I couldn't believe that Klaus was going to use Jenna as part of the sacrifice. It wasn't breaking the deal that we made because he didn't say anything about during the sacrifice. So, I was going to be okay, but she was going to be dead and it would be all my fault.
"Jenna, do you remember what happened?" I asked.
"No, how did I get here?" She responded. "My head hurts. My whole body does. It feels like I'm on fire."
"Jenna, I really need you to tell me the last thing that you remember." I stated looking her in the eye.
"Elena called me, saying that I needed to come to her. She sounded so scared." She explained. I looked at her and she realized what I did. "Damn it. I should have known it was Katherine. Anyway as soon as I stepped out of the house someone grabbed me and I don't remember anything after that. Why don't I remember anything?"
"Jenna, do you remember how I told you that someone becomes a vampire?" I asked nervously.
"Yeah, you have to die with blood in your system." She answered before she came to the realization. "Oh my god…I'm dead."
"And I bet you're hungry." The witch stated. I tried to stop her but she flung me back and used a rock to cut her wrist before she forced it into Jenna's mouth.
"You don't have to do this." I remarked.
"Klaus chose her." She argued.
"I mean you're supposed to be a servant nature and nature doesn't want Klaus to become a hybrid." I pointed out.
"I'm not going to let anyone tell me what I'm supposed to do." She declared. "I'm choosing to help Klaus because he is more powerful than any witch and I want to."
"Glad to know that I still have a dance partner." Klaus stated as he appeared. He opened his trailer to let Jules out. I'd never actually seen her, but she matched the descriptions. "Shall we get started, Greta?"
"Why am I not turning?" Jules asked in confusion and agony.
"I cast a spell to slow the transformation." Greta explained. "Your bones are trying to tears themselves free."
Okay, now that sounded like unbearable pain. She probably wouldn't have to live with it much longer because she was supposedly going to be the first one to die. I couldn't help but wonder if I should pray at the moment.
It was then that Greta cast a spell to create circles of fire around the three of us. It didn't really feel all that hot. It could have possible that it was some kind of magical fire that didn't create heat. It could have been possible that I just didn't feel the heat because I was distracted by the fact that Jenna was currently a vampire and by the fact that I was going to become one and she would be dead when everything was over. I wasn't sure how I would deal with that.
"So to start this, I need the moonstone." Greta remarked.
"I've been looking for this for 500 years." Klaus stated. "I hate to part with it."
She put her hand out and he handed it to her before she cast a spell to literally melt it. She then cast a spell which I was pretty sure to channel the moon. I wasn't sure how long that was going to take, but it gave me a chance to fully look over Jules. It had been kind of hard to ignore her screaming. I couldn't help but wonder if turning into a wolf was worse than childbirth, not that would get a chance to experience either.
"Everything that I did was to help Tyler." Jules stated. "I'm sorry."
It was at that time that the ring of fire around her disappeared. She charged at Klaus and tried to tackle him to the ground, but he was ready for her and swiftly ripped her heart out. It was pretty gruesome to watch, though it wasn't as bad as what he did next, which was squeezing the blood out of the heart and into the puddle of moonstone goo. Was he supposed to drink it?
It also told me that Jenna didn't have a lot of time left. I needed to make sure that I was able to adequately say goodbye to her. It was too bad that Elena wouldn't get the same opportunity. I didn't have a clue how Elena would deal with it. She had already been through hell enough and now this was being added. I really hoped that it wouldn't destroy her. I hoped that it wouldn't destroy me.
"When the lawyers first called and told me that I was going to be the one to take care of you and Elena, my first thought was 'Isn't there anyone else?'. There was. There was John. I guess I'm glad that I didn't let you fall into his hands." She remarked.
I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if John had gotten custody of us. He probably would have tried to teach us to hate vampires. Things definitely would have been different.
"You've done a great job, Jenna." I stated.
"Look around you, Mary, I've failed you." Jenna argued. "Now we're both going to die here to this sick bastard and there's nothing that we can do about it."
I really wished that she wasn't right. I would come back, but she wouldn't. Of course I couldn't mention that I had vampire blood in me to Klaus, even though I wasn't entirely sure that he would care. He would still be able to kill me.
"No, I failed you." I argued. "I should have told you about this stuff earlier. I wanted to wait until all of this was over, but that didn't work out. I wished that I had, so you would have been protected from Katherine and so you wouldn't be here right now. I'm sorry. So what's being a vampire like?"
"Everything is brighter, my senses are clearer, and I can feel a lot more." She explained. "There's a part of me that doesn't want to feel anything right now."
"Vampires have the ability to shut off their emotions." I responded. That was something that I had never told her because I didn't feel that it was relevant at the time.
"I never thought that I would die like this." She admitted. I didn't see how she could have. "I thought maybe that I would drink too much and either get a crash or have alcohol poisoning."
"I just need you to promise me that you won't try to run when the fire disappears." I requested. "We need this ritual to be completed or Klaus is just going to kill everyone anyway."
It was not an easy thing to ask her, but it didn't really leave us with any other options. Short of Bonnie showing up to kill Klaus, we couldn't do anything and then she would die instead. It basically meant that whatever happened we were going to lose.
"So, hello, my lovelies." Klaus stated as he stood in front of us. It looked like it was about to happen. "I don't remember you being on the guest list."
