Hello, my lovlies. It's is the premiere night of TVD, The Originals and the beginning of the three parter that I keep telling you about. I hope you like it and as I've I said this part of the story is dark. Without further ado enjoy part one of the sacrifice. :)

Chapter 25: The Sacrifice: Part I

One Month Later:

Klaus Mikaelson was home. He was well rested and relaxed. You could even say that he was in a good mood as he opened the front door of his mansion. He decided to walk up the stairs at human speed. He wanted to surprise Caroline. Last night he had left her a message saying he would arrive tonight. It was 4 am and he wanted to be there when she woke up. He passed Kol and Rebekah's rooms and made his way to his own. When he opened the door he saw that the bed was made and had not been slept in. He inhaled and did not detect her scent. Going downstairs there was no sign of her. He traced his steps back upstairs. Rebekah was not in her bed. But that wasn't surprising. When he popped his head into Kol's he found that Kol was curled up with the Bennett witch. They were fast asleep. Then he opened Elijah's bedroom door and he found the bed made and the room was eerily quieter than usual.

Klaus left the mansion and then headed to the Gilbert's. They were a trusting lot. He grabbed a hidden, extra key out from under a potted plant. Klaus looked in Elena's bedroom first. No Elena or Caroline. His next stop was to the Donavon's. They also had a spare key. He grabbed it and let himself in. Again, no Elena and no Caroline. He had to admit that he was relieved. When he walked past Matt's room he saw Matt asleep with Rebekah tucked under the covers with him.

'Hmm…' he thought and then left. His next stop was the Lockwood's. If he found Caroline there he would kill Tyler rather than waiting for the sacrifice tonight. When he arrived he forced a window open; then quickly turned the alarm off. He looked into the unfamiliar bedrooms and saw Carol Lockwood sleeping obviously in a semi-coma from the bottle of pills on the nightstand. When he found a bedroom which was probably Tyler's, he found the bed empty. He began to feel extremely irritated. Thinking about it he sped off to the Salvatore's. He found Stefan sleeping in his room and Damon curled up with his doppelgänger on top of the resting vampire.

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Damon," he snapped, knowing full well that the vampire was not asleep. One of Damon's eyes popped open. He found himself face to face with the psychotic Hybrid in a very literal sense.

"Personal space," Damon snapped back.

Elena snored loudly making both the vampires stare at her. "I do believe she is drooling, mate," Klaus smirked at Damon before taking a seat at the end of the bed leaning against one of the posts. "You do realize that I'm going to kill that girl tonight, right?" Klaus' eyes were glowing with anticipation as he watched Elena's body move beneath the sheets with her last breaths.

Damon rolled his eyes. "It's just sex, Klaus. I know it's been a while for you but it's like riding a bike."

Klaus scoffed. He really should use the elder Salvatore for the sacrifice tonight. Damon was nothing but a useless, idiot. The only reason he had not ended his miserable existence before was that he was a link to the sleeping girl before him. "Do you happen to know where Caroline is?" Klaus was not sure why he was asking Damon of all people.

"She's on a trip with Elijah and Tyler. But you would already know that if you bothered to check your voicemail." Elena turned her head to look at Klaus and he realized the she had been awake the whole time.

Klaus' eyes narrowed at the girl before him. Before Elena could blink, Klaus grabbed her by the shoulders and jerked her to him. "Where are they?" He demanded and Elena pulled the sheet up to cover herself back up.

"Elijah wanted to take them on a trip overseas. He said something about touring Europe for a week." Elena looked terrified and Damon was by her side.

Klaus let go of Elena and sat back. This was wrong. Caroline was supposed to be here and Lockwood was supposed to be part of the sacrifice. He had a backup werewolf but it was still irritating. "And you," Klaus turned to Damon, "have obviously been having pillow talk with your girlfriend. That is sweet and very stupid." Klaus sighed, "If I didn't need you both then I would kill you now but I have other things to do today. After all there is a store to run." With that Klaus got off of Damon's bed. He stopped in the doorway. "By the way don't try to run or I will kill everyone you love. Until tonight, Elena."

