Jenna and john. I crouched down on the groaned as I placed them down letting my eyes scan over the headstone. "I'm so sorry." I whispered. As I stood up I was enveloped in to a hug from Elena who was crying again. As I hugged Elena tightly I caught sight of Damon over her shoulder. He looked at me sadly before turning away and slowly walking away.

There you go hope you liked it. Only one chapter left till I start on season 3. A few of you mentioned about Klaus and Dani so I thought I'd add a little something in there.

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