I turned my head in confusion and saw Stefan. I wasn't sure why he was there. There was nothing that he could do against Klaus.
"I want to talk." He remarked. What could he possibly have to say to him?
"Alright, let's talk." Klaus agreed. I couldn't believe that it had actually worked. I didn't think that it was possible that Stefan wanted to try to stall out the full moon. That wouldn't work, would it? The two of them went to the upper part where I couldn't hear what they were saying?
Since Jenna was going to die, there basically wouldn't be any choice to let John take care of Elena and me. I knew that he wasn't as bad as before, but it still wasn't something that I was looking forward to. I knew that I would refuse to live him with him if he didn't agree to let Anna stay. To be honest, I wasn't sure how it would affect her. Jenna had basically become a parental figure to her as well. There was no doubt that it would have an effect on her.
"So do you know what they're saying?" Jenna asked me.
"No, I can't hear it." I remarked. It was then that I remembered that vampires had enhanced abilities. "But you can. You can hear them."
"I can?" She repeated.
"Yes, you just need to focus on them and you should be able to hear what they're saying." I stated.
She didn't say anything before she suddenly gasped.
"What are they saying?" I asked.
"Stefan wants to take my place." She explained. That was definitely something that I couldn't let happen. I couldn't let Stefan die because of me.
The two of them then came back down to the lower level.
"It seems that your boyfriend has graciously offered to take Jenna's place." Klaus declared. "That means that it's up to you to choose who you want to save."
"I choose Stefan." I said without any second thought. I needed him. There was no choice.
"Conveniently, that is the same choice that I was going to make. I still have plans for him." Klaus replied before he broke Stefan's neck. I watched in shock as he fell to the ground and then the circle around Jenna disappeared.
"I know what I have to do, Mary." Jenna remarked. I really hoped that she wasn't preparing to run. I then watched as she went over to Greta and bit into her neck. I was not expecting her to do that. It didn't work because Klaus tore her off and I decided that I should just close my eyes. I didn't want to see it, but I was pretty sure that he was going to rip her heart out too.
After a minute, I opened my eyes to see that she was dead. Klaus had a smile on his face. I couldn't wait for Bonnie to wipe that off. It was too bad that I wouldn't get a chance to see it. I had no idea when I wake up. I didn't know how long the period between death and transition was.
I watched as Klaus began to walk closer to me. I could only imagine what kind of sick thoughts were running through my mind. It was then that I realized that he was the same man from my dream. Something that told me that he knew the girl that had died and I was pretty sure that it was no coincidence that I looked like her. The fire around me disappeared.
"You know it's quite cruel that this would happen." Klaus replied. "Nevertheless, I want to thank you for agreeing to this."
"Fuck you." I told him. He then grabbed me by the neck and bit into me. I felt pain at first, but I couldn't scream. It didn't last very long as I felt him draining the life from me. I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe anymore and suddenly there was nothing. Everything went black and I was somewhere else. I was on some sort of other plane.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"You're on the Other Side." A woman told me. I then noticed that she was Asian. "We never got a chance to formally meet. My name is Pearl."
"You're Anna's mother." I commented even though it was kind of obvious.
"I don't have a lot of time." She replied. "You're not going to remember any of this, but there is something that I need to tell you."
"Why am I not going to remember?" I asked. I then realized that what she needed to tell me was probably more important. "What is it?"
"My daughter loves you." She explained. "It's something that will return when the compulsion wears off."
"I think she kissed me…a second time." I responded before I felt myself fading. I was waking up.
I gasped for air and looked around to see that I was surrounded. I was in a house and Elena, Anna, Ric, and Damon were there.
"How do you feel?" Anna asked.
"I feel…fine." I replied. "I don't understand. I feel the same as before he killed me."
It was at that point that I heard someone fall over. I looked to see John, he just died.
"We used a spell to tie your life force to his." Elena explained. "When you came back, he died."
So that meant that we would be without a guardian. That could lead to some problems. It probably wasn't something that a vampire couldn't fix, but it was a hassle.
"Do you know what happened to Klaus?" I asked.
"No, we're waiting to hear back from Stefan and Bonnie." Anna remarked.
It turned out that Elijah had betrayed us. Klaus said something about taking him to the bodies of their siblings, one of them being Anna's father, and the older Original agreed and took him away. In other words, we lost.
We decided that we would have the funeral that day. I knew that the attire was typically a black dress. It was the same one that I wore to my parents' funeral, off-shoulder with short sleeves and a matching headband.
"So, John told me that he wanted you to read this." Anna stated as she gave me a letter.
I looked over it quickly. The gist was that he loved me no matter what I was and that I could keep both rings to give to children, which I supposed I could have. I could have kids.
We buried them in the Gilbert family plot. It was right next to Mom and Dad. It was where they deserved to be. I wasn't sure how the guardianship situation was going to turn out. We each put a rose on the grave. I was happy to be alive and not a vampire, but I still felt pretty empty inside. I wanted to make Klaus pay, even though I knew I couldn't do that. I supposed that even though we lost, it was still over and I could go finally go home.
So Mary and Pearl met on the Other Side. It was definitely an interesting part to explore. Unfortunately, the compulsion won't be wearing off. Please don't forget to review.