Klaus bounced down the stairs looking forward to that night. He stopped in the doorway when he heard Damon calling to him. "Hey Jackass, tell Rebekah we're going to be late. Now, get the hell out of my house." Klaus chuckled and walked out into the sunshine. It was going to be a beautiful day.

Upstairs Damon was holding Elena, who was crying. "I hate him, Damon."

"I know, honey. I know. And you know that I would do anything to protect you, right?" Damon cupped Elena face and forced her to look at him. She nodded, whimpering. Damon looked up when he heard the front doorbell. "And I think anything just arrived. So, you go ahead and get some clothes on and meet me downstairs." Damon leaned down and kissed her. He was hoping that this would not be the last time he did.

Damon hurried downstairs and opened the door. Waiting outside were a blonde man of average size and a black haired woman with large blue eyes. "John, Isobel, please, come in. Would you like anything to drink or anything to eat? Elena will be down soon."

Upstairs Elena had popped in the shower and cleaned up quickly. She decided to allow her hair to curl today. She pulled on a pair of jeans and one of Damon's shirts. She figured that if she had to die today she might as well be comfortable. Having something of Damon's close to her gave her a slight amount of comfort. Before going downstairs she opened a door that been spelled to be invisible to supernatural entities.

Inside the spelled room Caroline was just getting up. She had not slept well for some time. A week after her father had come to town he had vanished. Caroline had thought he had gone home. However, when she called his boyfriend he informed her that he thought Bill was still in Mystic Falls. Elijah was already up and dressed in a black suit. He was adjusting his tie. 'Is that all he does?' Elena wondered.

Elijah turned to Elena, "Are you ready for tonight?" He could tell from the dark circles under her eyes what the answer was.

Elena smiled wryly, "What is it that they used to say? Its good day to die." Elijah chuckled and Caroline walked around the bed and slapped her friend, hard. Elena fell to the floor gaping at her friend.

"What is wrong with you?" Caroline yelled. "And you?" Caroline turned around and shoved Elijah, forcing him to take a minuscule step backward. "You are both crazy." Caroline sat down on the bed sobbing uncontrollably.

Elijah pulled Elena to her feet. "It is the full moon. At this moment Caroline is experiencing aggression which she has yet to learn how to control." Elijah knew that this explanation did not make up for the fact that one of Elena's friends had just hit her on the day that she expected to die.

Elena tentatively sat down with Caroline. "Care, I'm sorry about the joke but I'm scared."

Caroline looked at Elena and felt a pang of guilt when she saw a red mark on her friend's face from where she had hit her. "I just don't want anybody to die tonight and I feel so useless."

Elena hugged Caroline. "You will never be useless. You are Caroline Forbes. Remember."

"Thank you. I'm sorry I hit you. Please, don't tell Damon. He'll probably rip my head off or something," Caroline sniffled. She and Elena began to laugh hysterically.

Elijah thought he would never understand the mind of a teenage girl. He had enough trouble trying to understand his siblings, who seemed to be in a frozen state of teenage drama at times. Over the past month Elijah had found himself confiding in Caroline. They would spend most nights laying on the bed talking until Caroline fell asleep. Elijah would then be left to his own thoughts. He thought of the future. There was no small amount of dread which plagued Elijah as he thought of what would happen when Niklaus came home. Elijah had had to act quickly when Caroline informed him of the phone call. Until that moment Elijah had not known for sure when his brother would arrive.

Three weeks earlier Caroline had informed Elijah of her father's disappearance. Elijah had driven to the Forbes' residence and had compelled Liz to pack a bag. One hour later Elijah had the sheriff on a private plane headed for a tiny Greek island. He had friends there who would see to the woman's every need. The next step was to send Tyler away. Tyler found himself on a plane to Mexico. From Mexico he would head to Brazil. There were a group of witches, who Elijah had done a favor for two centuries ago.

As for Caroline, she would be staying with Elijah. He had decided that they would stay in Mystic Falls in the Salvatore Boarding house. That way if Klaus made a move to take Elena, Elijah would be there. They had chosen a small bedroom at the end of the hallway which you would not notice if you were not looking for it.

