A/N: Hii, I know it's a short chap but I recently had my heart broken so my mood hasn't been the best. I'll try writing longer chaps next time but I can't promise I'll be happier by then.

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xoxo Ascha

Chapter 25:

"When are you going to tell me where we're going?" Callie asked, wanting to yank the blindfold off so she could see where they were going.

Damon chuckled and kept walking, his hands on her shoulders as he led her through what seemed like the open fields near the woods.

They walked for another 10 minutes before Damon finally slowed down and the scent of something sweet filled Callie's nostrils.

Smiling widely, she felt the blindfold disappear and she saw that they were in the middle of a beautiful sunflower filled meadow; a round decorated dinner table stood a few inches from her and hidden under the silver domed lid was something that made her gasp.

A beating heart lay on the tray.

The sunny weather was now replaced by large dark clouds and Damon was nowhere to be seen, but a dark figure stood before her, one that held a bloody knife in his hand.

"Give up or someone you love will die," he said with an unfamiliar accent that Callie had never heard before. "You cannot resist me forever child."

The dark figure stabbed the beating heart and Callie let out a scream, screaming loud and clearly even as she woke up.

Callie panted as she finally stopped screaming and felt Damon's arms around her, telling her that it was just a dream.

It wasn't long before Kol, Rebekah and Klaus were in the bedroom as well, searching the room suspiciously for anyone dangerous.

"Why did you scream?" Rebekah asked worriedly, dressed in her nightgown.

Kol too was only dressed in his boxers, because she'd woken them both up, while Klaus seemed to have been awake all night.

"It was just a nightmare," she lied. "I'm sorry I woke you all up."

Kol groaned and went back to bed, but Rebekah and Klaus were a little harder to convince.

"I'm serious. It was just a stupid nightmare. Please go back to bed."

Rebekah finally decided to leave as well; however, Klaus stayed and looked more determined than ever to hear what the real reason for her scream was.

"Was it Kóri?" Klaus asked.

Callie merely nodded and couldn't make herself explain what the dream was about, but Klaus didn't ask any more questions and went back to his bedroom.

"What happened? And don't say it's nothing important. I can tell that whatever it was then it scared you." Damon asked.

"Fine, but don't tell the others anything. I think Kóri paid me a visit in my dream to warn me. He said that if I didn't give up he'd kill someone I loved…" Callie answered and sighed.

"Don't worry about it. That dick isn't getting you and he's not going to kill anyone."

Callie couldn't resist the urge to smile and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I hope we'll get to stop him before it's too late," she said. "I don't want to lose anyone."

Damon raised her chin with his finger and kissed her softly, spreading soothing heat inside her that made her fear fade away.

"How do you do that?"

He raised a brow. "Do what?"

"Make me feel so safe? You make the fear go away."

Damon smiled and cupped her face in his hands, kissing her lips tenderly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and felt herself being pulled up on his lap.

The sweet and tender kiss made her almost forget everything about the horrifying dream and replaced the sensation of fear with hope, courage and love.

"Since none of us can fall asleep and–"

"I'm not having sex with you again." Callie interrupted.

Damon pouted. "Buzzkill."

She narrowed her eyes. "How dare you call your fiancée a buzzkill?!"

Smacking him in the head with a pillow, she was unable to stop herself from laughing and made Damon laugh as well.

He quickly caught her wrists and pinned her hands above her head, holding her body down with his body as he kissed her passionately.

It took all in her not to succumb to the pleasurable feeling.

But the sound of a loud crash coming from downstairs caught their full attention.

Rushing downstairs to see what had happened, Callie found herself standing face to face with her father, a dark look flashing in his eyes.

Elijah was soon tackled by Klaus though and the two Originals fought bravely against each other, smashing into the furniture, destroying the paintings on the walls and used everything they found on the floor as a weapon.

"Get the dagger!" Klaus growled.

Callie was gone before he could tell them again and knew that they had to use the dagger if they wanted to stop Elijah from hurting them.

She found the silver dagger and dipped it in white oak ash, then threw the dagger to Klaus who was the only one who could dagger Elijah without feeling the effects of it.

It pained Callie to see her father being daggered once again, but there were other things that distracted her from the heartache.

How did Elijah get out of the dungeon?

And who released him?

She decided to examine the dungeon and searched for anyone who could've done it, finding no one besides Marcus who'd offered to guard the Original.

"What happened?" she asked suspiciously, wondering if Marcus truly was still himself.

"I'm not sure. I was guarding the place and then a dark figure suddenly overpowered me. I think the person managed to release him." Marcus answered with a look of bewilderment in his face.

Callie approached him and remembered that she wasn't wearing her ring. She cupped Marcus' face in her hands and looked into his eyes, searching for any changes in him.

"Wait, you don't think that I did it, do you? C'mon, Callie I'm your best friend!"

"But you were under Kóri's control once."

"Yes, but he let me go! I'm telling the truth. I swear on my mother's grave that I'm telling the truth."

Callie knew that Marcus wouldn't swear on his mother's grave if he was lying, so she nodded and let go of him.

"I'm sorry. It's just hard to trust the ones I love when my own father is currently possessed."

"I understand you're just being careful, but I assure you – I'm fine."

She bit down in her bottom lip as she weighed his words and decided to follow her instincts that told her to break his neck and chain him up.

"I'm afraid I can't take that risk, not even with you." she said, dragging his body into a cellar filled with vervain plants that would definitely weaken him for now.

Once the door had been locked, her father had been placed back in the dungeon with the dagger still in his heart and Callie was back with her family, she wondered why Marcus had released Elijah – if he had been the one to do it.

"That was a little too strange for my liking," she said. "I mean if Marcus did it, then he'd know that we would stop Elijah immediately…"

"Are you saying Elijah was a decoy?" Rebekah asked.

"Perhaps. I mean Kóri is twice your age and would know better than to make one of his minions do something as simple as this." Callie answered.

"You're being paranoid, Callie. Nothing is going to happen." Kol said.

"I'm afraid I have to agree with Kol this one time," Damon said, surprising everyone. "We searched the entire mansion and couldn't find anyone else."

Callie bit down in her bottom lip and nodded. "Okay. But I can't sleep now, so I'm going to make breakfast. Anyone want some pancakes or waffles?"

Everyone raised a brow as if that was the last thing they expected to hear from her, but Kol did eventually raise his hand.

"I'd like some waffles."

Rebekah and Klaus glared at him, making his eyes go wide.

"What? The little lady asked! It would be rude to not to answer. Jeez!" He stormed off while Rebekah rolled her eyes.

"You're really going to make waffles now? Your father almost got to you." Klaus said.

Callie nodded, feeling completely calm for once. She wasn't sure if it was because Damon was there or because she was ignoring her worries, but she just felt too tired to care about that now.

"So… waffles or pancakes?" she asked Damon.

Damon stared at her at first and after Klaus had left the kitchen, he walked up to Callie and kissed her cheek.

"Pancakes, but if you really want to distract yourself from what just happened, then we could always take the pancakes with us upstairs and–"

"I just lost my appetite! I hope you choke on a pancake, Salvatore!" Kol shouted from upstairs.

Damon chuckled, clearly knowing that Kol would hear that. "So… pancakes?" he asked teasingly.

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