Elijah had also sent Jenna Sommers and Jeremy Gilbert to a small town in Spain. The mayor had been the last to be sent. She was now in Paris enjoying a shopping trip. There had been a problem when he had tried to send Shelia Bennett away. The woman had refused to leave as long as Bonnie stayed and they needed Bonnie.

Elijah had complied. Kol would keep in close contact with the Bennett witch. Until Klaus had made it clear that he was coming back Kol had been staying in the Bennett household, on the couch. When Caroline had received the phone call her first instinct had been to call Klaus back and ask him where in the hell he had been. Elijah had stopped her. Klaus must not know where they were. He must believe that they were in Europe.

Caroline's cell began to ring and the screen read Klaus. She looked at Elijah. He held out his hand and she reluctantly handed the phone over. "Hello, Niklaus," Elijah said calmly.

Klaus had been smiling when he had dialed Caroline's number but now his face wrinkled. "Elijah, may I ask why you are answering Caroline's phone?"

Elijah couldn't help but smile. Niklaus' anger was his greatest weakness. "Well, I took her shopping and she bought a new bikini and wanted to use it. She is currently swimming in the hotel pool. I do believe that most people do not take their phones into the pool with them."

Klaus began to pace. "And which nation would you currently be in?"

"We are in France. Caroline says Bonjour."

Klaus was about to crush his phone in his fist. There was something about Elijah's tone that told Klaus that Elijah was lying to him. When he found his big brother he was going to dagger him for keeping Caroline from him. "Put her on the phone. Now." Klaus growled, his patience waning.

"As you wish," Elijah handed the phone over to Caroline.

"Bonjour, Klaus. Ca va?"

"Tres bien, love. Now, why you don't be a dear and tell me exactly where you are? Not what my brother has just been telling me. I want to know where you are at this exact moment. I need you with me, Caroline."

Caroline looked at Elijah, "We are in the South of France. It's beautiful here. I wish that you had come with us. Elijah promised he would take me to the Louvre today."

Klaus listened carefully. There was no change in Caroline's breathing or heartbeat. He could not detect any change in her voice. She sounded happy. He sighed, running a hand through his hair, chuckling. This was supposed to be a great day and here he was expecting the worst of those closest to him. "Well, I am happy to hear that you are enjoying yourself. I have some things I have to take care of here in Mystic Falls but as I am done I will come to you. I love you, Caroline. Do not ever forget that."

"I love you, too." Caroline replied and then hung up before she could tell him what was really going on. "I am a horrible liar. I cannot believe that he bought that."

Elijah sat down beside her. "My brother may be many things and trust does not come to him easily. However, in over a thousand years I have seen him in love with two women. One of those women died when we were still human. The other is you, Caroline. He wants to believe you. That is why he does."

Caroline leaned against Elijah and he put an arm around her shoulders. "It is not difficult to put your trust in someone when you are in love with them."

Caroline peered up at him. "And how many times have you been in love?"

Elijah chuckled, "Three times. The first time I fell in love it was with the same girl that Niklaus was in love with. Then I fell for Katerina Petrova. Now… well, I think we have a lot of things we have to do today. Wouldn't you agree, Caroline?" Elijah got up and held out his hands to Caroline. She took his hands and allowed him to pull her up.

Half an hour later Caroline had dressed in a light yellow sundress Elijah had bought for her and curled her hair. When she exited the bathroom Elijah held the door open for her and they descended the steps together, his hand rested on the curve of her backbone. They walked into the Salvatore dining room.

Elena looked up at Caroline. Elena's face was pale and her mouth was pressed into a line. Caroline came and sat down beside her friend. Across from Caroline was a woman Caroline had never met. Next to the stranger was Elena's Uncle John.

Elijah pulled out a chair and sat down beside Caroline. He extended his hand to the man across from him. "I do not believe we have met? I am Elijah Mikaelson."

John took his hand. "I'm John Gilbert. I am Elena's biological father." Caroline stared at John like he had announced that he was the president of Russia. John ignored her and gestured to the woman. "This is Isobel Salztman. She is Elena's biological mother."

"But she's a vampire?" Caroline exclaimed.

Isobel smiled and raised a glass of thick, red liquid to her lips. "I wasn't always one."

"Oh," Caroline frowned looking at her friend.

Elena was looking at the untouched food on her plate. Damon came in with a bowl of fruit and a bottle of what could only be blood. He handed the bottle to Elijah, who poured himself a glass. Damon took a serving of fruit and placed it on Elena's plate. "Eat or I will compel you to."

Elena turned to her boyfriend. "I'm not hungry."

Damon turned to Elena. "You are not going to die tonight. But in case Klaus gets ahold of you, you need to eat to conserve your energy." Damon began to dig into his own pancakes. Elena took a small bite of pancake and placed a strawberry in her mouth. She chewed slowly staring at Damon as if challenging him to try to make her eat faster. Damon just stared right back.

Caroline felt the urge to yell. "Okay, so what's the plan, Damon?"

"The plan, Melon, is that Bonnie is going to cast a spell to save Elena's life. That is what Daddy John is here for. Isobel is going to help by distracting Klaus until dawn. Sorry, I can't tell you more because you have a big mouth." Damon had the usual snarky look on his face but there was something in his eyes which told Caroline that he was just as scared as she was. That is why she held her tongue.

Elijah sat back in his seat. "Welcome to the team." John and Isobel nodded.

Meanwhile, Klaus was enjoying his last hours managing this dump Kol seemed to find so amusing. Very soon Klaus would be on a plane to France in a hotel pool with his favorite werewolf girl. Right now, he was on the phone with the twentieth major hotel in France. There was no way Elijah had chosen to stay anywhere else. Only the best would do for his family. When the young woman came back to the phone she informed him that no one was there matching Elijah's, Caroline's nor Tyler's descriptions, Klaus' eyes narrowed and he hung up. The next calls he made were to certain contacts throughout the world.

An hour later he knew the whereabouts of everyone but Caroline and Elijah. He informed his contacts that he expected to see each and every one of those people back in Mystic Falls by 2 pm.

His next order of business was to order his crew for the day to come into the office. Matt, Mr. Brown and a young woman named Tina, who was covering for Caroline, came into the office. Klaus opened a box he had brought with him. "Drink this," he demanded with a pleasant smile. Matt hesitated when Klaus gave him the vial. "What is it?" Tina asked.

Klaus looked at her and folded his hands in his lap. "There is a dangerous disease spreading through the greater United States. That is the vaccine. You wouldn't want to catch anything. Now, would you?" The girl shook her head and downed his blood. Next Mr. Brown drank the blood knowing that it was either that or die now. Matt frowned at Klaus but he liked his spine in his body rather than on the floor. He, too, drained the liquid.

Klaus was pleased. "Now, I need you to come with me." He got up and walked out of the office. The others followed out to the parking lot. Kol's semi was parked and a vampire with shoulder length hair hopped out of the passenger side. "Rose," Klaus greeted with a smirk.

"Klaus," Rose replied but she did not return the smile.

"I assume that you collected what I asked you to?" Klaus laced his fingers behind his back waiting for the vampire to open the back door. Inside were two werewolves. A woman named Jules and someone else, Klaus did not know his name but was pleased that there was a spare. Tyler Lockwood was sitting opposite. They found him at an airport in Mexico. Katherine Pierce sat beside Lockwood. "Get in the truck," he ordered his crew.

"Where are we going?" Tina asked.

"You are going to bloody Disney world," Klaus snapped. He grabbed the girl and snapped her neck. Then he threw her into the truck. She landed on Katherine, who nudged the body off. "Any more questions?" The other two shook their heads. After Matt and Mr. Brown were loaded in Klaus slammed the door closed. "Kill the girl when you get there," Klaus ordered Rose. "And remember this is your last chance." Klaus looked from Rose to Trevor in the driver's seat. After Rose got back in the truck Klaus waved a cheerful good-bye.

One hour later Bonnie and Kol came in. "Ah, if it isn't my favorite Bennett witch. And Kol what are you wearing?" Klaus examined the suit that Kol was wearing. "Was this your doing?" Klaus asked Bonnie.

Bonnie just stared up at him with an evil gleam in her eye. "Hmm… I do believe that you need a vacation, Bonnie. You seem stressed. Kol, you should really consider taking her somewhere nice. How about the South of France. Caroline told me this morning that it was lovely there, right now. Funny thing is, she and Elijah do not seem to be staying in any of the hotels that we are accustomed to. Now, neither of you would know anything about that would you?"

Klaus cocked his head to the side watching the couple's reaction carefully. Bonnie glared at Klaus. "Even if I knew where they were you would be the last person I would tell."

Klaus shook his head, his grin not moving an inch. "Have it your way Bonnie but I will have Caroline. By the way have you spoken to your grandmother? Her name is Shelia, isn't? Yes, I do believe that an associate of mine, actually several associates, are making the acquaintance of your grandmother as we speak."

Klaus' grin grew when Bonnie's eyes widened and the anger began to take control. "I wouldn't think about using your magic on me. Because all I have to do is snap my fingers and your grandmother will be on the other side before you can blink," Klaus growled.

Kol held Bonnie back, "What is wrong with you?" Bonnie hissed. She had never liked Klaus but now she knew that she would do anything to see that he never hurt anyone else that she loved again.

Kol turned Bonnie around. "We will get her back. I promise you. Now, brother what do you want?"

Klaus smiled at his brother. "I just want you to stay out of my way. As for the witch I want her to help me with my sacrifice."

"You're crazy," Bonnie exclaimed. "I am not going to help you hurt innocent people."

"Actually, only one will be a person and I am sure that you can make a new friend."

"No," Bonnie yelled. Klaus held up two fingers with a smirk. Bonnie looked at him horrified. 'He couldn't end her grandmother's life that easily? Could he?' she wondered. With tears in her eyes she nodded. "I'll help you," she whispered. "With one condition."

Klaus smiled, "Name your price, love."

"You let my grandmother go and Elena is the only one of my friends you use. That means that Tyler, Matt, Caroline, Stefan, Damon, and any of their family members are off the list."

Klaus crossed his finger over his heart. "I promise," he said sincerely. "But if you cross me you are taking all of their lives in your hands." Bonnie nodded. Klaus clapped. "Well, then. It is 10 am and we have customers to wait on." There was line outside the door and Bonnie tried not to grit her teeth as she took each order. She wanted this day to end. She just hoped that everyone made it.

Three hours later everyone on Klaus' list had been rounded up if they were not already back in Mystic Falls they were on their way. All members had been drugged. When they woke up they found themselves shackled in the basement of the Mikaelson mansion. They were forced to drink Klaus' blood and were guarded by a team of vampires and witches.

Tyler hated to see his mother like this. She was not the kind of woman, who responded well to this kind of stress. Bill Forbes was sitting across from him. He had been there the longest and also did not look like he was coping particularly well under the circumstances. Liz was next to her ex-husband and they had been talking for some time trying to figure out how to get out.

Tyler had thought that Elena was down there with them until a witch had gotten too close to her and she had snapped the woman's neck. She then sank her fangs into the woman's throat. 'No, that was not Elena,' Tyler thought. Or he hoped it wasn't. Jeremy Gilbert was sitting next to him with his Aunt on his other side.

"What's going on?" Jenna asked.

For some reason Tyler's history teacher, Alaric Saltzman was there, too. "I don't know," he said. "But I think it's best to try to stay calm."

"Stay calm," Jenna snapped. "You really think that we should stay calm. We're in the basement of some lunatic's home. Obviously we have been abducted by some kind of freaky cult. One minute I'm having a drink and Jeremey's taking a nap. The next minute I'm here with all of you and I'm being forced to drink something that tasted a whole like blood. And that thing over there, who looks like my niece," Jenna pointed at Katherine. "I'm pretty sure that she's a plant for the cult. Did you see her drink that girl's blood? That is not natural."

Katherine glared at Jenna. "Stupid human," Katherine snarled at her.

Jenna continued talking to Alaric gesturing at Katherine. "See what I mean? That is just another example of the weird things that are going on and you want me to be calm."

"Chill, Jenna." Jeremey said. "That over there is a vampire. I don't why she looks like Elena but you know the whole blood drinking thing. It sounds a lot like vampire."

Jenna rolled her eyes. "Seriously, Jer."

"Seriously, Jenna," Katherine snapped. "I hope that Klaus sacrifices you because you are sooo slow."

"Who is Klaus?" Jenna asked.

"He's Caroline's new boyfriend," Jeremy informed her.

"Another one. I think she's competing with my record," Jenna chuckled and then saw the looks she was getting from the Forbes' side of the room. "Sorry, my foot lives in my mouth."

"Obviously," Katherine stated drily.

Jenna turned to Katherine, "Why do you look like my niece?"

Katherine narrowed her eyes and smiled showing her fangs. "Here is a better question. Why does your niece look like me? Let's see, maybe you Gilberts' should have looked into the history of little orphan Annie before taking her home."

Jeremy looked from Katherine to his Aunt. "Elena's adopted?"

"Gee," Katherine drawled. "I thought Baby Gilbert was the smart one in the bunch. Oh, well. Maybe, Klaus will sacrifice you, instead."

Alaric stared at Katherine. "Hey, how about Klaus sacrifices you because you can't shut up. And, well, I have a feeling that if he liked you so much you wouldn't be down here with the rest of us."

Katherine smiled at him, jerking at her chains. "Once I am free you had better run, hunter, because I will catch you and make your death nice and slow."

"Yes, and you can see that I am very afraid of a trampy dressing, melodramatic, cougar." Alaric shook his head. "You do know that I am the only friend of one of the many guys you have screwed over, over the centuries, right?"

Katherine rolled her eyes. "Dear God, will Damon never get a life. It has been a hundred and fifty years."

"You are a vampire," Jenna said her mouth hanging open.

"That is it. I am going to kill. You are stupid." Katherine began to jerk viciously at her chains. All of the humans tensed and Katherine strained at her bonds. Suddenly, she sank to her knees screaming in pain.

"That is what you deserve, Katerina." Rose was now standing over the younger vampire glaring down at her. "Bring the others in," she ordered. Trevor came in with two witches and the missing members of the group. Jules was placed next to Tyler. Her boyfriend was placed beside her. Matt and Mr. Brown were placed on the other side. Tyler didn't really know why he had been taken in first but he didn't like the possibilities.

The only relief for Tyler was that Caroline wasn't here. However, that might mean that she was with Klaus and that scared him even more than the idea of her being in this basement. He hoped that she was with Elijah. Tyler wasn't sure what was going on with Caroline and Elijah but he hoped it was enough that Elijah would fight for her.

Jules was looking around her. "Great, we're surrounded by a bunch of stinking vamps."

Katherine sneered, "You think you smell great."

Jules smiled at Katherine, "The sun is going down in a couple of hours, vampire. Then these chains won't hold us."

"What is she talking about?" Jenna whispered to Alaric.

"They're werewolves," Alaric responded, not bothering to whisper. He knew that anyone with supernatural hearing would overhear him.

"Which ones?" Jenna asked.

Katherine pointed them out. "That Bitch with the big mouth. The scruffy guy next her. The scruffy guy next to him. And then there is the Lockwood Kid. Hi, Tyler." Katherine smiled at Tyler, who looked confused. "I knew your Uncle Mason. He was so hot. Umm… and good in bed. I wonder…" She began eying Tyler. "Whether that runs in the family or whether it's just the werewolf gene?"

Carol Lockwood spoke up, "My son is not a werewolf." She looked from Tyler to Katherine and then Tyler again. "Tyler, tell that Vampire or hooker or whatever she is that you are not a werewolf," Carol cried.

Tyler groaned, "Mom…"

"Oh, Dear God, Tyler."

"Sorry to interrupt the after school special but I am a very busy man. And we are on a very tight schedule. Now, if all of you would like to form a line. Please, no shoving. I would hate to have to kill anyone before the sacrifice and I only need two of you. The rest can go your merry ways." Klaus had his hands behind his back, a grin plastered on his face. "Now, do I have any volunteers?"

I hope you liked it because there is quite a bit more to go before this part of the story is over. If you have time send me a review and let me know what you thought of start of this trilogy. I will see you all next week with part II.

Thank you for the new favorites and follows. Thank you for reading/reviewing Deppie-NtinaBFFs, WeasleysGroupie, karmen238, Guest, and redrosebud.

Love,

LL